As the news of the Yuyang Yuan family's annihilation continued to spread, as the small and medium-sized aristocratic families and corrupt officials who were friendly to the Yuan family were taken down one by one, and as Yang Ji made up for the people's lost food one by one with money, Youn... The people of the state were jubilant. However, after the officialdom in Youzhou was purged, there were many things that followed: First, the seven counties where Yang Ji focused on anti-corruption had officials but no officials. It was naturally not a problem for the generals and soldiers he sent to maintain local order, but let them handle government affairs. But he was very scratching his head. Secondly, things that originally belonged to the Yuan family, small and medium-sized aristocratic families, and corrupt officials became ownerless, such as manors, shops, and fields.
This time, Yang Ji still did not listen to Pei Ju's suggestion and did not sell the land to the coveted Fan Yang Lu family, Boling Cui family, Hejian Zhang family, Yan family, Li family, and of course he did not sell it to Pei family. Instead, the fields were seized. As for the shops, Zhuangzi, and Villas, they were used as military rations and were distributed one by one to the Dugu family, the Dou family, the Wei family, the Du family, the Li family, and other families. These families are not short of money, and they care less about money than spreading their tentacles to Youzhou; Yang Ji's way of using fixed assets to pay for food naturally makes them ecstatic.
In fact, this is also Yang Ji's intention: because for more than a hundred years, Youzhou has been in the same situation as Xilu and Dongyuan; although they usually have great conflicts, once other forces want to enter Youzhou, they will naturally The government's joint efforts made it very difficult for the imperial court to break this situation.
This time Yang Ji forcefully eliminated the Yuyang clan of the Yuan family and violently wiped out the officialdom of Youzhou. Even the Lu family who helped him were intimidated and trembling. Although they were very dissatisfied with Yang Ji's move to introduce major forces, they were afraid Yang Ji and Yang Ji had no reason to object, and in the end they didn't even fart.
Pei Ju was helpless about Yang Ji's strength and toughness, but he had to admit that this was the most effective way to strengthen the influence of the royal family and strengthen the control of the court. With the entry of various powerful clans into the situation in Youzhou, the intensity of the dispute is bound to be far more intense than before; if things go wrong, there will be another major struggle and reshuffle in the future.
These things that happened in Youzhou, like a gust of wind, quickly spread to the neighboring Jizhou and Bingzhou. Yang Ji's official documents and personal letters also reached Yang Guang.
When Yang Guang received these official documents and letters, his inspection team had already arrived in Taiyuan and was about to continue heading north; but after reading these contents, Yang Guang felt bad and stupid.
Just as Yang Ji had guessed before, Yang Guang was well aware of the corruption in Youzhou officialdom, and in order to better rectify Youzhou officialdom, he simply came to "fish and enforce the law." He originally thought that it would take three or four years for things to come together. Unexpectedly, not long after Yang Ji left, the officialdom of Youzhou was settled.
Of course it was a great thing to get it done, and Yang Ji did it even more perfectly than he expected, but the problem was that he was not prepared at all! Also, Yang Ji's attitude was very bad. After that guy set a fire in Youzhou, he ran away. Then he said lightly: The military situation is raging and there is no need to delay. I am going to Liaodong to fight. As for what happens to Youzhou, it is up to you.
This irresponsible attitude makes Yang Guang angry, hateful and helpless. However, Youzhou is now in a state of government and no officials. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a terrible mess. That guy Yang Ji is He could run, but Yang Guang couldn't ignore him.
It's just a matter of care, but does he still want to patrol the North? What worries Yang Guang even more is Yang Ji's ability to get into trouble and his irresponsible attitude. If he is allowed to continue to mess around like this, Yang Guang doubts that he will not be able to reach the Turks in the north even if he makes it to the next year.
However, he was depressed and annoyed, but Yang Guang had no idea what to do about this established fact.
He had no choice but to change his itinerary plan again and stay in Jinyang Palace in Taiyuan to deal with the mess left by Yang Ji.
In response to the major events caused by Yang Ji and the mess in Youzhou, the assembly hall also held an emergency meeting. Since Pei Ju followed Yang Ji and Yang Xiong to stay in Luoyang, the only prime ministers accompanying him were Su Wei, Gao Jiong, Changsun Chi, and Xiao. Jian, Zhang Heng and Li Ziquan.
The rule of the council is that it rotates every ten days. Whoever's turn it is to be on duty will be the first prime minister of that round; other prime ministers are his deputies. The establishment of this system is mainly to prevent bullying, concealment, and monopolization of power.
