Chapter 863 - Proposal to promote the Juntian system
Yang Guang highly agreed with Pei Yun's analysis, so he immediately ordered someone to go to Jiangling on the same day, and strictly ordered Cui Hongdu, the governor of Jiangling, to first find out the layout of the ransom of the 100,000 yuan and whether the main envoy was Xiao Rushui, the great protector of the "Wild Goose's Nest".
The next day, Zhang Heng was ordered to cross the river and came to Guangling, and Yang Guang summoned Zhang Heng, Pei Yun, Zhuge Ying and others to discuss the implementation of the Juntian system in various parts of the Jiangnan in the council hall of the Guangling Governor's Mansion.
In the past two days, due to the huge and complicated affairs, Yang Guangjing did not have the heart to carefully consider Zhuge Ying's proposal on the implementation of the uniform field system in Jiangnan, and just took this opportunity to first introduce Zhuge Ying's suggestions to Zhang Heng and others, hoping to hear their opinions.
"A large number of officials from Hebei, Central Plains and other places were recruited to serve in various parts of the Yangtze River to supervise the implementation of the Juntian system, which is probably too risky." Pei Yun has been living in Nanchen for many years, and is quite familiar with the situation in various parts of Jiangnan, after listening to Yang Guang's introduction, he first shook his head and questioned Zhuge Ying's suggestion, "Since the prince was ordered to pacify Jiangnan, it has been more than a year, and those who are diligently committed to it are really respecting the Confucian scholars in Jiangnan and respecting the virtuous people in Jiangnan to win people's hearts. ”
Pei Yun's words were right in Yang Guang's mind, when he crossed the same boat with Zhuge Ying two days ago, the reason why he did not express his position on the spot after listening to Zhuge Ying's advice was precisely because he felt uncertain about Zhuge Ying's use of the method of mixing young sons to recruit a large number of officials to serve in Jiangnan, and I don't know if it will attract the opposition of the current officials in Jiangnan.
Zhuge Ying's reaction to this was only a faint smile, and he said to Pei Yun: "Directly recruiting a large number of incumbent officials from Hebei, the Central Plains and even Guanzhong to serve in Jiangnan, one is very easy to attract the resistance of the current officials in Jiangnan, which is not conducive to the implementation of the Juntian system in all parts of Jiangnan, and the other is that it needs the full support of the imperial court, and it is not realistic to select suitable candidates from all over the country. Therefore, the grass people also thought that it was not appropriate to use the method of directly recruiting and transferring a large number of incumbent officials from Hebei and other places to serve in Jiangnan to solve the problem of officials who specifically supervised the implementation of the Juntian system, but suggested that the prince should submit a chapter to the imperial court, select a group of young and promising officials from various localities through the method of holding imperial examinations, and send them to various places in Jiangnan to supervise the implementation of the Juntian system, so as to greatly reduce the resistance and suspicion of the current officials in Jiangnan, and also make use of this group of new officials to make meritorious contributions to better implement the Juntian system. ”
Pei Yun immediately refuted Zhuge Ying and said: "Mr. Zhuge suggested to the prince that this method is good, but it is also necessary to ask the Holy Lord's edict in advance to hold the imperial examination at a later date, plus the previous states and counties to elect candidates to participate in science, and then the evaluation and recruitment, interpretation and dispatch and other links, when this batch of newly selected officials to serve in various parts of Jiangnan, it will be at least half a year later." Now that the imperial court has issued an edict, how can we wait until half a year later to implement the uniform field system in Jiangnan? ”
"Everything can be done with power, and the lower officials think that the method suggested by Mr. Zhuge to the prince can be worked." Zhang Heng, who had been silent, suddenly opened his mouth at this time and said, "The emperor has been under the edict for ten years, the imperial examination system was held throughout the country, and dozens of officials were selected and hired through the imperial examination in that year. The governors of the prefectures and counties in Guanzhong recommended local scholars with good conduct and outstanding knowledge like the imperial examination system, and directly entrusted them with the posts of Juntian supervisors in various parts of the Jiangnan Province to supervise the implementation of the Juntian system. ”
"Jianping said that this method is good." Yang Guang was inspired by Zhang Heng, his eyes lit up, and he turned to Zhuge Ying and said, "During the Three Kingdoms, Wei adopted Deng Ai's suggestion and set up a special official in various places to implement the Tuntian system. The appointment of scholars recommended by various prefectures and counties to serve as Juntian supervisors in Jiangnan can not only ensure that these scholars serve the imperial court wholeheartedly, but also avoid the resistance of the current officials in various parts of Jiangnan to them, which is indeed a good policy. ”
Although Zhang Heng's suggestion was approved by Yang Guang, he himself still had concerns, and said thoughtfully: "Even so, it is difficult to ensure that these scholars will not be suspicious and constrained by the current officials after serving in various parts of Jiangnan, which will affect the imperial court's plan to implement the Juntian system. ”
Yang Guang listened to Zhang Heng's point, and wanted to ask him to explain specifically how to appease the officials and scholars in Jiangnan, but when he met Zhang Heng's eyes, he saw him wink at him, and he already understood that he had something to report to himself alone, so he changed the topic and discussed other matters related to the implementation of the Juntian system with Pei Yun and Zhuge Ying.
"There is another thing that needs to be brought to the attention of the prince, so the grass people suggested that they come to Jiangnan to supervise the implementation of the uniform field system through the imperial examination, because the grass people know very well that it is by no means easy to eliminate the silverfish that collude with the officials and bandits and forcibly levy taxes on the people, and it is difficult to sweep them away one by one without a thorough investigation for three to five months." Zhuge Ying took a look at the demeanor and demeanor of Yang Guang and Zhang Heng, but pretended to ignore it and reminded Yang Guangdao.
"Chongzhi, about the removal of silverfish, didn't this king order you to do it on the day he returned to Niu'er Village, but there are results?" Yang Guang turned to Pei Yun and asked.
Pei Yun has been focusing all his energy on the investigation of Zhang Zhongjian and his comrades according to Zhuge Xiang's confession in the past few days, and when he heard Yang Guang ask about the progress of his removal of silverfish, he couldn't help but be speechless for a while.
Yang Guang saw that Pei Yun was like this, so he said: "Chong Zhi has to preside over the inventory of the remnants of the 'Goose's Nest', and at the same time take care of removing obstacles to the implementation of the uniform field system, I am afraid that it will not be enough." From today onwards, the implementation of the imperial edict, the implementation of the Juntian system will be in charge of Jianping, and for the time being, Mr. Zhuge will assist Jianping in the name of the Jin Wangfu Chamber, if there is no objection, Chong Zhi and Mr. Zhuge please step down first, I still have something to say with Jianping. ”
After Pei Yun and Zhuge Ying were ordered to leave the chamber, Yang Guangfang asked Zhang Heng: "Since you agree with what Zhuge Ying said, select a large number of scholars from Hebei, Central Plains and other places to come to Jiangnan to serve as the supervisor of Juntian, and talk about it, what is the best way to appease the officials and scholars in Jiangnan, so that they will not hinder the implementation of the Juntian system?" ”