Chapter 612 Luoshui was mortified and buried in Beimang
The grass grows, warblers fly, and the flowers bloom.
Outside Xingyang, hundreds of officials arrived to send off King Yang Lin of Yue to continue his westward journey.
Yang Lin abandoned the carriage, sat on his horse, and waved back.
This first stop in the world's tour successfully demonstrated the determination of this trip, which can be said to serve as a warning to others.
Xingyang was in a state of bloodshed, and many large households who wanted to resist the New Deal and did not pay the labor service died.
Accompanying this decisive law enforcement was the huge amount of labor money collected by the government, which also attracted the attention of the world.
In the General Affairs Department, Cai Jing was praised repeatedly. He was the founder of the New Deal, and many policies were written by him.
When he was in power, he made a lot of compromises for Zhao Ji and to gain the support of scholar-bureaucrats.
Even so, there are still many difficulties, and it is difficult to implement government orders once they leave Kaifeng Mansion.
This incident in Xingyang greatly touched Lao Cai Jing. Whether it was the late Prime Minister Wang Anshi or his successor Zhang Dun, their methods were good, but in order to reform, they also needed to compromise too much.
Reforms that are forward-looking and backward-looking cannot shake the stubborn diseases of this society at all. Those vested interests that are entrenched in the country and suck the blood of the country will smash the reforms to pieces.
Immediately, people from the General Administration Department exaggerated and magnified the Xingyang incident and spread it throughout the world in the form of Di Bao.
Governments everywhere have become hardened, and some who have colluded with the gentry are afraid of being reported and exposed, and are in constant panic.
The governors of thirteen provinces were ordered to set up inspection departments in various prefectures and counties. Bai Shizhong, a disciple of Zhongshu, had already issued an order. By the middle of the year, the prefecture had not thoroughly inspected the land and collected the service money. The prefect headed by the prefect
must be abolished.
Under the governor of each province, if more than three state capitals are not completed, the governor and governor will be removed.
At this time, the benefits of the separation of military and political affairs were fully realized. For the sake of their own official positions, the governors and generals of various provinces went to the Yamen every day to urge the governor to investigate the case.
The soldiers and horses under his command were mobilized everywhere, training back and forth to intimidate the gentry under his rule.
The imperial court originally drastically reduced official positions due to the abolition of officials, which caused the slow recruitment of scholars by Taixue. This has also been alleviated to a certain extent.
The newly established government office has been decided by Bai Shizhong, the prime minister in the Mingtang, and named: Dianjiaosi.
The Department of Classics and Education is under the Department of Household Affairs and is in charge of the nation, religion and customs of the world.
Officials were selected from various places to open offices and build offices. Every temple, Taoist temple and other temples had special officials to collect the incense money offered by believers.
This money is managed by the government and a portion is distributed to various temples and Taoist temples.
Of course, monks can also submit an application. If there is any damage in the temple, the Dianjiao Si Yamen will be responsible for repairing it without having to spend any money themselves.
If you do some rituals, the money collected does not need to be turned over except for taxes.
In this way, it is obviously impossible to not have to give birth, chant sutras in the temple, and still have enough food and clothing.
Why don't you follow Dongluoshui? Whose family will be buried in Beimang Mountain?
Beimang, east of Luoyang, is the burial place of countless heroes, generals and ministers. It seems that all heroes want to be buried here after their death.
The sorrowful wind formed, the desolate smoke buried the hatred, and the inscription was so incomplete that it was difficult to recognize it. Did you know that he was a king of the Han Dynasty or a minister of the Jin Dynasty? The wind and clouds of the celebration were wiped out, and they were all reduced to the dust of Beimang Mountain.
At first glance, it is very open. The terrain of Beimang Mountain is undulating and gentle, high and open, with a high center and low surroundings.
In March of spring, wild flowers bloom all over Beimang Mountain, such as forsythia, peonies, rhododendrons, etc. The most eye-catching one is, of course, the Luoyang peony.
