Chapter 242: The Essence of the Emperor's Technique

When it comes to reform, what impressed him the most in later history was Wang Anshi's reform, which directly affected several generations of the Great Song Dynasty because it involved party struggle.

It can be said that it was an extremely failed change, and turning forward, from the Shang Dynasty Reform to the LΓΌ Buwei Reform, and then to the Han Wu Emperor and Wang Mang later, it is a lesson from the past.

Each one can be used for reference, but every piece of history can not be copied, reading history can be learned, and the biggest gain from reading history books is to tell you that the biggest role of history books is...... Didn't work.

In the past, he always thought that as long as he had military power in his hands, he could do whatever he wanted, and he would directly implement all the methods he had learned in later generations.

The longer he has been the emperor, the more he has deeply realized that no matter what happens, it is not black and white, and although the simple and crude way of dealing with it is refreshing, it will leave infinite troubles.

It is often said that the essence of the art of the emperor lies in the word "balance".

But how to balance, the road here is deep, he didn't care about it before, thinking that in the face of absolute strength, all means are vain.

There are two paths in front of him, he is unwilling to walk, one does not achieve the desired effect, and the other is too extreme, like walking a tightrope, dancing on the tip of a knife all the time.

He asked himself if he didn't have such a good skill to be able to use it with ease.

"Balancing ......"

Liu Zhi muttered to himself, his eyes pierced through the darkness, and he saw the looming lone star in the sky, as if there was lightning shining in his head, and suddenly he suddenly brightened.

Zhang Ling, who also had not slept all night, waited for His Majesty's summons at dawn, and it seemed that the Son of Heaven had already made a decision.

No matter what decision the emperor makes, he will choose to support it.

He Zhang Ling has already made up his mind and is willing to sacrifice his life for the country, but from today on, he must find a way out for his family, and he can't be buried with them.

Zhang Ling, who was in a heavy mood, hurriedly entered the palace, and the two of them talked secretly for more than an hour behind closed doors, and when they came out, the depression in his eyes had disappeared.

The whole person's mental outlook has changed dramatically, making people feel refreshed, his steps are light, and his eyes are full of confidence and strength.

On the same day, all the high-ranking officials of the Imperial Historical Observatory were summoned, and Zhang Ling gave them a stern order:

"Your Majesty has decreed that from today onwards, all people will eat and live in the Imperial Historical Tower, and no contact with any outsiders will be allowed until the ban is lifted."

Everyone looked at each other, what happened? Since the reorganization of the Imperial Historical Observatory, there has never been a shocking case.

Some are apprehensive, some are excited, and some are thoughtful.

The subordinates of Yushitai, except for the group of people who were transferred from the captain of Si Li, the rest were all old subordinates carefully selected by Zhang Ling.

They have followed Zhang Ling for many years and know his character very well, and if they don't move, they are just done, and a blockbuster is definitely an amazing move.

Because the officials of the Imperial Historical Observatory were not of high rank before, and they did some things that offended people, many people were not from very high backgrounds.

Most of them were born in ordinary official families, and some were even small people in the market, they were all experienced officials, and they were the first to investigate the case.

However, Zhang Ling couldn't completely control the part of the people transferred by Captain Sili, so he made two preparations.

directly asked His Majesty to mobilize 300 soldiers from Long Linwei to surround the entire Yushi Terrace.

Huge amounts of information were sent in a steady stream, and their job was to sort out what His Majesty needed, and then list the charges and hand them over to Long Linwei.

When Long Linwei gets the information, he will collect relevant physical evidence and witnesses as soon as possible, and then hand it over to the Criminal Department for trial and conviction.

Almost at the same time, Liu Zhi issued a martial law order, and the captain of the city gate, Zhi Jinwu, and Si Li quickly dispatched.

In less than an hour, the entire Jingshi became like a ghost town, and the market was closed, except for a team of soldiers in armor, not a single idle person, etc.

Something happened, and something was wrong.

The weather is clear and the sun is shining, but there is a lot of gloomy clouds that want to destroy the city, and this dark cloud also shrouds everyone's heart.

Dahan has experienced too many twists and turns in the past two years, from hundreds of officials to Li Min, all of whom have been made noisy and nervous.

No one knows when bad luck will befall them.

Thinking of His Majesty's unusual behavior a few days ago, many ministers felt uneasy in their hearts, and this time martial law came without warning and was extremely severe.

Even the ministers of the imperial court were not allowed to walk around the streets at will, and it was said that they had to have an edict issued by the emperor himself.

