Chapter 288 Three Major Events

To completely wipe out the only remaining Wanyan Twelve Alliance that formed a power and scale in the Jurchens, it is necessary to destroy their internal unity. As the second largest Wanyan Twelve Division, Wanyan Lan, is worthy of everyone's attention. Ouyang originally thought that Wanyan Lan had been squeezed out of her surplus value, and then it turned out that Wanyan Lan, who was squeezed into dry, still had her unique charm.

This scam was arranged by Taixuzi. Wanyan Lan will meet with several subordinates of Yuan Zonghan on the front line and kill several generals of Wanyan Wu Qimai. The news will soon reach the Jurchens, and then cause misunderstandings and internal discord between the Jurchens. When the Jurchens have conflicts, Zhang Jun will order Jin Si to use the flag of the Wanyan Lan tribe to go to the first natural barrier to enter the desert - serting Ali, and eating tigers with pigs. Not only can the Seal Ali be taken, but it can also create sharp internal conflicts among the Wanyan Twelve Divisions, and finally completely destroy the remaining Jurchen military armed forces. Wanyan Lan is one of its most critical links.

The matter was completed by Taixuzi, Zhang Jun and Jin Si. After Ouyang tricked Wanyan Lan into the road, he had to worry about the current imperial election. This was the first official choice for the Song Dynasty to supervise the country after half a year of nonsense.

The state has a very important right, and can appoint the seven positions of the Secretary of the Six Ministry and the Ordination of Kaifeng Prefecture. The Censorate can be sent to investigate some unsatisfied areas, and the Censorate will submit it to the Ministry of Personnel in accordance with the rules, and the Ministry of Personnel will submit the disposal opinions to the Ministry of Personnel for approval.

The announcement of this right made all officials stunned for a long time. Then a strange phenomenon occurred, and the originally popular Li Gang became an unpopular. Wu Min became the most popular candidate instead. Although Wu Min was sarcastic in this situation, she couldn't be happy for a long time. After the three factions studied and held a private meeting, she explained in the Royal News that no matter who came to power, the three factions would severely crack down on officials who were corrupt and harming the people. So Li Gang became a popular candidate again.

Some people have already understood that neither Zhou Ping nor Ouyang intend to let their representatives of their interest groups take over the first baton of the surveillance state. They are jointly carrying Li Gang to the line. Through Li Gang's three-year transition, the election procedures are being completed.

The Qing Dynasty doctors have made detailed regulations on the election and the draft law. First, it stipulates that the imperial power is supreme and the emperor's authority is incomparable. Second, the qualification of the state supervisor must be a Jinshi or above or an official of the same Jinshi. Third, candidates must not violate the morality of the 1-un principle, and the sky is angry and resentful. Fourth, candidates should be elected, and there should be many ten Beijing officials with the fifth rank and above military officers who are elected as second rank and above military officers. Only the election is open to the public. Officials across the country can vote within the specified time when they meet the conditions. However... not many people meet the conditions. Only the first official of the General Secretary and the Military Road Jiedushi are qualified to vote, while military generals must be more than two ranks. These local martial arts plus less than twenty people in the country, especially the second rank and above military generals, Han Shizhong and Liu Qi.

Therefore, the main force is still in the capital. The movement is the minister, deputy minister, first secretary-general, second secretary-general. xx committee, xx department, xx research institution, xx bureau...

Ouyang County Magistrate is the highest rank, and Shouzhou Magistrate is from the fifth rank. The prefect is the fifth rank. The mayor of Tokyo, that is, the prefect of Kaifeng, is the fourth rank, and is already qualified to become a candidate.

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Ouyang feels that the recent supplement of the Royal News has become a routine. As a businessman, Ouyang understands very well what public reputation is. The Royal News is not as shameless as some modern newspapers that warmly congratulate xx or something, but also counts as newspaper money for ordinary people. The content of the supplement is not charged extra money, and non-newspaper information does not enter the newspaper layout. The Royal News has only one page that is originally attached to the advertisement.

