The Liangzhou Prefectural Mufu, which had been deserted in recent years, suddenly became lively. This was probably the longest separation between Yang Ji and his subordinates. Although one person missing did not affect the operation of the Prefectural Mufu, Liangzhou without Yang Ji was The State Shepherd's Mansion, however, feels like it is missing its backbone.
In the past, when Yang Ji was here, he usually didn't take care of things very much. Most of them were jointly managed by the subordinates below. Each department did its own thing in an orderly manner. His powerful deterrence was enough to make all states and tribes follow the laws he planned. Action, but after Yang Ji left, everyone seemed to have lost confidence. The restless atmosphere in Liangzhou makes people feel depressed.
Although the system of "five classes of people", equal distribution of land, and transfer of power to chiefs of various tribes and tribes has a certain degree of credibility, problems such as Yang Jian's death and Yang Ji's export of a large number of troops to the south have left the "central" force empty. , resulting in the lack of enforcement and deterrence of some laws, and the absence of Yang Ji, the wild nature of many Qiang chiefs, slaves, and prisoners of war that had not been completely transformed began to go out of control.
With Yang Ji's return, the oppressive and restless atmosphere seemed to disappear in an instant. Everyone including Yin Shishi, Yu Shinan, Xiao Yu, Wang Cong, He Tuo, Liu Xuan, and Liu Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief.
This is the charm of a qualified leader.
The leader is only one person, but he has the power to change everything, enough to support a dynasty, an era, and a field.
The strong rise of Maodun Chanyu brought the Xiongnu to an unprecedented peak, forcing those as wealthy and powerful as the Han Dynasty to have to exchange marriages for time to recuperate. It was not until the emergence of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that the shame of the Han Dynasty was wiped away. , and established the soul of the nation by ravaging the Xiongnu. Therefore, although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty impoverished the wealthy Han Dynasty, he established a sense of national pride and glory, making future generations proud of being Han people.
The same is true for Ashina Tumen. The Turks headed by him were originally slaves of the Rouran Kingdom, but with his own talent and charm, he defeated the arrogant Rouran and established the Turkic Khanate across the Eurasian continent. .
Until Yang Jian established the Sui Dynasty, his methods of dealing with the Turkic Khanates were different from those of the Han Dynasty. In the early days of the Han Dynasty, he focused on pacifying the outside world, recuperating internally, and mediating various conflicts. However, Yang Jian turned his internal conflicts to the outside world. On the one hand, they responded to the powerful Turks with iron-blooded methods; on the other hand, they weakened the Turks by dividing dissension and using barbarians to control barbarians, and unified the world that had been divided for hundreds of years.
Although Yang Ji is not an emperor-level leader, he is the indispensable leader, soul, and backbone for the Liangzhou Prefectural Mud.
If we say that at first, everyone was frightened by the court's orders and had to obey Yang Ji's orders and will, but as Yang Ji opened up a series of good situations in Liangzhou, the potential resistance in everyone's hearts disappeared, and everyone became happy. Respect and respect from the heart.
Perhaps even they themselves are not aware of this subtle and silent change, but this change does exist.
At this time, many heroes gathered in the Prefectural Mufu's Mansion, and each Cao officer reported to Yang Ji one by one the achievements made in the past six months, as well as the progress of various government orders.
In fact, Yang Ji has flying pigeons and flying eagles to send messages, and he is actually well aware of the changes in Liangzhou. But at this moment, what all the capable officers need is to talk and claim credit. Naturally, Yang Ji will not interrupt, but Communicate with them seriously.
Along the way, Yang Ji could intuitively see the changes in Liangzhou. Many exotic buildings appeared in Ganzhou Prefecture Zhangye, Liangzhou Prefecture Guzang, Lanzhou Prefecture Zhijincheng, and Huizhou Prefecture Zhipinggao, which were full of the past. There is no vitality and breath. This is because the restart of the Silk Road has attracted a large number of foreign businessmen.
The arrival of these people not only boosted Liangzhou's economy, but also brought different customs and cultures.
Yang Ji advocated the contention of a hundred schools of thought in Liangzhou. Why did he advocate it? This is because the culture of this foreign land in the East was indispensable to the Sui Dynasty. He believed that both the culture of the Central Plains and the doctrines of various schools can only be sublimated through competition. Although the status of Confucianism today is respected, it is still on the way to prosperity. At this stage, it has not completely become the kind of self-proclaimed Confucianism.
As a member of the Great Sui Dynasty, Yang Ji had special feelings for the civilization of the Central Plains. He knew that if Confucianism was allowed to dominate the world, the decline of Confucianism would be an inevitable result. Therefore, in order to keep Confucianism young forever, he deliberately allowed other ordinary people to Talk about influx into Liangzhou. The purpose is to enable Confucianism to develop in competition. The purpose is to enable Confucianism to absorb the strengths of each school and supplement its own shortcomings in crises.
