Wei Ni

Chapter 60

Zhao Xia Houhui traveled nearly a thousand (Han) miles, and the plan was given up within one day.

The emperor Cao Rui acted like this, really not as a slave who would come and go when he was recruited, but out of love for him.

Because only two days later, Cao Rui did something that attracted the attention of both the government and the public.

But before setting off to return to Luoyang Palace, under the leadership of the school affairs, he detoured to Mintun in Chenting, where the chief official and the three tyrants who had colluded with the chief official and invaded the acres of Mintun’s fields were all arrested. Deal with it!
The patriarchs of the three nobles and the chief officials of the village were all executed with sticks on the spot, and their heads were hung on the gate for public display.

All family assets and properties were confiscated by the government, and only tenants and servants were included in the land registration; the whole family, regardless of age, was punished as slaves for all men, and all women were confiscated as servants.

If someone in Haoyou's family is an official, the crime will be aggravated!
For the crime of instigating his family to embezzle and farm land, he moved thousands of miles to become slaves in border farms.

Among them, there is someone in the family of a rich man who has been an official for many years. He has already ranked two thousand stones and has a lot of political voice, but he was implicated because he did not separate his family and set up his own.

At that time, there were many courtiers who accompanied them on the east tour, admonishing them for excessive crimes and punishments.

For example, the implicated Erqianshi who has been working in other places is very innocent and should not be implicated.

In this regard, Cao Rui directly asked the school to announce the results of the inspection——

The chief official of the village colluded with the three tyrants, and actually embezzled nearly [-]% of the people's farmland!Moreover, these three tyrants are all arbitrarily judged by the country, and there is no shortage of children in the family who bully men and women, and forcibly seize the fields of Li and common people; There are hundreds of private soldiers with swords and spears!
He is already an uncontrollable hero in the state and county!

It also made the courtiers who made admonitions look very ashamed, and they all pleaded guilty without crowns.

Therefore, feeling that the courtiers did not know the difficulties of the people, the emperor Cao Rui issued two temporary edicts on his way back to Luoyang after completing the disposal.

First, taking Jingxiang to the east to support Huainan, and westward to support Yongliang, Sima Yi, who ordered the warlord to return to Wancheng, urged the headquarters to work hard on farming and mulberry in the stationed areas, to open ditches, to promote water conservancy, and to accumulate and repair rice. Armored soldiers to prepare for battle.

This edict, which is similar to the cliché, made many people speculate that it had a different taste in the context of Cao Zhen's failure to conquer Shu.

Perhaps, after the defeat of Wu and Shu ended in failure, the young emperor will focus on saving people's energy and developing people's livelihood in the future, and will no longer yearn for the achievements of Emperor Qin, Han and Wu as before.

Another edict is to send a servant to return to Luoyang first, ordering the ministers to recommend a new candidate for the chief minister.

Well, Liang Xi, who was recruited from Bingzhou governor to pay homage to Da Sinong, died of illness more than a month ago, just as the emperor was on a tour in the east, so a successor has not been determined yet.

This is also a very common edict.

Although today's Da Si Nong has been divided by Taicang Shangshu, Duzhi Shangshu, and Hubu Shangshu, and no longer manages finances and other affairs, he is still one of the nine ministers and cannot sit empty for a long time.However, Cao Rui asked the officials to inform Chenting of Mintun's disposal in advance before reading the edict.

Because since Wei Wu Cao Cao began to cultivate farmland, most of Wei's food and fodder supply has relied on farmland.

Luoyang, Yecheng, Xuchang, and Yongliang (Guanzhong and Longyou) are the four major garrison areas (Huainan garrison has not yet started), the first two are mainly used for the salaries of imperial officials, and the latter two are the main battles.

All are under military control.

Based on the Diannong Gangji and Shangji officials, it was reported to the Taiwei Mansion for management, and then the temple made decisions.

But no matter whether it was Zhong Yao in the past or Hua Xin's serving as Taiwei, it has long been difficult to act because of his age and frequent illnesses, and most of his affairs are done by subordinates; There is no shortage of deception and pocketing, so it is not surprising that the government of farming is gradually collapsing.

However, the emperor Cao Rui first exposed the collapse of the farming administration, and then asked the public minister to recommend the candidate for Da Si Nong, naturally he had a vague intention to transfer part of the farming affairs back to Da Si Nong's agent.

For the ministers, this is a precursor.

It was the emperor Cao Rui who showed signs of breaking the current political structure and changing the power of the ministers.

At the beginning, in the first few years when he first succeeded to the throne, he always behaved very modestly due to external worries, succession at a young age, etc., and gave preferential treatment to veteran and important ministers.

For example, Chen Jiao, who was ordered by Shangshu to stop him outside the Shangshutai, is the best example.

After all, something similar to Chen Jiao's blocking of driving, in the period of Emperor Wu, it was not surprising that Chen Jiao died and his family was even arrested.

The reason why Cao Rui was so magnanimous and admonished like a stream was because he felt that the courtiers left to him by Emperor Wu and Emperor Wen were virtuous enough to make him worry about the government.

But now, after personally handling the matter of Chenting Mintun, he no longer thinks so!
Without him.

Facts speak louder than words.

The courteous treatment of veteran ministers and ministers, in exchange for many ills, made him very disappointed and angry.

Naturally, there was also the idea of ​​revitalizing the court and reforming the long-standing malpractice.

That is to say, in the future, he will no longer follow the style of Emperor Wen Cao Pi, treat the officials with courtesy and compromise with the gentry.

