Cao Cao and Li Gui returned to the palace and told Chen Ji and others about committing suicide in fear of crime.

Liu Yu didn't raise his head and said, "Got it." Tell me to step down. ”

Li Gui went down obediently.

At this time, Liu Yu and Cao Cao were left. Cao Cao opened his mouth and asked Liu Yu, "Bo Xuan, do you want to do something to the family?" ”

In private, Cao Cao and Liu Yu both want to be called by the word table, and the entire Shenwu Imperial Court, that is, Cao Cao, has this privilege.

Liu Yu raised his head and said, "Do it?" No! It's just a temptation! I really want to know how much of a threat the family that has developed over the centuries is to me. ”

"Threat?" Cao Cao said.

Liu Yu nodded and said: "Meng De, with your talent, you should have seen that the root cause of the Yellow Turban Rebellion back then was the struggle between eunuchs and relatives, and it was these big families and local heroes who promoted that chaos!" They took advantage of the troubled times to make their family grow and grow, so big that they could threaten the prestige of the imperial court. Isn't the original original and highway family a good example? If it weren't for the fact that Ben Chu and the highway were fighting each other, it would be impossible to say whether this Jiangshan would be surnamed Liu or Yuan. ”

"I also know that this is the reason, but the family is powerful, and now is a delicate moment, Bo Xuan, if you do this, the family will definitely feel the crisis. Once they are in groups, the society will be shaken. Cao Cao was deeply worried.

Liu Yu said lightly: "Don't worry, I won't give them a chance, if they have the slightest change, I promise they will regret it." I've been guarding against them for so many years. ”

Cao Cao didn't know where Liu Yu's confidence came from.

Liu Yu's face was relaxed and comfortable, but his heart was waiting nervously.

After so many years of being weakened by Liu Yu, the power of the family has slowly become smaller. But Liu Yu found that these big families had a way to restore their power again, and Liu Yu was worried that all these years of efforts had been in vain.

Cao Cao knew that Liu Yu had a lot of power under his command that he had not shown. From the fact that after fighting with himself in Yuzhou, Liu Yu still has the strength to launch a big war against the Hu people, and it can be seen how huge Liu Yu's strength is.

Compared with the big family, Cao Cao thought that maybe Liu Yu had been completely prepared, otherwise he would not have acted rashly.

At the same time, Cao Cao was also relieved, Liu Yu has become the backbone of the stability of this world, as long as he is there, the Han will not be chaotic. Sun Ce in Jiangdong and Liu Bei in Yizhou will eventually become Liu Yu's prisoners.

When the imperial court announced the news that Chen Ji and other eight ministers committed suicide in fear of crime, the whole Luoyang was very quiet.

Although the family clan monitored by the "shadow" spies was a little angry, they did not make any moves.

There is no other reason, Chen Ji and others fell into the hands of Liu Yu because of violations of law and discipline, and the people of the family wanted to stand up for him, but they couldn't find a suitable excuse. Now it is no better than in the past, after the defeat of Dong Zhuo, the family under Liu Yu was constantly weakened by Liu Yu, and the important positions in the court were not held by people from the family. Even in the local area, scholars from big families will be arranged by the Shenwu Imperial Court to remote places, and they will be called educating the people.

All kinds of signs have shown that the current Emperor Shenwu has become wary of the family.

Except for the grief of Chen Ji and the others' families, no one else dared to show a trace of dissatisfaction outside. They were very worried that they would fall into the trap if they were careless, and they would be charged with the crime of being killed by the same party by the imperial court. The most important thing for them now is to stay at home and keep a low profile as much as possible, so as not to attract the attention of His Majesty today.

Liu Yu silently watched everything in the entire imperial court, and at the same time observed the movements in the place.

In the end, no one was willing to stand up for Chen Ji, Wang Hui and other people who had died. Living in the moment is their king.

The family once again admitted that in Liu Yu's expectations, but Liu Yu was not very happy.

If it is a smart family, the greater the threat to Liu Yu.

Only reform is the best weapon to eradicate the threat of the family, but now Liu Yu feels that the time has not come, and his preparation is not enough.

