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    The so-called "three things to do" when a new official takes office means that when a newly appointed official starts taking office, he must first do two or three things that are beneficial to the people.  These three fires are used by some officials to establish authority. To put it bluntly, they are to show power to others and establish their own authority. They often also use it to attack dissenters and take the opportunity to deploy their own people.  There are also officials who are newly appointed to the Three Fires in order to show their determination and do a few things to show their talents and determination to get rid of the current shortcomings. There are also cases where things continue to be the same as before.  When the new king Yifeng came to the throne, the entire government and the public were watching the new king, wanting to see what the first three things the new king did after he came to the throne were in order to better understand the new king's attitude.  In fact, before Yi Feng ascended the throne, he was also thinking about how to burn these three fires after he ascended the throne.  It is necessary to create momentum and momentum, but also to create effects.  Not only does it have to look good, it also has to be useful.  On this day, Liu Wenjing, who was accompanying Yi Feng, reminded Yi Feng, "Your Majesty, the Shangshu Province has reported the results of the counter-case. How does Your Majesty plan to deal with it?" "Well." Yi Feng pondered for a moment and said, "Gao  The case of rebellion reported by Jiao and others has been finalized. They mean to use heavy codes to deal with all those who participated in the rebellion. Yang Xiu and Yang Guang will be listed in the biography of rebels, and all their legitimate sons will be killed by Ming Zhengdian.  For the punishment, the wives and concubines will be assigned to the Shaofu, all property will be confiscated, and the slave status will be lost. For the remaining rebels, the leader of the rebels will be punished with the same crime as the two rebel kings. They will be killed themselves, and the descendants will be executed for the same crime. The wives and concubines will be assigned to the Shaofu, and the slaves, lands and family property will be punished.  Their official titles will not be confiscated. In addition, those who are implicated in this case, including those who have received official titles from the puppet dynasty, and those who are within three generations of the same clan, will be deprived of their official titles, etc."  "Your Majesty is not satisfied with the outcome of this trial?" Liu Wenjing asked.  "I feel that severe punishment is indeed needed for those who rebel against the party, not to mention that Your Majesty can also take this opportunity to clean up the court." Yi Feng understood what Liu Wenjing meant, because the Northern Zhou Dynasty succeeded the Western Wei Dynasty.  The Sui Dynasty also received Zen from the Northern Zhou Dynasty, but generally speaking, the Western Wei, Northern Zhou, and Sui dynasties were actually founded by a group of warriors from Wuchuan Military Town among the six towns of the Northern Wei Dynasty. The Wuchuan Group and the powerful Longyou Group were  They united together and finally established the Western Wei Dynasty, and then after two internal struggles for power, they were replaced by the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty.  After all, three dynasties have changed.  The royal family has been replaced by three families, but in fact, the Guanlong Group is still at the core.  Regardless of whether it was the Western Wei, Northern Zhou or Sui Dynasties, the emperor was superior, but the Guanlong military aristocratic group composed of Wuchuan soldiers and Longyou powerful men was extremely powerful.  It was so big that it deeply affected the situation of the court. Even though it had been nineteen years since the founding of the Sui Dynasty, it still could not get rid of the Guanlong Group, and was even increasingly restrained by this huge force.  After Emperor Gaozu accepted Zen, he has been committed to centralizing power.  It has been nearly twenty years since the imperial power was strengthened, but several major cases have been passed and several wealthy families have been suppressed.  However, new aristocratic families continued to rise, which actually did not change the situation much.  This country is built from the inside out, from top to bottom.  In every aspect, there is the shadow of Guanlong Group.  At the beginning, Yang Guang, Yang Yong, Yang Xiu and even Yang Liang.  