【Chapter 340】 Chang'an (Final)
After the heavy rain, the sky is clear.
Seven-colored rainbows stretch across the sky, and they are extremely gorgeous.
Since the discussion of Longxiang Li's mansion, the imperial court issued an edict again, enshrined Li Dao as the general of the chariot cavalry, the marquis of Chiyang, the commander of the school, the opening of the mansion, the position and the three dukes, and the auxiliary government of the regent.
At this point, Li Dao has reached the pinnacle of power. Although he was not promoted to the position of Taishi or Xiangguo like Dong Zhuo and Wang Yun, he was also a very popular minister, with the power of regent auxiliary, and his actual authority was not inferior to Dong Zhuo and Wang Yun in the past.
The first decree after Li Wei's auxiliary government was to implement the policy of reducing the amount of money and supporting the people in the two prefectures of Xiliang.
The official edict was to exempt the people of Xiliang and Xiliang from taxes for two years, distribute seeds, cattle and a certain number of livestock needed for farming, and encourage the people and people from other prefectures and counties to come to Xiliang counties and counties to cultivate and cultivate, and the displaced people would also receive an additional half year's rations. After two years, the tax was paid at 37 cents and was never increased.
In addition, Li Dao also ordered the county soldiers under Tietuo's tent to leave 20,000 young soldiers to defend the city, and the remaining more than 30,000 county soldiers to find the ownerless wasteland and reclaim the tuntian. The soldiers of each county built canals for irrigation; Build a post road to dredge the passage between Chang'an and Liangzhou.
The results of Li Wei's administrative measures after his administration were extremely obvious. After the edict was issued, in just over a month, the population around Chang'an tripled, and in addition to the people who hid in the mountains, there were as many as 100,000 displaced people from other prefectures and counties. Moreover, the foreign population is still increasing rapidly, and people from various states and counties in the Central Plains enter Chang'an almost every day, and there is an endless stream.
This also made Li Li, who planned this matter behind the scenes, truly realize the strong appeal of the Edict of the Son of Heaven. No matter how the Han family declined, the people of the world still trusted the edict of the Son of Heaven. This indirectly shows that the people's hearts are still towards the Han Dynasty, at least the homeless people still have hope for the Liu royal family.
The two-year exemption decree prompted Li Dao to quickly consolidate his position as regent and auxiliary governor in the court, and won the unanimous support of the people in Chang'an City and the surrounding areas. As a result, the hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China, who had a lot of complaints about Li Dao's auxiliary government, bowed their heads and shut up, and no longer slandered and discussed. And Li Dao is also quite complacent because of this, no longer cares about the lack of soldiers in his hands, handles the government with peace of mind, and sits in Chang'an.
Since Li Wei entered the court and served as an auxiliary government, Li Li rarely went to the court, and his heart was devoted to preparing for the construction of Taixue and the lecture hall. And his family has been living in Yiwu and has not moved into Chang'an City, and the Zhengxi General's Mansion is the base camp of the Xiliang Army, Li Xuan, Li Ru and Jia Xu and others have moved their families into the General's Mansion or settled nearby. In order to facilitate the timely handling of military and political affairs.
Jia Xu and others were very puzzled by Li Li's great opportunity to win the hearts of the people to Li Wei, and felt that it was a pity. After all, it is not a trivial matter to reduce the taxes of Xiliang counties for two years, this is an excellent opportunity to subdue the people of Xiliang and enhance their prestige, but now such a good thing has fallen on Li Wei's head. And not Liley.
Li Li is very calm about this. Because he knows that the people's hearts are very important and wonderful. In the struggle for hegemony in the world, we must not lose the hearts and support of the people; But. At present, collecting people's hearts in Xiliang is not the most important thing. It is not easy to win the hearts and minds of the people, but it is easy to lose the hearts of the people. Born in troubled times, the people and the people cannot affect the overall situation of the world, and the people who can really decide the situation in the world are still the powerful princes who hold the heroes. Who is the real controller in Xiliang? As long as you are discerning, you know. The actual ruler of the two states of Xiliang and even the Chang'an court was Li Li, not Li Dao.