In May, the most eye-catching thing was the final battle against the Jurchens, the second was the migration of Mongolia and Western Liao, and the policy of opening up. The first general election for the Song Dynasty.

The war against the Jurchens has actually started for more than ten years. From the beginning, the Song Dynasty used the policy of "expenditure" to continuously weaken the national strength and military strength of the Jurchens and Khitans. In the Song Dynasty, it played a disgraceful role. Shameless people are invincible, and the country is even more invincible. On the one hand, the Song Dynasty had a good relationship with the Jurchens, and on the other hand, it continuously transported weapons to the Khitans, allowing the Khitans to kill and kill the Jurchens. However, if it was in modern times, it would appear that the Song people were still very gentlemen. For example, Laden, which many people know, was originally helped to support him to establish a certain amount of

The underground organization of power is used to resist the Soviet invaders. The Americans used to call him the great freedom fighter. Since I did 9 and violated American interests, the freedom fighter has become a terrorist. Just like a monk is now called a religious person, if the monk slapped the American person one day, the religious person will immediately become an extreme religious person. Good people or bad people mainly depend on whether you and me are in good relationship. The American face-changing tactics are very strong from the president to the people. For example, the attitude changes before and after the Huhu incident...

It dragged down the Jurchens, disrupted the Jurchens' idea of ​​fighting to support the war, and consumed the Jurchens' combat effectiveness. If Wanyan Aguda was smart, he should have joined forces with the Khitans in the morning. Because even if the Jurchens defeated the Khitans, they would have to accept the challenge of the Song Dynasty. After the Song army announced that the war against the Jurchens, the Song army was unstoppable. Although the progress was a bit sluggish due to the influence of the climate and local conditions, with the overall strength and the general's wisdom, he took down the Huanglong Mansion without any danger, completely announcing the end of the Jurchen era.

The Mongolian and Western Liao marched very smoothly. They had no idea why the Song army suddenly launched a full-scale attack on them. While the Song army was attacking, they were still quarreling between the Khan position and the leader of the alliance. Even if some tribes coordinated the resistance of the Song army, the firearms were beyond their understanding. The Song army did not hesitate to take the Mongolian grassland for themselves. After occupying Mongolia, Liu Qi's troops divided into two groups, heading towards Western Liao, and heading north, fighting with Russia for the extension of the grassland. Liu Qi's slogan was that he could fight wherever he could.

When the land is occupied, we naturally have to consider using it. If the Han people did not use it, such a plump grassland would sooner or later produce new nomadic peoples. But what benefits would the people be willing to go to the grassland? The court's policy was to enclose land and grazing. Nomadic grazing was changed to fixed-point grazing, and the land without a home is changed to a land with a home.

The most popular method is that a man rides a horse for half an hour, and all the land belongs to him within half an hour. Then this land is the man's legal land. Men can graze, plant, breed, build houses, set fires, poison, and beat wives in this area... There will be a county town in a certain area to facilitate management by Han officials. Each county will hoard thousands of imperial guards to protect their land enclosure interests. Han people can also protect themselves and organize teams to deal with emergencies.

As for the original residents, there are generally several measures taken. First, massacre, any tribe with large-scale resistance will encounter tribal attacks. Second, expulsion, these are tribes that give up their own land through certain negotiations and migrate to the north. Third, transactions, without the previous two situations, that is, if they do not resist or negotiate, the population will be plundered and sent to illegal labor trafficking places in Hangzhou for sale. The fourth is rewards and gifts, which are targeted at the beautiful women of these tribes. They are treated as gifts, especially the Khan-level daughters and wives, which are very popular with court officials because they have a different flavor than their own wives. It was not until Zhao Yu gave two typical cases to the Censorate and implicated several officials and people around Zhang Jun that everyone restrained them.

The last topic is the election of state regents.

Since Ouyang went to Cangzhou prison a few days ago to get on a small trip, the ninth father-in-law had to meet Ouyang on the eve of the election. The ninth father-in-law was straightforward: "Mr. Ou, your Majesty asked us to ask you a question, please answer truthfully."

