Inside the Hall of Virtue

Liu Xi walked on the Hu chair, many bigwigs in the temple stood in front of him, Liu Xi squinted his eyes slightly, looked at the people in front of him, it seemed that he was much calmer than some time ago, not so irritable, but the more he was so indifferent, the more the ministers felt afraid, full of favor, Zhuge Jin, Wei Yan, Yuan Shang, Zhang Fei, Xun Yu and others lowered their heads and sat in front of the Son of Heaven.

"There are two tomb robbers, one of whom is called Guo Zi, who has committed suicide, his family has been captured, there is an old mother, a wife, two children, the eldest is only eight years old... The other one, he was originally a pawn, and the other one, also a pawn, was called Zhang Xuan, he had only one old father, and he died of illness the day after the criminal was arrested. ”

"I asked, and they came out of the Guardhouse, but the Changekeeper Mansion didn't give them severance pay... They are unable to provide for their families, one has to support their father who is seriously ill, and the other has to support their family, so they take risks and want to rob tombs to get money..."

Yuan Shang told the cause of the matter, there was nothing missing, after listening to Yuan Shang, Liu Xi nodded calmly, only then looked at Zhuge Jin, and asked gently: "Ziyu, among the more pawns, most of them are served by the people, and a small number of them are directly requisitioned, they have no family property, they have always served as a pawn, according to the issue issued by Emperor Xiaoxian, after reaching fifty, they will be supported by the temple, but so?" ”

Zhuge Jin nodded.

"I just thought that if I dismissed them, they would not be able to survive, so I specially ordered you to arrange for these pawns, give them money to buy farmland, food to last for a certain period of time, and give them a reward of exempting them from taxes for a year, but is this?" When Liu Xi said this, the whole person was still extraordinarily calm, without the slightest anger.

Zhuge Jin nodded again.

"Then I'm curious, where did all this money and food go?" , Liu Xi asked suspiciously, Zhuge Jin's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the matter of money is not under my jurisdiction, it is funded by the Shaofu... I don't know these things...", hearing Zhuge Jin's explanation, Liu Xi nodded and asked, "Shaofu?" Okay, call Liu Ba in. ”

Perhaps feeling the unusual atmosphere, Huangmen soon brought Liu Ba to the Son of Heaven.

Liu Ba bowed to the Son of Heaven, stood up, there were still some doubts in his eyes, the Son of Heaven did not speak, but Xun Yu on the side whispered something to him, Liu Ba heard this, his whole body trembled, and he bowed to the Son of Heaven again, and then hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the minister is doing what His Majesty tells you to do, I have divided the money and food, and I have given the severance pay of Luoyang to Liu Yi." ”

"That's the case, it's in the hands of Luo Yang Ling again, okay, bring Liu Yi over."

Liu Yi arrived at the Houde Hall with a big grin, but as soon as he entered, he saw Liu Ba and Zhuge Jin who were kneeling on the ground, with their heads bowed, and immediately knew that something was wrong, and he visited Liu Xi with some anxiety, Liu Xi asked: "Did Shaofu give you enough severance pay before?" Severance pay for a pawn? ”

Liu Yi was so frightened that his face turned white, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, he did give it all, but I have already handed over the money and food to the newly appointed Luoyang Guard's Mansion, and asked the Governor of Luoyang County to distribute the money and food..."

Liu Xi suddenly laughed, nodded, and said: "Okay, so I have to go to the county lieutenant, the county lieutenant can't say that he still gave him Changshi, and in the end, maybe it was a mouse raised by Changshi's family who ate the food and money.... Right? Are you innocent, all unaware? ”

"Don't dare!"

Everyone bowed, Liu Xi looked at Yuan Shang and said: "Take down Liu Ba, Zhuge Jin, and Liu Yi, I will give you ten days, investigate all the things clearly, and don't get away with one person when it comes to corruption, I want to see which big rat has been gnawing the roots of my big man!" As for the criminal, he will be beheaded tomorrow, and his family will let him go..."

Yuan Shang bowed, directly called the embroidered messenger, escorted the three of them and left, whether it was Liu Ba or Liu Yi, they did not open their mouths to argue, lowered their heads, and were silently taken away by Yuan Shang, Liu Xi looked at Xun Yu and said: "Shang Shuling stays, and the rest of the people go back." The ministers said goodbye and left, but Xun Yu stayed.

Xun Yu lowered his head, his face was not very good, Liu Xi knew that he had a good relationship with Shi Zhongling, and now that Shi Zhongling was still on the sickbed, Xun Yu's mood was naturally not very good, "Xun Gong, you said, this big man is getting stronger and stronger, but why are there more and more corrupt officials, their money, I am rising again and again, as for the criminal law in this area, it is also getting heavier and heavier..."

"I have done everything I can do, but this corrupt official and corrupt official just can't be caught, those old celebrities in the mountains, they all say that the prince is to blame, do you know what they say? The prince reformed the system of electing officials, changed the requirements of the Han Dynasty for the people of the world, and changed from emphasizing virtue to emphasizing talent, which gave birth to so many talented and immoral people..."

