There was a cool breeze blowing in Zhangye at night, and the hot summer air suddenly disappeared. At this time, the moon was already rising, and the palace lanterns illuminated the key parts of the Yang Mansion as if it were daytime.
"Your Majesty, these methods are a bit rough, but they are more practical." The side room in the front hall was also brightly lit with candles. Ling Jing put down a copy of the development education document in his hand and asked a young scribe at the guest table: " What does Brother Sidao think?"
"Your Majesty's method is good for Liangzhou, but it is too scattered and lacks a complete plan. The most typical reward and punishment system seems to be more random and messy. For example, if a doctor from a university teaches a method that can govern Talented people can be promoted and rewarded as appropriate. On the contrary, if a doctor from a certain university has been mediocre and incompetent, they will be demoted to state schools, county schools, and primary schools. This will not only better promote Liangzhou education, but also attract attention. Doctors’ awareness of crisis allows them to be more dedicated when teaching.”
The young scribe is about thirty years old. He has a dark face and a stocky figure. Although he is not very handsome, he is still a talented person. This is Liu Ji who was invited by Xiao Yu to write a letter.
Jingzhou (Nanjun) has been at its peak since the Han Dynasty. After the capital of the Western Liang Kingdom was established here, many old officials of the Xiao family were unwilling to pay allegiance to Nanchen and defected to the Western Liang one after another, making it one of the gathering places for the southern gentry. These A person may have only a superficial knowledge of power, art of war, and statecraft, and may even pretend to understand, but when it comes to speaking out, he is a first-rate master. Among them, the pragmatic Liu Jie was regarded as a breath of fresh air, but he was not favored by others because of this. When he was labeled by his competitors as "talented but not moral", he was constantly tortured by rumors and could not find a place in Jingzhou Shilin. So after receiving Xiao Yu's letter, he packed his bags and took his family to Ganzhou without hesitation.
Today he was invited by Xiao Ying to the Yang Mansion from the Xiao family. However, after waiting for a whole afternoon, he still did not see the real master Yang Ji.
Although Ling Jing, who was accompanying him, said that Yang Ji had left Liangzhou for nearly half a year and had a lot of backlogged things and would be unable to leave for a while, so he was not deliberately neglecting him; Liu Jie also knew that Ling Jing was not lying to him. But this trip was extremely important to him. Whether he could serve as an official and whether he could revive the glory of the Liu family all depended on Yang Ji. Before he saw Yang Ji or received Yang Ji's statement, he was still a little uneasy.
Ling Jing nodded. In fact, everyone knows the problems Liu Jie mentioned; but many things are unprecedented. Since there is no law to follow, we can only explore step by step. This has led to many rules and regulations that "came into being". Seems disorganized. He smiled and said to Liu Jie: "Brother Sidao is absolutely right, but..."
"There is no way, there are not enough manpower." Yang Ji's clear voice came from outside the door, not only interrupting Ling Jing's words, but also filling in what Ling Jing meant.
"Your Majesty is right," Ling Jing said with a smile.
Liu Jie turned around and saw a young man wearing a purple gold crown, purple robe and gold jade belt walking in. He was handsome and tall, like a jade tree standing in the wind. What impressed people most was the pair of With sharp and bright eyes, Liu Ji felt his heart palpitation when he looked at each other.
Liu Ji took a breath of cold air. This was the first time he met such a young man full of evil spirits. Judging from his attire, he knew who it was. He stood up and saluted: "Greetings, Liu Ji from Jingzhou." King."
"Mr. Liu, no courtesy!" Yang Ji didn't say anything like sorry, and sat directly on the main seat. After all, with his current identity and status, he is enough to make more than 90% of people look up to him, and Liu Ji can A person who has become a famous person must have a strong subjective consciousness. If he is pretentious and humble in apologizing to a frustrated person, I am afraid that he will be looked down upon.
After Yang Ji sat down, he glanced at Liu Jie and couldn't help but nodded secretly: It's not unreasonable for Liu Jie and Xiao Yu to become good friends. It turns out that they both have dead faces. Gu Jing Wubo's face, It's impossible to tell what their expressions or thoughts are.
