Liu De listened to Ji An's report about the fire in Gencang, Hedong.
"The methods of bureaucracy have really not changed in two thousand years..." Liu De sighed inwardly.
If Gencang hadn't caught fire, he wouldn't have dared to think about the deficit in the Hedong granary.
But with the fire in Gencang, Liu De had to immediately think of the shortage of granaries, reselling, and misappropriation of official warehouse reserves.
It is true that the bureaucrats of the Great Celestial Dynasty two thousand years later have played this trick to death. They are tired of it and can no longer deceive people!
The fire in Gencang was equivalent to telling Liu De that there were no three hundred taels of silver in this place, and Wang Er next door had never stolen it.
Many doubts and incomprehensions in my heart were illuminated extremely clearly by this fire.
The current strange statue in Hedong County has the most reasonable and credible explanation.
However, Liu De really has no way to deal with this for the time being.
Under the fire, all evidence must have been destroyed. Unless Zhou Yangyou or his close confidants come forward, otherwise, it will be difficult to find out this matter.
In the great dynasty of later generations, the rats in the national grain reserve warehouse set off fires and burned down the granaries. How many of them were eventually investigated?
"Let's leave this matter alone for now!" Liu De said: "Let's wait until the court sends someone to investigate!"
It seems very difficult to overthrow Zhou Yangyou and take Hedong County into his own hands.
But in fact, Liu De knew that this was a simple and easy job.
A dissatisfied complaint and a disdainful look are enough!
There aren't too many people in this world who are willing to do this kind of thing as a pioneer for the king!
Not to mention a corrupt and cruel official like Zhou Yangyou who is covered in shit. He is also an important official of the imperial court with noble character and outstanding political achievements. A single dissatisfied complaint from the king may bring about his downfall!
Looking through the history books, we can see how many important and powerful ministers died because of a dissatisfied word from the king, or even a dissatisfied look!
At that time, Zhang Cang, the Marquis of Beiping, was the prime minister and was known as the Prime Minister.
Zhang Cang single-handedly created the Han family's auditing system and the accountability system for officials. He compiled "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" as a must-read classic for officials. He assisted the late emperor for several years and made outstanding achievements. He was praised by both the government and the public.
However, Zhang Cang offended the late emperor in the Xinhengping case and was immediately driven back to Peking to farm!
Later, Yue Fei of the Southern Song Dynasty served his country loyally and made great military exploits. The small court of the Southern Song Dynasty even relied on Yue Fei's military exploits to survive.
Unfortunately, Yue Fei actually interfered with the internal affairs of the royal family, so he died in the Fengbo Pavilion for an unfounded crime.
Although Liu De is not the emperor now, his status is there, as the quasi-heirloom of the Han family and the future ruler of the world. A look in his eyes or a word of dissatisfaction can immediately affect the entire Hedong County.
When the time comes, the trees will fall and the hozens will scatter, and the walls will fall and everyone will push them away.
Even if Zhou Yang was freed from the crime, it could not stop the people's hearts from being separated, and the people were betrayed and separated from their relatives. He could only leave the country sadly, and even went to Tingwei's prison for a visit.
This is why Liu De dared to come to Hedong leisurely.
However, after seeing the tragic situation of the people in Dayang County, Liu De changed his mind.
There is a problem in Hedong County, and it is not a problem between two officials.
From top to bottom, it sucks!
A big cleanup is necessary!
Give the entire Hedong officialdom a new lease of life!
Liu De knew very well that it was very difficult to achieve this.
It is no exaggeration to say that this decision is equivalent to directly raising the Hedong dungeon from easy difficulty to the highest level of hell difficulty.
How to pass the Hell difficulty dungeon?
It's definitely not possible to do it alone, you have to find teammates, and they are strong teammates.
Not only that, you also need to bring supplies and make targeted tactical arrangements.
And good teammates are hard to find.
Especially in today's situation, it is even more difficult to find a like-minded giant who wants to change the officialdom of Hedong County like Liu De!
Therefore, we can only put this matter aside for the time being and wait and see who Cheap Daddy sends to Hedong County.
"Has everything been arranged at the Tianzi Temple?" Liu De asked Ji An: "Has the clearance been completed?"
