Since Zhong Changtong arrived in Luoyang, Luoyang has not been able to calm down. Zhong Changtong demolished all Taoist temples and temples inside and outside Luoyang. This naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of many officials. Among these officials
, naturally there are some unlearned metaphysics masters who are able to calculate and figure out that Zhong Changtong is a traitor to the Han Dynasty. Such behavior will definitely arouse the wrath of God.
At this moment, sitting in the mansion, many officials under Zhong Changtong were sitting on both sides with solemn expressions. Zhong Changtong looked at the documents in front of him and couldn't help laughing, nodded and said: "You have worked hard for only three days.
We have captured all the crooks inside and outside Sili, killed those who deserved to be killed, and demolished those who deserved to be demolished. Luoyang can be considered truly peaceful..."
In these days, the Lifu has filled the vacancies of the Jifu, but this time the people distributed to Zhong Changtong are all scholars with a background in military science. Zhong Changtong was very happy. For three days, people from the Jifu went out everywhere.
, all the alchemists in Luoyang were captured, and temples and altars were ruthlessly destroyed by him. Within three days, Zhong Changtong's notoriety spread throughout Luoyang, even more than before.
Some people say that he is a demon on earth, so he is not afraid of gods.
Some people say that he is the god of the world, so he is not afraid of other gods.
In any case, Zhong Changtong scared everyone. The great scholar Zheng Xuan set a bad precedent for the Han Dynasty. The real origin of metaphysics should be between this man and Wang Fen. The great scholar Zheng Xuan can calculate and know the destiny.
, this is famous among the Han Dynasty. It is said that he once calculated that his house would catch fire and fled in advance. Sure enough, a big disaster occurred subsequently.
He also heard that he once met a goddess on the road, and she kept his eyes straight, which made the goddess praise him so much that she told him that there was going to be a fire in his house.
In addition to Zheng Xuan, the other person who promoted this was He Xiu. In his enlightenment chapter for the people of the world, He Xiu described the extraordinary things of Emperor Xiaokang, such as the golden dragon, and the power of hope, etc., which gradually made metaphysics popular in the world.
After the rise of the Han Dynasty, the number of scholars who governed the Yi gradually increased. They observed the sky day and night, and were good at the art of looking at the qi. They could see the extraordinary in ordinary people at a glance, and it was said that they could also know the future.
Just when the whole world is falling into this trend of metaphysics, Zhong Changtong is a maverick. No matter how good the alchemist is, or the temple that protects everyone, as long as he comes into contact with him, he will never end well. Zhong Changtong
After Changtong destroyed those areas, Xu Shu quickly found out their crimes. The incense money they had collected in the past became evidence of fraud in Xu Shu's writings. Even the people they had previously killed with talisman water were also
became evidence of their crimes.
Therefore, they are all Yin priests who harm the lives of the people and defraud the people of their money. When the people get sick, they are not even allowed to seek medical treatment. They insist on letting them come to their place to drink some talisman water. Xu Shu followed Jia Xu in the past, but he still learned
Having obtained a lot of things, after catching the monks and alchemists, he used various means to force them to sign a charge sheet, and then sent it to the criminal government.
The servants of the Xing Palace shot Man Chong. After seeing these crimes, they were furious and immediately led people to the Sacrifice Palace. Many people were very happy when they heard that Man Chong led people to the Sacrifice Palace. It was great.
Come on, is our just and strict Manjun finally going to punish Zhong Changtong? That guy Zhong Changtong arrested people randomly and killed alchemists indiscriminately. He should have been arrested long ago!
After Man Chong arrived at the temple, Zhong Changtong went out to greet him with a smile.
"Manjun!! Long time no see, how are you??" Zhong Changtong smiled and walked up. Man Chong, who was always cold, also squeezed out a smile, but it looked even more scary. He clicked
He nodded and said seriously: "Good." Zhong Changtong then took Man Chong into the sacrificial palace. Man Chong frowned and gritted his teeth and said: "I have to thank Zhong Changjun this time. If it weren't for you,
I didn’t even know there were so many villains in Luoyang!”
"Thinking of wealth and killing, deceiving people with evil words, you should be beheaded, you should be killed!!" Man Chong said angrily, Zhong Changtong couldn't help but glance at Xu Shu in the distance, how much oil and vinegar did you add to the document?
What made Man Chong so angry? Xu Shu lowered his head and said nothing. Zhong Changtong took Man Chong to the backyard where the criminals were detained. Zhong Changtong said calmly: "I arrested thirty-nine criminals.
, and more than fifty people openly drew their swords to resist, but I killed them on the spot."
Everyone in the Jifu stood behind Zhong Changtong. After hearing this, they immediately lowered their heads. There was no resistance. It was clearly dealt with directly by you. Those who were caught were led by them. They did not dare to act like Zhong Changtong.
Chang Tong executed people so casually, and then he brought them back and publicly executed more than fifty people. The servants of the Xingfu would not just turn against him... They secretly raised their heads and observed Man Chong in front of them.
