Chapter 160: Troubles Are Coming in the World (5)
"Your Majesty is so generous, but you are not angry at all?"
The repertoire on the stage has begun to be staged, but Yang Yi threw down the imperial concubine and the chamberlain, and a few close ministers turned out of the Yingri Gate, not far away is the newly built Kunming Pool, Guanzhong Water Conservancy needs to continue to build, and so on after the Han Water Channel is excavated and smooth, the Kunming Pool will also continue to expand, everyone went to a stone pavilion, as soon as they sat down, Jiang Wei smiled at this time.
He already knew about Liu Chan, and he had already turned against Liu Chan, just for the sake of the Han Kingdom, and now he doesn't care if the new emperor welcomes Liu Chan back or not.
Although there are constantly proposals, Yang Yi is also willing to be ruthless, and not long ago, in the name of liquidating the accumulated defects, he directly uprooted several families with related rumors, including several scholarly families.
"What's there to be angry about?" Yang Yi was completely unimpressed at this time.
"It's not only the team of the Hanlin Academy, but also the few people in Beijing, these people are usually only in the circle of the powerful, but they don't really understand the reason, it's normal to take some people's words as public opinion and want to gain a reputation, so why should I be harsh?"
Jiang Wei thought for a moment at this time, bowed his head slightly, but added slightly: "The servants are acting on stage, and they have always liked to talk about things and show gestures. ”
This means that artists have a lot of desire to perform...... This is also the truth, Yang Yi immediately bowed his head.
However, after Yang Yi nodded in approval, the two monarchs and ministers were a little silent.
In other words, the current pattern of the court is very interesting.
On the surface, it looks like when the prime minister was in power, the Son of Heaven is high, and he is in power but rarely involved in general affairs; The court rulers are divided into categories, each with its own position and posture, and there is a faint situation of clear factions.
However, for others, it is fine, for the two monarchs and ministers sitting opposite each other in the pavilion at the moment, they know that the two are very different.
The prime minister may be the only person who really enjoys the power of ruling since the founding of the Han Dynasty, and through years of operation, the fullness of his wings is also staggering, and he can put forward opinions on all aspects of the work of the imperial court at any time and exert influence, in other words, the prime minister was so much in line with the emperor at that time.
However, the prime minister is like this, but he is dedicated to loyalty, and he is dedicated to the great cause of the Northern Expedition, otherwise, he cannot gather the strength of the whole country, and if the country wants to be strong, how can it be possible without centralization?
But who else in the DPRK and China has this strength now? Although Jiuqing is listed, but the three princes are all vacant, who has this strength?
Five provinces and six departments, most of the high positions are vacant, the so-called factions of the imperial court Jiang Wei line, Huo Yi line, inner court line, foreign relatives line, Xungui line, to put it bluntly, in fact, all of them are factions dominated by the emperor!
Even after the Confucian power was destroyed, the Confucian faction that seemed to be the most unsympathetic to the emperor, among the key figures such as Du Zhen, Li Mi, Chen Shou and others, also made a gesture in front of the emperor early and divided it.
Therefore, in a sense, the current Han Dynasty is really just a word of a dictatorial tyrant, and as the emperor of the feudal empire, her power actually has no boundaries.
Without many scholars, the military aristocratic group that has not yet been formed, the Confucian lineage that has lost its backbone, and the emperor's rights are not restricted, it is very terrifying!
"The trees want to be quiet and the wind doesn't stop." After a pause for a long time, Yang Yi, who has no boundaries for power, suddenly let out this emotion. "However, it was expected."
Jiang Wei understood a little, he also angered many people because of the Northern Expedition, and even killed himself, and finally Tuntian was in the middle of the battle, which indirectly led to the battle of Jing Yao's sixth year, at this time he asked: "What is Your Majesty going to do?" ”
Yang Yi, who was still sighing just now, just laughed, and released the remarks that he had considered before: "There are many people in the world who want to eat, so I would rather die in the country and not give food to these people!" ”
"What does public opinion say?" Jiang Wei continued to ask seriously.
"That's why I'm looking for you here." Yang Yi finally took it seriously, "No matter what, I will carry out the liquidation of the accumulated shortcomings first, and there will never be any discount, as for these people, if they continue to jump up and down like this, I have no choice but to ignore my reputation, and I will really be a tyrant!" Let's see if they will go to Luoyang or Jianye? ”
Hearing this, not only Jiang Wei, but also several Hanlin Scholars standing next to him sighed softly.
