Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 665

In February, Chengdu.

The weather is getting warmer, and the coats and cloaks have been taken off, but you still need to keep warm to avoid catching cold.

Although the Jiangyuan County Guangu case is in the past, its subsequent impact is constantly escalating.Fei Shi, who became the prefect of Shu County, directly arrested the rest of the accomplices based on Liu Ju's confession, and strictly investigated the granaries of Linqiong, Xindu, and Guangdu in the five counties of Shu County except Jiangyuan County, and checked the income and exit of taxes.

Fortunately, Liu Ju and others did not take root deeply. After a thorough investigation, only Linqiong's granary also had problems.Therefore, the three clans of the main culprits were dispatched to Yunnan County in Nanzhong, and Liu Chan also imposed a severe punishment of not being an official for three generations.

Those of the three clans are the father clan, mother clan, and wife clan.

The Liu family of Shu County was terrified, for fear of implicating themselves, even the senior officials Liu Yin and Liu Shen were a little scared.The two went to the central government and explained to Liu Chan that this matter had nothing to do with them. If any clansmen violated the law, His Majesty would punish them severely.

Liu Chan also held back the idea of ​​implicating other members of the Liu clan, and expressed to the two that they can work with peace of mind, as long as the clan members pay taxes on time.Liu Yin was still uneasy, and under Huang Quan's reminder, he decided to move his own Liu clan to live in Jingzhao, Guanzhong, expressing his determination to sever ties with the Liu clan of Shu County.

Under Fei Shi's severe attack, the strength of the Liu family in Shu County was not as good as before, and gradually declined.

In addition to involving the Liu family, the former prefect Zhang Yi was gradually traced.

On the terrace, Fei Yi was reporting the investigation situation to Liu Chan, and said, "Your Majesty, according to the law, Zhang Yi, the former prefect of Shu County, should be held accountable."

After a pause, Fei Yi said hesitantly: "Zhang Yi is the governor of Liangzhou now, and he has conquered and burned the rebel Qiang with Mahehuang. If he is held accountable now, it may not be conducive to our war. Moreover, all the officials Zhang Yi has served have made meritorious deeds. The army went out to fight against Nanyang, and it was a lot of hard work for him to guard the northern border. If he did not lead the army to stop the burning of the rebel Qiang, the rebel Qiang would probably sweep Longyou. It is better to wait for the war in the northwest to be resolved before he can be held accountable. If he has meritorious service, he can Discuss punishment again."

Liu Chan looked down at the land in the middle of Shu, listened to Fei Yi's suggestion, and said, "Under the punishment of a great man, there is no such thing as a hero. He will be punished for his mistakes and rewarded for his meritorious deeds. If Zhang Yi is not punished this time, how can we, a great man, be able to rule the world?" Huh?"

"Needless to say, the decree was sent to Zhang Yi to remove him from the position of governor of Liangzhou, hand over his military power to Ma Di, and order him to reflect at home."

It is said that it is self-reflection at home, and there is no official position or salary, only the title on the body, and I don't know when it will be used again.Such punishment is tantamount to political death for the aged Zhang Yi, and we can only hope that Liu Chan will be able to use him again in the future.

"Your Majesty, there are still eight issues to be discussed." Fei Yi shouted.

Eight Pieces are also called Eight Discussions. The crimes of the eight types of people in the Eight Pieces are subject to special deliberation, and the punishment can be reduced or exempted.

That is to say relatives, that is, relatives of the emperor; to discuss sages, that is, people with high moral cultivation; to discuss ability, that is, people with outstanding talents; to discuss meritorious service, that is to say people with outstanding merits;

Liu Chan put his hands behind his waist and said with a sneer, "I just thought Zhang Yi was a noble man, that's why I ordered him to reflect at home. If it's someone else?..."

"What if he raises an army to rebel?" Fei Yi asked worriedly.

Liu Chan raised his eyebrows slightly, and said, "Why does Zhang Yi dare to rebel? If he dares to rebel, he can be killed on the spot."

Maybe because he didn't expect His Majesty to act so decisively, Fei Yi opened his mouth and replied, "No!"

In terms of ability, Zhang Yi is outstanding and has achievements in politics.But Liu Chan couldn't bear it and wanted to use the Jiangyuan County Guangu case to kill chickens and monkeys, so that those who have evil intentions can calm down.

But that's the end of it, and we can't hit too hard. The current situation still needs to be dominated by the unification of the world.

Liu Chan turned and sat on the couch, his face calmed down, and he said: "Wen Wei, the Jiangyuan County Guangu case should be a warning to us, and we should not relax the administration of officials. We should re-discuss the law of the three mutuals, not only about the county magistrates , we still need to pursue the county meritorious Cao and others."

The Three Mutual Laws are avoidance regulations formulated during the period of Emperor Huan of the Eastern Han Dynasty.The emergence of the Three Mutual Laws must discuss a phenomenon that has appeared continuously since the Han Dynasty, that is, "states and counties have the same relationship with each other".In order to curb this trend, a more stringent three-way law was implemented.

