Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 339 King Qi is in charge (3000)

Most of the people in the north, especially the people in the Guandong, agree with a simple truth, that is: the king of Qi loves the people and should be the leader.

Amidst the people's endless calls, Qi Wang Gaocheng came out of the mountain again at the request of the emperor, and shouldered the precarious Yuan and Wei dynasties on his shoulders.

The above content is translated from Zhang Shiqi's private manuscript "Two or Three Things with the King of Qi"

When Zhang Shiqi, the governor of Guangzhou, discussed the manuscript with his friends, he once said that although whether the newly unified Wei should be called precarious is still open to debate, but King Qi did not abandon the common people in the world, which is already worthy of congratulations by all people.

That's right, the Great Wei cannot live without King Qi, just as the West cannot live without Jerusalem, and the 3D area cannot lose Tifa.

During the time when Gao Cheng was idle, the pro-government emperor made a mess of the country, and the people suffered unspeakably, which made them miss Qi Wang's benevolent government even more.

Sure enough, as soon as the king of Qi came out of the mountain, he immediately went to the emperor to ask for five-year tax exemption for people who moved to Longxi, three-year tax exemption for people who moved to Guanzhong, and five-year tax exemption for Bingzhou Hu people who moved, including [-] households who moved to Guanzhong. Hu people, and the [-] Hu people who moved to Longxi.

It is said that Gao Cheng even sold his property and paid for the relocation of Xianbei in the six towns of Longxi. However, this kind of statement is only believed by the lower-level Xianbei. To the extent that King Xiao Gao was forced to sell his property, but Qi Wang's mansion has indeed lived a lot more frugally recently.

Not only that, Gao Cheng also ordered to strengthen the supervision in the process of distributing land and houses among relocated people in various places. Anyone who corrupts ink will be strictly in accordance with the "Taichang Law". Thirty horses, according to the amount of corruption, will also be punished accordingly, and the case is the least serious, and it will also be dismissed for investigation.

When the decree was issued, the immigrants from all over the country rejoiced.

And the Hu people of various ethnic groups such as Xianbei from the six towns who moved to Henan even shouted for longevity to the king of Qi.

The Han people who moved westward to Longshan can be exempted from rent and tax for five years. This means that they have changed from Gyeonggi household registration to Longxi household registration. More compensation should be given.

However, Xianbei from the Six Towns moved to Henan from Jinyang. It was not considered a grievance, but they were still exempted from rent and tax for five years, which is enough to explain many problems.

Although King Xianwu of Qi died, King Qi did not forget the villagers. Even though he had been in Luoyang for many years and was surrounded by Han scholars, his heart was always toward the villagers of our six towns.

In the final analysis, the Six Towns of Xianbei is still the basic base of the Gao family, and they should be kind to the Xianbei soldiers and treat them better. , as long as Gao Cheng raised his arms and dared not say that he was defecting, at least he would not fight to the death for the traitor.

Gao Cheng, who returned to the government, immediately began to transfer officials from various places while offering benefits to the people. All of Gao Huan's former team in Jinyang were transferred to Luoyang.

Gao Cheng abolished cavalry cavalry Cao and foreign soldiers Cao, and newly established the Central Military Administration and Foreign Military Administration in Luoyang.

The Central Military Administration is still presided over by Zhao Qi, Xu Yuan, and Bai Jian, Gao Huan's former bureaucrats, and is in charge of the training of soldiers, including the 11 Gyeonggi Army in Sizhou.

As for the [-] soldiers in the surrounding Liang, Shaanxi, and Guangzhou prefectures, the Central Military Administration also issued training instructions to the three prefectures' military training generals Duan Shao, Hu Luguang, and Gao Jishi.

As for the Foreign Armed Forces Administration, it is responsible for matters related to the state and county soldiers, and is managed by Feng Zihui, Minister of the Ministry of War, Chen Yuankang, Sizhou Mu, and Tang Yong, Gao Huan's former bureaucrat.

