Chapter 78 77 Luoyang order with stiff neck

After suppressing the two largest rebel armies, Lvlin and Chimei, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty then eliminated the two separatist regimes in Longyou and Shu, and unified China.Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty made Luoyang his capital.In order to distinguish it from the Han Dynasty established by Liu Bang, this dynasty was called "Eastern Han" or "Later Han" in history. After Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty established the Eastern Han Dynasty, he knew that the common people hated the wars between the local tyrants for territory, and decided to adopt a policy of recuperation.For example, some taxes were reduced, slaves were released, official responsibilities were reduced, and the world was amnesty more than once.Therefore, in the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the economy was restored and developed.

Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty knew that fighting the world depends on force, and governing the world must pay attention to laws and regulations.However, the law can only control the common people, and it is difficult to use it to restrain the relatives of the emperor.For example, Princess Huyang, the eldest sister of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, relied on her brothers to be the emperor, and she was extremely arrogant. Not only did she do whatever she liked, but even her servants did not pay attention to the court's decrees. Luoyang Ling Dong Xuan is a tough guy.He believes that the royal relatives have violated the law and should be punished in the same way.

Princess Huyang had a domestic slave who took advantage of the situation and killed someone.The murderer hid in the princess mansion and could not come out.Dong Xuan couldn't enter the princess mansion to search, so he sent someone to guard the gate of the princess mansion every day, just waiting for the murderer to come out. One day, Princess Huyang went out in a chariot, and it was the murderer who followed her.When Dong Xuan got the news, he personally brought the servants to stop Princess Huyang's car. Princess Huyang thought that Dong Xuan had violated her dignity, so she said with a downcast face, "What a bold Luoyang order, how dare you block my chariot?"

Dong Xuan was not intimidated, he pulled out his sword and swiped it to the ground, blaming Princess Huyang face-to-face for letting her slaves break the law and kill people.Regardless of the princess' obstruction, he ordered the servants to arrest the murderer and executed him on the spot. This time, Princess Huyang almost fainted from anger.She rushed to the palace and cried to Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty how Dong Xuan bullied her. Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty was very angry when he heard this, and immediately called Dong Xuan into the palace, and ordered his servants to beat Dong Xuan in front of Princess Huyang, trying to calm down the princess.

Dong Xuan said: "Don't hit me yet, let me finish speaking, I would rather die." Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty said angrily: "What else can you say?" Dong Xuan said: "Your Majesty is a rejuvenating emperor, and he should pay attention to laws and regulations. Now that His Majesty lets the princess indulge the slaves to kill people, can he still rule the world? There is no need to fight, I will commit suicide." After all, he straightened his head and slammed into the pillar. Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty quickly ordered his servants to hold him back, and Dong Xuan was already bleeding all over his face.

Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty knew that Dong Xuan was right, and he also felt that he should not be beaten.But in order to protect Princess Huyang's face, Dong Xuan was asked to kowtow to the princess as an apology. Dong Xuan would rather chop off his own head than kowtow to it.The servant pushed his head to the ground, but Dong Xuan supported the ground with both hands, straightened his neck, and refused to let his head be pushed down. The servant knew that Emperor Han Guangwu didn't want Dong Xuan to be punished, but he had to give Emperor Han Guangwu a step, so he said loudly: "Returning to Your Majesty, Dong Xuan's neck is too hard to press down."

Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty had no choice but to smile, and gave an order: "Get this stiff neck out!" When Princess Huyang saw that Emperor Guangwu of the Han had let Dong Xuan go, she was very angry, and said to Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty: "When your Majesty was a commoner, he took in fugitives and those who committed capital crimes, and the officials dared not come to our house to search. Now that you are the Son of Heaven, why can't you deal with the little Luoyang Order?" Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty said: "Just because I am the emperor, I can no longer do what I did when I was a commoner."

As a result, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty not only did not commit Dong Xuan's crime, but also rewarded him with 300,000 yuan for strict law enforcement.Dong Xuan returned to the government and distributed all the money to his officials. From then on, Dong Xuan continued to fight against the lawless rich and nobles.The local tyrants in Luoyang trembled when they heard of his reputation.People called him "Crouching Tiger" (meaning "tiger lying down"). At that time, in addition to Dong Xuan, the officials who dared to enforce the law also had a small official in charge of Luoyang City Gate, named Zhi Yun (Yun sound yun).

Once, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty took a group of people to the outskirts of Luoyang for a day of hunting. When he returned to the city, it was already night.The emperor's car drove to the upper east gate, which had already been closed. The hunting attendant asked the gatekeeper to open the gate, but Zhi Yun refused. Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty came to the city in person and ordered Zhi Yun to open the door.Unexpectedly, Zhi Yun said, "You can't see clearly at night, so you can't just open the door." Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty hit a wall and had to make a detour to the east middle gate to enter the city.

The next day, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty was about to ask Zhi Yun for questioning, but Zhi Yun's memorial had already been delivered.The memorial said: "Your Majesty went hunting in a remote mountain forest. The day was not enough, and he didn't come back until late at night. If this continues, what will happen to the country's affairs?" After reading the memorial, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty rewarded Zhi Yun with a hundred pieces of cloth, and demoted the official in charge of the Dongzhong Gate.