He is very familiar with Confucianism and believes that it will not take long for the advanced cultural knowledge from the Western Regions and the West to be accepted by Confucianism as its own, and then he can plausibly and quote the classics. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Confucius, Mencius, and Xunzi Similar arguments have been made.
But whether it is Confucian or from the Western Regions, as long as it is good, Yang Ji will recognize it.
"Zhou Mu!" Xiao Yu was very unhappy when he saw that everyone reported good news but not bad news. He frowned and said to Yang Ji: "Since the Han Dynasty, Guazhou has formed a family with the Zhang family, the Suo family, the Song family, and the Song family. The Linghu family, the Bin family, the Yin family, and the Li family are representative of the powerful surnames. Many of their descendants are high-ranking military and political officials in Qianliang and Xiliang. To this day, the eight major surnames in Guazhou almost control the military and government in Guazhou. and people’s livelihood, that’s all!”
Xiao Yu said to Yang Ji with a solemn face: "But they are dominating the local area and are extremely ambitious. Since the founding of the Sui Dynasty, they have forced more than 20 Qiang and Hu tribes to rebel. More than ten days ago, there were More than a dozen representatives of the Qiang and Hu tribes came to Ganzhou to file a complaint."
"Who are you suing?" After hearing Xiao Yu's words, Yang Ji couldn't help but take it seriously. Liangzhou under his rule has always been about ruling the country by law. If someone does something illegal, he will never forgive it.
"They sued the Zhang and Li families of Zhang Dinghuang, the governor of Guazhou! They also sued the criminal and supervisory officials stationed in Guazhou." Xiao Yu solemnly raised his hands and said, "They sued Zhang Dinghuang for his greedy nature and his corpse. We had a meal together, and the prosecutors and supervisory officials protected each other. I am ready to investigate the matter thoroughly..."
"Check it out for me! You must get it to the bottom of the investigation! Especially the Fa Cao officials who break the law must be severely punished." Yang Ji said coldly: "The Fa Cao is a sharp blade and cordon to ensure the integrity of Liangzhou's officialdom. We must not let it be Those who are corrupt and bend the law infiltrate the law enforcement ranks. I will kill those who deserve to be killed, and I will punish those who deserve to be punished."
"Here!" Xiao Yu has a stubborn temperament. Since he followed Yang Ji to Liangzhou, the Liangzhou Facao headed by him dug out many corrupt officials.
It is precisely because of his strict self-discipline and impartial law enforcement that many policies in Liangzhou are on the right track, especially the property, land deeds and real estate obtained from the confiscation of homes. Not only were they listed clearly and clearly, but most of them were actually returned. The people are relieved of the suffering, so that the common people will say that corrupt officials deserve their fate.
Because Xiao Yu was honest and innocent, even the powerful locals in Liangzhou did not dare to stand up and accuse him. Moreover, there are also smart people among local powerful people. Not only do they understand Yang Ji's idea of governing the state according to law, but more importantly, they know that Yang Ji wants to provoke conflicts between local powerful people and the people in order to overthrow the local government. Use powerful methods to win the hearts and minds of the people, so that local powerful people in various states and counties in Liangzhou no longer have absolute control.
It's not that they don't have solutions. First, as long as Yang Ji dies, all problems will be solved. But unfortunately, this is also the most impossible thing to do, because every other long street in every important city in Liangzhou is We can see the troops patrolling back and forth, let alone dealing with Yang Ji. Even local powerful people have a hard time getting into the prestigious position left over from the past.
The second is to leave early before Yang Ji has found them. Unfortunately, it might have been possible before, but now there is no need for Yang Ji to make deliberate arrangements. Liangzhou Facao and the people in various cities will watch their every move, especially those who used to do it. The people who are persecuted by local powerful people will stare at these local powerful people with hatred without the government's instructions. As long as they dare to take any action, these people will report it to the law officials in various states and counties.
The third is to try every means to transfer Yang Ji away from Liangzhou, but this is obviously impossible, because both the late emperor Yang Jian and the new emperor Yang Guang valued Yang Ji's whimsical ideas and wanted to use Liangzhou As a testing ground for various new policies, as long as the emperor does not fall and the policies remain unchanged, Yang Ji will continue to harm the powerful people in Liangzhou.
Today, with the strengthening of the government's credibility and the people's trust in the government, in order to seek justice, people come to Zhangye to "petition" almost every day. This also makes the official office where the Fa Cao is located in Liangzhou The threshold of the busiest government office is almost broken by people's representatives. This is also normal.
After all, people's grievances have been backlogged for a long time. Under the instigation of the government, the "firepower" they unleashed made Xiao Yu feel deeply responsible. As the backlogged cases were resolved one after another, a large number of land properties, land deeds, When the money and food were distributed to the people and the poor, the reputation of Yangji, the governor of Liangzhou, was increasing day by day and skyrocketing.
