The horses and mounts in the flood are also quite strong, and when the Li Mansion of Chentangguan opened a 100-day banquet, Wen Zhong and Zishou had secretly returned to Chaoge City.

Li Changshou could only hurriedly deliver a speech on behalf of the domestic servants and servants up and down the Li family, expressing a warm welcome to the birth of his son Jin Zha, and arranging for Chen Tangguan to play and sing the first musical instrument of the heavenly troupe, so he pretended to be overwhelmed by alcohol and left early.

It's night.

Most of them slept peacefully in the song city, and only some service streets and alleys were still noisy.

In the Great History Mansion, the patrolling guards walked through the front and back yards on time and on time, occasionally laughing, and muttering in a low voice, this Lord Dashi was not close to women, and there were no family members.

Li Changshou's paper Taoist sat in his study, wearing a dark red robe, and his long gray hair was meticulously combed, quite a bit of academic rigor.

By the window is a wine banquet ordered in advance, although the dishes are simple, but the amount is large.

After all, the guests to be invited today are quite famous in Chaoge City for their meals.

Three changes in the sub-hour.

Two cloaked black shadows came from the wall of the backyard, and the cloak carried extremely weak mana, which was able to hide their form in front of mortals.

Li Changshou smiled slightly.

This Wen Zhong can also be regarded as having touched the door, although he is trying his best to hide the fact that he is a 'strange person', but he has also learned to act cheaply.

You have to continue to grow.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door, Li Changshou stood up, the door of the study opened by itself, and the two black shadows rushed into the house.

The first person was Wen Zhong, and after entering, he took off his cloak and wide hat, bowed to Li Changshou, and said:

"Meet Dashi. ”

Li Changshou said with a smile: "Young teachers are more polite, don't be restrained." ”

After speaking, his eyes fell on the rather burly figure behind Wen Zhong, with a slight smile in his eyes.

Now standing in front of him is!

This infamy bearer through the ages, a typical representative of a tyrant without a way, and a mourner of the Shang Dynasty, Zishou Di Xin Xuan!

He was eight feet tall and had long arms and arms, and at this moment he slowly raised his head and took off his cloak and hat, revealing a young and angular face, and those somewhat narrow eyes exuded a confidence that was difficult to hide.

Li Changshou opened the Empty Dao Heart to avoid being affected by the robbery when he came into contact with the King of Xuan.

Then, the pair was bowed.

By the way, according to the rules of the Shang country, non-slave status, unless it is a sacrifice or confession, there is no need to bow down on weekdays.

"I've seen Prince Zishou. ”

"Lord Dashi is polite. ”

Zishou clenched his fists, bowed his head slightly, and said: "Zishou is not yet a king, and the great history is an important minister of the Liuqing, so there is no need to salute him." ”

Li Changshou said with a smile: "The prince is serious, please take a seat." ”

"As a guest, the great history is seated. ”

Wen Zhong also said on the side: "Dashi, you are seated, otherwise I won't dare to sit down." ”

Li Changshou didn't insist much, so he sat on the main seat, Wen Zhong and Zishou were one left and one right, and they were in a corner around the small round table.

Subsequently......

The atmosphere was a bit awkward.

Zishou put his hands on his knees, sat with his chest straight, and didn't know what to say for a while.

Wen Zhong pondered his words and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, the position of the heir of Zishou is still thanks to Dashi who spoke bluntly in front of the palace back then. ”

Li Changshou looked at Zishou and said with a smile: "What does the prince think about this matter?"

"Hmmm......"

Zishou showed a little thought in his eyes, but he knew that Li Changshou was testing him, so he had to be cautious.

Over the years, the young master has blown this great history to the sky, and even said that he is a man among the immortals, which is somewhat exaggerated.

Zishou quickly said: "For the events of that year, Shou was quite grateful to Dashi, but this gratitude was only for Dashi to be able to follow the etiquette and law. ”

"Hahaha-cough. ”

Li Changshou laughed a few times, "It's just a matter of doing business in his position." ”

Wen Zhong said with a smile: "Zishou, in fact, I also have a little personal relationship with Dashi. ”

"Oh, why haven't you heard the young master talk about it before?"

"This matter should not be publicized, otherwise it is easy to attract gossip. ”

Li Changshou said: "Don't mention this, the prince came today, I don't know why?"

