Valley Emperor

Valley Emperor

The Internal Affairs Office of the Army Privy Council and the Military Police Bureau of the Naval High Command, although the names of these two institutions are different, their functions are actually the same as the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Inspectorate. , while the Office of Internal Affairs of the Army Privy Council is only for the Army, and the Military Police of the Naval High Command is only for the Navy.

As for the anti-corruption work of another major system, that is, the guards and royal institutions, the anti-corruption work is directly performed by Han Tong.

In terms of system, in fact, the supervision and anti-corruption system of the Datang Empire is very perfect, but no matter how perfect the system is, someone has to implement it, and the previous implementation is obviously not strong enough.

This time, the scope of Li Xuan's anti-corruption crackdown is not limited to the civilian system, but is aimed at the entire imperial officialdom, whether it is a civilian or a military general.

When the military also started anti-corruption investigations, it began to arrest a large number of officers in batches. Even on December 2, the Army Department of Internal Affairs named the founding veterans, who had served as the regiment commander, brigade commander, division commander, army commander, and logistics department of many troops. When the minister, the current deputy envoy of the Army Privy Council, the army general, and the imperial marquis Gu Shizhong also took away.

Basically, all officials know that the Son of Heaven really intends to make a big vote this time.

For a time, the situation in the capital was surging!

Many people are terrified, afraid that the next person will also be taken away by the anti-corruption department!

The civil officials were panicking, but the military generals were not so good either. Many generals were afraid. Li Xuan wanted to kill a rabbit and cook a dog. I couldn't help but go to the palace frequently, on the one hand to show my presence in front of Li Xuan, and on the other hand to show loyalty.

At the same time, many high-ranking officials and generals also seized the time to start self-examination, striving to erase the previous stains, and even took the initiative to hand over the offenders in the family to the anti-corruption department, and put on a picture. The gesture of clearing the portal.

Hao Bainian did something even better. As the head of the family, he divided the family in person and drove his brothers and other clansmen out of the palace. Overnight, only Hao Bainian and the others were left in the huge palace. His wife, children, and the rest of the Hao family were all driven out by him.

This is not just as simple as living separately. He personally went to the household department, changed his household registration, and distributed all the public property in the family.

In the past Hao family, since Hao Bainian developed, his former relatives have all come together. In addition to the development of these years, the population of the entire Hao family has reached more than 80 people.

Formed a very typical aristocratic family!

This kind of big family has also been a tradition in China for thousands of years in the past, but in any big family, there are dozens or even hundreds of clan members. They live together, help each other, and have a lot of public family property.

But now, Hao Bainian has directly and completely separated his family, living separately, distributing property, and even changing his household registration.

After the family separation, the Hao family's government has only six people registered in the household registration!

Moreover, he also took the initiative to submit a secret document to Li Xuan, which detailed the separation of the family this time. At the same time, he also took the initiative to report all the assets of the Hao family, and even obtained through some conveniences in the past few years. Interests are reported truthfully.

There is no concealment at all!

I have to say that Hao Bainian's political consciousness is very high!

He was keenly aware that the purpose of the Son of Heaven this time was not to do anything to hide the birds, but to attack the government, but this time, the scope of the attack on the government was a little wider, and it only affected the core high-level.

He knew even more that whether it was himself, Li Chunjing, or several other bigwigs in the military, there were more or less economic problems. Although it wasn't serious, it wasn't much better than Gu Shizhong.

The difference between them and Gu Shizhong is not in how much money they have corrupted, but in their attitude!

Facing the investigation of the Internal Affairs Department, Gu Shizhong tried his best to conceal it, and frequently used his power to threaten the investigators. This attitude was the reason why he was finally arrested by Li Xuan personally.

After seeing Gu Shizhong's arrest, Hao Bainian immediately took action. There was no need to hide anything. Under Hantong's investigation, Hao Bainian knew very well that some of his little actions could not be concealed from the Son of Heaven.

The only way to avoid this blow is actually only one, and that is to have a correct attitude and take the initiative to move closer to the Son of Heaven!

There are many ways to get closer, but Hao Bainian chose the most extreme way.

Because as a military boss, he has a lot of contact with Li Xuan, and has a lot of private conversations. He knows that the Son of Heaven is actually very dissatisfied with the current wealthy family.

He clearly remembered that the Son of Heaven had inadvertently said in a private chat with him that most officials were corrupt, not for their own enjoyment, but for the sake of supporting their families, and families with hundreds of people had to maintain their dignity. The cost of life is naturally huge.

