sweeping the world

Chapter 502 The dark tide is surging
The reason why a powerful is powerful is because he owns a large amount of land and uses the land to attract others to join him.In addition to land, the clan's population and connections are also the key to becoming powerful. The larger the clan's population, it means prosperity, and the stronger the connections, the easier it is to gather people when things happen.

After the recovery of one land in the Han Dynasty, the land of Haoqiang was redeemed in order to reduce the amount of land held by Haoqiang.If the redemption by gentle means is useless, iron-blooded means will naturally be used.The redemption of the land can only be said to be fair, at the cost of the newly issued copper coins of the Han State, and the copper coins of the Han State are based on the standard of five baht coins, which are divided into upper fields and lower fields.

The use of copper coins to redeem the land of powerful and powerful folks is related to part of the economic policy, that is, to let the copper coins of the Han Dynasty flow to the folks and become trading currencies.

It was a long time ago that the Central Plains had new money. After the Sima family usurped the world, they issued a batch, but the quantity was not much. As a result, the folks still used copper coins from Cao Wei, Dong Wu, Shu Han and even the Eastern Han Dynasty. beyond imagination.

In fact, until the Song Dynasty, the number of copper coins used in private transactions was not large, and most of them were bartered, because there were not enough copper coins in circulation.The circulation of copper coins in the Song and Song Dynasties was still insufficient. The central court issued administrative orders many times in the Northern Song and Southern Song Dynasties to strictly prohibit the circulation of copper coins.

The folks generally traded in the form of barter, and then used cloth as currency, so the word "caibo" came into being, and "boil" is the general term for silk fabrics, and it is used as a synonym for wealth.

It must be noted that gold and silver are not currencies in circulation.Until the Li and Tang Dynasties, gold only existed as an "equivalent object", that is, how much gold is worth as much as copper coins is not officially recognized. Only nobles and wealthy families will use gold to do large transactions. Generally, they will do everything possible to exchange for copper coins.The transaction of silver can be traced back to the Western Han Dynasty at the earliest, but it was not used as an officially recognized currency until the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, people who saw people paying bills with silver before the Ming Dynasty would most likely be travelers.

Everything is handled by human beings. Everyone will have different standards for dealing with any incidents or people they encounter, or they may enforce the law impartially, or use private affairs instead of public affairs.

After Ji Chang left Liu Yan's place, he returned to his tent and saw Sang Yu waiting early.

"Tai'an." Sang Yu sat upright in a kneeling posture, stretched his hands forward, fingers and palms formed a [-]-degree angle, and said, "Thank you Tai'an for rescuing Yu."

In response, Ji Chang let out a cold snort.

It was only less than four years since the establishment of the Han Dynasty, but many interest groups with several important ministers as the core were established.Although interest groups existed in the early days, they generally focused on publicity, and only competed for the interests of their own groups in some trivial matters.

Now that the Han army has compressed Shijie in Bingzhou and Shuozhou, the invasion of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the south seems to be going smoothly, and the situation of the country seems to be very good, so some people already think that they should think about their own interests?
"Zi Shen and General Zheng Bei had an antagonism over Xingyang?" Ji Chang came to Sang Yu and knelt down on his knees, and said with a persuasive gaze, "There is a limit to the protection of the sect. Abandoning the public is a traitor to the country."

"Yu has no military power." Sang Yu looked directly at Ji Chang and said, "Ran Min is the general in charge of the army."

The answer was a bit irrelevant, but Ji Chang was moved.

There were not many people with military power in the Han Dynasty, and even if they had military power, they would lose it instantly because of Liu Yan's order, but Ran Min's situation was different.

Ran Min is different because the original Ran’s Qin Army still has [-] to [-] active soldiers, and some of Ran Min’s old troops also served in several field regiments. No one can tell how Ran Min’s call for those people will react.

As the monarch of the Han Dynasty, Liu Yan did not show any obvious fear of Ran Min. After Ran Min took Ran's family to join the whole country of Qin, although Liu Yan didn't do any crooked things to Ran Min, it can be said that Liu Yan Yan still treated Ran Min exceptionally well.

Including Ji Chang, Sang Yu and the group of people who followed Liu Yan to rise up in Weimo in the early days, they guessed that Liu Yan valued Ran Min's military ability so he treated him well, but there are some things that cannot be simply appreciated by Liu Yan as Ran Min's military talent Judging from the angle, I found that there was another reason, but I couldn't figure it out.

