"Is it just a scholar?"

Guo Jin frowned and asked, "Father just said that the scholars threaten us in the center, and the strong threatens us in the locality, so they should all be enemies, right?" ”

Guo Peng smiled and understood what his son meant.

"Ah Jin, my father knows what you mean, indeed, they are all enemies, this is certain, but you can't be in a hurry, for now, the threat of scholars is greater than Haoqiang, and it is also scholars who need to be solved as soon as possible, not Haoqiang.

Moreover, if you want to solve an interest group, you can't do it alone, if you don't have helpers, do you want to duel with a group of them with a knife? Therefore, you must have a helper, and this helper, not to mention how strong, must at least have the strength to fight with the scholars. ”

Guo Peng looked at Guo Jin and said, "Father asks you, for now, who is your helper, the helper who can fight with the scholars?" ”

"Like the Cao family and the Xiahou family, the literate hero."

This time, Guo Jin did not hesitate.

Guo Peng nodded.

"Yes, it's these Haoqiang, Li Shu is not a climate for the time being, it is impossible to be your arm, even if you have the heart, you are powerless, you want to fight against the scholars, you can only rely on Haoqiang, so Haoqiang is not our enemy for the time being, although they are all people, but there must always be a sequence.

In reform, we must work slowly and meticulously, and if a reform involves too many people, you will not be able to overturn a boatload of people with one stroke; in reform, we must always unite the majority, strike at a small part, and do our best to win over those who can be co-opted, so as to reduce the enemy's counterattack to the minimum.

You have to constantly unite the objects that can be united, destroy your enemies little by little, and accumulate them with continuous small phased victories, so as to obtain the final fundamental victory, and if you can't turn all these 400,000 people into enemies at the beginning, then you will become a public enemy of the whole people, and the end will be Wang Mang. ”

Guo Jin nodded again and again, then thought for a while, and asked: "Then according to what my father said, we must take our time and continue to reduce the strength of the other party, so can we also draw some different groups within the scholars to divide and attack?" ”

Guo Peng looked at Guo Jin with satisfaction and nodded and smiled.

"Yes, my son has already entered the house, you think well, even in the group of scholars, there are also existences that can be used, such as Cheng Yu, such as Cai Yong, such as Tian Feng, such as Man Chong, they have a different relationship with our family, they have an in-law relationship, or they are the earliest old department of their father.

In the eyes of others, they are not only scholars, but also relatives, scholars and relatives, this identity can be distinguished from other simple scholars, or the contradiction between the Dashi clan and the small Shi clan, we can also use the small Shi clan's eagerness to get to the top, provoking them to challenge the Dashi clan.

Ah Jin, as long as it is a person, as long as it has held power, it will have the heart to climb upward, which is irrefutable, you have to see who these people who are eager to get power, whether they can use it, how to use it, loyalty is unreliable, reliable is the right interest.

We can set the initial target on the top Dashi clan with the smallest number of people, such as the Xun clan, such as the Chen clan, and use all means to instigate the Xiaoshi clan and the Hanmen Haoqiang to dismember the Dashi clan, and then turn the gun and unite Haoqiang to clean up the relatively small number of Xiaoshi clan.

Ah Jin, you must know that on the battlefield of politics, different interests are enemies, so as kings, the enemy of the whole world, but there is a more critical point, you must know and remember, on the battlefield of politics, the enemy of the enemy is your friend. ”

Guo Jin narrowed his eyes and slowly pondered the meaning of this sentence.

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend...... Therefore, it is necessary to divide the strong and the scholars, win over the strong and strong, fight the scholars, win over the small scholars, and fight the great scholars......"

"That's right, so since my father started the army, he has used Haoqiang multiple times, suppressed the scholars, attacked the scholars, promoted the Haoqiang to his side, occupied a certain position, promoted the Haoqiang, and competed with the scholars for power, and deliberately created contradictions between the scholars and the heroes, so that the heroes and the scholars were opposed."

Guo Peng said slowly: "Understand this premise, you can start reforming, and then, we have to figure out what needs to be done at each step, how to do the first step, how to do the second step, take your time, don't mess up, this is a century-old national policy, not a year or two can be completed." ”

"So, father, what should we do first?"

Guo Jin looked at Guo Peng expectantly.

"The first step is that the Father has done it for you."

Guo Peng smiled and pointed to the factory building: "Papermaking and printing are the foundation of all this, and they have been completed, so we can start the second step directly." ”

"This ...... That's great! What about the second step? ”

Guo Jin looked at Guo Peng happily.

"The second step is a bit difficult, and it has to be completed in small steps, and it may not be completed in the end of my father's life."

Guo Peng took a deep breath: "If you want to change the status quo of being an official by blood, the imperial examination is necessary, but the root of the problem is not in the inspection or imperial examination, but in the monopoly of knowledge, and the education is controlled by scholars."

If we can't find the source of officials from outside the scholars, then no matter how much we reform the system, it will only be a new bottle of old wine, and there will be no substantive change, and we have done so much, not really for political struggle, but for reform, if the ultimate goal cannot be achieved, it will be a pure political struggle. ”

"Father means that the officials are selected from among the Li Shu?"

"Not only Li Shu, but also Haoqiang, at this point, the interests of Li Shu and Haoqiang are the same, because Li Shu doesn't even know words, Haoqiang knows words, but he has no knowledge inheritance, or even if he learns, he can't get the recognition of scholars, it's useless.

Therefore, we must select officials from Haoqiang and Li Shu, reform the inspection and examination, establish the imperial examination, and include the children of Haoqiang and Li Shu in the scope of the imperial examination, so that Haoqiang Li Shu can compete with the scholars and compete for official positions together, so that the second step is completed. ”

Guo Jin frowned: "But father, Haoqiang has no family education inheritance, and his knowledge is not proficient, most of Li Shu is illiterate and does not read, just rely on his father to send people to eradicate illiteracy in the countryside, so that Li Shu can know limited words, and they don't understand the principle of governance, so it is impossible to ...... with scholars."

Speaking of this, Guo Jin suddenly stopped his words, his eyes widened, and he cast his gaze to the factory not far away.

Guo Peng smiled.

"You didn't understand it just now, but now you finally understand what the first step is for your father?"

"My father improved papermaking and created printing in order to let the children of Haoqiang and Li Shu have books to read, be literate and learn knowledge?"

Guo Jin was shocked: "This is to make the imperial examination replace the inspection examination, so that the children of Haoqiang and Li Shu can also compete with the scholars on the same stage?" ”

"yes, that's what it's for."

Guo Peng nodded with satisfaction.

"Father! This...... You thought about it five years ago? ”

Guo Jin immediately looked at his father with great admiration.