A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 457: The imperial edict to Cao and Han to surrender to the Han Dynasty is over, and the chapter of Wulu and Zhuge governs the country

Cao Rui said to Sima Yi in despair:
"I am the king of a subjugated country, what else can I say? Let the Grand Governor take care of everything."

Sima Yi calmly saluted and said: "I obey the emperor's order!"

September 25
Sima Yi replaced Cao Rui and issued the "Edict of Surrender to the Han" to the whole country, ordering everyone in South Korea, regardless of their official position or humble status, to surrender immediately to the Han army wherever they arrived. No resistance was allowed. Violators would bear the consequences.

On the same day, General Cao Zhen, Grand Sima Cao Xiu and dozens of ministers and generals from the Cao and Xiahou clans jointly marched towards the palace, trying to force their way into the palace and question whether the "Edict to Surrender the Han" was Cao Rui's original intention.

Unexpectedly, when he reached the palace gate, he was surrounded by Sima Shi and more than a thousand soldiers, who were ready to arrest and imprison them all.

Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu raised their swords, pointed at Master Sima and cursed angrily:
"Sima traitor, did you force His Majesty to surrender to Zhao Han? The late Emperor treated you well, so why did you do such a treasonous and unethical thing?"

Master Sima was dressed in armor and said coldly:
"He who knows the current affairs is a hero, Cao Zhen. I don't want to cause more killings. If you want to save your life, don't resist."

After saying that, he waved his hand and the surrounding soldiers gathered around him.

Seeing this situation and knowing that today would not end well, Cao Zhen's eyes were about to burst and he roared:
"Sima betrayed the country and rebelled against Tiangang. I, Cao Zhen, am waiting for you underground!"

Then he drew his sword and killed himself.

Then Cao Xiu and Xia Houxuan also drew their swords towards Sima Shi in grief and anger, trying to kill him, but they were chopped into pieces. The other ministers either died or surrendered.

In front of the palace gate, corpses lay everywhere. Only a dozen people were completely frightened and did not dare to resist.

Master Sima just watched all this coldly, as if watching a group of ants being trampled to death.

"Clean up and don't dirty His Majesty's eyes!"

After Master Sima finished his instructions, he led his people away. They were going to clear out the clans, ministers, and generals in Luoyang City who were unwilling to surrender.

September 28
Zhuge Liang's army arrived outside Luoyang City. Cao Rui, along with Sima Yi, Sima Shi and other surrendered ministers, stood at the city gate with a jade seal in hand, waiting for Zhuge Liang.

Seeing this, Zhuge Liang quickly dismounted his horse, helped Cao Rui up and said, "Young Master is the king of the country, and Liang is the minister of the country. I really don't dare to accept such a courtesy from you."

Then he ordered someone to take the jade seal and ordered him to station outside the city and not to enter the city to disturb the people.

The people of Luoyang settled down.

September 29
Zhuge Liang sent troops to escort Cao Rui, Sima Yi and other important officials of Cao and Han to Yedu to meet the Holy Spirit.

Then Pei Xiu was sent to take over Luoyang city defense, and everything was focused on stability.

October 11

Cao Rui, Sima Yi and other Cao and Han monarchs arrived at Yedu.

Liu Chan sat on the throne and accepted the kneeling worship of Cao Rui and others in the court hall.

After some comfort and encouragement, Liu Chan ordered that Cao Rui be canonized as the Duke of Han Dynasty, and his fiefdom would be in Liangqiu City, Shanyang County. He would be allowed to worship the ancestors of Cao Han in the fiefdom.

Then he made Sima Yi the Marquis of Huai County, and appointed him as Dazhongzheng of Sizhou, Changshi of Sanqi, and Shangshu of Zuomin.

Because Sima Yi was born in Hanoi County, Sizhou, was a central official, and had a wide reputation, he was elected as the Grand Central Officer.

Zuo Min Shangshu is one of the five ministers in Shangshutai. He is responsible for the repair work and the Yanchi Garden, and is equivalent to the minister responsible for construction.

Later, he appointed his son Sima Shi as a subordinate of Xi Cao Yuan in the Prime Minister's Mansion. The Prime Minister's Mansion has East and West Cao Yuan tributaries, which are also modeled after the Xudu court. East Cao is responsible for the appointment of officials of about two thousand shi, and Xicao is responsible for the appointment of officials in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Zhao Han has three departments responsible for the appointment, removal and assessment of officials.

