At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Bunch of assholes!

Who is the last person implicated in such a thing?It's everyone!It's the whole group!

Who can hide in the past!

The imperial court stipulated three meals a day, one thin and two dry, plus one meal of meat every five days. In order to achieve this standard, both the central treasury and the local treasury spent a lot of materials and money.

As a result, it became two meals a day, one thin and one dry, with neither meat nor vegetables, only salt water bibimbap.

almost cut in half.

In order to prevent possible corruption, the imperial court also specially stipulated that governments below the county level should not participate in the distribution of materials, and could only be responsible for recruiting civilian workers to send to various construction sites. This is the task.

Other things are managed by the army and the state and county governments, and the remaining county, township, and village governments do not have the authority and qualifications to manage.

It has to be said that this is of course an effective strategy. It reduces the number of officials and administrative procedures that handle materials, and increases the difficulty for officials to deal with them.

But it seems that it only increases the difficulty. There will be no less things that should be done, and there will be no less things that should be done.

Even within the army, it is difficult to say whether such a thing has happened.

Someone has already started to act and start an investigation, and it is still a person with such a sensitive identity.

In case this matter is really exposed, to the central government, to the third department, and Guo Peng finds out, then...

For the official circles in Yongliang and Liangzhou, for Mao Jie, Chen Gong, and even him, it was a very terrible thing.

Even if they themselves may be safe, it is hard to say for other officials with power.

Once such a thing happened, Cao Ren couldn't imagine what kind of bloodbath the officials in Yongliang and Liangzhou would encounter.

With Guo's harsh attitude towards officials and high demands on the army, if he knew that some people in the army were colluding with local officials to make money, then...

The consequences would be very serious, very dire.

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. Cao Ren felt that he had to act immediately.

Don't be slow, but be fast, and don't be weak, but be ruthless.

To take the initiative, we must find out how many people are involved in this matter in one fell swoop, and then collect the net in one fell swoop, and find out the road construction site managed by the army!

When Cao Ren's side started to act, Mao Jie's side also got specific news.

Sima Yi received Cao Ren's guidance and introduction, and went directly to the capital of Liangzhou to look for Mao Jie, the governor, and explained everything directly to Mao Jie, without hiding anything.

Hearing Sima Yi's summary of the matter, Mao Jie turned pale with shock.

"There is such a thing...Zhongda, tell me, only Zhuge Kongming is currently investigating this matter?"

Mao Jie looked at Sima Yi who was standing in front of him.

"Yes, so far, Zhuge Kongming is the only one who knows about it. I don't know if other people know about it, but they probably didn't do anything. Zhuge Kongming is the only one who wants to do something."

"That is not bad……"

Mao Jie took a deep breath and let it out heavily, soothing the worries in his heart.

"There's only one person, so it's not a big deal, and it's easy to solve, but...the things you investigated are all true? In the entire Guangzhi County, there is only one section of the road construction site that can eat three meals?"

Sima Yi nodded.

"Yes, your envoy, the lower officials have sent people to investigate the entire Guangzhi County, and they have concluded that this is the case. There is no mistake. Those people who are corrupt and perverting the law regard His Majesty's kindness as an opportunity for them to be greedy. As for doing such a daring thing!"

Mao Jie nodded slowly.

"I didn't even know there was such a thing..."

"Those people also took great pains to be greedy for ink. If this matter is known to Mr. Mao, how can they survive?"

Sima Yi's tone was very sad.

"Let me know earlier, but the situation will not be very serious. If you don't let me know, the consequences will be different."

After Mao Jie uttered terrifying words in a normal voice, he looked at Sima Yi with interest for a while.

He felt that Sima Yi, a young man, was quite promising.

"How did you think of reporting this to me directly? Don't you think I was involved in this?"

"Mao Shijun will never do such a thing!"

Sima Yi said very resolutely: "Mr. Mao has followed His Majesty in the South and North Wars for more than ten years. He is a veteran minister that His Majesty relies on. He has made great contributions to the establishment of the Wei State, and was entrusted by His Majesty with the important task of guarding the western frontier and pacifying Liangzhou.

When I was in Luoyang, I often heard that Mr. Mao was law-abiding and as honest as water. People who worked with Mr. Mao praised him so much, and Mr. Mao often declined the things his majesty bestowed, or used them to support the poor. clansmen.