"Mr. Liu just said it right. The rules and regulations in Liangzhou are indeed messy!" Yang Ji didn't have the habit of listening to the corner, but before he arrived, he happened to hear the conversation between Ling Jing and Liu Ji. He poured himself a cup of tea and asked Liu Ji, who suddenly became a little cautious, said: "Since ancient times, Liangzhou has been a multi-ethnic area. It is not that no one has tried to integrate Han and Hu before, but they basically ended in failure. On the contrary, there are many Han people We have been bullied. This means that we have no successful experience to learn from and can only move forward gropingly, but I think what is needed in this matter is power."
"I hope your Majesty can clear up my doubts!" Liu Ji looked at Yang Ji doubtfully.
"Since there are no rules and regulations to follow, our descendants must explore on our own. If the current method of breaking up, resettling, and educating the children of foreign races is successful, it will be gradually promoted to the entire world, and our laws of the Sui Dynasty will be penetrated into the hearts of foreign races step by step. , let them act according to the Sui laws, but the most important thing right now is to implement the laws in Liangzhou first. Even if they lose, it will only be Liangzhou and will not affect the entire Sui Dynasty."
Looking at Liu Jiruo's enlightened expression, Yang Ji continued: "The power of our Sui Dynasty has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and all tribes are afraid of it like a tiger. In front of barbarians and foreigners, our officials of the Sui Dynasty should behave like a strong man. On the one hand, we must also let them understand in their hearts that we neither favor the Han people nor them, and everything is done in accordance with the laws of the Sui Dynasty. Over time, everyone will get used to this kind of 'fairness'. As long as you get used to it, don't The rules and regulations are naturally promoted. The difficulty lies in the incomplete laws and disorganized rules and regulations."
Having said this, Yang Ji deeply regretted that although he had the soul of future generations, he neither studied the law nor broke the law in his previous life. He only knew how to restrain himself, so he knew nothing about the law.
If he were engaged in legal work now, he might be able to use the common sense from his previous life to pick out words, exploit loopholes in the "Kaihuang Code", and then derive some rules and regulations, but he is the emperor of Liangzhou and has too many things to deal with. , in addition to doing your job well, you also have to plot against others and prevent others from plotting against others. How can you have the time and energy to find loopholes in the law?
Therefore, Yang Ji could only leave many things, including laws, to his subordinates. At best, he would come up with a vague concept and wait for them to complete it before reviewing it.
"Liu Ji is taught!" Liu Ji felt a sudden enlightenment after hearing this. No wonder what Ling Jing showed him this afternoon was so messy. It turned out that everything was created by them based on the actual situation in Liangzhou.
What surprised him was that although Yang Ji had a strong "aura" and a bad reputation, he was actually so humble. It was really unexpected. It seemed that the rumors really couldn't be believed!
"Compared with Shangshu Province, Liangzhou has officials, households, rituals, soldiers, punishments (formerly Fa Cao), and Gong Liucao. In addition, there is also Yucao who supervises the administration of the six Caocao and local officials. But I think it is not enough, so I plan to build it now. On the basis of the existing laws, we will increase the number of legal officers. This legal officer is different from the previous ones. Its mission is to improve the law and customize the law. I will give you the position of inspector of legal officers. After you have made some achievements, I will recommend it to the court. Do you like it?"
Liu Jie was stunned by the huge pie of "Inspection and Examination Cao". He didn't expect that Yang Ji would be appointed as soon as he came, and he was also an "Inspection and Examination Superintendent." It is possible at any time to remove the word "inspection" and become an authentic Dharma scholar.
"Thank you, Your Majesty! Liu Jie will definitely live up to your Majesty's love!" Thinking that he was so valued, Liu Jie changed the depression in his chest and suddenly became energetic, even his dead face seemed to be glowing.
"Work hard. I hope you will use your abilities and achievements to secure this position and become an official FA Cao." Yang Ji encouraged with a smile. The FA Cao is the legislative branch of Liangzhou and does not have any power, but this Departments without real power were very important. Although Yang Ji had long wanted to establish one, he just lacked a person to take the lead, so Yang Ji planned to let Liu Jie give it a try.
It would be best if Liu Jie brought a good facao. If he couldn't do anything well and the things he produced were useless, Yang Ji could just abandon him. This would have no impact on Liangzhou at all, and at most he would just provide some salary.
