"When we implement these three strategies in Jingzhou, we can win the favor of the emperor at the top and win the hearts of the people at the bottom. The only people we will offend are powerful men. Do you think so, Bonin?"
Man Chong nodded, Chen Yuan was right.
"It's just that in today's world, the powerful are powerful, while the emperor and the people are weak."
Man Chong is right, it is indeed the case today.
The most powerful person is not the emperor, but the powerful.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was forced by the powerful to open a school in Hongdu, had to sell his official position and win titles, had to favor the eunuchs, and had to give the powerful the power to recruit and train troops with confidence.
What is the most tragic scene?
That was Fatty Dong causing trouble in Luoyang.
This is the result of a powerful and intentional act.
Chen Yuan nodded: "The emperor is right to be weak, but the power of the people is infinite. It's just that we haven't given full play to the power of the people."
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Not to mention that Man Chong was confused, everyone present was also confused.
This is really the pinnacle of their concepts.
Although Mencius has already said that the king is the most important, the people are the most important, and the country is second, Xunzi also said: "The king is the boat; the common people are the water. The water carries the boat, and the water overturns the boat."
But in the minds of most people, the common people have no power, they are just being ruled.
Chen Yuan said that the power of the common people is infinite, and they all felt that Chen Yuan wanted to deceive them.
Everyone didn't believe it when I saw it.
Chen Yuan knew it was time to teach these people a lesson.
By the way, Chen Yuan has done political work.
This kind of ideological lesson is so easy to grasp.
Immediately, Chen Yuan gave the three people an ideological lesson called the power of the people.
Let’s start with Fu Shuo’s promotion among the building blocks, Jiao Ge’s promotion among the fish and salt, Guan Yiwu’s promotion among the scholars, Sun Shuao’s promotion in the sea, Baili Xi’s promotion in the city, and then go to Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, Emperor Gaozu, Emperor Guangwu, etc.
wait.
Various deeds in past history illustrate that heroes are not only among the nobles and powerful, but also among the common people.
This is the first point.
Then I started to talk about the power of the people, starting from the Chinese uprising and ending with the Yellow Turban Rebellion, to illustrate how powerful the power of the people is.
After Chen Yuan said this, Xi Zhi raised a question directly.
"It is true that as Zichu said, the power of the people is indeed strong, but why did both the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang Rebellions and the Yellow Turban Rebellion fail?"
When Chen Yuan heard Xi Zhicai's question, he couldn't help but clapped his hands: "Zhicai has a sharp eye and has seen the root of the problem."
"Yeah, why did such a massive uprising fail?"
After looking at everyone, Chen Yuan said directly: "The reason is that although the common people have strong power, they do not know how to use this power. Without wise leaders, this powerful force was eventually controlled by powerful landlords.
Exploit and seize.”
Xi Zhicai's eyes lit up when he heard this: "It's like what the Yellow Turban Rebellion achieved in the end was neither the emperor nor the common people, but powerful landlords?"
As soon as Xi Zhicai said this, everyone suddenly realized.
Several people here were heroes at that time, and of course they could see the situation after the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
First of all, the authority of the emperor or the central court was greatly reduced. The power of the court was greatly reduced. The most obvious thing was that it collected less taxes and its control over local areas was greatly weakened.
Secondly, local governments and powerful powers have the full power to recruit their own troops, and their power has expanded rapidly.
We must know that there were very few standing armies in the entire Eastern Han Dynasty. In addition to the tens of thousands of Northern troops in the center, there were some standing border troops on the borders. There were no standing armies in the inland counties.
The entire country's standing army will not exceed 50,000.
It is conceivable that local military strength is almost non-existent.
This is also one of the reasons why the Yellow Turban Rebellion was so huge at the beginning. The local military strength was too weak to resist it.
Therefore, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty had no choice but to order local counties and powerful people to recruit their own troops to resist and suppress the Yellow Turban Army.
In the end, the Yellow Turbans failed, the emperor also failed, and the power of the powerful became stronger.
Seeing that everyone had realized something, Chen Yuan continued: "So, we in Jingzhou must harness the power of the people. If we use this power correctly, we will definitely be able to change the world. As long as the people can support us, even the most powerful people will be able to change the world."
What the hell!"
"These three policies are the initial guidance of policies that use the power of the people."
"As long as these three policies can be implemented, in less than three years, I, Jingzhou, will no longer be afraid of any force! By then, my lord will be able to take charge of the center and revitalize the great Han Dynasty."
Well, Chen Yuan was talking about taking control of the central government and reviving the Han Dynasty. He did not talk about making Liu Bei the emperor.
It certainly cannot be said that not only Liu Bei disagreed, but many people also disagreed.
It's different to be in charge of the central government. Being the prime minister or general is also the same as being in charge of the central government.
