[Vol. 1] Section 211: Emperor Xuan's Rulers

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After clearing the Huo clan's forces, Liu Xun gained the power he deserved.

The removal of the chaotic party should have been a celebration for the whole country, but the careful Liu Xun found that Zhang Anshi, another pillar of the imperial court, was not very good-looking, and he seemed to be preoccupied.

After some vain temptation, Liu Xun finally figured out the reason for Zhang Anshi's poor complexion, this old man was worried that the Huo family's rebellion would implicate him.

Zhang Anshi's worries are not unfounded, he has worked with Huo Guang for 20 years, and the two families are intertwined, such as he has a granddaughter who is also a relative of the Huo family.

Liu Xun is keenly aware that Zhang Anshi's emotions are representative, but some are written on his face and some are hidden in his heart.

He had to get rid of these uneasiness without delay, or no one would be able to do a good job for him.

Therefore, he issued an edict to Zhang Anshi's granddaughter to pardon her from being implicated.

The edict was issued just right, Zhang Anshi's concerns were completely dispelled, his complexion was very good, and his initiative to work was greatly increased. Liu Xun was not finished, and he issued an edict to reward Zhang Anshi's descendants.

Liu Xun really achieved his goal, and he released a signal that he would not be held accountable, which quickly calmed the concerns inside and outside the court.

Now he can make drastic reforms in the administration of officials.

Liu Xunchang is in the people, he is very aware of the importance of the rule of officials for a country, there is no way to govern the people, but there are officials who cannot be governed. If the official style is not right, the people will naturally be troublesome. If the official is upright, the four seas are peaceful.

However, what kind of officials are up to par?

Facts have proved that Liu Xun's eighteen years of food in the people have not been in vain, and he has long had his own opinions on this.

His rulers must not be greedy.

Tian Yannian, who has the merit of "making decisions and doubts", is a good example, even if he is Huo Guang's cronies, even if Huo Guang is alive, as long as he dares to be greedy, Liu Xun will dare to ask for guilt.

Liu Xun knows very well that the corrosive energy of the □□ is huge, which will not only lead to the boiling of public resentment and disharmony between the upper and lower levels, but also create unjust prisons and frame innocents.

His deep hatred of wrongful imprisonment is related to his tragic childhood experience. Therefore, he added four additional officials to the Tingwei Mansion to do the work of review, and set up a history to review whether Tingwei's sentencing was appropriate. Even so, Liu Xun was still not at ease, and he even personally participated in the trial of some cases to prevent the occurrence of unjust imprisonment to the greatest extent.

His court lieutenant Yu Dingguo was praised by the government and the opposition: "Zhang Shizhi is a court lieutenant, and there are no wronged people in the world; The country was appointed as the court captain, and the people thought that they were not wronged. ”

Liu Xun often said, "If the officials are not honest and peaceful, they will cure the decline of the road", in order to remind the officials all the time that if they do not stretch out their hands, they will cure the decline of the road if they stretch out their hands.

His officials must not be detoured.

Liu Xun doesn't like roundabouts. People who have been in the society know that people are too circuitous and easy to be extreme, and often they can't handle things well and can't solve disputes. Of course, not being detouring does not mean that Liu Xun likes sleek people. What Liu Xun admires is the followers.

Followers are officials who have the ability to deal with problems, and those officials who are pedantic and radical and have no forks in their brains can't get food here in Liu Xun.

The crown prince Liu Zheng complained about the ministers Yang Yun and Gai Kuanrao who committed the crime of "sneering words", and said to Liu Xun, "Your Majesty has used too much punishment and should use Confucianism. Liu Xun was very unhappy, and said with a straight face, "The Han family has its own system, and it uses both 'hegemony' and 'king' and 'king', how can it use the pure virtue of the Zhou Dynasty?" What's more, Confucianism does not like to perceive the changes of the world, likes the past and the present, and can't even distinguish between 'name' and 'reality', how can it govern the country?" Liu Xun glanced at the prince's disapproving expression, sighed, and said, "Those who mess with my family, the prince too!" ”

Liu Xun's remarks revealed his focus in selecting officials, that is, whether he could perceive the changes in the world and then make decisions.

Therefore, the loyal followers are naturally Liu Xun's first choice.

Liu Xun is strict with □□, and he treats good officials very preferentially.

He attaches great importance to the selection of local county guards, and the central officials are under his nose every day, and he can see whether these people are working well or not, what their performance is, and whether they are good or bad can be distinguished after a long time.

