Chapter 14: Patrol?

  Huang Wan is not even a problem, directly issuing an edict to transfer his official position, and then ordering him to rectify the Imperial Censorate. Of course, in order to emphasize the emperor's emphasis on the Imperial Censorate, Liu Xuan also slightly improved the treatment of the Vice Censors-in-Chief and the Attendant Censors.

  For example, the original rank of the Imperial Censor-in-Chief was 1,000 dan, but after Liu Xuan appointed Huang Can as Imperial Censor-in-Chief to take charge of the Imperial Censorate, he was directly promoted to 2,000 dan, which was equivalent to his original position as Colonel of the City Gates.

  It can be seen from this treatment that the emperor intentionally rebuilt the Imperial Censorate, allowing the Imperial Censorate to restore its original function - let alone the fact that the emperor has now included the inspection of the capital area into the scope of the Imperial Censorate's inspection, with greater power than before, and a rise in status is also a matter of course.

  Huang Wan was initially somewhat reluctant, but after careful analysis, he found that when he served as the Colonel of the Western Regions, he also did these things, and his military power and special privileges were all stripped away, and he was confined to the area around the capital.

  Nowadays, I'm still doing these things, but the scope has expanded to all areas under the control of the imperial court. If you look at it from a different perspective, my power has actually increased.

  "That's also good!"

  Having comforted himself thus, Huang Wan also accepted the new appointment and began to select suitable people to serve as Shiyushi in the Imperial Censorate.

  The Imperial Censorate had a quota of forty-five officials, fifteen of whom were required to attend court sessions, while thirty were stationed at the Secretariat to assist with various administrative tasks and also had supervisory responsibilities - however, Liu Xuan abolished the Secretariat, so it was changed to being scattered among the various departments, assisting with administrative tasks while also having supervisory duties.

  This is the original intention of Liu Xuan's Yu Shi Tai, but Huang Wan only had two or three little cats under his command. To say nothing of forty-five people, even if they were fully counted, there were only about ten people. In order to restore Yu Shi Tai, a large number of talents need to be supplemented.

  Liu Xuan didn't bother with these trivial matters, letting the Imperial Censorate and Ministry of Personnel work together to select suitable officials. After all, the Imperial Censorate held a certain position, and according to the Han dynasty system, officials from the Imperial Censorate were directly promoted by the court without being nominated, while those sent out were either governors or, if they took direct control of local areas, at least county magistrates.

  Such a department, naturally countless people are eager to get in, and how to choose the right officials depends on Xun Yu's ability. At this time, Liu Xuan took Cai Yan, Diao Chan, his sister Liu Zi, and let Zhang Liao bring some Youlin Lang guards to find his two younger brothers.

  Liu Bian and Liu Xie, these two brothers have only occasionally seen each other over the past two years. Normally, they both stay in their own palaces and rarely go out. The few times they do meet, they mostly discuss cultivation matters. It seems that these two brothers are single-mindedly focused on cultivation and don't seem to want to get involved in anything else.

  This time Liu Xuan came, in addition to taking a look, also happened to point out the difficulties that the two were not clear about in their cultivation. Although they had been diligently cultivating, their progress was not particularly fast, and they did not have any battle experience on the battlefield. Therefore, although the two people's cultivation had been steadily improving, the speed was indeed not impressive.

  Not to mention Lv Bu that heaven-defying guy, even Zhang Liao who has always been by his side and can get close guidance is stronger than these two young people in terms of cultivation.

  Fortunately, the two men did not cultivate to compete with others, such as Liu Xie who was only trying to make his body better, while Liu Bian simply found something to pass the time.

  "How is your third brother's body recently?"

  Liu Xie coughed lightly, prompting Liu Xuan to ask, and understanding that his brother was concerned about him, he immediately replied: "It's just that the weather has been a bit cool lately, so I've caught a slight cold."

  Thinking back to my body in the past, if I had caught a cold, I would probably have spent the entire winter in bed. Now, although I'm feeling slightly unwell, I can still run, jump, eat and sleep, which is much better than it was back then.

  It can be seen that the big brother's own transmission is all good cultivation methods, maybe the legendary cultivator practiced these things? No, it should be even less than what I have cultivated.

  It is said that his second brother recently brought in the Shidao person who had taken care of him when he was young into the Hongnong Wangfu. He took a rough look, and the Shidao person didn't seem to be anything special. Although it's possible that the Shidao person's cultivation was stronger and he couldn't see it, he would rather believe that his older brother, who obtained the cultivation method from the imperial library, was more powerful than that Shidao person.

  Liu Xuan didn't know what was going on in Liu Xie's mind, but when he saw him coughing, he stretched out his hand and lightly touched his throat. A stream of dragon energy flowed in and out, and to Liu Xie, it felt like a warm current had drilled into his throat, circled around, and then warmed up his throat and lungs. The urge to cough suddenly disappeared.

  This is not some kind of magical technique, Liu Xuan simply used his own abilities to help Liu Xie tidy up a bit and clear out some harmful energy or breath that was affecting his body.

