Looking at Zhang Ben with a smug face, Dong Xuan smiled silently.

His subordinate officials can all have the opportunity to be promoted, but he will never be promoted, because if he leaves, no one will be able to take his place.

In Luoyang, where the powerful gather, he can only be regarded as a small official with mung beans, but it is not small, at least his level is higher than other county orders, after all, it is the county order of the capital, and now he is the mayor of the capital.

At present, Liu Xiu has not been in the country for a few years, and most of the clan relatives and even the founding heroes who have followed Liu Xiu to soar are all from mud legs.

If someone else is allowed to do the Luoyang Order, even if it is found that the clan relatives and ministers have violated the law and discipline, I am afraid they will not care, or dare not care, but what others dare not do, he Dong Xuan dares to do, the eldest princess Liu Huang's favorite house slave made a mistake, and he was beheaded according to the law, not to mention other people?

Liu Xiu himself is very aware of this, so in the selection of Luoyang Ling, he will definitely reuse a cool official like Dong Xuan, who is iron-faced and selfless and does not recognize his six relatives, so Dong Xuan has already seen through it, and he has never thought about promotion, and he has done a good job in Luoyang Ling, and he himself likes this position very much.

This time, Gongsun Shu created rumors in Luoyang, and spread the news that the Han family was going to be replaced by his Gongsun Shu in the book of proverbs, and Liu Xiu's response was also very interesting.

This countermeasure is very much in line with Liu Xiu's style of acting.

Liu Xiu studied Shangshu, he himself is a Confucian student, or a student, this has always been Liu Xiu's proud capital, how could he follow the example of the violent Qin, make the act of burning books and pit Confucianism, and ruin his reputation.

I have to say that Liu Xiu's trick is very clever, and without prohibiting books and words, the pressure of public opinion created by Gongsun Shu is self-defeating.

This incident should be regarded as a public opinion war that broke out between Liu Xiu and Gongsun Shu.

The two men are fighting, to put it bluntly, both sides want to achieve their own political demands.

War between arms and arms is one of the means to achieve political demands, and public opinion warfare is also a means to achieve political demands.

It's just that in this battle of public opinion, Liu Xiu is obviously superior, and the pressure of public opinion that Gongsun Shu has planned out is invisible.

Two days later, when Zhang Ben was working on the criminal trial, he dug out another thing.

According to a detailed confession who couldn't bear the heavy punishment, a few months ago, Gongsun Shu sent a group of beauties to Luoyang, the purpose of which was to infiltrate the mansions of high-ranking officials in Luoyang to spy on intelligence, but in what capacity these beauties came to Luoyang, where are they now, and whether they have successfully mixed into the palaces of various ministers, these things are not known in detail.

Zhang Ben dug up such an important news, he didn't dare to hide it, and immediately reported it to Dong Xuan, hoping that Dong Xuan could report it to the Son of Heaven on his behalf.

After listening to Zhang Ben's report, Dong Xuan's brows furrowed into a pimple, in the absence of conclusive evidence, this kind of thing is actually not suitable to be reported.

However, after thinking about it, Dong Xuan still wrote a letter and reported it to Liu Xiu.

Recently, Gongsun Shu has obviously pointed the finger at Luoyang, and the things he explained in detail may not be true, and it is good to take precautions in advance.

In the early court of the next day, the great Situ Fu Zhan reported Dong Xuan's recital to the court.

After watching Dong Xuan's recital, Liu Xiu was also secretly surprised, and he handed Dong Xuan's recital to the ministers for circulation.

After everyone finished reading, he asked, "Have you discovered any abnormalities in the mansion recently?" ”

Hearing this, many ministers immediately stated that they did not take concubines, let alone change wives, and that the so-called wretched wives did not go to court, and they could not be the treacherous schemes of Gongsun Shu.

These ministers are obviously following Song Hong's example, when Liu Xiu proposed to Song Hong, hoping that Song Hong would divorce his original partner and marry his eldest sister Liu Huang, but Song Hong directly refused in the name of not going to court as a bad wife.