One is the Zhongzheng Mansion, responsible for inspections; the other is the officials at the Chancellery, responsible for assessment; the third is the East and West Cao Cao of the Prime Minister's Mansion, responsible for specific appointments, dismissals and promotions.

He also appointed Sima Zhao as the prefect of Taishan County, and all the other surrendered ministers were granted titles. All the troops belonging to Cao Han were trimmed, dispersed and merged into other troops, completely decentralizing the military power of the Sima clan.

Sima Yi was well aware of all this and did not object to it. He even directly shouted His Majesty's wisdom.

The emperor surrendered, and the remaining areas of Cao Han were also announced. However, in more than ten days, the entire territory of Cao Han was fully accepted by Zhao Han.

When Lu Xun saw that Cao Han had surrendered and Zhuge Liang's reinforcements arrived in Xiangyang, he also led his troops to retreat and ordered to continue to strengthen Jiangling City to prevent Zhao Han from attacking south.

October 20

Zhuge Liang left Jiang Wei and 15,000 troops to garrison Xiangyang. Suihe and Bai Xing's squadron returned to the court and were personally welcomed by Liu Chan.

Zhuge Liang was awarded the title of Marquis of Shu County and General Right due to his meritorious service. Bai Xing was granted the title of one thousand households, bringing the total number of Lu Hunhou's households to six thousand.

From then on, Zhuge Liang's official titles were Marquis of Shuxian County, General of the Right, Grand Sima, Lu Shangshu Shi, and Gui Shizhong. Marquis of Shu County is a title, General Right is a military rank, Grand Sima is a position, Lu Shangshu Shi has the right to participate in Shangshu meetings, and Ge Shizhong has the right to participate in the highest decision-making.

November

Liu Chan discussed with his ministers the matter of moving the capital:
"Now that the puppet Han has been defeated, Luoyang has returned to the Han Dynasty. When the late emperor established the capital of Ye as a temporary capital, his long-cherished wish was to return it to the old capital. Today is the right time. Do you think it is possible to move the capital?"

Wu Zhi, Bai Xing, Zhuge Liang and others believe that the danger in Luoyang has not been eliminated yet, and who knows whether there are dead soldiers of Cao Han ambushing it.

Besides, due to financial and manpower limitations, the palace of Cao Han was not as magnificent as it was during the Pre-Han Dynasty, and was not even as good as Yedu.

It would be better to wait until Luoyang's filth is cleared away and the palace is renovated, then choose a good and auspicious day to offer sacrifices to the ancestors of the sky and move back to the old capital. This is a great good deed.

Liu Chan thought it was possible, so he ordered Sima Yi, the Minister of Zuo Min, to take the lead and allocate funds from the treasury. The Situ Mansion summoned laborers and led generals to serve as ministers and other officials responsible for building the official offices of the imperial court. He allocated 200,000 laborers to preside over the construction of the capital of Luoyang.

November 20
Luoyang was renamed Luoyang by Liu Chan, and construction of a new palace began.

Xuanwu seven years
March
The prime minister Wu Zhi was seriously ill and was discharged from office. Liu Chan appointed the great commander Zhuge Liang as the right general to carry out the affairs of the prime minister, lead the affairs of the ministers, and give the affairs.

It turned out that Wu Zhi was only the prime minister, and was only granted the title of "Secretary Affairs", and did not participate in the affairs of the Secretary. Therefore, as the executor, he had the right to observe when Liu Chan convened the meeting of the Secretary.

Now Zhuge Liang combines the power of decision-making, promulgation, and execution, plus military power. His power is beyond the reach of ordinary people, so he immediately began drastic reforms.

First, he summoned scholars from all over the world who were good at law in the capital of Ye, and together with Shizhong, Shangshu Fazheng, Xizhonglang general Li Yan, admonished the official Yi Ji, Taifu Bai Yi, Shangshu Ling Bai Jun and other ministers, they began to compile the laws of the dynasty. "Xuanwu Law".

Zhuge Liang asked Bai Yi to copy the "Qin Code", "Han Code", "New Han Code" and many classics of Legalist masters in the Bai Kingdom's collection and send them to Yedu for reference.

