A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 244: Means, the battle between old and new (please vote for me!!!)

When it was time to collect taxes, Bai Guan summoned the officials, because here, except for himself, who was an official, the rest were just officials.

"The county has decided to exempt all the excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes in the county except for the field tax and the head tax. It will arrange for people to supervise the people. The county will not be lenient to anyone who has a hand."

Bai Guan then arranged for several of his bodyguards to serve as leaders of the Yamen team, leaving only three bodyguards to protect him, two for himself and one for Su Shen.

Even though Liu Qin and others had objections, they were still forcibly passed by Bai Guan because they did not offend their core interests.

As a result, the people who were supposed to be exploited by the county government and lose all their property suddenly found that the taxes they paid this year were pitifully small. They were all grateful when they learned that the county magistrate was exempting taxes.

It was not that no one dared to take action, but they were all caught by the guards arranged by Bai Guan. Bai Guan had them punished and the people said that the new county magistrate was good.

Bai Guan also used this tax payment to ask Su Shen to review the county's account books. It was found that the accounts were in chaos and that someone was obviously embezzling and accepting bribes, especially the young man in charge of finance in the county, who took the lead in corruption. Bai Guan signaled to the county prime minister Liu Qin disposal.

In the end, the Shaofu was imprisoned and Queen Qiu asked to be executed. Bai Guan took advantage of the situation and arranged Su Shen as the Shaofu to take charge of the county's property.

After that, Bai Guan was promoted to office and it took only a week to complete the administrative affairs accumulated in the county, and Caiyang County was in great control.

After settling the matter in the county, Bai Guan called Liu Qin.

"County Lord!" Liu Qin saluted.

Bai Guan drank tea, stood up with a smile, and said, "Please sit down."

"Is Liu Xian Cheng the head of the Liu family in the county?"

"I don't dare to take it seriously. It's all because of my clansmen's support."

"Haha, if the county magistrate is incompetent, how can he be elected by the clan and replace the county magistrate in power for two years?"

Liu Qin smiled and said nothing.

"For example, the head of the Liu family in Anping Mountain is said to be the younger brother of Liu Xiancheng, right?" Bai Guan said while blowing the tea foam in the tea cup.

Liu Qin's face was a bit ugly, but he still said with a smile: "County Lord, I dare not say this. This Liu Da is the most wanted thief in the county and the county. How can I be with him, and I am still a clan brother?" , absolutely impossible!”

Bai Guan smiled, and then a guard dragged a man in.

"Take a look?" Bai Guan gestured.

Liu Qin put away his smile and slowly moved the hair of the person lying on the ground to reveal his face.

Liu Qin's heart twitched, but he still turned to look at Bai Guan and asked doubtfully: "Is this it?"

Bai Guan smiled and said: "Liu County Cheng is so determined."

Wave your hand and let someone drag it down.

Then he said: "This man was caught by the guards of this county outside the city, heading towards Anping Mountain. The guards saw with their own eyes that he came from your clan. Don't you know him? But if we capture a few people from the Liu clan, we will definitely Does anyone know him?"

Liu Qin couldn't bear it anymore, he clenched his fists, veins popped out, and said coldly: "So what does the county magistrate mean?"

Bai Guan put down his teacup, stared at Liu Qin closely and said, "I'm going to let you go!"

Of course Liu Qin knew that Bai Guan already knew about his relationship with the biggest bandit in Cai Yang, but.

With a sigh, Liu Qin said: "Please give me your instructions from the county magistrate."

Bai Guan said slowly: "I know that you were forced to embark on this road because of the wanton behavior of previous corrupt officials and for the sake of the people of Caiyang County when you had no other choice. But there is no need for it now, because I am coming!"

Liu Qin was stunned for a moment.

Bai Guan continued: "I can forgive you because you were forced to do it for the people of the county, but you need to pay a certain price because you killed the official. This is an indelible fact."

"Please make it clear to the county magistrate."

“First, you must withdraw all support for the Anping bandits and tell them that as long as they serve the people within the stipulated time, I can forget the blame. If they persist in their obsession with stealing and robbery, it will be unforgivable.

Second, you must hand over half of the land annexed in the past two years to the landless refugees in the county to stabilize the situation in the county.

