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

Chapter 332: The New Deal is slowing down and “turning back the wheel”

Since the major clans in the Bai Kingdom each have their own specialties, in general, a member of the Bai family will serve as the big boss of the business, the other clans will serve as the bosses, and the powerful ones will serve as the small bosses, forming a 100-person club of bosses.

There are more than 100 members of the 100-member Dong Family Association, representing more than 100 families. However, not all matters of the business bank are decided by the hundreds of owners. Only matters related to the survival of the business will be voted on by the hundreds of owners.

The daily affairs and convening matters of the trading house are composed of the Dongjiahui, which belongs to the hundred-member Dongjiahui. There are only nine members in the Dongjiahui, of which the Bai family and the five major families of the Bai Kingdom account for six, and only four are made up of the other small Dongjiahui. Recommended.

Due to her strength, Zhang has almost become a fixed member of the Dongjiahui, which means that there are only three member positions among the small Dongjia.

The Dongjia Association serves as the daily management department of the business. The other seven houses are under him and are under the jurisdiction of the Dongjia Association. Due to his unique status, the Bai family is called the Big Dong family, and the other members are called Dongjia. The Big Dong family has the power to act arbitrarily. This is the rule of everyone. Trust in Bai.

Generally speaking, in the Bai Kingdom, in terms of business, the owner of a shop or firm is called the owner; the person responsible for management is called the principal or steward; the person responsible for the specific store management is called the shopkeeper; and the rest of the people are called the shopkeeper. As a buddy.

These are all titles that have evolved over hundreds of years of business exchanges in the land of Zhuxia. They have become custom-made and are well known by people all over the world.

Although Bai Xu's innovation was prepared for three years and was customized by the smartest talents in the world, it still did not go so smoothly. To this day, Bai Xu passed away and Bai Xi succeeded to the throne. The trend of Heshun innovation is still surging forward.

According to Bai Xi's estimation, it will not be possible for the innovation to be customized and familiar to people in less than ten years. And this is under the condition that the world is peaceful and there is no major turmoil.

You know, every time there is chaos in the world, the Bai family will always lose a lot of power because of information. Except for Hebei, almost no one survives.

After all, the world is in chaos, there are beacons everywhere, roads are blocked, and the imperial court is gone. If it weren't for the place where Bai's radiation power is strong, Bai's local interests will be seized by local snakes, and his influence will be wiped out.

Only after the world is calmed down will the Bai family slowly rebuild the business network in the world. In other words, as long as the world is in chaos, the Bai family will start to have zero income, start to be unable to make ends meet, and start to eat up their savings.

Therefore, the Bai family is the person who hates chaos the most in the world. It doesn't matter who becomes the emperor, as long as the Bai family's interests in the world are guaranteed, does it have to be Liu?

In order to thoroughly implement the innovation, the Bai family had to implement it slowly. If there was unrest, it would mean that in the next few decades, the Bai country would be destined to pay little attention to other aspects of the world.

29th
The princes and kings continued to write letters agreeing to build temples for the late emperor, and set up ancestral memorial tablets for the late emperor in their own ancestral temples, and enjoyed the sacrifices of princes and kings with the previous Han emperors.

September

Emperor Shun was buried in Xianling. Except for Luoyang, most of the mourning cloths were removed in other places.

Although the officials had expected that after Liang Ji returned to power, he would return to his old business, that is, forming cliques for personal gain and engaging in corruption. But he was still shocked by Liang Ji's shamelessness.

After only two or three months in office, Liang Ji began to sell his official positions and win over courtiers. His domineering attitude was already obvious.

Even the governor of Jiujiang County was directly imprisoned for offending Liang Ji. Because Jiujiang County is in the south, Han barbarians live in the county. Although there are many Han people compared to Danyang, Yuzhang and other counties further south, the power of the barbarians cannot be underestimated. There are several barbarian tribes.

Therefore, on the basis of developing counties and counties, the Jiujiang Governor also needed to deal with the conflicts between Han and barbarians.

Originally, the Jiujiang Prefect had won the hearts of the powerful Han people and the barbarian patriarchs in Jiujiang. People on both sides were willing to listen to the Jiujiang Prefect's words, so they lived in peace for many years.

However, he was imprisoned for offending Liang Ji, and the newly appointed Jiujiang governor bribed Liang Ji to take up the position of governor. He had no ability to manage government affairs and only wanted to make money.

