The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 359

In modern society, if a man has a crush on a woman.Under normal circumstances, the first thing he has to do is not to confess directly, but to find a way to get the other party's mobile phone number or other contact information, and then in the next time, slowly flirt... Not only that, In modern society, the exchanges between countries are full of various temptations and patient comparisons.

But in the era of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, the communication between countries must be simple and direct.

The exchanges between Han, Jin, and Wu were relatively good, and the envoys from both sides only went back and forth for a month or two.And Han and Persia went back and forth for at least more than a year.With Rome, it took two years to go back and forth accidentally.With such a distance, if the two sides still try to test each other, try to be patient.Or make a report to the superior and talk about it... Then don't expect to get things done.

Moreover, the road conditions and medical conditions in this year are completely different from those in modern times.There are no antibiotics for headaches and brain fever, and there is no hospital to give you infusions for diarrhea.In short, long-distance travel in this era is really a bet on life.

Therefore, the talks between Li Mi and those in power in Persia and Rome were very straightforward.Persia and Rome, in addition to expressing great welcome to Li Mi's arrival, also agreed very readily in the foreign affairs talks, as long as it did not involve the core interests of their own countries.

Of course, the promise was very straightforward, but the preparation of books, translation, collection of crop seeds, preparation of Roman mission personnel, etc.All take quite a long time.Therefore, Li Mi and others will not be able to return to Chang'an in a short time.And in the land of the great Han, what is the situation now?

Time went back to May 269 AD, more than two months after Li Mi and others set off from Yangguan.

In late spring, the entire Yongliang area, from Guanyi to ordinary people.Everyone's face is very ugly.

God didn't show much face to the traversers. In March and April this year, there was still no rain like last year.Then the Da Sima Mansion went crazy and issued multiple strict orders, the core content of which was two: watering for disaster relief, and strictly investigating jumping gnats.

Needless to say, there is no need to say more about the strict investigation of jumping gnats. Officials from all over the country have repeatedly inspected the area under their jurisdiction and found that there are clusters of jumping gnats. They immediately concentrated their manpower to hunt and kill them.And what about watering disaster relief?Let's all work hard, don't wait for God to be merciful.The state has done its best to increase the density of various ditches this past winter.But no matter how hard we try, it is impossible to guarantee that every household has water channels when they go out.So, everyone, work harder, walk seven miles and eight miles, carry water on your shoulders from the nearest canal, and water the crops in the field.How much can be saved.

In this agricultural disaster relief activity, the workload of government officials at all levels is very heavy: there are always unscrupulous people who are dedicated to themselves and quietly dig ditches to divert water to their own fields for the sake of the crops in their fields.As for the crops of hundreds of households and thousands of people in the lower reaches of the ditch, he didn't bother to take care of them.There are always village bandits and tyrants who oppress good people and threaten neighbors with their fists to save his crops first.As for delaying the farming season and causing others to go hungry, he didn't bother to care about it.There are always a very small number of patients with advanced lazy cancer who refuse to listen to the government's call, and just hold a cattail fan and yell at the thieves in the fields full of anger... It doesn't rain...

All of the above behaviors need to be managed and corrected by government officials.After more than two months, [-]% of the grassroots officials in Yongliang were exhausted.

Not only the grassroots officials, but also the officials of the governor's mansions in the counties, Yongliang and Liangzhou, and even the Da Sima mansion are tired.As far as Guan Yi himself is concerned, in the month of March alone, he has traveled all the counties under the jurisdiction of Jingzhao, Fufeng, and Fengyi counties in Guanzhong.There have been at least seven or eight times that I dismounted from the horse to fetch water to irrigate the crops for show.

Generally speaking, because officials at all levels of the Shu Han regime were more inclined to work hard in the past, the children of the local aristocratic families in Yongliang have not been as thoroughly corrupted as those in Luoyang due to their living environment.In addition, the lowest-level pavilion chiefs in the counties of Yongliang are basically retired veterans from the previous Shu Han regime.Therefore, this agricultural drought relief campaign was carried out in an orderly manner in strict accordance with the requirements of Guan Da Sima.

Of course, there are always exceptions.

"The next official pays homage to Da Sima."

"Huh? Maotong, why are you here? When did you come?"

"Xiaguan set off from Chengdu on the third day of April this year."

"Depart from Chengdu on the third day of April? Now it's the twelfth day of May. Why did you walk for so long? Oh, you walked around Yongliang?"

Chang Ji and Chang Maotong's current position is the postal supervisor of the Grand Sima Mansion.At the moment when Guan Yi is the de facto prime minister, Chang Ji's title is actually equivalent to the Attorney General.As a time traveler, Guan Yi very much agrees with the independence of judicial and procuratorial powers.Therefore, I seldom arrange specific tasks for Chang Ji.Therefore, if Guan Yi does not pay special attention to the daily whereabouts of Chang, it is not very clear.