The reason why Li Li made Li Dao the regent auxiliary government was to push Li Dao to the forefront. Intentionally do it for the world to see. Nowadays, the person who adjudicates the regent is definitely not a good person in the eyes of the people of the world, and it is easy to associate this person who holds the authority of the world with Dong Zhuo, Wang Yun and others, so that he will become the object of verbal criticism by the people and scholars of the world, and will also become an imaginary enemy of envy, jealousy and hatred of the princes from all walks of life.
Because of this, Li Li didn't want to be hated by the people of the world, attacked by the scholars and Confucian scholars, and he didn't want to expose his full strength to the princes of the world too early. At this time, since Li Wei is envious of the power and status in charge of the world, it is reasonable for Li Li to fulfill him, the beauty of adulthood, hand over the most prominent power in the world to him, let him sit in the court, and the regent and auxiliary government.
In addition, Li Dao has no soldiers and horses in his hands, and if he wants to be in charge of the government with peace of mind, he must be given enough support to enjoy the benefits and pleasures of power. In this way, Li Li gave up the opportunity to win the hearts of the people of Xiliang to Li Dao, so that he could not only consolidate his position, but also experience the pleasure of being praised by the people, so that he no longer deliberately sought military power, and willingly sat in Chang'an to assist in the governance of the country.
Only in this way can the rear of Chang'an be stable, and the relationship between uncle and nephew can be completely restored to its former state, intimate and harmonious. Only when the rear is stable can Li Li lead the army to the west without any worries, sweep down the two states of Xiliang in one fell swoop, sweep away the bandits, and make Xiliang truly unified.
Two months have passed in the blink of an eye.
Chang'an City is in good order, the public order is good, the people's lives are stable, and they are gradually returning to their former prosperity. There are many shops, wine shops and inns have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and the Fengyue Restaurant in the fireworks willow lane has also quietly emerged, and has increased rapidly.
During this period, Chang'an Taixue and Jiangwutang were completed one after another, and the recruitment of celebrities to teach and enroll students was also carried out at the same time.
When preparing for the establishment of the two universities, the Chang'an court sent hundreds of edicts from the Son of Heaven to various states and counties, and recruited more than 300 famous men and martial arts masters to come to Chang'an to teach. In the conscription edict, Gaomi Zheng Xuan Zheng Kangcheng, Beihai Xiang Kong Rong, Guan Ning, Bing Yuan, Hanoi Zhao Shang, Qinghe Cui Yan, Wang Ji, Guo Yuan, Pingyuan Huaxin, Xiangyang Pang Degong, Sima Hui and other celebrities from various states were impressively listed. Among the masters of martial arts and the art of war, the imperial court recruited Zhuojun Lu Zhi, Nanyang Huang Zhong and ranger Wang Yue and others.
It is worth mentioning that Gaomi Zheng Xuan could have avoided the call-up because he was taking refuge in Xuzhou and was not in Yanzhou. It's a pity that Li Li just let people pass the conscription edict to Tao Qian, the assassin of Xuzhou, but Tao Qian personally went to invite him, and then sent his own soldiers to Chang'an. And Xiangyang Pang Degong and Sima Hui deliberately dodged, Shenlong saw the head but did not see the end, and Liu Biao, the assassin of Jingzhou, never found anyone, so the two did not accept the edict. Except for these two people who did not receive the edict, almost all the celebrities from other states and counties came with edicts and arrived in Chang'an within two months.
Among these celebrities, there is another person who is more interesting, that is, the plain Huaxin Huaziyu. In the early years, when Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an, Hua Xin took the opportunity to escape and entered Nanyang through Wuguan. Yuan Shu wanted to recruit him into his command, but he didn't look down on Yuan Shu, and he didn't want to go out, and later met Taifu Ma Richan was ordered to pacify the Hedong counties, so he became a subordinate of Taifu Mansion and returned to Chang'an. After becoming a subordinate official of the Taifu Mansion, he asked the Taifu Ma Rician several times to seek opportunities for him to be released, but the situation in Chang'an has been changeable in the past two years and has not been able to make the trip. Not long ago, he finally got the post of Yuzhang Taishou from Wang Yun, and before he left Chang'an, he encountered the chaos in Chang'an, so he could only hide in the people's homes for a while. Subsequently, the Wuwei Army and the Xiliang Army fought, and all the passes in Chang'an were closed, and Hua Xin couldn't go if he wanted to. After Chang'an stabilized, he was just about to go to Yuzhang County to take office, and he was recruited as an adjutant of the General's Mansion in the west, and he also received an edict from Teacher Taixue.