He also said: "I heard that Baiguo's schools and academies gather the largest number of scholars and students in the world. Among them are those who are very good at law. I request the Taifu to invite them here to help."

Bai Yi readily agreed, and then sent a letter to the country, opening the Bai Kingdom's collection of books to the imperial court for copying. He also ordered Bai Xue and Bai Yuan to send 60 scholars who were good at law to accompany the imperial book recording team to Yedu to participate in the "Xuanwu Law" "Compilation of.

October
After hundreds of people and several months of hard work compiling and proofreading, it was in line with the new law "Xuanwu Law" at this time. After Liu Chan's seal and approval, it was officially implemented as an official law.

This code mainly draws from the "Qin Code" written by Shang Yang and Han Fei, the legalists of the pre-Qin Dynasty, the "Bai Code" compiled by Bai Yan of the Bai Kingdom, the "Han Code" revised by Dong Zhongshu of the Han Dynasty, and the "Han Code" revised by Zheng Xuan of the former Han Dynasty. "New Han Code".

It advocates that governing the country should use both law and etiquette, and that prestige and virtue should go hand in hand. It emphasizes "instructions to clarify the law" and "encouraging good and deposing evil", that is, taking law as the body and focusing on the principle of fairness and objectivity; using virtue as the application and focusing on education as the basis.

Use Shang Yang's method, but not superstitious in its authoritarianism, adopt its principles and methods, combine them with Confucian teachings, and combine the practice and teachings into one.

In order to admonish and train officials and soldiers across the country, the eight duties, seven precepts, six fears, five fears and other executive regulations were formulated to clarify the code of conduct for those who know and can do it.

Once the "Xuanwu Law" was implemented, the entire officialdom seemed to be in a state of silence. Officials who violated the law were constantly imprisoned, new officials took office, and the administration of officials gradually became clearer.

The world is renewed with new vitality.

November

Zhuge Liang went to court and requested that the system of diannong and farmland be abolished and that the army should replace the people. This was something that had to be done when the world was in chaos during the reign of the late emperor. Now that Sun Wu has been removed, the world has generally stabilized.

However, the diannong and farmland system is incompatible with the local county and county system, and jurisdictional disputes often arise, which is not conducive to the management of national affairs. Therefore, it should be abolished and integrated into the local county and county system.

Moreover, due to the continuous wars in Yongzhou, there were only ten people left, large areas of land were barren, and even wild beasts appeared in the city.

In order to restore the vitality of Yongzhou and make full use of the land, it is proposed to relocate the refugees who are unwilling to settle there to Guanzhong. The government will grant a certain amount of land, seeds, and lease farm tools and cattle for one or two years to fill the population of Guanzhong.

Liu Chan adopted Zhuge Liang's advice and ordered Yousi to immediately start preparations for relocating the refugees.

The first to take action was the Dongzhou faction in central Shu. Those who were unwilling to settle in central Shu all moved to Guanzhong.

Xuanwu ten years
After Zhuge Liang's governance, the number of households in Guanzhong soared from the previous 70,000 to 200,000. Chang'an was no longer an inaccessible wasteland, and food was grown again.

According to statistics, excluding the areas occupied by Wu State, there are more than 3 million households in the world, including 600,000 households in Hebei and 400,000 households in Jizhou alone.

The land of Henan includes Qing, Xu, Yan, Henan and part of Jingzhou, with more than 2 million households; Sizhou has 100,000 households; Bashu area has 300,000 households; Liangzhou area has more than 90,000 households; There are 200,000 households in the Jianghuai area.

Although the population was nearly 20 million, when Zhuge Liang initially counted it, it was only over 10 million. This is still the result of many people who fled the mountains hearing that the world was finally settled and returned to the mountains, plus the results of counting the refugees.

In the end, many parties fought, openly and secretly. Only then did those aristocratic families spit out the hidden people and reorganize the household registers, causing the population to soar into the millions.

In addition, according to Sun Wu's statistics, there are more than 300,000 households. Combined with the trend of annexation by Wu State and the crowds of slaves, there should be at least 100,000 households hiding, so there are probably more than 2 million people.

Among them were the Northerners who fled the war from the north to the south, and the natives captured by Sun Quan from overseas. This was how the Yangzhou area, which was previously known as a barbarian land, became so prosperous.

(End of this chapter)