In the Fenggao Prince's Mansion, grand banquets are in the ascendant.w w .
In addition to the Bao family, almost all the powerful local families in Taishan came. It was inevitable that Taishan would change its owner, so they naturally wanted to express their respect. More importantly, they wanted to see the scenery. If they could get the king
Yu's personal promise would be the best.
Because they are from the same hometown, and also because they have seen Wang Yu's military appearance and know that it is difficult to compete, the Taishan heroes are not too resistant to Wang Yu. But Wang Kuang's actions in Hanoi are really worrying, so they will not come
Looking around, they found that they were really worried.
Only after meeting these people did Wang Yu fully understand what Zhang Miao meant by what he said on the road.
In this era, no matter who controls a piece of land, they have to plunder the powerful families. The common people either become the Yellow Turbans and rebel, or they depend on these powerful people to survive. The remaining ones who survive independently can only barely survive, and plundering them is ineffective.
Maybe it will force out more Yellow Turbans.
It is much easier to start with the powerful. Killing a few big households will yield greater gains than killing tens of thousands of civilians. You will have everything you need in terms of money, food, and population. The most important thing is that you don't have to spend a lot of money.
The focus of searching is how to choose the target and how to search.
It is the most common way to win over people through official positions. As far as Wang Yu knows, this is what Liu Biao did in Jingzhou. Among the four major aristocratic families in Jingzhou, he focused on winning over two of them and maintained good relations with the other two.
Relying on the money, people and efforts of these important families, Liu Biao promoted the pacification of Jingzhou and took control of power, or he shared power with these important families.
Liu Biao was just the most typical one, and other princes more or less did the same thing. The reason why Han Fu approached Yuan Shao to show his favor was actually not because he was too stupid to see through the other party's intentions, but the aristocratic families in Jizhou refused to support him.
, what can he do?
However, although this method is good, it has many disadvantages. The biggest trouble is that these aristocratic families will continue to erode the power in the hands of the princes. In the end, it will become a situation where the weak follows the strong. Liu Biao is the most typical example in history.
example.
Many of the powerful people who came to support Wang Yu today had this idea. Whether they succeeded or not, they would not be disappointed. Anyway, it would be nice to spend some money to buy a safe and sound relationship.
What they fear most is that Wang Yu will adopt the same method as his father and catch them all indiscriminately. That would be the most fatal thing.
In addition to these two extreme methods, there are also some princes who are confident in their political skills and will adopt the approach of pulling together one faction and fighting another.
According to Zhang Miao's speculation, if Cao Cao succeeds in taking control of Dongjun, he is likely to adopt this approach.
The advantage of this approach is that the power of the princes will not be diluted, and the loyalty of the faction being won over will be relatively high. The spoils of attacking the other faction can greatly enrich the economic strength, and at the same time, they will not suffer too much criticism.
Pulling one faction against another is a political struggle that has nothing to do with class and will not arouse the resentment of the gentry.
But the shortcomings are not small. The relationship between the nobles and clans is quite complicated and can be said to be full of misunderstandings. The suppressed faction will not be willing to fail, but will call on friends to resist. If there is another Zhang Miao from the outside
If such an opponent covets you and takes advantage of the opportunity to add fuel to the flames, the situation will likely get out of control.
After going around among the powerful people, and combined with Zhang Miao's rhetoric, Wang Yu gained a deeper understanding of the relationship between powerful people and the princes. In this era, dealing with the relationship with the powerful nobles was extremely important.
, must not be ignored.
Therefore, it is the wisest choice to attack Qingzhou. After searching the Central Plains, only there are the least powerful people. When governing in Qingzhou, there is no need to be as cautious and treading on thin ice as in other places.
As for how to deal with the nobles in Mount Tai, Wang Yu also had a complete idea, and he followed the old example and put forward a slogan.
"Three chapters of agreement?"
"Yes, you all are worried about what you are worried about. I all know that after taking over Taishan, if there are too many changes, it will only deepen your doubts. Therefore, Yu has set the rules here today. Everything in Taishan County will remain the same. As long as it is done according to the imperial court
If you pay taxes according to the system, do not violate the laws of the Han Dynasty, do not collude with foreign enemies, and Yu will not interfere with you in any way, this is the three-part agreement."
"Is that true?" All the heroes were surprised and uncertain.
At least on the surface, the taxes in the Han Dynasty were never high. They were usually one for ten taxes and one for fifteen, and it was also common to have one for fifteen. At the lowest, there were even extremely low tax rates of thirty taxes and one.
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The imperial court's tax rate is low, but the burden on the people is huge because there are powerful men and officials in between.
The emperor lives deep in the palace, so he may not be aware of the intrigues involved. Even if he is aware, he cannot control it. The officials in the imperial court are all nobles. How can the emperor alone control so many people? They are not nobles, only eunuchs.
The fierce conflicts between eunuchs and scholars in the late Han Dynasty probably started from this festival.
After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the prestige of the Han court was no longer the same, and the princes from all over the country began to do their own thing. These princes were much smarter than the emperor. They would definitely not be satisfied with the superficial tax rate, and those who were ambitious would have to fight with the powerful.
A kid on the roadside could even say a few words about Wang Yu's ambitions. It's hard to believe that he made such a generous gesture.
Wang Yu smiled slightly: "I'm not joking."
"No wonder there are rumors all over the country that the princes and princes are benevolent and courageous. When I saw him today, it turned out to be unusual!"
"As soon as this order was issued today, people in Mount Tai were at peace, just like when our great ancestor entered Guanzhong and determined the three assistants with just a few words."
"That's natural. Otherwise, how could today's emperor give monarchs the honor of conquering domestic disloyalty? This kind of honor, which has not been seen for 400 years since the founding of the country, can only be possessed by monarchs and loyal people who are dedicated to the country and have no selfish motives.
ah."