Instead, he will follow the example of Emperor Wu Cao Cao, and will punish those who pervert the law and treachery without mercy, and will never tolerate it!
Emperor Cao Rui wants to change and adjust the political structure, which means that some people will lose power, and some people will take advantage of the situation and rise to the top.

This is the enlightenment of the princes and officials.

How to protect themselves in this turmoil, or even go further, is their top priority.

As for whether they can dispel the emperor Cao Rui's thoughts and keep the political structure as it is, they no longer expect it.

Nearly [-]% of the land in the villages adjacent to Xuchang Palace has been embezzled, and they were punished only when they were bumped into by the emperor. Cao Rui didn't angrily reprimand them as a vegetarian. .

Therefore, the capital Luoyang was undercurrents for a while.

Those who are self-disciplined and self-disciplined don't care about this, and wait for the development of the situation calmly; while some people who are used to spending money and getting too deeply entangled in multiple powers are actively running, lest they become losers.

Among them, a small episode was born.

Liu Fang and Zhongshu Ling Sun Zi, the anonymous ministers of Zaifu who are called "full-time", have a faint tendency to be regarded as the target of public criticism by the officials.

Needless to say the reason.

Public officials and officials have long been dissatisfied with their monopoly.

Moreover, the collapse of the Tuntian government happened when they monopolized the power, and it was regarded as an excuse to be criticized.Just when the Son of Heaven is about to do something, how can the officials and officials let go of such an opportunity?
However, Jiang Ji, the general guarding the army, was very depressed by the actions of the officials.

He had previously made remarks in the Shu that claimed that the Zhongshu Province had too much power and was not conducive to the stability of the country.

Now, the officials of the public and ministers brought up his letter again, and used his name to criticize Liu Fang and Sun Zi, so he had to tear his face and stand on the opposite side of Liu and Sun with a very strong attitude.

no way.

He couldn't change his position and denied what he said.

Due to the current situation, he had no choice but to stand up and be forced to become a "first bird".

The so-called loss of a horse is a blessing in disguise.

What Jiang Ji didn't expect was that his forced helplessness made the emperor Cao Rui quite gratified, and he valued him more and more.

He was privately summoned to play the right role, and revealed to him the purpose of setting up the "Emperor Enke" to alleviate the nine-rank official system, so that when he promoted the emperor's disciples, he should try his best to select those from humble backgrounds in order to train them to become high-ranking officials. Cruel officials.

At that time, Jiang Ji was quite surprised when he heard this.

Also feel lucky.

Although his loyalty to the country is not lacking, he really can't be called clean in terms of personal morality.

Judging from the deeds of the cruel officials in the past, if the emperor Cao Rui cultivated the cruel officials, he would definitely face the criticism of the cruel officials.Even if he is protected by the emperor, he will not be imprisoned, but his reputation may be unavoidable.

Because of luck, he finally reconciled with Du Shu.

Because when selecting the disciples of the Son of Heaven before, he always couldn't get rid of his sympathy, and accepted the invitation of his colleagues or old friends to recruit candidates; while Du Shu was a meritocracy, regardless of his family background.

For this reason, the two often disagreed.

If Du Shu had not been appointed by the emperor himself, Jiang Ji would have entrusted him with other matters to squeeze him out.

Undercurrents are turbulent, the court situation is treacherous, public officials and officials have their own demands, and the emperor Cao Rui who caused all this is sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, waiting for things to ferment.

Because no one has fully guessed his mind.

He pointed at the accumulated evils in the farmland and showed that he was changing the political structure, but in fact he wanted to promote the reform of the scholar family.

On that day, he felt sorry for Xia Houhui's remonstrance, and on his way back to the felt hall, he remembered a small incident when he was still the king of Pingyuan.

At that time, Emperor Wen Cao Pi had just gifted Zhen Ji to death, and he thought that his intentions were difficult to appease. Not only did he not make him the crown prince for a long time, but he also wanted to make Jingzhao King Cao Li the prince.

In this regard, Cao Rui, who was punished by his mother, jealous by his father, and shunned by others, naturally felt sad and uneasy.

It was also at that time that he developed a small habit. When taking a nap in the afternoon after reading and passing on daily, he would always sit alone in the small pavilion in the garden.

Sometimes it is for quietness and self-examination, and sometimes it is to enjoy flowers and trees or play the piano to chat to soothe the mind.

Coincidentally, a little bird also flew to the side of the small pavilion on time every day, either chirping and singing or looking for insects to eat.

Cao Rui, feeling down, noticed the little bird.

I also envy this unrestrained and free-flying little bird.

After several days, he felt that the chirping of this little bird was very pleasant, and the dancing posture of flying up and down was also very graceful.

Because when he focused on the little bird, he could always temporarily forget the depression in his heart.

Therefore, every day, he would sprinkle some millet and rice on the columns of the small pavilion, so that the birds could eat to their heart's content, and he also hoped that the birds would come every day.Day after day, the little bird became less and less defensive towards him, and had already pecked at the corn and rice in his palm more than once.

And every time the millet and rice in his hand was pecked, he also had an urge to touch the bird.

It's just that he hesitated, worried that the little bird would never come again after being startled away.

He hesitated like this for seven or eight days, and when he finally planned to put it into action, Xiaoniao didn't know why he didn't come anymore.

He no longer had the chance either.

Therefore, Cao Rui does not want to repeat the mistake of allowing the "little bird" to fly away in terms of the ills of today's scholars.

(End of this chapter)