In other words, everyone present knows that today's ridicule of Youling is not an abrupt arrival, but a premonition...... Just talking about the previous court discussions, many people openly interceded for several families of scholars who had spread rumors before, and most of them pleaded for mercy because these people were just unintentional and had no reason to deliberately incite; A small number of people believe that these people do not have official positions now, and they themselves do not need to be responsible for talking about these things, and that His Majesty is against the system to arrest these people; And a few people simply pointed out directly, saying that the main person responsible for this matter is actually the emperor, and it is His Majesty who has allowed it, and is even suspected of deliberately inducing relevant rumors.
In addition, some people played, saying that there were crooked poems mocking His Majesty in Guozijian, Taixue, and Chengzhongfang City.
So why is this happening all of a sudden?
It must be known that the government of the Han Dynasty has been very stable in recent years, and a few individual scholars are still relatives and nobles who have been raided, because now the emperor attaches great importance to human life, and most of the crimes that should be killed have been sent to the mines to do hard labor as slaves, so as to kill fewer people, but at the beginning, some people publicly praised His Majesty for his 'benevolence'.
And now these companies have been copied, but they have caused a lot of uproar, and the reason couldn't be simpler, it is what the emperor called 'liquidating the accumulated malpractices'.
For a long time, an emperor does not need him to know how to govern the country, and after a few generations of the founding of the country, it is basically a comprehensive decentralization of power at the local level, militarization at the front, and those people in the center are nothing more than doing some hard work to mend the seams, and the emperor is just a decoration in the court.
However, what if an emperor knew how to govern the country?
In fact, it is easy to do, that is, to liquidate the accumulated disadvantages, if it can be done, then it can be called Zhongxing Mingjun, and even the emperor can do it, as long as the central position is willing to do things in the reign, and can do a little "liquidating the accumulated disadvantages", it can be called Zhongxing Mingjun.
So what is 'liquidating the accumulation of defects'? The answer is very simple, that is, to sort out the affairs of the dynasty from beginning to end, then criticize them in chronological order, and then criticize them from beginning to end, and finally, according to the relevant policy shortcomings that lead to the accumulation of malpractices, and do the opposite, correct and sort them out.
For example, party strife is strictly prohibited, and this is what must be done first, and if this is not done, it will be difficult to prosper.
If a ruler wants to do a good job, there can be no second voice in the DPRK and the central government, otherwise his work will not be able to move forward, and those who have done things like this in the past have a name of "changing the law" at this time, and then the old and new parties will be formed as a result.
Then, when it comes to the emperor, it is natural to issue a decree, proposing to 'bridge the old and new parties', strictly prohibit party strife, and at the same time make sure that the new party has a higher political and historical status, and then openly criticize the old party's traitors and how many loyal and good people have been harmed.
Of course, many of the tactics of the old party must also be drawn out for public criticism and reflection.
For example, now in the Han Dynasty, after Yang Yi ascended the throne, Jing Yao's responsibility for six years will be attributed to Huang Hao, the great eunuch, and he will naturally raid his family and exterminate his family.
But Huang Hao alone can't afford it, and many people want to push the responsibility to Zhuge Zhan, but after the daughter of the Zhuge family was admitted to the palace and became a concubine, no one mentioned it anymore. No. 3 Chinese Network
Later, he fell in love with the target of Qian Zhou, and he was also the leader of the surrender faction back then, in recent years, with the rise of the Han Dynasty, Qian Zhou has become a pillar of shame, but under reflection, there are still many people who are also very afraid, such as the former Shangshu Ling Fan Jian, such a high-ranking official who was dismissed.
It can be regarded as a safe landing, but now that the matter of liquidating the accumulated defects has been mentioned again, these people have also begun to panic.
In fact, as soon as this matter unfolded, some of the people below were a little flustered, saying that some rumors in this regard had such a little temptation, if they could invite back a emperor, they would naturally have no guilt.
Speaking of which, the first of Jing Yao's six years of responsibility is still the emperor who was taken away, and how much responsibility they have, according to their meaning, Jiang Wei's responsibility is probably heavier.
And now the emperor is doing this, ignoring the rules and pursuing the past, and I have to say that these people finally guessed correctly.
After the Chang'an reform, the emperor arrested these gossips, regardless of their family's former identity, the imperial court also began to officially investigate the favors and rewards issued during the Liu Chan period, and completely eliminated those who relied on favor but had no merit to the country.
This policy, of course, has no problem from a general point of view, and Yang Yi immediately gave instructions to implement it, and the nine secretaries of the DPRK and the important ministers of the frontier also expressed their clear support.
Even the public opinion of the Guozijian and the Tai students is also extremely positive.
However, cutting off people's financial routes and going to official positions is simply a double murderous parent, so the support of the bureaucrats and scholars did not delay the undercurrent in the capital, Yang Yi suddenly became a 'harsh king', Dong Ju and others became 'cowardly prime ministers', and Li Huan, Ma Ting, Du Zhen and others became 'aggressive villains'!
