Liu Liang took the opportunity of being wronged and proposed to Liu Xiu to let Fang Zhai take over as the commander of Huai County.

Fang Zhai is the Governor of Nanyang, how could Liu Xiu not know about him?

Fang Zhai had a very good relationship with Nanyang Taishou Liu Shun, and he was recommended by Liu Shun to sit in the position of Nanyang Governor.

The Fang family is one of the wealthy families in Nanyang, with a strong family background and a lot of wealth, perhaps because of this, Fang Zhai's official is very honest and capable, Liu Xiu's impression of Fang Zhai is quite good.

Now Liu Liang recommended Fang Zhai as the Huai County Commander, Liu Xiu didn't think much about it, so he nodded and agreed, first, he did feel that Fang Zhai could be qualified for the Huai County Order, and second, Liu Liang had just been wronged, and he couldn't refuse him again.

In the end, Liu Liang left the palace with a bitter face and returned home.

And Bao Hui was not punished in any way, and continued to be his capital official.

Among Liu Xiu's subordinates, there are always some ministers who dare to strictly enforce the law, are iron-faced and selfless, and dare to act against the emperor's relatives when they make mistakes.

In the past, there was a strong point that ordered Dong Xuan to dare to forcibly kill the domestic slave favored by Liu Huang, the princess of Huyang, and then there was Bao Hui, who dared to punish the domestic servants of Liu Liang, the king of Zhao.

Of course, this is related to Liu Xiu's ability to use people, but there is a more important reason, that is, as the Son of Heaven, Liu Xiu will do his best to maintain these officials who are dedicated to law enforcement, so that they can have the bottom of their hearts when exercising their powers, even if they poke a hole in the sky, but as long as they do it right, as long as they do it in accordance with the law, then the Son of Heaven is his biggest umbrella and the biggest backer behind him.

The sky is falling, and there is also the Son of Heaven to help him hold on.

It is Liu Xiu's luck to have such a group of officials under Liu Xiu's command who dare to enforce the law impartially, are iron-faced and selfless, and do not recognize their relatives, but then again, these officials can be called ministers under Liu Xiu, how can it not be their luck?

If they go to Wang Mang and Liu Xuan, I am afraid that they will be killed in less than two days.

Liu Xiu's personality is soft, and his concept of governing the country is also inclined to the Taoist way of softness.

But the monarch is blindly soft, that is, cowardice, and Liu Xiu himself knows this, so during Liu Xiu's reign, a large number of cool officials were used.

These cool officials are the same as Dong Xuan and Er Bao, they are honest officials, have a strong style, and enforce the law.

And the existence of these cool officials has also made Liu Xiu's governance a combination of softness and rigidity, rigidity and softness.

The next morning, Liu Xiu specially summoned the Liu clan relatives in Luoyang.

Although the clan members were either crowned kings or marquis, they had no actual official positions in the court, and they were not eligible to participate in the court without the summons of the Son of Heaven.

This time, Liu Xiu summoned all the clan relatives to the court and talked about Liu Liang yesterday.

Liu Liang was also in the court, listening to Liu Xiu's narration, Liu Liang's face was red, and he was ashamed of himself.

As soon as Liu Xiu finished talking about the matter, Bao Yong came out of the ranks, holding the wat board with both hands, and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen has something to do!" ”

Liu Xiu smiled slightly and said, "Captain Bao, please speak!" ”

Bao Yong waved his hand outside, and two Yulin guards carried a large box into the main hall.

Bao Yong walked to the box, lifted the lid of the box, and looked at the people in the hall, only to see that the box contained bamboo slips.

Bao Yong picked up a bamboo slip casually, untied the rope, unfolded it, and read: "In the autumn of the second year, King Zhao forced the Wang clan in the east of the city to sell a large pharmacy at a low price. ”

Liu Liang's body was shocked, and he said urgently: "This king did not force the Wang family, it was the Wang family himself who wanted to sell the store!" ”

Bao Yong looked at the bamboo slips and said: "The Wang family said that the king of Zhao identified him as Wang Mang's remnant, and the Wang family was afraid of being persecuted, so they had no choice but to transfer the big medicine shop to the king of Zhao at a low price to take refuge!" ”

Liu Liang's face turned red, his body trembled with anger, and he said angrily: "Nonsense! It's nonsense! ”

Bao Yong turned a blind eye to Liu Liang's annoyance and anger, and said: "The Wang family has moved out of Luoyang, but his current residence can be found by the lower officials, if it is really as King Zhao said, it is the Wang family who framed him, and the lower officials can send someone to find the Wang family and confront King Zhao face to face." ”

Liu Liang's face was no longer red, but iron-blue, glaring at Bao Yong angrily and not saying a word.

