On February 28th, Liu Chengyou went to the Political Affairs Hall in person to inquire about political affairs. By the way, he and Su Fengji tasted the craftsmanship of his private chef. The taste was indeed very good.
"If the official likes it, I can send someone to serve meals every day, or send the kitchen to the palace..." Seeing Liu Chengyou's "satisfied" reaction, Su Fengji had a flattering smile on his face and said respectfully said to him.
Glancing at Su Fengji and seeing the flattering look on his eyebrows, Liu Chengyou's face trembled slightly, he paused, and then he said calmly: "Since I am the private chef of Su Qing's house, how can I win someone's love?"
"Everything I have is due to the grace of the late emperor and the officials. How can I begrudge a cook?" Su Fengji seemed very generous.
Seeing his reaction, Liu Chengyou was a little curious. In Liu Chengyou's eyes, Su Fengji in the past had various shortcomings, but he still had some insight and could accomplish something. But recently, it seems that apart from using it to fight against Yang Bin, it has no other use. On the contrary, Liu Chengyou is becoming more and more disgusted with his corruption and extravagance.
"See your Majesty." Yang Fan appeared in the hall with a cold face, glanced indifferently at Su Fengji who was waiting aside, saluted Liu Chengyou, and interrupted his thoughts.
After examining Yang Yan for a moment, Liu Chengyou raised his hand: "Yang Qing, no courtesy."
Noticing the official document in his hand, he asked directly: "What do you want, sir?"
Yang Bin calmly presented the official document and reported: "Your Majesty, in accordance with the previous edict, the governors, regiments, and defenses of various states are recruiting refugees and bandits within their jurisdiction. According to the report, the total number of people in Central Plains and Hebei Province is known to be taken into custody. Approximately 37,600 households, totaling more than 210,000 people, will be resettled..."
"So many people?" Liu Chengyou was slightly surprised.
In the previous period, an edict was issued, and all thieves in the world were to come down to surrender before the first day of the third month. Their sins would be pardoned, their land would be released, and their homes would be restored. Under this edict, the effect is naturally there. After all, the Han Dynasty as a whole is still developing slowly towards stability. Ordinary people, unless they have no choice, no one would be willing to be a bandit or a thief. Being a thief is also a technical job. You have to rob and evade the pursuit of the government. In comparison, it is more stable to return to your hometown and live a life of farming.
Liu Chengyou expected that it would be effective, but he did not expect that the results were much better than he expected. Don't underestimate the number of these 210,000 people. After decades of war, the entire Central Plains has not much population left.
The most important thing is that Liu Chengyou really has no confidence in the execution ability of the local governors and generals under the rule of the Han Dynasty. All he wanted was to bring the place under control as soon as possible, resume production, and recruit as many people as he could.
"Your Majesty has limited the date for the bandits to come down to the mountains and return to their homeland. The stupid people of that generation, even if they are unruly and unruly and disobedient to the king, are still afraid of the government's purge." Yang Bing seemed very natural, and his natural tone revealed contempt for the people. .
Seeing this, Liu Chengyou frowned slightly and sighed in his heart. Yang Bin's attitude towards the common people of Li simply regarded them as pigs and dogs. With this attitude, he used it as his prime minister to govern the country. It's no wonder that the great man can last for a long time.
"In the process of recruiting bandits and returning them to justice, several states and counties dealt with them well and made appropriate arrangements." Yang Bin continued, seeming to be hinting at something to Liu Chengyou.
Liu Chengyou obviously felt what he meant. He looked at Yang Bin for a while and said slowly: "Since he is a meritorious person, he should be rewarded according to the circumstances. Yang Qing can handle the affairs of the officials and ministries by himself."
"I obey!" Yang Bin bowed his hand.
At this time, Su Fengji intervened and said to Liu Chengyou a little excitedly: "Your Majesty, those thieves who are still hiding in the mountains and forests and refuse to return must be determined not to govern the people for the Han Dynasty. For these stubborn and unwilling people You disciples of the spirit must no longer be so merciful, the imperial court is now ordering the state governments to make preparations to suppress the bandits, eliminate all the bandits who are causing trouble in the local villages, and restore peace to the world!"
