The sudden departure of Chao Cuo, the imperial censor, made many people breathe a sigh of relief.
Especially Chen Jiao.
"Has Chao Cuo's driver confirmed that he has left Xishui?" Chen Jiao asked one of his thieves.
"Reporting to the emperor, I saw with my own eyes that the imperial censor's chariot and staff drove into the Zhuo Bridge!" the dog-legged man replied.
"Oh!" Chen Jiao patted her chest: "Go down and receive the reward!"
Chao Cuo's departure made Chen Jiao put her heart back into her stomach.
If Chao Cuo continues to stay here like this.
Even if she doesn't do anything, Chen Jiao will go crazy.
"Come here!" After thinking for a moment, Chen Jiao called one of his trusted retainers and said to him: "With my invitation, I will send 500 Japanese slaves and 20 million yuan to Pyongyang Academy Mountain Chief Wu Gong. He said: I am a junior at Chen Jiao, I admire the great sage Wu Gong, and I would like to be my disciple for a long time and consider myself my teacher. It is just a small gift to express my sincere feelings!"
"No!" The retainer accepted the order and left.
After doing this, Chen Jiao wiped the sweat from her forehead.
He is no longer the second-generation ancestor four years ago.
I have been walking on the sea all year round, fighting against the heaven and the earth, witnessing the strange waves and clouds of the sea, and seeing the fragility of life and the skyrocketing wealth.
Furthermore, Anton and his eldest brother Chen Xu are scheming and competing with each other.
He has already learned how to be a qualified bureaucrat, how to be an excellent profiteer, and how to become a safe nobleman.
This incident, while frightening him out of his mind, also made him understand a truth: no matter how much money, no matter how noble the status, no matter how tough the background, he still needs a mouthpiece, a scholar to wave the flag for him in the public opinion. A group that beats drums to cheer and even escort.
This incident would have happened if Wu Ban and the thousands of scholars from the Pyongyang Academy behind him had not spoken out loudly and worked hard to lobby the whole country and encourage Liu Ming, the king of North Korea.
How could he pass so easily?
I'm afraid I'll have to shed a layer of skin even if I don't die!
No nobleman wants his name to be remembered by the imperial censor!
The imperial censor of the Han Dynasty was a giant who was ordered by the emperor to issue edicts, supervise the country, impeach the lawless, and supervise all officials!
And Chao Cuo is even more famous for being tough!
Ever since he entered the political arena, he has been known for his courage and courage to do whatever he wants!
After this incident, Chen Jiao fully realized the importance of public opinion and Shilin's right to speak!
Capital has finally awakened to its first characteristics.
It will certainly seek allies in public opinion and academia!
This is also a necessary condition for it to survive and develop.
Want to develop and grow? It must first deceive the people and create a seemingly good image.
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Chang'an.
It's already mid-July.
The new examination is in its final moments.
The whole world's attention is focused on this.
Even Liu Che returned to Chang'an, preparing to meet the final winner.
"The Taihou is old and has sent a letter begging for his bones to be returned to his hometown. The Grandson of the Nanyue King needs a new minister to teach him!" In the Weiyang Palace, Liu Che summoned his cronies to discuss personnel appointments and removals.
Taihou Meijuan is the mainstay of the Han Dynasty's South Vietnam policy.
Mei Juan is the queen of the Yue king and a hero among the Yue people.
What's even more rare is that he is also a loyal and loyal general of the Han family.
In the past few decades, with his status and background as well as his prestige among the Yue people, Mei Juan could actually learn from Zhao Tuo and Wu Zhu at any time, split the land and become a king, and build Zhu countries.
He controls and is responsible for the terrain and geography of the Tailing area, which is also very suitable for separatist rule.
But Meijuan never chose this.
He not only refused to separate the country himself, but also opposed the attempts of his subordinates and heirs to separate the country.
Regardless of whether the emperor of Chang'an is Liu Bang, Liu Ying, Liu Heng, Liu Qi, or Liu Che.
He faithfully fulfilled his oath to Liu Bang: but if the envoy is gone, Hengpu will always be the fortress of the Han Dynasty.
For decades, Mei Juan commanded his sons, tribesmen and soldiers, firmly guarding Hengpu Pass, and used his prestige to repeatedly thwart South Vietnam and Fujian's attempts to subvert Hengpu and accept Han control.
When Liu Che came to the throne, the Han family's national power increased greatly, the East China Sea was within its borders, South Vietnam invited ministers, and Fujian and Vietnam also obeyed.
