Xuanyangfang is to the south of Yongxingfang, separated by Chongren and Pingkang Erfang, and adjacent to Dongshi to the east. It is not as close to the East Palace of the Imperial City as Yongxingfang, but it is also a famous residential area for senior officials in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The number of princes and senior officials
a lot of.
The newly moved Wu Huaiyu feels that this place is not as good as Yongxingfang. Firstly, it is much smaller than Yongxingfang. Secondly, it is not as quiet as Yongxingfang. It is close to the East Market, which makes it more noisy. Furthermore, although there are many powerful people in the place,
, but the streets and alleys are not as clean and tidy as Yongxingfang.
The New Year has just passed, and it looks even more messy after the noise.
Wu Huaiyu lived in Yongxingfang for more than a year and made great contributions to Yongxingfang. Not only did he often provide food for the orphans, widows and disabled people in the square, he even donated money to build a social school in the square and built many toilets.
, garbage points, bathrooms, and also took the lead in building a charity warehouse in Yongxingfang. Yongxingfang even has Chang'an's first spontaneous fire brigade.
The young people in the workshop voluntarily formed a group, took turns on duty, purchased fire extinguishing equipment, and even received regular rotation training.
Under the leadership of the Wu family, the prime ministers of Yongxingfang, Wei Zhengjia, Qin Qiongjia, etc., as well as Qiu Yingqijia, etc., were very willing to invest money and do some good deeds together. The people in the Fangfang also became more self-disciplined and their quality was greatly improved.
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But now Xuanyangfang is still the same.
Early in the morning, there was a lot of rubbish on the streets, and even horse manure left on the streets without anyone sweeping it. It was like a land mine, and you would be caught accidentally. Some people even left it at the end of the alley and on the corner, while others directly
Pour the toilet onto the curb.
Chongrenfang is a place where many intellectuals gather, and it is also a famous school rental area. However, Xuanyangfang is known as a place where high-ranking officials and nobles gather, but it is actually so dirty and messy.
Wu Huaiyu couldn't stand it.
Ma Zhou, a member of Zhongshushe, my brother-in-law who went to court together, said with a smile, "There are many princes, nobles and high-ranking officials in Xuanyangfang. Those of third rank and above have the privilege of opening the door on the street, so they usually don't enter the square gate or walk through the street, but go in and out directly on the street.
This place is dirty and messy, so of course they can’t see it.”
The homes of noble and high-ranking officials in Xuanyangfang are basically surrounded by a circle, and inside are the homes of officials of the fourth, fifth and sixth grades, such as the minister, the lieutenant, and the shaoqing. They are not qualified to open a shop facing the street. They live in the inner circle and have a house.
Relatively small.
Wu Huaiyu, who originally occupied a quarter of the square, was a special case in Chang'an. Even if half of it is now used as Longmen Temple, it still accounts for one-eighth. The cross street in the middle of the square divides the four corners of the square, and the small cross
Each block of the street was divided into four parts, and Wu Huaiyu still monopolizes the two northeastern blocks.
"The east of Chang'an is rich and the west is rich. Most of the princes and nobles live in the east city, and there are separate courtyards in the west city. Among the east city's buildings, if ranked according to the number of princes and nobles in the square, Xuanyang, Changxing, and Yongning are the three houses where the most senior officials of the third rank and above live.
There are at least twenty high-ranking officials in each village, followed by Pingkang, Yongxing, Qinren, and Anyi."
"Our Xuanyangfang, the cross streets are divided into sixteen blocks, eleven of which are the homes of noble officials, and only five are the homes of common people living in Guizhou."
Xuanyangfang covers an area of 1,000 acres. The ordinary people's residential area only has more than 300 acres of land, but there are about 700 ordinary households. The living area is very crowded. On average, one household only occupies half an acre. Wu Huaiyu's family only occupies 100 acres.
It’s so many acres, and this is after half of it has been donated.
The reason why the population is so large is because it is close to Dongshi. Most of the ordinary people in Xuanyangfang work in Dongshi, either as craftsmen or merchants, or as petty officials in the yamen. Anyway, they live in this square.
There are no farmers in the city. The farmers all live in Nancheng or in the squares near the city gates of Chang'an.
