For the departing Xiongnu mission, Liu Sheng did not appease too much, but maintained his consistent tough style and attitude.

Just like last year, when the Huns angrily invaded the four counties of the Northland, and directly led to the Battle of Han-Hun Mayi in the Autumn Queen.

For Liu Sheng's style, inside and outside the Han family's court, it can only be said that he is relieved.

Why is that?

Could it be that the emperor of the Han family had to be tough on the outside world in disregard of the facts, and he had to irritate the Huns without looking at the facts?

Not.

If this is the case, then Emperor Xiaowen of the Han Dynasty Taizong will be 'a soft-footed crab who has never said a hard word to the Huns in his life', rather than a living saint recognized by the world;

The first emperor Liu Qi will also be a faint monarch who only knows harmony, not a quasi-Ming monarch who 'if there is no rebellion of Wu Chu, it is likely to get the temple number'.

The most important thing is that Emperor Taizu Gao, who set a precedent for foreign peace and proximity, will be another 'Han Wang Bang', and the Han family will also be another 'puppet regime' after Ying Qin.

In fact, Liu Sheng's maintenance of his tough strategic attitude towards the outside world is actually related to Liu Sheng's age.

——In the battle of Han-Hun Pingcheng, especially after the siege of Baideng, Emperor Taizu Gao chose to make peace with the Huns, and people in the world will only say that Emperor Taizu Gao was wise and martial, and chose the most cost-effective option.

In short: no one doubts the decisions of the Founding Emperor, especially after the Great War, after suffering huge losses.

When Emperor Taizong Xiaowen came to Chang'an on behalf of himself and inherited the unification in the year of the weak crown, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen did not directly take power, but for a long time, he played the role of the puppet son of the clay statue.

After boiling Chen Ping, Zhou Bo, Guan Ying and other old ministers, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen also sought a decisive battle with the Huns.

Although in the end, this Han-Hungarian war, which had been planned by Emperor Xiaowen of the Han Dynasty for many years, was destroyed by the sudden rebellion of Liu Xingju, the king of Jibei, the final effect was the same as Liu Sheng's promotion of the Han-Hungarian Mayi Campaign.

——For the young Son of Heaven, inside and outside the court, and even the people of the world, they are actually skeptical and wait-and-see.

What kind of person is Xinjun?

In an era when there is no means of media, and government decrees can only be sent to all parts of the world through the network of post stations, and there may not even be a guarantee that everyone in the world will know about it, it is really an easy and extremely difficult thing for the people to figure out what kind of person the emperor is.

Easy, it means that the image of the Son of Heaven in the hearts of the people is likely to be rapidly approaching in the direction of the ancient evil beast because of a few idlers who drink a lot of horse urine and brag too much;

Difficulty refers to the fact that it is difficult for the emperor of this era to make the people correctly recognize their image through ordinary trivial things.

So what to do?

This has to mention the 'amnesty of the world' that has been enjoyed since the Han Dynasty and even in the following dynasties.

That's right.

Amnesty on New Year's holidays is one of the few means that the emperor can "let the world know that I am a good person", and it is also the least costly means.

The rest of them are nothing more than cultural and martial arts.

Understand this, and then look at the year, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen did not look at the facts, and under the premise of internal instability, he was tough on the decisive battle with the Huns.

——Before the Battle of Mayi, Liu Sheng's image in the hearts of the people of the world was not even as good as a blank piece of paper.

After all, a blank slate also means knowing nothing, and it also means that first impressions can be effective in building a personal image;

But for an emperor who is not crowned, the first reaction of the people of the world is distrust and suspicion.

The sky is gone, that is, the people of Guanzhong vaguely remember that back then, when Tianzi was still a child, he presided over the stabilization of grain prices in Guanzhong.

Nothing else.

And now, Liu Sheng has completely engraved his tough image into the hearts of the vast majority of people in the world through a battle of Mayi.

From now on, no matter how ridiculous or bad Liu Sheng does, people will never say again, 'I'll just say it, right?' Being an emperor at this age is a scourge for the world! ’；

Instead, he will say: Hey, bear with me, this person can keep my Han family peaceful, so as not to let the foreign barbarian Di Yi bully······

Just like back then, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen's decisive battle between Han and Hungary that could not officially start made people in the world no longer say, 'I'll just say it?' This generation of hillbillies, he is not worthy to sit on the throne! ’；

Instead, he will say: Hey~ It's really not that this person is weak and can be bullied, it's really not allowed by objective conditions······

There is a lesson from Liu Xingju, the king of Jibei, or else, let's wait······

This is the reason why Liu Sheng's tough attitude towards the outside world makes the court and the court feel 'relieved' - Liu Sheng needs to do this, and he does it.

