Liu Hong bowed his hand and made a salute, and Fang continued: "Since Zhang and the second emperor, relatives have been in power, not following the system, and appointing people as relatives, so that it has become a common practice for friends in the court to ask for help, and the system of selecting talents in the country has become a private instrument for him to form a party for personal gain and "repay Li with peaches".

"When I was subordinate to the locality, I often heard that the state and county recommended those who were highly respected and talented, and they loved 'those who could repay their kindness', and these young people, who ate the country, did not care about the king's affairs, but instead raised their heads and shook their tails, like loyal dogs."

"Although Your Majesty is trying to get rid of sinus rebellion, it is difficult to do anything, why not? The corruption of the officials has become a fixed trend, and perfunctory prevarication has become a habit, which can be changed overnight. ”

The Son of Heaven nodded with deep feeling, since he was in power in June of the first year of Xiping, he had also tentatively made some noise above the court and implemented some policies, but in the end it was always inexplicable, otherwise he would not have recalled Duan Cheng, the general of the Broken Qiang, to the court and let him be the captain. Although Duan Cheng is a well-deserved famous general in the empire, his reputation is really bad.

"Then why are you in the strong?"

Liu Hong continued: "The minister took one thing as an example, in the second year of Xiping, His Majesty promoted the minister to the county guard of Huiji, but at that time, the rebellion of Xu Sheng had just been quelled, the people were displaced, and the youth and strength decreased sharply. ”

The Son of Heaven laughed when he heard this: "Aiqing is not humble at all. ”

Liu Hong also smiled: "It's not that the minister has no self-humility, but he doesn't dare to commit the crime of the king." ”

The two of them smiled and said a few words, and the words returned to the topic.

"The minister is not Diwa, he has the ability to cut the soil to create people, and it is not enough to support the people for three years, how can Huiji recover? It is in this place that you are strong. ”

"Such a small night, domineering the place, oppressing Li Shu, annexing land, private storage of slaves and maids, those who do it, for the wrongdoing, the one who causes chaos, is the discipline of the country. Therefore, the first thing the minister did when he took office was to sweep away the powerful and powerful, and the money and property that the minister offered to His Majesty, the funds for repairing the canals and roads, and the increase in the population, had to come out of this. ”

The Son of Heaven nodded again and again, thinking of the huge and lovely five-baht coins that Liu Hong had offered him, and a little anger appeared on his face.

Liu Hong has already entered the summary stage at this time: "It is the world that has come here, and the court has come here, and it is necessary to make changes, and it is necessary to implement changes, 'although Zhou is an old state, its life is renewed'!" I hope that Your Majesty will be enlightened. ”

"yes." The Son of Heaven looked up and shouted: "Qin uses Shang Ying, Wei De Wu Qi, both strengthen their countries, but they are just ......"

Speaking of this, the Son of Heaven looked down at Liu Hong, his eyes were blazing: "If I preside over this matter with Qing, what does Qing want to do first?" ”

Liu Hong immediately replied categorically: "Follow the story of Shang Jun Ximu Lixin, and make a name for the change. ”

After that, he arched his hand to the Son of Heaven and said: "The world is eroded, it is not a one-day emergency, and it is not a matter of urgency to change the law into a more physical system, and it is not a hurry; And although the ministers rely on the authority of His Majesty, they use thunderous means in Huiji, but if they follow the cat and draw the tiger, they are not allowed to apply it to other counties. ”

"Why not?"

"Huiji is a contemptible place, even if there is a strong and strong, it is only a small trouble, and such as Ji, Xu, Yan and other states are strong and strong, inherited for a hundred years, all of them have deep roots and complex in-laws, which is not available today."