Zishou arched his hand and said: "I came to seek advice." ”

"Oh?"

Li Changshou smiled and touched the wine jug, Wen Zhong's hand was quick, he grabbed the wine jug first, and poured wine for Li Changshou first.

"What is the prince here for?"

"Before the army killed the winning generals, the generals wanted to return to the song city to complain. ”

Zishou smiled self-deprecatingly, revealing a bit of helplessness.

"My father commanded them to be led by the army, and they were ordered not to take the commoners captive.

There are still generals who disobey the yang and yin, rip off the uniforms of the enemy soldiers who died in battle, and put them on the young bodies of those civilians, so as to get through in the dark.

If you are killed, you will make an example, so you will draw your sword and kill the general.

However, if this matter is returned to the Song City to make a big fuss, it will be quite passive, and the generals and generals in the army are afraid that they will attack the masses. ”

Li Changshou thought for a moment or two and asked, "The rule that civilians must not be taken captive as prisoners was drafted by the young master?"

Wen Zhong sighed: "Yes, it is indeed a disciple, cough, I drafted it." ”

Disciple?

The face on the side was thoughtful.

I heard Zhong continue: "The slaves are too many, and it is already a stubborn disease of the merchants, and the foundation of the building is already floating.

Although there are few Shang wars nowadays, and the slaves obtained through plunder are far less than the slaves accumulated over the years, this is the first step that can be started now.

Only by rejecting the practice of plundering prisoners of war as slaves may be able to restore the slaves who were originally captured by their ancestors to the status of normal civilians.

In this way, there will be many young and strong people in the business country, soldiers and horses can be strong, and there will be a steady stream of talents available for all walks of life, and the national strength will leap forward!"

"And then?"

Li Changshou asked with a smile.

Wen Zhong groaned a few times, and then said, "You are asking?"

"Don't talk about anything else, just talk about the business country itself. ”

"Then, the merchant country can extend its national fortunes and ......survive for a long time."

Li Changshou looked at Zishou and said with a smile: "The prince thinks the same way?"

Zishou's eyes were full of light, and he said in a fixed voice: "The words of the young master, the ambition of Zishou!"

Li Changshou sighed slowly: "Let's raise a glass and drink together, and talk while drinking." ”

The three of them raised their glasses and drank together, but Li Changshou closed his eyes first, put his hands in his sleeves, as if he was asleep.

He was thinking about whether he should call the 'King of Rings' tonight......

Although Li Changshou knew in his heart that even if he made a little move, the power of Heavenly Dao could not be resisted, but when a certain possibility was in front of him, Li Changshou still wanted to try it.

The point is, take 10,000 steps back, and this matter will not have any negative impact on you.

And from another point of view, there are not many opportunities for me to influence 'Di Xin', and now 'Di Xin' is still a 'prince's son', and the plasticity is still there.

"You're wrong. ”

"Wrong?" Wen Zhong was a little puzzled.

Zi Shou hurriedly said: "Could it be that there are other Zhongxing methods in my Shang Country?"

Li Changshou sighed: "The young master's words are reasonable, but his behavior is too reckless, the prince has studied the history of business, can you know why the national strength of Shang is gradually declining?"

The Son of the Teachings:

Zishou thinks about such a problem every day, and there are four reasons.

One of them is that before the ancestor of Wencheng set the law of inheriting the throne of the eldest son, there were often bursts of blood in order to compete for the throne, and the internal friction of the national strength was too serious.

Second, aristocratic families are becoming more and more stable, and most of them do not want to make progress, only have the idea of pleasure, and there are many people in *****.

The third is that there are too many slaves, which has become a hidden danger, the merchants are impetuous, and the hedonistic extravagance has become almost hopeless, and there is gradually no available talent.

The fourth lies in the princes.

When our merchants were in civil strife, 800 princes were cultivating and recuperating, and many of them were ambitious.

Jiang Shi, who is about to get married, is the daughter of Dong Bohou, I have not yet met her, I don't know the specifics, I have only seen the portrait, but she will definitely become my queen.

This was the father's firm policy. ”

Li Changshou put a piece of beef in his mouth and said with a smile: "Prince, we might as well deduce."

If this time, you have the support of the king, and the killing of generals in the army becomes the beginning of your reform of internal governance, what will happen later?

