He ordered Xia Houhui to travel nearly a thousand miles (Han), but the plan was abandoned after only one day.
The emperor Cao Rui acted like this, not because he was a slave to be chased away, but out of love and care for him.
Because only two days later, Cao Rui did something that attracted the attention of both the government and the public.
But before setting off to return to Luoyang Palace, he also went to the Mintun in Chenting under the guidance of the school official, and brought together the chief official there and the three powerful families who had colluded with the chief official to embezzle the farmland of the Mintun. Handled!
The heads of the three powerful families and the head of the field were all executed with sticks on the spot, and their heads were hung in front of the gate in public.
The family's property and property were all confiscated to the government, and only tenants and slaves were attached to the farmland. The whole family was not divided into young and old, and all the men were punished as slaves, and all the women were turned into official maids.
If someone in Haoyou's family is an official, the crime will be increased!
For the crime of instructing his family to embezzle farmland, he moved thousands of miles to live as a slave on the border.
Among them, there was a wealthy family member who had been an official for many years. He was already in a position of 2,000 shi and had quite a political reputation. However, he was implicated because he did not separate his family and set up his own business, and was not allowed to move to another country.
At that time, many of the courtiers who accompanied him on his eastern tour remonstrated with those who believed that the crime and punishment were excessive.
For example, the implicated Liang Qianshi, who has been working in other places, is very innocent and should not be implicated.
In response, Cao Rui directly asked the school officials to announce the results of the inspection——
The chief official of the land colluded with three wealthy families and actually misappropriated nearly 40% of the farmland! Moreover, these three wealthy families were all arbitrary in their rural customs, and many of the children in the family bullied men and women, and took away the land of common people; the most important thing is that Their wealth is comparable to that of a prince, with acres of land connected to Fang Kingdom, thousands of tenants, and hundreds of private soldiers armed with swords and spears!
He is already an uncontrollable right-wing man in the state and county!
It also made the courtiers who made remonstrances look very ashamed, and they all took off their hats and bowed down to plead guilty.
Therefore, feeling that the court officials were ignorant of the hardships of the people, Emperor Cao Rui issued two temporary edicts on his way back to Luoyang after completing the disposal.
First, if Jingxiang goes east, it can support Huainan, and if it goes west, it can coordinate the relationship between Yongliang and Liang. Sima Yi, who ordered the troops to return to Wancheng, urged his troops to work diligently on farming and mulberry in the garrison, open ditches, develop water conservancy, accumulate grain and repair it. Armor soldiers to prepare for war.
This edict, which seemed like a cliché, made many people speculate that it had a different meaning in the context of Cao Zhen's failure in conquering Shu.
Perhaps, after the defeat of Wu and Shu both ended in failure, the young emperor would focus on saving the people's strength and focusing on developing people's livelihood in the future, and no longer yearned for the military achievements of the Qin Emperor and Han Dynasty as before.
Another edict was to send an eunuch to return to Luoyang on horseback and order the ministers to recommend new candidates for the position of chief minister.
Well, Liang Xi, who served as the governor of Bingzhou to serve as the great minister of agriculture, died of illness more than a month ago. It happened to be that the emperor was on an eastward tour, so his successor had not yet been determined.
This is also a very common edict.
Although today's Da Sinong has been deprived of his power by Taicang Shangshu, Duzhi Shangshu, and Hubu Shangshu, and no longer manages finances and other matters, he is still one of the Nine Qings and cannot sit idle for a long time. But Cao Rui let the officials stay Before the edict was read out, Chenting Mintun was notified in advance of the disposition, which made the matter of promoting Da Si Nong not simple.
Because since the beginning of Wei Wu and Cao Cao's farming, most of Wei's grain and fodder supply has relied on farming.
There are four major farming areas in Luoyang, Yecheng, Xuchang and Yongliang (Guanzhong and Longyou) (the farming in Huainan has not yet started). The first two are mainly used for the salaries of court officials, while the latter two are used for the main war.
All are under military control.
According to the Dian Nong Gang, the superior planners will submit the reports to the Taiwei Mansion for management, and then the temple will discuss and make decisions.
However, whether it was Zhong Yao or Hua Xin who was serving as the current Taiwei, they were both too old and frequently ill. There are many cases of bullying the superiors and hiding the inferiors, and lining their own pockets. Therefore, it is not surprising that the farming system is gradually collapsing.
The emperor Cao Rui first exposed the collapse of the farming administration, and then asked the ministers to recommend candidates for the Grand Secretary of Agriculture. He had a vague intention of transferring part of the farming affairs back to the Grand Secretary of Agriculture.
For the officials, this was a sign.
It was Emperor Cao Rui who showed signs of breaking the current political structure and changing the power of the ministers.
At first, in the first few years after he ascended the throne, he had always been very humble due to external worries and his young age, and treated his senior ministers very favorably.
For example, Chen Jiao, who was previously blocked by the minister's order, was stopped outside the minister's platform. This is the best example.
After all, something like Chen Jiao's arresting a driver would not have been a surprise during Emperor Wu's time, when Chen Jiao died and his family members were killed.
The reason why Cao Rui was so generous and heeded his advice was because he felt that the ministers left to him by Emperor Wu and Emperor Wen were virtuous enough to allow him to have no worries about government affairs.
But now after personally handling the Chenting Mintun incident, he no longer thinks so!
Nothing else.
Facts speak louder than words.
The courteous treatment he received from his senior ministers was met with many ills, which made him very disappointed and angry.
Naturally, the idea of reviving the imperial court and reforming the long-standing shortcomings came up.
