Liu Xie signaled her to take her seat and immediately explained her purpose, wanting her to check who was Yuan Gui's boss.
When Cai Yan asked Qing Yuan Gui to be a filial and honest person, he immediately said: "Based on time, it may be Yang Xuan and Yang Jiping of Kuaiji. He was the prefect of Bohai at the end of Zhongping, and he had the opportunity to claim Yuan Gui as a filial and honest person."
Immediately afterwards, he said: "Your Majesty can punish Yuan Gui, but it is neither appropriate nor impossible to pursue Yang Jiping."
“Why?”
"Yang Jiping was a capable minister whom the late emperor had felt regretful, and he was already dead."
Liu Xie became interested and asked Cai Yan to talk about it.
Cai Yan told Yang Xuan’s story.
When she was staying in Jiangdong with Cai Yong, she heard the story of Yang Xuan and her family.
Yang Xuan was a Kuaiji Wu who was injured by others, and was originally from He Dong. During the revival of Guangwu, his great-grandfather Yang Mao followed Guangwu to conquer the war. He was granted the title of Wu to injured the Marquis of Xinyang Township for his merits and found a country in Jianwu Zhong. After three generations, he was eliminated due to guilt. Yang The children of the clan were in Wushang'an's home.
Yang's family was granted the title of marquis for their merits, and many capable ministers were produced. Yang Xuan's father Yang Fu was once the governor of the visit and was a well-known capable minister. Yang Xuan's brother Yang Qiao was the Minister of Shang, and he also wrote letters to talk about things many times, leaving behind Emperor Xiaohuan. A good impression. Emperor Xiaohuan saw that Yang Qiao was not only good at it, but also had outstanding appearance, so he wanted the princess to marry him. Yang Qiao refused, but could not change Emperor Xiaohuan's idea, and eventually died of a hunger strike.
Emperor Xiaohuan was both angry and pity, so he took special care of Yang Xuan.
Yang Xuan was both virtuous and talented, and had a smooth career. She was soon moved to the prefect of Lingling.
During his tenure as the prefect of Lingling, Yang Xuan showed his family knowledge, defeating Cangwu, Guiyang robbers, and Xiaoqiqiu. However, the governor of Jingzhou Zhao Kai was jealous of him and falsely accused him of lying. Military merits. The two reported each other that Zhao Kai was in the court, and Yang Xuan was chased by the rank of the court, and had no way to write a letter, so she was almost dead.
But Yang Xuan was a cruel man after all. He bit his arm, tore his clothes, wrote down his bloody clothes, tried to hand them over to his family, and wrote a letter to argue with the injustice.
When Emperor Xiaoling saw the blood letter, he was very shocked. After inquiring about it, he learned about Yang Xuan’s brother Yang Qiao. He felt that such a family tradition would not be possible to lie about military merits, so he ordered a retrial.
Yang Xuan was aware of this, while Zhao Kai was punished for counter-argument.
Yang Xuan became famous in one fell swoop. She first became the Minister of the Bohai Sea and later moved three times to the prefect of Bohai. Her political achievements were also outstanding in office.
He should have called Yuan Gui as a filial and honest person at that time, and the specific time should be after the first year of Zhongping.
Although Yuan Kang died, he was a party member and his children were imprisoned. Only after the party ban was lifted in the first year of Zhongping did Yuan Gui be called a filial and honest person.
Liu Xie is skeptical.
Cai Yan did not have a court record at hand. What she knew were all legendary stories she heard while traveling to Jiangdong, and the time may not be accurate.
In other words, there is another possibility for Yuan Gui's lord: Yuan Shao.
He was not very clear about the events during the Zhongping period. He still knew a little about the events after Chuping.
Yuan Shao's first destination for escape was Bohai, and he was soon appointed as the prefect of Bohai. Yuan Kang was a party member as famous as Li Ying. It is normal for Yuan Shao to refer to Yuan Kang's son as a filial and honest person, who regarded himself as Li Ying's successor. .