It can also regulate yin and yang, control all officials, and assist the emperor.
Of course, this is just Chen Yuan's statement to deceive people. Even if Liu Bei doesn't agree to be emperor, it will be out of his hands.
Chen Yuan had already planned to make Liu Bei the emperor.
Any powerful official will either plot rebellion or die miserably, there is no other way out.
See Huo Guang and Wang Mang.
They were all powerful officials. Although Huo Guang died a good death, after his death, the whole family was sentenced to death. Not to mention Wang Mang, who directly usurped the throne.
To be honest, the outcome of powerful ministers will not be good, so the outcome of powerful officials' subordinates will definitely not be good.
As Liu Bei's most trusted minister, Chen Yuan would die even worse if Liu Bei didn't have a good outcome.
Therefore, only by making Liu Bei the emperor, these ministers of Liu Bei's group will have a good ending.
When the time comes, even if Chen Yuan doesn't persuade him to come in, there will be many people who do.
Chen Yuan only needs to create a situation where Liu Bei can legitimately ascend the throne, giving Liu Bei a sufficient excuse to have to ascend the throne and become emperor.
For example, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty died tragically.
Of course, even if Emperor Xian of Han died tragically, he would never die at the hands of Liu Bei's group.
It would be best to die in the hands of Fatty Dong.
This time, no one had any doubts anymore.
And after this debate, Man Chong also completely returned to his heart.
Because he felt that the people in Jingzhou valued the people and were good at using the power of the people.
What's this?
This is the one who wins the hearts of the people.
It is also unknown whether the lord will become the emperor in the future.
Man Chong thought so in his heart.
Man Chong has no loyalty to the current emperor, and is even disappointed with the current imperial court.
Otherwise, he would not have given up his official position and gone into seclusion in the first place.
There is really no place for him to display his talents, and there is also the danger of death.
It's different now. After Chen Yuan's recommendation, Liu Bei has appointed Man Chong as the legal officer of the Prefecture Mufu and the military officer of the Zhennan General's Mansion.
Junzheng is a law enforcement officer who specializes in enforcing military law.
To put it bluntly, Man Chong suddenly became the number one person in Jingzhou’s criminal law.
This is a great reuse.
This debate further unified thinking and established Jingzhou's governing ideas.
The core is one thing: putting people first.
This is not only different from other states and counties, but also different from the imperial court.
The governing ideas of other states and counties are mostly based on strong power.
The attitude towards ordinary people is that as long as they can live, they don't care about how they live.
After the discussion, everyone went down.
Liu Bei left Chen Yuan behind.
"Fourth brother, how are you preparing for the opening ceremony?"
In a few days, the opening ceremony of Xiangyang Academy will be held. This is now a top priority in Jingzhou, so Liu Bei naturally wants to ask about it.
"Don't worry, brother, everything is ready."
Liu Bei nodded, thought for a moment and then said: "Zichu, when will you and Zhaoji get married?"
Chen Yuan has no elders, so Liu Bei, as the eldest brother, naturally has to worry about this matter.
After all, we had already made an agreement with Cai Yong before, and all the three matchmaking and six appointments were done, leaving only the final step of consummating the marriage.
But because things were urgent in Luoyang, the wedding was not held in Luoyang.
It's been a long time now, and it would be rude to delay it any longer.
Chen Yuan thought for a moment: "After the opening ceremony, the eldest brother will discuss with the teacher and choose an auspicious day to get married."
Liu Bei nodded and smiled: "That's great. Yunchang and Yide, I, and I are waiting for you to create a little nephew for us."
Chen Yuan rolled his eyes when he heard this: "Brother, don't just talk about me. You, your second brother, and your third brother should also think about marriage. As the saying goes, there are three ways to be unfilial, and having no heirs is the most important. Especially eldest brother, you are already in your twenties.
Now, everyone is looking forward to the eldest brother giving birth to an eldest son."
Chen Yuan is ordering Liu Bei.
Now that Liu Bei is the shepherd of Jingzhou, he has a large group of civil servants and generals under his command. The Liu Bei Group has begun to take shape. If Liu Bei, the leader of each group and force, has no descendants, it will be a very big hidden danger.
Because the stability of Liu Bei Group cannot be guaranteed.
To put it mildly, if Liu Bei is gone now, Jingzhou will definitely fall apart.
No one can replace Liu Bei's position.
Not even Chen Yuan can do it.
When talking about this matter, Liu Bei's face became serious.
He knew what Chen Yuan said was right.
This is no longer Liu Bei's own matter, it is the entire Jingzhou matter.
It's not that Liu Bei didn't have concubines, but he didn't have a wife whom the matchmaker was marrying.
Even if concubine Ji gave birth to a son, he was not considered a legitimate son and could not inherit Liu Bei's power.
