Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 425
The students of Taixue and Menzixue discussed the conquest of Funan at the same time, and many of the political comments they wrote were read by the emperor himself, and they were usually the smarter ones, especially those who the emperor believed would be the successors of all officials in the future. Those people, the emperor valued them very much, read their political comments over and over again, and even gave them notes in person.

These students, after seeing the emperor's reply, were extremely excited in their hearts, and they were also grateful to the emperor.

There was only one letter, and the emperor frowned and looked at it repeatedly, but no one sent it back.

""Liu Gong's Proposal to Conquer the South Book""

The Son of Heaven read it lightly, "Liu Gong said: The country lies in the people, and the dynasty is not in it. The king is the king of the people, not the king of the temple. He conquered the northeast and conquered the southwest. Putting the people first, lowering taxes, opening up fields, setting up official schools, and enlightening the wisdom of the people, but today's officials, who use politics and soldiers to list promotions, are actually absurd."

"I see that the people in Ningzhou are poor, the people in Liangzhou are less educated, the people in Jiaozhou are less plowing fields, the shipwreck in Qingzhou, the earthquake in Yanzhou, all the ministers have nothing to do with those who care, they are all in the middle of fame and fortune"

"Liang deeply agrees, so I worship you."

The Son of Heaven took a few deep breaths. In this memorial, Zhuge Liang not only scolded the officials, but also did not let him go. In Liu Mo's eyes, he is such a tyrant who loves to make great achievements and does not enforce benevolent government. what?

The more the emperor thought about it, the angrier he became, and he slapped the political statement in his hand on the copybook. The Hanmen outside the door were startled and lowered their heads tightly. The emperor turned his head, looked at him, and said, "Go Bring Liu Mo to me!"

Hanmen went out immediately, and at this moment, Liu Mo was still busy with business in the Taiwei's mansion, when he saw Liu Mo, the eunuch in the palace leading the guards and emissaries in embroidered clothes, rushing in, the officials were shocked and panicked He raised his head and saw that they were approaching menacingly. Liu Mo was afraid and hid behind his colleagues. Han Men looked around and asked slowly, "Where is Liu Mo?"

Liu Mo was so frightened that his legs became weak, but the officials around him moved out of the way so that Hanmen could see him directly, Hanmen smiled and said, "Liu Jun, please move if you are invited by the emperor! "

"Hehe. What's the matter?"

"Please~" Hanmen didn't say any more, just pointed out the door, and the embroidered messenger stood behind Liu Mo. Trembling all over, Liu Mo followed these people and walked out. The rest of the officials were chatting curiously, but they were more happy. This guy finally left, and we can relax a little bit, Son of Heaven Shengming!

"Your Majesty" Liu Mo bowed to the emperor, his face was full of panic.

The fat man gave him a cold look, and asked, "When did you start to look like Mr. Ma? Is it so scary?"

"it's not true."

"It's not scary, no wonder you dare to despise your majesty and criticize all officials"

"This...Your Majesty, forgive me!" Liu Mo fell to the ground and looked at the emperor in horror. The fat man ignored him, sat on the chair, stared at him for a while, and then said: "Mr. Liu, I have a political commentary here, I hope you can read it." He threw the political commentary in front of Liu Mo, Liu Mo trembling, took the political commentary from the ground, looked at it for a moment, his face changed drastically.

"Your Majesty, Zhuge Liang didn't know about this matter, and it was entirely my fault. Your Majesty forgives my Majesty... Your Majesty forgives my sins"

"Hahaha, come on, tell me in detail, how come I don't implement benevolent government? Why do officials have no respect for fame and wealth?"

"Your Majesty, that is all nonsense, forgive me."

The Son of Heaven shook his head and said: "If you can't speak, I will order Zhuge Liang, the general of the Han Sect, to confront him face to face." As soon as the Son of Heaven finished speaking, Liu Mo fell silent, thought for a moment, stood up, cupped his hands, and said: "The minister is willing to speak clearly with His Majesty"

"Since your majesty ascended the throne, the world has been prosperous, and it is a time of prosperity. However, your majesty has conquered the east and the south, and the Han has a vast territory, but it is beneficial to the people? Maybe your majesty wants to speak out, threaten the people for the people, and there are no foreign enemies. It's just that the people are illiterate. How do you know this? Stories? In the world, only the hearts of the people have these things, so it is better to share with the people."

"When the people are strong and the people are rich, the country is strong and rich."

"The wealth of the world is not in the treasury, but in the people."