"Today's great man, I have seen with my own eyes, and the disobedience, adultery, and various crimes that have not appeared for a long time are appearing more and more often, what is going on..."

Facing Liu Xi's doubts, Xun Yu said without thinking: "Your Majesty, in a peaceful and prosperous world, young people have never been tempered, and in terms of state of mind, it is naturally impossible to compare with those old people who have worked hard all their lives to survive, but the minister thinks that these things have nothing to do with the prince, but the main thing is that they lack some education." ”

"Indoctrination? How to educate? ”

"Moral education, whether people are born good or evil, but if there is no moral education, good people will become bad people, and bad people will not become good people, only education can solve these things, Your Majesty may be good to look at Xun You's governance in the wo, he is probably the first person to implement these..."

Xun Yu paused, didn't wait for the Son of Heaven to ask, and then said: "Xun Yu is actually very selfish, he never thought about Wadao at all, he regarded Wadao as a place for his policy experiment, however, not many people in the temple saw his purpose, they only had a shallow understanding, for example, he carried out Guliang and Ram indoctrination in two different places, and many people thought that he wanted to create confrontation and not let Wadao become too harmonious..."

"However, this kind of understanding is too shallow, I think, he mainly wants to see what happens under the two systems, the same group of people, Xun You is also very interesting every year, he will write sixteen recitals according to different places, instead of summing up everything like the rest..."

Liu Xi was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is there such a thing?" ”

"That's right, in the area where Guliang was promoted, the people have lived very well all these years, the politics are clear, the taxes are very high, the crime rate is also very low, in the land of the ram, there are often fights, killings, killing officials, etc., and there are frequent disturbances, but when the two fight, the ram has always had the upper hand..."

"In addition, as I just said, he implemented two kinds of officials in two different places, one is to value talent, and the other is to emphasize virtue..."

"The result?"

"The place where the talents are valued is now the richest and fastest-growing area in Wajima."

"Hehe, I see, what does this have to do with today's corrupt officials?"

"He has tried to implement moral education in the local area, and at the time of the enlightenment of official learning, he continued to advocate morality and educate the people, and through propaganda, rewards and other behaviors, after decades of observation, he got the best results...", Xun Yu frowned, and said: "These people who have been morally educated, and the talents they have cultivated, so far, only two people have been arrested for violating the law. ”

"And this area is the most safe area..."

"I should also implement this moral education in the Han Dynasty...", Liu Xi frowned, Xun Yu never spoke, did not refuse, and did not agree, Liu Xi thought for a moment, and then said: "You write a letter to Xun Xiang and ask him to go back to Luoyang, I want to see him." ”

"Respectfully!"

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As soon as the Luoyang Guard's Mansion was established, the county lieutenant was taken away by the embroidered messenger, of course, not only him, but also the servants of the Guard's Mansion were taken away, which was a huge blow to the reform of the Pawn that had just begun, and at the same time, after receiving the order of the Son of Heaven, the governors of various places began to investigate the issue of the dismissal of the local Guards, to see if there was any corruption of the dismissal expenses.

It turned out that not only in Luoyang, but in many places, in the county seat, and even in the county lieutenant, there were big and small corruptions, perhaps these prominent people did not take the more pawns in their eyes, and felt that they were helpless against themselves, and they did such things wantonly.

So, on the second day, due to improper selection of officials, Sun Quan was taken away by the embroidered messenger.

This matter is getting more and more intense, originally just a few more severance pay was embezzled, but now it has gradually become an action to crack down on corrupt officials and corrupt officials all over the world, up to hundreds of officials, down to local county orders, all policies have been forced to stop, embroidered messengers are arrested everywhere, and even more pawns are dispatched, and the officials are so frightened that they don't even dare to go out of their homes.

The only good news is that Guo Jia finally woke up.

The Son of Heaven went to see him personally.

Guo Jia became even thinner than before, as if a piece of skin was hanging on the bones, skinny as wood, lying on the bed sluggishly, with gray hair, sitting on one side of the bed, Liu Xi looked at Guo Jia who was so weak in front of him, and there was a sharp pain in his heart, Guo Jia looked at the top blankly, his eyes were dull, and he couldn't see the vitality at all.

The stench in the room is unpleasant, Guo Jia can't move his body, eat, excrete, he needs the help of the slaves at home, he can't eat any good food, he can only pour juice into his mouth every day, every time this process is so that Liu Xi can't bear to look at it directly, the slave feeds Guo Jia, Guo Jia looks extremely painful, constantly choking, and the soup poured into it is vomited out by him.

The doctors boiled the unpleasant herbs and asked him to drink them every day.

He would occasionally be sober for a moment, but he would cry and shout for Shijun.

Not only does the high fever not go away, but even the urine and urine are coagulated blood clots, Liu Xi invited several of the best doctors in the world to perform acupuncture and moxibustion all day long, barely saving Guo Jia's life.