  After doing all this, Liu Xuan took out a porcelain bottle: "Keep this bottle of Dan medicine. If you have any minor illnesses in the future, take one pill and then follow the method I taught you to practice twice a day. You will recover within seven days!"

  Liu Xie's body has always been the root of his difficulty in making rapid progress, but now it has improved a lot. It is just that in this last stage, he will still appear relatively weak. With the help of elixirs, although he cannot pass through this stage more quickly, he can also reduce his suffering from illness.

  "Thank you, big brother!"

  Perhaps these things don't count for much to Liu Xuan, the elixir is just made from ordinary herbs, at most it's just a bit of technique used when refining the medicine, and the consumption of his own power isn't great either, really can't be considered anything, if Liu Xuan wants to he can make a whole bunch.

  But for many ordinary people, this is the elixir - it can cure diseases and eliminate troubles. If such a thing were thrown outside, I'm afraid countless people would rush to grab it until they break their heads.

  "By the way, I instructed the people from the Za Temple to make some renovations and add new things to your palace, have they come?"

  A few days ago, Liu Xuan and Xun Yu chatted casually and mentioned the kang. Perhaps ordinary people can't afford the consumption of a kang, but people in the imperial family obviously don't have this problem.

  In this era, Chang'an in December is very cold. Although many wealthy families have their own heating methods, they all have some drawbacks - for example, the most commonly used charcoal brazier, if used for a long time, can easily cause poisoning.

  Liu Xuan had made up his mind to let his younger brother live a peaceful and happy life, so he couldn't be sloppy about things in life.

  "Some people have arrived and are busy now, but I don't know what they're doing. They say it's something for winter?"

  Zhang Zu Temple came to Liu Xie, who naturally knew that although he was not very old, he was already the master of the Wangfu. Even if it was someone sent by the imperial court, they had to report to him and get his permission before taking action. However, he took a look at the thing, but couldn't figure out what it was for.

  It seemed to be a bed board, and there was also a large pile of iron pipes extending all the way outside. After looking at it for a while without understanding anything, Liu Xie didn't bother to look again.

  Later, I went to the adjacent Hongnong Wangfu to visit and found that my second brother was also doing these things. I told Liu Bian about this matter again - but Liu Bian couldn't figure out what it was for either.

  "With that thing, we won't have to be afraid of the cold weather in winter anymore!" He roughly explained what a kang was and made his two younger brothers understand what it was for.

  The two of them looked at each other with interest, seemingly expecting what kind of effect the fire would have after it was lit. However, they also knew that they couldn't rush things, so they continued talking about something else.

  Apart from this, Liu Xuan knew that his second brother had married a wife in the middle of this year. At that time, he was outside fighting against Li Jue and did not attend his younger brother's wedding.

  However, the imperial court is in such a situation now. After Liu Bian went through some changes, he also became more mature, so there was no complaint. Later, when Liu Xuan returned, he even brought his wife to the palace to pay respects. At that time, Liu Xuan only knew that Tang Ji should have married Liu Bian long ago, but due to various changes, it was delayed until this year.

  Today, I came to visit my two younger brothers. Tang Ji, as the princess of Hongnong, was also there, chatting with Cai Yan and Liu Zi. Liu Xuan just glanced over and then turned his head towards Liu Xie: "Third brother's body is weak, it's best not to engage in those intimate affairs before his health is fully recovered!"

  At this time there were no leisure activities, especially in wealthy and noble families, basically when they reached a certain age they started rolling around in bed with women.

  Even if there is no marriage, the many maids in the house are used to warm the bed for the master's family, so this doesn't count as anything. Liu Xuan would say this, also suddenly realizing that Liu Xie's age was about the same, and if he had that thought, it would inevitably delay his current cultivation.

  Of course, he didn't mean to let Liu Xie never touch a woman for the rest of his life, but just asked him to endure for one or two years. By then, his body would have fully recovered and he wouldn't need to worry about these things anymore.

  Liu Xie listened to Liu Xuan's words and nodded slightly, indicating that he understood - he was not foolish, knowing that a momentary pleasure might ruin his hard-won recovery, which didn't seem worth it; once his body was fully recovered, would he still lack women?

  Although he is still young, he has experienced many changes and his mind has matured. Coupled with his innate cleverness, he can naturally think clearly and understand things well.

  Liu Xuan saw Liu Xie nodding in agreement, and didn't bring up the topic again. He just thought that his two younger brothers were still so young, yet they were stuck in the palace every day, which was quite pitiful.

  Moreover, Cai Yan and Diao Chan were both at an age full of energy and vitality, yet they were also trapped in the palace...

  "Or else, why don't we play a game of 'secret visit' in the micro-world?" After some thought, it seemed too much. In peaceful times, playing with these things is fine, but in this chaotic era where soldiers are running wild everywhere, I don't have to worry about myself, but these few people can't be neglected.

  However, it's not a good idea to stay in the palace all the time. Why not take advantage of next year which is still relatively stable and make an inspection tour of the territory? He thought this was a good reason and planned to discuss it with Cai Yan after returning, and then bring people to inspect the northwest counties.

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