Chapter 179: The new official takes office with three fires

In addition to accompanying Liu Hong, the son of heaven, who studied hard in the courtyard, occasionally went to Taixu Restaurant to take a look, or went to the Huangzhuang outside the city to guide farmers to plant.

After a few months of verification, all the people in the Huangzhuang have thrown themselves to the ground for Wu Yong's admiration.

If they continue to grow vegetables this season, their income can be worth their hard work for a year. Therefore, Wu Yong's plan to ask them to isolate a piece of land and prepare to build a winter warm house agreed without thinking about it.

Although Wu Yong didn't listen to anything outside the window, he only read the books of sages. But the entire Luoyang City has become turbulent because of the appearance of the shadow puppet play "Dou E's Injustice".

Nowadays, after dark, in addition to eating and sleeping, there is no other entertainment, since the shadow puppet version of "The Legend of the White Snake" appeared, every time a new play appears, many people rush to watch, which has also become their conversation before and after dinner.

Therefore, in just a few days, everyone in Luoyang City is talking about "Dou E's Injustice". Compared with later generations, rangers are popular nowadays, and at the same time, the style of rangers is also greatly displayed in the world.

Not only do the people admire chivalrous people, but even the powerful ministers also respect the righteous people. Unlike the previous two plays "The Legend of the White Snake" and "Tianxian Pei", "Dou E's Injustice" has a broad mass base and is one of the famous tragedies, which can arouse people's empathy the most.

Especially that one

"Those who do good suffer poverty and have a shorter life, and those who do evil enjoy wealth and longevity", which simply pokes at the pain point in their hearts.

So through the spread of well-intentioned people, many people learned that the story of "Dou E's Injustice" really happened during the period of Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty, and their anger and resentment were ignited at once.

Since Emperor Shun, relatives and eunuchs have taken turns to take power, all kinds of hooligans and bullies are rampant, and officials are corrupt and pervert the law is everywhere, especially in recent years, the two disasters of the party have caused many people with lofty ideals to be imprisoned, and in recent years, natural disasters have continued, and many people are living in misery.

So this "Dou E's Injustice" became a fuse, and many people used the excuse of having grievances and wrongful cases to besiege the Tingwei Mansion.

Ting Wei was listed as the Jiuqing, the highest judicial and judicial body of the imperial court, and compiled the number of prisons in the country, and was in charge of matters related to the edict and the revision of laws and decrees.

In real time, the power is vested in the Taiwan Cabinet, and the court lieutenant sometimes has to obey the orders of the Shangshu Pavilion to handle cases. In case of major doubts, Tingwei will jointly try it with Shang Shuge.

But the people didn't care about this, they were infected by Dou E's indomitable spirit, and hoped to express their strong indignation at social inequality in this way, and demand that the imperial court maintain social fairness, punish evil and promote good.

But they were not stupid, they didn't really storm the official mansion, but sang and danced in front of the Tingwei Mansion.

So there was a spectacle in Luoyang City, in front of the Tingwei Mansion, which was the highest judicial and judicial institution of the imperial court, there were many people sitting at the gate every day singing: "There is no reason to violate the king's law, and there is no beware of being punished, and the cry is shocking!" In an instant, the wandering soul went to the Senluo Hall first, how could he not complain about heaven and earth. ”

"There is the sun and the moon hanging in the morning and dusk, and there are ghosts and gods who hold the power of life and death. Heaven and earth are also only used to distinguish the turbidity, but how can they be confused and suddenly steal the feet and Yan Yuan. Those who do good suffer from poverty and have a shorter life, but those who do evil enjoy prosperity and live longer. Heaven and earth are also afraid of being hard and soft, but they are also pushing the boat so smoothly. The land also, you don't distinguish between good and bad, and what is the land? God, you are wrong to be foolish! Hey, only two tears rippled. ”

"Your Tao is unpredictable, people's hearts are not pitiful, and I don't know that the emperor is willing to obey people's wishes. Why don't you see Gan Lin fall for three years, but only for the filial piety of the East China Sea. Now it's your turn to be in the Imperial Governor's Mansion, and this is all because the officials have no intention of correcting the Fa, making it difficult for the people to speak. This made the officials on duty in the Tingwei Mansion very depressed, and every day they held a fire in their hearts, and those criminals who framed others were severely punished.

