Originally, Zhang Zhao and others had proposed the idea of becoming an official to Bai Tu through Lu Kang, but... they didn't expect the current situation!
The election of officials and the major changes in the household department directly pushed the family to the edge of the cliff. However, just when they were thinking about whether to imitate the Marquis of Huaiyin and fight against the odds, Bai Tu stretched out again, thick and strong, enough
An olive branch for safety ropes.
Tobe's actions are very scary. If he really executes them, it can even be said that he will directly kick the wealthy family into the clouds.
But then Bai Tu selected the household department, which made everyone relieved again - Lu family Lu Kang. The Lu family is one of the largest aristocratic families in Jiangdong, and Lu Kang is the helmsman of the Lu family. Let him be the secretary.
Department, undoubtedly gives a lot of room for relaxation.
The rumored abolition of the imperial examination was eventually restored, although... there were also the so-called "merit recruitment halls" and "merit selection examinations".
Moreover, Cha Julang still fell in love with Zhang Zhao, who was obviously one of the family’s “own members”!
It’s just that Old Man Lu and Zhang Zibu couldn’t laugh at all.
Letting him, Lu Kang, be the head of the Household Department just gave him a "relaxation space", which meant that household registration and tax matters could still be discussed for the time being, but... Bai Tu had to be given a satisfactory figure.
Otherwise, if the Household Department really dared to tell Baitu with empty words, if the previous household registration numbers were OK, I'm afraid Baitu would have drawn his sword - the genius Shinta Shici had picked up the wrong paper in the first place!
Similarly, when Zhang Zhao is Chajulang, does he really dare to turn Jiangdong into the Jiangdong of aristocratic families like their "dream"?
Even with your eyes closed, you know that the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Personnel, and Bai Tu will definitely put their cronies in place. If the people who are promoted by the police repeatedly have problems, as long as Bai Tu gets the handle, they will be chopped into pieces openly!
Even...even if they are not Bai Tu's close confidants, all the wealthy families in the world are all family members, and they are all related to each other?
Even if they are from the Jiangdong family, there are probably people who are keeping an eye on the positions of the Ministry of Husbandry and the Ministry of Rites.
A knife used to cut meat on the powerful people of the family, and a knife used to share the cake with the powerful people of the family. Bai Tu was left in the hands of the powerful people of the family, but...if the cut was not done well, neither Bai Tu nor the "teammates" around him would be affected.
, will not let them go!
But Lu Kang and Zhang Zhao couldn't refuse. Firstly, from the perspective of the wealthy family, there was no room for relaxation, and the consequences would only be a more tragic lose-lose situation. Secondly, from the perspective of their own selfishness, although this position
It has disadvantages, but it also has advantages. I don’t know how many people envy it!
As for the other positions in the Sixth Department, everyone is eagerly waiting, with both expectations and apprehension...
Lu Kang saw it most clearly - as the "communication channel" between Yangzhou Mu and the Jiangdong family, people from other families often came to check on him.
Before meeting Bai Tu this time, what people from each family talked to him the most was how to restrict the state pastoralists in order to protect the interests of each family.
However, this time representatives from all the top aristocratic families met Bai Tu once. Especially after the news about the Sixth Division spread, everyone was privately asking Lu Kang about which positions could be reserved for them and who the Prefectural Mufu wanted...
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"Mr. Lu, this is the final list to be submitted to my lord. Do you think there is anything missing?" Zhang Zhao was visiting Lu Kang at the time.
Liu Bu was founded. As the "Chajulang", he now needs to recommend a large number of people. Although Zhang Zhao is now over forty years old, the current scene is also his first time, so he first seeks advice from Mr. Lu.
Lu Kang did not look at the list, but said directly: "As long as Zibu upholds integrity and recommends people, no matter how the lord uses him, there will be no fault of yours. And Zibu's character is nothing to be desired.
Doubtful?"
Seemingly seeing that Zhang Zhao still looked worried, Lu Kang then said: "Zibu, don't underestimate your lord."
"How dare Zhao." Zhang Zhao said helplessly.
He just thought too highly of Bai Tu, and even thought that the rise and fall of Jiangdong had already been determined by this, so he took the risk of taking the blame and worshiped the lord.
"That Zibu should also be able to see that in the change of the six ministries' responsibilities, assigning the major families to six ministries... is just a delaying measure, maybe you can sleep overnight, but if there are no changes, it will take one or two years in the shortest, or one or two years in the long term.
