Chapter 277: There are only two plans of the princes
"Wen He's words make sense, but how should it be implemented?" Liu Xie looked at Jia Xu with a smile on his face.
"Back to Your Majesty, I think that in order to decide what to do, we should first analyze their purpose of coming to Luoyang."
"This is the time for His Majesty to hold a civil and military competition. They are here for no other reason than this."
"Now that we know their purpose, it's easy to analyze what they are most likely to do."
"They came to Luoyang definitely not to cheer for His Majesty, so I conclude that Yuan Shao, Liu Bei and their like came to Luoyang just to disrupt the civil and military competition held by His Majesty."
"The only way to ruin this grand event is to make trouble on top of the grand event, so that His Majesty will not come to the stage, and His Majesty will be embarrassed in front of the people of the world."
"Otherwise, we can win the first place in the competition and then refuse His Majesty's invitation in person. This will also greatly damage His Majesty's dignity."
"So, I think we can take precautions directly from these two points." Jia Xu analyzed it slowly to Liu Xie.
"Oh? Then please tell me how to do it specifically. Wen He please tell me in detail." Liu Xie looked at Jia Xu and asked in a deep voice.
"First, if Yuan Shao, Liu Bei and others want to disrupt the order in the competition and interfere with it."
"Then I can congratulate your majesty, and your majesty can kill him directly!"
"But I think that with the talents of Yuan Shao and Liu Bei, it is impossible to think of this."
"So, I think they will not choose this path, or in other words, even if they choose it, they will only be able to withdraw from some small roles."
"Regarding this small role, I think they will incite the children of those aristocratic families, and there are many of them."
"If this really happens, His Majesty may be in a dilemma."
"Well, Wen He is right. I hold these two competitions to select talents, and most of these talents come from poor families."
"This may indeed cause dissatisfaction among the children of aristocratic families, especially those areas controlled by princes." Liu Xie nodded involuntarily after hearing Jia Xu's words.
However, Liu Xie had already expected this and was prepared for it. For such children of aristocratic families, Liu Xie had no intention of compromising with them.
Because once this path begins, there is no room for compromise. If the Han Dynasty wants to develop in a long-term and stable manner, it must absorb a large number of children from poor families and give hope to the lower class people.
And doing so will inevitably affect the interests of the wealthy family, so there is actually no room for relaxation in this matter.
Unless Liu Xie gives up the idea of reemploying poor families. Why did Boss Cao dominate the north in history? Isn't it because Boss Cao employs people in an eclectic way and only values talents and neglects family affairs?
Therefore, although Boss Cao is from a noble family, there are still so many people loyal to Boss Cao. Turning around and looking at the people under Boss Cao, how many of them are from noble families?
And what did the people of the aristocratic family do? They didn't care about political affairs, they only wanted to enjoy themselves. The Jin Dynasty in later generations fully illustrated this point.
Liu Xie is a time traveler, with a perspective that is thousands of years ahead of this era. He knows that the imperial examination is the right way to select talents.
Now that he already knows the right path, why is there any need to please those aristocratic families? Liu Xie feels that his knees are very hard, and he cannot kneel down when facing aristocratic families!
On the other hand, the current Han Dynasty, on the surface, is a struggle between the emperor and various princes, but in fact it is a struggle between poor families and wealthy families.
If Liu Xie wins, the Han Dynasty will prosper and poor families will rise. If he fails, China will repeat the same mistakes and the people will be suppressed by the aristocratic families for hundreds of years.
Therefore, Liu Xie must fight and win this battle! For this reason, Liu Xie does not mind killing people, let alone killing all the wealthy families in the world!
"Your Majesty, I don't think there is any need to resort to the knife for such a matter." When Jia Xu saw Liu Xie listening to his hypothesis, he began to exude endless murderous intent, so Jia Xu could only persuade Liu Xie.
"What can Wen He do about this?" Liu Xie asked curiously when Jia Xu persuaded him not to kill anyone.
"It's very simple. His Majesty just orders these people not to serve as officials for three generations." Jia Xu said with a smile.
When Liu Xie heard Jia Xu's words, he was a little surprised at first, but after a while, he shook his head helplessly.
Regarding Jia Xu's words not to kill, Liu Xie felt that it was too light. If he really did this, Yuan Shao, Liu Bei and others would probably be happier.
Why, if these people are really banned from serving as officials by Liu Xie's order, it will be a disaster for their family.
After all, the reason why a wealthy family can become an aristocratic family is often because people within the family serve as officials in different places, thus turning into a network of influence of different sizes.
Only in such a network can these aristocratic families survive. Without this so-called aristocratic family, it would basically come to an end.
Therefore, in order to ensure that their families are undefeated, these children of aristocratic families will definitely turn to Yuan Shao and Liu Bei after being spared by Liu Xie.
Thinking of this, Liu Xie grinned. Do you want to hide this little trick from him? He dared to say that if Liu Bei, Yuan Shao and the others pushed the children of the aristocratic family to oppose his upcoming competition.
It was definitely not to let him kill these children of the aristocratic family, but to win over these people. After all, if things really come to that point, as long as Liu Xie is still on the throne, they will never get ahead.
They could only support Yuan Shao, Liu Bei and others to rebel. How could Liu Xie, who had already guessed all this, let these people retreat completely?
"What Wen He said makes sense. I have written it down. So, how should Wen He prepare for the second possibility?"
"Your Majesty, when it comes to this second point, I believe that this is the true plan of Liu Bei and Yuan Shao."
"Your Majesty, you can imagine this. If it is a civil and military competition held by your Majesty, and the final winner is one of their own, then how should the people of the world treat your Majesty? How should they treat the various princes?"
"When the time comes, coupled with the instigation of thoughtful people, the people will think that the destiny is in the hands of the princes, and it will definitely be a big blow to His Majesty's prestige." Jia Xu said this with some worry.
And his worries are not unwarranted. Let's put it this way, what is the significance of Liu Xie's civil and military competition?
Isn't it just for selecting talents to enter the imperial court? In this case, those who have already entered the imperial court will not be eligible to participate.
Otherwise, if you allow people like Lu Bu to participate, what will happen to people from poor families? But for the princes, there is no such concern.
So, if you think about it with your toes, you know that Liu Bei and the others will definitely take out all their strongest subordinates.
Chapter completed!