I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 189 Liu Bian’s reaction

Wang Yun didn't believe it and retorted: "The Yuan family of Runan and the Yang family of Hongnong are both great sages. They have been loyal to the country for generations. What you just said is just a casual slander. I can't believe it!"

Xu You certainly did not reveal the name of Yuan Shao, who had real contact with him, for the sake of leniency.

Otherwise, wouldn't it mean that hidden dangers have been eliminated for his enemies?

Xu You continued: "They took in Zhang Jian in the past, but why don't they dare to take me in now? I passed by Pei State, and the Huan family also treated me as a guest. Without the help of the Huan family, how could I know the Chen family so well? You Do you think Chen really knows nothing? How could a waste like Zang Ba reach Beihai without the help of Xuzhou Governor and Erqian Shi..."

As more and more wealthy families appeared in Xu You's mouth, Wang Yun didn't even bother to refute them.

Xu You was very smart. Even when he was on the run, he still saw Liu Bian's tendency to govern, so he involved all the wealthy families and people from wealthy families who could be related to him.

It would be great if the little emperor punished all these people as his accomplices. At that time, the Han Dynasty would inevitably collapse, the world would be in chaos, and he would die without regrets.

At the end, Xu You shouted: "Since you, Wang Yun, want to pursue an official career, do you dare to conceal what I said today?"

"The conspiracy between me and the late prince was for the sake of the great justice of the world. The officials of the county and state cannot be replaced without virtue, the three princes have no virtue and cannot be replaced, and the emperor has no virtue, so why not not replace him?"

Wang Yun, who had just calmed down a little, became furious again, pointed at Xu You and cursed: "You are a treasonous and unjust person. The emperor is ordered by heaven to herd the people on behalf of heaven, and the ministers regard you as the king and father. If you are unfaithful and unfilial, your sin will be extended to your clan after your death." There is no peace either!"

Hearing the two harsh words of "clan", Xu You seemed to go completely crazy: "How can a person who is appointed by heaven be deposed at will by his relatives? What my relatives did, I cannot do it?"

"Gag his mouth!"

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After meeting Xu You, Wang Yun understood that the wealthy families and scholars mentioned by Xu You needed to report truthfully.

When Xu You was being interrogated, there were many people around, including the school affairs office. In addition, Liu Bei's subordinate Jian Yong was on the way, so he couldn't hide it.

Wang Yun wrote a memorial, hoping that the emperor would not be angry because of this.

Of course Liu Bian is not angry.

Compared with Wang Yun's reticence about Xu You's treacherous remarks, the information from the school affairs department was much more detailed, perfectly demonstrating to Liu Bian the benefits of having an intelligence agency at his disposal.

In Liu Bian's view, what Xu You said was somewhat of a break from feudal superstition.

Of course, in the context of the times he lived in, as the biggest vested interest, he would not stand up against the emperor's mandate.

After all, the background of the times and the economic foundation are here, and productivity determines that most of the population must be closely bound to the land.

In fact, whether Liu Bian or Lu Zhi chose to use the Xiyuan Army to quell the rebellion in Qingzhou, in addition to the hidden dangers of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, the biggest reason was to declare to the world the court's determination to continue to rectify the officialdom. They never imagined that things would be like this. develop.

Liu Bian didn't think that Xu You could be involved with so many wealthy people. Unlike Zhang Jian, Xu You's reputation was not enough for the scholars to help him even if he broke his family.

Liu Bian vaguely guessed what Xu You was thinking, but he still kept Xu You's confession. He didn't need it now, just in case it could be used in the future!

Liu Bian's only doubt was whether the contact between Yuan Shao and Xu You was true or false. After all, the timing of Yuan Wei's letter and the news of the Qingzhou rebellion arriving in Luoyang was too clever.

The current Yuan family has completely become a supporter of the New Deal after Yuan Wei became a marquis. He even took the initiative to send Yuan's young nephew to Sanfu after knowing that there was a lack of grassroots officials in Sanfu's farmland. This was obviously not the right time to suppress the Yuan family for the sake of a dying person.

So Liu Bian wrote a small note asking Yuan Wei about the part of Xu You's confession about Yuan Shao.

Yuan Wei, who was recovering from his illness, dragged his body to plead guilty to Liu Bian, saying that he had learned about the rebellion in Qingzhou the night before, but before he had time to mention it in the court, someone came to inform Liu Bian of the incident.

Liu Bian was punished with three drinks of wine to expose the matter.

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Liu Bian used Yuan Wei's help to remove some officials who opposed the rectification of officialdom. The deterrent effect caused by this was obvious.

Bureaucrats have a flexible bottom line. If Liu Bian continues to be imprisoned by the party, a lot of people will inevitably resign. However, Liu Bian just found a suitable reason to selectively dismiss from office, and Yuan Wei, who is famous all over the world, endorsed him.

The most important thing is that it is just a dismissal from office, and no one even urges the dismissed people to return to their hometowns immediately. Most of the dismissed people are people who have close ties with the Yuan family.

Even many officials who were promoted because of filling vacancies privately appreciated Yuan Wei's noble character of righteously exterminating his family members and former officials.

But the feelings of those who were deposed were completely opposite. Zhijinwu and Luoyang County jointly arrested some people who came to abuse Yuan Kaihou's house, and nothing happened after that.

Since you can’t come to your door, let’s go to your own head office! As a result, these people gradually began to choose to discuss the scriptures at home, led by Yushi Zhongcheng Han Fu, and cursed the Yuan family at the same time.

With the development of the school affairs department, Liu Bian has gradually been able to see these contents, which is not bad as fun in his spare time.

Sanfu Farming is one of the only focuses of Liu Bian's current policy. This is probably because the officials of the imperial court began to have a sense of presence in the hearts of the people in the countryside besides collecting taxes. The number of people who are willing to go to Sanfu Farming is higher than expected. Out a lot.

There is no problem with resettlement, but Sanfu needs to reclaim more farmland.

This means that in the next year, the farmland output of the Sanfu Land in May this year is not enough, and the court's continued investment is needed.

Nowadays, the annual revenue of the treasury is much better than in previous years, but it still has to save money. There is still a gap of more than one billion yuan from the six billion yuan when Emperor Huan was at his peak.

Therefore, unless the farms in Jingyang and Yangzhou can achieve self-sufficiency, there will be a slight delay.

The effects of Liu Bian's governance in the past two years have gradually emerged.

The price of one stone of corn in Luoyang has dropped to about 150 yen. Although it is still not up to the standard of 100 yen stipulated by the imperial court, it is a considerable improvement compared to the 200 yen in previous years. In fact, since Emperor He, the price of food has almost never been lower than one hundred yuan.

The reduction in food prices is good news for people who lack acres of land, because in a small-scale peasant economy where men farm and women weave, they still have cloth as another source of family income, and the prices of cloth and silk are relatively stable.

Liu Bian, who felt that he had made some significant achievements, was very happy, and the tight string in his heart relaxed slightly.

Unknowingly, he wandered around the palace to the palace in the middle palace where he originally lived. He rarely came here since he moved to Yuntai Palace.

After leaving the palace, Liu Bian suddenly saw a figure: "Brother, my sister-in-law is cooking in person today, will brother come?"

(End of this chapter)