The Son of Heaven knew that what Liu Hong said was true, when he was the Marquis of Ting, he had already seen the terrible forces of this rich prefecture and county stronger than the localities, and he just asked in passing, so he asked again: "Qing Fang just said that he was changing the law and making a name, I don't know what a good plan is." ”

Liu Hong stretched out the three fingers of his right hand and said, "In the opinion of the minister, three things can be done today. ”

"First, can Your Majesty still remember the 'Five Classics' mentioned in the letter to the minister in the fourth year of Xiping?"

"Qing is ......" the Son of Heaven had a look of joy on his face.

Liu Hongxiang made a gesture, and then said: "The minister thinks that His Majesty's move is extremely sacred, and the wind of fraud is burning in today's strategy and test, why not?" First, the officials are not clear, and the other is that the Five Classics are scattered, and they are officials who are doctors, or follow personal feelings, or seek luck, speculate on the merits (examinations), and even disregard their faces, and do the act of piercing and tampering with the scriptures. ”

"Then I summoned all the Confucians, wrote the Five Classics, and carved a stone to stand outside the Taixue Gate." The Son of Heaven was talking excitedly, when he suddenly saw Liu Hong shaking his head gently, and couldn't help but ask suspiciously, "Why did Aiqing shake his head?" ”

Liu Hong replied with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't you invite Confucianism, but invite famous people from all over the world?" ”

"Why is that?"

"Your Majesty, do you know the old things about Shangshan Sihao? Emperor Hui is weak, Gaozu is not very happy, and there is more than the intention of establishing the king of Zhao, and then Lu Hou asked Shangshan Sihao to say on his behalf, and finally made Gaozu go to abolish the meaning of the long and young. ”

"Your Majesty is heroic and sage, and there is no danger of benefiting the emperor, but in today's situation, the great Confucian celebrities are more self-respecting and famous, and the hermit is still the wind and ear; If he is bluntly given an official position, even if he is pleased in his heart, he will be forced by the world, and he will refuse it. ”

"However, if the scriptures, broken sentences, and interpretations are used as the reason, because of the dispute over the Taoist system, it will all be carried out, and at that time, the sages will be ordered by His Majesty to gather the imperial capital, and the world corporal Lin Ding will be shaken and resounded, and he will deeply feel His Majesty's Hongde."

"Hahaha." The Son of Heaven couldn't help but laugh a few times, then looked at Liu Hong and said, "Isn't that the king of Chuzhuang?" ”

"Isn't there something else going on? Let's talk about them one by one. ”

"No." Liu Hong responded and replied: "The main scripture is that Your Majesty is famous among scholars, and these two things are for Your Majesty to benefit the people. ”

"People?" Hearing this word, the Son of Heaven couldn't help but be upright, as a folk Son of Heaven in a broad sense, he knew that the people who were feared in the world were not ministers, but in this leisurely Li Shu. Li Shu Ruo'an, even if there is a rebellion of the ministers, it is also a small trouble, regardless of the Qin and Han dynasties (Western Han Dynasty), the real gravediggers of these two huge empires have never been aristocratic high-ranking families, but small people who can't survive for various reasons.

"And now the patients in Li Shu Institute are one in the abdomen, and the other is in typhoid fever."

"Do you have a good plan?!" The Son of Heaven stood up suddenly, his eyes full of horror, for he knew the significance behind these two events.

Liu Hong replied: "Although there is no cure for the root cause, there is a cure for the symptoms." In addition, among the rafter, there is a doctor, who has the ability to cross the people, the minister served in Zhuo County in the past years, when the epidemic occurred, it was to spend this catastrophe with the prescription left by this person, and then the miasma in the number of Huiji, and this person was saved, His Majesty can order him to convene the world's famous doctors to discuss the matter of "typhoid fever", and the minister thought that it would have a miraculous effect. ”

The Son of Heaven was a little stunned, he found that what Liu Hong said was a little different from what he thought, especially the plow, he was even more confused, but he knew about the name of "Qin Yue Ren".

"Yue Ren's ability, what is the name of this healer?"

