Time flies, and it is already at the end of the first month of the third year of Daye. It has been more than two months since Yang Ji returned to Zhangye. At this time, the imperial court officially issued an order to change prefectures and counties into prefectures and counties, and all states in the world were officially named after counties.
Liangzhou prefecture: Ganzhou was renamed Zhangye County, Liangzhou was renamed Wuwei County, Lanzhou was renamed Jincheng County, Shanzhou was renamed Xiping County, Kuozhou was renamed Raohe County, Hezhou was renamed Wuhan County, and Taozhou was renamed Lintao County and Huizhou were renamed Huining County, Guazhou was renamed Dunhuang County, Yizhou was renamed Yiwu County, Tingzhou was renamed Beiting County, and Xizhou was renamed Xizhou County. The names of Shanshan and Qiemo were different. Change.
The above fourteen counties are the territory under the jurisdiction of Liangzhou Supervisory State.
Regarding this change, except for the complaints of county officials from various places who were demoted and had their salaries cut, officials and ordinary people at other levels had no special opinions; most people did not know the significance and impact of the name change on the officialdom of the Sui Dynasty and Sui Dynasty, and The game in the court consisted of a few complaints behind the scenes at most, saying that the emperor had enough to eat and had nothing to do.
In the past two months, there was no fluctuation in Liangzhou, but far in the east, in the officialdom of Luoyang, a fierce "fight" took place that was changing. First, the Guanlong nobles launched a fierce offensive against Yang Su's children on various charges. Yang Su's children were severely defeated in the court. Officials and servants from the three divisions all arrived in front of the Chu Kingdom's palace. Yang Su's old troops collectively lost their voices. And the voices that badmouth the Yang family are spreading all over the world.
But just when everyone in the Duke of Chu's mansion was frightened and thought that a disaster was imminent, the emperor and the queen suddenly arrived at the Duke of Chu's mansion, repelled the officials and government servants from the three departments who surrounded the Duke of Chu's mansion, entered the mansion to appease the Yang family's children, and awarded Yang Xuangan The post of Minister of the Ministry of Rites was granted to Yang Wensi, and the post of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs was granted to Yang Wensi. However, Yang Yue was dismissed from the post of Internal History Order because he left his post without authorization during his official duties.
I thought this was the end of the road, but unexpectedly, the powerful "Integrity Department", led by the so-called "Three Dogs" Xiao Yu, Yang Gongren, Yu Wenhuaji, suddenly started to "hurt people".
Attacking countless San, Xun, Jue and other idle officials. Just like Liangzhou did at the beginning, after there is evidence of crime, the perpetrator will be found, especially when the case is over and the Integrity Department returns the finance to the perpetrator. There is a precedent. After the first "crab eater" appears, Then there will be a second sufferer and a third sufferer,
Those arrested idle officials cannot be said to be heinous people, but their butts are definitely unclean. As long as they are unclean and as long as the government really wants to investigate, they will follow the stench and chase them to the end.
In the past, no one dared to control or dare to control this huge number of "parasites". The people were afraid of bloody revenge, so they endured it silently. Now that the court dares to attack this group, it is different. The people have a backbone. They came to complain one after another.
When the backlog of public grievances broke out, the terrifying power was beyond control. Even the aristocratic families in Daye and Luoyang did not dare to stand up and say a good word for the criminal clan members at this time.
There are many smart people in the aristocratic families. Of course they can see that Yang Guang wants to provoke conflicts between the aristocratic families and the people. If he continues to investigate them one by one, Yang Guang will not only be able to break the deadlock in which the aristocratic families control the world and the officialdom, but also Winning the unimaginable popularity of the people made the capital and various states and counties like Liangzhou under Yang Ji's control, and the aristocratic families no longer had absolute control.
