I am not a deposed emperor of Han Dynasty

On the last day of April, the weather suddenly became extremely hot. Although summer had just begun, the heat had arrived early.

Liu He had long moved from the Greenhouse Hall to the Qingliang Hall. The ice cubes hidden in the cellar last winter were also moved to the ice trays in the four corners of the hall.

At this time, Liu He was wearing a cool and breathable summer robe, but he still felt a little hot and unbearable.

He sat in front of the case and silently copied the famous "Barefoot Doctor's Manual" in later generations, but he could never calm down and made mistakes one after another.

In the end, I simply threw the pen aside.

Fan Ke, who was guarding the door of the palace, heard the news and trotted in holding a soaked face towel and respectfully delivered it to Liu He.

Liu He took the face towel without thinking. Suddenly his expression changed and he threw the face towel back into Fan Ke's arms.

The emperor's move frightened Fan Ke to the point where he knelt down and begged for mercy.

"Why is this towel so hot? Do you want to burn me to death?" Liu He cursed angrily.

"Your Majesty, if you sweat, don't wipe it with cold water, otherwise you will easily get sick from sweating..." Fan Ke naturally saw the emperor's irritability and explained quickly.

"Isn't my life and death determined by destiny? Go and change it for me!"

"From now on, from March to October, I will only wipe my face with cold water..."

"No, just use ice water to wipe your face. You go and smash the ice cubes for me, turn it into ice water and use it to wipe my face!"

"No!" After Fan Ke responded, he quickly picked up the wet wipes and "escaped" out of the Qingliang Hall.

Liu He suddenly felt a little disappointed and guilty. He watched the thin figure gradually leave, knowing that he was just making excuses.

He has always avoided showing his majesty to "weak" people like Fan Ke, because that is extremely unbearable behavior.

However, Liu He couldn't control the anger that followed the heat in his heart.

As the months passed, the situation he now had to deal with became much more complicated.

Supervise the implementation of the new policy, establish a relationship with Jieyu who has entered the palace, ask the work officials to introduce more secret methods, and guard against the courtiers' overt and covert violations...

With the implementation of several rounds of new policies, Liu He gradually felt some resistance. These resistances were invisible and uncertain, but they existed in real ways.

Now, all the resistance has focused on filling Pingling County with immigrants.

Compared with the previous rounds of New Deal, this "established system" that is not a New Deal has made the wealthy feel the pain.

They started to fight back.

Moving a million-dollar home to Pingling County can be either simple or complicated.

The simplicity lies in the fact that the list of these millionaire homes is clear and there is no ambiguity.

The reason why it is so clear is due to the strict calculation system of the Han Dynasty.

It's clear what each family's status is, and if you want to hide it, you have to take a huge risk.

Liu He's edict to "move his home in three counties to a house with a million dollars to fill Pingling" has been sent to the governor's office of the three counties since it passed the cabinet.

Then the magistrates' offices of the three counties only need to continue to issue them, and then follow the pictures to find out. There should not be any delays or doubts.

However, the difficulty lies in the fact that many people, from the local governors and magistrates to the important ministers and bachelors of the Chang'an court, are obstructing this matter either openly or covertly.

This means that although Liu He's edict was issued, it became a dead letter and was not implemented.

It is not difficult to understand that these obstructive officials and courtiers themselves are from wealthy families.

Many of them are worth more than a million yuan. Although they are in Chang'an, the world's rich and powerful families have common interests, so of course they will be united.

Liu He inevitably had some regrets, regretting that he seemed to have acted too early.

But there is no turning back. Even if there are some flaws in this matter, he will not compromise or look back.

Once compromised this time, all new policies implemented before and in the future will be compromised.

We must not let the wealthy families and officials mistakenly think that they can bargain with the emperor.

Making mistakes is sometimes a good strategy.

In order to get over this hurdle, Liu He had to summon the weirdo in the cabinet today - Prime Minister Wei.

Let him help him burn this net formed by wealthy families to nothing.

Not long after, Fan Ke ran back, handed the face towel soaked in ice water to Liu He, and said very carefully: "Your Majesty, Wei Ge is old."

"Let him in." Liu He stopped what he was doing and said.

"No!" Fan Ke ran out again.

Liu He wiped his face comfortably with the cold face towel, and felt much relieved.

At this time, he made a decision in his heart that it was time to use the soldiers he had been training for several months.

Soon, Wei Xiang, the cabinet scholar, walked into Qingliang Hall.

Maybe he came in a hurry, so there was a thin layer of sweat on his forehead.

After entering the palace, he immediately prostrated himself in front of Liu He without caring about wiping.