With the existence of the Xiangguo Mansion and the General's Mansion, Chen Yuankang, the Sizhou Shepherd, really can't do much of his own work, and Gao Cheng let him sit in the position of the Sizhou Shepherd, which naturally did not mean to be idle, so the Foreign Military Department is Chen Yuankang's use The land of martial arts.

Not only the central government, Gao Cheng also did not let go of the adjustment of the locality. First of all, Dou Tai stayed in Longxi and was transferred back to Luoyang.

Dou Tai was fierce by nature, often used as a vanguard, and was more than aggressive, but it was not reassuring to use it to defend the enemy. Wang Sizheng, who was temporarily guarding Dasan Pass, was appointed as the commander of the Longxi Army because he defended Yubi and repelled Yu Wentai twice. The guarding general, followed by [-] Xianbei cavalry and [-] soldiers from Sanhe Prefecture who were relocated to Longxi.

Even if Gao Cheng's father-in-law holds such a prominent position, he still has to keep all his family members in Luoyang.

Gao Cheng has always been able to distinguish clearly in this regard. For example, the fathers of Li Changyi, Li Zu'e, etc. were able to lead their families to the post because they had no military power in their hands. Now Wang Sizheng has given [-] soldiers and [-] prefecture soldiers, and he is fully in charge of Longxi. If he is on guard, he can no longer make an exception because of his father-in-law status.

After all, Gao Cheng was no exception even to his uncle Lou Zhao.

Lou Zhao, governor of Jizhou, was ordered to replace Pan Le in guarding Chang'an, and served as governor of Yongzhou. He also led [-] soldiers and [-] Hezhou county soldiers. His family members remained in Luoyang. Of course, what Gao Cheng said to his uncle was hope and respect The brothers are so close, and at the same time let Lou Zhao set an example for the guards everywhere.

Lou Zhao has nothing to do with this nephew, but it is indeed better to leave his son in Luoyang than to let him go to Guanzhong. After all, Lou Zhao has no intention of plotting trouble, and it will allow his sons to deepen their relationship with Gao Cheng.

As for the post of governor of Jizhou, Gao Cheng handed it over to Yuan Xiaoyou, the former governor of Yingzhou.

Due to the governor of Bingzhou, Lu Daoqian, one of Gao Cheng's father-in-law, died of illness. Pan Le, who was left behind in Chang'an, was appointed as the governor of Bingzhou by Gao Cheng, replacing Hulujin to guard Jinyang. Although most of the Jinyang army and their families were moved to Henan, Bingzhou was in the The Hedong area still has special significance, not to mention that Bingzhou still retained [-] Xianbei soldiers brought by Hu Lujin, and handed them over to Pan Leji.

As for Hu Lujin, he still served as the governor of the six states of Heng, Shuo, Yan, Yun, Xian, and Wei, and was in charge of the northern border.

In fact, from a practical point of view, since the turmoil in northern Xinjiang and the burning of six towns in Rouran, northern Xinjiang has been abandoned for many years. After all, even the six towns of Xianbei have all moved south. The six prefectures combined may have a population that is not as large as that of Henan.

But there are still many Hu people in northern Xinjiang, and the territory is vast, and only Gao Huan said that he can trust Hulujin here.

Gao Cheng had made regional plans for Henan, Hebei and other regions before, and now Hedong, Guanlong and other places will not be let go.

First of all, Hedong. Gao Cheng changed Hedong into Bing, Si, Fen, Jin, and Jian five prefectures. The governor of Bingzhou was Pan Le. The governor of Jianzhou closest to Luoyang was the former governor of Nanfen, Wei Jing. Wei Jing's old state sprouted.

The remaining Si, Fen, and Jin prefectures were all appointed by civilian officials selected from the original governors of Hedong.

Zhang Dexing, who was discovered by Gao Cheng, took the post of governor of Yingzhou.

In the newly conquered Guanlong region, Gao Cheng set up Yong, Xia, Ling, Hua, Qi, Jing, Wei, Qin, and Liang Kyushu in Guanzhong.

Lou Zhaozi was the governor of Yongzhou and ruled Chang'an.

