The Son of Heaven has no selfish affairs, and Pei Gai's words and deeds are recorded by the writer Lang at any time to compile the "Living Note". This system may have originated in the era of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty or Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but it was not until the Jin Dynasty that it was determined that the secretary and supervisor were in charge of the subordinate Julang, which was one of the few contributions made by the Sima clan to the development of the feudal political system.

Therefore, unless the military affairs are important and it is strictly forbidden to leak them, it is impossible to hide things like planning a new Chang'an City from the courtiers - and there are also the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Yu involved. Therefore, a few days later, a number of courtiers played, asking His Majesty to temporarily sleep and repair the city because the world was undecided and the treasury was not filled.

Pei replied that I didn't plan to build a new capital, but I just planned in advance, how much manpower and material resources can be wasted? Pei Wei proposed instead: "The new capital cannot be achieved overnight, and it must be planned in advance." And the construction of new is conducive to highlighting the power of the Son of Heaven and the prosperity of the country, even if the world has not yet been decided, it can also be done slowly in response to the situation. ”

In the imperial history, Xiong Yuan and Chen Bao, who supervised the imperial history, both played a refuge, but Xiong Xiaowen mainly questioned Pei Wei, if a new capital is built now, where will the manpower and money come from? Chen Yansi said that it is just right to take Luoyang as the capital, so why bother to waste money and plan to move west to Chang'an?

There was no need for Pei to speak, Xu Yu took the initiative to jump out and debate with the two - the main thing is that this is the first major project that his Ministry of Engineering has taken over, how can others be allowed to destroy it? And the construction of the new capital is expected to leave a name through the ages, just like the "name of the instrument", most of the history books will be recorded in the history books in the future, and the chief planner of Chang'an Xindu is he Xu Yu Xu Ziyin.

Xu Yu first refuted Chen Hao, saying: "The imperial court is not easy to calm down because of the Guanzhong Rong Diduo, but it is set up in Xijing, this matter is a foregone conclusion, and the imperial history should not be depressed anymore." How can the old city be the new capital for me? Even if the Son of Heaven still lives in Luo, and from time to time travels west, he should also build a city......"

Then he answered Xiong Yuan's question, and took the opportunity to make a suggestion: "The ancestor of the present ancestor broke the mountain in Santai, and nearly 10,000 people were captured, and he was about to be escorted to Henan." The minister thought that instead of setting up a tun for farming, as the princes said, it was better to give our Ministry of Industry to level the land in the south of Longshou Yuan in advance, so that when the money and grain were abundant, a new capital could be built.

"Prisoners have always been the most difficult to settle, and since they are subject to karma, they cannot be punished, but only the Son of Heaven is benevolent, and cannot bear to be punished, but they must not be indulged. They have been relieved for a long time, but they have the strength to work instead of farming. If you die by hard work, you will atone for your previous sins, and if you work hard and do not die, you can be pardoned between the ridges and acres, and you will be reinstated as a national household. It is better than conscription and labor, and it is more appropriate to hurt the peasants. ”

In those days, there were no national engineering corps—there were not many private engineering corps, and they were all very small—and to carry out large projects, peasants had to be conscripted for service, which might affect agricultural production, so all dynasties and dynasties were more cautious in this matter. Xu Yu suggested that why not use prisoners of war as forced labor, as was the old practice of capturing Hu in the past? The Hulu who opened the mountain to mine are enough at present, and the new prisoners of war—not only the current Qianzhao, but also the Nanban who may be captured in the future—are all put on duty to work until they die, and waste is utilized, isn't it very good.

Pei was quite moved, but still warned Xu Yu: "Most of them are also good people, but they are just bewitched or coerced by thieves, so don't be in a hurry to do ministry and waste their lives." Since they were soldiers, if they only die, if they raise their arms and shout, they will inevitably cause chaos! "Don't think you're going to tire them out.

The founding son of the country, his authority was still very strong, so the court finally approved Xu Yu's words, and thus decided the fate of these Hebei prisoners of war and the prisoners of war they would receive in the future.

Or: Under every brick and stone in Chang'an City, there are buried white bones of prisoners of war......

Of course, although Pei Gai hated the prose, after all, the old habits of the ministers were difficult to change, and the words played were not the above-mentioned words, but much more elegant (jerky); As for Pei Gai's edict, most of them were polished by the secretary, and even he just said a general meaning, and the secretary drafted the draft, which was inevitably carved - at most it was simple, and he tried to get closer to the literature of the Han Dynasty and the style of Jian'an.

Because what kind of writing the Son of Heaven likes, or what kind of writing he can still tolerate, the secretary Guo Pu, Hu Fei and others are very clear.

Moreover, after the edict was issued and conveyed to the Imperial History Province, Xun Min, the imperial historian, couldn't help but complain to Xiong Yuan, Chen Hao and others, saying: "The people who are trusted by the Son of Heaven are many greedy for quick success, and the country is undecided, how can there be any reason to build a new capital?" It is clear that they are in disregard of state affairs in order to invite favors. But I didn't expect Pei Fushu to say the same thing......"