In fact, there are many wealthy Guanlong families standing behind them.  Some wealthy clubs even make multiple bets and take sides.  Only Yi Feng arises from Huai Huang.  It rose very quickly and was mainly founded by people from Guandong. Although many Guanlong nobles and powerful forces were later introduced as allies, among the direct forces of the new emperor, the influence of the Guanlong Group was much smaller.  The emperors of the Western Wei, Northern Zhou, and Sui dynasties actually ruled the world together with the Guanlong Group.  If Yi Feng really wants to take full control of this dynasty and let him follow his own direction, then he must get rid of this extremely huge force.  And what Liu Wenjing was referring to by taking the opportunity to clean up was exactly what he meant by taking advantage of this counter-case to legitimately carry out a major purge.  "The Changsun family, after the clan of the Northern Wei Dynasty, is the core family in the Guanlong Group and has great influence. In this dynasty, because they once firmly supported the emperor in behalf of the Zhou Dynasty, they were highly trusted by the emperor. Later, the emperor even prayed for Yang Xiu, the king of Shu.  By marrying the daughter of Changsun Lan, the relationship between the two families became more stable. Over the years, the Changsun family has developed rapidly. Through continuous marriages, the family's power has become deeply entrenched. The last time Yang Xiu rebelled, the Changsun family has become an official.  The family firmly sided with Yang Xiu, and his family was granted eight titles by Yang Xiu, and more than 500 of his descendants were granted official titles. The minister believed that Chang Sun Sheng could be punished.  Yi Feng said that Changsun Sheng was Changsun Lan's nephew, Changsun Hong's cousin, and Changsun Chi's brother.  Changsun Hong and Changsun Sheng are all descendants of the Shangdang Wang Changsun Zhi. The family is prosperous and has many descendants.  And almost all of them hold important positions. Even if we don't count the titles and official positions conferred by Yang Xiufeng, those conferred by the great ancestor Yang Jian are equally prominent.  Not to mention Changsun Lan's branch is the most prominent. Changsun Sheng's father is also a county official. Changsun Sheng's eldest brother Changsun Chi holds important positions in the Sui Dynasty, such as Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and General Zuowei.  This family is indeed a core family in the Guanlong Group, but?Sun Sheng was quite talented in diplomacy and had outstanding martial arts skills. He was able to kill two birds with one stone.  Moreover, Chang Sun Sheng had been in contact with Yi Feng for a long time, so Yi Feng also specifically mentioned Chang Sun Sheng. Moreover, in history, Chang Sun Sheng was most famous not for his archery skills or his outstanding ability in diplomacy, but for the fact that he gave birth to a child.  The daughter later became Li Shimin's queen and a famous empress in history.  Of course, Li Shimin was not yet one year old at this time, and the eldest grandson was not even born yet.  "Then we can pardon Changsun Sheng from being implicated." Liu Wenjing said.  Liu Wenjing knew very well that Yi Feng had long been dissatisfied with the Guanlong Group. This was not because the emperor had a feud with any family in the Guanlong Group, but because as a promising king, he was absolutely unwilling to compromise his power with those wealthy nobles.  Sharing together, and even having to be restrained by them at every turn, is simply an irreconcilable contradiction.  Having grasped this, Liu Wenjing was quite willing to take risks.  He proposed to Yi Feng that he should take advantage of this opportunity to divide the Guanlong Group, win over some groups, unite some groups, and suppress some groups.  To win over a group, we need to first win over some people who have no chance or reason to move for the time being, such as Gao Jun, Yang Su, Liu Shu, Su Wei and other important figures in the dynasty, and then unite a group to unite the Tang Guogong Li Yuan family and the new emperor's family.  The mother's family, the Empress Dowager Yuan, the wife's family Li Changya, Li Mi's family, Princess Guangping and the Yuwenxie family, and then suppressed a group of them. Naturally, they were the families who were on the wrong side in this incident, such as the Changsun Lan family and Dou Kang who supported Yang Xiu.  , Yuanheng family, Wei Chong family, Yang Hong family, Yuwenshu, Guo Yan, Zhang Heng, Duan Da and other families who supported Yang Guang. In addition, people such as Shi Wansui, Su Wei, Li Hun and others also followed.  