I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 684 Cleaning up the disadvantages

In fact, based on Liu Jian's energy and power, he already knew that the driving force behind this incident was the Fifth Patrolman, one of the "Beijing Zhao Sanxiu".

Moreover, the other two people in Jingzhao Sanxiu are also helping the Fifth Patrol to connect with the Jinwenjing family in various places, secretly building momentum among students, expanding the influence of public opinion, and using this incident of Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun to discredit Liu Jian political purpose.

In fact, if Liu Jian wanted to stop the fermentation of this incident, he only needed to immediately order the arrest of the fifth patrol and the heads of the Jinwen family who were involved in the matter, and rectify it properly to avoid such an expansion of the matter.

But Liu Jian did not do this. He just wanted to use the expansion of this incident to rectify the public opinion channels of the Han Dynasty.

Today, he deliberately gathered the emperor and the main civil servants of the court at this farmhouse, and mentioned this matter by the way, in order to attract everyone's attention.

He was also sending a signal to everyone.

That is, Liu Jian wanted to carry out a major rectification of the original public opinion channels of the scholars of the Han Dynasty!

In fact, Liu Jian, who came from later generations, still advocated freedom of speech.

But the so-called freedom of speech also depends on the era it belongs to and who is the leader of this freedom of speech.

Just like the current Han Dynasty, the gentry dominated by the Jinwen family controlled most of the public opinion channels. The public opinion channels accumulated over the years have already formed a large scale. indestructible.

They have the ability to speak on behalf of the people at the bottom, and they can also speak to the world on behalf of the high-level dignitaries. Neither the government nor the people at the bottom can cross their channels of public opinion.

But the voices they raise only represent their own interests.

They say the wind is wind, they say rain is rain, whoever they say is talent is talent, and whoever they say is shit is shit.

Now they are the ones blocking the court from speaking out and blocking the people from speaking out.

I heard Liu Xie say to Liu Jian: "Prime Minister, since someone dares to secretly slander the Prime Minister? And he also made the matter so big that all the official and private schools in Guanzhong know about it. There must be some promoters secretly involved. operate."

"This kind of thing is never allowed!"

At this moment, Xun Yu stood up.

"Your Majesty! I think that no matter who is behind this, the modern scholars in Guanzhong can all point their fingers at the prime minister, which shows the strong public opinion behind this. I think that for the foundation of the Han Dynasty, for the sake of For the stability of the Han Dynasty, public opinion should be strictly managed."

"All kinds of criticisms and rumors among the people should be banned on the list!"

"We in the Han Dynasty should eliminate the tendency of false talk. Excessive false talk among the people has a great impact on the prestige of the court and the prestige of the ministers in the court."

Liu Xie nodded solemnly and said: "This is reasonable. The influence of public opinion channels controlled by non-governmental organizations is too great. Since Emperor Guangwu, our government has been too indulgent towards these people. Now, it has become It caused great harm.”

"If it is not properly rectified, it will always be a huge threat to the court and the people of the world."

Speaking of this, Liu Xie looked back and forth at the people present.

"I decree that the Prime Minister will handle this matter specifically and purge all channels of public opinion in the Han Dynasty except the official ones!"

Liu Jian stood up and said: "Your Majesty is wise, but if I am the only one to supervise this matter, I will be too preoccupied. Please ask your Majesty to order the nine ministers to supervise this matter together with me."

"In addition, we also ask all levels of the imperial court to actively cooperate. After all, the matter is too big. These slanderous public opinions have been accumulated in our Han Dynasty for hundreds of years. If we move them, I am afraid they will not easily admit defeat and will definitely make wild remarks. Discredit the imperial court.”

Liu Xie nodded and said: "That's what the Prime Minister is worried about. Don't worry, I will definitely arrange this matter properly... When I returned to the palace, I issued an order for all levels of government agencies to fully cooperate with the Prime Minister to supervise this matter. Anyone who disobeys will be severely punished." !”

Just as Liu Jian finished speaking, Huang Wan hurriedly stood up among the ministers.

"Your Majesty, I think this matter is inappropriate."

"All the lists, reviews and public opinion channels among the people have been in the hands of famous noble families over the years. They are the foundation of our Han Dynasty."

"In the past, each township relied on various schools to evaluate outstanding talents and recommend them to the imperial court, and they were praised by the world. Now that these channels are suddenly banned, doesn't it mean that we have cut off the way to recommend talents to the Han Dynasty?"

