Wei Xiang is very famous in the Han Dynasty, how big is it, so big that everyone knows about it.

If Bingji's starting point in the court is low, then Wei Xiang's starting point is even lower.

Because when he was out, Wei Xiang was just a small death history in the county, and a few years later, because of his ability and political integrity, he was promoted to a virtuous person and was appointed as the commander of Maoling County.

After that, Wei Xiang successively served as the assassin of Yangzhou, the doctor of advice, and the Taishou of Henan.

If you just look at Wei Xiang's official position, there seems to be nothing special.

But if you look back at his experience in office, you will find that this man is tough and violent.

punish treacherous and evil, rectify the rule of officials, and suppress the powerful and powerful...... Whatever is difficult to do, Wei Xiang likes to do anything.

When Wei Xiang had just arrived as the commander of Maoling County, there were Sang Hongyang's disciples who pretended to be the imperial historian and committed evil in Maoling's house.

Change to someone else, knock on the side, and then send it out of the country.

However, Wei Xiang did not do this, but personally took the pavilion guards to capture and tie him up, and after finding out the situation, he sentenced him to the punishment of being beheaded.

Later, when Wei Xiang served as the Taishou of Henan County, the son of Prime Minister Tian Qianqiu served as the commander of the Luoyang Arsenal, and he was afraid that Wei Xiang's officials would be too strict, so he directly abandoned the official and fled.

Huo Guang, a general who had a very good relationship with Tian Qianqiu, did not punish Tian Qianqiu's son, but ordered Wei Xiang to be reprimanded.

Wei Xiang also didn't care, knowing that all the books were handled by Huo Guang, the secretary of the Lingshang, but he still wrote to impeach Huo Guang for shielding the fugitive officials.

At this point, Wei Xiang offended Huo Guang.

Because Wei Xiang has always been resolute and resolute in this way, and he doesn't know how to turn around, the local heroes colluded and took the opportunity to falsely accuse Wei Xiang of indiscriminately killing innocents in office.

So Huo Guang took the opportunity to attack and ordered Wei Xiang to be arrested and sent to the edict to be questioned.

However, Ting Weicheng had just brought people to Henan County to relieve Wei Xiang of his official position, and before he could take Wei Xiang away, something happened that everyone did not expect.

The two or three thousand soldiers in Henan County stopped the official road from Henan County to Chang'an City, and they all expressed their willingness to serve for one more year to forgive Wei Xiang's crimes.

At the same time, more than 10,000 people from Henan County went directly to Hangu Pass on foot, guarded in front of the pass, and threatened to go west to Chang'an and write to Emperor Xiaozhao to complain about their grievances.

10,000 people crossed the Hangu Pass and approached Chang'an City—this was much more terrible than the more than 100 Confucian scholars who made trouble in Beique.

If it doesn't get it right, it will turn into civil unrest.

Huo Guang felt quite troubled, so he had to give another order to pretend to let people investigate the matter thoroughly.

In the end, Tingwei Temple returned Wei Xiang's innocence and reinstated him as a local official, and Emperor Xiaozhao even issued an edict to reward Wei Xiang.

It's easy to make Liema turn around, but it's not easy to make Huo Guang admit defeat.

In today's Han Dynasty, there are only two people who can do this, one is the Son of Heaven, and the other is Wei Xiang.

Because of this kind of fearless and upright style of acting, Wei Xiang, who once served as the assassin of Yangzhou, has become a role model for all assassins.

Therefore, of course Liangzhou Thorn Shi Gongyu knows him

……

"Come, Duke Wei, Duke Xiao, the lower officials are bothering today, so I will use the wine on this case to toast the two of you." Gong Yu said, poured himself a drink, and drank it all.

"Gong Gong is heroic!" Xiao Wangzhi and Wei Xiang said that, and they drank it all.

At this time, all the food and drinks had been served, and the three of them were not separated from each other, and they chatted freely while drinking.

