Chapter 363 Luoyang
The emperor and his party continued to patrol according to the original route, turning from the north to the East China Sea and Qi. Amnesty, rewarding soldiers and soldiers to pacify the chaos, and transferring them back to their original places, leaving only a few people to form a navy.
The rebel army was defeated, but many pirates who participated in the rebellion and the chief villain fled to the sea, which is still a hidden danger.
The original naval army in Dachu was too small and scattered. Han Ruzi gathered the various armies together and appointed them as generals. The next step was to recruit troops while building boats. It will take at least five years to eradicate the pirates.
Han Ruzi can wait. He is not as urgent as at the beginning. Everything takes time. The most important thing is that Da Chu has been exhausted for many years and urgently needs to recuperate.
Under the strong suggestion of the ministers, the emperor did not go too far south, but just looked at the river, and then embarked on the road back to Beijing.
The King of the East Sea got what he wanted, he was not left in the East China Sea, and returned to Beijing with the emperor.
Except for the princess, the Tan family must stay in the East China Sea and accept the supervision of the government. Several young children went to the north to join the army and made meritorious deeds.
For Jianghu people, Han Ruzi is not so eager to strike, he needs to make a better plan.
Luoyang officials went out of the city for hundreds of miles to greet the emperor at the border of Henan County, and the pomp was even more grand than the last time.
At the end of summer, the palace kept sending people to deliver letters, urging the emperor to return to Beijing quickly, Han Ruzi could only stay in Luoyang for three days.
Wang Jianhuo was not the first group to be summoned, and it was not until the morning of the third day that he received an order to go to the palace.
The ugly king had a premonition that he was going to be busy. When the emperor was still on the road, he wrote a memorial and sent it to the emperor through a messenger. It can be handed over at any time if needed.
But the emperor waited so long to summon him, apparently hesitating about what to do with Luoyang.
There is a back garden in the palace. The emperor invited the ugly king to enjoy the flowers, and several eunuchs followed far behind with fruit wine and other items, which did not affect the conversation between the two.
The two chatted for a while, and Han Ruzi smiled and said, "Your Excellency seems to have something on your mind."
Wang Jianhuo has given up hope. After the emperor experienced the siege of Jincheng, his spirit was much less, and he could not achieve great things. "All the refugees have been sent back to their hometowns, and some people may not be able to grow food in time, but this must be resolved locally. Caomin can’t help you, Caomin is going to bid farewell to His Majesty today.”
"You want to leave Luoyang?"
"Well, wander around, and then go to Linzi to settle down, where there is a mansion of Caomin."
Yin Hanchou of Henan presented two houses to King Chou, one in the capital and the other in Linzi. Wang Jianhuo has written it down in the memorial.
Han Ruzi laughed twice, knowing that the ugly king was waking him up, and took the lead into a nearby pavilion. The eunuchs immediately served fruit wine and then withdrew.
"Things are difficult to handle." Han Ruzi is open and honest. He has consulted many people for their opinions. Except for Cui Teng, they all think that Luoyang is not easy to govern. There are too few people arrested, which is of no use. Business operations will be greatly affected. As for Han Chou, he is the emperor's elder, and he is favored by Wang Meiren, so be especially careful when dealing with this person.
Wang Jianhuo had no intention of persuading, but nodded and said, "Caomin understands that Caomin only asks for one thing."
"Please say."
"In order to return to their hometowns, a large number of refugees borrowed money and food from merchants. After the autumn, they would inevitably have to sell their land and people, and become slaves. Not to mention their families were destroyed, it would not benefit the court in the slightest."
"Well, what do you think you should do?"
"Allow people from all over the world to borrow from the government, temporarily in difficulty."
"The local government may not have so much money, and there are a few officials like Henan Yin who can accept bribes from businessmen and force the people to repay their loans."
Wang Jianhuo sighed lightly, "Since Your Majesty has difficulties, let's pretend that the grass-roots people didn't mention them."
"No, this matter always needs to be resolved, do you have any other way?"
Wang Jianhuo thought for a while, then shook his head, "Caomin does his best, maybe he can save some people."
"The refugees and Your Excellency are not related, and Your Excellency must do your best. I am the Emperor of Chu, how dare I stay out of the matter?" Han Ruzi waved, Zhang Youcai came in from outside, and placed a folded piece of paper on the stone table.
Wang Jianhuo got a signal, opened it and glanced at it. It was an imperial decree that had not yet been issued. It said that the emperor was about to return to Beijing, and he was grateful for the hardships of the people who were displaced. During the period, all IOUs should be handed over to the local government, and then collected from various places in the capital. The emperor will open a private treasury to repay the people.
After Wang Jianhuo finished reading, he was startled and looked up at the emperor. Only then did he understand that being cautious was just an appearance, and the emperor still had a decisive heart.
"Your Majesty..." After being surprised, Wang Jianhuo still had something to say, "IOUs can be faked. Your Majesty said this, I'm afraid that the bills will increase exponentially. Your Majesty... can you afford it?"
Han Ruzi smiled and said: "So I need the list and evidence collected by your Excellency. You can come and ask for money. I will never break the bill, but I also want to talk about their illegal things."
Wang Jianhuo suddenly realized that the emperor had put the account on himself first, and then scared the merchants away from asking for the account.
"This is... which expert came up with the idea for His Majesty?" Wang Jianhuo couldn't believe that the young emperor could come up with such an idea.
This is indeed not the credit of Han Ruzi, but the plan drawn up by Qiao Wanfu.
"I have a good minister by my side." Han Ruzi said vaguely, "Does your Excellency think it is feasible?"
"There may still be people who are not afraid of death to ask His Majesty for an account."
