Chapter 788: Inspecting Nanyang
If every time the dynasty is changed, the title deeds of the previous dynasty are abolished, then it will be returned?
Have not all the people of the earth risen up and rebelled?
Even Liu Xiu didn't dare to say such a thing.
Looking at Liu She, who was making a lot of nonsense, Liu Xiumeng slapped the table and reprimanded in a deep voice: "Presumptuous! ”
Liu She's body shook suddenly, and finally realized that his words were too much, he hurriedly knelt on his knees, kowtowed forward, and said, "Weichen deserves to die, please forgive your majesty!" ”
Liu Xiu looked at Liu She, then looked at the title deed on the table, frowned and said: "The king of Surabaya forcibly occupied the Wang family's land, bullied the people, and brought the king of Surabaya down to detain him pending trial!" ”
"Your Majesty forgives your sins, Your Majesty forgives your sins!"
Liu She was anxious and kowtowed to Liu Xiu again and again.
Liu Zhong also knelt on his knees, kowtowed forward, and said: "Your Majesty, the king of Surabaya is old, he was confused for a while, and he made a big mistake, please let Your Majesty open the net!" ”
Li Jian also hurriedly knelt on the ground and pleaded: "Please Your Majesty can open the net!" ”
It's better if he doesn't plead, but when he saw Li Jian also pleading, Liu Xiu was even more angry, raised his hand to Li Jian, and said: "As the commander of Ye County, you know that the king of Surabaya is bullying, but you sit idly by, ignore it, and refuse to report it, what crime should you be guilty of?" ”
"Your Majesty spare your life, Your Majesty spare your life......" Li Jian's face turned pale with fright, and he kowtowed forward again and again.
Seeing this, Wang Ben on the side hooked the corners of his mouth, and his face unconsciously showed a smug look.
But soon he straightened his face and subconsciously looked at Liu Xiu.
Seeing that the Son of Heaven was also staring at him intently, Wang Ben's heart was shocked, and he was scared out of white sweat, and his head hurriedly hit the ground, not daring to look at it again.
Liu Xiu originally planned to severely punish Li Jian, but seeing the smugness on Wang Ben's face, he changed his mind again and said, "Hold Li Jian together and wait for trial!" ”
Four Yu Linwei walked in outside the hall, pulled Liu She and Li Jian together, and dragged them out.
Liu Xiu looked at Wang Ben again, pushed the title deed on the table forward, and said, "Take your title deed and go back!" ”
"Grass people, thank you, Your Majesty! Your Majesty's great kindness and virtue are unforgettable for the grass people. ”
The king ran forward and bowed his head again and again.
Liu Xiu waved his hand outward, and Xuying on the side came over, returned the title deed to Wang Ben, and said expressionlessly: "Okay, you can go back!" ”
Wang Ben thanked him and left.
Out of the gate of the mansion, he couldn't help but smile, it seems that his adventure this time is really the right one, a hundred acres of fertile land, lost and regained.
You must know that the fertile land in Nanyang has been sold at a sky-high price, and even if someone really bids 500,000 yuan for his 100 acres of fertile land, he will not sell it! Inside the hall.
Liu Zhong sweated like rain, and said urgently: "Your Majesty......" "Okay, Ah Zhong, you get up!" ”
Liu Xiu said: "This time the King of Surabaya has indeed gone too far.
I know that this is by no means an isolated case, now Nanyang, there are a large number of princes who are using various means to annex land, if it is allowed to develop, Nanyang will definitely be in chaos! ”
So to stop the situation from getting out of control, Liu Xiu must make an example of the chickens and monkeys.
This time it was Liu Xiu's bad luck, and he happened to hit Liu Xiu's muzzle.
Liu Zhong's eyes were red, and he choked up and said, "Your Majesty, my father is old, but ...... I can't afford to go to jail! ”
Liu Zhong is a dutiful son, and his filial piety is not a false intention to win a good reputation, but from true feelings, which even Liu Xiu admires him very much.