The three of them were originally upright people, and they naturally had a lot of dissatisfaction with the powerful and powerful, so they chatted very closely.

I don't know if it's because the power of this Xuanjiu is too great, or if there is some magic in Xianheng Liquor Shop, it actually makes these three upright people even more "presumptuous" and talk about it without caution.

Gong Yu talked about what he saw and heard in the bitter cold land of Liangzhou, and Wei Xiang and Xiao Wangzhi talked about the tragic situation of land annexation in Henan County.

The three of them were together, and they couldn't help but criticize the intertwined Huo Party in the DPRK.

……

Luckily, the drinkers around were already drunk to the point that no one noticed them.

Under the rich aroma of wine, the entire Xianheng wine shop is in a fluttering situation.

It was as if even the couch and the case were drunk.

They didn't notice that those inconspicuous little guys, who seemed to be working neatly with their hands and feet, were actually listening to them intentionally or unintentionally, and from time to time they went to the shadows to record something with pen and ink.

……

After three rounds of wine and two flavors of food, the emotions of Wei Xiang and the others gradually calmed down.

"The second duke entered Beijing this time, is it for business or private affairs?" Gong Yu, whose eyes were already a little blurry, asked.

"In this Shilin, I can't help myself, where there is any private matter, of course, it is for official business." Wei Xiang said with a smile.

"Is that for the county's accounting, or is it for the tax deportation?" Yu Gong had forgotten that Wei Xiang was the county guard and did not need to take care of these trivial matters.

"No, Changqian and I were recruited by the Son of Heaven, so we came to Chang'an City."

"What's the matter, the second duke was also recruited by the Son of Heaven?" Gong Yu asked suspiciously.

Gong Yu's word "also" revealed too much news.

After doing it for a long time, the three of them were actually recruited by the Son of Heaven.

For a while, the three of them woke up a lot, first looked at each other and smiled, and then burst into laughter.

They not only laughed at the coincidence of this incident, but also laughed at the "madness" of the Son of Heaven.

"What did the county magistrate think, actually recruiting those of us who were not welcome to Chang'an?" Gong Yu shook his head and smiled with the strength of the wine.

"Shaoweng, you are up, Wei Gongke and I have both sinned against the general, and the county officials recruited us to Chang'an, I don't know what to do." Xiao Wangzhi said.

"It is said that the county officials are crazy, it seems that they really don't know the severity." Gong Yu continued to laugh.

The two of them seemed to be speculating on the holy will and complaining.

Unlike just now, Wei Xiang didn't agree with their words, just took a sip of wine, and there was a smile on his face.

No matter in terms of age or rank, Wei Xiang is a little higher than Gong Yu and Xiao Wangzhi, and he has been friends with Bingji for many years.

Therefore, this Wei Xiang naturally knew many things that the two of them did not know.

walked all the way from Henan County to Chang'an City, and he didn't say much to Xiao Wangzhi along the way.

"Why is Gong Wei smiling and silent?" Xiao Wangzhi asked a little puzzled.

"The county officials recruited us, and I am afraid that what they value is our unpleasant 'uprightness'."

"What do you mean by that?" Xiao Wangzhi continued to ask.

Wei Xiang didn't say it immediately, he glanced at the drinkers around him, and after making sure that no one noticed this, he put his index finger into the wine cup.

dipped in that little bit of residual wine, and wrote the word "Huo" on the case.

After writing it, it seemed that I couldn't get enough of it, and I drew a circle on it again.

Everything was in plain sight, Xiao Wangzhi and Gong Yu immediately understood.

"Duke Wei is saying that His Majesty wants to ......," Xiao Wangzhi said eagerly, with a hint of longing on his face.

Wei Xiang made a silent gesture, and then lowered his voice and said, "Don't worry, you guys, listen carefully to what the people in this wine shop are saying at this moment, and you will know why the county officials are recruiting me and waiting." ”

Without saying more, Xiao Wangzhi and Gong Yu put down the cup in their hands, pricked up their ears, and listened carefully.

