Three Kingdoms

"Why were officials so confident in the past?" Fei Qian shook his head and said with a smile, "Isn't it because the superior is incompetent?" Among the three auxiliaries in Guanzhong, the noble clan may not be aware of the key points, but they are still indifferent, and they use this as a contract in an attempt to blackmail..."

Is this kind of thing still rare in future generations?

For the wealthy people with the surname Sanfu in Guanzhong, Fei Qian was not a local person, nor was he their original "public opinion representative", so he was just like a boss suddenly parachuted down from a large company in later generations, a lowly person. They will always try to weigh one or two things, and this kind of "measurement" does not mean one or two days, nor once or twice. It is always until one party completely surrenders.

Previously, there was no news about the civil service series for Fei Qian. Although it was vaguely stated that he would wait until the end of winter and early spring for evaluation, after all, those dazzling positions are eye-catching, and many people are a little unhappy and feel that they are like this. He is so smart and wise, so down-to-earth and hard-working, and has such outstanding achievements. Why is it that Qiusi is blind and does not give himself a good seal?

Pang Tong nodded and said, "That's it." If the lord does not handle it properly, these people will have the opportunity to control the place and poison the people, just like the old incident of Emperor Xiaoling of the Han Dynasty..."

Therefore, these wealthy people with the surname of Sanfu in Guanzhong folded their hands and watched. If Fei Qian could handle it, they would not be involved anyway, and the plan would not be able to hit them. If Fei Qian could not handle it, that would be even better, they They can come out with a pat on their chest and say that Fei Qian has a distinguished status, so let them do these trivial matters for them, ensuring that they can be done beautifully, and then gradually scrape the lower-level authority into their own pockets, and that's it. Just like what they did under Emperor Ling of Han Dynasty before.

Fei Qian raised his head slightly, as if he was recalling the situation in Luoyang, "In the past, when Emperor Xiaoling was in power, the Zhongguan went out to lead local inspections. The original intention was to penetrate the top and bottom and inspect all officials, but it turned out to be evil. The government will bring disaster to the people. They cleverly set up names and plundered by force. The local gangsters were used as minions to loot and plunder. What's worse, from Luoyang to Chenggao, the distance was only more than a hundred miles, and there were dozens of checkpoints! Passersby and merchants all collect road tax! 』

Pang Tong also sighed and said, "Why not!" A certain person remembers that at that time, five tax dollars were collected from each vehicle, three tax dollars were collected for each cart, and one was charged to the bearer. Those who passed by with bare hands were not exempt... Daily tax cards, money was carried in vehicles, and coins were measured in buckets. When there was a market, it was a daily tax card. Over ten thousand dollars! This kind of money has nowhere to go but nowhere to go! 』

"This is only the tax on licensed goods, and the cost of sitting in the market has not yet been calculated." If the common people have some coarse cloth, chickens, ducks, eggs, vegetables, melons and fruits, and want to exchange for salt in the market, they will have to pay tax for both buying and selling. Everything is taxed, everywhere is taxed, and no one is taxed! Fei Qian chuckled, as if he thought of something interesting, "If there is even a little disobedience, he is considered a gangster, and he will be robbed, and all the goods will be lost, and the luggage will be searched and destroyed..."

China has its own traditions, which are inherited from the same origin.

Nowadays, Feiqian's commerce is getting bigger and bigger, but Feiqian has only collected transaction tax once in the market, and it only collects taxes from merchants who sell goods. Naturally, many people think that such a tax rate is too light. Thousands of extravagant wealth are rolling in front of your eyes day by day, how can you hold back?

Therefore, it is not impossible for people to use some small tricks secretly. Anyway, as long as they let the large caravan under Fei Qian pass, collect some small money, and subsidize their own pockets, isn't it too much?

Does the place also need to generate income?

Then the Feihe incident broke out, and the Senate was asked to designate corruption laws. Fei Qian also established Zhiyin Prison. It seemed that he wanted to take this opportunity to check the local situation. These guys who usually tampered with the situation were naturally confused. I turned around and was restless, but I happened to encounter a locust...

Then the candidates cheated and caused trouble...

These are all great opportunities!

