Chang'an, the governor's office of Yongzhou.
On this day, there was a crowd outside the Governor's Mansion. Many people gathered outside the mansion to beat drums and express their grievances, causing the people around to stop and watch. For a while, there was a loud noise, cars and horses blocked the market, and hundreds of people blocked the main entrance of the Governor's Mansion...
After learning about this, Chang'an ordered Yangtan, who was ordered to deliver official documents that day, immediately asked Zhang Santi to lead two teams of guards to the government office to protect Xu Zongwen.
"Lord! No, no, nobles from all over Chang'an have gathered outside the mansion to accuse Zheng Sima of killing the Yan army and burning Xinfeng. They want, they want -"
When Zheng Lue led the Zhaoyao Battalion to attack Xinfeng City, Yang Tan was in the army. Xu Zongwen personally ordered him to supervise the army in order to restrain Zheng Lue. However, he did not expect that Zheng Lue would go his own way later, and Zheng Lue could not persuade him at all.
"What are they going to do?" Yang Tan looked anxious, but Xu Zongwen didn't care. He had already learned the whole story from Jin Yiwei when he was still in Luoyang about what Zheng Lue did in Xinfeng.
Yang Tan approached and then calmed down and continued: "They want the lord to kill Zheng Sima to calm the public anger and appease the Guanzhong gentry!"
Xu Zongwen saw the document handed over by Yang Tan and had no intention of accepting it. He was silent for a few moments and suddenly laughed: "As I expected, these people are from the Guanzhong family. They have no deep relationship with the Xianbei people. You Why did they make such mistakes and get to where they are today?"
Yes, it was the local nobles in Guanzhong who came here claiming to execute Zheng Lue.
"My lord, the gentry and drunkards in Guanzhong do not care about wine. Are they using the old and new affairs to put pressure on my lord?"
It is a lie that the nobles want to punish and kill Zheng Lue, but it is true that they want to pull Yanzhi down and criticize the New Deal!
In the past few days, the new Jingzhao Yin Dao Yanzhi has announced four policies for the government. The first is to select talents, depose the faint and establish the meritocracy, and promote the government through decrees. The second is to encourage farming, land reclamation, and low taxes on Kenting. The third is to punish fishing and hunting in various counties. The villagers were the evil-doing gentry in Wubao, and they set up a nursing home and a relief department to provide relief to orphans and widows and rescue victims.
Xu Zongwen knew that these four decrees were a good strategy for governing the country and bringing peace to the people. In order to support Dao Yanzhi, he even issued a proclamation in his own handwriting.
"When you march, you don't have to occupy the necessary territory to attack the city. You must eliminate the chaos and calm the people's livelihood. Fight whenever you encounter the enemy. If you pass by and under the city, do not kill people recklessly, do not seize people's property, and do not destroy people's residences. , Do not waste farm tools, do not kill farm cattle, and do not plunder people's children. Folks may abandon orphans and children in the camp, and parents and relatives will return them if they come to ask for them."
Xu Zongwen said to the generals of the Xiaoqi Army: "Conquer the city with force, and calm the people with benevolence."
Two days ago, Yanzhi personally went to Shen Yu's camp with Xu Zongwen's handwriting to obtain permission, and then brought two soldiers and horses to seal the Chang'an treasury, guard the palace gate, and prohibit soldiers from invading.
At the same time, in the name of Jingzhao Yin Mansion, Dao Yanzhi issued his first decree since taking office: Those who plunder people's property will die, those who destroy people's homes will die, and those who kill people will die.
Outside the Jingzhao Yin official office and at various gates in Chang'an, everyone posted notices of peace of mind in the name of Xu Zongwen.
The general meaning of the notice is: Qin lost its power, the country was in turmoil, and the people were in ruins. I have led the people here to remove harmful things for the people. You all keep your old ways and have no doubts or fears. If there are wise men and gentlemen who are able to work with me and make meritorious deeds, I will use them with courtesy. If there are any inconveniences caused by the old administration, I will remove them.
It was precisely because of the order of seeking talents issued by Dao Yanzhi that Confucian scholars, Taoists, Buddhists and Taoists from all over the world gathered outside the Chang'an Yamen Office. They were all because of the order of seeking talents issued by Dao Yanzhi. Ling came to admire Xu Zongwen's name.
"Yes, since ancient times, the selection of talents has been just a casual mention by the superiors in order to win over people's hearts. I am afraid that only Wei Wu can really implement it. Now that our army has entered the customs and promulgated the new policy, it has naturally harmed the interests of the nobles. Naturally, they will oppose it. It makes sense." Xu Zongwen had already seen through it, but he couldn't completely ignore the huge momentum outside.