Liu Che appointed Mei Juan as the Grand Tutor of the Nanyue King, and sent him to guard Panyu, the capital of the South Vietnam Kingdom. On behalf of the Emperor of China, he urged the South Vietnamese monarchs and ministers to use Han systems and practice Han rites.
In the past two years, he has made outstanding achievements, which are enough to be recorded in history and will be worshiped by future generations forever.
But, alas, like most heroes.
Time will always push them to death without mercy.
Mei Juan is nearly eighty years old this year!
This Yue hero who led his army with Wu Bing to fight against Qin and fought side by side with Liu Bang in Lantian has inevitably fallen into twilight.
In his edict for begging for bones to Liu Che, he said: I have been dizzy recently and my vision is blurred, especially when I can't sit for a long time... My husband is sad about his hometown. I have often missed my hometown in Hengpu recently, and I would like to beg for bones so that I can return to my hometown.
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Naturally, Liu Che could not stop an old minister who missed his hometown and wished to return to his hometown and be with his ancestors.
Therefore, he has approved Mei Juan to retire and return home.
At the same time, he also issued an edict, naming Meijuan as Meihou, Hengpu as Meiguan, Tailing as Meiling, its water as Meishui, and its stream as Meixi.
This was an unprecedented reward and favor given to a minister by the emperor of the Han Dynasty.
It was named after its fiefdom, mountains, rivers and passes, all of which were ministers' surnames.
Even Xiao He and Cao Shen did not receive such treatment!
However, plum silk deserves such a generous reward.
As the saying goes, peaches and plums make their own mistakes without saying anything.
Mei Juan, in Liu Che's opinion, is such a character.
When he was alive, he seemed to be unknown.
However, for the Han family, they defended and preserved the pass in and out of Mitsukoshi, and controlled and influenced Mitsukoshi.
Those who are good at fighting have no great achievements.
Mitsukoshi has never been able to truly separate the country and is controlled by China. This is the greatest proof of Ume Juan's meritorious service!
Now that Mei Juan is gone, the successor is very important.
This person must be able to inherit Mei Juan's position and continue to promote the assimilation of the South Vietnam Kingdom and China.
At the same time, he still had to hold his own.
Let the South Vietnamese monarchs and ministers be convinced.
There are very few such people in the world today.
"It would be great if Liu Jing was still alive..." Liu Che had to sigh with emotion.
If Liu Jing were still here, with his understanding of the monarchs and ministers of South Vietnam and the national politics of South Vietnam, he could indeed take over.
Even if Lu Jia is still alive, Liu Che doesn't have to have such a headache.
There was no way, things in South Vietnam finally got on track.
Liu Che didn't want a second-rate guy to show up and screw it up.
After many choices, Liu Che finally chose Yuan Ang, the prime minister of Jiangdu.
But, is Yuan An willing to go to South Vietnam?
This is really an unknown number.
To be honest, Yuan An once held the rank of imperial servant and was listed as the ninth minister.
Now that he has been kicked to Jiangdu, he is already demoted as a direct descendant.
Then release it to South Vietnam...
Rong Di is Ying, Jing Shu is Punishment!
Extrapolating it further, it means disgust and disgust.
Can Yuan Ang, who has always cherished his reputation, accept it?
This is a big problem.
However, Liu Che can't control so much.
He immediately issued an order, saying: "I would like to appoint King Xiangang of Jiangdu as the Taisun Taifu of the King of Nanyue, and concurrently serve as the Supervisory Ambassador of the South Vietnam Kingdom, and grant him the seal and ribbon of the scepter!"
If Yuan An doesn't go, Zhou Yafu happens to be in Qilu now, so he can let Zhou Yafu do Yuan An's work.
Compared to what happened in South Vietnam.
Chang'an's problem is obviously more urgent.
Just like Mei Juan, Uncle Nei Shitian finally couldn't hold on any longer.
Since the beginning of this year, Uncle Tian has only spent half a month in charge of political affairs in the Internal History Office.
Even at Taixue, in fact, Uncle Tian doesn't take care of things much anymore.
After all, he is too old.
However, if Uncle Tian can help Liu Che delay until today, he is already done.
Today, the once huge Neishi Yamen has been split into four Yamen that do not belong to each other.
They are respectively in charge of eight counties including Chang'an, Guandong, Guanxi, and Xin'an, which will be classified as Guanzhong.
What they lack now, in fact, is just a name.
But, this is not what we will discuss today.
If Liu Che wanted them to leave the internal history now, it would be very simple, just an edict would be enough.
However, it is easy to dismember the internal history.