For a time, all the heroes were full of flattery, praising Wang Yu to the sky, and even Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, compared it with him. It can be seen how excited they were and how anxious they were to finalize the matter, so as not to worry about it.
Wang Yu regretted it.
The powerful men returned with satisfaction, and peace returned to the palace.
Although it was said to be peaceful, it was actually very lively. Wang Yu's mother looked a little strange to her son and didn't know how to get close to him, but she didn't have so many worries about the two daughters-in-law who had stayed with her before.
Ever since she saw the two girls, the Queen Mother couldn't stop talking. When asked about her life experience, she sighed and lamented about the life experience of the two girls; when she talked about Wang Yu's experience during this period, she exclaimed again and again,
In short, it has never stopped.
Seeing that his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were getting along well, Wang Yu was relieved and took several civil and military men under his command to the study room with Wang Kuang and Cai Yong.
"Pengju, does your promise today have any deep meaning?" Wang Kuang asked hurriedly as soon as he sat down.
"It doesn't have any deep meaning, it's just to calm people's hearts." Wang Yu shook his head.
Wang Kuang said worriedly: "You have brought back a lot of money, and your family has plenty of savings. Coupled with the financial support from your uncle's family, it is not difficult to maintain your eight thousand troops, but if you want to further expand the army, I am afraid that you will not be able to do so."
Caught. Taishan is not very wealthy. If we maintain the old system of 10% tax, I'm afraid..."
Wang Yu smiled nonchalantly and said: "Soldiers are more important than their numbers. These eight thousand soldiers and horses are all strong men who can only be selected from a hundred. Wen Ze ordered you to strictly follow the law. Gongming and Han Sheng both have the courage that ten thousand people cannot do. They need to rest and recuperate."
After that, these 8,000 people can be enough to equal ten, so why expand the army?"
"I don't doubt your ability to lead an army, but since you want to relieve the country's worries and pacify Qingzhou, I'm afraid these troops are not enough right now. Qingzhou..." Wang Kuang sighed: "It's really too chaotic."
Wang Yu waved his hand and said: "Father, we will postpone the discussion of Qingzhou's affairs. My son has something to do today and wants to discuss it with Uncle Cai."
"Oh?" Cai Yong was still a little distracted at the moment, so he was pulled over by Wang Yu in a daze. His mind was all on the letter, and he had no energy to discuss military affairs.
"Pengju, do you have something to discuss with me?"
"Exactly." Wang Yu nodded and said seriously: "Uncle Yu knows that he only wants to complete the Book of the Later Han Dynasty and has no other ambitions. However, my nephew still has an unkind request that I would like to ask my uncle to agree to."
"Tell me about it." Cai Yong was a little confused. Pengju would ask for his own things. Could it be that he was in a hurry to hold a happy event? But this kind of occasion seems not suitable for talking about marriage, right?
Others also had doubts on their faces, but Jia Xu was the only one who was thoughtful.
"My nephew would like to ask my uncle to put aside the compilation of history for the time being and start building an academy."
"Academy?" Cai Yong was stunned, "Are you talking about the academy?"
"It's not just as simple as a school. The nature of the academy envisioned by my nephew is similar to that of a school. It is larger in scale and has a wider scope of teaching than a school. Anyone who comes to study will be admitted..."
This idea came to Wang Yu vaguely after a long discussion with Jia Xu.
Since the Spring and Autumn Period, the gentry system has been prevalent. It cannot be forcibly reversed in a short period of time. We can only find ways to adapt, otherwise we will become the public enemy of the world.
Wang Yu also has his own ideas about this. He will not accept the system of this era in its entirety, nor will he copy over things that have transcended the era. His approach is to make subtle improvements.
Therefore, he made a three-part agreement with the powerful people of Taishan and got along well. At the same time, he also wanted to build an academy to liberate knowledge from the monopoly of the nobles.
"Teaching people etiquette is a good thing." After understanding Wang Yu's meaning, Cai Yong nodded slightly and agreed, "However, according to what you said, Peng Ju, this academy has both scholars and common people, and there are teachers and no distinction. I'm afraid the scale is
It will be very big, I am alone, I am afraid..."
"Of course Uncle Cai will not be left to work alone. My nephew's idea is to use Uncle Cai's reputation and the relatively stable and harmonious environment of Mount Tai to attract celebrities and scholars from all over the country who are escaping from the war, and turn Mount Tai into an academic holy place...
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Wang Yu kept talking about his ideas. It didn't matter if he didn't have talents. He could train them by himself. Of course, it was very slow to train them from scratch, but with Cai Yong's reputation and the collection of books in Tianlu Pavilion, the academy stood on a considerable footing from the very beginning.
At a high position, are you still worried about not being able to attract talents?
"It may be difficult to invite celebrities from other places, but there are many around Kong Beihai. The boy chatted with Kong Beihai in Suanzao, and they were very harmonious. It should not be difficult to invite them. With Uncle Cai presiding in the middle, then
Coupled with Kong Beihai's support, taking advantage of the good opportunity when my nephew has just returned to his hometown and is attracting attention from the world, once the academy is established, its reputation will spread throughout half of the Central Plains..."
Cai Yong nodded repeatedly after hearing this, and Jia Xu was even more elated, but Wang Kuang suddenly interrupted: "Pengju, your idea is good, but it may be a bit difficult to invite Kong Beihai."
"Oh?" Wang Yu was stunned and looked at his father.
Wang Kuang sighed and said: "Kong Beihai should be willing to come, but I'm afraid he has no time to spare now and wouldn't be able to come even if he wanted to." (To be continued.