In the spring of the following year, Korea began the Spring Festival according to the traditional calendar.

Han Wu said to everyone happily: "Everyone, a year's plan begins in spring. I wonder what we, Han, will do this year?"

The prime minister Gong Zhongchi stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I have already planned what to do in the spring of this year. In the spring of this year, I plan to issue three decrees. The first decree is the training order. I plan to have General Bao Yuan train 100,000 new troops near Xinzheng. Now there are only 100,000 Han talents in the whole of Han. Talents are the elite of our Han army. I think it is best to keep it at 200,000, so we have to train 100,000 people! The first decree is the reclamation order, which encourages the people to reclaim wasteland, and the newly reclaimed land will not be taxed for one year. The third decree is the city building order. Yiyang is an important town in our Han Dynasty, so we have to build a new city near it to defend Yiyang. I plan to let General Shencha be in charge!"

"Good! You are worthy of being valued by the former prime minister! I will follow the prime minister's words. I wonder if anyone else has anything to say?" Han Wu asked again.

The ministers below were silent, worried that the king was testing them. They didn't want to become the former Zhong Dafu who lost his life because of a few words.

Han Wu saw that no one had anything to say, so he could only order: "Three decrees will be promulgated throughout the country immediately at the beginning of this spring, without any mistakes!"

"Yes!"

The prime minister Gong Zhongchi said again: "Your Majesty, I think we should send envoys to Wei and present treasures to the King of Wei to increase relations with Wei!"

"Okay! Doctor Han Peng, you will be responsible for this matter."

"Yes!"

After leaving the court, Han Wu, who was high-spirited and vigorous just now, secretly came to a secret room. At this time, his vigor and vigor turned into insidiousness and cunningness. There was a man in black waiting in the secret room.

Han Wu asked, "What has the Prime Minister been doing recently?"

"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister has been doing things impartially recently and has not done anything against the law."

"What about the others?"

"Doctor Han Peng, you were secretly discussing something with several important officials yesterday. I guess it was about the position of Prime Minister!"

"You are really restless! Is there anything else?"

"According to the investigation, the gift that General Shencha accepted from a minor noble the day before yesterday seems to have sent the minor noble's nephew to the army as a schoolmaster. Captain."

"Okay! I understand."

"Keep watching!"

"Yes!"

Report~~"Your Majesty, this is a letter from Han Peng, the senior official, saying it's for you."

Han Wu opened it, smiled, and ordered: "Ask the senior official to wait for me in the side hall!"

"Yes!"

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As soon as Han Wu arrived, Han Peng bowed and said: "Greetings, Your Majesty!"

"What does your letter mean?" He threw the bundle of bamboo slips in front of him.

Han Peng whispered: "Your Majesty, I think the three decrees of the Prime Minister cannot be implemented!"

"Why?"

"Your Majesty, think about it. The order to reclaim wasteland seems to benefit the country and the people, but it is actually for the benefit of the nobles! Your Majesty, think about it. The nobles have so many slaves in their hands. Those nobles will reclaim much more land this year, and they don't have to pay taxes within a year. This is for the benefit of the nobles! Shen Buhai said that he would suppress the nobles back then. The order to reclaim wasteland must not be implemented! And the order to train soldiers is also a must! If my country, Han, is too strong, Wei will be unhappy. Wei is a powerful country in the world, and it doesn't want a little bully who loves to jump next to it! At that time, Wei will focus on my country, Han, and my country will be in danger! And the order to build a city is also not okay. I heard that the land around the new city built this time was almost sold to the people at a low price. The nobles have a lot of money, so the nobles won't give away all the land. When the land is in the hands of the nobles, the monarch will be in danger. The richer the nobles are, the more private soldiers they have, and the authority of the monarch will gradually decline. Your Majesty, think twice!" Han Peng advised.

If Shen Buhai had proposed these three decrees before, Han Wu would have agreed with both hands, but this time it was Gong Zhongchi, and the monarch and his ministers did not have much trust, and without Shen Buhai by his side, Han Wu did not understand the key to the art of governance at all, and only understood the conspiracy and infighting!

