Xie Xuan and Jia Bizhi reported to Lu Shi the laziness of various prefectures and counties in the civil war. Chen Caozhi did not go because Lu Shi did not want to see him. He talked with Xie Daoyun and Liu Shangzhi in front of the verandah.
Liu Shangzhi said: "Zizhong told my father in Qiantang the year before last that it would be better to hand over the hidden households as soon as possible. I have a total of thirteen households in Liujiapu, and they all registered yellow registration in the county.
Now he is innocent and not afraid of checking his registration. In the past, every time he checked his registration, he had to humbly give money and silk to the county lieutenant——"
Chen Caozhi smiled and said: "That's because the current magistrate Feng is incorruptible. Otherwise, it doesn't matter whether you have a hidden household in Liujiabao, if you don't donate money or silk, if there is no hidden household, we will find a hidden household for you."
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Liu Shangzhi said with a smile: "Zizhong is a master. Sometimes I think that Zizhong is sweet and innocent, and sometimes I think that Zizhong is sophisticated and cunning. Haha, does Brother Yingtai feel this way?"
Xie Daoyun's eyes turned to Chen Caozhi's face and said with a smile: "Bing Xin is exquisite and has no scum, and is sophisticated and cunning. This is like ice and coal being incompatible. Can they be said to be the same person?"
Liu Shangzhi was used to teasing in front of Chen Caozhi and said: "Well, they are talking about two people, the Bingxin Linglong daughter of the Lu family, and the sophisticated Chen Zizhong."
Chen Caozhi smiled and said nothing, but unexpectedly Liu Shangzhi added: "We still have a chat about choosing a son-in-law, Xie Daoyun."
Xie Daoyun said "Hey" and turned to look at the clouds in the sky.
Liu Shangzhi continued: "Brother Yingtai would not marry him but Xie Daoyun. It seems that the talented girl Xie has already fallen in love with brother Yingtai. Otherwise, why would the Xie Mansion in Wuyi Lane no longer hold a party for selecting a son-in-law for Xie Daoyun!"
Even though Xie Daoyun was calm, he could not avoid being embarrassed at this time. He said vaguely: "It's difficult. Although we are distant relatives, our family backgrounds are very different——"
Liu Shangzhi said: "Brother Yingtai should also pursue his pursuit as hard as Zizhong. In order to see Miss Lu, Zizhong chased her two hundred miles away. This matter was widely spread among the people, and they all praised Jiangzuo Weijie for his sincerity.
In the future, my son will remarry Lu Huacheng, and my brother Yingtai will marry Xie Daoyun. It will be a perfect marriage."
For the sake of his friend's marriage, Liu Shangzhui became more and more energetic as he talked. Fortunately, Xie Xuan and Jia Bizhi came back from the Ministry of Military Affairs. Liu Shangzhui could not talk about his sister in front of Xie Xuan, so he stopped talking. Xie Daoyun on the side felt relieved.
Chen Caozhi asked Lu Shi what he said about the neglect of the prefectures and counties in the civil war. Xie Xuandao said: "Lu Shangshu said that he should urge the state registration offices to strictly carry out the civil war, and there should be no excuses for delay."
Chen Cao said: "Youdu, let's go see Mr. Xi first."
It was almost noon, and Xie Daoyun, Liu Shangzhi and other officials from the Tuduan Division came out of Taicheng and returned to their apartments. Chen Caozhi and Xie Xuan, the two supervisors on the left and right of the Tuduan Division, went to the adjacent Zhongshu Province to see Xi Chao and discussed the above matters.
Xi Chao sneered and said: "The forty days for the paperwork to go back and forth will soon pass. These three counties and sixteen counties will not carry out the Tuduan inspection. Naturally, other counties will also wait and see how to deal with it.
!" Asked Xie Xuan and Chen Cao: "Youdu and Zizhong, how do you two think they should deal with it?"
Xie Xuandao said: "These sixteen county officials should be severely reprimanded and urged to carry out land extermination as soon as possible and to inspect every household."
Chen Cao said: "What Youdu said is absolutely true. This matter should be reported to the King of Kuaiji, and the minister should be asked to draft an imperial edict and issue it to each county, so that those county magistrates who admit that they are unable to implement Tujuan should submit their resignations in vain.
