Jicheng, the General's Mansion.

Guan Yu was about to lead the army south to Jizhou and came to bid farewell to Li Yi.

Li Yi welcomed Guan Yu into the big tent and said straight to the point: "Yun Chang, I will hand over the military administration of Jizhou to you." Annoyed Yunchang sits in Yecheng, and you have full authority to deal with all matters in Jizhou. If there is no important matter, then do not report it, lest it be delayed. ”

Guan Yu hesitated for a long time, and then asked tentatively: "Big brother, at this time, Jizhou has basically stabilized, and big brother has no intention of going south to the Central Plains this year, so I think the best person to supervise the military and political affairs of Jizhou should be Li Xuan, the assassin of Jizhou, not me." It's better for me to go west with my eldest brother to Guanzhong, what does my eldest brother think? ”

"Last time, because of Jing'er's marriage, the relationship between Yun Chang and the Hebei scholars and officials was very stiff, are you worried that these scholars and officials will get in the way and do things against you everywhere?" Li Yi said with a smile.

"It's not just a scholar and an official...... Guan Yu said with a wry smile, "Even my sister-in-law has a lot of complaints about me." Therefore, once I supervise the military and political affairs of Jizhou, the Jizhou soldiers will think like this in their hearts, and they can know without asking. Big brother, forget it, don't ask for trouble. If you feel that Li Xuan's qualifications and prestige are not enough, you can let Kou Zhun and Tian Feng lead the military administration of Jizhou on your behalf. Now there are nearly 80,000 troops stationed in Jizhou, and there are generals such as Zhang Yan and Yu Ban who remain behind, and there will be no accident in Jizhou. Moreover, the military superintendent is a taboo in itself, and at this time, ......"

"At this time, it is necessary for the military to supervise the military and break the old practice of scholars monopolizing political affairs." Li Yi said with a smile, "In the future, you will have to enter the court as a secretary and deal with state affairs." What scholars can do, we can do. Do you think that after we use force to pacify the world, these scholars will be able to rejuvenate the Han Dynasty? When pigs fly! ”

"If you look at Dong Zhuo, you will know what our future is. Once these scholars monopolized power, the first thing they had to do was not to implement the new policy and revitalize the society, but to deprive us of our military power, drive us out of the court, and even kill us by all means. You know why? Quite simply, they see us as a potential threat to the community. To put it more plainly, they think that we have usenned their rightful authority and threatened their survival and power, so they want to kill us. If we want to live in peace and security, and if we want to do our best to maintain the stability of the society, there is only one way, and that is to share the authority with the scholars equally, and maintain the checks and balances of power with the scholars in the court. ”

Guan Yu looked at Li Yi in surprise.

"Think about Dong Zhuo again? Think about what happened in the Chang'an Imperial Court before? Li Yi pointed at Guan Yu and said, "If you don't enter the court in the future, I will be in charge of the court alone, and the result will definitely be exactly the same as Dong Zhuo." I'm dead, how similar is your fate to Li Dao and Guo Yan? ”

"Over the years, I have thought a lot, from Dong Zhuo's defeat, should we learn a lesson? Dong Zhuo, a martial artist, monopolized power in the court, and in the end he failed. So what do we do? ”

Guan Yu nodded again and again, and then he said worriedly: "Big brother, once the Son of Heaven is in charge, many things will not be left to us. Dong Zhuo's defeat, in fact, the main reason is that his strength is too weak, except for a few of them in the court, the rest are scholars, and the scholars can easily join forces to deal with them. ”

"Although we now have a group of loyal officials in Northern Xinjiang, our strength is still too weak compared to the scholars of the Han Dynasty. The eldest brother has been supervising the military administration in Hebei for so long, hasn't he felt the strength of the scholars? They can not only influence and constrain the formulation and implementation of the New Deal, but also slowly influence our military. ”

"You are unwilling to lead the military and government of Jizhou on your behalf, do you feel powerless to change this status quo? But if we want to survive and ZTE, we must face up to this problem and solve it. Li Yi waved his hand and said, "Whether you are Yide, Zilong, or Pengju, you will all face this thorny problem in the future, and we will definitely find a solution." ”

"Does Big Brother have a countermeasure?" Guan Yu asked.

"I've been thinking about it for a long time, but I can't think of a good way." Li Yi frowned and said, "In the new policy, there are great changes to the selection system, and township evaluations have been added on top of filial piety, but you must know that ordinary people can't even eat, how can they have money for their children to go to school?" Therefore, whether it is filial piety or township evaluation, the selected talents are all the children of the wealthy or their clan protégés. ”

"Although occasionally some poor scholars are selected, I took a closer look, and most of them are poor relatives of wealthy people who are from middle-class families or wealthy people. Therefore, the role of township assessment is really limited. Nowadays, the children and protégés of the gate valve family are all over the world, and all levels of the world's government are controlled by the local large and small scholar families. ”

"Since the selection system is difficult to change the situation of the gate valve clan controlling the government, then, there is only one way......" Li Yi lowered his voice and whispered, "Take advantage of the contradictions between the gate valve tycoons to vigorously weaken their strength. At the same time, he vigorously promoted the generals of the Northern Xinjiang Army to serve as county magistrates and take charge of local military affairs. In this way, the power of scholars and warriors will be reduced and the power of the warriors will be able to quickly enter the court and government offices at all levels, so as to effectively curb the control of the power of the Han Dynasty by the wealthy lords. ”

"Martial Rulers?" Guan Yu was secretly horrified.