Just now, it was noisy everywhere, and I couldn't hear anything interesting.

Now, when I calm down, I have gained a lot of voices that I have not paid attention to.

The drunken drinkers are whining with the strength of the wine.

"I heard that the general fell ill this time because the county official was insane and listened to the slander of the old thief Cai, the imperial historian." Guan Jia said.

"Exactly, the general is the first loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, how can the county official suspect him?" Guan Yi echoed.

"When you say this, you want to be beheaded, and it's true that the general is a loyal minister, but you can't always control the government like this, and don't let the county officials govern in person, right?" Guan C objected.

"The county official is only fifteen years old, how can he be pro-government, I'm afraid he can't do personnel yet, otherwise why don't you welcome Huo Chengjun into the palace?" Guan Jia smiled lewdly.

"I heard my brother in Zongzheng Temple talk about it, the county official is actually nineteen years old, just to call the Empress Dowager Shangguan as the queen mother, so he was changed to four years younger." Guan Bing whispered.

"I see, I didn't expect there to be such a secret." Officer A and Officer B suddenly realized.

"Don't look at the county magistrate at the moment to call the general his middle father, and he has to pray for the sick general in Weiyang Palace, but I'm afraid he is already jealous." Guan Bing said proudly.

"Then isn't this Chang'an City about to be in chaos immediately?" Guan Jia said worriedly.

"How can you and me, petty officials, control such things?" Guan Bing said disdainfully.

"This county official is really crazy, could it be that he wants to make the Han world unstable?" Guan Yi was heartbroken.

"Eh, I don't think the county officials are crazy, don't forget, since the county officials took the throne, they have done a lot of practical things for the Han."

"On the first and fifteenth day of the new year of each month, people will be sent to give porridge in the city, and I will be invited to wait for the cake to be eaten in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and many toilets have been set up in recent days, and rice paper and many farm tools have been made......

"Not to mention anything else, without the county officials, I can't even drink this Xuan wine, let alone taste the taste of rice balls, meat sandwich buns, hu cakes, and tofu......

"There is also the way to drink tea, my father does not drink for a day now, and he is uncomfortable."

Guan Bing seems to have a lot of respect for the Son of Heaven, and when he talks about the good coming of the Son of Heaven, it is even more gushing, so that Guan A and Guan B, who have some complaints, also nod.

"But it's all trivial." Guan Jia said unconvinced.

"The county officials are not in charge of politics now, of course, they can only do small things, and in the future, they will have to do many big things." Guan Bing said firmly.

"I hope so."

"Come on, come on, I have a secret of the general to talk to you and others, it depends on whether you dare to listen to it." Guan Bing's smile suddenly became a little obscene.

"As long as you dare to speak, I will dare to listen."

Then, the three junior officials, who were not even qualified to hang the ribbons around their waists, put their heads together and spoke in a low voice.

"This general's illness has nothing to do with the county official, but may have something to do with Na Huo Xian......"

"I heard that Huo Xian is forty this year, it is ...... age...... Between the curtains, the ability is ......"

"The Great General is no match either...... I heard that they used to ...... under the eaves or in the main hall."

Guan Bing's voice is getting smaller and smaller, but the obscene laughter that is not very pleasant is getting louder and louder, and it seems to be talking about the most proud place.

Gong Yu and Xiao Wangzhi, who were eavesdropping, were very curious, but they couldn't really hear it, it was really like a cat scratching on the heart and liver, and they couldn't calm down for a long time......

They now looked at Wei Xiang's meaningful expression, and finally understood the meaning of Wei Xiang's words just now.

When the Son of Heaven came to them, I am afraid that he wanted to use them to defeat Huo Guang and eradicate Huo Guang.

"The second prince doesn't have to be anxious, in the next two days, I will enter the palace to face the saint, and then everything will come out, and the truth will be revealed."

