Emperor Liu Hong

On the first day of August, the day of the routine morning court, it was also the day when Liu Hong and his opponents "dueled".Therefore, he came to the court early.

"This court has been boring for too long, and I want to take advantage of today's opportunity to have fun with them." Looking at the ministers presenting the ceremony, Liu Hong's excitement was not to be mentioned.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." All the officials sat down flat, and the waiter next to him said, "There is an early performance, and I will leave the court without incident!"

"Your Majesty, I have an instruction book." Just as the waiter finished his sentence, five or six ministers stood up and said at the same time.

"My God, these guys are too cooperative, and this time I finally have something to play with!" Seeing so many people standing up, Liu Hong immediately cheered up, "Don't worry, everyone, tell them one by one, anyway, we have enough time."

Hearing Liu Hong's words, those people looked at each other, and one of them said, "Your Majesty, rumors are rampant in the capital now, saying that Luoyang City is not blessed and cannot be the capital for a long time, otherwise there will be disasters and troubles in the hearts of the people. Panic. I implore Your Majesty to thoroughly investigate this matter and severely punish those who spread rumors, so as to restore the peace of the people.”

"Yes, Your Majesty, those rumormongers are too hateful, I hope His Majesty will punish them severely." Just after that one finished speaking, the others spoke together.

After hearing this, all the ministers in the court knew that there was a good show to watch today.They looked at Liu Hong one after another, wanting to see how to deal with this matter.

"Dear dears, it's not that you don't know that I don't say anything about sinners, and I even made it a law. Now that the matter is not clear, you ask me to punish people severely. That's not to make me go back on my word. Is it against the law?" Although he wants to have fun, Liu Hong will not follow through on the truth.So, he looked at those angry ministers.He smiled and said: "Of course, if you have evidence, I will not condone someone who deliberately spread rumors and caused a major impact. However, this must also be done in accordance with the law. I believe that as long as you show evidence, the police station will It will be accepted, and then Dali Temple will make a judgment, and there is no need to bring it to the court.”

"If we had evidence, we would have arrested people long ago." It was different from the satisfaction of other ministers.Hearing Liu Hong's words, these "oppositionists" don't mention their anger.However, Liu Hong is the emperor, so they have to hold back their anger, so they said kindly: "Your Majesty, you heard it too. This is not an ordinary rumor, and it has already caused panic in the capital. Don't deal with it anymore .There will be a major incident. And the humble ministers and others are suffering from not being able to produce evidence, so they can only be above the court, and please Your Majesty to make the decision."

"Oh, since the matter is special, and you are all loyal to the emperor and serving the country, then I will make an exception and ask about it." Seeing the cooperation of those ministers.Having to get into the trap he set up, Liu Hong asked Liu Biao while secretly happy, "Jing Sheng, you are in charge of the security department. What rumors have you heard about this matter?"

"Your Majesty, I have heard about this matter." Hearing Liu Hong's words, Liu Biao hurriedly stood up, "These remarks suddenly appeared five or six days ago. Because of the importance of the relationship, the patrolling police reported it immediately. Yes. And Wei Chen also gave instructions to let the police to find the source and pay close attention to the development of the situation. However, it happened suddenly, and the time was too short, so the source has not been found yet. However, the progress of the situation is not so much. Your lord said it so seriously. Although many people talked about it, most of them took it as a joke."

"How can it be treated as a joke, Liu Shangshu, you have to be responsible for what you say!" The matter of moving the capital already made those ministers so angry that they had nowhere to vent their anger. Now that Liu Biao said this, they immediately stopped doing it, "Your Majesty, It’s not that I’m alarmist, you can go out and see for yourself, how those rumors scare the people, if you don’t ignore it, something big will happen.”

"Lord Wang, I am irresponsible for what I say." Hearing the other party's accusation, Liu Biao became anxious.Although he can understand their feelings, but if this big hat is really put on his head, he will be guilty of negligence no matter what.He didn't want to suffer this kind of disaster, so he immediately began to refute, "As soon as these remarks appeared, I asked the police to pay close attention to them, and reports were submitted every day. How can I still not know what happened? How could I let it happen?!"

"Liu Shangshu, what do you know? Those police officers are always submitting reports, and what kind of reports are they submitting? You have come to such an outrageous conclusion. You are dereliction of duty!" Seeing Liu Biao and them Singing the opposite, those ministers began to beat their chests and accuse him.

"Dereliction of duty!" Hearing this, Liu Biao almost jumped up.You know, this is a direct accusation against him, which is no longer what can be described as a big hat. People have been traced to the source, and people have paid close attention to it. Where is the negligence?! If you don’t make it clear, I will join you in the crime of lying and defamation today!”