If Fei Qian can't figure it out, he won't have the time to check the place, or even if he can figure it out, he'll be overwhelmed, so he'll just put it off until he can clean up his hands, and everything will be fine...

At the same time, if the examination system was suspended because of this riot, it is these big families who are proud of it. Under the inspection system, they could not do it in Shandong, but now they can finally play by themselves, and they are waiting for Yunkai Day. Out, the result is another exam system! Therefore, it would be best if Fei Qian abandoned the examination system in anger and replaced it with the original inspection system.

If these people sincerely want to get along with Fei Qian and take this opportunity to bring down Fei Qian, basically it is not necessary, because these people also know that without Fei Qian's brand name, there will be no other candidates in Guanzhong, Shanxi. They can have a reputation like Fei Qian and can control the scene, but it doesn't mean that these people won't make a dozen of their own little plans under the name of Fei Qian.

Fei Qian shook his head and sighed helplessly. People are all selfish, this is nature and cannot be avoided, let alone in the Han Dynasty. If you want to be like a game, your subordinates are full of loyalty. If the salary drops slightly, you will get a raise and a broken bottle or something. It can be pulled up again...

However, these people actually did not expect that Fei Qian and Pang Tong would take this opportunity to straighten things out, so they also watched with cold eyes, waiting for these people to fall into the trap.

Is it true that governing a country is just about giving orders?

Just say that if you transfer money from your left pocket to your right pocket, your money will not decrease but increase? Tell me what kind of government order is issued to benefit the people, and the people's living index will immediately increase by a dozen Wallaces?

"After this, we will change the administration of officials!" ” Fei Qian patted a large stack of self-reports written by Wei Duan, Du Ji and others on the table. “These self-reports should be reviewed by Wen Shu and De Run first before submitting them.” Yu..."

"Starting from this, officials from Guanzhong Sanfu, Longyou Hexi, Hebei Northeast, Hanzhong Sichuan and Shu, and officials from all over the country will submit their own reports to report their duties..."

Fei Qian said, "We should set rules for future generations. How can we just ignore the legacy of our ancestors?" The test of official administration should be regarded as a law! 』

"My lord, do you want to resume your plan?" Pang Tong asked.

"Shangji" is an official administration project launched in the Han Dynasty when it was still relatively clear. Local governors, usually county governors, regularly submit documents to the court stating the management and governance of specific places. The court then conducts assessments and assessments based on the above results.

Originally, it was stipulated that at the end of each year, "accounting officials" from various counties and counties would carry "accounting books" and go to the capital to attend accounting. This was called a "long course", which meant that homework was handed in once a year, and then for three years There is a big assignment to hand in, which is called a "big class".

The policy of "Shangji" actually existed in the Qin Dynasty. It was established in the Han Dynasty and formed a relatively complete system. There was even a special law, "Shangji Law", which clearly stipulated the two levels of Shangji. The calculation model is that the townships and counties first submit the calculations to the county, and then the county summarizes and then reports to the court. Generally speaking, the calculation for townships and counties is after the autumn harvest, while the calculation for counties is at the end of winter.

There are also requirements for the content of the plan, including household registration, land cultivation, money and food, thieves, etc. At the beginning, the plan was also taken very seriously. It was even the emperor himself who presided over the plan. At the worst, it had to be done by the prime minister and the imperial censor at the same time. During the assessment, the prime minister was mainly responsible for reporting the situation and results of the assessment to the emperor, while the imperial censor was responsible for examining and verifying the authenticity of the county's assessment.

During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he attached great importance to planning, but by the Eastern Han Dynasty, planning gradually became a matter for the ministerial office. Later, even the ministerial office did not care about it.

By the time of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, even the royal family and nobles dared to use the excuse of road congestion to refuse to communicate with the court, let alone any advice or major lectures.

At the same time, at the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the governor was a supervisor, similar to the governor of the Ming Dynasty. In order to patrol the county and inspect the prime minister, he would return to the capital at the end of the year to report, and the time for his performance coincided with the plan of the county and the country. Time, so the original governor's memorials played a very important role, and could often be used to identify the authenticity of the county's plans.

Unfortunately, after the Eastern Han Dynasty, the governor gradually changed from a supervisor to a local administrator. He was stationed in the local area and lost his original role...

