Just when Zhuge Liang was flexing his muscles in the northwest of Sichuan and Sichuan, and setting off another fire that burned the Di people to a pulp, a man of the same age as him was also preparing to set off such a "fire".
Well, in fact, historically, these two were not only born in the same year, but also died in the same year, so it is not surprising that later generations will inevitably make some far-fetched claims.
Zhuge Liang burned the Di people, and Liu Xie also prepared to burn the enemy.
During this period of time, Liu Xie summoned many people, including Xi Liu, to tell and describe the three assistants in Guanzhong, and about the situation of Qiusi Feiqian. Among the complicated words, which were different between true and false, he also caught some
focus.
Some reasons why Fei Qian was able to succeed, gain a foothold in the Northland, and grow in Guanzhong.
Sometimes when he dreamed about it at night, Liu Xie recalled the scene in which he once declared his philosophy of governing the country in front of Fei Qian and expressed the theory of inheriting reincarnation.
, I felt that Fei Qian must have been watching a joke at that time, knowing it all but holding back and saying nothing.
During Liu Xie's silent research and summary, he finally discovered some special features about Fei Qian's governance and realized the significance of these measures to reality.
For example, for children from poor families.
These disciples have neither fame nor property. The only thing worth boasting about is their own talents and abilities. However, these talents and abilities were not considered important points worthy of attention in the previous Han Dynasty.
Family and inheritance were what the officials of the Han Dynasty valued in the past.
This is especially true the closer to the center.
So when Fei Qian went to the north to start the official examination, although he was criticized by many people as a heretic for a lot of time, in fact, for those young people who have been unable to find the official path, it is undoubtedly a
Just like the sounds of nature.
Otherwise, just like the old Han Dynasty, young people with no background will always be sent out to other states first to serve as county magistrates or county lieutenants after entering the officialdom. If there is no special opportunity, or even outstanding ability,
If you have the ability, then it is simply impossible to return to the imperial court.
This also leads to these officials who are working outside the country to choose to be corrupt and make money. Firstly, they can use the money to buy their way to the top. Secondly, if there is no hope of promotion, they can go home and become rich.
Under such circumstances, how could the officials of the Han Dynasty not be bad?
After Liu Xie discovered this, he felt more and more that a considerable part of the reason why Fei Qian was successful was the difference in the choice of officials. For these gentry children who are eager to advance in their official careers, these young people from poor families
As for the disciples, they don't care too much about whether Fei Qian represents the unification of the country. They care more about their own opportunities.
Therefore, the more turbulent the court is, the more opportunities these people have to be promoted.
Therefore, for Fei Qian to reach such a position, to gain a firm foothold in Guanzhong Sanfu and develop greatly, he is not just the green-faced, fanged, ferocious man who only knows how to kill as described in the streets, nor can he rely on killing.
, using cruel officials to maintain their politics. A distinctive feature of Fei Qian's rule is that the political resources open to poor people far exceed those in Shandong, and the examination system ensures that there will not be a mixed bag of good and bad.
discern.
The more he studied it, the more Liu Xie felt that Fei Qian's strategy was more sophisticated.
In fact, Liu Xie's father, or his grandfather's generation, began to suppress the Shandong gentry, but they did not achieve much success, and even had the opposite effect. At this stage, it is difficult for Liu Xie to judge whether the party's supervision is too radical or the drug is too aggressive.
Fierce, or is it simply not done enough, not strong enough...
Anyway, for his father, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, he was not satisfied with the word "spirit", but he was helpless. Personal emotions and realistic helplessness were intertwined, making it impossible for him to distinguish it more objectively and clearly.
Right and wrong.
Secondly, after recruiting a large number of children from poor families as grassroots officials, Liu Xie also felt that Fei Qian had created a new idea for those middle-level and upper-level officials.
These middle- and upper-level officials have either accumulated certain qualifications or are quite famous. What these people value is not a place or a county, nor money and beautiful women, but more about the future and the inheritance of themselves and their families.
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What did Fei Qian do? He opened some brand-new institutions, and then accommodated these officials, and divided these officials into several parts, such as the Shenluyuan and Qinglong Temple. Although they all had the authority to participate in and discuss politics, they
Their respective directions are not completely consistent. Shenryu Temple places more emphasis on law, while Qinglong Temple focuses more on literary classics.
