On that day, there was a great uproar in Luoyang. Zhang He moved around and killed nearly ten ministers and relatives of the He family. A total of more than thirty people were implicated and were taken back to prison by Zhang He. In front of Yuan Feng's mansion,
More than ten scholars were killed. Zhang He's cruel behavior immediately aroused the resentment of the whole Luoyang. Even if they were guilty, you should hand them over to the court for trial. Why did you kill them without permission?
Therefore, the memorials to impeach Zhang He accumulated like snow in front of the emperor. Of course, it was of no use. Zhang He acted according to the emperor's order. The emperor did not care about the impeachment of these ministers. He only cared about whether Zhang He could eradicate the root cause.
, leaving no trouble behind. In this regard, Zhang He did not worry the emperor. His ability is still outstanding.
The ministers involved in the conspiracy never thought that after they had just suppressed Yuan Feng severely in the temple and tasted victory, they would be greeted by Zhang He's butcher's knife, or rather the emperor's butcher's knife. The emperor did not give them a chance to defend themselves.
The words they had prepared to defend themselves could only be taken underground. This situation is really pitiful.
Zhang He acted extremely quickly, capturing the essence of Yang Gong. His ability to act even surpassed Yang Gong. This time, he acted extremely cleanly, leaving only a few insiders who could block all officials.
mouth, and the important personnel among them had all been beheaded and their bodies and souls were scattered. As for He Jin, the same was true. He did not expect that less than half a year after He Guiren's death, the emperor would attack him.
Unprepared, they all became lonely ghosts under Zhang He.
The court meeting was held, and all the officials were filled with anger.
However, they never directed their angry eyes at Yuan Feng again, even though Zhang He repeatedly stated that the thieves who fell in front of Yuan Gong's mansion were all killed by him. In addition, Zhang Ji and Xu Yu also died in his own hands.
As for Yuan Shu, he left Luoyang early and had nothing to do with this matter. However, officials are by no means stupid, and some people also know when Yuan Shu left Luoyang.
Although they did not dare to draw a conclusion, these speculations still made them extremely frightened. Even, Yuan Feng was sitting among the hundreds of officials, and these ministers did not dare to look at him again. There is a legitimate son who imitates Gongyang, you
What else can we do? If he offends him, I'm afraid Yuan Shu will come to kill him tomorrow, and both the emperor and the prince love Yuan Shu extremely...
Yuan Feng was not proud of Yuan Shu's behavior. He sat quietly and ignored these ministers.
Seeing the guilty expressions of the ministers, Jia Xu smiled disdainfully, his heart as clear as a mirror, and did not say much. After a while, the emperor went to court. At this time, the officials dared to express their anger. Naturally
Not for the emperor, but for Zhang He. Ever since Zhang He took charge of the embroidered messenger, he has become a sharp sword hanging on the heads of officials.
Under the current indiscriminate killing, all the officials felt even more sad. If Zhang He can kill those ministers today, will he be able to kill us tomorrow? They all paid their respects and asked the emperor to punish Zhang He severely for his behavior.
Looking at these excited-looking ministers, the emperor frowned and remained silent for a long time. Seeing the emperor's somewhat indifferent expression, the voices of these ministers also became much softer.
"Zhang He accepted my order and went to kill the rebels. What objections do you have?"
The emperor said coldly.
As soon as these words came out, the whole temple suddenly became silent. The ministers quickly put away their original anger, lowered their heads, and returned to their seats. Looking at the silent atmosphere, the emperor said angrily: "These thieves , dare to bribe the Yellow Gate in the palace, gather people to conspire, and want to participate in the crown prince's affairs. I am still strong, so you can't sit still???"
The emperor's roar made all the officials tremble.
They all knew that the prince's affair was the most dangerous thing in the temple. It might offend the prince, or it might trigger the emperor's murderous intention. They really didn't know before that these guys were actually involved in such a rebellion. They looked at each other in fear and were speechless. The emperor looked over one by one and said: "It seems that you also have this idea..."
"Your Majesty!! I don't dare to wait!!"
The ministers immediately changed their words and could not say anything anymore. Indeed, participating in the prince's affairs and murdering the prince was such a crime. They had no way to refute it by sending people to kill him directly. This was a rebellion against the Tian family. It must not be touched. Seeing the ministers quickly changing their words, the emperor didn't say anything more. He looked directly at Yuan Feng and said: "Yuan Jun, now, you will tell me the policies of that day one by one. I want to see it." Look, who else is against it..."
After hearing the emperor's words, the ministers understood that today, they could only listen and listen, and they could never say too much. Yuan Feng smiled, stood up, and began to talk about the two policies of that day. The emperor First, they agreed to increase taxes on salt and iron. Now that the Han Dynasty is strong and powerful, the people have plenty of money and their families are wealthy. At this time, adding some taxes will not have a serious impact.
On the contrary, through these additional taxes, the temple can nourish more people and do more things that are beneficial to the people. The people simply cannot see the power of this. They just feel that they have to pay more taxes. It means that they have suffered a loss, but the temple does not use the money to build a palace for the emperor, but to take it from the people and use it for the people. They do not understand such things.
As for the officials, although they understand, they don't want to understand. They hope to show their benevolence and noble moral character by refuting such behavior. Only when ministers like Yuan Feng become thieves can they Become a great sage.
The emperor was extremely disgusted with such behavior, but he could not completely eradicate it. When it became unbearable, it was time for Zhang He to take action. Yuan Feng explained his policy seriously. He had indeed considered it carefully. It was not just a matter of enthusiasm. He also adjusted some local taxes. For disaster-stricken areas and poor areas, taxes could not be increased.
After that, Yuan Feng talked about the Three Koreas. This was not the first time that Cao Cao wanted to carry out sea trade. As early as in Yangzhou, Wang Fu and Xing Ziang had proved the huge benefits brought by sea trade. Now, Wang Fu also trained a group of good officials in Yangzhou and they were sailing around. While Xing Ziang was an official, he did not have the courage of Wang Fu and did not dare to send a large number of manpower to sail.
Zhang Jue could only be sent to lead the people to explore. This also caused the southern sea trade to stagnate after Zhang Jue's death. Wang Fu was not afraid of any big troubles. He just wanted to cultivate more talents who could prevent Zhang Jue from doing so.
During this period, although there were cases where ships sank and people died due to lack of experience, most of them still brought back enough wealth.
This time for the Three Hans, although the temple has to spend some money first, it is obvious that it can still gain more than later. However, before conducting sea trade, there is still one thing that needs to be resolved, that is, the Han Dynasty must obtain a complete peninsula.
OK, there is still Dongyi on the peninsula today. If Dongyi cannot be controlled by the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty's fleet will consume more time and more financial resources.
Dongyi is only a small country with less than 30,000 registered residents and a vast territory, so this is not a cause for concern.
After the emperor agreed, he ordered Wang Fu to transport relevant talents from the south to the three Koreas, and ordered Yuan Feng to fully support Cao Cao in conducting maritime trade between the three Koreas.