Chapter 162: Officialdom
Guo Jia shook his head gently, this is also a punishment? Yuan Shu was obviously favoring the three children, but he was suspended for three months, but he did not choose to remove or demote his official position. This is not only not a punishment, but in a way a reward.
The gains and progress of the three small battles this time are not small, and it will take a while to digest so many gains and precipitate them. Especially Zhou Yu, if he wants to study the formation, it is impossible to achieve results in half a year.
Although Yuan Yao didn't gain much, he was dragging his feet and playing soy sauce in this battle. Sun Ce's army suffered so many injuries, and Sun Ce had to pay attention to protecting him at all times.
But with his qualifications, being able to reach the realm of a third-rate military general at this age is already the limit. It takes a lot of time to make another breakthrough.
This time the battle was so fierce, he couldn't break through, this was no longer the reason for hard work, but a problem of martial arts talent.
Like Sun Ce, although he was just a third-rate military general a year ago, he looked worse than Yuan Yao. But it's actually because he hasn't experienced much fighting.
Combat is the most powerful catalyst for strength. Just look at Sun Ce and know that in just one year, he was directly promoted from a third-rate military general to a quasi-first-class realm.
This shows that his qualifications are outstanding, and he has not broken through before because he has not experienced stimulation. Accumulation and accumulation, as long as he experienced a little war, Sun Ce's ability increased so rapidly.
Yuan Yao has experienced a lot of battles now, but he still has not broken through. There was no way, Yuan Shu planned to send him to the Wa Kingdom to erect a monument and become a god.
With such a good place, maybe Yuan Yao's qualifications will be able to improve to the purple level in a few years, and it is not impossible to become a first-class military general within ten years.
"Okay, Fengxiao, now the war in Yuzhou is over. It's also time for us to deliver on our promise to Jingzhou and the Yangzhou family. ”
In the past three months, Jingzhou and Yangzhou have performed well. Relying on the big pie of the fiefdom, Yuan Shu successfully provoked the infighting between the Jingzhou and Yangzhou families.
The two sides fought fiercely, and many children of the family were pulled off the horse. But these belong to the lack of eyesight, and the mud can't support the wall.
Yuan Shu recorded them one by one, and then let them go. After all, they are all from some families, and they still have to give some face.
However, it may be difficult for these children of the family who have been recorded to become officials again. There is a criminal record here in Yuan Shu, unless you really change your past and have extraordinary abilities, don't think about turning over. Yuan Shu's inspectors are not vegetarians.
However, Yuan Shu did not say this consequence explicitly, and it was only a small punishment on the surface. If you are greedy, spit it out as it is, and pay some more fines. Anyway, the families have a lot of money and don't care about this little money. Yuan Shu also made a small fortune through this.
Yuan Shu, this can be regarded as a small boost. If the punishment was severe, these families would not have fought so badly. After all, doing so is tantamount to losing both, and in the end, the two sides may reach an agreement and form a tacit understanding.
It can be found that these punishments are not painful, and under the temptation of the fief, the families riveted their infighting. Anyway, they have a lot of money and a lot of money, so it's just a big deal to lose some money. Lost official positions can be filled in by your own people.
Yuan Shu took the opportunity to pull down a group of bad officials. You must know that Yuan Shu's punishment of officials is not only based on corruption or corruption. As long as you have the ability, it's okay to be corrupt, as long as you don't have a lot of corruption, Yuan Shu can warn at most.
If it's just a little money, Yuan Shu doesn't bother to care. Let the people under your command pay attention to it, so as to avoid the other party getting deeper and deeper, and it is enough to be excessively corrupt.
In this kind of troubled times, except for those who have no ability and no virtue, other talents can be accepted by Yuan Shu.
Yuan Shu's recruitment list is written that as long as he is a talented person, regardless of his background or virtue, he will hire him.
If this person can govern a county very well, but he is not virtuous, and occasionally accepts small bribes, Yuan Shu is also happy to accept it.
Anyway, the bribes he accepted were nothing more than from merchants and families, and it was not about Yuan Shu. When he really went too far, Yuan Shu could also confiscate the money by the way.
As long as he doesn't go too far, Yuan Shu can tolerate it. After all, there are really not many scholars under Yuan Shu's command.
Different from the ordinary Han law, the new law made by Yuan Shu and Tian Feng has a law called the Property Publicity Law for officials.
In this era of filial piety, this law is not difficult for most officials to accept.
How many students would rather go hungry after their parents died, but also keep filial piety for many years. In order to seek a reputation for filial piety.
The salary paid to them by Yuan Shu was more than ten times that stipulated by the Han Dynasty, not to mention that it could make them rich, but at least it was no problem to live a high-class life without worrying about food and clothing.
If the land problem is solved, most of the problems will be solved. Yuan Shu reclaimed the land, and the money from the family was greatly less attractive to the family.
After all, what can be earned casually by doing business, why offend Yuan Shu? What's more, there is still a fief in his own family, and no matter how much money he has, it is completely meaningless.
As for the Hanmen, the salary given by Yuan Shu can fully meet almost all their needs. Without the option of leaving land for future generations, money is also much less attractive to them.
Unlike later generations who wanted to disclose the property of officials had so many scruples, in this dictatorial era, this is what Yuan Shu said.
This is the good thing in ancient feudal society, where command and discourse are centralized. Generally speaking, as soon as the emperor speaks, the people below have to do so.
Therefore, the rise and fall of the country is directly linked to the emperor. When you meet a good monarch, you can quickly prosper, like Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. But if you encounter one or two mediocre ones, plus some external conditions, it is estimated that the game will be over.
Emperor Ling of Han, who had just hung up, was the best example. From the ten permanent servants and He Jin, selling officials, to the state pastor, to the selection of heirs, and other issues, step by step pushed the Han Dynasty into the abyss.
Yuan Shu directly implemented the disclosure of officials' assets, and no one below dared to oppose it at all. The families don't care about this, and they don't care about the little money they get through corruption. And their fiefdoms haven't been gotten in their hands yet, how dare they make Yuan Shu unhappy.
And the families don't object, and the poor families don't object. In this era, filial piety is pursued, and if you oppose it, you can only say that you are not honest and unworthy of being an official.
How can you pass up such a good opportunity to make a name for yourself? These children of poor families can't wait to show their high demeanor and brightness, and show their noble image of subsidizing the lonely and widowed elderly everywhere and eating bran vegetables by themselves. Attract the admiration of everyone and leave a good reputation.
The people of this era are much simpler, or the atmosphere of this era is better.
For scholars, the most important thing is to increase the rank of official and the glory of the ancestors, and money is simply an accessory.
Like a businessman has money, what's the use? It can't be spent, and it will lead to death.
A good position and a good reputation are much more important than money.
is like a county order with a good reputation under Yuan Shu, not to mention anything else. Basically, he doesn't have to spend money to eat anywhere, and whoever he likes, the other party will rush to send it to him. Everywhere you go, you will be admired.
This era is the greatest pursuit of scholars, and it is also the noblest character of this era.