In Xiapi, the Governor's Office, Chen Gong looked at the latest battle report and felt a little emotional in his heart. A year ago, he would never have imagined that Lu Bu could achieve this situation.
Cao Cao's death made Chen Gong quite emotional. Although he had wanted to kill him countless times when he was alive, but now that he thought about it carefully, the conflict between himself and Cao Cao actually became more complicated as he understood the artistic conception of Confucianism.
It has already disappeared.
After the news of Cao Cao's death in battle came, Chen Gong was not too happy, and only felt a touch of emotion. After all, the two of them had been close to each other, and they had had a good time drinking and chatting about the world.
Compared to Lu Bu, he actually has more in common with Cao Cao.
But it's all in the past. No matter how many grievances and grievances have disappeared with the death of Cao Cao, the living people have to face many problems.
His disciples made a mess for him. People were wanted everywhere and people were killed everywhere. More than half of the officials under Cao Cao's rule, from prefects to county magistrates, were killed. Xuzhou's reserve talent has been replenished. Chen Gong is now in
Counties in the Central Plains recruited knowledgeable people to serve as officials.
Lu Bu's power is different from other forces. The selection of talents is extremely targeted. Others spend a lot of effort to find aristocratic families. The local area is basically a gentry system. In a county, everything from officials to economy is controlled by one big family or more than a dozen people.
It is controlled by a small family. Although this system is what they are aiming for, it is actually related to maintaining stability. As long as these small families are willing to support it, then this place can basically maintain stability.
On the contrary, if you don't get the support of these local powerful people, it will be useless even if you become the nominal magistrate of this place. You will find it difficult to move forward.
However, the Xuzhou Army went in the opposite direction. When they arrived at the place, they first killed the powerful nobles and tried to find a way to kill the powerful nobles in the county. Even if the other party was willing to fully rely on it, they had to weaken it enough to not be able to affect the local area.
the point.
Bringing financial power and personnel back to the government office and distributing it by the government office will increase the prestige and strength of officials in the local area and weaken local power.
But this will naturally give rise to new problems, such as the officials sent to the government who become corrupt and accept bribes after taking power, colluding with these out-of-power families again, and regaining control of local finances.
So when he was in Xuzhou, Chu Nan had already begun to deal with this matter, weakening the power of the county magistrate and separating the tax power separately. In other words, the county magistrate had no tax collection rights. In addition, Chu Nan also established a supervisory office.
It was listed under the Ministry of Punishment and was directly managed by the core of Lu Bu's power. The prefecture was under supervision, but these people only took care of officials, not people. County magistrates and tax collectors were the objects of their supervision.
But in this way, new problems will arise. If local forces want to frame the county magistrate, it will be too easy to create the illusion of corruption. As the source of the problem, Chu Nan will be even more ruthless. Once corruption is discovered,
There is no question whether the county magistrate will do it or not, but the local forces who bribed them will be executed in every house. They would rather kill a hundred by mistake than let one go. The surviving local powerful forces in various places are all recorded in the book.
Once a problem arises, don't ask any questions, but go to the local forces first.
Cruelty is cruel, but there is no way. These local forces directly affect the local people's livelihood. Chu Nan wants stability, and also hopes that the people can recuperate and gain public support and luck, so they can only be unlucky. Even if they are right, they occupy a large number of
Social resources still cause trouble in the place, and that's your problem.
The land of the Central Plains is newly acquired, and the New Deal is still being slowly promoted. Some phenomena are not obvious yet, but in Xuzhou you will find a very interesting phenomenon. The people do not have much awe for the powerful nobles in the past, and sometimes even point out
Even the powerful nobles dare not act recklessly without scolding.
What Chu Nan actually imposed was severe punishment, but he narrowed the scope of the punishment. Although these noble clans and powerful people who stayed behind took the initiative to accept the New Deal and did not violate the criminal law, they stayed. They also had a lot of resources in their hands, but Chu Nan
The slogan used when promoting the New Deal in many places among the people is that the more wealth, the greater the responsibility. Since you have a lot of wealth, you should bear more responsibilities. When local problems arise, officials should be held accountable. Although the gentry is not an official,
But the responsibility he bears is greater than that of officials!
At the same time, tax power and political power are separated, and with the addition of procuratorial power, it is difficult for local forces to form a governing environment that is closed to the outside world. As the nobles and powerful people who have suffered the most suppression, they are now living in trepidation.
There are even green-skinned scoundrels in many places who keep an eye on these powerful nobles and report them immediately if they make a mistake. In this environment, although the powerful nobles have not become officials, they have to help Chu Nan shoulder the responsibility of stabilizing the place.
Although this method is effective, it is actually unfair in the long run, and it will also dampen the enthusiasm of the people. After all, when being rich becomes a high-risk industry, when I am poor, I am proud, which becomes a mainstream ideology.
At this time, people's enthusiasm for creating wealth will be greatly affected.
At the same time, business will be greatly affected. If Xuzhou can tide over the difficulties, the role of business will be great.
Regarding this matter, Chen Gong had a chat with Chu Nan. Chen Gong’s suggestion was that this method can be used if the situation is unstable at the moment, but you must think about improving your strategy in the future. Otherwise, if things go on like this, even if the world is re-established, the world will be in this kind of political situation.
If it goes down, it will become a pool of stagnant water.
