It was destined to be a turbulent year. All policies from the temple to the local level were suspended. The temple focused all its attention on dealing with corrupt officials. It acted quickly and arrested people in Luoyang alone.
Sixteen officials, large and small, were arrested, including Zhuge Jin and Liu Yi, who were of extremely high status, and were imprisoned in the Embroidered Clothes Prison.
At the local level, in the past few months, more than 21 county magistrates and three prefects have been arrested, and no state pastor has been implicated, which can be considered fortunate. The most unlucky one is Sun Quan, because these officials
They are all selected from the official government, so when problems arise among them, Sun Quan will inevitably be implicated, and the more people there are, the greater Sun Quan's guilt will be.
Sun Jian couldn't eat or sleep because of this matter, so he went to the Hall of Houde in person to plead with the emperor. Facing this veteran, Liu Xi was not too harsh and asked him to go to Xiuyi Mansion to meet Sun Quan. Sun Quan,
People like Zhuge Jin were okay, because they were not directly involved in the corruption of ink, and they did not suffer any physical pain. Their lives in the Xiuyi Mansion were not too bad, so Sun Jian felt relieved.
Later, Cao Pi, the former servant of the military mansion, was also arrested, because the corruption of ordnance and sales was discovered in the military mansion. This matter is not trivial. It is not known whether Cao Pi was involved, but he was not involved.
Supervising your subordinates is also a serious crime. For a while, the officials were in panic and everyone hated those corrupt officials.
In October, Zhuge Jin, Sun Quan, Cao Pi, Liu Ba and others were released. However, most of them were fined with salary and sentenced to sticks. In addition, they did not break away from the relationship so easily. Liu Xi gave them
This is an opportunity to make amends, to find out the bad apples among the officials, and cooperate with Yuan Shang. If they fail, Xiuyi Mansion welcomes their arrival at any time.
After being beaten with a stick, Sun Quan was carried back home. He only rested for a day and then went out to work. The most angry one among them was Liu Yi. He was killed like this by these people for no reason. Now his body is covered in blood.
He couldn't stay, how could he bear this? As soon as he was able to walk, he took people to investigate.
All these things are a blow to the recent development of the Han Dynasty. The economic development has been damaged, and the construction of many states and counties has been forced to stop. Many people have reported to the emperor, hoping that it can be done as soon as possible.
End this campaign against corrupt officials, but Liu Xi doesn't buy it. If the rat in the country is not eliminated, it will be a hidden danger sooner or later. Maybe something more serious than the tomb robbing case will happen!
Local development can be carried out at any time, but these rats must not be let go.
It was not until the end of the eleventh year of Yankang that the mighty actions came to an end. During this period, all the ministers were frightened, even Zhuge Liang was the same. He himself was fine, but he
His elder brother and younger brother were both captured by the Embroidered Clothes Messenger, which made him a little scared. Fortunately, both of them were released. It was a pity that his younger brother was beaten because he was unintentionally involved in local corruption.
, was dismissed from his official position.
There were also many vacancies in the local area, but fortunately they were filled in time. But this time, Sun Quan no longer dared to appoint officials as before. He called everyone from the official office to conduct an assessment carefully.
After examining the moral parallelism of these people and past rumors, etc., they carefully reported to the temple. After three rounds of deliberation, the official appointment and removal results were finally made.
Sun Quan also breathed a sigh of relief. He was still immersed in the joy of being able to arrange officials at will. He did not expect that these corrupt officials would wake him up with a blow to the head and select officials at will. This is a disaster.
, no matter which official had a problem, he would be caught and beaten with a stick. If his father had not begged for mercy, I am afraid that he would have been dismissed from his official position.
Therefore, after he came out, he re-adjusted the official government. After that, the official government would only give suggestions on delegation, and would not choose a fixed person, but would give two or three candidates. As for who to use
, that is a matter of the Minister's order. Even if there is a mistake, the officials can still say that this person was not chosen by themselves, but was chosen by the Minister.
Although it does not mean that he can completely get rid of the suspicion, at least he will not make as big a mistake as before. Among the ministers who were captured, Sun Quan was the one who received the most punishment in the end!
Man Chong began to deal with those people. As long as they fell into his hands, there was basically no way to survive. Man Chong hated these people extremely, and his methods were too ruthless. The officials who were executed by him were
It was already hundreds, but even though he was so tyrannical, no one dared to impeach him anymore. This was all his own fault, especially the county lieutenant Niu Qian who had embezzled the severance pay of Luoyang Geng soldiers and was directly executed by the clan.
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The first month of the twelfth year of Yankang
Yingchuan Yangzhai, Huanglong comes out of the well.
The big tree that has had its branches cut off welcomes the new year.
A carriage stopped at the gate of Shizhong's Mansion. Xun Yu got out of the carriage. The two soldiers at the gate of Shizhong's Mansion hurriedly bowed to see them. Xun Yu nodded towards them and walked into the mansion.
Everyone was busy and coming and going all the time. These people included the imperial doctors sent by the emperor, and even many Huangmen, who were responsible for taking care of Guo Jia's daily life.
Even though winter has passed, Xun Yu can still feel the biting cold. His whole body is huddled in the thick clothes. The cold blows through the clothes and blows on his heart, which makes his whole body tremble slightly.
It was covered with frost, making it difficult to move. Every time he took a breath, he would shiver, and the cold air made his blood turn to ice.
The mansion was filled with an unpleasant smell, mostly emitted by herbal medicines. In order to save the Shizhongling, these doctors tried their best, because the emperor ordered that Guo Jia must not die. The doctors
They were also worried that they would be punished by the emperor, so they used all kinds of ancient remedies and folk remedies, and there was no treatment method that they had not thought of.