After two days of walking, on the ground in Luoyang, Yang Lin had seen soldiers and horses passing by many times.
This time on the official road, he encountered a large group of people again. Yang Lin finally couldn't help it and called out to the leading general.
Arriving in front of Yang Lin's horse and looking at the purple gold official uniform on his body, the general already knew the identity of the person in front of him and couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
"The last general, Luoyang Defense Envoy Zheng Qiao, has met Shao Zai."
Yang Lin held the horse's rein and asked, "What are you doing going back and forth?"
"Back to Shaozai, there is an order from above that troops and horses need to cross a county in three days and be stationed for one day. If the local government needs to dispatch, it is best to cooperate in time."
Yang Lin nodded secretly. It seemed that the force of killing one person this time was very strong and the effect was already showing.
As long as we continue to exert pressure and get local government offices to take it seriously, in the next three to five years it will become the norm.
Only such reforms can be long-lasting, completely eradicate the corvee laws that harm the people, and change the fundamental system of the country.
Yang Lin asked: "Have you just come out of Luoyang?"
"Go back to Shaozai. We are ordered to go from Luoyang to Heyang and stay there for three days."
After waving his hand, Yang Lin indicated that he could leave. Luoyang is the center of Henan Province and a big city.
Although it is lonely now, people were really wealthy before, and countless wealthy families settled here, so Luoyang is also a strong support for reform.
The route that Song Jiang arranged for himself, now that he thinks about it, is to first get difficult and then get easier. If he had followed his original plan, he would have gone to places like Hebei and Youyan, which are places where the New Deal reforms have been promoted more successfully.
These places have been far away from the center for a long time and are regarded as border areas. They are not taken seriously and have no deep-rooted gentry power.
Moreover, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses were stationed there for many years, and few dared to resist the imperial decree like Jiangnan did.
Now we go from Luoyang to Qinlong. Qinlong is a more complicated area. The problem of the general family here has not been completely solved.
He suppressed the Fugu Zhe family and the Linzhou Yang family, supported the Yao family, and thus weakened the Zhong family. The power of the four generals was reorganized, and their control over the army was weakened to varying degrees.
But at the local level, the foundation of these aristocratic families is still very strong, and they are afraid that they will resist the New Deal for the sake of family interests.
After walking for another half an hour, we had descended from Beimang Mountain and approached Luoyang City.
Lu Qian smiled and said: "Young Master, look ahead, that's Luoshui."
During the Song Dynasty, Tokyo was Kaifeng Prefecture, Xijing was Henan Prefecture, and Luoyang was another prosperous place besides Bianliang.
Although the towering city wall is not as majestic as Bianliang, it is still considered a big city in the Central Plains.
In late spring, countless tourists choose to go out and camp, and the crowds beside Luoshui River are bustling.
Back then, Wu Zetian, a witch, wanted to be the emperor and performed miracles everywhere, so someone suddenly salvaged a stone from Luoshui River, with the four characters "The Holy Mother is here, Yongchang Emperor" engraved on it.
A "miracle" appeared in Luoshui River. Empress Wu was happy and reciprocated the favor by issuing an edict to ban fishing in Luoshui River. This was a hardship to the fishermen living around Luo River. They had to give up the fishing industry that their ancestors had been engaged in for generations. , or they have to move away from Luohe and make a living fishing elsewhere.
A large number of fishermen moved away or switched to other industries, which made both sides of the Luoshui River quiet and quiet, making it a good place for dignitaries to relax in autumn.
Nowadays, Luoshui at this time is no longer what it was before. Although it is still a vast swamp, it is more of a money-making channel for merchants. There are a lot of boats sailing in the middle of the river, and there are many sails and masts.
Covering the sky and blocking out the sun.
Merchant ships go straight down from Luoshui River to Bianhe River, which is a maritime trade and money road that runs from east to west. The merchant ships that work day and night create no one knows how much wealth.
Yang Lin pointed at Luoyang City and said: "I will rest in the city for a day today. Have you informed the officials of Henan Prefecture before?"