Later, Liu She died of illness, not more than 20 days, and Liu Zhong also passed away, crying to death, of course, this is also related to his frailty and illness.
Knowing that he was not in good health and knowing that he was a filial son, Liu Xiu got up, walked up to Liu Zhong, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "Ah Zhong rest assured, how can I embarrass my uncle, this time it is just to teach my uncle a lesson, and it is also to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger." ”
When Liu finally heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly kowtowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" Thank you, Wechen...... "Hurry up!" ”
Liu Xiu glanced at him, helped Liu Zhong up, and said half-jokingly: "If you are really in a hurry, I can't afford to compensate my uncle!" ”
Liu Zhong snorted and laughed, Ah Xiu was still in the mood to laugh with himself, it seemed that he was really not angry with his father.
This made Liu Zhong a lot easier, raised his sleeves, and wiped the sweat from his head.
Liu Xiu did not punish Li Jian too severely, but only deducted him for half a year, and it was only a verbal deduction, in fact, he was not fined for half a year.
The reason why Li Jian was punished so lightly was mainly because Liu Xiu sent Xuying to visit Yecheng, Li Jian's reputation was not bad, and the people were also satisfied with Li Jian's county order.
In fact, Li Jian's connivance with Liu She is completely understandable, after all, not all county orders in the world are like Dong Xuan, who dare to fight against the Son of Heaven for the sake of a rational word.
Li Jian, a county magistrate, really didn't dare to care about Liu She's affairs, and he couldn't manage it if he wanted to.
The county order's Yulu is only 600 stones, and he has to feed a large family, if he is really fined for half a year at once, this family is not allowed to drink the northwest wind?
In order to live, Li Jian has to become a corrupt official even if he is not a corrupt official.
So Liu Xiusi thought about it and simply didn't punish it, but just gave Li Jian a verbal warning.
Even so, it scared Li Jian a lot.
Liu Xiu stayed in Ye County for only one day, and the next day, the team set off and continued south to Wancheng.
Liu Xiu entered Nanyang, arrested Liu She, who occupied Mintian, and also 'severely punished' Ye County Ling Li Jian, and the news spread far and wide, and soon spread throughout Nanyang.
For a while, the princes and nobles who returned to Nanyang Land felt a cool breeze on their backs.
Who is that?
Two kings in one family! The father is the king of Surabaya and the son is the king of Zichuan, which can be said to be the only favor.
But even so, Liu She was arrested for occupying Mintian, and compared with Liu She, he is far inferior to him! After hearing the news, the princes and nobles who returned to Nanyang have stopped a lot, and the people who had suffered dumb losses before and did not dare to sue have now come to the spirit and complained to the county government and the county government one after another.
In the past, the county government of Nanyang and the county governments of the counties really didn't dare to care about these dignitaries, but now they can't care about it, after all, His Majesty came to Nanyang in person, and he has already arrested a king and punished a county order. Nanyang, which was originally chaotic, was finally stable and peaceful with the arrival of Liu Xiu.
A few days later, Liu Xiu arrived in Wancheng.
accompanied him to Wancheng, as well as Liu She, who was arrested, and Liu Zhong.
Nanyang guarded Liu Shun too much, went out of the city for ten miles, and greeted Liu Xiu.
After seeing Liu Xiu, Liu Shun and the county government officials bowed one after another.
Liu Xiu and Liu Shun are naturally no strangers, they are brothers of the same clan, Liu Shun is the elder, Liu Xiu's brother, they have known each other since they were young, but the relationship between the two is not very close.
Liu Shun's elder brother is Liu Yi, during the Wang Mang period, Liu Yi was the Marquis of Chungling, and Liu Shun was a veritable son of a high-ranking cadre.
Liu Xiu only had a father who was a county magistrate, and he died when he was young, compared to Liu Shun, he was an ordinary farmer and a country boy.