This led to disunity between the Han and barbarians, conflicts and barbarian riots. Fortunately, there were still some capable ministers in the court. Even if a new governor was replaced, they could assemble troops from surrounding counties to suppress the riot.

This type of thing happened countless times after Liang Ji lifted the ban. There are endless incidents of arbitrary tax increases, human lives being neglected, and conflicts between Han and barbarians.

If it weren't for the efforts of some veterans from Emperor Shun's time to maintain the situation, there might have been a major chaos across prefectures and counties.

What worries Bai Xi even more is that due to the prevalence of corruption, officials in many places colluded with local powerful people to annex land wantonly, which made the annexation issue that had been suppressed during the Shun Emperor's period just like adding a whip to a horse. Rising rapidly.

To make matters worse, just as the ambitious and enlightened ministers were discussing how to deal with Liang Ji.

The first year of Yongxi
The sixth day of the first lunar month
Less than a year after the new emperor ascended the throne, Liu Bing died of illness in the front hall of Yutang. He was three years old, that is, less than two years old.

The ministers had no choice but to put aside their plans and began to organize the funeral for Liu Bing. They gave him the posthumous title "Chong". When the young man was in power, he was called Chong; when the young man was short, he was called Chong.

As for the temple name, no one even mentioned it.

I don’t know if she was prepared in advance. After the posthumous title was announced, as soon as the Empress Dowager Liang came to power, with the support of Liang Ji, she supported Liu Zan, the great-great-grandson of Emperor Zhang of Han Dynasty, who was only eight years old, to succeed to the throne. However, Liu Zan had actually already passed away. Jianping arrived in Luoyang.

Since Liang Ji already had considerable power in the court, the ministers did not unite as a rope and were forced to pass by the Empress Dowager Liang.

In the Han Dynasty, the emperor and the queen mother during the period when there was no emperor had absolute power. Secondly, when the officials gathered together, they had the opportunity to veto the decisions of the emperor and the queen mother.

If the ministers are not united, it will be difficult to achieve anything without the support of the emperor or the queen mother.

The seventh day of the first lunar month
Liang Ji succeeded Emperor Shun of the Han Dynasty with Liu Zuan, so an adoption ceremony was held in front of Emperor Shun's Jingzong Temple.

The eighth day of the first lunar month
Under the leadership of the Empress Dowager Liang, Liu Zan paid homage to the Gao Temple and officially ascended the throne to inherit the throne of emperor. However, too many ministers were dissatisfied with him, and the entire government was in chaos, and the local political situation was also in chaos.

Then Liu Zuan still respected the Empress Dowager Liang as the Empress Dowager. Because Liu Zuan was not old enough, the Empress Dowager Liang still took the title of emperor in court. Liang Ji continued his domineering behavior.

Such domineering behavior naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of many ministers. Now that Liu Zan had become the emperor, they targeted Liang Ji.

With the help of Yuzhenfang, many gentry bureaucrats headed by Taiwei Li Gu wrote letters criticizing Liang Ji's actions and tried to correct the current shortcomings, but they were all attacked and suppressed by Liang Ji.

Even in order to dispel Yuzhenfang's ambition, Liang Ji asked Queen Mother Liang to force Taichang Qing Bai Liu to resign voluntarily on the grounds that Bai Liu was too old.

But this did not affect Yuzhenfang at all, and even made Yuzhenfang even more angry.

Soon, voices criticizing Liang Ji were heard everywhere from the Imperial Academy to the imperial court, from the central government to the local governments. Whenever the Empress Dowager Liang was handling government affairs, two-thirds of the memorials written by one person were to impeach Liang Ji. Memorial book.

There were people from the central and local governments, and there was no indication of what force they belonged to. This gave Empress Dowager Liang a great headache. She could only ask Liang Ji to restrain himself, so as not to make the whole world angry, and all the people to rebel, causing trouble for the Liang family.

However, Liang Ji still went his own way, and even secretly wanted to do what Wang Mang did, so he acted even more excessively.

He even acted arrogantly and arrogantly in court. Although Liu Zan was only eight years old, he had grown up in a local area and had ambitions in his heart. He was very angry with Liang Ji for looking down on him.

The first year of this century
This is Liu Zuan's first official reign title as emperor.

May
Liang Ji repeatedly passed up Liu Zuan in the court and angrily scolded other ministers, without paying any attention to Liu Zuan who was sitting in a high position.

