Chapter 221 Orange Follower: Tuduanli
[The impartial and selfless local judge]
Grade: Orange;
Effect 1: Fair and selfless, this follower can resist the influence of [Corruption] in the team and building;
Effect 2: Tudan, placed in the [Tudanso] building, can execute Tudan commissions.
Evaluation: "The people are well-regarded, the country is prosperous, and the powerful are awe-inspiring."
Price: 500 wen tai and 10 baht coins, and a monthly maintenance fee of wen tai and baht coins is required. Sufficient bamboo slips or paper are required to execute Tuduan.
Seeing this orange follower, Su Ze's eyes lit up.
Tuduan was a policy frequently implemented in the Southern Dynasties since the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
After the Five Barbarians Invaded China, many people migrated to the south.
After the establishment of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the government set up many Qiaozhou, Qiaojun and Qiaoxian to accommodate them. They were only registered in these local institutions established by Qiao and were called Qiaoren.
The household registration of overseas Chinese is called white household registration, which is not considered formal household registration. Those who are registered in the white household registration are not subject to national labor service.
After the failure of the Northern Expedition, the overseas Chinese lived the same life as the local people but had different burdens, which easily led to conflicts between the overseas Chinese and the local people. In addition, many farmers in the south of the Yangtze River also fled and became the private followers of local tyrants.
The core content of the Tuduan policy is to sort out the household registration. All residents, regardless of whether they are overseas Chinese or old, are registered in the official household registration of the county where they live, and the preferential treatment for overseas Chinese is abolished. This move is conducive to the government to formulate a unified policy for the people, ease conflicts, crack down on powerful forces, and maintain the ruling order.
There have been many local decisions in the south in history. The two most famous ones were presided over by Grand Marshal Huan Wen and Grand Tutor Liu Yu, respectively. They were known in history as the "Gengxu Local Determination" and the "Yixi Local Determination". Both achieved good results.
After Xiao Yan ascended the throne, he also organized local operations, but with little success.
In fact, it is not only the south that needs Tuduan, the north also needs Tuduan.
Today, the household registration management system of the Northern Wei Dynasty can be said to be in a mess, with unclear land ownership and chaotic land granting. After the chaos in Guanzhong, the people were dispersed, leading to the collapse of land and household registration, which also required a land granting system.
It was a systematic task to register the scattered people and re-grant them land.
In the past, Su Ze asked Su Suan (a corrupt household official) to handle the matter. Actually, Su Suan's expertise was not suitable for the job, and he was also corrupt, so he was never very confident in using him.
Now that he has obtained this follower, Su Ze can implement local rule on the newly occupied land, register the people, grant them land, and collect taxes.
This time I really gained a lot!
Su Ze looked at the two purple followers again.
[The master craftsman who wasted time and money]
Grade: Purple;
Effect: This follower always likes to propose some costly and laborious construction projects, which will consume the budget without limit if not restrained.
Comment: "Emperor Xiaowen gathered all the skilled craftsmen in the world under the command of the Director of Works. He is a skilled but unwilling to modify the design."
Price: 800 Wen Tai and Wu Zhu coins, and a monthly maintenance fee of 100 Wen Tai and Wu Zhu coins is required. If the design requirements are not met and the design draft is frequently modified, the quality of the follower will decline.
【The Fierce Penman】
Grade: Purple;
Effect: Cruel. This official can execute the "solve cases" commission in the [Court] building. Cruel officials will increase local stability, but will increase local dissatisfaction and consume the free space in the [Prison] building.
Comment: "My biggest goal is to be included in the Biographies of Cruel Officials."
Price: 800 Wen Tai and Wu Zhu coins, and a monthly maintenance fee of 100 Wen Tai and Wu Zhu coins is required. Sufficient [Prison] spaces are required, otherwise the follower's loyalty will decrease.
Another new prefix and series, Su Ze was happy.
The clerks were officials who were specifically in charge of criminal law. Although the laws of the Northern Wei Dynasty had been revised once by Emperor Xiaowen, the laws starting from the Western Jin Dynasty could be said to be a collection of the dregs of various schools of thought. The laws of the Northern Wei Dynasty also inherited the spirit of the laws of the Jin Dynasty, and naturally took their dregs.
An important problem with the laws of the Western Jin Dynasty was that they were too complicated. The law editors of the Northern Wei Dynasty combined many laws since the Qin and Han Dynasties, as well as the laws of the chaotic regimes during the Five Barbarians' Invasion period, and came up with a large number of punishments.
The result was that the entire Northern Dynasty was filled with cruel officials, and the final right of interpretation of any legal code that ordinary people could not understand was in the hands of the government.
These clerks enforce the law to help officials exploit the people, and they also control the power of judicial interpretation to help the nobles and powerful avoid punishment.
Prince Qinghe's help in getting Princess Lanling off the hook was the inevitable result of this chaotic legal system.
But in Su Ze's opinion, [Cruel] is not entirely a negative effect.
In times of chaos, harsh laws are used. [Cruelness] not only helps officials exploit the people, but also helps the court suppress the powerful.
The culmination of all this was Emperor Wu of Han.
