Liu Chengyou was a little surprised by Shi Hongzhao's initiative. He thought that he would have to spend some words to achieve his goal, but he didn't expect it. Shi Hongzhao took the initiative to take over the job without saying anything. In response, Liu Chengyou Of course I am very happy.
"Well, Qing Shi is worthy of being the pillar of the imperial court and the leader of the country. He does not avoid danger, is brave in taking on tasks, and dares to take on responsibilities. I will leave this matter to Qing Shi with full authority!" A series of compliments came from Liu Chengyou more smoothly. Spit out from the mouth.
"A traitor is a traitor to the country. I can take control of it and rectify it." Shi Hongzhao waved his hand and spoke in an impatient tone.
"I can feel at ease with Shi Qing taking charge of my affairs!" Liu Chengyou nodded and said, "I will send the military ethics officials to assist Shi Qing."
"No need!" As soon as Liu Chengyou finished speaking, Shi Hongzhao simply refused: "It's enough to have a minister."
Shi Hongzhao dared to open a dyeing workshop just by giving him some color. Liu Chengyou could not see any reaction to his arrogance, but he still said calmly: "Shi Qing, don't misunderstand me, I have no other intentions. It’s just that the small officials in the Wude Department have made some gains in the early stage of the detective work. With their help, I think they can avoid wasting some unnecessary energy on the part of Shi Qing..."
After Liu Chengyou carefully comforted him, Shi Hongzhao nodded in agreement, resigned, and left in a hurry. Judging from his posture, he must be making a big noise.
Asking Shi Hongzhao to handle this matter cannot be regarded as ill-intentioned. It is just to let the right people do the right things. Liu Chengyou did not explain how to deal with it. Everything was left to Shi Hongzhao, and Shi Hongzhao was usually rough and rough. With his tough work style, you can imagine what the scene will be like next.
After leaving the palace, Shi Hongzhao got the list from Li Shaoyou, and things became easy for Shi Hongzhao. He directly summoned the fourth battalion of accompanying imperial troops. Under Liu Chengyou's instruction, the commander of the army, Ma Quanyi, also simply sent troops to support him. .Although Shi Hongzhao was still the commander of the infantry and horse guards and the first senior general of the Forbidden Army, he could not mobilize the accompanying troops and horses after leaving Tokyo.
Soon, more than two thousand forbidden troops, under the arrangement of Shi Hongzhao, came to the door, arrested people, and ransacked homes according to the list with great fanfare. Such a big movement made everyone in Xijing pay attention. If the forbidden troops were not ordered to strictly maintain Due to the lack of order in the city, I might have thought there was another mutiny.
Later it was discovered that it was Shi Dushuai who received a report that an official had violated laws and disciplines and was causing trouble. After verification, it was confirmed to be true, so he sent troops to enforce the law...
These reasons are simply full of loopholes. If they committed crimes, they would have their own prefectural and county censorship stations, so they would not bother to manage military affairs. It would be unreasonable and unethical to directly send troops to arrest and enforce the law. However, today's Han Dynasty, There are no rules at all, especially when Shi Hongzhao takes the lead in enforcing the law.
Within three days, more than 40 officials and powerful officials were captured in Tokyo city, and no one on the list slipped through the net. Before being imprisoned, he was remanded to Luoyang city to publicize his crimes and list his crimes in detail.
It can be found that most of these people are former ministers and officials, and they are the kind of people with extremely bad reputations and excessive corruption. It seems that Shi Hongzhao's purge action is justified.
However, people in Xijing immediately became anxious, especially among the veterans of the previous dynasty. Because if they reflected on themselves, they would find that they and those arrested were no better off.
If the people are captured in the city and brought to the territory, they will send troops to seize their land, occupy their manors, and most importantly, free their peasants...
After a series of swift actions, complaints arose in the city of Xijing. The nobles and bureaucrats were all in danger. Some officials directly asked to see Liu Chengyou, intending to accuse Shi Hongzhao of "doing evil" and impeach him. Unfortunately, Liu Chengyou was nowhere to be seen.
And this "rectification operation", in the hands of Shi Hongzhao, has gradually tended to expand. It is not only the people on the list, but also the rise of house confiscation. He has begun to turn his attention to other hot spots. Whoever has more land, who has a rich house, that is, its goal.
"Shi Dushuai, most of the corrupt officials on the list have been brought to trial. It's time to stop. Enough is enough." In the capital prison, Li Shaoyou found Shi Hongzhao who was interrogating the prisoner and said to him seriously.
Glancing at the beaten prisoner, Shi Hongzhao's style was still as strong as ever.
"Is this enough?" Following his advice, Shi Hongzhao was stunned at first, and then glared at Li Shaoyou: "Those people are the scum of the country, causing harm to the country, disrupting the government, and violating the law and harming the people. I wish I could kill them all, so how can I stop? There is no need to say anything else, just watch me fight these evils for the country."
Shi Hongzhaoyi was giving orders and his attitude was arrogant. Li Shaoyou's expression immediately darkened and he asked in a deep voice: "Does the commander-in-chief still want to capture all the Xijing officials? If the public mood is shaken, the situation will be expanded and the court will be in chaos. Stable, how will it end then!"
Hearing this, Shi Hongzhao also became angry and refuted: "Do I need you to remind me how to behave? What is your intention in speaking out to defend those national thieves? Are you collaborating with them?"
As he said this, Shi Hongzhao looked at Li Shaoyou with some "suspiciousness" in his eyes.