Some people naturally have rivers and lakes, and if there is a government, there will naturally be party strife, and this is an unavoidable thing in all dynasties, and it is only necessary to see whether it can be limited to a tolerable range and form a healthy competition as much as possible, instead of pulling each other back. Previously, in the Jin Dynasty, the main party in the DPRK and China was the Xun Party or the East Party, and the Pei Party or the West Party, and the two sides fought openly and secretly; As for the Zu clan, although the military power is strong, it is not very attentive to politics, which leads to the weakness of the group and the fact that it cannot form a full momentum at all.

When the Hua Dynasty was built, the East Party was in a slight trend, and the original leader Xun Group was worshiped from the first rank of the young master, Yidu County Gong, and Xun Di was worshiped from the second grade of the special advancement and the new Xihou, but there was no real job, but just a vacant meal, even the third person Xun Min, did not rank in the position of prime minister.

It was naturally the Western Party that won a big victory, but the Western Party was not monolithic, and after taking power, it would naturally divide into factions. Generally speaking, it can be called the Confucian faction and the bureaucratic faction, or the family faction and the Hansu faction.

The world's high gate, no Pei, Xun, so Pei Wei, Pei Xu and others are the representatives of the Confucian faction, including the Chan Rang heroes Hua Heng, Wang Zhuo, etc., the remnants of the East Party gradually surrendered to them and moved closer. The difference between it and the uncle and nephew of the Xun group, the representative of the old family, is that he attaches great importance to work and does not like to talk about it.

The bureaucratic faction is mainly those officials who were entrusted with real duties and are responsible for various aspects of specific work when Pei Gai was in Kansai, and most of them now serve as heads of various ministries or deputy positions with real power. Those who are slightly higher-born, many children of second-rate families in Hedong or Guanzhong, such as Liu Zhuo, Liu Xi, Wei Hong, Hu Yan, Xin Pan, Xin Ming, etc., are actually from poor families, and even come from merchant families, such as Xu Yu, Yu Ling, Zhou Zhu, Fu Sheng, Jiang Tong and other generations.

Pei should want to support the Hanmen, in order to balance and even suppress the family, but although the Hanmen is not a dou, it is not a few edicts such as restricting fields, setting up schools, and imperial examinations. However, those officials of the Han Sect who followed Pei Gai from Guanzhong until the change of dynasty have the merit of being a dragon, and there is no glass ceiling above their heads, and it is not wishful thinking to enter the prime minister's feudal marquis, so they work extremely hard.

Of course, in the eyes of the Confucian faction, even if they are judged fairly from the perspective of a third party, these guys are too eager to do their work and invite favors, which is not conducive to the stability of state institutions and the recovery of social production after the great chaos. Pei Cui was in Guanzhong, and he once wrote to Pei Wei, saying: "If you are famous in the early Han Dynasty, Xiao and Cao are also, and you don't hear of Wei and Huang ......."

The governance of Xiao He and Cao Shen, upholding the will of Huang Lao, and ruling by inaction, is conducive to the recovery of social productivity; Although Wei Xiang and Huang Ba are also a generation of celebrities, they are too rigid in law enforcement and too harsh in governance, and they can only show their fame in peaceful times and prosperous times. So I said-"May Wen Ji be Xiao and Cao, not Wei and Huang." ”

Pei Wei's answer to this is: "In troubled times, use heavy codes, the country is poor, and only when the world is settled, can we be lenient and inactive." "You have a point, but it's not the right time.

Therefore, as far as the current situation is concerned, these two factions can still cooperate seamlessly, but as the situation gradually stabilizes, more families move closer to the Confucian faction, and more small officials of the former Jin Dynasty move closer to the bureaucratic faction, and no one can see where the political situation will be directed.

However, Pei Gai is still wary of this, and his countermeasure is to gradually weaken the strength of both sides, and then use the imperial examination system to introduce more talents to balance it. In fact, the establishment of the Privy Council is also a means of balancing Confucian ministers and officials.

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Zhulu was chaotic, and the reason for the failure was that Zhou Bo was there. As long as it is used properly, the military nobles will not only not interfere in politics and power, but can become a wonder soldier to stabilize the situation. However, due to the establishment of the Privy Council, the generals of the old Guanzhong Army determined that the Son of Heaven attached importance to martial artists, but Tao Shixing had a different opinion on this. He once wrote in a letter to his son Tao Zhan:

Or when the Jin Dynasty was in turmoil, the martial arts were domineering and persuaded the Son of Heaven not to put the privy secrets, so as to restrain the martial artists slightly. However, I think that the Son of Heaven is placed in the privy, not heavy martial arts, but actually limited martial arts. In ancient times, I was able to enter the prime minister, and now although I am listed as the prime minister as a cardinal envoy, I am surrounded by ministers in the political affairs hall, and I have little to say anything about political affairs. As a result, if the military rank is added, it has nothing to do with civil politics, and Wufu can no longer interfere in politics, and the former Han Dynasty General Sima Da can no longer be seen.