If a prime minister dares to deceive his subordinates, the other deputies will immediately find out.
The first prime minister of this round was Gao Jiong, the right servant of Shangshu Province. After he got the news, he immediately invited the other five prime ministers to the official office for urgent discussions. In addition, Yang Wensi, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Shangshu of the Ministry of Libu. Niu Hong, Minister of Rites Yang Xuangan, Minister of Punishments Li Yuantong, Minister of Industry Yu Wenkai, Qing Zongzheng Temple Yang Xiu, Qing Taichang Temple Yuanshou were also invited to attend.
Most of the people who participated in the meeting were dissatisfied with Yang Jiyue's method of killing officials without authorization. Li Ziquan said angrily: "The late emperor prevented local dignitaries from making unjust, false, and wrongful decisions and killing dissenters without authorization. , all the states could not be settled, and all ordered Dali to resume governance." Anyone who dares to "make a quick decision" is committing a crime and must take his life first before talking about anything else. "
"Although the saint gave King Wei the Emperor's Sword and the right to kill first and then report, anti-corruption is not a march to war. He can't kill whoever he wants, let alone behead all the officials at every turn. I can't tolerate this kind of cruelty. Happened, decided to impeach King Wei, if the saint does not agree, I would rather resign."
Li Ziquan's statement immediately received a response from Yuan Shou, who said angrily and angrily: "As Prime Minister Li said, the common people must abide by the laws of the common people, and officials must abide by the laws of officials. Those corrupt officials in Youzhou have proven it clearly. He really deserves to die. But whether he should be executed should be decided by the court, and he cannot be killed casually. If everyone follows King Wei's example, won't the officialdom and official system that have finally been standardized with great difficulty be in chaos again? I and I have decided to impeach King Wei. If the saint does not agree, I will also resign from all positions."
Su Wei, Changsun Chi, Yang Wensi, Yang Xuangan, Li Yuantong, and Yu Wenkai also talked about it. They all directly denounced Yang Ji's mistakes and expressed their joint impeachment of Yang Ji.
Yang Xiu, who was standing aside, looked at these enthusiastic Sui officials and sneered in his heart. He understood that Li Ziquan's dissatisfaction was indeed because Yang Ji did not respect the system and cleansed the officialdom of Youzhou without authorization; while Yuanshou was using the topic as an excuse to try to After causing public outrage, he would not seriously want to resign if he took everything back from the Yuan family.
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As for the support of Su Wei, Changsun Chi, Yang Wensi, Yang Xuangan, Li Yuantong, Yu Wenkai and others, it was because of Yang Ji's power and method of killing first and reporting later, which seriously damaged their authority and reputation.
Although this major event was dominated by Yang Ji's will, the marching commander Shi Peiju, the marching deputy general manager Yang Lun, Yang Yichen, Yu Zhongwen, Li Jing, and Cui Hongsheng also "participated"; afterwards, each of them They are all famous all over the world, and the people of Jizhou and Bingzhou who first received the news highly praised them.
While they are gaining great reputations and being praised by the people, the council and the central government departments are in darkness and have a discredited reputation. When the people compare the two sides one by one, the central officials become a model of inaction and incompetence.
In addition, in Yang Ji's bloodbath, although the Yuan faction suffered the worst losses, many light and dark chess pieces from other factions were also killed.
The loss of fame and fortune made these people naturally form a tacit understanding and consensus to "impeach Yang Ji" and "defeat Yang Ji". The so-called maintenance of the dignity of the law is just their excuse and slogan.
Gao Jiong was the convener of this meeting. He wanted to discuss follow-up matters with everyone: such as arranging officials in time, how to ensure that the food in the charity warehouse is no longer stolen, etc. However, not long after the beginning, the topic of the meeting turned out to be The mood changed and turned into a verbal and written attack on Yang Ji.
Seeing that these people were still unfinished, he immediately frowned and patted the table, and said coldly: "Things must be prioritized. The top priority is to discuss Youzhou and draw up a list of officials, not whether King Wei violated the system. Please pay attention." Don't look to your left to talk to him."
"What Prime Minister Gao said is absolutely true!" Zhang Heng, the imperial censor, said: "Youzhou is the rear area of the Eastern Route Army. If King Wei does not deal with these corrupt officials who resell the grain from the warehouse, protests and riots among the people of Youzhou will inevitably sweep across the whole territory. If the rear is unstable, how can he fight against the hundreds of thousands of Goguryeo troops in front?"
"I agree with Prime Minister Gao and Prime Minister Zhang!" Yang Xiu also expressed his stance.