After the second inversion, it can also be suppressed appropriately.  In short, this is a rare opportunity. Even if we take action to deal with them, people such as Gao Jun and Yang Su will definitely not stand up to oppose them.  Although Liu Wenjing¡¯s suggestion is very vicious and cruel, it is indeed a way to suppress the Guanlong Group, which is becoming more and more powerful.  Even if you can't cure the root cause, you can treat the symptoms first.  "Your suggestion is good, I will consider it." Yi Feng nodded.  Yi Feng decided to take action against the Guanlong nobles. Of course, it was just a purge of the families who were on the wrong side last time. It would not expand the scope indefinitely and put everyone in the Guanlong nobles in danger, and then they would rebel.  Yi Feng finally decided to deal with them at this time because he controlled the army.  Before ascending the throne, hundreds of thousands of troops in the Gyeonggi region had completed preliminary reorganization.  Three hundred thousand people were laid off and returned to their fields, and another two hundred thousand strong men were selected and incorporated into the Seven Guards and Ten Armies of the Beiya Forbidden Army.  It can be said that in the Gyeonggi region, it is difficult for these nobles to do anything for the time being.  In particular, Yi Feng selected 200,000 of the most elite troops from all armies to join Beiya. He also used a cruel trick. He only wanted 200,000 soldiers and not even a single high-grade officer.  Only 200,000 soldiers were selected, and then these soldiers were dispersed and organized into various departments of Beiya's Seventh Guards and Tenth Army.  The most powerful thing about the Guanlong Group is that they occupy the central and local areas of the imperial court and even various places in the army, and their people are everywhere.  Especially in the military, the Guanlong Group has a deep grasp of the military.  However, Yi Feng's army is its own, and there is no room for them to intervene.  A few of the Guanlong Group's children are also aligned with Yifeng, and they do not occupy much of a core position.  After controlling the military power, Yi Feng had enough support to carry out this limited purge.  After pondering for a while, Yi Feng said to Liu Wenjing, "Take care of the clan first, and then liquidate these families." On that day, Yi Feng issued an edict that only the direct descendants of Emperor Taizu could be granted the title of king, and the rest of the clan could only be granted the title of country.  male.  In the edict, Yi Feng re-confessed clans that were not descendants of Emperor Taizu, such as Qing Zhang Wang Yang Xiong and other clans. Yang Xiong, who had a high prestige in the clan and had firmly stood on the side of the new emperor last time, was finally knighted.  He is the Duke of Ye State.  Yang Xiong is also the only one in the clan who is not a descendant of Taizu to be granted the title of Duke. Most of the others are county Dukes, county Dukes and even the founding lords, uncles or son-in-laws.  Moreover, in Yifeng's change of title, each clan only granted title to the eldest son of that branch, and the other sons, regardless of the title of concubine, were not granted title. Only one, such as Cheng Yin, a third-grade high-ranking official's son, was qualified to enter the official position.  And Yi Feng was also very decisive in dealing with the descendants of Taizu Gaozu. After Gaozu Yang Jian sealed all the heirs of his four brothers to the southwest, Yi Feng this time simply eliminated the descendants of Taizu Yang Zhong's five sons.  Except for this, all the kings were dealt with in one go.  The ten sons from King Qin Yang Jun to Yang Yong were all feudalized to the southeastern border.  As for the sons of Yang Guang and Yang Xiu, they were all spared from death, but they were all demoted to common people and sent to the northwest frontier as common people. All the property and servants of the two rebel kings were confiscated.  The edict announced that those who were demoted from the capital would be demoted from the capital, and those on the border would be entrusted with vassal states. Under the urging of the warriors of the Yulin Army, no one dared to stay longer, and they all left the capital.  And those clans that remained in the capital were all stripped of their royal titles.  Except for the Sui Dynasty, among the capitalMy dear, there is not even a king anymore.  (To be continued)
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