Han Shizu

Chapter 61
Without any means of transportation, Gao Fang walked slowly on the ancient streets of Shangdang. The moonlight quietly fell on his back, and the shadow reflected on the earth and rocks looked a little solemn.

With his shrewdness, of course he was able to detect the strangeness of the turmoil in the daytime. Although there was no conclusive evidence, he immediately locked his suspicion on Wang Shouen.I can think of it myself, so with His Highness's wisdom, coupled with Guo, Xiang and other talents, it is naturally impossible not to notice it.
Thinking about that day, when he said those good things for Wang Shouen in front of Liu Chengyou, until now, Gao Fang's mind is particularly troubled.He hated Wang Shouen's greedy nature from the bottom of his heart.

While meditating, he raised his eyes to the Jiedu government office, looked at the heavily guarded high gate, Gao Fang straightened his clothes, and came to see him.

"Your Highness!"

Liu Chengyou met Gao Fang in the study, with a calm expression, motioned him to be polite, led him to a seat, and said to him in a gentle tone: "If Gao Fang hadn't been calmed down by Judge Gao during the day, I'm afraid the situation would expand and cause even greater disturbances. , then it will be out of control.”

From Liu Chengyou's words, his attitude could not be discerned at all, Gao Fang just shook his head lightly twice, and said with emotion: "This official is just doing his duty, that's all, the other generation gathered a crowd to press him, His Highness is magnanimous and calmly dealt with it." , which is admirable."

Waving his hands calmly, Liu Chengyou looked at Gao Fang calmly, and asked slowly: "What do you think, Gu, is it appropriate or not?"

Hearing this, Gao Fang gave an affirmative answer without hesitation: "It must not be allowed! Your Highness led the king to restore Luzhou, and save the people under the rule from the endless exploitation and plunder of the Hu bandits. Guishou is ignorant, greedy and insatiable, bewitched by others without knowing it, and begging unreasonably, His Highness only needs to be kind and lenient, and there is no need to pay attention to his request."

After listening to Gao Fang's statement, Liu Chengyou immediately grasped the "important point": "Bewitched by others? Who do you think is behind the instigation of those foolish people?"

Liu Chengyou's words were light and light, Gao Fang heard it, but lowered his head subconsciously.After deliberating for a moment, he sighed long ago: "Such arrogance and reckless ignorance, who can give it up? With His Highness's wisdom and wisdom, I'm afraid I already know it."

Liu Chengyou didn't answer his words for a while, raised his cup and drank some tea, and then said to Gao Fang in a tone of notification: "I have called Judge Gao here to tell you some unfortunate news. I just came to the palace. According to the report, Wang Xunjian suddenly contracted malaria, and before seeking medical treatment, he fell ill and died."

As soon as the words fell, Gao Fang suddenly raised his head and looked at Liu Chengyou in astonishment.Under his calm gaze, he gradually put away the astonishment on his face, with a bit of bitterness at the corner of his mouth, Gao Fang replied in a low voice: "That's really a pity."

"There are unpredictable things in the sky, and people have misfortunes and blessings." Liu Chengyou continued to sigh: "After all, Wang Xunjian is a hero for righteousness. He died halfway before he saw the Khitan fleeing north. People sigh, regret it!"

While speaking, Liu Chengyou kept looking at Gao Fang.

When Gao Fang saw Liu Chengyou's emotionally sighing expression, his heart became more and more complicated, and his understanding of the young man in front of him deepened.

"Although Wang Xunjian died of illness unfortunately, we must pay attention to his future affairs. When Ye Luo returned to his roots, I would like to send the high judge to escort Wang Xunjian's coffin back to his hometown, and hand it over to his family, so that he can be buried in peace." Liu Chengyou ordered again.

Gao Fang agreed straightforwardly: "I am willing to do my part."

"Very good!" Liu Chengyou nodded.

At the end, he said leisurely again: "By the way, I think that tomorrow, there will be no more turbulence like today in front of the government office."

