Starting from the Western Han Dynasty

Chapter 163: Rectification of Anyang County, from now on

Sima Qian moved his buttocks to the window, sat on his knees, stretched his neck, and looked over there carefully.

"My uncle and I are both illegitimate children. No one has treated us as human beings since we were young." Huo Qubing said this calmly, but then he couldn't help but sneered: "Who could have imagined that my uncle would be like this?" Humans, will there be such a shocking achievement?"

Sima Qian shook his head. He didn't know how to comfort Huo Qubing for a while. His family had been officials for generations, and it would be really mean if he said he could understand it. But he saw the suffering of the people and knew how bad this world was. , I also want to work hard to change all this.

"Being humble is not a shame. Only when you are able to bend and stretch can you become a husband." Li Huan's voice suddenly came from downstairs. Accompanied by the sound of the wooden boards rattling upstairs, Li Huan walked to Huo Qubing's side. He stretched his neck and took a look outside: " Do you care about your origin?"

Huo Qubing shook his head: "I cared a lot when I was a child. Everyone else had my father to protect me, but I didn't. At that time, my uncle was still working as a slave for the eldest princess. If I let Cao Xiang bully me, my uncle would be punished with me."

"So you have always hated Cao Xiang." Li Huan sat down and said, "Your mother was worried about you and asked me to come over and have a look. What, do you agree with what I said?"

"Being from a humble background is not a shame." Huo Qubing said without hesitation: "What my uncle and father can do, I will definitely be able to do in the future."

"That's right, human beings are born as ants and their lives are as thin as paper; but we can't lose our ambition because of this." Li Huan patted Huo Qubing's shoulder in comfort.

It is strange for a child who grows up in such an environment to not have mental illness, but Huo Qubing can make such an achievement like a god of war, which is amazing through the ages!
"My uncle used to herd sheep at his father's house when he was a child. His life was so miserable. His brothers never regarded him as one of their own and would beat him and bully him whenever they found an opportunity." Huo Qubing said this very much. calm.

Li Huan and Sima Qian both listened carefully.

"He really couldn't live anymore, so he ran back to the eldest princess's mansion to find his grandmother. At that time, the eldest princess gave uncle a bite of food and asked him to be a slave in the princess's mansion..." His voice paused. One click: "It's a slave."

Huo Qubing looked at Li Huan: "Father, why are there such vicious fathers and brothers in the world? His son would rather be a slave than live at home?"

Li Huan shook his head and said: "There are hundreds of kinds of people supported by rice in the world. Not all fathers in the world are qualified to be fathers. I very much disagree with what the sage said. The sage said that a son must be filial to his father, but if it is like Emperor Shun's father Gu If you are like this, you never regard your son as your son, and you want to kill your son, so why should you ask your son to be filial to his father?"

"Shangxie! Shangxie!" Sima Qian's face turned pale with fear. This was a retort!
However, no one of the father and son paid any attention to Sima Qian Shangxie's screams of fear.

Li Huan said again: "There is a saying in my hometown, which is to respect the father and son 30 years ago, and respect the father 30 years later. People always say that if you don't show filial piety to your parents, is it no different from a beast? However, they seem to have forgotten One point, after the animals give birth to young animals, they also know how to raise and protect the weak little animals. After the young animals grow up, they will naturally know how to treat the old animals. Even those who don’t understand this beast understand the truth.”

After listening to this, Sima Qian had already begun to cry to the sky...

Li Huan stretched out his hand and pointed out the window. In the broken house with a fire, the mother and son were devouring food around the broken clay pot: "Xiao Zui is not ashamed of this, and her three children will not be ashamed of it when they grow up." It's such a shame; just imagine, Zheng Ji, Huo Zhongru and the like can't even compare to such a prostitute!"

Zheng Ji is the father of Wei Qing, and now he has become the Prime Minister of Zhao State because of his son Wei Qing's connections with the noble lords. How ironic is it?

Li Huan stretched out his hand and patted Sima Qian's shoulder: "In the history of the country, I can record my remarks. If you want to be convicted for your words, you can behead my head and die without changing it!"

Sima Qian screamed several times, almost scaring the guards on the first floor into running upstairs to see what was going on.