But the local officials are not so easy to manage, what they do all year round, Liu Xun can't see it, he can only listen to the report and read the report. How much water there is on the paper, Liu Xun really has no bottom in his heart.

If you are not careful, you will be deceived by them, if you just deceive the emperor, then it is fine, the key is that the common people will suffer. This is something that Liu Xun absolutely can't stand to watch.

Therefore, Liu Xun was very strict in the selection of county guards and formulated a matching system. The county guards must be recommended by the ministers of the DPRK and the central government, and Liu Xun will ask them in public about their policies for governing the county and the people on a certain day, and only those who are satisfied with the examination school may be appointed as county guards.

This is like today's job seeker 'interview', the interviewer is Liu Xun and all the senior cadres, and the pressure of job seekers can be imagined.

Excellent job seekers have finally passed the test, don't be too happy, put on the official uniform of the county guard, and what awaits will be a set of stricter performance appraisal standards.

Originally, the county guards only had to stay in the office to handle official business, but now they had to go to the court with the county officials.

In this way, Liu Xun is still not at ease, he will send people from the central government to various places from time to time to investigate and secretly visit, and if he catches anyone who does not do a good job, he can only go home and kowtow and burn incense.

Liu Xun has never been stingy with local officials with excellent assessments.

Not only do they give spiritual encouragement, such as edicts and awards, and nationwide publicity, but they also give material rewards, such as salary increases and rewards, and so on.

Another preferential treatment that Liu Xun gave to the good officials was "long-term appointment".

For local dignitaries, "long-term tenure" is almost an impossible dream, and the former emperors were afraid that the county guards would take root and even blossom and bear fruit in the local area, so they had to move their nests from time to time, so as not to become a faction.

Liu Xun did the opposite, he extended the "long-term office" system to the county guard level, even if the political performance was excellent, it was not easy to transfer, and there was only one purpose, hoping to use the prestige formed by their "long-term office" to suppress illegal crimes and unhealthy tendencies.

It should be said that Liu Xun's practice has achieved remarkable results, and the history says that "he is a good official of the old Han Dynasty, so he is prosperous and called Zhongxingyan".

Under the implementation of Liu Xun's various official governance measures, a group of excellent followers have emerged, and the list of these followers is gathered together, which is the out-and-out list of Emperor Xuan's good county guards, which is listed here:

Zhu Yi word Zhongqing, a native of Lujiang, was a husband in Tongxiang, honest and not harsh, the people were pleased, and the Beihai Taishou was relocated, and his political achievements were outstanding

It is recommended to be the first in governance. Zhu Yi has a pure temperament, treats people with virtue, he does not show favoritism, and even the central cadres respect him for three points. The gifts he received were all from the party, and his family had no money to spare, and he was very frugal. Later, he was worshiped as the great Si Nong on his deathbed: "I taste as a Tongxiang official, and the people love me." The descendants of future generations, pay tribute to me, I am afraid that it is not as good as the people of Tongxiang, you should bury my remains in Tongxiang, and it is against you! "It's gone. His son buried him in Xiguo, Tongxiang, and the people set up a shrine for the mound, and the sacrifices were endless.

Gong Suizi Shaoqing, a native of Pingyang, was an official of Liu He, the king of Changyi, and was later implicated by Liu He, and was punished as Chengdan. After Liu Xun ascended the throne, the situation in Bohai County was very bad, thieves swarmed, public security was extremely bad, and the county guards at that time had nothing to do. Liu Xun wanted to choose a suitable candidate, and the prime ministers recommended Gong Sui. Because of his age, Gong Sui was not favored by Liu Xun at first, and after Liu Xun and Gong Sui's communication, Liu Xun officially appointed Gong Sui as the Bohai Taishou. Gong Sui really has a set, he aimed at the situation of too many thieves in Bohai County, first divided what is a thief and what is a good citizen. He who takes the weapon is a thief, but he who takes the implements of farming is not a thief. This gives a way for those who are thieves with hoes, shovels, etc. There is also a way to survive for thieves with weapons, as long as you take weapons to exchange for cattle and calves, you will not be held accountable. This way, the thieves heard the wind and scattered. He also dismissed the arresters, which reassured the common people. As a result, Bohai County was rectified and governed by him. Gong Sui was also rewarded by Emperor Xuan's imperial decree and recalled to Chang'an. When leaving, the Bohai officials wept and sent each other off.

In addition, there are countless good county guards such as Huang Ba, Yin Wenggui and so on, and they have become the cornerstone of the revival of the Xuan Emperor Dynasty.