"The humble minister Wei Xiang greets Your Majesty."

"Without courtesy, sit down and talk."

"only!"

Prime Minister Wei is a nail that Liu He deliberately planted in the cabinet.

Although the seven cabinet bachelors are all considered to be aristocratic families, they have different core interests and different philosophies, and can be divided into three factions.

Zhang Anshi, Bingji, Liu De and Wei Xian belong to the same faction. They are from aristocratic families, so they completely represent the interests of the aristocratic families.

Zhao Chongguo and Han Zeng's family backgrounds are not as prominent as the previous four, and they are Han generals with sensitive status, so they do not interfere much in political affairs.

As for the Prime Minister of Wei, his background was even more ordinary, and his starting point for becoming an official was just a mere death history in the county.

Later, he was praised as a virtuous literature, and was valued by Emperor Xiaozhao in the countermeasures, and was able to be appointed as the governor of Henan County.

Prime Minister Wei was very strict in governing the county, and he dealt a very heavy blow to the wealthy families in the county, making the powerful fearful and the people applauded.

It was this characteristic that made Wei Xiang win Liu He's favor.

And Liu He summoned Prime Minister Wei here today just to use Prime Minister Wei's knife to shed some blood on the wealthy family.

After the monarch and his ministers met and received the ceremony, Liu He did not directly enter into the topic, but chatted with Wei Xiang about a past event.

"Wei Qing, I have something from the past that I want to ask you."

"Your Majesty is asking, I will tell you everything I know." Wei Xiang said.

"A few years ago, a wealthy family in Henan County falsely accused you of killing innocent people indiscriminately. Tingwei Temple went to arrest you, which almost led to a civil uprising. Is this possible?" Liu He said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, the humble minister deserves to die. It was all the wrong love of the fathers and elders in the county..." When mentioning this matter, Prime Minister Wei was obviously a little panicked, and he quickly wanted to stand up and plead guilty. "That happened when Emperor Xiaozhao was in power, and Huo Guang was in charge. I have no intention of holding anyone accountable. I mentioned it today just out of curiosity..."

"Actually, I heard about this matter when I was in Changyi. Today, I want to hear from you, the person involved, what exactly happened at that time."

Seeing the emperor's furious expression, Prime Minister Wei felt a little relieved. After thinking for a moment, he carefully told what happened at that time.

"At that time, Wei Chen was escorted to Chang'an City by Ting Weicheng. Shortly after passing Hangu Pass, thousands of soldiers from Henan County gathered to follow..."

"They begged Na Tingweicheng bitterly, and were willing to serve in the army for one more year as a condition to redeem the sentence for the humble minister."

"At the same time, more than ten thousand old and weak people from Henan County rushed to Hangu Pass in groups, hoping to go straight to Chang'an City to submit a petition to Emperor Xiaozhao on behalf of the minister."

"As a last resort, Ting Weicheng had no choice but to personally admit that the minister was not guilty, and the folks from Henan County left one after another."

"Every time I think of the old, weak, women and children suffering from the cold wind for Wei Chen, Wei Chen feels uneasy and frightened."

What Prime Minister Wei said was very sincere, without any deception.

"But, you ended up in jail."

"That's another thing. The minister once offended the son of the late Prime Minister Tian Qianqiu, and Tian Qianqiu was a close friend of Huo Guang, so he was hated by Huo Guang."

"So, Huo Guang found an excuse to imprison Wei Chen again. Wei Chen spent a whole winter in jail before being pardoned and released."

"Wei Qing is really amazing. It's really strange that Huo Guang, who was at the height of his power at that time, bowed his head and admitted defeat." Liu He said with a smile.

Prime Minister Wei was able to compete with Huo Guang and even the entire court by virtue of his popularity. This was unprecedented in the Han Dynasty and was unprecedented.

"Your Majesty, you are so complimentary. I am really frightened." Wei Lianlian repeatedly apologized.

It is normal for Wei Xiang to feel uneasy. When he encounters suspicious monarchs and emperors, and hears that his ministers can cause civil unrest, he will never let him go.

"Wei Qing, don't worry. If I hadn't heard about this matter, I wouldn't have recruited you that day."

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty." Prime Minister Wei felt more at ease.

"Actually, Huo Guang also mentioned this matter to me. He said that it was you who contacted powerful people and secretly stirred up resentment among the people, which led to the incident of people blocking the road. Is this true?"

Wei Xiang's expression changed, and he quickly continued to explain nervously.

"Your Majesty, how dare a humble minister do such a rebellious thing?"

"To take a step back, there are more than 10,000 people. Even if the minister really wants to stir up public resentment, he is unable to do it..."

