Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 230 Uncle Liu Enters the Palace
"I still talk about it all the time, the world is peaceful and there are no evildoers in the country."

"It's just that I think that if your Majesty wants to talk about killing or not killing, what's the use of a alchemist?" He Xiu didn't advocate killing Zhang Jiao, but he didn't agree to appoint Zhang Jiao. In his opinion, these alchemists were all He is a person who deceives people with lies, and his crime is not worthy of death, but he can't be reused. What can he be used for?First, they don't understand politics, second, they don't understand criminal law, and third, they don't know military affairs well.

Useless people.

The Son of Heaven smiled and said, "Master He, do you still remember what happened to Zhang Heng earlier?" He Xiu narrowed his eyes and said, "Your Majesty wants to support the Way of Peace?"

The emperor got up and said with emotion: "In the third year of Jianning, there were thieves in Yangzhou who claimed to be the Emperor of Yin and Yang, plotting to cause chaos. , Embroidered clothes envoys travel around, local officials suppress, but there are still such absurd things, it makes me really uneasy!"

"Severing prostitution is the ancestral system." He Xiu said.

"Hundreds of years have not been able to suppress this evil wind. In this case, why not use it in the hands of the temple." The emperor said calmly, but he was helpless, and said: "This is the most deceptive. I'm afraid it will cause chaos!"

"Therefore, I want to use Zhang Jiao. This person can confuse millions of people to turn against me. Could it be that he can't make thousands of people worship me for me?!" The emperor turned his head suddenly, the sharpness in his eyes, He Xiu didn't dare to look directly at him, He Xiu was shocked, this was the first time, he really felt this intimidating aura, he paused.

"Your Majesty, it is already extremely benevolent to keep such treacherous traitors from killing, so why use such crooked ways? The common people only love and respect them when they practice benevolent government. ?”

"Hahaha, Master He looks down on those alchemists so much?"

"It's all liars who fool the people, what's the point?"

The emperor smiled again, helped He Xiu up, and said with a smile: "He Xiu is going to be angry, I just said it casually, hahaha, I remember He Shizhi's teaching, to be close to virtuous officials, to be far away from villains, to use virtuous talents, The great rule of the world, my achievements today are all thanks to Master He!" He said with a smile, and suddenly said: "I have been taught by Master He deeply, and these things have been remembered in my heart."

"Therefore, I hope that Master He can teach Confucianism to Confucianism. As for the words of being close to talents, I will teach him. What Master He thinks, how is it?"

He Xiu trembled angrily when he heard what the Son of Heaven said, and asked, "Is it the righteousness of governing the world to be a good minister and a humble man?"

The emperor didn't speak again, and the atmosphere suddenly fell silent.

"Master He, you don't need to say too much. One day, I will definitely hand him the heavenly book, and let him see what the result of the great man would be like without me. He will uphold my will and become a saint." Son of Heaven, but before that, he has to learn to distinguish the good from the bad, I don't want the first thing he does after succeeding to the throne is to execute Zhang He to please the good!"

"I'm really busy, Master He, please go back and have a good rest."

The emperor said, He Xiu looked at the resolute side face of the emperor, sighed helplessly, turned around and left slowly, looking at the trembling old man with a cane, the emperor watched for a long time, but never spoke again.

He Xiu, who left the palace slowly, did not expect that this was the last time he was called by the emperor to discuss politics alone.

He Xiu was supported into the bullock cart, with a sad expression on his face. He understood what the emperor meant. The emperor did not allow himself to say good things about party members in the ear of the prince. He needed an heir who learned from rams, not an heir who studied Confucianism. , Lonely returned to the courtyard, just approached, he heard someone exclaimed, He Xiu slowly raised his head, the little fat man was hanging on the tall mulberry tree, shouting at him.

There were guards standing under the mulberry tree, and these guard servants looked up nervously, for fear that the prince would fall.

In the afterglow of the sun, seeing the familiar little fat man yelling and cheering at him, He Xiu seemed to have returned to more than ten years ago, he smiled and waved to the little fat man.

"He Yeye, what is a good minister and what is a villain?"

"If you think it is, then it is."

