Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 271 School Affairs
In 229 A.D., the third year of Taihe, Emperor Cao Rui of Wei Dynasty, in November, Luoyang.

Since Cao Zhen's failure in conquering Shu, although Cao Rui was a little silent, he, with his own ambition, quickly walked out of the shadow of failure and started to rectify the internal affairs of the court.

In October, Pingwangguan was renamed Tingchongguan. Whenever the death penalty and major cases were involved, he often went to Tingchongguan in person to watch the trial of the case.

Immediately afterwards, Cao Rui attacked the law. From the later Han Dynasty to the Cao Wei Dynasty, the law has been improved and lost, mixed and impermanent, and the regulations are complicated.

Moreover, in the past hundred years, the gentry have written legal chapters (analysis and annotations). There are more than ten Confucian chapters and sentences from Ma Rong and Zheng Xuan, each with hundreds of thousands of words. There are more than 72 words, so that it is very difficult for officials to look up the law.

Cao Rui then issued an edict to unify the use of Zheng's chapters and sentences in the whole country, and at the same time adopted Shang Shuwei's suggestion and appointed him as a Doctor of Law.

Finally, Cao Rui issued an edict to Sikong Chen Qun, Sanqi Changshi Liu Shao, etc. to delete the Han law in order to formulate the "New Law", "State and County Order", "Shangshu Official Order" and "Military Order".

In November, in order to stabilize his dominance, Cao Zhi, king of Yongqiu, was moved to Donghe.He also adjusted the holiday, and Wu Zhi, who supervised the military affairs of You, Bing, and Hebei, entered the court, served as a servant, and became a minister of the prime minister.

Wu Zhi, styled Ji Zhong, was one of the four friends of the late Emperor Cao Pi.When Cao Pi and Cao Zhi competed for the son, he helped Cao Pi cut off Cao Zhi's wings and Yang Xiu, and suggested that Cao Pi impress Cao Cao with benevolence and filial piety.

However, Wu Zhi came from a poor family, and he tended to be a man of power. He often relied on the power of Cao's father and son to do his best, which was disgusting.

This series of personnel arrangements and law repairs quickly stabilized the chaotic court situation due to internal and external reasons, and let the important ministers once again see the methods of the young emperor.

In front of the bronze mirror, Cao Rui stroked a few silver strands beside his temples, sighed, and thought to himself: "Woman is indeed a bone-scraping knife. I have gray hair at a young age, and I need to be more restrained in the future."

But when he thought of the talented person he favored last night, he couldn't help but feel hot for a while, and thought: "I am still young, and if I don't have fun at this time, wouldn't the empress lament that the good old days are fleeting!"

Just when Cao Rui was thinking, the attendant cupped his hands and said, "School Officer Zhao Yin asks to see you!"

"Let him wait in the hall." Cao Rui replied lightly.

"promise!"

The school officials were set up during the Cao Cao period to monitor ministers loyal to the Han Dynasty. After seeing the miraculous effect, the school officials were used to monitor all officials and officials, serving as the eyes and ears of the emperor, similar to the factory guard system of the later Ming Dynasty (Note ①).

Later, Sun Quan saw that the school official system was easy to use, and Soochow also set up school officials to serve Jiangdong gentry officials (Note ②).

Cao Rui waited for the maid to change his clothes, combed his hair, and walked out of the hall slowly.

I saw a person of medium build, ordinary, if you put him in the crowd, you would not be able to find him at all.

Zhao Yin knelt down and said respectfully: "My minister Zhao Yin pays homage to Your Majesty!"

After Cao Rui was sitting on the case, he asked slowly: "Wu Li, I don't know who Zhao Qing will choose for death. How are you preparing?"

Zhao Yin took out a scarf from his bosom, handed it to Cao Rui respectfully, and said: "Your Majesty, I have selected two people with different births, both of whom are talented, eloquent, or governing cleanly, in line with The Western Shu and Eastern Wu kingdoms prefer to employ people."

Cao Rui spread out the scarf, checked the resumes of the two, nodded and said, "Thank you Zhao Qing, are these two loyal to me, Cao Wei?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, these two came from poor families and have received a lot of kindness from our Great Wei. They are willing to die in a foreign country."

After a pause, Zhao Yin cupped his hands and said: "Besides, these two are filial to their parents, cherish their wives and children, and will definitely not rebel."

Cao Rui nodded slightly and said, "Good! "

After finishing speaking, Cao Rui closed the scarf and threw it into the stove in the hall, and said in a deep voice: "The news of these two people should not be spread easily, and those who violate it will be killed."

"promise!"