In other words, in the future, he will no longer follow the style of Emperor Wen Cao Pi, treating his ministers politely and favorably, and compromising with the nobles.
Instead, we will follow the example of Emperor Wu Cao Cao and severely punish those who violate the law and treachery without mercy!
Emperor Cao Rui wants to change and adjust the political structure of the government, which means that some people will lose power, while others will take advantage of the situation and rise to the top.
This is the clear understanding of Gonggun's princes and officials.
How to protect themselves in this storm, or even go further, is their top priority.
As for whether the emperor Cao Rui's idea can be dispelled and the political structure can be maintained as it is, they have no hope.
Nearly 40% of the farmland adjacent to the Xuchang Palace was embezzled, and they were punished only after being caught by the emperor. If Cao Rui didn't angrily reprimand them for eating without food, and for not pursuing political affairs in their positions, it would be a favor. How could they dare to win people's hearts? insufficient.
Therefore, the capital Luoyang was undercurrent for a while.
Those who serve the public and are strict with themselves do not care about this and wait calmly for the development of the situation; while some people who are accustomed to working hard and are too entangled in many powers are actively running for fear of becoming losers.
Among them, there was also a small episode.
Titled "full-time", the nameless ministers of the Prime Minister and Assistant Secretary, Zhongshu Supervisor Liu Fang and Zhongshu Ling Sun Zi, are vaguely likely to be targeted by the officials.
Needless to say why.
The ministers and officials have long been dissatisfied with their arbitrary power.
Moreover, the collapse of the farmland government happened when they took over the power, which gave them a reason to be criticized. It was just when the emperor wanted to do something, how could the officials let go of such an opportunity?
However, the behavior of the officials made Jiang Ji, the guarding general, very depressed.
He had previously published a letter claiming that the power of Zhongshu Province was too great and was not conducive to the stability of the country.
Now, the ministers and officials have brought up his superiors again and used his name to criticize Liu Fang and Sun Zi, so that he had to break his face and stand on the opposite side of Liu and Sun with a very tough attitude.
no way.
He can never change his stance and deny his words.
Due to the current situation, he had no choice but to step forward and become a "prominent person".
The so-called blessing is a blessing in disguise.
What Jiang Ji didn't expect was that his helplessness made Emperor Cao Rui quite pleased, and he also valued him more and more.
He was privately summoned to give a report, and the purpose of establishing the "Emperor's Enke" to alleviate the nine-grade official system was fully disclosed to him, so that when promoting the Emperor's disciples, he should try his best to select those from humble backgrounds in order to train them to become Cool official.
At this time, Jiang Ji was quite surprised when he heard this.
I also feel very lucky.
Although his loyalty to the country is not lacking, in terms of personal ethics, he really cannot be called clean and self-sufficient.
Judging from the deeds of cruel officials in the past, if the emperor Cao Rui trained cruel officials, he would definitely face the cross-examination of cruel officials. Even if the emperor protects him, he will not face the disaster of prison, but he will probably be ruined.
Therefore, with luck, he finally reconciled with Du Shu.
Because when he was selecting disciples for the emperor, he always refused to show mercy and accepted requests from his colleagues or old friends in his hometown to recruit candidates; while Du Shu selected candidates based on their merit, regardless of their family background.
For this reason, the two had many disagreements.
If Du Shu had not been personally appointed by the emperor, Jiang Ji would have squeezed him away by asking him to do something for him.
The undercurrent is turbulent, the situation in the court is treacherous, and the ministers and officials have their own desires. However, the emperor Cao Rui who caused all this is sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, waiting for things to ferment.
Because no one could fully guess his thoughts.
He pointed out the long-standing disadvantages of farming and revealed that he wanted to reform the political structure, but in fact he wanted to promote changes in the scholar family.
That day, he lamented that Xiahou Hui was late in admonishing him. On his way back to the Feather Hall, he remembered a small incident that happened when he was the king of Pingyuan.
At that time, Emperor Wen Cao Pi had just sentenced Zhen Ji to death, and he thought that he would not be able to get over it, so not only did he not make her the crown prince for a long time, but he also had the idea of making King Cao Li of Jingzhao the crown prince.
In this regard, Cao Rui, who was killed by his mother, was jealous of his father, and was shunned by others, naturally felt sad and uneasy in his heart.
It was also at that time that he developed a little habit. During his afternoon nap after reading every day, he would always sit alone in the small pavilion in the garden.
Sometimes it’s to relax in peace and quiet, sometimes it’s to enjoy flowers and trees or play the piano and talk to soothe your mind.
Coincidentally, a little bird also flew to the side of the pavilion on time every day, chirping happily or looking for insects to feed itself.
Cao Rui, who was feeling depressed, noticed this little bird.
I also envy this unfettered, free-flying bird.
After several days in a row, he felt that the chirping sound of this little bird was very pleasant, and the dancing posture of it flying up and down was also very beautiful.
Because when he focused on the bird, he could always temporarily forget the depression in his heart.
Therefore, he would sprinkle some millet rice on the railings of the pavilion every day, allowing the birds to eat as much as he wanted, and looking forward to the birds coming every day. Day after day, the birds became more and more wary of him. His hair dropped, and he had already pecked the corn in his hand more than once.
And every time the rice in his hand was pecked at, he also had the urge to touch the bird.
But he was hesitant, worried that the bird would never come again after being frightened away.
He hesitated like this for seven or eight days. When he finally decided to take action, the bird stopped coming for some unknown reason.
He no longer has a chance.
Therefore, Cao Rui does not want to repeat the mistake of letting the "little bird" fly away when it comes to the current shortcomings of the scholar family.