Chapter 333 Efforts to build a scholar-friendly society
Relevant news continued to spread, and news about Liu Bei's strong fertility and number of heirs spread throughout the country and abroad. Everyone knew that while Liu Bei was busy with government affairs, he was also very concerned about his "political tasks", worked very hard, and worked hard.
So the ten sons were alive and kicking, which basically guaranteed that Liu Bei would have one of his sons inherit the throne in the future, stabilizing everyone's political interests and the inheritance of power of the Third Reich.
Therefore, this incident is also a strong boost to the policy of blasting the clan system this time.
Because they have confidence in the power to defend the royal family in the future, the courtiers are also happy to see the result. Anyway, Liu Xiu's line is no longer the royal family, and it will be gone if it is gone. It is natural to replace Liu Bei's line as the royal family.
Not to mention that these guys still want to rebel and restore the Second Empire.
Can you agree to this?
You are resurrected and I am buried, can I make you willing to do so?
Officials with power in the court and the army were quite supportive of this, so this policy was quickly promoted.
While the imperial court was executing the order to save land, since the army had already begun full-scale operations, it was a simple matter to dispatch some troops to carry out related tasks.
The Kingdom of Zhao and the Kingdom of Ganling have become Zhao County and Qinghe County. Next, there will be comprehensive actions against other feudal states.
Jizhou was the Han administrative state with the most feudal states. In addition to the capture of Zhao and Ganling, the four kingdoms of Zhongshan, Changshan, Hejian, and Anping were also later investigated by the court.
Because of the cooperation of the states and their quick actions, the kings and clans of the four kingdoms were completely under the control of the imperial army without any preparation.
Next, based on a series of investigations and rummaging around, the former Ganling King Liu Zhong's "Essay on Crusade against the Puppet Emperor" was found from the Hejian Palace and the Anping Palace. At this time, the Hejian King and the Anping King jumped into the Yellow River.
I can't even clean it out.
They were all escorted back to Luoyang for further interrogation and investigation.
The kings of Zhongshan and the kings of Changshan stayed there to accept the subsequent judicial investigation to see if they had any behavior that violated the law. If so, they would also be charged, and only those who were clean could be demoted.
As a county marquis, he was then sent to Jiaozhou to become his county marquis.
The four princes were captured without any ability to resist. In addition to these four princes and Liu Xie, the other princes from the royal family were also fully controlled and investigated by the government to see if they were related to Liu Zhong and Liu Xie.
If there is any connection with the Amnesty Group, they will be sent to Luoyang for investigation.
After preliminary investigation, it was actually discovered that there were letters of appeal from Liu Zhong in the mansions of five Liu clan princes, so these five families were taken as evidence and escorted to Luoyang for trial.
After a series of actions, the clan forces of the Second Empire in Jizhou were uprooted by Liu Bei. Not only the royal family itself, but also some of the servant families around them were controlled. If it was confirmed that they were involved in the rebellion, a
If you are innocent, then fine, go live in Jiaozhou.
Because the clan power in Jizhou is too large, it takes a lot of time to take action.
There are fourteen countries in the Central Plains: Chen State, Liang State, Pei State, Jibei State, Dongping State, Jinan State, Le'an State, Beihai State, Qi State, Lu State, Rencheng State, Langya State, Pengcheng State, and Xiapi State.
, are basically sacred lands, important grain-producing areas, the product of Liu Xiu's love and care when he enfeoffed them.
To be honest, Liu Xiu's personal character is really good, not to mention what the emperor did.
While being an emperor, he is indeed a gentle and kind father. He even plays the role of a husband well. He is a rare man who can take on multiple identities at the same time.
The deposed prince generally has a very embarrassing status. Basically, if he becomes the deposed prince, this person will basically announce that he has sent it. However, Liu Xiu's deposed prince Liu Jiang lived well and finally became the king of East China Sea, which is the ancestor of Liu Yu.
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The term "concubine" is generally a critical word. If a woman becomes a concubine, she basically has to send it, including her natal family. However, Liu Xiu's concubine Guo Shengtong and the Guo family still maintain a considerable degree of respect.
Honor.
It can be said that the palace battles involving heirs in all dynasties were bloody and brutal, and the fighting between family members was also quite terrifying and fierce. However, in Liu Xiu's era, all this became a rare exception.
Despite this, Liu Bei recognized Liu Xiu's gentleness and kindness, but still wanted to make a change in everything he left behind.