After the Neishi Yamen was split into four parts, the issues of coordination and joint public security defense among the four Yamen that were not subordinate to each other immediately came to the fore.
In the past, when Nei Shi was here, people in Guanzhong committed crimes, and no matter where they fled, unless they had a great background and escaped outside the Guan, it would be difficult for them to fly even if they had wings.
But now, there are four government offices that are not subordinate to each other, but they are very active in doing things within each other.
However, he doesn't really care about other people's troubles.
For example, if people in Maolingyi commit crimes, they only need to go to Qishanyuan or Hongguyuan.
It is often difficult for the authorities to arrest people.
Cross-border arrests are inherently troublesome, not to mention that local officials may not be willing for others to extend their hands into their territory.
In recent years, similar cases and incidents have occurred many times.
Therefore, now, there is an urgent need for an agency that can take charge of public security and criminal cases in Guanzhong.
Moreover, the current situation of governments at all levels of the Han family being both athletes and referees makes Liu Che uncomfortable.
The separation of powers among the three powers is, of course, a fantasy.
However, if administration, law enforcement and even trials are tied together, problems will definitely arise.
And it’s a big problem!
Therefore, Liu Che discussed with his think tanks for more than half a year.
Today, the structure of a brand new yamen has finally been described.
This brand new yamen is called Sili Xiaowei.
The name is very familiar, but in fact, it is two different things from the Sili Xiaowei in history.
Liu Che's Sili Xiaowei will integrate the public security responsibilities of Jingfu Duwei and Wuguan Zhonglang, as well as the law enforcement power of Gu Neishi Yamen.
The governor-general of all counties in Guanzhong conducted official and non-office reports to arrest criminals and conduct trials.
The law enforcement and judicial powers of the counties in Guanzhong will be stripped away.
This can be regarded as the benefit of taking the exam.
In the past, the rulers of the Qin and Han Dynasties had long been aware of the disadvantages of local officials serving as both athletes and referees.
Therefore, in the laws of the Qin and Han Dynasties, there was a distinction between official announcements and non-office announcements.
In particular, the Han Dynasty implemented the principle that the people would not take action and the officials would not investigate, and they would be liberal in civil lawsuits and prohibit the government from indiscriminately extending their hands.
However, this is just a helpless move due to insufficient manpower and insufficient official strength.
Now, the number of officials, especially low-level officials, is no longer lacking.
Instead, Liu Che had to work hard to arrange jobs for them.
The conditions are finally ripe for stripping local magistrates of their civil and criminal law enforcement and judicial powers.
Of course, considering that this kind of thing has never happened since ancient times.
Therefore, Liu Che decided to experiment in Guanzhong first and cross the river by feeling the stones.
After this system is perfected, it will be gradually implemented among the counties and counties in the world.
Today, the focus of discussion is also this.
Who will serve as Sili Xiaowei?
All the ministers were watching with eager eyes.
"Sili Xiaowei, with a rank of two thousand stones, supervises the lawlessness among the people in Guanzhong, arrests criminals, promotes laws, and handles criminal affairs!" Chen Jia, Marquis of Fuyang, was talking about the rank and authority of Sili Xiaowei, and he was eager to try.
Even if it was just for the rank of Sili Lieutenant, Chen Jia felt that he should make a fortune.
What's more, this Sili Xiaowei is very likely to become a member of the Nine Qings of the Han Dynasty in the future.
However, he is not the only one eyeing this position.
Lu Matong, a native of Wuyang Houfan City and Zhongshui Hou, was also peeping nearby.
There was even the former prime minister, the eldest son of the late An Wenhou, Shen Tumi, who was also eyeing this position.
Shen Tumi, not to mention anything else, just because his father is Shen Tujia, has already gained too much head start.
So, I want to grab this position.
Chen Jia knew that he had to use a trick.
He sat in his seat and quietly winked at the person opposite him.
Chen Jia is a prince, and there is no one who can sit opposite a prince. In the Han Dynasty, except for the doctorate officer of Taichang Yamen, there is no one else.
Then, one of Chen Jia's doctoral officers came out to pay homage: "Your Majesty, Dr. Qian Tong of "Shang Jun" believes that Fuyang Hou Chenjia is smart and open-minded, knows the law well, and abides by the system.
The choice of Sili Xiaowei!"
Following this person, several legalist doctors came forward one after another to say good things about Chen Jia.
In the words of these people, Chen Jia became a top student in law. He began to study Han law at the age of three and was judging cases at the age of ten.
