Chapter 85: The United Front

As an emperor, although Liu Xiu feels that his luck is good, he is far from the point where he will not die if he does anything.

After all, life is visible, and there is only one thing, and luck is invisible, and it cannot be used when it is critical.

Therefore, Liu Xiu felt that if Wang Mang read history, there was a high probability that he would send someone to kill him, so it was very necessary to learn some kung fu to save his life.

"Is Senior Brother Liu Bei's era very unsafe?"

Wang Mang heard Liu Xiu's words and asked with concern.

"yes. Liu Xiu wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "The world is in chaos, warlords are fighting, and human lives are like mustard, so you have to learn the ability to save your life." ”

"I see. Wang Mang sighed, and then said to Liu Xiu, "Although my martial arts are average, I have also learned to ride horses and shoot arrows since I was a child. Do you need me to teach you? ”

"No need!" Liu Xiu hurriedly waved his hand.

"Okay, Wang Mang, you don't have to worry about this matter. ”

Yu Xunze looked at Li Xiu and knew that this kid was really scared. So he whispered,

"The life-saving kung fu is indeed a teacher. But there's no way you can learn it in just a few weeks. So wait a few days for the teacher to come up with a good idea to help you solve your troubles. ”

"Then teacher, what am I learning now?" asked Liu Xu called Xun Zedao.

"You don't have to rush to learn anything lately, you can move around for a few days first. ”

Xun Ze felt that it was useless to teach Liu Xiu everything before he got Wang Mang, so he let Liu Xiu continue to move freely.

It just so happened that Liu Xiu didn't want to stay with Wang Mang. When he heard what he said, he immediately got up and left the classroom.

"Teacher, is this Senior Brother Liu Bei the one who rebuilt the Han Dynasty in Shu at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty? ”

When Wang Mang saw Liu Xiu leaving, he opened his mouth and told Xun Ze the doubts in his heart.

"Yes. "Called Xun Ze said to Wang Mang,

Because of the division of the Eastern Han Dynasty in the late years, even if he had the opportunity to come to modern times to study, it would be difficult to defeat many opponents with the support of wealthy families. So he is very confused now and doesn't know what he should learn. ”

"There is no good thing in a wealthy family. Wang Mang gritted his teeth and said.

Well, it looks like Wang Mang has completely betrayed his class. I don't know how Da Meow brainwashed Wang Mang, in the original history, Wang Mang killed his three sons with his own hands after becoming emperor.

The reasons are very simple, one is because he killed his handmaid, one is to sprinkle dog blood in front of his door, and the other is to plot to kill his father.

In other words, in order to build his ideal prosperous world, Wang Mang has completely denied his six relatives.

This is difficult to understand from the perspective of a normal person. But if Wang Mang is regarded as a pure revolutionary fighter, then there is no sense of disobedience.

"In a sense, wealthy families are indeed not beneficial to the country. But before the Sui and Tang dynasties, due to cultural popularity and other related reasons, the emergence of wealthy families was indeed unavoidable.

In your time, it is unrealistic to completely eliminate wealthy families. But you can cut their power, restrain their development, and prevent them from squeezing the living space of civilians too quickly. ”

"Teacher, what should I do. When Wang Mang heard the words of Xun Ze, his eyes lit up instantly.

"The first thing to do is to centralize the central government. ”

Asked Xun Ze to stand up and open the blackboard, and then said to Wang Mang,

"The reason why the big clans have great power is because the central government can't fully control the localities, which leads to these big clans having an opportunity.

It's like a strategic military location, if you don't occupy it, someone else will definitely occupy it. It is precisely because of the weakness of the central government in the local area that the wealthy families will gradually develop and grow.

Since ancient times, there has been a saying that the imperial power is not lower than the county. This was indeed unavoidable before modern times. But the problem of your Han Dynasty was particularly serious. It's not just that the imperial power is not down the county, but the imperial power is not under the county.

In other words, once the power of the central government is beyond the scope of the direct jurisdiction of the imperial capital, it can affect the county level at most. And if the county guards appointed by the central government want to manage a county, they must rely on the clans. ”

"So, if you want to suppress the wealthy family, the first thing to do is to centralize the central government?"

Wang Mang asked.