Otherwise, there will be no mercy!

For a time, there was chaos, and people were panicked.

In less than a day, the Beisi Prison was full of people, the sound of cries shook the sky, and there were angry scolding and shouting of injustice everywhere, like hell on earth.

After dark, through the crack in the door, it is still clear that a team of armor soldiers are hurrying to and fro, and every time they hit a mansion, they are crying fathers and mothers, miserable and sad.

It wasn't until dawn that the panicked ministers finally received the summons, and the court proceeded normally this morning.

In the darkness before dawn, the carriages moved silently, and through the curtains, you could see the gun-wielding soldiers standing neatly on both sides of the official road, the tips of the guns flickering under the jumping torches.

In front of the Chongde Palace, everyone's faces were not good, because the most feared thing finally happened, and there were suddenly many people in the crowd, and they ...... Where did they go?

They knew the answer, but they didn't want to believe it.

Even greater uneasiness enveloped the entire Chongde Palace, is Your Majesty going to kill?

Looking at the door of the brightly lit hall, their hearts sank to the bottom, and when they walked into this hall that symbolized unlimited power today, could they still walk out unharmed?

What is the greatest fear for humans?

is unknown.

It is precisely because I don't know anything that I am uneasy and afraid.

When the darkness faded and under the bright light, the young emperor walked slowly, obviously still the handsome and uncast young man of the past, but he added a touch of fierceness to it.

It makes people feel a chill in their eyes.

Looking at the courtiers with different colors below, Liu Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly, and a cold light appeared inside.

Zhang Ling stood up and walked to the center of the hall step by step, just a few steps, looking at the wolf and the wolf, exuding a sharp temperament that was different from the past.

Today, he is the protagonist, the fighter who tears the curtain of this rule.

"Minister Zhang Lingzuo asked His Majesty to thoroughly investigate the case of the servant Han Yan who used his power for personal gain, embezzled a huge amount of money, and instigated the children of the family to take care of people's lives in the fish and meat township."

It turned out to be Han Yan?

Listening to Zhang Ling's tone, I am afraid that this case has no way to turn around.

Han Yan is one of the nine kings, with a high position, and more importantly, the Han family is also a first-class family in the Han Dynasty.

It is after the founding of the Western Han Dynasty with a different surname Wang Han Xin, his grandfather Han Ling was a famous minister of the Han and Emperor He, who was not afraid of power, was honest and selfless, and participated in the overthrow of the general Dou Xian.

Emperor He praised him very much, successively served as a servant, Sikong and other positions, and was posthumously awarded the title of Duke of Yuande after his death.

His father, Han Fu, was the minister of state of Liu Shang, the king of Zhao, and he himself was also known for his talent, and he was a man with eight faces, long sleeves and good dancing, and was friendly with Liang Ji, the general who controlled the government at that time.

Soon after Liu Zhi ascended the throne, he was promoted to Situ under the operation of Liang Ji and became one of the three princes of Weiweihe, and he was extremely glorious for a while.

But the good times didn't last long, after Liang Ji was killed, he was sentenced to sit together because he had taken refuge, but in the Eastern Han Dynasty system, the three dukes were not guilty of rebellion, and they could all be exempted from death, so they were dismissed and returned to their hometown.

He was sleek, and later Zhao Jie rebelled, and he was never on good terms with the other party, but he was lucky to escape.

With the strong power of the Han family, he was soon recruited by Huang Qiong again and became an official under Shang Shutai.

Soon, after some painstaking management, he was promoted to the servant by leaps and bounds, and once again ranked among the nine kings, with several ups and downs, what did he rely on?

Presumably, everyone in the Manchu Dynasty knows it.

This is the strategy set by Liu Zhi, knocking out a first-class family, uprooting it, and completely erasing it from the officialdom of the Han Dynasty, so as to set an example.

Then crack down on and liquidate a group of middle-level officials, specifically select those positions with real power, but try not to implicate the family, and remove those moths of the country from their positions.

Then, in accordance with the standards, replenish fresh blood in a timely manner, inject a group of vital forces into the imperial court, and even eliminate them, I believe that the officialdom of the Han Dynasty will have a new atmosphere and open a new era of integrity.

It's just that this family used as a benchmark is not easy to choose, and if it is not done well, it will have the opposite effect, not only will it fail to achieve the effect of warning, but it will also be out of control.

Since the Qin and Han dynasties, a large family has gradually been formed, and by the time of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it gradually became a climate, and some first-class families began to appear.

Although it is not qualified to be called a gate valve, it is not far from the situation.