At that time, Liu Xiu was not only angry, but also praised Song Hong and praised him for his noble character, and then many ministers effectively imitated Song Hong, and did not accept concubines on the surface, but raised a lot of little wives behind his back.

Liu Xiu looked around at the ministers, smiled indifferently, and said, "For this matter, you should take it as a warning!" ”

"Yes! Your Majesty! ”

The ministers responded in unison.

Liu Xiu didn't take Gongsun Shu's beauty plan too seriously, and felt that it was enough to give the ministers a wake-up call.

I'm afraid Liu Xiu never dreamed that the group of beauties found out by Zhang Ben were not anywhere else at all, they were all raised in his palace.

As soon as this matter came to an end, Li You, the middle of the imperial history, lifted the wat board and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen has something to do!" ”

As he spoke, Li You took out a small roll of bamboo slips from his cuff and handed it forward.

Zhang Kun walked over, took the bamboo slip, and handed it to Liu Xiu.

The latter unfolded, and looked closely, this was the impeachment note from the imperial envoy who was touring the Sanfu region, and the object of impeachment was Feng Yi, the general of the expedition to the west.

After the elimination of the Red Mei Army, the Western Army did not return to the dynasty and was not disbanded, but was stationed in the Sanfu area, mainly to defend against Gongsun Shu in the south, and then to defend against the Kui Hustle and bustle in the north.

The chief general who commanded the Western Expedition Army was none other than Feng Yi, the general of the Western Expedition.

Feng Yi was stationed in Sanfu and became the highest military governor in the Sanfu region.

It stands to reason that Feng Yi is in charge of the army, and he can't control the head of the locality, but after being stationed for a long time, Feng Yi will inevitably have contact with local officials.

For example, the problem of grain and grass for the Western Army can be partially solved by the Western Army's own tuntian, and part of the transportation from the imperial court can also be solved, and the remaining part must be solved by the local government.

There were 100,000 troops in the Western Army, and the consumption of grain and grass was huge, which was also a heavy burden for the localities.

After Wang Mang's rebellion, Liu Xuan's rebellion, and the Red Mei Rebellion, Chang'an has long been riddled with holes, and it is still difficult to solve its own food and clothing.

Once, when the Chang'an County Government failed to deliver the grain as scheduled, Feng Yi was furious and directly found Chang'an Ling and questioned the reason in person.

Chang'an ordered to use the current county government as an excuse that there was no grain in the county government, Feng Yi didn't believe it, and asked Chang'an to open the granary and let him check it.

Chang'an did not allow it, and the two had an argument over it.

After that, Feng Yi asked his soldiers to forcibly open the granary.

There was not no food in the granary, although the hoarded grain was not very much, but it was more than enough to pay the military rations of the Western Army.

As for why Chang'an Ling lied that there was no food, but in fact there was food, the specific reason is unknown.

Seeing that there was so much grain in the granary, Feng Yi was angry on the spot and refused to pay the military rations, did this mean to cause a mutiny in the army?

Feng Yi immediately asked his subordinates to take him down on the charge of fornicating with Gongsun Shu in Chang'an, and beheaded him in public at the entrance of Chang'an's vegetable market.

Feng Yi is a general, and his rank is much higher than Chang'an Ling, but it is still the same sentence, he is military, and Chang'an Ling is local, and the military people can't control the head of the place, even if Chang'an Ling is indeed guilty of killing his head, this matter must be handed over to Jing Zhaoyin, and it should not be done by him Feng Yi.

In short, Feng Yi beheaded the Chang'an Order in public, this incident had a great impact on Chang'an and even the Sanfu region, and greatly established Feng Yi's prestige among the people.

These things are seen in the eyes of the envoy and heard in the ears of the envoy, so is it worth it?

King Xianyang?

The ancestral system of the Han Dynasty will never canonize the king with a different surname, Feng Yi dares to call himself the king of Xianyang, he wants to rebel! The imperial envoy who inspected the Sanfu area, and a copy of the impeachment note was sent directly to Luoyang.