Liu Bei asked Chen Yuan directly: "Fourth brother, do you have any suggestions?"
Liu Bei is asking Chen Yuan who he should marry?
Chen Yuan thought for a while: "Brother, I think it would be better to call everyone together to discuss this issue."
Chen Yuan didn't want to decide this matter alone.
It's not that Chen Yuan is avoiding suspicion, it's mainly that Chen Yuan can't think of anyone who is suitable.
Mrs. Gan, Mrs. Mi, and Mrs. Sun are either in the land of Xuzhou or have not been born yet, so they are not suitable.
As for Queen Wu, she is now the daughter-in-law of Liu Yan's son Liu Mao, which is even more inappropriate.
Apart from these people, Chen Yuan could not think of anyone who was suitable for Liu Bei.
Liu Bei thought for a while and felt that Chen Yuan was right.
This should be discussed by everyone.
So they called Zhicai, Gu Yong, Tian Feng, Jushou and Man Chong back to discuss the matter.
When several people heard this, they thought they were discussing marrying Liu Bei.
Everyone suddenly became interested.
To be honest, it's not that no one introduced Liu Bei to a wife, but the candidates those people introduced did not meet Liu Bei's ideas.
Liu Bei doesn't think about love anymore. He only chooses a wife now to see if it will help his career.
As long as there is help, a powerful daughter can be married, and a daughter from a poor family can also be married.
Xi Zhicai was the first to speak: "My lord, I also have a sister of Xun Yu, named Xun Cai. She is smart, agile and talented. Although she married Yin Yu first, she is now a widow. She is loyal and a good match.
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Hey, Chen Yuan suddenly remembered the girl Xi Zhicai was talking about.
Isn't this the Xun Cai whose corpse is still in the dark?
This Xuncai is the daughter of Xunshuang.
At the age of seventeen, Xun Cai married Yin Yu. Yin Yu died two years later, and Xun Cai was unwilling to remarry, but Xun Cai agreed to marry Xun Cai to Guo Yi, a native of the same county.
Xun Cai took advantage of others being unprepared and wrote on the door with powder: "The body returns to the grave", and then hanged himself to death.
Therefore, as soon as Xi Zhicai finished speaking, Chen Yuan said: "Zhicai, I have also heard about this girl. Her ambition is extremely loyal. It may not be easy for her to marry the lord."
Xi Zhicai nodded: "What Zichu said is true, but it may not be impossible."
The reason why Xi Zhicai recommended Xun Cai was that he had no intention of repaying Xun Yu's kindness.
In his opinion, Liu Bei's future was limitless, and marrying Liu Bei would be very beneficial to Xun's family.
Chen Yuan glanced at Xi Zhicai and said nothing.
This is human nature, and it is not considered humiliating for Xun Cai to be Liu Bei's wife.
I'm afraid it's not an easy thing to change this girl's mind.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have committed suicide in the end.
Liu Bei nodded: "Let's note it down for the time being. Is there anyone the other gentlemen can recommend?"
Gu Yong thought for a while and said: "Kuai Yue has a sister who is virtuous, virtuous, and unparalleled in beauty. She can be the wife of the Lord."
Gu Yong also had selfish motives for recommending Kuai Yue's sister.
Now Gu Yong gets along well with the Kuai brothers. It is reasonable that the Kuai brothers are very helpful to Gu Yong.
It would not be a bad idea for Liu Bei to marry the daughter of the Kuai family.
Liu Bei continued to nod and said to Tian Feng and Jushu: "Two gentlemen, can you teach me?"
Jushu and Tian Feng looked at each other and said, "My lord, why don't you ask the daughter of your godfather to be your wife?"
As soon as these words came out, Chen Yuan and Liu Bei's eyes suddenly lit up.
yes.
You can marry Lu Zhi’s daughter.
Not only can it further strengthen the relationship with Lu Zhi, but it can also win over the hearts and minds of people in Hebei.
This is also the way to balance.
And if you marry Lu Zhi's daughter, you won't be afraid of the influence of your relatives becoming stronger in a short period of time.
Even in the future, there is no need to be afraid, because the power of the Lu family is in Youzhou, thousands of miles away.
Chen Yuan and Liu Bei looked at each other and thought this proposal was very good.
However, Chen Yuan suddenly had a bad idea in his mind.
Chen Yuan smiled secretly: "Everyone, I have an idea. Please listen to it."
Everyone looked at Chen Yuan, wondering what Chen Yuan was thinking.
"I heard that Cai Xi has a daughter with a beautiful face. I thought I could try to tell my lord about it."
As soon as Chen Yuan said this, everyone's eyes changed when they looked at Chen Yuan.
This guy is simply evil.
At this time, if you want to confuse the Cai family, you are simply not a son of a man.