If you want to govern a family, you must first understand the causes of the family.

Although the Eastern Han Dynasty families were complex, they could be roughly divided into three categories.

The first category is the meritorious family, most of their ancestors are generals who followed Liu Xiu's army, such as the 28th general of Yuntai and Ma Yuan, etc.

The second type is the family of foreign relatives, such as the Yin family, the Dou family, the Ma family, the Deng family, the Liang family, etc., their families are either out of the queen or out of the queen mother.

The power of the family has also risen, and even covered the sky with one hand and dominated the dynasty, just like Dou Xian and Liang Ji, who were once arrogant.

The third type is the Confucian family, with excellent learning and talent, impeccable character, by His Majesty's reuse, so that they are in and out of the general, and high-spirited.

For example, the famous Runan Yuan clan and Hongnong Yang clan, Peijun Huan clan and so on, all belong to this list.

Since the Han Dynasty and Emperor Yuan An, the Runan Yuan clan has been highly talented from generation to generation, and Sikong Yuan Tang and Shangshu Ling Yuan Xuan are all from this family, both of whom are Liu Zhi's ministers of the humerus, and they are right-hand men.

Hongnong Yang is also both capable and political, and the family style is honest, is a real Qingliu literati, the three generations of the Huan family are great Confucians, generations of emperors, and the honor is incomparable.

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Therefore, he can't move this Confucian family, and he doesn't want to move, although the family has far-reaching disadvantages, it is not without merit.

If all the families are on par with them, then the family will not be a scourge, but a virtuous minister with both ability and political integrity.

As for the second type of foreign relatives family, due to the restrictions of their status, they have long been not Liu Zhi's main target.

The Yin family, the Dou family, the Ma family and the Deng family, which were glorious in those years, have long since declined with the passage of time, and have fallen from the position of first-class families, and now they are basically just ordinary middle-level families, which is not a problem.

Not to mention the rest of the Liang family, who has been knocked down by Liu Zhi from the top of power, and only one of the remaining Liang Budo is left, and now he is also trembling and cautious.

Now the only beauty in the harem, Deng Meng, and his brother Deng Yan have already taken the initiative to write a letter and made a treaty that relatives are not allowed to hold important positions.

This trick can be regarded as completely cutting off the opportunity for the rise of the family of relatives, so this second category does not need to be considered at all.

Therefore, Liu Zhi set his sights on the first type of family, which is also the one with the largest number of all families.

Since the dynasties, there are not a few people who have ascended to the throne because of various feats, and their rise has a strong accident, and the good and bad of future generations are mixed.

More importantly, their relationship is intertwined and colluded, and although it does not cause both losses and prosperity, it is also a solid alliance of interests.

They are in the same vein, shield each other, and become moths in the officialdom of the Han Dynasty, gnawing at this calamitous country one by one.

After weighing the interests of many parties, Liu Zhi finally set his sights on Han Yan.

After the Han family was named the founding merit, it was silent for more than two hundred years, and since the beginning of Han Ling's development, there have been only three generations in total.

But Han Jiaming has a lot of glory on his face, so he is still among the first-class families.

Because he once took refuge in Liang Ji, Han Yan himself was imprinted with an indelible stain, and everyone in the Manchu Dynasty knew that Liu Zhi hated the general Liang Ji to the core.

Therefore, choosing him will make some people mistakenly think that Liu Zhi is just settling accounts after the autumn, and taking revenge with himself under the pretext of rectifying the rule of officials.

This misunderstanding will somewhat dilute some of their own sense of crisis, and make them fall into the illusion that they will not be implicated.

Therefore, there will be hesitation and misjudgment in response, once they choose to give up supporting the Han family, even if they understand it later, it will be useless to wait until the time comes.

As for those middle-level officials, due to the conclusive evidence, coupled with the measures of clearly announcing the world and not affecting the family members, it will also greatly alleviate the sharp contradictions between the family and Liu Zhi.

Afterwards, Liu Zhihui promised to promote a group of people from other middle and low-level officials to supplement, and most of these people were from families.

Losing the mulberry elm and reaping the east, so that the general ledger is calculated, it is not a big blow to the overall family interests of the family.

After weighing the pros and cons, the vast majority of the family's top executives will choose to lose their cars to protect their lives.

Even if there are a few families who jump out to fight Liu Zhi to the end, they will be completely suppressed by him because they are isolated and helpless.

Then for those who have been law-abiding, honest and honest family officials, commendation and promotion, after this operation, I believe that from top to bottom will play a good role in demonstration and correction.

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