When the Chen family was wiped out, Chu Nan really didn't go. After all, the family was full of young and old, and adults were the only ones. Children would also be beheaded. If he really went to see it, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to bear it, but sometimes this kind of thing cannot be avoided. Hatred
It can only be considered over if one party is completely destroyed.
Chu Nan absolutely supports the annihilation of the Chen family this time. If the Chen family is not destroyed, the meaning of this battle will be halved. It has a deterrent effect, both for outsiders and for one's own people.
The next most important thing is to take a short rest, and the second is to give rewards to the generals.
"What does it mean to close households without enfeoffing land?" Lu Bu asked, looking at the memorial sent by Chu Nan.
"Xiapi is different from other places. Xuzhou calculates taxes based on fields, and the land in the world is always limited. If we keep using land to reward people, how will we do it when the land is exhausted? It is better to count it by households, such as 100 households.
A portion of the tax paid by one hundred households is used as a reward, which occurs every year. The household registration can even allocate a piece of farmland, which makes people feel that the land belongs to them, which is actually the case, but the tax is collected by the court and then forwarded to the officials.
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After Chu Nan finished speaking, he looked at Chen Gong and said, "What do you think, teacher?"
"In this way, the burden on the people will not be increased, the court will have enough tax burden, and most importantly, the soldiers will be happy." Chen Gong said with a smile: "However, in the future, the operation of the government office will consume a lot of energy, and even special personnel will be needed to handle this.
thing."
Chu Nan nodded and said: "So I suggest that after the incident here is over, a new department called the Household Department will be established to deal with these matters. In the future, agricultural taxes will be collected directly by the court, and local officials are not allowed to collect taxes privately."
Xuzhou has been returned to Lu Bu. If we want to continue to develop in an orderly manner, we must have an effective system. The Ministry of Punishment has achieved initial results last time. Now the Ministry of Households has been established to take back local financial rights.
Of course, things won't be that simple.
If local governments lose their financial power, their enthusiasm for governance will definitely be greatly reduced. They do not seek merit, but seek no faults. However, this is the best way to stabilize the local area and limit the dominance of local officials. The rule of morality is important, but the rule of law cannot be replaced.
We cannot place all our hopes on people's character. Not to mention that character is easy to fake. More importantly, human nature is complicated. Looking at ancient and modern times, how many people can truly be called honest officials?
Instead of believing in virtue, it is better to formulate a feasible system to regulate everyone. It is impossible for generations to come. In this early stage, as long as the system is not too bad and offends all classes, it can basically play a good role.
Lu Bu is now taking the path of wooing the poor, common people and common people, and completely abandoning the gentry. The advantage is that power is concentrated in his hands, but the disadvantage is that management costs are higher and he is extremely dependent on systems and laws.
After hearing this, Chen Gong thought for a moment and glanced at Chu Nan: "Zi Yan is ready to practice?"
"That's not true, but our system is different from the filial piety and integrity system, so we rely more on Legalism." Chu Nan shook his head. He admitted that he is a man who is easily driven by desire, and the Legalist life is extremely self-disciplined.
, I can’t do it no matter what.
"What's the difference?" Lu Bu asked confused.
"Xiaolian is the family system. You only need to gather all the major families around you, and then rely mainly on the family governance. The results will be okay in the early stage, but in the later stage, there will be many families like the Chen family that can control the power of the place. The advantage is
There is no need to invest a lot of manpower in governance. The disadvantage is that as the gentry continues to grow, it can threaten the imperial court. As for the method Ziyan said, it can greatly limit the gentry from becoming powerful, but it requires a lot of manpower and material resources. To be honest, this
The road is not suitable for the present moment, but it is suitable for Marquis Wen." Chen Gong sighed.
Not suitable for the moment? But suitable for yourself?
Lu Bu looked at Chen Gong blankly. Are these two sentences contradictory?
"Now that the world is in chaos, too much manpower and material resources are consumed internally, which will inevitably cause a huge financial and food burden to the internal affairs. Therefore, as long as the governance is not too chaotic, family politics is more suitable for today." Chu Nan explained to Lu Bu: "However, limited to
Due to his family background and reputation, it is extremely difficult for a father-in-law to pursue the path of family politics, and it is very likely that, like the Chen family, they may seek refuge with the father-in-law on the surface, but secretly cannibalize the father-in-law in private, or even betray the father-in-law for their own gain."
"Of course, even if they are not father-in-law, they will still seek personal gain. When the family is large to a certain extent, this mentality is inevitable. When the interests of the family conflict with the interests of the world, changing the emperor or even changing the court will not matter to them.
question."
"Of course, this is just an initial trouble. In the later stage, our army will form a complete set of laws. When everyone follows the laws, the benefits will be huge." Seeing Lu Bu's silence, Chu Nan smiled and said: "
Most importantly, this road is more suitable for my father-in-law."
The strategy of aristocratic family politics is a game for the upper class. Power only circulates within a circle. If you are from a lower background, people will not even look at you until you have absolute strength.
Lu Bu's background is not bad, but in this circle, he belongs to the bottom of the bottom. He is destined to be unable to identify himself with the aristocratic family, so it is impossible for Lu Bu to pursue aristocratic family politics now.
The advantage of family politics is that it can quickly gather strength. Take Xuzhou as an example. Xuzhou's resources are one hundred. If Lu Bu could get the support of the Chen family, then Lu Bu could get fifty in a very short period of time, but fifty is also the limit.