Now, for Liu De, the biggest thing is to help Empress Dowager Dou fulfill her wish, offer sacrifices to Taiyi God and Duke Zhou, and then go to Hexi to visit and express condolences to the two elders.
As for royal sacrifices, it is impossible for ordinary people to watch.
"General Zhonglang is already at the Tianzi Temple. Presumably the mountain gate of the Tianzi Temple should have been closed by now..." Ji An replied: "When will Your Highness be there?"
"Get ready, we'll go in a minute!" Liu De stood up and asked, "Are the sacrifices and sacrificial rituals ready?"
"Everything is ready. I'm just waiting for His Highness to go and offer sacrifices and pray..." Ji An took out a silk book and handed it to Liu De: "This is the memorial document drafted by me. Please read it for Your Highness!"
Liu De took it, put it in his hand, looked at it, frowned, and ordered: "Change it here, don't use my name, just use the name of the Queen Mother!"
As the saying goes, the most important affairs of the country are military service and sacrifice.
On such a major event as offering sacrifices to gods and sages, every detail must be taken care of.
Although Liu De came to the Tianzi Temple without revealing his identity, the details of the sacrifice and the process of the sacrifice were all required to be archived for review by the emperor and the queen mother, and may even be read by the courtiers. Therefore, there was nothing sloppy about it.
Yes, every detail must be considered.
Especially when offering sacrifices to the Supreme Emperor Taiyi and the sage Zhou Gong, it must be done with perfection.
Ji An's memorial text was well written, but in this memorial text, Liu De's name appeared three or four times. Maybe Ji An had to add Liu De's name from his standpoint, otherwise, it would be politically incorrect.
But Liu De couldn't let his name appear in the memorial ceremony so openly. If he returned to Chang'an, he would be gossiped about!
Since the fourteenth year of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, Emperor Liu De's grandfather, the Han family has no longer played the routine of the Shang and Zhou emperors, where sacrifices must be made to pray for themselves. Instead, they have evolved to a new way of offering sacrifices to gods, not praying for blessings for themselves, but blessing the world.
routine.
"I have heard that the former king gave to afar without asking for retribution, and visited sacrifices without praying for blessings. He was a virtuous person on the right and a relative on the left. He put the people before himself. This is the end of the Ming Dynasty!" Liu De said with compassion: "Many of your blessings have been given to me.
If I am not the emperor, the queen mother, or the people of the world, how dare I accept this because of my poor virtues? If I take advantage of my bad virtues and enjoy the beauty and blessings, and the people refuse to share them, it is unethical to respect me. The late emperor once ordered: Pay tribute to the officials,
Don’t pray for anything, even though I am unworthy, I dare not disobey it!”
These words were so high-sounding that even Ji An was moved.
You know, people are selfish.
The Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties were known as the rule of the three dynasties. However, when offering sacrifices to the gods of heaven and earth, they always prayed only for the emperor, regardless of other people. What's worse, when the emperor was sick or the emperor's concubines were sick, the blessing officials would send blessings to the ministers.
The emperor's name was written on the sacrificial document, praying to the gods of heaven and earth to transfer the illness of the emperor or his concubines to the ministers. This is the so-called secret blessing to transfer misfortune.
This situation only changed three years ago. At that time, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen was seriously ill. The officials suggested offering sacrifices to the gods of heaven and earth and requesting that the emperor's illness be transferred to the officials, so that the emperor could get rid of the illness and regain a new life. However, the late emperor refused.
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At that time, the late emperor issued an edict saying: I should be responsible for the faults of hundreds of officials. I am the only one who can control chaos in the world.
It means that if all the officials are at fault, it is because of my unqualified leadership as the emperor. The chaos in the world is all caused by the emperor. How can it be possible for all the officials and the common people to accept the consequences on my behalf?
At that time, the whole world was moved to an uproar.
Now the thoughts and intentions of Liu De's statement were exactly the same as the late emperor's edict. It immediately reminded Ji An of the late emperor, and even made a few eunuchs and guards at the door who were standing aside to cry.
They stood up. At this time, in their eyes, Liu De was as dazzling as the sun and as noble as a saint. (To be continued...)
ps: There should be another update later~ Well, I went out to do something today and didn’t get home until 9 o’clock. My head hurts a little now. I’ll take a break and write again. Well, today’s update is not good~ I’ll pay off my debt tomorrow!
