"In addition, the county mansions and state residences of the counties and states set up in Luoyang, and the ministers also sent people to pay close attention to them, and they tried to strictly manage them in and out.

First, it is to prevent those who take advantage of the chaos to fish and make profits by long-distance trafficking in the guise of public affairs for personal gain, and second, to prevent local officials from counties and counties from taking the opportunity to bring more tributes into Beijing in order to bribe courtiers. ”

Listening to Xiao He's addition, Liu Ji peeled off the hard shell of the fruit of the branch fruit unfamiliarly, and glanced at him deeply, pointing at Xiao He to everyone,

"You all pondered the two things he had just said.

I'll just say, people who haven't worked at the bottom for 20 years will never be able to tell these ways. ”

The monarchs and ministers of the early Han Dynasty were all from Buyi, and they all knew the key points pointed out by Xiao Heyan.

Many county residences and state residences opened by various counties in Luoyang belong to government-run institutions, and people from afar need to be issued by the local county keeper if they want to stay and rest in the palace for free, that is, the official communication documents.

Once you get the pass, not only can you stay in the county residence with superior conditions after arriving in Beijing, but you can also travel unimpeded along the way, without having to pay any customs duties, and you can also use the roadside pass house along the way to enjoy free food and accommodation provided by the government.

In addition, the merchants who are in place, with the herald in their hands, can use the government's post chariots and horses to transport private goods free of charge, and the manpower, material resources and freight saved cannot be underestimated.

These goods, which were transported to Beijing in the name of the government, were often hidden in the county residences of various counties, which were used as storage places for public and private purposes. is even more daring, and even openly set up a stall in the county mansion to open a market and sell it directly.

The largest part of the cost of long-distance transportation and sales of goods is freight;

This part of the cost has been omitted, and then sold at the normal market price, which is very profitable for the merchant.

Therefore, since the beginning of the Qin Dynasty, it is self-evident that the matter of entering Beijing is a self-evident fat shortage, and the officials of the upper plan always pretend to be public and private, or bring their relatives to Beijing to play, or take the opportunity to carry private goods to sell, or privately issue orders for businessmen for no reason, which is an open secret among the county officials, and it is also the meaning of Xiao He's question.

***

And the second point he said is even more far-reaching.

The rare tributes sent from all over the country, in addition to being dedicated to the emperor, must have a redundancy. And these deliberately brought specialties have justifiably become an excuse to bribe the courtiers of Beijing, after all, there are people in the court who are easy to do.

Today, at the moment when the officials had arrived in Beijing one after another, Xiao Hefang openly and honestly discussed the matter in the sun, and his intention was to use Liu Ji's golden words to clarify a charter to correct the unhealthy trend for a long time.

"Well, I see what you mean, your reminder is timely.

Moreover, if you dare to say that, you are not afraid of offending people. ”

Liu Ji brought the crystal clear detachment flesh to his eyes to take a look, and hesitantly put it in his mouth, chewing and saying,

"Then pass on my meaning, since the beginning of this plan, those who are not the officials of the upper plan and enter Beijing without permission, privately accompany people and goods, and stay in the county mansion, are all sitting on the stolen food and stealing.

Also, this may wish to be written into the law as an example.

As for those who have already infiltrated the county mansions, Xiangguo, let's simply offend to the end, deal with it ruthlessly, and make an example of the monkeys. ”

"Your Majesty obeys the order, Your Majesty is sage."

Xiao He's face was full of joy, and he exhaled deeply, relieved.

Liu Ji smacked his lips suddenly, pinched half of the branch and looked around,

"This is a fruit, crisp and refreshing, sweet and juicy, I have never eaten it in my life, and you all come to taste it.

Changsha is adjacent to South Vietnam, and the climate and climate are similar, so I don't know if Changsha can grow this fruit?

If you can plant it, let Wu Chen send me some from time to time in the future. ”

He was looking at Xiao He expectantly, but he heard a gentle female voice,

"Your Majesty's words have come out, I am afraid that the people of Changsha will starve to death in the future——"

***

Liu Ji was startled, and looked back at Lu Pheasant suddenly, she pursed her lips tightly, her eyebrows frowned slightly, she was not angry and arrogant, and her eyes were so cold that people didn't dare to look at her.

Mencius said, "What is good at the top will be bad at the bottom."

Once the news of the emperor's love to eat and leave the branch spreads, the princes and nobles will follow suit, this is not forcing Changsha to change the thousands of acres of fertile land and mulberry fields to the branch?

If there is a flood in a disaster year, does Your Majesty expect the people of Changsha to satisfy their hunger with detachment?

Besides, Changsha is far away from the mountains and rivers, and it costs people and money all the way, just to transport the branch to Beijing. ”

In the eyes of everyone, the queen is usually gentle and introverted, hard-working, even if there are often brilliant words, but she still believes in Taoguang and is obscure, and refuses to steal a little more limelight.

But in these words, it was so cold that it seemed to be faintly frosted, which showed that she was really angry.

Liu Ji was dismissed in public, and his face was scornful, but he knew that what the queen said was right, so he was full of embarrassment and anger and ignored it, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a historian sitting silently in the corner of the hall in the distance, and he was writing the wooden scroll.

Annoyed and angry, he couldn't help but walk over quickly, glaring at the historian and questioning,

"What did you memorize, show me!"

A trace of panic flashed on the young pale face of the historian, but then he calmed down, he protected Jian Mu with his hand, and replied seriously,

"What Your Majesty just said, the minister remembered something, and did not dare to write nonsense.

It is the duty of the minister to truthfully record the words and deeds of the king.

These records are intended for the heirs, not for His Majesty. ”

"So, you also made a note that I want to ask Changsha for a separation?"

"Your Majesty himself said, 'I don't know if Changsha can grow this fruit', and the minister just recorded it truthfully."

“…… I can't remember this, but I cut it off quickly, and forgive you for your innocence. ”

The Emperor glanced at the bronze knife on the table in front of him, and his tone was stern, without the slightest room for negotiation.

"Minister, I can't do it."

The historian knelt deeply on the ground, did not raise his head, and replied firmly.

***

"How dare you resist?"

"Writing straight and calligraphy is not hidden, which is the right way pursued by the minister."

"Your righteous path is greater than that of the emperor?"

"The road is straightforward, although death cannot be returned.

The way of a minister is greater than his life. ”

"I think you're tired of being alive—"

Liu Ji had nowhere to vent his anger in his stomach, and suddenly became angry, raised his foot and kicked over the rectangular low case in front of the historian, and the pen, ink, knives and other objects on the case rolled to the ground.

The palace people were so frightened that they knelt on the ground, trembling, and let the loose lacquer inkstone box fall to the ground, and the ink slowly flowed out, making the ground black and rubbing, and no one dared to come forward to clean up.

Seeing that she had met a hard-headed historian who was not afraid of power, Lu Pheasant, who was watching from the sidelines, was extremely envious, all of this was something she had never experienced in her previous life.

Historians of the Qin and Han dynasties, such as the Taishi Ling of the Qin and Western Han dynasties and the Lantai Ling of the Eastern Han Dynasty, although they were official officials of the imperial court, basically inherited the position of the historians of the pre-Qin period, and were given great freedom to write down their own words.

However, since the Tang Dynasty, the system of historians has undergone tremendous changes, from historians to history museums, and a formal official history revision institution has been established.

With the history museum, it will be compiled by the collective history and supervised by the important ministers of the imperial court to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

Although the compilation of the history museum is more comprehensive, complete, and detailed, every time the historians want to remember an event or a word, they often put aside their pen and look at each other, discuss it repeatedly, and their personal will is gone.