Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 218 News from all parties
New Year's Day in the seventh year of Taichang (538), a new year with a new look.

Gao Cheng rested at home and did not forget to review the accumulated memorials.

Dictatorship has its benefits, Weifu is all out of his own will, for example, when he was inspecting Hebei, he comforted Gao Cheng who was reprimanded by Yuan Shanjian, and lobbied Lu Xunzu of Fanyang Lu's family, so Gao Cheng was transferred out of the shogunate and promoted to the Ministry of Rites waiter.

Last year, when Gao Cheng confirmed the three provinces and six ministries as the central official system, he also carried out reforms incidentally, establishing the status of the six ministries as the six ministers, and the same as the minister.

Gao Cheng's promotion to Lu Xunzu's position was one of his rewards, and the most important thing was to appease Fan Yang's Lu family.

Because the Lu family is far away in Youzhou, the control over it is the weakest among the four surnames and five clans.

This is also a helpless move. The Gao family started in the south of Hebei, and then established the military-political dual system of Jinyang and Luoyang, and strictly controlled Xiangzhou, Jizhou, and Dingzhou. , Li family of Zhaojun in Yinzhou and Gao family and Feng family of Bohai in Jizhou.

For Fan Yang Lu, after all, it was beyond reach, and because of this, every time Gao Cheng violated the interests of the gentry, Fan Yang Lu was always the last to express his opinion.

On the other hand, Gao Cheng was temporarily promoted to the doctor of Si Xunsi for his good brother Sima Xiaonan who had been polished by the Ministry of Officials for more than half a year, and was transferred from the Department of Wenxuan.

The first scientific examination will be held this year, and Gao Cheng is worried about handing over Sima Xiaonan, the doctor of Wenxuan Division, to Xiaonan, but he can't just let him be a minor official in Wenxuan Division forever.

So there was such an arrangement, first go to Sixun Division to fiddle with resumes, wait for the imperial examination to be on the right track, and then work in Wenxuan Division.

In the final analysis, Sima Xiaonan, who was the clan of the former Jin Dynasty, neither belonged to the Hebei gentry nor Xianbei.

There are many such characters, such as Zhao Yanshen, Du Bi, etc., but they will be reused in the future.

The downside of authoritarianism is like today's Gao Cheng, who has a good New Year's Day and can't rest yet.

He also rejected a memorial requesting to change the year name.

It is rare for a reign title to go to the seventh year like Taichang. At the end of the year, all the ministers went to the office one after another, hoping to change the reign title to get rid of the bad luck of the defeat in the Western Expedition.

But none of them could impress Gao Cheng.

Apart from reviewing the memorials, Gao Cheng was also actively preparing for the first imperial examination, the county examination.

The County Examination will start in March, and you will register separately for Criminal Names, Arithmetic, Agriculture, Engineering, and Classics.

The state examination will be held in the late autumn of August. Such a long time interval is also to allow candidates who pass the county examination to have enough time to either study at the county school or prepare for the examination at home.

Those who have not passed the state examination can continue to study in the county school. Those who pass the state examination will gain the status of Juren. Those who do not intend to take the Beijing examination can use this as an official. Luoyang was admitted to Jinshi.

It's only New Year's Day now, and Gao Cheng has already planned to wait for the holidays to start posting rankings in various places, announcing the examination process and time.

"Husband, let's eat some food. It's cold, so we can't keep it for long."

Li Changyi who delivered lunch today.

In this day and age, except for the need for strength during the busy farming season, wealthy families may have an extra meal, generally speaking, two meals a day.

But Gao Cheng eats three meals a day without stopping, and is extremely gentle on the stomach.

Gao Cheng stopped writing when he heard the sound, and his eyes shifted from the memorial to Li Changyi's face. Li Changyi, who had been in the door for half a year, had long since lost the appearance of his daughter's house when he first met.

Whether it is makeup or temperament, it is becoming more and more like a woman.

Just when Gao Cheng wanted to push the maid back and do something in broad daylight, Zhang Liang, who was in charge of the hearing department, hurried over.