Han Wu ordered the ministers around him: "Go to the Prime Minister's Mansion and ask him to stop the three decrees!"

"Yes!"

Prime Minister's Mansion

Gong Zhongchi had already prepared everything, and said to the officials in the Prime Minister's Mansion: "Everyone, this spring, we will work together to issue these three decrees, and my Han will definitely be stronger!"

"Yes!"

"The king's order has arrived!"

"The king has ordered! The three decrees will be temporarily suspended!"

Gong Zhongchi was stunned when he heard it. Didn't they just agree on it in the morning court? Why did he go back on his word? How could it be like this?

Gong Zhongchi could only bite the bullet and said, "Yes, sir!"

An old official saw that Gong Zhongchi didn't seem to understand this. After all, Gong Zhongchi was still very young. It was because of an encounter with Yu Sheng Buhai that Shen Buhai appreciated him and made him a Zhong Daifu. He also kept him in the Prime Minister's Mansion to train him. He didn't understand at all that the current Han Dynasty was no longer the loyal and vigorous atmosphere. Since Shen Buhai's death, it has gradually formed a treacherous and cunning atmosphere. It is almost a trend that as long as it does not harm one's own interests, it will not care about that matter, and a big thing will be small.

The old official came over and reminded in a low voice: "Your Excellency doesn't seem to understand the way here!"

"What way?" Gong Zhongchi asked.

"Sir, nowadays, we mainly do things secretly. Things promised in public may not be realized. You have to discuss it with the king in secret! Instead of doing it openly."

"But why can't we do it openly?"

"Afraid!"

"What are you afraid of?"

"Sir, don't you know the essence of the former prime minister's art of governance?"

"Isn't it to enrich the country and strengthen the people?"

"No! It's that the "law" is public, but the "art" is hidden in the heart and used secretly. The law is open, and the art is hidden. The open is the laws listed, and the hidden is that you can also secretly harm people and make them violate the laws! And the key to the former prime minister's art of governance lies in this secret application. Now everyone is in danger, no one cares about what they say, and they are all secretly controlling the overall situation. On the surface, everyone is silent, but behind the scenes, they are scheming and cheating, and the chaos is extreme!"

"If that's the case, then won't my country of South Korea be destroyed in internal strife?"

"Sir, be careful with your words! Be careful that the wall has ears!"

"South Korea! Why! The law can't be issued! How can South Korea be strong! "Gong Zhongchi said indignantly.

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A few months later, the efficiency of the Prime Minister's Office was getting lower and lower. Gong Zhongchi had to secretly control the overall situation every day, and he had to be cautious and careful to prevent other people's hidden arrows every day. Wang Quan had no time to manage state affairs. He was either scheming or on the way to scheming.

After listening to the words of his followers, Gong Zhongchi sighed: "It's not that I don't want South Korea to be strong! It's really that I have to be careful of these villains secretly messing with me! Keep watching them! Find the handle secretly, and arrest them immediately once you find the handle!"

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"Yes!"

"I heard that the Prime Minister went to the wine shop yesterday."

"What did he do!"

"I don't know."

"The doctor cursed when he went to the toilet yesterday, and it seemed that he was cursing the king."

"Okay! Now we can kill him! ”

“Everyone, if we want to take the throne today, we must kill those old guys. We can do it this way…”

“Watch secretly today and don’t make a sound!”

“Sir, there was a fight in the county today.”

“Did anyone die?”

“Only a few people were injured.”

“Then don’t worry about it. Just pretend you don’t know about it.”

“Yes!”

The morale of South Korea is getting worse, and the internal struggle is slowly increasing, slowly rotting the foundation of South Korea.

In the court

Han Wu said to everyone: “Everyone, I heard that King Xiong Liangfu of Chu died, and the new crown prince Xiong Shang succeeded to the throne. Do you think we should send an envoy to go there?”

At this time, even the prime minister did not speak. Everyone just answered questions within their jurisdiction, and the foreign minister in charge of diplomacy stood up and said: “We should go! "You don't even have to say why you should go, just three words: you should go.

"Okay, let's do it."

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