Xuande

Chapter 241 He Really Became the Only Prime Minister of the Empire

On February 25th in the third year of Zhongping, Taiwei and Lushang Shushi Yang Ci died of illness at his home in Luoyangcheng.

No one could have predicted that he would die laughing wildly, or that he died after Liu Bei was confirmed to be the shepherd of Liangzhou.

Originally, the public opinion in Luoyang City was unanimously optimistic about the political achievements of Liu Bei and the Ancient Literature School this round, and felt that the Ancient Literature School might usher in a situation where the imperial power and the Modern Literature School would be mixed and doubled.

But everyone never expected that the head of the Jinwen School, who was regarded as the biggest winner, would die.

The situation in Luoyang City changed suddenly, and the balance of victory swayed again. No one could say what the next situation would become.

The sharpest sword of the Ancient Literature School is about to leave Luoyang for Liangzhou, but the sword holder of the Modern Literature School is also dead.

As the son of Yang Ci, Yang Biao may be considered as the next leader of the Modern Literature School, although he has a high reputation and the legacy of his father Yang Ci.

Of course, people with different identities also have different choices when facing the filial piety period. Everyone may not have to complete the three-year filial piety period. The most common filial piety period for serving officials is 26 months.

However, in the era of great filial piety in the Eastern Han Dynasty, everyone was crazy in the field of filial piety, and opened up the vicious competition track of "the longer you keep filial piety, the more filial piety". The longest record is 20 years set by Qingzhou native Zhao Xuan Record.

He really became the only chancellor of the empire.

However, there are also some gossip that before Yang Ci passed away, Huang Wan, a famous party member who had just arrived in Luoyang, went to see Yang Ci just a dozen days before, and was later recommended by Yang Ci to serve as general secretary. Carpenter.

First of all, as a Liangzhou shepherd, Liu Bei has obviously become the master of Liangzhou. He can independently appoint middle-level officials in the Liangzhou shepherd's mansion directly under him. This is an important way for him to expand his own power.

This directly ensures that he has enough administrative talents with basic abilities. With a little experience, these talents can well undertake the grassroots work in the state and county.

On the second day after Yang Ci's death, Liu Hong discussed with the etiquette officials about Yang Ci's funeral.

The Ancient Literature School has no sword, and the Modern Literature School has lost the sword holder. The life of both parties is obviously difficult, but in comparison, the leadership of the Ancient Literature School is more complete and has the ability to continue fighting.

As for administrative issues, it was easy to deal with. The Ministry of General Affairs could take the lead, and then Liu Bei would appoint them all as officials with his state pastor's power. It was easy and there was no pressure at all.

The officials of the Ancient Literature School were also very happy about this, secretly celebrating their victory.

In addition, there are still a small number of rebels in Anding County and Beidi County. The prefects of the two counties cannot be calmed down and do nothing. Liu Bei also plans to impeach them, depose them, and replace them with people he trusts.

He is dead, and this is what makes Yuan Kai happiest.

Under the current situation, Yuan Wei has become the sole supervisor of Shangshutai. Situ Cui Lie is a showman and has no right to record Shangshu affairs. Right now, there is no one in Shangshutai to compete with him.

Yang Biao is over 40 years old, how long he wants to keep his filial piety is his own choice, but in any case, within 26 months, he must not hold a position, absolutely must not participate in political activities openly, must keep a low schedule, Keep filial piety for your father.

But at such a moment of "celestial celebration", Liu Bei was silently making a series of preparations for going to Liangzhou to serve as Liangzhou pastor.

Yang Ci's death obviously received more attention, and everyone was concerned about how the Modern Literature School should follow after Yang Ci's death and Yang Biao's filial piety.

The reason is also very simple. What the prefects of Liangzhou counties at this moment need is not administrative ability, but military deterrence.

Only then can he return to Luoyang and take up his post again.

As for the chiefs of the counties and counties in Liangzhou, although they need to be appointed by the imperial court in name, Liu Bei is actually their immediate superior.

Because Yang Ci is an old minister of the San Gong after all, he has made some contributions to the country, and there will be hardships without credit, so Liu Hong respected him, wore mourning clothes, and did not go to court for three days, and then presented coffins, clothes, and money 300 million , Cloth five hundred horses, and issued an edict to mourn.