Cao Rui put his hands behind his waist, looked at the snowflakes fluttering outside the window, and asked, "I don't know Zhao Qing, when will you arrange for these two to leave?"

"The person who entered Wu, named Yin Snake, will enter Wu in the twelfth lunar month; the person entered Shu, named Viper, is thinking about when to enter Shu." Zhao Yin replied.

Suddenly, an attendant outside the palace shouted: "Your Majesty, the new servant Wu is ordered to enter the palace to see you!"

Seeing this, Zhao Yin clapped his hands wisely and replied: "Your Majesty has something to do, I will take my leave first!"

Cao Rui waved his hand and said, "Yes, I will leave this matter to you to arrange, and I will not interfere."

"promise!"

Zhao Yin replied and saluted, then withdrew from the hall after walking slowly.

"Xuan, see you in attendance."

Wu Zhi, who was at the bottom of the steps, heard the words, rushed up the steps, and passed by Zhao Yin who was coming out of the hall.

Wu Zhi glanced at Zhao Yin, only to feel that this person was very familiar, as if he had met him before, but he couldn't remember when.And after glancing at this person's face, I couldn't remember it at all, and the impression in my mind was abnormally blurred.

Zhao Yin recognized Wu Zhi at a glance, and went straight out of the palace without saying hello.

Wu Zhi frowned and looked at Zhao Yinyuan's back, and asked, "Who is this person, why haven't I seen him?"

The attendant who led the way looked around and replied in a low voice, "School officer."

Hearing this, Wu Zhi's face changed slightly, as if he remembered something, he didn't dare to ask any more questions, and followed his attendants into the palace.

"Chen Wuzhi pays homage to His Majesty, wishing His Majesty ten thousand years!" Wu Zhi knelt down and saluted, and said.

With a smile on his face, Cao Rui stepped down to help Wu Zhi, and said in a gentle voice: "Qing is on good terms with the late emperor, and loves him like a brother. You are also my uncle, so there is no need to be polite."

Wu Zhi grinned, although he didn't dare to say it, but the smile on his face couldn't be restrained at all.

Wu Zhi knelt down on the couch and asked curiously, "I don't know if your Majesty called the minister into the palace today, what's the matter?"

Cao Rui took out a memorial from the case and handed it to Wu Zhi, and said: "Wu Qing, please take a look. This is the list written by General Zhengdong (Man Chong), saying that Dongwu is ready to attack Hefei this year."

"General Zhengdong said that the old city of Hefei was adjacent to Dajiang and Chaohu Lake in the south, and far away from Shouchun in the north. Soochow has the advantage of a navy, and can often drive straight in and besiege Hefei City. This terrain is conducive to Wu's invasion, but not conducive to our army's rescue. Therefore, in the Northwest Three Ten miles away from Jiming Mountain, a new city in Hefei will be built to defend against invaders from the Eastern Wu.

Wu Zhi Fuxu looked at the memorial, and did not rush to answer, but said: "In recent years, Western Shu has repeatedly invaded and seized my land in Longyou. After Sun Quan proclaimed himself emperor, it is normal to be ready to move around. Dare to ask Your Majesty, what are the rest of the ministers?" How do you think about this?"

Cao Rui pondered for a while, and then said: "General Zhengdong also went up to report that Hefei New City can lure Eastern Wu soldiers to go ashore and stay away from the navy, so that our army can outflank and cut off their retreat when they come to rescue."

After a pause, Cao Rui continued: "The general guarding the army (Jiang Ji) thought it was impossible. He said that the Western Shu captured the Long and the Great Sima was defeated. At this time, building a new city is to show the weakness of our great Wei to the world. The enemy's war will burn down the city, and it will be destroyed if it is not attacked. Once this happens, the people of Wei will not be stable, and Soochow will invade our country even more unscrupulously."
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① "Three Kingdoms Gaorou Biography" school affairs Lu Hong, Zhao Da, etc., envoys inspected the group, Rou remonstrated: "Setting up officials and divisions, each with its own department. The establishment of school affairs today is not the purpose of trusting the subordinates.  … ..."

Taizu said: "I am afraid that you, Zhida, etc. are not as good as I. If you want to be able to judge all things and make wise men and gentlemen do it, you can't do it. In the past, uncles and grandchildren used to gang robbers, and there is a reason for it."

② "The History of the Three Kingdoms Buzhi Biography" Later Zhongshu Lv Yidian proofread documents, many corrections, Zhishang Shu said: "Fu heard that the school's corrections are subtle, flirtatious, serious cases are deeply false, and they want to trap others. Cheng Weifu; innocent and innocent, to be severely punished,..."

(End of this chapter)