"Lord Wang really deserves to be a saint in the world, and such a noble character is worthy of our admiration and learning."

Wei Gong said coldly: "Your Majesty's virtue is not worthy, if you continue to control Kyushu, it will be very inappropriate." Since you have the heart to help the world and help the people of Li to survive the disaster, then you should stand up at this time. I think that with your ability to govern the world, Lord Wang, you will be able to quickly make the world prosperous, and this will also meet the needs of the people. ”

"Let's talk about this later!" Wang Mang shook his head and said, "Now that the natural disaster has not subsided, we should focus on discussing the natural disaster." ”

As soon as Wang Mang said this, it was not easy for everyone to continue arguing. Especially those ministers with ulterior motives, they even wish that Wang Mang would keep his mouth shut and become emperor.

At that moment, a minister said: "Lord Wang, now that the natural disasters have gradually subsided, the people of Li are also rebuilding their homes. Therefore, in my opinion, we should not continue to focus on natural disasters now, lest we waste too much energy. ”

This minister who spoke was a tyrant of Liangzhou, on a par with the Zhuge family in Liangzhou, named Yang Jiexiong, who had repeatedly opposed the commander of the Tianhan camp and secretly sabotaged many of Wang Mang's arrangements for Liangzhou. And he is also an important figure who denies Wang Mang's claim to be emperor.

Yang Jiexiong was very angry about Wang Mang's interference in Liangzhou through the forces of the Tianhan Battalion. Although he did not dare to fight Wang Mang openly, he secretly united many ambitious people in an attempt to overthrow Wang Mang's rule.

"Has the natural disaster subsided? Is this true? Wang Mang snorted: "If it is really as you say, then we really don't want to continue to waste energy." In this case, I will first transfer back the soldiers who have been arranged to provide disaster relief in the area under your control, and then you can continue to manage the area under your jurisdiction. ”

"What?" Yang Jiexiong exclaimed: "Could it be that Lord Wang, are you saying that the natural disaster has not subsided?" ”

"Of course!" Wang Mang said: "I also have some understanding of the changes in the sky, as far as I know, the natural disaster has not completely subsided, and the time is about a year. The large amount of grain I had hoarded had been almost exhausted, and I had only one million deniers left. This amount of food is not enough to supply Kyushu. Therefore, it is only right that we should quickly seek food for others so that the people do not starve to death in the streets. ”

After speaking, he secretly glanced at Gongsun Ce.

Gongsun Ce understood this, smiled coldly, and said to Emperor Liu Yin of Hanping: "Your Majesty, Lord Wang has always been far-sighted, since he asserts that the natural disaster has not subsided, and there is still a year or so to continue, then it means that this matter should be true." Since it's true, then we have to guard against it.

This time, Lord Wang vigorously provided disaster relief to Kyushu, and it took a lot of energy. But Lord Wang is a mortal after all, his energy is limited, he can't control the situation in the entire Kyushu, and he can't do everything. According to the intelligence investigation and the reactions of many people, the minister found that many local officials had secretly avoided the supervision of Lord Wang and withheld food for disaster relief.

This is a grave crime and must be dealt with seriously, otherwise it will inevitably lead to a great change in the will of the people and cause chaos. The ministers received several reports here, which were documents in which the people and the families complained about the corruption and inaction of the local officials. Please also ask Your Majesty to take a look. As he spoke, he took out some bamboo slips from his embroidered robe and handed them to his father-in-law.

The father-in-law took the bamboo slip and handed it to Emperor Liu Yin of Hanping, who read them one by one.

When he finished reading it, he knew it in his heart, and asked in a deep voice: "Can the things recorded in the bamboo slips be true?" ”

"This is true, and there is no joke." Gongsun Ce said.

"Bastard!" Liu Jian said angrily: "Lord Wang has worked hard for three years, and he never thought that there would be people who embezzled the people's life-saving food when this Kyushu was facing a huge catastrophe, which is an unforgivable crime. ”

Gongsun Ce said: "Yes, Your Majesty, if these officials were corrupt in ordinary times, it would be fine, but they still want to be corrupt at this juncture of national disaster, withhold the people's disaster relief food, and ignore Lord Wang's painstaking efforts to save the world, and their behavior can be seen how shameless and despicable they are."

For the sake of the people, Lord Wang also asked His Majesty to quickly issue an order to investigate, not to chill the people, not to make the hard work of Lord Wang go to waste. ”

"This matter must indeed be severely punished!" Liu Yin said: "Master Wei, you are the imperial doctor, you must handle this matter properly, give an explanation to the people, and give Wang Aiqing an explanation." ”

Wei Gonghan took the bamboo slip and glanced at it, his heart was in a cold sweat, and he nodded in response: "Yes, Your Majesty!" ”

The officials reported and accused by these bamboo slips are all people who oppose Wang Mang's ascension to the throne and become emperor, and these people are all people who have very loud opposition and a very rich net worth. Yang Jiexiong, who had just spoken, was among them.

Wang Mang did not have enough talent to replace all the officials, but he found out the situation of the officials in the entire Kyushu during the disaster relief. Now he asked Gongsun Ce to poke out these things and blame a few typical people, his purpose was to suppress those who disobeyed him and deter other officials.

Of course, these accused officials have their own problems, otherwise Wang Mang would not have let Gongsun Ce stand up and accuse. He was not disgusted with the officials who had no problem with themselves, but still accused him of opposing his accession to the throne and became emperor, and did not pay attention to them.

Wei Gonghan understood what Wang Mang meant when he saw it, and secretly said that Wang Mang was ruthless, and in order to achieve his goal, he actually began to use some methods that he had not used before.

He already knew that Wang Mang was bound to succeed in ascending the throne and becoming emperor, and whoever stood in the way would be killed. On this road, Wang Mang did not mind wielding a butcher's knife and purging opposition officials.

"Where are the Guards?" Wei Gonghan yelled at the door: "Come on, give me a quick transfer of Yang Jiexiong, Li Yangfeng, Zhao Siming, Zhuge Yao, Chen Zhi, Liu Ming... pressed into death row, outsiders are strictly forbidden to visit the prison, and wait for the official to thoroughly investigate and deal with them before they come to question and deal with them. ”

Wei Gonghan reported more than a dozen names in one breath, and as soon as these people heard their names, they were immediately frightened and terrified.

As for the other officials, they talked a lot, speculating whether Wang was reckless and deliberately framed Zhongliang to take the opportunity to eradicate hostile forces.

At that moment, an official stood up, and he asked Gongsun Ce, "Lord Gongsun, is what you said true?" Did you really withhold the relief food? ”

"It's true." Gongsun Ce said: "Although I have not been an official for a few years, I think you all know that I am a person, I have always been responsible for the public, and I have never been favoritism. These officials who were named relied on their power to act recklessly. If you don't believe it, you can supervise and investigate it with Wei Yushi, and you won't object to Wei Yushi and His Majesty. ”

When this official heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded, and he already knew in his heart that Wang Mang had begun to use the knife against some people, and that these people who had used the knife had indeed committed a crime, and Wang Mang had seized the handle and used it to kill chickens and monkeys.

"Could it be that the foundation of my Han Dynasty for more than 200 years is really going to be ruined?" This person thought to himself: "Wang Mang is talented and has the hearts of the people. Now that he is crowned emperor, there is basically no hindrance. If I am still his enemy, is it really appropriate? He said that the emperor and queen of the world will really go to peace? ”