"yes"

"The first question is, will such a state-regulating election affect the royal reputation?"

Ouyang replied: "Of course not, but it will affect the rights of some royal families and may also lead to dissatisfaction among some princes."

"The second question is, how can Lord Ou ensure that the Zhao family can continue to occupy the world?"

"The election is ruled and supervised by the emperor. The military power is in the hands of the emperor. Since the court has a fight of more than three parties, it is absolutely impossible for a party to storm the court. The emperor also has direct monitoring rights over the Dali Temple and the Censorate. Not to mention that everyone dares not cause trouble. Even if someone is determined, they are powerless." Ouyang said: "The most important thing is that the ministers no longer support the emperor's non-Zhao family as emperors. The transfer of power is not as envious as before. The competition for the position of the state supervision must be more intense. However, the military power is in the hands of the emperor. No matter how fierce the military power is, it is impossible to cause mutiny. Therefore, the current situation is more stable than the original situation of the Song Dynasty, and the country is not prone to breaking out wars. Even if the people invade the trouble, it is because the country is not good at the state supervision, not the emperor's fault."

The ninth prince smiled bitterly: "Thank you, Lord Ou, for answering the questions of two, three, four, five, and six. Article 7: I am unhappy one day, can I abolish my position as a state supervisor?"

Ouyang thought for a while and said, "The emperor deposed the first time, and his descendants will deposed the second time. Then there will be a third time, the fourth time... The efforts made by His Majesty in the position of governing the country will be wasted. It will also intensify the conflicts between the ministers and the emperor."

Eunuch Nine said justice: "The eighth question: Then what should I do if I think this supervisor is not competent?"

"The emperor can first ask the censor to investigate this person. If there is a crime, the Dali Temple can be punished and the power to supervise the state will be abolished, and everyone will re-election. The emperor can also express distrust of the state and then let everyone vote again. But the position of supervise the state cannot be abolished because of personal preferences."

"The ninth question: Do you think I need to be Fengshan Mountain?"

"The country is rich and the people are strong now, and it is still a waste." Ouyang said: "The policy of governing the country will inevitably cause all kinds of troubles when it first comes. The most indispensable thing is the emperor's prestige. Fengshan Mountain is to announce the world. It is not only to show the emperor's prestige, but also to consolidate the country's supervision and protect the descendants of the Zhao family for generations."

"The tenth question." The ninth father-in-law asked: "If you have to pass by Yangping when you go to Mount Tai..."

"Well... this question is good." Ouyang Khan said: "There is no answer, it's best not to pass by Yangping."

"The eleventh question." The ninth eunuch asked while looking at the handwritten order: "Who is the elected state of the country this time?"

"Li Gang" Ouyang said: "In return, he will attach more importance to business development and agree to increase the seats of rotation doctors in the court. Two doctors will be from Hangzhou and Yangping's outstanding merchants. There are six other professions: farmers, workers, fishermen, yamen runners, wing soldiers, and imperial guards. Four years of rotation, during his tenure, the court will give subsidies. The sea is full of rivers and is tolerant. Even if they cannot say it, they don't even know what they want, they will use their own identities to associate what consequences each policy of the court will have on their profession, can they accept it, can their families, and people around them accept it. In the past hundred years, there have been more than a hundred mobs, which seriously damaged the foundation of the Song Dynasty and consumed the national strength of the Song Dynasty. So we must let them participate in the court discussion, such as the Supreme Emperor, do he know the harm caused to the people of Huashigang? I don't think it's not that the Supreme Emperor is cruel, but that he doesn't know the whole picture."

Ouyang took such insider trading with bribes and did not feel any shame at all. It’s not that Ouyang didn’t know the truth about being open to gentlemen, but that he thought so in his heart that anyone who participated in the election was hypocritical. For example, the secretary of the Youth League branch that Xiami had been elected for bribery for more than a dozen bowls of clear soup noodles. The guy who chose the squad leader used braised chicken wings, which Xiami couldn’t do…

The ninth prince smiled bitterly: "Mr. Ou, you can answer questions one by one. If you say so much, how can our family remember it?"

