"It's easy!" Bao Hong said with a smile, "It's good to select some respected and reliable old men from the Yellow Turban Army to take the lead in dealing with this matter." Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info Even if we withdraw, it is impossible to completely ignore these people. It was through this that they were able to establish some authority. ”

"The general means an official of the nature of the 'three elders'?" Ling Jing wondered.

The so-called three elders are the township officials who were in charge of education in ancient times. There were three elders in the Warring States Wei period, three elders in Qinzhi Township, three elders in the Han Dynasty, and three elders in the county after the Eastern Han Dynasty, and three elders in the country.

The third elder is a lower-level official in the county, similar to the township head. As a grassroots cadre with a leading face, the three elders are indispensable for checking and mediating civil disputes, and can be regarded as responsible for education, but his main job is to collect taxes. At that time, one-tenth of the grain collected by the peasants in the fields had to be handed over to the state, which was mainly used to raise soldiers.

Generally speaking, elders are required to possess the three virtues of integrity, rigidity, and softness. Elect such elders to serve as such. Generally speaking, the rights and tasks are similar to those of the patriarch, but the object of the patriarch is a clan, and the three elders are often of a regional nature.

Liu Bang laid down two criteria for the selection of the "three elders of the township" and "the three elders of the county": one is to be over 50 years old, and the other is that the person's moral integrity can serve as an example for the people. At the same time, it is stipulated that the appointment of the three elders in each township is limited to one, and the appointment of the three elders in the county is also limited to one, and they must be selected from among the three elders in the township. Therefore, the three elders of the county actually belong to the same nature as the three elders of the township, but the geographical scope of their duties is different.

In the Han Dynasty, although the "three elders of the township" and "the three elders of the county" were at the grassroots level, they had always been valued and courteous by the emperor, in addition to being exempted from military service, they were often the specific objects of the emperor's rice, silk and knighthood, and on some occasions they were even given at the same time as the "clan with a subordinate person" or nobles and high-ranking officials, although the number of gifts was different.

Liu Bang asked the three elders of the township to be "able to lead the people", that is, they should have appeal to the people within a large local area. This is not enough for individuals to "have practice", they must be recognized by the village forces. The "three elders of the township" and "the three elders of the county" exert no small influence on local politics and even national politics, and they cannot be just ordinary elders, but usually have a certain degree of cultural knowledge and political opinions. In the Han Dynasty, the three elders of the township and the three elders of the county could reflect the achievements of the local officials to the imperial court. Some of the three elders have even had an impact on major national political events.

The emperor of the Western Han Dynasty attached great importance to the opinions of the three elders. At the same time, the three elders are not only the teachers of the people, but also influence the public opinion of the township party, and often play a key role in the inspection and promotion of the "township election". The three elders are parliamentary organizations that formulate local laws and regulations, and they are also educational organizations that publicize national policies and regulations. The promulgation and implementation of the policies and decrees of the imperial court must be subject to the instructions of the three elders. Therefore, the three elders are actually responsible for the supervision function of the imperial court.

Judging from the decree announced by Liu Bang, the three elders at that time were directly elected from the common people. At that time, although the appointment of state officials was also a local recommendation procedure, it was all an official recommendation route, and it was not as recorded here, as recorded here, as long as the person was at least 50 years old, had good practice, and was highly respected in the local area, the person concerned could directly hold the position of the three elders. Moreover, the three elders of the county set up in the early days of the Han Kingdom were "to teach each other with the county order, Cheng, and Wei, and not to fight again." Wine and meat in October. That is to say, these three elders are the consultees of the county officials, and they are therefore exempted from forced labor, and every October, the county officials also pay tribute to them. Let's think about it, if the three elders are state officials, how can they receive such preferential treatment and courtesy from county officials? Therefore, it should be said that the three elders at that time were the civil rights functional institutions and personnel of the people, but their political identities were between the government and the people. In other words, the three elders of the Han Dynasty were local social leaders who "had to compare themselves with officials instead of officials".

Of course, Bao Hong also knew that at this stage at the end of the Han Dynasty, the eunuchs were in power, the Ling Emperor was unreasonable, and the quality of the officials was undoubtedly affected to a certain extent.

However, the general purchase of officials is also the level of officials, and the three elders, a class in the buffer between the people and the government, are basically elected by the local government, and rarely rise to the point of bribing eunuchs.

On the other hand, the officials above in many places are actually relatively reliable, after all, they are all scholars from scholars, although it is not that everyone is a moral model such as Guan Ning and Wang Lie, but the monopoly and exploitation will not be aimed at the three elders and others, so relatively speaking, the local three elders should still be relatively reliable.

And as I said just now, the status and prestige of the three elders have always been officially recognized, so it is acceptable for them to come forward to uphold justice and punish the murderers who are in turmoil with the Yellow Turbans, killing the people, and becoming mad.