With a smile on his face, Huo Qubing covered Sima Qian's mouth and shouted to the guards who were about to go upstairs: "It's okay."

He took a deep breath and then exhaled a deep breath: "Father, actually, if you think about it seriously, I have no grievances at all. No matter how much suffering I suffer, I don't feel bitter even if I eat it. It's just this little drunkenness that makes me feel miserable." I think of my uncle, who was really miserable when he was a child!"

Li Huan patted Huo Qubing on the shoulder: "A man's ambition should be like the Yangtze River running eastward to the sea. There is no need to worry about the past. Besides, aren't the masters of the past letting Uncle You keep under pressure every day?"

"Ah!" Huo Qubing almost jumped up, "The first half of the sentence, what kind of ambition? When has this happened? Father, do you still say such things?"

"This sentence? Do you also want to record it in the history of the country?" In the corner, Sima Qian asked weakly.

"Hahaha..." Li Huan laughed happily. He was very worried about Huo Qubing's psychological problems, but in fact... this was a child who only knew how to care for others and ignored himself. He was a strong person and a young child. God of War.

The firelight in the broken house dimmed, and Xiaozui and the three children groped their way to sleep in the darkness; Li Huan could vaguely see the sparks jumping a few times and then dimming.

Huo Qubing said, "I asked someone to investigate Xiao Zui's affairs secretly."

Sima Qian hurriedly said: "Qu Bing, never listen to one side of the story..."

"The facts are right in front of us, why do we need to say more?" Huo Qubing nonchalantly pointed to the scattered sparks in the distance, "I don't believe such a woman would tell us lies."

"Junhou, you take care of it!" Sima Qian turned to look at Li Huan.

Li Huan shook his head and said: "I don't really believe that such a person would tell lies... If you think there is a problem, wouldn't you know it if you and Qu Bing went there in person? I have just made a lot of lists. The households will do things according to my plan tomorrow."

"This is not the Zhou Dynasty anymore. If you punish the feudal households too harshly, I'm afraid there will be criticism from the superiors..." Sima Qian was cautious.

"The queen is still here, so why should we worry about anything?" Li Huan asked confidently. He felt very strange in his heart. How could such a cautious person be imprisoned or even castrated in the future because of Li Ling's affairs?
Sima Qian looked at the father and son, and suddenly felt that nothing he could say at this moment was superfluous.

Xiao Zui spent the whole night in fear, but she didn't hear any kicking on the door, which made her feel even more strange.

The bursting sun in the early morning dissipated the dampness after the rain. The hot breath baked the earth, and the wet mud road dried up at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Xiaozui already had a bold idea. She no longer needed to engage in such a flesh-and-blood business. Two silver ingots were enough for her to buy a piece of land and support her three sons through farming.

The youngest of these three sons is three years old, the oldest is six years old, and the middle one is five years old. Although they can't help themselves too much when farming, they can at least help and be a companion.

There were many extravagant hopes in her heart that she didn't dare to have, and they all popped up at this moment...

Xiao Zui first chopped up his silver and prepared to go out of the city to a village opposite to where he lived. He found a pavilion chief and gave the broken silver to him. After the household registration was settled, he would spend some more silver to buy a piece!
It sounds like an easy thing to open up wasteland, but it also requires the approval of the pavilion chief and village chief...

Soon, half of the two chopped silver ingots were spent...

Purchasing farm tools...purchasing rice, grain, oil and salinity...

Xiaozui suddenly realized that these two silver ingots were not enough, mainly because he had three children...

However, in Xiaozui's heart, there is only one piece of land... Then everything will be fine. I'm really anxious. It's not impossible to sleep with the pavilion chief. As long as the pavilion chief nods to naturalize himself, the village chief's test will be much easier. …

When the time comes, the wild vegetables will be enough to support a few meals, but it will only make a few children suffer.

However, at this time, there was a lot of noise on the street, and it was quite lively.

Xiaozui listened for a moment, and vaguely heard that Marquis Anyang was going to build a mansion and pay the workers and take care of the food.

"Paying workers to take care of food? It's really a novelty. Isn't it true that building mansions for these marquises counts as corvee labor?"