At the same time, he also had a grudge against Wu Yong, who let him have nothing to arrange such a play. In fact, there is no need for them to be punished by these officials, as long as someone in Luoyang City is found to have falsely accused others, there is no need for officials to be present, and they will be beaten half to death by the angry people.

Especially like Yuan Shu, the children of the powerful who have nothing to do all day long, they seem to have found an interesting thing, and they ask the servants to look for false accusations every day, and then they let the false accusations and the two who were falsely accused be arrested together, and then let them personally perform a play "Dou E's Injustice...... Therefore, the atmosphere in Luoyang City suddenly became correct, and no one dared to go to the government to complain easily.

This is also a consequence that Wu Yong did not expect, the reason why he arranged "Dou E's Injustice" was completely to increase the popularity of Taixu Restaurant, but he did not expect the situation to develop to this point.

If it weren't for Liu Hong, the Son of Heaven, who asked by chance, he would have been kept in the dark. At the same time, two major events also occurred in the imperial court, one was the dismissal of Tang Zhen, the court captain, and the other was the promotion of Qiao Xuan to Sikong.

Tingwei Tang Zhen, a native of Yingchuan, is the brother of Tang Heng, a former servant of the middle school. Tang Zhen relied on Tang Heng's relationship among the eunuchs to have such a high position, which was mostly despised by people with lofty ideals.

Nowadays, many people besiege the court governor's mansion every day to redress grievances, which has brought many bad influences to the imperial court. Therefore, Tang Zhen became the target of the siege, and was pointed out for inaction at the court meeting, and was finally dismissed from his position by Liu Hong, the son of heaven.

Qiao Xuan, a native of Suiyang, Liang State. He has an upright personality, is jealous of evil, and dares to fight against bad people and bad things when he is an official.

Qiao Xuan's perseverance, decisiveness and courageous spirit have been unanimously praised by people. Especially in the last years of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, Xianbei, the Southern Xiongnu and the heir of Goguryeo Bogu and other ethnic minorities rebelled together, robbed and plundered in the border area, and the four prefectures recommended Qiao Xuan as the general of Duliao, and gave him the power to use Huang Yue.

Qiao Xuan took office, cultivated soldiers, and then supervised the generals to crusade against Hulu and Bogu. The enemy was defeated and fled, Qiao Xuan served here for three years, and the border was stable and uneventful.

Last year, he was transferred back by the imperial court and appointed as Henan Yin, and then promoted to the positions of Shaofu and Dahonglu and other Jiuqing.

Now that he has been promoted to Sikong, it is a long-awaited thing. As the saying goes, there are three fires for a new official to take office, and the first fire for Qiao Xuan's promotion to Sikong is to investigate the responsibility for the resentment caused by the toilet charge, and at the same time punish the person who charges the fee and impose a fine and confiscate the income.

This made the ten permanent servants have a hard time, and watched their money being filled into the treasury, this time their losses were too great, not only lost millions of money, but even the two three princes and nine ministers who were close to the eunuch group in the court were kicked out.

This made them hate it so much, and at the same time secretly swore in their hearts that they would definitely find a place in the future if they had the chance.

And the second fire of Qiao Xuan's promotion to Sikong is to remove many officials belonging to Sikong Mansion. Although Liu Huan is a member of the Han family, his reputation and ability are much worse than those of the first two lieutenants, Liu Ju and Liu Chonglai, so in order to become the third duke, he chose to cooperate with the ten permanent servants, and was willing to act as the spokesperson of the eunuchs.

This led to Liu Huan's reputation among the scholars and magnates, and almost no one was willing to come to Sikong Mansion to be an official, so the subordinates of Sikong Mansion were basically from the eunuch group.

Therefore, for Qiao Xuan, these are all a group of flattering people, who have no talent to speak of, and it is useless to keep them, so it is better to dismiss them all.