As long as I do this, I can pretend that none of this has ever happened. "

Liu Qin sat in his seat and pondered for a long time, "Well, looking at what the county magistrate has done these days, he can be regarded as a capable minister, that is, the county magistrate. If it were another person, I, Liu Qin, would risk my life and not agree. of."

Bai Guan stood up and saluted: "Thank you so much, Brother Liu."

"By the way, I have one more thing to discuss with you."

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"I'm ready to send troops to suppress the bandits!"

Liu Qin hesitated.

"Don't worry, as long as you do the two things I mentioned, I won't attack Anping Mountain. You also know that in addition to the people on Anping Mountain doing things according to rules, this is why I agreed to let you go. The other two A few bandits appeared sporadically throughout the year, robbing homes and bullying men and women. The surrounding people were miserable, and the surrounding businessmen did not dare to pass by. As a result, Caiyang County became even more impoverished, and even goods from other counties were not allowed to enter Caiyang. "

"If this is the case, I will definitely help you with all our strength."

Bai Guan nodded, and then said: "Your clan brother on Anping Mountain, I saw that he was brave and resourceful, but he was just a bandit guarding the courtyard, and I wronged him. Why not let him join the county army and serve the country? Isn't it better than Ju Xiaoshan Forest?" Much better?"

Liu Qin was delighted when he heard this and said, "Thank you so much, Lord County."

Bai Guan waved his hand, and Liu Qin stepped back knowingly.

"Sure enough, it is not easy for the eunuch to receive the person in person!" Liu Qin looked at the gate of the county government office and sighed with emotion.

In the days that followed, Bai Guan led the county soldiers to annihilate a group of bandits that had been entrenched on Anping Mountain for many years, and captured the leader of the thieves, Liu Da, whose face was pockmarked as expected in the portrait.

In this battle, a village commander named Liu among the county soldiers made a great contribution and captured Liu Mazi with his own hands. Because of his merit, he was honored by the county as a left official in charge of one hundred people.

The ensuing battle progressed by leaps and bounds. Under the leadership of Cao Xianwei, several bandits on the road from Caiyang County to neighboring counties were eliminated, and various bandits with no backgrounds, large and small, were wanted throughout the county. leader.

The county provided a large amount of fertile land to the landless refugees, vigorously cracked down on criminal activities throughout the county, and released innocent people from prison. In less than three months, the entire Caiyang County was in order.

The county lieutenant Cao Ba was promoted to serve as a Sima in the county army because of his meritorious service. The remaining county lieutenant was recommended by the county magistrate Bai Guan and was appointed by Liu Zuoguan, Liu Dan, who had performed meritorious service before.

The county magistrate Liu Qin was promoted by Nanyang County as a filial and honest person and entered the central government. The post of county magistrate was held by Zhang Wei, a descendant of the Zhang family of another wealthy family in the county.

In order to develop Caiyang County, Bai Guan specially sent people to Guanzhong to seek advice from the farmer master Fan Shengzhi, who was personally appointed by the Han Emperor as the "envoy to encourage agriculture". He sent his disciples to Caiyang County to guide agriculture in person.

He also went to Hanoi County to invite Mohist descendants. In the same year, Caiyang County and large households in the county jointly funded the construction of a large number of water conservancy facilities, waterwheels, and ditches. He also invited a famous Confucian disciple in Nanyang County to serve as the county's evangelist and teach the scholars in the county.

Three years later, Bai Guan's four-year term has expired. The entire Caiyang County has sufficient food, abundant soldiers and armor, and no debris is picked up on the road. The people live and work in peace and contentment, and it is a great governance.

Because of his outstanding political achievements, Bai Guan was transferred to the county and served as the captain of Nanyang County, with a rank of two thousand stones.

When I came, I had nine people and nine horses. When I left, I still had nine people and nine horses.

The only difference is that when I arrived, the weather was dark and deserted, no one cared about me, and the whole county was desolate and devastated; when I left, the sky was high and the clouds were clear, the whole city was empty, tens of thousands of people were saying goodbye, and the county was prosperous.

Wiping away his tears, Bai Guan bid farewell to the weeping fellow villagers in the county and embarked on his new journey.