This allows these middle- and upper-level officials to have enough room to display, and will not be restricted by the structure of "three public officials and nine ministers"...
Liu Xie actually understands a little bit why the Han Dynasty used "three gongs and nine ministers" as the central official structure of the court. Isn't it because of the struggle between imperial power and prime minister power? Imperial power and prime minister power are a natural contradiction. If the emperor has too much authority,
If the prime minister is too powerful, the emperor will be directly sidelined.
It was just like him, right now, under his crotch...well, under his pomegranate skirt, hey, there wasn't much foundation under his feet, it looked empty and dangling, so uncomfortable.
If the imperial power is to be stable, it must be decentralized. In the past, the three officials and nine ministers were not divided enough! Looking at the current Fei Qian, Liu Xie suddenly realized that there was no need to limit himself to the previous institutions. After the expansion, there would naturally be more people.
, then wouldn’t it be natural to decentralize power?
After thinking about these two points, Liu Xie felt like he was seeing the sky and seeing the light again. He felt that his chest and abdomen were smooth, and he felt as if he was floating in the wind...
Then when it came down to it, Liu Xie found that there was no way he could be like Fei Qian, who had thousands of people following his words. His farts had already dissipated before they left the Chongde Hall, and they had already dissipated within three feet of the hall.
Besides, it just doesn’t have any taste at all.
what to do?
Liu Xie prepared to use a two-pronged approach to set off two fires.
What does Liu Xie have around him that Cao Cao and Fei Qian don't have? Eunuchs. Just like his father before him, and the emperors of the Han Dynasty after that, they all have strategies to take advantage of these eunuchs. Naturally, Liu Xie cannot abandon this fine tradition of the Han Dynasty.
.Although he has trained several confidants now, it is still not enough and the number is still too small. Of course, these eunuchs cannot replace the courtiers, but they can serve as Liu Xie's tentacles and eyes and ears, connecting both inside and outside, and then slowly expand their strength.
Therefore, the first priority is to recruit more eunuchs!
The second fire was burned on Xi Lu and others...
For those who left Guanzhong Sanfu and came to Liu Xie's side, first of all, they can be sure that they cannot get along with Fei Qian, so they can become Liu Xie's help.
Liu Xie summoned these people to give lectures, but he did not receive too many restrictions, which can also show that these people are not valued by the Yingchuan sect...
Just like these guys from Yingchuan never take the time to lecture Liu Xie, these Yingchuan people are more willing to spend time on acquiring more authority, so these people like Xi Lu are also different from the Yingchuan people.
There are contradictions between them.
Although this conflict is not so intense that it is life-and-death, Liu Xie thinks it can be used to his advantage, and he can light some fire and see what changes happen.
At least don't look like a stagnant pool of water right now.
So Liu Xie thought about how to light the second fire, and finally came up with a perfect place to light it!
Make history!
If the annotation of classics is the dream of a family of classics scholars, then the compilation of history is the dream of all knowledgeable people in the world...
It may be difficult for future generations to understand this issue, but an example will help you understand it in general. In the Tang Dynasty, there was a prime minister, Xue Yuanchao, who was more or less inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people. However, he said that he had three hatreds in his life, one of which was incompetence.
After passing the Jinshi title, secondly, he could not marry a girl with the fifth surname, and thirdly, he could not write the history of the country. It can be seen that the preparation of the history of the country was a great temptation for Xue, the high-ranking prime minister.
The compilation of history can only be initiated by Liu Xie, no one else has this qualification!
Not long after Ban Gu started writing history, someone found out that he wrote to Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty to accuse Ban Gu of "writing national history privately". Ban Gu was immediately arrested and imprisoned, and all his manuscripts were confiscated. Fortunately, his younger brother Ban Chao wrote to Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty to explain to Ban Gu
The purpose of compiling the "Book of Han" was to praise Han virtues, let future generations understand history, and learn lessons from it. It did not mean to slander the imperial court. After some investigation, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty acquitted Ban Gu and gave Ban Gu a
Give them some money to help them write.
Therefore, it is a serious crime to write history without the authorization of the emperor.
Of course, Liu Xie didn't have much ink in his stomach. It was a joke that he personally revised the history of the country.