I don't know what happened, whether it was because of the long-term suppression or the courage given to him by the position of emperor, Liu Zan actually called Liang Ji "this domineering general" in front of the ministers to express his indignation.

Liang Ji was furious on the spot, but because Liu Zuan was the emperor, he did not dare to curse like angrily to the ministers. Instead, he went down the court with a sullen face and mind about himself. The ministers were in an uproar, and some ministers even felt trembling.

Liang Ji, who had gone to court, became more and more angry as he thought about it, and an idea came to his mind.

June
Liang Ji asked his cronies who were placed around Liu Zuan to secretly mix poison into the boiled cakes that Liu Zuan ate.

After Liu Zan ate the poisonous cake, he suddenly felt stuffy and had a stomachache. Liang Ji was nearby, feeling panic in his heart, and hurriedly summoned Lieutenant Li Gu into the palace.

Li Gu asked Liu Zan the reason for his shortness of breath and abdominal pain, and Liu Zan said uncomfortably: "Li Taiwei, I don't know what's wrong, but I just ate boiled cakes. My stomach is upset. It should be better if I have water to drink."

Before Li Gu could reply, Liang Ji said, "I'm afraid I'll vomit, so it's better not to drink water."

Because the palace was full of Liang Ji's ears, eyes and minions, Liu Zuan and Li Gu did not dare to speak.

Not long after, Liu Zan was poisoned and died at the age of nine. Liang Ji only said that he died of illness.

Although the officials knew the cause of Liu Zuan's death through Li Gu's mouth, Liang Ji had too much power in the court and the local area and had already weaved a huge web of corruption, so he had to pretend not to know.

All the ministers were helpless, and Yuzhenfang was even more helpless, unless they directly raised troops to kill him, but the talismans for mobilizing troops and horses were all in the hands of the Empress Dowager Liang.

And Liang Ji was a general. Kaifu Yitong and the Third Division controlled part of the military power. Without the talisman, it was impossible for Luoyang's fifth battalion to listen to them. Therefore, raising an army meant immediate death, and it still carried the risk of rebellion. Even the crime of death cannot be washed away.

Soon, Liu Zan's posthumous title was decided, "Zhi". If the name is not good, it is called Zhi; if he is loyal and innocent, he is called Zhi; if his words and deeds are consistent, he is called Zhi;

This was also a silent protest by the officials. Even if Liang Ji was dissatisfied, there was nothing he could do.

Regarding the new emperor, Liang Ji was keen on King Qinghe, because King Qinghe was only thirteen years old this year, which was easy to control and was not old enough to rule.

However, the Empress Dowager Liang was interested in Li Wuhou Liu Zhi, so she asked Cao Teng, the official of Zhongchang, to go to Liang Ji and said:
"General, I think Li Wuhou Liu Zhi is more suitable than King Qinghe."

Liang Ji asked about the reason, and Cao Teng said: "The general also knows that Liu Zhi came to Luoyang from Liwu Kingdom because the Queen Mother wanted to marry his sister Liang Nuying to him. This proves that the Queen Mother approves of Liwu Hou.

The general has the power he has now, largely because of the Queen Mother. How could he not consider the Queen Mother's ideas? Besides, I have heard that King Qinghe is a strict man. If he is really the emperor, I am afraid that we will not be safe. As for establishing Liu Zhi, because he is related to the Liang family, he can at least maintain his wealth forever. What does the general think? "

Liang Ji knew that this was his sister, the Queen Mother Liang Yu's intention, so he agreed, because in his eyes, Liu Zhi and King Qinghe were the same. As long as he was dissatisfied, wouldn't he be harder to kill than Liu Zan?
So Liang Ji immediately held the talisman festival and took Liu Zhi into the Nangong in Wang Qinggai's car. On the same day, he paid homage to the high temple and ascended the throne as emperor. This shows how far Liang Ji's power has reached.

Because of the Empress Dowager Liang's indulgence towards Liang Ji, most of the people in the court were members of the Liang family. Those who disobeyed Liang Ji were often dismissed. Only a few ministers such as Li Gu were still in high positions, and the rest, such as Bai Liu, were dismissed. .

Even though there were numerous memorials to impeach Liang Ji for his domineering power, Liang Ji did not commit rebellion after all. In addition, without the support of the emperor, loyal people had no choice but to do anything.

Moreover, Liu Zhi was only fifteen years old, so the Empress Dowager Liang was still in charge of the government.

(End of this chapter)