Seeing this, Li Shaoyou stopped suppressing his voice and tried to reason with Shi Hongzhao. It was obviously unreasonable. He said directly: "The official family has an edict in advance, so we should not blindly affect the officials!"
Unexpectedly, when Liu Chengyou was brought out, Shi Hongzhao still didn't buy it. Instead, he scolded him more severely: "You are ignorant and rampant. Are you using the government to oppress me?"
Before Li Shaoyou could open his mouth, Shi Hongzhao continued: "What should not be affected blindly? It is nonsense. I only know how to eliminate evil! This is not the order I have been given. Are you trying to do something wrong with the emperor's will?"
Listening to Shi Hongzhao's words, Li Shaoyou almost spat out a mouthful of blood. He had known that Shi Hongzhao would be arrogant and uncontrollable, but he never expected that he would reach this point, be so unreasonable and unreasonable, and would not let him, a relative of the emperor and a close official of the emperor, go free. In the eyes.
With a gloomy look on his face, Shi Hongzhao seemed to be in no mood to quarrel with him here. He called his subordinates and ordered: "Come here, get this guy out of here!"
"Shi Hongzhao, don't go too far!" Hearing this, Li Shaoyou said angrily.
Hearing Li Shaoyou call him by his first name, Shi Hongzhao yelled and scolded him again and sent troops to force him away.
After driving away Li Shaoyou, Shi Hongzhao looked calm and didn't care at all. Li Shaoyou was just a favorite and playmate of the emperor. He dared to make noises, talk nonsense, and point fingers in front of him, Shi Dushuai. He was simply humiliating himself. .
Being kicked out in disgrace, Li Shaoyou was furious.
"You bullied me too much!" Li Shaoyou cursed angrily: "I knew this person was difficult to control, but I didn't know he was so difficult to control!"
"Captain." Seeing his boss getting angry, a subordinate family officer asked in a low voice and made a suggestion: "Should we report it to the officials?"
"That's natural!" Li Shaoyou replied immediately.
"I'm going to prepare evidence of his crime immediately," the marriage officer said.
In the process of doing things, Shi Hongzhao made a lot of money for himself. A lot of the property, land and possessions he confiscated were devoured by him. By the way, he also took other people's wives and daughters as concubines, mothers and daughters.
Same thing, tsk tsk...it's true, there was no scruple, it was all recorded by Wude's spies.
He was stopped by Li Shaoyou and saw that he had regained his composure. He glanced in the direction of the prison and said, "He is under the orders of the officials this time. These things cannot bring him down."
After saying that, Li Shaoyou sneered again: "This wretch is on top of a cauldron and he doesn't even know it."
"Besides, if he is so arrogant and arrogant, how long can the officials tolerate him?"
"Then what should we do now?"
"From now on, keep an eye on Shi Hongzhao, his relatives, and his subordinates, and record all his crimes and misconduct in detail for me!" Li Shaoyou's eyes flashed with a strong sinister look.
Li Shaoyou's temperament had a tendency to retaliate, but Shi Hongzhao's bullying of him really made him angry.
"This envoy still has to enter the palace. If Shi Hongzhao continues to act recklessly, I'm afraid it won't end well if the officials come forward!" After thinking about it, Li Shaoyou sighed again, mounted his horse and headed for Luoyang Imperial City.
Regarding the outcome of sending Shi Hongzhao to take charge of the matter, Liu Chengyou had actually anticipated it in advance, so he was not too surprised when he heard Li Shaoyou's report. This person enforces the law with one emphasis on violence and another on ruthlessness. When he came from Tokyo,
Due to the chaos in Tokyo, Liu Zhiyuan ordered the three yamen (Department of Bodyguards, Kaifeng Prefecture, and Inspection Department) to put things in order, and Shi Hongzhao's method was the most brutal. Of course, the effect was also the best, but at the cost of creating evil in the court.
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After listening to Li Shaoyou's report, Shi Hongzhao wanted to escalate the matter and continue arresting people and ransacking their homes. Liu Chengyou's brows only narrowed slightly. He did not draw a red line for Shi Hongzhao and allowed him to do whatever he wanted. Liu Chengyou paid attention.
The key point is that when Li Shaoyou moved out of his life, Shi Hongzhao was still as arrogant as a coward...
"What did you get?" Liu Chengyou asked after thinking for a while.
"So far, more than 100 hectares of land have been seized, nearly 4,000 hu of grain have been seized, more than 2,000 farmers have been released, and the value of money and silk confiscated exceeds 100,000 yuan..." Li Shaoyou reported, and added calmly:
"This is all recorded secretly by the minister. There may be discrepancies. The specific details need to be reported in a formal form."
"The harvest is quite substantial." Liu Chengyou sighed lightly.
Last year, the Khitan bandits from the south and their return to the north almost emptied the Central Plains. In just over a year, these nobles, bureaucrats, and powerful men have amassed so much. The effort of this gathering is obviously very good.
"As an official, Shi Hongzhao is arrogant and hard to control, and his methods are ruthless. If he continues, he may make people's hearts unstable and the court uneasy!" Li Shaoyou warned carefully.
Hearing this, Liu Chengyou thought about it for a while and said, "Wait a little longer."
But Liu Chengyou had other plans in mind. Shi Hongzhao did an "excellent" job. In that case, why not let him attract more hatred?
At this moment, Liu Chengyou's edict may make Shi Hongzhao stop his hand and stabilize the situation and popular support. However, Liu Chengyou always felt that this was not enough. The emperor had to take action at a more appropriate time.
Let this turmoil in Xijing continue for a few more days.