Emperor Wu of Han appointed cruel officials, suppressed local tyrants, and implemented salt and iron monopolies, thus completing a series of expeditions during his reign.
The spiritual successor of Emperor Wu of Han was Empress Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian used hearsay and fabrication to deal with the Guanlong nobles and achieved her goal of ruling the country.
This is a follower that needs to be used with caution.
The next three blue items were two followers from the Yulin series, and the last blue item was actually a fragment of a farming book.
【The Book of Fan Sheng (fragment)】
Grade: blue;
effect:
Comment: "The method of transforming soil and making it beautiful is like the art of flooding and winning."
Price: One piece of silk.
Fan Shengzhi, who lived during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han Dynasty, served as a counselor. He taught the people how to farm in the Guanzhong Plain area of present-day Shaanxi Province, and achieved a good harvest.
"Fan Sheng's Book" is a summary of the agricultural production experience and operating techniques in the Yellow River Basin in the Western Han Dynasty compiled by him. It is the first systematic agricultural book after Chinese civilization entered the Iron Age of Farming.
It just so happens that Su Nong's (a farmer's disciple with excellent hands-on ability) equipment bar has not yet been equipped with the farming book, so you can equip him with this book first to improve his farming ability.
Su Ze could be said to be very satisfied with this refresh, but it was a pity that after conquering the new city, the system did not refresh the tasks anymore.
Next, Su Ze stationed his troops in the new city, but did not rush to attack. Instead, he began to inquire about the situations from various parties.
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The middle reaches of the Wei River, Chencang.
Yuan Xiuyi, the governor of Yongzhou in the Northern Wei Dynasty, was killed in the battle. Pei Fenzhi, the governor of Yuan Xiuyi, surrendered to Mozhe Tiansheng and opened Chencang Pass to surrender to Mozhe Tiansheng. After breaking Chencang, Mozhe Tiansheng allowed his soldiers to plunder for three days and robbed all the food left by the Northern Wei army in Chencang.
At the banquet, Pei Fenzhi looked at Mo Zhe Tiansheng sitting on the main seat with mixed feelings.
Pei Fenzhi came from the famous Wenxi Pei family. The experience of his branch can be said to be quite legendary.
Their Wenxi Pei clan originally migrated south to the Southern Dynasty. His uncle was Pei Shuye, a famous general of the Southern Qi Dynasty.
After Xiao Baojuan, the Eastern Hun Marquis of Southern Qi, ascended the throne, Pei Shuye led his clansmen to defect to the Northern Wei, and was granted a high position by Emperor Xiaowen.
Pei Fenzhi also became an official of the Northern Wei Dynasty and eventually became the governor of Yongzhou.
Pei Fenzhi looked down on Qiang heroes like Mozhe Tiansheng, but after being captured, he was reluctant to commit suicide and had no choice but to join Mozhe Tiansheng's army.
Mo Zhe Tiansheng also looked down on children of aristocratic families like Pei Fenzhi, but he still kept Pei Fenzhi by his side. Seeing the other party trying every possible way to flatter him, Mo Zhe Tiansheng felt happy.
After the Battle of Wuzhangyuan, Mozhe Tiansheng became famous, but his army also suffered heavy losses.
To attack Fufeng, it was necessary to repair the pontoon bridge burned by Liu Kai. Therefore, after robbing Chen Cang, Mo Zhetian only sent people to Yongzhou to contact local warlords to raise troops. He himself spread the rumor of attacking Fufeng, but the army did not take any action.
However, the situation in Yongzhou is different from that in Qinzhou and Qizhou.
After all, Chang'an is the old capital of the Western Han Dynasty with great political significance, and many big families in Guanzhong live near Chang'an. For example, Su Liang and Su Chao are descendants of the Wugong Su family. Their family has more than 300 members in Wugong. Now they have taken up weapons and joined Xiao Baoyin's army to fight to defend their homes.
Therefore, the governors of Yongzhou appointed and dismissed by the Northern Wei court all had good reputations and capable abilities. For example, Yuan Xiuyi, who died in battle, was a distant relative of the royal family, but he was a good official and a good person, and had a relatively harmonious relationship with the local nobles.
After Yuan Xiuyi died in battle, his retainers and old friends in Chang'an all took the initiative to join the army. They tied white linen headbands on their heads and vowed to avenge Yuan Xiuyi. This shows his reputation in Guanzhong.
Therefore, most of the envoys sent by Mozhe Tiansheng to instigate rebellion were killed by local tyrants. Rebel armies even rose up in various parts of Yongzhou and spontaneously gathered in Fufeng Wugong, vowing to defend Chang'an to the death.
In the historical timeline before Su Ze traveled through time, after the chaos in Guanzhong, Yongzhou basically turned to Luoyang. Even though Mozhe Niansheng captured Tongguan, he was still unable to take Yongzhou.
Just when Mo Zhe Tiansheng was thinking about the next military action, a confidant suddenly came to report that a large number of corpses were floating from the upper reaches of the Wei River.
Mo Ze Tiansheng had a bad feeling in his heart. He stopped the dance and music in the tent, interrupted Liang Fenzhi's singing of praises, and personally led his men out of the tent and came to the bank of the Wei River.
