Starting from the Western Han Dynasty

Chapter 164 A Midsummer Night's Dream in the Western Han Dynasty
Gillian and Liu Ling hide in the house and play chess. This was originally the lobby of the government office in Anyang County.

However, after that, Gillian Shengjia was transformed into a spacious hall suitable for Gillian's daily living by the highly capable imperial guards.

As for Liu Ling, the top beauty undercover, not to mention what she wanted to see, even if she wanted to meet Li Huan, she had to go through Gillian; this also made her realize that she had probably been deceived by following Li Huan here this time...

But even if he was fooled, he still had to put on a smile and accompany Gillian every day.

After the two people playing chess listened to Li Huan recount his experience, Gillian had already put down the chess piece and looked at Li Huan as if in a dream.

"Although I have heard that the management of the grassroots officials of my great Han Dynasty is unsightly, I never thought that it would be so unsightly!"

Li Huan sighed: "The mountains are high and the emperor is far away. This is the idea of ​​many local county magistrates. In fact, sometimes the county magistrate is equal to the local emperor. The people of Li only know the county magistrate but not the emperor. I am afraid it is happening everywhere in my country."

"Through a thorough investigation, in the name of this palace, remove the county magistrate and all officials below. From today on, you will take over the administration of all officials in Anyang County. After investigation, behead those who should be beheaded, exile those who should be exiled, and send them to prison." Those who go to build the Great Wall will be sent to build the Great Wall. We must not be merciful to these worms in the empire."

Li Huan asked obediently: "What about Queen Mother, where is Your Majesty..."

"I will express my feelings on my own, so you can do it freely. Anyang County is a bitter and cold place. My son, you have obtained this fiefdom. The queen mother is unhappy and resentful. It is already a virtuous thing not to settle accounts with your majesty." Control me, and now that you want to rectify Anyang County, how can the queen mother not support you?"

While speaking, Gillian glanced at Da Changqiu, who immediately understood: "Junhou, I will accompany you to deal with these matters. Let's see who dares to stand in the way!"

"Mother, I will retreat first."

Li Huan was very comfortable, and Gillian seemed to be on his side unconditionally.

In addition to having Master Shengxue give her moxibustion every day, Gillian also has Master Shengxue's own unique grassland secret recipe for giving birth to a son. These treatments can make her body better and better, and it is only a matter of time before she becomes pregnant.

"It's your turn." When Li Huan and Da Changqiu walked out of the room, they happened to hear Gillian speaking to Liu Ling in a somewhat scolding tone.

Li Huan looked back in surprise, and saw Da Changqiu smiling like a thief beside him.

"Your Majesty, you are in a good mood these few days!" Da Changqiu said in a low voice with joy, "The old servant also feels that he is in a good mood seeing the Weng Master's slumped look!"

Li Huan shrugged nonchalantly: "This bitch doesn't have good intentions. It's a good thing to let the queen scold her more. Maybe she can change her gender by scolding her, which will save her, but..."

"Do you want to talk about Mrs. Wei?" Dachangqiu said: "If the queen mother didn't accept her, how could she agree to your request? Don't worry, Junhou just tell Mrs. Wei that when it's time to come to greet her, she will be generous. Come here, the person who is scolding you is Wengzhu anyway."

"Father, we've all been arrested, and they still have the nerve to cry out!" Huo Qubing galloped up to Li Huan with an excited look on his face. Before he even jumped off the horse, he was already shouting excitedly.

Li Huan nodded and said: "Let's go to the Hou Mansion construction site first... By the way, where are the people locked up?"

"I asked the Royal Forest Army to requisition the prison here, which is enough to imprison all the officials in the county." Huo Qubing said: "Other than that, I have replaced all the people. We have more than [-] Royal Forest Army, except for In addition to the [-] troops stationed to protect my grandmother, we can mobilize [-] troops. Including my father’s guards, there are more than [-] soldiers. With so many soldiers, the whole of Anyang will turn into an iron barrel!"

Li Huan couldn't help but smile at Changqiu and said, "What do you think of the children doing, making it look like we are preparing to rebel?"

Dachangqiu's chubby face was full of an easy-going smile: "The prince is joking, the young man is prudent in doing things, which is the style of a general. In the future, he will definitely be a famous general among my great men!"

"You haven't thanked me for the compliment?" Li Huan glanced at Huo Qubing with a smile.

Huo Qubing hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for the compliment!"

"Oh, I don't dare to bear it." Da Changqiu jumped to the side exaggeratedly, smiling happily.

"Okay, you go to Sima Qian immediately and ask him to post a notice in your grandmother's name, so that the people of Anyang County can stand up and correct the crimes of those officials.