When a son of heaven who has not been on the throne for a long time and is still young can consciously do what he should do, as a courtier and a hundred officials, he must be extremely gratified.

It's just that before the court and the outside of the court can recover from the relief that 'Your Majesty has finally grown up', Liu Sheng's next thing to pay attention to made the entire court silent.

- Doctor Goshi.

Liu Sheng's attention once again returned to the prehistoric version of the Commission for Discipline Inspection: the Imperial Historian is above the Ya······

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"Princes, let's talk about it first."

"How did Ting Wei deal with the problem of bribery and corruption among the examiners, and what other thoughts did he have?"

"For the supervision officials, what suggestions does Yu Shi Zhongcheng have?"

As the saying goes: a meeting with a large number of people is not important, and there are not many people in an important meeting;

Solve small problems and hold conferences, solve big problems and hold small meetings;

Today's meeting is undoubtedly a 'small meeting'.

The participants were just Zi Sheng today, Zhao Yu, the court captain, Chen Jian, the imperial historian, and Liu She, the prime minister.

- Among them, Prime Minister Liu She just came to show his face.

It can only be said that the problems to be solved in such a meeting with such a number of people and scale cannot be small.

Zhao Yu and Chen Jian's next response also confirmed this point.

"Your Majesty."

The first to respond was Tingwei Zhao Yu.

"For the officials who have been imprisoned for corruption and bribery in the past nearly a year, the minister has not opened up because of his background in the 'examination for the ranks', nor has he been severely punished because of his theories."

"——When Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, Emperor Taizong planned to severely punish a passer-by who disturbed the holy car, and Zhang Tingwei at that time said to Emperor Taizong: The law is enough."

"In the end, Emperor Taizong also agreed with Zhang Tingwei's opinion, and according to the provisions of the "Han Law" about accidentally disturbing the holy driver, he fined the passer-by four taels of gold."

"The minister believes that Zhang Shizhi's sentence 'the law is sufficient' is a wise proverb that all the court captains of the Han family should take as Guibi."

"The same is true for this time······

For Zhao Yu, the court Weiqing, Liu Sheng is naturally a hundred reassuring.

As for Zhao Yu's legal stance now, Liu Sheng also feels more and more appreciative.

——Unlike the spirit of the extremely strict law that advocated 'everything is heavy and strict' in the Qin period, today's Legalists are also constantly reflecting on the lessons of the Qin Dynasty.

After decades of reflection and summarization, the legal position of the Legalists has finally been gradually established in Zhao Yu's generation, and has been summarized into Zhang Shizhi's famous sentence: The law is sufficient.

If the law stipulates so, then it is enough to do it in accordance with the law.

This sentence can almost be said to be a prehistoric version of 'there is a law to follow, and there is a law to follow'.

Liu Sheng was naturally pleased that Legalism could have such an ideological cognition, and at the same time, he was mentally prepared.

What really made Liu Sheng look forward to it was actually Zhao Yu's next answer.

- What's next?

——How to prevent the next batch of scholars, and even each batch of scholars who are born in the examination, will not be affected by the problem of corruption and contribute to Liu Hansheji.

"Regarding the problem of corruption and bribery among the examiners, the minister also has a few humble opinions."

"Since Your Majesty asked, the minister, he dared to speak out."

Zhao Yu's words provoked Chen Jian and Liu She's faces to be more correct, and even Liu Sheng did not forget to symbolically sit up straighter.

Seeing Zhao Yu clear his throat, he groaned slightly, and Fang said in a deep voice: "As Your Majesty said earlier, the problem of corruption and bribery of officials does not only appear in the scholars who are born in the examination, and it is not even only in the officials. ”

"From the Chang'an court down, whether it is the Beijing official and the minister, or the local county and county 2,000 stones, or even the maidservants in the palace, the temple people, and the gatekeepers in the homes of high-ranking officials and nobles;"

"-Whenever someone comes to the door, from asking for a meeting, to persuading, and even beautifying the face on behalf of the trustee, it has long become a customary rule in my Han family."

"If someone comes to the door and asks someone to do something, but they don't pay a bribe according to these conventions, they will be said to 'don't understand the rules', or even 'don't hide the world'."