Scholars in the upper class would certainly not follow Zhao Xuan's vicious competition with cerebral palsy players, but in recent years there have been signs of involuntary obsession with filial piety. The biological father's filial piety period was three years, which won the praise of Luoyang.

These gossips have not attracted too many people's attention for the time being. The leaders of the ancient literature school are not only singing and dancing, but also ecstatic like a new year. They are very happy and think that they are about to win the final victory in the battle between modern and ancient literature.

At this moment, Liu Bei realized what a wise decision it was to pull up the Ministry of General Affairs in advance.

Regarding Yang Ci's funeral, Liu Hong ordered Zuo Zhonglang General Guo Yi to attend Yang Ci's funeral on behalf of the emperor, and also presented Yang Ci Hushi General and Sikong Yinshou posthumously.

This means that in the past three years, the leading family of the Modern Literature School had to retreat to the second line.

Of course, this guy kept his filial piety but did not keep his lower body. During the filial piety period, he had children and was reprimanded by the famous scholar Chen Fan for being inferior to pigs and dogs.

Not only that, but the imperial court would also consider the opinion of the state shepherd in the selection of officials. This is even more wonderful when the relationship between Liu Bei, Liu Hong, Zhang Rang and others is superimposed on this point.

Death is the most important thing, and once it is over, even Yuan Kai, who regards Yang Ci as his mortal enemy, is unwilling to oppose him in Yang Ci's funeral. He does not want to provoke a lot of criticism, and giving him a beautiful posthumous posthumous title can be regarded as the end of everyone for so many years. tit for tat.

In the end, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty jointly agreed to give Yang the posthumous title-Wen Lie.

However, there is a big problem with the leadership of the Modern Literature School.

There are ten counties in Liangzhou and two states. Liu Bei currently only has some contacts with Gai Xun, the prefect of Hanyang County. Gai Xun is a rare official from the central government in Liangzhou. He is of great significance to whether Liu Bei can gain a foothold in Liangzhou in the early days. Therefore, Liu Bei does not plan to move Gai Xun's position.

Therefore, Liu Bei is going to call them into Liangzhou as his military subordinates first, and then let them go to various places to establish some military exploits, and then operate it. It is logical that Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Dong Huang, Xiahouyuan and Xiahoudun will be appointed respectively. The prefect of the five counties.

But as the several counties involved in this Liangzhou chaos, Jincheng County, Longxi County and Wudu County, the prefects of these three counties are still alive, but because they failed to hold the counties, Liu Bei is going to impeach them , Depose them, and ask the court to replace them with someone they trust.

No one knows who will take over as the leader of the Jinwen School before Yang Biao returns to Luoyang, but it is obvious that at this moment, everyone's attention to whether Liu Bei will be the Liangzhou pastor has declined.

Liu Bei figured out that among the people he trusts and can arrange, most of them lack real experience in herdsman administration. If they manage a large county as soon as they come up, there will obviously be problems.

But Liangzhou is good because the average population of a county is less than [-]. A county in the Kanto region can catch up with the population of several counties here. The population is sparsely populated, and the difficulty of governance is not great. Even if you are not a proficient hand, you can use this experience to become a proficient hand.

When Yang Ci finished the funeral and was about to go out, Liu Hong ordered Shi Chijie to represent him in the funeral procession. All officials attended the funeral.

So this time, Liu Bei plans to move the entire Ministry of General Affairs to Liangzhou, and according to their respective abilities, arrange administrative, financial, and judicial helpers for the five of them to assist them in governing the area.

In fact, the original prefect of the county was called the county general. He was a military position in itself, and his main responsibility was to lead the army to deter the local area.

This is not so obvious in inland states and counties that have been peaceful for a long time, but in remote counties with sparse population, the requirements for military capabilities of prefects are often greater than those for administrative capabilities, and it is not uncommon for professional generals to serve as prefects of counties in remote areas.

In a place like Liangzhou, it would be more reasonable for a military general to transfer to serve as the prefect or to serve as the prefect part-time.

(End of this chapter)