There was even a system of "listening to the wind" in the Han Dynasty, which meant that officials would be sent to the people to listen. If there were any local officials who had a very bad reputation in the fields and fields, verification procedures would be initiated, and such behavior was basically done without notification. Those belonging to local officials have no interaction with local officials and belong directly to the court.

Therefore, it is not that the Han Dynasty did not have a good system. It can even be said that the supervision system during the feudal dynasty may not be much worse than that of later generations, but it just depends on the execution ability.

Fei Qian nodded, but then shook his head and said: "Although it is the same as the above strategy, it is also different. Wei Shenlu was ordered to revise the law of corruption, which is why..."

In the Han Dynasty, there was no specific term for serving as an official. Generally speaking, unless you really didn't want to do it, you could just stay as an official for life without retiring.

Although the inspection and supervision were promoted and lowered when the plan was made, due to the problem of "celestial induction", even if something happened to these officials in the plan, as long as they could be fooled on the surface, such as being attached to the edge of the so-called natural disaster. Even in the Eastern Han Dynasty, if enough money was stuffed into a person, everything would be fine.

The heavenly being sensed that the biggest stone of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty hit his feet. China has a vast territory, and natural disasters are naturally impossible to avoid. Once a natural disaster occurs, it means that the emperor made a mistake, and the emperor will naturally not be wrong, so the three princes will take the blame.

Therefore, in the officialdom of the Han Dynasty, it was common for officials to come in and out of office, and the rise and fall of the officialdom was also random. Some people started their careers with two thousand stones and were dismissed in the blink of an eye, and some were dismissed in the blink of an eye. He was appointed as a local magistrate without even leaving the capital city gate, and then he took up a full-time post in another place. After traveling dozens of miles, he came back and served as the ninth minister again...

Therefore, under such circumstances, officials in the Han Dynasty basically did not care much about changes in official positions, and the people were accustomed to officials losing their positions. For example, when they were accused by their superiors and said something was wrong, they were asked to admit their mistakes without being crowned, and then He just said, "If you are free from the crown, you can be an official after being restored to safety", and then simply resigned from office and returned to his hometown. He also won the praise of many people, who thought that he was free and easy to live in the world, which was the behavior of a celebrity.

Everyone knows what happened when the three ministers were dismissed due to natural disasters, so no matter how well they work and how hard they work, if a disaster is all in vain, will anyone be working hard and diligently like this? Naturally, it is impossible to punish such three princes when they are removed from office. So these "first three princes" go home and smile, and the "last three princes" go to court with a sad face. Then when they become local officials, is it possible to remove them and then punish them? It was a mistake as big as the sky. Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced. In the end, they were not guilty. At most, they were dismissed from office. I only used this small place and used it for a while. How can I have such a big crime?

Therefore, after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the official administration of the entire Han Dynasty gradually fell into disuse, and it became inevitable. Those who come out to fool around always have to pay back. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deceived the people of the world with his telepathy, and then the people of the world began to deceive his descendants.

But what Feiqian is doing now is different.

When the locust plague came, Fei Qian personally led his people to the front and contained the locust plague. This was almost impossible in the original Han Dynasty. According to the usual practice, when a locust plague occurs, the people are affected and displaced, and then they always have to give an explanation. According to the usual practice, Fei Qian dumps the blame on the "three gongs", that is, Pang Tong and Xun You, and asks one of them to take the blame after class. The matter is considered settled. As for No one is too lazy to care about those poor people...

"The officials rated him as one of the eight beetles: greed, cruelty, impetuousness and shallowness, lack of talent, old age, illness, weakness, and carelessness..." Fei Qian said in a deep voice, "With that. As for sins, they are also divided into four categories: greed and cruelty, carelessness, weakness, temporary residence, old age and illness, inadequacy, impetuousness, and decline. 』

Simply removing an official from office without judging the crime will not have any deterrent effect on the official. If he makes a mistake or something happens, he will give a warning, remove him from office first, and then quietly change his position and continue to serve in another place after the public attention subsides. Officer, for these silverfish, it couldn't be better.

Fei Qian glanced at Pang Tong. If he followed Pang Tong's style in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he would probably be judged as "unruly".

