Without any means of transportation, Gao Fang walked slowly on the ancient streets of Shangdang. The moonlight fell quietly on his back, and the shadow reflected on the earth and stone ground looked a little solemn.
With his shrewdness, he was certainly able to detect the strangeness of the storm during the day. Although there was no conclusive evidence, he immediately targeted Wang Shouen with suspicion. You can think of it yourself, so with His Highness's wisdom, coupled with Guo, Xiang and other talented people, it is naturally impossible not to notice...
Thinking about the kind words he said specifically for Wang Shouen in front of Liu Chengyou that day, Gao Fang's mind was particularly troubled now. He was disgusted with Wang Shouen's greedy nature from the bottom of his heart.
While pondering, he raised his eyes to the Jiedu Mansion Office and looked at the heavily guarded Gaomen. Gao Fang straightened his clothes and came to see him.
"Your Highness!"
Liu Chengyou met Gao Fang in the study, with a calm expression on his face, he motioned for him to excuse himself, led him to sit down, and said to him in a gentle tone: "If Judge Gao hadn't calmed down the people during the day, I'm afraid the situation would have escalated and there would have been a bigger commotion." , then it will be out of control."
From Liu Chengyou's words, it was impossible to tell his attitude. Gao Fang just shook his head gently twice and said with emotion: "I'm just doing my duty. Others gathered in crowds to force me to invite you. Your Highness is magnanimous and magnanimous, and he handles it calmly. That’s admirable.”
Waving his hands calmly, Liu Chengyou looked at Gao Fang calmly and asked slowly: "Do you think I should accept their request?"
Hearing this, Gao Fang gave an affirmative answer without hesitation: "It must not be allowed! Your Highness led the royal army to restore Luzhou and protect the people under the rule from the endless exploitation and plunder of the barbarians. This is a great grace from heaven." . The head of Guizhou is ignorant, greedy and insatiable, is deceived by others without realizing it, and makes unreasonable requests. Your Highness only needs to be kind and appease them, and there is really no need to pay attention to their requests..."
After hearing Gao Fang's statement, Liu Chengyou immediately grasped the "key point": "Bewitched by others? Who do you think is instigating those fools?"
Liu Chengyou's words were light and airy. Gao Fang heard it, but lowered his head subconsciously. After thinking for a moment, he sighed: "Who can return such an arrogant and wanton act of ignorance? With His Highness's wisdom, I'm afraid he already knows it in his heart..."
Liu Chengyou didn't answer his words for a while, raised his glass and took a sip of tea, and then said to Gao Fang in a reporting tone: "I summoned Judge Gao here to tell you a piece of unfortunate news. Just now, the palace came to report, Inspector Wang suddenly contracted malaria, and he died of the illness before he could seek medical treatment."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Fang suddenly raised his head and looked at Liu Chengyou in shock. Under his calm gaze, the shock on his face gradually disappeared, and there was some bitterness in the corner of his mouth. Gao Fang responded in a low voice: "That's really a pity..."
"The sky is unpredictable, and people are prone to misfortunes and blessings." Liu Chengyou continued with emotion: "After all, Wang Xunjian was a hero of righteousness. He died halfway before seeing the Khitans fleeing north. On the day when the Central Plains was settled, it was really shocking. People sigh with regret and regret!"
While talking, Liu Chengyou kept looking at Gao Fang.
When Gao Fang saw Liu Chengyou's expression of emotion and lamentation, his heart became more complicated, and his understanding of the young man in front of him deepened.
"Although Wang Xunjian unfortunately died of illness, we must pay attention to his funeral. After the leaves have fallen to his roots, I would like to send a high judge to escort Wang Xunjian's coffin back to his hometown and hand it over to his family for burial." Liu Chengyou ordered again.
Gao Fang agreed simply: "I am willing to do my little bit."
"Very good!" Liu Chengyou nodded.
At the end of the day, he said leisurely: "By the way, I think there will be no more turmoil and calmness like today in front of the government office tomorrow..."