Xiao Zui walked out of the broken door and saw many villagers rushing forward. She was about to go up to ask what she was talking about. The women looked at her with disgust; the men looked at her with ambiguous and wanton aggression. Sweeping all over her.

"Ah! The bitch is here, let's go further, don't let bad luck spread..."

A self-proclaimed righteous woman spat at her. Xiaozui looked normal, but she knew very well that the woman who had the biggest objection to her was just because she had accidentally bumped into her more than once and stole more than one man.

She couldn't express the feeling in her heart. You had your own husband, but you still stole from her. She had no choice but to engage in such a despicable business. But who is more despicable?
The other women listened to the woman's words and looked at each other with blank eyes. Xiaozui also stopped subconsciously, thinking that the man riding the tall horse would not let someone like him pollute the big man. The official's residence.

She had vaguely heard something like the ancestral home, which probably made her look down on people like herself even more.

"That woman! Do you know how to cook?" But unexpectedly, the burly man on horseback pointed at Xiaozui and asked loudly.

Xiao Zui was stunned for a moment, never expecting that such a good thing would happen to him. For some reason, he was breathing rapidly and looked at the burly soldier with a flushed face, but could not say a word.

"I can do it! Little woman, I can do it!"

Xiao Zui was suddenly pushed by the woman before and staggered. If her legs were not extremely strong, she might have been pushed to the ground by this force.

She glanced at the excited woman, then left without saying a word and leaned against the broken door.

After all, if there is no man in the family, and if he has a dispute with such a shrewd woman, he will only suffer the consequences.

But... the soldier yelled again: "Woman, why don't you answer me when I ask you a question? Am I going to eat you? Let me tell you, if cooking is a matter of If you have children, you can take them to dinner, but you have to wash the dishes!"

When Xiaozui heard this, he suddenly summoned up courage and said loudly: "Young lady knows how to cook, please forgive me!"

"She is just a prostitute, what kind of food can she do? The military master looks at my strength!" The woman said reluctantly and pushed forward.

The soldier shouted impatiently: "Did I ask you to speak? Get away!" He pointed at Xiao Zui: "Pack your things immediately and report to the government office. Someone will arrange for you to do what you should do. Something to do!”

"Here!" Xiao Zui was so excited that he almost knelt down in front of the soldiers on horseback.

When the shrewish woman saw that she was not chosen, but Xiao Zui, whom she disliked the most, was chosen, she immediately cursed and cursed: "What kind of cook should I choose? I'm afraid she will go to the construction site to breastfeed and spread her legs to serve her." Wild man, when it comes to this, I am really not as good as you..."

Her tone was harsh and harsh, and all the ugly and disgusting words came pouring out of her mouth.

The soldier who had already turned his horse's head and was about to leave suddenly grabbed the reins and turned around with an angry look: "Son of a bitch! What are you spraying?" When the shrewish woman saw this, she was immediately frightened. She jumped and was about to run home, but she never thought that the soldier would not let her go. He raised his hand and cursed angrily: "Drag her over here and stuff horse dung into her mouth! If you dare to spray dung, I will cut out your tongue!" "

"No! Ahh! Killed..." The soldiers on the left and right laughed and jumped off their horses. How could she, a woman, stand up to these murderous men?Just three or two times, she was pushed to the ground. Sure enough, someone grabbed the horse dung on the ground and stuffed it into her mouth...

The crowd watching on the side remained silent, and some even trembled with fear, but they did not actually cut out the woman's tongue.

The soldier roared ferociously: "Listen, my master, Marquis Anyang, is here. The customs in Anyang County should be changed. Anyone who utters obscene words without any reason in the future should be whipped for thirty years." Use it as an example to others!"

Xiaozui stared blankly at the shrewish woman lying on the ground vomiting crazily. The cavalrymen had already clapped their horses and left...

For such a moment, she really felt like she was dreaming; the words that Marquis Anyang might be a good official suddenly flashed through her mind again...

In the distance, Sima Qian and Li Huan watched this scene happen.

Sima Qian couldn't help but shake his head: "Your Majesty, there are so many miserable people in the world, you can't help them."