When the words fell, Liu Jian was heard speaking slowly.

"To recruit talented people as officials, there are naturally places where the imperial examination system is used to select officials for the court. The system of using public opinion to evaluate the officials is no longer suitable for our country. Doesn't Huang Gong not know?"

"But……"

Huang Wan wanted to say something, but then he found Liu Jian looking at him with bright eyes.

There was so much meaning in those eyes.

Huang Wan's heart suddenly sank, and he didn't dare to say anything nonsense.

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Subsequently, Liu Jian conducted investigations one by one in Guanzhong, including Hebei, Sanhe, Sizhou and other places, and blocked all public opinion channels except the official ones.

In particular, some character evaluation lists and gatherings organized by the Department of Modern Literature in various places in recent years are prohibited.

From now on, although all entertainment-related lists or gatherings can be reopened, they must be registered with the local government, and the local government must control the content.

The imperial court established propaganda departments at the local and central levels to rectify the direction of all private public opinion channels.

In other words, from this moment on, the Liu government will completely control the numerous public opinion channels in the Han Dynasty.

From now on, local propaganda will become the mouthpiece of the government and will no longer be a tool of private public opinion.

This move caused an uproar among the people.

And the resistance was very great.

After all, propaganda and public opinion channels are one of the most advantageous weapons accumulated by the local Jinwen gentry over the past hundred years.

Now that the imperial court is about to confiscate their weapons, isn't this the same as tampering with their cheese?

How could these families tolerate this?

But the problem is that after ten years of development in Hebei, there is no need for the past. Since the rise of Ta Kung Pao in Hebei, there have been very few public opinion channels belonging to local prominent families in Hebei. It is very easy to eliminate these things in Hebei. In other words, there are not many private public opinion channels in Hebei.

But now, the territory of Guanzhong has been plundered by the rebels, coupled with several major wars, the place is in turmoil and the people are displaced.

Nowadays, peace has finally returned to Guanzhong, and Liu Jian suddenly wants to cut off local public opinion channels at this time. The Jinwen gentry in Guanzhong and Sizhou simply do not have enough strength to resist.

The war drained their resources and power.

Anyone who resists and disobeys the court's orders will be punished by strict laws directly formulated by the court. The "Ji Ke" formulated in Hebei that year has been relatively perfected after many years of implementation and modification in Hebei.

Compared with the Han laws currently used by the Han Dynasty, the laws of "Ji Ke" have been perfected over the years, and their laws are more suitable for the newly built Han Dynasty empire.

In order to make the country run more orderly, Liu Jian's Prime Minister's Palace and Tingwei's Palace made changes to the current Han laws.

Xun You, Xun Yu, Jia Xu, Tian Feng, Ju Shou, Shen Pei and other well-established Jizhou celebrities all participated in the formulation of the emerging laws of the Han Dynasty.

According to the regulations of "Ji Ke", this time the official public opinion channels are rectified. If anyone dares to violate the will of the imperial court, the punishment method is indeed much stricter than the original Han law.

This made many people in the court doubtful.

They believe that the regulations in Jike are too strict and are not suitable for the whole country. After all, too strict laws may lead to an increase in civil unrest.

However, Liu Jian believed that the laws of the Han Dynasty had been too lax over the past hundred years. Those powerful and prominent families took advantage of loopholes in the law to annex land or evade taxes, resulting in the country being riddled with holes. trouble.

If we could change the law earlier in response to the actual situation and strictly implement the law to the end, I think the current situation would be much better.

Therefore, strict laws and thorough implementation are very important to the current Han Dynasty.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Jian began to support the Ancient Classics School in the Han Dynasty, as well as other newly created extension schools.

This has already begun to dig into the roots and ancestral graves of the modern literary school.

Soon, turmoil of varying scales began to occur in various places. The families of the Jinbun school used their remaining strength to start inciting local people to rebel and organized rebels to express their dissatisfaction.

But what Liu Jian is doing now is to let them reveal their true colors one by one as soon as possible.

It is impossible to reform in peace. All reforms are accompanied by bloodshed and sacrifice. Liu Jian knew this well.

He urgently ordered the army in Guanzhong, the army in Sanhe, including the army in Hebei, and the army of Liu Bei in Xuzhou to start quelling the riots in various places.

As for those Jinwen families who dare to incite chaos, as long as they find out the evidence, they will directly confiscate their homes and exterminate their families without caring about their face.