Seeing Su Fengji's murderous look, Liu Chengyou knew that this man was murderous again.
"For bandits, I naturally cannot tolerate them disturbing the place and affecting the national policy of the Han Dynasty to rest and recuperate!" Liu Chengyou clasped his hands behind his back, walked a few steps, raised his finger and ordered: "Bring down the control, all states in the world will control, observe, and Regiment training, defense, and governorship, clean up the bandits in their respective jurisdictions, in order to eliminate banditry!"
"In addition, tell the local government to use both suppression and suppression, with the emphasis on suppression and suppression, and less killing!" Finally, Liu Chengyou gave another serious warning.
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On the first day of the third lunar month, the emperor paid no attention to the court and held the funeral of Emperor Gaozu in Zi Palace. After stabilizing the situation and securing the throne, Liu Chengyou began to follow the rules.
On that day, 871 selected generals and soldiers of the Shu army who had won the victory at Jifeng Mountain were taken to Tokyo to present the victory report to the palace gate. Liu Chengyou went up to the tower to accept the sacrifice, and ordered to release all the Shu soldiers, give them clothes, and set up a powerful military commander to control them.
In the Chui Gong Hall, irrelevant people were kept away from each other. Li Shaoyou lowered his head and lowered his hands, waiting quietly below, waiting for Liu Chengyou's reaction.
Liu Chengyou sat behind the imperial court, holding the report submitted by Li Shaoyou in his hand. Write a letter to Wude Division to find out some information in the past few days since its establishment.
These are all things that happened recently.
For example, when there was a vacancy for the governor of Ruzhou, Su Fengji found a target and wanted to sell him forcibly, asking for 5,000 yuan.
After going to court, Yang Bin and Su Fengji had a dispute at the palace gate over the order of leaving the palace.
Prime Minister Dou Zhengu hosted a banquet at home to entertain friends.
The servant of Su Yugui, the prime minister, was selling goods for him. He broke the contract and swallowed the goods of the merchants. The merchants reported it and Su Yugui ordered the Kaifeng magistrate to suppress him.
Shi Hongzhao had a close confidant, Xie Hui, who was committing lawlessness and causing crimes among the people. He led his subordinates to take him to the Guards Prison and torture him.
Yang Tingwei, Yang Tingwei's second son, was found guilty of promiscuous behavior with the wife of an officer under his command. Yang Tingwei relied on his father's power to seize wives and exile officers.
In short, basically nothing good.
With a "pop" sound, Liu Chengyou put down the report in his hand heavily.
The atmosphere in the hall became obviously tense. After a long silence, Liu Chengyou said calmly: "There is still a lot of news."
"These are my ministers! These have only been discovered recently. Those who have never been discovered by others can be imagined how dirty they are!" Liu Chengyou vented.
"Continue to spy on me! No matter how big or small it is, report it all!"
Feeling Liu Chengyou's anger, Li Shaoyou buried his head and responded in a deep voice: "Yes!"
"Officials..." When Liu Chengyou's anger calmed down a little, Li Shaoyou called out in a low voice, with some hesitation: "There is one more thing, I don't know whether to talk about it or not!"
"Since you have already spoken, why do you need to make this gesture?" Liu Chengyou glanced at him: "Speak!"
"It's about the emperor's uncle Liu Xin..." Li Shaoyao carefully paid attention to Liu Chengyou's reaction.
Sure enough, a dark color seemed to flash in Liu Chengyou's eyes, and his eyes narrowed slightly: "What's the matter?"
"The day before yesterday, a captain in the army committed a crime. The emperor's uncle knew about it and sent someone to the government office to summon his wife, cut her and make him eat her flesh..."
After Mr. Li finished speaking, Liu Chengyou fell silent.
After a long while, he finally let out a long sigh: "I understand."
