Han Shizu

Chapter 1163 The Great Southwest Case
"Go, go for a walk with me!" Liu Yang was still immersed in thinking, looking at him, while Emperor Liu put the silk scarf for wiping his mouth on the case, and greeted him.

"Yes!" Seeing that Emperor Liu had already got up and left the table, Liu Yang immediately recovered and bowed in response.

The cold winter and the twelfth lunar month do not seem to conflict with the clear sky.The winter sun seemed somewhat dim, but it was still warm when it shone on the body.

"It's rare to have such a sun in the cold winter of March and Nine!" Bathed in the winter sun, Emperor Liu's beard was a little reflective, and his mouth was full of emotion, with a look of enjoyment: "It's too suffocating." It’s been a long time, and people are going to get moldy.”

"My son will accompany you for a longer walk!" Liu Yang said.

The father and son were just around the Long Live Hall, walking along the steps of the road without any purpose.As for Emperor Liu, in fact, his enthusiasm for military and state affairs was also aroused.

"Some time ago, the rain and snow affected a wide range of people. How did the officials and people in various places suffer?" Emperor Liu asked.

Liu Yang replied: "The rain and snow this time was mainly concentrated in the Gyeonggi area, and it was very heavy. Fortunately, it stopped in time. There are many frostbitten people in various places, but no deaths have been reported. Zhongshu has also written to ask the local governments to help!"

"Have you checked all the casualties?" Emperor Liu directly expressed doubts.

"Already sent people there!" Liu Yang said: "In addition, Zheng, Hua, Chen, Xu and other prefectures have all reported that the fields and crops have been seriously damaged. After discussing with Wei Xiang and Wang Xiang, they decided to halve the affected counties The common people will harvest in summer next year!"

"Yes!" Emperor Liu nodded and said, with a look of reminiscence in his eyes: "This rain and snow reminds me of that year, it was also deep winter, heavy rain, continuous, icy and snowy, bone-chilling cold!
That should be the 12th year of Tianfu, the year when your emperor and I started a war, the great man was less than a year old when he founded the country, you were not born yet, no, your mother hadn’t even married me yet.

At that time, Du Chongwei, the traitor minister, was being punished. It was just such a winter rain, causing countless casualties among officials, soldiers and civilians.In this way, I have to thank God for the late arrival of the disaster, otherwise, Du’s rebellion is uncertain, the rebellion is delayed, and under internal and external troubles, the initially established country may collapse.”

Listening to Emperor Liu talking about the past, Liu Yang also listened carefully. Seeing his emotion, he also cupped his hands and said: "I have known about the founding of the Han Dynasty and the difficulties in the beginning of your administration. Now that I think about it, only you are as wise and powerful as you are." Only then can the hero lead the subjects through such difficulties and create the prosperity of the empire today."

When Liu Yang said this, there was a kind of admiration in both his eyes and his tone.Regarding this, Emperor Liu smiled and asked back: "Have you ever thought about how I came here and how I led the big man to where he is today? The so-called wise and powerful are too general and too vague. "

Liu Yang was obviously a little surprised by the words "this". After thinking about it for a moment, there was still no relaxation on his face, but he became more serious.

Seeing this, Emperor Liu patted him on the shoulder and said with a light smile, "I don't ask you to answer either. When you have time, just think about it carefully and keep the answer in your heart. The book "Qianyou 15" written by Xue Juzheng "Year", you can also read more!"

"Yes!" Liu Yang obeyed.

"Tell me, what's going on in the court recently?" Emperor Liu asked after descending the steps and ascending the palace stage, "Just tell me!"

"The Metropolitan Procuratorate impeached Yantie envoy Zhang Meiqiang to take women as concubines." Liu Yang said.

"There is such a thing?" Emperor Liu smiled slightly, looking very peaceful: "What is the result of the investigation?"