Because I can't understand, one of the central officials counts as one, no matter whether it is selfishness or loyalty to the king's affairs, they never relax when they can supervise Ran Min.

"Tai'an is not ignorant of where the conflict between Yu and General Zhengbei originated." Sang Yu was talking about arranging for those who followed Ran Min to join him. He smiled mockingly and waited for Ji Chang to show his frown. Said: "The matter of the Zheng family in Xingyang was signaled by Yu."

Now there are no five surnames and seven wangs. For Sang Yu, the Zheng family is really a family that can be appointed as a pawn at will.At present, there are actually no big families in the Central Plains. The most famous ones are probably the Sang family of Wei County where Sang Yu is located and the Boling Cui family where Queen Cui Wan is. It is because they are in a high position that they have the foundation to become a family, but they are not considered a family.

To say that the aristocratic family is noble is only in the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty where the aristocratic family was divided. The rest is probably that the aristocratic family in the Liangguo of the Zhang family is better off. Such capital as "a daughter of a family is hard to find".

In the early days, those aristocratic families who did not have "clothes and crowns" were only better than ordinary people under the rule of the Hu people. It was common for members of their families to be killed, and it was not an exception for the women of the family to be abused or even tortured by the Hu people. .It can be said that the aristocratic families who stayed in the Central Plains knew that if their daughters were given to the barbarians, they would be humiliated and killed, but they still kept giving them away.

Among the many women rescued by the Han army, there were quite a few women from aristocratic families. Some of their families had perished, and some of the women whose families had not perished were given a signal not to return to their families. It seems that they had some plans.

"General Zhengbei directly dispatched a trilogy to kill the number of people directly related to Zheng's family, and set fire to the house." Sang Yu sneered: "If you say that he has a fierce heart, Yu is not as good as General Zhengbei."

Ji Chang asked: "Is there any evidence?"

"Can witnesses be counted?" Sang Yu said, but shook his head: "According to the law of the Han Dynasty, the victim can only rely on one word as supporting evidence, which is not considered ironclad evidence."

"It's just the members of the Zheng clan...it's really not an ironclad proof." Ji Chang probably understood what Sang Yu was trying to do, and said seriously: "What Zishen Yuchao did, is he trying to remind the king?"

"Actually speaking, Yu thinks that the people should hold more land." Sang Yu probably wanted to be frank and honest: "Those who are capable get more, and the principle has not changed since ancient times, regardless of family or common people. To grant land with military merit, Naturally, more common people can be granted land, but those who can really have a large amount of land will still not be the common people, it is the common people who have transformed themselves into prominent families and seek to become aristocratic families."

"The common people become nobles when they get a title, and they will no longer be common people if they have a title." Ji Chang is a direct participant in the national policy, as is Sang Yu, and they all know that a new class will rise in the Han Dynasty.He said: "People gather for their own interests. The king does not reject people having factions, but he will not allow private affairs to abolish public affairs."

Sang Yu stopped talking, stood up and said goodbye after chatting.

On the other hand, Ran Min waited for Ji Chang to leave before asking for an audience, and he also met Liu Yan as he wished.

"..., that's why I did this." Ran Min was talking about what happened in Xingyang just now, and he didn't know what he was thinking, and he didn't hide the fact that he sent a trilogy to kill people.After he finished telling the story of Xingyang, he said carelessly: "I should have offended Prime Minister You thoroughly."

Liu Yan didn't know if Ran Min was upright or something, and he could even tell the story of sending a trilogy to kill someone.He thought about it again, no matter if the Sima family or the Hu people are in power, killing in family disputes depends only on whether the victim reports to the official. In many cases, it is useless to report to the official. Winning or losing, it was obvious that Ran Min was exercising the rules of dealing with affairs with old ideas.

"According to Han law, murder must be punished with life." Liu Yan's words really stunned Ran Min.He looked at Ran Min with a headache and said bluntly: "Offending Zishen is a private matter and cannot be summed up as violating Han law. Can Yong Zeng understand?"

"..." Ran Min obviously didn't understand, he still stared at Liu Yan in a daze, and asked after a while: "Then... the minister violated the Han law?"

Isn't it very clear?It's fine if Liu Yan doesn't know, even if he knows that no one "Shang Da Tian Ting" sued Ran Min, he can pretend not to know, but Ran Min is good enough to confess in person.

Ran Min asked again in a little confusion: "What should I do...?"