If the person corrects the crime, as long as there is good reason and evidence, part of the property of the corrupt official can be divided according to the severity of the crime.

The first is that, and the second is that if someone dares to lie and slander, once it is verified, they will be arrested and forced to serve in corvee, so that we will not be short of manpower now. "

"Here!" Huo Qubing came and went like the wind.

Dachangqiu and Li Huan rode towards the construction site.

In just a moment, the entire city exploded.

"Have you heard? The newly arrived Anyang Marquis has arrested the county magistrate and all the officials, big and small, and asked us ordinary people to report evidence of corruption by these people!"

"Who dares to go here? Marquis Anyang is a high official in the imperial court. He just wanted to do this on a whim. But after he leaves, won't these officials try to kill us?"

"Are you short-sighted? I heard that this is an edict issued in the name of Queen Chen, and there are rewards for reporting, and part of the property of corrupt officials can be divided. Are you going? Anyway, I want to go. When the dams were being built in the past few years, the county magistrate embezzled a lot of money, which caused the floods to burst the embankments in the autumn. Who among us, the people of Anyang County, don't know? It's too late. Let others take care of this matter. We got there first!"

After saying that, the man had already trotted towards the government office.

The rest of the people looked at me and I looked at you, and someone started chirping again.

"I suddenly remembered that a few days ago, there was a new girl from the Changhe Street Nvlu, who was the nephew of a disobedient county captain. She was hung up on a stick and tortured for most of the night, and she was tortured to death.

The girl's family later came to demand an explanation. Her father asked the county captain to put it in a sack and sink it into the Zuogushui River. After his sister was raped by his nephew, he had his slaves torture him to the point of going crazy, and she was still begging in the city. , I saw it a few days ago! "

As soon as this man finished speaking, three or four people in the crowd immediately spread their legs and ran towards the government office!

"Oh, I'm such a bitch, why am I reminding you? Can't I just report it silently and make a fortune myself?"

……

Anyang County looked very chaotic, but with the strong suppression of the Imperial Forest Army and the Marquis Guards, the security was better than ever.

The soldiers patrolling the streets, holding sharp swords, wearing armor, and riding horses, are an invisible and powerful deterrent in themselves.

Li Huan and Dachangqiu walked around the construction site and saw that the weeds, shrubs, and stagnant water that could be seen on the ground of the Hou Mansion had now been cleared away.

People have already started digging the soil, preparing to dig out the soil to a depth of three feet. After it is steamed, it will be spread over again and compacted, and then houses will be built on it.

This is the ancestral home of a marquis, and no one dares not to take care of it.

Li Huan sighed: "I heard that when the First Emperor Yingzheng built the straight road in the past, he steamed all the soil on the road and turned it into dead soil. Only then did weeds never grow. I never thought that the construction of the Hou Mansion would be the same. Use such regulations?"

"It's settled." Dachangqiu squinted and smiled: "In the past, there were many rules, and cattle and sheep had to be slaughtered to offer sacrifices to heaven. Now it is not considered starting construction, it is just cleaning up. It doesn't need to be so troublesome. Wait until the rammed earth actually becomes After leveling the ground, we have to slaughter cattle and sheep to sacrifice to the sky...Well, depending on what the nobleman wants, if necessary, we should also kill and sacrifice to ensure the longevity of our family?"

Li Huan's eyes straightened when he heard the last sentence.

"What the hell? Are there such perverted rules?"

"No, in this regard, Taishi Ling Sima Qian knows more than the old slave, but the Queen Mother intends to make the monarch different from those old nobles. Most of the rules are in accordance with your wishes."

"It's enough to kill cattle and sheep. The practice of killing and offering sacrifices is too barbaric. I'm the first to rule it out." Li Huan got off his horse and was about to go into the construction site to take a look around when he noticed some quarreling sounds coming from ahead.

"Hey! It's interesting. I just arrived here with Junhou, so I can join in the fun!" Dachangqiu looked excited. It was obvious that this guy was going crazy after staying in the house with Gillian every day.

But Gillian is a homebody by nature, and she won't feel uncomfortable at all when she stays in the house...

Liu Ling was wild by nature, he felt uncomfortable in the house, and was always reprimanded by Gillian...

Li Huan felt happy when he thought of this!
You bitch, can I, Li Huan, still not be able to cure you?

Seeing Dachangqiu looking at him expectantly, Li Huan couldn't help but smile: "Okay, come over and have a look!"

Before the two of them walked in, the accompanying guard stepped forward with a cold face and asked loudly: "What's going on? On the construction site, instead of going to work, how is it that you are here whining and yelling?"

