Eight hundred and fortieth chapters Yan Yi's trouble (2)
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How strong is the Shaofu's popularity now?
Not long ago, at the court meeting, the young master Liu She even got into a fight with Chao Cuo, the imperial censor!
This was unimaginable in the past!
Who is Chao Cuo?
During the reign of the late emperor, he dared to manipulate Tao Qing from behind the scenes with the official position of internal history, and acted against the Prime Minister Shen Tujia.
Slapping Yuan An and kicking Dou Ying provided countless materials for the Han family's gossip party.
Such a powerful bureaucrat still did not change his true colors after serving as a censor.
Today's Prime Minister Zhou Yafu has been pushed back by him several times until he has nothing to say...
And what about Liu She?
When the late emperor was emperor, Chao Cuo snorted in his nostrils, and he was so frightened that he was like a mouse seeing a cat, and wanted to hide behind the emperor's buttocks to seek protection.
Even now since he came to the throne, Liu She's impression on people is still that of clay statues and symbols in the court.
That is to say, when you kneel down and lick the emperor, you can see his shadow.
At other times, you can ignore this young man.
However, during the last court meeting, Liu She made a series of mistakes, which surprised countless people.
Chao Cuo was shocked at that time.
However, what surprised everyone was that Chao Cuo backed down when facing Liu She.
Behind this, the hidden fact is that the current Shaofu's status has been greatly improved with the unprecedented victory in the Battle of Wuzhou.
Moreover, the current young master is not short of money at all.
Apart from other things, the emperor has already issued an edict to transfer all the livestock captured in Xiliu Camp to the Shaofu for disposal.
From this alone, the Shaofu will earn back at least half of the national treasury!
Moreover, in the battle of Wuzhou Fortress, the cuirassiers showed their prowess.
He also ordered everyone in the court to please the Shaofu and Mo Yuan.
After working as a minister for several years, Ji An now fully understands what kind of system his country is like.
The Han Dynasty was a militaristic war machine just like Qin.
It seems to be completely different from Qin.
In the past few decades, the empire's main focus has been on internal affairs.
Before I came to the throne, there were only a handful of foreign wars.
It looks like it has become a civilian government.
However, anyone who knows something about this regime and this system will know.
The two thousand stone officials who form the top of the pyramid of the entire ruling class.
Who doesn’t have a part-time job as a military commander?
Being a general or a minister is the criterion for assessing whether a governor or courtier is qualified.
Locally, every winter, governments at the county, county, township and pavilion levels organize massive militia and county troop drills.
The county guards at the frontier fortresses are basically all from the army.
The three nobles and nine ministers above the court. Even Chao Cuo, a man who has never led a soldier, is actually a soldier at heart.
Take a look at the famous memorials he wrote!
Almost all the content is explained around the army and the country's armaments.
In the eyes of officials at Ji An's level, the country's current system has actually been a military system from the beginning.
Why?
It’s not just officials who have military backgrounds.
What’s even more frightening is that the military meritorious system, which was born in the Qin Dynasty, is still in effect.
The current Han Dynasty, the aristocratic ministers, except for the princes, from Guanneihou on down, adopt an extremely strict system of descending titles.
The previous generation was a Marquis of Guannei, and if the next generation does not have enough military merit, they will be reduced to the rank of Zuo Shu Zhang, or even a public servant!
But it is very simple for those at the bottom to climb up. A single head can make a public servant become a superior.
However, he lost his title very quickly!
If a prince suffers a defeat, even a small defeat, he may be deprived of his title.
This is what Shang Jun designed for Qin Jue's system: "There is a way to gain, and there is a way to lose."
The Han Dynasty inherited everything from the Qin Dynasty, including the military merit system and its entire evaluation and judgment system.
Although there have been some deletions and suppressions over the past decades, the entire country's system still essentially runs on this system.
The Han Dynasty still compiled households and people, just like Shang Jun, who registered the people and counted the number of people, property and acres.
Nowadays, although the Mingtianzhai system has collapsed because land is no longer granted, officials are still selected from the masses with high titles.
Moreover, with the emperor's settlement of Huaihuai, the land grant system has returned in another way.
Under the shadow of the military merit system, military merit means everything.
Your wealth, land, wives, social status and even privileges are all linked to military merit.
What's even more frightening is that during the Qin and Han dynasties, the standard for judging military merit was based on the number of heads earned.
For example, a certain general led his troops to behead 8,000 people, but he lost 8,001 people.
When calculating military merit, his military merit is negative...
But for the pawns below, their merits will still be calculated based on the number of their own beheadings.
This kind of judgment system is a nightmare for all civil servants!
Because, as long as this system exists for one day, then civil servants will never think about climbing to the position of prime minister without relying on military merit. In fact, they should never even think about climbing up without relying on military merit!
There is only one Chao Cuo in the Han Dynasty, and there is only one Chao Cuo.