Later generations thought that compiling the history of the country was something that could only be done in the next dynasty. In fact, there was really no such emphasis in the Han Dynasty. For example, the famous "Historical Records" was written directly under the nose of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. The later "Han Shu"
Strictly speaking, although it is the descendants who write about the previous generation and the Eastern Han people write about the Western Han Dynasty, after all, they still use the same banner of the Han family, and during the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, Cai Yong and others once said that since the Han Dynasty, they should be the sequel to "
"Han Shu", so in the concept of Han Dynasty people, it is normal to write contemporary national history.
This is much more exciting than scripture annotations...
One is to annotate scriptures, and the history of the country is to annotate the country, which itself is a great temptation for these scholars. It is the dream of many gentry children to sharpen the pen and leave a name in history.
Nowadays, the relationship between Liu Xie and Cao Cao is neither good nor bad. However, after the previous incidents, Liu Xie has become somewhat clear-headed and knows that the power gap between himself and Cao Cao is still very large. On the one hand, Liu Xie
Xie placed his hope on Cao Cao to deal with those local princes who were disobedient to the king's laws and wantonly resisted the court, including Fei Qian; on the other hand, Liu Xie was also deeply wary of Cao Cao's power, and worried that Cao Cao would eventually
He will become someone like Dong Zhuo or Li Guo.
When Liu Xie left Fei Qian and insisted on coming to Xuxian County in Yuzhou, it was not because he knew how beautiful Xuxian County was, but because Guanzhong was a sad place for him, and he was really afraid that Feiqian would become a ruler after taking control of Xiliang.
He was second to Dong Zhuo. He didn't dare to bet because he was afraid that if it really happened one day, he wouldn't even be able to run away.
Therefore, Liu Xie's current preparations are to accumulate strength in the palace. Even if there are no eunuchs, they are still manpower at his disposal. Moreover, the life of being monitored and monitored has made Liu Xie tired and angry.
And hatred. The other is to seek assistance outside the palace, gather more people in the name of revising history, and then select some people from them who can play a role when necessary...
Of course, in the early days, Liu Xie believed that it was necessary to learn from the lessons learned from the last time and the last time, not to be impatient, and not to expose one's goals prematurely.
Regarding the recruitment of eunuchs, Liu Xie simply found a reason to give orders to the young master. Anyway, he cited some reasons such as too few people in the palace and poor cleaning of the floors, etc., and recruited some refugees from the outside, mainly young people, basically.
He said that the young master would not have any objections and directly released the recruitment information to the outside world.
After all, she is not a talent show girl. Recruiting some homeless people who cannot survive, and giving these children a living, although it comes at the cost of losing little Jiji, but these people may not be able to use this thing in their lifetime, so what good is it?
Difficult?
After recruiting a certain number of people, Liu Xie would organize an internal training program on the grounds that the eunuchs were vulgar and made mistakes when compiling documents, and summoned these little guys to attend classes to cultivate their loyalty and train them.
As for the body, we should use the name of Cuju in the early stage...
Anyway, even in later generations, it has become a well-known thing that there are some small players in China who are not good at football.
In addition to the matter of compiling history, Liu Xie slightly revealed this intention, and then tentatively assigned Xi Liu to search for historical files in the newly built Guanyuntai.
After all, one or two hundred years have passed since the "Book of Han" was published. Regardless of whether you really want to compile history or not, there is no harm in sorting out some information.
The Guanyuntai was built after the previous Dongguan was burned down, and the Imperial Library of the Han Dynasty was rebuilt in Xu County in imitation of its specifications. The Yingchuan gentry initially contributed a batch of manuscripts and originals, which can be regarded as the foundation of the newly built Royal Library of the Han Dynasty.
The library will not be so empty.
But after Xi considered the Guanyuntai, he really felt the gap with the collection of books in Guanzhong...
Under the Cavalry, it is said to have the largest collection of books in the world, and it is really not a boast.
When in Guanzhong, as long as the nobles want to borrow books, they can pay a certain deposit like the libraries of later generations, and then they can borrow ordinary manuscripts, engravings, rubbings, etc., relatively speaking, the quantity
There are more books, and orphan copies and incomplete copies require a certain identity, and they must bear the responsibility in case of loss or damage.
