Although Du Ji was once just a meritorious official in Jingzhao, he had served as a county magistrate.
When I was the county magistrate, there was a backlog of prisoners and cases in the county jail.
Du Ji cleared the backlog of cases in a very short period of time.
The cases cleared may not be fair, but they are indeed cleared, but there may be a little more unjust cases.
Moreover, as long as these unjust cases involve wealthy families, most of them first suffer the common people.
It's not that Du Ji was a soft persimmon, because he was just a county magistrate at the time. Even if he was guilty of betraying those people, what could he do?
Du Ji looked up at Jia Xu, a little confused, but soon Du Ji realized what he was doing.
"Aristocratic families oppress the common people. Some occupy as much land as Qianqing, but many live in hiding and don't pay taxes. Killing aristocratic families is something I think about every day."
Jia Xu looked at Du Ji with a smile, and then said.
"I'll give you three thousand soldiers and horses, go and kill a few rich and unkind rich people and let me see."
When Lin Mu was in Luoyang, he ordered Jia Xu to kill many local wealthy families, and many families even began to migrate.
Now that Chang'an has been defeated, if it still relies on aristocratic families to govern, Lin Mu is afraid that Chang'an will one day come out under the banner of Qingjun.
Therefore, it is not that the person who comes to govern cannot be a child of aristocratic families, but it can only be contrary to the rights and interests of other aristocratic families, and Du Ji is an excellent chess piece, with skill, resourcefulness, and cruelty.
Lin Mu naturally wanted to pull such a person into the car.
Du Ji wanted to say something, but quickly shut up.
When Du Ji returned home, the imperial edict arrived.
None of the other Duji heard clearly, only one sentence.
"Du Ji is Jing Zhaoyin..."
Jing Zhaoyin has a rank of two thousand stones. Compared with Du Ji's original official position, this position is too important.
Jing Zhaoyin, Zuo Fengxu, and You Fufeng are both called the third assistant. Jing Zhaoyin is equivalent to the mayor of Chang'an City. This position is not unimportant.
After receiving the imperial edict, a general stood in front of Du Ji.
"Lord Jingzhao Yin Du, I am here to listen to your orders, following your Majesty's orders."
"What do you call the general?"
"The last general Hua Xiong."
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After March, the imperial army began to return to Beijing.
By this time, the problem of refugees near Chang'an had been solved, and Chang'an's population had returned to 300,000.
Chang'an has been a prosperous place since ancient times, and many aristocratic families have taken root here.
These wealthy families purchased land in Chang'an, and they would definitely not be able to cultivate so much land on their own.
So they began to collect tenants, who were said to be tenants but were actually no different from serfs.
The most important thing is that these people are not on the court's roster.
In this case, these wealthy families who take in tenants can pay less tax.
This kind of thing has been happening since the Western Han Dynasty, and it is even more serious now.
Hermit households even accounted for half of the people counted by the imperial court.
Now the population near Chang'an has finally been counted clearly.
"Work hard, don't be afraid, no matter what happens, I will still be here, the sky will not fall!"
Lin Mu looked at Du Ji who was standing on the roadside with a worried look on his face, and said to Du Ji with a smile.
Du Ji naturally knew that the sky would not fall. He was afraid that he would die in an accident.
In the past three months, Du Ji has killed many wealthy and aristocratic families. The power of these people is so intricate that no matter how many he kills, he cannot kill them all.
What's more, there were some aristocratic families who saw him coming and confessed all their crimes. There was no reason for him to kill these aristocratic families.
But now Lin Mu is leaving with his army. Although he has left 20,000 troops to guard the pass, Du Ji is really scared.
After killing so many people, what if someone takes revenge?
Du Ji's worry was not unreasonable. Even Sun Ce, the later overlord of Jiangdong, was assassinated.
Seeing the fear on Du Ji's face, Lin Mu smiled and waved, and soon a group of cavalry ran out from the side.
This group of cavalry seemed to have known about it for a long time and followed Du Ji silently.
Du Ji felt relieved and watched the army go away.
How could Lin Mu just leave like this? Du Ji was also a member of an aristocratic family. If Du Ji joined forces with other aristocratic families to play some kind of mission-impossible mission, it would be a big joke.
It is better to have a group of soldiers follow Du Ji. If Du Ji behaves abnormally, just kill Du Ji directly.
But if Du Ji works with peace of mind, everything will be fine.
Lin Mu's murderous intention is not serious.
Now that the imperial court controlled another area, Lin Mu found that he seemed to be running out of manpower.
Although there are still some officials in the imperial court, most of them are old.
Most of these veterans were left over from the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.
In fact, the Han Dynasty has supported countless scholars for four hundred years, so it should be enough.
But now because of the rebellion caused by the Shi Chang Shi, a group of people died, and another group were killed by Dong Zhuo.
Later, a group of people were killed by Lin Mu, and a large number of people escaped due to Jia Xu's purge of the family, which led to the current shortage of manpower.
Moreover, the current imperial army is simply not enough, and Luoyang is located in a plain where there is no danger to defend.
In addition, Luoyang has been hit by disasters several times, and the local people are almost running out of money, let alone conscription and so on.
It is easy for Lin Mu to conquer the territory, but it is much more difficult to defend the territory. After all, Lin Mu cannot defend it himself.
There were only a few people in the imperial court who could fight, and now there were only a few veteran generals who were short-lived.
What should happen now? Lin Mu fell into thinking.
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"Your Majesty, what is this?"
Jia Xu looked at the letter in his hand.
"take an exam."
"take an exam?"
Jia Xu glanced at Lin Mu strangely. Jia Xu naturally knew about the exam, but he didn't know why Lin Mu was bringing this up.
"What do you think about summoning scholars from all over the world to take this test? If you get high scores, you can become an official. I call it the imperial examination?"
Jia Xu looked up at Lin Mu and dropped the letter in his hand to the ground.
A big man has always had only one way to become an official.
That's recommendation. It's this system that makes aristocratic families so entangled that they can't be eradicated. Once there's a chance, they will resurgence.
The recommendation system is very simple, that is, I think you are very filial, so you should become an official, or I think you are very talented, so you should become an official.
In this way, he became an official. In order to avoid being too blatant and being seen as having a bad reputation, some families would recommend each other.
The Li family recommended the Wang family's son to be filial, and the Wang family recommended the Li family's grandson to be talented.
So in the future, if these two families have this kind of relationship, they will definitely be closely connected.
They became political allies and held the power of the court in their own hands.
The imperial examination is different. Once one becomes an official through the imperial examination, the right to speak is no longer in the hands of those aristocratic families, and the right to speak will be taken back to the court.
This plan will definitely arouse resistance from the aristocratic family, and may even lead to direct rebellion.
The aristocratic families...oh, the aristocratic families near Luoyang have all been held down, so that's okay.
