Eight hundred and eleventh chapters of the country
Yin Lihua blushed and nodded to Yin Xing. Yin Xing was so excited that she almost jumped high. Yin Lihua's pregnancy was not only her personal matter, but also the entire Yin family's matter.
A nobleman was born in the family, and the Yin family was a serious royal relative. However, because Yin Lihua had not been able to give birth to an heir, the Yin family was in an embarrassing situation.
Now that Yin Lihua was finally pregnant, Yin Xing was naturally ecstatic. If Liu Xiu hadn't been present, Yin Xing would have really wanted to rush over and pick up Yin Lihua.
Liu Xiuxiao asked: "Jun Ling, I saw you came in in a hurry just now, but what happened?"
Yin Xing immediately stopped his smile, straightened his face, and said to Liu Xiu: "Your Majesty, Zhi Jinwu and Luoyang Ling had a dispute."
When Liu Xiu heard this, he frowned and asked, "What's going on?" Liu Xiu was baffled as to why Zhu Fu and Dong Xuan could have such a dispute.
Yin Xing said: "It is said that a group of refugees wanted to enter Luoyang City. Zhi Jinwu ordered to stop them and not allow the refugees to enter the city. However, Magistrate Dong believed that the refugees should not be blocked outside the city and allowed to fend for themselves, so...the two of them
There was a dispute."
Zhu Fu has always been a small-minded person. If someone with a higher official position opposed him, Zhu Fu would probably rub his nose and forget it. But this time the person who disagreed with him was Luoyang Ling, even if it was just for himself.
Even if he loses his face, Zhu Fu will not give in.
As for Dong Xuan, he was even more stubborn. Even ten oxen couldn't pull back what he believed in. When he killed Liu Huang's slaves, Liu Huang was so angry that he ran to the palace and found Liu Xiu, crying and making trouble.
, Liu Xiu just asked Dong Xuan to admit his mistake to Liu Huang, but Dong Xuan refused. A group of servants pressed him down and kowtowed, but they couldn't hold down his head.
This time, it was the two of them who were at odds. Liu Xiu shook his head angrily and funny, and asked, "Where are the two of them now?"
Yin Xing said: "They are all near Pingcheng Gate! Zhu Zhijinwu leads a lot of soldiers, and Magistrate Dong also leads a lot of county soldiers."
Pingcheng Gate is one of the southern gates in Luoyang. There are four southern gates in Luoyang, namely Jinmen, Xiaoyuan Gate, Pingcheng Gate and Kaiyang Gate.
When Liu Xiu heard this, he frowned and said in a deep voice: "They all have soldiers with them? What do they want to do?"
Yin Xing bowed and lowered his head without saying a word. Liu Xiu said: "Pass my decree and summon them both to the palace immediately to see me!"
"Yes! Your Majesty!" Yin Xing agreed, turned around and walked out. After taking a few steps, he looked back at Yin Lihua and said with a smile: "I will come over to congratulate Lihua later!"
Yin Lihua nodded with a blushing face.
After Yin Xing left, Liu Xiu said to Yin Lihua: "Lihua, you are in the West Palace, take good care of your baby, and don't wander around during this period."
He looked at Xueying, Hongjian, and Li Xiu'e, and said: "From now on, you must take extra care of the noble. If you take good care of the noble, I will reward you heavily. If something happens to the noble, I will ask you three questions."
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"Yes! Your Majesty!" Xueying, Hongjian, and Li Xiu'e saluted together.
Liu Xiu called Zhang Kun again and said, "Zhang Kun, go make arrangements and send five more nuns, ten chamberlains, and ten maids to the West Palace. Remember, you must choose capable and reliable people!"
"Yes, yes, yes! Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will take care of everything!"
"Yes!" Liu Xiu nodded, talked to Yin Lihua for a while, and then left to go to Qingliang Hall.
Not long after Liu Xiu arrived at Qingliang Hall, Yin Xing brought Zhu Fu and Dong Xuan in.
"I am here to see you, Your Majesty!" After entering the hall, Zhu Fu and Dong Xuan both knelt down and kowtowed.
After waiting for a while, neither of them heard any reply. They looked up cautiously and found that His Majesty was staring at them intently. They immediately lowered their heads again.