Of course, Yang Guang also knows that aristocratic families have a great business, and powerful aristocratic families often have dozens or hundreds of branches. They form intricate networks of relationships with other families in the military, officialdom, and local areas. Just one "family" has the power to shake the world's stability; as for the smaller ones, there are more than a dozen branches, and they are also the overlords of one or two counties.
If he shouts slogans to attack the aristocratic families and causes the aristocratic families in the world to unite, then the Sui Dynasty will be destroyed. Therefore, his attack does not target any aristocratic family, nor does he mention the word "targeting the aristocratic family". Instead, he discusses the matter and targets it. The targets are only the idle official himself and the small family of the idle official.
In fact, there will be overt and covert fights among the aristocratic families because of their interests. If the "Integrity Department" succeeds in persecuting their children, perhaps for the sake of family unity, prestige, and reputation, everyone can work together to help the persecuted children seek justice. But once conclusive evidence comes out, the family often evolves into two factions: support and opposition. After the discussion, they are often burdened by the family's reputation and are forced to give up those poor abandoned children.
Ultimately, what to do?
They gritted their teeth and announced that there was a scum in the family, which brought shame to the family. They thanked the government for helping to eliminate the scum in the family, and then said that they would be expelled from the family and would not be allowed to live in the name of their ancestors for generations.
I hope everyone in the world will oversee it.
These methods have been used by aristocratic families for hundreds of years, and they are almost always harmful. Some good-hearted people who do not know that they are hateful and do not know the suffering of others, instead of sympathizing with the weak or condemning them, they will sing praises. , saying that such-and-such family has good upbringing and strict family tradition, which is worthy of imitation by people all over the world.
What's more, some people think that a big tree has dead branches. What's wrong with a big family with a lot of branches and a few scum?
What's the matter if a son of a high-ranking family tramples your little crops with his horse?
A child from a high-ranking family occasionally takes a fancy to you, a commoner's daughter, and plays with her a few times. That is your honor and a gift to you. Why don't you appreciate it?
People...
But the aristocratic family's scheme is now somewhat unmanageable, because Yang Ji broke the rules. During the Renshou period, he changed the name of Cui's "scum", returned to official positions, and continued to do evil. "It was poked out. Then, he successively announced the same problem existing in the Zhang Jin family, Yuan family and other families.
During the Great Purge of Liangzhou, Liangzhou captured a large number of prisoners. Some of them had the experience of changing their names and becoming officials again after committing crimes. Yang Ji's repeated revelations also made the family members more powerful. The operation method is no longer respected by others, and has even been despised. Even if it is still praised and advocated by some, it is no longer the mainstream consciousness of society. So now that the aristocratic families have finished cleaning up the house, finished talking about the clichés, they have added the sentence "I hope everyone in the world will oversee it."
However, no matter how hard the aristocratic families try to restore their image, those idle officials taken down by the Department of Integrity are, after all, from their families and their children. These people have ruined not only their own reputations, but also the reputation of their families. .
In this age where morality is paramount, reputation represents integrity. If you have a good reputation, you can travel around the world with your head held high; if your reputation is bad, it will be difficult to move forward.
Fortunately, Yang Guang was not Yang Ji, and the scope, scope, and influence of this attack were far beyond what Liangzhou could compare with. He did not publish the list of guilty officials to the world.
It is just that the offending officials will be punished according to law, their property will be destroyed, and their positions, honors and titles will be taken away, so that they and their descendants will no longer enjoy the unlimited support of the court.
This operation is mainly focused on the Integrity Department in the Council Hall, and the three censors work together. The former is a newly established department, the latter is at a critical moment of transformation, and the experienced censor Zhang Heng is launching a sprint to the prime minister. , so every official in these two departments breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to win a big victory.
Coupled with the fact that the Long nobles were fighting against the Yang family as a cover, this stormy action came very suddenly and very quickly.
