In the city of Luoyang, in the imperial court.

At this time, Liu Yu had already arrived in Luoyang and reported the matter of Gongsun Zan to Emperor Ling Liu Hong.

"Is Liu Tingshi's words true?"

At this time, the Yellow Turban was at the beginning of the peace, and he had just lived a good life for a few days, but at this time, someone said that Gongsun Chan wanted to rebel, and Emperor Ling couldn't help but be shocked.

Seeing Emperor Ling's question, Liu Yu hurriedly said respectfully, "Back to Your Majesty, what the minister said is true, and there is no exaggeration!" ”

"This Gongsun Chan is really bold! I trust him so much! ”

Seeing that Emperor Liu Hong had already believed Liu Yu's words, Lu Zhi, a scholar who had been a teacher and student with Gongsun Zhan, hurriedly stood up.

"Back to Your Majesty, General Gongsun Chan has served the imperial court for many years, and has guarded the northern territory for His Majesty many times.

Seeing that Lu Zhi tried his best to defend Gongsun Zhan, Liu Yu was unhappy.

"Lord Lu's words are wrong, even if the assassination of the state officials was done by his subordinates without him, what about the massacre of the people? More than a dozen villages under Xu Wushan, men, women, and children were slaughtered, if it weren't for the order of his Gongsun Zhan, how could his subordinates dare to act so boldly? Liu Yu retorted to Lu Zhi with extreme indignation.

Lu Zhi Liu Yu's words were speechless for a while, and his face was blue and red for a while.

"Even so, that Gongsun Chan has defended the frontier for so many years, and there is no merit and hard work, how?"

Before Lu Zhi finished speaking, Fu Song, the assassin of Jizhou, who was also in the imperial court, stood up.

"Lord Lu's words are wrong! Merit is merit and demerit, how can it be exempted from fault because of merit, in this way, isn't it directly telling those meritorious people that they can do wrong? ”

Facing Huang Fu Song's questioning, Lu Zhi pointed at Huang Fu Song, "you, you" several times without speaking.

Seeing that Lu Zhi no longer spoke, Liu Yu said some bad things about Gongsun Zan to Liu Hong, the Spirit Emperor.

Spirit Emperor Liu Hong's mind was not on this at this time, and he couldn't help but be a little impatient when he listened to Liu Yu in the hall gushing about the bad things that Gongsun Zhan had done over the years.

"So what do you say you have to do about it?" Liu Hong, who was so annoyed that he couldn't do it, waved his hand to interrupt Liu Yu, and then asked everyone a little angrily.

When His Highness heard this, all of them lowered their heads, and no one dared to speak.

At this time, relying on his sister's relationship, He Jin, who was appointed as a general, stood up.

"Your Majesty, since Gongsun Chan has no virtue, why don't you set up a new official to replace him!"

As soon as He Jin said this, Liu Yu on the side was overjoyed.

It is said that He Jin's sister He family, because she is deeply favored by Emperor Ling, has been enshrined as Queen He by Emperor Ling at this time, because of the relationship between relatives, Emperor Ling is usually very polite to He Jin, at this time seeing that his eldest brother has spoken, Liu Hong nodded approvingly.

"Then who does the general think can take the position of Gongsun Zhan?" Liu Hong asked politely.

"There is a general under the minister, named Chun Yuqiong, who is enough to take on this position!"

Emperor Ling immediately smiled when he heard this, and was about to say yes, but he saw Zhang Rang, the eunuch next to him, leaning over and whispering

"Your Majesty, Youzhou is tired, General He is a relative of the country, how can you let General He go to that kind of place!" It's better to find someone locally to replace it, and besides, the new official should give money when he takes office, and if he chooses General He's subordinates, then wouldn't it be money?"

Emperor Ling's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he turned around and asked in a low voice, "How much is the rank of Captain of the Cavalry?" ”

Zhang Rang smiled flatteringly when he heard this: "Two thousand stones!" ”

Hearing this, Liu Hong nodded with satisfaction. Then he turned around and looked at the people in the hall seriously.

"I have made up my mind, so let's arrange a local official in Youzhou to replace Gongsun Zhan!"

"Your Majesty" He Jin said hurriedly when he heard this, and was interrupted by Liu Hong before he finished speaking, "The general doesn't need to say it anymore, the general has this intention, and I am very relieved, but Youzhou is a poor place, how can I bear to let the general's subordinates suffer so much!" ”

Seeing that Emperor Ling changed his mind in a blink of an eye, He Jin knew that Zhang Rang was making trouble, so he looked at Zhang Rang with an angry face. In the face of He Jin's murderous eyes, Zhang Rang, who was deeply favored by the Spirit Emperor, was not only not afraid, but looked at He Jin with a sneer. From this, it can be seen how arrogant the ten permanent servants led by Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong were at that time.

"Liu Tingshi, do you have anyone there who can replace Gongsun Zhan?"

When Liu Yu heard this, the first thing that came to mind was Liu Yi, who had recently strongly supported his policy towards Hu.