"The ministers regard war as the capital of promotion, and political affairs as the glory of meritorious service. Why do they have common people in their hearts? During the Emperor Xiaokang's time, he kept the people safe everywhere, lowered taxes, and extensively repaired water conservancy. Every move was for the people of the country. Therefore, Even though Emperor Xiaokang has passed away, the common people will never forget him, and his majesty is far worse than him when he is crowned with a holy name!"

Just after Liu Mo finished speaking, the emperor suddenly stood up, his eyes were full of anger, and he clenched his fists tightly. Liu Mo closed his eyes and took a deep breath. The fat man gritted his teeth and walked around. When he fell into despair, the emperor suddenly laughed loudly, and the laughter was extremely ringing. Liu Mo stared at the emperor in front of him with wide eyes. The emperor looked at him deeply and said:

"Since the prince passed away, I have never heard such honest words."

"Since I ascended the throne, I have used Xiaokang as my standard, and I have followed suit in everything. I have conquered the north and conquered in vain to establish martial arts that surpass Xiaokang. Now I know how far I am compared with Xiaokang. Liu Gong, I am not stupid Your Majesty, I am the son of Emperor Xiaokang! I am the disciple of Prince He Zi! I am the Son of Heaven! If there is any remonstrance, just speak it out, how can I kill someone because of my loyalty?"

"Your Majesty." Liu Mo was a little dazed, his eyes widened.

"Come here, reward Liu Gong with a hundred gold!"

The emperor said, looked at Liu Mo again, and said with a smile: "I would like to worship him as a censor. I hope you can speak out and write a letter to remonstrate!" The emperor bowed to Liu Mo, and Liu Mo trembled. Pay homage to the emperor.

"That's it, you became a censor?" Zhuge Liang asked in shock, looking at the radiant face in front of him, his body covered in clothes, unlike Liu Mo from before.

"Oh, don't mention it again. With my courage, how can I serve as a servant of the censor?" Liu Mo shook his head, but Zhuge Liang laughed lightly, and said, "Don't talk like that, sir. Look, now , Even the soldiers of Menzixue dare not stop you, and when you come to Menzixue, Duke Zheng will come out to greet you, how amazing it is.”

"Hey, you kid, you dare to talk too much, don't you know that you almost killed me!" Liu Mo complained.

"If you write a political commentary, you will let the public be listed among the hundred officials. If you don't, write another article, go up to the world, go down to the hundred officials, and then scold the last one. If you say it is unfair, you will be able to take the position of Cui Gong." Zhuge Liang said with a smile.

"Don't be like this, don't be like this, alas, there will be a court meeting tomorrow, and I'm still terrified and at a loss." Liu Mo smiled wryly, and carefully took out some money from his sleeve, and put it in the In Zhuge Liang's hand, he said: "Take this money and go buy some books. There is a reading library not far from the outer gate, and books can be copied for money."

Holding the heavy money, Zhuge Liang shook his head and said: "I dare not accept the gift from the public."

"You take it. I have no father, no mother, no brother, and no wife. I am alone. What do I need? Just buying books is not enough. I will find a way to introduce you to Sikong Lu Gong. Now I am in Lu The Duke is under his command, and Duke Lu is knowledgeable and knowledgeable, if you can worship under his sect, you will also have a teacher in the future, and everyone will not dare to embarrass you."

As Liu Mo spoke, Zhuge Liang looked at him quietly. For some reason, Liu Mo's figure gradually overlapped with the figure of the elder in his mind. He vaguely remembered that when he was young, his father turned towards He spoke by himself, danced with his hands and feet, and even said that he would be sent to Zheng Gong to study.
The next day, court meeting.

Baiguan looked at Liu Mo standing behind Lu Zhi in shock, his eyes were full of fear, Lu Zhi lowered his head with a helpless expression on his face, but Liu Mo just lowered his head and said nothing, the emperor walked in slowly , sitting in the upper position, Cui Shi led all the officials to meet, the emperor returned the salute, they sat down just now, the emperor looked at Liu Mo in the distance, and said nothing.

For some reason, all the officials felt that there was something wrong with the Son of Heaven today. When had they seen the Son of Heaven so steady?All the officials reported their political affairs, Cao Cao began to quarrel with Cai Yong, the topic was still the matter of Funan and Chenla, but among the officials, Xun Yu and Guo Jia did not participate in this debate, they just frowned He frowned thinking.

After a while, Guo Jia came out from among the officials and bowed to the emperor.

The emperor looked at him, and Guo Jia said calmly, "Your Majesty, the minister has played!"

