After the New Year's Eve, before the spring plowing, Xuchang was hit by a heavy snowfall. The thick snow accumulated almost a foot in the city, making traveling a bit difficult.
"Auspicious snow heralds a good harvest. This is a good omen." Lu Mansion, in the main hall, Lu Bu, Chu Nan, and Chen Gong are sitting together. Spring plowing is approaching, and the development of the next year is crucial.
High-quality cultivation has begun to be shipped to various places in batches. At the same time, the work of the Anbu is almost always supervising local county magistrates. Things in the future can be slowly adjusted through the system, but this year is very critical for Lu Bu's power.
Try to avoid war in the external political environment, and prevent the infiltration of noble families into the grassroots internally. The most important thing about the new law is not the court. The tone has been set. As long as people like Chen Gong and Chu Nan do not rebel, even if the six departments are infiltrated, it will not affect them.
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But the grassroots level is the foundation of new development. If the grassroots level is penetrated, the new policies and new laws will be in vain.
The noble family, the wealthy family, and the common people are all three. The noble family has been abandoned, and the remaining common people must be held in their hands. In layman's terms, the people's hearts must be on their side.
And grassroots officials face the people directly. If there are large-scale bribery here, the consequences for Lu Bu's forces will be unimaginable.
When spring plowing begins, Chu Nan will also travel to various places to completely stabilize the situation.
"The Xuanyuan Tomb incident has become more and more serious recently. Not only are the rangers from all over the place, but even various forces are also snooping on it." Chen Gong showed some information from this period to Lu Bu and frowned: "And around the Xuanyuan Tomb,
Monsters appear very frequently, and even strange beasts appear occasionally."
The so-called strange beasts are the demonization of extraordinary beasts, things like dragons, phoenixes and unicorns that only exist in legends. Of course, there are many opinions on what they are, but the movement in Xuanyuan Tomb is much greater than that in Yuzhou.
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"Now that the world is changing, people with magical powers are appearing frequently, which can be considered as indirectly helping us. After all, ordinary people who have magical powers will not be content with being ordinary, and will definitely use their magical powers to make profits for themselves. This is human nature. If we only have these
, it can still be blocked, but if it continues to increase and the system is not changed in time to channelize it, civil strife will arise on its own, and the princes of all parties will naturally be anxious." Chu Nan said with a smile.
In the past, people with magical powers were rare, and they basically served under the various lords and forces. Even the common people would be recruited if they awakened their magical powers.
But this number is limited. After all, the official positions of the various princes are basically divided up by the major noble families, and the space that can be used to recruit civilian talents is limited.
Moreover, there were not many people who awakened magical powers in the past, and the princes of all parties could still eat them. However, with the awakening of the power of heaven and earth, not only the beasts are frequently demonized, but also among the human race, more and more people are awakening to magical powers, and there is a potential for an explosion.
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Even if not, the power of mortals is constantly improving.
Once a person has power beyond ordinary people, he will naturally no longer be willing to be squeezed by others. Regardless of whether he has this awareness or not, his tolerance for those from above will continue to decrease as his own abilities improve.
These civilians who have awakened supernatural powers cannot be absorbed into their own forces in time, and it is inevitable that they will even conflict and cause chaos. According to the current news from Xuchang, there have been many civil rebellions in Jizhou, as well as in Jingzhou and Jiangdong.
Similar questions.
On the contrary, the Central Plains, which is supposed to be the most chaotic, does not have this problem.
When Chu Nan was in Xuzhou, he had already established the Hall of Strange People to attract people who were awakened from the public. Moreover, the New Deal was catching up with this wave of changes in the world. Compared with the original inspection and promotion system, the New Deal was naturally more fair in selecting scholars.
, at the same time, Qiren Hall also has a complete set of employment procedures that everyone can understand.
Moreover, the Qiren Hall also provides pre-job training. After joining the WTO, we will arrange to learn the corresponding content wherever you go and what you do. Many of the earliest members of the Qiren Hall are now also teachers at the Qiren Hall.
As more and more people awaken to magical powers among the people, the Qiren Hall is also expanding rapidly. Even if they don't join the officialdom, there will be corresponding taxation and various preferential treatment policies to attract these Qiren Hall disciples.
Recently, Chu Nan is planning to grade the disciples of Qiren Pavilion according to their talent level and their own academic performance.
Even if you have average magical powers, but you are willing to work hard to learn all kinds of knowledge, you can reach the top group. Of course, if you want to sleep well, it is up to you, Qijen Hall will support you.
Chu Nan showed great tolerance towards this kind of special talent.
It is precisely because of the existence of the Qiren Hall that there was no large-scale rebellion in Yanyu and Xu Sanzhou like under Yuan Shao's rule.
The advantages and disadvantages of the old and new systems have shown great disparity in the process of adapting to this world-wide change.
Chu Nan believed that the major princes would also see the problems in this, but if they want to learn from the Qiren Hall system, they must come up with practical benefits to replace those nobles who have no ability but rely on their family background to occupy high positions.
At this point, we must innovate like Chu Nan.
But most of the princes relied on the support of the nobles to get started. Lu Bu's power is definitely an outlier in today's environment. If others learn this, if they are not careful, they may be directly overturned by the nobles. But if they don't learn, wars will continue in the country.
, Lu Bu's power outside the country will grow rapidly, and in this case, it will be destroyed sooner or later.
