Chapter 82 It’s okay not to have a strong heart

Zhou Xing understands Liu Bei's temper, and no one can stop him when he gets violent.

Neither can Zhuge Liang.

Otherwise, after Guan Yu was killed, he would not have led his troops to attack Soochow regardless of the consequences.

Also, when he was a county captain in Anxi, he violently beat up the postal supervisor, and he had a share in it.

Now Yan Song, a local tyrant, actually despises him as the prefect and the general of Zhendong, and seizes the people's fields. This is what Liu Bei resents the most.

"Yun Chang, Yide, take five hundred sergeants with you. Since Yan Song has a headache and can't come back, we will treat his headache."

Liu Bei gave the order, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei quickly agreed, and Zhang Fei immediately went out to order troops.

Zhou Xing dissuaded him and said: "My Lord, don't be anxious. This matter can be handled by County Magistrate Wang. At this time, Magistrate Wang may have already gone to Yan's house."

When Zhou Xing came back last night, he told Wang Xiu the situation and asked him to deal with the problem as soon as possible.

To deal with a local tycoon, it is not necessary for General Zhendong to lead Liu Bei, the governor of Donglai, to come forward in person. That would be a surrender, and the county magistrate can solve such a matter.

If the county magistrate cannot solve the problem, it will not be too late for Liu Bei to step in.

Liu Bei was still filled with resentment: "The purpose of tax reduction and exemption is to benefit the people. However, these powerful families rely on their large numbers to seize people's land and oppress good people. If they don't kill a group of people, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the people to truly

Get benefits!"

Zhou Xing said: "My lord, these powerful men who occupy people's land and oppress the people should indeed be killed, but it is enough to kill them once to serve as a warning to others. Do not kill more. It is best to let the magistrate Wang kill them."

"What the military advisor said, do these powerful men dare to rebel?" Guan Yu asked, stroking his beard.

Zhou Xing smiled slightly and said: "Of course the powerful people in Donglai would not dare to rebel, but my lord may lose the ambition to be the powerful person in the world."

Guan Yu retorted: "What I want is the hearts of the people, not the hearts of the powerful!"

"Guan Xiaowei, a powerful man is also a citizen, and one powerful man can be worth ten common people and hundreds of common people. My lord has now conquered Donglai. No matter how powerful the powerful men in Donglai are, they are not as strong as our soldiers and horses. They will definitely not dare to fight back.

But in the future, if the Liaodong soldiers and horses come to attack again, I am afraid that these powerful people will join forces and take the opportunity to start an uprising, catering to the Liaodong soldiers and causing chaos in Donglai, just like the Danyang soldiers in Xiapi City, Xuzhou."

"My lord will leave Donglai to pacify the world in the future. If my lord is known to have hatred and wants to kill powerful people, then every time he attacks a city, the powerful people in the city will join forces with the defenders. And the powerful people have many people who are attached to them. These people will then join forces with the defenders."

They will definitely obey the powerful orders, defend the city, and confront us. In this way, the number of enemies we face will increase and it will be difficult to break the city."

"Even if the city is captured, the powerful people in the city will gather in chaos because they are afraid of being killed by the lord, and they will attract foreign soldiers and open the door to welcome them. Does the lord want to kill all the powerful people in the world? If this is true, the world will spread the word about the lord.

In the name of indiscriminate killing, is this the result the lord wants?"

Zhou Xing's words made Liu Bei think carefully.

Nowadays, officialdom is controlled by aristocratic families, but the common people are directly affected by the powerful.

Many people are attached to the powerful, and the words of the powerful are more effective than the words of the emperor. The people can disobey the orders of the court, but they dare not disobey the orders of the powerful.

A powerful family relies on hundreds or even thousands of people. If these powerful people lead the people to defend the city and resist, it will be more difficult for them to attack the city. This seems to do more harm than good.

Guan Yu also thought about it carefully and felt that what Zhou Xing said made sense, so he asked: "If Military Advisor Zhou said this, can't Yan Song be killed?"

"You can kill, and you must kill! If you don't kill, you won't be able to establish authority. But as I just said, kill one to serve as a warning to hundreds of people, and let the king and county magistrate do it. The lord will then spread the word to the counties, and inform the whole county.

All powerful men know that if anyone dares to seize someone's land, his body and head will be separated like Yan Song's, and he will not be merciful!"

Zhou Xing has long thought of how to deal with aristocratic families and powerful people.

The main control of aristocratic families is the way to become an official. It is extremely difficult for ordinary people to become officials, even for the children of powerful people. The children of powerful people mainly become officials, and a few people can become officials after studying.

This does not have a great impact on people's lives. The first thing people today want to pursue is food and clothing, and other things come second.

Even if Liu Bei unifies the world and becomes emperor in the future, he can't just kill the aristocratic families, and he can't use blocking methods to let the people have a way to become officials.

Instead, we should give common people the opportunity to become officials, and then use these officials from common people to balance and slowly dispel the power of aristocratic families.

The powerful are different. The powerful occupy mainly fields, which is directly related to the people's comfort and prosperity. Therefore, the people will hate the powerful but not the aristocratic families.

But Liu Bei is still in the initial stage of development, and it is not appropriate to deal with powerful people yet. Only when he controls the world in the future can he deal with powerful people step by step so that all people can enjoy peace and prosperity.

Of course, these are things for the future. Zhou Xing is just thinking about it now. As for what he will do in the future, he cannot predict.

Guan Yu is a person who has read "Spring and Autumn". After carefully thinking about Zhou Xing's words, he felt that the other party's concerns were right. He couldn't help but secretly lamented again that Zhou's military advisor thought much more long-term than himself. He only thought about immediate benefits, but

Ignore the consequences in the future.

The three of them were silent for a moment. Zhang Fei came in and shouted: "Brother, five hundred soldiers are ready, let's go!"

"Wait a minute." Liu Bei motioned Zhang Fei to sit down.

"Brother, what are you waiting for? That Yan Song should be damned. I've wanted to chop off his head for a long time. Military Advisor Zhou, isn't it you who asked my brother to sit here and wait?"

Zhang Fei guessed it was Zhou Xing's idea.

Just now I saw the eldest brother's face turned black with anger, but now he looks very calm, and the second brother, who was scowling angrily just now, is now stroking his beard leisurely, not in any hurry.

Especially that Zhou Military Advisor, who had nothing to do with him, but was looking at him with a smile, as if it had nothing to do with him.

"What's wrong with you? Are you still afraid of Yan Song?" Zhang Fei asked again.

At this moment, someone came in and reported: "Magistrate Wang led fifty county officials to find Yan Song with swords."

This is Zhou Xing's man. He sent people to pay attention to Wang Xiu's movements early in the morning.

Zhou Xing waved his hand: "Follow me and have a look, and report back in time if anything happens."

"No." The man withdrew.

Zhang Fei stared at Zhou Xing and asked: "Commander Zhou, what do you mean? How did Wang Shuzhi know about this? Isn't this taking the credit from me!"

Zhou Xing laughed and said: "Captain Zhang, how can you kill a chicken with a butcher's knife? Is it worth it to deal with Yan Song? What you have to deal with are the Liaodong soldiers, Gongsun Kang and Gongsun Du, not such a small tyrant, Yan Song."

Magistrate Song Youwang is enough to deal with it!"

"Hehe, the military advisor is right. Yan Song is indeed not worthy of me personally taking action, let alone the second brother and the eldest brother. Then let Wang Shuzhi deal with it."
Chapter completed!