Chapter 11 The Sunset of the Long River Section 58 The holy decree of the eldest princess was very sudden, and the speed at which she left Liyang was also very fast, and the ministers of Chang'an were caught off guard.

The great Sima Xu Rong, the imperial historian Xun You, and the court Weiqing Chen Qun rushed to Liyang overnight, intending to ask the eldest princess for her opinion on the rectification of the imperial court, but at this moment, the eldest princess had already crossed Luoshui and was about to arrive at Pubanjin.

She didn't say anything, shook her hand and left. Xu Rong sat alone in the carriage, worried and worried.

He didn't expect the eldest princess to leave Chang'an in a fit of anger, which should be regarded as a threat, a threat in disguise.

Since you all ignore my existence, then I can leave, you can do whatever you want, and the responsibility for the danger of the society is borne by you.

If something happens in the future, it will be out of control, and you will lose your head if you should lose your head, and you will not be able to run away from any of you.

The eldest princess changed hands and handed over the problem to Xu Rong. Xu Rong's weight has changed, his identity has changed, and his thoughts have changed, and he has to reconsider the solution to the crisis from the standpoint of the Son of Heaven and His Highness.

Xun You and Chen Qun sat in another carriage, closing their eyes and pondering. The eldest princess felt the bloody wind blowing in her face, and she was forced to leave, and was forced away by the Prime Minister and the Taiwei.

As a result, the strongest and most reliable wings of the eldest princess were gone, and Chang'an lost the protection of the eldest princess, exposed to the raging storm, and danger roared.

What can be done to avoid this violent storm? On October 17, Chang'an City looked calm, but under the calm water, the undercurrent was surging, and the wind and rain were coming.

Prime Minister Li Wei and Taiwei Zhang Yan rushed to Weiyang Palace one after another. Xu Rong made a decision. In order to safeguard the interests of the imperial court and control the scope of this case as much as possible, in principle, only the principal criminal responsibility will be investigated, and the innocent will no longer be punished.

But the condition was that the family and the wealthy merchants must accept and follow the rules set by the imperial court

The method of "settling debts". Zhang Yan did not object. The purpose of Li Wei this time is to implement

If the goal of "settling debts" can be successfully achieved, there is no need to go on a killing spree, so as not to intensify the contradictions between the parties in the court and the court and provoke a struggle between the government and the opposition.

Before the reunification of the society, the great cause of Zhongxing required the close cooperation of all forces, and when formulating and implementing national policies, the imperial court must follow the principle of alleviating and reducing contradictions, and striving to protect and balance the interests of all parties, and this principle cannot be changed.

Li Wei was in a good mood. The eldest princess is gone, and the authority of the Han Dynasty is all in the hands of the ministers of the Northern Xinjiang Department, and all opponents have lost their resistance.

Now you can do whatever you want, and there is no resistance.

"Your Highness can figure it out, it's really a blessing for the community." Li Wei walked to the door with a smile and waved at Jia Kui and Wen Hui who were standing outside the house.

Changshi and Sima of the Prime Minister's Mansion each walked in with a few bundles of papers. Tian Chou looked at the documents piled up on the desk, and then looked at Li Wei, who was confident, and asked in surprise: "Brother Zhongyuan, have you formulated a new strategy?" ”

"Of course. How could I miss such a great opportunity? Li Wei pointed out the window,

"If I miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, God will beat me to death with five thunderbolts." Xu Rong and Zhang Yan looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

The prime minister of Dahan is too powerful, and his indomitable momentum can even be comparable to 100,000 iron horsemen, and no one can stop his sharpness.

"The imperial court repaid the debt with a 30-year land lease right in the border county, and its main purpose was to relocate the population and garrison the border. But what about thirty years from now? Li Wei said,

"Since the beginning of the Great Qin Dynasty, the Tuntian border has been an important national policy to defend the territory, and Emperor Xiaowu once migrated millions of people to the Hetao, Hexi and other border areas, but then why did they all fail? Why does this national policy always lose its effectiveness over time? Why is the land of the border county always barren, and the people of the border county always moving south one after another? ”

"Four reasons." Li Wei stretched out four fingers and said,

"Unpredictable disasters, frequent invasions of the Hu people, the rule of officials, and ......" Li Wei looked at the people in the house and said word by word,

"The exploitation of the people by the tuntian system is too great. The system itself is an emergency system, and after a long period of implementation, the people of Tuntian will not get benefits, and they will lose their enthusiasm for farming, and then all problems will follow. Everyone nodded their heads.

