Chapter 184: The Edict
The next day, the Son of Heaven issued an edict on the contracting of Nangong Construction by Yangzhai Construction Co., Ltd.
The gist of the edict is: "The Nangong was burned, Yuntai was damaged, and the world was in turmoil, which is really meaningless." The people of heaven and earth regard all things as dogs, and they lack the heart of affinity and love for things. The universe is as great as the sky; The greatest man in the world is greater than the Son of Heaven. The Son of Heaven, the elder of the God of Heaven, inherits the will of Heaven and obeys the will of the people, and the will of tomorrow will be in the four seas, and the desire of the people will be in the heavens.
Ordered to the ground, only the pine and cypress are also upright, green in winter and summer; Ordered by the sky, Wei Yao and Shun Du are also upright, at the head of all things.
The so-called people are better than the sky, and the heavens are also better than the people, and the friendship between heaven and man is also in the Son of Heaven.
Therefore, those who vainly trust the destiny of heaven with a small calamity will be disturbed by metrics. ”
This crackling big lump mainly talks about three points: First, between the universe, the sky is the largest. Second, between heaven and earth, the Son of Heaven is the greatest. Third, the Son of Heaven is the lowest point of heaven and the highest point on earth, that is, the junction of heaven and man. If heaven and man want to communicate with each other, they must pass through the Son of Heaven. Therefore, those who rely on the destiny of heaven because of a small disaster are really mediocre people.
The purpose of saying such a passage is very clear, to reiterate that the mandate of heaven is today, you officials should not speculate wildly.
"You can benefit the office, you can do everything, and you will be loyal; Bury the dead, keep healthy, the dead come back to life without regrets, the living are not ashamed, and they are chaste.
The Hou of Yangzhai County and Yingchuan are too protective of Guo Bin, loyal to the king, benevolent and loving the people. Entrusted by Yang Zhai's father, he prayed to repair the South Palace and rebuild the Yuntai. I inherited the heart of the celestial people, sympathized with the people's idea of respecting the heavens, and bowed to the permission, and took charge of the important task of rebuilding the South Palace.
Yangzhai County was promoted to Yingchuan County, and the county was exempted from the three-year field tax. and added 200 households of Guo Bin's food to reward him.
It is hoped that his body will respect the benevolence of the heavens and love the people, work hard, and continue to assist the dynasty. ”
These few hundred words of edict were issued to officials at all levels in the DPRK and China, which is not far from the Ming Dynasty. The edict focuses on explaining that the burning of Nangong was not because the Han Dynasty's mandate was lost, but just an accident. How can you see it? Just look at the person Guo Bin was entrusted by Yang Zhai's father and spontaneously wanted to rebuild the South Palace for the Son of Heaven, you can know that the heart of the people of Heaven has not been lost, and since the hearts of the people have not been lost, the will of heaven still exists.
However, Guo Bin's move is really a model of great loyalty to the imperial court, and loyal ministers should be treated like loyal ministers, not only Guo Bin personally increased the number of food estates by 200 households, but Yangzhai County was upgraded to the seat of Yingchuan County.
Don't underestimate the upgrade of Yangzhai County, in this era of the implementation of the county system in the world, although the area under the jurisdiction of the county is not particularly large, it is the highest administrative unit below the central government, which is equivalent to the provincial administrative unit in later generations. Once the county governance of Yingchuan County is changed to Yangzhai County, then the specifications of the entire Yangzhai County will be greatly improved.
Whether it is the height of the city walls, or the size of the city, or the interception of taxes, the reserve of arsenals, and the number of garrison forces, there will be a qualitative increase. What's more, Guo Bin can still work in Yangzhai County, a native of his hometown, after all, he has saved a lot of trouble. What's more, Yangzhai County was originally a large county in Yingchuan, and after Guo Bin's two population expansions, its population size and urban scale have long been larger than ordinary county governance.
It can be said that this edict of the Son of Heaven has given Guo Bin a lot of face, and even Guo Bin did not expect that his move would have such a high return.