In the conscription of Jiangwutang, Lu Zhi of Zhuojun was even more evil, and the conscription edict was sent to Yuan Shao of Jizhou, but Yuan Shao was dismissed Lu Zhi had just died of illness not long ago. After investigation, it was confirmed that Lu Zhi was really sick and died, just when Li Li and Li Dao would attack Chang'an. did not summon Lu Zhi, but summoned the ranger Wang Yue, and it was not Wang Yue alone, but a group of rangers. It is said that these rangers are all disciples of Wang Yue, and the more famous one is Wang Yue's eldest disciple Shi A. In addition to Wang Yue, this edict also summoned a military general, who was Nanyang Huangzhong Huang Hansheng sent by Liu Biao in Jingzhou.
Before the official teaching of Taixue and Jiangwutang, Li Li personally received more than 200 celebrities and a number of Xiliang generals who came from the edict, and held a feast in the general's mansion. During the banquet, Li Li had a very low posture, behaved humbly and politely, and had great respect for Cai Yong, Kong Rong, Zheng Xuan and other great Confucians. Even if some celebrities who are not angry in their hearts use the strength of wine to make sarcastic and sarcastic remarks, Li Li is not angry at all, always smiling and welcoming people, and showing extreme tolerance and generosity.
After the banquet, after the recommendation of Li Xuan, Li Ru and Jia Xu, Hua Xin, Bing Yuan, Guan Ning, Cui Yan and Guo Yuan were left in the General's Mansion by Li Li to assist Li Xuan and Li Ru in handling the government affairs of Xiliang and Erzhou; Wang Yue was appointed as General Pi, and Huang Zhong was conscripted as Zhonglang General and Jin Yiwei Deputy Commander. The appointment has been made, and Hua Xin, Cui Yan, Guo Yuan, Wang Yue, Huang Zhong and others have no objection and happily accept the order. However, Bing Yuan and Guan Ning were noncommittal about Li Li's appointment, and seemed to be unwilling to go out, but unfortunately Li Li did not give them a chance to refuse, claiming that they had ordered someone to pick up their family members to come to live in Chang'an. After dropping this sentence, Li Li walked away, making Bing Yuan and Guan Ning look at each other and hold their breath extremely hard.
More than 200 celebrities entered Taixue to teach, and Chang'an Taixue deserved its name, and it truly became the first university in the Han Dynasty, with a very loud name and a good reputation. After the formal teaching, Cai Yong served as the dean of Taixue, Zheng Xuan and Kong Rong served as vice presidents, Li Ru served as the dean of Taixue, and the county soldiers sent a team of 1,000 people to enter Taixue and directly obey Li Ru's orders.
Since then, Chang'an Taixue has been officially put into operation, and the first batch of 3,000 students are divided into three stages: junior high school, middle school, and high school.
When Taixue was officially taught, the lecture hall located in Longxiang Li Mansion was also officially opened. The dean was served by Li Li himself, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun served as vice presidents, Wang Yue served as the dean, and the commanders of the main battalions of the Xiliang Army, Tie Tuo, Shi A, Huang Zhong and others were the teachers of the martial arts hall. In addition to more than 1,000 children aged about 10, the first batch of students also selected more than 2,000 middle- and low-level generals from the Xiliang Army to enroll in the school.
After finally facilitating the normal operation of Taixue and Jiangwutang, Li Li finally temporarily withdrew and began to prepare for the western expedition. At this time, it is already midsummer, and autumn will be more than half a month away. —————— (To be continued)(To be continued......