Yes, it is a surge.
This skyrocketing fame and prestige was neither gained by Yang Ji's defeat of hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops nor by killing Bujia Khan, but by actually doing practical things for the people and gaining their sincere support.
As the most direct law enforcer, although Xiao Yu is busy every day, every time he sees the people's representatives leaving with a smile, a strong sense of happiness, responsibility, and mission surges in his heart.
The current situation in Liangzhou reminds Xiao Yu of the restructuring by Emperor Wu of Zhou Dynasty Yuwen Yong. He was still a baby at that time and was born in the south. Most of them heard about Yuwen Yong's restructuring, but although he had no personal experience Yes, but as the executor of Liangzhou, he had studied the massive restructuring that shook the foundation of the Northern Zhou Dynasty more than once.
When he compared the restructuring of the Northern Zhou Dynasty with Liangzhou's "ruling the people according to law", he felt that the two were somewhat similar, but they were not the same. He felt that what Yang Ji was doing now was an "enhanced version" of Emperor Wu of the Zhou Dynasty's restructuring.
After all, Emperor Wu of the Zhou Dynasty basically lost order and control after the restructuring. Today's Liangzhou is different. The reason is that all Yang Ji's actions were made out of thin air, but acted within the framework of the law, and everything was based on the principles of the Sui Dynasty. The law is the criterion. If people dare to falsely accuse someone, they must bear considerable legal responsibility. Therefore, Yang Ji's approach maximized the power of the people without causing the social order to lose control.
This is also the reason why the upright Xiao Yu is able to get along like a fish in water in Liangzhou. He feels that his value is fully reflected here.
What Xiao Yu said about Zhang Dinghuang made Yang Ji suddenly think of something. Last year, when the anti-corruption campaign was at its peak, Zhang Dinghuang's wife, Zhang Suoshi, was planning to take the wife route and try to get their daughter under Xiao Ying's sect or the royal family's sect. It was just that Xiao Ying declined vigilantly. When Yang Ji heard Xiao Ying talk about this matter, he felt that there was something wrong with Zhang Dinghuang, who had been the governor of Gua for a long time. However, Yang Jian was seriously ill later and had no time to deal with the matter. Now Xiao Yu is back. He said that he felt that the problem between that guy and his Zhang family and Yue family's Soo family was not small.
Yang Ji thought for a while and then asked: "Is there no movement among the six major families in Dunhuang?"
Xiao Yu shook his head: "The six major families are very peaceful. I haven't seen any action from them."
"That's right!" Yang Ji smiled slightly: "At the beginning, they were blackmailed by me and Mai Tiezhang for six layers of land and slaves, so naturally they didn't dare to do anything."
Yang Ji handled some official business and asked about military arrangements, then left the government office and headed back home.
After leaving the government office on horseback and bypassing the landmark rockery, the smile on Yang Ji's face slowly disappeared. He turned around and asked, "When can the people from Tianmen Liangzhou branch arrive in Guazhou?"
"Back to the young master, the people in the branch are based in Dunhuang in the name of business, so there are a lot of goods. If nothing unexpected happens, they will arrive in Zhangye in four days!"
The person who answered Yang Ji was Jiang Yuanchen, the deputy leader of the dead soldiers. Jiang Yuanchen was in his forties and was also the leader of the Tianmen Liangzhou branch. This guy is usually taciturn and has an air of being serious about talking and laughing. He will never speak until Yang Ji speaks. He will answer whatever Yang Ji asks, and will never add any of his guesses or analysis. He is a three-legged supporter. A character who doesn't give a damn.
Yang Ji thought it was due to his personality at first, until he happened to see him and several other guards instructing horses near the Xiedan Army Racecourse. Yang Ji made some inquiries and found out that when his father Yang Shuang was alive, he didn't like his subordinates to make noise or make any suggestions to him. Jiang Yuanchen thought that father and son had the same personality, so he didn't talk much.
Yang Ji didn't bother to explain anything to him. As a deputy commander of dead soldiers and an intelligence collector, there was nothing wrong with talking less. Although Yang Ji was not a dictatorial person, he didn't like having someone around him nagging him when he had nothing to do. A chatterbox in his mouth.
"Four days later?" Yang Ji breathed a sigh of relief. He wanted to drag the six major families into the case of Zhang Dinghuang, the governor of Guangdong, after Tianmen Liangzhou branch settled in Dunhuang, but it seemed that he couldn't catch up.
"Yes!" Jiang Yuanchen responded.
Yang Ji pondered for a long time and then gave him instructions: "Arrange some others to settle in Guazhou and work hard to collect information on the six major families to see if they have any interests in Zhang Dinghuang!"
Jiang Yuanchen replied succinctly: "Yes!"
