On the last day of April, the weather suddenly became extremely hot, and although it was just the beginning of summer, the heat arrived early.

Liu He had already moved from the Greenhouse Hall to the Qingliang Hall to live, and the ice cubes hidden in the cellar last winter were also moved to the ice trays in the four corners of the hall.

At this time, Liu He was wearing a cool and breathable summer robe, but he still felt a little hot and unbearable.

He sat in front of the desk and copied the famous "Barefoot Doctor's Handbook" in later generations, but he could not calm down, but made mistakes one after another.

In the end, he simply threw the pen aside.

Fan Ke, who was guarding the door of the palace, heard this movement, and hurriedly trotted in with a soaked face towel and respectfully delivered it to Liu He.

Liu He took the face towel without thinking, and suddenly his face changed, and he threw the face towel back into Fan Ke's arms.

The Son of Heaven was so frightened that Fan Ke fell to his knees on the spot, and begged for mercy again and again.

"Why is this towel hot, you want to burn me?" Liu He scolded angrily.

"Your Majesty, if you are sweating, you can't wipe it with cold water, otherwise it is easy to close ......your sweat and get sick," Fan Ke naturally saw the irritability of the Son of Heaven, and quickly explained.

"Isn't there a destiny in my life and death? Go, change it for me! ”

"From now on, from March to October, I will only wipe my face with cold water......"

"No, just wipe your face with ice water, you go and chisel the ice cube to me, turn it into ice water, and then use it to wipe my face!"

"No!" After Fan Ke answered, he hurriedly picked up wet wipes and "escaped" out of the Cool Palace.

Liu He suddenly felt a little lost and guilty, he watched the thin figure gradually leave, and knew that he was playing on the topic just now.

All along, he avoided showing his majesty to a "weakling" like Fank, because it was extremely unbearable.

However, Liu He couldn't control the anger that followed the heat in his heart.

Months have passed, and the situation he has to deal with is now much more complicated.

Supervise the implementation of the new policy, contact with Jieyu who entered the palace, and let the officials introduce more secret methods, so as to beware of the courtiers' yang and yin violations......

With the implementation of several rounds of new policies, Liu He gradually felt some resistance, which could not be seen or touched, but they existed.

Now, all the resistance has erupted in the matter of immigrants filling Pingling County.

Compared with the previous rounds of New Deals, this "system" that is not considered a New Deal has made the giants feel the pain.

They're starting to fight back.

Moving the family to Pingling County, this matter is simple and simple, and complicated and complicated.

The simplicity lies in the fact that the list of these million-dollar families is clear, and there is no ambiguity.

The reason why it is so clear is due to the strict arithmetic system of the Han Dynasty.

Each family is geometric and clear, and it is a great risk to hide it.

Liu He's edict of "moving the families of the three counties to fill the Pingling Tomb with millions of dollars" has passed through the cabinet and has been sent to the county guards of the three counties.

Then the county guards of the three counties only need to continue to issue them, and then follow the map, and there should be no delay.

However, the difficulty lies in the fact that there are many people who obstruct this matter, either explicitly or covertly, from the local county guards and county orders to the important ministers and scholars of the Chang'an court.

This means that although Liu He's edict was issued, it became a dead letter and was not implemented.

It is not difficult to understand that these obstructive officials and courtiers are themselves giants.

Many of them have more than one million dollars, although they are in Chang'an, but the world's giants and wealthy families have common interests, and of course they will be twisted into a rope.

Liu He inevitably had some regrets, regretting that he seemed to have started earlier.

But there is no turning back from the bow, even if there is something wrong with the matter, but he will not compromise and turn back.

Once compromised this time, then all the new policies that have been implemented before and in the future will be discounted.

Don't let the giants and the ministers mistakenly think that they can bargain with the Son of Heaven.

Wrong is wrong, and sometimes it's a good strategy.

In order to overcome the hurdle in front of him, Liu He only summoned Wei Xiang, an outlier in the cabinet, today.

Let him help him burn this net formed by a giant family and burn him completely.

After a short time, Fan Ke ran back again, and after handing the face towel soaked in ice water to Liu He, he said very carefully: "Your Majesty, Wei Ge is old. ”

"Let him in." Liu He stopped the movement in his hand and said.

"No!" Fan Ke ran out again.

Liu He wiped his face comfortably with the cold face towel, and his heart suddenly felt much more comfortable.

At this point, he made a decision in his mind that it was time to use the soldier he had been training for months.

Soon, Wei Xiang, a member of the Cabinet University, walked into the Qingliang Palace.

