(Fu Yuanheng’s resume has been revised, thank you for your correction.)
Linzhou.
Civil and military officials gathered together.
Yao Pingzhong takes the lead.
Because Yao Pingzhong's official rank is much higher than that of Zhizhou Hu Xiang. He is not the commander of Linzhou, but the chief military officer of Linfu!
Due to the destruction of Xixia last year, the Linfu area was divided.
Part of it was left in Shaanxi, and a large area of Xixia land was carved out and merged into Linzhou to become a new administrative district.
Part of it was assigned to Shanxi and became the northwestmost territory of Shanxi.
A very small part was assigned to Xihe Prefecture and became the jurisdiction of the Ningxia Governor-General's Palace.
Along with this, there were also changes in the garrison.
The core troops were transferred to Linzhou for garrison, and the remaining troops were stationed in various prefectures in Ningxia. Only a small number of troops were left in Fugu - because Fugu had changed from the front line to the rear.
Because of Yao Pingzhong's meritorious service, many people received awards last year.
General Wang De was even directly granted the title of Marquis, and his military rank was promoted by two levels. However, his military position did not change much, and he was transferred to Yinchuan Prefecture with his troops.
As for Yao Pingzhong himself, his title was upgraded to one level, and he also received additional food and food titles. His military rank was upgraded to two levels, and there were also a large number of material rewards. He was granted the third generation title, and his wife was granted the title. The military position remains unchanged for the time being, but the court has promised to wait until the local governance is stable.
, and transferred Yao Pingzhong to be the chief military officer of Shanxi.
His troops were split up, and his defense area suddenly became smaller. It was only a temporary arrangement to deter the Dangxiang tribe in the west of Linzhou. This point was clearly stated in the official document of the Ministry of War. He could be transferred to a senior official in two years at most.
And he was not the only one who was arranged in this way.
But Yao Pingzhong still harbored resentment, thinking that Zhang Guangdao was retaliating.
Now he doesn't dare to complain anymore, because he has already screwed up!
Hu Xiang, the magistrate of the state, said: "All the relief grains have been distributed, and the cultivated land and pastures have been distributed to farmers and herdsmen. However, due to the rebellion, there are not many Xixia immigrants left there, so Han people have to be moved there to farm and herd."
"Are the Han people willing to migrate?" Yao Pingzhong is now trying his best to make amends to reduce the punishment imposed on him by the imperial court.
Hu Xiang was also trying to make up for his mistakes: "I heard that the Han people in Linzhou were willing to move there if they could divide their land and grassland. They were originally close to each other, and the migration was completed in ten days and a half. Moreover, many so-called Han people in Linzhou were actually like this
The Western Xia serfs and mountain barbarians who have fled here for more than ten years. Most of the Dangxiang people there have died, and all the land has been freed up, so the people of Linzhou are naturally willing to move."
Yao Pingzhong sighed and said, "Thank you, Governor. Don't make any more mistakes when migrating people."
"You absolutely don't dare." Hu Xiang said.
The civil servants and military generals in Linzhou were all sighing at this moment.
While he was afraid of the court's punishment, he also resented the remnants of Xixia for being too cunning.
Linzhou Party Departments rebelled, but they did not attack the city or the forts. They did not even bother to plunder the countryside of Han. They simply dragged their families and fled across the provinces, preparing to quell the rebellion.
Yao Pingzhong was caught off guard and unable to cope.
In comparison, the rebels in Xuanzhou were so well-behaved. They foolishly went to attack the county town, but were defeated by the 500 garrison in one battle. It only took half a month to clear out the remaining rebels.
As long as Linzhou's rebel tribe is a little stupider and moves a little slower, Yao Pingzhong can quickly stabilize the situation.
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In the torture of living like a year, the people of Linzhou completed their westward migration and received enough cattle, livestock, seeds, clothing and farm tools.
The population of the Xixia old places that were merged into Linzhou was like a direct change. More than 90% belonged to the Han people who migrated there, and less than 10% belonged to the Xixia aborigines.
The land is vast and the people are sparse.
The population is smaller than the population during Xixia rule!
Finally, the imperial envoy sent by the imperial court arrived, accompanied by some civil and military officials.