This is similar to the so-called universal trial, grievance meetings and the like, putting the power of ownership in the hands of the people and letting them deal with these cholera elements.

If this thing is not done well, it will actually cause the pursuit and desire of ordinary people for rights. However, after all, it has been brainwashed by hundreds of years of feudalism, and this problem actually has little impact. As for things like throwing dirty water on him, that's not to mention. The authority of the three elders in the local area is already very great. In addition, at this time, the local regular officials have basically been killed, or they have already run away, and the three elders are naturally qualified to handle all local affairs with full authority, and there is no place to be attacked.

"In this way, it is not a bad policy, the general is powerful, and the students admire!" Ling Jing smiled and complimented.

The fact is also the same, perhaps many virtuous ministers and famous ministers are dedicated to the people, and it can be said that for the sake of the well-being of the people, it is not uncommon for even the emperor to dare to give direct advice or even abolish it. However, even so, it is not said that it is directly up to the people to decide, this is completely a change in the nature of consciousness.

"You can deal with this matter!" Bao Hong said with a smile, "Pay attention to the fact that when choosing the three elders, you must choose reliable people." Try to find out all the guys I said earlier who can't be honest in the troubled times, but have a wild heart. The righteous men in our army were also civilians before, but when they exploded in troubled times, they rose up to resist righteousness. And some people are taking advantage of the chaos to commit adultery and poison the people, so this must be dealt with! ”

"Yes!" When Ling Jing heard this, he immediately went down to deal with this matter.

"Mr. Tian Qi is also going to help take a look?" Bao Hong greeted with a smile, "After all, in this matter, it is inevitable that someone will do something in order to escape punishment." Mr. is absolutely keen in grasping the hearts of the people, and I ask Mr. to help operate, so as not to let people with intentions ruin our reputation. ”

"No problem, I will live up to the general's trust!" Tian Qi nodded, and had no opinion on the task arranged by Bao Hong.

The rest is a few chores, but they don't need to be explained.

On the other hand, it is natural to send scouts to inquire about the news and see how the opposing Yellow Turban camp will respond after this battle.

Bao Hong was about to end the meeting and arrange for the generals to go back to rest, when news came from outside.

"General Qiyu, there is a young general outside who captures this Wang Liang!" The personal guard Lu Fang came to summon him.

"Oh? That Wang Liang is one of the best generals under Peng Pet, right? It seems that he is still one of the famous generals of Yuntai, and our army has not caught him, where is the young general? Bao Hong smiled, "Please come to the hall!" ”

Lu Fang went down to the arraignment and did not mention it.

"Gimbal celebrity? Is it the command of the Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu in the alternating period of the Han Dynasty mentioned earlier? Huo Guang on the side said with a smile.

"That's it!" Chen Ping, who is also a person from the Western Han Dynasty, said that he was much earlier than Huo Guang, and he already knew a lot about these basic things, "Speaking of which, it is also amazing that Wang Mang can usurp the throne as a relative!" ”

After the death of Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, Empress Lu took Chen Ping as the commander of Lang and taught Emperor Hui of Fu. In the sixth year of Emperor Hui, he was the left and right prime minister with Wang Ling. After Wang Ling was dismissed as prime minister, Chen Ping was promoted to the right prime minister, but because Empress Lu made Zhu Lu the king, Chen Ping was stripped of real power. After the death of Empress Lü, Chen Ping conspired with Taiwei Zhou Bo to quell the rebellion of Zhulu and set up the acting king as Emperor Wen.

For Chen Ping, the pacification of cholera must be before a complete outbreak, and Wang Mang can succeed in doing so, but he is somewhat capable.

At least the later Zhulu, Wei Huo and other families did not do this.

Among them, Empress Lu actually had thoughts in this regard, and even told the Lu family to pay attention to it before she died, but she was still crushed.

And Huo Guang didn't have that mind at all, but the descendants died by themselves.

And Wang Mang's situation is similar to Huo Guang's, their family's Wang Zhengjun and Empress are not Empress Lu, and they have no intention of this at all. But Wang Zhengjun's nephew Wang Mang has this mind, and more importantly, he has the ability to use Wang Zhengjun's identity to gain power or even replace him.

Wang Zhengjun was born in the family of the eunuch, legend has it that her mother Li Mengyue into his arms, then pregnant, gave birth to Zhengjun, her father did the history of the court (court secretary), Wang Ban is addicted to alcohol and lust, married several little wives, gave birth to four daughters and eight sons, Wang Zhengjun's biological mother Li fell out of favor. broke up with Wang Ban and remarried Xun An as his wife, Wang Zhengjun lost his mother's love since he was a child, and when he grew up, he was gentle and virtuous. He Lu was married off by her father, and her husband died of illness before passing the door, and then remarried to the king of Dongping as a concubine, and the king of Dongping died before entering the palace gate.