"It's just that coming to Chang'an this time will probably be a dangerous thing."

Gong Yu and Xiao Wangzhi didn't say much, but their faces looked expectant.

It is a pleasant thing to be able to fight with the Son of Heaven and Huo Guang.

By the time he said this, all the wine on the table had been drunk, and several people had all sobered up.

The three people, who had a big difference in status and status, did not speak, but they glanced at each other meaningfully, and their words were endless.

"When will those two enter the palace?"

"I'll go to the bus to the study tomorrow to see their arrangements."

Nowadays, all those recruited by the Son of Heaven must be introduced into Weiyang Palace by the bus Sima.

"Then I'll go with you tomorrow." Gong Yu proposed.

"That's great!" Xiao Wangzhi clapped his hands and said.

Wei Xiang also smiled and nodded.

The people waiting for the Son of Heaven are finally here.

……

Two days later, in the greenhouse, Liu He had been waiting for a long time.

Fan Ke came in and reported: "Your Majesty, the three people who were recruited by the edict, Wei Xiang, Gong Yu and Xiao Wangzhi, are already waiting in the side hall. ”

Liu He's eyes lit up, and he really came.

Yesterday, Liu He received the news that the three capable officers he had recruited had finally arrived.

It was well worth the wait for a month.

These three people will all have different roles in the future, but it's not as simple as pouring Huo.

Wei Xiang, impartial law enforcement, upright. In the long run, it can be used to rectify the rule of officials and eliminate the Huo Party in the court.

Xiao Wangzhi, with high attainments in Confucianism, dares to speak out, and is not a sycophant to the powerful, and is the best candidate to supervise the words and deeds of hundreds of officials.

Gong Yu, proficient in selling goods, paying attention to people's livelihood, can help the Son of Heaven achieve the goal of enriching the people and strengthening the country.

Now, although Bingji and Zhang Anshi and others in the court are very loyal, they also need to introduce some new blood in order to revitalize the entire court situation and avoid the court from becoming a pool of stagnant water.

What's more, as the Huo Party is gradually cleaned up, Liu He also has to prepare some talents to fill the vacancy.

Only one in and one out can really weaken the Huo Party.

"Let's call Wei Xiang and Xiao Wangzhi in first." Liu He said.

"No."

A moment later, Wei Xiang and Xiao Wangzhi came to the greenhouse hall.

After the monarch and the ministers saw the ceremony, the three of them sat down separately - Liu He was the Son of Heaven and sat in the first place; Wei Xiang is older and sits on the right side; Xiao Wangzhi was young and sat on the left side.

Monarchs and ministers have a way, the young and the old are orderly, and there can be no chaos.

is different from the scene when he first met Zhang Anshi, Bingji, Zhao Chongguo and others, Liu He did not use those small means to manipulate people's hearts against them this time.

In the past, Liu He used more conspiracy and leftism; Now, Liu He should be better at using yang and righteousness.

Of course, he still maintains that approachable appearance, after all, sincerity is his biggest weapon now - it is also a kind of ability to make his courtiers feel like a spring breeze.

Liu He was not in a hurry to get to the point, but first asked Wei Xiang about the situation in Henan County, and in this way narrowed the distance between himself and the two courtiers.

"This year's autumn harvest, how much millet can be received by one acre of Shangtian in Henan County?"

"An ordinary family of five, can there be a surplus of arrowroot cloth woven in a year?"

"Henan County has a small land, but a large population, I heard that the local people are stingy and thrifty, familiar with the world, I don't know the truth?"

……

The questions asked by the Son of Heaven made Wei Xiang and Xiao Wangzhi's hearts sigh.

This son of heaven is indeed different.

Wei Xiang, Xiao Wangzhi and Bingji have a very close relationship, and it is not an exaggeration to describe their relationship as close friends, and there is often correspondence between them.

