Han Dao world

Chapter 1018 Consistent

When the news was sent back to Xingzai, the atmosphere immediately became tense.

As the governor inspects counties, conflicts are inevitable, and everyone is mentally prepared.But the matter in Pingyuan County is a bit complicated, not only involving the royal relatives, but also immigrants from the Bohai Sea, and even the left general Yang Feng.

If this matter is not handled well, or if it becomes a routine, the garrisons in various places will follow suit, actively participate in local affairs intentionally or unintentionally, and may even kill good people and pretend to be meritorious.

Compared with this, it is not so important that the old army of General Liu Bei is among the dead.

Zhou Zhong reported the incident to Liu Xie immediately.

Almost at the same time, Taiwei's Mansion also received a report from Yang Feng, and Chang Shi Yang Fu reported the matter to Liu Xie.

After listening to their report, Liu Xie summoned Situ Yang Biao and asked him to take out Pingyuan County's last year's plan report and review it again.

Although the plain belongs to Qingzhou, it is adjacent to Jizhou, almost under the eyes of the emperor.

Pingyuan County treats Bohai immigrants like this, does it still have the imperial edict in its eyes?

Who is the prefect of Pingyuan, and why did he disappear in the whole thing?As a prefect of a county, what role did he play in this?

The reason why the governor was appointed was to investigate these people.

Liu Xie issued an edict, ordering the Sangong Mansion to send personnel to Pingyuan to conduct a thorough investigation, to find out the whole process of the matter, to investigate one by one, and never tolerate it.

After listening to Liu Xie's order, Yang Biao was silent for a moment and asked a question.

There are four generals stationed in Hebei, but there are only 2 people under Han Sui's troops in the Central Plains. If every governor is like Zhen Yao, can Han Sui handle it?

Liu Xie looked at Yang Biao twice and chuckled.

"If the prefect of Pingyuan didn't get in the way, this matter might not have developed to this point at all. Do you think the immigrants from Bohai are easy to provoke? If it wasn't for the prefect's government, with General Zuo in charge, they would have overthrown those big clans long ago. .During the Yellow Turban riots, the Bohai Sea and the plains were the hardest-hit areas, and the folk customs were very violent."

Liu Xie curled up his fingers and tapped on the table. "This time, I will let them see what it means to be people-oriented and what is called soldiers. The soldiers in the army come from the common people and train hard every day, not to protect those greedy things and suppress the common people, but to protect the legitimate rights and interests of the common people. .”

Yang Biao's back felt a bit chilly, and he didn't speak for a long time.

Taiwei Chief Shi Yang Fu thoughtfully nodded his head.

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After leaving the imperial tent, Yang Biao and Zhou Zhong walked side by side, with Yang Fu a little behind.

Yang Biao sighed twice, but didn't speak.

Zhou Zhong said with a smile: "I didn't expect it. In the end, the main responsibility is your Situ Mansion."

Yang Biao squinted at Zhou Zhong. "Tiandu is originally the responsibility of Situ's Mansion, and I never thought of pushing it to you, Sikong Mansion."

Zhou Zhong smiled even brighter. "Then why are you moaning?"

"I'm ashamed that I reacted too slowly, and I haven't understood the deep meaning of the emperor." Yang Biao looked away, looked into the distance, and sighed faintly again. "Actually, when Han Sui was in Henan to prevent the autumn floods, I should have understood."

He turned his head and glanced at Yang Fu. "Yishan, are you careless too?"

Yang Fu nodded awkwardly. "As Situ said, I always thought it was to justify the name of the Liangzhou army. I didn't expect the emperor's deep meaning to be here."

He smacked his lips. "Soldiers, this title is really accurate. It should be the best embodiment of people-oriented. Take the people as soldiers and protect the interests of the people. The soldiers and the people are united, and the upper and lower have the same desire. How can the enemy be defeated?"

Zhou Zhong woke up like a dream, and suddenly felt his face was hot.

The long-standing doubts were finally resolved.

"So that's the case, it's really consistent." Zhou Zhong said with a wry smile: "The emperor has endured for five or six years, and he didn't make it clear until now. It's really well-intentioned. Mr. Wen, we are all old, and we can't accept it."

"Yeah, it's not okay to be old." Yang Biao also shook his head with a wry smile. "The ground is a prison. Although the body is not rotten, the heart has long been rotten."

He paused, then laughed again: "The Son of Heaven can go a step further on the basis of the sages, and implement Meng Ke's people-oriented principle. It is the Confucianism's fortune. With this as the yardstick, and with time, the Confucianism will surely Wouldn’t it be great if 6000 million people could become people of propriety and righteousness?”

Zhou Zhong looked at Yang Biao, hesitant to speak.

The future that Yang Biao described is indeed very good, but before such a prosperous age comes, it is unknown how many people will be sacrificed.

Moreover, listening to Yang Biao's words implies another layer of meaning. It seems that from Confucius to Mencius, from Mencius to Xun, Confucianism has been advancing, and there is no such thing as the present is not as good as the past.

