I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 221 One Day After Drinking

Liu Bian slept very comfortably after returning to his cage.

He didn't get up until three o'clock in the morning and said goodbye to Tang Wan.

Because of this, Liu Bian arrived at Yuntai Hall to handle government affairs a little later than usual... right?

Anyway, when he arrived at Yuntai Hall, his desk had accumulated a large pile of documents according to the previous progress, most of which were written on bamboo paper.

The yellowish bamboo paper becomes increasingly white against the small amount of Zuo Bo paper.

This also reminded Liu Bian of one of the things he had to do today.

He asked Guo Sheng to call a small yellow doorman and said: "I saw that Mr. Xun, the servant, drank a lot of wine yesterday. I went to ask Mr. Xun if he asked for leave today. If not, I will invite Mr. Xun..."

With the promotion of bamboo paper, many counties in Yizhou, Jingzhou, and Yangzhou have set up papermaking workshops based on bamboo forests. Among them are government-run ones set up by Bi Lan, and private ones that have bought various exclusive rights. These workshops are characterized by their proximity to the north.

If it can be set up in the northern counties of the three states, it will not go south.

After the local officialdom was rectified once, it could barely be said that there were prerequisites for collecting the tax by converting it into objects.

While waiting for Xun Shuang, Liu Bian began to correct the memorial documents.

Later, Liu Bian chose a trick, except Cao Song as the servant, and all the leaders lost their orders.

The first letter expressed the impeachment of Cao Song. The Junsu Ling that Cao Song was currently serving disappeared after Guangwu, and now it was revealed by Liu Bian.

Because of its location advantage and the support of the Yuan family, Runan County was one of the dozen or so counties that were set to implement the equalization order first.

The development of the south can already proceed slowly.

Jiaozhou further south is also rich in good bamboo, but few people go there.

During the reign of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, Jia Yi was demoted to the position of Prince Taifu of Changsha. Due to the climate in Changsha and the depression of being demoted, he felt that his life was not long, so he wrote "Ode to Song Bird".

The memorial comes from Xu Yuan (qiú), the governor of Runan. Liu Bian had seen his resume and was quite impressed by him.

In the past year, except for the permanent crown prince, all the other officials in the East Palace have been arranged. It is time for Cao Song's original crown prince to step down.

Cao Song was originally Yuan Pang's Shangguan when he was Sikong. Later, he became the prince and led Gengling. Although he became Qianshi, the meaning was different. It is reasonable for the equalization order to be placed under the leadership of Da Sinong, because the equalization order itself must be coordinated with the leveling order responsible for stabilizing prices.

It originally belonged to Da Sinong and cost six hundred stones.

Xu Qiu himself was an official with very honorable qualifications. When he served as the governor of Jingzhou before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he impeached the governors of six counties and their subordinate county magistrates in one go, including Zhang Zhong, the nephew of Empress Dowager Dong. All acts of corruption had real evidence, and they were all punished in the end.

Nowadays, with climate change, the humidity hot spots in the south continue to move southward. Going to Changsha and other places will not make people feel that their lives are not near. Jiaozhou has taken over this title, but people's stereotypes of the south are not so easy to change.

There is currently a lack of development of the south due to the population that migrated south due to the war. Considering the overall situation in the south, roads, water conservancy, land development... To put it nicely, there is a lot of room for progress, a lot of potential, and a very promising future.

You know, there are only seven counties in Jingzhou...

Later, Xu Xuan assisted Zhu Jun in pacifying the Yellow Turbans in Nanyang County and made many military exploits.

It stands to reason that such a talented person should have appeared in front of Liu Bian long ago. Therefore, Xu Qiu's official career predictably had an accident. Still a classic recipe - eunuch.

Only this time another drug introduction was added - Empress Dowager Dong's nephew Zhang Zhong.

Xu Qiu was relieved of his duties and returned home because of his military merits. However, the Emperor Xian at that time was not deceived for long. Xu Qiu was quickly requisitioned and moved to serve as the city prime minister and the prefect of Runan.

To be honest, when Liu Bian was looking at Xu Yuan's resume up to this point, he reasonably suspected that Emperor Xian had listened to the eunuchs and Zhang Chao's slander, not even to suppress Xu Yuan, but just to save the rewards of military merit.

Historically, Xu Qiu, who was transferred to the post of Prime Minister of the East China Sea, went to Xu County to serve as a guard under Emperor Xian's order, but was kidnapped by Yuan Shu on the way. Later, when Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, he swore to die and refused to serve Yuan Shu. After Yuan Shu's death, he returned it to Emperor Xian with the imperial seal and the seal and ribbon of Donghai Xiang, the prefect of Runan.

Xu Qiu wrote a letter of impeachment not because he thought that the law would benefit the people, but because he believed that Cao Song would attract businessmen to become officials, which would definitely lead to corruption.

In addition, he believed that businessmen had a low status, and using businessmen as officials would have a negative impact on the people and corrupt the social atmosphere.

What Xu Xuan said was unreasonable, but Liu Bian couldn't accept it.

He thought for a while, decided to talk to Xu Qiu, and replied - the current Han Dynasty Code of Laws has been compiled and is about to be sent to prefectures, counties, and counties. The penalties for corruption have been customized.

Liu Bian was not afraid that the businessmen who served as junsu officials would take the opportunity to commit corruption. Most of the people chosen by Cao Song to be junsu officials were wealthy businessmen with good wealth.

Facing these wealthy businessmen, Liu Bian can say without hesitation that the treasury has been empty for more than a year or two. He very much hopes that these wealthy businessmen can warm his heart.

Even if Liu Bian's heart is dark enough, all he needs to do to convict a wealthy businessman is to find some reasonable excuse. But who makes him a benevolent king!

In this regard, ordinary people cannot imitate them even if they want to. As for the social atmosphere... this is not the first time that the saying "morality is corrupted and people's hearts are not old" has appeared. The corruption has not happened in a day or two, it is not bad.

But Xu Qiu didn't say anything about competing for profits with the people, but Zhou Xin, the governor of Guiyang County, wrote a letter.

Guiyang County is located in Jingnan. In addition to local specialties, there is also an iron mine in Leiyang County, which is also within the scope of the first implementation of the equalization method.

Liu Bian remembered that Zhou Xin had studied under Chen Fan. Regarding his memorial, Liu Bian only drew a circle and planned to ask Jia Xu to check whether there was any reason behind the memorial that could warm his heart.

After that, Liu Bian read three more memorials from two thousand stones from the local area. The content of them was similar. They were all praising virtues and expressing his excellent character of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism.

Yesterday, Liu Bian received five such memorials.

In response, Liu Bian responded one by one.

There was only one memorial that made him pause for a moment. The source of the memorial was Ma Teng, the prefect of Jincheng. Liu Bian decided to ask Ma Chao and others about their performance in the Third Department and Taixue before making a reply.

At this point, the memorial from Erqianshi came to an end for the time being.

Immediately following the next memorial, Liu Bian saw the petition from Mi Zhu and Zhen Yan.

Goju County in Beidi County once had a mine for mining iron ore in the early years, but it was abandoned in recent years due to the Qiang rebellion. The two hope they can continue mining.

Liu Bian had no reason not to allow it.

Even if the county is now allowed to mine iron ore on its own, strictly speaking, the mountains, forests and rivers are still the property of the emperor. Even if not, now that Liu Bian is carrying the power of victory and his edict has arrived, who in Beidi County dares to object?

(End of this chapter)