Bao Yong put down the bamboo slip in his hand, picked up another one, unfolded it, and said: "In the autumn of the second year, the Marquis of Guanghan had an impulse with a local fisherman in Yuping County, and the fisherman Zhong Lun was seriously injured. ”

Guanghan Hou is Liu Xin, Liu Xin's character is the same as his uncle Shenhou Liu Ci, impulsive and irritable, temper is on fire, speaking of which, before the rebellion, this uncle and nephew are both outlaws.

After listening to Bao Yong's words, Liu Xin hurriedly came out of the ranks, knelt down to Liu Xiu, and stammered: "Your Majesty, this is ...... This matter can be explained by Wei Chen......" Liu Xiu waved his hand, then stood up and walked down from the throne.

Bao Yong, who was standing next to the box, then fell to his knees.

Liu Xiu walked closer and looked inside the box, there were really a lot of bamboo slips, and there were most of the boxes.

He picked up a volume casually and unfolded it, the content of which was to impeach Liu Ci.

He flipped through several volumes in a row, all of which impeached the Liu clan.

Liu Xiu slammed the bamboo slip into the box, turned his head, and looked at the Liu clansmen.

At this time, all the clan relatives were like frosted eggplants, drooping their heads one by one, and they didn't dare to breathe.

Bao Yong bowed forward and said, "Your Majesty, these are only collected by Weichen in the last month, if they are examined, there must be more cases!" ”

Hearing this, the clansmen who were kneeling on the ground trembled, and their heads were full of beads of sweat.

Liu Xiu became the emperor, and their relatives all followed Feihuang Tengda, who hasn't done a few things to bully men and women?

If you really want to dig deeper, if one counts as one, no one can run.

Liu Xiu looked down at the box, her brows furrowed.

After a few moments, he waved his hand outside.

Two Yu Linwei walked in and intervened to give a salute.

Liu Xiu pointed to the box and said, "Carry it out!" ”

The two Yu Linwei agreed, carried the box, and walked out of the main hall.

Liu Xiu then walked out of the main hall and raised his head to Xuying on the side.

Xu Ying understood, stepped forward quickly, poured a jar of fire oil into the box, and then took the torch and threw it into the box, and when he heard a whirl, the box caught fire and burst into flames.

"Your Majesty!"

Seeing this, Bao Yong showed a look of urgency and said urgently.

Liu Xiu waved his hand at him, signaling him not to speak yet, he walked back to the main hall, came to the close of the sects, stood still, and said: "I am not to blame for what you have done in the past, but I also want to remind you that if you commit it again in the future, and it is verified by Captain Bao and Bao Zhi, I will not interfere again, and will be handed over to Captain Bao and Bao Zhi to deal with it." ”

After speaking, Liu Xiuyi flicked the sleeves of his robe and walked back to the throne.

All the sects looked at each other, bowed their heads in unison, and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!" ”

Looking at the relatives who knelt down, Liu Xiu sighed softly and said meaningfully: "Noble relatives should hold their hands to avoid two abalones!" ”

(This is Liu Xiu's original words recorded in the history books.)

The clansmen who have accumulated wealth and done evil should stop now, otherwise they will be found out by Er Bao in the future, and I will not be able to protect you! All the clansmen knelt on the ground, sweating like rain, and they were deeply jealous of Bao Yong and Bao Hui in their hearts.

Bao Yong and Bao Hui are not incapable people, they can even turn over the old case of the second year of Jianwu, and what's worse is that these two are not afraid of death, even Liu Liang, the king of Zhao, dares to provoke, and Liu Liang is in the hands of the two of them, and he really didn't get a bargain.

This time, Liu Xiu took advantage of Liu Liang's incident to greatly deal a blow to the arrogance of the Liu clan's relatives, which also made the ministers present applaud in their hearts.