Especially after the Son of Heaven issued an edict to recruit Wei Xiang and Xiao Wang, Bingji immediately wrote a long letter to the two, relaying the situation of the Son of Heaven one by one, so that they could be prepared.

This is a taboo in the Han Dynasty, and once it is known to outsiders, it is easy to be charged with "speculating on the will" and "snooping on the sacred heart".

Bingji's willingness to take a huge risk to do so shows that their relationship is extraordinary.

With Bingji's "ventilating message", Wei Xiang and Xiao Wangzhi had a vague understanding of the Son of Heaven - at least let them know one thing, this Son of Heaven is not a crazy person as the rumors say.

Even if Wei Xiang and Xiao Wangzhi were already prepared, at this moment, the Son of Heaven was familiar with asking about these "trivial matters", which still shocked them.

These questions are trivial and to the point - not like a high-ranking young genius can ask them, but more like a veteran of officialdom who knows the place well.

Liu He seemed to see the confusion and shock on the faces of the two, and he smiled, easing the atmosphere in the hall slightly.

"The two Aiqing don't need to be so surprised, I have not been here in Chang'an City for a long time, and I was quite interested in these things when I was in Changyi Kingdom before."

Xunzi said: Water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn a boat. I am the one at the helm of the ship of the Great Han, and of course I have to know something about the lives of the people. ”

"Your Majesty, there is really the legacy of Taizu and Taizong." Wei Xiang said sincerely.

"Hahaha, Wei Qing's words are wrong, because I am quite concerned about these trivial matters, and many people still say that I am crazy." Liu He said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, this is Shengming, and those who say that Your Majesty is crazy are short-sighted." Xiao Wangzhi said indignantly.

Because he used to be very disrespectful to Huo Guang, he was often said by others to be a mad Meng Lang, which can be regarded as sympathy with the Son of Heaven.

"There must be a teacher for the threesome, choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones." Liu He waved his hand and said, "Let them say it, this can also remind me at all times not to do other crazy things." ”

"Your Majesty is enlightened." Wei Xiang said sincerely.

"Of course, in order to prevent me from becoming a deranged faint king, the two Aiqing also have to do their part." Liu He said meaningfully.

Wei Xiang and Xiao Wangzhi glanced at each other again, they knew that the Son of Heaven was about to enter today's topic, so they hurriedly sat up straighter.

"A few months ago, I issued an edict to recruit two Aiqing, originally wanting the two Aiqing to help me preside over a major event."

Liu He paused for a moment before continuing: "This matter is Jianpingling County. ”

When Wei Xiang and Xiao Wangyi heard this, they immediately understood it.

Emperor Xiaozhao has been in Pingling for several months, and he has been sleeping in Pingling, so the matter of building Pingling County should also be put on the agenda.

The construction of a mausoleum county is a major event, whether it is done well or badly, it is possible to follow Emperor Xiaozhao to leave a history book, which is of course a major event.

"Emperor Taizu Gao has been ten years old, and 100,000 people have migrated to the Guandong County to fill Changling."

"After Emperor Xiaohui's great trip, Empress Lu migrated to Guandong and advocated 5,000 households to Anling."

"During the reign of Emperor Xiaowen, Emperor Xiaojing and Emperor Xiaowu, they also repeatedly migrated to Guandong County, the people, heroes and wealthy households to Zhuling County in Guanzhong."

"After Emperor Xiaozhao ascended the throne, Pingling began to be built, but Emperor Xiaozhao suddenly went big, and the mausoleum was not completed, let alone Lingxian."

"I heard Taichang Lecheng mention it before, and Pingling County has not even finished building the city wall now, which is really chilling to the first emperor."

"Therefore, I recruited two Aiqing to let the two Aiqing build this Pingling County."

It sounds unremarkable, but in fact it is bound to be bloody.

Entering September, the time will be freer, and the plot behind it should be smoother.

(End of chapter)