The protests came violently and went quickly, but it had a huge impact, and the matter was discussed everywhere in Luoyang City, and all kinds of conspiracy theories, ambition theories and power theories were scattered in the streets and alleys.

And this time, Yang Tong did not show mercy on the people who instigated the candidates to make trouble, and if there was a similar encounter in the future, he would only be more ruthless and vicious. As Kong Yingda said, "learning to sell civil and military affairs and the emperor's family" is the common yearning of literati and warriors for thousands of years, the purpose of learning is to serve the country, show what they have learned, or avoid decaying with the grass and trees, succumbing to the market, as long as they are talented, as long as they have learned to gain fame, everyone is right...... But if you don't have the ability to distinguish right from wrong at all, you will gather in the imperial capital and make trouble in the palace, it will definitely be unforgivable, if Yang Tong tolerates it today, they will be a little wronged in the future, will they be the assassin king and kill the driver? If it is not severely punished, it is not enough to set an example; If it is not severely punished, it will only encourage the arrogance of the scholars, and gradually form an interest group headed by the 'scholars', who will be arrogant and domineering, exclude dissidents, and empty the imperial power......

After disposing of this group of leaders, Yang Tong's edict was revealed to the world on the same day.

"Literati are full of poetry and books, and they should understand right and wrong, share worries for the country, and open their eyes for the people; Now, for his own selfish sake, he is trying to provoke disputes between the north and the south, what is the difference between this crime and attempting to split the country? Today, thousands of scholars of the Great Sui Dynasty indiscriminately smeared the imperial court with the enemy, distorted the truth and believed in their words, and launched riots in the imperial capital... How is this different from a rebellious thief? This trip, not punishing is not enough to be angry, not punishing is not enough to set the record straight... From now on, if anyone holds this remark again, the nine clans will be punished! ”

Yang Tong's holy decree this time was unusually severe. Through the holy decree, you can clearly perceive the emperor's murderous aura! With the promulgation of the decree, a storm disappeared. However, Yang Tong's investigation made the scholars who participated in this incident collectively unlucky.

"Those who are dead and injured really deserve their crimes, and their families must be investigated for joint and several responsibility, and the three generations are not allowed to be hired; Those who participate in fights and brawls are also recorded in the Ministry of Officials, Imperial Departments, and School Divisions, and those who are seriously responsible for crimes cannot participate in scientific examinations for the rest of their lives; The rest are banned from taking the examination for 10, 9, or 8 years, depending on the severity of their crimes...... The dignity of the law brooks no provocation, and the literati of the Great Sui should take it as a warning. ”

Many people study hard, and even use various connections to become famous in order to gain fame, the purpose is to be able to one day be named on the gold list, enter the court as an official, and go straight to the nine clouds.

But as soon as Yang Tong's posthumous order came out, many people's career paths were interrupted, and the voices of lamentation were endless.

Where is the saying that the good law is not to blame the public?

Countless instigated literati wept bitterly, and some people were indignant, isn't it just a misunderstanding? We all know that it is wrong, what else does the court want to ...... However, how could Yang Tong give them a chance to repent? If they are not severely punished, they will commit it again in the future, and only by breaking the greatest wish of these people who want to be officials can they remember it for a long time.

……

In the Xuanzheng Palace, Yang Tong and a group of important ministers sat together to discuss matters.

Kong Yingda pleaded: "Holy Lord, these scribes are all people who are urgently needed by the imperial court, and most of them are blindly following the public, and this punishment includes everyone... That's a little too much, isn't it..."

Yang Tong smiled: "Kong Shangshu, this is not what you should say." ”

"The minister feels that it is not easy for students to become talents, and he can't bear to punish so many people at once." Kong Yingda was a staunch supporter of Yang Tong, and when he saw those scribes making trouble, he was furious in his heart, because he pointed out that the real intention of the more than 6,000 southern scribes who signed up later was to become officials. But after the hot head, I couldn't bear it.