Looking at the smiling Guan Yi, the dark-faced Chang Ji sighed, and bowed deeply to Guan Yi: "If you dare to ask Da Sima, you can't be punished by a doctor, and you can't be polite to a common man. Does Da Sima think so?"

Seeing Chang Ji's solemn demeanor, and adding this sentence abruptly.Guan Yi had a bad premonition in his heart: "If this sentence is Dai Sheng's original intention, it is correct. If it is based on some popular views at the moment, it is a fallacy."

The original meaning of the so-called "Punishment is not a doctor" in "Book of Rites" is: nobles commit crimes, they should be arrested and killed, but, in the end, it is a noble, or to save face for you.Therefore, physical punishment should not be used as much as possible.As a nobleman, you have shame after all, right?You have committed a crime, just sue yourself.The "punishment" here refers only to corporal punishment (cutting off hands, cutting off noses, etc.).

And "propriety is not inferior to ordinary people" refers to the practice of "rituals", which requires a strong material foundation to support.For example, if your father died, you would have to mourn for three years. If your family didn’t have countless slaves to farm for you, would you dare to mourn for three years?This kind of etiquette cannot be practiced by ordinary civilians.Therefore, the requirements for etiquette are limited to compliance by scholar-bureaucrats.Ordinary people who work continuously to survive, don't demand them with etiquette.

It should be said that neither of these two sentences is wrong.

However, there are always high-ranking officials who are either ignorant or incompetent, or deliberately misinterpret it.The meaning of this statement is interpreted as: officials, scholar-bureaucrats are not punished in any way, and ordinary people have no rights.This is of course a huge fallacy.

"What the officer said is exactly the latter."

"Of course that is a huge fallacy. Any official who dares to promote such views can be punished immediately! Huh? Maotong, is there any official who dares to say that? You just take it down!"

"I, an official of the great Han Dynasty, always upholds the prime minister's legacy. It is unlikely that any rebellious person would dare to publicize such views. I just want to know whether Da Sima still remembers this."

"Huh? What does Mao Tong mean? What? Has any relative of Guan committed a crime? Who is it? What happened?"

At this point, Chang Ji didn't hide anymore. He knelt down on the ground and paid homage: "The lower officials supervised the post and engaged in Chang Ji, impeached Qiao Xi, the magistrate of Linjing County, lazy in politics, and oppressed colleagues. Discriminated against foreigners and aroused people Change. Colluding with the local tyrants and oppressing ordinary good people. This person has committed a serious crime, and the subordinate officials have personally arrived in Linjing County to arrest him. Please punish him impartially!"

After hearing Chang Ji's words, Guan Yi felt a little angry.

The Guan family is thin, and now there are only two adult men.From this point of view, no matter how bad the relationship between the Qiao family and the Guan family is due to political reasons.But after all, the relationship is here. For the Guan family, the Qiao family is very important.Everyone in the Guan family, including Guan Yi himself, actually hoped that the Qiao family would produce talents and more talents.Help the Guan family stabilize the court.

But now it's better, Qiao Zhou was forced to resign because he was too eye-catching in the Chengdu court.Now the only member of the Qiao family who has become an official has made a big mess—Guan Yi trusts Chang Ji's ability very much.The chances of any unjust, false or wrongly decided cases are extremely small.

On the other hand, Guan Yi was also very angry with Chang Ji: Why did you go around in such a big circle to talk to me about the Book of Rites?Do you want to use words to hold me first, and then force me to handle it impartially?Is it that bad for me to shut someone up?Are all the things I did in the past selfish and perverting the law?

But Chang Ji's next sentence made him angry: "Da Sima, I want to impeach Zhang Hui, the county magistrate of Linjing County, Zhang Youchao, who is rich in private pockets and fish and meat villagers. Impeach Chang Xu, the prefect of Anding County, and Chang Xiuye ​​for neglecting government affairs. , I have overlooked the situation. The relevant criminal officials, the scribes, assistants, and related leaders of other races in Anding County and Linjing County have all been brought to Chang'an. Please ask Da Sima to personally review it."

Zhang Hui is the younger brother of Zhang Yin, the Zhang family of the Guanzhong family.As for Chang Xu, he was Chang Ji's cousin.Good guy, this Chang Yan Wang really deserves to be the Hai Rui of the Three Kingdoms era.Anyone who falls into his hands, no matter who you are, will be arrested.

"Well, so many people have been arrested, it seems to be a major case. Mao Tong, I will not interfere with the authority of your postal supervisor. But since it is such a major case, I will certainly pay attention to it. How about it Come on, please inform King Ganling, the Great General, General Cheqi, Inspector of Yongzhou, Prefect of Jingzhao, Magistrate of Chang’an County, Patriarch of Zhang Family, etc. Three days later, the case will be heard in the Chang’an County Government. The above-mentioned personnel and this official, All participate!"

(End of this chapter)