Liu Xi walked on the chair, and many big men in the temple stood in front of him. Liu Xi squinted his eyes slightly and looked at the people in front of him. He looked much calmer than before, not so irritable.
However, the more indifferent he looked, the more he frightened the officials. Man Chong, Zhuge Jin, Wei Yan, Yuan Shang, Zhang Fei, Xun Yu and others sat in front of the emperor with their heads lowered.
"There are two grave robbers. One of them, Guo Zi, has committed suicide. His family has been captured. They include a mother, a wife, and two children. The eldest one is only eight years old... The other one, he was originally
Gengzu, the other one is also Gengzu, named Zhang Xuan. He only had an old father, and he died of illness the day after the criminal was caught."
"I have inquired and found out that they came out of Gengzu Mansion, but Gengzu Mansion did not give them severance pay... They were unable to support their families. One had to take care of his seriously ill father, and the other had to take care of the young and old in the family, so they took the risk and wanted to
To rob tombs to get money..."
Yuan Shang told the origin of the matter, and there was nothing missing. After listening to Yuan Shang's story, Liu Xi nodded calmly, then looked at Zhuge Jin and asked gently: "Tzuyu, most of the soldiers were killed.
They are all ordinary people serving in the service, and a small number of them are directly recruited. They have no family property and have been serving as watchmen. According to the order issued by Emperor Xiaoxian, after they reach fifty, the temple will provide them with old age care. However,
in this way?"
Zhuge Jin nodded.
"I just thought that demobilizing them would make it impossible for them to live, so I specially ordered you to arrange these guards, give them money to buy farmland, enough food to last for a period of time, and return the money to them.
I gave them a reward of being exempted from taxes for a year, but is this what it is?" When Liu Xi said this, he was still very calm, without the slightest bit of anger.
Zhuge Jin nodded again.
"Then I'm curious, where did all this money and food go?" Liu Xi asked doubtfully. Zhuge Jin's expression changed greatly and he said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, money matters are not under my jurisdiction. This is
The Young Master allocated funds...I don't know about these things..." After hearing Zhuge Jin's explanation, Liu Xi nodded and asked: "Young Master? Okay, call Liu Ba in.
"
Perhaps sensing the unusual atmosphere, Huangmen quickly brought Liu Ba to the emperor.
Liu Ba bowed to the emperor, stood up, and still had some doubts in his eyes. The emperor had no words, but Xun Yu on the side asked him something in a low voice. When Liu Ba heard this, he trembled all over, and turned to the emperor.
After bowing again, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I have faithfully followed your Majesty's instructions. I have divided all the money and food. I have given Luoyang's severance pay to Luoyang's order."
Yi’s.”
"That's it. We are in the hands of Luoyang Ling again. Okay, bring Liu Yi over."
Liu Yi arrived at the Hall of Houde in a carefree manner, but as soon as he entered, he saw Liu Ba and Zhuge Jin kneeling on the ground with their heads lowered. He immediately knew that something was wrong, and went to see Liu Xi uneasily. Liu Xi asked
Said: "Have the young master given you enough severance pay before? More severance pay for you?"
Liu Yi turned pale with fright, and said quickly: "Your Majesty, he did give it all, but I have given the money and food to the newly appointed Luoyang Gengzu Mansion, and asked the Luoyang County Lieutenant to distribute the money
and food...."
Liu Xi suddenly laughed, nodded, and said: "Okay, so to speak, I have to find the county captain. The county captain might as well give it to his long history. In the end, maybe he will be raised by the long history family.
A mouse of ours ate up all this food and money...right? All of you are innocent and uninformed?"
"I don't dare!"
Everyone bowed, and Liu Xi looked at Yuan Shang and said: "Capture Liu Ba, Zhuge Jin, and Liu Yi. I will give you ten days to investigate everything clearly. No one can escape corruption."
, I want to see which rat has been gnawing at the roots of my big man! As for the criminal, he will be pushed out tomorrow and beheaded, and his family will let him go..."
Yuan Shang paid his respects, directly called the embroidered messenger, and escorted the three people away. Neither Liu Ba nor Liu Yi opened their mouths to argue. They lowered their heads and were taken away by Yuan Shang silently. Only then did Liu Xi
He looked at Xun Yu and said, "Shang Shu ordered us to stay, and everyone else will go back." The officials said goodbye and left, but Xun Yu stayed.
Xun Yu lowered his head and didn't look very good. Liu Xi knew that he had a good relationship with Shi Zhongling. Now that Shi Zhongling is still on the sickbed, Xun Yu was naturally not in a good mood, "Mr.
, you say, this big man is becoming more and more powerful, but how come there are more and more corrupt officials? Their salaries are rising again and again. As for the criminal law in this area, they are becoming more and more serious...
"
"I have done everything I can, but I just can't catch these corrupt officials. Those old celebrities in the mountains all said that the prince brought it upon himself. Do you know what they said? The prince reformed the official selection system and changed it.
The Han Dynasty's requirements for the people of the world changed from emphasizing virtue to emphasizing talent, and this resulted in the creation of so many talented but unvirtuous people..."
