Hu He squeezed out a reluctant smile: "The lower officials are willing to make up for their merits and let the prince fall." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Yang Kexin said: "This Hu He seems to be a rotten Confucian, Mu Ne is honest, in fact, after many years of ups and downs in the Huan Sea, he has also become an old fox who has been refined into steel." On the surface, the sentence just now seems to be a convincing acceptance of punishment, but in fact it is still something in the words. Put the work in the front, and let the hair fall in the back. Kicking the ball back to yourself, retreating as advances, and defending as offense, is not to be underestimated. Thinking of this, Yang Ke suddenly made up his mind, it seems that as long as Hu He uses it well, it is a sharp sword.

"Since the case is under the rule of your Lord Hu, the bell still needs to be tied to the bell. It's up to you, my lord, to smash the Xiao family's private execution ground and prison today, even if it's your credit. How to deal with the Xiao family, it is necessary for adults to judge the case impartially in accordance with national law. As for the second article, this king thinks that this place should not be demolished, preserved as it is, and transformed into a place for display, so that the officials and people in Luoyang City can come and see, showing the determination of the imperial court to abolish private slaves. ”

When Hu He heard this, his face immediately became cloudy, his eyes flickered, and his heart was really messy, and he felt entangled. The reason for the entanglement is nothing more than the extremely high risk, and the credit is very tempting. The high risk is because announcing to the public that he has single-handedly solved the case, and then he will judge the case by himself, which is equivalent to taking the lead in publicly declaring war on the Xiao family, the four major clans, and even the powerful and wealthy families who keep private slaves all over the world, and snatching food from their confinement, and the number of people who have offended is only afraid to count. If he can abolish the private slavery system in his hands, win the population and taxes for the imperial court, and let countless private slaves become free people, it is not only a great merit to the imperial court, but also a Buddha-like virtue and politics of ten thousand families, and I am afraid that it can meet the standard of the people's ancestral hall.

Seeing Hu He's face turn blue and white for a while, Yang Ke's heart brightened, his plan to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle hit Hu He's key point, he must be doing a fierce ideological struggle at the moment, weighing the pros and cons. Therefore, I was not in a hurry, let alone asked, I just looked at Hu He with a smile, quite a bit of a taste of sitting firmly in the Diaoyutai.

Hu He pondered for a long time, looked at the No. 1 minister in front of him, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and suddenly realized in his heart, why was he so stupid and unbearable, and almost missed a big thing. With the King Yu in front of him as his backstage, why be afraid? Even if the four major clans can do anything, it turns out that until now, these four families have not obediently bowed down in front of him. What's more, being able to join King Yu's camp is equivalent to finding the big backer of Tianzi No. 1, which is an opportunity that I can't usually ask for by burning high incense. As for the risks, what you do will be foolproof, and drinking cold water will also have a time to plug your teeth. Once you succeed, you will gain fame and fortune. Therefore, there is only one thing that is urgent at the moment, that is, to show loyalty to Yang Ke as soon as possible, as long as he fully supports himself, it will be a great deal.

After thinking through this layer, Hu He looked solemn and gave Yang Keshen a salute: "Lord Wang, the lower officials are not talented, waste their time, bury themselves in the first case, but they are just a layman." But I never dared to disobey the teachings of the sage, and I didn't dare to be ashamed of the favor of the court, this abolition of private slavery was the first time in the ages, although there were thousands of difficulties and dangers, the lower officials were willing to break their bones, and they would never give up, and they were willing to die for the prince. ”

Yang Ke couldn't help but laugh secretly, this Hu He is really an old fox with a needle hidden in the cotton, and another big hat was buttoned over, tying himself to the chariot, but today he can accept Hu He for his own use, which can be regarded as a wish, as for the benefit of the tongue, Yang Ke will not care, and nodded at the moment: "As long as Lord Hu does things with his heart, the court will definitely understand the adult's heart of public loyalty and the country, rest assured, the sky is falling, and someone will help you carry it, Lord Hu can completely let go of things, and there is no need to worry about the future." ”

After hearing these words, Hu He was like drinking a cup of cold ice drink in June, and all the 36,000 pores on his body were comfortable, and after he respectfully responded to a promise, he turned his head to face the group of servants and servants under his command, full of anger, and commanded with majesty: "Come here, take all the prisoners here back to the prison, wait for the fate, and then send someone to the medical officer to ask for more too often, and treat and settle these private slaves on the spot, and pay for all the expenses from the public, and there must be no mistake." ”

After the order was issued, the surrounding officials immediately got busy, arresting people, saving people, and the iron door of the prison was also opened, and the men, women, and children who were imprisoned in the cell were released one after another, and they sat or stood in the courtyard, crowded to the brim, and some people couldn't stop thanking Hu He for his kindness.

Tang Zhong looked at Hu He, who was in high spirits, commanding Ruoding, and judging the two of them with a cowering expression just now, and couldn't help but smile slightly, and said to Yang Ke: "The prince is really a good means, and he has subdued a general while talking and laughing, but this brother is inevitably a little slippery." ”

Yang Ke smiled faintly: "If you don't slip your head, this Luoyang Ling, who was born in a poor family, is afraid that his official position will be lost a long time ago, but he is not bad, he has no bad deeds, and he has never harmed the people, he is a conscientious person." If you didn't cultivate in your previous life, you only came to Kyoto, which is full of powerful people, to be a parent official, and you can still be left and right, which is a means. So there is no need to be harsh, after all, no one is perfect. The way of employing people, seeking it is in the situation, not blaming others, and the good people are also good. ”

"Lord Wang, listening to your little bit, Hu He may really be a sharp arrow, and the Xiao family should be punished for evil."

Yang Ke looked up at the sun in the west, and said in a solemn tone: "The population of the whole world, the imperial court can be registered, but I am afraid that there is not even half of it, where have so many people gone?" These magnates took the money of the imperial court, and dug the corners of the wall from the imperial court, and took these people as their own, did not pay food, did not pay taxes, should not be forced and soldiers, and also knocked on the bone and sucked the marrow, privately tortured, and decided life and death in a word, this private slave is clearly the outside of the law in the whole world, only blame this Xiao family for being unlucky, and make this bird, speaking of which, this king really wants to thank them, there is no hope of the Xiao family, but I am afraid that it will not play the role of killing chickens and monkeys. ”

When everyone heard this, they understood that Yang Ke's move to the Xiao family was premeditated, and it also had another deep meaning, Tang Zhong's mind was smart, thinking of the order just now that Yang Ke instructed Hu He to turn this place into a display place for officials and the people to display publicly, and couldn't help but admire greatly, what the Xiao family and the big clan were really afraid of by the imperial court was actually their prestige among Shilin and the world's reading seeds, and once the reputation stinked, the prestige would naturally disappear, so that everyone in the world could see how inhumane the Xiao family, the courtyard where private slaves were held, It is no less than stripping off the coats of the clans' poetry heirlooms and exposing their ugly faces in front of the whole world, this is a more effective way than killing them, judging from this one thing, at least the reputation of the Xiao family for a hundred years will be ruined in the future, and as for the other clans, I am afraid that they will also be infamy.