Moreover, when selecting and appointing officials, the state will give priority to those with military merit and artificially eliminate those without military merit through the system.
Even the princes at the pinnacle of the military merit system are not safe.
Between the two wars, those who did not gain military merit would only end up going home to farm!
Even being fucked to the end!
This is why, every time the emperor of the Han Dynasty ordered mobilization, all the princes' families would send their nephews, soldiers and retainers to fight in the army.
This is why, every time the army sets off, there are always countless local powerful men and officials' children who bring their own rations and cry out to join the army.
This is not just the fact that people know that the army has its own golden house and the army has its own beauty.
What's more, if they want to keep their current titles and social status, they must join the army and gain military glory.
Otherwise, the idiots who come from behind will take away everything from them. Next time when officials are selected, those idiots who have gained military merit will replace them and their nephews will be eliminated.
In such a political system where military merit means everything.
Obviously, Shaofu and Moyuan, who created the brilliance of the Cuirassiers, became the favorites in everyone's eyes.
All the princes, nobles, ministers and even relatives would fawn over and lick them.
Otherwise, if someone uses some tricks to jam your breastplate supply, you will cry!
That's why Ji An felt embarrassed.
Today, the Shaofu's power, prestige and reputation have reached their peak since the Han Dynasty.
This terrifying behemoth holds countless resources and money.
It is a system of its own. Except for the emperor and the empress dowager of the East Palace, even the prime minister can hardly interfere with its operation.
It is like a ghost that works for the tiger, possessing the body of the resurrected military lord Mingda Zhai System.
Attack it?
It is tantamount to attacking the military meritorious service system!
The generals and princes in the army can tear anyone alive who wants to interfere or hinder their meritorious service.
But Ji An knew that the situation could not be allowed to continue to deteriorate.
Otherwise, the resurrected monster will really wantonly destroy all the restrictions, seals and shackles that the Han family has set on it for decades.
It will be truly free!
So, Ji An raised his head, looked at Yan Yi, and said, "Brother Ziqi, please tell me, what happened? What did the young master do?"
Yan Yi also took a deep breath and said: "Ji Shangshu. I heard the news that the Shaofu Order has sent a letter to Your Majesty to expand the size of Shanglin Garden!"
"Huh?" Ji An didn't quite understand after hearing this. He said, "This is a good thing!"
Although Shanglinyuan belongs to the Shaofu system, it bears the social responsibility of adjusting the gap between the rich and the poor in Guanzhong and relieving the poor.
Especially since Jinshang came to the throne, he has reduced the rent and taxes of Shanglin Garden to a level of nearly 30%.
Basically, this is enough to protect the poor people in Guanzhong. They do not have to sell their children or daughters after going bankrupt.
They can still live with dignity and provide food and clothing for their children with their own hands.
However, the scale of Shanglin Garden has not expanded in ten years.
Moreover, due to the emergence of Moyuan and the increase in Shaofu workshops and royal estates, land in Shanglinyuan began to become scarce.
Therefore, many people have suggested that the scale of Shanglin Garden should be expanded.
This is not only for the ordnance production and manufacturing of Shaofu and Moyuan, but also for Shanglinyuan to continue to maintain the level of being able to accommodate millions of disaster victims anytime and anywhere.
Yan Yi jumped to his feet after hearing this and said: "But, the Shaofu's order states that Huaili County, Wugong County, Yao County and Huayin County will be brought under the control of Shanglinyuan!"
Yan Yi looked at Ji An and said: "Once these four counties are placed under Shanglinyuan, Moshe will follow them like a shadow..."
After Ji An heard this, he finally became serious.
Huaili County is the county where Maoling is located.
Maoling is in the center of Huaili County!
Wugong is located on the side of Xieshui, more than a hundred miles east of Huaili. It seems that there is no boundary, but in fact, this is an important area.
It radiates to the surrounding seven or eight major agricultural counties and has a population of nearly half a million. It is an important granary in Guanzhong.
And Huayin guards the only way to Hangu Pass.
As for Yaoxian County, it is located in the north of Chang'an, overlooking the Qingyuan Plain and Hongguyuan.
If nothing else, the Shaofu will eat these four counties.
Obviously, this is what the Mohists meant.
Xiangzhuang's sword dance was intended for Pei Gong!
The Mohist family obviously wanted to take advantage of the east wind of Wuzhou's great victory to achieve the goal of penetrating Mohist society throughout Guanzhong!
Of course Ji An couldn't let the Mo family's wishful thinking come true so easily!
Apart from other things, the facts about the counties in Guanzhong that have Mohists have already been told to Ji An. What will be the consequences of letting the Mohists grow bigger?
Fufeng County, a poor county in Guanxi that was initially invaded by the Mohists, now, from the county magistrate to the chief of the pavilion below, are all Mohists, or at least supporters.
Hundreds of schools of thought and schools sent many people to infiltrate and undercover.
The results of it?
