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Nowadays, there is Lanping State, and there are Wen and Liu families in the country. Wen Huan and Liu Mu are ranked as the left and right prime ministers respectively. Among them, the Right Prime Minister Liu Mu is the most respected, and his power is so great that it can compete with the imperial power. As the only family in the court that can compete with the Liu family, the Wen family's power cannot be underestimated. As the saying goes, there is no room for two tigers in one mountain, so the Wen and Liu families naturally do not get along. However, it was precisely this kind of discord that led to the emergence of a three-way check and balance between Wen, Liu, and the imperial power. Liu Mu died of illness a few years ago. The emperor originally thought that the power of the Liu family could be suppressed. Unexpectedly, Liu's son Liu Moxing's talents and methods were worse than Liu Mu's. All the ministers in the court recommended him to succeed his father as the new right minister. At the same time, Wen Huan retired and returned to his hometown, and the court was almost completely controlled by the Liu family for a while. After his father resigned, Wen Huan's eldest son Wen Zhili wrote a letter to impeach many Liu faction officials for corruption and bending the law, and listed their charges one by one. The emperor dismissed many officials from the Liu faction, and Wen Zhili took this opportunity to worship the left prime minister, who was still young and weak. The three-way check and balance between the Wen and Liu families and the emperor reappeared, setting off a new round of turmoil in the court...