"Although Chu Nan has a little wisdom, he has no great talent. Now, although he is sitting in the land of Jiuzhou, he does not know how to govern it. He is called benevolent and righteous, but these hundred coins are just to plunder the people's fat and anointing. It is completely different from its original intention. I think the people of the Central Plains,
There will be chaos due to this coin." In Jingzhou and Xiangyang, famous people gathered in the governor's office. Many famous people in Jingzhou and Xiang commented on the hundreds of coins issued by Chunan. They all said that Chunan's move was to plunder the people's fat and the people's anointing. Instead of claiming to be benevolent and righteous, he was already serving the people.
Going in the opposite direction.
"They are cruel and unkind people. How can they be so kind to the common people if they treat the nobles like this? I see, within a few years, there is no need to attack. Now the land of Kyushu will fall apart. We only need to ignore it."
With a clever plan, Chu Ziyan can be saved forever!"
Listening to the high-minded talk of these celebrities, Liu Bei took a sip of wine with some depression. Seeing that some scribes came to ask questions, he also smiled and echoed a few words.
The Hundred Coin coin has been in use for several months. Chu Nan specified that trade with various states would be settled using this coin, and it was also promoted to a certain extent in the Central Plains.
Liu Bei couldn't tell why Chu Nan suddenly minted these hundred coins, but Liu Bei didn't believe it if it was just to scrape the people's fat.
He naturally doesn't like Chu Nan, but he also admires Chu Nan's methods, so there is no conflict.
Chu Nan started out as a merchant, and now he has become the world's most powerful man. Liu Bei is almost a witness. Every time Chu Nan makes a move, Liu Bei will think about it again and again.
The subsequent promotion concept, from the establishment of the Qiren Hall to the restructuring of the Qiren Hall last year, everything seemed inexplicable at first, but judging from what happened later, he was undoubtedly right.
Chu Nan began to massacre and suppress the noble clans in Xuzhou. In the eyes of the people of the world at that time, Chu Nan and Lu Bu could not go far. Their actions were undoubtedly enemies of the people of the world, and they could not go far on this road.
However, after the massacre that shocked the world, the people of Xuzhou returned to their hearts, and Lu Bu became increasingly powerful. Xuzhou's manpower and material resources, which were previously unable to be mobilized, all flocked to Lu Bu after Xuzhou was pacified.
The people's support is also fulfilled.
It seems like an incredible scene, but Liu Bei can probably understand why it is like this. He has climbed up from the bottom, and he knows that the conflict between the people and the scholars has reached a very serious level.
Scholars were regarded as the tools used by various princes, including before the Great Chaos, for the imperial court to rule the people. However, scholars gradually expanded to the point where they could counter the imperial power. From the source, the Great Chaos was also the backlash of the expansion of scholars to a certain extent.
The people couldn't survive, so they naturally had to fight hard. However, I didn't think much about it at the time, but now that I think about it, there may not be any traces of scholars.
And everything Chu Nan has done before is actually to suppress the scholars, destroy their power, and then re-establish a new gentry system. It is not clear whether it is still called scholars, but its effect is the same.
.
I originally thought that this was just the beginning of repeating the rise and fall of the Han Dynasty, but judging from the restructuring of the Qiren Hall, Chu Nan obviously knew this. The restructuring of the Qiren Hall was aimed at the newly rising gentry, directly bypassing this class and serving in the imperial court.
A channel was established between the people.
As for the promotion of contemplation methods, it has certainly caused many unstable factors, but judging from the current results, it is not as imagined. It has given the people the power to face monsters. Jingzhou, Jiangdong, and Sichuan have
The scourge of monsters and beasts, but only in the land of Kyushu, the scourge of monsters and beasts is very rare. In turn, there are even monster hunters, a group that is inconceivable to the princes everywhere.
Liu Bei once wanted to try to recruit a group of well-known demon hunters to serve as his generals. After all, these demon hunters were quite capable. After some training, they might become generals.
But was rejected.
I would rather be a demon hunter under Chu Nan's rule than come here as a general. To put it bluntly, demon hunters are just like the hunters here. They don't have a high status. Although my side is small, it has
With his name as an imperial uncle, how come he couldn't even invite a few demon hunters?
Of course, it is not impossible to recruit them. The ones he is looking for are all quite famous demon hunters. Ordinary demon hunters can still be recruited if they can be given good conditions, but their abilities are mostly ordinary and there are no
significance.
But from this point, we can see the support and yearning for Chu Nan among civilian talents, even though they have never even met!
It was also at that time that Liu Bei began to study Chu Nan's strategies for governing the country.
Many things will become clear when viewed in hindsight. Why did Chu Nan become more stable after massacring a large number of famous people, instead of having an unstable foundation and causing chaos under his rule?
Why was Chu Nan able to defeat the strong with the weak every time, first defeating the combined forces of the Chen family and Sun Ce, then Cao Cao, and finally even Yuan Shao.
Lu Bu's courage alone is obviously not enough.
Now that there are results and processes, it becomes much easier to deduce the reasons. The Chunan butchers did not just slaughter, but came up with a law, and those who violated it were killed, and those who resisted were killed.
Wang Mang seems to have done something similar, but not as thoroughly as Chu Nan did, but why did he fail?
The difference is that while Chu Nan slaughtered the people, he also attracted another group of people, poor families, common people, humble officials in the government offices, and ordinary people. But from the beginning to the end, no scholars were willing to stand on his side.