Liu Xiu stood up, walked up to them, and said, "You two have become more capable now, and you actually mobilized troops in the capital. What do you want to do? Do you want to rebel?"
Zhu Fu was shaken and hurriedly kowtowed forward and said, "Wei Chen doesn't dare! The reason why Wei Chen mobilized troops is just to keep the refugees out of the city!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Dong Xuan immediately answered: "Your Majesty, I am mobilizing county soldiers to save the hungry people outside the city from fire and water!"
Upon hearing this, it was obvious that he was coming for himself. How could Zhu Fu bear it in front of the emperor?! He snorted heavily and said: "Once the hungry people outside the city are allowed to enter the city and chaos breaks out in Luoyang, who can
Responsible!"
"The lower official is responsible!" Dong Xuan said seriously: "As the lower official is the order of Luoyang, he will naturally ensure the order in the city!"
"Ha!" Zhu Fu sneered and said angrily: "You Dong Xuan have such a big tone! You are just a Luoyang order, can you be responsible for it? I, Zhu Fu, as the King of Jinwu, must ensure that the capital is safe, and even more important
Ensure His Majesty’s safety!”
Dong Xuan argued vigorously: "The people outside the city are refugees, not assassins, let alone bandits! They came all the way to Luoyang because of your majesty's reputation for benevolence and virtue. They came to seek your majesty's asylum. Zhu Zhi found out
If King Wu wants to keep them all out of the city, isn't it as if he wants to force them to death?"
"Absurd!" Zhu Fu said loudly: "There are so many people in the outer city. If the refugees want to survive, they can just beg in the outer city. Why do they have to enter the inner city? In my opinion, they have bad intentions and want to live in the city.
There will be chaos!"
The two of them said something to each other, each talking about his own reasons. Listening to the argument between the two of them, Liu Xiu roughly understood what was going on. He waved his hands to the two of them and said, "Okay,
This is not a place for you two to quarrel."
Zhu Fu shrank his neck and bowed to Liu Xiu. Dong Xuan's face was as heavy as water, and he was breathing heavily.
Liu Xiu asked: "How many refugees came this time?"
Zhu Fu said seriously: "Reporting to your majesty, there are nearly ten thousand people."
There are so many... Liu Xiu turned to look at Dong Xuan, who replied: "No less than eight or nine thousand."
Liu Xiu asked: "Where did they come from?"
"Part of it comes from Jingzhou, and part of it comes from Yuzhou."
Liu Xiu paced back and forth in the hall, pondered for a moment, waved to them both, and said, "Everyone, get up!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Liu Xiu wandered around for a while, stopped and asked, "Why don't the refugees from Jingzhou go to Nanyang?"
Dong Xuan said: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, the refugees in Jingzhou mainly come from Nanyang."
Seeing Liu Xiu raising his eyebrows, Dong Xuan explained: "Many people had sold their houses and fields when they moved to Nanyang, but they found out after they arrived in Nanyang that there was no land available."
To be more precise, they can no longer afford the land in Nanyang. The land in Nanyang is rising one step at a time, so how can ordinary people afford it now?!
Nowadays, the land in Nanyang is concentrated on a large scale in the hands of princes, nobles, noble families and big landowners.
The current situation in Nanyang is that many people come here because of its name, but after arriving in Nanyang, they find that they can't afford the land here at all, but their houses and land have been sold, leaving them homeless. They have no choice but to
Wandering towards Luoyang.
Liu Xiusi thought about it and said quietly: "The people are exiled to Luoyang, and the court has no reason to turn them away!"
Upon hearing this, Dong Xuan hurried forward and kowtowed, saying, "Your Majesty is wise!"
Zhu Fu rolled his eyes at him and said sternly to Liu Xiu: "Even if your Majesty can help the current group of refugees, it will only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. There may be a second, third or even more refugees pouring into the capital in the future.
,What will your Majesty do then?"
He asked Liu Xiu and stopped him. Zhu Fu said: "After years of fighting, the people have been displaced. Until now, the world has not been settled. There are countless refugees. The imperial court can help a group of people, two robes of clothing."
, how can we save everything?"
Just as Dong Xuan was about to speak, Zhu Fu continued: "In addition, His Majesty has issued successive abolition orders and amnesty orders, which... this has also increased the number of refugees."