In order to ensure that his policies would not be undermined by latecomers, Bai Guan asked his father to use his energy to transfer a capable official to take over his position.

At this time, his father Bai Ke had already entered the central government and served as the chief minister.

Because the original Han emperor had passed away and the new emperor succeeded, Shi Xian lost power.

The fifteenth year of Han Dynasty (the first year of Jingning)
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Han Emperor Liu Shi died in Weiyang Palace in Chang'an at the age of forty-two. The posthumous title is "Yuan", the principle and virtue are called Yuan; the person who can think and debate is called Yuan; the person who practices righteousness and speaks to the people is called Yuan; the person who is benevolent and cultivates the people is called Yuan.

He was Emperor Xiaoyuan of the Han Dynasty and had no temple title. Buried in Weiling.

Prince Liu Ao succeeded to the throne. The Queen Mother is respected as the Queen Mother, and her mother Wang Zhengjun is the Queen Mother.

Liu Ao was born in Jiaguan Painting Hall, Chang'an. Emperor Xuan liked this grandson of the emperor very much and named him Liu Ao himself.

Originally, Liu Ao was a good sage grandson of Emperor Xuan. He loved reading scriptures and diction. He was broad-minded and prudent. He was a rare image of a wise king. However, as he grew older, Liu Ao began to indulge in fun all day long, and his biological mother, Queen Wang, was not favored by Emperor Yuan.

Later, Emperor Yuan even had the idea of ​​establishing a new crown prince many times.

It didn't stop even at the end of life. If it weren't for Shi Dan's status as a personal favorite, who could go directly to the palace to visit the sick, he would have broken into the room alone when Emperor Yuan was alone in the palace, and fell in front of Emperor Yuan's bed to plead with the prince in tears.

Emperor Yuan was soft-hearted and often "travelled endlessly". Seeing Shi Dan burst into tears, he was greatly moved. In addition, Emperor Xuan liked this grandson. After thinking about it again and again, he sighed deeply and expressed that he would not depose the prince. Only then can Liu Ao's position as prince be saved.

Now that the new emperor succeeds to the throne, the first people to be eradicated are the old officials of the previous dynasty, that is, Shi Xian and his party who were loyal to Emperor Yuan, as well as the old relatives of the previous dynasty.

First of all, when he first came to power, he appointed the powerful official Shi Xian as the servant of Changxinzhong by means of promotion and demotion, causing him to leave the center of power and lose his real power. He also demoted his servant She Laoliang to raise horses.

Then he activated the previously suppressed Confucian officials such as Liu Xiang, Bai Ke, He Wu and others. Liu Xiang, a commoner, was recruited as Zhonglang, Bai Ke, the prefect of Shu County, was appointed as Jin Wu, He Wu, the governor of Jingzhou, was appointed as Jing Zhaoyin, etc.

Prime Minister Kuang Heng and others saw that Shi Xian was defeated and immediately moved closer to the Han Emperor.

Then, at the request of the Han emperor, Prime Minister Kuang Heng, Yushi doctor Zhang Tan and others jointly wrote a letter to expose the past crimes of Shi Xian and his party members. Shi Xian was dismissed from office and driven back to his hometown, where he died on the way. His followers were also dismissed from office, imprisoned, or abandoned.

As for the old relatives such as Xu Jia, Wang Shang, Feng Fengshi, and Feng Yewang, they supported their new relatives, headed by their biological mother Wang Zhengjun, and the courtiers to fight against them.

The first was to remove the late Emperor Feng Zhaoyi's relative, Zuo General Feng Fengshi from his post, move Dahonglu Feng Yewang to be the prefect of Bajun, and appoint the Queen Mother's brother Wang Feng as Dahonglu, ranking among the nine ministers.

Previously, in order not to sensitize the old relatives, Prime Minister Kuang Heng was removed from office, and Emperor Xuan's adoptive mother, Wang Shang of the Queen Mother's family, was appointed prime minister.

So there was a situation in the court where the old foreign relatives' faction headed by Wang Shang and the new foreign relatives' faction headed by Wang Feng were against each other. As for the other courtiers, most of them joined them, and only a few were independent of the two factions.

Among them, Wang Feng's faction was vaguely supported by the Han Emperor.

(End of this chapter)