He didn't want too many royal children to lie around in the fertile land of the Central Plains, sucking blood and eating their old wealth. In his vision, the royal children should go to the most dangerous places to open up territories. If the royal children can't take the lead, how can they lead the way?
Why do people in the world go to dangerous places to expand their territory and compete for living space?
The reason why the Zhou people were able to promote the development of the Central Plains back then was because a large number of clan members and heroes went there together. With the clan children taking the lead, other people could not say anything.
Liu Bei felt that he could do what the Zhou people could do. Although it took a certain amount of effort, he felt that it was all worth it.
Therefore, while investigating the clan kings and controlling the clans, Liu Bei also ordered that all the current feudal states of the Han Dynasty be eliminated and changed to county-level organizations. All the original prime ministers were transferred to county governors on the spot. In the future, the Han Dynasty will
For quite some time, there will no longer be a feudal state or a state minister.
After investigation, the clans of the Second Empire that are clean and have no problems will be arranged to Jiaozhou. The clans with relatively minor crimes will be demoted and arranged to Jiaozhou. The clans with more serious crimes will lose their titles and become commoners and commit the crime of treason.
There is no need to say anything, just kill it.
Except for Liu Xie who still enjoys the honor of being a county marquis in Jizhou because of his special status, all the other close clan clans with the surname Liu have left Hebei, the sacred land of the Central Plains.
At the peak of the war caused by the Du Tian Order, that is, in July of the first year of Zhenguan, this matter was implemented under the leadership of Liu Bei.
Of course, not all clan kings and clans honestly admit their defeat. Some clans knew that they had a problem, so after learning about the imperial court's actions, they directly announced their rebellion.
For example, King Rencheng and King Pengcheng joined forces and raised a team of nearly ten thousand people. They said that Liu Bei had usurped power and seized the throne. Now his true colors were finally revealed, and they wanted to murder the family members of the late emperor, so as to call on the people of the world to resist.
Cao Ren, the commander-in-chief of Yingyang's army, happened to have settled the matter in Bohai County at that time and returned to his base in the Central Plains. When he learned about this on the way back, he directly led his troops to change their route and go south to quell the rebellion.
On July 23rd of the first year of Zhenguan, Cao Ren led his troops to invade the Kingdom of Rencheng, defeated King Rencheng's troops near Rencheng County, quickly captured Rencheng, captured the entire family of King Rencheng, and escorted them to Luoyang.
This guy had a loud voice, but his skills were very weak. He was defeated by Cao Ren in three strikes, five divided by two, and the whole army collapsed after not even being able to hold on for three days.
King Pengcheng was able to hold on a little longer, and fought a battle with Cao Ren in Liu County. He held out for three days, and Cao Ren captured Liu County. Then he was pursued by Cao Ren to Pengcheng. The army surrounded the city and exerted maximum pressure.
Finally, an officer who rebelled against the enemy appeared in the city, and led an army to kidnap King Pengcheng, forcing him to open the city gate to welcome the Han army into the city, so King Pengcheng also sent.
The counterinsurgency period is seven days.
Within ten days, Cao Ren gave full play to his subjective initiative and put down the rebellion of the two clan kings. He also eliminated a large number of people with evil intentions and stabilized the situation of Rencheng Kingdom and Pengcheng Kingdom.
As for the rebellions launched by some close clans in other places, no one responded, or they had been wiped out by the army together with those who opposed the Dutian Order.
Against the background of the great rebellion of Du Tian Ling, this wave of resistance from the clan kings and neighboring princes was quickly eliminated by the armies from various places. The ones who contributed the most were the heads of the Central Plains Military Region, Xu Huang and his
's subordinates.
Only a few clan kings in Yuzhou were captured by troops from the Central Military Region.
In order to fight for these few places to go out to fight, the generals of each army fought for it and smashed the tables and benches. Finally, Xun You intervened and proposed the method of drawing lots to decide who would attack, which was unanimously approved by everyone.
Those who were caught were ecstatic, while those who were not caught were so upset that they wanted to die.
But there is no other way. I am willing to admit defeat and lose even if I lose. I cannot let others look down on my professional ethics.
Having limited military exploits but too many warriors can sometimes be a sweet annoyance.
Throughout July of the first year of Zhenguan, the whole world was not stable. There were rebellions in all major military regions. The world was full of vitality and everything was competing. But in August, this kind of enthusiasm and hard work and everyone entered into a state of unity.