Then in three to five years, the conflict between the state pastoral office and the aristocratic family will still intensify." Lu Kang said.
Yes, Bai Tu finally got everyone to temporarily agree to "open the windows" by "threatening to lift the roof", but if he really wants to boil all the famous families to death, then he would be looking down on people.
"Then why is Mr. Lu still sitting still?" Zhang Zhao asked doubtfully.
"Because what Zibu wants is that you have to think of a solution before now, but what Laochan wants is to see how our lord is going to solve it," Lu Kang said.
Zhang Zhao was stunned when he heard this, and then he understood why Lu Kang felt that he had underestimated Bai Tu.
Zhang Zhao just felt that Bai Tu was not a good person, and he was not a master who could deal with the situation if the whole Jiangdong was not in chaos, so he worshiped Bai Tu as his lord - first of all, he was a man like Bai Tu who could do things.
His subordinates have room for him to display, and secondly, it is to prevent the entire Jiangdong from sliding into an unknown direction.
However, Lu Kang believed from the beginning that behind Bai Tu's "delay strategy", there must be a way to truly cure the symptoms and root causes, but it would just take time!
Therefore, compared to Zhang Zhao, Lu Kang sits more firmly. He only needs to be responsible for buying Bai Tu some time to relax.
Of course, the reason for this difference is that Lu Kang is already seventy years old. Although he gave birth to a son a few years ago, he has to accept his old age.
I had already had the intention of dying for the city in Shucheng before, but now that I was rescued by Bai Tu, my mentality has also changed a lot, and I can let go of many things!
Especially his favorite grandnephew Lu Xun, who has now become a disciple of Lu Su - unlike people from aristocratic families like them, Lu Su is the staff member who is truly trusted by Bai Tu.
Even if there is any trouble in the future, Lu Kang believes that with Lu Xun's connections, the Lu family will still have the most basic protection!
"Thank you, Mr. Lu." Zhang Zhao obviously still had doubts, but since Lu Kang had already stated his position, he couldn't say anything else.
Even Lu Kang himself couldn't figure out how Bai Tu could "treat the symptoms and root causes". After all... he had never seen Bai Tu's technology tree!
There was just one thing, Lu Kang misunderstood Bai Tu - as an innocent and kind-hearted person, Bai Tu actually didn't play any tricks.
Now that the aristocratic family is in turmoil, he is still learning from Sun Quan, and Bai Tu is much kinder than Sun Quan in history.
Sun Quan of later generations, when facing the Jiangdong family, used a classic method - "sacrifice" his two sons in exchange for the ruthless man who had been in the Jiangdong family for decades!
Historically, after the Battle of Chibi, Sun Quan finally gained the advantage in speaking power when facing the aristocratic families in Jiangdong. Zhang Zhao and others who had persuaded him to surrender in the past were all obeyed by his rule, and in the middle and late period of Sun Quan's reign,
, Emperor Sun, who started his career as a politician, actually made the "mistake" of making Sun He the crown prince while giving Sun Ba the same treatment as a prince.
It directly caused the civil and military courtiers of Soochow to take sides between the prince and King Lu. In the end, Soochow not only suffered from internal strife, but also the court became full of smoke and smoke. It was known as the "Controversy of the Second Palace" in history.
In order to fight for the so-called prince, the major aristocratic families have really invested their "capital".
And just when the situation seemed to be getting more and more out of control, Sun Quan, who was previously gentle and gentle, actually decisively deposed and beheaded his two sons, and demoted all the civil and military courtiers who supported the second palace...
The only "weird" thing is that the ministers who were also demoted and came from aristocratic families were all forced to death in a short period of time or were exiled to Jiaozhou. However, after other ministers were demoted, they all quickly recovered, even because of the
It freed up space and went one step further.
The "capital" of both parties' bets was also taken by Sun Quan.
This "coincidence" even made Jiangdong, who had to be cautious in front of the aristocratic family at the beginning, in the following generations, centralized power to the point of having the "faint king" who was born in Shunchang and rebellious...
In comparison, Bai Tu's current method of tampering with their "capital" is too gentle and too kind!
Speaking of Sun Quan, this half-grown boy was still being "kidnapped" by Yuan Shu, and the letter Sun Ce sent proposing an exchange finally received a response...