In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the prefect was called the envoy.
This point has already been stated in the junior high school text "Mo Shang Sang".
It would take a few more years until the governor was called the envoy, which was when the power of the governor was even greater in the late Han Dynasty.
At least for now, the official position of the governor is definitely smaller than that of the prefect, and the power is also smaller.
This is beyond doubt.
But in terms of authority, although there is no superior-subordinate relationship between the governor and the prefect, the governor has the responsibility of supervising the prefect.
Therefore, there were countless cases in the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty when the governor's position was used to seize the power of the governor.
A few years later, when Tao Qian and Liu Biao became the governor of Xuzhou and Jingzhou, I will not go into details. I will just say that more than thirty years ago, Li Ying, the "model in the world", did this.
And he also seized power when he was the governor of Qingzhou.
At that time, Qingzhou's officialdom was very dark, corruption was rampant, and corruption was rampant.
As soon as Li Ying took office, he dismissed a large number of county governors and magistrates, rectified the administration of officials, and severely investigated corrupt officials.
At that time, all the officials in Qingzhou abandoned their posts and ran away when they saw him, not daring to shake the prestige of being a high-ranking official with two thousand stones.
In this case, Li Ying governed Qingzhou in the name of governor and controlled the power of the state, which was comparable to that of a state pastor.
And later, because he managed Qingzhou very well, he was quickly appointed as the governor of Yuyang by Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty.
From this point of view, when the governor becomes a prefect, it is a promotion rather than a demotion, but the governor is indeed a sword hanging over the head of the prefect.
However, Li Ying used his personal prestige to seize power.
When it comes to Chen Mu's personal prestige, compared to Li Ying, it is like the fluorescence of rotten grass, how can it be compared to the bright moon in the sky.
How high is Li Ying's prestige?
Xun Shuang, one of the Eight Dragons of Yingchuan who was later forcibly recruited as Sikong by Dong Zhuo, once felt proud to drive for Li Ying.
Guo Tai, one of the Eight Gus, became famous in the capital because he became friends with Li Ying.
Therefore, Li Ying seized power and everyone in the world recognized it.
What about Chen Mu?
Although he is famous all over the world, it is pure nonsense for the Han people to only recognize his filial piety and say that he can compare with Li Ying, the "model in the world".
Therefore, Chen Mu had to use special means to seize power. First, he couldn't kill Wu Kuang's officials, and second, he couldn't use soldiers and horses to suppress him.
The only way is to use Wu Kuang's failure to govern Qi well to carry out political attacks.
Now, not only was Wu Kuang helpless, but even his men had to be convinced.
At the same time, and most importantly, Wu Kuang is already old. Although he is greedy for power, he does not dare to fight against Chen Mu because of his greed for power.
There was no way, Wu Kuang did not manage the place well. An impeachment would lead to immediate dismissal from office. For those who are greedy for power, this is very unacceptable.
As soon as Chen Mu took office, he wrested the power of Qi from the old and mediocre Wu Kuang.
After establishing his authority, he held his first meeting at the Governor's Mansion.
There were only four members in the meeting, Chen Mu, Guan Yu, Dian Wei and Shi Yi.
The reason why I chose Shiyi is because he is from Beihai and has no close relationship with the powerful people in Qi State.
After Chen Mu arrives at the local area, he will definitely punish corrupt officials and local powerful people who oppress the people. If anyone under Wu Kuang is a powerful insider or a corrupt official himself, he certainly cannot use them.
The four of them sat in rows and began to plan important events. Chen Mu waited until everyone sat down before asking Shiyi: "Shiyi, what's your word?"
"Back to the governor, the name of Yi is Ziyu." Shiyi replied.
"Um."
Chen Mu nodded: "Do you know why I chose you alone when there were so many people in the hall just now?"
"Is it because I was the first to speak?"
Shiyi asked.
"no."
Chen Mu shook his head, a little disappointed. It seemed that this Shiyi's intelligence was not above 90.