The answer given by Chu Nan also satisfied Chen Gong. Now is an emergency, so he should take extraordinary measures. He does not need to wait for the world to be unified. As long as Lu Bu's power is firmly established in the north, he will be ready to change to a new method.
There is even a direction, with moral guidance and some examples. As long as you are willing to serve the country and the people, you will be supported by the people and praised by the court. At the same time, we advocate this so that the people can follow suit.
In short, during the war, Chu Nan preferred the methods of farming and warfare in the Shang Lord's book, but the severe punishments were only used on powerful nobles, which could not only gain popularity but also stabilize the place.
At least from Xuzhou's current perspective, although there are no rich people, the lives of private craftsmen and even farmers are much better than before, and their support for Lu Bu's power has reached an extremely rare level.
Of course, one of the reasons for this is that Chu Nan severely punished the powerful nobles, but more importantly, Xuzhou's annual grain production is eight times that of the past. It is harvested four times a year, and those who are more diligent can even harvest five crops.
The grain output in one season was more than in previous years. In many places in the Central Plains, people were starved of food due to locust plagues and droughts, but every family in Xuzhou had a surplus of grain. This was an important reason for Lu Bu's support.
In the case of launching a war against the Central Plains, the government office did not even need to collect additional grain. The grain tax from the government treasury alone was enough to support the consumption on the frontline battlefield.
As for whether this is a merit or a demerit, at least it is beneficial to the people for now. As for how to change it in the future, we can only tell at that time.
Now that he was going to Xuchang, Chen Gong suddenly felt reluctant to leave.
"Sir." The clerk came in and saluted Chen Gong.
"What's the matter?" Chen Gong raised his eyes and asked.
"The guards just sent the order, Master Ziyan is back." Shu Zuo bowed.
"I know, ask him to come here to see me." Chen Gong was startled, then laughed and said, this man really can't stand talking about it. Just now, he thought that his disciple should have arrived, but he didn't expect that as soon as the thought came up, he
came back.
All in all, it was only more than half a year from the time the troops were dispatched to now. For some reason, Chen Gong felt that he had not seen this disciple for a long time.
"Here!" Shu Zuo bowed, turned around and left in a hurry.
On the other side, after Chu Nan entered the city, he looked at the flowery city in front of him and felt a little lost for a moment.
Speaking of how prosperous it is, for Chu Nan, who has seen modern metropolises, it is naturally not something to be counted. However, in the past six months, all he has seen are ruins and homeless people living in no stable places due to war. Even Xuchang
, it gave him the feeling of ruin, and the faces of the people showed panic and helplessness.
As for Xiapi, the first place where the New Deal was implemented, what Chu Nan saw was the bustling streets and alleys, with the flow of people coming and going. There were fewer people in rich clothes and more people in coarse cloths. Most of these people lived at the lowest level.
At this time of year, ordinary people do not have time to go shopping in the past. Unless necessary, shopping is the privilege of wealthy families. Even if ordinary people come over occasionally, they will go to the market with a clear purpose, in a hurry, to buy something for themselves.
Whatever you want goes away and never stays.
What he saw now, although the coarse linen clothes were not as beautiful as the brocade clothes, the people's vitality and puffed-up chests that were not seen before gave Chu Nan an inexplicable sense of accomplishment.
All of this is created by oneself.
"This is Xiapi?" Xue Ti and Lu Qian felt even more intensely. What Chu Nan could feel, they could naturally feel. Compared with the hell on earth rumored in the outside world, the Xiapi in front of them gave them a different feeling.
A very comfortable feeling.
Occasionally, I see people wearing brocade clothes, and they are all humble and polite. Although there are not many, they give people the impression that their quality is ten times better than those arrogant celebrities in Xuchang. This is really humility.
What kind of system and environment could create such an unobtrusive integration of the common people and the nobles? He even saw a few scholars who were also wearing coarse cloth. The awe-inspiring aura on each other's body could not be deceived.
"Yes." Chu Nan nodded, looked at the two of them and said, "It should be much better than hell on earth."
The two of them looked at each other in silence, how much more powerful were they? Looking at the thousands of cities in the world, probably none of them could be like Xiapi.
And thinking back carefully, from the time we entered the boundary of Xuzhou, although the feeling of the cities along the way was not so strong, this feeling of vitality lingered in my heart until we arrived at Xiapi, where this feeling reached its peak.
"Other cities will become like this in the future." Chu Nan said with a smile. It takes time, but it doesn't matter. He is still young and has time to change the world. As long as the Central Plains becomes like Xiapi, some ideas will be impacted and
Change, once that step is reached, the road will be much smoother. It would be better if we can defeat Yuan Shao and capture the entire Hebei land.
"Young Master." At this moment, Chen Gong's secretary came to Chu Nan. The relationship between the two parties was master and apprentice, so Chen Gong's secretary often called Chu Nan Master instead of his official name, which was also a sign of intimacy.
"What's the matter?" Chu Nan asked with a smile when he saw Shu Zuo.
"Sir, please go to the government office." Shu Zuo bowed.
"Okay, where are you two?" Chu Nan looked at Xue Ti and Lu Qian.
"No, Mr. Gongtai is a great scholar in the country. It's not good to pay him a visit in such a hurry. I'll wait until the next day to hand in the invitation and come again."
"Then ask Zhou Cang to arrange for you to stay and stay in Xiapi for a few days." Chu Nan nodded and did not force it. After bidding farewell to everyone, he went straight to the Yamen Office...
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