For some lawless clan relatives, the ministers are not unaware, but they are not very willing to care, the Son of Heaven is a person who attaches more importance to family affection, if he is in charge of the head of the clan, it is likely to make the Son of Heaven unhappy and unhappy.

Now that the Son of Heaven is reusing Erbao and beating the clan members severely, I believe that from now on, the atmosphere in Luoyang will definitely be correct, which is of course a situation that the ministers are willing to see.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Liu Xiu was obviously in a very good mood, and went to the Qingliang Hall with a smile on his face, and at the same time summoned Bao Yong and Bao Hui over.

Looking at Bao Yong and Bao Hui who were kneeling on both sides, the smile on Liu Xiu's face was even stronger, and he said: "I burned those books in the court, Captain Bao won't be angry with me, right?" ”

Bao Yong hurriedly bowed and said, "Your Majesty Shengming, Weichen admires it very much!" ”

"Oh?"

Liu Xiu looked at Bao Yong with a smile.

Bao Yongzhengse said: "If you don't burn these bamboo slips, it will only make it more difficult for Your Majesty, burning these bamboo slips not only shows Your Majesty's benevolence, but also has the effect of knocking the mountain and shaking the tiger." ”

Leaving evidence of the crimes of these clansmen, what can Liu Xiu do?

Did you really punish all the clansmen?

That's impossible! The people of the world may not want such a cold-blooded and ruthless son of heaven who does not recognize his six relatives.

Since it is a trouble to leave evidence of the crime, it is better to burn it, after all, the warning effect that should be played has also been played, and the one who should be beaten has also been beaten, as long as it is a clansman with a normal mind, he will definitely restrain his behavior in the future, so that Liu Xiu's purpose will be achieved.

Listening to Bao Yong's words, Liu Xiu laughed, nodded, and said, "Bao Jun knows my heart very well. ”

While they were talking, Zhang Kun walked in from outside, bowed to Liu Xiu, and said, "Your Majesty, just now King Zhao sent five dancing girls. ”

Liu Xiu was stunned at first, and then asked, "What about King Zhao?" ”

Zhang Kun said: "King Zhao has returned home!" King Zhao said...... said that he had no face to see His Majesty, and he wanted to go back to the house and think about it behind closed doors. ”

Liu Xiu blinked, shook his head, and said, "Uncle, this is angry with me!" ”

Bao Yong and Bao Hui glanced at each other, kowtowed to Liu Xiu together, and said, "This is the fault of Wei Chen." ”

Liu Xiu waved his hand to the two of them and said, "It has nothing to do with Erjun!" Erjun strictly enforces the law and is not at fault. ”

After a pause, he said again: "With my uncle's behavior, I should also think about it and think about it!" ”

This is exactly where Bao Yong and Bao Hui admire Liu Xiu very much, the Son of Heaven is a human being, and if he is a human being, he has selfishness, and sometimes he will be selfish if he can't avoid it, but in the face of major events, the Son of Heaven puts himself in the right position.

The Son of Heaven is not only the Son of Heaven of the clansmen, but also the Son of Heaven of the people of the world.

Zhang Kun asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, ...... the five dancing girls" Liu Xiu thought for a while and said, "Let's settle in the Yutang Palace first!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Kun agreed, and then asked tentatively, "Isn't Your Majesty going to see them?" ”

Liu Xiu turned his head and looked at Zhang Kun with a deep gaze.

The latter immediately realized that he had lost his words, His Majesty was meeting with the minister, and it was indeed inappropriate to let His Majesty go to see the dancing girl sent by King Zhao at this time.

He hurriedly bowed down and saluted, and said, "The slave and maid lost their words, please forgive your majesty!" ”

Glancing at him, Liu Xiu waved his hand.

Zhang Kun bowed and withdrew from the hall.

After Zhang Kun left, Liu Xiu said meaningfully to Bao Yong and Bao Hui: "In the future, the second gentleman will supervise the behavior of your relatives on my behalf, and once you find that your relatives have illegal behavior, you can investigate it first and then report it." ”

Bao Yong and Bao Hui bowed to Liu Xiu and said, "Weichen obeys the order!" Wechen will do his best to live up to His Majesty's mission! ”