Du Weiying acted like this. As the prime minister of the dynasty, Liu Yuzhi certainly had reasons to be angry.
In the morning of the next morning, he read Liang Yuan's book about this matter on the spot in the court meeting hall.
"Your Majesty, regarding the Yunyang County Magistrate, the Duwei Battalion was responsible for investigating the embezzlement of martyrs' military salaries. Although they eliminated corrupt officials in various places, their actions were without the king's law and were arrogant and domineering. In the end, they even created bloody The method of killing was cruel, and many innocent people were killed. If the officials were corrupt, and the evidence was conclusive, they would just exercise their authority. However, anyone who had close contact with them, regardless of whether they were guilty or not, would be arrested by the Duwei camp. Such actions , It’s simply lawless! Its chief officer, Liang Yuan, cannot escape his responsibility!”
As he spoke, he added: "Such killings will definitely cause shocks in various places and destabilize the country. I hope your Majesty will understand clearly."
He is the Prime Minister, and the effect of impeaching one person in the government needs no further explanation.
After hearing this, Xiao Yuan had to think carefully. After a moment, he also said: "The Prime Minister's words are reasonable. This matter is indeed a bit extreme. I, the King, will order the Guard Camp to reflect on itself."
"I am Wang Yingming." After Liu Yuzhi said this, he saluted and returned to the train.
Immediately afterwards, Shangguan Wenruo stood up, raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, from the matter of the martyrs' military pay, it is not difficult to see that there are many problems among the current officials in our country. The ministers think that for the sake of the stability of the country and the tranquility of the place, It’s time to thoroughly clean up the officials.”
Although he didn't say it clearly, Xiao Yuan knew in his heart that when he regained Shu, in order to adopt soft measures, local Shu officials and many county magistrates, Xiao Yuan, did not move. Among them, there were many mediocre and stupid people.
Thinking of this, he immediately shouted: "Minister of the Ministry of Personnel."
"I'm here." The latter quickly stepped out of the queue.
"For the performance appraisal at the end of the year, all files and official documents will be handed over to me for review." Xiao Yuan said directly.
"yes."
"Shangguan Wenruo."
"I'm here."
"The imperial censor is responsible for supervising all officials. This matter is your first priority. But if something goes wrong, you and the official minister will be in danger." Xiao Yuan said again.
"Wei Chen accepts the order." Shangguan Wenruo responded quickly, and then said: "But Your Majesty, Wei Chen believes that there are many disadvantages to the current appointment of officials in our country."
"Oh? Please make it clear." Xiao Yuan's brows jumped.
Shangguan Wenruo said: "The current official selection system in our country was established by the king. The reserve of talents mainly comes from examinations. Although this is an enlightened move, I think the official recommendation system cannot be completely abolished. How many There are many talented people among the wealthy clans.”
At that time, when the monarchs of various countries appointed officials, they were recommended by some important ministers or recommended by states and counties. Common people did not have many opportunities to become officials. However, in the Qin State, it was exactly the opposite.
After listening to Shangguan Wenruo's words, Xiao Yuan began to think deeply, and began to stand up and pace back and forth in front of the king's case. At this time, he also realized some minor problems with the policy.
After thinking about it for a while, he stopped, looked at Shangguan Wenruo and said, "Yes, recommending officials is not useless. On the other hand, taking exams is not useless either. Use both ends."
"I am Wang Yingming." Shangguan Wenruo saluted and returned to the train.
This court meeting mainly discussed the talent reserve resources of the Qin State, and determined the future official selection system. Of course, although the recommendation of officials has not been abolished, Xiao Yuan will directly use whoever you recommend.
Although many corrupt officials died in the martyrs' military pay incident this time, there are still many reserves of talents!
On the one hand, after Xiao Yuan ordered the Duwei camp to go on a killing spree, on the other hand, he immediately promoted several county magistrates by personal decree and transferred them to serve in the county.
His move was undoubtedly telling Qin officials.
Be an official, be a good official, he, the king, will see it and will not treat you badly.
But if you dare to prey on the common people, then no one can save you.
After this incident, the effect was obvious, and the officialdom of Qin State was rectified.
However, after the day of court, Xiao Yuan still called Liang Yuan over and gave him a severe scolding in the palace study.
The latter knelt down, with his head on the ground, his butt raised high, and he didn't dare to express his anger.
The days went by like this, Xiao Yuan worked diligently on state affairs every day. Just when he expanded the Central Army of Qin to 400,000, the battle between Liang and Jin for Guangling also entered a pre-war state.
The two countries have been dealing with each other for a long time over the Guangling matter. During this period, there were frequent exchanges of envoys, but the King of Liang refused to return the land. In the end, the King of Jin could not bear it anymore. If he was not afraid that a rash attack on Liang would trigger a series of reactions from other countries, he would probably We have already used troops.
In terms of overall strength, Liang's national power is not as good as Jin's, but its military strength is stronger than Jin's.
Therefore, King Liang was not afraid of him.
The Liang Kingdom acted as if they wanted to fight, and mobilized domestic troops to Guangling on a large scale. The Jin Kingdom also had serious disagreements over the dispatch of troops.
Finally, under various pressures, the King of Jin had no choice but to send envoys to Huan, ask King Huan to come forward, and invite King Baize of Liang for a meeting, in an attempt to use Huan and Jin to secretly force each other.
His move undoubtedly told King Liang that if you don't return Guangling, I will make Huan an ally.
In fact, King Huan did not want to ally with Jin to attack Liang.
But after King Liang received the news, he couldn't help but frown deeply. He had to consider the situation of one against two. If this was the case, he would definitely not be able to win.
After thinking for a long time, he finally decided to send envoys to Qin and ask the King of Qin to come forward.
Because of the surrounding countries, Lingguo had some conflicts with him. King Xuan probably would not pay attention to this matter, and King Yan would definitely not help him. In the end, only King Qin Xiao Yuan was left.
Jin wanted to win over King Huan, so he called King Liang to come to Baize to talk. King Liang went to win over Qin. To put it bluntly, he was looking for a helper. Whether to fight or not was one thing, but he had to let the other party know.
In the middle of the month, King Liang took Cai Yan as his envoy and came to the Qin court with his credential.
In the court meeting hall.
Cai Yan bowed his hands, bowed to Xiao Yuanshen, and said, "Cai Yan, the foreign envoy, has met His Highness the King of Qin."
"Without courtesy." Xiao Yuan raised his hand slightly and asked with a smile: "Now that the envoy is here, why do you want to speak frankly?"
He got straight to the point, and Cai Yan said directly without any ink, "Your Highness, I have come here specifically to deliver my Kingdom Letter for Your Highness to review."
As he spoke, he also took out a silk book, bent down and raised his hands high.
Xiao Yuan gave a slight gesture, and the attendant understood, quickly stepped forward to take it, and respectfully placed it on the king's case.
After he finished reading it, he couldn't help but be slightly startled, and then said: "Oh? Prince Liang wants to invite me, Prince Bai Ze, to a party?"
"Yes, Your Highness." Cai Yan replied: "This time at Baize, the four kings of Huan, Jin, Liang, and Qin will gather together. As for the time of the meeting, my king has stated it in the state letter."
"Haha, before the Four Kingdoms allied to attack Qin, it was in Baize. This time, it is the Four Kings again, and it is Baize again. It's interesting..."
Xiao Yuan smiled.
ABC