Prior to this, the domicile avoidance system was implemented, but the domiciliary avoidance system was difficult to apply to the gentry with complicated relationships in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

Therefore, an important stipulation was added, that is, 'marriage families and people from two states shall not be mutual officials'. This is the three mutual laws that will be discussed later.

As an example, if two families, A and B, live separately in two states (or counties) of A and B, and the two families are married relatives, A is the man and B is the woman.Since women in ancient times were not allowed to be officials, only men from the two families need to be considered.

Then: A man will not be appointed as the governor of B state (or county); (Note ①)

The purpose of this kind of policy is to warn local governors not to find wives and concubines in the places where they work, and not to find relatives for their daughters, so as to curb the custom of peers as party members.

However, with the demise of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Three Interactions gradually dissipated and no longer became a constraint, with exceptions.For example, when Cao Cao appointed Zhang Ji as the governor of Yongzhou, he congratulated him and said: "Returning the king to this state, it can be said that embroidering clothes can be done all day long!" '

Or Zhuge Liang went south to Nanzhong, and after the peace, he appointed Li Hui, a member of Nanzhong, as the governor of the surrender and the prefect of his hometown.To express his gratitude, Li Hui moved his family north to Hanzhong, thinking of another kind of bondage.

However, the Dahan still ensured the implementation of the Three Mutual Laws in general, but the case of Guangu in Jiangyuan County revealed the lack of jurisdiction of the subordinate officials by the Dahan.That is to say, Liu Ju served as a local county official as a local, so as to build a huge network of his party members.

Fei Yi pondered for a while, then cupped his hands and asked, "What does Your Majesty mean?"

Liu Chan straightened his sleeves and said: "If a big man has the right to appoint county officials, he should also avoid his native place and the three mutual laws."

In the early innovations, the Great Han took back the right to appoint county prefects and county meritorious officials to the central government, and the central government appointed them to centralize the power of the central government.

Because there were a large number of county meritorious officials who were from the county at that time, and the land of Dahan was not in Yizhou, which did not cause confusion in the governance system. After the appointment right was withdrawn, it was limited to this, and no further restrictions were imposed.After the Northern Expedition, coupled with the promotion of the land system, these details were simply ignored.

Therefore, there is a lesson learned from the past, and it should be patched to prevent such things from happening again.

Fei Yi understood His Majesty's meaning, stroked his beard, and said, "Your Majesty's intention is to refrain from serving as an official."

"Exactly! I am a big man today, and the precedents of the later Han should be used as a lesson. The three mutual methods are also a little shallow, and we need to refine one or two, so as not to have officials connected with each other and harm the common people." Liu Chan nodded and said.

The official avoidance system in the Han Dynasty is still in its infancy, and it is not comparable to the sound relative avoidance, regional avoidance, and official avoidance in later generations, but it does not need to be so detailed.But all in all, with the expansion of the territory of the Shu Han, the simple circumvention system of appointing officials during the Han Dynasty can no longer meet the current needs of the Shu Han.

Fei Yi cupped his hands slightly, and replied: "Since this is the case, I will have a deep discussion with Jiang Shangshu, Dong Yushi and others, and they will be signed together in Shu, and will be reported to His Majesty at that time. If there are any mistakes, I hope Your Majesty will spare no effort to comment."

"Can!"

After Fei Yi left, Liu Chan saw Liao Li coming from a distance, and asked, "Gongyuan, where did Taiwei, Ma Yujiang (Ma Zhong), and Deng Jiangzhou (Deng Zhi) go?"

Liao Li greeted him, cupped his hands and replied: "Your Majesty, the Taiwei has set off from Chang'an, Deng Jiangzhou has also sailed up the river, and the governor of Ma has arrived in Qianwei County. It will only take a few days to arrive in Chengdu to meet His Majesty. "

Liu Chan, who has been dealing with government affairs, has not forgotten the strategy of Jingzhou.A few days after returning to Chengdu, Huang Quan, Ma Zhong, and Deng Zhi were summoned to Chengdu to discuss military strategies and discuss the matter of defeating Wu.

As for Zhuge Liang, due to his serious illness, he was in Longzhong, and behind the scenes he optimized Wang Ping's battle plan for attacking Tongguan and Hongnong.

After all, Wang Ping's attack on Tongguan was a joint operation of Jingzhou, Guanzhong, and Shuozhou. The commander was himself, and the deputy generals were Wei Yan and Jiang Wei.In addition, this is Wang Ping's first time commanding operations across states and counties, and Zhuge Liang still needs to take care of it.

After Liu Chan, Huang Quan and others discussed the strategy of attacking Jingzhou, they would also send Zhuge Liang the strategy of sending troops.One is to show respect for Zhuge Liang, and the other is to check for omissions and fill in vacancies.

Liu Chan stood up, looked at the windy sky with a smile, and said, "When the strong wind blows, the clouds fly, and Vega will return to his hometown."
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①There are many explanations about the three mutual laws, and this is just one explanation I agree with.

(End of this chapter)