"Today's big men, I have seen with my own eyes that disobedience, adultery, and various crimes that have not occurred for a long time are appearing more and more often. What exactly happened..."
Faced with Liu Xi's doubts, Xun Yu said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, in the peaceful and prosperous times, young people have never been tempered. In terms of state of mind, naturally they cannot be compared with those old people who have struggled all their lives to survive. However, I think
, these things have nothing to do with princes, the main thing is that they lack some education."
"Education? How to educate?"
"With moral education, no matter whether a person is born good or evil, without moral education, good people will become bad people, and bad people will not become good people. Only education can solve these things. Maybe your Majesty should have a good life.
Looking at Xun You's policies in Japan, he was probably the first to implement them..."
Xun Yu paused and did not wait for the emperor to ask questions, then said: "Xun You is actually very selfish. He has never thought about the Japanese island at all. He regards the Japanese island as a place to test his policies. However, not many people in the temple saw that.
His purpose was all based on a superficial understanding. For example, he implemented Guliang Cultivation and Gongyang Cultivation in two different places. Many people felt that he wanted to create confrontation and prevent Japan from becoming too harmonious.
..”
"However, this kind of understanding is too superficial. I think he mainly wants to see what will happen to the same group of people under the two systems. Xun You's annual performance is also very interesting. He will
Write sixteen memorials based on different places, instead of summarizing everything like others do..."
Liu Xi was stunned and asked: "Is there such a thing?"
"It's like this. In the areas where Guliang was promoted, the people have lived very well in these years. The politics are clear, the taxes are very high, and the crime rate is also very low. However, in the land of Gongyang, fights and killings often occur.
There were frequent turmoils due to things like killing officials, but when the two were fighting, Gongyang always had the upper hand..."
"In addition, as I just said, he implemented two systems of recruiting officials in two different places. One is to emphasize talent, and the other is to emphasize virtue..."
"How is the result?"
"The place where talents were valued is now the richest and fastest-developing area in Japan."
"Haha, I see, what does this have to do with today's corrupt officials?"
"He once tried to implement moral education in the local area. When the official school was enlightened, he continued to promote morality and educate the people through publicity, rewards and other actions. After decades of observation, he obtained the best results.
.." Xun Yu frowned and said: "These morally enlightened people have trained talents. So far, only two people have been arrested for breaking the law."
"And this area is the area with the best security..."
"I should also implement this moral education in the Han Dynasty..." Liu Xi frowned. Xun Yu did not speak, did not refuse, and did not agree. Liu Xi thought for a moment and then said: "Write a message to Xun Yu.
I wrote a letter asking him to return to Luoyang, I want to see him."
"Here you go!"
........
Just after the Gengzu Mansion in Luoyang was established, the county captain was taken away by the embroidered messengers. Of course, not only him, but also the servants of the Gengzu Mansion were taken away. This was a sign of the reform that had just begun.
, was a huge blow. At the same time, after receiving the emperor's order, the state pastors in various places began to investigate the local severance issue to see if there was any embezzlement of severance expenses.
Such an investigation scared the governors everywhere into cold sweats. It turned out that not only in Luoyang, but also in many places, counties, and even county captains, there were large and small corruption cases. Perhaps these were the reasons.
People with prominent positions did not take the watchmen seriously and felt that they were helpless against them, so they did such things wantonly.
So, on the second day, due to improper selection of officials, Sun Quan was taken away by the embroidered messenger.
This matter is getting worse and worse. What was originally just a matter of embezzlement of severance pay for a few soldiers has now gradually turned into a nationwide campaign to crack down on corrupt officials, ranging from hundreds of officials to local county magistrates, all policies
They were all forced to stop, and the embroidered messengers were arrested everywhere, and more soldiers were dispatched. The officials were so frightened that they did not even dare to leave their homes.
The only good news is that Guo Jia finally woke up.
The emperor went to see him in person.
Guo Jia became even thinner than before, as if a piece of skin was hanging on the bones. He was as skinny as firewood, lying on the bed sluggishly, with gray hair and beard. Sitting on the side of the bed, Liu Xi looked at the weak man in front of him.
Guo Jia felt waves of severe pain in his heart. Guo Jia looked up blankly, his eyes were dull, and he couldn't see any signs of life at all.
The stench in the room was unpleasant. Guo Jia could not move his body, eat, or excrete. He needed help from his servants. He could not eat any good food. He could only pour juice into his mouth every day. Every time such a process occurred,
What Liu Xi couldn't bear to look at was that the slave was feeding Guo Jia. Guo Jia looked extremely painful and kept choking. He vomited out the soup he poured in.
The doctors cooked up unpleasant-smelling herbs and made him drink them every day.
Occasionally he would wake up for a moment, but he would always cry loudly and call for Master.
Not only did the fever persist, but there were also coagulated blood clots in his urine and feces. Liu Xi invited some of the best doctors in the world to perform acupuncture and moxibustion all day long, and barely managed to save Guo Jia's life.