At the time of the edict of the Son of Heaven, Guo Bin was a guest with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao in Yang Ci's mansion. Yuan Cao and the others can be said to have borrowed Guo Bin's light, and they were able to enter and leave Yang Ci's mansion and be personally received by the old man, not because of their good family background. Yuan Cao and the others also came to visit Yang Ci with the elders of the family, but they were mostly regarded as juniors, and they never talked about political affairs between words, so they were really like the elders of the neighbors, laughing and laughing.
Like several leaders of the new China, they also like to get close to young people and like to talk to young people. However, this is limited to small talk, and when it comes to national affairs, their temperament will change abruptly, from a kind and kind old man next door to a powerful politician. And at that time, Ren was so bold and reckless that the "bear child" did not dare to be presumptuous.
Now, when Yuan Shao and Cao Cao faced Yang Ci, they were the same.
When they were young, they came as children from the neighborhood, even though they were already in their teens or even twenties. And now, they are really appreciated by Yang Ci for their deeds and talents, and it is truly an honor to enter and leave Yang Ci's mansion at this time.
Yuan Shao is the eldest son of the Yuan family in Runan, although he has lived in seclusion in Beijing since the funeral of his parents, and has never been out of office, but he has actively campaigned to rescue the party and fight against the eunuchs, and has really done a lot of things. Although Cao Cao's grandfather was the eunuch Cao Teng, he had long disappeared from the political arena. Since Cao Cao came out, he has always been known for his loyalty and patriotism, courage to do things, and opposition to eunuchs everywhere. When he was the lieutenant of northern Luoyang, he once set up a colorless rod and executed Jian Shuo, the uncle of the eunuch Jian Shuo, who was favored by the Son of Heaven, for the crime of prohibiting nocturnal walking.
Therefore, for these two young junjies, Yang Ci has been famous for a long time, but he has never had a chance, and he has no choice. And now with Guo Bin as the reason, it is just the time to gather the three famous young men in Beijing recently, while encouraging the younger generations, but also to show a gesture to the outside.
Before Xi Zhicai sent someone to Yang Mansion to recruit Guo Bin to return to the house to receive the holy decree, everyone was discussing a case that was now making a lot of noise in Beijing.
The protagonist of the case is named Wang Yun. Not long ago, Zhang Rang sent Wang Yunzhi to prison on trumped-up charges, who knows, just in time for the burning of Nangong, the Son of Heaven issued an edict to amnesty the world. This is a common thing, and amnesty is the usual means used by the Son of Heaven to show mercy.
This year, the imperial court not only pacified the Yellow Turban Rebellion, which caused the world to be disturbed, but also caught up with the burning of the South Palace, and the Son of Heaven decided to grant amnesty to the world, and Wang Yun was within the scope of the amnesty. Unbeknownst to him, Wang Yun, who had just resumed his original post as an assassin, had not yet left Beijing, and was convicted and imprisoned again, which was only ten days apart.
Because it was such a blatant false accusation, and the name was so familiar, Guo Bin paid special attention to it. After learning about Wang Yun's life, Guo Bin can almost conclude that this Wang Yun is the Wang Situ who used Shi Meiren's plan in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" to envelop Dong Zhuo's beloved general Lu Bu with Diao Chan, and finally assassinated Dong Zhuo.
Wang Yun, the word teacher, Taiyuan Qi people. The Wang family is a famous family in Shanxi, and has held important official positions in the prefecture and county for generations, and has great influence and prestige in the local area. In the first year of Zhongping, the Yellow Turban Army was in turmoil in the Central Plains, and Wang Yun, who had just been recruited to serve the imperial history, was worshiped by the imperial court as the assassin of Yuzhou, and recruited Shang Shuang, Kong Rong and other famous people to serve as its engagement, and led a heavy army to crusade against the Yellow Turban Army.
Although he belonged to the Southern Route Army, Guo Bin had never met with him, because Guo Bin had not worked with the Southern Route Army for a long time, he was ordered by Huangfu Song to hurriedly go north to support Lu Zhi, while Wang Yun was busy exterminating the remnants of the thieves in Yuzhou, so the two passed by.
