One thousand four hundred and sixty-third section ruling
Looking at Ji An, Liu Che laughed. 网≈
"There is Li Mu in this world, but I can't use him?" Liu Che felt very funny.
Of course, from the standpoint of Ji An and Huang Laopai, this is roughly the case.
This action was the most violent bureaucratic purge since the founding of the Han Dynasty. It was completely different from the previous model of only swatting flies or tigers.
This time, the emperor personally wielded the butcher's knife and directly uprooted most of the bureaucrats in the Nei Shi Yamen and many powerful families and nobles in Chang'an City.
This means that Liu Che is systematically destroying a previously established interest group.
The Huang Lao Sect suffered a heavy blow, even a devastating blow!
There is no way, although the Huang Lao Sect actually has few people involved in the case this time, the people now arrested and imprisoned are their wings and branches that they have supported and cultivated over the past decades.
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Many officials either had ancestors who were disciples or disciples of a famous Huang Lao official, or they themselves were disciples of a famous Huang Lao official.
In other words, although Liu Che did not directly target the Huang Lao faction, in the eyes of the Huang Lao faction, the knife was a real, solid blow to them.
Thirty or forty years ago, when the Huang-Lao Sect was at its peak, there were many talented people.
These bureaucrats are dead when they die and have nothing to do with the Huang-Lao faction.
But now it's different.
Faced with the strong challenge from Confucianism, Legalism and Mohism, the Huang-Lao faction, as the rulers and those in power, were already clumsy and unable to withstand the challenge.
That is to say, in Chang'an and Guanzhong, they could barely rely on their ancestors and the legacy of their predecessors, take advantage of their strong administrative power and policy deviations, and barely maintain their superficial advantages and honor.
But in fact, privately, the Mohists continued to encroach on the vast surrounding countryside in the Qishan Plain area.
Today, the scope of Moyuan has penetrated from Qishan Plains to Weinan and Weibei.
Even in the Hanzhong area, Moyuan organizations appeared.
In the officialdom, Legalists sang triumphant songs.
They now have complete control over the two yamen, Tingwei and Zhijinwu.
Fortunately, Tingwei has always been the private territory of the Legalists. Even back then, when the Huang Lao Sect was strong, it could only be mixed with sand.
But Nazhi Jinwu's complete defection caught people off guard.
If Prime Minister Zhou Yafu hadn't been partial, I'm afraid even the Shaofu and Da Nong would have been controlled by the Legalists.
Even so, Huang Laopai is still worried.
Tingwei controls interrogations, judgments and judicial interpretations, while Zhijinwu holds the power of public security and anti-theft. The two are merged. The Legalists are both athletes and referees. They are coming so fiercely that they almost want to bring down the old Huang faction.
The posture of being in a position of superiority.
Among the people, the development of Confucianism was like a prairie fire.
Schools of Gongyang, Guliang, Chongmin, Xunzi, Simeng and other schools of thought blossomed everywhere.
More than 60% of the tutors in private schools in the vast Kanto region are Confucian disciples.
The three schools of Confucianism, France and Mohism are all eyeing the Huang-Lao Sect's status.
But Huang Laopai himself was extremely embarrassed.
Over the past thirty years, their generation's laziness and laziness have finally produced bitter fruits.
Except for Ji An and Tian Sheng, looking around the entire school, there is no one among the younger generation who can fight.
So much so that a young man like Zheng who could only be regarded as a middle-aged man in the past could actually become a new star...
The older generation is even worse.
Except for Zhang Wuhou Dou Guangguo, everyone else is just a parasite of the powerful.
Among the so-called celebrities who are famous all over the world, no one has ever done two thousand stones, and no one has any specific political achievements!
Even Dou Guangguo, the Marquis of Zhangwu, has been busy cultivating immortality, refining elixirs, and dreaming about becoming an immortal in the past ten years.
As for national government affairs?
Sorry, Dou Guangguo said, cultivating immortals is not as interesting at all!
That is to say, in recent years, Confucianism, Legalism and Mohism have been approaching fiercely, and the Huang-Lao School had to passively respond, and only began to change under pressure.
Three years ago, the first Huang-Lao school, Qinghe Academy, was established in Qinghe County with the funding of Dou Guangguo.
But up to now, there are only a few hundred disciples.
And most of them are our own people.
In other words, it is the product of inbreeding.
After three years of work, not a single talent has been cultivated. Instead, several shacks have popped up near Qinghe Academy, and business is booming and people are living in a state of luxury.
That is, two years ago, Tian Sheng opened Jixia Academy in Linzi, Qi State. Now it has begun to show strong competitiveness. It actually grabbed a piece of territory from Confucianism. Its influence spread far and wide across Qilu, and it is somewhat famous.
