When the carriage of Governor Heifu left Gaomi County, what was left behind was only a paper manuscript of "Yanzi Chunqiu", but what was taken away were the "good children" of several county tycoons such as the Yan family of Gaomi.
More than ten people.
This group of young people ranged in age from ten to twenty years old. They had some knowledge of Qin seal script, and several of them could also speak simple Guanzhong Yayan. Most of them left home for the first time, and they bid farewell to Manchuria with fear and uneasiness.
Elderly with worried face.
After the convoy disappeared in the wind and snow, the head of the Yan clan couldn't help but beat his chest and regretted it. He only blamed his juniors for being incited by the new county guard and responded to the booing. In the end, they followed his way, and those children who were taken away,
It was said that he was sent to the Qin people's school to revise laws and regulations, so that he could become an official in the future, but in fact, he was also a hostage detained in Jimo!
As a result, they, the Yan family, were forcibly labeled as "seduce Qin officials", and they could not get rid of it.
"I can't explain it now. Zhutian wants to hate me, Yanshi..."
Seeing that his father was worried, Yan Bo, who worked as a farm miser in the county, said: "Now that Tian Qi is dead, the people in charge of Jiaodong County are Qin officials, and the various fields are no longer feudal lords, but ordinary magnates. Why bother?"
Afraid of it? If, as Nawei County Sheriff said, we use the Yan, Guo, Gao, and Lu families to enter the government and gain power, in a few years, the Yan family may be able to regain its former glory. By then, it will be
It’s the fields that are afraid of me, not me that’s afraid of the fields!”
"What do you know!?"
The head of the Yan family glared at his son fiercely: "The fields have been accumulated for more than two hundred years, just like a mountain of soil. They cannot be built by a single person, nor can they be dug up overnight. Although I, the Yan family, am an old noble of Jiang Qi, I have nothing to do with my family.
Compared with the Yeyi Tian family, Jimo, who has a hundred horses and thousands of disciples, is still far inferior. His in-laws are all over Jiaodong, and his descendants are scattered in various counties. He is respected by light knights and Confucian scholars. In the past five years, Jiaodong County Sheriff and Lieutenant have to respect him.
Let Zhuda divide the territory, and this place will be safe and sound."
"Now as soon as the new governor takes office, he talks a lot about how Tian Qi won the country unfairly. This is to push the Yan family out and force us to join the government and compete with the various fields. A few kind words, a book, and praise
You are so happy just because you are praising Yan's family background. You are a real child. Sooner or later, my family will be destroyed in your hands!"
Yan Bo really didn't expect this and said hurriedly: "Then what should we do now?"
The head of the Yan family rolled his eyes: "Yanzi also worshiped at the temple, and his words about supporting the old Jiangqi clan at the banquet were also spread, and all my children were taken away by him. In the eyes of Zhutian, the Yan family betrayed the Qi people.
It is certain that we will surrender to the officials of Qin, what else can we do now? Let's swallow the bitter water first and see what else this governor will do!"
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"Without the words you prepared for me, with so many quotations from scriptures, I really couldn't have said it."
At the same time, on the car heading east, Heifu summoned Chen Ping to discuss with him.
It was Chen Ping's idea to win over the Yan family and other old Jiang Qi clans. As early as in Xianyang, after he had a rough understanding of the distribution and strength of the nobles in Jiaodong counties, he said to Heifu: "In the past, King Wu defeated Yin and rebelled against business.
After getting off the bus, the emperor was granted the title of Ji after the Yellow Emperor, Zhu after the emperor Yao, Chen after the emperor Shun, and Qi after the Xia Yu. So the world was overjoyed, and they all abandoned Shang and served Zhou. Why? Although the Yin survivors plotted day and night
The Shang Dynasty resumed, but the old tribes of Tang, Yu, and Xia, who were also merchants in the past, all received enfeoffments, so they were willing to support the Zhou Dynasty."
To put it bluntly, King Wu of Zhou also united most of the three-generation old tribes and gave them the promise of establishing a feudal state, thereby isolating the Yin and Shang remnants.
In Chen Ping's view, the Qi aristocrats in Jiaodong are not monolithic. The movement of the Tian family to replace the Qi people two hundred years ago drove all the losers to Jiaodong. The Lu family, the Yan family, the Guo family, and the Gao family have always been under the influence of the Tian Qi family.
The princes and princes were jealous and refused to reuse him. Now there is a chance to turn around. As long as the Qin government extends a hand, there will definitely be someone willing to use his strength to ascend to a high position again.
"Even those who are unwilling to surrender to the governor will be forced into the car and their children will be used as hostages to make the various fields resent them!"