Maybe he came too quickly, so there was a fine layer of sweat on his forehead.

After entering the hall, he didn't care about wiping, and immediately bowed down in front of Liu He.

"Weichen Wei Xiang greeted Your Majesty."

"Excuse me, sit down and say."

"Yui!"

Wei Xiang is a nail that Liu He deliberately put into the cabinet.

Although the seven cabinet scholars are all considered to be big families, their core interests are different, and their philosophies are also different, so they can be divided into three factions.

Zhang Anshi, Bingji, Liu De and Wei Xian belong to the same faction, they are from a big family, so they completely represent the interests of the big family.

Zhao Chongguo and Han Zeng's family backgrounds are not as prominent as the previous four, and they are sensitive Han army generals, so they don't interfere much in political affairs.

As for Wei Xiang, his background is even more ordinary, and the starting point of his deputy is only the history of a district in the county.

Later, it was promoted as virtuous literature, and then it was valued by Emperor Xiaozhao in the countermeasures, and was able to go out of Henan County.

Wei Xiangzhi was extremely strict in the county, and the blow to the giant families in the county was very strong, which made Haoqiang afraid and made the people happy.

It is this trait that made Wei Xiang win Liu He's favor.

And Liu He summoned Wei Xiang here today, just to use Wei Xiang's knife to bleed some blood for the giant family.

After the two gentlemen and ministers finished the ceremony, Liu He did not go directly to the topic, but chatted with Wei Xiang about a past incident.

"Wei Qing, I have a past I want to ask you."

"Your Majesty asked, and Weichen knew everything." Wei Xiang said.

"A few years ago, there was a huge family in Henan County who falsely accused you of killing innocents indiscriminately, and Tingwei Temple went to arrest you, which almost caused a civil uprising, but is there such a thing?" Liu He said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, Weichen should die, it's all the wrong love of the county fathers and elders" Speaking ......of this, Wei Xiang was obviously a little panicked, and hurriedly wanted to stand up and ask for guilt.

"That was when Emperor Xiaozhao was in power, and Huo Guang was in charge, I have no intention of holding anyone responsible, I mentioned it today, just curious......"

"Actually, when I was in Changyi, I heard about this matter, and today I want to hear from you, the party, what happened at that time."

Wei Xiang felt a little relieved when he saw the Son of Heaven's really angry expression, and after thinking for a while, he carefully said what happened at that time.

"At that time, Weichen was escorted to Chang'an City by Tingwei Cheng, and not long after passing Hangu Pass, thousands of soldiers from Henan County gathered to follow ......"

"They pleaded bitterly with Na Tingwei Cheng, and were willing to atone for Weichen on the condition of serving in the army for one more year."

"At the same time, there are more than 10,000 old and weak people in Henan County who rushed to Hangu Pass, wanting to go straight to Chang'an City to write to Emperor Xiaozhao for Weichen."

"As a last resort, Ting Weicheng could only admit that Weichen was not guilty, and those fathers and villagers of Henan County left one after another."

"Whenever I think of the old and weak women and children being attacked by the cold wind for the sake of Weichen, Weichen feels careless and panicked, and his heart is worried."

Wei Xiang said these words very sincerely, and there was no fraud.

"But you ended up in prison."

"That's another thing, Weichen once offended the son of the late Prime Minister Tian Qianqiu, and Tian Qianqiu is Huo Guang's best friend, so he is hated by Huo Guang."

"Therefore, Huo Guang found an excuse and sent Weichen to prison again, and Weichen ate a winter prison meal before he was pardoned and released."

"Wei Qing is really amazing, it is a miracle to make Huo Guang, who was in full swing at the time, bow his head and admit defeat." Liu He said with a smile.

Wei Xiang was able to compete with Huo Guang and even the entire court by virtue of his popularity, and there was no one before or after the Han Dynasty.

"Your Majesty has praised it falsely, and the courtiers are really frightened." Wei Lian asked for sin.

It is normal for Wei Xiang to be uneasy, when he encounters a suspicious monarch and emperor, he will definitely not let him go when he hears that the courtiers can lead a civil unrest.

"Wei Qing don't worry, if I hadn't heard about this matter, I wouldn't have recruited you that day."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wei Xiang was a little more at ease.

"Actually, Huo Guang also mentioned this matter to the minister, he said that it was you who contacted Haoqiang and secretly stirred up the people's resentment, so that the people blocked the road, is this matter true?"

Wei Xiang's face changed, and he hurriedly continued to explain with some nervousness.