On the second day, the news of Wang Shouen's "sudden death" quickly spread throughout the city, and after that, it really did not cause any disturbance.

Wang Shouen did not take office for a long time in the Shangdang, and he did not take any measures to be kind to the people. Instead, he spread the reputation of being greedy for money and profiting. Apart from his prominent family background, there is nothing worthy of praise.

If the high-defense "violent death", it may also arouse the grief and nostalgia of others.Wang Shouen, to be honest, if he was allowed to be an official in Luzhou for a longer time, maybe his death would arouse applause from the people.

When Liu Chengyou first came to the Shangdang, facing Wang Shouen's arrogance, he tolerated him and concealed his murderous intentions. Apart from Gao Fang's persuasion that night, he really only took into account his status as a "hero for righteousness". trouble.

The matter of Khitan including money was well known to everyone at first, and the revival of prefectures and counties was tacitly not mentioned between the officials and the people.However, because of his inexplicable resentment, Wang Shouen insisted on making troubles. In this way, Liu Chengyou was completely angered, so he chose to completely eliminate this cancer without hesitation!

Of course, Wang Shouen's death was not completely unaffected, at least in the Shangdang Prison, there were quite a few people who were anxious and anxious all day long.

No one continued to agitate, and indeed no one dared to take the risk, and went to the government office to ask Liu Chengyou for "kuaiqian".However, the turmoil of this matter was caused after all, and some soothing measures are still needed to eliminate it.

When Liu Chengyou was trying to find a way, the envoy from Jinyang sent him a timely rain to relieve his worries.

In the Jiedu Mansion, Liu Chengyou led civil and military officials to listen to the imperial edict respectfully.Liu Zhiyuan's imperial edict was probably written by Su Yugui, with excellent writing skills, excellent diction, allusions, and parallel sentences. Liu Chengyou was dumbfounded when he heard it, let alone Zhang Yanwei and other illiterate generals.After becoming an emperor, everything is different.
Hearing the imperial edict, although he felt sour and difficult to understand, Liu Chengyou still understood the general idea.Liu Chengyou made a logical summary of the results of Liu Chengyou's trip to the south, followed by a speech of encouragement, followed by a speech of reward.

Liu Zhiyuan agreed to the appointment and removal of official positions in Liu Chengyou's previous letter, such as Wang Shouen, Gao Fang, Li Wanchao
And what caught Liu Chengyou's attention at once was another edict: within the jurisdiction of Hedong, except for the former tax, all variegated collections and distributions will be released.This edict is enough to appease the people, although it only exempts those "exorbitant and miscellaneous taxes" other than the regular tax.
The envoy from Jinyang was a young man, not a few years older than Liu Chengyou. He was not handsome, but he had an outstanding temperament and a very dignified appearance.

He is quite familiar with Liu Chengyou, his cousin named Li Shaoyou.He is the son of Liu Chengyou's uncle Li Hongxin. He is a young man with literary talents, but he is not serious about his studies, he is not good at learning, but he is very flexible in his mind.He was a libertine for a while, and was later captured by Li Hongxin and sharpened in the army for two years. After all, he failed to show his talent as a military commander, and he was transferred from the army to politics.

"Erlang, you led the Southern Expedition this time, you are really a blockbuster!" Introduced him into the second hall to talk alone, and as soon as he sat down, Li Shaoyou said to Liu Chengyou with a smile.

"The battles are fought by the soldiers under his command, what's the point?" Liu Chengyou replied flatly, still studying with the imperial edict.

Apparently he had gotten used to Liu Chengyou's temperament for a long time, and didn't care about his "coldness". Li Shaoyou continued: "You don't know, those arrogant soldiers in Jinyang are quite critical of you, especially Shi Hongzhao. Those people just captured Daizhou and killed Wang Hui, just like famous generals in the world. When your victory news spread to Jinyang, their expressions are so wonderful, you must not have imagined."

　Thanks to book friends 20181107124212127, Zi Ziyou, and two little blacks for their rewards.

　　Li Shaoyou, a character provided by a book friend.

　　
　
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