"What's more, the person Wei Chen offended in the county was a wealthy family. How could they help Wei Chen?"

Prime Minister Wei spoke frankly and openly, not as if he was making excuses. When he mentioned the wealthy family, he gritted his teeth.

"If you want to incriminate someone, why bother?"

Liu He said eight words. After hearing this, Prime Minister Wei was stunned for a moment, then understood the meaning, and finally felt relieved.

"Wei Qing thinks why the people of Henan County are willing to 'hold their clothes and stamp their feet to stop crying' for you?" Liu He asked again.

Prime Minister Wei himself had probably been thinking about this question for a long time, and he gave the answer without any hesitation.

"The rich and powerful families regard ordinary people as ants, but the humble ministers will regard them as the same people as the humble ministers."

After Prime Minister Wei finished these words, the sound of the Shenshi clock happened to come from a distance.

The long-lasting sound of the bell seemed to be praising Prime Minister Wei, which made the heat in Qingliang Palace dissipate a lot.

"What Wei Qing said is good, and it reminds me of the same thing. Based on this statement, Wei Qing can be called the pillar of the Han Dynasty."

"Your Majesty, you are so flattering!" Prime Minister Wei thanked him humbly again.

"Cabinet bachelor Wei Xiang received the edict." Liu He changed the topic.

"The humble minister Wei Xiang is waiting for the imperial edict!" Wei Lian hurriedly knelt down and said.

"I issued an edict more than ten days ago to move the Million Homes from Henan County, Hanoi County and Shangdang County to Guanzhong to enrich Pingling County. Now the time limit is approaching..."

"The wealthy families in the three counties do not know the rules, are not considerate of the people, do not understand my wishes, and resist the imperial edict."

"The officials in the imperial court formed cliques to protect us. They were short-sighted, acted in secret and resisted the New Deal."

"I ordered Wei Xiang, the bachelor of the cabinet, to patrol the three counties with my own handwritten edict, temporarily take over the military administration of the three counties, and urge the relocation of the people!"

"Wei can act accordingly when encountering an incident. He has the right to kill first and report later!"

"Jian Kou, the commander-in-chief of Changyi Langzuo, and Han De, the commander-in-chief of Langzuo in Yulin, led their troops with a total of 5,000 troops and followed them to the three counties."

"I give you a limit of five months to move all the million-dollar homes in the three counties to Pingling County!"

"If there is any hesitation or delay, Prime Minister Wei will come and see you!"

Liu He dictated the edict in one breath, while Fan Ke, who had been silent on the side, wrote quickly.

After the former's voice stopped, the pen in the latter's hand also stopped.

"Prime Minister Wei, are you willing to accept the imperial edict?" Liu He asked indifferently.

"Your Majesty, the minister is willing to accept the imperial edict, but the minister is a cabinet scholar. According to the adult system, he cannot interfere in specific political affairs. I am afraid he will be criticized..."

Prime Minister Wei's voice was trembling. He knew the weight of this edict. The emperor gave him five thousand new troops, which meant he was preparing for the worst.

"You are my envoy. If others dare to comment, just do it with confidence and boldness. I will sit in charge for you in Chang'an."

"If someone objects, can Wei Chen act on camera?" Wei Xiang confirmed again.

"You are my messenger, then do things with confidence and boldness. Don't be afraid of death or killing. The five thousand elite soldiers given to you are to give you confidence."

Prime Minister Wei's expression was stern. He did not expect that the emperor would say such words as "Don't be afraid of dead people, and don't be afraid of killing people."

The emperor has always been very cautious when it comes to killing people.

"I don't want to kill people, they force me to kill people!"

This time the emperor spoke more clearly, and Prime Minister Wei no longer had any worries or questions in his mind, and he accepted the edict without hesitation.

After Liu He explained some details to Prime Minister Wei, he stamped the imperial seal with the imperial seal and handed it over to Prime Minister Wei.

Along with the edict, the tiger talisman used to mobilize troops was also handed over to the Prime Minister of Wei.

Prime Minister Wei didn't stay for a moment, and immediately took the imperial edict and tiger charm and left the palace.

Liu He stood up from the couch and walked to the door of Qingliang Hall. The warm air blowing in his face was hotter, but he felt a little more comfortable.

Turning his head, he glanced at the half-melted ice cubes in the ice tray in the corner, and he seemed to smell a vague smell of blood.

These ice cubes were cut out of the river last winter and stored in the ice cellar. I wonder if they were mixed with the blood of Huo Dang who died last year.

Maybe next year's ice will also smell like blood.

Only this time, the blood shed was the blood of a wealthy family. (End of chapter)