Chen Ping's strategy can be said to have insight into people's hearts. As long as he throws two big stones into the water: "Tian Qi's victory in the country is unfair" and "the county governor wants to support the old clan of Jiang Qi", he can cause an uproar.
The Jiaodong nobles who were originally harmonious would become suspicious whether they wanted to or not: Zhutian suspected that the Yan family and others would defect to Qin and betray themselves, while the Yan family and other old Jiang Qi clans were worried about Zhutian's angry revenge because they were weak.
, can only be forced to hug the government's thigh tightly.
"There is no need to create contradictions."
"Small conflicts will turn into big conflicts."
Heifu was full of admiration: "In this way, we will create a gap between the old and new powerful men in Jiaodong County, and we will not be afraid that they will join forces to fight against the government."
As he went deeper into the hinterland of Jiaodong, his understanding of how to govern the county became clearer.
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After Chen Ping resigned, Heifu took out the chessboard in the swaying carriage, first placed 6 white stones on the right side, lined up in a row, and then placed a black stone on the left to confront the 6 white stones...
It was not that he was bored enough to play chess alone, but he wanted to analyze clearly the positions of all social strata in Jiaodong County.
"With one pair of six, we will definitely lose, so I have to try my best to bring these white stones to the side of the black stones." Heifu said to himself, stretched out his hand and fiddled with the chessboard.
"The first white stone represents the largest force in Jiaodong, the nobles headed by Zhutian!"
These acres of land are connected with thousands of aristocrats, and they are the feudal lords and officials of the Tian Qi era. They are represented by the Motian clan, a descendant of Tian Chang, and the Yeyi Tian clan, a descendant of Tian Dan. They can also be called Zhu
field.
Zhutian was a vested interest in the Tian Qi era. Qin destroyed Qi, and they had the hatred of destroying the country and the country. In the past, the superior people became the "heads of Guizhou" in law, and their social status plummeted and they lost all kinds of privileges.
, of course I feel unwilling to do so.
Economically, Zhutian also suffered a big blow. They have been in charge of the interests of the mountains and seas for a long time: the Jimo Tian family owned the ownership of the nearby mountains, forests and swamps, and mined and minted coins by themselves. As the feudal lord, the Yeyi Tian family was also the largest salt merchant in Jiaodong, and the salt from Laizhou Bay was
One-third is produced in Yeyi.
There are irreconcilable conflicts between Zhutian and Qin officials. Although they are dormant for the time being, if something happens, they will be the first to oppose Qin.
Unfortunately, Jiaodong was too far away, and the imperial court was unable to move the two families to Guanzhong. Heifu had no intention of winning over these people. He would try to weaken them as much as possible first, and then use the opportunity to completely eradicate them and move them all when the emperor visited the east.
Walk!
But even if Zhutian is moved and the local nobles are eliminated, Heifu still needs the help of local people to fill the big hole in Zhutian if he wants to govern Jiaodong.
His hand twisted the second white stone.
"This white piece is from a small noble headed by the Yan family..."
Chen Ping has analyzed this group thoroughly. They lost their status and interests when Tian Qi was established. Now, it is time to encourage them to revive and assist in governance as government collaborators and as Baishi Li and Shao Li.
place.
Thinking like this, Heifu dropped the child to the left.
"The third white stone represents the business class."
Different from Qin, which has a relatively single class, Qi State has a high degree of urbanization and a large number of craftsmen and merchants. Guan Zhong once said that "the four peoples, scholars, farmers, industry and merchants, are the stone people of the country." In Qi State, there is no discrimination against industry and commerce. They have
Certain economic strength and social status.
But this group suffered a heavy blow after the Qin Dynasty ruled Jiaodong: craftsmen in the salt and iron industry were forcibly merged into government-run workshops. The policy of shutting down the city and not collecting taxes was also replaced by heavy taxes. The status of merchants plummeted and they could not wear clothes.
Go out with good clothes, and be given priority in military service.
As long as Qin's policy does not change for one day, this group of people will be the opposite of the imperial court, and it is impossible to win over it for the time being. Once something happens, big industrial and commercial owners will be the leaders of the uprising, or secretly fund it, while small craftsmen and vendors will join the anti-Qin army.
"But I can use some means to make it neutral."
Black Man dropped the stone into the middle and looked at the two white stones behind him.
They were "scholars" in the Spring and Autumn Period, and now they have been divided into three types of people: knights, Confucian scholars, and alchemists.
