After returning from Monan, Huo Guang separated from his 700 hussars and asked the deputy captain Lin Yaoqing to take these hussars into the Nanda camp to rest.
As for Huo Guang himself, he was naturally planning to return to Chang'an City first.
I haven’t seen my little nephew for more than a month, and I still miss him a little!
"Will Shan'er call me Father Zhong? Ahem, it probably won't work, it's too young." Huo Guang was riding a big black horse, thinking randomly in his mind.
soon.
Huo Guang, riding a big black horse, arrived at the gate of Chang'an City.
As usual, he dismounted and prepared to lead Dahei into Chang'an City.
However.
Huo Guang did not expect that this time the officials and soldiers guarding the city surrounded him and stopped him.
Huo Guang was puzzled, why did these officers and soldiers stop him?
"What are you doing? Are the horses not allowed to enter the city, or do you want to collect money?" Huo Guang looked at these people in confusion.
The leading city gate official asked: "Are you Huo Guang, the Marquis of Bolu?"
"Ah, what's wrong?"
Hear the other person accurately report their name.
Huo Guang was even more curious.
Since they knew that he was Marquis Bolu, they must also know about his background.
The elder brother is the champion Hou Huo Qubing, who is currently serving as the hussar general Da Sima.
The uncle is Wei Qing, the Marquis of Changping, who is currently serving as General and Sima.
This background.
Except for the royal family members?
Huo Guang is in Chang'an City. Anyone who encounters him will not be polite!
But why does the city gate officer's attitude seem a bit harsh?
I'm not like that Li Guang, who didn't come back until it was late and the city gate was closed. It’s such an afternoon, there’s no reason why we shouldn’t go into the city!
While Huo Guang was thinking about these problems.
The city gate official clasped his fist slightly at Huo Guang, but said without any emotion: "I'm offended, Marquis Bolu. The court has sent word that if Marquis Bolu enters the city, he will be arrested immediately."
The words fell.
The city gate officer waved his hand, and the soldiers rushed forward and detained Huo Guang.
A sudden scene.
This can be regarded as confusing Huo Guang.
He went to Monan and released the Xiongnu chief Yu Yizhixie. After coming back, why did the city gate officer arrest him like a prisoner?
Could it be that His Majesty has changed his mind?
Don’t want to let Yi Zhixie go?
If you had told me earlier, I wouldn't have let you go!
Huo Guang was puzzled and was directly ordered by the city gate officer to imprison him in the imperial prison where he lived.
When Huo Guang was escorted into the prison cell, Huo Guang looked at the officials and shouted: "Hey, hey, why did you arrest me? What did I do?"
pity.
The jailers ignored Huo Guang's cries and imprisoned him in the cell before ruthlessly walking away.
Huo Guang looked at the imperial prison, sighed helplessly, and said to himself: "Okay, the second one has entered the palace."
In an empty cell.
Huo Guang's words echoed.
Before the reverberating sound could subside, the old man's soft hum suddenly came from the cell opposite Huo Guang, separated by a corridor.
"snort."
There are not many prisoners in the imperial prison.
Most of the prisoners were either executed or sent to places like the Yellow Gate Department to do dirty work.
So Huo Guang could clearly hear the old man's hum.
He raised his head and glanced at the old man opposite. He was surprised to find that the old man who made a soft hum was actually the head of the extremely high-ranking officials in the imperial court.
——Prime Minister Li Cai!
Why was the Prime Minister also imprisoned in this cell?
Huo Guang is very curious!
What happened at the court? He was arrested as soon as he came back, and even the prime minister was in the cell?
Could it be a coup?
After just thinking about this idea for a moment, Huo Guang rejected it in his mind.
coup?
hehe!
how can that be possible!
Among all the dynasties from ancient times to the present, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty can be said to be one of the best in his ability to rule and control the entire dynasty.
He was just old and couldn't move. He couldn't get up and down from the bed. He might die as soon as he closed his eyes.
But as long as there is still breath left!
As the crown prince, Prince Liu Zhi could not succeed in rebelling.
This is the control that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had over the Han Dynasty.
Thinking of this, Huo Guang began to murmur in his heart and said to himself: "If it is not a coup, then the only thing that can put the Prime Minister in jail is a political struggle."
"Uncle Wei Qing and brother Huo Qubing, they are two generals who don't seem to be in a political fight with Li Cai."
"It is probably the imperial censor, Zhang Gong, who impeached the prime minister."
"But why the hell did you include me? It's really weird!"