"My humble position will definitely live up to the king's high expectations!" Liu Jie said seriously. He has a tough personality and is upright, which makes him very unsociable. Except for a few friends, few people agree with his personality and views. Therefore, although he has great talents, he has been doing nothing. Instead, he is ignored by those who only know how to do it in Jingzhou. The scholars who talk empty talk are so ironic that they cannot gain a foothold in the scholarly society, and it goes without saying that they feel depressed. Yang Ji had achieved such an achievement at such a young age. He was already convinced, but now that he was being treated like this, he was extremely moved.
Yang Ji nodded and regretfully said to Liu Ji: "Originally, I planned to open a law school at Liangzhou University. Mr. Liu's talent can be a tribute to the law school. However, Liangzhou's top priority is not to cultivate legal talents. It is a sound law that governs the local area and regulates the behavior and habits of the people... It seems that this law school will be delayed for a few years."
Liangzhou's biggest weakness is its lack of talent. When Bingzhou has a large number of vacant seats to fight for, even if Yang Ji relaxes restrictions in Liangzhou, the children of aristocratic families will not come. As for the scholars from poor families, except for a few who particularly loved law, most of them studied the way of being an official and the way of Confucius and Mencius.
Even if such people come to Liangzhou, they can only become officials and cannot support a law school that cultivates legal talents. If they do it by force, not only will it be ineffective, but it will make people laugh. So Yang Ji could only be "stranded". valley area
Liu Ji cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, if you want to establish a law school but don't have a suitable candidate, I have a relatively good candidate."
Yang Ji's eyes lit up and he asked quickly: "Who?"
"Cen Zhixiang, the magistrate of Handan County in Mingzhou." Liu Ji introduced in a deep voice: "Cen Zhixiang has profound attainments in law, and he has been an official for many years and has strong organizational skills. As a preacher, It is definitely more than enough for the law school where students are taught to drink wine.”
"Cen Zhixiang, the magistrate of Handan County in Mingzhou, right? I remember, it is not up to me to decide whether to come to Liangzhou to serve." Yang Ji glanced at Liu Ji and said with a smile: "You'd better do it Write him a letter and let him be prepared. If he really has this talent, I will let him become the doctor of wine in this academy."
Cen Zhixiang is now the county magistrate, but he wants him to be the dean of the Law School of Liangzhou University. According to the standards of his previous life, this person would definitely be ecstatic; but Handan County in the Sui Dynasty was a populous county. Ling's rank is from the sixth grade, while the dean of Liangzhou University Law School only has a salary and no rank; from a utilitarian point of view, as long as this person is not stupid, he will not come, even if it were him, it would be the same.
But there is no human rights under power. As long as Yang Guang or Niu Hong, the official secretary, agree, Cen Zhixiang dare not not come. So Yang Ji was determined to take this small county magistrate.
As for whether Cen Zhixiang was talented or not, Yang Ji wasn't too worried. Because in this era, if the recommendee was unqualified or later became a corrupt official, the recommender would also be held accountable. But Liu Jie was just a frustrated scholar. He neither knew nor dared to exaggerate Cen Zhixiang’s talents. .
Unless, he doesn't want to mess around anymore.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust!" Liu Jie cupped his hands and expressed his gratitude, and a smile appeared on his stiff face, but it was more embarrassing and uncomfortable when he smiled than when he didn't smile.
"Can you take office tomorrow?" Yang Ji knew that Liangzhou's rules and regulations were messy. Many important systems were set up as soon as he thought of them. Over time, they became more and more numerous. Although he also wanted to standardize them, he lacked this There is no manpower available, and Xiao Yu and others are busier than him, so how can anyone do it?
Originally, the person Yang Ji wanted to belong to was Du Ruhui, who joined the army to record affairs, but he was a prime minister with a wide range of knowledge. If he was allowed to focus on laws and systems, it might delay him, so it was best to let him continue to be himself. "Secretary". Although Liu Ji is also a talented prime minister, his area of expertise and concentration happens to be law. It can be seen that he is more suitable for such complicated things than Du Ruhui.
Seeing that Yang Ji was so anxious, Liu Ji couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, but he still said: "You can take up the humble position at any time."
Yang Ji saw his doubts and smiled bitterly: "People often say that there is no rule without rules. This is true. However, Liangzhou has never lacked rules, but it is too chaotic. Because there are no regulations, many problems have arisen. , time waits for us not to wait!”