"Never since the beginning of the Holy Lord's reign has ever happened so badly. And this group of people violated the law of the country, and the law has not been merciful since ancient times. Whatever the reason, it can't change the fact that they are wrong. If today because of cherishing their talents, when someone is not satisfied in the future, they will definitely form gangs and factions to run rampant in the imperial capital, forcing the imperial court to compromise, in order to achieve ulterior sinister intentions, at that point, where is the national law and the discipline of the Great Sui? What does the imperial court use to restrain the people of the world? Wei Zheng said coldly: "According to the number of people they gathered today, it has reached the standard of illegal assembly and rebellion, and I think the punishment is light." ”

Yang Tong said with a smile: "When I first opened the department, first, I urgently needed talents, secondly, to give Hanshi a chance to shake the law of the scholar clan controlling the local officialdom, and thirdly, to shake the political situation of all forces, and attract talents from poor families from all over the world to be used by the Great Sui." And the children of the Shi clan are not allowed to participate in the scientific examination, because the Shi clan has too many outstanding talents, if they also come to the exam, the Han Shi will definitely not be able to compete, among the ten places, the children of the Shi clan can win seven or eight places through the real level, once this is done, seventy or eighty percent of the officials will be the people of the Shi clan, and then they will eat away at the other three percent of the officials through marriage and other means, and form a huge political power network step by step, only the Han Shi officials account for eighty percent of the standard, even if the Shi clan wants to make wind and rain again, I am not worried at all. ”

Yang Tong's words made everyone think so.

The children of the famous clan are not all people of all ethnic groups, most of them are not their own clan, they are just studying in the private schools of various ethnic groups, and they are branded by various ethnic groups, which is very beneficial to their careers, and all ethnic groups need these people to strengthen their factions and momentum, and for the talents sent to the door, they are naturally gladly accepted, and some demonic talents are also firmly controlled by them by means of marriage, and it is difficult to get out in the future. From generation to generation, it has become a huge interest group, all ethnic groups have joined forces, and the advantage of imperial power has disappeared, in order to break this law, the imperial examination came into being in the Great Sui Dynasty.

"But holy." Kong Yingda said with some puzzlement: "Among these thousands of people, almost all of them are Han Shi. ”

"Hanshi can also be combined into the Guanzhong faction, the Bingzhou faction, the Jingzhou faction, and the Yangzhou faction...... If this time if the two factions of the north and the south are not strictly punished, the two factions of the north and the south will soon be formed spontaneously, and then they will exclude dissidents and continue to quarrel, which is even more terrifying than dozens of clan factions. Yang Gongren sighed, and then said: "It is understandable that people in the south take over the party in the south in order to protect themselves, but the south has been recovered by the imperial court, and the imperial court is also merit-based admission above the imperial examination, so there should be no saying that there are northern factions and southern factions, let alone leaders, and they cannot gather, otherwise, they will gradually evolve into the second and third Guanlong nobles, and if they are slightly dissatisfied, they will be cholera places, provoking the people to be dissatisfied with the imperial court, so as to make the lives miserable, and finally achieve the goal of changing the dynasty." ”

Kong Yingda smiled bitterly: "I understand the humble position. ”

He knew that Yang Tong hated all the scholars and interest groups just like he didn't like the Guanlong nobles, and wanted to completely smash them, if these Han scholars were targeting a certain interest group today, Yang Tong would at most only exterminate those who made a commotion, but their mistake was to attack the Great Sui court and the imperial power. It is already a great mercy that Yang Tong did not kill them all.

Yang Tong smiled, in fact, he knew that the 'officialdom faction' could not be avoided in the twenty-first century, and even each city had its own local villagers' associations, and their purpose was to combine and seek more benefits through various personal connections, but as long as they acted within the law, there was no threat to the stability of the country, and no one would care about anything. So the idea of the complete extinction of the faction is purely rhetoric, unless there is no human existence.

He said: "Okay, this matter is over, we don't have to talk about this matter anymore, what else is going on these days?" ”

"Holy Lord, there is indeed a spontaneous rumor among the people." Ling Jing said at this time, "Wei Chen feels that if he doesn't stop it, I'm afraid it will bring some unnecessary trouble to the imperial court. ”

"What?"

"In order to highlight the glory of meritorious soldiers, the saint asked the counties and counties to publicize the merits of many generals, but this is where the problem arises." Ling Jing said: "The common people are nothing, after the excitement has passed, some idlers saw that the Holy General Du Fuwei was promoted to Tan Guogong, so they compared him with Li Jingshangshu, Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, Pei Xingyan and other generals, and finally came to a conclusion: It is said that General Qin has experienced a hundred battles, participated in all the wars led by the Holy Lord, and after commanding the army alone, he annihilated 200,000 elite Turks, and now he has destroyed Lin Shihong, and he should be the first commander of the Great Sui. ”

"That means I should focus on rewarding to show the difference?" Yang Tong asked with a smile.

