Chapter 53: Fighting Corruption
On April 17, Gao Cheng returned from an outing outside Yecheng, and the honor guard was quite huge, but the result was to enter the city, that is, to bump into the honor guard of the new Yushi Lieutenant Gao Shen. The two of them were blocked in one place at once, and they didn't give in to each other.
According to Wei law, even if a hundred officials are high-ranking honorables, if they encounter the honor guard of the lieutenant of the imperial history, they must be avoided. But what is Gao Cheng's identity? Moreover, he just recommended Gao Shen as a lieutenant of the imperial history, which is called Gao Shen's "benefactor", and it seems that he should not regress. However, to everyone's surprise, Gao Cheng was only a little "sluggish", and when he saw Gao Shen sneering, his subordinates rushed forward at his fingers, and smashed the stick in his hand. Gao Cheng's guard of honor suddenly became a mess, and the Thai half-man ran away with his head in his arms.
The onlookers were shocked, thinking that Gao Cheng must be angry; There are also many people who roll up their sleeves and want to watch a good show. I didn't want Gao Cheng to be angry at all, but he drank and ordered the honor guard to disperse, and he also pulled the side of the road, thinking that he would avoid it.
When this incident came out, everyone was shocked. Gao Shen's name of "Lieutenant of Iron Law" spread far and wide, and everyone was afraid of it.
Immediately afterwards, many bigwigs in the court, including the four nobles, all received a private message from the prime minister Gao Huan, saying that "the court has the intention to rectify the atmosphere, and the law is there, that is, I can't do anything, and the monarchs are cautious."
Liu Gui took the letter and first found Sun Teng, Sun Teng didn't care, and sneered: "What?" ”
Liu Gui put his mind at ease, and when he went to visit Sima Ziru who was "sick", he held up the letter and said with a smile: "Zunye, you see, King Gao is still thinking about our old brothers." ”
Sima Ziru is noncommittal. After Liu Gui was sent away, he jumped up from the couch, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Ah Gui, Ah Gui, I really don't know whether to say that you have a big heart, or if you are really stupid... But then again, you Liu Agui has always been a fool and blessed, and now that you have lost Nantai, you may not be able to do anything after that... ”
After thinking about it, he couldn't help but say to himself again: "In the end, I helped him Gao Cheng last year, and I can be regarded as a favor to him." Recently, I have been even more low-key and forbearing, and Gao Cheng must not be too cruel to me in his eyes. As for the dragon bird (Sun Teng's table)... Hey, I hope he will do it himself. ”
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Gao Shen's hands and feet are fast, and as soon as he makes a move, he is the first to impeach the big ---, which is actually the Taibao and Changle County Lieutenant Jing.
Wei Jing's corruption is too heavy, and if he is caught, there will be a lot of evidence, and he will not be able to escape at all. So the emperor was "furious" and issued an edict to remove one of his officials and even ordered him to be imprisoned.
Chang Shanjun panicked, and when he first went to Gao Cheng to intercede, Gao Cheng just ignored it. Chang Shanjun was helpless, and ran to the prime minister's mansion in Jinyang in person, with a handful of tears and snot: "Your brother-in-law is old, and he should die in a few years, why bother forcing him to look like this?" He spread out his hands again and cried endlessly: "He Liuhun, look, these hands are grinding like old onions, all because your sister was a child and fetching water for you, look at it, look at it... ”
Gao Huan also felt compassion, and comforted: "Although my brother-in-law is deeply sinful, since my sister has come to ask for it, I should make sure that he is okay, okay?" Chang Shanjun went crying and crying.
Soon Gao Huan personally wrote a letter to "intercede", and after three consecutive times, Emperor Yuan Shanjian had to agree, and ordered the release of Wei Jing and the restoration of his title, but not his position as Taibao. Gao Huan appointed Wei Jing as the prime minister for a long time, moved out of Yecheng, and went to Jinyang.