Giving up positions and letting talented people take over are in line with the current merger of officials and provincial posts and the deletion of officials."
The chief officials of each of the prosperous counties in Sanwu were all controlled by aristocratic families. Who would be willing to give way easily?
Xi Chao said: "In this case, how should we deal with it if it causes criticism from the Sanwu tribe?"
Xie Xuandao: "The system of tenants for food and clothing modified by Prime Minister Wang during the Daxing period must be revised again. At that time, it was stipulated that those with the first rank of official residence occupied forty households, and those with the ninth rank occupied five households. Now, the legal tenants and illegal tenants owned by the big families in the north and south There are hundreds of thousands of shady households in the country. Instead of lax enforcement, it is better to relax the restrictions and allow those with first-class official status to occupy 80 shady households, and those with ninth-grade official status to occupy 10 households. Their ancestors can inherit the shady households. This will appease them. A wealthy family."
Xi Chao pondered for a moment and nodded: "This idea is feasible. It is impossible to search out all the hidden houses of the Sanwu clan. If you are not careful, it will cause riots. As long as half of the hidden houses can be searched, it will be considered a success."
Xi Chao immediately led Xie Xuan, and Chen Caozhi went to the Shangshu table to see Shangshu. He ordered Wang Shu and Shangshu servant to shoot Wang Biaozhi. King Sima Yu of Kuaiji and his attendant Gao Song were coming out of the palace to listen to Xi Chao's report. Sima Yu, Wang Shu, Wang Biaozhi, and Gao Song all believed that it was feasible to revise the Yinyi and diner system, but they had objections to the county magistrate's request to persuade those county magistrates who admitted that they were unable to implement Tujuan to resign. Xi Chao fought hard to show that this was Huan. What Da Sima meant was that otherwise the victory would not be smooth, and this was just a bluff, because no one would resign and refuse to do anything. There are so many people coveting those wealthy counties, how could they be willing to give it up easily?
The discussion lasted until evening, when it was finally agreed that tomorrow the revised system of food and clothing and the order to persuade people to retire would be sent six hundred miles to the six prefectures of Jing and Yang on an urgent basis. The laws and prohibitions must be strictly enforced, and everyone in the household must be scrutinized.
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When Lu Shi came out of Taicheng, he knew that Xi Chao and Chen Caozhi were discussing matters at the Shangshutai. He said to his brother Lu Na: "Those northerners are still trying to seize our southerners' fields and farmers."
Lu Na was quite worried and asked to ride with his brother Lu Na. He said in the car: "Second brother, you secretly ordered Dongyang and Wuxing counties to express their inability to inspect the hidden houses. In this way, you are directly confronting Sima Huan. In fact, you are directly confronting Huan Da Sima. It’s unwise.”
Lu Shi was quite dissatisfied with this third brother, mainly because of Wei Rui. It was rumored in Jiankang that Chen Caozhi chased to Qu'a to meet Wei Rui yesterday. Lu Shi was very angry and asked Lu Na, who was also the Grand Central Officer of the state, to tell Da Situ Sima Yu accused Chen Caozhi of lacking moral integrity, but Lu Na refused to accuse Chen Caozhi because the matter was not suitable for publicity, and he obviously wanted to protect Chen Caozhi——
Lu Shidao: "Huan Fuzi is infringing on the interests of our Sanwu clan. Naturally, I will unite the Sanwu clan to fight against him. Otherwise, Huan Fuzi will think that our Sanwu clan is weak and can be bullied. This move will make Huan Fuzi remember The incident involving Chen Min in Lujiang began."