Although there are differences between the modern text and the ancient text on the issue of ancient and modern, Zhou Zhong is a little uneasy when Yang Biao clearly believes that the present is better than the ancient, and that it is a revolutionary progress.

If it was not Yang Biao who said this, but Yang Fu, he would have to sternly reprimand him.

But it was precisely because it was Yang Biao who said this that it moved him even more.

Veteran ministers like Yang Biao all support the idea of ​​the emperor, and can they stop the emperor's reforms?

Dutian may be just the beginning, and more reforms will follow.

Will such a prosperous age be the prosperous age we hoped for?

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Yang Biao personally rushed to Pingyuan to thoroughly investigate the whole incident.

Things are not complicated, as Liu Xie expected, the key to this matter is Pingyuan prefect Wei Tao.

Wei Tao is from Wei County, and has some friendship with Shen Pei.The reason why he was able to serve as the prefect of Pingyuan was also recommended to Yuan Xi by the judge.The trial partner committed suicide, Yuan Xi was exiled, Wei Tao was dissatisfied, and always wanted to find an opportunity to vent his anger on them, and he always disapproved of Du Tian.

His family's field was divided.

This time, he wanted to bring the matter to his relatives, and wanted to take advantage of the scholar-bureaucrat's dislike of relatives, and then question the emperor's intention to save the land.Unexpectedly, the emperor would not accept his tricks at all, and directly sent Situ Yang Biao himself.

In front of an old minister like Yang Biao, he couldn't hide his tricks at all, and was speechless when Yang Biao questioned him, so he could only bow his head and confess his guilt.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yang Biao rectified the officials of Pingyuan County. Anyone who was related to Wei Tao and opposed Dutian would be dismissed. A group of young and strong officials were selected from the alternate officials and officials.

The post of prefect was taken over by Sima Zhi.

Sima Zhi Zihua, Hanoi Wen, was recommended by Pei Qian, Sima Yi and Dong Zhao successively. He served as Neihuang Ling when he was in Weijun. He also registered in Situ Mansion and became a high-ranking alternate official, second only to Cao Ang.

This time, he took advantage of the situation to fill his position and became the prefect of Pingyuan at the age of thirty.

As soon as the news came out, there was an uproar.

Many people felt that Yang Biao's move had failed Meng Lang.

Sima Zhi is too young and has little career experience, how can he become two thousand stone in one leap?

Soon someone revealed the so-called inside story: Sima Zhi's wife was the daughter-in-law of Dong Zhao, the prefect of Hanoi.He was promoted so quickly because of Dong Zhao's recommendation.

Faced with such doubts, Yang Biao didn't explain much, but ordered someone to call out a few officials who performed well in Weijun and received super promotions, and published them in the residence newspaper.

As long as the ability is strong enough, what is two thousand stones at the age of 30?

Chapter 1019

Xun Yu was transferred to Henan Yin, and Wei Taozhen, the prefect of Pingyuan, Che Zhengting, was published in the residence newspaper successively, and the whole officialdom was shocked.

But all of this is not as shocking as the following article.

Situ Yang Biao published a signed article, "Confucianism Re-Yi Lun".

In the article, Yang Biao simplifies the development history of Confucianism into two changes.

One is that Confucius turned official studies into private studies, breaking Shiqing's monopoly on academics, allowing more people to have the opportunity to learn, and creating a huge gentry.

These educated scholars fought freely in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, contending among a hundred schools of thought, finding the way to peace in different ways, and finally assisted Emperor Gao to end the troubled times, created the 400-year-old foundation of the Han Dynasty, and Dong Zhongshu completed the academic achievement Unite.

The second is today's change. The emperor educates the people and further expands the scope of the gentry, so that the four peoples are all scholars, in order to achieve great rule.

Now the policy of the imperial court is advancing, but academic innovation has not yet appeared. Only the book "Mencius" cannot adapt to the current situation.I hope that people with lofty ideals can let go of their prejudices, treat the 6000 million people of Dahan with true benevolence, and realize the ideal of great harmony in the world.

In the end, he concluded with earnestness and earnestness: The world belongs to the people of the world, not to certain people.If we only care about the interests of a few people and ignore the life and death of others, the Yellow Turban Rebellion will not be truly quelled, and it will recur in the future.

In order to achieve long-term peace and stability, it is necessary to save the fields so that everyone can be free from hunger.

The emperor has set an example, and the scholar-bureaucrats should not draw the ground as a prison and hold back.Only when the upper and lower sides have the same desire can the real peace come and the real prosperity will appear.

If the front is just a theoretical analysis, the back is almost a plea.I implore those scholar-bureaucrats who resist Dutian to temporarily put aside their selfishness and lay the necessary foundation for the coming of the prosperous age.

When people can't even guarantee food and clothing, enlightenment, etiquette and righteousness are castles in the air.

This is a very simple truth.

