CH 16

“I’m not bragging, I’m the only one who can cure the Empress Dowager’s illness!”

When Lin Xuan said this, he was extremely confident with the addition of alcohol.

The old servant Li Mu really wanted to stop Lin Xuan, for fear that he would never return on the road to death, but Her Majesty and the Empress Dowager were here, and he couldn’t stop him even if he wanted to, but the question was raised by Her Majesty, making him anxious.

“However, I’m just a remnant of the previous dynasty. Even if I go out to treat the Empress Dowager, no one will believe me. Instead, I will be wiped and my head will be severed.” Lin Xuan gestured and waved his hand again. “This matter, don’t mention it.”

Zhao Yuehan reminded again. “Here, brother Lin, what I’m asking is what is said in it?”

“Explanation, what’s the explanation? It’s just that the government of Great Qian is not good. It needs reform and innovation!”

Lin Xuan didn’t know what was going on, probably because of wine. Seeing Zhao Yuehan humbly asking for advice, he just said a few more words.

As long as Zhao Yuehan was more convinced of him, this plan would go smoothly.

“In the former Tang Dynasty, there was a prime minister’s dictatorship, who took the emperor to order the princes, and was named the Emperor of Wei. He separated the north and finally formed the current Kingdom of Wei.”

“Then there is a festival to make Yu Xiang segregate the northwest and sit on the big throne, which has become the current Yu Kingdom.”

“In addition,it is the patriarchal clan and the governor of the Tang Dynasty that formed the sixteen states. ”

“Great Qian Emperor Gaozu took advantage of the situation to raise troops to replace the Great Tang and sweep the Sixteen Kingdoms, becoming today’s Great Qian. ”

“Now, it can be said that the world is divided into four parts. Great Qian, Wei, Yu, Chu, grasslands and many small countries that are not counted. It has been more than 30 years of stalemate. Great Qian is the latest to establish a country, but only Great Qian inherits the great rule”

Lin Xuan gave a brief account of the history of the founding of the Dynasty, and the next step was the key point.

“After Great established the dynasty, Emperor Gaozu believed that the reason for the extinction of the Tang Dynasty was the problem with the prime minister, so he abolished the prime minister position and did not set up a prime minister in Great Qian. However, the work has to be done. Who will do it? Except the emperor, who can it be?”

“If you look at the position of the prime minister, it is basically a left minister, a right minister, and a foreign minister. Among them, the left minister is the most respected. The prime ministers of the previous dynasty, rarely survived more than ten years in the office. Do you why?”

This question was very simple.

The old servant Li Mu said: “Naturally, the prime minister has too much power, so powerful that he can threaten the emperor by enticing princes and threaten the foundation of the empire. The former emperor would find opportunities to replace the prime minister from time to time.”

The reason why Emperor Gaozu was unwilling to appoint a prime minister had been remembered very clearly after he heard heard it from his sister.

Zhao Yuehan didn’t answer, but looked at Lin Xuan, could it not be the reason?

Empress Dowager Li Ningyan was also very curious about this.

“What you are talking about is just one of them. Another very important reason is that the workload is too heavy, and it is easy to make the prime minister sick.” Lin Xuan said with a smile, “There were 106 powerful prime ministers in the former Tang Dynasty. 31 died of exhaustion while in office, 23 retired due to serious illness at work, and the rest were killed by the emperor, died in battle, exiled, demoted and other reasons.”

“To put it simply, in the previous dynasty, half of the prime ministers were exhausted to death.”

“Think about it, the former prime minister was exhausted, but now there is no prime minister, and the work of the prime minister is left to the emperor to adjudicate. Can he not die of exhaustion? Yes, so much internal affairs work is piled up on the Empress Dowager now. How can the Empress Dowager not die of exhaustion?”

“…”

Old servant Li Mu: Brother Lin Xuan, can you stop saying this in front of the Empress Dowager?

The old madam sat on the side, smiling, and took a sip of water.

Zhao Yuehan frowned. “According to what Brother Lin said, should the prime minister be reinstated for this big job?”

Lin Xuan shook his head. “It’s wrong again! Reinstating the prime minister, with the example of the previous dynasty, the prime minister will be afraid that the emperor will kill him, and the emperor will worry that the prime minister will coerce the emperor. Sooner or later, something will happen.”

The old servant Li Mu was in a hurry, afraid that Lin Xuan would say something else, so he asked quickly. “This is not okay, and that is not okay, Lin boy, what do you think should be done?”

Unexpectedly, when the strength of the wine came up, Lin Xuan staggered and almost fell, but thanks to the old servant Li Mu’s eyesight and quick hands, he helped him.

Lin Xuan waved his hand, glanced at the old servant Li Mu, and said with disgust.

“Old Li, you are an old servant who cares about these things. Is it possible that you still want to be an official? I didn’t know that you have such a straightforward character. You can even be a general. With your brains, maybe you will lead the brothers behind on a rampage and send them to death.”

…

The old servant Li Mu felt that he shouldn’t have helped him just now.

Zhao Yuehan blinked her eyes. She had a certain understanding of Lin Xuan’s character, no matter whether he was drunk or not, his ability to kill was absolutely top-notch.