It's just that no one thought that Liu Xiu, who was wilted and didn't like to talk much on weekdays, but the land was planted very well, could one day become the Son of Heaven, and Liu Shun, who was born in a high-ranking cadre, is now a courtier for Liu Xiu.
Liu Shun bowed his hand to Liu Xiu and said: "Your Majesty came from Luoyang, and it was really hard to go all the way south. ”
Liu Xiu smiled slightly and asked, "Cheng Wuhou has been doing well lately!" ”
"Thanks to Your Majesty, everything is fine with Weichen."
Although Liu Xiu and Liu Shun were not close, they did not treat Liu Shun badly, and canonized Liu Shun as the Marquis of Chengwu.
However, although Liu Zhong was crowned king, he had no official position in the court, and although Liu Shun was made a marquis, he was also the Taishou of a county, and more importantly, he was too shou, but Nanyang was too shou, and now there is no county in the world that can be more popular than Nanyang.
After seeing Liu Xiu, Liu Shun and Liu Zhong greeted each other again, everyone is a brother, they used to meet often, they knew each other, and they had no strangeness to each other at all.
On the way to Wancheng, Liu Xiu asked Liu Shun about the current situation of Nanyang.
Liu Shun told Liu Xiu about the current situation in Nanyang.
The counties of Nanyang are chaotic, as the county seat of Wancheng, it is even more chaotic, overcrowded, no matter which prince and noble, after returning to Nanyang, the first thing that comes to mind is to buy a piece of land in Wancheng first.
Wancheng is so big, with the influx of a large number of foreign population, whether it is the land inside the city or the fields outside the city, it is overwhelming.
Liu Shun, who is too guarded, is not so easy to do, he has to face all kinds of emergencies almost every day, from morning to night, but he is quite happy to do it himself.
Seeing that Liu Shun's face was a little haggard, Liu Xiu said: "If Cheng Wuhou feels too tired to be a Taishou in Nanyang, I can transfer Cheng Wuhou to another county." ”
Liu Shun was taken aback, waved his hand again and again, and said urgently: "Your Majesty, Weichen has done a good job in Nanyang, it's really ...... I really don't want to leave...... "Of course he doesn't want to leave, to be a taishou in Nanyang, to have real power, to have prestige, and to be close to his hometown, under the whole world, where else can he go to find such a good errand?"
Liu Xiu just said casually, if he really wanted to transfer Liu Shun away, he couldn't find a suitable candidate to replace Liu Shun.
Nanyang is the emperor's township, and the Liu clan relatives can be everywhere here, and others will come to Nanyang Taishou, any clan member can stand up, and he can suppress Taishou, how will Nanyang be governed in the future?
Liu Shun is different, he himself is the Liu clan, is the brother of the Son of Heaven, the Liu clan can suppress others, but can't suppress him, in addition, Nanyang is very important, Nanyang is too guarded, must be a person Liu Xiu can be very trusted, the Liu clan, the same qi and branches, one is prosperous, one is lost, others may be able to make him Liu Xiu's rebellion, but Nanyang's Liu clan will definitely not rebel against him.
These factors are the main reasons why Liu Xiu chose Liu Shun to be Nanyang Taishou.
Seeing that Liu Shun was very satisfied with his current official position, when he heard that he was going to transfer him away, it was as if he had been stepped on by his tail.
Liu Xiu smiled slightly and said, "Cheng Wuhou has done a good job as Nanyang Taishou, but the people of Nanyang don't seem to be doing well. ”
"Your Majesty......" Liu Shun's face changed suddenly, and he was about to explain, Liu Xiu continued: "When I passed by Ye County, I found that the King of Surabaya had actually invaded the people's land, would the Marquis of Cheng Wu know about this matter?" ”
"Patriarch he...... He ...... "The water carries the boat, and the water capsizes the boat!" Deng Feng's experience from the past, Cheng Wuhou won't forget it so quickly, right? ”
Liu Xiu asked meaningfully.
Liu Shun swallowed his saliva, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen knows his mistake!" ”