The reason for the lack of preparation is that the people of the family now have most of the knowledge, and the ordinary people can know very few words. Liu Yu also relied on these families to provide talents for the Shenwu Imperial Court. While preparing, Liu Yu also slowly weakened the family.

And the most critical factor is that Liu Yu's strength continues to grow, so that the family has to see the facts clearly. After all, Liu Yu is the Son of Heaven, and their family is attached to the feet of the Son of Heaven in order to be able to be powerful. And the development of the family does not want the horror of later generations, and today's Han is still in the hands of the Son of Heaven.

Only by obediently obeying Liu Yu's wishes can they avoid this storm.

A strong emperor is a great disadvantage for all the ministers and nobles of the family. Because they can't fool the emperor to get what they want. To deal with powerful emperors, the families have their own methods. That is, wait.

For example, when Cao Cao was alive, the family was well-behaved like a kitten. When Cao Cao passed away and Cao Pi ascended to the throne, the minds of the families became active. And Cao Pi, in order to consolidate his authority, became the emperor by the way, and agreed to the "Nine Grades Zhongzheng System" that was beneficial to the family, so that the whole world began to be fully controlled by the family, so that in the end, Cao Wei was replaced by the Western Jin Dynasty.

The Son of Heaven is very noble when he says it nicely, but in the eyes of many smart people, the Son of Heaven is also a human being, and he will die. As long as the strong Liu Yu dies, then the successor of the Son of Heaven will not be as strong as Liu Yu no matter what he says. In this way, the family has a chance. It can be said that in the whole world, the people who want Liu Yu to die the most are not princes like Liu Bei and Sun Ce, but those suppressed families under Liu Yu's rule.

The privileges that I had in the past are gone, and the taxes must be paid honestly, so we cannot oppress the people and enjoy the taste of being a superior person. Is this kind of life the life that a person from a big family should have?

Now that Liu Yu is alive and well, the family can only stare dryly. The family also wanted to win over the henchmen and generals under Liu Yu's command, but they looked around at all Liu Yu's henchmen, and almost none of them could be co-opted by them.

So now for the family, not moving is the best way.

"I still underestimated these families, they still chose to endure! I can't find a fair excuse to clean them up. Liu Yu was also very distressed.

In order to be able to eradicate the family, Liu Yu hollowed out his mind. Even if a few of them don't look long this time, it would be good.

Under Liu Yu's pity, this action launched by Liu Yu against the family came to an end.

Liu Yu's mood was not very good, so he was silently angry in the imperial study alone. He's not sulking, his mind is spinning, hoping to think of a way.

Liu Yu used most of the tricks that could be used, and the clans also began to guard against Liu Yu.

Although Liu Yu can use tough means to deal with these families with some trumped-up charges, it will cause criticism from the government and the opposition. Liu Yu is not afraid, he is afraid that after his death, Liu Xuan or the descendants of later generations will be slightly negligent, and they will give the family of later generations a chance to overturn the case.

There are too many things like this, and Liu Yu knows it.

While Liu Yu was thinking alone, Li Gui hurriedly ran in with a look of surprise on his face.

Liu Yu was furious, he had ordered before that no one was allowed to enter the imperial study. However, Li Gui's gang came in without Liu Yu's consent, which was simply disrespectful.

"Your Majesty, great joy!" Li Gui didn't notice Liu Yu's expression, and directly reported the good news to Liu Yu.

Li Gui has always been honest, and everything he reported is true. As soon as he heard about the great joy, Liu Yu's anger subsided and asked, "Zhong Yun, at this moment, what is the great joy?" ”

Li Gui said with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty, you have made something secretly developed by the dark department before!" ”

Liu Yu said disappreciably: "What was made?" ”

"Your Majesty, it's paper! White paper! Li Gui hurriedly reminded.

Liu Yu was stunned, white paper! That's a great thing.

"Papermaking succeeded? What about paper? Hurry up and bring it out to me! After Liu Yu came to his senses, he directly arrested Li Gui.

Li Gui understood Liu Yu's excitement, and said quickly: "Your Majesty, the paper is still in the secret workshop. The minister did not dare to bring it over, lest it attract the attention of others. ”

"Zhongyun, you're doing the right thing! Let's go to the workshop now! Liu Yu immediately understood, and Li Gui also saw the role of white paper for books.