This is not a matter for Liu Yanneng to give the answer directly. What needs to be done is for the Zheng family to report to the government, and the government accepts the lawsuit, conducts investigation and evidence collection according to the procedures, and makes a judgment directly in accordance with the Han law.

According to the laws of the Han Dynasty, those who killed people must pay for their lives, and Ran Min, as the instigator, should be dismissed from office and sent to the army.

Liu Yan told Ran Min to leave, but he kept smiling wryly while covering his forehead.

The State of Han is a country that emphasizes the rule of law, but like any country, laws have their own procedures, which are also implemented by people.The usual way of speaking is that the law is the umbrella of the kind-hearted and the plaything of some people.The Qin State with a strong legal system is actually not 100% governing the country according to the law, and there is still room for artificial law enforcement.

Ran Min returned to his tent and told his retainer Liu Yi the story of meeting Liu Yan, and finally asked in confusion, "What does your Majesty mean?"

Liu Yi did not let Ran Min wait long and said: "If Prime Minister You insists on insisting, the king will probably urge him to deal with it according to Han law."

Ran Min's face was cloudy and cloudy in an instant, and his hands were clenched into fists.

"What is my lord thinking, why...how..." Liu Yi was annoyed and amused at the same time, and said, "Why would you say those words to the king that amount to a confession?"

"A certain person thought that if he didn't hide anything from the king, he wouldn't let Prime Minister You take advantage of it." Ran Min still feels that he did the right thing."Isn't that so?" he said in great perplexity.

The history of China has always been the political system of "I am the country", that is, as long as the ruler allows it or does not pursue it, it doesn't matter who kills, sets fire or even does more excessive things.In this way, a phenomenon is formed, the national law is not as good as the ruler's golden mouth, and one can do whatever he wants if he can win the ruler's favor.

"My lord!" Liu Yi continued to smile wryly: "My lord, of course, did nothing wrong. It's the best way to express your stance if the king doesn't get angry."

Ran Min didn't understand what Liu Yi meant.

"This matter can be big or small!" Liu Yi knew Ran Min, and said bluntly: "For the current plan, the Lord must find Prime Minister You, and the Zheng family cannot sue the government no matter what."

"It's simple, destroy the whole family of Zheng's family!" Ran Min didn't like to be convoluted, even in the face of Sang Yu, who was the right prime minister, and he didn't want to give in. He said murderously: "The whole family is destroyed, who will sue?"

Liu Yi directly covered his face and said almost as if he was groaning: "The king already knows about this."

At this moment, Ran Min finally came to his senses, and said, "That really can't be..."

"Master, the so-called man is able to stretch and bend." Liu Yi wanted to remind Ran Min before. In order to let Ran Min know the seriousness of the matter, he repeated "this matter can be big or small" several times, and then persuaded: "My lord, first As the lord of a country, it is a great fortune to be trusted and reused by the king. The trust of the king is one thing, but it is impossible to say that there is no fear. After all, compared with other generals, the lord has a large number of old troops!"

"There is no old department, except you, I have never been in touch..." Ran Min wanted to say more, but seeing Liu Yi was about to cry, he hesitated before gritting his teeth: "Is it big or small? Then so-and-so Looking for Sang Yu, at worst, let the Zhang family be dealt with."

In fact, Liu Yi was already crying. Those who followed Ran Min in the early days all knew his character. If it wasn't that he couldn't survive, and seeing how brave Ran Min was, he really didn't know if he would follow.

The Zhang family had already turned to Ran Min with their whole family, but now it turned out to be good. Ran Min didn't want to wrong him at all. When something happened, he wanted to treat the Zhang family as an abandoned son and vent his anger on Sang Yu.

Liu Yi, who was crying with tears streaming down his face, was speechless, and sat on the spot with a dull expression.When he came to his senses, there was no sign of Ran Min in the tent, and he asked the tent guards, only to find out that Ran Min went to look for Sang Yu alone.

[Prime Minister Zuo will let the aristocratic family raise its head again in the court, presumably to test the king's attitude. 】Liu Yi stood up and walked back and forth in the tent, thinking: 【Prime Minister You did this, probably because the southern invasion went smoothly? 】

Recently, there are really not too many aristocratic families that the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty has submitted to, almost all the aristocratic families with channels and capabilities have sent their children to Xiangguo, using various means and methods, just want to take advantage of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The boat pulled itself ashore before it completely sank.

(End of this chapter)