Roubaozi will never come back if he beats a dog.
The people sent to infiltrate and mix the sand were either assimilated by the Mohists, or were ostracized and left in disgrace.
Very few people could stand the Mo family's almost perverted demands. The magistrate went down to the lobby, rolled up his sleeves, and went to help Mudlegs plow the land...
And those who have suffered it, after spending time with these guys day and night, without exception, have been brainwashed and abducted.
Even if some people still stick to their own ideas, they are already infinitely inclined to Mohism in terms of sex and perception.
If that's all, then that's it.
But what Moshe did was to dig out the roots of all powerful landlords, gentry and celebrities!
Wherever the Mohists went, they organized people, dug canals, laid waterwheels, cleaned river silt, made green storage cellars, fermented feed, and raised livestock.
The entire system by which landlords, gentry, and powerful men relied on them to make a living and exploit the people, collapsed.
With the backing of the Mohist Society, the mud-legged people simply ignored the gentry who used to be domineering and domineering.
The Mohist magistrate of Fufeng County even proudly wrote to the emperor not long ago, saying: The whole county of Fufeng is worthless. If you don't close your doors at night, you can reach the level of the three kings!
Even the most terrifying, survivable and stubborn businessman Zi Qian in the world was expelled by the Mohist family.
Although Ji An and Yan Yi are both gentlemen, they both have sympathy for the lower class people.
But after all, they are members of the powerful class of landlords, gentry, officials and officials.
The butt determines the head.
They all shuddered at Mo Society's behavior and methods.
Especially Ji An, he and his teachers and seniors have now sensed a profound sense of crisis.
In Guandong, Confucianism and Legalism went hand in hand, dividing the right to speak in public opinion in Guandong.
The Huang Lao Sect almost only has Qinghe County and a few other strongholds left.
In Guanzhong, Mohism, Confucianism and Legalism were all ready to challenge the dominance of Huang Lao Sect.
Moreover, the changes in the situation of the government and the world also left the Huang Lao faction at a loss as to what to do.
In the past, the Huang-Lao faction relied on being quiet and doing nothing, not disturbing the people, to govern, to rule the world, and to issue policies and laws.
However, since he came to the throne, he has always loved making big news.
It also frequently used troops abroad.
Ji An and many young men of the Huanglao sect already knew that the world situation was about to face a fierce reshuffle.
No one is sure whether the Huang Lao Pai can continue to dominate in this reshuffle.
Some people are even worried, thinking that the old Huang faction may be wiped out in this reshuffle.
The sense of crisis forced the slow and conservative Huang Lao faction to seek change.
Xunzi, Zhuangzi, Laozi and even Confucius, Mencius, Mozi and Han Feizi, all the classics of the sages have been turned over.
All ideas that can be used for reference have been thought about and scrutinized by others.
Many people, including Ji An, are thinking about the way out for the Huang Lao Sect.
How to win the future for your own school of thought and ideas in the current situation and future changes.
How to continue to maintain the small government that the Huang Lao School upholds in the face of great changes, which is 'no correction unless prohibited by law', and how to prevent administrative power from unscrupulously infringing on law and order has become the focus of everyone's thinking.
Because this is a matter of life and death.
Before finding a way out or a breakthrough.
For Ji An, Confucianism, Legalism and Mohism, if given a chance, must of course be suppressed, attacked and weakened, and they cannot be allowed to become powerful.
Pull the Confucians to defeat Mohism, unite the Mohists, attack Confucianism, and join the Legalists to suppress Confucianism...
The battle for orthodoxy is like this, no matter what the means!
At this moment, Yan Yi came to him to join forces to suppress the Mo family. Whether it was justice or personal justice, Ji An was bound to do it!
[515 is coming soon, and I hope to continue to hit the 515 red envelope list. On May 15th, the red envelope rain will be able to reward readers and promote the works. It is also love, and I will definitely update it!] (To be continued.)
ps: Note: Do not apply current values to the values of feudal society.
In feudal society, especially China's feudal society, in fact, both Confucianism and Huang-Laoism advocate small government. The only difference is that Huang-Laoism prefers the law to be the highest, while Confucian morality is the highest.
In essence, this is actually to safeguard the interests of the ruling class and the privileged class.
The reason is very simple. Both morality and law are tools of the ruling class. It is the aristocrats and landowners who have the final say.
The mud-legged people will die!
Relatively speaking, the Huang-Lao sect's methods are actually milder than those of Confucianism. After all, the Huang-Lao sect itself emphasizes order and having laws to follow, while Confucian morality is completely free of mind...
Of course, this is just my personal understanding, it may not be correct, and there may be misunderstandings.
But isn’t that what history and thought are like?
In the eyes of a thousand people, there may be a thousand histories and a thousand opinions.
For example, I think Yuan Chonghuan is a ****, but some people think he is a hero...
It's a novel, it's just a novel, it's meant to make everyone laugh.