At that time, Zhang Wen, Cui Lie and other ministers were anxious to revise the field system and vigorously promote it

"Dividing the land" was precisely because they saw the continuous harm of the tuntian system to the people, so after the initial results of the tuntian system in northern Xinjiang, they immediately adjusted the national policy, so that the people quickly got benefits from the land, thereby stabilizing the people's hearts and accelerating the growth rate of the imperial court's wealth.

"After the implementation of the new field system in the tuntian districts of the border counties in northern Xinjiang, the yield of millet has been increasing, and although the rate of increase is very slow, the barrenness of the border counties will gradually improve over time. When the border counties became rich and the people stayed, the vast territory of the Han Dynasty could be defended. ”

"But ......" Li Wei suddenly sighed aggravated,

"The imperial court has a policy, and the family of the gate lord and the wealthy businessmen naturally have countermeasures, they will never be satisfied with recovering the principal and interest, they will definitely try to squeeze several times the money of the principal and interest on the land and people of the border county. And this kind of unbridled and cruel exploitation will quickly push the border counties into the abyss of war, so ......" Li Wei picked up a scroll,

"We must formulate a policy of reclaiming land and defending the borders, ensure the survival of the people in the border counties, restrain and crack down on the unscrupulous exploitation of the merchants and merchants, and ensure the stability of the two northwestern frontiers."

"Implement the tuntian system and the dictation system at the same time?" Xu Rong asked.

"Yes, while the imperial court immigrated tuntian, it granted the immigrants a certain amount of land and reduced or exempted the land rent to ensure their survival." Li Wei smiled,

"The survival of the immigrants is guaranteed, and the stability of the border counties is also guaranteed, and if these wealthy men want to recover their principal and interest within 30 years, they must be appeased and treated well by the immigrants, otherwise they will lose all their money."

"The new field system of the imperial court has taken away the 'shade households' of the gate valve family, and this time the 'reclamation of the field and the border' has taken away their tenant farmers and field servants, and the strength of the gate valve family in various places has been hit hard again." Li Wei waved his hand proudly,

"But it's not enough, the imperial court has to further weaken their strength and minimize their harm to the community." Xu Rong was dizzy, feeling exhausted, and he couldn't support it.

He could now understand why the eldest princess gritted her teeth with hatred for Li Wei. This series of heavy blows hit no one can stand it.

The policy of "cultivating land and defending the border" has seriously damaged the interests of the wealthy men and lords, but the prime minister is still unsatisfied and will continue to initiate it

"Attack" is bound to beat the gate valve tycoons to the ground. The smile on Zhang Yan's face also stiffened a little.

If it weren't for the general's letter, he wouldn't have supported Li Wei unequivocally, after all, it would be a big risk.

But Li Wei has to look at Shu,

The "appetite" is growing, which makes him involuntarily have a hint of foreboding. If Li Wei is allowed to continue to reform and reform like this, will there be a day

"Reform" to the military meritorious class,

"Change" to your own head? Tian Chou's heart was shocked, and he asked cautiously: "Brother Zhongyuan, in addition to the strategy of 'cultivating fields and defending the border', do you have a new strategy for restructuring?" ”

"Of course......" Li Wei looked up to the sky

"Haha", the face is angry,

"At the beginning of the year, in order to regain the wealth robbed by the wealthy lords, the imperial court formulated a set of restructuring policies, but the result was full of resistance, and we spent a lot of effort, and even lost the life of Master Zheng Xuan, before it was reluctantly promulgated and implemented. The price we have paid is too great, especially the compromise of the 'Nine Grades of Officials Law', which has laid a hidden danger for the safety of the community. The more I thought about it afterwards, the more I regretted it, and I felt that Da Sima's worries were very reasonable. ”

"We can carefully recall the disadvantages of the probation system, from which we can infer the disadvantages of this 'Nine Grades Official Law'. In the future, the gate valve family is bound to be consolidated and strengthened by this law. Look at today's Guanxi Yang family, Runan Yuan family, Guanzhong horse valve, Jizhou Cui family and other gate valves, which one is not a protégé with hundreds of disciples, and the power is all over the government and the opposition? If this method is vigorously promoted, after one or two generations, will there be a place for our descendants inside and outside the court? Relying on these descendants of the gate valve families who eat the flesh of the Han, suck the blood of the Han, and ignore the interests of the Han, can the Han Dynasty prosper and make the Han prosperous? Li Wei pursed his lips disdainfully,

"Go dream."