"There are indeed countless people suffering in the world, but if I see one, I will help one." Li Huan didn't care, but then he noticed that Sima Qian looked at him slightly strangely. He suddenly pressed the hilt of the sword at his waist and threatened. : "I don't have any disgusting thoughts about a miserable life like Xiao Zui. If you dare to write anything, I will chop off your hands!"

Sima Qian bowed and almost reached the ground: "You have misunderstood me. I am just expressing my feelings. But if you have such a grand ambition, I will definitely record it in writing. If all the princes in the world are like you, how can you do it?" So many suffering people?”

Li Huan's eyes were strange and he sneered: "Didn't you say that you can't bend with force?"

"This statement comes from the second chapter of Mencius Teng Wengong. I am not a disciple of Confucianism, so why should I follow this statement?" Sima Qian argued: "What's more, it is really a blessing for me as a great man that the prince has such a heart to help the world. When good things happen, I will definitely write them down."

Li Huan looked at Sima Qian suspiciously, then smiled contemptuously: "Then you are poor and want to live alone?"

"A man speaks lightly, but it is enough to do his job well and let the history of the Han Dynasty be passed down to future generations." Sima Qian was not sophistical and started from the facts.

Li Huan asked: "What if you get rich?" Before Sima Qian could say anything, he laughed and said: "I think if you are poor, you will be alone, but if you are rich, you will have a group of wives and concubines! Hahaha..."

Sima Qian shook his head and said: "Junhou, this must not be the case..."

Li Huan had already left with a smile.

The old site of the Hou Mansion has been rearranged. The black water covered with mosquito larvae has been drained away by excavated ditches in the places we had seen before. It has been cleaned up, and more people are still measuring the land.

Li Huan read the documents of the county magistrate's pursuit of several merchants, and the smile on his lips became stronger. This person did not know that the person he was pursuing was himself!
"Your Majesty, according to your instructions, we have already built the kiln mouth at the leeward outlet outside the city, and are preparing to burn lime and bricks. The people who are going to dig the clay have also set off. I only have one thing that I don't understand..."

"Come on." Li Huan sat on a chair and drank tea leisurely.

The county magistrate cupped his hands and said, "We have never seen the ratio of fired bricks you mentioned before..."

"Okay, rip off your manpower and let my tenants do it. Tell my tenants that the brick kilns and lime kilns they are firing now can be used by them in the future. The proportions I give No problem, let them do this, and after the bricks are baked, build them houses.”

With just one word, Li Huan withdrew all the manpower arranged by the county magistrate. He felt panicked. Could it be that something he had been involved in had been discovered by Junhou?
impossible!

The fat hasn't even passed through my hands yet, so I just have this idea...

"Yes..." But when the county magistrate faced Li Huan, he didn't even dare to say something about taking a step back, saying that they didn't understand and it would be more appropriate for us to take him with him.

"I heard that something happened at the market? Have you already issued an official document and arrested everyone?" Li Huan asked without leaving any trace.

The county magistrate hurriedly said: "It was a few businessmen from other places who bumped into the police patrolling the streets and then ran away."

"Oh?" Li Huan said with a smile: "So, these officers are quite loyal to their duties... Call them here and I will reward them face to face!"

Huo Qubing was originally yawning, but after hearing these words, his eyes suddenly became sharp!

Zhang Qian also cheered up instantly. Cuihua, who was about to make another pot of tea, immediately stopped with her eyes shining, saying that she could go later.

The county magistrate didn't know why, but everyone was full of energy at once. He just raised his hands and said: "I will go find these five people now. Please wait a moment."

"Hurry up!" Li Huan nodded, seeing the county magistrate bowed his hands and retreated, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Do we need to change our clothes?"

"It's time to change. The slave family is ready." Cuihua immediately looked at one of the maids.

The maid immediately took the linen jackets they wore yesterday.

This kind of clothes looks a little weird when worn over the brocade robe, but once you sit down, it can cover the luxurious brocade robe.

Not long after, five officers were brought over. They all lowered their heads, said nothing, and were cautious.

