I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 290 Miniature
Xu Shao rushed home to celebrate the New Year. During this period, Liu Bian's life was not all smooth sailing.

Chen Gong probably came to his senses after meeting Liu Bian, and wrote a memorial expressing his conservative political views before packing up and heading to Xingyang.

Liu Bian has read many memorials of this type, and the main arguments are familiar to Liu Bian - nothing more than the great principles left by some saints, and then interpreted by modern people from generation to generation... As for whether there will be any problems in the process? When ambiguity arises, the answer is naturally no surprise.

The main purpose of Chen Gong's memorial is that the first thing to govern a country is to educate the people. Once the people are educated and understand etiquette, all problems can be easily solved.

As for how to solve it, the sage did not say, but it can definitely be solved.

Anyway, that was how it was under the ancient sage kings.

Of course, Chen Gong was not all lying. Specific measures such as strict administration of officials, light corvee and low taxes, cessation of troops from war, and rest with the people were all presented in his memorial.

In Chen Gong's theoretical system, these measures all serve the ultimate goal of educating the people.

Chen Gong's views are extremely representative, and are also an important direction for the development of Confucianism today.

Liu Bian didn't care whether Chen Gong's theory was perfect or not, as long as he could manage the place well and make the people live and work in peace and contentment.

Compared with Chen Gong, Zong Cheng, who was worshiped by Liu Bian as a regular visitor, after sending Liu Bian a memorial letter that had similar views to Chen Gong but was more pragmatic as usual, he also wrote a sincere letter to Liu Bian. memorial book.

The memorial describes what a moral role model and righteous mind He Yong, who was also a famous scholar in Nanyang, was. Liu Bian believed that Liu Bian's driving He Yong to Youfufeng to farm land was overqualified and the country suffered a loss of talented people.

Zong Cheng hoped that Liu Bian could pardon He Yong.

Speaking of which, ever since Liu Bian really sent eunuchs to send He Yong, Zheng Tai and others to farmland, there have been not many people talking about He Yong, and even fewer people like Zong Cheng have written letters specifically for He Yong.

Liu Bian was very moved when he saw it, and then wrote "no" in the memorial.

Zong Cheng did not resign because of this, at least the emperor approved it, and he did not get angry and punish him because of this memorial. Compared with the late emperor, what else could he ask for?

As for the news that Xu Shao was preparing to return to his hometown, which reached Liu Bian's ears during this period, Liu Bian just said "oh" and put the matter behind him. Xu Shao, a scholar who refused his conquest, was not the first, and he was certainly not the last. Liu Bian always respected the subjective wishes of the scholars. If he said he wanted something, he would do it, and if he said no, he would not.

What is different from this news is that Liu Bian once paid attention to Li Ru and wanted to check it out, but the result has been placed in front of Liu Bian.

Do not check, I don’t know, I’m scared.

Good guy, Liu Bian called him a good guy.

He only knew that Li Ru hugged Dong Zhong's not-so-thick thigh, but he never thought that before that, he had already been involved with Dong Zhuo and Gaowang, the little Huangmen in his palace.

Is this still available?

Liu Bian immediately suspected whether Dong Zhuo was colluding with the eunuchs through Li Ru... If he dared to collude with the eunuchs now, he would not dare to think about what he would dare to do in the future!
Once suspicion arises, a crime is established.

Liu Bian had unknowingly had murderous intent in his heart.

"Your Majesty, although there is no conclusive evidence at the moment, Li Ru did contact Gao Wang through Gao Wang's son Gao Yan before the Taixue discussion. It is very likely that Gao Wang informed him." Zhang Rang was full of loyalty. and disdain for high expectations.

He requested: "As long as His Majesty gives the order, I will be able to find out the truth from Gao Wang's mouth!"

Liu Bian was wary of Dong Zhuo, while Zhang Rang was focused on Gao Wang.

After hearing Zhang Rang's words and seeing his eager expression, Liu Bian thought more. Liu Bian was well aware of the sieve-like palace.

It is difficult to prevent the palace from being renovated. After all, the palace is never an island. People in the palace are not independent individuals, they also have family members. The Han people value family ties and it is unreasonable to cut off contact across the board. Moreover, if things go wrong and a family man is desperate, Liu Bian will be in trouble.

Moreover, completely isolating the inside and outside is definitely not a good thing for Liu Bian.

Therefore, even though he had the powerful tool of connection in the Eastern Han Dynasty version of the nursing home for maids, Liu Bian still deliberately allowed some information to circulate.

When necessary, the palace can also release some news that Liu Bian wants people to know.

Since there is a loophole, Liu Bian can use it, and others can also use it.

The first prosecutor in Qu Mu's corruption case last time was Gao Wang. On the surface, Liu Bian did not let Gao Wang benefit from this private prosecution.

However, walls have ears. Zhang Rang, who always spoke for his colleagues openly or covertly in the past, today did not hesitate to criticize Gao Wang. This made Liu Bian suddenly couldn't help but wonder whether he knew about this and took this opportunity to attack him. revenge.

At the same time, Liu Bian also realized that even if Dong Zhuo was connected with Li Ru and Gao Wang, how could he have the capital to let these two people die for him?

Thinking of this, Liu Bian looked at Zhang Rang again and rejected Zhang Rang's proposal. He only thought in his heart that it seemed feasible to use Gao Wang to monitor Li Ru and Dong Zhuo.

Zhang Rang didn't seem disappointed with Liu Bian's answer.

Therefore, after Zhang Rang left, Liu Bian suddenly thought that although Zhang Rang had always been arrogant and domineering, he had always been cautious in front of the late emperor and him. Today, he suddenly criticized Gao Wang and made it so obvious - could he be? On purpose?

The more Liu Bian thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

Since Zhang Rang knew about Gao Wang, it was not difficult to understand Liu Bian's intention of not wanting the eunuchs in the palace to be monolithic. That's why he deliberately did this in front of Liu Bian, to distance himself from Gao Wang and even establish a hostile relationship, and to show his attitude and loyalty to Liu Bian.

And there is no risk - because in this incident, if Dong Zhuo and Li Ru were replaced by two other people, Liu Bian would not be murderous for no reason.

Even if Liu Bian hands Gao Wang over to Zhang Rang for punishment, Zhang Rang will take advantage of the situation and will definitely not lose money.

"This old fox!" Liu Bian complained in a low voice.

Later that day, Liu Bian heard that Zhang Rang had severely scolded Gao Wang, which confirmed his suspicion.

These are the epitome of the talents Liu Bian gathered who performed well in the Taixue debate.

When the chief planners from various counties gathered in Luoyang, Liu Bian finally announced the new equalization method that was "influenced" by the Taixue Discuss.

To put it simply, it is Li Ru's pertinent view in the Taixue debate.

There is only one more thing added, which is to reset the Pingzhen Order under Da Si Nong to record and coordinate the prices in Luoyang and other places. The Jianshu Order requires his subordinates to cooperate with the Pingzhen Order to stabilize prices.

This makes Junshu Official exist more as an official office that benefits the people rather than making a profit.

The new Pingzhen Order was none other than Li Ru, a former doctor of Taixue.

(End of this chapter)