"The order is sent to demote Yongzhou Sima and Polu General Zheng Lue to the Jingyang Order, and impose a three-year salary penalty, which will be implemented immediately."
"promise!"
Xu Zongwen personally wrote a handwritten letter criticizing Zheng Lue and gave it to Yang Tan to take away.
The denigration of Zheng Lue was just to appease the Guanzhong gentry. Of course, it was a superficial appeasement and a concession to the gentry, but in fact Xu Zongwen had other plans for Zheng Lue.
However, Xu Zongwen's tolerance to the Guanzhong gentry did not bring stability to Chang'an. Within a few days, the gentry began to gather outside the Qin Palace to ask for an audience, probably to ask Xu Zongwen to cancel the order of seeking talents regardless of character.
This time, the nobles directly began to criticize Jingzhao Yinzhi Yanzhi without caring about their face!
Xu Zongwen was furious when he learned about it, and he immediately summoned his aides Wen and Wu in Chang'an to the palace to discuss the matter.
"What does it mean to persuade people with virtue, what does it mean to be virtuous and upright?"
"It is virtuous to be able to win in battle without causing the soldiers to die in vain; it is virtuous to govern the country so as to bring peace to the people without causing them to suffer from cold and exhaustion."
Xu Zongwen held the penholder in his hand. He walked down the steps, looked around and then slowly walked up.
"As for those children of noble families who sit and talk every day and talk like a river, but in fact they have no strategy to govern the country and secure the people, and no strategy to win a thousand-mile victory, they are like these people who are just trying to gain fame and reputation, and are flashy people. The imperial court and the shogunate don't have that much salary. Come and support these idle people." Xu Zongwen's clear and clear voice echoed in everyone's ears for a long time!
"In today's troubled times, what I need are talents who can help me calm down the swords and stabilize the world!" Xu Zongwen's eyes were full of hope. He was thirsty for talents. For this, he did not hesitate to sacrifice everything. What does it mean to change the laws and the ancestral system?
"In troubled times, you should use heavy codes! In troubled times, you should be eclectic!"
Xu Zongwen stood at the top and finished speaking impassionedly. After that, he turned back to the main seat and sat down. He drank another cup of tea to quench his thirst.
"Lord Mingjian!"
"Lord Mingjian..."
After hearing what Xu Zongwen said, all the civil and military officials applauded one after another. If Xu Zongwen had not avoided suspicion when doing things internally and did not avoid hatred when doing things externally, and the principle of employing people was based on talent but not talent, then they would not have been able to directly enter the shogunate to hold important positions.
For everyone sitting here, Xu Zongwen is the great bole of this time, the master of the world.
As the leader of the civil and military forces in Guanzhong, Shen Yu said: "The Guanzhong gentry have never contributed much to the imperial court. Now they dare to interfere in the lord's administration of Guanzhong. If they don't use severe measures, they think we will be afraid of them." point!"
"What the Grand Governor said is absolutely true! Please give the order, my lord!"
"Please give the order, my lord!"
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Zheng Lue is not here, but the generals of the Xiaoqi Army are not temperless. No one except Xu Zongwen will take them seriously!
As the focus of this incident, Dao Yanzhi proposed to Xu Zongwen: "Please my lord, please use Jingzhao Weishi, Jingzhao Du family, Hedong Pei family, Hedong family, etc. to obstruct the implementation of the civil affairs of the court, disturb the local government, and besiege the government offices for their evil intentions." The four entire families of the Liu family were assigned to the party to enrich the borders of the three kingdoms of Jin, Yan, and Qin, and to cultivate the fields to support the people, preventing them from traveling back and forth to Guanzhong."
Shangdang belongs to Bingzhou, located in the northern border of Sizhou, at the junction of the Three Kingdoms. Previously, Shen Yu's Zhuque Camp was stationed in Hanoi to guard against the Yan army and monitor the Qin State.
When Murong Chui's army attacked Qin, Shen Yu took advantage of his weakness and lack of skills to send troops from Yewang to capture the Shangdang Highlands. The Jin army obtained this unique land, which made Qin and Yan have to be intimidated!
However, Shangdang lacked supplies, the people had poor food, and the place was poor. The four noble families of Wei, Du, Pei, and Liu had all been high-ranking officials in Guanlong since the Han and Wei dynasties. All four families had three ministers and nine ministers, and there were countless officials with more than two thousand shi! Which family is not extremely wealthy? It would be great to enrich them into the party!
"This is a good idea! Let Yan Yan write the imperial edict, and Yang Tan should polish his pen and do it immediately."
"promise!"
"promise!"
While the gentry in Guanzhong were being exiled, Xu Zongwen petitioned the Jiankang court to transform the Xiaoqi Army into the Northern Expeditionary Army and set up the Sixth Battalion of the Northern Expeditionary Army.