A strong man who was furious suddenly withered. He pointed at the woman beside him who lowered her head and let him scold him and said: "You military masters, it's not the young man who deliberately slows down work, it's her! She came to the construction site to cook, and she also Bringing three kids here to eat and drink!"

The soldier looked at the woman who lowered her head and looked obedient and did not dare to cause trouble and asked, "What's going on?"

"Master Jun, that's what I said!" The strong man threatened the woman with his eyes.

The woman's head that had just been raised immediately lowered it again, not daring to speak.

"Damn you, I'm asking her, try staring again!" The soldier suddenly pulled out half of his sword, frightening the strong man to the point where he fainted instantly.

The woman was about to speak when a child hiding behind her suddenly came out: "Uncle! We didn't eat and drink together, my mother cooked for the uncles on the construction site.

I took my two younger brothers with me to wash vegetables, serve bowls, deliver chopsticks, wash dishes, and even pick up horse manure. It was him! "

The child pointed angrily at the strong man: "You secretly hid the bones and wanted to take them home so that my mother could see them. You also threatened my mother that you would throw my third brother into the furnace and burn him to death." !”

"Is this true?" The military man's face was fierce, and his eyes were like daggers as he looked at the strong man.

The strong man trembled with fright, but shook his head and said: "Master, this belongs to Marquis Anyang, how dare I? This little bastard is talking nonsense, this woman is a prostitute herself, her body is very dirty, and I don't know where her eyes are. Blind, let her cook for the people on the construction site, I am a good man, how dare I steal meat and bones from the construction site?"

These big-headed soldiers usually have one mind, but now the father-in-law is right and the mother-in-law is right, and they don't know how to tell the difference.

While he was scratching his head, he suddenly saw his lord Li Huan and Dachangqiu walking over together. He was so frightened that he knelt down: "See you, Lord!"

The rest of the people watched the soldiers knelt down, did not dare to raise their heads, and knelt down in unison.

Li Huan frowned, feeling that the cultural quality of the guards under him needed to be strengthened. They couldn't handle such a thing...

Um?Is it Xiao Zui and her three sons?

The three children, all dressed in rags, barefooted and dirty, looked pitiful, kneeling beside their mother, still shivering.

Especially the youngest child, who was almost frightened to tears, but tears were stuck in his eyes and he didn't dare to make any sound.

"Damn it!" Li Huan cursed, his voice was so soft that only Da Changqiu heard it.

Da Changqiu immediately understood what he meant, and stepped forward: "My child, you said that this person stole bones, do you have any evidence?"

Xiaozui raised his head, thinking that the person in beautiful brocade clothes in front of him was Anyang Hou. A look of fear flashed across his young face, and then he pointed at the strong man's trouser pocket: "He chopped the meat and bones into pieces." If it’s too small, put it in your trouser pocket!”

When everyone heard this, even though they were kneeling, they couldn't help but look at the strong man.

The strong man's face was red, and he held on: "You little bastard, don't accuse me falsely. Where is the bone in my trouser pocket?" As he spoke, in order to prove his innocence, the strong man reached out and pulled open his trousers.

After Da Changqiu saw that thing, he frowned and subconsciously tightened his legs a little. He reached out and took a small stick from the side and picked the strong man's thigh. The strong man shivered in fright. , and did not dare to make any move.

Da Changqiu sneered: "You didn't hide the meat and bones in your trouser pocket, so explain to me, where did you get the minced meat and grease on your legs? Could it be that your legs can bite people and eat meat, yes Forgot to wipe your mouth after eating in the kitchen?"

After hearing this, everyone opened their eyes wide and stretched their necks to look over.

Good guy!
The sides of this strong man's thighs and the back of his butt were full of oil stains. Apparently he had hidden a lot of meat and bones. After being discovered, he took them out and is still here to quibble.

"Ah! Lord Marquis, please forgive me. My family is too poor. The child has never eaten meat since he was born. It's so pitiful... That's why he did such a stupid thing..."

Da Changqiu's face was ashen: "Spare your life? When you bully these orphans and widowed mothers, are they not pitiful? Your children are pitiful? Other people's children are not pitiful? Where are the left and right?"

"exist!"

"Take it and drag it away and hand it over to Sima Qian for conviction!"

"Spare your life! Lord Marquis, spare your life!" The soldiers on the left and right did not hesitate. They roughly grabbed a piece of rag, blocked the strong man's mouth, and dragged him away like a pig to death.

"Thank you, Lord Mingcha. The little lady kowtows in gratitude!" At this moment, Xiaozui shivered and hugged her eldest son, kowtowing to Dachangqiu together.