Zhang Jiao and Liu Bo rushed to Luoyang, and Zhang Jiao was called over by some post station soldiers, and asked him to go to the post station to rest. To be honest, Zhang Jiao was already a little afraid of the post station, but this is Luoyang, under the feet of the world. , the law and order is very strict, and there will be no such thing as Jiedu Pavilion. Zhang Jiao enters the inn alone, but Liu Bo is different. Huangmen headed by Song Dian came to greet him in person.

He was welcomed into the palace with great grandeur.

With the support of Huangmen, Uncle Liu walked into the hall tremblingly. The emperor, the queen mother, the queen of Song, He Guiren, and the little fat man were all present. The emperor walked down with a smile, and hurriedly supported Uncle Liu. At first, in front of the emperor, he seemed extremely restrained, and hurriedly said: "See the emperor!" Liu Hong couldn't let him salute, so he quickly helped him up.

"Uncle Liu and my family have served three generations, come and sit down!"

After asking Uncle Liu to sit down, Empress Dowager Dong also looked at him and smiled, and said, "It's been a long time since I saw you, but the steward still hasn't seen old age!" The fat man waited, seeing the little fat man who raised his head up a little madly, Uncle Liu burst into laughter, he looked alike, so much alike, everyone sat down and started talking again.

The emperor mainly asked about the Jiedu Pavilion, and the Empress Dowager Dong also listened carefully. Liu Bo talked about the changes in the Jiedu Pavilion in these days one by one, and had a great time. After the family banquet, it was not until evening that everyone left, leaving only Uncle Liu and the emperor.

"The guilty minister apologizes to His Majesty!"

Only then did Uncle Liu bow to the emperor, and said hoarsely.

"Oh? Uncle Liu, what does this mean? Why?"

asked the emperor in surprise.

"Your Majesty's cousin, Dong Zhong, is the hand of death!" Uncle Liu said in a low voice, the emperor turned pale with fright, pointed at Uncle Liu, trembling with anger, and asked, "Why? Why did you kill he?"

"He is like a compatriot with me! Why did you do such a murderous thing?!"

"Just because he was domineering, the minister was very dissatisfied, so he was killed."

"Great rebellion!!" The emperor roared angrily, and Uncle Liu said again: "Before, when Zhang Jiao led the Taoist priests, the minister took a fancy to his money, so he murdered his two disciples and took the money. Your majesty can take this Tell the world about these things, and I will apologize!"

"You are going to apologize to the world!"

"I know that the crime is serious, please punish it!" Uncle Liu didn't have any panic on his face. He lived to be more than 80 years old. If he could die in allegiance, he would not hesitate. The emperor looked at him helplessly, beat his chest and nodded, He said with some pain: "I treat you like a relative, how should I deal with it!"

Uncle Liu didn't answer, the emperor slowed down, and asked just now: "My cousin read the heavenly book, and you killed him, why didn't you tell the truth?" Uncle Liu looked at the emperor, and said solemnly: "The master is right, the emperor He will never make mistakes, and the ones who make mistakes can only be courtiers and domestic slaves."

"It's ridiculous. Who is innocent? When I was young, my cousin was killed because of my fault. Every time I think of it, my heart aches unbearably. What about those Taiping Dao disciples?"

"The minister thought that Zhang Jiao had a plan for distributing his property and helping the people privately, so he arrested his younger brother and tortured him for interrogation."

"Then what's wrong with him?"

"I didn't ask, but I hope the emperor can be cautious about this person! Don't be deceived by him."

"Hey, these are all my faults. I can't let you get such a bad name. You can rest in Jiedu Pavilion. I won't tell these things. However, they can't die in vain. Dong Zhong's younger brother, Dong Cheng , I will personally raise him and treat him as a close relative, and in addition, for Zhang Jiao, I will also make other compensations, and I can't bear to kill a person and an animal in vain."

"The Son of Heaven is merciful!!"

"You were born in Anyang at the Interpretation Pavilion. In the future, I never thought that the dreaded murderer in Hejian would be a minister of my own family. In the future, perhaps, there will be times when the murderer should take action."

Uncle Liu looked at the emperor in front of him and saluted him. As expected, the emperor still hadn't changed, cloudy and sunny, moody, really unpredictable, so, that's okay, the old Hou Ye had saved his life, and he had sworn If you want to keep the Liu family safe, the little gentleman no longer needs to protect himself. Old Lord, I have fulfilled my oath!
(End of this chapter)