Chapter 91: Destroying Evidence and Abolishing Strains
Seeing that Liu Xie actually tore up the list of spies in public, this was equivalent to destroying the evidence of their rebellion.
Wang Yun said: "Your Majesty, no, the people on this list are all Yuan Shao's internal advisers and spies, you destroyed the evidence, how to arrest them in the future, how to punish their crimes?" ”
Liu Xie smiled and said: "Lao Wang, you listen to me, when I first ascended the throne, the world was in chaos, the Han family was shaky, the princes were around, and everyone was undecided, so it is understandable that there is a way back for yourself." ”
"But......" Wang Yun wanted to say something.
Liu Xie interrupted him and said, "Don't be it, Lao Wang!" At this time, at that time, after nearly two years of arduous development, my Han family has also improved a little. ...... from now on"
When Liu Xie said this, he looked around at the ministers and said: "I am not to blame for the past, from now on, if I find that there are still princes such as Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, I have found it, and I will be arrested immediately, sentenced to death, and beheaded!" ”
All the ministers said: "Obey the order!" ”
Wang Yun added: "The whole door is beheaded. ”
"Lao Wang!" Liu Xie shouted, "You said that you are so old, a gentle old master, how can you know how to kill and kill all day long?" Can you be calmer? ”
Wang Yun said: "Your Majesty, the old minister doesn't want to kill, but the old minister hates the disloyal and unrighteous people very much!" Hate someone's guts! If such a person is caught by Lao Chen, Lao Chen can't wait to eat his flesh and drink his blood! ”
Before, Liu Xie also suspected that Wang Yun and Chen Gong would collude to seek power and usurp the throne, but now it seems that he has wronged them, especially this Wang Yun is very loyal to him.
Liu Xie stepped down from the dragon chair, came to Wang Yun, patted him on the shoulder, and was about to speak, when Wang Yun suddenly walked out of his seat and knelt down with a pop, which startled Liu Xie.
"Lao Wang, hurry up, you're also a lot older, pay attention to your body, slow down."
"Yes, Your Majesty," Wang Yun stood up and bent over.
Liu Xie is eleven years old, and although he is still not very tall, he can pat his shoulder without Wang Yun bending over.
Liu Xie also felt a lot of amusement in his heart, he didn't expect this ancient person to be really interesting, just walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder, you see that he was excited, and I can't wait to throw my head and spill blood for you now.
Liu Xie asked him to return to his position and began to continue to analyze his reasoning.
As mentioned earlier, since Liu Xie's accession to the throne, the way of discussing politics has been reformed, and rows of benches are placed above the court, and all the ministers sit on chairs, and there is a row of long tables before each bench for the ministers to take notes.
This is also for the court to discuss politics, which can improve efficiency more effectively. Of course, it can also make the ministers more comfortable.
Before Liu Xie, the ministers used to stand all up, and some of the old ministers would be very tired when they stood for a long time.
But I heard Liu Xie say: "You must understand that I want to serve the world with benevolence and virtue." That's right, what you are talking about is full of beheadings, and even the nine clans, these can indeed deter criminals to a great extent, but that is inhumane. Have you ever thought about it, and the family members have not committed crimes, why should they be killed, especially the children and the servants of the family must be killed, this is too cruel, and it is not suitable for my great man to be benevolent. We want the world to obey us, not to make them afraid of us, understand? From now on, all laws related to the joint meditation will be abolished! ”
Wang Yun said again: "Your Majesty, don't engage in Zhulian, this shows that Your Majesty is merciful and has the world in mind, and if you don't do this at the beginning, some criminals and their families will shield and harbor them, which will cause great difficulties in arresting." And after the abolition of the strain, it will increase the crime rate. ”
Liu Xie said: "There are always pros and cons, but the abolition of Zhulian definitely has more advantages than disadvantages, which increases the trust of the officials and the people in the imperial court, and also saves the waste of labor to a large extent." In short, in the future, Zhulian must be abolished, and I have made up my mind, and there is no need to discuss it again! ”
Wang Yun said: "Your Majesty is benevolent and virtuous, and the old ministers are respectful." ”
All the ministers said: "Your Majesty is benevolent! ”
This matter was over, and another minister said: "Your Majesty, there is a private paper mill leaking the papermaking process." ”
Hearing the news, Liu Xie was furious, stood up and said: "Which paper mill is it, immediately investigate it strictly, if it is a deliberate leakage of technology, it must be charged with treason!" ”
All the ministers were shocked, Yuan Shao's spies, Liu Xie could destroy the evidence, and he was not to blame for the past, why was a mere papermaking process so valued.
The ministers also looked at each other.
Liu Xie said: "Don't you understand? We have the most advanced papermaking technology in the world in Luoyang, and the paper we make can be hard to package items, and soft can be comfortable to go to the toilet, which is incomparable to the paper mills in the world. If the process leaks out, our paper price will plummet! Revenues from the national treasury will be greatly reduced, and arms expenditures will be reduced accordingly. Without money, we can't make more arrows, more saddles, more sunset crossbows, and our ability to fight the princes will be greatly reduced! Even if you lose Luoyang, it is really possible that this head will not be protected, this is even more serious than Litong! ”
With the efforts of Liu Xie, Luoyang papermaking has been crowned in the world.
Although papermaking has been around for a long time, toilet paper for toilets has not been made, and in the Eastern Han Dynasty, due to the high cost of papermaking, paper is very expensive, and poor families can't use paper at all, let alone wipe their butts with soft paper.
Only rich people will use paper or silk to wipe their buttocks, but even rich people can't afford such consumption, and poor people basically use stones, branches and leaves, etc., and use everything they can think of.
In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the literati used a combination of paper and bamboo slips to write records. Therefore, during this period, we can still see many literati who have a lot of books and briefs in their homes.
Liu Xie's small dictionary recorded in detail the more advanced paper manufacturing process, so Liu Xie opened a number of paper mills, including those of the Royal Manufacturing Division and those of private purchases.
However, whether it is royal or private, the process must be strictly conservative, absolutely forbidden to leak, and there are heavy soldiers to guard important manufacturing links.
The paper produced can be sold casually, even if it is sold to other princes and foreign countries, but it is not allowed to leak the process.
The paper produced by Luoyang and a large paper mill has all kinds of papers, especially soft toilet paper, which sells well in the entire Han Dynasty and the vassal states.
In some places, even the poor can afford to use toilet paper, but the princes can't make it, so can the princes not be hungry for such a good thing? This is more tempting than knives, guns, bows and arrows, so the major princes are also thinking of ways to steal Liu Xie's papermaking process.