The nobles of Xuanyangfang occupy 70% of the land, and their household registration accounts for only about 10% of the whole place. Among them, there are only 25 households of third-rank princes and above who occupy half of the place.
Although Ma Zhou was given the gift of purple, he was not among the twenty-five households and was not qualified to open the door facing the street and display a halberd inside the door.
"When we have time, we still need to renovate Xuanyang Fang. It needs to be built like Yongxing Fang. Since there are so many princes and nobles, let's raise some money together, send a few stewards to take care of it, or make the square square.
The leaders will execute it.
Ditches need to be cleared, roads need to be swept, public toilets, bathhouses, garbage dumps, etc. need to be added to the streets, and social schools, charity warehouses, etc. need to be built.”
In fact, although the princes and nobles are not all philanthropic, they are still willing to spend money as long as it is beneficial, such as publicizing things, if they can get a good reputation, etc., they do not mind spending money, the nobles are just unwilling
The money spent doesn't do any good.
Huaiyu smiled and said, "I think it would be better for my wife to ask my eldest sister to handle this matter. Then I would contact the wives of the powerful families in the community and hold a tea party or watch polo to discuss the matter.
Once we have raised the money, we can start implementing it, and I will ask Lai Ji to publicize it in the Beijing News."
Ma Zhou praised, "You still have an idea, which is good."
In the Tang Dynasty, four households were neighbors, five neighbors were a protector, and a hundred households were a li.
Each square has a main square, and there are several lizhengs under the square. For example, Xuanyangfang has eight lizhengs, responsible for the population of nearly 800 households in the square.
These lizheng are not officials, they are officials. They are mainly selected from honorary officers of the sixth rank or below, or the children of high-ranking officials. Generally, businessmen and businessmen are not qualified to be. Even in a place like Chang'an Xuanyangfang, where high-ranking officials gather, lizheng is not an official.
It's actually very difficult to be responsible, but there is always a need for such a person to coordinate and manage.
The only advantage of being an upright person is that you can avoid other official servants doing miscellaneous work. Of course, if you have the ability, you can still use your power to get some benefits.
The two uncles chatted all the way to the palace gate.
Huaiyu was welcomed into the waiting room and into the big lounge. Although Ma Zhou was given the gift of purple, he was not qualified to live with the prime ministers. He could only stay with the other ministers, the ministers, and the ministers in another place.
A rest room in poor condition.
But compared to those officials who can only stand outside, it is much better.
I drank a cup of milk tea in the lounge, chatted with the prime ministers, and then went to the palace to attend court.
At the beginning of today's court meeting, someone targeted Wu Huaiyu.
Supervisory censor Chen Shi joined forces to write a paper on the selection of scholars, and even told the palace that Wu Huaiyu had caught money. Shi was a humble official. In less than two years, he had become a wealthy official and held several important positions. Even the national finance was handed over to him. It was very difficult for him to
It shouldn't be.
"Your Majesty, people's thinking is limited, and one person cannot always know many positions."
"Prime ministers Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui cannot let them have everything as prime ministers, Wu Huaiyu, and Ma Zhou are from humble backgrounds and are young, let alone be in charge of national finance, etc., and they are also the governor of the capital and the deputy minister of Lantai."
"Your Majesty should promote more scholars from the gentry, appoint virtuous people, and stay away from villains..."
The emperor directly interrupted Chen Shihe.
He stood up directly, looking directly at Chen Shihe with majestic eyes, "I am here to rule the world as the Supreme Duke. I did not entrust these ministers with important tasks just because they have a good relationship with me. It is not because Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui have been with me for a long time.
The old ministers of time, I am partial to them, and it is not because Wu Huaiyu, Ma Zhou and others flatter me that I trust them.
It’s because they all have real talents and virtues.”
"What Chen Shihe played was to slander these ministers and deliberately alienate the relationship between our monarchs and ministers. In the past Three Kingdoms, although the Queen of Shu was weak, and even though Emperor Wenxuan of Qi in the Southern and Northern Dynasties was rebellious, because the Queen of Shu trusted Zhuge Liang, the Northern Qi Dynasty
Emperor Wenxuan trusted Yang Zunyan without the slightest doubt, which made his country stable.
Today, it is because of ministers like Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wu Huaiyu, and Ma Zhou that I can manage the country."