"What? Do you have a better way to select? Zhang Yan hurriedly asked.

"I don't have a better way, I can only change the selection system a little bit to make it more beneficial to us." Li Wei looked at the people in the room and asked with a smile,

"May I ask you, have you ever participated in the Imperial Court's Examination of the Confucian Scriptures?" Everyone shook their heads.

"I participated in it once." Li Wei said,

"It was in that test that I had outstanding grades that I was favored by Teacher Zhu Jun and worshiped under his disciples. If it weren't for that trial, I wouldn't be where I am today. ”

"The imperial court rarely selects talents through the way of Taixue and scriptures." Xu Rong said,

"Since the imperial court inspections are held every year, the Lang officials in the Lang Office are overcrowded, so under normal circumstances, it takes many years to conduct a scripture trial. You have a good chance. Then he frowned slightly, and asked suspiciously,

"Do you want to select talents by trial?"

"Yes, as long as the students of Taixue pass the test, they can immediately obtain the qualification for admission." Li Wei said,

"As long as there is talent, you can participate in the scripture trial. The scripture trial is also once every three years. In the first year, the test in each county, the second year to the state capital to participate in the test, the third year to the capital to participate in the test, the third year to the capital Taixue to participate in the test, the examination passed, can be entered. Li Wei was very excited and explained in detail

"Examination and selection system" and specific selection examination methods.

"Its most direct benefit is that it has dealt a serious blow to the strength of the gate valve family, weakened their power, and reduced their harm to the community." Li Wei said excitedly,

After the implementation of this policy, whether you are a Confucian student who studies modern and ancient scriptures, or a Confucian student who studies the new scriptures, as long as you have real skills and excellent test results, you can become an official, which is more fair and just than the inspection system and the Nine Grades Official Law, and I believe that Confucian students everywhere will definitely support and respond. I'm a living example of that. ”

"In addition, in order to excavate and discover talents as much as possible, we should not only take the examination of Confucian scriptures, but also the examination of history, law, diction, qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, and all kinds of talents can pass the examination to enter the office."

"Good way, good way." Tian Chou praised repeatedly,

"Now the imperial court needs a large number of officials, relying on the triennial 'nine-grade officials' to select talents, the number is too small, this trial system can just make up for the shortcomings of the nine-grade official law. Zhongzheng is also a human being, and it is impossible for him to be exhaustive when evaluating Confucianism, coupled with factors such as family and favors, it is bound to miss too many talents. After the implementation of the trial selection system, if these people can't get the materials through the Zhongzheng, they can also get the materials through the test scriptures, so that there are more ways for Confucian students to enter the office, and the imperial court will get more talents. One stone, one stone. Zhang Yan pondered for a long time and said worriedly: "In the long run, the selection system of the trial scriptures does not ask about the family, but only discusses the talents, which is indeed conducive to the selection of talents by the imperial court, and in the short term, it is also very beneficial to those Confucian students who study modern and ancient scriptures. However, when these two selection systems are implemented together, there must be light and heavy. The trial selection system is not conducive to the expansion and consolidation of their power, so they will find ways to oppose it, if the Nine Rank Official Law is important, then it will ...... in the future."

"Now that the government is in our hands, we can use various methods to quickly expand the influence of the trial selection system. For example, to expand the number of selected officials, the appointment of officials is mainly inclined to Confucian students who have been selected by examination, and the top few who have been selected by examination can directly enter the court as officials or go to the local government to serve as county commanders with a rank of thousands of stones, etc.......," Li Wei smiled indifferently,

"The trial selection system is a new system, and the Nine Grades Official Law is also a new system, but because the trial selection system is more fair and just, it can bring greater benefits to Confucian scholars, and it will undoubtedly be supported by the majority of people. Without the support of the Confucian scholars, the Nine Rank Official Law is unsustainable and will soon disappear. ”

"What if the gate valve plutocrats are adamantly opposed?" Xu Rong's face was difficult,

"You can't push them too hard, the dog has to jump off the wall when he's in a hurry, let alone people?"