Huo Guang's face gradually turned ugly as he thought about this.
Is it possible that Zhang Tang, the imperial censor, even sued himself?
No reason!
Could it be that Prime Minister Li Cai was so unlucky that he deliberately pulled him down to support him?
If that's the case!
Could it be possible that he had some leverage into his hands?
But he has his own leverage. With his poor relationship with the Li family, the other party should have punished him long ago.
You can't wait until you're in trouble before trying to trick yourself!
I can't figure out why.
In the end, Huo Guang could only sigh and said: "That's all, the boat will naturally straighten out when it reaches the bridge. My brother and uncle should be able to catch me!"
Although the cells of Huo Guang and Prime Minister Li Cai were separated by a passage.
But the relationship between the two is not good.
So there was no conversation. It was dark and the night was long, but Huo Guang had no intention of sleeping. When sleep came the next day, the jailers came in to take him out.
same.
Also being taken out together is Prime Minister Li Cai.
Saw this scene.
Huo Guang was even more certain that he had been swept into the struggle between Zhang Tang, the imperial censor, and the prime minister.
After being taken out of the cell.
Huo Guang and Li Cai were both escorted to the Yulin Army by the jailers. After a handover, they were accepted by the palace ministers and sent to Weiyang Palace.
At this time, it was the outer court meeting.
The three princes and nine ministers were all in the palace. Huo Guang and the prime minister were pressed up, causing all the officials to look at them.
"The guilty minister Li Cai (the minister Huo Guang) pays homage to Your Majesty!"
At the same time, the two of them paid homage to the high-ranking Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was too lazy to look at Li Cai, and just asked Huo Guang: "Marquis Bo Lu, I ask you, Prime Minister Li Cai said that you used the public for private purposes and enclosed all the land outside Chang'an City for private use. Is it true?"
Using the public for personal gain?
All for private use?
It took me a long time because of this!
no.
Did Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, not know the key to this?
I had better ask him for my power, otherwise I wouldn't dare to enclose the land and build a house.
Think of this.
Huo Guang said calmly: "Your Majesty, you know me well. The reason why I enclosed the land is to build houses for the people of the Han Dynasty to live in."
"Two years ago, when I was still Yilang, Your Majesty asked me about the issue of people keeping warm in winter."
"This newly built house is part of my plan to keep out the cold."
"So I am enclosing the land to build houses for the benefit of the people of the Han Dynasty and to relieve His Majesty's worries. The money spent is all the money I got from buying real estate before I became an official."
"If you really want to say it, it's private for the public. How can you say that the public is for the private?"
After Huo Guang finished speaking, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che, who was sitting on the high throne, also nodded in a dignified manner.
At this time.
Champion Hou, who was also present at the court meeting, also stood up and said to Huo Guang: "Your Majesty, all the money my brother used was earned from restaurants and shops. I can all testify to this."
The Great General Sima also said: "Your Majesty, I can also testify."
The testimony of relatives is actually not very convincing.
But this time.
Da Nong Ling Sang Hongyang also stood up and said: "Your Majesty, in terms of money, Marquis Bolu did indeed get his own property, and everything he used and made was earned by himself. This is in line with the unidentified people found in the Prime Minister's Mansion. The origin of money is not the same thing.”
Officials of the Han Dynasty could buy real estate.
after all.
Cars, horses, servants, etc., as well as his large family, all depend on money and food to support them.
The higher the official position, the less money is available.
What's the use of just relying on the food distributed by the court?
Enough to eat? But he didn’t enjoy it enough!
After his uncle, elder brother, and big farmer ordered Sang Hongyang to speak for Huo Guang.
Later, Zhang Tang, the imperial censor, also said good things for Huo Guang. So, when the other officials of the Jiuqing Dynasty saw this attitude, they also started to say good things.
This is a completely different attitude from the last time Huo Guang was impeached by hundreds of officials before he was imprisoned.
Officials, maybe still the same group of officials.
But this time, they all turned to Huo Guang.
Nothing else.
Wei Huo gained power in the court, but Prime Minister Li Cai had too much time to take care of himself.
Of course, the Nine Lords are like grass on the wall, they will fall wherever the wind blows.
When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty saw that all the officials were pleading for Huo Guang, he immediately nodded and said, "I understand."
The words fell.
He looked at Prime Minister Li Cai again and asked: "Prime Minister Li, Marquis Bolu said that he was seeking public benefit for himself, what else do you have to say?"
Very strange.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not seem to care about the truth or falsehood of what Huo Guang said.
More like?
Just deal with it.
