Liu Bei was not satisfied with the fact that less than half of the censors had been complained.
To be precise, he was dissatisfied.
So he expressed his dissatisfaction with the young censors at the censorship station.
"What is your mission? It is to supervise the local governors, let them do things, and discover their mistakes and even crimes. It is natural for them to feel unhappy, and it is natural for them to complain and retaliate!
I have served as a local governor, and I deeply understand what it means to have policies from above and countermeasures from below. Even my close subordinates and officials who are my disciples will not be able to move from the county to the county and then to the county. Only if all the collective farms are my people can we do things honestly.
Otherwise, those local officials will definitely try their best to take advantage of others and line their own pockets, which will make the government policymakers neither human nor ghost. From top to bottom, only they will benefit, and everyone else will be the loser!
That’s why I need you, and that’s why I need you to visit every inch of the country! You are the whips of the imperial court, meant to beat them. Can they be satisfied with you? How many good things can I say to you?
Now, more than half of the people have not received any complaints! This is not normal! I have reason to suspect that your Yushitai is not doing its job properly! Otherwise, how come there are more than 400 people who have not been complained? I know the methods of those local bastards much better than you! "
Liu Bei glared and scolded the officials of all sizes up and down the Yushitai, and said angrily: "Don't want the performance bounty from the Yushitai this month! Reflect on them all, why more than half of them have not been complained! "
After a moment of surprise, their inner emotions became more complicated.
Liu Bei didn't say much. He took out all the letters of complaint and relationship-building and told them which officials were behind this, which dignitaries in the court were involved, and who was behind it.
Then he put these letters in the Yushitai compound and burned them on fire.
The blazing firelight was reflected in everyone's pupils.
By the fire, Liu Bei delivered a speech again.
"I am your backer, I support you, what are you afraid of? Those people have backers, they are so and so in the court, but you don't have backers? Your backers are the generals of the Han Dynasty! They are the chief auxiliary ministers! It's me Liu Bei! I have a list of all of you! I know you!
Say what you need to say, scold when you need to scold, and arrest when you need to! Don't look forward and backward! If anyone wants to harm you, come to me! If you are in danger, the cavalry I send will protect you. If you are killed, I will take care of your wife and parents. If you bastard who killed you, I will kill his three tribes! This is Liu Bei's promise to you! "
Liu Bei's reputation for making promises and being trustworthy is well known to everyone, and no one will doubt it. Now that he has said this, the censors at the Yushitai have nothing to say.
Just do it!
Are you still a young man if you are not arrogant?
If I can’t complain by the end of the year, I lose!
Seeing the young subordinates being beaten with chicken blood one by one, the censor doctor Ma Rixi had a bitter smile on his face.
"Xuande, if you say this, don't you want this Yushitai to be blamed to death by your colleagues in the future? This is not only the case at the local level, but also in the imperial court. I'm not saying that what you did is wrong, but...
None of these young people regard Shangguan as superior, and they have the same attitude towards some senior officials. If you act like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to continue my career as a royal censor in the future.
Seeing Ma Rixi's depressed look, Liu Bei smiled.
"Mr. Ma, you, like me, are also the head of the Wenyue family. Who dares to harm you? If not, how could I recommend you to be the imperial censor? Don't worry, if there is anything you can't stand, just recommend it. Come to my head and let them come to me.”
Liu Bei is a man who is willing to take on the troubles for his subordinates. When something happens, he does it. If his subordinates offend others in order to carry out his orders, it is time to step forward. He really steps up and never shirks the blame.
Ma Rixi heard that Liu Bei had killed the three eunuchs before. Not only were the three eunuchs doing things under the slave restriction order, but some of Liu Bei's people in key places were offended in order to stop them from doing things. These three guys, so these three guys used their personal power to murder Liu Bei's subordinates who had offended the three of them.
So Liu Bei, who realized it later, went crazy, stood up for his subordinates who were murdered, and wiped out the power of the three eunuchs at lightning speed.
The three eunuchs were also dead.
From then on, the eunuch group was gone. They didn't dare to go against Liu Bei at all. They just stayed in seclusion and swallowed their anger. Liu Bei's subordinates became more and more powerful.
Because Liu Bei really dared to stand up for his subordinates, and he was really honest when it came to matters, he was unambiguous at all, and he was very moral, so the people under him were really willing and dared to do things for him.
Ma Rixi also knew this.
It is precisely because of this that Ma Rixi was willing to take over the position of imperial censor at the cusp of the storm. He ran the censorship despite the resentment of the whole court and even the whole world. He endured the oppression of all forces for more than half a year and was stunned. I didn't relax at all.
He has no real intention to give up this position. Firstly, his interests and Liu Bei are deeply bound. The entire Ma family needs the protection Liu Bei provides them. Secondly, he also really trusts him. I admire Liu Bei's political style very much.
He believed that if he worked for Liu Bei and took the blame, Liu Bei would protect him and have the ability to protect him and prevent him from getting into trouble, so he said that in other words, out of habit, he felt that Liu Bei should be more restrained and not do things too much. Too absolute.
Liu Bei's attitude was still tough.
"I was forbearing when I was not in power, and I am still tolerant now that I am in power. Then am I not a general in vain? What it should be, it is what it is. At this critical moment, we must let the world see the Ancient Literature School Different from the Modern Literature School, only in this way can we consolidate the foundation of the Ancient Literature School!"
"In this way, our school of ancient literature can gain a firm foothold and completely replace the school of modern literature. Otherwise, we will have to wait to be replaced by the next school of ancient literature!"
"How come so many people can't understand my hard work? I'm obviously doing it for everyone's good, so that everyone can sit in power and enjoy the glory and wealth!"
"Hmph! Those who can't understand and understand are not my comrades! If they don't cooperate with me to enjoy the glory and wealth together! They may even become my enemies and be targeted by me!"
"That's what I said!"
Liu Bei made his decision extremely domineeringly, which left Ma Rixi helpless. He knew where Liu Bei's confidence came from and where everyone's fear came from.
There is no way, there is really no way.
Facing this unprecedented military strongman, they really didn't know how to deal with it. They could only retreat step by step without realizing it, and were shocked to find that they were already standing on the edge of a cliff.
What should I do?
no one knows.
Everyone only knows that they need to move forward under Liu Bei's promotion, whether he wants to torment Bingzhou or the Central Plains.
The three years of Jian'an were spent in turmoil without any danger.
Many people died, and many people survived because of these dead people. No one knew what the situation would be like in the fourth year of Jian'an, but they guessed that many people would die in this year.
Liu Bei doesn't know yet whether so many people will die, because he is celebrating the New Year.
During this annual holiday, Liu Bei fulfilled his promise and took a large group of children of his subordinates to enjoy the snow, barbecue, and hot pot outside Luoyang City and had a great time.
(End of chapter)