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The old madam smiled lightly, as if she had never encountered such an interesting incident, but she had to say that Lin Xuan was very accurate in seeing her brother’s character, and when she said it, she had already reserved a lot.

“Let me tell you, it’s not a problem for me to solve this problem.”

Lin Xuan said proudly.

This……

You must know the internal affairs system, which involved the foundation of the entire Great Qian Kingdom.

Lin Xuan was a little too arrogant, but they already knew his talent, so they might as well listen to what he had to say first.

Especially the old madam, she has worked so hard over the past few years. She could ardly rest for a moment, and she still felt that many things could not be achieved by her, and she deeply regretted it.

She finally understood how hard it was for her husband, Emperor Taizong, to review the bamboo slips late at night, and it was even harder than she thought.

This was really exhausting.

Several people stared at Lin Xuan with scorching eyes, as if expecting him to take out the panacea in the gourd.

Feeling the burning eyes of several people seeking knowledge, Lin Xuan waved his hands and said, “Since you want to hear, I will tell you.”

“The system of the former Tang Dynasty followed the Qin Dynasty’s system of Three Ducals  and NineMinisters. The three ducals are Grand Commandant, Great General and Grand secretary. The Grand commandant is responsible for helping the emperor handle the country’s political affairs; the great general is responsible for managing the military; and the Grand secretary is in charge of the officials, issuing the emperor’s edict, and supervising state affairs.”

“In the former dynasty, based on this, it was reformed into six departments in the later period, that is, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Industry. The government is used in Great Qian  now. You should know that among them, the Ministry of Households is now also called the Ministry of Commerce.”

Lin Xuan took a few pebbles from the side and laid them down one by one to form an equilateral triangle.

“From above, in fact, it is a three-legged structure, and the foundation of the entire empire is the emperor; the prime minister,  and the general at the top!”

“If there is no alternative structure, if any one is taken out, the entire empire will be out of balance and there will be civil strife.”

“Here, the emperor represents imperial power, the prime minister represents political power, and the general represents military power.”

“In the absence of a new system and no prime minister, the imperial power and military power are out of balance. Only then will there be such a thing as the exhaustion of the emperor, multiple times of civil strife, and the support of the Beiluo Forbidden Army. The little princess Ji Handan can kill the King of Wu, defeat the King of Jin and Zhao, and ascend the throne to become the Empress.”

“The reason why the Empress was able to ascend the throne is that she has the support of the Empress Dowager, who is temporarily working as the Prime Minister, and the General who has military power, that is, the current General.”

“The three are indispensable.”

The old servant Li Mu looked at the three stones on the table and vaguely felt something was wrong. “Brother Lin, do you mean that the general, like the prime minister, poses a great threat to the Empress?”

“Old Li, you can see it, hiccup…” Lin Xuan took away the stone representing the prime minister, “Look, now only the Empress and the general are left. The general is loyal to the Empress. It’s easy to say, but it’s hard to say when the Empress is exhausted or the Empress is weak.”

“This general can completely replace the emperor when he is weak!”

Lin Xuan tapped the stone representing the general, and flicked the stone representing the emperor, and it flew out of the table and fell to the ground.

“After all, as long as you have enough military power, you can do whatever you want in this empire.”

“The founding emperor of Yu  in the previous dynasty and the Emperor Gaozu are all examples.”

“…”

The old servant Li Mu’s body trembled, and he stared at Lin Xuan in a daze, startled.

Because he was the current general Li Lin!

Does this mean that he had the possibility of rebellion?

[Boy Lin, arrange for Emperor Gaozu, don’t take me with you if you want to die, what grievances do you have with me. What enmity do you?]

[I just knelt down to you for my sister.]

If it wasn’t for Lin Xuan who saved his sister, who was the current Empress Dowager Li Ningyan, he might have slapped him first to prevent Lin Xuan from continuing.

He was loyal to the Empress Dowager and the Empress. Lin Xuan’s words clearly meant that he was going to kill them.

You know, the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty were standing by the side.

He didn’t dare to make a move at all.

The old madam and Zhao Yuehan looked serious and continued to listen to Lin Xuan.

It was not that they hadn’t considered these things, but they hadn’t considered them too deeply, because they don’t need them for the time being, but they didn’t expect Lin Xuan to analyze it.

So profoundly.

“However, this doesn’t have much impact on the current Great Qian. During the time of Great Qian Gaozu and Emperor Taizong, the military power of the generals was weaker than that of the emperor, and they couldn’t cause any trouble at all.”

“As for now, oh, the current general who is a great leader is purely dummy, the uncle of the Empress, and the younger brother of the Empress Dowager. He is very loyal to the empress, so there’s nothing to worry about.”

Dummy…

The old servant Li Mu couldn’t laugh or cry when he heard such comments.

Fortunately, Lin Xuan mentioned his loyalty, so his old life could be saved.

For some reason, Li Mu regretted letting Lin Xuan drink and talk so much. It was too fucking fatal.

Unexpectedly, in the next second, Lin Xuan leaned down, slightly lowered his voice and said, “However, after the Empress Dowager dies, it may not be so!”