"Your minister sees how poor the people are in the world. Ningzhou is newly established, and Jiagong and the people rest in peace. During this period of time, I am afraid that it will be difficult to recover. The minister will ask whether Ningzhou's taxes can be exempted for a year. Go down to Gao County, save two years to give the people the opportunity to cultivate, there is a flood in Qingzhou, you can get relief from the treasury." Guo Jia said, the officials were completely silent, why did Guo Jia suddenly talk about these things?

There is no reason at all?

The emperor looked calm, nodded, and said, "That's all right."

The officials suddenly realized that this was what the emperor meant, but when did the emperor start paying attention to these trivial matters?Among the ministers, only Cai Yong and Cui Shi were the ministers with joyful expressions on their faces. Later Xun Yu stepped forward and said, "Your servant has a performance!"

"The ministers look at the government and the public, and there are many widows, widows, lonely, sick and disabled people who are hard to survive. The minister's intention is to set up a relief government to raise orphans, old, sick and disabled in every county and county. The orphans are raised to the crown, and the sick and disabled are exempted Taxes, relief money given by temples, relief for the orphans and childless. These people are recorded and registered, and then supported. If there are poor families who cannot survive, they can report to the government and use money to loan them to make a living.”

The more Xun Yu said, the more shocked the officials were. Is this what Xun Yu can say?But the emperor's face is still calm, it seems that it is the emperor's intention, what's the matter with the emperor?Chen Gong stood up suddenly, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the external affairs are not peaceful. Recruiting soldiers and mobilizing troops to the southwest will consume the treasury's money. If this is done, the people of the country will not know how much it will cost. How can the treasury support it?"

"The thief!"

One person yelled loudly, Chen Gong raised his head, and the one who scolded was Lu Zhi. Lu Zhi looked at him coldly and said, "The money from the national treasury is taken from the people, why can't it be used for the people? I would like to revitalize the national treasury." I will devote myself to the wealth, and will never make the treasury weak. Such a good governance is unprecedented. If your majesty intends to implement it, I am willing to use all the family property to fill the treasury. You thief, how dare you speak nonsense!!"

The ministers were in an uproar and immediately started talking.

Cui Shi, who was in a daze, suddenly opened his eyes, and Cai Yong, who was supporting him at the side, was taken aback. Cui Shi pulled out his hand, leaned on his crutches, got up slowly, walked in front of the emperor, and threw away his hands With his crutches, he bowed slowly towards the emperor. This action made all the ministers speechless, and even the emperor was a little moved. He hurriedly got up and asked people to help Situ up.

Cui Shi looked at the emperor and said: "In the past, Emperor Xiaokang was fond of literature and prose, and his ministers presented them with prose. The emperor said: ten thousand prose and prose, it is better to give a drop of grain to the people. Looking at it now, your majesty's benevolence and righteousness are world-class, and the benevolent government you implement is My husband has never heard of it before”

"Your Majesty, I worship you for the people of the world!"

Cui Shi bowed again.

This obeisance immediately cut off the intention of all the officials to argue, and they followed Cui Shi helplessly and bowed to the emperor.

Valuing them, the emperor got up and said: "Please rise up, gentlemen. I am the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and the people of the Han Dynasty are like my son. Now, I can't bear to see my son suffer. , are the ministers of the great Han, and should protect the people of the four directions, so that the people will be peaceful and have work!" The emperor bowed to them.

The next day, the DPRK and China issued government orders to all parties. First of all, the taxes in Ningzhou and the disaster-stricken areas in the world were exempted. In addition, it was the matter of the relief government. The minister ordered Xing Ziang to personally handle the matter. In other words, officials in various places were ordered to implement it immediately, and then Ma Jun was ordered to produce new agricultural tools on a large scale and distribute them to the people of all places without receiving money.

He also ordered the cattle farms in Xiliang, Hezhou, Xinzhou, and Bingzhou to borrow cattle for the use of the people in various places without charging money.

Order officials from all over the country to be benevolent and love the people, to teach farming and mulberry, and not to bully the people. If you meet lonely old people, you should give way.

According to the laws of the Han Dynasty, you must not beat and kill slaves, you must not bully women and servants, you will be killed if you dare to bully the people, you will be killed if you are a rich family who invades the people's land, you will be killed if you are a merchant's farmland, you will kill slaves and servants, and you will be killed if you are an official.

When the policies and measures were issued from the temple to all parties and conveyed to the people of all parties by the postal supervisor, the people were stunned.

They couldn't say anything, and they couldn't even believe it. They didn't come back to their senses until relief houses appeared in their county towns, raising orphans one by one, and helping the sick, disabled, and elderly.

"Holy Son of Heaven, Holy Son of Heaven"

(End of this chapter)