Chapter 175 Jushou Tian Feng has a long-term vision
Chapter 175 Jushu Tian Feng has a long-term vision
Weijun, Guangping County.
In Jizhou, there are many gentry clans and ministers, and their branches are complex. Each of them has its own basic territory. Among them, the land of Weijun is from the south of Zhangshui to Guangping, Feixiang and Guantao to the east of Yecheng.
The family comes first.
The current father-in-law of the Ju family is Ju Shou.
Like Tian Feng, Jushu was also a talented person from Jizhou. His family had a good academic background and his family had studied "Dai Shengli" for generations. He could become a talented person in the state. His personal ability and the political energy of the family behind him should not be underestimated.
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Today, Jushou is entertaining an important person at home - Tian Feng.
As one of the most talented people in the state, when Tian Feng met Jushu, he did not drink and indulge like other people. Instead, he set up a chessboard in the small pavilion in the courtyard of Jushu's family, heated up a pot of grass soup, played chess, and chatted about the world.
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"You want a billion dollars?" Jushou dropped a sunspot and looked at Tian Feng in surprise: "Did the new envoy of Jizhou tell brother Yuan Hao personally?"
Tian Feng held a white piece in his hand and turned it over and over between his fingers. His eyes were fixed on the chessboard and he said: "Haha, if I hadn't heard it with my own ears, how could I tell you about it? Jun?
As I know, Tian Feng never spreads lies when doing things, and anything he can tell from my mouth will definitely not be wrong."
After saying that, he rolled up the sleeve of his right hand with his left hand, stretched out his hand and dropped the white piece on the chessboard.
"What do you think, Gongyu, what is the meaning of your actions?"
"It's going to be less." Jushou smiled faintly: "If I were in my position, I would ask for five billion yuan, hahaha."
Tian Feng seemed a little surprised: "Why?"
"Everyone on the left or right can't come, so why not ask for more?"
Tian Feng frowned: "My lord, don't make such a joke!"
Jushou once again placed a black stone on the chess card and said: "Yuan Hao misunderstood me. I didn't mean to be joking. I was telling the truth. For Liu Shijun, a billion dollars is just a superficial test."
Strategy, this is not your ambition, I think you will have a follow-up plan."
Tian Feng sighed and said: "My lord, this is similar to me. Although this Liu Shijun is young, he is an extraordinary person."
"In the past in Changshan, Liu Shijun's method of exterminating the three wealthy Zhending families was extraordinary. He established the situation in one fell swoop, leaving the three Zhending families with no power to change the situation. This move alone was beyond the reach of ordinary young people... Now, he
If I come to Jizhou as a herder, I am afraid that the people in these four counties will not be able to live in peace."
Jushou smiled and said: "Everything must be viewed from two aspects. This Liu Shijun has great ambitions. When he comes to Jizhou this time, in order to expand his ambitions, it is common sense that he will attack the rich and well-dressed houses in the counties. But the reverse is true.
Think about it, if Liu Shijun can ascend the throne in Jizhou, wouldn't the various tribes who worked with him in Jizhou also benefit the world?"
Tian Feng raised his eyebrows and said, "He is already a pastor, how else can he step into the position?"
"Brother Yuan Hao is a man with far-sighted vision and a rich mind for strategy. Why do you need to ask me about certain things? Aren't all the major events in the world in your mind?"
Tian Feng had no expression on his face and winked at Jushou: "It's your turn!"
"Oh! Ashamed, ashamed."
Jushou immediately picked up a black piece again, looked at it carefully for a moment, and then it fell on the chessboard.
"It is said that among the capital, the emperor was seriously ill and his time was running out. His relative, He Jin, was in charge of the army, while the eunuchs were in charge of the Eighth School of Xiyuan. In the land of Liangzhou, Huangfu Song, Dong Zhuo and other Kansai military commanders held heavy troops.
Today, I have two sons who are young, and the queen was born as a butcher. She is narrow-minded and not very knowledgeable. I am afraid that the situation will be chaotic sooner or later. It depends on how far the chaos will be."
Tian Feng stroked his beard: "If this is true, our emperor's relative, who serves as a pastor in Jizhou, is really the top priority in this situation."
Jushu said: "Since the Yellow Turban bandits were wiped out, bandits have become rampant in the counties of Jizhou, and the barbarians have become more and more popular. The nobles and scholars have suffered heavy losses. According to my thinking, if this continues, the Gaojie Gate in Jizhou will not be maintained for ten years."
Half of the thieves and bandits must be wiped out within a short period of time. At this time, all families should look for alternative methods. If they still stick to their ways, the results may be unpredictable."
Tian Feng said: "So, you seem to think highly of Liu Shijun? He may have changed the situation?"
Ju Shou said: "It still depends on what kind of chess move Liu Shijun will play next. If he is really determined to play a big game of chess! So what if someone from Ju will use all the family's strength to help him? But if he is good at chess
If you are not good enough, I can’t accompany you... After all, my Guangping Ju clan is also a century-old noble family, and this inheritance cannot be destroyed in my hands."
Just as the two people were talking, they saw a servant from Jushou's mansion hurriedly ran outside the pavilion.