Pang Tong naturally didn't know what Fei Qian was thinking, but he was thinking about another thing, "If so, I'm afraid Ma Zhengsi..."

Fei Qian nodded, understanding what Pang Tong meant, but still said resolutely: "One peck and one drink, you are responsible for your own fault." Not only that, but you also need to create a profile! All assessments and evaluations will be recorded in files. If all three evaluations are in the eight categories, whether they will be accepted or not will be an advertisement to the world! 』

Pang Tong was startled and his eyes widened, obviously indicating that he needed to be so cruel? "This is not a living person but a posthumous title?" 』

Fei Qian laughed and said, "That's right!" 』

Being an official in the Han Dynasty, the profit margin was unimaginably large, and the risk you took was really just changing places, or going home to farm. Such a ratio of risks and benefits was not equal at all, so naturally no one would have any awe. Heart.

If you can corrupt hundreds, tens of thousands, or even tens of thousands of people during your term of office to the point of wealth that cannot be obtained in a lifetime, then how can you stop others from succeeding you even if you have to sacrifice one life? And this is still possible. There are still many people who are lucky. If they don't get caught, wouldn't they make a profit? Just like future generations know that poison is so powerful that once caught, it will lead to death, but it is still forbidden and difficult to stop. What's more, the punishment is much lighter than poison. I don't know how much corruption?

Pang Tong said that living people receive "posthumous titles". Although they are different, the meaning is very accurate.

You will reap what you sow, and you will always have to pay back what you sow. Since you have obtained extremely high benefits, you will naturally have to bear great risks. Fei Qian is now basically the "initiator", and Pang Tong, Xun You and others who are following him are the "followers". Once Fei Qian's territory bursts, basically it is equivalent to the whole family, even if they are immortal. Imprisoned, but Pang Tong and Xun You had the opportunity to "abandon the darkness and turn to the light". The risk was relatively low. For other children of the noble clan, there was basically no risk. So how could they feel any pressure and how could they do things? Will you do your best?

Now, Fei Qian said that if you want to be an official, you can, but the kind of "official" who drank wine, sang coloratura, kept it in your pocket, and lied to superiors and subordinates is gone now!

If you do well, you will be rewarded. If you do not do well, sorry, you will be given a "living posthumous title" for the rest of your life!

The posthumous title system was widely implemented by the Zhou royal family and other countries in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, until Qin Shihuang abolished it because he believed that posthumous titles were suspected of "the son speaking to his father, and the minister speaking to the emperor". It was not until the establishment of the Western Han Dynasty that the posthumous title system was restored.

The so-called posthumous title is to use one or two words to make a general evaluation of a person's life, which can be regarded as a final conclusion. Therefore, he was highly valued by the nobles. For example, Liu Xie was called "Xian" after his death. Of course, he doesn't exist now. The so-called "Young Emperor" is not a real posthumous title, but just a title for convenience by future generations, such as Emperor Zhi and Emperor Chong. ,is also like this. And there are some interesting things. For example, after Sun Quan died, he was called the "Great Emperor". This was also unprecedented in China.

Maybe just a little less than a "dog"?

Fei Qian thought maliciously.

It's just that many things were strictly prohibited from collapse at the beginning. When the posthumous titles first started, they were all one or two characters before the Sui Dynasty, but starting from the Tang Dynasty, they began to be spoiled. The number of characters in the emperor's posthumous titles gradually increased. Xuanzong Li Longji decided to change the posthumous titles of the late emperors to seven characters. For example, Li Yuan was "the great sage Shen Yao, the great emperor Guangxiao", and Li Shimin was "the great sage great Guangxiao emperor".

Afterwards, they started to imitate each other, and each one was better at playing. Among them, the best one was the 25-character posthumous title, "Chengtian, Guangyun, Saint Virtue, Divine Deeds, and Destiny, and established the most benevolent, filial piety, Rui, Wu Duanyi, Qin'an, Hongwen, and established the career." Emperor Gao"...

Now, what do scholars value most?

It’s the reputation of Menlin!

It’s a family inheritance!

The set of "eight beetles" standards and punishment plan introduced by Fei Qian almost hit the important points of these gentry children at once, and they were immediately sour. It was like overturning the old altar...