Of course, these are the two most extreme examples. Chu Nan thought to himself that if he were other princes, he would not take the extreme method of direct innovation and reform, absorb people who have awakened supernatural powers, cultivate his own power, and then gradually find opportunities to squeeze out
He suppressed the power of the noble clan and gradually strengthened himself.
Of course, you can also use another one. If the princes themselves cannot absorb so many, the scholars and princes will absorb them together. Finally, a balance will be reached, which can also digest these folk magicians.
Of course, the premise is that heaven and earth will never change again.
Chu Nanjue's changes in the world are related to the secret realms that are constantly being unlocked. The true immortals suppressed in these secret realms will be called the nourishment of heaven and earth. The more secret realms that are opened, the more true immortals the world will absorb. In the end, it is likely that in a few days
Ten or hundreds of years later, ordinary people can have the strength of today's top warriors.
Of course, that may not necessarily be the case, but it is right to prepare in advance based on this result.
The most important thing is to find a way to absorb and utilize the power of heaven and earth, whether it is cultivation or technology.
Chen Gong agreed with Chu Nan's proposal. The entire world is currently undergoing major changes that have not happened in thousands of years. New power is being injected, new forces are emerging, and they are constantly impacting the old decadent system. If there is no change, there may be no need to break out.
In a large-scale war, you will collapse first.
From this point of view, Lu Bu's forces, which pushed the aristocratic family with a large amount of resources to the opposite side in the battle, had the first mover advantage in this change. Without the constraints of the nobles, the new nobles had not yet grown up, and they had a lot of room to absorb these new people.
Those who have awakened supernatural powers are at the forefront of the world's princes in this regard.
The power of the people is getting stronger and stronger. Even if the power of the princes themselves has not changed, it is still relatively weak. Therefore, the secret realm that the princes did not pay much attention to in the past has now become a battleground.
After all, the destruction of a secret realm is likely to create a first-class strong man. Just like the last time Chu Nan broke through the Tian Heng Island secret realm, he gained not only a lot of luck, but also the magical power of emotion. Although it is not a magical power in combat, it can really help
Chu Nan is very busy.
Naturally, others don't know about this, but at this stage, many top powerhouses came from the secret realm, so it is impossible for the princes not to know this.
"Moreover, spring plowing is approaching. If this secret realm is not dealt with as soon as possible, the people in Xinzheng may have to move." Chen Gong sighed.
As soon as the secret realm appeared, not only did the number of monsters and beasts begin to increase, but more importantly, the growth of all things accelerated. Just like when the secret realm of Tian Heng Island was opened, everything grew like crazy. By the time Chu Nan came out of the secret realm, the area around Tian Heng Island had almost become primitive.
The forest, the village that Mi Fang originally built on Tianheng Island, has long been swallowed up by the forest and coffins.
Crops do not have an advantage in this kind of barbaric growth and can easily be robbed of nutrients by other plants.
Therefore, it can be predicted that the cultivated land in Xuanyuan Tomb and even Zhengzhou will be covered by a forest.
Chu Nan knocked on the table and said: "Last year, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry started to make preparations for the relocation. The disciples planned to use Luoyang as a place to move. After a great war that year, all ten houses were empty and the fields were barren.
It’s just right for the migratory population.”
And when the time comes in the future, Luoyang will definitely be rebuilt. After all, in terms of terrain and politics, it is more suitable to be an imperial capital. Xuchang is okay now, but after they defeat Yuan Shao, it will not be qualified to be an imperial capital.
"Luoyang?" Chen Gong thought about the location of Luoyang and nodded silently.
In fact, Luoyang is now considered a land without one, but who let the emperor be in their hands?
The biggest advantage of having the emperor in your hands is that these unowned lands can be directly counted as your own. As long as they are useful, you can use them. For some small princes, you only need an imperial edict to surrender them.
Zhang Xiu, for example, is now nominally subordinate to the imperial court, but is actually controlled by Lu Bu, but retains a certain degree of autonomy and serves as a barrier between Lu Bu and Liu Biao.
For another example, there are now more than a dozen princes in Guanzhong. Some of these small princes can be surrendered through the emperor's edict, and the rest can be dealt with slowly.
"When will Zi Yan leave for Xinzheng?" Chen Gong asked, looking at Chu Nan and Lu Bu.
In the case of Xuanyuan Tomb, the secret realm should have been opened in the past few days.
"Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow." Chu Nan looked at Chen Gong and said, "Teacher, do you have concerns?"
"Yes." Chen Gong nodded: "This time the three of me will go together, and there will be no one in Xuchang. Will there be any changes?"
Lu Bu, Chen Gong, and Chu Nan are now the biggest anchors in Xuchang City. Why should one of them be left behind? If all three go, wouldn't it make Xuchang empty?
"My disciple actually wants them to change, but I'm afraid I don't have the courage!" Chu Nan said with a smile.
The grassroots level was in charge of the Anbu, and the only capable person in Xuchang City was Xun Yu. He hoped that Xun Yu would take action, so that when he came back, he could legitimately talk to Xun Yu.
Chen Gong looked at Chu Nan, a little helpless. His disciple was very bold in his tactics without involving the safety of himself and his family.
"Since Zi Yan has made arrangements, we should take care of this matter sooner rather than later. Let's leave tomorrow." Chen Gong looked at Lu Bu and said.
Lu Bu nodded: "Yes."
This was the first word he said since the negotiation!