Wang Sizheng is the governor of Qinzhou and the town of Longxi.

The rest of the seven prefectures were all retained by the former Western Wei officials who had sent their envoys back, because the state and county soldiers in their hands had been mobilized by Yuwentai long ago, and they were captured and sent to Luoyang after the First Battle of Weishui.

Gao Cheng took advantage of the situation to implement the separation of military and government in the Guanlong area, and the armies were handed over to Lou Zhao and Wang Sizheng respectively, that is, each commanded [-] soldiers and [-] soldiers from prefectures and counties.

In this way, the northern division has been deleted by Gaocheng, and there are altogether Henan regions: Si, Yan, Qing, Henan, Xu, Jing, Ji, Liang, Guang, Jiao, and Shaanxi eleven prefectures;
Hebei area: Xiang, Ding, Cang, You, Liao, Ying, Ji Qizhou;

Hedong area: Bing, Si, Fen, Jin and Jian five prefectures;

Guanlong area: Yong, Xia, Ling, Hua, Qi, Jing, Wei, Qin, Liang Jiuzhou
In addition to the six prefectures in northern Xinjiang, a total of 38 prefectures, the merger of Gaocheng's divisions this time is not insignificant.

When He Bayue ruled Kansai, he was given the title of governor of the military forces of the [-] prefectures in Guanzhong. Guanzhong alone was subdivided into [-] prefectures, not to mention that there were more than [-] prefectures in Kanto at that time.

The significance of this is naturally to abolish redundant officials and save financial expenses. At the same time, the detailed and chaotic divisions are conducive to weakening the local area, but it is not conducive to Gao Cheng's overall governance.

Of course, what is more important is that after the merger of the states, the control of the localities will be achieved through the appointment and removal of officials.

When the decree was issued, officials from all over the country had joys and sorrows, and the upper-level officials did not need to worry about this. Even if they lost the post of governor, Gao Cheng would recall them back to Luoyang, and arrange positions for them in the three provinces, six ministries and other government offices, or give them prestigious titles.

Although the interests of the redundant officials who were dismissed from the lower levels were damaged, they could only curse a few words in their stomachs. Since Gao Cheng issued another decree, making an exception to allow the officials who lost their positions to participate in the scientific examination, at least there is a way out. , So he turned to prepare for the imperial examination.

The reason why it is said to be an exception is that during the first imperial examination, Gao Cheng had issued instructions that officials were not allowed to resign for reference in the future.

The first imperial examination cycle began with the county examination in March of the seventh year of Taichang (538) and ended with the Beijing examination in March of the eighth year of Taichang (539).

Now that the three-year period has come, the second imperial examination cycle will be held in March this year, the tenth year of Taichang (541).

Although it is only more than a month before the county examination, considering the difficulty of the county examination, if they really devote themselves to government affairs on weekdays, based on their familiarity with official affairs, they can still pass easily. After passing the county examination, it will take half a year Time to prepare for the government test.

This time, Yuan Shanjian was not allowed to take the blame because the targets of the persecution were different. The people at the bottom might be deceived, but the officials were sharp-eyed. After all, the merger of Henan and Hebei was dominated by Gao Cheng, so we should not treat him as a fool.

Although many candidates were dissatisfied with Gao Cheng's exception to allow the dismissed officials, it was difficult to change, after all, the decree had been issued, and the candidates today were not as bullish as those in the Song and Ming Dynasties.

On February [-]th, Gao Huan's mausoleum was completed. Due to the existence of the exemption money, Gao Cheng recruited civilian husbands to pay wages. After dispatching Gao Long to investigate and confirm that there was nothing wrong, even if the treasury could starve the rats to death, Gao Cheng still followed the According to my original regulations, I paid the laborers' wages in full.

February [-] is suitable for offering sacrifices, encoffining, burial, and coffin removal.

Qi Wang Gaocheng and his family members were buried in Mangshan Mountain, and Emperor Yuan Shan sent them out of the city after seeing them.

　Thanks to book friends Ran Shanyu and Yanyu Qianye for their rewards.

　　
　
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