As for many folk remedies, Xun Yu was unwilling to hear what they were, for fear that he would not be able to eat.
Xun Yu often came here. Of course, many ministers came to visit Guo Jia, but Xun Yu was the one who came most often. These servants and doctors also knew his identity and paid homage to him one after another.
, Xun Yu nodded and looked at them smashing the thin tail of something he didn't know what it was. He quickly turned away and broke into the inner room.
The smell in the inner room was even more unpleasant. Normally, the slaves would not dare to come in and would stand outside the door.
Guo Jia was still looking up blankly, foam occasionally overflowing from the corner of his mouth.
Xun Yu sat aside and just looked at him quietly without saying anything.
With a burst of noise, several servants came in, holding bowls in their hands. They saluted Xun Yu and walked up quickly. Xun Yu stood up and looked at them. They walked to Guo Jia
Next to him, one person helped Guo Jia up to prevent him from falling, but the other person pulled Guo Jia's mouth forcefully to both sides. Xun Yu's eyes were full of unbearable.
The friend's mouth was forcibly removed, and everyone fed him the soup little by little. As soon as he fed it in, Guo Jia began to gasp violently, his neck was squirming crazily, and his whole body was shaking violently.
The soup water was spat out by him again, overflowing from the corner of his mouth and flowing onto his clothes. His lower clothes were also wet and exuded an unpleasant smell.
After struggling for an unknown amount of time, the servants walked out.
Standing in front of Guo Jia, Xun Yu looked at him quietly.
Suddenly, he saw Guo Jia slowly turning his head away, with a rare light shining in his eyes. Xun Yu's eyes widened and he quickly shouted: "Here comes someone! He's awake! He's awake."
Got it!!"
Hearing Xun Yu's shouting, several servants rushed in, looked at Guo Jia on the bed, and called the doctors. The doctors looked at him for a few times and then walked away helplessly. Xun Yu hurriedly held him back.
They said: "He woke up and turned to look at me. Why don't you continue to treat him?"
"Every once in a while, Mr. Guo can speak, but only for a short period of time, and then he returns to his original state. This is the result of our treatment..." the doctors said helplessly.
In any case, Xun Yu's mood improved a lot. He happily sat next to Guo Jia and held his hand tightly.
"Fengxiao, have you seen me? I'm Wenruo, Fengxiao, are you feeling better?"
Xun Yu said happily, with tears in his eyes and a smile on his lips.
"Wen Ruo..."
Guo Jia suddenly laughed, not exaggeratedly, just grinning slightly, but Guo Jia could see his smile. Xun Yu nodded and laughed without wiping the tears falling from the corners of his eyes.
"Fengxiao, the emperor has said that he will do whatever it takes to save you. Nothing can happen to you. You have to live. You must live... It's hard to find a minister..."
"Wen Ruo..." Guo Jia frowned and one hand trembled. Xun Yu quickly moved closer and asked: "Fengxiao, you say, I'm listening! Say it!"
"help me.."
"Wen Ruo, save me..."
"help me..."
Guo Jia's low voice for help was like tearing Xun Yu's heart apart. He said firmly: "Fengxiao, don't be afraid. It's okay. I will definitely save you. You will get better. You
Don't worry, all of us will save you."
Listening to his words, Guo Jia's face was full of grief. He shook his head slightly and said: "Save me, please...kill me, kill me..."
Xun Yu was stunned, "What are you talking about? Are you confused? You..."
Before Xun Yu finished speaking, a group of doctors came in. Someone helped him up and poured the herbs into his mouth again. Guo Jia trembled violently, and made a strange dry coughing sound in his throat, which continued to overflow.
A doctor pricked his body with fine needles, and almost no intact parts of his body were left intact. Guo Jia was shaking violently, his face was full of pain, and there were tears in his eyes, but he could not make a sound.
His eyes looked pleadingly at Xun Yu in the distance.
Wenruo, help me.
It hurts.
“Mr.
My old friend, things seemed a little different from what he thought. Guo Jia's eyes were full of pleading. He shook his head slowly, Wen Ruo, don't go, please.
Xun Yu gritted his teeth and shouted angrily: "Get out of here!!!"
"But...we have to save him...this is in his favor. If it weren't for this, Mr. Guo wouldn't be able to persist until now..."
"Huh..." Xun Yu pulled out his long sword and pointed it at these people. The doctors fled the inner room in horror and walked to Guo Jia. Guo Jia finally had a hint of joy in his eyes.
Xun Yu pointed the long sword at his heart, but at this moment, the long sword began to tremble violently. Xun Yu couldn't move his hand, tears kept falling, but he still couldn't move his hand.
"Wen Ruo... kill me, I don't... want... it hurts... to live... it hurts... please... please... you..."
Xun Yu threw away the sword in his hand, helped Guo Jia up, sat on the bed, put his head in his arms, hugged him with both hands, and slowly placed his hands on his mouth and nose
.
Guo Jia trembled all over, and the blood spilled from his mouth dyed Xun Yu's hands red.
Xun Yu put his face on Guo Jia's head and cried silently. Tears kept pouring out. He couldn't stop the tears and couldn't stop the crying.
Finally, Guo Jia stopped struggling. He lay calmly in his friend's arms with a smile on his face, showing a trace of relief.
On the quilt, there is a distorted word.
It was written with blood on the hand, and there was an unfinished word "Nong" with a missing apostrophe.
Xun Yu looked at the bloody words and finally burst into tears.