Mi Han

The administrative efficiency of the newly established Liangzhou State Dynasty was very fast, coupled with the unified testimony of dozens of rebellious generals, the evidence of Deng Xian's crime can be said to be conclusive.

On the second day after Deng Xian was arrested, Mi Yang rang the bell and drum for discussion and summoned all the state ministers to gather in the state pastoral mansion.

In the main hall of the State Shepherd's Mansion, Mi Yang asked the head secretary Deng Ai to publicly announce the crimes committed by Deng Xian and those dozens of traitors.

After completing this step, Mi Yang decisively dealt with these dozens of rebellious ministers in front of the ministers - abandoning the market.

When the ministers heard that the punishment for these dozens of rebellious ministers was to abandon the market, all of them showed shock on their faces.

The penalty of abandoning the market originated in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, gradually spread in the Spring and Autumn Period, and has been passed down to the present.

"Book of Rites" records: "Punish people in the city, and abandon them with everyone.".

Abandoning the city means executing the death penalty on prisoners in a busy market where people gather to show the punishment abandoned by the public.

Although there are records of this kind of punishment in the "Book of Rites", it was the Qin Dynasty that really carried forward the punishment of abandoning the market.

The reason why the punishment of abandoning the market was favored by Qin Shihuang was because of the particularity of this punishment being executed in front of the public, which could greatly deter people with ghosts in the hearts of the public.

Families who are also subjected to this punishment will also suffer a huge blow to their reputation, thus strengthening the deterrent effect of this punishment.

The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, although the monarchs of the Western Han Dynasty abolished many tortures during the Qin Dynasty.

However, the punishment of abandoning the market, which is very effective in maintaining the rule, was not abolished even by Han Taizong, who was known for his benevolence and righteousness.

Since the 400 years of the Han Dynasty, there have been many criminals who have been punished by abandoning the city, and most of them are all heinous people.

Similarly, whenever law enforcement implements the penalty of abandoning the city, it will have a great deterrent effect.

Otherwise, when the state ministers in the hall heard that dozens of traitors were sentenced to abandon the city, they would not be shocked.

Among the three major forces in the world, although Liu Bei is famous for promoting talents from poor families, Liu Bei's power alone is limited.

Without the assistance of a system, the talents he can promote are limited.

At least judging from the current overall national conditions of the Han Dynasty, many people who hold middle-level and low-level official positions are from noble and wealthy families.

This is especially serious in Yizhou.

Otherwise, how could the Yizhou faction compete with the Yuancong and Jingzhou factions without occupying a core position?

Most of the dozens of rebellious officials were from Yizhou gentry and wealthy families.

Now they are punished by Mi Yang for abandoning the market, and it is fine for them to die, but as mentioned above, this kind of punishment will have a certain impact on the families behind them.

Such consequences made the state ministers in the hall even more frightened.

They are also mostly of local gentry origin.

It is impossible for Mi Yang, a disciple of Zhuge Liang and Fazheng, to be ignorant of the consequences of abandoning the market.

But he still insists on using this kind of punishment, in addition to showing his deep abhorrence of rebellion and corruption.

He also used the bloody facts to warn all the gentry and wealthy families in Liangzhou.

Give me peace of mind.

Otherwise, it's hard to guarantee that he won't directly use the most frightening clan punishment in the world next time.

After all, whether Mi Yang can use the power of clan punishment is only a matter of submitting a letter to Liu Bei for instructions.

Mi Yang will specially summon a group of state officials today, with the intention of killing chickens to scare monkeys.

After understanding Mi Yang's intentions, many of the state officials present couldn't help but look at each other in blank dismay.

They thought that not long ago, because of their obedience, Mi Yang had bestowed favor on them and spared no money.

Originally, they thought that Mi Yang was a benevolent king.

But from Mi Yang's behavior today, it can be seen that when encountering people who disobey him, Mi Yang does not lack decisive iron-fisted and cold-blooded methods.

If Mi Yang's behavior in the past few days is called the sun of winter, then his behavior today is the sun of summer.

He is dignified and upright, burning all demons and demons with the hot sun.

Mi Yang's method of combining kindness and power made all the state officials present have a deeper understanding of Mi Yang, and also established a feeling of awe based on personal experience in their hearts.

This kind of awe is undoubtedly deeper than the awe caused by the rumors before.

Mi Yang looked at the awe on the faces of the state officials who were present when they learned about the punishment of those dozens of traitors and understood his deep intentions, he nodded in satisfaction.

In fact, Fa Miao had suggested before that Mi Yang should execute clan punishment on those dozens of rebels.

After all, the crimes committed by those dozens of traitors were essentially launching a rebellion.

