"Promise! Prime Minister, please be patient and understand the importance of this."
After being told, Ma Su immediately agreed loudly, his expression was silent, but his eyes were full of regret.
When Prime Minister Zhuge Liang saw this, he also sighed secretly.
Zheng Pu's "differentiation" of the eight powerful southerners was not bad. On the contrary, the strategy of differentiation coincided with many private discussions between him and Ma Di.
It's not that Zhuge Liang has any hostility towards the southerners.
But the Southerners, who are all in the same spirit, are powerful and have become one of the hidden dangers of instability in the imperial court.
Today, the old and the new have changed, and the political power has been excessive, so Yong Kai raised troops and initiated the Nanzhong rebellion. If the court faces difficult times again in the future, there may not be a "Jiao Kai" or "Cuan Kai" etc.
In order to plan for the country and achieve long-term peace and stability, we should try our best to nip some hidden dangers in the bud.
However, given the current situation in the imperial court, this strategy is difficult to implement.
Among the eight noble surnames of the southerners, Li, Cuan, Jiao and other surnames all supported the imperial court.
Among them, Li Hui, the governor of the surrender, had already taken the initiative to defect to Liu Bei when the former lord was attacking Liu Zhang. He was the first of the southerners to support the former lord in entering Shu. Moreover, when the former lord besieged Chengdu, he went to Hanzhong County in person regardless of his own safety.
It was rumored that the Marquis of Zhuxiang came to the late lord, which became the decisive factor for Liu Zhang to go out of the city to ask for surrender.
Later, he was treated favorably by the former Lord Liu Bei and was given the title of Commander-in-Chief of the counties in Nanzhong. He was responsible for the affairs of state and was responsible for the affairs of the state. He was very diligent in his work and was now one of the mainstays of the Han Dynasty in conquering the rebellion in Nanzhong.
Regardless of military or popularity.
As a prime minister, Ma Su joined the army and was a court official. If he approved of Zheng Pu's strategy of division, it would inevitably cause Li Hui and others to desert.
In other words, even if the imperial court wanted to take this opportunity to dismantle the power of the eight surnames of the southerners, it could only do it in the way of "a night of spring rain moistening everything silently".
Moreover, one needs to be more cautious.
If you take one step forward, stop watching the reaction of Li Hui and other wealthy families, and make another plan to avoid arousing righteous indignation.
After all, the imperial court needs a stable Nanzhong. Li Hui and other wealthy families are indispensable in suppressing the rebellion and appeasing them. They will also be given more power by the imperial court due to their merits. If they are angry, they can make small moves in private at will.
, the dispute between the sergeants and the common people in Nan will rekindle, causing endless troubles from now on!
Unless Li Hui, Cuan Xi and other meritorious ministers are all dead.
At that time, the imperial court will be able to transfer all their descendants into the imperial court to hold noble positions on the grounds of recording their father's meritorious deeds and protecting their descendants' wealth, diluting their influence in the south and central area, and then promoting differentiation.
It won't be possible without decades of hard work.
Um.........
A long nasal sound.
Zhuge Liang put aside what was in his mind and changed the topic directly, "Didn't Zheng Jiazi have a suggestion? You Changxu will tell you."
"promise."
Nodding, Ma Su also put aside his distracting thoughts and said with a smile, "The fourth strategy is to 'Tween the favor'. The Zheng family said to himself that he was following the "Texting the favor order" planned by his father Yan for Emperor Wu. However...
..."
At this point, Ma Su pretended to pause and raised the corners of his mouth, "He actually made an excuse to Su, saying that he hadn't thought it through yet!"
"Um?"
Hearing this, Zhuge Liang was a little stunned.
He frowned and thought for a moment, then a glimmer of understanding flashed in his eyes, and he couldn't help but shake his head, smile, and cursed with a smile: "You kid is shameless!"
"Hahaha~~~~"
Ma Su, on the other hand, was much more indulgent and laughed out loud.
After a while, he managed to stop his laughter and said jokingly: "I secretly believe that the Zheng family cannot be blamed for having ulterior motives. The prime minister is famous all over the world and is admired by people from all over the world. The Zheng family deliberately kept silent about the policy of 'extending favor' because he wanted to take advantage of it."