In the Guanyuntai in Xu County, this serious royal library, although many documents and documents had been accumulated, when Xi Liu carefully read through them, he realized that these documents were not important at all.
Most of the books on sex are ordinary scriptures. Even among these scriptures, Xi Lu discovered some flaws in the scriptures, such as wrong sentence readings or interpretations that had been approved by Guanzhong early.
There are also a few old scholars and old eunuchs serving in the Guanyuntai. The other ones are some underlings who are just in charge of cleaning and cleaning.
While Xi was looking through the collection of books, he occasionally looked outside the door and found that before noon, people were already leaving secretly. Some would come to the main hall to announce their presence, and some would not even say hello.
, and slipped away.
In the main hall, Taicheng Wang, who was originally responsible for the daily affairs of Guanyuntai, seemed to have never seen him. He just held the book and read with concentration, shaking his head and immersed in his own world.
Throughout the morning, there was only one incident related to Guanyuntai, that is, the secretary of Shangshutai came to ask for a batch of books on rituals related to the sacrifice of captives, and lent out a large box of books.
Two servants were responsible for carrying it away...
This situation caused Xi Xi, who originally accepted the task of "revising history", to lose some of his enthusiasm.
Xi muttered in a low voice, even though he couldn't hear clearly what he was saying, but he guessed it had something to do with the tangerine maize peel...
How to do this?
He needs manpower but not books, and he needs books but not books. In addition, although Xi Lu himself has the reputation of being a disciple of Zheng Xuan, he is not Zheng Xuan himself after all. If he really wants to compile history alone, he has the intention, but he does not have the strength. After all,
Ban Shi could not finish the "Book of Han" from his birth to his death. Even though Xi Lu was proud of himself, he still knew that he was incompetent at this point.
And according to the emperor's wishes, he should not move too much. This was something that Xi Liu was deeply touched by. After all, the previous "job training" experience also left a deep impression on Xi Liu...
Xi Lu was also holding a book, but his mind was not on the slips at all. A sudden inspiration came to him, and he hurriedly put down the slips in his hand, stood up to leave, and took two steps before he realized what he was doing, and turned around to face the main hall.
The Taicheng Wang family saluted and said hello.
Taicheng Wang put down the book slightly, returned the gift, and then watched Xi Lu leave, with a somewhat unclear look in his eyes...
Xi Lu hurriedly returned to the Chongde Hall, met with the emperor, and reported: "Your Majesty... I think we can start with the issue of sacrificing prisoners..."
Fei Qian had already escorted the captives of the Xiqiang rebellion to Yuzhou early, but they had been detained, um, stranded in Yangcheng. Now the official process has finally entered, and the ceremony of sacrificing the captives has begun.
"I love you..." Liu Xie frowned, he didn't understand what Xi Liu meant.
Xi Lu held up his hands and said slightly vaguely, "The people who offered the sacrifices have arrived in Yuzhou long ago... Now... it must be that the general returned to the court after winning... If he is involved in this matter, he can secretly recruit people without causing trouble to him."
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Compiling history always requires manpower, and there also needs to be a better entry point. Xi Lu is just like borrowing this time's sacrifice of prisoners, by making statistics about some of the sacrifice ceremonies, scale, frequency, etc. of the Han Dynasty, and then
The acquisition of a small number of people, on the one hand, also involves the return of General Cao Cao victoriously, so that he will not be targeted by the Yingchuan faction. On the other hand, it is also an opportunity to develop some strength, at least to ensure that there are a few people under his command, so that after the captive ceremony,
Carry out follow-up matters.
Liu Xie pondered for a moment, and finally sighed, "That's right, I will follow what Aiqing said..."
Xi Lu received the latest instructions and headed towards the chancellery.
Liu Xie was silent in the hall for a long time.
Cao Cao won?
Hearing what Xi Liu said, Liu Xie thought it was really possible, but... no one informed him of such a big thing! If Xi Liu hadn't happened to meet him today, Liu Xie might not have known about it until the end!
"call……"
Liu Xie sighed softly.
The sunlight slanted into the Chongde Hall. Logically speaking, the current weather cannot be considered cold, but Liu Xie still felt that his hands and feet were a little cold, and he couldn't help but wrap up his robe...