"My father-in-law, the people from Yecheng have returned with a message."
After that, the servant delivered a brief copy to Ju Shou.
Jushou casually took it and unfolded it to read.
He was just looking at it casually at first, but after looking at it for a while, he saw that Jushou's expression became a little serious.
After watching for a while, Jushou slowly put the slip down, stared at the chessboard in front of him, and muttered: "Good chess."
When Tian Feng heard this, he also looked at the chessboard and wondered: "What's so good about this move? Why didn't I see it?"
Jushou smiled and shook his head, saying: "It's not that the game between you and me is good, but that Liu Shijun played the game very skillfully."
"oh?"
Tian Feng curiously looked at the scroll in Ju Shou's hand and asked, "Can I borrow a certain book from you?"
Jushou was naturally not stingy, so he handed the slip to Tian Feng.
Tian Feng looked at it carefully for a while and said, "This Hebei Business Association is quite new. It's the first time I've heard of it."
Jushou sighed: "This Ambassador Liu seems not to be in a hurry to form an army, nor to ask for money from various families. He just simply established this so-called chamber of commerce, which is still based on many poor families in Hebei. This
It’s really a long-term plan.”
Tian Feng sighed softly: "Once this so-called chamber of commerce comes out, I don't know what kind of development it will develop in the future. How important it will be in various industries in Hebei, let alone whether it will have much impact on various ethnic groups."
Jushou smiled and said: "But what is certain is that within five years, our minister Liu's pastoral office will not be short of money."
"With this move, you can see that Liu Shijun is an expert at playing chess. I should pay my respects to such an outstanding person in person."
Tian Feng looked at Jushu slightly surprised and said, "My lord, when you go to see Liu Shijun at this time, do you mean to bow your head and show your goodwill to him?"
"How can we not bow our heads?"
Jushou pointed at the slip and said: "Brother Yuan Hao should be able to see that now many common people from poor families in Hebei Province who are well-known merchants have begun to move closer to Liu Shijun. In the past, the Liu family in Zhuo County were the main ones.
A group of wealthy businessmen from poor families in Hebei have already monopolized the horse market in Hebei. Now they have established a chamber of commerce to absorb poor families from various states and control the salt, iron, grain and wood industry. I wonder if the wealthy people in Hebei will still have room for change in the business world in the future?
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"The governor of this state is no more powerful than the governor of a county. He has a lot of power. Everything in the court is directed to one person. Liu Shijun must have already figured out how to make full use of his status as a vassal town to determine everything in the state."
Tian Feng said: "If the various clans maintain their identity at this time and do not take the initiative to move forward, I am afraid that after the foundation of this chamber of commerce is built, if the families of well-dressed scholars want to join it again, they will have no chance."
"Well, this is a heroic method!" Jushou's eyes actually shone a little: "A true hero!"
After saying that, he looked at Tian Feng and saw that Tian Feng was not surprised, but was actually smiling.
Ju Shou suddenly said: "It seems that brother Yuan Hao has long wanted to surrender to the envoy, but he has never been able to get it? Or is he just like Ju, wanting to observe?"
Tian Feng smiled and said: "They are all, but most of the prominent families in Wei County and Julu are unwilling to give in at this time. Only you and I go to visit. Will we be blamed by others later?"
"A real man should act openly and aboveboard with his ambitions in all directions. Since Ju is determined to achieve great things with this new envoy, how can he do the same thing as a rat and be timid? You and I have never harmed the family.
Benefit is just a matter of sincerity. Could this be considered wrong?"
After listening to Ju Shou's words, Tian Feng immediately put his palms in his hands and praised: "Since you can say this, it shows that you and I are like-minded people. I can't hide it. Liu Shijun asked for one billion yuan, and I went to all the houses in the four counties to tell him."
, no one agreed, and no one could analyze Liu Shijun so pertinently."
"If you change, you will suffer... Even if one billion is too much, as a local clan leader, if you don't pay even a penny, won't you be enmity with Liu Shijun? At this time, others can be confused, Yuan
Brother Hao and I must not be confused!"
Tian Feng said: "After I left Yecheng, I wrote a letter back to Julu, asking my family to collect money... The money that can be donated to the Animal Husbandry Department should be 30 million yuan."
Jushou secretly sighed in his heart, Tian Feng's vision was indeed brilliant.
As a bridge between the prominent families in Jizhou and Liu Jian, he communicated back and forth between the two parties. His behavior was impartial, but in fact, he had already started preparing property for his family, which showed that he still favored Liu Jian in his heart.
Jushu and Tian Feng are both sensible people.
Nowadays, there are frequent wars in Jizhou and bandits are on the rise. Although the prominent families in Jizhou are married to each other and seem to be united, they are actually not strong in times of crisis.
The signs of chaos in the world have appeared.
In this chaotic time, if we continue to stick to the old practice of local prominent families uniting to resist the governors of prefectures and counties, they will definitely be unable to bear it.
When a local governor and a local noble family confront each other, either one may win, but there is no doubt that once they fight to the death, both sides will lose in the end.
Jushou and Tianfeng, the two heads of the Junwang family, are quite far-sighted.