"Yes, Zhong Yuan, at this time, the bloody and corrupt will have unpredictable consequences." Zhang Yan also persuaded,

The eldest princess shook her hands and left, the meaning was obvious, she just resolutely did not agree to kill. If something goes wrong in Chang'an and affects the great cause of Zhongxing, we will be in big trouble. ”

"Things have gotten to this point, don't you kill people?" Li Wei sneered,

"Where is the dignity of the Great Han Law? Where is the prestige of the imperial court? With such indulgence and connivance, how can the rule of officials be undefeated? ”

"How many do you want to kill?" Xu Rong was a little angry and asked strangely.

"It depends on whether they are willing to bow to the court? Are you willing to bow down and no longer fight openly and secretly with the court? Li Wei picked up a volume of documents from the desk, opened it, and put it in front of Xu Rong.

Xu Rong's face was shocked. Zhang Yan and Tian Chou surrounded them.

"Rewrite the Criminal Law?" Tian Chou was taken aback,

"Brother Zhongyuan, are you crazy? His Highness will not agree. When he was in Jinyang, the ministers of the court and the central government repeatedly asked for the revision of the "Criminal Law", but the eldest princess categorically refused. ”

"Now the eldest princess is not in Chang'an, and it is Da Sima who acts as the agent of state affairs." Li Wei said lightly,

"If the Criminal Law is not changed, this time it is not a question of one person or ten people dying, but of thousands of people dying."

"The stakes are so high for me to revise the Criminal Law, how dare I make my own decisions?" Xu Rong shook his head and said with a wry smile,

"Zhong Yuan, now you are not only forcing them to bow their heads, but also cutting off their heads. Before cutting off their heads, you have to force them to dig their own graves, are you too much? ”

"Really?" Li Wei laughed and snatched the documents on the case.

"Since they don't want to dig a pit for themselves, they have to throw the corpses in the mass graves to feed the wolves."

"Zhongyuan ......" Zhang Yan looked at Li Wei and asked with a solemn expression,

"Are you sure the eldest princess will agree?"

"Ladies and gentlemen...... Li Wei sighed and said helplessly,

"Since ancient times, all those who implement the reform of the country have succeeded or failed, and the end is miserable, and few people can be left alone and enjoy their old age in peace. Amending the "Criminal Law", deleting the complicated and simplifying, turning the heavy into light, and reducing the punishment by the law, to put it bluntly, is for our own sake. Today's opportunity is too rare, if you miss the opportunity, it will be more difficult to force the eldest princess to revise the "Criminal Law" in the future. The atmosphere in the room suddenly cooled.

"Can the gate valve families and the wealthy businessmen convince the eldest princess?" Tian Chou asked worriedly,

"After so many years, how have you ever seen the eldest princess loosen her mouth?"

"She'll let go this time." Li Wei's face showed a trace of bitterness,

"Because she is determined to reclaim her lost authority, she thinks that the imperial power has been bullied, she is going to fight back, and the strength she relies on is our opponent." Li Wei threw the scroll to the ground casually,

"This is the price of the restructuring. No matter which dynasty it is, at such a critical moment, there will always be people who will pay with their lives. Xu Rong smiled lonely.

The corners of Zhang Yan's mouth lifted a trace of disdain,

"I've been killing for so many years, and I don't care about killing a few more." On October 18, Zhang Liao, the captain of Sili, was ordered to arrest and defeat Ling Lizhong.

In the afternoon of the same day, Taicang ordered Xu Ling to be quilted

"Please" to the Lieutenant's Mansion. At dusk, Taifu Yang Biao, Yushi Dafu Xun You, Dahonglu Yuan Yao, and Ting Weiqing Chen Qun took a car together and went to the Qilin Hall to visit Da Sima.

"If you knew today, why bother in the first place." Yang Biao's eyes were closed, and he looked up to the sky and sighed,

"All along, we have been doing our best to restrain and weaken the imperial power, but today we have fallen to such a point...... It seems that the excessive expansion of power is indeed a disaster for the country and the people. ”

"What the sages couldn't solve, we can't solve either." Xun You frowned, and said in great frustration,

"Checks and balances, checks and balances...... What kind of official system can perfectly solve the checks and balances between imperial power and relative power, and maintain the balance of power in the court? ”

"Forget it, don't talk about this kind of thing, let's think about how to get through it." Ting Weiqing Chen Qun whispered,

"I heard that Liu Pan of Bashu was ill and withdrew his troops back to Chengdu, and the battlefield of Wudu has been suspended. If nothing else, the left general Yan Liang and the right general Wen Chou will soon return to Chang'an with the northern army. Yang Biao opened his eyes in shock,

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