Then Sun Teng, who leaned towards the government and the opposition, suffered a disaster--- Gao Shen impeached him for "hiding silverware and stealing it as a family property; Intimate villains, designed for gathering". One by one, one by one, all of them were conclusively evidenced, and Yuan Shanjian was "angry" again, and the edict was strictly handled.
This time, Gao Huan still went out to "intercede", and Sun Teng had to maintain the title, but Situ and his positions were dismissed. Soon Sun Teng also followed in the footsteps of Wei Jing and moved to Jinyang, where he also had a long history of being a prime minister.
Sima Ziru, who said that the sick family heard this, sighed: "King Gao's hand... Have a nice time. At the moment, he "got up from his illness", and even accused himself of guilt, saying that he was "hiding a fugitive, and the crime is unforgivable".
The imperial court used "investigation to find out what happened", removed Sima Zi from the position of Shang Shuling, and replaced it with Gao Cheng. However, compared with Wei Jing and Sun Teng, Sima Ziru is really much better--- although the title of fiefdom is not less, the actual position is only reduced by one level, and he still occupies a high position in the left servant of Shangshu, and he is the same as before.
As Sima Zi expected, Liu Gui was very good, and he did not see Yu Shitai come forward to impeach.
Gao Cheng and Gao Shen acted resolutely, and even the "four nobles" were all unlucky, and the rest of the people didn't even dare to come out of the atmosphere. Soon, a large number of corrupt officials and nobles were impeached, those who were dismissed from office were dismissed, and those who were punished were punished.
Gao Cheng also ordered that "the list is on the street, with the discussion of the country's political skills, and still open the road of straightforwardness, and those who have written matters are all tolerant."
As a result, the Eastern Wei Dynasty and the opposition "changed their customs and made no mistakes".
Not only that, Gao Cheng personally presided over the system, changing the system of "stopping the year" (that is, not asking the virtuous and foolish, and awarding officials according to seniority), and selecting officials based on meritocracy. All talented people, even if they are not recommended, Gao Cheng will also attract his subordinates, and they will feast, discuss, and write poems. Gao Cheng is not like Gao Huan, especially like Han'er, so he won the heart of the Northern Dynasty scholars and doctors, and they all praised him.
Gao Cheng made a fuss in Yecheng, and Gao Huan was never idle in Jinyang, first issued the "Lin Toe Ge", unified the law, and made it convenient for the people; He also built ferries and boiled the sea to make salt, so as to increase tax revenue. There are many monks and nuns in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, almost two million people, no servitude, no taxes, Gao Huan ordered all states and counties not to build temples without authorization, violators are guilty of vain, and the tax is greatly increased.
The Eastern Dynasty changed its course, which was visible to the naked eye, and it was prosperous. Soon, a new palace was built in Yecheng, amnesty, and the Yuan Xinghe was changed.
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Gao Cheng was greedy and virtuous, and the government and the opposition were salty, and his prestige was great for a while, as if he was the first person in the Eastern Dynasty under Gao Huan.
The rising tide lifts all boats, and Gao Shen has also become famous. In the middle of the year, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Yushitai impeachment of Henan Daxingtai, the hussar general, and the prince of Puyang County, Gao Huan decisively appointed Gao Shen as the assassin of Northern Yuzhou, and the left servant of Henan Daxingtai Shangshu, out of the town of Xingyang--- made it clear that he wanted to drive Hou Jing away from the heart of Heluo, and he also had to share Hou Jing's military power.
At this moment, Gao Shen is in full swing, and Hou Jing doesn't dare to openly fight against him, so he has no choice but to be deflated. He really didn't want to "work with" Gao Shen in the same place, so he asked to move south to Yuzhou and guard the Hanging Gourd (Yuzhou Prefecture, now Runan County, Zhumadian City, Henan Province). Gao Huan is in the middle of it, how can it not be allowed?
When Gao Shen arrived, he spared no effort and used thunderous means to transfer Hou Jing's henchmen in Northern Yuzhou from his post and make a good living. State Chinese martial arts, all salty.