However, the top talents in the late Han Dynasty have already left their names in history. If you can just get an SSR casually, then top talents are too cheap.
Shiyi thought for a while and asked tentatively: "Is it because I'm not from Qi?"
"good."
Chen Mu showed a happy smile this time.
Although he is not above 90, he should still be above 80. He is considered a good talent.
"Is the governor planning to take action against corrupt officials in Qi State?"
Shiyi thought for a moment and asked.
"more than."
Chen Mu said: "But you don't need to think about these things for the time being. Let me ask you. I walked all the way from Jinan and found that there are many thieves here. I want to know who are the thieves?"
Shiyi only thought about the second level, because he was from Beihai, so he would not get too entangled with local officials. Chen Mu wanted to attack the officials, but he did not think about the fifth level. He didn't know what Chen Mu's real purpose was.
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But it would be good to think of the second level. Don't be too harsh on talents. Maybe this young man named Shiyi can be cultivated in the future.
After hearing Chen Mu's words, Shiyi immediately began to think and said slowly: "The governor, there are three thieves in Qi State. One of them is the Yellow Turban Thief, who relies on Mount Tai and occupies Banyang and Changguo's two counties. The second thieves are clan thieves from various places.
They gathered together as bandits, resisted the king's orders, and separated themselves from one side. The three thieves were local powerful men, so they built their own forts, recruited strong soldiers, and the manor became a county of its own."
Changguo is the city of Zibo in later generations. Zibo people should know that to the south of Zibo City is Ma'an Mountain, which is a branch of Mount Tai. Therefore, in the Han Dynasty, this place was also called Mount Tai, but the names of each hilltop were different.
The Yellow Turban thieves of Qi State were hiding in Ma'anshan and occupied Changguo County under Ma'anshan and Banyang County behind Ma'anshan Mountain, which was very close to Laiwu County.
"How powerful are these thieves?"
Chen Mu asked.
Shiyi thought about it for a while and said: "The Yellow Turban thieves are the most powerful. They killed the powerful men of the two counties, plundered property and food, and distributed it to the people. The people of the two counties rushed to rely on them. Their number has reached more than 200,000. The clan thieves followed.
, as many as tens of thousands, as few as thousands. The most powerful ones are the least powerful, as many as thousands, as few as hundreds."
"Um."
Chen Mu muttered: "When fighting outside, we must first secure the inside. The Yellow Turban thieves are powerful and cannot move lightly for the time being. We must first concentrate the power in Linzi City to prevent a fire in the backyard while I am dealing with things outside."
Shi Yi remained silent.
After a while, Chen Mu asked: "Who are the rich and powerful people in Linzi City who have a large number of private soldiers and slaves at home?"
Shiyi thought for a while and said: "The first one is of course the Sun family, followed by the Guan family, Wang family, Zhang family, etc. There are about ten households with servants ranging from thousands to hundreds."
“Which of these people is good and who is bad?”
Of course Chen Mu knew that good and bad could not be distinguished with just one word. Children only talk about good and evil, right and wrong, while adults only look at benefits.
However, powerful people in various places also have common people's reputation. If they bully the people, they will certainly not be good in the reputation.
Shiyi said awkwardly: "You are so powerful, more or less..."
"snort."
Guan Yu snorted coldly to express his dissatisfaction.
Dian Wei also rolled his eyes.
Both of them had killed powerful men. Guan Yu killed people in Hedong because he couldn't stand the powerful men bullying the people.
Dianwei's murders in the busy city were to avenge his friends, and they were all related to powerful people.
Chen Mu nodded: "Go and call someone here."
"Everyone?"
Shiyi's eyes widened.
"Well, all the powerful family heads in the city."
Chen Mu said.
"this....."
Shiyi hesitated for a moment, finally stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Wei."
When he went out, Guan Yu asked: "Fourth brother, do you want to take action against these powerful men?"