And things finally got worse and worse, and finally got to the current situation.
It is not only that some people inscribe crooked poems, nor are it just that the servants think that they have won the public opinion to ridicule them in person, but the bureaucracy has been shaken to the point, and even the powerful people openly recall the 'holy government' of the emperor's time.
The reason for the matter is clearly there, there is no need to say anything, the key is how to deal with it?
This is also Yang Yi's intention to find Jiang Wei today, Jiang Wei was able to fight against the center back then, and now although he is in the western Xinjiang, the Jiang family is still a first-class member of the Han Dynasty, and has a considerable say in the bureaucratic system and the elite system.
"Can there be a slight screening to limit the scope of deprivation?" Jiang Wei hesitated slightly, but decided to persuade again.
"No way!"
Yang Yi is unwilling, this is also to centralize power, those feudal officials should also deal with it, and the county guards and county orders are the top priorities.
"Then why not sort out the old things at the same time, and reward and posthumously reward and posthumously the meritorious officials of Jingyao six years later?" After thinking for a moment, Jiang Wei made a suggestion.
"Good!" Yang Yi agreed, this is to make up for the work, if it is to make up for the shortcomings, then you can only be polite.
"What I mean ......" Yang Yi naturally wouldn't be the only one, and said: "Now that these people are here, I am really angry, so I want to let the inner guard Jinyiwei arrest a few more!" As a deterrent! ”
Hearing this, at this time, Du Zhen, a scholar from Hanlin, stepped forward and arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, you must guard against excessive use of power!" ”
"I didn't treat these people like national thieves, they left women and children, and they left furniture mansions, and the parties were more or less just slaves, what else do you want?"
Du Zhen was also very helpless when he heard this, so he could only try his best to persuade him: "There must be conclusive evidence, and you can't be implicated." ”
Yang Yi nodded.
And the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Zhang Muzhi, immediately bowed his hand in the complicated gaze of several close ministers, but he was cautious: "Your Majesty, do you want to prevent these people from wandering around?" ”
"Don't." Yang Yi sneered. "It doesn't matter if you enter the palace to intercede, or cry to your relatives, I will see how they toss ......"
Everyone had nothing to say, and Zhang Muzhi immediately turned around and prepared to go to Beijing.
However, at this moment, an internal guard hurriedly greeted him, but with a secret letter box, Zhang Muzhi instinctively stepped forward, and when he came to see that the other party was an internal guard, Fang quickly avoided it, and then went out directly over the other party.
Neiwei and Jinyiwei now seem to be opposites, and the two sides dominate each other, which is also the emperor's intention.
The internal guards hurriedly stepped forward to take it, but when they opened it and looked at the cover, they were solemn, and then turned to the pavilion and handed it directly to the emperor.
Yang Yi saw that it was an internal guard message, and he was equally serious, but after opening it and taking a cursory look, he couldn't help laughing, and looked up at Jiang Wei and said: "Jiang Qing, but it's a letter from Wu Guo, saying one thing, it is that Sun Hao, the lord of Wu State, suddenly had a stroke, and Liang Wang Bingguo!" ”
The surrounding servants were civil and military, and their faces changed greatly at this time.
"Your Majesty, do you want to recall Commander Zhang?" Li Mi took a step forward at this time, his face serious.
"Not necessarily." Yang Yi continued to look at the second half of the report, but shook his head slightly.
"Then you have to call the deacon to discuss the matter?" Li Mi continued to ask.
"There is no need to discuss the matter, just send this matter to the ministries and institutes......" Yang Yi threw down the letter and raised his head, unhurried.
"The matter at the moment is that the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Dali Temple asked them to deal with the matter of chasing Enyin quickly, strictly, and widely! Otherwise, when Wu Guo makes trouble, this matter of liquidating the accumulated defects will inevitably have to be suspended for a while...... Catch up with Zhang Muzhi again, and let him catch three or four more ......"
"Your Majesty." At this time, Du Zhen glanced at Chen Shou, who was speechless, and said it again. "There are priorities ......"
"What's the urgency?" Yang Yi disagreed. "It's nothing more than a change in the palace, at most there is a suspicion of confining the lord of the country, so many things in the Wei State in the north have come over, why bother with this? On the contrary, it is the deprivation of grace and indiscriminate shade, but how much food can be saved for the country? Isn't it clear which is more important? ”
Du Zhen was stunned on the spot, but he didn't know how to refute? He is the only one among the secretaries who adheres to the true learning of Confucianism, but in this world, it seems that no country talks about "etiquette", compared to Wei and Wu, the Han Kingdom is still good now!