Next, the third fire of Qiao Xuan's promotion to Sikong was to seek celebrities and recruit them as Sikong Fu's subordinates.

Of course, this is not an overnight thing, it needs to be slowly figured out, most of the celebrities are a bit arrogant, and sometimes they are not necessarily invited to invite each other many times.

Today is a small court meeting held by the Three Princes and Nine Secretaries, and the focus is to discuss the candidates for the court lieutenant and recommend some Sikong Mansion Peng subordinates for Qiao Xuan.

The people who attended the meeting were Taiwei Wenren, Sikong Qiaoxuan and Situ Xuxun. Taichang, Guangluxun, and Weiwei Sanqing were led by Taiwei.

Among them, Taichang Qing came to Yan, Guanglu Xun Yang Ci, and Wei Weiqing Zongju. The three servants, Tingwei, and Dahonglu were led by Situ.

Among them, Tang Zhen, the court captain, was deposed, and Yuan Kui, the great Hongluqing, and Yuan Feng, the servant of the Taifuqing, were left. Sikong Lingshaofu, Zongzheng, and Dasi Nong Sanqing.

Among them, Shaofuqing Liu He, Zong Zhengqing Liu Zu, and Dasi Nongqing Cao Song. Don't underestimate these people, if this is left in the early Han Dynasty, but except for the emperor, the central force of the entire empire.

Three Princes and Nine Qings, first appeared in the Zhou Dynasty. After hundreds of years of development in the Qin and Han dynasties, there is today's system of division of rights.

This is because Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty strengthened his imperial power more than that of the Western Han Dynasty.

When Emperor Guangwu was in power, he expanded the rights of Shangshutai, and all his posts were unified. Since then, the three dukes have been hollowed out, only the function of deliberation, no actual power, after Shangshutai became the decision-making body of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the central power of the state is all concentrated in the emperor's palace office, and the three dukes are often dismissed for trivial matters, and the status of the three dukes is gradually reduced.

The most obvious is Situ, who is equivalent to the prime minister of the Western Han Dynasty, and no longer has the good luck of being the emperor's guest in the Western Han Dynasty.

For example, Han Xin was Situ, because he was outspoken and had nothing to hide, Emperor Guangwu could not tolerate it, dismissed him from office, sent him back to his hometown, and issued an edict to reprimand him.

Han Xin was terrified and committed suicide with his children and babies. Later, Ouyang She and Dai Shi were the great situ, and they were both imprisoned and died.

In fact, the system of three public and nine secretaries, aside from its practical significance, is an innovation only from the perspective of the innovation of the official system.

It weakened Situ's powers, and each of the three dukes exercised a part of the state's rights, making the bureaucratic system more reasonable.

But from the perspective of power, the servants and Dahonglu led by Situ are all false officials. The servants served the emperor and did not have the right to participate in the affairs of the state.

The Great Hung Lu was in charge of ethnic minorities and foreign affairs, which was insignificant to a country that called itself the Celestial Empire, except for certain occasions when it was available for prestige.

Leaving only a court lieutenant in charge of people's heads, there is still a bit of a literal status. However, the Eastern Han Dynasty has had frequent wars since Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, so in addition to the Three Dukes, Jiuqing, and Shangshutai, the Eastern Han Dynasty also had generals at all levels, who were also important members of the central government.

There are great generals, followed by hussar generals, chariot generals, and second guard generals, and there are front and rear left and right generals.

Among them, the general is above the three dukes, and the hussar generals, chariot generals, and wei generals are below the three dukes.

The front, rear, left, and right generals are under the secretary and are not often placed. After the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the queen mother was in charge of the dynasty, and her relatives were in power, often pretending to use military power to gain self-respect.

As a result, the general became the main official of the central government, and together with the three princes of Taifu, he was called the Five Mansions. After some deliberation by everyone, Qiao Xuan recommended the former Nanyang Taishou Chen Qiu as the court lieutenant, which was supported by the majority of the people.

After reporting to the court, Chen Qiu was summoned to the court. At the same time, Yuan Feng, the servant of the imperial court, recommended Cai Yong of Chen Liujun to Qiao Xuan.