Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1050

Zhang Liang killed himself under Mount Li.

Li Shousu, a scholar of Guanwendian, was dismissed and expelled from the court.

The Secretary of the Imperial City confiscated millions of fortunes from Zhang Liang's name, nearly ten thousand mu of land, dozens of houses and manors, and his five hundred adopted sons and three thousand false grandchildren were all deprived of their official titles and military titles, removed from their military status, and moved to Beijing. Changliu farmers in Anxi and Guangnan were not allowed to be hired again for life, and they were not allowed to return to the Central Plains for life. All their land and property were lost to the government.

The Li family of Zhaojun was also seriously implicated in this case. Li Shousu was dismissed as prime minister and demoted to Hainan Island as the county magistrate by the emperor's edict.Many of the descendants of the Li family in Zhaojun who were officials in the court may have been implicated, and even their sons who were still studying in the inner government and the Imperial College or were guards were also expelled.

"I'm at a loss."

In the dead of night, in the soup pool in the Lishan Hot Spring Palace, the hot spring water is still warm and comfortable, with mist, but the emperor is troubled by soaking in the pool.

"You said that I am not mean to Wang Junkuo, Liu Wuzhou, Zhang Liang, and Fugong Er. They have followed me for many years, and they have been born to death. They also came from rough backgrounds in their early years. Wang Junkuo was an orphan before, and he was a horse thief in his early years. Liu Wuzhou's family Although he is rich, he is only a small landlord and powerful. Zhang Liang used to be poor, and he was just a rascal when he was young. Fu Gonger Er grew up under my watch. He used to herd sheep for Uncle Wang next door to my house, because he stole sheep Giving it to Du Fuwei, he almost died."

They followed Luo Cheng, went through life and death, conquered all over the world, earned military merits little by little, promoted their official positions little by little, and changed their lives because of this.

When they rebel, which one is not a prince, and which one is not rich?
In fact, it is impossible to accumulate so much wealth with their normal rewards and salaries, but although the emperor knows it well, he also treats these heroes and brothers very preferentially, and sometimes he doesn't go into it.

For example, Zhang Liang used the funds he gave to do business in secret before doing business and smuggling. He was doing things for Luo Cheng, but he would secretly withhold part of the proceeds, and the emperor just didn't know it. After all, the water was so clear that there were no fish.

When Fu Gong Er was in the south of the Yangtze River, after the battle was captured, he would give himself a little more spoils, and Luo Cheng didn't say anything.Even after the siege of the city, the auxiliary public shrine often took the opportunity to buy some properties, and did some half-power and half-buy things for those old officials and old powerhouses. As long as it wasn't too much, Luo Cheng didn't see it.

The emperor took good care of these old brothers. In fact, he took good care of all the brothers. The emperor pulled them with all his strength and became a new aristocratic class.

Which one of them doesn't hold a lot of land in their hands, which upstart hasn't recruited the servants of the old nobles in recent years, and accepts many businessmen's surrender, which upstart's family doesn't have other business transactions.In addition to doing business on their own, they also cooperate with many businessmen, but sometimes this kind of cooperation is only in name, and then they can get dry shares, provide their own status protection, and enjoy a lot of dividends.

"Tell me, why are they still not satisfied?"

Luo Cheng couldn't figure it out, he wasn't the kind of emperor who crossed rivers and destroyed bridges and hid everything. He neither killed meritorious officials nor was he harsh.Even now, the nobles have begun to seal the nobles. Although they are only distributed in the most frontier lands, they are a real fief after all. It can be said that since the Jin Dynasty, there is such a system of nobility in every dynasty and generation. What?
It's all slowly only Juelu, and even the title of household has gradually become only a number. The princes have neither real land nor people, and the place names on the title are just the name of the post.

But the Son of Heaven actually took out the land to distribute it, and even handed it down to them from generation to generation. Even if he wanted to extend his favor, it would still be passed down to the descendants of the princes.

In the soup room, the servants are all outside the door.

In the soup pool, only the queen accompanied the emperor.

Shan Shi, who was kneading the shoulders for the emperor, just listened quietly and did not reply. Although she had listened to the government behind the curtain when the emperor was seriously ill some time ago, she was not very interested in the government.

What she values ​​is only her husband's care and the growth of her children.

"Binbin, tell me, why?" Luo Cheng turned around, held her hand and asked.

"Your Majesty, the courtiers and concubines don't understand why this is happening. Thinking about it, maybe it's because the changes are too fast, and wealth comes easily, or maybe it's because it doesn't meet their expectations."

"Wealth is too fast, and expectations are inconsistent?" It sounds like a contradictory sentence, but it seems to make sense when you think about it. Wang Junkuo and other rebels were really humble in the past, but now they have been named public officials in just over ten years. Hou, each of them is so young, they fought together with Luo Cheng to conquer the world, and in the end they succeeded in rebelling against the Sui Dynasty to get what they are today.

Perhaps they feel that rebellion does not seem to be difficult.Or they felt that what the emperor gave them was not enough.

"The mentality has not been adjusted."

Wang Junkuo, Liu Wuzhou, Fu Gong Er, and Zhang Liang were all his loyal confidants, but now they rebel one after another.Not to mention the rebellion of Dou Gui, Changsun Anye, Li Xiaochang and others.

Dou Gui and others rebelled, Luo Cheng didn't find it strange, nor was he afraid or worried. They were not the core of Luo Cheng's group.But the rebellion of Wang Junkuo, Zhang Liang and others made Luo Cheng unable to sleep.

When fighting the world, they and themselves are a solid piece of iron, and the sword they condense is invincible and invincible.But now that he has only been in the world for a few years, the core of himself has already begun to collapse. This is the foundation of Luo Cheng's rule.

"Your Majesty, I think that your Majesty is not treating these heroes badly, but treating them too well. I also know that Your Majesty misses the past, but sometimes, you have to behave."

"The ministers and concubines have also started to study in recent years, and have learned a lot of principles. Once, Zilu asked Confucius, 'Wei Jun treats his son and governs, what will the son put first?" Confucius replied, "It must be corrected! The name is not correct. , then the words don’t go well; if the words don’t go well, things don’t work out.'”

"There are no rules, and there is no circle. The meritorious officials should be rewarded for their merits, but they should also be punished for their crimes. For example, Wang Junkuo rebelled, but His Majesty refused to punish his former heroes. This is a very bad start."

Shan Binbin thought for a while and then said, "I think your majesty is getting better with the old brothers who fought together. Now the old nobles and old nobles in the world have been purged and suppressed, and the upstarts in the court and China are already very powerful. , It can be said that the ruling and opposition parties are all these old brothers of His Majesty, all of whom are military upstarts, this is actually another Guanlong nobleman."

"Your Majesty is still in the prime of his life, but there are already heroes such as Wang Junkuo, Zhang Liang, and Fu Gong Er who have rebelled. Let me ask, if Jiawen inherits the foundation of the Great Qin Dynasty after a hundred years, will he be able to control these military aristocratic groups? ?”

The emperor was shocked and remained silent.

Is the Great Qin court really going to monopolize for the military upstarts?

(End of this chapter)