"Back to Your Majesty, Liu Yizhi, the county guard of Zhuo County, is well received by the people, and the lower officials feel that this person can replace Gongsun Zhan!"

"Oh? Liu Yi? Why haven't you heard of this person? Liu Hong asked curiously.

In fact, after breaking the yellow scarf, Huangfu Song and others recommended Liu Yi, but Liu Hong didn't take Liu Yi to heart at all, so he didn't remember.

Without waiting for Liu Yu to answer, Lu Zhi on the side stood up again.

"Your Majesty, the Hu people are strong, not ordinary people can deal with them, and Liu Yi was originally a county commander, and it hasn't been long since he first became the county guard, how can an unknown person take on this big responsibility?"

Hearing Lu Zhi's words, Liu Yu hurriedly refuted.

"Lord Lu's words are wrong! In the early days of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, although Liu Yi was the county commander, he responded to the imperial army! once beheaded Zhang Bao and forced Zhang Jiao to death, which can be said to have made great achievements! How can Lord Lu Zhi say that he is unknown? ”

After listening to Liu Yu's introduction, Emperor Ling suddenly became interested.

"Oh? And such things? Emperor Ling looked at Huangfu Song and asked.

Huangfu Song nodded when he heard this.

"Back to Your Majesty, this is indeed the case!"

Seeing that Huangfu Song said this, Emperor Ling made up his mind.

"That's him! It should be regarded as a reward for his meritorious counter-insurgency! ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Hearing this, Liu Yu hurriedly complimented, and suddenly made this matter a reality.

Seeing that Emperor Ling dismissed Gongsun Chan from the post of cavalry lieutenant like this, Lu Zhi dared to be angry in his heart but did not dare to speak, and could only feel sad for Gongsun Chan silently in his heart.

Unlike Lu Zhi, Liu Yu was in a good mood at this time, and now that he has overthrown Gongsun Zhan, he can vigorously implement his own policies in Youzhou.

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Liu Hong waved his hand and said impatiently, "It's okay to disperse, I still have important things to do!" ”

"Wait for the resignation!" The crowd bowed and then exited the main hall.

As soon as he left the main hall, Lu Zhi chased after Liu Yu, who was walking in front, and complained angrily, "Why did Bo'an slander Bogui like this? (Gongsun Chanzi Bogui)

It is said that Liu Yu and Lu Zhi also have some personal relations in private, and at this time, seeing Lu Zhi blaming himself, there is no trace of resentment in his heart.

"Brother Zi is really wrong to blame me, brother, you don't know what your protégé has done all these years, what I said in front of Your Majesty today is true, if there is a little exaggeration, I am willing to be damned!"

Seeing that Liu Yu said so, Lu Zhi sighed, didn't say much, turned his head and left.

In other words, as soon as everyone left the hall, Liu Hong took Zhang Rang to his study.

"How's the drainage?"

In other words, Liu Hong, the emperor, don't look mediocre in governing the country, but he is a technical nerd.

Once when Liu Hong was traveling, it was just in time for a windy day, and the dust on both sides of the official road was flying, and Liu Hong was covered in dirt. After returning, Liu Hong, Zhang Rang and others studied the method of avoiding dust in the house every day, and ignored the political affairs of the DPRK and China.

After several days of "painstaking study", Liu Hong finally designed a drainage system.

The so-called drainage system is to introduce the river water from outside the city into the palace in Luoyang, and also built facilities to sprinkle water on the royal road, which are distributed on both sides of the royal road to sprinkle water and reduce dust before Liu Hong's trip.

The people are very novel to see such an artificial rainfall landscape, and they are all amazed.

Seeing the people praising his works so much, Liu Hong became even more proud. So he ordered to build a drainage system throughout Luoyang City.

Although the people were very curious about this, the officials in charge of finance complained bitterly, because the treasury no longer had much balance for Liu Hong to toss.

Liu Hong's solution to the deficit is to sell his official position, and he has intensified it. High-ranking official positions such as the Three Princes and Nine Secretaries were put on the counter.

In order to make the business more prosperous, Liu Hong built a "Wanjin Hall" in the West Garden, which has the meaning of "attracting wealth and entering treasure".

However, this money is just like Liu Hong's pocket, Liu Hong regarded it as his "small treasury" and was unwilling to take it out.

"Your Majesty, the drainage system is almost finished, but the rest will take a lot of money to complete!" Zhang Rang said helplessly.

Liu Hong couldn't help but feel embarrassed when he heard this.

"What can I do?"

Seeing Liu Hong's sad face, Zhang Rang began to have bad ideas again.

"Your Majesty, if it is peaceful today, and the people are living and working in peace and contentment, it is time to increase taxes!" Zhang Rang flattered.

Hearing this, Liu Hong suddenly smiled, clapped his hands and smiled, "What Aiqing said is very true!" ”

After that, Liu Hong ordered Zhang Rang to draft an edict, ordering all states in the world to increase taxes and increase taxes by ten cents per mu of land.