Linzhou civil and military officials greeted him ten miles outside the city, but the emperor's pedestrians responsible for delivering the decree showed no expression on their faces.
The emperor's pedestrians announced the content of the imperial edict on the spot: "Hu Xiang, the magistrate of Linzhou, Du Wenyuan, the state judge, and Li Jun, the household clerk, are detained pending trial. If there is no corruption and perversion of the law, each will be demoted to the third level. If corruption and perversion of the law are found, he will be demoted according to the law.
The law will be brought to justice! The rest of the civil servants will not be investigated for the time being, and those found to be involved will be brought to justice."
The three civil servants who were named instantly collapsed to the ground.
How could they not be greedy when handling so much disaster relief money and food?
Because they are afraid of the law, they don't get much greed. If the matter had not become a big deal, they would definitely not be investigated, but now it is going to be put on the line!
The other civil servants had mixed emotions. On the one hand, they were glad that they had not been named, as the court obviously did not want to escalate the matter. On the other hand, they were afraid that they would be implicated in a corruption case, and that they would be slapped down.
The group of generals had similar thoughts at this time.
The imperial court only named three civil servants. It didn't look like they wanted to cleanse Linzhou's officialdom, so they probably wouldn't be too harsh on the generals.
The emperor's pedestrian turned to the other side: "Yao Pingzhong!"
"exist!"
Yao Pingzhong knelt down quickly and even kowtowed several times in fright.
The emperor's traveler said: "Yao Pingzhong will be reduced to a baron. His military position and military rank will be reduced by five levels. He will return to Beijing immediately to serve."
Yao Pingzhong immediately collapsed there.
It's over, it's all over.
His title was reduced, his military position and military rank were reduced, and once he returned to before the founding of the Ming Dynasty, even if he could still be a military attache, it would definitely be a sinecure, and he would no longer be able to lead troops to fight in wars and perform meritorious deeds.
At the same time, Yao Pingzhong felt lucky to survive the disaster.
At least he was left with a baron position, at least he was allowed to return to the capital to serve as a free official, and his family was not confiscated and sent into exile.
Fu Yuanheng walked up to Yao Pingzhong, patted him on the shoulder and whispered: "Hand over all your property here honestly, don't force me to investigate. Your Majesty has left some room for it, you have to think clearly."
"Yes!" Yao Pingzhong's body trembled.
Yao Pingzhong indeed had no backers, but Wu Jie, Wu Lin, Wang De and others were all Yao Pingzhong's generals. Even brother Liu Qi served as Yao Pingzhong's generals for one year.
Moreover, Yao Pingzhong and his son led an army to surrender and took the initiative to hand over tens of thousands of troops and the Hehuang area.
All of these impacts must be considered.
Again, the emperor had many things to consider, and he could not kill Yao Pingzhong with one blow.
The rest of Yao Pingzhong's life has been arranged, and he will be sent to Luoyang Military Academy to be a teacher, teaching some basic military subjects.
Fu Yuanheng no longer paid attention to those civil servants and had relevant personnel to deal with it.
The person who temporarily succeeded Yao Pingzhong was Yang Yun, a Qiang general transferred from Hebei.
Yang Yun was already a marquis, and his original post was the Chief Military Officer of Hebei Province. His coming over to intimidate Yao Pingzhong's old troops was more than enough.
Summoning all the generals to the general's residence, Yang Yun said: "The imperial court has set up a military supervisor, which is subordinate to the Supervisory Office. This rich prime minister is the military supervisor. There is also a military supervisor in Linzhou. From now on, the military supervisor
The legal system is still managed by military judges, but other military-related cases must be handed over to military supervisors."
All the generals were shocked and inexplicable.
Fu Yuanheng said: "When the imperial court thoroughly investigated corruption and perversion of the law by civilian officials, it once said that except for murder cases, cases committed before a certain date would be forgotten. Now that the military is supervising and thoroughly investigating each army, it will also give you an opportunity. Set up a military based on your unit.
From the date of imprisonment, the cases committed before will be dismissed as past culpability, except for murder cases."