The emperor's words became more serious.
Finally, he issued an edict directly.
"Excommunicate Master Chen and exile him to Jiaozhi."
Ma Zhou stepped forward to remonstrate, feeling that although Chen Shihe's words were biased, they were out of public interest and the crime was not serious.
"Although I have always wanted all officials to be outspoken and dare to give advice, I do not allow them to slander ministers at will. If I leave the king and ministers, Chen Shihe has ulterior motives, and the crime should be punished by death. I have especially forgiven him."
Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling also came out to persuade him to be given a lighter sentence.
Wu Huaiyu was very dissatisfied with the sudden appearance of the supervisory censor Chen Shihe. The censors in the censorship station also had their own responsibilities. There were ten supervisory censors, who were responsible for supervising hundreds of officials and patrolling prefectures and counties. Their powers were not small, but
The grade is only below the eighth grade.
This guy came out of nowhere and dared to openly impeach the prime minister, and also impeached Shangguan Zhi Shu's censor Wu Huaiyu.
This guy is simply sensationalizing.
Of course, Wu Huaiyu has experienced a lot of storms now, and he feels that there is no storm without waves. This guy is more likely to be inspired by someone to take the lead or to test.
The emperor's decision was actually quite decisive. He allowed a censor to use this excuse to attack him. If the emperor didn't act decisively, more people would pounce on him and bite him.
Wu Huaiyu didn't want to beg for mercy for this guy, but seeing that the other three people were begging for mercy, he had no choice but to come out and pretend to beg for mercy.
The four people involved came out, and other ministers naturally came up to offer some words of advice.
Wei Zheng and Wang Guize believed that Chen Shihe was originally the censor. If he felt that something was unreasonable, he would write a letter to advise him. This was also his duty. The emperor should not deal with it in this way, and he should not even punish him.
After some push and pull, Li Shimin demoted Chen Shihe to the rank of Lieutenant of Rinan County, Aizhou, under the governor's office of Jiaozhou.
Chen Shihe was directly driven out of the hall.
Li Shimin was still very dissatisfied, and said to the courtiers in public, "I open the way for public opinion and encourage all officials to give advice. The purpose is to understand the pros and cons of political affairs and prevent the common people from being wronged. However, I have recently discovered that many of the people who have spoken out have
Exposing other people's secrets and talking about the shortcomings of officials is very trivial. What does this have to do with the stability and harmony of the country?
I often read history books and see that many emperors were jealous of their ministers because some people attacked their ministers' privacy. Once the king was jealous, the emperor no longer trusted his ministers, and his subordinates were unable to express their feelings.
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From now on, if someone writes a letter attacking others for their evil deeds, they will be charged with slander."
Li Shimin's words are quite shocking, but they do have a clear purpose.
The emperor employs people in an eclectic manner, mainly to manage the country's affairs. However, if some people hold on to sectarian prejudices and even have the tendency to engage in party strife, this is absolutely not allowed.
If those people are allowed to expose and attack privacy to attack opponents with different political views, won't the court be full of chaos in the future?
Today there is Chen Shihe, and tomorrow there will be Zhang Shihe and Zhao Shihe. A red line must be drawn.
"Song Guo Gong, Yi Guo Gong, as the commanders of Lantai, you have to reorganize Lantai."
The emperor also issued an edict to Gao Jifu, a member of Zhongshushe, to move to the censor's desk to manage books and serve as the censor, and to pair up the two censors who were responsible for writing to assist Xiao Yu in presiding over the censor's desk.
Chen Shihe came up today and talked about Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui first, but everyone can also feel that this guy's real target is Wu Huaiyu. The so-called ministers have limited thinking and cannot wear multiple hats. Why don't they just talk about Wu Huaiyu? They also use Wu Huaiyu's background to make money.
Talk to young people.
Unfortunately, the emperor instead exiled him to Lingnan, and Wu Huaiyu's status did not waver at all.
He suspected that this matter had something to do with Wei Ting, or even Wang Gui's shadow behind it. Speaking of which, these two people were half relatives of the Wu family, but now he didn't know how to offend them, and these guys always wanted to mess with him.
This is by no means a persecutory paranoia, but a keen political intuition.
He felt the need to start a counterattack, and the best defense was to attack.