"Especially during the reign of Emperor Taizong, after the general Zhang Wu took bribes, and Emperor Taizong did not punish but rewarded, and gave 500 gold 'to be ashamed of his heart', the wind of bribery and bribery in my Han family became more and more intense, and even to the extent that it was not shy away at all in broad daylight."

"Therefore, in the minister's view, if we want to solve the problem of corruption and bribery of the examination scholars, it is not only necessary to examine 'how to make the examination of the scholars become honest', but also to consider how to change the atmosphere of the entire officialdom and even the atmosphere of the whole world."

"Otherwise, even if some extraordinary methods are used to make the scholars who are from the examination try not to be corrupt or take bribes, it will not last at all."

"If only the scholars who were born in the examination do not accept bribes, then in the future, it is even very likely that the minister will impeach the minor officials of 200 or 400 stones with 2,000 stones, so that the entire court and the examination will be on the opposite side."

"After all, bribery and corruption have been around for a long time, and if one of ten people is corrupt, one person is honest, and the one who is wrong may not be the one who is honest······"

Regarding the words to be said today, Zhao Yu naturally thought about it for a long time and worded it for a long time.

Even today, when he learned that Liu She was also going to participate in this small meeting, Zhao Yu temporarily adjusted his wording.

But to sum up, Zhao Yu's opinion is just one sentence: official corruption is not an exception, but an atmosphere.

If we want to change the status quo, we must not only rely on anti-corruption or prison sentences, but should change the atmosphere and solve the problem at the root.

This proposition is not insignificant.

But for Liu Sheng, even if it is such a huge proposition, as long as someone can take the initiative to put it forward, it can be regarded as a good thing.

- After all, if someone dares to say it, it shows that this problem is not serious enough to the extent that 'everyone is taboo and dare not speak out, and if they say it, the whole world will attack it'.

It's just that the grandeur of this proposition also makes Liu Sheng, even if he has the heart, he has to put this matter aside for the time being and think about it in the long run.

"This matter, after Ting Wei goes down, you can think about it again."

"Tingwei's opinion, I deeply agree."

"It's just that I don't have any good ideas about what to do, I don't have any good ideas for the time being······"

After euphemistically reminding Zhao Yu to 'don't just point out the problem, remember to give suggestions to solve the problem', Liu Sheng's eyes fell on Chen Jian, the middle of the imperial history.

Chen Jian is not a famous minister.

Whether it is above the history or in this era, Chen Jian in the imperial history is undoubtedly an unknown little person.

Of course, this is also related to the characteristics of the position of the Cheng in the imperial history.

- Weight, contempt, and extremely taboo in dealing with courtiers and officials, that is, to have excellent professional ability, but also to have a firm personal position;

It is often difficult for such a person to be known to everyone in the world.

And the reason why Liu Sheng wanted to find Chen Jian, the middle of the imperial history, instead of Uncle Tian, the imperial historian, was naturally because of the central idea that had been determined when he decided to reform the imperial historian.

Doctor Yushi, in the past, was a sub-prime minister, is now a sub-prime minister, and in the future, he will also be the executive vice minister;

However, the Imperial Historian belongs to the Ya, and it should be specifically controlled by the Imperial History Zhongcheng, and the Imperial History Zhongcheng should be used as the starting point to carry out large-scale reforms from top to bottom.

Before such a large-scale reform, Liu Sheng needed to listen to the opinions of Yu Shi Zhongcheng himself.

Regardless of the stance from which this opinion was promoted, Liu Sheng needed to know what he thought of his idea of reforming the Imperial Historian, and the subject who was about to accept the reform······

"The minister believes that the practice of taking bribes by scholars is mainly due to the failure of the imperial historian's subordinate government to perform the duties of supervising hundreds of officials and reporting non-ministers."

"Just as Zhao Tingwei said: Corruption and bribery are not only a problem of examining scholars, or even a problem of officials, but a problem that has emerged in an endless stream in the entire Han Dynasty, and has even become a common practice."

"And this problem is mainly caused by the inaction and indulgence of the imperial historian in the past few years."

"If we want to change this status quo, the minister believes that we should start from the main framework and power and responsibility structure of the Imperial Historian, and carry out a certain degree of institutional change."

"It's just that this matter should be done by His Majesty, and the minister can only make some unwise suggestions based on what the minister has seen and heard in the past······"

(End of chapter)