Ling Jing said: "That's right. ”

Yang Tong knocked on the table, "If you think about it carefully, the pharmacist's credit is actually the greatest, but he, the great hero behind the scenes, has been dimmed by the light of the generals. After removing him, Shubao is indeed the most dazzling one, the people don't know the skill of the pharmacist, and their judgment is indeed correct, but if I take Shubao out alone, it doesn't seem to be a good thing for him......"

Everyone nodded.

If Qin Qiong is really pushed to the first person in the military, he will become a target for arrows, with everyone's understanding of him, although Qin Qiong is strong in martial arts and loyal, whether he is leading troops to fight or fighting alone, he is a first-class player; But in terms of politics, Qin Qiong really didn't have any outstanding performance, if he was pushed out, he would definitely not be able to parry all kinds of cold arrows.

This is also where Yang Tong is worried.

In the battle of annihilating Lin Shihong, it was Qin Qiong who got a glimpse of the fighter plane, and united Pei Renji to send troops to annihilate Lin Shihong's main force in Jiujiang, which is a well-deserved first meritorious general, he destroyed Lin Shihong, who has been in trouble for more than ten years in the south, and should be rewarded for his feelings, but Qin Qiong is now a prince of the country, and his title is no longer sealable. As for the military officials, martial arts, and false positions, they are far less dazzling than their real positions and titles, and no matter how they are promoted, they can't convince the people.

Yang Tong leaned back in the chair, rubbed his head and said, "Shubao's contribution is indeed not small, and I have also added to it in terms of martial arts officials and martial arts. But the people don't think it's enough, do they make him the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses? ”

"It's definitely not going to work." Yang Gongren shook his head and said: "The authority of the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses is too heavy, once this position is set, it will be followed in the future, and the most important thing is that this position has led to a serious imbalance in the military, and there is no way to restrain it." Uncle Bao doesn't care; But the successor to the throne may not be loyal. ”

Yang Tong nodded, the authority of the captain of Qin and the general of the Han Dynasty is the same as that of the 'generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses', and the successive dynasties have slowly abolished it in view of the fact that the position is too heavy.

Du Ruhui said: "The left servant said that this generalissimo of soldiers and horses in the world must not be set up. And the people are just trying to be lively, what they want to see is nothing more than the honorable General Qin, as for how many soldiers and horses General Qin is in charge of, they don't really care. ”

"Your Excellency approves."

At this time, Wei Yunqi arched his hand and said: "Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Han Ming Dynasty remembered the heroes of his father Emperor Guangwu, and put the portraits of the twenty-eight generals with the greatest merit and the strongest ability in Nangong Yuntai, and later generations called it 'Yuntai Twenty-eight Generals', and the saint might as well follow the example of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty." ”

"Five Tiger Generals?" Yang Tong almost blurted out.

"It seems that the saint has already thought about it in his heart, this name is indeed not named, but the minister feels that it is not loud enough." Du Ruhui glanced at Yang Tong and said with a smile: "And I have a lot of generals and famous generals of the Great Sui Dynasty, if they are all included, there will be no difference from now, and it will not reflect the honor." ”

"I cast the 'Thirty-six Potentials of Shengwu' and bestowed them on meritorious generals, and in this life, I only use the name of 'Shengwu', and set up the 'Thirty-six Tiangang' of Shengwu can be included in the ranks." Yang Tong's eyes flashed with a gleam: "But Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty's 'Yuntai Twenty-Eight Generals', in order to avoid suspicion, all those who are related to the royal family have been set aside by him, for example, General Fubo Ma Yuanli has made great contributions, but because his daughter is the Empress of Emperor Ming, Emperor Ming avoided suspicion and did not include it; To a certain extent, for a manifestation of injustice, since the people care about this matter, our 'Shengwu Thirty-six Tiangang' is simply selected by the people, and the people will screen out the approximate candidates from among the civil and military officials, and then the court will decide. Those who lack meritorious service will not be included, and the seat will be temporarily vacant, and the generals with great merit will be included in it when the world is pacified. ”

The crowd agreed.

Then after discussing some specific details and specific plans, this matter is considered to be drawn up, and it needs to be confirmed in the court before it can be finally implemented

The priority at the moment is to use all the reserve officials as the territory has skyrocketed, and the focus is on the appointment of officials, and Yang Tong has used all the reserve officials as before, and these people in the training course have already supported the shelves in various places.