Li Yi nodded and said solemnly: "Yes, if the martial artists can't effectively control the county, we won't be able to gain a foothold in the court." The system we have put in place will not be enforced. If the new policy is not resolutely implemented, we will not be able to stabilize and develop, and then we will not be able to get the support and help of some scholars, and we will not be able to make the Han Dynasty stable and powerful for a long time. ”

Guan Yu asked again: "What about the future?" In the future, when the Son of Heaven will rule, the new policy will be successfully implemented, and the country will be rich and the people will be strong, what will the warriors do? ”

Li Yixin said that Liu Xie's kid should not think about being in charge, and when he becomes an adult, he no longer knows what his surname is, how can he have a chance to govern?

However, such an idea can only be thought about in the heart, even if Guan Yu is his sworn brother, he can't reveal it to him for the time being. So, Li Yi casually found an excuse and said: "After ten or twenty years of changes, both themselves and their descendants have gradually become scholars. If you look at Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, the future of the martial arts is coming. Ten or twenty years from now, the warriors and their descendants will be all over the world. The re-emergence of the military meritorious class of the Han Dynasty will push Sheji into the heyday of Zhongxing. Ten or twenty years later, the scholars will no longer have the opportunity to monopolize authority. ”

"What about fifty years from now, a hundred years from now?" Guan Yu then asked, "Is there a way for the eldest brother to completely curb the greed and plundering of power by the wealthy men of the gate?" ”

Li Yi said with a smile: "Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, do you want to be useful?" If you think about the era of Emperor Gaozu, Emperor Xiaowen, and Emperor Xiaojing, when the warriors and scholars shared power, the society was stable, and the country was rich and strong, but what about after Emperor Xiaowu? A large part of the reason for the gradual decline of the military class is because the warriors have gradually become humanized, such as the former Situ Wang Yun, isn't his ancestor the general Wang Ba under Emperor Guangwu? ”

Guan Yu's face darkened.

"A dynasty is like a big tree, if it is carefully maintained, it may survive for a hundred years, a thousand years, or even ten thousand years, but it cannot live as long as heaven and earth. Our generation has made the Han Dynasty prosperous, and perhaps the next generation will push the Han Dynasty back into the abyss of overturning. Li Yi sighed in a low voice, "So, don't think too much, let's do your best to pull the big man out of the overturned abyss first." ”

Guan Yu was silent for a long time and asked, "Does the eldest brother have an explanation?" ”

"Continue to weaken the power of the Jizhou gate lords." Li Yi said, "When we occupied Jizhou, we took advantage of the academic differences in scripture and the opportunity to clear the land to attack a group of scholars. Last time, he used Jing'er's marriage to hit a group of scholars. This time, we have seized the opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity of the implementation of the 'counting and dictating of fields' in Hebei to remove a large number of county and county magistrates and place as many generals at all levels in the Northern Xinjiang Army as possible to serve in counties and counties. ”

"If the court officials object......" Guan Yu asked in embarrassment.

Li Yi smiled and said: "Now that the court is under our control, who dares to oppose it?" Most of the ministers and officials in this court are our own people, that is, the officials at all levels of our Hebei provinces. ”

"Although the power of the scholars above the court is still very large, we are not afraid at all. At this time, at least more than half of the county magistrates and county commanders in various counties were warriors, and the scholars could neither control the army nor the counties, and they still dealt with us? Whoever dares to rebel will die not as a scholar, but as a group of scholars. ”

"The more these stubborn and conservative scholars die, the better, and we have young scholars. Now there are many students in Jicheng University, they are all learning new learning, and they have a very thorough understanding of the crisis of the Han Dynasty today and the rejuvenation of the country under the new policy, and we try our best to use them to enrich the court and county governments at all levels. Only in this way can we work together from top to bottom, gather the greatest strength, and revitalize the community in the shortest possible time. ”

Guan Yu bowed down and accepted the order, and then asked: "After the eldest brother occupies Guanzhong, will I lead the army south to attack the Central Plains, or will I continue to stay in Jizhou to supervise and lead the army?" ”

"The matter of going south to attack the Central Plains is handed over to Yide, and your task is to sit in Jizhou, provide him with grain and grass, and ensure that he successfully occupies the Central Plains." Li Yi said.

Guan Yu asked again: "When does the eldest brother estimate when the army can cross the river and go south?" ”

Li Yi thought for a long time, and finally said: "If everything goes well, before October, the matter in Guanzhong will be over." (To be continued.) )