The person who was allowed to marry died of a violent illness, and his father, Wang Ban, was very strange, and asked someone to calculate a hexagram, and the person who told the hexagram said: "Your daughter and the life of wealth and nobility, the person you will marry in the future must be a noble person." Wang Ban was very happy, so he taught Zhengjun to write and read, play the piano and drums.

When Zhengjun was eighteen years old, Wang Zhengjun should be elected to the palace, and Sima Shi, the beloved concubine of the crown prince Liu Zheng, died, and Sima Liangdi said to the crown prince before he died: "The concubine should not die, it was the concubine who cursed." After Sima's death, Liu Zheng was very sad, he remembered Sima Liangdi's words, and vowed not to approach the concubine again, Emperor Xuan of Han was afraid that the prince would be too sad, so the queen selected five palace maids for the prince to choose a concubine, Wang Zhengjun was among the candidates, she was wearing a glamorous dress embroidered with red lace, just sitting in the seat closest to the prince, the prince was still in the grief of missing his beloved concubine Sima Shi, and he had no intention of choosing a concubine, the queen urged beside him, Liu Zheng casually pointed to a palace maid close to him, and the queen looked at Wang Zhengjun's appearance quite reasonable, What's more, the crown prince nodded, so he hurriedly ordered someone to send Wang Zhengjun to the East Palace. In this way, Wang Zhengjun, who was mediocre-looking, became the crown princess by chance, and the prince Liu Zheng did not like Wang Zhengjun, who knew that Zhengjun stayed overnight and became pregnant and gave birth to a child. Since then, the crown prince Liu Zheng has never been fortunate to her. In December 49 BC, Emperor Xuan died, Liu Biao was three years old, the crown prince Liu Zheng ascended the dragon throne in the front hall of Weiyang Palace on the day of Emperor Xuan's death, he was Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty, Liu Biao was his eldest son, and was made the crown prince before.

"Mother is more precious than son", as a result, Wang Zhengjun became the queen mother and the queen mother who held real power. However, Wang Zhengjun never expected that her nephew, Wang Mang, who she cultivated single-handedly, would usurp the throne of her children and grandchildren. Wang Zhengjun missed the Han Dynasty and finally spent her old age in grief and melancholy. Wang Zhengjun was born in Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, her life went through seven dynasties, through the vicissitudes of life, although she alone has no political ambitions, but stupid and incompetent, weak and indecisive, and finally ruined the Han Dynasty surnamed Liu. The Empress Dowager died of grief. At the age of 84, she was one of the longest-lived empresses in Chinese history. The body of the Empress Dowager was transported to Weiling and buried with Emperor Yuan.

"Ahem!" Xun Wang on the side suddenly said, "When it comes to this Wang Zhengjun and Wang Mang, I think of a relatively coincidental thing. If I remember correctly, it seems that Wang Zhengjun and Wang Mang's family are also the descendants of Mr. Tian Qi and their Tian family! ”

"What ............"

When everyone, including Bao Hong, heard this, they were all taken aback, do Tian Qi and their family want to be so bullish?

Wang Zhengjun, whose ancestors are said to be the descendants of the legendary Yellow Emperor. In the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the ancestor Tian Wan was the secretary of Qi's doctor, surnamed Tian, and the Houtian family was the monarch of Qi, which was extended to Tian Jian's generation and was wiped out by Qin Shi Huang. Later, Xiang Yu named (Tian Jian's grandson) Tian An as the king of Jibei. Han Gaozu founded the country, Tian An was stripped of the king, still living in Qidi, the local people called "Wang's family", since then, Tian An's descendants have taken "Wang" as their surname. Tian An is the fifth ancestor of Wang Zhengjun.

Tian An's grandson Wang Sui lived in Dongpingling (now Jinandong, Shandong) during the Han Dynasty and Jing Dynasty. Later, Wang Sui gave birth to his son Wang He, and Wang He (the word Weng Ru) gave birth to Wang Ban (Zi Zhijun), and Wang Ban was Wang Zhengjun's biological father. Wang Zhengjun's grandfather, Wang He, was the imperial historian of embroidery at the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and once went to Wei County (southwest of present-day Linzhang, Hebei) to arrest local "group thieves", and was dismissed from his post for leniency and indulging.

and then to his father Wang Ban, who only served as a small court lieutenant. Wang Ban has great ambitions and "does not cultivate integrity", likes wine and lust, marries several wives and concubines, and has four daughters and eight boys: the eldest daughter Junxia, the second is Wang Zhengjun, and then Junli and Jun's brother; The eldest son Wang Feng and below are Wang Man, Wang Tan, Wang Chong, Wang Shang, Wang Li, Wang Gen, and Wang Fengshi. Zhengjun, Wang Feng and Wang Chong were both born to Wang Ban's wife, Li.

Everyone was just shocked, but they didn't know what kind of expression Tian Qi, who had run to cooperate with Ling Jing, would know about this matter. (To be continued.) )