"What, you still accuse me of lying and slander!" Hearing what Liu Biao said, the minister became anxious, "Didn't you ask me to explain it to you, and I will explain it to you now. The rumors have been going on for so long The time has caused such a big impact, what have you done as the secretary of the Ministry of Security?! For such a big matter, even if you can't find the mastermind, you should clarify the facts to the people so that they don't Spreading rumors! But, not only did you not do anything, but you also said that they were all jokes, isn’t that negligent?!”

"It's not that the common people are brainless. Why don't they treat such a thing as a joke?! Besides, rumors are not rumors, and there is no conclusion until now. What facts do you want me to clarify to the common people?"

"What, the rumor is not conclusive? How could it be inconclusive! You can't even hear such an obvious rumor. How can you be the secretary of the Ministry of Security?!"

"How can I be the Secretary of the Ministry of Security? Do you still need you to teach me?!"

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"My god, why did they do it? This is different from the script I designed!"

Originally, Liu Hong wanted to continue this matter, find an opportunity to get Zhang Heng to the court, and play a double reed for them.But now, looking at the quarrelsome people, Liu Hong was a little dumbfounded.But Liu Hong also knew that, no matter what, they must not be allowed to continue arguing.

"Shut up!" Liu Hong slapped the table, pointed at them and began to train, "As important officials of the court, you are making noise in the court hall, what's the proper way?!"

"Your Majesty, I will be convicted!" Seeing that Liu Hong was angry, they were all honest.

"Made, the plan really can't keep up with the changes, and all the previous arrangements can no longer be used!" Seeing the offending ministers, Liu Hong scratched his head for a while, "Tell me, you are all important officials of the imperial court, what can't be done properly?" Do you really want to be noisy?"

"Your Majesty, it's not that I don't understand the general situation, it's mainly because they are too deceitful." Liu Chao is now crying for being wronged, "Since I was promoted by Your Majesty to become Minister of the Ministry of Security, I have done so in order to repay Your Majesty's kindness. , has been conscientious and conscientious. But they, they don't care about the indiscriminate and indiscriminate rumors that the humble minister has neglected his duty, please Your Majesty to make the decision for the humble minister."

The few ministers who calmed down also felt that it would not be worthwhile to offend Liu Biao by making enemies rashly.But the matter has reached this point, and they can't help but hesitate, "Your Majesty, it's not that the ministers are lying. Liu Shangshu didn't do anything to deal with such an obvious rumor. Seeing the situation escalate, what do you say is not negligence of duty?! "

"Deal with it, which one should I use to deal with it?" Hearing this, Liu Biao quit again, "Don't say that the speech has not been classified as a rumor, even if it is a rumor, people like this will throw it aside after saying it with a smile. There is no need to deal with the rumors. Otherwise, I, the secretary of the Ministry of Security, don't do anything else, and I can't finish it all day long."

"You still say that this rumor is inconclusive!" Hearing this, the ministers became very angry, "Listen everyone, how ridiculous is it to say that Luoyang is poor? Let's not talk about Shang and Zhou Dynasties. , Even we big men have made our capital here for more than 150 years, so how can we not be blessed. What's even more ridiculous is that if we don't move the capital, there will be disasters in Luoyang, how can this not be a rumor!"

Hearing this, the ministers watching the excitement kept nodding.After all, in their opinion, this matter is too ridiculous.However, they also knew that the current opposition to the relocation of the capital was raging and could not be stopped. This rumor might have been fabricated by their Majesty.Therefore, none of them dared to express any opinions, and just stayed aside to watch the play honestly.

"Whether it's a rumor or not, it's really hard to say now." Of course Liu Biao knew what all the ministers knew.Originally, he didn't want to get mixed up here, but now there is no other way, in order to get rid of that shit pot, he can only tie himself to Liu Hong's chariot, "Luoyang is blessed or not, this is a matter of opinion. It’s hard to say what a wise man sees. However, those people said that if the capital is not moved, there will be disasters. Since it is impossible to say whether there will be disasters, this matter cannot be concluded.”

"Liu Shangshu, tell me, since ancient times, you have heard who predicted the occurrence of disasters? How can this kind of obvious nonsense be not a rumor?"

"No one predicted it before, and it doesn't mean that no one has predicted it now. Therefore, it cannot be regarded as a rumor without definite evidence. May I ask, who of you has conclusive evidence?"

Liu Biao was arguing with those ministers, while outside, Zhang Heng was also waiting anxiously.

"Hey, what's going on?" Zhang Heng kept looking at the palace gate, "Your Majesty promised that he would send someone to deliver a letter to me shortly after the morning court, but why has the messenger not come yet? Could it be that something unexpected happened?!"

Thinking of this, Zhang Heng's sweat came out.You know, this is singing a double reed in the hall, if there is an accident and the performance is messed up, something big will happen.

"No, I have to think about it carefully, no matter what, I have to pass this!" (To be continued...)