In November, the weather is getting colder, but the first snow has not fallen since the beginning of winter. All parts of Guanzhong were busy purging the Three Puritans, and for a time the Three Puritans were like rats crossing the street, and private reports became commonplace, and the yamen cells at all levels were overcrowded, causing a great burden to the imperial court.

Although Liu Yu issued many edicts to reduce the punishment and imprisonment of ordinary believers, the counties around Chang'an City still obeyed the orders, and the farther away they were, the more disobedient they became. At the local level, the number of officials who have made money through the purge has gradually increased. Later, Liu Yu received a report from the inspection officials assigned to them, saying that when the magistrates received a report, they would all take the believers to prison, and if their families did not pay for ransom, they would be detained in a cell for a long time, and even sent to the mountains to do hard labor. The money bought for redemption was nominally to pay for rations, but in fact it was a exploitation of ordinary people.

The number of reports increased, and Liu Yu had to admire the endless appetite of this group of corrupt officials in this era. As long as you can think of it, it will be intensified in order to accumulate wealth. In response to this incident, Liu Yu convened two more mobilization meetings in the court, strictly prohibiting the local government from collecting money through the purging of the Three Puritans, and issued a proclamation that those imprisoned did not need to do hard labor, did not need to pay rations, etc., and informed the local government that if such a situation occurred, the local ordinary people could sue the imperial court, and the imperial court would make the decision for the ordinary people. In order to have an upward and downward effect of the decree, Liu sent court officials to the local authorities to supervise the development of the purge operation, and at the same time relieved some local officials from their official positions and escorted them to Chang'an City for trial.

For a while, this trend of taking advantage of the opportunity to make money seemed to fade.

However, a series of retaliatory actions by the Three Puritans followed.

Although most of the people involved are just ordinary people, they are behind them. After all, Su Zhe, the king of Chu, and his gang have political schemes. At the instigation of these politically motivated people. The fact that the magistrates are evil can easily arouse the anger of the people. Incidents of local confrontation against the government have occurred again and again, and then there has been a tendency to develop in the direction of popular change.

Liu Yue could feel the crampedness of the Three Puritans in this matter, Liu Yue thought to himself, at this time, the Three Puritans must also be able to feel that once the development of the Three Puritans was suppressed by the imperial court, the people would be in danger, and they might not be willing to listen to those things about the Holy Religion in the future. And so it goes. The power that Su Zhe has painstakingly managed will be dismantled. If they don't take advantage of the fact that they are making trouble now, they will not have another chance in the future.

The local quelling of disturbances among the parishioners caused a certain number of casualties and further intensified the relationship between the imperial court and ordinary parishioners. And the reports of local religious people making trouble are also increasing day by day.

Liu Yu again convened an emergency meeting to discuss the situation of quelling the disturbances among the parishioners. The meeting convened officials above the fourth grade in the capital, although it was not as good as the specifications of the Great Imperial Conference, but it was also at the level of the Imperial Court. This was also the first court meeting held by the imperial court after the purging of the Three Puritans began.

At the meeting, two opinions were basically formed. One opinion is the policy of Huairou. That is, to adopt a tolerant attitude towards the local troublemakers, so as not to let the contradictions continue to intensify. Another opinion. He advocated using blood to confront violence, and to kill and make an example of the people who made trouble, so that the people in other places were afraid to come out and make trouble.

Liu Yu did not want to adopt both ideas.

For the Huairou policy, Liu Yue felt that it was too much. Now that he has begun to purge the operation, and he still maintains forbearance everywhere, this is simply a slap in the face, which will only make the power behind the Three Puritans more unscrupulous. And the people who made this suggestion were either pedantic Confucian scholars or were bought by the Three Puritans, and Liu Yu also made a special note of these people and asked Liu Liniang to find out whether they were related to the Three Puritans.

Liu Yu did not agree with the idea of bloody repression. Although it may be effective to make an example of a hundred people, the result of the suppression is to push these ordinary people to Su Zhe, making them completely disappointed in the imperial court. For Liu Yu, who is good at buying people's hearts, this is not a good suggestion.

After discussing for a long time, no one gave Liu Yu a good idea. This made Liu Yu feel that none of the officials in the Manchu Dynasty had anything to do.

But at this time, Liao Mingsheng walked out very cautiously and said eloquently: "Huairou is right, and it will help the thief flame." Killing them by force will not be popular with the people. Neither is desirable. ”

Li Yannian, who has always advocated Huairou in the court, is very angry, in his opinion, this Liao Mingsheng is only relying on Liu Yu's concealment, so that he will become a pivotal figure in the court from a small county lieutenant. He looked down on Liao Mingsheng, who relied on clinging to the top position.

"What the hell are you talking about? Fueling the Flame of Thieves? Those religious people are all ordinary people of my Dashun Dynasty, if you kill them, it is better to caress them, the truth left by the ancestors has become nonsense to you? ”

Although Liao Mingsheng is an upstart in the imperial court, after all, the imperial history of the Imperial Court is still under the six books. In the imperial court, the officials crushed people to death, but obviously, Liao Mingsheng had Liu Yu's backing, and he didn't take Li Yannian in his eyes, and when he spoke, his tone did not have the slightest taboo and respect for Li Yannian.

Liao Mingsheng didn't squint, and said: "Please Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King Mingjian." ”

Liu Yue knew that Liao Mingsheng was good at looking at people, and he also knew how to figure out people's psychology very well, at this time he said that he could not be honored, nor could he be suppressed by force, but also to cater to his ideas.

Liu Yu said: "If Liao Qing has any insights, you might as well say it bluntly." ”

Liao Mingsheng turned to look at the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty and said: "From the perspective of the ministers, the court officials should be the leaders and go to the places to appease the people, rather than the subordinate officials as the patrols." In this way, it can demonstrate the determination of the imperial court to quell the chaos of the cult. At the same time, the imperial court should set up a separate affairs yamen in various places to deal with local riots, and if anyone dares to gather to make trouble, those who instigate it will be beheaded and will not be spared. ”

Although Liao Mingsheng's suggestion is not quite in line with Liu Yu's ideas, it is also acceptable to him. This is tantamount to suppressing while pacifying, and sending court officials to inspect is indeed more convincing than sending some subordinate officials, and Liu Yu also believes that these court officials are not backache when they stand and talk in the court one by one, it is better to let them go down and pacify the people for the court.

"Liao Qing's opinion is very good, so each of the six departments assigned personnel, headed by Shang Shu, to be stationed in different places in Guanzhong to take charge of quelling local chaos."

Liu Yu's words shocked the court officials of the Manchu Dynasty below.

Liu Yu asked the six departments to go down from the book, and all of them had to go to various places to inspect, wouldn't that be a reversal of priorities and a waste of food due to choking?

Some ministers hurried to admonish, but they were rejected by Liu Yu one by one. Liu Yu said: "At present, the top priority of the imperial court is to deal with the rebellion of the Three Puritans, and other affairs are handled by the Shangshutai, and if there is an urgent matter, the six departments can be handled urgently at the local level." The matter was decided first. ”

Liu Yu's attitude was resolute, and the people below had nothing to do. (To be continued......)