Sun Zi and Liu Fang, two dog-headed military advisors, each came up with an idea.
Liu Fang's idea was too old-fashioned, and once taxes were raised, among other things, the people would definitely scold him. This would be detrimental to the reputation of the Emperor of Wei.
As for Sun Zi's idea, Cao Rui felt that although it was dangerous, it was not impossible.
However, Cao Rui is not confused after all. He knows that the risks of such a thing are too high, and most of the people involved are powerful people and aristocratic families. It may not be appropriate to make decisions by himself.
Chen Qun was called again, this time with a man named Man Chong, to discuss whether it was necessary to implement this matter.
Man Chong has no intention of objecting to this kind of thing. If there is a "money for negotiation" system, then Man Chong will no longer be a cruel official.
The "atonement money" system treats everyone equally, and often the end result is that people are alive but the money is gone, and nobles and common people alike are the same.
Therefore, in this case, no one is willing to spend money to atone for their sins, and a cruel official like Man Chong must appear.
But if it is changed to "criminal money", it is a privilege belonging to the bureaucrats, aristocrats and aristocratic families. People are not qualified to enjoy this stuff, so what worries can they have? They can just pay the money and get it back from the people.
In this way, cruel officials no longer need to exist. What needs to exist are officials who negotiate "criminal money". This is simply a "living Bodhisattva" in the eyes of aristocratic families and bureaucratic aristocrats.
No matter who Cao Rui leaves this matter to in the end, Man Chong no longer has to live with the reputation of being a cruel official.
And this is what Man Chong has always pursued, so how could he object to it.
Chen Qun, on the other hand, objected more tactfully, and the reason for Chen Qun's objection was actually Cao Rui's concern. If he did this, the officialdom would probably be doomed.
In fact, Chen Qun is not opposed to "money for discussion". In fact, as a representative of a wealthy family, Chen Qun has no position to oppose this system that is extremely beneficial to the wealthy family.
How many of the aristocratic families of this era are clean and self-sufficient? ! Whose butt is clean again? !
With such a system as a support, if nothing else, at least in this troubled time, there is an additional certainty of preserving the continuity of the family.
But after all, Chen Qun is a politician with extremely good political vision. At the same time, his personal integrity is actually pretty good. He has served the Wei Dynasty for so many years and does not want to see the Wei Dynasty completely collapse.
The nine-level Zhongzheng system coupled with the crime money system. Chen Qun thought with his heels, and he knew what terrible consequences it would have.
Most of the bureaucrats and aristocrats came from aristocratic families, and with the Wei Dynasty trying to make money to protect their lives, I am afraid it will be completely chaotic.
However, due to the entanglement of his own interests, Chen Qun could only object tactfully for a while. When Cao Rui said that he could control it by increasing the power of the Yushitai and strengthening supervision, Chen Qun stopped talking. .
The officials of Yushitai are also officials from aristocratic families. Are they supervising themselves? !
In fact, Cao Rui is not unaware of how unreliable his monitoring methods are. He is also betting that he can regain his strength in a short time. If the Shu thieves are eliminated one day earlier, this "criminal money" can be used earlier. Cancel.
Anyway, Cao Rui had an idea, and Chen Qun also believed that he had fulfilled his responsibilities as a minister of the Wei Dynasty. Since Cao Rui, as the emperor, thought he could control the government, what else could he say.
In this way, Cao Rui finally issued an edict, with Sun Zi presiding over the reform of the "atonement money" system, formulating detailed rules, and changing it to the "sin money" system, which was implemented immediately.
Cao Wei was busy collecting money to prepare for war, but on Soochow side, Sun Quan seemed to be much slower to react.
There is no way, the mentality is different, and the style of doing things is naturally different.
Both Cao Wei and Ji Han were thinking about how to unify the world, so their decisions were all centered on how to restore their own strength as soon as possible and regain lost ground.
But here in Soochow, since Zhou Yu's death, Sun Quan's mentality has become more inclined to how to preserve Jiangdong's foundation.
Today, Soochow's sphere of influence extends from Qingxu in the north to Jiaozhou in the south, with a territory thousands of miles away. It can indeed be regarded as a legacy passed down from generation to generation.
To the north, as Soochow Wu completely controls Huainan and connects Huainan and Qingxu, it is equivalent to establishing sufficient strategic depth in front of the Yangtze River defense line. With Lu Xun guarding it, Sun Quan has nothing to worry about.
To the west, Soochow still controls the four counties in Jingnan, cutting off the Shu Han's tentacles extending into Jingnan. In addition, the navy, under the command of Zhu Ran, once again controls the waters of the Yangtze River. In the short term, it is impossible for the Shu Han to threaten Soochow.
The only fly in the ointment was the failure to capture Jiangling. If sufficient strategic depth could be established on the north bank of the Yangtze River in Jingzhou, then Sun Quan's foundation would be considered perfect.
But no matter what, Sun Quan now has no pressure to speak of in a short period of time. Therefore, his focus has returned to internal governance.
The first thing Sun Quan did was to appoint Lu Xun as the new general, and at the same time exiled Zhang Wen, the family member of the Zhang family in Wuzhong.
Lu Xun was born in the Lu family of the four major families in Wuzhong. Letting Lu Xun take Zhou Yu's original position was to appease the Lu family and at the same time show to the local families in Jiangdong that Sun Quan had no intention of crossing the river and burning the bridge.