Mr. Mao himself lived in poverty, seldom ate meat, his clothes were patched and mended, and he seldom bought new clothes. How could such a law-abiding Mr. Mao do such dirty and filthy things to disappoint His Majesty? What about trust? "

The corners of Mao Jie's mouth curled up slightly, and then quickly returned to normal.

"It's all a false name. What's the use of me being the only one who obeys the law? The subordinates hide from me and act recklessly, greedy for the country's money, and hurt His Majesty's kindness. They don't know how to live or die!"

Mao Jie soon became angry, patted the case table in front of him hard, then sighed, and said: "Although I don't have the authority to interrogate officials, officials are corrupt and corrupt, and I don't know people well. I have an unshirkable responsibility, and I am responsible for this matter."

"Your envoy...it's not your lord's fault. Officials are corrupt. It's your fault. You don't have the eyes to see people's hearts. How can you say it's your lord's fault?"

Sima Yi disagreed with this very much.

Mao Jie shook his head again and again.

"What's the use if I don't make mistakes? If I don't know about the problems of the officials I summon, and you need to report to me, isn't it my fault?

I can't control other officials, but the officials I have summoned are still subject to my constraints. I will submit a petition to His Majesty, and then do my best to assist Fa Cao to find out the truth of this matter! "

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Mao Jie hated corruption very much, and even more hated this kind of corruption that was kept from him.

It's okay if the people around me are not involved, my problem is not big, if the officials I personally summoned are involved, then...

There is a problem.

Because this means that Mao Jie can't even restrain the officials he recruited. Those people are not afraid of Mao Jie, and they are not worried about what Mao Jie will do to them.

In fact this is also reality.

Because Mao Jie, as the state governor of [-] shi, only has administrative power, neither financial power nor military power, let alone judicial power.

To use money, it has to go through the review of the branch of the Central Ministry of Finance in Liangzhou and the report of the central government.

Of course, Mao Jie himself could not avoid military power, and even Cao Ren dared not say that he had military power in non-wartime, so he could not avoid it.

Judicial power does not belong to Mao Jie, but the law Cao in the state capital is responsible.

After the founding of the Wei Empire, Guo Peng specifically ordered that Facao be the local judicial department stationed by the central government, free from the constraints of the local chief executive.

Because Facao belongs to the governing officials of the Central Criminal Department, and Mao Jie does not actually belong to each other, so according to the procedure, Mao Jie has no ability to interfere with the judiciary.

According to this set of rules, it means that Mao Jie should be the first to charge when doing business, and Mao Jie should be the first to take the lead when something goes wrong.

This is the embarrassing situation of the governor of the state after Guo Peng restricted his power.

It is not that the state governors have not raised the embarrassment in this regard.

For example, Gu Yong, the governor of Yangzhou, lamented the difficulty of administration and asked Guo Peng to give him a certain amount of authority to deter local officials.

Xian Yufu, the governor of Youzhou, also made a statement, complaining that he was contradicted by subordinate officials, that he lacked dignity, and that it was difficult to lead the whole prefecture, so he asked Guo Peng to take care of him.

All of these, after the troubled times at the end of the Han Dynasty, people who decided their subordinates' affairs with one word felt difficult to follow. They felt that they did not have enough power and authority, and they were tied up in doing things, which was inconvenient.

But Guo Peng ignored them all.

You can do whatever you are asked to do, and it is up to you to make things difficult. Officials naturally need to dance in shackles, but I only want one result—the local government cannot fight against the central government.

To that end, sacrificing a little of everything is not unacceptable.

The result of the lesser of two evils.

In other words, after these assassins made contributions, Guo Peng rewarded them in this way so that they would not be so implicated.

But no matter how rewarding he was, it was impossible for Guo Peng to raise the status of governor of the state to the status of the end of Han Dynasty.

The power restrictions on state governors and county guards must be implemented and implemented.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, there can no longer be a small warlord who controls a county, and a big warlord who controls a state. How can military power, financial power, personnel power, and administrative power be completely entrusted to one person?

Then this is not an empire, but a loose confederation.

It's okay for me to be alive, and I can maintain this state by relying on my strong military prestige, but it's hard to say after I'm dead.

Therefore, the restrictions on the power of senior officials like the governor must be done very well.

Since it has been done so well, if there is a problem of corruption in the local area, the responsibility of the governor of the state is actually superficial.