You don’t have to think about it, Qi Zhi is famous for his martial arts. This group of proletarians is the most unstable people in life. They have secret organizations in various places. They are the prisoners hunted by the government day and night. They are also active on the front line of anti-Qin.
die-hard elements. The assassination incident in Chunyu County was probably organized by local rangers. The bandits along the Jiaodong coast are also closely related to them.
Although Confucian scholars were also rejected by Qin's laws, such people themselves are a complex of contradictions: they call themselves retro, but they are extremely tactful and fickle. They speak for whomever they eat, but they also know how to
He scolded his mother when he gave up his job. Many of the doctors in Xianyang were from Jiaodong, such as Chun Yuyue who was next to Fusu...
The local Confucian scholars in Jiaodong were extremely conflicted in the face of Qin's rule. On the one hand, it was difficult to abandon the idea that "Qin was unethical and abandoned etiquette to gain first merit." On the other hand, they did not have Lu Zhonglian's "righteousness but not emperor Qin".
Because of his strong character, he really wanted to join the system, peddle his own ideas of benevolent governance, filial piety and justice, and work as an official and a part-time official. After all, the idea of "learning well and becoming an official" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
There are also alchemists, whose attitude towards Qin is similar to that of Confucian scholars. They are both repulsive and want to cooperate. What if they succeed in deceiving the people of Qin and make a fortune?
Their positions are very unstable and can be classified into one type of people: intellectuals and smelly old nine.
This group of people still have illusions about the Qin Dynasty, so they don't have to abandon it blindly. They can put it in a neutral position.
In this way, if businessmen and intellectuals were neutral, the scene would be two against two.
Heifu turned his attention to the sixth and heaviest white stone!
"Dimeizi is a farmer who accounts for 90% of Jiaodong's population..."
When Qin entered Jiaodong, the local farmers did not benefit. Heifu knew this very well.
Although he talked nonsense about "the Tian family won the country unfairly", in fact, the princes and princes of the Tian family were a hundred times stronger than Qi Jinggong, a king who only knew how to plunder the people and overhaul the palace!
The reason why the Tian family was able to replace the Qi State was that several generations of people insisted on using the method of lending out big buckets and recycling small buckets to win people's hearts. This greatly pleased the farmers. After that, the Tian family used the wood from the mountains and forests and the wood from the seaside.
The fish were transported to the towns and sold at a fair price, thus pleasing the citizens.
In addition, the Tian family raised scholars and good scholars, and the scholars, farmers, industry and commerce all supported the Tian family to seize power, overthrow the Qi Marquis surnamed Jiang, and kill the decadent old aristocrats such as Yan, Guo, and Gao. This was not just about destroying the old nobles, but it was the power of the people.
In the early period of the Warring States Period, King Wei of Qi and King Xuan of Qi used great talents and strategies, emphasized the virtuous and dismissed the mediocre, making Qi prosperous and strong. The faces of the Qi people in Linzi are still full of pride.
In the next two generations of monarchs, although the country's power declined, they governed the country with Huang-Lao's ideas. During the fifty years of peace, corvee was light and taxes were light, and grain was abundant. The people still remember Tian Qi's goodness to this day.
When the Qin people came, the taxes were increased many times, and the farmers' life changed from food and clothing to poverty. If they were replaced by black men, they would definitely rebel against their mother.
So in history, all the fields in Qi rebelled against Qin. From the common people to the citizens, there was almost a hundred responses in Qi. Within one month, the Qi region of two thousand miles changed color...
So, copying the routine of later generations, mobilizing farmers to fight against the powerful to divide the fields? The first person to be killed in the fight is probably Heifu himself.
Even if you get the Dragon Slaying Technique, you can't just copy the regulations. You have to analyze specific cases and learn and apply them in order to achieve immediate results...
The black man took his hand back, very sad. Farmers are not fools. The past was good, the present is bad, and they have a clear mind. This is the most important piece of white stone. Taxes will not be reduced and corvees will not be relaxed.
Heifu couldn't get it to the left.
"I just hope that after the Zhutians are relocated, the large tracts of land that have been taken away can be used to resettle the landless farm laborers at the bottom, so that they can come to my side..."
The Dragon Slaying Technique in Volume 5 is indeed very useful. After some analysis, Heifu has a clear idea of who is his enemy, who is his friend, and what he is going to do.
He has made his position clearer.
A self-deprecating smile appeared on Heifu's face.
"I am a reactionary bureaucrat who stands on the opposite side of the vast majority of the people!"
At this time, the carriage stopped and Chen Ping's voice came from outside.
"Sheriff, Jimo has arrived!"
Heifu stood up, opened the curtain, faced the local official who nodded to him, Hao Chang, looked at the snow-covered ancient city of Jimo in the distance, and said softly: "Let's begin!"