"Also, take the initiative to hand over the money and food you embezzled after destroying Xia! Those are either military supplies or disaster relief money and food. If you hand it over voluntarily, the court will treat it as if nothing happened. If they are found together in the future, the military will
The prison must be handled according to the law!"
If he followed his personal will and just wanted his thoughts to flow smoothly, Ju Ming would have severely punished the soldiers.
However, the results of a thorough investigation of civil servants across the country in the past few years have proven that if the investigation is too harsh, big problems will occur. At that time, officials across the country were frightened, and everyone was so self-conscious that they could not even do their jobs. Many provincial, prefecture and county officials
The government offices were shut down, and even the tax collection work was delayed.
As a last resort, Zhu Guoxiang and Zhu Ming could only order a halt and announced that they would no longer pursue the case after New Year's Day of the following year. At the same time, they also drew a timeline, indicating that past crimes would be forgotten, and that if they committed any more crimes in the future, they would be tried together, and they would still be involved in major cases.
Later, the "Da Ming Law" was revised.
Such a decision allowed officialdom across the country to regain calm and allow suspended government offices at all levels to resume work.
The emperor's goal is not to punish corrupt officials and make all corrupt officials deserve what they deserve. It is to curb evil tendencies and rectify the country's officialdom. As long as this goal is achieved, it is enough.
Achieved.
Although there are still countless corrupt officials at large, the corruption atmosphere has improved since the Five Dynasties and the Northern Song Dynasty.
Even the concept has been reversed. In the past, people were greedy and unscrupulous, and they thought that officials should reach out for money. Now everyone knows that they should not be greedy and cannot be greedy. It is a crime and must be severely punished.
Even if you can't help but want to be corrupt, you can only do it in a small way or quietly.
No one dares to be blatant anymore!
This is the most important thing. Corruption has changed from what it should be to what it shouldn't be, forming a new consensus in the officialdom.
If the concept does not change, what is the use of punishing more corrupt officials?
They go forward one after another, and they are endlessly killed.
And rectifying the army is more difficult than rectifying the officialdom. If civilian officials are killed too hard, they will be destroyed at best. If military generals are killed too hard, it may cause big trouble!
Now that the Military Supervision Commission has been initially established, the lessons learned from the rectification of officialdom have been directly learned, and a time line has been drawn from the beginning.
Fu Yuanheng glanced at the generals, who quickly lowered their heads.
Seeing that these guys were still hesitating, Fu Yuanheng sneered: "All Yao Pingzhong's property in Linzhou must be handed over. How can you hide it? You have to hand over the money and food embezzled after the extermination of Xia, and every transaction will be recorded in the army."
Prisoner, Your Majesty will guarantee that you will not be punished for this. Of course, whoever dares to commit any crime in the future will be prosecuted for all past crimes!"
Those two sentences moved the generals.
One sentence is "Yao Pingzhong handed over Linzhou's property" and the other sentence is "Your Majesty came forward as a guarantee."
The former is a threat, that is, the military supervisor can follow Yao Pingzhong to investigate.
The latter is a promise, and the emperor's guarantee cannot be made casually. At least from the time Ju Ming raised his army to now, no promise has been broken.
With one scare and one caress, the generals know how to choose.
The next day, the generals under Yao Pingzhong took the initiative to go to the temporary military supervision office one by one, hand over the money and food embezzled after the extermination of Xia, and make records.
As expected, Fu Yuanheng did not punish them.
But the effect of not punishing is even better than direct punishment.
This means that all the military generals in Linzhou have their own tricks in the hands of the Military Supervisor. If you want to take bribes and bend the law in the future, you must think carefully, otherwise the Military Supervisor will settle old scores.
One boot hits the ground with a clang, and the other boot is put down without knowing when. This is the most uncomfortable thing.
Fu Yuanheng left Linzhou soon and left the specific affairs to the Linzhou Military Supervisor.
Then he went straight to Xuanzhou, which was the main task assigned by the emperor.
Rectify the officialdom and the army, and change policies based on the final results.
But punishing Qin Hui was purely out of Ju Ming's will. If he didn't kill this man, he wouldn't have a clear idea!
Yang Yuan has been targeted for a long time. Whenever this guy comes to Beijing, he will consider himself Qin Hui's student, for fear that others will not know how he got promoted.