"As long as it is a normal debt, and this person has nothing to do with the law, I am willing to pay it back."
Wang Jianhuo thought for a while, "Does this mean that Your Majesty will not deal with Luoyang's businessmen immediately?"
"Businessmen seek profit, but they can also communicate whether they have it or not. Too much will hurt the people, and if it's lacking, it will hurt the people even more. Receiving the profit and keeping it for others will see the aftermath."
"They can't change it."
"If Luoyang officials can be as honest and fair as your Excellency, and businessmen can do without bribery, can they still change?"
Wang Jianhuo heard the emperor's intention to keep him, and got up and left the stool. He wanted to kneel down and decline. The emperor motioned him to sit down. Wang Jianhuo said, "People like Caomin are not allowed to be officials."
"I don't force it." Han Ruzi was still a little regretful, "The group is ugly, and the first evil will be eliminated. At least I want Luoyang merchants to dare not collude with officials again for a while."
"Even if that is a clan child?"
Han Ruzi nodded, "But my methods may not meet your expectations, and I want to promote Henan Yin."
Wang Jianhuo was taken aback, "Promotion?"
"Henan Yin Hanchou has done a good job in the draft. I want to promote him to Zong Zhengqing, which is a half-level promotion. I will join me in Beijing tomorrow, and I will have a bright future in the future."
Han Chou's family has been operating in Luoyang for several generations, and it is deeply ingrained. If he is transferred from Luoyang first, it will be better to clean up.
"Does Your Majesty know the inside story of the draft? The Xungui family wants to send their daughter to the palace, and they want to give gifts to Henan Yin. Ordinary people don't want to climb the dragon and phoenix, so they have to give gifts. Henan Yin won half of the places, but it was a big deal. "
"Hey, Henan Yin is a hoarder, but he miscalculated the buyer, and this time he will lose everything."
Wang Jianhuo no longer had any doubts. He turned from disappointment to joy, and from joy to admiration. There was even an urge in his heart to swear allegiance to the emperor, but he held back. So he said, "Caomin still has a plan, does your Majesty want to hear it?"
"All ears." Han Ruzi smiled.
The Ugly King had been scheming for a long time, and he never said it. After confirming that the emperor really wanted to do something, he was willing to reveal his heart.
Wang Jianhuo stood up and bowed his hands, saying sternly: "Caomin Wang Jianhuo, thanks to Your Majesty, supervises the resettlement of refugees, accepts two houses and a large amount of property, the evidence is conclusive, and is willing to obey the law. If Your Majesty wants to rule Luoyang, please start with the grass people."
Han Ruzi sighed lightly. He had previously reprimanded Wang Jianhuo in the imperial edict in order to help him act. It seems that Wang Jianhuo had tasted the "sweetness" and wanted to continue, so that he could completely escape from the court and return to the arena.
Han Ruzi sighed because he had just sent away a man who did not want to stay in Da Chu.
"Okay, as you wish."
Wang Jianhuo knelt down and sincerely kowtowed to thank him.
Henan Yin Hanchou didn't know the news of his "promotion". Seeing that the emperor's arrival was not as cold and arrogant as last time, he was willing to live in the palace arranged by him. He was very happy. If it is described into a book, the emperor can ask for people according to the picture, or he can appreciate it directly.
The last morning of the emperor's stay in Luoyang was used to do this.
Officials at all levels were summoned to the palace, and the police from Henan County carried three whole boxes of picture albums. Han Chou was very cautious, and he had long since brought in the most famous matchmaker in Luoyang City to explain the characteristics of each woman to the emperor.
The matchmaker has been preparing for this for nearly a month. In order to highlight or hide a certain woman, she has received a lot of gifts, so she has high fighting spirit and is ready to show her skills in front of the emperor as the pinnacle of mediation in her life.
As a result, she was useless, just glanced at the emperor from a distance, and kept a belly full of good words in her stomach. It is said that she fell seriously ill after returning home, and she did not protect the media for many years.
Compared with her, Henan Yin Hanhou is even more unlucky.
In the presence of many officials of Henan County, Liu Jie, the supervisor of the Central Division, read out several imperial decrees. The first one was to send all the draft girls back to their homes. The emperor blamed himself in the imperial decree, thinking that the siege of Jincheng was the fault of the emperor alone. The world is shaking, officials and the people are worried, and they are lucky to be freed, and they dare not disturb the people again. Within three years, no talent selection is allowed, and people over the age of 15 are allowed to marry.
The emperor linked the draft with the siege of Jincheng. No one dared to make a sound. Han Chou was sweating profusely. He soon discovered that this was just the beginning of bad luck.
The second imperial decree sent the Ugly King to northern Xinjiang on the charge of accepting bribes. Given that Wang Jianhuo had done a good job in relocating refugees, he was willing to take the initiative to confess his guilt.
The third imperial decree was the later famous "compensation order". The emperor took all the IOUs written by the refugees in recent months into his own hands, but Han Chou was least interested in this imperial decree at the time.
The fourth imperial decree, Henan Yin Hanhou's hard work and loyalty are commendable, and he can be regarded as an example of the clan.
Han Chou fainted on the spot and didn't even have a chance to "thank you".
Han Ruzi ordered someone to carry Han Chou on the road and return to the capital. After this trip, he understood a lot of truth, especially what Yang Feng said:
There are two times in a person's life, the first time they know what they can do, and the second time they know what they can't do.
"Can't" is not not doing it, but doing it more subtly.
Han Ruzi and the Huns have not avenged their great revenge, and many hidden dangers such as Yunmengze, the pirates in the East China Sea, and the fortification of the Western Regions also need to be resolved, but he must first return to the palace and face the people closest to him.
(End of this volume)