"You go back to the house to rest first, I will go there at night."

Gao Cheng persuaded the dissatisfied Li Changyi to leave.

Her dissatisfaction was entirely directed at Zhang Liang. Usually, whoever had his turn to rest in the courtyard would deliver the meals. Li Changyi deliberately dressed up, but she didn't want to wait until night to meet again.

I thought Gao Cheng was already moved, and Zhang Liang ruined the good thing.

Gao Cheng didn't pay much attention to Li Changyi's dissatisfaction, Zhang Liang must have something important to come to him in a hurry.

"Why is Bird in such a hurry?"

Gao Cheng said as he scooped up a bowl of soup and handed it over:

"This is the old duck soup that Changyi specially cooked for me. Let's taste it to drive away the cold."

Zhang Liang took it over in trepidation, but didn't move the spoon in a hurry.

"General, there is information from Kansai that Yu Wentai is now recasting coins."

Gao Cheng frowned, and he asked:

"Will Yu Wentai imitate my actions of abolishing slaves and giving land to farm cattle and force the gentry to release slaves?"

This is what Gao Cheng is most concerned about.

"not at all."

Zhang Liang replied.

When Gao Cheng heard this, all his expectations were dashed.

This Yu Wentai is really annoying, if you want to copy it, you can copy it all, but you just jumped over the pit of Shi Nu.

There are advantages and disadvantages to withdrawing the coinage right and enriching finances, but the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

For Yu Wentai, forcing the slaves to be freed did more harm than good. The key lies in the above mentioned that slaves and maidservants are taxpayers. Gao Cheng's persecution of slaves to release slaves is firstly to restrain land annexation, and secondly to weaken the power of the gentry.

As far as Kansai is concerned, it is not the time for them to worry about land annexation because they have more land and less land, and they need to unite all forces to fight against the Eastern Wei Dynasty when they are weak.

It is impossible to force the gentry to release their slaves and turn against them.

The reason is easy to understand. The Western Wei Dynasty was blocked and could not enter the Kanto. Even if the Kanto gentry were dissatisfied with the policy of releasing slaves, they could only swallow their tears.

However, the Eastern Wei Dynasty could advance westward at any time, and Yu Wentai really pressed the Kansai gentry, and these people may jump back at any time.

"Bird will drink soup to warm his stomach first, and we will talk about the rest later."

Gao Cheng scooped up a bowl of old duck soup for himself, still cursing at Yu Wentai from the bottom of his heart:

I just copied one of your "Six Government Orders", and you copied so many things from me, why didn't you just copy them all together, isn't the release of slaves missing?

Zhang Liang ate a bowl a little excitedly, seeing that Gao Cheng wanted to add more to him, he quickly refused.

While feeling sorry for Gao Cheng's lover, he also told him about Gao Huan's condition.

Since the beginning of winter, the number of Gao Huan's headache attacks has increased significantly, and he often has a splitting headache and even faints several times.

So far it's been better.

After Gao Cheng heard about it, he also felt relieved.

After all, as Gao Cheng has grown older in recent years, Gao Huan has never committed domestic violence, so there is really nothing to say to him.

Everything was given to Jinyang except the military power of Jinyang. The two rivers, Henan and Hebei in the land of three rivers in the Eastern Wei Dynasty were all handed over to Gao Cheng, leaving only one east of the river.

He never obstructed Gao Cheng's request for instructions in letters.

Although Gao Huan was a little bit behind in terms of ability, his trust in his son can be regarded as knowing how to use it well.

Gao Huan fell from the horse, and his body was not as good as before. It was no secret among the Gao party. When he was in Xindu, Lou Zhao even mentioned it to Gao Cheng.

It was said to be a major event, but in fact, not many people panicked. After all, the ability of the successor Gao Cheng has been recognized by everyone, and even admired. With him around, the big guy's wealth can be preserved.

Even Hou Jing, who has always been arrogant, is more worried about being jealous of Gao Cheng because he looked down on Gao Cheng when he was young and didn't obey his orders.