Wen Zhong also thought about it together. ”

So, Wen Zhong and Zishou thought about it separately.

After all, Wen Zhong is a qi refiner, he has lived for a long time, he is well-informed, and he considers the problem more comprehensively, and he soon realized the seriousness of the problem, and his brows furrowed into a Sichuan character.

Zishou was still a little more angry, and after thinking for a while, he said:

"There will be many old ministers who will oppose it. ”

Wen Zhong hurriedly answered: "Not only that, this matter involves more than just a family of military generals.

To solve the problem of slaves, it is inevitable that all the current princes, nobles, families, and even the common people will be touched.

Slaves needed only a ration, but they could plough the fields, dig canals, and serve as domestic servants, and most of them were born with no thoughts of rebellion.

If we just do it...... Hiss!

I'm afraid it's an earth-shattering change. ”

Zi Shou said: "What the young master said, is it a bit too exaggerated?"

"Prince, I took it for granted and didn't think about it before," Wen Zhong's face was a little gray, "The matter of slaves must be dealt with from the back and from the power."

The killing of generals in the army must cover up the past.

As we discussed before, it is absolutely impossible to argue about the harm of slaves to the country above the court!"

Li Changshou nodded with a smile.

Zi Shou's face was angry, and he said in a fixed voice: "Why are you afraid?

Wen Zhong sighed: "Strong argument is afraid of big things." ”

"The big deal is that this position is not guaranteed," the son rose up, "even if this life is given to them, why not!"

"Prince, prince," Li Changshou said busily, "don't be excited, you should be in power, don't be impatient."

These four points mentioned by the prince just now are to the point, and they are indeed the shortcomings of the Shang Kingdom today, these ills have accumulated over the years, and they have existed for an unknown amount of time, and they can not be easily changed in one or two sentences.

But if the prince is a future monarch who supports the great merchants, and is easily defeated by those old stubbornness, it will be the misfortune of the great merchant country.

Your ancestors, but they are watching you from heaven!"

Zishou looked ashamed, made a deep bow into the air, and sat down.

Li Changshou said with a smile: "In this case, I will not hide it, and offer three strategies for the prince and the young master." ”

Wen Zhongxi said: "With your help, the big business will be stable!"

Zishou also listened.

He was actually a little dissatisfied with the young master's flattery of Dashi, and if this Dashi was talking nonsense later, saying anything that made him give up reforming political affairs, then he would immediately turn around and leave.

But I heard Li Changshou say slowly:

"The first strategy is to be stable.

Before the prince could become the king, he had to win the support of the merchants, the common people, and the powerful people inside and outside the castle.

The prince must understand this truth - you are not the only son of the king, if the king has to behead the prince due to the pressure of the Shang kingdom, there is still an heir to the throne.

It is always the king, not the prince, who speaks. ”

Zi couldn't help but be silent.

Li Changshou said again:

"This second strategy is still stable.

There was a matter of 'Yi Yin's exile of the monarch' before, which is enough to be vigilant.

The process of the formation of the Shang king's power was centered on the civil and military generals, the powerful princes and princes who ruled around the body, and the government decrees needed to be executed, and the army needed to be led by generals, and the royal power was subject to it.

This is particularly important. ”

Zishou thought for a while and asked, "Can you please tell us more about Dashi?"

"To ask him specifically," Li Changshou pointed at Wen Zhong, "To put it simply, you must first win over the ministers and generals, let them be of the same mind as you, and then promote your reform step by step and subtly."

Whether it is to weaken the princes or to change the slaves to the people, it needs to be realized gradually, and it is impossible to achieve results in three or five months, and thirty or fifty years are somewhat reluctant.

The step is big, and it is easy to pull the big ...... The muscles on the inside of the legs!"

Zishou nodded slowly, quite touched by this.

Li Changshou continued: "Military power is the most important of them, and the prince must cultivate a general in the army that he can absolutely trust at this time, and have the absolute right to speak in Chaoge City.

This is the foundation of everything, and it is also the root of the princes' fear of the Shang king. ”

"Listening to the words of the great history, I was suddenly enlightened!"

Zishou's eyes were full of emotion, and he toasted Li Changshou with a cup.

"Don't be in a hurry, it's not finished yet. ”

Li Changshou chuckled and responded with a drink, and said with a smile: "This third strategy is still stable."