Therefore, the scholars could only fight back from the bright side, but in the process, Chu Nan attracted a large number of poor people and common people talents for its use.
While the previous framework was broken, new frameworks and systems were quickly established, so a scene appeared that puzzled the people of the world. The more the scholars were slaughtered, the more stable the people's hearts were. It made people think that killing the soldiers would stabilize the people's hearts.
In addition, Chu Nan also has a very strong control over public opinion, and he can often find very reasonable reasons for killing people, and is not the indiscriminate murderer rumored by the world.
By studying Chu Nan, Liu Bei vaguely seemed to see a framework that enveloped the entire world, and everything Chu Nan did was done around this framework. This framework was what allowed Chu Nan to win the hearts of the people and achieve the momentum it has today.
The fundamental reason is that everyone lives within this framework and can find their own foundation in this framework. Even Chu Nan left a way for the scholars.
It's just that those roads are looked down upon by scholars who are accustomed to their own rights, but this road may be the most suitable for the development of the world, so Chu Nan can simply be decisive when slaughtering people, even people like Xun Yu and the Xun family
Talented people and famous people can be killed without hesitation as long as they go outside the framework given by him.
I have ridges in my chest at such a young age!
Liu Bei still hates Chu Nan. Whether it is the revenge for killing his brother or the conflict with his own idea of supporting the Han Dynasty, there is no possibility of reconciliation between him and Chu Nan. But on the other hand, after studying Chu Nan for several years, Liu Bei has a deep affection for Chu Nan.
I admire him, and sometimes I feel some regret when I think that Chu Nan actually wanted to defect to him.
It seems to be a conflict, but in fact it is not. People can have hatred, but they cannot let hatred control their reason.
"Xuande seems to have something on his mind?" Liu Biao looked at Liu Bei and saw that he was not thinking, so he asked with a smile: "But there is something on his mind?"
"Brother, I'm sorry." Liu Bei nodded and said with an apologetic smile, "I'm just wondering what the meaning of Chu Nan's move is?"
"It's nothing more than plundering the people, why should Mr. Xuande worry about it?" Xu Si laughed and said: "It seems that those who are born as merchants only have wealth and no righteousness in their eyes. What they are doing now is just revealing their true colors.
It’s just a pain to the people of the Central Plains!”
Xu Si was originally a counselor under Cao Cao. When Zhang Chao and Chen Gong welcomed Lu Bu to Yanzhou, Xu Si was one of them. Later, Lu Bu reused Chu Nan to reform the system. Xu Si was dissatisfied and did not dare to fight against Chu Nan, who had already risen at that time.
The enemy, so he abandoned Lu Bu and defected to Liu Biao.
After arriving in Jingzhou, he criticized the Chunan system for a long time and gained the name of a national scholar. Now he is also quite famous in Jingzhou and is Liu Biao's guest.
"Bei hopes so too." Liu Bei nodded and did not argue with him. In Jingzhou, criticizing Chu Nan is a kind of political correctness. Speaking for Chu Nan will be regarded as an alien. Liu Bei and Chu Nan are enemies, although they know it in their hearts.
Chu Nan would not be so short-sighted, but he would not offend anyone for it. He thought for a while and said, "But Chu Nan is as cunning as a fox. He pushed out these hundred coins inexplicably. I am worried that this is his conspiracy. Brother, please don't do it."
Don’t guard against it.”
Liu Biao nodded and said: "Xuande's worries are not unreasonable. It's just that Chu Nan tied this coin with Xu Jin and refined salt. If the Jingxiang gentry wants to buy Xu Jin, they can only exchange it for this money, and they can also buy it."
Even if it’s a 10% discount, we can’t stop it.”
Although the two sides are political enemies, they are not completely cut off from each other. Each state has a demand for the Central Plains, and the Central Plains also has many supplies that are only available in the South and need to be purchased from here. Even if there is a war, there will still be contacts between merchants on both sides.
Moreover, Chu Nan now dominates the nine provinces and trade with each other, which is actually an advantage for them. Therefore, neither Liu Biao nor Sun Quan prohibited this business activity and chose to acquiesce.
Liu Bei smiled and said, "Maybe I am too worried."
"I heard that Xu Huang, a general from Chu Nan, was guarding Nanyang. He was once a general under Cao Cao. Does Xuande know this person?" Liu Biao was not very concerned about trade, but when Nanyang changed hands, Zhang Xiu went to Chu Nan, and changed his name to Chu Nan.
Xu Huang, the general under Chu Nan's command, came to guard Nanyang, which made Liu Biao feel a sense of crisis.
"We have met several times." Liu Bei nodded and said, "This man is very good at military strategy and strict in running the army. He once followed Cao Cao in the south and north, and later followed Chu in the south to attack Jizhou. He has made great achievements.
Don’t be careless.”
Liu Biao nodded silently and said with emotion: "Since the annexation of the four northern states, Chunan has become a major trend. Now that Xu Huang is the governor of Nanyang, he has designs on Jingzhou, so we must guard against it!"
"Don't worry, brother, Bei has set up a defense line in Xinye. If Chu Nan comes to attack, Bei is willing to guard the gate of Jingxiang for brother!" Liu Bei said solemnly.
"I know Xuande's heart." Liu Biao laughed and said, this was Liu Bei's secret request for more military power. Liu Biao didn't answer, so Liu Bei didn't say anything more. The guests continued drinking, composing poems, and talking loudly.
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