If you want to take more, the aristocratic family will come out to object.
If you follow the rule of law and treat your own territory as a court from the beginning, you may only get ten in the beginning. After a series of struggles, you gradually gain control of real power and get fifty, but fifty is not the upper limit because there is no aristocratic family to suppress you here.
, so Lu Bu can continue to obtain Xuzhou resources. It is impossible to reach 100 in the end, but it is possible to reach 80 or 90.
"What Zi Yan sees is extremely clear." Chen Gong nodded to Chu Nan with satisfaction. This profound insight into all things is the reason why Chen Gong is optimistic about this disciple. The strategy may not be enough, but Chu Nan can see
The most fundamental problem here is Lu Bu.
"That's it." Lu Bu nodded, indicating that he understood: "Then Zi Yan will be in charge of this household department after this battle is over."
This household department has great power. Even if Lu Bu doesn't know much about politics, he can tell that this household department is very important. If it is handed over to others, even Chen Gong, Lu Bu is not too relieved. He still leaves it to his son-in-law. He has never let it go.
I have been disappointed.
"Nan takes the order!" Chu Nan nodded, not too surprised by Lu Bu's choice. After all, Lu Bu didn't have many people he could use now. The head of the household department was either himself or Chen Gong.
However, although Lu Bu's internal worries have been relieved now, there are still many problems. The main problem is the lack of talented people. There is no shortage of grassroots officials, but there are not many who can help Lu Bu handle internal affairs. Chu Nan and Chen Gong can only serve concurrently.
After this battle, we must find a few good advisers as soon as possible.
The next step is to reward the generals according to their merits. Now there are not many official positions that Lu Bu can give. Among the generals, except for Wei Yue, Cao Xing, Huang Zhong, and Wei Yan, who have been promoted or newly elected generals, the other general positions have been
It is difficult to be promoted again, so firstly, you need to show your merits to the court to get the title, and secondly, you need to be rewarded with wealth.
It is not easy to reward based on merit. If it is not handled well, even if everyone is banned, everyone will still be dissatisfied.
Therefore, under Chu Nan's suggestion, all the achievements in this battle were listed, and rewards were awarded based on the contribution to the battlefield.
In this battle, the achievements of the five generals Wei Yue, Wei Xu, Song Xian, Cheng Lian, and Cao Xing were basically in harassing the Guangling Army. The Guangling Army was forced to continuously shrink its defense line and was also related to these five lines of cavalry.
In addition to that, they had to capture various cities. Although the cities they captured were basically unmanned, their merits still need to be counted. No one’s credit would be the same.
After that, there are three people: Huang Zhong, Gao Shun, and Wei Yan. Gao Shun and Wei Yan both contributed to breaking the city, but Huang Zhong shot Jiangdong Handang, killed Jiang Qin, and hindered Sun Ce from breaking out. This credit is not as good as the credit of breaking the city.
Small.
Of course, the ones who deserve the most credit are Chen Gong and Chu Nan. They are the makers and executors of this plan to defeat Guangling, so the credit should naturally go to them.
In addition, the generals who participated in this battle also received rewards based on their merits.
Lu Bu wanted to give Wei Xu more credit, but was stopped by Chu Nan.
"Father-in-law, you need to be selfish, but you can give it in private. But in official matters, once you hide your selfishness, the soldiers will be worried and resentful. If you want to give a reward, your father-in-law can give you some other benefits after the reward is over, but formally
Don't be too selfish when it comes to awards." Chu Nan said with a serious face.
After Lu Bu hesitated for a moment, he nodded and said: "Then we will do it according to Zi Yan's wishes. There are many treasures in the Chen family's treasury, which can be used as rewards."
It took three days to collect the rewards. No accident occurred to the entire Chen family. They were all beheaded. The heads of Chen Gui and Chen Deng were hung on Guangling City as a warning.
If it were placed in other places, such a famous person would never dare to show it to the public like this even if he was killed. But as Chu Nan said, debts are too many to weigh him down, and Lu Bu also understood where his future path lies.
, started doing these things without any hesitation.
The Chen family was exterminated, and this has since become history. However, dead people are also valuable. Chu Nan asked Lu Bu to take advantage of this period to send two letters, one to the court. The Chen family rebelled and wanted to help Yuan Shu. Our army went to Guangling to prepare.
When he and the imperial court attacked Yuan Shu, they were blocked by the Chen family. In the end, they successfully defeated the Chen family's rebellion. They were preparing to march into Jiujiang soon to cut off Yuan Shu's path. There were many meritorious soldiers in this battle. Please reward him from the imperial court.
The other part was sent to Shouchun and handed over to Yuan Shu. The Chen family had been wiped out, but the Xuzhou army suffered a lot of battle losses during the expedition, so I hope Yuan Shu can provide some assistance.
If they don't give it, they will be more confident in sending troops. If they do, it doesn't matter. Yuan Shu is almost gone anyway. After they prepare here for a few days, they still send out troops to destroy Yuan Shu.
After the death of a Chen family member, Lu Bu took this opportunity to get benefits from the Yuan and Cao families. The more he saw his son-in-law's attitude of taking advantage of the dead, the more he liked it. Chen Gong did not refute this matter, and Cao Cao also
Well, neither Yuan Shu nor Yuan Shu is a good person.