The exile of Zhang Wen was a warning to the local families in Jiangdong.
In fact, the reason is easy to understand. Although Zhang Wen is from a Jiangdong family, he has always had close ties with Shu Han. A lot of confidential information about Soochow was spread to Shu from Zhang Wen.
This is not a secret. In fact, Sun Quan knows everything about it.
Zhang Wen was not allowed to move before. In addition to Zhang Wen being the head of the Zhang family, one of the four major families in Jiangdong, there was another point. That is, Soochow at that time did not intend to completely fall out with the Shu Han. Zhang Wen was retained when necessary. moments can be used to ease the relationship between the two parties.
But now, after the battle at Jiangling, the two sides have completely broken their ties, so there is no need for Zhang Wen to continue to exist.
He just exiled Zhang Wen instead of directly killing him, or Sun Quan considered the attitude of the local family and let Zhang Wen go.
With such promotion and release, Sun Quan's checks and balances were fully demonstrated, further consolidating the imperial power.
After that, Sun Quan did the second thing.
The school affairs office was established and Lu Yi was appointed as the school captain.
This was not an eye-catching appointment in itself. Lu Yi was not well-known in Jiangdong. Sun Quan promoted him to just a captain, a low-level military attache. No one cared about him.
But when the school affairs office was established, the first thing it did was to make the officials of Soochow aware that something was wrong.
Lü Yi impeached Zheng Zhou, the prefect of Jian'an, on the grounds that he was arrogant and domineering and was causing harm to the local area. So far, it's actually nothing special. What is his status as Lü Yi and what is Zheng Zhou's status? Lü Yi's impeachment of Zheng Zhou is basically nothing. Ant touches elephant.
What really made the officials realize that something was wrong was Sun Quan's reaction - Sun Quan directly ordered Zheng Zhou to be dismissed from his post and imprisoned, and was escorted back to Jianye.
This is outrageous.
Even if Sun Quan wants to hold Zheng Zhou accountable because of Lu Yi's impeachment, he should first send someone to Jian'an County to verify Zheng Zhou's crimes and see if he is really arrogant and domineering and causing trouble for the place. No questions asked. , directly dismissed from office and imprisoned? !
Not to mention, there was also a feud between Lu Yi and Zheng Zhou. Back then, Lu Yi’s retainer committed a crime in Jian’an. Zheng Zhou didn’t give any face to Lü Yi and directly killed the retainer. Lu Yi impeached Zheng Zhou. No matter how you think about it, I thought there was something fishy, why would Sun Quan choose such a simple and crude approach? !
Obviously, this is not Lu Yi, a villain who wants to deal with Zheng Zhou when he gains power. The person who really wants to deal with Zheng Zhou is Sun Quan, and Lu Yi is just a tool man.
For this reason, most of the officials in Soochow remained silent. Only Chen Biao spoke out and personally wrote to Sun Quan to protect Zheng Zhou.
And at this moment, something that no one expected happened. Sun Quan released Zheng Zhou again.
This operation left most officials in Soochow confused. Is Sun Quan trying to deal with Zheng Zhou, or is Lu Yi, a villain, obstructing it and falsely accusing Zheng Zhou? !
Except for those old foxes with rich political experience, such as Zhang Zhao, Gu Yong, Bu Zhi and others, no one else has seen this clearly. To put it bluntly, Sun Quan is playing checks and balances again.
He had just beaten up the local Jiangdong aristocratic families before. Now, Sun Quan wanted to take the opportunity to warn some veterans of the Huaisi Group in Soochow. However, he did not want to bear the infamy, so he let Lu Yi, a villain, rush to the front. Remote control situation at the back.
Sure enough, less than a month later, Lu Yi impeached Diao Jia, the prefect of Lujiang, on charges of corruption and bribery.
Laughing to death, although the Lujiang Diao family is not as prominent as the Zhou family, their only advantage is that their family is rich. Will Diao Jia be corrupt and accept bribes? !
Sun Quan immediately believed this accusation, which seemed like a joke at first glance. At the same time, he sent soldiers from the school affairs office to Lujiang and personally escorted Diao Jia back to Jianye.
This time none of the officials in Soochow spoke.
The old foxes knew that Sun Quan was taking this opportunity to weaken the influence of the Huaisi Meritorious Group, but those who did not understand this also did not dare to speak because they were a little unsure about Zheng Zhou's affairs.
Only Shiyi, the servant, insisted on defending Diao Jia. Even if it angered Sun Quan, he still did not change his words. In the end, Sun Quan had to give the order again and release Diao Jia.
As a result, a group of people who couldn't understand the development of the situation all believed that the villain Lu Yi was causing trouble and slandering the minister. But those who could see clearly probably understood that the Huaisi Merit Group was in trouble.
Zheng Zhou was just a test, and Diao Jia. If Diao Jia was convicted, it would be easy to say. Now that Sun Quan has released Diao Jia, the next person will not be able to solve the problem with the prefect of a county.
Sure enough, the next time, Lu Yi directly targeted Soochow's hussar generals, Jizhou Mu, Bu Zhi, and Bu Zishan.
I'm going on a blind date tonight, and there are only two chapters. If it doesn't work, if I come back early, there may be one more chapter.
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