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However, Tian Sheng is only one person after all.
But now, it is already the Spring and Autumn Period, the era of Laozi, Confucius and Mozi.
At that time, one person could conquer the world.
Nowadays, what matters is teamwork and crowd tactics.
No matter how awesome Tian Sheng is, he can't beat the hundreds of Confucian celebrities in the Qilu area!
Moreover, the time he got up was too short. Jixia Academy began to have many disciples. It only took two years. The disciples had just begun to accept and understand Huang Lao's thoughts.
If you want to achieve something, you must live and learn for ten years.
Therefore, Liu Che's knife struck Huang Laopai and almost disabled him.
They had such an advantage, but Liu Che destroyed it!
The old-fashioned Huang faction can no longer enjoy the legacy of their predecessors!
At least that's the case in Chang'an City.
The connections and resources accumulated over decades were lost in one fell swoop.
It’s amazing that they can stay calm!
but……
Ji An and the Huang Lao faction would never have guessed that Liu Che did this deliberately.
The Huang Lao sect has been living in the legacy and glory of their predecessors for decades. In the past twenty or thirty years, they have been basically sitting on their hands and waiting to die.
A large number of nobles and celebrities either went to practice immortality or became otakus.
This kind of escapism is not what Liu Che needs.
Liu Che has always had a way of dealing with otakus.
Unplug his network cable, tear off his game console handle, and pinch off his online banking, so he has to go out and play.
The same is true for the Huang Lao School.
Get rid of the bureaucratic system that they rely on to survive and parasitize, and force them to come out and confront Confucianism and Legalism.
Otakus and cultivators may not be able to adapt to it at first.
But the environment will soon change them, Liu Che is sure of this.
But you can't say this to Ji An. Such truth will be very hurtful!
Therefore, Liu Che just looked at Ji An and said meaningfully: "If Li Mu is here, I will definitely be able to use him!"
Liu Che is not a fool, and he does not suffer from secondary disease.
Of course he knows that fighting corruption also involves politics.
Just like this time, who has seen those nobles who were loyal to him and officials who worked hard, had achievements, political achievements, and had no major problems dismissed?
The answer is - almost none of the officials who performed the best during last year's performance appraisal were arrested.
Even if he is involved and has entanglements.
The only ones caught are those scumbags who can’t do anything and are so fucking greedy!
Besides, the flatterers are not hurt at all.
You are like the Chiquan Hou Yang family. You didn't even hurt a hair, you just captured two slaves and retainers.
Who is my enemy and who is my friend.
Liu Che has always made the distinction very clear.
Since taking the throne, he has never done anything that might harm the stability of his rule, and he has never done anything that would make his relatives angry and his enemies happy.
All those who were attacked seemed to have just violated the law, but in fact, there were other reasons behind it.
After all, he is the emperor, not a court official.
Tingwei only talks about laws, but the emperor only talks about closeness and distance.
"If you love me, please watch carefully..." Liu Che said with a smile: "Follow me to the Xuanshi Palace and wait for the court meeting. After reading the court meeting, you will go back and ask Zhang Wuhou..."
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The sun was rising slowly, and the sunlight slanted into the main hall from the attic in front of Xuanshi Hall.
At this time, the atmosphere in the palace was solemn and silent.
The three princes and nine ministers, the princes and princes, these important ministers of the empire are all solemn and dare not speak.
Even the elders, who in the past were always laughing and joking and acting like they had nothing to do with me, closed their eyes and meditated, sitting in their seats like sculptures.
Because, in this hall, eleven princes, four with two thousand stones, fifteen lords, and thirty-one with one thousand stones, have all been stripped of their court uniforms and ribbons, and were held against them with spears by the warriors.
on the neck.
The sharp cold light of the weapon stung their skin, causing their skin to tremble and their hairs to stand on end.
Liu Che was sitting on the emperor's throne. Everyone could see that he was furious, and his face was so dark that it made people frightened.
Looking at the ministers, he moved his fingers and told Ji An: "Shang Shuling, read out my edict!"
This edict was drafted by him last night. If he had personally modified it and sealed it, even Ji An would not know the contents.
He held the edict and walked to the palace full of doubts, then spread it out and read out: "I heard that in the past, when the sage kings governed the world, they must put the public first, and the public will make the world peaceful! Therefore, "Hong Fan" said: No partiality, no bias.
Party, the king's way is unruly. Be impartial and unbiased, follow the king's righteousness. If you don't do good, follow the king's way. If you don't do evil, follow the king's way! Therefore, in the past, Bo Qin will do it. Please govern Lu accordingly. Duke Zhou said: "It is beneficial but not beneficial"
Lee Ye!”