"Then I'll write it." Ouyang Xiao asked: "Why, the emperor is walking around, are you in good spirits?"

The ninth father-in-law wrote with paper and said, "It's really good. Our family has gained knowledge. The emperor said that she often went to Jiangnan to visit in her early years. Now she goes to the north to see the desert and the grasslands. It's really a unique feeling. The emperor said that the mountains and rivers are so beautiful that he understands why so many emperors like to fight in person. The next question: What private transactions did you make with Li Xiang?"

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After recording the answer to the question, Master Ninth said: "The trip to Mount Tai in the spring of next year will be a big event, so Lord Ou needs to urge you."

Ouyang hurriedly said: "My dear ninth, I am just a deputy prime minister. I will have to ask for the leave next year. Besides, only the Minister of Revenue is the official appointed by me. You should contact the Ministry of Rites for this matter."

"Ha, you asked for leave again." The ninth prince smiled bitterly again: "The emperor is right, saying that you are a master who can't stay."

Ouyang said politely: "The court has its own capable people. Besides, it's just a matter of not paying attention. If I say twelve opinions a year, it's considered very good for me to agree. If I only say one opinion a year, they don't agree, they will not give myself face."

"..." This wishful thinking was very good. The Ninth Eunuch said justice: "The emperor said that since Ouyang Buqin Gong, after the election, he would go to Huanglong Mansion to wait for the emperor and accompany the emperor to walk around the Jurchen land."

Ouyang was stunned and asked, "Why am I going?"

The Ninth Eunuch said justice: "You are more casual with the emperor, and you are more familiar with the Jurchens, so of course you went there."

So Ouyang understood this more. Zhao Yu walked out and followed a group of people at the back door. Zhao Yu didn't speak, so they didn't dare to speak. Zhao Yu asked, and they could only answer one sentence. When asked where is the best place to go, they could only answer that it was best to go to a safe place. Ouyang was different. Ouyang could play and dared to play. He and Song Huizong jumped over the river, rushed through bamboo steaks and stole chickens.

The ninth eunuch also asked a lot of things, such as how to ensure that the Dali Temple and the Censorate will only be responsible to the emperor, rather than being bribed privately, etc.

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Soon, the first general election for the regent began. The Royal Daily conducted a comprehensive report. Although the candidates for the regent have been made within the three factions, the total number of personnel of the three factions is less than half. Moreover, Li Gang is also willing to listen to some political opinions of the unsected people. He has the position of several important departments and can choose the right person from among them to serve.

However, the first election was not perfect, at least some people were not perfect. Because the Censorate impeached six officials, most of whom were relatively core officials of the three factions. The charges were illegal linkages. That is, those who had privately contacted some people who were qualified to vote and promised or gave them certain benefits were all arrested.

The Dali Temple Minister also announced that according to the order of the emperor, any official who uses money or benefits to buy voting is equivalent to violating the imperial pen, which means deceiving the emperor and impolite the emperor. Those who give benefits will be executed, and those who get benefits will be confiscated and exiled for three thousand miles.

Zhao Yu's move was quite heavy. If it were in the past, Zhao Yu would execute ministers, especially ministers above the fourth rank, there would be a bunch of officials to plead for mercy. Even political enemies would not want to be executed one day in the future. However... Since the Censorate and Dali Temple are two separate units, even Li Gang could not order them, their responsible persons did not listen at all and did not dare to listen to the ministers' mercy. According to the rules, the election was postponed for three days, and all the officials who were infringed and those who were exiled within three days were handled neatly.

However, Zhao Yu killed first and then said that the actions made everyone very dissatisfied. Li Gang and more than a dozen ministers wrote to Zhao Yu to tactfully explain that Zhao Yu was inappropriate in handling the matter. They believed that the officials who committed the murder could be reasonable, but did not explain in advance what the blame was for interfering in the election, so it was very unfair.
Chapter completed!