Liu Muzhi said calmly: "Daogui, what you said makes sense, but the problem now is not the degree of execution of the edict at the grassroots level. To put it bluntly, if the imperial order is issued, and these local snakes
If you refuse to comply, the worst possible outcome is to kill a hundred policemen. As long as the army is in our hands and the knife is in our hands, are you still afraid that we will not be able to deal with these local snakes? After graduation, officials from Lanxiang entered the villages as grassroots officials, and veterans at the same time
A few settled companies will follow up as protectors and enforcers. Are you still afraid that these local snakes will turn against you?"
Liu Daogui listened to this carefully, and after a long while, he said: "It is really not possible to have only officials without the protection of veterans. It is impossible to have only veterans and no officials to govern, and they do not have the ability. This is indeed the biggest headache for me in the past few years. Your
If the Lanxiang Official School can really succeed, then it is a way to go. However, as you said, even if the problem of grassroots implementation is solved, I am afraid that if the upper-level aristocratic families do not cooperate, or the nobles are alienated from us, they will not even be willing to go.
It would be very difficult for you, a Lanxiang official, to become an official in this way."
Liu Muzhi nodded: "So the reason for taking the path of the emperor is that this order can be passed at the top, instead of like now, where we have to constantly deal with the high-ranking families, compromise, and even compromise until we get everything in the end.
Give up our plan, just like this official school, we first started it in Jingkou, in the name of training the nephews of the Jingba brothers to make them literate and hyphenated, but as a result, the senior family members discovered our intentions
, threatening to cut off the supply of food, grass and ordnance, we finally had to give up."
"Another example is the development plan for the six counties in Jiangbei. We had a good idea at first and even reached an agreement with the Xie family to allow their nephews to have long-term land leases in the past to mobilize their enthusiasm. However, even Miaoyin did not expect that.
Under such a policy, most of their nephews were unwilling to go. They felt that Jiangbei was a dangerous place near the Southern Yan Hulu and the situation was precarious, so they used various reasons to delay, and even refused to go themselves, and only sent Zhuangtou and old farmers to go.
We are also not happy about it. In addition, Tao Yuanming spreads all kinds of panic in the local area, making the cultivation of Jiangbei akin to death on the front line. Our three-year plan to develop Jiangbei has almost been at a standstill."
"It wasn't until the demise of Nanyan that these aristocratic families became active, thinking that Jiangbei was safe, and came over to grab the land one after another. It can be seen from these things that if we don't have the authority of being an emperor to speak for ourselves, we will have to
Many things are done under the control of others. Just like when your eldest brother was in the Northern Expedition to Southern Yan, we besieged Guanggu for a year, and the military supplies for tens of thousands of troops depended entirely on the aristocratic families in Wu, and we had to use all kinds of supplies for them.
Give in and get these benefits in exchange for their willingness to deliver supplies. If your eldest brother were on the throne, these grains and grass would have been stored in the country's military grain warehouses two or three years ago, so why should you depend on others' faces?"
Liu Daogui sighed: "How could I not know about the situations you mentioned? But it is because after ascending to the throne of God, he has such great power, he can use national laws and edicts to completely suppress aristocratic families, and even cancel a series of their undesirable functions.
There should be, but we have enjoyed the rights for many years, so how could they agree? We will definitely resist desperately, and even a new round of civil war will break out. This will destroy the hard-earned achievements we have worked hard for many years, even if we embark on this journey.
The position of the emperor will also turn the country into ruins, and most of the population will be lost. Let alone the Northern Expedition, whether we can stop the Hulu from taking the opportunity to go south is a big problem!"
Having said this, Liu Daogui paused and continued: "Furthermore, the eldest brother has been known to the world as a loyal minister and good general for many years. When Jianyi was founded, the whole world thought that he would take the opportunity to ascend the throne. After all, the Jin Dynasty was
It was already dead, and the world belonged to Huan Chu, but at that time he did not take over the world or ascend the throne, so the world was grateful for his loyalty and was willing to follow him, which prevented the Jin Dynasty from falling into division due to the struggle for power.
Now that he wants to be emperor, how do everyone think of him? How do the soldiers who have followed him for many years think of him? Those young people who admire his loyalty and talent will have ambitions and desires, and they also want to follow his path.
Lu, our most trustworthy subordinate, will become the most terrifying enemy we need to be on guard against. Fatty, it’s impossible that you haven’t thought about this. Are you really doing this for your big brother?”
Liu Muzhi sighed and his eyes became dim: "I have thought about the things you mentioned countless times. It is precisely because thinking of these things is so uncomfortable and painful that I don't know how many nights I have lost sleep because of them.
I can't sleep. Yes, if you want to let the slaves ascend to the throne, you do run the risk of the family turning against each other and the soldiers becoming alienated. If you are not careful, it will lead to the civil war ending you mentioned. It is something that all of us do not want and cannot do.
I wish to see it, but if you don’t take this path, the risks will be greater than these, and the ending will be more dangerous. Have you never thought about the Tao rules? "
Liu Daogui said in a deep voice: "Then please give me some advice as a wise man. If the current situation remains unchanged and the eldest brother actually controls the troops and takes power instead of sitting on the throne, why will the outcome be more dangerous?"
Liu Muzhi said calmly: "First of all, the high sect of the aristocratic family is not a Xie family. Even within the Xie family, there is more than one Miaoyin. Even Miaoyin himself cannot act from our standpoint in everything. Secondly, Beifu Junzhong
, the most prestigious marshal and major generals are not just your eldest brother and your brothers. After Jianyi, when your eldest brother was at the highest prestige, there were also Liu Xile, He Wuji, Liu Jingxuan, Zhuge Changmin, Wei Yongzhi, and the Meng brothers.
Each of these series of veterans has one or more legions at their disposal. The Xie family is looking for you Liu brothers, but other families can look for Xi Le, Wuji and the others as spokespersons, just like Liu Tingyun, who married
Giving Liu Xile is not just for her as a member of the Liu family, there are at least dozens of large and medium-sized aristocratic families who all use her line to fulfill their interests and appeals to Liu Xile."
Liu Daogui's eyes were shining. Obviously, he knew that these were the truth and irrefutable.
Liu Muzhi continued in a deep voice: "Although the war with the demon thieves is about to be won now, the former veterans have also lost a lot. No matter how Wuji's new position, Liu Yi's,
It's about to be vacant, and you yourself say that you won't be able to hold the position of governor of Jingzhou for long, so who do you think the new governor's position and the position of commander-in-chief of the army will fall to?" ()
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