Chen Mu shook his head: "No, if I attack the powerful people in the city, the whole city will be in chaos, and we will be in danger by then."
Guan Yu frowned and said: "What are you afraid of? If the powerful people dare to resist, I will send troops and horses to kill all the powerful people in Linzi!"
Chen Mu has a headache.
He was actually reluctant to bring Guan Yu out.
Because Guan Yu has his own ideas, he is a handsome man, he has a quick mind and has his own values.
Although Zhang Fei is both rough and rough, he actually only went through Chang Banpo and Yi Shi Yan Yan twice. The rest of the time, he was just a rough guy and didn't think about these issues.
Just like when he bribed Zhao Lin, Guan Yu didn't agree with it, but Zhang Fei didn't care.
Guan Yu will not consider whether these things are good for himself or whether this matter is beneficial to both parties. He only cares about whether this matter is in line with his own values.
The tycoons who oppress the people should be killed, and the officials who embezzle money should be dismissed. But I don’t know how the good and evil in the world are so absolute. If all these tycoons are killed, let’s not talk about whether Linzi will rebel. Let’s just talk about the economy.
At this level, the entire Linzi will collapse.
You must know that being powerful does not mean owning land. Most powerful people control real estate while monopolizing various businesses. For example, when Zhang Fei was a powerful person in Zhuoxian County, he monopolized the pork business in Zhuoxian County.
Wiping out all the powerful people sounds very satisfying, but what next?
According to the census taken in the fifth year of Yonghe, Qi State has a population of 600,000, and Linzi, as the administrative seat of Qi State, has a population of close to 200,000 people. The food that these 200,000 people need to eat, drink, and have diarrhea every day does not rely on one or two small traders.
It can be solved.
Will the city's operation collapse by then? Who will transport the goods, and who will sell the output of the people? How will the fields of the powerful in various places be accounted for? How will the lives of the people be solved?
If there is no rice in the grain store and no salt in the salt store, prices will rise more than ten times.
It sounds complicated, but it can actually be compared to a certain Great Cold Kingdom in later generations that was rumored to be controlled by chaebols.
Strictly speaking, a country cannot really be controlled by chaebols.
So a certain star does not really control a country.
It's just that these plutocrats have tied themselves to the chariot of the state, and they can be found in every corner of civil society, becoming monopoly capitalism.
If the country wants to get rid of the plutocrats, it will inevitably suffer a great loss in vitality for the country.
Therefore, the chaebol can only suppress it but cannot completely eliminate it.
The same principle applies to the tyranny of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Eliminating one or two powerful people is not a problem, because if one or two powerful people are gone, other powerful people will take over.
But if all the powerful people are dealt with, the entire Linzi city may regress back to primitive society overnight.
So this is impossible.
Unfortunately, these things are very complicated to talk about, and Guan Yu is a person with fixed views. You can't correct his views.
You can only obey and cannot refute.
But now that the capital is out, we can't chase Guan Yu away.
Chen Mu said helplessly: "Second brother, in these extraordinary times, we have to use extraordinary measures. If the powerful people in the city oppose us, tens of thousands of people will immediately fight against us. We will fight them until there is a river of blood, even if we win,
, both sides suffer losses, how can we still have the strength to deal with the Yellow Turbans and the clan thieves?"
"Then let these evildoers go?"
Guan Yu frowned.
Chen Mu explained: "So we must win over them and use their strength to fight. This is killing people with a borrowed knife. It is a strategy to consume the strength of both sides. When the strength of both sides is exhausted, we will fight again.
Li, second brother, do you understand?"
"That's it."
When Guan Yu heard that he didn't want to kill the powerful, he was just using them first, his brows instantly relaxed and he nodded: "Okay then, everything will be obeyed by the fourth brother. When the time comes, I will kill whoever the fourth brother asks me to kill."
call!
Chen Mu took a long breath. Sure enough, he still liked going out with his third brother Zhang Fei, it would be much easier that way.