This stability is aimed at the major princes, and the princes are used to restrain the princes, and when they should be gentle, they should be gentle, and they are waiting for the opportunity to divide and dissolve, which is the most important thing. ”

Zishou pondered carefully, and his eyes gradually became full of light.

Wen Zhong asked again: "How should today's situation be solved?"

Li Changshou said with a smile: "It's easy to say, and it can also be beneficial to the son." ”

"Yes, I would like to hear about it!"

"In the name of righteousness, the prince should never mention the matter of reforming slaves for the people, and do not reveal the aspirations of his heart, even if he has said before, when someone mentions it, you will firmly deny it. ”

Li Changshou smiled and continued:

"The prince can say that the foundation of the great merchant kingdom lies in the bloody battle of the ancestors of the merchants, how can the descendants of the defeated be worthy of sitting with the merchants?

Of course, this is just rhetoric.

Prince, you must learn to shape yourself, distinguish between interests, and stabilize your identity as an heir.

In this way, you will have the opportunity to achieve your heart's ambitions.

How to play, you can discuss with the young master. ”

Wen Zhong said: "But, Dashi, one set before the throne and another set after the throne, isn't it criticized by others?"

Li Changshou smiled: "Can Zishou care about infamy?"

"Hahaha!"

Zishou laughed a few times, and his pride was suddenly born!

"Since I was a child, I was poisoned, victimized, fell into a well, and my house collapsed, and I was even gossiped that I was a strange life.

Infamy, Fuyuner.

If the country wants to reform, the king should bear the burden!"

Li Changshou said: "But reputation must also be paid attention to, this will also affect the effect of the decree, and it will also be realized."

In this way, this time in the name of benevolence and righteousness, on the grounds of martial virtue.

Why did the prince kill those two generals?

It was because the prince disdained to kill unarmed people and felt that the king should not raid and plunder, so he ordered them not to plunder the civilians.

The two generals disobeyed the military order and should be beheaded.

Persecuting the weak by cruel means violates martial virtue and discredits the face of Shang Jun, and needs to be punished.

After the matter was revealed, they intended to incite a mutiny in the army and cover up their own guilt, and they needed to be beheaded immediately, otherwise the army would get out of control and the consequences would be unimaginable.

After the prince thought about it carefully, he had to kill the victorious generals in the army.

And the generals of the army who clamored for the king to order the punishment of the prince were either ignorant of the truth or had ill intentions. ”

Zishou asked a little puzzled: "Then do they not know the truth, or are they unpredictable?"

"It depends on whether you want them to be ignorant of the truth, or if you want to be unpredictable. ”

Li Changshou smiled slightly: "The word power comes from the hearts of the people."

I also hope that the son will not forget today's words, do not rush for quick success and quick profit, do not seek overnight success, seek survival in stability, and seek change in stability, so as to achieve things. ”

Zishou got up and said deeply: "Thank you Dashi for your advice." ”

"Also," Li Changshou said with a smile, "I am the great history of the king, and it is not appropriate to say this to the prince, and it will all depend on the prince and the young master to work together later." ”

Wen Zhong and Zishou glanced at each other, the former was relieved, and the latter was full of stars.

Before Zishou left, he also asked Li Changshou a question, but Li Changshou failed to answer.

He asked:

"Dashi, I'm confused.

For so many years, there have been many people who have been looking forward to suffering and seizing the position, so the powerful colluded and the brothers plotted chaos.

Before he was born, many nobles of the family secretly served his brother.

Now that my father is old, the internal strife is already in front of him, and he has no fear or hatred, but he is afraid that the national fortune of the Shang country will be lost due to the internal strife, the dispute between the ancestors of the past dynasties, and the admonition of the ancestor of Wencheng are still in front of him, and he really dare not forget it.

Can the great history teach me whether I must kill my brother and kill my siblings if I want to become a king?

If there is no other way, you should cut it quickly to avoid chaos. ”

In this regard, Li Changshou thought a little, and could only say:

"Moved by the heart, the decision lies with you, and never forget that the ancestors of Shang are watching you from above. ”

......

"Six of a kind. ”

"Bump!"

Youqin Xuanya frowned and looked at the arrogant innate treasure, and continued to ponder seriously.

The spirit stones she earned as an errand in Heavenly Court were almost as fast as she lost half of them.