Li Gui hurriedly responded, and took the lead in walking out of the imperial study to lead Liu Yu.

Liu Yu excitedly followed behind Li Gui and walked forward slowly.

The improvement of papermaking technology is a huge thing, Liu Yu doesn't know how many manpower and material resources are thrown into it, and it is strange that Liu Yu can not be excited if he can succeed today.

However, Liu Yu didn't dare to hold out too much hope, after all, he hadn't seen the real thing yet, and Liu Yu didn't know the paper that could be used for writing.

After running all the way, Liu Yu and Li Gui finally came to the workshop that secretly developed paper.

There was a huge stench in the workshop, and the craftsmen were working with special masks, otherwise they would not have been able to stay here for long.

As soon as Liu Yu arrived, all the craftsmen stopped the work at hand and saluted Liu Yu directly.

"See Your Majesty!" The craftsman shouted.

Liu Yuxu raised it and said, "Get up!" ”

The person in charge of the workshop took the made paper to Liu Yu with great respect.

Liu Yu looked at the snow-white paper and automatically took it with both hands.

As soon as he started, Liu Yu could feel the familiarity of the paper in later generations, but it was relatively harder.

Liu Yu couldn't put down the paper, as long as there is this thing, it will have a huge effect on the popularization of knowledge, and the probability of the people getting rid of illiteracy is even higher.

"Pen and ink waiting!" Liu Yu said softly.

It didn't take much time for Li Gui to prepare the table, pen and ink.

Liu Yu gently threw the paper on the table, and then held the pen with one hand, and wrote the four big characters "Sheji Heavy Device" on this white paper.

"Good word!" Li Gui, as a dog, immediately slapped himself on the back.

The rest of the craftsmen all stood in place and looked at the four big characters written by Liu Yu, some of them were illiterate, but they also thought that the characters were very beautiful.

Liu Yu looked at his masterpiece and nodded with satisfaction.

"How is this paper made?" Liu Yu asked.

The leader of the workshop immediately came out and said, "Your Majesty, the main material of this paper is green bamboo boiled into pulp, after a variety of processes, other materials are added to boil, and then dried!" ”

"How much does it cost?" Liu Yu is most concerned about this.

"Your Majesty, the minister has calculated, to make such a piece of paper, one piece down, it will take three hundred dollars. If it is made in large quantities, it can be reduced to 100 dollars. Li Gui had already been prepared, and he knew that Liu Yu would ask these questions.

"This kind of paper is too hard, and it doesn't absorb ink, so it's too expensive." Liu Yu is not satisfied, this kind of paper costs a hundred yuan, which is too expensive, and it can't be popularized at all.

As soon as they heard that Liu Yu was not satisfied, all the craftsmen knelt down, kowtowed and said, "The villain should be damned!" Please punish Your Majesty! ”

"Get up. You have a great merit, why should I punish you? I just want you to continue to improve it, so that the cost can be reduced, and the hardness of the paper can be reduced. Liu Yu just said the opinion in his heart, but he didn't expect so many craftsmen to kneel.

The craftsmen were frowning, they really couldn't think of any way to improve it. Being able to make such a paper is already the result of so many years of hard work.

Liu Yu said suggestively: "Now this kind of paper is already good. You can start with raw materials and see how it would be possible to reduce a certain material appropriately, or replace it. In other words, change the process. ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers will definitely bring the best paper to Your Majesty as soon as possible!" Li Gui patted his chest and reassured.

Liu Yu nodded and said, "I believe in you. How many more of these papers do you have? ”

"Your Majesty, there are nearly a thousand more of these pieces of paper in the workshop." Said the workshop leader.

"Good! They're all sent to my study! I'm of great use! You've worked hard over the years. I have decided to reward you well, ten gold each! "Liu Yu is very generous.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" All the craftsmen kowtowed to Liu Yu, they may not see so much gold in their lives.

Don't say it's ten gold, even if it's ten thousand gold, Liu Yu will reward it. The paper that can be written is a big killer, a big killer that can change history.

Liu Yu touched the paper on the table where the words were written, and looked at the four big characters of "Sheji Heavy Device", how appropriate it was.

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