Man Chong was stunned when he heard this, and then asked: "Is there any witness? Proving that they resisted?"
"Of course, all the guards involved in the arrest can prove it."
"Well, very good, come here, take these villains and bring them back to the prison!" Man Chong pointed to the imprisoned alchemists in the distance. In an instant, the guards rushed over one after another. Zhong Chang
Tong looked at them calmly and said nothing. When he saw Man Chong was about to take them away, Zhong Changtong hurriedly stopped Man Chong and said seriously: "Man Chong, there is one more thing I need to discuss with you.
"
"What's the matter?"
"Your Majesty, can Mr. Man give me an explanation?"
"It's natural, you don't need to say more!" Manchong said coldly, and left with these people.
Watching Man Chong leave, Zhong Changtong looked at Xu Shu with a smile on his face and asked: "Those liars shouldn't be able to scare Man Jun too?"
"Absolutely not. The reason why I didn't stop you from dealing with those alchemists before was because I knew that the servant of the Xingfu was called Man Chong. If I were to call anyone else, I would stop you from doing these things. But Lord Man,
He is a person I admire more. In his eyes, there is no superiority or inferiority, no intimacy between relatives, or even good and evil. He only sees Han law. He is a very fair person..."
Zhong Changtong nodded and looked at the many officials behind him, "Okay, this matter will be left to Manjun to deal with. Everyone, you have been lucky these past few days. Let's take a day off today.
!”
"Thank you Pu She!" Everyone paid their respects one after another, but they were convinced of Zhong Changtong. He was able to deal with so many people without authorization in Luoyang, and he was able to escape from Man Chong. It seemed that he was the only one who had not been punished.
After Chang Tong was gone and everyone left one by one, Zhong Changtong closed the door and took Xu Shu back to the study.
"Yuan Zhi, I am very happy these days. I have caught so many liars and dealt with many of them. With Lord Man making the decision, the Houde Hall will probably not embarrass us. Your Majesty hates the alchemist's indifference to human life the most.
However, this seems to have nothing to do with the big plan before we entered Luoyang... The liar will always be dealt with by us."
Xu Shu narrowed his eyes and shook his head, "Justice, this is very relevant. I support you in arresting those alchemists. The purpose is not just to deal with them. Our target is the people behind them."
"oh?"
"Our enemy is Zheng Xuan, but He Xiu... Those who talk about destiny and restrict their thoughts are our enemies. Our purpose is to loosen the shackles on merchants and change the policy of focusing on agriculture and suppressing business.
The system of equalizing land is unworkable. Cultivated land cannot accommodate so many household registrations. No matter how the temple distributes the land, the land will be distributed one day. What should be done is not to find ways to make the cultivated land accommodate more households.
Hukou, but to expand industry and commerce..."
"Only when industry and commerce expand, can we replace agriculture and collect household registrations. In this way, if we move forward in three places and collect household registrations in three places, the people will not have nowhere to live. This is the way to solve the annexation...The emperor's approach,
It’s a bit too ideal…”
Zhong Changtong looked at Xu Shu. They had discussed these words a long time ago and had a common view. "We have discussed these words a long time ago. I mainly don't understand what is the difference between dealing with liars and defeating those corrupt scholars."
relation?"
"If you want to innovate, you have to change the trend of society. If everyone is completely addicted to the gods, can't even raise their heads, and don't even dare to think about innovation, how can this make industry and commerce bigger? They won't
It is allowed, so what we have to do is to defeat the gods, let the people of the world believe in their own power, and unlock the restrictions placed on them by those decadent doctrines..."
"You have defeated many gods now. Don't worry. Those so-called metaphysicians have already started to take action. After a while, we can officially fight back...defeat these guys..." Xu Shu calmly said
Said.
"Let everyone in the world not believe in ghosts and gods...not believe in destiny..." Zhong Changtong murmured to himself, then smiled mockingly and said: "Compared with this matter, I think it is easier to promote the Industrial and Commercial Association...
"
"That's natural."
Xu Shu nodded, then said with a smile: "You can even convince people like me, why, can't you convince the others?" Zhong Changtong shook his head and said with a smile: "That's not true,
If our plan is just to promote industry and commerce, the Emperor will not oppose us, but if we oppose the destiny, I am afraid... we will anger His Majesty."
"Therefore, we have to clamor to promote industry and commerce and secretly do things that go against the destiny. Fortunately, you hate ghosts and gods. Everyone knows that no matter how outrageous you do, no one will care. However, you have to remember that you can follow
Others say that they do not believe in ghosts and gods, and do not believe in destiny, and everything depends on man-made efforts. However, you must not say that you want the world to not believe in ghosts, gods, and destiny... Otherwise, we will not be able to see the sun tomorrow..."
"I understand, you can rest assured... But this time we come to Luoyang, is it the emperor's intention or the minister's intention?"
"It should be the emperor...I am also a little confused in my heart, but this is a good opportunity, so don't think too much about it and seize it first."