"It's true!" Liu Yang said with certainty: "However, according to the investigation, Zhang Mei went on a trip, stayed in a folk house, saw the beauty of the folk girl, and returned home thinking about it. Later, she went to the door and showed her identity to ask for marriage. Xu's family, whose father was forced by Zhang Mei's status, had to break the old covenant and marry the daughter into Zhang's house.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is suspected of forced marriage.However, my son thinks that this can also be said in another way, the father of the people's daughter, admiring power, breaks his contract and sells his daughter in order to get rich and honor. "

Emperor Liu showed obvious interest on his face, and said, "How are you going to deal with it?"

"My son thought that this matter was not enough to be punished, but in the end it was Zhang Mei's case. She acted privately and was not very careful, which hurt the dignity of the court, so she fined her salary for half a year as a punishment!" Liu Yang said.

"Zhang Mei is a talented person!" Hearing this, Emperor Liu said: "In the court, there are not many people who are good at managing money, and there are even fewer people who can look at the overall situation and manage the country's finances. Back then, I was short of talents. In the end, only Zhang Mei performed the most outstandingly and lived up to Xue Juzheng's recommendation.

Moreover, he is familiar with military affairs, has heavy supplies and logistics, and has no shortage of supplies and feeds, so that the generals will have no worries.In the Southwest for many years, he has made a lot of achievements in rectifying finances, and he was transferred back to the imperial court because of his financial management ability.

did not expect."

Hearing Emperor Liu's emotion, Liu Yang said: "People are not sages, so who can be blameless? Since you are interested in Zhang Mei's financial management skills, can't you tolerate these Xu Xiaojie? As long as he has never violated the law and committed crimes, his talents can be used. Imperial Court, why do you need to worry too much?"

Hearing his words suddenly, Emperor Liu looked at Liu Yang unexpectedly for the first time, and asked, "Is this your opinion?"

Liu Yang replied: "You let me observe people at the beginning. After such a long time, I have observed many people silently, from the ministers and prime ministers to the officials and guards. I found that no matter who they are, how talented they are, they have their shortcomings. It is difficult to have a perfect person, so my son understands that when employing people, you only need to maximize their strengths and avoid their weaknesses. If you are obsessed with their personal defects, then things will not work well!"

Hearing what he said, Emperor Liu nodded his head, and said with a light smile, "I'm very pleased that you have such insight. After all, you haven't been confused by Zhang Zhao's 'gentleman and villain'."

Hearing this, Liu Yang smiled embarrassingly.Sometimes, he was also very surprised that Emperor Liu didn't seem to particularly like some Confucianism, but he also read "The Analects" on weekdays, which made it very contradictory for Zhang Zhao, a well-educated Confucian, to teach them these princes.

"As for Zhang Mei's matter, let's end it like this!" Emperor Liu said: "Besides, he likes beauties, don't you, give him a palace maid!"

Liu Yang obeyed, he knew that Emperor Liu wanted to warn Zhang Mei with this.

"In addition, Zhao Yu, the prefect of Chengdu, has come forward to impeach Zhao Pu, the governor of the Southwest!" Liu Yang looked up at Emperor Liu and said, but he knew that Emperor Liu had great trust in Zhao Pu.

Don't look at Zhao Pu as a person who went out from Emperor Liu's side, and he was in Sichuan and Shu, the governor of the three provinces, and held power for nearly ten years.There are still some people who dare to confront Zhao Pu, such as the prefect of Chengdu, Zhao Yu.

This person was originally the observation judge of Qinfeng Zhuzhou in Mengshu. He surrendered when the imperial court captured Qinfeng.

After the end of the war, Qin Feng was transferred from his original post and became the chief official of the state capital. After the imperial court pacified Sichuan and Shu, he wanted to take over Sichuan and dispatched officials.As for Zhao Ting, with his experience, he was also reused, and later succeeded Zhao Pu as the prefect of Chengdu.

That is to say, from that time on, the two people with the same surname Zhao hated each other, and they often disagreed.Zhao Pu is a strong doer, and Zhao Ting is also capable, but he is manic and straightforward, and he often disobeys him when encountering things that don't suit him, and he doesn't give Zhao Pu any face at all.