The end.
Because one of the parties has no strength and cannot fight anymore.
Liu Bei's 300,000 troops, which he had trained with many years of hard work, were too powerful. In a head-on confrontation, no rebel army in the world could survive two sticks of incense in their hands. Even in a fortified battle or a water battle, there would be no
A rebel army can fight them back and forth, evenly divided.
It's not that they didn't work hard, but that Liu Bei gave too much and invested so much money. For the first time, it was legally stipulated that the court's allocation of military expenditures was a legal obligation. This is a must for any army.
Great thing.
The best weapons and equipment, the best logistics supplies, if faced with a group of enemies that only a few people can equip with knives and armor, if Liu Bei cannot achieve a record of 1 to 20, 30 or even 1 to 50, Liu Bei will
They all felt that they should throw those people directly to the military court and let Zhi Jinwu examine whether they intended to support the bandits and respect themselves.
That's not normal!
Fortunately, under Liu Bei's many years of governance, this army has not experienced such a situation. At most, it only competes for credit and cares about credit, which is considered normal.
As a result, the war caused by the land transfer order gradually came to an end. The local power went from early June to its peak in July and then to its collapse in August. It only lasted for three months, and then in March
It became history under the suppression of 100,000 regular troops.
In this counter-insurgency war, armies from all over the country combined to achieve results of annihilating more than 70,000 enemies, capturing more than 400,000, and freeing more than 3 million slaves. This basically wiped out the last and largest enemy left by the Second Empire.
A group of human remnants, and basically solved the problem of the slave population of about 10 million left by the Second Empire.
Solved by physical means.
It can be said that this war brought some economic blows to the Third Reich. For example, in areas such as southern Jizhou and northern Jingzhou, due to the large number of thieves, economic losses were relatively large and some people were displaced.
But overall, this war that should have spread across every inch of the country has turned into a local counter-insurgency war after Liu Bei's years of preparation. The rebellion in any one region failed to link up with the rebellion in other regions.
The military effect made this war a completely independent war for the rebels.
Originally, the rebels were far inferior to the Han army in terms of strength. It was difficult to win tactically. Strategically, they also fell into the dilemma of fighting on their own. The rebels in various places were unable to cooperate and pose a unified threat to the Han army, and a total collapse seemed likely.
It has become an expected thing, but the length of time still needs to be discussed.
Not only that, while solving the die-hard elements who were unwilling to pay taxes, Liu Bei also solved the clan group, one of the major hidden dangers of the Third Reich.
Because Liu She and Liu Zhong's rebellion and self-destruction caused the collective anxiety of the Third Reich's meritorious groups towards the clan group, which in turn triggered a major reaction from the Luoyang court, thus determining the court's liquidation of the old clan group.
Under the cover of the Tiandu Decree, the liquidation of clan groups was changed from a purely political issue to some economic factors, and it was successfully transformed into a military issue. As a result, Liu Bei, who had an absolute military advantage, solved the military issue.
The method was solved, I can only say that the timing was clever and wonderful.
One operation solved two important hostile groups. The negative status buff left by the Second Reich to the Third Reich has been resolved by the Third Reich under the action of a decree.
On August 25th of the first year of Zhenguan, as the last enemy army in the Xiangyang area of Jingzhou was successfully wiped out by Wei Yan, the chaos caused by the Dutian Decree was actually over. What followed was the relatively long post-war consolidation work and
Resume production work.
During this operation, the official positions that were vacant due to various reasons also needed a large number of new people to fill them. Therefore, in the next period of time, the Luoyang court controlled by Liu Bei will enter a period of sweatshop operation.
It’s a cycle.
However, this is a happy cycle, a happy cycle, and a cycle in which all enemies are eliminated in stages. In Liu Bei's view, seizing this cycle and promoting the establishment of advanced production relations and productivity will be of great benefit to the entire Third Reich.
Each stage of development is extremely important.
Moreover, the problems exposed in this operation, as well as the gains demonstrated by the successful promotion of various policies, can be comprehensively summarized, and then targeted corrections and advancements can be made.
The most typical problem is that poor people in areas where collective farm construction has not been fully implemented are deceived and coerced into joining rebels and fighting against the court.
The biggest gain was the great success of the river maneuvering tactical system promoted by Guan Yu in the Jiangnan region.