I dare not say anything to Sima Ziru like in history:
'If the king is here, I dare not make any difference. If the king is not, I cannot work with Xianbei children. '

Sima Ziru was so frightened that he wanted to cover his mouth.

Regarding Hou Jing's worries, counselor Wang Wei said in relief:
"The general is in Xiangyang, even if he can't be tolerated by the general, he can still take over the city and surrender the beams. There is no room for the great man to worry about."

In fact, Hou Jing didn’t need Wang Wei’s reminder. He had already made a plan in his heart. Once Gao Cheng came to power, if he was to be transferred to the hinterland, it would definitely be a sign of revenge. Soochow husband Xiao Bodhisattva.

Gao Cheng mainly inquired about Western Wei, Nanliang and Jinyang. He really didn't care too much about Hou Jing.

It's really not that he held grudges against Hou Jing and ignored him back then, mainly whether Hou Jing surrendered or rebelled, Gao Cheng didn't care.

Even if he rebelled, Hou Jing, who was only in one state, could not be as destructive to the Eastern Wei Dynasty as Henan Daxingtai, which had been in Henan for ten years in the original time and space.

Now Hou Jing, who only lives in Jingzhou, doesn't even have the qualifications for Gao Huan to write a secret letter.

Even Hou Jing's rebellion may not be a bad thing for the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and because of this, Gao Cheng simply let him go.

Zhang Liang continued to introduce to Gao Cheng many things that happened in the Western Wei Dynasty and the Southern Liang Dynasty recently.

Relatively speaking, the intelligence of the Western Wei Dynasty is more difficult to obtain, but it is indeed more valuable than that of the Southern Liang Dynasty.

After all, the two parties were doing different things. When Yu Wentai was trying to revive it, Xiao Yan was lucky enough to cast bronze statues of ten directions in Tongtai Temple.

The two families in the north are desperately trying to melt the Buddha and mint coins, but Bodhisattva Xiao is wholeheartedly promoting his Buddhism, preaching various scriptures and Taoism, what is the value of such information.

Xiao Yan is proficient in poetry, prose and calligraphy, and has a deep understanding of Buddhism. Under his advocacy, Nanliang's literature and art and even Buddhism have made great progress.

But what use are these in troubled times?

People like Gao Huan, Yuwentai, and Gao Cheng in the north are considered illiterate compared to Xiao Yan, but they are better than literary and artistic people like Xiao Yan in troubled times.

In the future, Gao Cheng simply sent more secret agents to the front lines of Nanliang, such as Jiangling, Huainan and other places. Instead of wasting his efforts in Jiankang, he should pay attention to the movements of Chen Qingzhi, Yang Yaren, Xia Houkui and others.

Gao Cheng didn't need to inquire about the movement of the court in Nanliang to guess. It was nothing more than the fact that the Eastern Wei Dynasty wanted to unify the north and immediately sent troops to hinder it.

The Eastern and Western Weis ceased fighting temporarily, and Nanliang also followed the horses to Fang Nanshan, singing and dancing endlessly.

He didn't even think that the truce between the two families was to increase his own strength, but the foundation was on the bright side, and the increase was just more or less, but he was just messing around.

It was still early when Zhang Liang left, and Gao Cheng continued to bury his head among the files.

When the night was getting dark, Gao Cheng was about to go around the other side rooms first, and then go to Li Changyi's courtyard to rest.

An urgent letter from Southern Jingzhou disrupted his arrangement:

Yuan Zigong, the governor of Southern Jingzhou, was dying.

Gao Cheng woke up suddenly, this year was the year Yuan Zigong died.

But what can I do if I know, Yuan Zigong's problem is the same as that of Duan Rong, they are both too old.

Birth, old age, sickness and death are the normal state of human beings, but his successor is worthy of Gao Cheng's deep thinking. After all, Nanjingzhou is facing the threat of Chen Qingzhi.

　Thanks to book friend Deng Binyi for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)