The candidate for the position of Colonel-in-Chief is really none other than him.
"Fuyang Hou!" Wuyang Hou Fanshi, who was sitting next to Chen Jia, suddenly pulled Chen Jia's sleeves and said softly: "How can you do this?"
In the circle of princes, there are no secrets.
Who doesn’t know that all the doctors who come out and say good things about Chen Jia are all disciples of the Legalist giant Zhang Hui?
Zhang Hui’s Hanoi Academy receives millions of dollars of funding from Chen Jia every year.
When you take money from others, of course you have to do things for them.
In fact, among the world's famous academies today, which one does not have a few benefactors behind it?
Lords, you keep pace with the times.
Especially these princes who can sit in this court.
Most of them have started to support the academy since they were suspended.
At first, maybe I just wanted to buy a good reputation.
However, as time went by, everyone discovered that this subsidized academy would make huge profits.
Not only does it have a good reputation, but it also gets a lot of help.
It can also recruit talents to help the family prosper.
As a result, the relationship between the academy and the princes has become quite complicated today.
The Confucian, Legalist, Huang and Lao sects were also happy to have closer and closer relations with the princes.
Chen Jia looked back at the people from Fan City and said with a smile: "You can do the same thing..."
In this matter, everyone naturally acts according to their own abilities.
Your voice is not as loud as mine, so naturally I will beat you to it!
"Hmph!" A person from Fan City sneered: "Don't you think that you are the only one who has the support of the Legalist giants!"
As his words fell, an old man in the group of doctors opposite who had never spoken at a court stood up tremblingly, came to the hall, and said respectfully: "Old minister Dr. Fu Jing of "Shang Shu", I would like to report to your majesty:
The old minister thinks that for the position of the Commander-in-Chief, a native of Wuyang Houchen City is better! The Fuyang Houchenjia may understand the law, but it is quite deficient in the system..."
"You!!!" Chen Jia looked back at the people from Fan City, breathing quickly: "When did Junhou have a relationship with Fugong?"
The doctor in the room is the direct descendant of the famous Shangshu, who is respected by hundreds of schools of thought in the world, and the son of Jinan Fu Sheng.
Fu was born in the Han family and enjoyed the supreme status.
He is the successor of the previous king recognized by all schools of thought.
Regardless of Confucianism, Legalism or Huang Lao, they all respectfully respected him as their ‘teacher’.
During the reign of Emperor Taizong, he even sent envoys six times to consult Fu Sheng on important national affairs.
To put it bluntly, Fu Sheng of Jinan, even if he is the emperor, he must hold the rites of son and nephew and respect him as a famous person!
"Haha!" The people from Fanshi laughed but said nothing.
But in his heart, he was in constant pain.
The remaining memories of our ancestors will be completely consumed today.
From now on, he and his Wuyanghou family can only rely on their own strength.
When the people of Fan City invited Fu Jing this time, they were not using money, but favors that were more precious than money!
At that time, Fan Kuai, the biological father of a native of Fan City, visited Jinan and had friendship with Fu Sheng.
But this friendship has been exhausted now.
This has to make the people of Fan City feel sorry.
However, it doesn't matter.
He had no son, so he worked so hard that he even held his nose and put on the cuckold, and gave birth to a son, but in the end, someone discovered it.
In the future, the title of Marquis of Wuyang will definitely be passed on to his nephews.
Rather than benefiting those nephews, it would be better to use this favor on yourself.
"I also want to choose a school of thought and provide funding..." Fanshi people were also thinking in their hearts.
In the future, the princes may not only need military merit to support their status.
We need even more support and support from public opinion and scholars!
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Liu Che sat upright and watched the farce unfolding in front of him.
As he expected, the nobles had a relationship with the school.
This is a historical necessity.
People who have gained power will definitely want to control thought and academics.
In the Ming Dynasty, the Donglin Party, Zhejiang Party and even the Eunuch Party were essentially a community of interests between a group of bureaucrats, academic hegemons and landlords.
And next, capital and the power of capital will also join in.
Then, they will become entangled with each other and eventually evolve into factions representing different interests and values.
Liu Che is happy to see this happen.
Of course, behind the scenes, Liu Che was also wary of this.
The princes can influence the ideological world and can penetrate and influence public opinion.
But can't control it.
Whoever attempts to control and manipulate public opinion is the enemy of Liu Che and the Han Dynasty!
As for today?
Liu Che stood up and looked at these doctors and princes.
The position of Captain Sili is of great importance and is not a plaything for sycophants to show off their status. (To be continued.)