According to Cai Yan, after Yang Xuan stepped down as the prefect of Bohai, she also transferred to the position of Shangshu Pushe. This appointment is likely to be operated by Wang Yun and others in the court, just to make room for Yuan Shao.
In Yuan Shao's plan, the Bohai Sea plays a very important role.
Before Liu Xie himself became King Chenliu, he was named King of Bohai. Yuan Shao fled and went straight to Bohai, because of the reason that someone was supporting him in the Bohai Sea, and the Bohai Sea had considerable foundations.
But these speculations cannot be verified for the time being, and maybe there will be no chance to verify them in the future.
Cai Yan’s story about Yang Xuan may be heard, but her meaning is very clear.
She didn't want to pursue too much, and it involved Yuan Gui's leadership.
He had no intention of this, he just scared Yuan Gui.
To be honest, there are too many things like false recommendations. It is definitely not a matter of one or two people to pursue old accounts. It is likely that most officials with more than two thousand stones will be involved.
After all, it is no secret that "the scholar is not aware of books; the father lives apart when he is filial and honest."
Liu Xie had only one purpose to summon Cai Yan, and wrote an article to show the attitude of the court.
The court is willing to share the world with the scholars and officials, but it is not opposed to the scholars and officials who are farming and studying and entertaining themselves. The county and state are filial and honest, state and state are talented, and the government are all measures to select talents for the country, and should not be called for fame by some people.
means.
Those who are interested in becoming an official will recommend it and eliminate it. Those who do not want to become an official do not need to recommend it. It will waste quotas and manpower and material resources.
Give the opportunity to those who are willing to serve the country.
If someone recommended is unwilling to become an official, not only will the recommended person be investigated and will not be appointed for life. He will also be held accountable for the dereliction of duty. In severe cases, he will not be appointed for life.
Cai Yan felt uneasy when he heard this.
The emperor spoke lightly, but she knew the power behind it.
Why can't the scholars and officials get along with the relatives of the foreigners? Different ideas are certainly one thing, and the most realistic reason is to compete for limited opportunities for official careers. There are only so many official positions, but there are countless people who want to be officials. The eunuchs are closer to the imperial power and use the emperor
Trust and robbing opportunities that originally belonged to the literati are the fundamental reasons why the literati regard eunuchs as thorns in their side.
Now the emperor has abolished the eunuch system, expressed his greatest sincerity, and made demands on the scholars and officials.
Those who do not want to cooperate with the court can walk away and give the opportunity to those who are willing to cooperate with the court.
In this way, the initiative returned to the hands of the court and the emperor.
If you invite reputation and gain fame, it will not work well when you wait for the price. Those who want to be hermits can only become hermits. Don’t think of such a good thing as having three palaces to conquer them.
Although this cannot solve the problem of support for the official career, it can give the emperor greater initiative and can even be regarded as the beginning of the emperor's counterattack.
"Is there any problem?" Liu Xie asked when he saw Cai Yan pondering.
Cai Yan woke up and said quickly: "No problem, I will go and draft the edict immediately."
Liu Xie said again: "Go and ask Yuan Gui. Is he willing to return the reputation of filial piety and integrity, or is willing to surrender and serve the court in a difficult situation."
Cai Yan asked tentatively: "What is His Majesty's plan to give him the position?"
Liu Xie grinned. "What can he do? Just let him be a Shangshu. There is no problem in copying and writing. Observe for a while to see if he has inherited some of Yuan Zhong's real skills before deciding whether to be appointed to other positions."
Cai Yan smiled bitterly.
The current Shangshu is not the former Shangshu, and he has no power. He is just a pure document, serving Wen Mo at the Emperor's side every day. Liu Xie knew that Yuan Gui had something wrong with him, but he appointed Yuan Gui as Shangshu, which was just deliberately making things difficult for Yuan Gui.
But when he thought of Yuan Gui's arrogant virtue just now, Cai Yan gave up the idea of fighting for Yuan Gui.