Chapter five hundred and sixtieth big deal to fight the world again
The Great Court Meeting has not been held for more than five months, and the Yuan Day celebration was also canceled because the emperor was away at war. Fortunately, the fifteenth day of the festival was held to worship Taiyi.
Therefore, the officials who went to court were a little over-excited, and foreign tribute envoys also lined up to kneel down.
Liu Xiang was busy from the time the sun had not risen until noon. He only had a quick bowl of millet porridge for breakfast.
He really wanted to change the system of going to court before the end of the night, but he had to go to worship Taiyi in the afternoon, so he could only talk about it later.
There were too many memorials piled up in the Zhongshu Province. Three large carts and more than twenty large boxes were hauled. This was replaced by a paper office. If bamboo slips were still used, wouldn't it be able to fill the entire imperial study?
Of course, it's not an urgent matter if you can stay in school, but you can't leave it unattended forever.
For example, requests for the allocation of money and food for the Yellow River embankment, reports on the progress of cleaning up the ruins of the eastern capital Luoyang, reports on budgets and scales for digging canals and road construction in various places, etc., etc., such projects that will only be launched after spring plowing, are reported early.
There is only one purpose, to get money, food, and people.
Those who talk about business are fine, and they can just give approval as appropriate. The most annoying ones are those who have nothing to do, come up to say hello, and show their presence. There are a lot of verbose words, which can be summed up in five words: Your Majesty, how are you?
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I'm not good! I'm too busy!
Doesn’t it cost money to write the memorial paper? Doesn’t Guanyi cost money?
Liu Xiang was very annoyed, but he could not prohibit local officials from submitting memorials, so he could only reply: "I am at peace. I will have something to say in future memorials."
These people asking for peace only annoyed him, but those who impeached generals who went on expeditions made him very angry.
They were all submitted in the past month. There are too many. There are many people impeached in the above list, many generals impeached, and there are more crimes.
There are all kinds of charges, such as excessive killing and military robbery, which are all good-sounding, such as robbing civilian girls, having a grudge, colluding with the local government, and having evil intentions. Some people even accused Guan Yu of raising Liu Bei and Zhang Fei's children as livestock.
A dead man has sex with a woman.
From generals to captains, all the leading generals who participated in the attack on Jiangnan were not spared, not even the officers of the Forbidden Army were spared.
Are these people crazy? They want to destroy Liu Xiang's foundation.
They are looking for death!
There is nothing wrong with impeachment. This is originally one of the methods used by the imperial court to supervise officials. However, it is enough to just catch the wind and deliberately frame them.
When he told various generals to purge aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River, the monarchs and ministers were all ready to accept impeachment.
But there were too many, and it was too much.
"Tian Yuanhao, aren't you going to give me an explanation?"
Tian Feng felt that he was unjustly accused. The Imperial Commission did not participate in this wave of impeachment, so why did he get picked out to be the leader?
He turned around and looked at the several important ministers who had been called into the Imperial Study Room for discussion, and saw that none of them raised their heads. The original Gouzi case had made him an isolated minister.
He said sadly and angrily: "Back to Your Majesty, the Yushitai impeached the lawless people, and everything they said was true! I don't know how the others wrote, and they won't show it to me."
These words are very annoying. Eight of the ten emperors must not be able to bear this kind of answer from their ministers, that is, if they meet themselves, otherwise, even if Tian Feng has nine lives, it will not be enough for him to die.
"Why are there so many complaints? Yushitai Supervisory Officials, if something like this happens, who should I look for if I don't look for you?" Liu Xiang glared at him, then glanced at the several ministers sitting there, and said angrily: "
Do you like Jin Yiwei’s intervention? That’s as you wish!”
As soon as these words came out, the people below couldn't sit still. As soon as the Jin Yiwei was dispatched, it would definitely be another Tian Feng case, with thousands of heads falling to the ground. The court couldn't stand such trouble again.
