Chapter 1 Feathering (Fifth Middle School) In Fang Yannian's view, the second disadvantage of the Boling Army is the lack of talent. It is true that Li Xu now has capable ministers like Zhao Ziming, both civil and military, as well as Wang Xuba and Zhang Jiang.
However, except for Li Xu himself, there are almost no handsome men who can compare with Wagang Xu Maogong and Jiangdu Tongshou Wang Shichong. This leads to Li Xu, as the head coach, having to personally take action in every battle. Once the need arises,
In the case of multi-front operations, the Boling Army has to focus on one thing and lose the other.
Fang Changshi's words shocked everyone, but no one could deny that this was a fact before everyone's eyes. If the Boling Army could really find a great sage like Zhang Liang or Xiao He, there would be no conspiracy on the part of Dongdu.
Opportunity to use it. If there is another warrior in the Boling army besides Li Xu, when they are on the south bank of the Yellow River, everyone can kill Xu Maogong first, then backhand Liu Changgong and Duan Da, and then march directly to the east capital! Why disperse?
Breaking through the siege caused most of the brothers to be buried in a foreign land?
"Third, the general has been fighting abroad for many years without a stable rear. Although the six counties of Boling are under the jurisdiction of the general, they are not enough to form the foundation for hegemony. The new policies implemented by the general in the past have created many enemies, and the general's heart is too kind.
, he neglected to guard against the intrigues of the generals and opened the civil service examination, which broke the four hundred years of rules since the Later Han Dynasty, causing the nephews of wealthy families to lose their credentials and divide their free land among the refugees, and even stood on the opposite side of the world's wealthy families!
"Fang Yannian ignored the increasingly dark faces of everyone and continued to talk.
These words were a bit annoying to everyone's ears. Not only Zhang Jiang, Zhou Daniu and others raised their eyebrows, but even Wang Xuba, the general of Yingyang Lang who admired Fang Yannian the most, also lowered his face. If Li Xu hadn't reopened the local-level imperial examination
, with Fang Yannian’s background, there is absolutely no chance of entering the core of the Boling Army. Now he has turned around and criticized the New Deal. He is simply taking advantage and showing off his cleverness!
"Fang Changshi said it lightly. Doesn't what the general did in the past mean nothing? Don't forget how you got the position of marching commander Shi of the right battalion?" Wang Xuba rebuked in a low voice before everyone could react.
At the same time, he gently raised his shoulder to his elder, signaling him not to talk nonsense.
However, Fang Yannian didn't see Wang Xuba's hint at all, or he saw it but ignored it, smiled, and responded: "What General Wang said is absolutely true. Fang is where he is today because of the policies implemented by the general. So, Fang
We must do our best to plan for the general! Let the New Deal be implemented in the long run!"
This Fang is a stubborn ass! Wang Xuba wished he could rush over and grab his patriarch by the neck, forcing him to swallow what he just said. Although as a military general, he rarely interfered with local government affairs, he also knew how to open schools and teach students.
The importance of Tian's two new policies to the six counties of Boling. Those wealthy families looked down on the general's origin. No matter how good Li Xu showed up, he would not win their sincere support. If he loses the support of poor students and ordinary people again, Boling will
Jungen is like a wild tree on a rock. A gust of wind may uproot it.
"Then according to your words, is it that the New Deal was wrong from the beginning? Or is it improperly implemented and needs to be greatly improved?" Li Xuxian stopped Zhang Jiang and Wang Xuba who were about to explode with his eyes, and asked with a smile.
He also doesn't like others to point out the faults of the New Deal, but he has just suffered a big loss, and he doesn't want to experience the same fiasco again. Xuzi knows that the reason why the aristocratic families have repeatedly harmed each other is not just because of
Because of his humble background, there must be some fundamental conflict of interest between himself and the latter, which is why the other party wanted to get rid of him quickly, and even went so far as to give the Wagang Thief an advantage.
"It's not wrong, but due to the constraints of the conditions at the time, the implementation was not thorough enough!" Fang Yannian thought about it briefly and gave an answer that was completely opposite to what everyone expected.
"Fang Changshi, please speak frankly!" Li Xu's eyebrows jumped suddenly, and his voice was slightly raised due to excitement.
Several sleeping soldiers were awakened, looked over here, and carefully closed their eyes. According to the military regulations of Boling Army, when the core generals discussed military affairs, they were not supposed to eavesdrop, but Fang Changshi's words were obeyed.
It floats in the wind and burrows into everyone's hearts without saying a single word.
"Back then, in order to change the situation where wealthy families had too much power, the late emperor instituted the policy of civil service examination, which was considered the best governance in history. Unfortunately, the government at that time was controlled by several important families, and the late emperor's position was unknown.
Bai, so the imperial examinations were intermittent, and it was difficult for the talents selected from this to gain a foothold in the court! His Majesty's ambition was far less firm than that of the late emperor. After he came to the throne, he regarded the imperial examinations as a dispensable embellishment, resulting in heroes.
Without a chance to show off their talents, it is those foolish and confused people who rely on the legacy of their families to steal the power of the country and make government decrees that are only for their own selfish interests and never care about the safety of the country or the lives of the people!"
