Three Kingdoms: Cao Cao and Liu Bei help me to ascend the throne

Chapter 42 Something Like a Dog!

Luoyang Imperial Palace, Deyang Hall, today is the first day after the "La Ri", many ministers entered the palace to congratulate the emperor.

In the Han Dynasty, La Ri meant reunion.

It is the most important festival in the second half of the year. For the average family, five days before the twelfth day, pigs must be slaughtered, sheep must be slaughtered three days before, fasting and bathing shall be started two days before the twelfth day, and the first day after the twelfth day. One day is the "Little New Year", which is similar to the "Little New Year" in later generations.

On such a festival, it is inevitable for officials to pay homage to the emperor!

After a whole morning of busy work, Emperor Liu Hong took a break in the West Garden. He and He Guiren were surrounding a healthy puppy, and everyone was playing music.

He Guiren looked at the puppy happily. "Jump, why not?"

The puppy remained unmoved.

Liu Hong looked at it with a smile. He usually has a hobby of "playing with dogs".

As for the reason...

Only he knows how stressful it is to be an emperor!

Natural disasters and man-made disasters, internal and external troubles, and many factions, all of which require him to try his best to maintain and check and balance!
The devil knows, what a heavy mountain is on his shoulders for this emperor who is not yet "standing".

He needs to be released...

And teasing dogs and women is one of the few ways he can choose and release.

"Are you jumping? Aren't you able to jump higher than a human?" He Guiren was impatient, and directly used a wooden stick to poke the puppy.

The officials on the side were extremely nervous...

He glanced nervously at Emperor Liu Hong, then lowered his head again. "Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Never... Never dare to lie, this dog can really jump seven feet in Jinan, and it can jump higher than humans."

Liu Hong wanted to speak...

"Your Majesty..." Zhang Rang hurried over, holding a roll of bamboo slips in his hand.

After the cane punishment, Zhang Rang has really become better in recent months.

Even... In order to atone for his sins, he took the initiative to hand over all the money he gained from corruption over the years to the state treasury, and only then did he get his life back.

only…

How much is a little restless in my heart!

Seeing the emperor Liu Hong unfolding the bamboo slips, Zhang Rang quickly said: "The Yellow River broke its embankment. For the disaster relief, His Majesty has spared no effort to spend [-] million yuan from the national treasury for the past three months...but...the disaster relief funds have reached the place, and there is still no response. , His Majesty has been providing disaster relief, but these local officials along the Yellow River have not complained enough! The disaster is getting worse and worse, and the minister is watching, the disaster is getting more and more relief, and the minister... the minister is not worth it for His Majesty."

How can it be worthless for the emperor!
Zhang Rang is because his family property is worthless...

He has a feeling of being a dog.

The family property that I donated to the national treasury, Quan Te Niang's dog... ah no, Quan Te Niang's fed the dog!
Most of these local officials belong to the gentry faction, which one does not collude with the local gentry.

And these disaster relief funds are exploited layer by layer. I don't know if [-]% of the funds actually go to the refugees, refugees, and disaster victims?
He made a show of not being greedy, but it took advantage of these sons of bitches magistrates!
Such is human nature!
Seeing other people greedy and earning a lot of money is even more uncomfortable than not being greedy!
Listening to Zhang Rang's report and looking at the bamboo slips in his hand, Liu Hong, who was in a good mood at first, suddenly narrowed his eyes... the whole face was instantly covered with dark clouds.

In his heart...or in other words, every emperor has a bottom line in his heart.

Relief victims, this money can not be saved!

Because the turmoil in the empire often erupted from these disaster victims, refugees, and hungry people!
This is a major event that shakes the country!

This is a major event to destroy the empire!

For this reason, more than [-]% of the money confiscated from Cao Jie, Wang Fu, and Zhang Rang will be used by Liu Hong for disaster relief, and [-]% will be used as military expenses for the border guards...

But even so, the disaster relief funds spent are still not enough, and as Zhang Rang said, there is not even a response!

This is like a bottomless pit!

Liu Hong's face was extremely ugly... He wanted to get angry.

and many more…

He suddenly discovered that there was one missing place in the request for food and money—Dunqiu County!

That's right, it is the Dunqiu County where Cao Cao served as "Dunqiu Commander"!
You know, Dunqiu County is located in the most turbulent area of ​​the Yellow River, and has always been a place where disasters frequently occur, but... this time

"What about Dunqiu?" Liu Hong opened his mouth and asked, "From the third year of Emperor Wu's reign to the present, Dunqiu County in Puyang has had the most embankments and disaster relief. Is there no Dunqiu County?"

This…

Where can Zhang Rang answer.

