"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 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."

???

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 hundreds of 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 won't be up to him.

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 well, after his death, the whole family was sentenced to death. Not to mention Wang Mang, who directly usurped the throne.

To be honest, the ending of powerful officials will not be good, so the ending 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 director 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."
To be continued...