Chapter 243: Changing the Law
As the tide of the crusade against Yuan Bai came to an end, Yuan Qi led his army back to Liaodong along the coastal route, and then returned to Yanjing by land from Liaodong. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoBecause the situation in Jiangdong has stabilized and Sun Ce has taken control of the overall situation, the naval army led by Gan Jing and Lu Su also returned to Youzhou with Yuan Qi.
As soon as he arrived in Yanjing, Li Ru walked over with a piece of tissue paper produced in Youzhou, on which were written two pieces of news from the members of the Qianlong Hidden Dragon. First, Yuan Xie has agreed to Yuan Qi's protection, let Sun Ce serve as the pastor of Yangzhou, and lead Jiangdong, Huainan and other places; the second article, Yuan Qi was a little surprised, Yugong Ren and Tai He under Ugong Zhaolie joined forces, at the junction of Qing and Xu, the first battle wiped out the army sent by Yuan Ding to Huainan, and the trial only led three or four thousand remnants to return to Yecheng, Yan Liang and Wen Chou were all surrendered by Ugong Zhaolie, and another 10,000 Yuan troops also surrendered to Ugong Zhaolie.
Yuan Qi knew that Ugong Zhaolie was going to make a move on Yuan Ding, or rather, he was preparing for it. However, before uniting with Unomiya Terulie to attack Yuan Ding, Yuan Qi still had some problems that had to be solved in advance. Although the Xianbei in the north has surrendered, it does not mean that since then, the north has been as stable as a mountain, and there are still Xin Mans entrenched in the northwest, and those who are adjacent to Xin Man, as well as the Thorn Tower people who were greatly damaged by Yuan Qi's vitality.
Although Xin Man and Thorn Tower are not as strong as before because of Yuan Qi's suppression, they are also a hidden danger after all, and if this hidden danger is not removed, Yuan Qi will not be able to attack Jizhou with peace of mind. The relationship between Yuan Ding and the Thorn Tower is very good, if when Yuan Qi attacked Jizhou, the Thorn Tower people were entrusted by Yuan Ding to make some small moves behind their backs, it would be quite troublesome. Therefore, Yuan Qi and Ugong Terulie fought for the initiative in this battle, and pinched the time and method of the war into their own hands, just to leave time to completely eradicate the Thorn Tower and Xin Man first.
Night. Yuan Qi found Zhuge Liang, Jia Yuan, Xun Luo, Li Ru and Xu Shu to discuss the plan against Xin Man and Thorn Tower overnight. At the beginning, everyone's thinking was on the right path, but after discussion, everyone found a series of problems, so that the matter of conquering the Thorn Tower and Xin Barbarian could not go on smoothly. After the campaign to pacify the northern frontier, the number of soldiers did not decrease, but increased a lot, which added a part of the number. Most of them are Xianbei warriors after sinicization, although it is a happy thing to have more soldiers who can fight, but various problems have also been exposed.
First of all, there is the issue of the distribution of military salaries and the supply of military rations. The Xianbei people are all brave and good at fighting, and any adult man, with a little training, is a good cavalryman, even if he chooses the best of the best. With the huge population base of the Xianbei people, there are still 50,000 people who were finally selected to serve in the army, and the food, equipment, war horses, etc. of these 50,000 sergeants are still there. They need to be raised as soon as possible so that they can be trained into the army as soon as possible. Although in Gwangju, that is, in the former Xianbei territory, Yuan Qi got a large number of cattle and sheep that were frozen to death. Zhuge Liang turned all the valuable things on these cattle and sheep into money and grain through the Taishi Chamber of Commerce and the Shangguan Chamber of Commerce, but it was only a matter after the relatively generous completion of the internal relocation of the Xianbei people. There was simply not much money and food to feed the 50,000 cavalry.
Secondly, although the Xianbei people gradually integrated into the Han people under a series of relatively peaceful policies, after all, the time is still short, and a complete integration has not yet been formed, if at this time, Yuan Qi led the army to leave, it is inevitable that there will be some people with ulterior motives, will take the opportunity to provoke the contradictions between the Han and Xianbei people in the territory, which will inevitably have an impact on the rule of Yuan Qi, which is not conducive to future development.
Again, Yuan Qi successively pacified Goguryeo, Buyeo and Northern Xinjiang within a year, and many military generals and capable ministers were left in the local area to appease the local people's emotions and deter Xiaoxiao, such as Wei Yan, Zhang Long, Deng Zhi and others, who stayed in Buyeo, Goguryeo and other places respectively, and went to Assassin Tower and Xinman, these fierce generals and capable ministers were indispensable, and Yuan Qi must find a suitable replacement to replace the work of Wei Yan and others.
In addition, Yuan Qi also had to leave enough soldiers to guard Yanjing, so that the people could be safeguarded internally and the territory could be protected externally. Among the Xianbei people who have not yet been completely sinicized, there are still a few extremists, and if they unite with Yuan Ding in Jizhou, it will be a very tricky matter. Therefore, this time the manpower of the Thorn Tower and Xin Man cannot be too manpower, and at most a quarter of the entire army can be drawn. In other words, although Yuan Qi had an army of 240,000, at most, he could only use 60,000 people. It was really difficult to quickly pacify Xinman and Thorn Tower with 60,000 soldiers.