"Your Majesty, how dare Weichen do such a rebellious thing?"

"Take a step back, that's more than 10,000 people, even if Weichen really wants to stir up public resentment, he can't catch it......"

"What's more, it is precisely the giant family that Weichen has offended in the county, how can they help Weichen?"

Wei Xiang said frankly, not as if he was arguing, and when he mentioned the giant family, he gritted his teeth.

"If you want to add sin, there is no excuse."

Liu He said eight words, and after Wei Xiang heard it, he was stunned for a moment, and then he understood the meaning, and finally completely relieved himself.

"Wei Qing thinks, why are the people of Henan County willing to 'hold your clothes and stop crying' for you?" Liu He asked again.

Wei Xiang himself has probably been thinking about this question for a long time, and he gave the answer without any hesitation.

"The giant family regards ordinary people as ants, but Wechen will treat them as the same people as Wechen."

After Wei Xiang finished saying this, the chiming clock of Shen Shi happened to come from a distance.

The long bell lasted for a long time, and it seemed to praise Wei Xiang, so that the heat in the cool hall dissipated a lot.

"Wei Qing said this well, and I thought of it, with this word, Wei Qing can be called the pillar of the Han Dynasty."

"Your Majesty has praised it!" Wei Xiang thanked him humbly again.

"Cabinet scholar Wei Xiang took the edict." Liu He changed his words.

"Weichen Wei Xiang is waiting for the holy decree!" Wei Xiang hurriedly knelt down and said.

"I issued an edict more than ten days ago to move the three counties of Henan County, Hanoi County and Shangdang County to Guanzhong to enrich Pingling County, and now the time limit is approaching ......"

"The big families of the three counties don't know what to do, they don't care about the people, they don't understand their will, and they don't obey the edict."

"The court and the public are united to protect the party, short-sighted, yang and yin, and resist the new deal."

"I ordered Wei Xiang, a cabinet scholar, to carry my own edict to supervise the three counties, temporarily act as the military and political affairs of the three counties, and urge the migrants!"

"Wei can act on everything when he encounters it, and he has the right to cut first and then play!"

"Changyi Lang Zuo Commander Jian Kou and Yulin Lang Zuo Commander Han De rated, led a total of 5,000 people from the headquarters to follow them to the three counties."

"I limit you to move all the millions of homes in the three counties to Pingling County within May!"

"If there is any hesitation or delay, Wei Xiang will come and see you!"

Liu He dictated the edict in one breath, while Fan Ke, who had been silent on the side, wrote hard.

After the former's voice stopped, so did the pen in the latter's hand.

"Wei Xiang, are you willing to accept the edict?" Liu He asked indifferently.

"Your Majesty, Wechen is willing to accept the edict, but Wechen is a cabinet scholar, and he can't interfere in specific political affairs according to the system, I'm afraid he will be criticized......"

Wei Xiang's voice trembled a little, he knew the weight of this edict, the Son of Heaven gave him five thousand new troops, that is, he had prepared for the worst.

"You are my messenger, how dare others beak, you can do it boldly and boldly, I will sit for you in Chang'an."

"If someone objects, can Wechen act on camera?" Wei Xiang confirmed again.

"You are my messenger, then don't worry about doing things boldly, don't be afraid of the dead, don't be afraid of killing, the five thousand elite soldiers you are given are to give you confidence."

Wei Xiang's expression was stunned, he didn't expect the Son of Heaven to say such words as "Don't be afraid of the dead, and don't be afraid of killing".

The Son of Heaven has always been very cautious in the matter of killing.

"I don't want to kill, they forced me to kill!"

This time, the Son of Heaven said it more clearly, and Wei Xiang no longer had any worries and doubts in his heart, and he did not hesitate to take the edict.

After Liu He explained some trivial matters to Wei Xiang, he stamped the edict with the jade seal of the country, and then handed it over to Wei Xiang.

Along with the edict, there was also a tiger talisman for transferring troops.

Wei Xiang didn't stop for a moment, and immediately took the edict and the tiger talisman and left the palace.

Liu He got up from the couch and walked to the door of the Qingliang Palace, the heating blowing in his face was a little hotter, but he felt a little more comfortable.

Turning his head, he glanced at the half-melted ice cube in the ice tray in the corner, and he seemed to smell a vague smell of blood.

These ice cubes were all dug out of the river last winter and stored in the ice cellar, I don't know if they were mixed with the blood of Huo Dang, who died last year.

Perhaps, next year's ice cubes will also have a smell of blood.

Only this time, it was the blood of the giant family. (End of chapter)