"My little wife doesn't want wages. I just ask the Lord not to drive me away. My three children are not doing nothing for nothing. They can do anything!"

Looking at Xiao Zui who was kowtowing with fresh dirt on his forehead, Dachangqiu shook his head and turned to look at Li Huan. Seeing Li Huan nodded slightly, Dachangqiu said: "I'll give you the wages..."

Xiaozui's face was pale, but he didn't dare to raise his head and kept kowtowing.

"Your three sons can also have enough to eat here."

Xiao Zui's heart, which was about to pop out of his throat, fell back in an instant, and his gratitude turned into tears. While shedding tears, he kowtowed to Da Changqiu: "Thank you, Lord, thank you, Lord, may you live long." , Long live the king!"

Li Huan shook his head, poverty breeds treachery, wealth breeds conscience...

Da Changqiu waved his hand: "Everyone, please get up!" Then he followed in Li Huan's footsteps.

Xiao Zui hugged her three sons, crying and laughing: "Son, the Marquis of Anyang is a good official, we will have a good life in the future!"

The rest of the people on the construction site seemed to be very moved when they saw the poor mother and child. Some women couldn't help but raised their hands and wiped the tears that flowed from the corners of their eyes...

"Let someone check to see if what the man just said is true or false." Li Huan shook his head: "There is no need to chop off his hands just to get some meat and bones."

Dachangqiu shook his head and said: "Junhou, you are showing mercy outside the law, but if we hadn't happened upon this incident today, what do you think the miserable mother and son would be driven away by that person?
I heard the child say that the man threatened the woman and wanted to throw the child into the stove and burn him to death. He was already planning to kill someone! "

Li Huan coughed dryly: "Is it my Holy Mother Bitch?"

"Who is the Holy Mother Bitch?" Dachangqiu asked hurriedly, his curious eyes leaving Li Huan speechless.

"Let someone go check it out and report it to me." He ignored Da Changqiu: "The woman I called Xiao Zui was what I mentioned in front of my mother before. She led us to the West Market, and then she I met those five madmen who preyed on the common people..."

"During the Changqiu period, the people in Anyang County are too poor. Did you see that child? He is barefoot and looks like an animal. Even in winter, he is like this?"

"Your Majesty is compassionate..." Dachangqiu said with a smile: "I said that I am not afraid of your Majesty's laughter. When we were young, our family was so poor that we couldn't live anymore, so we entered the palace and became an eunuch since we were young. After decades of hard work, Years ago, I just reached this position.”

Li Huan glanced at Dachangqiu in astonishment: "Will you live a long life this year?"

"I'm not talented, I have wasted 65 spring and autumn years!" Dachangqiu sighed: "When I entered the palace at the age of four, I saw Emperor Gaozu from a distance!"

"Disrespect, disrespect!" Li Huan dared to hand over his hand, but Dachangqiu then said: "That was the year Emperor Gaozu passed away, so I, although I was young at that time, but for what happened that year, I remember it clearly!"

"Then have you seen what the Bank of China said?"

"Not only have I seen it, but I was also slapped by him..." Da Changqiu opened his mouth and said vaguely: "Did you see that there are two missing teeth here? It was interrupted by his slap. , my head was tilted for three whole months!”

"Emperor Wen just looked at Bank of China and said he was cruel, so he asked him to be the dowry for the princess's marriage. Who would have thought that he would come up with so many bad ideas when he went to the Xiongnu?"

Li Huan raised his hand again: "I admire you!"

Seeing Da Changqiu unconsciously reaching out and touching his cheek, Li Huan smiled mischievously and said, "How about when we attack the Xiongnu, I will lead my men to dig up the grave that Bank of China mentioned so that you can vent your anger?"

"This relationship works, the Lord has to reward him with a few peeings! Hahaha..."

At dinner time, the drunken eldest son was busy helping to serve dishes, put away bowls, and deliver chopsticks. He was running back and forth, sweating profusely, panting, and his little face was flushed.

Two younger brothers were helping wash vegetables in the kitchen. The pottery bowl was too big for them to hold firmly. If it broke, they would have to pay for it.

Li Huan was sitting high up in the wind, watching the child's figure passing by, and suddenly felt that the roasted leg of lamb in his hand was no longer very fragrant.

"Junhou, you have to support your tribe and your tribe. Anyway, there are already about [-] more tribesmen who have changed from Chen to Li. One or two more are not much, and you don't need a familiar one more?" Are the people from Anyang County guarding your ancestral home for you?"

When Da Changqiu saw Li Huan's eyes after sitting down, he never left the child, so he knew that Li Huan was very satisfied with this poor child.