Hearing this, Dong Xuan shut his mouth in amusement. What Zhu Fu was talking about now belonged to the category of national policy, and it was not for him, a mere county magistrate, to interrupt.
In fact, although Liu Xiu inherited the Han Dynasty, he also adopted and extended some of the policies promoted by Wang Mang, one of which included the abolition of slavery.
Wang Mang implemented the abolition of slavery, but it never achieved very good results. The lack of good results does not mean that the law is not good enough. Liu Xiu felt that slavery should be abolished.
During Liu Xiu's lifetime in power, he issued nine abolition orders, which shows how determined he was to abolish slavery.
Now Zhu Fu is using this incident as an example, implicitly blaming Liu Xiu for promoting the abolition of slavery and causing a large number of refugees in society.
Dong Xuan looked at Zhu Fu in surprise and grinned secretly.
In fact, he didn't have a good impression of Zhu Fu. He felt that Zhu Fu was a complete villain. Let's not talk about other things about Zhu Fu. Let's just say that he framed Peng Chong and forced Peng Chong to rebel. This was a big mistake for the court.
How much trouble and crisis will it cause?
In Dong Xuan's mind, Zhu Fu was a man who flattered upwards, dominated downwards, and was envious of talents.
But looking at it now, it seems that is not entirely the case. Zhu Fu actually dared to say that there was something wrong with the emperor's decree in front of the emperor. Regardless of whether his accusation was right or wrong, his courage alone was indeed quite impressive.
Liu Xiu glanced at Zhu Fu and asked, "Shu Yuan is saying that I should not implement the abolition of slavery?"
Zhu Fu asked Liu Xiudao: "Your Majesty, do you think the reckless thieves should implement the abolition of slavery?"
Before Liu Xiu could speak, Dong Xuan suddenly coughed violently. Zhu Fu glanced at him and asked, "Is Magistrate Dong feeling unwell?"
Dong Xuan looked at Zhu Fu with deep meaning, as if asking: Are you crazy? How dare you compare your Majesty to Wang Mang? Aren't you deliberately seeking death?
When Dong Xuan stopped coughing, Liu Xiu looked at Zhu Fu again and said impatiently: "Wang Mang's failure in implementing the abolition of slavery does not mean that he did anything wrong."
"If you did it right, why did it fail?"
Zhu Fu argued hard and pressed forward step by step. Liu Xiu frowned. This matter really made him analyze Ziwu Yin. He really couldn't analyze it, but intuitively, he believed that slaves should be abolished.
Seeing that Liu Xiu couldn't speak, Zhu Fu stood up from his seat and walked around the hall and said: "Wang Mang pushed for the abolition of slavery, but the effect was very little. Your Majesty pushed for the abolition of slavery, and it had some effect, but problems followed one after another.
It also came, which resulted in the emergence of a large number of homeless people.
"It's not that the abolition order cannot be pushed forward, but before pushing the abolition order, the court must first think about how to deal with the situation that may happen next. Otherwise, a large number of slaves will become civilians. They will have no home, no land, and no
If you don’t have enough food to eat, you can only starve to death. In this case, you might as well continue to be a domestic slave for your master! In this case, wouldn’t His Majesty’s order to abolish slavery lead to the same old path of reckless thieves?”
Liu Xiu, who was wandering in the hall, slowly sat back on the mat, carefully considered Zhu Fu's words, nodded and said, "What Shu Yuan said makes sense!" After thinking about it carefully, he smiled and asked, "
Has Shu Yuan thought of a good plan?"
"The imperial court leases public land!" Zhu Fu blurted out without even thinking.
"Oh?" Liu Xiu's eyes lit up, he raised his head and said, "Shuan Yuan, please tell me in detail!"
"Successive years of war, as well as the abolition of slavery and amnesty decrees implemented by His Majesty, have led to a surge in the number of refugees in various places. They have no land to farm and cannot feed themselves. However, at the same time, local governments have large tracts of public land in their hands. These
Only a small part of the land is used for farming, and most of it is idle. If Your Majesty can lease these public lands to the refugees, the refugees will be able to have enough food and clothing, and will no longer cause trouble to the place. At the same time, the court's taxes will also be greatly increased.
, it can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.”