...
The next day, the news of Wang Shouen's "sudden death" spread quickly throughout the city, and then, it really didn't cause any waves.
Wang Shou'en had only been in office for a short period of time, and he had not taken any measures to be kind to the people. Instead, he had spread his reputation as greedy for money and profit. Apart from his prominent family background, he had nothing worthy of praise.
If a high-defense person dies suddenly, it may still arouse the grief and remembrance of others. Wang Shouen, to be honest, if he had been an official in Luzhou for a longer time, maybe his death would have aroused widespread applause among the people.
When Liu Chengyou first joined the party, he tolerated Wang Shou'en's arrogance and concealed his murderous intentions. Apart from Gao Fang's persuasion that night, he really only took his status as a "hero of righteousness" into account. In order to avoid some negative influences and trouble.
Everyone was well aware of the matter of Khitan's money collection, and there was a tacit agreement between officials and people not to mention it when the prefectures and counties were restored. However, Wang Shouen insisted on causing trouble because of his inexplicable resentment. This completely angered Liu Chengyou, and he chose to eliminate this cancer completely without hesitation!
Of course, Wang Shouen's death did not have no impact at all. At least in Shangdang Prison, there were many people who were worried and anxious all day long.
No one continued to agitate, and indeed no one dared to take the risk and go to the government office to ask Liu Chengyou for "money." However, the turmoil in this matter was caused after all, and to eliminate it, some measures to appease people's hearts are still needed.
When Liu Chengyou was thinking of a way, the messenger from Jinyang sent him a timely rain, which relieved his worries.
In Jiedu Mansion, Liu Chengyou led the civil and military officials to listen respectfully to the imperial edict. Liu Zhiyuan's edict was probably written by Su Yugui. The writing was inspired by nature and the diction was excellent. It used allusions and parallel sentences. Liu Chengyou was confused when he heard it, let alone the illiterate generals such as Zhang Yanwei. After becoming the emperor, everything is indeed different...
After hearing the edict, although it was sour and difficult to understand, Liu Chengyou could still understand the main idea. The results of Liu Chengyou's expedition south were summarized, and there was a word of encouragement, and then words of appreciation.
Liu Zhiyuan agreed to all the official appointments and removals that Liu Chengyou had submitted before, such as Wang Shouen, Gao Fang, Li Wanchao...
What caught Liu Chengyou's eye all of a sudden was another edict: In Hedong Province, except for the previous taxes, all variegated taxes and allotments will be released. This edict is enough to appease the people, although it only exempts those "exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes" other than regular taxes...
The envoy from Jinyang is a young man, a few years older than Liu Chengyou. He is not handsome in appearance, but has an excellent temperament and a very graceful appearance.
I am quite familiar with Liu Chengyou. He is his cousin named Li Shaoyou. He is the son of Liu Chengyou's uncle Li Hongxin. He is a young man with literary talents, learned but not rigorous, knowledgeable but not refined, but his mind is very flexible. After working as a prodigal for a period of time, he was later captured by Li Hongxin and trained in the army for two years. After all, he failed to show his talent as a military general, so he transferred to the army and became a political official. Before that, he became the chief clerk of Hedong Jiedu Yanmu, and he has been there until now.
"Erlang, you are really a blockbuster when you lead the army in the southern expedition!" He was led into the second hall to talk alone. As soon as he sat down, Li Shaoyou smiled and said to Liu Chengyou.
"The battle was fought by his soldiers, so what's the point?" Liu Chengyou replied flatly, still holding the edict and studying it.
Apparently he had long been accustomed to Liu Chengyou's temper and did not care about his "coldness". Li Shaoyou continued: "You don't know, those arrogant and powerful generals in Jinyang are quite critical of your leadership, especially Shi Hongzhao." Those people just captured Daizhou and killed Wang Hui, just like the famous generals in the world. When the news of your victory came to Jinyang, you can't imagine how wonderful their expressions were..."