After Yang Guang decided to deal with idle officials, he ordered Henan Prefecture and Jingzhao Prefecture to secretly collect evidence. It was precisely because the two directly-governed prefectures had made sufficient preparations and fully cooperated in the early stage that this scene took only more than two months. In a short period of time, more than 12,000 idle officials were captured.
Among them, the Guanzhong area alone has more than 9,000 people. Firstly, there are many idle officials in Guanlong; secondly, after the capital was moved eastward, these idle officials seemed to have broken free from heavy shackles and began to become unscrupulous and unaware of the The knife was already hanging above their heads.
As more than 12,000 prisoners were arrested under conclusive evidence, a large amount of land, money and food were distributed to the people, and the reputation of Yang Guang and the imperial court also skyrocketed.
Yes, it’s a huge increase!
This is not fame achieved with a sword or a gun, but the real support gained from benefiting the people and making decisions for the people.
Although Yang Guang's purges caused further dissatisfaction among the aristocratic families, especially the Guanlong nobles, what they gained in return was the support of a large number of people.
Whether this deal is a good deal can only be verified by time, but judging from the example of Liangzhou, Yang Guang's actions of putting people first are undoubtedly correct. However, the Guanzhong area and Luoyang area are different from Liangzhou. And Yang Guang's purpose is to break the solid state that the family has controlled the world for hundreds of years. Now he is just using Liangzhou's good medicine to test and explore the inner circle. If he wants to go further, he will face resistance. It is far stronger than it is now, and it will become more difficult the further you go.
However, Yang Guang did not stop because of this. After purging a group of people, he asked the Integrity Department to carry out the battle to the end and continue to thoroughly investigate the still huge and bloated group of idle officials. On the one hand, he vowed to eliminate redundant officials and redundant staff; On the one hand, it’s just too profitable.
The group of idle officials had been raised by the Northern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Zhou, and Sui Dynasties for more than a hundred years. They had become fat pigs with fat heads and big ears. After killing one, they would get unimaginable wealth. This time he killed one at a time. More than 10,000 people, in addition to returning the portion to the victim, the state treasury also received nearly 10 million yuan, as well as countless rare treasures, land deeds, and farm properties.
This shockingly huge harvest also made Yang Guang feel that Yang Ji was absolutely right. There is no business method in the world that is faster than grabbing money from Ming. Those corrupt officials mainly made their money through corruption or plundering the people. Yang Guang simply followed the principle of "slaughtering the pigs when they are fattened" and "eliminating harm for the people", robbed them openly, and started to use his hands. There is no psychological barrier at all.
This windfall also provided for the training expenses, weapons and equipment, and military salaries of the Xiaoguo Army, which did not cost the national treasury a penny at all.
Yang Guang became restless once he had money.
He considered that there would be a bloody battle between the Sui Dynasty and Goguryeo in the future. If the Sui Dynasty wanted to destroy Goguryeo, it would not only have to send a large number of troops, but also send enough food and supplies to the front line. The Western Liaoning Corridor is extremely difficult to travel. During the rainy season, large troops and supplies cannot pass.
The failure of Yang Liang and Gao Jiong on land that year was because the Liaoxi Corridor was far away, rugged and difficult to travel, the climate was bitter cold, and rains were constant, which prevented them from sending food and grass to the front line. The soldiers who arrived in western Liaoning encountered a storm, which not only made it difficult to supply supplies, but also prevented the sick soldiers from receiving effective treatment. Gradually, a plague swept through the entire army, which eventually led to the loss of soldiers before this massive expedition even started. Almost exhausted.
If the transportation difficulty cannot be overcome, it will be very difficult for the Sui Dynasty to launch an expedition to Goguryeo in the future. Therefore, it is imperative to build a flat, wide, and strong official road on the Western Liaoning Corridor.
Moreover, the Sui Dynasty had Mozhou County and Liaoxi County (Liaozhou) on the east side of the Liaoxi Corridor. If the imperial court wanted to strengthen its control over these places and strengthen communication on both sides of the corridor, the Liaoxi Corridor must also have a convenient official road, otherwise A war suddenly broke out over there, and Youzhou couldn't respond in time.