"What Fang Changshi said is that not only talented people from poor families have no chance to serve the country, but also from wealthy families. If they are not related to the seven surnames, they will have no way to find a family background." Shi Defang looked at Li
Xu's expression followed his colleague's words and agreed.
"Only people who have so much money that they don't know how to spend it will let people from outside the Great Wall come to the Central Plains to live and eat for free. Only people who have more clothes than they can wear will want to wrap the trees in silk and satin just to look good.
Only people who don’t understand the hardships of farming would attack Liaodong three times in a row, regardless of the farming season!”
If this was said a month ago, Li Xu would have stopped him even if he agreed with it. But today, he just nodded with a wry smile and quietly waited for the other party's next words.
Fang Yannian saw the encouragement from his lord's smile, cleared his throat, and continued: "The general reopened the imperial examination in the six counties of Boling, so that we can see the day when we can stand out, and it also gives us Boling an additional way to select scholars.
Way! The general granted wasteland to the refugees, allowing the people to see the hope of living again, and restoring vitality to the local area. This was all good governance. No one could deny it. However, the general was a general of the imperial court at the time, so he had to consider his actions.
The attitude of the ministers in the court did not dare to offend the local tycoons too harshly. Therefore, although the imperial examination was re-opened, local government affairs were still controlled by each family. Although they cultivated fields to protect the people, they had to grant large pieces of good land to the wealthy families, so that
Their power is getting stronger..."
"It's not entirely like this. The people selected by the imperial examination are far less skilled than the original officials in government affairs. Rushing to place them in local places will not have any good effect, but will only delay things!" Zhang Jiang participated in the discussion on how to resettle poor families.
The scholar's decision, interrupting Fang Yannian's words
"The scholars will not handle government affairs as skillfully as the original team, but they will not obey the general's orders, let alone the general who is fighting at the front while worrying about a sudden rebellion in the local area!" Fang Yannian frowned.
, quickly added, "Nowadays, the wealthy families in the six counties are powerful but cannot be used by the general, and they are always threatening the foundation of the six counties. When the general goes south to fight against thieves, he has to leave tens of thousands of elite troops in Boling, so that he is alone in Henan.
Ligu!"
Among the students selected from the same batch of imperial examinations, he currently holds the highest position. So unknowingly, Fang Yannian has regarded himself as a leader of poor scholars. He believes that since the local wealthy families are unwilling to buy into Li Xu's account,
There is no need for Li Xu to be tolerant to them in the future. He can simply replace the original talent selection method with the imperial examination and re-establish the local officialdom structure.
The imperial examination talents who have benefited from the New Deal will not destroy their own advancement. The local powerful people whose interests have been harmed by the reopening of the imperial examination will also find it difficult to negotiate with the poor scholars. In this way, the problem of the smooth flow of government orders in the six counties has been solved, and Li
Xu doesn't always have to worry about the loyalty of officials
"But those local officials will definitely oppose it!" Shi Defang was startled by his colleague's rashness, and quickly warned Li Xu that if Li Xu immediately adopted Fang Yannian's suggestion after returning to Boling, an earth-shaking revolution would definitely occur in the official circles of the six counties.
If the changes fail to take hold, some families that are already attached to the Boling Army will be forced to take risks!
"The general's policy of conferring farmland has already offended them. The reason why they dare not fall out with the general is that they are afraid of the Boling Army's revenge, and they are unclear about His Majesty's intentions. Now His Majesty's decree can no longer cross the Huaihe River.
, the fear in their hearts has been reduced by half. In addition, Luo Yi may capture Shanggu at any time, and the Boling Army's threat to them has been reduced by three points. With only two points of loyalty left, what is the use of keeping the general? It is better to simply
Do it more happily!" Fang Yannian shrugged his shoulders with a sneer on his face.
"How to do it? Is it as simple as just adjusting the official rank?" Li Xu did not completely agree with Fang Yannian's suggestion, but he did not want to dampen the other party's enthusiasm. After thinking about it, he asked with a smile.
"It is not an adjustment, but to make those who share the same interests with the general take power and let those whose interests are contrary to the general leave the officialdom. The general allocates wasteland to the refugees in Henan, and the beneficiaries are not only hundreds of thousands of families, but these hundreds of thousands of families have no power and power.
, so when they framed the general in Dongdu, even if they wanted to give him support, they couldn't do it. This is what General Zhou Lang just said, the reason why the general won the hearts of the people but was inevitably killed by the traitor. If it were what the general did at that time.
The beneficiary has the power and soldiers in his hands like a wealthy family. Who in the world can harm the general?"
"If I had done that at that time, the imperial court would not tolerate me even more!" Li Xu sighed, feeling very regretful in his heart. From Fang Yannian's analysis, he finally knew why he had offended the ministers in the Eastern Capital. But those lands were all brought by the brothers from Wagang.
It was taken back from the hands of the army! If it were not for myself, the original owner of the land would not be able to collect half of the rent from it, so how could he blame himself for the loss of profits?
"Now the general is no longer tolerated by the court." Seeing Li Xu's heart move, Fang Yannian struck while the iron was hot. "Not all the powerful people in the six counties have abandoned the general and can support the general. Even if the general remains, he cannot be used by the general.
Those who are half-hearted, I hope the general will take action soon to avoid the danger of raising tigers!"