In the court, Liu Xiu watched the impeachment and was silent for a long time.

Li You raised his head, looked at Liu Xiu cautiously, and called in a low voice: "Your Majesty? ”

Liu Xiu came back to his senses, put down the song in his hand, and said with an indifferent expression: "Hmm! I see. ”

The ministers present looked at each other, although they did not know the specific content of the song, but it was not a good thing.

The imperial envoy must have impeached another official, and usually, today I refer to myself as 'I', and when I use 'I', it is either something happening, or the mood is extremely unhappy today.

Li You cleared his throat and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen has sent someone to do a verification, and the imperial envoy has reported it, and every sentence is true!" Yu Chang'an, the general of Zhengxi, did commit suicide in Chang'an, and in addition, the people of Chang'an did call the general of Zhengxi the king of Xianyang......" Before he finished speaking, he heard a snap, Liu Xiu patted the table, and said word by word: "I have already said it, I know." ”

Li You was so frightened that he shrank his neck and didn't dare to say more.

The ministers present gasped one after another, Feng Yi killed Chang'an Ling in private, this is not a trivial matter, and he is called the king of Xianyang by the local people, this is ...... Is this to emulate Peng Pet, Deng Feng, and Pang Meng?

In the next court meeting, the atmosphere became depressing, and anyone could see that the mood was very unhappy today, and people subconsciously made a long story short, and did not say anything short, and it didn't take long for the ministers to start playing.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Deng Yu asked to see Liu Xiu, but Liu Xiu did not see him.

The impeachment letter of the imperial envoy dealt a big blow to Liu Xiu, and he couldn't believe that even Feng Yi was going to rebel now.

That's Feng Yi and Feng Gongsun! It is a brother who followed his birth and death and fought in the north and south! It is a big tree general who does not fight for merit and does not ask for reward! It was the benefactor who gave him a bowl of bean porridge when he was about to starve to death! Feng Yi wants to rebel...... Liu Xiu felt ridiculous when he thought about it.

After the dispersal of the dynasty today, Liu Xiu rarely went to the Qingliang Palace, but went to the West Palace.

He went to Liu Yang's room, stood beside the small bed, gently stroked the baby's cheek, and did not speak.

Seeing this, Yin Lihua asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty has something on your mind today?" ”

Liu Xiu smiled and suddenly asked, "What does Lihua think, how is Gongsun?" ”

"General Feng?"

"Hmm!"

Yin Lihua thought for a while and said: "General Feng has known His Majesty the longest, followed His Majesty for the longest time, and once saved His Majesty's life. ”

Liu Xiu was stunned and looked at Yin Lihua in surprise.

Yin Lihua smiled and said: "After Your Majesty went down to court, she was in a low mood, and she specially asked the concubine about General Feng, if it was an ordinary thing, Your Majesty would not feel bothered, and the concubine guessed that someone must have reported General Feng's lawlessness." ”

Liu Xiu looked at Yin Lihua, laughed out loud, and said, "Lihua doesn't have the heart to go to the government, it's a pity." ”

Yin Lihua has always been very smart, and her knowledge is not inferior to that of men, if she is interested in court politics, Liu Xiu feels that she can help herself share a lot.

Of course, Yin Lihua knew what Liu Xiu was thinking.

It is precisely because she is not interested in the government that His Majesty will feel sorry, if she really shows a strong interest in the government, His Majesty will not feel sorry, but jealous.

She said with a smile: "General Feng led a large army to guard the western region, it is inevitable that it will be easy to be looked at sideways, and if there is a slight disturbance, he will be suspicious and suspicious, adding fuel and vinegar to His Majesty, and the concubines believe in General Feng's loyalty to Your Majesty!" ”

Liu Xiu said quietly: "Before Pang Meng rebelled, I'm afraid no one would believe that one day Pang Meng would make a rebellion." ”

Yin Lihua said: "General Feng's character is far from being comparable to Pang Meng and his ilk!" Your Majesty took General Feng to compare Pang Meng, which is really an insult to General Feng! ”