Therefore, whether it is for war reasons or for territorial control, the court must fix this.
After Yang Guang had this idea, he approved the large-scale project of the Liaoxi Corridor. The entire official road direction, road surface, and checkpoints along the way were fully handed over to the Ministry of Industry to design, and then contracted in sections.
The responsibilities of the imperial court and local governments are the same as when building river transportation. Officials assigned by the imperial court are responsible for supervision, and local governments are responsible for cooperating with the construction unit. They will not give money until the inspection and acceptance is passed.
And more than 12,000 idle officials who were pampered, as well as people arrested for being involved in the case, became free labor for mining stones and firing road bricks. It didn't matter whether the other party was old or not. It is common for prisoners these days to be worked to death; how can there be any humanity or humanity?
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In the afternoon, overcast clouds filled the sky in Zhangye City. After a depressing buildup, sleet and sleet began to fall from the sky.
On the official road outside the city, a cavalry force of less than fifty people was galloping on the white land, crushing the frost and snow on the ground, and galloped towards the south city gate.
The attire of this team of cavalry is different from that of the soldiers guarding the city. They wear relatively crude leather armor, with long and narrow horizontal knives hung on the horse's neck. Their entire faces are tightly wrapped in cloth, and only a pair of breathtaking eyes are exposed from all over their bodies. , bloodshot eyes and murderous look, one can tell at a glance that he is a veteran of hundreds of battles at the border!
At the gate of the city, the defenders were just about to stop them, but the speed of the cavalry was so fast that they rushed in front of them in an instant. The soldier who bore the brunt of the attack turned pale with fright, but it was too late to hide. .
Just when he closed his eyes in fear and waited for death, the knight in the front lifted the reins of the horse and clamped the horse's belly with his legs. The galloping horse roared and jumped over the soldier's head. The knights behind quickly separated. , passing by him without stopping.
Team Zheng was stunned for a long time before he noticed a gleaming token on the ground beside him. He picked it up and saw that the three words "shanshanxue" were engraved on it!
"Which batch is this?" The team was watching the murderous cavalry go away, and their target was in the direction of the Prefectural Shepherd's Mansion. They turned around and asked the soldiers around them.
"This is the fifth batch today!" After the soldier finished speaking, he added: "Commander, yesterday, a total of more than 20 batches of border guards came."
"The border generals have returned one after another. Could it be that the king is preparing for war?" another asked.
Hearing this, all the soldiers guarding the city showed excitement. These soldiers were not just decorations without experience in the war. They were all veterans who had "temporarily" retired from the front-line troops due to the elite troops and streamlined administration. Although the intensity of training in peacetime is not as good as that of the regular army and the main battle army, it is still stronger than the government soldiers and county soldiers (state soldiers) in the Central Plains.
Once the court needs it, they can go to the battlefield at any time. It was precisely because of this that the team member's expression quickly returned to calmness after being startled. If he had been an ordinary person or a recruit, he would have peed his pants by now.
They, veterans, yearn for battlefields and achievements as much as any other army.
When my colleagues said this, they all became very happy.
Captain Duan Zheng naturally felt that the situation was unusual, but he was a veteran after all. He knew what could be discussed and what could not be discussed, so he scolded: "Have you forgotten military discipline? Stop talking nonsense and talking nonsense."
"Here!" the soldier responded, not daring to say anything more, and everyone returned to their posts.
Soon, from far outside the city, another group of murderous soldiers came galloping through the rain and snow.
When the defenders saw this, their eyes brightened even more. Although they didn't dare to discuss it, everyone knew what was going on and thought to themselves: The king is probably planning to start a war, but I don't know who the unlucky guy is that the king is targeting.
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[This chapter is a transitional chapter, mainly to explain and conclude the previous chapter. 】
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