I am not a deposed emperor of Han Dynasty

Chapter 38 Hearing the Tao in the morning, you can die in the evening.

There is no need to question Ma Yanshou's ability to handle affairs. In less than three quarters of an hour, five or six pavilion guards drove more than two dozen ragged people into the courtyard in front of the main hall.

Immediately afterwards, Ma Yanshou hurried into the main hall with several small officials.

"Under the door, everyone brings, this is the roster."

After Ma Yanshou finished speaking, he handed a wooden tablet to Liu He.

Liu He took it and took a look. It was very familiar, it was Yu Wuyou's handwriting.

The names, ages, places of origin and other information of 27 people are recorded in tiny handwriting on it.

Two people's names were circled by the vermilion pen, and a cross was drawn. These should be those unlucky ghosts who couldn't bear to polish and died in the workman's office.

Liu He had no sympathy for them at all. He didn't kill them on the spot, but he gave them a chance to live.

Liu He sat on the couch in the main hall, and swept over the evil slaves kneeling in the yard one by one.

At this moment, they bent down and bowed their heads, bowing deeply on the ground, and their clothes were ragged, and the skin exposed under the clothes was dark and rough, which could be seen from the marks left by the wind and the sun.

There are hundreds of people in Changyi Gongguan, but the identities of these people are completely different.

The first category is officials, and only Gongguan with a rank of four hundred stones and Gongguan Cheng with a rank of four hundred stones belong to this category.They are directly appointed by the prime minister of the central court, and they are proper court officials.

The second category is genus officials, including stingy men in charge of workers and officials, such as pottery stingers, lacquer stingers, etc. Their ranks are all around a hundred stones.These people are appointed by the officials and do not need to go through another procedure in the central court.

The third category is the recruited "gengzu". They mainly do auxiliary work such as gatekeeping, shifting, driving, sweeping and dust removal in the worker's office. Once a month arrives, they can return to their hometown.

The fourth category is craftsmen, some of them are hired workers, some are official servants.Official slaves and maids have no personal freedom, or are punished as official slaves for crimes, or are official slaves before birth.This category has the largest number of people and the lowest status, but it is also the main force for workers to do various jobs.These official slaves are the core talents who master various skills, and they will be the backbone of proper technology in later generations, but their status is the lowest among the workers and officials at this time.

The fifth category is prisoners, who have violated the law and do the roughest and most heavy physical work.

The more than 20 people kneeling outside the hall were originally slaves of Changyi Palace. After being punished by Liu He, they were naturally as humble as the prisoners in the Gongguan, and they could only do the hardest physical labor in the Gongguan.

After looking at it for a while, Liu He stood up from the couch behind the tables, and walked to the center of the main hall with his hands behind his back. Standing here, he could see more clearly the evil slaves who were kneeling on the ground.

From the surviving memories of the former Changyi king, Liu He can still find many absurd things done by these evil slaves.

Regardless of whether it is based on the moral standards of later generations or the current Confucian ethics, these absurd things are absolutely unacceptable.

Every time Liu He thinks that his identity has been spoiled a lot by these people, Liu He can't wait to eat his flesh and sleep his skin.

However, Liu He didn't have many people at hand, as long as his limbs were healthy, there would always be room for him to arrange.

Of course, the premise is that the bad habits have been changed.

Liu He stepped out of the main hall, and under the sunlight, his shadow was cast on the ground first.

Those evil slaves had already heard that Liu He was going to see them, and they were already panicked.

At this time, they felt Liu He approaching, and they all fell on the ground and trembled like sifting chaff.

These evil slaves were a few years older than Liu He, and they were already eighteen or nineteen years old, and they were at their youngest, but at this moment they were as terrified in front of Liu He as a group of frightened rabbits.

The reason is also very simple. Liu He's orders at that time were too harsh. Those who beat people were not Yu Wuyou and other helpless doctors, but the pavilion guards guarding the palace—these pavilion soldiers usually did not It is less likely to be teased by evil slaves, so it is also extraordinarily ruthless.

That day, the gate of the Changyi palace was like a "hell on earth", attracting many people and officials to watch, and no one did not applaud.

If Lang Zhong hadn't ordered them to arrive in time to stop Liu He, I'm afraid none of these evil slaves would have survived.

Compared with the day's flogging, the coolies and corvée in the back were even more terrifying. They were out of the protection of the King of Changyi. They were like a bunch of bugs, and a worker with a rank of four hundred stones could easily kill them.

Two years had passed, but they still couldn't figure out why Liu He, who had been drinking and having fun together the day before, suddenly turned his back on them and beat them up.

Because they don't understand, they are even more afraid.

Liu He didn't speak to them directly, but called Ma Yanshou over.

"You all go out, just leave them here."

"Under the door, don't we need to watch?"

"No need, no matter how evil they are, they dare not rush me."

"No." Ma Yanshou saluted, and left the front yard with his people. When he left, he didn't forget to close the door.

At this time, only Changyi Palace's own people were left in the front yard.

Liu He took another step forward, and said coldly, "You guys should be convicted."

"Convicted..." The voices of everyone's reply were thin and weak, and no one dared to raise their heads to look at Liu He.

"The widow knows that you must all blame the widow in your heart, and even wish to tear the widow into pieces."

The evil slaves nodded their heads one after another, not even daring to say a word.

"You must be wondering whether this madman Changyi king has drunk his brains out of drinking. He is obviously as absurd as us. Why should he punish us? It's a joke in the world."

"The widow doesn't want to explain too much to you, I just want to tell you one thing. In the past two years, you have made atonement in Gongguan, so why don't you make atonement outside."

"There is a saying in the ancients. If you hear the truth, you will die in the evening. It is not terrible to make mistakes. As long as you can correct it, you can still be saved."

"If you really know the crime, then tell me what crime you and I have committed."

Silence, another silence.

These two years of hard labor allowed these former evil slaves to see the suffering of ordinary people and their own evil.

After a long time, a kneeling evil slave finally raised his head and said, "It's not easy for farmers to cultivate the land, so villains shouldn't encourage Your Highness to step on young crops."

When one person takes the lead, a second person follows.

"People should have a heart of compassion, villains should not ride horses and hurt people with His Highness on Dongmen Street."

"Old, old, and old, the villain should not play tricks on Wang Fu with His Highness."

More and more people raised their heads, and they stopped avoiding it, and spoke out all the evil in their hearts.

When none of the evil slaves kneeling on the ground lowered their heads anymore, Liu He finally nodded slightly in satisfaction.

"Listen to the widow. From this moment on, you are no longer slaves, but ordinary people. The widow hopes that you will remember your own words and the lessons you have learned."

At this time, the young people who were suddenly pardoned were stunned for a moment, but soon understood the meaning of Liu He's words, and bowed deeply to Liu He with red eyes.

(End of this chapter)