"Since I came to the throne, I have repeatedly issued orders to the world: the livelihood of the people comes first! However, the scholar-bureaucrats, ministers and princes may not be able to understand my inner ambition, or they may think that they are smarter than the Duke of Zhou. They have repeatedly regarded my orders as nothing, leading to resentment within the sea.
The people are in a state of excitement, but the people are in dire straits!”
"Because my virtue is so weak that I cannot be taught, I should fast and sue the Imperial Ancestral Temple, Gu Cheng Temple (Taizong), Ren Temple..."
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire hall was filled with solemnity.
The ministers were forced to take off their hats and apologize, regardless of whether they were willing or not, and said: "Your Majesty, Delong, the whole world, the faults of the world, I will not catch you!"
However, Ji An did not pause, but read out the order with a trembling voice: "Check: Guangping Houze, the unscrupulous people, tyrannizing the people, I am under the command of Tingwei!"
"Mang Hou Zhaoshen ordered the knights to murder others; galloped horses in the market and injured the people; punished and tortured the slaves and killed them. If he is guilty, he will be sent to the imperial court!"
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More than ten princes were named one by one. Their ancestors were once prominent, had outstanding military exploits, and had served the common people.
But now, they were like dead dogs, paralyzed on the ground, not even daring to move.
Xue Ze, Marquis of Guangping, was so frightened that his crotch became wet.
He originally thought that Dong Palace would save him.
So since he was arrested, he has been the most arrogant and fearless one.
But he never imagined that this time, the once invincible amulet could no longer protect him.
Now, he has problems even choosing how to die.
Ji An continued to read out: "The young man in Dongyuan, Cheng Chenglin, has no way to teach his children, helps Zhou to do evil, and has no plan to harm the people, so I will serve as a court captain!"
When a middle-aged official heard this, he trembled with fear.
He never imagined that he would be the first one besides the princes to be named.
But his official position is only worth a thousand stones!
"You traitor!" He whined in his heart, hating his son so much that he only wished he hadn't shot him against the wall in the first place.
Otherwise, we wouldn’t be here today, and now the entire Cheng clan would probably be doomed!
This puts him under Jiuquan. How can he face his ancestors? How can he face his family?
Other officials and rules looked at him with extremely vicious eyes.
Even those relatives and friends in the past are now eager to skin him and cramp him.
In the eyes of everyone, originally, this matter might not be so serious.
But unfortunately, Cheng Lin's son Cheng Wen said, "The emperor's edicts are just for deceiving children", which completely angered the emperor, and finally made Long Yan furious, bleeding and floating in the oars, and laying down millions of corpses!
"Nei Shicheng, Chang'an ordered Fang Sheng, his supervision was not strict, his employment was inappropriate, and he had close contacts with merchants, let's stop! He was demoted to Chengdan, and he was exiled for three thousand miles, and he was sent to Cheng'en Island and Beigou as slaves!" After passing by,
There was a long list of almost a hundred people who were severely backward, such as Xia Tingwei or Xia Yushi. The attitude in the edict finally changed. At least, they no longer kill people.
The inner historian, as if he had received a general pardon, kowtowed and said, "I will die forever!"
Although the end was still miserable, at least his life was saved.
But he knew that he was able to save his life because he participated in the design of the whaling ship three years ago. In order to retain talents, Liu Che was lenient. Otherwise, based on what he did, he would probably be in trouble.
One head is not enough to chop off.
It can also be seen from this that among all officials, as long as they are not extremely evil and have some ability, they can be given a way out.
As for those scumbags who have no ability and are just corrupt officials.
If he doesn't die, who will?
Ji An read for more than an hour before finishing the entire edict.
After hearing the imperial edict, all the ministers were panic-stricken, but they had to bow to their ministers and worshiped: "Your Majesty Fu Wei is a saint of virtue, and I respectfully obey the imperial edict!"
It’s not that no one wants to object or dissuade.
But the problem is that on the left side of the main hall, the generals and princes with bright armor and serious and solemn expressions have already put their hands on the hilts of their swords.
Whoever dares to chirp may be regarded as a thief and killed!
Now, the troops inside and outside Chang'an City are all furious.
In the face of the army's fury, no one dared to gamble with his life.
Liu Che slowly stood up and looked at the ministers. He naturally knew that among these ministers, there were a large number of people who felt that he was too decisive and cruel this time.
As an emperor, he must dispel the objections and rebellious mentality of most of these people, and tell them that I have no choice! In fact, I am also very heartbroken!