"Your Majesty will temporarily put aside his thunderous wrath. The officials who were impeached above were also out of a public spirit. They are all loyal people who have the court's interests in mind. It's just that their words were a bit fierce. I hope your Majesty will forgive you." Jushou, the Minister of Civil Affairs, was the first to stand up and dissuade him.
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"A public heart?" Liu Xiang smiled sarcastically: "Jushou, do you think I am a fool? Or do you think I will be coerced by these people? Then their numbers are not enough."
"I don't
Dare! Your Majesty, there is no big mistake in impeaching someone illegally. Your Majesty, please give me a lighter sentence." Jushu was so shocked by the emperor's tone that he broke into a cold sweat. There was so much murderous intent in these words.
"Whether it's light or serious, it's what they asked for. Tian Feng and Jia Xu, let you two work together to investigate this matter. If what you say is true, the lawbreakers will be impeached and rewarded; those who falsely accuse and frame them will be guilty of the same crime."
Sit down; those who catch wind and shadows and confuse the public with evil talk will be dismissed from office, given the backbone of a staff, and exiled. I will order the court officer Xia Houlan to assist in the trial of this matter."
If there is a normal impeachment, even if some people have no evidence, Tingfeng is raining in it, or a bunch of rotten scholars jump out and say pedantic remarks about excessive killing and harming Tianhe, Liu Xiang will hold his nose and admit it.
He did kill someone intentionally.
But the generals who lead the army must not open their mouths. If there is an organized and large-scale conspiracy, they must be killed with a stick. The soldiers in the front are desperately fighting, but the officials in the rear want their lives. Is this to subjugate the country? Is this to start a party struggle?
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This trend must be extinguished!
Human blood is the best fire extinguishing material.
"Your Majesty, hunting down ministers in this way will block the way of speech, making it difficult for the government to pass the decree. I hope your Majesty will think twice!" Xun Yu also stood up to persuade him. He vaguely smelled the smell of blood on the emperor's body.
"Your Majesty, please don't be punished for your words. Please take back your life." Originally, this matter had nothing to do with Liu Biao. He was sitting in the noble position of Minister of Rites, doing what he was best at educating, accompanying his young wife.
The little life in Chang'an was a happy one.
But he was afraid that today's matter would develop into a disaster caused by the Party's imprisonment. Because of the Party's imprisonment, he had wasted twenty years and it had become a nightmare in his heart.
"I second the proposal!" Huangfu Song stood up and saluted.
"I second the proposal."
"I second the proposal."
In a moment, six or seven important ministers stood up.
Liu Xiang sat behind the memorial table, his face as heavy as water, staring at the people bowing and saluting without saying a word.
The atmosphere reached a stalemate.
Xun Yu understood the emperor's character, and if this continued, it would only make the matter worse, so he quickly spoke out to ease the situation: "Your Majesty, I believe that these impeachments are indeed excessive, but the court cannot block the way of speech. It is better to punish him with a small punishment than with a big punishment."
How about a warning?"
Liu Xiang sneered: "What Wen Ruo means is that the law cannot hold everyone accountable? If there are many people, it cannot be held accountable?"
Without waiting for an answer, he asked himself and said, "I'm not afraid of the crowd."
He stood up with his hands on the memorial, glanced around the crowd, curled his lips in disdain, and said loudly: "When I was sixteen years old, I dared to lead three thousand people to rebel! Am I afraid of too many people? How many can they have?
?Hundreds of thousands or millions?
Let me tell you, I brought down this world with one sword and one sword. Others have always been afraid of me! What are these impeachments for? Everyone knows it well. I might as well make it clear, and the scholars will listen to me.
If they don't listen to me, I will kill them.
At worst, I will conquer the world again! If I can defeat the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty once, I can defeat them twice."
He softened his tone and said, "Stand up, if you think I am a tyrant, I will allow you to become an official."