To punish such a crime, the punishment of family punishment is the most appropriate.

Compared with the punishment of abandoning the market, Mi Yang is only inferior to a formal petition for instructions.

And in the case of clear criminal evidence, as long as Mi Yang writes a formal letter to ask Liu Bei for instructions, Liu Bei will not refuse Mi Yang's request.

It's just that Mi Yang is not a bloodthirsty person.

Perhaps for the people of the world, it is politically correct to use family punishment to punish rebels.

But Mi Yang came from later generations.

Anyway, judging from the current situation, the deterrent effect of the punishment of abandoning the city is strong enough, so the punishment of family punishment is unnecessary.

After shocking the people of Liangzhou with severe punishment, Mi Yang ordered the dozens of rebellious officials in the hall to be taken to the downtown area for immediate execution.

And when the dozens of rebellious officials heard that they were sentenced to death by Mi Yang, many of them collapsed to the ground in fright.

Now under Mi Yang's order, many wolves and tigers suddenly appeared behind them to escort them to the downtown area, which made the fear in their hearts rise to the maximum in an instant.

Some rebels were so frightened that they peed their pants, some crouched down like worms and kept begging for mercy, and some were like frightened black fish on a case, struggling non-stop.

Before life and death, few people can maintain normalcy, especially for these greedy people.

And all kinds of ugliness before death were shot into the hearts of the state officials present like sharp arrows.

The more unbearable the ugliness of those dozens of rebellious ministers before they died, the deeper the shock they received in their hearts.

Since the first hundred years of the Han Dynasty, Hanzhong County has never seen the punishment of abandoning the city executed by so many people at the same time.

But no matter how big the farce is, there are twists and turns. Under the dragging of a group of soldiers like wolves and tigers, the dozens of traitors were all escorted to the downtown area in a short time.

After the dozens of traitors were escorted away, the whole hall seemed extremely quiet, as if a needle could be heard.

This kind of atmosphere made the already deep hall invisible, filled with a frightening atmosphere.

Just when the state ministers were sitting on pins and needles in the hall, a sentence floated from Mi Yang's position:

"The teacher who never forgets the future is a sentence that His Majesty often teaches Gu.

Therefore, Gu decided to set up Siwen Cao, directly under Gu, to supervise and supervise Liangzhou's affairs for Gu, what do you think? "

What's your opinion?

The tone of Mi Yangwen's words was quite indifferent, but when these four words fell into the ears of the officials in the palace, they continued to look at each other in blank dismay.

All the ministers looked at each other, but no one dared to take the initiative to be a straight minister.

According to the etiquette system of the Han Dynasty, county lords and herdsmen can call themselves orphans to show their honor.

With Mi Yang's current status, he could actually call himself an orphan in front of his ministers, but he rarely called himself this way in the past.

But now he rarely calls himself lonely in front of everyone, which is to remind everyone present that he is now their lord.

The lord intends to set up an official position, and he even brought out Liu Bei, the real dragon. Mi Yang's purpose was not to ask the opinions of the people present.

He is on notice.

There are not many of Mi Yang's confidants with political sense, but most of the state ministers present here are from the gentry and aristocratic families, and they still have this political sensitivity.

After realizing Mi Yang's real intentions, even though they all knew that Si Wencao's official position was quite sensitive, it might harm their interests to a certain extent.

But under the intimidation of Mi Yang just now, who would dare to oppose Mi Yang's intention now?
Especially for today's discussion, Wu Yi, the only one who could hinder Mi Yang, said he was ill and was not present.

You know, the downtown area is not far from the State Shepherd's Mansion.

You must know that it is very normal for the gentry to marry each other.

Once Mi Yang lifts the table and releases the big weapon of family punishment, at least some of the state officials present will be implicated.

So as soon as Mi Yang's words fell, among the ministers of the state, someone who knew current affairs immediately bowed to Mi Yang, "Uncle Mu is wise."

This voice was very clear in the quiet hall.

And after this voice sounded, many people immediately echoed this sentence.

Soon after, all the state officials in the hall said that Mi Yang's decision was very wise.

Seeing that everyone had no objection, a smile appeared on Mi Yang's face again.

This is supposed to be the "up and down concentric" recorded in the history books.

This is a sign that Liangzhou's national power is about to flourish.

A few days after dozens of rebellious ministers were executed in the downtown area, the people of Nanzheng rushed to watch and take warning.

Several cavalry in Nanzheng City drove out from the south gate, carrying the messenger who wrote to Liang Zhoumu, and headed quickly towards Chengdu.