Although they did not know that the world would be "chaotic", with their unique vision, they were able to predict that the world would be "chaotic".
As for how chaotic it will be, I can't say, but it will definitely be chaotic.
Since the world is about to be in chaos, as a prominent family in a state, we can no longer use the same methods of dealing with things in peacetime.
In troubled times, since there is going to be chaos, there are bound to be costs, and it is impossible to allocate all of these costs to local government agencies and people from other classes.
The era when one county commander only took benefits but did not contribute anything has long passed.
In an era of gradual change, a wealthy family must make certain sacrifices.
There is no need to be afraid of sacrificing too much. Once the troubled times pass and the time of peace comes, the families that can follow the heroic monarch to establish themselves in the chaotic times will definitely gain huge benefits after the war is over.
The only uncertainty is that once the world is in chaos, you must not follow the wrong person.
The cost of following the wrong person is very high! It can even lead to the decline and destruction of the whole family.
But people who left their hometown were humble, and as the local county magistrate of Jizhou, once the world changed, their first choice would inevitably be Liu Jian, who had become the shepherd of Jizhou.
If Liu Jian can really lead local families to contribute to the imperial court in the future, then the families who follow him will definitely take a further step forward based on the original foundation.
Therefore, Tian Feng and Jushou have been observing Liu Jian's actions.
After all, it concerns the whole clan, so we must be careful.
But after observation and analysis, there seems to be no problem with Liu Jian!
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Driven by the idea, Tian Feng and Ju Shou went to Yecheng to meet Liu Jian.
As the most well-dressed nobles in Jizhou, the actions of the Guangping Ju family and the Julutian family can even become a benchmark for the Jizhou nobles.
Compared with Tian Feng, the power of the Ju family in Guangping, Wei County, was even more important among the wealthy clans in Hebei.
Historically, after Yuan Shao took over Jizhou from Han Fu, the most important people in Jizhou's clan were two people.
One is Jushou and the other is Shenpei.
When Jushu was under Yuan Shao's command, he supervised the internal and external affairs and was powerful in the three armies.
When Shen Pei was under Yuan Shao's command, he was also in charge of the shogunate.
Of these two people, one is Jushou who must accompany the army in every battle and has a high prestige in Yuan Shao's army. The other is Shenpei, who serves as a counselor and serves as governor of Yuan Shao's rear office and is in charge of logistics and food supplies.
The reason why these two people have such a high status is that their talent is only one aspect. More importantly, Yuan Shao reused Ju Shou and Shen Pei because their families can really help Yuan Shao keep things in check in Jizhou.
In the late Han Dynasty, no matter who was sent to a local area, he would definitely use several local families in the early stage to effectively manage the states and counties.
The same is true for Liu Jian.
However, after he came to Jizhou, he did not immediately extend an olive branch to these noble families.
Although this was an inevitable path to take in the early stage in order to effectively wield power, Liu Jian could not give up the initiative.
It is very important who goes to whom first and who comes to show kindness first.
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Jushu's family was not far from Yecheng, so it only took Tian Feng two days to reach Yecheng.
Liu Jian was naturally aware of the prestige of the Ju family among the scholars of Wei County.
As for Ju Shou's own ability, Liu Jian was also aware of it.
If the Ju family and the Tian family can move closer to Liu Jian, then Liu Jian will be completely established among the scholars in Hebei.
Of course, there cannot be no transfer of benefits, and Liu Jian is very clear about this.
In previous history books, most of the records of the relationship between local warlords and their famous counselors in the late Han Dynasty were relatively poetic, similar to those of outstanding figures such as Ju Shou, Tian Feng, and Shen Pei. The history books only recorded that they sacrificed their lives for Yuan Shao as a sign of loyalty.
A noble man who willingly died for the sake of his lord.
However, history books will not record how many political interests these representatives of Jizhou's well-dressed sects exchanged with Yuan Shao on a daily basis.
There are loyal ministers and lofty ideals throughout the ages.
But loyal ministers and lofty ideals will not appear in vain.
With no real interests to tie them down, the monarch and his ministers chatted casually all night, chatting about everything, dispersing the king's domineering attitude and attracting the leaders of the noble tribes to bow their heads and shout: "You are my true lord!"
You can't say that this kind of idealized situation does not exist, but it mostly occurs in political and military groups with lower status.
A generous person who is willing to die for you is not born a generous person who is willing to die for you.
Why were the monarchs and ministers of Shu Han the most romantic and tragic during the Three Kingdoms period?
Because the members of this group have the lowest status, most of them started from humble beginnings and worked together in times of adversity.
Liu Guan and Zhang shared life and death, Zhao Yun and Liu Bei knew each other well, and Zhuge Liang dedicated himself to death.
But now, if you want people of Tian Feng and Jushu's class to have some romance with you, I can't say it's impossible, but it's certainly not easy.
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When he arrived at Yecheng, Tian Feng introduced Ju Shou to visit Liu Jian.
When the head of the Ju family comes to see him, Liu Jian should personally greet him.
At this time, Liu Jian could probably guess Ju Shou's purpose of coming here.
The king chooses his ministers, and the ministers choose their king.