The county magistrate was the first to come forward. Seeing the strange attire of Li Huan and others, he did not dare to say anything. He just reported that the people had been brought.

Li Huan smiled slightly, looked at the five people kneeling not far away, and raised his voice: "I heard that you eliminated evil for the people yesterday and frightened a few unscrupulous businessmen from other places?"

The leader below kowtowed quickly and said, "Your Majesty, I'm just dealing with it impartially."

For a moment, none of the five people thought that the voice sounded familiar.

Li Huan asked: "Then what crime did they commit?"

"Reporting to the Marquis, those few merchants from other places bullied the market when they first arrived, refused to pay for meals, despised the court, and even spoke harshly to us. We tried hard to persuade him that the Marquis of Anyang did not dare to be rude until now. Not only did they not Little things are taken seriously, and I don't even take...don't take...Your Majesty!"

Li Huan glanced at the county magistrate who was watching his nose and heart, and smiled slightly: "That's it. Then wait for the five of you to raise their heads and look at me."

After hearing this, the five people slowly raised their heads and looked at Li Huan.

"what!"

In an instant, the five people turned pale with fright, and one of the guards, who took a look at Cuihua and had a bad idea, yelled in panic: "You... you... aren't you a merchant? You, you, you... how dare you pretend to be Lord Marquis?"

"Hahaha……"

Li Huan couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh.

The county magistrate who didn't know what was going on looked at everyone in shock. What on earth happened?
The leader of the guard had come to his senses, slapped the idiot guard suddenly, and fell to his knees on the ground. He was terrified and begged in a tearful voice: "I don't know if this is the Marquis who is incognito." While on patrol, I bumped into the Marquis, please forgive me!"

When the other people heard this, they immediately started crying and begging for mercy.

Although the county magistrate didn't understand what exactly happened, he could roughly imagine what he was doing. After all, he knew very well what the people under his command were doing...

Li Huan glanced at the county magistrate who was dripping with cold sweat, narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "Didn't you issue a sea arrest document to arrest the merchant? I am here, why don't you come down and arrest him?"

The county magistrate trembled: "I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding... misunderstanding. Please be happy and angry. I will take these five bastards into prison and torture them carefully..."

"Then silence?" Li Huan leaned back and pulled off the linen clothes on his body, "Everyone says that Anyang County is poor. I just went to the market yesterday and was almost arrested by your official. You bitch, you are a bit powerful! The Huns' army of more than [-] people attacked Gaoque, but I beat them to the ground. As soon as I arrived in Anyang County under your jurisdiction, I was chased by your officers and fled. , If it weren’t for my fast horse, I might have been caught in jail yesterday.”

Li Huan smiled and held Cuihua's hand: "I am afraid that my delicate wife will be ruined by the people under your control!"

The magistrate's eyes darkened, and before he could even utter his words of begging for mercy, he was so frightened that he fainted.

"Why are you pretending to be dead!" Li Huan shrugged: "Send the order, the Yulin Army will take over the entire Anyang County, and lock up everyone in Anyang County from the county magistrate down. I didn't want to go too far, but these dogs Things are done more than the Huns!"

Huo Qubing took the order with a smirk, this way of playing is really much more enjoyable than beating people with his fists before!
Sima Qian hurriedly raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, please think twice, lest you should report to Your Majesty first..."

Zhang Qian pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: "You have nothing to fear, you can tell your nobles that everything will be decided by your nobles!"

Li Huan thought for a while, nodded and said: "Everyone must be arrested. The people of Anyang have suffered from corrupt officials for a long time. I will go and report to Empress Ming..." He looked at Sima Qian and snorted: "Stop shaking, this matter I did it all, what are you afraid of?"

Sima Qian blushed fiercely: "I... I'm afraid that the villain's slander will damage the princes. In this way, our country will lose a good official who makes decisions for the people..."

Li Huan praised: "As expected of a person who writes history, he can brag about it!"

Looking at Li Huan's leaving figure, Sima Qian was still a little uneasy and looked at Zhang Qian: "Doctor Zhang, there shouldn't be any problem..."

　This is almost three chapters combined into one. It’s long and big, and it’s comfortable for everyone to read.

　　
　
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