Jian Shuo on the side quickly said: "Your Majesty, Dunqiu ordered Cao Cao to lead the farmers to dig the silted river channel and strengthen the embankment of the Yellow River last year. During the rainy season, he even visited the river dam in person and stationed near the river dam day and night!"

"When there is a breach, stop it immediately to avoid the embankment! Not only Dunqiu County has not been affected by the disaster this year, but Cao Cao also donated porridge to protect the victims in other prefectures and counties. Now, many disaster victims have poured into Dunqiu county."

Because of the special relationship between Cao Cao and the eldest son of the emperor, Jian Shuo would naturally pay special attention to Cao Cao in private.

Including the "Empress Song" case, Cao Cao returned to Dunqiu County, and he knew exactly what he did.

Ah…

Hearing this, Liu Hong sneered, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

He stood up suddenly and smashed the book on the ground heavily.

"Okay, I sent Grand Tutor Yuan Kui and Sikong Yuan Feng to take charge of the construction of dams and relief to the victims. There are hundreds of officials in the counties and counties along the Yellow River, and tens of millions of dollars have been spent in the treasury, but there is not even a response. No, there are still disasters everywhere! Everyone is crying poor!"

"But Cao Cao, a small Dunqiu order, without using a single money from the treasury, can prevent the Yellow River from bursting its embankment, but it can make the victims flood in? What does this mean? What does it mean?"

The sound is getting louder...

In the end, Long Yan was furious.

Zhang Rang quickly echoed: "This shows that this group of magistrates has failed His Majesty's grace and enriched their own pockets. Few of those who actually fell into the Yellow River embankment fell into the hands of refugees. These magistrates deserve to die!"

Eunuchs and scholars are inherently irreconcilable contradictions...

Seizing the opportunity, Zhang Rang decided to bite to death. If he couldn't kill a cow, he could at least kill a bunch of flies!

seem…

Feeling that it was not enough, Zhang Rang quietly took out a new bamboo slip from his arms. "Your Majesty, there is another imperial edict. This is a list of officials who are promoted and reused by the Shang Shutai after deliberations by the three lords and nine ministers!"

just like…

At this time, this list is another fire!

call…

Sure enough, when Liu Hong unfolded the promotion list, there were many names of local officials along the Yellow River...

These names disgusted him, and when he thought about it with his toes, he knew that the so-called "promotion and reuse" list, the result of the so-called discussion between the ministers, was just the product of some wealthy clans helping each other and exchanging what they needed.

This is the drawback of the "inspection system" for the selection of officials by the great Han!

In the final analysis, the power behind these officials is the gentry, and the interests they represent are also the interests of the aristocratic family. If they are promoted and reused, the national treasury will pile up like a mountain, and it will not be able to fill this endless bottomless pit!
"Your Majesty... this official!"

"Zhang Changshi." Emperor Liu Hong suddenly spoke coldly, and Zhang Rang bent over and cupped his hands. "This is the official position promoted by more than a dozen officials. You send someone to fetch all the official hats of these official positions."

"Your Majesty...do you want to..." Zhang Rang asked quickly.

Liu Hong's eyes narrowed, and he pointed at the puppy that He Guiren was teasing. Behind the puppy, there were countless big obedient dogs.

Liu Hong's voice came out one after another, "Put all these official hats on the heads of these dogs!"

Uh…

Zhang Rang was taken aback, and even Jian Shuo who was beside him was also taken aback.

"Your Majesty..." Zhang Rang asked quickly, "If the officials ask..."

"Say it! Something like a dog!"

Liu Hong left these few words and walked out of the West Garden, wasting his good mood.

At this moment, I don't know if the dog heard Liu Hong's words, or because of some other reason, the little dog that was motionless just now jumped seven feet, which is higher than a human.

He Guiren suddenly became excited.

"Your Majesty, look... look... it jumped... it jumped!"

Seeing the puppy jumping up, the official who presented the dog finally let out a long breath of air!
tread…

Liu Hong paused, and whispered in his mouth:
——"Sure enough, dogs are more obedient than humans."

At this moment, Jian Shuo hurriedly followed... He seemed to be about to open his mouth to say something.

Liu Hong understood, lowered his voice and asked back: "You mean to say that the effectiveness of disaster relief in Dunqiu County is related to Yu'er?"

In fact, when Jian Shuo reported it, Liu Hong guessed it...

Dunqiu ordered Cao Cao?Where is this brain?

Can the reinforcement of the river dam be completed without using a penny of food from the national treasury?
With the power of only one county, it can solve the relief of the victims of the tens of millions of dollars in the national treasury!

If it wasn't for Yu'er's suggestion?Does Cao Cao have this ability?

—— "Follow me, go to the Qianqiu Long Live Palace!"

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(End of this chapter)