"Back to Your Majesty, this person's surname is Hua Ming Tuo, and the character is Yuan, and he is a native of Yanzhou Peiguo County." After answering this, Liu Hong also felt a little emotion in his heart, this Hua Tuo is very close to himself.

First of all, Yu Yanxi treated his eldest son Liu Bei, who unfortunately fell from the tree, and by the way, he also conditioned his body (of course, Liu Hong did not think that Hua Tuo had too much use for his conditioning), and then the Zhuojun epidemic, because of the effectiveness of the medicine prescription left behind, he was afraid that the plague would change again, and he also sent Jia Wei to his hometown to look for him, but unfortunately he did not find it, I heard that it was Yunyou, Jia Wei had no choice but to leave a message to return, fortunately, the plague did not change much later.

After he came to Huiji, he experienced a lot, and was promoted to the county guard of Huiji, but he almost forgot about this person, who knew that in February of the third year of Xiping, this Hua Tuo came to Huiji to visit him, and brought a letter from his eldest son Liu Bei.

After reading the letter, coupled with the past love and Hua Tuo's longing eyes, Liu Hong thought about it for a while, and then removed Hua Tuo as an official of the Huiji.

In the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, although the inspection system is the mainstream, but in addition, there are also recruitment, elimination, doctoral disciple class examination, appointment, selection and self-recommendation, officials to worship officials, to enter the official with material strength, to enter the official with the trick and other special forms of entry into the office.

Among them, recruitment and elimination can be roughly divided into one category, and recruitment refers to the recruitment of outstanding talents by the Son of Heaven as officials; Elimination refers to the system of selecting and appointing subordinate officials of the central and local governments.

Seeing that Liu Hong said so definitely and calmly, the Son of Heaven thought that he must be sure, so he stopped dwelling on this issue and continued to ask: "Then what should happen after these three things?" ”

Liu Hong smiled and made a congratulatory statement to the Son of Heaven: "As soon as these three things are completed, Your Majesty's prestige is significantly greater than that of the four seas, and the edicts of eunuchs and others can go, and then Your Majesty will first collect the power of the two armies in the north and south, clarify the rule of the division and officials, and then push it to the prefectures and counties." ”

"After that, Your Majesty's military power is enough to deter the ministers; The rule of officials is clear, and it is enough to rule the world. Mergers and acquisitions, relocation of the strong, reforms, and the rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty will come naturally. And if the internal troubles are peaceful, they are just thieves, but they are clowns who jump off the beam, and they kill themselves. ”

The Son of Heaven was excited again, since Bingzheng, although he also has his own ideas about the current situation, but they are all half-clawed and unsystematic, but after Liu Hong talked about it today, he suddenly opened his mouth, and felt that the road ahead was extremely clear and clear, within reach, for a while, he wanted to compare Liu Hong to Shang Ying, but then thought of Shang Ying's tragic end; So I wanted to compare Liu Hong to Xiao He, but this is not appropriate, cuo2 Hou Gu is a good minister, but not a minister of change, hesitated, he simply crossed the case, came to Liu Hong, grabbed his sleeve, and said with emotion and excitement: "Qing Zhen is the minister of Sheji, if I revive the Han family, I will follow the old things of Emperor Xuan, and then build the Qilin Pavilion, with Qing as the first credit." ”

Liu Hong hurriedly stood up and bowed deeply: "Minister Liu Yi will live up to His Majesty's expectations." ”

"By the way, what else do you need?"

Liu Hong shook his head and refused: "Your Majesty's charter to recruit the general's colleagues as rafter, it is already against the system, how dare the minister ask for anything more." ”

The Son of Heaven sighed and said: "This Yang is no better than other places, there are many elbows, and since I take Qing as the lieutenant of the school, I want to let Aiqing let go." ”

"Ziyi."

"The minister is here."

"After taking office, don't take care of it, I will take care of everything for you, and the security of this capital division really needs to be rectified."