Although this will cause greater turmoil in the short term, it will still be very beneficial in the long run.

After all, if Liu Jian wants to conquer Xiliang in the future, or go south to deal with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Yuan Yi and others, the stability of the rear must be guaranteed.

In order to prevent Yuan Shao from using his family's size to stir up trouble behind him or secretly cause trouble in the court, this would still be very bad for Liu Jian.

No matter how powerful you are, you can't forget about it.

Later, taking advantage of the riots in various places, Liu Jian began to order people to enter Yanzhou and occupy the main counties and cities in Yanzhou.

Yanzhou has always been a vacuum zone, with only nominal governors and local families, but no princes are willing to occupy it, because Yanzhou in the past was an intermediate buffer zone for Dong Zhuo, Liu Jian, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and others. Here is On the battlefield between the four of them, the once prosperous Central Plains became the center of the battlefield of the Han Dynasty. There were people fleeing everywhere and the fields were deserted.

But now Liu Jian has enough strength. He feels that it is time for the people along the Yellow River to return to normal life. He will use his strength to ensure that Yanzhou gradually becomes like Guanzhong and Hebei. Become a prosperous region.

However, Yanzhou is even more dilapidated than Guanzhong, and it will definitely require some strenuous efforts to manage it, but Liu Jian is somewhat convinced that this matter will not be difficult for him.

After all, Hebei has accumulated too much over the years. Hebei has enough strength to distribute the stored resources to the states, so that all states can develop in a balanced way and restore the national strength of the Han Dynasty at its peak.

And in order to stabilize the situation, Liu Jian promoted several more people.

Among them, Qian Zhao was Henan Yin, and Shi Lu was changed to Dian Nong Xiaowei of the Han Dynasty, who was responsible for all official farming matters.

In addition, Liu Jian changed Taixue into a national university.

Liu Jian himself is also the president of the National University.

Zheng Xuan was changed from the dean of the School of Economics of Hebei University to the dean of the School of Economics of the National University.

Zheng Yi is the deputy dean of economics at the National University.

Lu Yinqian is the president of Hebei University.

At the same time, a new university was established in Henan, called Henan University.

Le Yin is the president of Henan University.

Hua Tuo is the dean of the National Medical University.

Trois-Rivieres University was established in Hanoi, and Lu Zhi became the president of Trois-Rivieres University.

For a time, official universities led by the state were established in various states, and Liu Jian personally served as the president of the national university. He invited his father-in-law Zheng Xuan to come over to review Confucian classics. This made it clear that he wanted to completely end the dominance of the Jinwen Department in the court.

From now on, all the schools of thought in the Han Dynasty will come together on the political stage and let a hundred flowers bloom.

And Liu Jian will become the person who takes charge of the overall situation and weighs the pros and cons.

He will take advantage of the disputes between the various schools of thought and balance the relationship between the various schools of thought to prevent any one school of thought from becoming politically dominant.

Tian Feng, the most upright person in Hebei, became a court official, responsible for the administration of justice in the Han Dynasty, and thoroughly implemented the newly established laws of the Han Dynasty established by Liu Jian.

Of course, Tingwei cannot be the only one in the family. He is also subject to the supervision and management of disciplinary inspections.

Under such a new system, the entire court has undergone earth-shaking changes.

People in the Jinwen Department panicked. Originally, they were only targeting the generals Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, hoping to get Liu Jian to make concessions, so they used public opinion formulas among the people to create pressure on Liu Jian.

Who would have thought that Liu Jian wouldn't do this at all.

He not only took this opportunity to abolish the various public opinion channels of Jinwen Department, but also began to work on the laws and regulations that he had long wanted to vigorously implement, and to support various schools of thought to ascend to the hall of elegance.

Liu Jian is now determined to break the boat. These people in the Jinwen Department are simply trying to stop Liu Jian's actions.

Finally, the fifth patrol leader Jing apologized and came to Liu Jian's house to apologize to Liu Jian. He hoped that Liu Jian would stop and let the Jinwen family go. He took all the blame on himself and hoped that Liu Jian could punish him. He, don't continue to toss like this.

He even cried in front of Liu Jian and loudly admitted his previous overestimation.

But Liu Jian did not punish him. He just asked people to drive the fifth patrol out of his presence.

The arrogant behavior of the Fifth Patrol was not in Liu Jian's eyes at all. He just wanted to take this opportunity to thoroughly clean up the shortcomings he could see.

(End of this chapter)