In the past few days, it was the time when Mi Yang frightened people with thunderous means, and it was also the time when Liangzhou Bie Jia Fa Miao was thinking hard about how to hand in homework.

After several days of hard thinking, the talented Fa Miao finally wrote a letter and handed it to Mi Yang for viewing.

After reading it, Mi Yang forwarded the letter to Deng Ai for review. After Deng Ai reviewed it and found no omissions, the letter was officially handed over to Lu Yi, who sent someone to Chengdu.

Although Mi Yang's transformation of the three-engagement system is just the beginning, under the auspices of Mi Yang, Liangzhou's political affairs process has become more and more like the "three provinces system" of later generations.

It is spring and summer, which is the flood season of the rivers in Yizhou.

Under the conditions of convenient water transportation, the digital messengers soon arrived in Chengdu.

In the Han Dynasty, although they were all small officials who were responsible for delivering documents, they must be the confidantes of the chief because of the importance of delivering documents.

And the small officials who can take charge of this kind of task are quite shrewd and capable people.

Just like Tai Shici back then.

Being shrewd and capable ensures that the messenger will not make some negligence, which will damage Mi Yang's interests.

When Liang Zhou's Zou Cao Shi Xiaoli entered Chengdu, although they delivered the documents in their hands to the official office of Shangshutai as usual.

But when they handed over the documents in their hands to the clerks in Shangshutai, they specifically reminded that the letter should be handed over to the prime minister.

Liangzhou's small official Zou Cao Shi made this move, not superfluous, but a very necessary thing.

Originally, according to the official system of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Shangshutai was the place where the central court received documents from the local area.

Similarly, letters from all over the country must be handed over to Liu Ba, the minister of affairs.

However, after Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor, on the one hand, he did not reduce the authority of Shangshutai to show his legitimacy, but on the other hand, he reinstated the post of prime minister.

Liu Bei's move was full of contradictions.

Because Shangshutai was able to gradually become the center of the central political power, it was achieved by gradually eroding the power of the prime minister.

Even the establishment of the Shangshutai was to restrain and reduce the power of the prime minister.

Now that the central court of the Great Han Dynasty has both the Minister's Order and the Prime Minister, who should send the documents to?

Before Liao Li, the prefect of Bajun, couldn't figure out this problem, so his clerks sent the documents to Liu Ba, the minister of the county.

So soon after, he was called back to the court to serve as the vacant post of Captain Changshui.
Since then, once the documents from the local area are sent to Chengdu, the small officials in Zou Cao Shi from all over the place will specifically tell the small officials in Shangshutai not to make mistakes.

When this political tragedy happened, all the local governors in the Han Dynasty seemed to understand Liu Bei's intentions.

The reason why Liu Bei let Shang Shuling and the prime minister stand side by side in the court was not to check and balance each other at all.

He was waiting for someone like Liao Li to make this kind of mistake.

Then he can take advantage of the political signal released by punishing that person, from below to above, and quietly and spontaneously transfer all the power of Shang Shuling Liu Ba to the prime minister Zhuge Liang.

In this way, it can not only prevent people from criticizing him for tampering with the ancestral system, but also in fact hand over all administrative power to Zhuge Liang.

It's the best of both worlds.

But some ministers in the government and the opposition knew that Liu Bei wanted to give Zhuge Liang more than that.

The reason why Liu Bei did this was to pave the way for giving Zhuge Liang a power that countless people dream of.

When the small official in Liangzhou gave the Chinese document in his hand to the small official in Shangshutai, he knew that the document came from Liangzhou.

Therefore, the little official in Shangshutai did not dare to slack off, and he immediately went to Zhuge Liang's place with the documents in his hands.

As the power center of the central court, Shangshutai certainly occupies a large area.

And when Prime Minister Zhuge Liang entered Shangshutai in the name of recording Shangshushi, his place soon became the center of Shangshutai.

When the little official held the Liangzhou documents in his hand and crossed the corridors to the outside of a hall, he immediately saw Ma Di who was on duty outside.

As a rising star in the Jingzhou Department, which is highly valued by Zhuge Liang, Ma Di became a Shangshu in the Shangshutai not long ago under Zhuge Liang's recommendation.

Ma Su also knows that he can have today, thanks to Zhuge Liang's promotion.

Therefore, after he became Shangshu, he has been following Zhuge Liang and assisting him in handling government affairs.

After the little official saw Ma Di, he immediately came to Ma Di, but before the little official could speak, Ma Di frowned when he saw the document in the little official's hand.

"You stand aside first."

After finishing speaking, Ma Su pointed aside with his finger.

Only then did the little official realize that there were already dozens of little officials waiting in line with documents from different places in their hands.