"It is to advise my son to step down from the post of governor as soon as possible, and only to take the position of assassin and too shou. Otherwise, after Sun He, the former Han Dynasty, Wufu will have the share of prime minister again? ”

Pei Gai's thoughts, in fact, have never been explicitly said to people - even if it is the Queen Xun - only a few people such as Pei Wenji and Tao Shixing can see it from the clues. However, in the selection and appointment of officials, he used Taixue as a springboard between the nine-grade system and the imperial examination system, and there were many people who were clear about this idea.

Guanzhong once held the imperial examination, but the scale was not large, and since the dynasty had changed, he planned to carry it out throughout the country, but was unanimously opposed by the Confucian ministers. So Pei should reinvigorate Taixue, temporarily using the graduation examination of Taixue, partially replacing the old nine-grade system and inspection system - Taixue only looks at learning, regardless of the family, can be enrolled, and manage food and lodging, this set of rules and regulations was still created by Dong Laofu in the past.

Chang'an New City is far away, Pei should estimate that even if the world is decided, it will have to be a few years before it is expected to move back to Guanzhong, so there is no paper school or martial arts school, all of which have moved from Chang'an to Luoyang - Chang'an School is still retained, as a branch of Taixue, and in the future, the two will stand side by side, and the Luoyang branch will continue to exist.

Dong Jingdao is almost seventy years old, and his health is not very good, so Pei Gai allowed him to go to Luo from Guanzhong when his health permits—this wait until March. When he heard that the old master Dong was about to arrive, Pei Cai planned to greet him in person, but was dissuaded by the prime ministers, saying that only the general class teacher, the Son of Heaven can welcome him, although the old principal is old and virtuous, but he is not yet the point of working the Son of Heaven-

"It is enough to greet the prime minister to show that the court values Confucianism."

It was these words "to show that the court valued Confucianism" that finally made Pei Gai dispel the idea of welcoming him in person. To be honest, he was not interested in traditional Confucianism, just because there was no other academic system in this era that was enough to compete with Confucianism, so he had to pretend to be a Zhou etiquette and use Confucianism on the surface. And the reason why Dong Jingdao is favored is only because he belongs to Zheng Xue, and he doesn't deal with Wang Xue, the mainstream of the Jin Dynasty.

From Zheng Xue to Wang Xue and then to Metaphysics, it is development and progress in terms of learning, but the positive impact on the country's social affairs is just reversed. So what does Pei should love about Dong Jingdao? for Zheng Xueye; What does he love about Zheng Xue? It's easy to transform in theory, but it's not too bad in use.

Since this is the case, it is inconvenient to greet Mr. Dong Wenbo in person, lest he become the second Dong Zhongshu, and his ideas will in turn suppress the openness of society, and even hinder the development of society.

Lao Ziyun: "Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh." Since Pei Gai sat on the throne of the emperor, Yu Shi felt more trembling, like walking on thin ice, and Yu Reform did not dare to be as before as before, as much as possible, he hoped to be able to ensure social stability under the premise of gradually using the edict of the Son of Heaven to guide public opinion, and then affect the court situation, not like those tyrants in history, almost one person ruled the world. Even if it is really far-sighted, if you are not well prepared, implement the manipulation, and wait until the problem is discovered and then change the order, then it will become Wang Mang.

Therefore, including new ideas in the industry, Pei should first use Huangzhuang as a test field.

The term Huangzhuang began in the Ming Dynasty, but in fact, since ancient times, the royal family has owned part of the mountains, forests and ponds, and the income does not go into the national treasury - of course, the Jiuqing system since the Qin and Han dynasties was mostly transformed from the monarch's private belonging, and the distinction between the royal and the national is not very clear.

After Pei Gai clarified the difference between his family and the country, in the name of Tang Muyi, the queen and the prince, he took over more than a dozen manors in Luozhong and Hedong—most of which were confiscated property of criminal ministers—and placed them under the management of Shaofu. The former is served by scholars and is responsible for the operation of royal property and the entry and exit of finance and taxation, while the latter is filled by eunuchs and is responsible for the daily management of court affairs. The first Shaofu was Pei Chang, who had just escaped from Jiangnan - his father Pei Hei only received the title of Marquis of Weiyang County, and he was full of ambition and enjoyed his old age.

For example, Pei Gai used his spare time to guide Pei Chang and others in his spare time in the trial implementation of new agricultural tools, new farming methods, and even new agricultural cooperation methods, the trial planting and breeding of new varieties and even new species, and asked them to boldly conduct experiments, and if they were effective, they could be promoted. Even if the experiment fails—which is quite likely—it is only a small part of the royal income, and in Pei Gai's opinion, his current daily offerings are already very frugal, and even if he fills all the gaps in the imperial treasury, he will not eat chaff and be forced to reach out to the treasury extraordinarily.