When Liu Ji heard this, he felt a strong sense of responsibility in his heart. Thinking that he would have to spend a lot of time to familiarize himself with and sort out Liangzhou's rules and regulations, he immediately expressed his position: "The humble post will be taken up tomorrow."
"Okay!" Yang Ji was about to introduce the responsibilities of the Dharma Cao to him when Wei Zheng hurried in and saluted Yang Ji with a stern expression on his face: "See you, Your Majesty!"
"Xuancheng doesn't need to be polite." Yang Ji asked, "Xuancheng is in a hurry, do you have anything important to do?"
Song Zhengben, Wei Zheng and Ling Jing were Yang Ji's "secretaries" in Liangzhou. Each had different responsibilities. Song Zhengben and Wei Zheng were in charge of government affairs, while Ling Jing was in charge of military affairs. During Yang Ji's expedition, Song Zhengben and Wei Zheng In Zhangye, they helped Yang Ji deal with some minor matters within their scope of authority. If they couldn't make the decision, they took the solution to the state shepherd's office and discussed it with the "nine leaders" of the Liangzhou Administration Hall.
Such a combination of public and private parties can not only handle matters in a timely manner, but also prevent Yang Ji from being ignored by officials of the state and animal husbandry offices and the "secretariat" of the royal palace.
"Your Majesty, there has been a lot of turmoil among the Qiang, Sogdians, Hu and other ethnic minorities recently. They have had many conflicts with merchants in the market." Nowadays, many "foreign people" are first-class people, and they have no power with the Sui people. Just like the obligation, it would be neither appropriate nor conducive to unity and sinicization to call them "foreign, alien, flirtatious" and other insulting names. Therefore, Yang Ji asked local officials to use "ethnic minorities" to refer to people with different appearances within the territory. people, so Wei Zhengcai said "minorities".
"Then what?" Yang Ji knew that things were not that simple.
Wei Zheng cupped his hands and said: "Yesterday, a group of Qiang people came to Zhangye to sell mountain products, but they were deceived by merchants from Guanzhong and sold them at a price that was 80% lower than the market price. After they learned about the situation at the market, they went to argue with those merchants. , hoping that the merchants would make up the difference. However, the merchants did not give any money, so a conflict broke out, and in the end they were killed by this group of Qiang people. This matter is not easy to resolve, and I would like to ask the king to make a decision."
Yang Ji also felt a little headache. In order to avoid this kind of conflict, he specially set up city officials in various markets and asked students from Liangzhou University to help guide them during the holidays. However, many businessmen brought ethnic minority people into the city in order to obtain more profits. The prices of furs and rare items coming to the market are very low, and then they are shipped to other places and sold at high prices.
The ethnic minorities these days are not as docile as the ethnic minorities in later generations. If you take advantage of it, they will recognize it. But this businessman from Guanzhong went too far.
Their reasoning is no better than that of articulate businessmen, and they may even suffer verbal discrimination and insults, and of course they will draw their swords to kill them.
But for businessmen, lowering prices is their normal behavior and daily operation, and there seems to be nothing wrong with it.
Liu Ji saw Yang Ji frowning and said nothing. After thinking about it, he held his hands and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is actually not difficult to judge. If you kill someone, you should pay with your life. But the cause was caused by the merchants, and the merchants are also responsible, but now your Majesty is vigorously If the naturalization of Hu people is done in accordance with the law, I am afraid it will cause dissatisfaction among the Hu people."
"It's true that I want to naturalize all ethnic groups, but I will never let these murderers go for this. Since everyone has the same rights and obligations, the responsibilities they should bear are also the same." Yang Ji thought for a while, Then he said to Wei Zheng: "However, although these Qiang people are at fault, the cause lies with the merchants. Corresponding compensation must be made to the Qiang people. As for the punishment, let the punishment cao handle it according to the law."
"Here!" Wei Zheng responded and retreated.
"You heard it too." Yang Ji glanced at Liu Ji and said, "Actually, this kind of thing happens from time to time in Liangzhou, but this is the first time that a human life has occurred. However, if the root cause is not solved, it will happen again in the future. Tomorrow, you will standardize the prices of various materials based on market prices, so that buyers and sellers have a standard to measure against, and then distribute them to states and counties."
"I humbly obey my orders!"
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