As long as it proves that this kind of thing has no direct relationship with Mao Jie, was not ordered by him, and the officials he summoned did not participate, then Mao Jie is still safe even if the money and judicial officials are wiped out by the emperor.

If the officials around him were involved in corruption and Mao Jie did not know about it, then Mao Jie himself would not be considered a crime, would not be severely punished by the criminal law, his status would not be affected, and administrative power would continue to be held.

However, Mao Jie has an inescapable responsibility for the unknown employment.

How to punish and how to give an explanation to the local victims is the emperor's business.

This kind of blow from the political level is what Mao Jie is most afraid of. After all, he has reached the top of the local official, the governor of the state. The next step must be to enter the central government and grasp the power of the world.

If the efforts to enter the central government were delayed because of this kind of thing, and he could not get the approval of the emperor to go to the central government to control the power of the world, then Mao Jie really had the urge to kill.

Although he can't and doesn't dare to kill.

However, this is Guo's purpose. If a powerful official with [-] shi can coerce his subordinates, Guo will be worried.

It is also Guo's idea to keep the excuse of attacking these big officials in Xinjiang at any time, so as to launch attacks at any time, so that they cannot develop and grow, cannot build their own political groups, and cannot take root in the local area.

The governors of the state can only exercise their power with difficulty in such a situation, lead the whole state forward with difficulty, develop construction, develop the economy, develop the human environment, and use the administrative power in their hands to handle affairs.

Of course Mao Jie didn't know about such a thing now, and of course he was very angry. He really wanted to kill people with a sword and punish corrupt officials like in the former Han Dynasty.

It's a pity that he no longer has that kind of authority, and now he can only rely on Facao to do this kind of thing.

Although it is said that Cao is actually not subject to the restrictions and intervention of the governor, Facao still needs the cooperation of the governor in many cases.

So no matter what, Fa Cao would not choose to freeze the relationship with the governor, so as not to embarrass each other when working in the future.

Everyone came out to be an official, so why make things difficult for each other?

You work on your administration, I work on my laws, cooperate with each other, and don't interfere with each other, isn't it great?

The person in charge of the Fa Cao in Liangzhou Governor's Mansion is Zhao Xian, who is from Qingzhou and came from a poor family.

In the early years, he received legal education from the Guo family in the Linzi Academy, and then began to do legal work in a county during the Qingyan Erzhou era, and his work performance was very good.

After Guo Peng's annexation of Hebei, Zhao Xian was promoted to the judicial head of Wei County according to the procedure, and he did a good job and won praise.

Later, after Guo Peng ordered Cao Ren to enter the five counties in the east of Liangzhou, Zhao Xian was promoted to Liangzhou Law Cao, in charge of law enforcement in Liangzhou.

Zhao Xian has been cooperating with Mao Jie in Liangzhou. He has punished many unjust officials and resolved many legal disputes. He is a very experienced lawyer. It is said that he has a good prospect of being transferred to the Central Criminal Department.

Because of Guo Peng's special growth environment in the Guo Wei regime, many officials from poor families were appointed and promoted.

They were appreciated by Guo Peng, they followed Guo Peng all the way, made great contributions to him, and continued to grow as Guo Peng's power grew.

A considerable number of these poor officials from the three prefectures of Qing, Yan, and Hebei who followed Guo Peng to work early also became senior officials of the Guo Wei regime, and their power continued to grow with the growth of Guo Peng's status.

Among them, the top ones are naturally the Cao family, the Xiahou family and the Qiao family.

Of course, a businessman who has no background at all is also counted among the strange ones - the Mi family.

These poor families were promoted and cared for by Guo Peng, and they were very powerful. Moreover, Guo Peng was very willing to continue to use talents from poor families. Taixue also triggered disputes between poor families and scholars.

Now every year, there is a steady stream of poor people who graduate from Taixue to serve as officials. Scholars feel very unhappy about this, but they can do nothing about it, because there are indeed some positions that scholars and bureaucrats cannot take.

There are not so many of them, and they can't fill all the official positions in the entire empire, especially after Guo has increased the secondary government in the countryside for no reason, the scholars can't even think about monopolizing the official positions.

All they can do is keep moving upwards, constantly fighting for higher-level positions, in order to occupy the upper level of the entire empire and dominate the upper-level politics.

But now it seems that even upper-level politics is not so easy to play.

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