However, Prime Minister Li Cai said: "Your Majesty, what Bo Luhou said is just beautiful words. Anyone can say beautiful words."
"He said that the purpose of enclosing land and building houses was to help the Han people survive the winter and protect them from the cold."
"But the old minister has checked privately. Last winter, no one lived in the house he built on the enclosed land. How could it be used to keep out the cold?"
"Moreover, outside Chang'an City, he surrounded everything in the southeast, northwest and northwest. However, he only built one piece of land on which to build houses. The rest of the land was surrounded by open space and reserved for his own use!"
"This is not seeking public interests for personal gain, so what is public gain for private gain?"
When Huo Guang heard this, he raised his eyebrows, turned to look at Prime Minister Li Cai, and said, "Last winter, the house was not built yet, how could we move in? Prime Minister, please don't be too outrageous!"
After hearing Huo Guang's question, Li Cai said, "You are the one who is outrageous!"
"Your house is as tall as a mountain. You told me that it's not finished yet?"
"And it's all superficial. If you really want to benefit the people, why did you only build one place and not build houses in the rest of the enclosure?"
After hearing what the prime minister said, Huo Guang felt that it was exaggerated.
His enclosed houses were built with loess fired bricks and cement.
It is very different from the traditional earth-and-wood houses in the Han Dynasty.
Moreover, there are no machines in this era, so it is all done manually, which is naturally slower.
The buildings built by Huo Guang are only seven stories high, and some are as short as three or four stories. How can they be said to be towering?
Think of this.
Huo Guang frowned slightly and was too lazy to talk to Prime Minister Li Cai. He directly said to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty: "Your Majesty, there is a saying that hearing is false and seeing is believing."
“No matter how much you say, it’s better to take a look in person.”
"I wonder, Your Majesty, would you like to show your innocence?"
When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che heard this and went out to take a look, his expression immediately changed, and he seemed to show a hint of expectation.
Lived in the palace for a long time.
No matter how many women you have, you will still get tired of it.
then.
Under this situation, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che directly agreed to Huo Guang's request and said: "Okay, let's go out and have a look. I also want to know whether Marquis Bolu once told me about the benefits of new-style houses. , it still has its uses!”
After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che agreed to Huo Guang's request.
Hundreds of officials swarmed around, and the Yulin Army and the Huben Army cleared the way, escorted Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che, and went directly to the place where Huo Guang built a new style of house.
Enter the eyes.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty discovered that, as the prime minister said, there were many tall buildings.
It is much taller than all the buildings in Chang'an City.
But the statement that it reaches the sky is really an exaggeration.
What surprised Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty most was the style of the place. There were many houses, but it had its own garden area. At the same time, the road is also extremely clean, not dirt or masonry.
Emperor Wu of Han got off the carriage.
He stamped the road with his feet and found that the road was extremely hard and not easy to damage. He called Huo Guang on the spot and said, "Huo Guang, what did you use to build this road? How can it be better than my special Chi Road? "
Huo Guang said immediately: "Reporting to your Majesty, this road is made of waste slag from the Iron Works, mixed with cement, and mixed with some gravel and sand."
"Oh!" Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty didn't understand, but he still nodded as if he understood, and then continued to ask: "Then what is this house made of?"
Huo Guang immediately said: "As for the houses, most of them are made of cement and bricks that I spent a lot of money to bake."
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty then asked: "Cement again? What is this cement?"
Huo Guang replied: "Your Majesty, cement is the key to building this new type of house. I learned it by accident. Without cement, I would not dare to build the house so spacious."
"If your Majesty needs it."
"I can hand over the cement formula to you."
When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "Did you develop it again?"
"Ahem!"
"Marquis Bolu is truly a pillar of our great empire."
As they spoke, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and the officials continued to walk forward slowly until they stopped at a place with the words "Hengda Oasis" similar to a city gate tower.
In front of this area.
Thousands of people in ragged clothes were kneeling, respectfully welcoming the arrival of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Wait for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to arrive.
These people knelt down and worshiped on the ground, shouting in reverence: "We are waiting for the residents to pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor. Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!"
When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty saw these people, his expression changed, and he immediately asked Huo Guang: "Marquis Bolu, didn't you say that no one has moved in yet? What's going on with these people?"
Huo Guang said immediately: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Li said that no one is staying here. In fact, the first batch of people have moved in here this year."
“The reason why I can check in first.”
"It's because they are all the family members of the soldiers who died in our Han Dynasty army during the Battle of Mobei." (End of Chapter)