Although the Son of Heaven was just an inadvertent small talk at the time, Hao Bainian keenly grasped the key point, that is, Son of Heaven was dissatisfied with the wealthy clan.

With the attitude of following the steps of the Holy Son of Heaven, Hao Bainian did not hesitate at all, and directly adopted the model of taking the initiative to divide the family. The nearly 100 people of the Guogong Mansion were instantly driven out to make a living, and the huge Guogong Mansion finally only Six people remain.

Hao Bainian's attitude surprised Li Xuan too, and then when Hao Bainian faced the saint, he said to him, "This is also good, there are not too many ties, and it can serve the empire better!"

Then it was to discuss with Hao Bainian the way to reform the military affairs, and took the initiative to ask Hao Bainian's views on the reform of the current military establishment.

This attitude finally gave Hao Bainian a sigh of relief. He knew that he had passed the crisis safely this time.

At the same time, he also grasped the key point of Li Xuan's remarks, that is, "tie".

Obviously, in the seriousness of the Son of Heaven, the big family is obviously a tie!

This is a very important political signal, and Hao Bainian is even more aware that Li Xuan, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, is impossible to talk nonsense even in private chats. The words have political meanings.

So after going back, he just started his good friends and subordinates, and sent a message from his confidants, asking them to lose weight in their respective families, don't be a wealthy family, a big family, the Son of Heaven has made it clear that the wealthy family is tied, For the entanglement, it is natural to kick it away.

Hurry up and deal with this entanglement yourself, don't wait for the gendarmerie of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to arrest people, it will be too late.

Li Xuan is very satisfied with Hao Bainian's attitude, and Li Xuan is also satisfied with his actions.

As expected of the most prestigious boss in the Tang Army at present, his political consciousness is quite high. With just a few words, he realized the problem, and more importantly, he dared to solve the problem.

In recent years, Li Xuan has become more and more disgusted with big families and the like. In his opinion, this type of wealthy family model has seriously affected the administration of the empire, and even the general administration.

Although the empire has penetrated into the countryside from the very beginning, the situation in the countryside is still firmly controlled by the local gentry.

In many places, the village chiefs are actually the children of the local wealthy clan.

I have to say one thing here, that is, the traditional gentry in China, in fact, a considerable part of them do not live in the city, but in the countryside.

This has a great relationship with the traditional imperial power not going to the countryside. In the former Ming Dynasty, the imperial power, that is, the power of the government, was limited to the county seat, and the vast rural areas were actually not very concerned, and basically depended on the way of self-knowledge in the village.

In the countryside, clan rules are greater than laws!

The transfer of imperial power to the countryside in the Datang Empire undoubtedly violated the political ecology of the past thousands of years, which in turn caused many conflicts.

In order to solve the problem of rural areas, and also to solve the problem of official management, Li Xuan's next step is to implement the policy of forcibly dividing the family, and splitting those wealthy families with hundreds of people who move.

It's just that Li Xuan didn't plan to implement this policy now. He planned to do it again next year, but Hao Bainian was the first to notice this, and he did it ahead of time.

In this regard, Li Xuan naturally applauded.

Although this Hao Bainian also has some economic problems with others, it is harmless. In Li Xuan's view, his political consciousness is still very high~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Hao Bainian's behavior is inexplicable to others. , except for some of his subordinates and friends to follow suit, others did not follow up.

And Li Xuan is not in a hurry, anyway, the task at this stage is not this, it is a plan that will be launched next year or even the year after, now, it is still too early.

Let's reorganize the officials first.

Other issues are postponed for later.

After Gu Shizhong was arrested, the Internal Affairs Office of the Army Privy Council continued to take action, arresting six lieutenant generals, more than 30 major generals, and hundreds of brigadier generals. The Navy also arrested more than 20 generals.

The arrests of these generals were all ordered by Li Xuan himself, and they were basically selected specific targets.

The rectification of the military has not been publicized on a large scale, nor has it been published in the Tang Dynasty Daily, because if it is published, it is likely to cause large-scale turmoil. The military's anti-corruption treatment is basically based on low-key internal treatment. .

Gu Shizhong's handling is a typical example. After he was arrested, he wanted to see Li Xuan many times, but Li Xuan was not allowed.

In the end, the Army Military Court sentenced him to death in just two days!

However, the death sentence was not carried out. Although Li Xuan was dissatisfied with this veteran who followed the world, he still gave him a decent way to end his life!

On December 24, Xuanping 16th year, in the special guest house of the Privy Council's Internal Affairs Office, Gu Shizhong wore a full set of army general's uniforms, and after bowing to the palace, he drank a glass of poisoned wine by himself, thus ending his death. s life.