Come and go, there are many contradictions between the two Zhaos.However, Zhao Pu, the governor of the Southwest, can be regarded as a high-ranking and powerful person, but he does not have much binding force on such important positions in the prefecture of Chengdu as the prefect of Chengdu.As for the chief envoy, it is impossible to be completely at the mercy of Zhao Pu, and in the early years, Song Yanwo was in charge.

Therefore, the dispute between the two Zhaos, which was not equal in status, turned out to be a vigorous arena in the political arena of the Han Dynasty, which was a bit similar to the Taoist dispute that took place in Hebei back then.Over the years, Emperor Liu has received a lot of criticism and impeachment from both sides, but they all just issued documents to persuade and seek relaxation.

Emperor Liu was able to tolerate this situation, and he also saw that although the two Zhaos were fighting fiercely, the recovery and development of Sichuan and Shu areas did not fall behind, whether it was Chengdu or other places.

Needless to say, Zhao Pu, without that ability, Emperor Liu would not have power with him.Zhao Ting was an accident. This person's personality may be annoying, but his experience and means of governing affairs are also there.

In this way, Fang Rang's major conflict in Southwest politics has continued to this day.When it was mentioned that Zhao Yu had impeached Zhao Pu again, Emperor Liu's first reaction was: "Huh? These two are fighting again? This time, what are you talking about Zhao Pu again?"

"Zhao Xuan reported in the memorial that the Lingzhou salt mine collapsed, the poisonous gas escaped, and hundreds of salt people died! From the time of the governor, to the salt prison, in order to escape responsibility, they concealed the mine accident." Liu Yang said in a serious tone.

"This is a big deal! Why didn't you tell me just now!" Emperor Liu's tone also turned cold: "Since the beginning of the treasure year, has there ever been such an incident in which hundreds of people died once?"

"The truth is, it has not been found out yet!" Liu Yang said.

"What does this have to do with Zhao Pu?" Liu Chengyou frowned.

Liu Yangdao: "Lingzhou Inspector Wang Pin and Salt Supervisor Zheng Liang are all recommended by Zhao Pu."

"What did Zhao Pu say?"

"I haven't received Zhao Pu's memorandum yet!"

"What do you think?" Emperor Liu asked.

"We still have to wait for the results of the investigation to come out before making a decision!"

"What if the facts are conclusive?" Emperor Liu asked again.

"If so, maybe Zhao Pu can be transferred away from the southwest!" After thinking about it, Liu Yang said.

"I see, this Zhao Tang is not suitable to stay in the Chengdu Mansion anymore!" Emperor Liu said coldly, "Did he just take the opportunity to attack his political opponents when such a mine disaster happened and human lives were at stake?"

"Please calm down! Pay attention to your body!" Seeing him furious, Liu Yang persuaded.

"You should keep an eye on this matter yourself!" Emperor Liu urged.

"Yes!"

It didn't take long before the memorial from Zhao Pu arrived. The mine accident in Lingzhou happened a few months ago, during the funeral of the Empress Dowager, and the government of Lingzhou concealed it for several months before it was reported.

Knowing the situation, Zhao Pu personally went to Lingzhou to investigate the matter, reconstructed the matter from the officials, salt workers and other people, and then wrote a memorandum, reported it to the court, and pleaded guilty for not knowing the person.

As a result, the court's handling was also very straightforward. The governor and the salt supervisor concealed the report from the court, ignored the people, and sentenced them to death. Most of the officials involved were demoted and exiled, although Lingzhou is already a remote place.

As for those salt miners who died, after confirmation, the government paid compensation, and the biggest impact of this incident in the southwest region was that Zhao Pu and Zhao Ting were transferred away one after another.

Zhao Pu returned home to Ding You just in time for his mother's death.As for Zhao Ting, this man's temper also came up. After learning about Emperor Liu's attitude, he simply resigned from office and stopped serving.

(End of this chapter)