All he saw were corpses washed down from the Wei River, all of which were swollen and he couldn't tell which side they belonged to. However, the dense crowds of corpses floating downstream from the upstream still made Mo Zhe Tiansheng nervous.
The Wei River flows through Chencang, and Qinzhou is upstream. Could something have happened in Qinzhou?
Mo Zhe was born with a good understanding of human nature. Most of his troops were from Qinzhou. When they attacked Qizhou last year, they had already spent the New Year away from home, so the soldiers were already thinking of returning home.
If something really happens in Qinzhou, it would be impossible for the soldiers to attack Yongzhou again.
But he couldn't show his anxiety at this time, Mo Zhe Tiansheng pretended to be calm and said:
"Let all the generals stay in the barracks and refrain from discussing this matter. Then send someone back to Qinzhou to find out the situation."
Mo Zhe Tiansheng's bad premonition was growing. What happened to his father and brother?
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Liangzhou, Yangping Pass.
Mozhe Dike still followed Hou Gang's strategy and did not attack Dingjun Mountain where Yang Kan was stationed, but instead attacked the more dangerous Yangping Pass.
The commander of Yangping Pass was Fu Jingshao, the son of Liangzhou governor Fu Shuyan. Fu Shuyan also gave his son 5,000 soldiers to guard Yangping Pass.
Fu Shuyan also gave Yang Kan 5,000 men, but Dingjun Mountain is a relatively large hill. The ancient fortress from the Shu Han period had long been submerged in the long river of history and had become so dilapidated that it could not be used. It was quite difficult for Yang Kan to guard Dingjun Mountain with 5,000 men.
But Yangping Pass is different. It has always been an important pass. Before the Northern Wei Dynasty captured Liangzhou, the Southern Dynasty spent a lot of effort to manage it.
After the Northern Wei Dynasty captured Liangzhou, it never gave up operating Yangping Pass and operated it as the last fortress of Liangzhou.
There were enough food in the granaries to feed five thousand people for half a year. The city walls were repaired on a daily basis, and there was no shortage of arrows and other supplies for defending the city.
Five thousand men were more than enough to guard Yangping Pass, but Fu Jingshao was somewhat unhappy with his father's arrangement.
Fu Jingshao prided himself on being a man of both civil and military talents. When his father Fu Shu was suffering from eye disease, he took over the military and political affairs of Liangzhou and always felt that he was doing a good job.
This time when Mozhe Di's army attacked Liangzhou, Fu Jingshao had always been advocating to go to war, but his father supported Yang Kan's plan to use Mianyang County to guard Hanzhong and give up half of Liangzhou.
Fu Jingshao complained that his father had become senile and was very hostile to Yang Kan, who was sent by Xiao Baoyin.
On the one hand, Fu Jingshao hated his father for always praising Yang Kan in front of him. He trusted Yang Kan and gave him 5,000 Liangzhou troops to guard Dingjun Mountain even though he had only met Yang Kan a few times.
On the other hand, Fu Shuyan was the governor of Liangzhou. As the governor, he had the responsibility to defend the territory. Simply defending Hanzhong was not considered a merit, but he would be held accountable by the court for losing Wuxing and other counties.
Although the court could not remove him as the governor during wartime, if he wanted to succeed him as the governor of Liangzhou, he had to not only be satisfied with defending Hanzhong, but also make great contributions.
So when Fu Jingshao heard that Mozhe Dadi did not attack Dingjun Mountain but attacked Yangping Pass, Fu Jingshao felt both hateful and excited.
He hated it because he felt that even the rebel leader looked down on him and chose to attack Yangping Pass which he was guarding. Doesn't this mean that he is the soft persimmon compared to Yang Kan?
What made me excited was that the rebels were attacking Yangping Pass. If I could defeat the rebels, wouldn’t that be a great achievement?
With this achievement, he can succeed as the governor of Liangzhou.
In the next few days, Mozhe Dati sent out a vanguard to attack Yangping Pass.
Standing on the city wall of Yangping Pass, Fu Jingshao was even more disapproving when he saw that the Qinzhou rebels had no siege equipment and were rushing towards Yangping Pass like moths to a flame.
The Qinzhou rebels were indeed a mob. His father and Yang Kan were too cautious. Such rebels did not need to defend the pass at all. They should have followed his plan and taken the initiative to attack, and directly drive the rebels out of Liangzhou.
In the next few days, Fu Jingshao looked down upon the rebels at Mozhe Dam. He even took the initiative to go out of the city to fight and defeated the rebels who were preparing to attack the city.
At the beginning, Fu Jingshao's deputy general advised him not to leave the city. This deputy general was an old general who had been chasing Fu Shuyan, and he was very cautious. However, Fu Jingshao had won impressive results in several battles outside the city, and the deputy general could not persuade him any more and had to let him go.
Fu Jingshao became even more proud. He ordered his men to hang the bodies of the rebels on the city wall to show off his own achievements.
At this time, Mozhe Dati personally came to Yangping Pass to challenge.
(End of this chapter)