If it was not Yang Biao, but another person who published such an article, it would inevitably be refuted, and even accused of flattering the emperor, a large number of special approvals, and negative criticisms.

However, Yang Biao is full of confidence. He has the background of four generations and three princes, as well as the inheritance of an innocent family. His knowledge, morality, articles, and political achievements are all first-class.

There is really no one who dares to stand up and accuse him with confidence.

Therefore, as soon as the article was published, it caused a sensation.

Some scholar-bureaucrats agreed, some lamented, and the reactions were mixed.

However, the number of people obstructing Dutian is obviously less, and the passive sabotage such as Wei Tao is gone. The progress of Dutian is visible to the naked eye.

Although it is impossible to get all the information about the obstruction behind the scenes, at least there is a consensus in public opinion.

Rebelling against the imperial court is not afraid of power, but hindering the arrival of the prosperous age of great harmony is an enemy of the entire Confucianism. Few people dare to oppose it openly.

Originally, bringing the conflict to the court was the best solution. The biggest family was the royal family, and the biggest landlord was the emperor.But in the face of Liu Xie, these accusations are not convincing.

As the son of heaven, Liu Xie had no more wives and concubines than the average wealthy family, and his food and clothing were not luxurious. Even the imperial palace was dilapidated and had not been repaired.

This is true in Chang'an, and even more so in Luoyang.

Under such circumstances, it is really unreasonable to accuse him of being insincere and unable to govern the country with virtue.

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Compared with the complexity of scholar-bureaucrats, the attitudes of ordinary people—especially those in Jizhou—are more consistent.

In fact, they can't really understand those sages, Datong and other things, but they know one thing: the emperor is on their side.

In order to let them have their own land, eat and wear clothes, the emperor almost went to war with the scholars.

Moreover, the emperor justified the name of the Yellow Turban.

They are no longer ant thieves and moth thieves who do all kinds of evil and make trouble. They are just ordinary people who are so poor that they have no food to eat. They have to take up simple weapons and fight with their lives.

This is the most important thing for the people of Jizhou.

The base camp of the Yellow Turbans is in Jizhou, and the people of Jizhou have paid the greatest price.In the battle of Guangzong alone, more than [-] people died in the Yellow Turban War, and more than [-] people died when they went to the river, and countless women, children, old and weak were captured.

Who would rather throw themselves into the river than surrender if they were not forced to take countless desperations?

Those scholars are full of benevolence and morality, but they refuse to speak a word of justice for them.

Now this sentence is spoken from the mouth of the emperor, which makes the people of Jizhou overjoyed and full of emotions.

Such an emperor is our emperor.

The common people think so, and the soldiers in the army think so even more.

The story of Liu Xie sharing weal and woe with the soldiers when he was in Huayin was widely recited, and even tended to be a myth.

The most active in spreading these myths is the left general Yang Feng and his subordinates.

It is said that Yang Feng's favorite sentence is that when the emperor and I discussed the use of troops, they were not as awesome as you.

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The summer is scorching, and the cicadas are loud and loud.

Mrs. Tang's carriage stopped in front of Henan Yin Zhisuo.She lifted the skirt and got out of the car, quickly walked in through the side door, walked through the long corridor to the backyard.

Xun Yu, with sharp eyes, was the first to see Mrs. Tang, cheered and threw himself into her arms.

Xun Yu's wife, Mrs. Tang, raised her head and saw Mrs. Tang. She quickly put down her sewing, patted the hem of her clothes, and said with a smile, "When did you come back? I didn't notify you in advance, so I can pick you up."

Mrs. Tang waved her hand. "Is there anything good to pick up, and it's not the first time. What about Wen Ruo, when will you be free?"

"I'm not in the mansion today, I'm going outside the city. Shi Guangyuan from the Agricultural School has developed a new type of iron plow. It is said that one person and one ox can plow the land. He rushed to see it. If it works, he plans to make some. This autumn You can also buy less cattle."

Madam Tang laughed. "It turns out that he already knew about it, so I won't babble." As she spoke, she took a roll of paper from the maid and handed it to Tang. "This is the book they are going to print. When I saw the plow, I thought it was useful, so I came here to show Wen Ruo."

Tang took it, glanced at it, and said gratefully: "It really bothered you."

"Look at what you said." Mrs. Tang said angrily: "We are all a family, why bother to be so alien. I know that after the publication of Mr. Yang's article, Wen Ruo felt a little stressed. But he doesn't have to think too much, the emperor is right. His trust will not be less, and his expectations for Yingchuan people have always been high, so he need not worry."

Tang's spirit immediately perked up. "Is there any news from the Son of Heaven?"

"Yes." Mrs. Tang replied vaguely, and then asked, "Has Wen Qian received a letter recently?"

Tang nodded and asked Xun Yu to fetch Xun Wenqian's family letter. After thinking about it for a while, he added that Xun Yu should also fetch Xun Yun's family letter.

After hearing this, Tang Fu became a little nervous. "How is Changqian?"