Sima Qian also nodded: "Now I can give the three brothers a bite to eat, and then they can hand over their lives to the descendants of the monarch. It's really a good deal."

"Ask the kid to come over and bring his two younger brothers with him. Remember, make it clear to his mother and don't scare anyone."

"Here!" The attendant on the side responded immediately and was about to leave, but Cuihua couldn't help but stopped the attendant: "Junhou, why don't you go to the slave family? How about giving that little woman a surprise?"

Li Huan thought for a while, then nodded and said, "That's fine. You change into your clothes and go there. Just don't let her know your real identity. As for how to fool that woman, you can figure it out yourself."

"Thank you, Lord. I'll go to the slave family right now!"

After a while, Cuihua, who was wearing a linen jacket, came over with Xiaozui's three sons.

The eldest son was still breathing heavily, the youngest's clothes were soaked through, but the second one was still struggling.

The three brothers looked at Li Huan and didn't know how to greet him. They just remembered their mother's instructions and kowtowed when they saw people.

Li Huan couldn't help laughing and stopped the three of them: "Okay, that's enough, get up, do you want to eat meat?"

"miss you!"

The sound is neat and loud.

Li Huan reached out and put the roasted lamb leg that had been cut up with a dagger on the serving plate, and pushed it forward gently: "Eat slowly."

However, none of the three brothers dared to come forward. Past experiences told their little hearts that there would be no free food in this world.

Because someone had treated them like this before, and then their mother had no money to compensate, so she paid with her body. She was almost tortured to death by the butcher who sold the meat. She lay alive for half a month before she could get out of bed and move around.

Li Huan was surprised. He didn't expect that little people would be so defensive about the world.

So, he said: "This is the reward for your work today. Anyone in this world who works hard should be able to have a full meal, especially you."

Li Huan stretched out his hand and pulled the boss forward. His hair was still dripping with sweat, and his clothes were soaked with sweat. But even so, he did not dare to relax, because once he relaxed, he would be kicked out. , leave this construction site where there is food.

Li Huan picked up a piece of meat and brought it to his mouth: "The person who sweats is the most qualified to eat meat."

"Silly boy, why don't you eat quickly? What are you waiting for?" Sima Qian even envied this child. How many people could be treated like this by the kings of a country?
The child took a bite with some fear, but Li Huan's barbecue tasted so delicious?
He had never tasted anything so delicious.

"Second and third, you eat too!" He grabbed it and put it into the mouths of the second and third, but it was not the first time to put it into his own mouth.

Li Huan became more and more satisfied with this child.

Then, the child suddenly knelt down and said, "Master, my mother has never eaten such delicious meat. Can I give some to my mother to eat?"

"Ah! This child is so filial! So filial!" Da Changqiu almost burst into tears. He reached out and picked up the ignorant child, put it on his knees, grabbed a piece of meat and put it into his mouth: " Child, you eat first, you eat some first!”

The child gulped down a few pieces and asked again: "Master, please, I will work harder tomorrow and I want my mother to eat some too."

"Go! Send it!" Da Changqiu couldn't stop crying as he looked at the child trotting away with the barbecue in his hands.

Maybe he was thinking of his own childhood, or maybe he was simply moved by this child's filial piety.

"You look like a bitch!" Li Huan scorned, but his own eyes were also red.

"Master, this is a good boy, otherwise..."

Dachangqiu also said: "What a good boy. If you don't want it, I will!"

"You are a good boy, but you still want him to be a descendant?" Li Huan's eyes became more and more contemptuous.

Da Changqiu glared and said: "The old slave also has a house in Chang'an and has private wealth. He will find a good teacher for this child to learn skills. He will not be allowed to become an eunuch in the future. Let him recognize me as his father. In the future, he will give me Retirement and death.”

"You look like you are only 50 or 40 years old. You can live for another [-] to [-] years." Li Huan shook his head: "I want to accept this child as my disciple. Being my disciple has a better future than being your son. You Yeah, there’s no need to think about your death so early.”

"The prince actually intends to accept this child as his disciple?" Da Changqiu said with regret on his face: "If this is the case, I really don't dare to block this child's future... Where can I find such a filial child? "

Li Huan reached out and touched the head of the three-year-old baby: "Cuihua, get some clean clothes for them to change into... After eating, let Xiaozui come over. Since I have taken a liking to this child, she Naturally, we should follow the nobles."

"Here! Master!" Cuihua was very excited. The master has always been as kind as she thought.

Under the setting sun, a child in tattered clothes kept carrying barbecues and went back and forth between the two places. Sweat flowed down his cheeks and into the summer evening breeze.

The place where sweat flew has become the beginning of the most beautiful chapter of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

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