The Chen Min of Lujiang mentioned by Lu Shi was the Prime Minister of Guangling during the reign of Emperor Hui of the Jin Dynasty. This man was ambitious. Taking advantage of the rebellion of the Eight Kings of the Western Jin Dynasty, Chen Min raised his troops to stand on his own. In order to gain the support of the Jiangdong clan, Chen Min appointed Gu Rong, a famous figure in Jiangzuo. , Lu Ye, Yu Tan, and Ji Zhan became generals and county guards. In just one month, they swept across Jiangdong and became the new overlords of Jiangdong. The Jiangzuo clan originally had no good impression of the Western Jin Dynasty. At first, they were happy to serve Chen Min as their leader. They wanted to repeat the history of Sun Quan's separatist rule of Jiangdong, but they soon discovered that Chen Min had no talent and far-sightedness and was not the master of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, most of the descendants of the Chen family in Lujiang were violent people. Gu Rong, Lu Ye and others were disappointed and felt that following Chen Min would lead to great disaster. , immediately counterattacked and helped the Western Jin Dynasty to destroy Chen Min. From this, Director Wang realized that the Jiangzuo family was a powerful force that could influence the situation, so he deliberately wooed him and tried his best to protect the Jiangdong family's inheritance passed down from generation to generation, and also let Gu Rong, Ji Zhan, He Xun, Lu Ye and other Jiangdong gentry leaders entered the center of power. However, in the past twenty years, as the royal Sima family and the northern clans from Nandu have established their roots in Jiangdong, their reliance on and attention to the southerners has decreased. After the death of the great Sikong Luwan, no one from the Sanwu clan entered the high positions of the Three Dukes. All military and political power was controlled by the Northerners. Confidential positions such as Shangshuling and Pushe were all held by Northerners. This was the main reason why Lu Shi was dissatisfied with the imperial court. .
Lu Na's idea was different from that of his brother Lu Shi. He said: "Have you forgotten the hardships of my late uncles Shihenggong and Shilonggong in Luoyang? I, the Lu family, can maintain today's glory because of our ability to judge the situation and wait and see carefully.
, I don’t express my position easily. My uncle Shiguang Gong and my father Shiyao Gong were able to avoid the Wangdun Rebellion and the subsequent Su Jun Rebellion and were reused by the court because they were good at balancing interests and not putting their family or the country in danger.
, Now Huan Da Sima’s reputation is growing day by day, and Tu Duan is in the name of the imperial court, not just targeting our Sanwu clan, the second brother, as the chief official of Tu Duan Division, is determined to obstruct it, which I think is not advisable.”
Lu Shi sneered and said: "Third brother, do you think that I, the Lu family, should hand over three thousand hermit households and let these hermit households replenish Huan Wen's military mansion?"
Lu Na said: "The Gengxu Order clearly states that the surrendered households will not be moved to another place, but will only be re-registered, pay taxes and perform corvee service. Why should my second brother be so agitated!"
Lu Shi asked: "Then why Jinling County is not included in this civil war? Isn't this obviously supporting the Northerners?"
The overseas Chinese in Xuzhou, the overseas Chinese in Yanzhou, and the overseas Chinese in Qingzhou are all in Jinling County, and all the feudal states of the Sima clan are also in Jinling County. The refugees from the north are mainly concentrated in Jinling County. There are hundreds of thousands of refugees in Jinling County alone. These
The refugees do not pay taxes to the prefectures and counties, but are sheltered by the Nandu clan as their tribes and private soldiers——
Lu Na said: "Since Prime Minister Wang implemented the soil separation in the third year of Taixing, there have been three soil separations in the past 40 years. Jinling and Jingkou have been excluded. The refugees have no Huan property and it is impossible to ask them to pay taxes. Moreover, this is also the court's way of appeasing the refugees."
This strategy is different from the previous three times. Most of the overseas Chinese prefectures and counties living in the left part of the Yangtze River have to be saved and abolished. The northern refugees who already have land must also bear the same taxes and corvee as the southerners.
The Bai nationality has been cancelled, so the impact of this separation on the Northerners seems to be greater."
Lu Shi said disapprovingly: "What does it mean to have a greater influence? These northerners have intervened all the time. If they don't compete with us, the natives of Sanwu, who will we compete with? Third brother, it is good for you to be tolerant and virtuous, but it is also easy."
If you are considered weak and can be bullied, don't say any more. Let's see how Xi Chao and Chen Caozhi deal with it. I want to use this time to break up the relationship so that Chen Caozhi will never have the chance to be promoted. He wants to marry me, Lu
Girl, this is just a dream!"
Lu Na knew that his elder brother was stubborn and could not be persuaded, so he was very worried. The second brother Lu Shi was the first to confront Huan Wen, and the consequences would be disastrous.
Lu Na looked at the flowing water of the wadi and thought to himself: "I should have a long talk with Chen Caozhi. Chen Caozhi thinks that he can marry Wei Rui within three years. Is it because he predicts that my Lu family will decline within three years?"