In the process of surrendering, the careful Wang Yun searched the peasant army for a letter written by a guest who was always serving Zhang Rang, which contained some content related to the Yellow Turban Army. Zhang Rang was the great eunuch in power in the current dynasty, with great power and great favor by the emperor. Wang Yun didn't care about the stakes, he suspected that Zhang Rang was having an affair with the Yellow Turban Army, so he further investigated, exposed all the specific details, and wrote it as a song to play the emperor.
Don't look at Wang Yun at that time was the assassin of Yuzhou, and think how powerful he was.
Those who "stab" check the meaning of questioning. Each county of Qin set up an imperial history, and served as a supervisor, called the imperial history of the Supervision Yuan. The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and also set up a supervision of the imperial history at the local level to supervise and interrogate local officials. Later, its name was changed several times, and at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was called the history of thorns.
In short, the history of the assassination is similar to today's central inspection team, which is used to help the Son of Heaven perceive the situation. Therefore, anyone who can serve as a assassin must also be a young and upright official who is extremely trusted by the Son of Heaven. Because the area under its supervision is huge, in order to prevent its tail from being too big, it is often held by a lowly person, so the official rank of the assassin is only 600 stones.
By the time of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the power of the assassin gradually expanded. Because most of them are people who are trusted by the Son of Heaven, the matter of sending the assassin to lead the troops to fight happens from time to time, and the matter of the assassin does not need to be tested by the three princes appointing the officials, and the county guard and the county order are quite afraid of it, and there are even things that are released and abandoned because of the fear of the assassination history.
Therefore, at this time, Wang Yun, a petty official of only 600 stones, was appointed by the Son of Heaven as the assassin because he was upright, and he was also a famous family, and he was very talented, so he was appointed by the Son of Heaven to assist Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun to suppress bandits in Yuzhou.
Liu Hong, the son of heaven, received the letter from Wang Yun's report and exposure, he must have been shocked and angry! The "right-hand man" who is so trustworthy on weekdays actually helped the Yellow Turban Thieves rebel against the imperial court, which is simply unbearable! So, he immediately summoned Zhang Rang into the palace, angrily accused Zhang Rang, and asked him to confess the truth.
Zhang Rang was half frightened to death after seeing Wang Yun's performance, and hurriedly kowtowed to apologize, but refused to admit the crime, but said that Wang Yun was jealous and framed him, saying how loyal he was to His Majesty and the court, and did not have the slightest intention of fornicating with the Yellow Turban Army and betraying the court. Emperor Ling was originally deliberately biased in favor of Zhang Rang, and was confused by Zhang Rang's rhetoric, thinking that he was innocent, so he no longer pursued it.
Sometimes it has to be said that no matter what kind of position or identity this person is, he will always only believe the truth he wants, and will not care about the evidence. Because once you have a preconceived opinion, you will do everything possible to find arguments and evidence for your own opinion.
Although Liu Hong is the Son of Heaven, his political wisdom should not be underestimated, but Zhang Rang has already studied it thoroughly, otherwise how can he be favored for more than ten years?
That's it, Zhang Rang was fine, and the matter passed like this.
However, this hurt Wang Yun who wrote the book. Originally, Wang Yun loyally used the power of the assassin to write to the Son of Heaven alone, and put all the evidence of Zhang Rang's violations and crimes for you. Even if the evidence is insufficient, isn't it stupid that you, the son of heaven, let the party Zhang Rang see the original of the fold? Can Zhang Rang not grit his teeth with hatred for Wang Yun?
So, Wang Yun was finally imprisoned.
Here we have to talk about the benefits after the famous family, although this Wang Yun was imprisoned, but Yang Ci knows him! Therefore, Yang Ci persuaded him, saying: "You offended the eunuch Zhang Rang because of something, and within a month, you were imprisoned twice, it is obvious that he intended to get along with you." Now you are more than lucky, and your life is difficult to protect. In order to achieve your ambitions, why don't you give in and endure first? The big husband can bend and stretch, if you are only blindly strong, I'm afraid he won't let you go, please think about it carefully!"
But Wang Yun was stunned and stiffened his neck, but he didn't listen.
Now, what Yang Ci is discussing with Guo Bin and others in the mansion is how to write to the Son of Heaven and rescue Wang Yun.