After Cai Yong rushed to the south, he sent a large number of accompanying officials from Jingzhou to the surrounding areas to check on the people's conditions. Then, he arrested dozens of officials one after another. Many of the governors of Jingzhou were captured by Cai Yong.
Yong Ming went to scold him. Later, he encountered the same situation in Jiaozhou and Yangzhou. Cai Yong even refused to go to Xing Ziang's home and said directly: "Xing Ziang has insulted He Gongmen."
When these words came out, Xing Ziang almost committed suicide to apologize, but the officials around him immediately stopped him.
In March, Cai Yong had just completed patrolling most of the south, and captured a total of 83 officials, 60 powerful people, and 16 merchants. The mighty team led these criminals towards Luoyang.
After Cai Yong finished these things, the frequent civil uprisings in the south came to an abrupt end. The people cheered for Cai Yong, and Cai Yong's reputation surpassed that of Zheng Xuan, and he was praised as the first Confucian of the dynasty.
In May, Cai Yong returned to Luoyang.
The emperor frowned, looked gloomy, and asked irritably: "Why not kill them directly? Why not take them back to Luoyang?"
Cai Yong said helplessly: "Your Majesty, I do not have the power of life and death, so I would like to hand it over to the imperial officer for review."
The emperor nodded, looked at Song Dian, and shouted angrily: "Catch Wang Fu, let the messenger of embroidered clothes do it, and take him directly to the palace!" Cai Yong was stunned and said quickly:
"Your Majesty, Lord Wang Fu, if you do this, wouldn't you lose the dignity of the temple? You must not take action..."
"Huh...Okay, bring him to the palace..."
Song Dian was ordered to go out. Not long after, Wang Fu rushed to the main hall impatiently and saw Cai Yong sitting in the palace. Wang Fu was a little shocked in his eyes. After paying homage to the emperor, he also sat down. Cai Yong
Yong rushed back to Luoyang privately. Wang Fu didn't know that he had come back, so he was a little surprised. The emperor looked at Wang Fu and said: "Wang Jun, didn't you always say that the officials selected by scientific merit will definitely be able to
Is it for the National University?"
"Your Majesty, what I said is wrong, isn't it?"
"Take it and see for yourself!!!" The Emperor roared angrily and threw the memorial in his hand to Wang Fu. Wang Fu looked calm and did not show any panic because of the Emperor's actions. He picked up the memorial
After reading the memorial, he slowly looked at it. The further he looked down, the more solemn his expression became. After looking for a moment, he raised his head in astonishment, looked at Cai Yong, and asked: "Is this true?"
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The content of the memorial shocked Wang Fu.
These are all the charges of the arrested officials, many of which were admitted by them personally. Eighty percent of these officials are officials selected by the merit system. These officials, as Wang Fu said, are indeed
They were officials who were willing to work hard for the country. They did not think what those officials thought, accepting bribes or showing favoritism to the powerful. However, they all had serious sins.
"In the winter of the fourteenth year of Jianning, Wang Xi, the magistrate of Jiangling County, forced the people in the county to build a Chi Road and mobilized 700 people... half of them suffered from frostbite and eleven people died from exhaustion."
"In the first month of the fifteenth year, Changsha County Prime Minister He Yun forced shipbuilders to build six ships. In order to rush the work, the construction was incomplete and more than 60 people drowned..."
"In December of the 14th year, Chaisang County Lieutenant Lu Yuan led his men to kill forty innocent villagers, falsely claiming to be bandits, and offering their heads to claim credit..."
This memorial is stained with the blood of innocent people. Ever since Wang Fu proposed that officials should be promoted strictly based on their annual performance, in order to better obtain promotion, these officials have tried their best to oppress the people and seek benefits for themselves.
Political achievements include persecution to death, exhaustion, and corvées that exhaust people to death. This was something that only appeared during the violent Qin period. The Han Dynasty learned its lesson after the founding of the country.
Officials rarely take the initiative to carry out various measures. In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, they even encouraged the people to cultivate themselves and govern by doing nothing. Although this idea was broken later, this style of work continued until later.
In order to persuade farmers and mulberry trees and capture bandits, only a few capable ministers would carry out various drastic reform measures, such as building canals and official roads, in order to realize their inner ambitions.
However, they will not kill the barbarians and lie about their political achievements in order to catch the bandits, nor will they force the people to die of exhaustion for their political achievements. These add up to hundreds of lives. In addition, these dead people are all
They were classified as accidents, drowned, or died of illness. No one reported the true cause of their death to the court. The governors in various places knew such things, but they could also be promoted if they had political achievements in these counties!
They just sat back and watched, and the county also felt the same way about the officials in the pavilion and countryside doing harm to the people.
It’s no wonder that the top and bottom collude together to harm the people. No wonder so many people rise up to kill officials and cause chaos.
The emperor picked up the memorial, his hands holding the memorial were still trembling, his eyes were red and tears were falling, "Wang Jiexin, I wanted to personally inspect the south this year... But now, I don't dare, I
How should I face those people? My fault actually killed thousands of people. How could the people deserve it? Tell me, what is the difference between you and those beasts who harmed the people? I dare not take the lives of thousands of people.
Start this memorial!!!"
"Are you trying to kill me? Why don't you want to know it clearly before you formulate policies? How do you want me to face the people of the three states, and how do you want me to sleep at night?!"
The emperor pointed at Wang Fu, roaring angrily, and tears kept falling.
"Your Majesty... I am wrong." Wang Fu said. In an instant, he seemed to have aged dozens of years. He lowered his head in some decadence and clasped his hands tightly. I, Wang Jiexin, have never obeyed anyone and my talent is unrivaled. I
Everything he did was for the common people of the Han Dynasty. However, I misjudged the people's hearts. Are promotions and official career really so important? Wang Fu felt a little confused and stared blankly at the share in the emperor's hand.
memorial.
The emperor put down the memorial in pain. Just this year, he was still talking shamelessly at the court meeting, telling all the officials that the prosperous age had come, and he wanted to imitate Emperor Xiaowu and carry out the Zen ceremony. These things gave the proud and complacent
The emperor gave a loud slap in the face. The emperor turned his head, looked at Cai Yong, and said: "Don't kill these officials, and don't send them to the Tingwei. Send them to Zhang He, and let Zhang He ask their accomplices!"
"As commanded..."
The Emperor's chest rose and fell violently. He stared at Wang Fu in front of him and asked, "How should we act?"
"I don't know..."
"Someone is coming!!"
"Remove this guy from his official status and hand it over to the Tingwei for review!"
When Su Wei came, Wang Fu stood up slowly, bowed heavily to the emperor, and then walked out with Su Wei. The emperor's face was red, and he trembled as he watched Wang Fu leave. He picked up the memorial again and read it.
Seeing the emperor's appearance, Cai Yong advised: "Your Majesty, the fault is not yours, and the king did not do it intentionally... Your Majesty, please don't do this..."
"Thief, thief, you have failed the emperor's favor!!!"
The emperor roared angrily, blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, and he fell backward.