Seeing the Prime Minister's face can quench the thirst of yearning. Why should we feel sinful if we look forward to him so much?"
Yes, they are all extremely intelligent people.
Moreover, he had been immersed in the official career for many years and was good at understanding people and the world. After a little thinking, he understood Zheng Pu's little thoughts.
"Young Chang is also shapeless! As a member of the imperial court, An Neng can say such flattering words!"
As he was used to it, Zhuge Liang also laughed and scolded Ma Su.
After he stopped smiling, he waved his hand and said, "That's all. This guy is talented and knowledgeable, and he can plan for the country, so why not meet him! Well, in my humble opinion, this 'extension of favor' is
What to do?"
This time, Ma Su looked a little cautious when he heard this.
As for the "Tweening Order", everyone knows that it refers to the fact that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was afraid of the power of the clan princes and kings, so he used the strategy of extending favor to weaken their territories through continuous enfeoffments, making them unable to fight against the authority of the imperial court. But today
The Han Dynasty was different. The first leader Liu Bei started from a young age and spent half of his life wandering around. He had little support from the clan. How could he suffer from the disadvantages of being so powerful among the princes and kings?
However, since Zheng Jiazi mentioned this strategy, he was following the meaning of the "Tian En Ling", and there must be some connection therein.
"Prime Minister, on his way back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, he also thought carefully about Zheng Jiazi's original intention."
Ma Di pondered for a while, then raised his head and cupped his hands, with bright eyes, "However, I am not sure that I can understand all the details and understand them. But I dare to be bold, please try to speak."
"Yeah, but it doesn't matter."
Zhuge Liang nodded approvingly, his warm smile blooming again.
What he admired most was Ma Su's unyielding spirit.
Perhaps, in the eyes of others, it was a display of sharpness. But he felt that if Bashu, a small country with a small population, wanted to compete with Cao Wei, who occupied seven points of the world, it should have the spirit of forge ahead!
There should be unyielding sharpness!
Courage to fight!
Otherwise, why fight with it?
In particular, as the leader of a country, he must show his dignity to others and cannot act in a high-spirited manner.
And Ma Su, who was in his early thirties, was the best candidate because he could participate in court affairs at a higher level and be in charge of the tedious military affairs at a lower level.
"promise!"
Ma Su nodded and said loudly, "In the seventh year of Jian'an, the Southern Huns were once again attached to the Han Dynasty. At that time, Cao Cao was in power, so he divided the Southern Xiongnu into five tribes. Each tribe chose a nobleman as its commander, and another Han Dynasty as its commander.
He carried out supervision. Later, in the 21st year of Jian'an, Shanyu Huchuquan came to the court, and Cao Cao detained him. It was time for King Youxian to supervise his country, so that the southern Xiongnu would no longer be able to rebel!"
"Therefore, I thought that the Zheng family's policy of extending favor was to help divide the southerners and disintegrate the barbarian tribes in southern central China. For example, after the imperial court put down the rebellion in southern central China, it reorganized the five counties.
In order to divide the territory and eliminate the influence of the southerners; for example, according to the order of the imperial court, recruit the leaders of various tribes of Yi tribes to serve as officials in the imperial court, treat them with courtesy and grant them wealth and honor, and then choose Han assistants or Yi tribesmen who are loyal to the imperial court to serve on their behalf.
Palm Tribe. After such a long time, Nanzhong is unable to fight back!"
"Of course!"
Zhuge Liang put his palms together and made peace.
Then, he smiled happily and said, "You Chang's theory is very popular with me."
Ma Su is naturally humble.
The two of them continued to chat about trivial matters and then dispersed as the night was getting late.
When he was alone, Zhuge Liang could no longer suppress the tired look on his face and fell asleep with his clothes folded down.
It's just the sultry moonlight that mischievously penetrates through the window curtains and lingers on the ground, playing with the mood of the sleepless person.
It has been ten years since the late emperor settled Shu in the 19th year of Jian'an! However, there are still many wealthy families in Shu who are unwilling to let their nephews serve in official positions or share the honor and disgrace. Alas...
Zhuge Liang tossed and turned, extremely sleepy, but not at all sleepy.
Suddenly, he opened his eyes suddenly, his eyes burning.