Based on the above reasons, the topic of Yuan Qi and others gradually shifted to policy reform, with the merger of Gwangju under the rule of Yuan Qi, the original Yu and the capital of the governor, obviously has been a little uncomfortable, the current situation, it is urgent for Yuan Qi to retain the essence of the original policy, and then add some new decrees into it, so as to promote the stable development of the three states of Gwangju, and Gwangju.
So, in the next few days, Yuan Qi postponed the pre-war preparations and began to discuss the formulation of the new policy with dozens of civil and military officials under his command. In the process of discussion, the most reticent person was Tian Feng, but once he opened his mouth to put forward his opinions, he must have hit the nail on the head and pointed to the crux of the problem, even in the face of Yuan Qi's debate, he refused to let go at all, until this issue was properly resolved under repeated consultations of everyone.
Seven days later, a new decree was issued, and now Yuan Qi is in charge of the territory of the three states, and will attack Xinman and Thorn Tower in the future, so the name of the Governor of Youhe is obviously no longer applicable, and the new decree is named Yanjing Law under everyone's discussion. The political, economic, and military centers of the Yuan Dynasty were all in Yanjing, and it was indeed appropriate to name the new law after Yanjing. Yuan Xie also gave him the power of arbitrariness, the power of the governor of the military and political affairs of the three states, and the power of opening the government, with these privileges, Yuan Qi could legitimately formulate laws and decrees without fear of being condemned by the world's scholars, only before the laws were implemented. Write a memo to Yuan Xie, tell him about the implementation of the new order, and let Yuan Xie understand the content of the new law, and it will be fine.
In the Yanjing Law, several applicable laws and regulations, such as the Nine Prohibitions and Eighteen Beheadings, the Tuntian Order, and the Salt and Iron Order, were retained to ensure strict military orders, promote agricultural production, and completely control salt and iron in the hands of the Yuan Qi. In addition, a number of laws and regulations that promoted ethnic integration and coordinated development with each other were named Huaxia Decree and officially incorporated into the Yanjing Law. The name Huaxia Ling. It was called out by Yuan Qi himself, except for Yuan Qi, no one understood what the word "Huaxia" meant, but since it was Yuan Qi's own name, and his attitude was very firm, everyone agreed. The laws of the Huaxia Decree were extremely severe, treating Han Chinese and ethnic minorities such as Xianbei, Buyeo, and Goguryeo equally, and all those who tried to split and integrate the ethnic groups. Those who incite ethnic contradictions and other acts will be severely punished regardless of whether they are Han Chinese or ethnic minorities.
Based on simplicity and ease of understanding, after the formulation and promulgation of the Yanjing Law, there were a total of 12 decrees, with a total of 183 small clauses, which was the most concise law in the Han Dynasty. Don't look at the laws and regulations of Yanjing, there are not many laws and regulations, but they have detailed and detailed coverage of all aspects such as military, government, and people's livelihood, so that all the people in the three states of You, He, and Guang have laws to follow when doing anything. It is believed that under the constraints and norms of the Yanjing Law, it will not be long before the territory will become a legal society similar to that of later generations, and there will be no more cases where people will go unpunished after committing crimes.
At the same time, Yanjing Law broke the monopoly that had always been the dominant position of the scholar class. Yanjing Law advocates that everyone is equal, even if the scholars break the law, they will also be arrested and questioned, and there is no difference between them and ordinary people, so as soon as Yanjing Law was introduced, it was warmly supported by the common people. Yuan Qi was determined to use the Yanjing law as a breakthrough point and officially declared war on the scholars! The outdated scholar system was not far from being completely abolished. Of course, there are no scholars who can affect the overall situation in the three states, so there is no resistance to the implementation of the Yanjing law, but Yuan Qi believes that when the effect of the Yanjing law is gradually brought into play, the Han people living outside the three states will definitely feel that the Yanjing law is a law formulated for the common people, and at that time, a large number of Han people will inevitably move to the territory of the three states.
Different from the reaction of the common people, the scholars outside the three states, after watching the regulations of the Yanjing Law, none of them had a good-looking face, and many people angrily threw away the Yanjing Law manuscript in their hands. However, Yuan Xie was an exception, and after watching the terms of the Yanjing Law sent by Yuan Qi, instead of being angry, he praised it greatly, and immediately issued an order to try the Yanjing Law in the Guanzhong area.
Although Yuan Xie can be regarded as one of the representatives of the scholar clan, but the country is now very decadent, Yuan Xie, the nominal son of heaven, can actually control the place, and there is only the area near the two cities of Beijing and Chang'an.
After the eunuch party and Dong Meng's rebellion, there is no decent Dashi clan in the Guanzhong area, and when Yuan Xie beheaded Wang Nuo, he also took the opportunity to pull out some tumors, which made the Shi clan in this area suffer a certain blow, so the Yanjing law was also smoothly promulgated and implemented in the Guanzhong area. Yuan Xie's unintentional move laid a certain foundation for future unification in advance.