"Yes, it's not right. ”

Asked Xun Ze to continue writing and painting on the blackboard,

"First of all, we need to understand what constitutes the central power: those who understand cultural knowledge and have good cultural literacy.

And these talents are basically from proud families. In other words, if you want to rely on the centralized central government to suppress the wealthy family, it is equivalent to letting the wealthy family suppress themselves. It's impossible to achieve. ”

"Hold an examination system, recruit children from poor families from the people, and fill the central government. Then use these people to centralize power, and then suppress the wealthy families!"

Wang Mang instantly understood the meaning of being called Xunze.

"That's right!" called Xun Ze to applaud,

"That's the right idea. But you don't take into account the difficulty of the actual operation. There may be many talents among the poor families, but they are far inferior to the wealthy families in terms of quantity and quality. There is no doubt about it.

So in a short period of time, you can't find enough talent to take the place of the wealthy family. ”

Asked Xun Ze to tap on the blackboard and motioned for Wang to concentrate, he was about to get to the point.

"Rice, take it one bite at a time. Things have to be done one by one. So before suppressing the wealthy family, you must first make it clear that the power of the wealthy family is far greater than the power you say you control.

So you can't push all the wealthy families to the opposite side in the first place. Rather, it is necessary to suppress part of it and win over part of it.

The family is not monolithic. There must be contradictions among them. For example, the big families in remote places definitely look down on the big families in the central region.

Because the clans in remote places also have the responsibility to guard the place and prevent invasion from other places. It can be said that they have a part of the role for the state.

And the big families in the central region not only control most of the country's resources, but also do not have to be responsible for guarding the localities.

Therefore, you need to win over the clans in the marginal areas and kill the most harmful clans first. Of course, how to operate it is also a very complicated science, and the name of this knowledge is called: United Front!"

Called Xun Ze to write the two big characters of the united front on the blackboard.

"Okay, teacher, I'll be studying this week. ”

Wang Mang knew that he could stay here for four weeks, and that every time he went back, history would change accordingly.

So this week, as long as he learns the knowledge of united front, then he can go back and test all the big families in the world one by one, and find out who can be wooed, who needs to be attacked, and which people are stubborn and need to be completely eliminated.

By the next week, he will be able to use these experiences to let go of the centralized power center!

United Front work is a very profound and practical science.

Basically, if you learn this science, you will be able to understand why our party has grown from a small team of a few dozen people to a ruling party that manages the entire country.

Of course, the power that Wang Mang can control in his hands is much stronger than when our party first started. Moreover, Wang Mang's goal is much smaller than that of our party.

Therefore, Xun Ze is confident that he will train Wang Mang within a week.

As for how to prevent Wang Mang from intercepting and killing Liu Xiu in advance after learning the truth of history, there is no better way to call Xunze.

Because for a person like Wang Mang, who originally did things that changed his life against the sky, he would definitely not believe in such a thing as the son of luck.

Even if Liu Xiu's life is hard enough, Wang Mang will still kill and give it a try.

But at present, there is good news that Liu Xiu can still come to Xun Ze here twice. So even if Wang Mang really killed Liu Xiu after going back, Xun Ze still has a chance to change this history.

So the last thing Liu Xiu learned from Yu Xunze this week was only some simple mathematical symbols, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and equal signs.

Since Liu Xiu's numbers can be promoted, these mathematical symbols can naturally spread along with Liu Xiu's numbers, which is very beneficial to the development of mathematics and economy in ancient times.

The rush of a week passed quickly. On Friday afternoon, Xun Ze took Wang Mang and Liu Xiu to the classroom.

"Wang Mang. ”

Before Wang Mang left, Xun Ze thought about it and felt that he still had to mention Liu Xiu's matter to Wang Mang.

"Teacher, you say. Wang Mang saw that Xun Ze was calling him, and hurriedly turned to face Xun Ze.

"Since you have read through history, you must also know that it was Liu Xiu who defeated you in the end. So do you have any thoughts about killing Liu Xiu in advance after you go back this time? ”

"It's a little bit. Wang Mang replied, "But please rest assured, I won't care too much about this matter." It would be better if I could kill Liu Xiu in advance, and I wouldn't mind if I couldn't kill him. ”

You don't mind, I don't mind!

Liu Xiu, who was on the side, was so frightened that he almost jumped up when he heard Wang Mang say this.

"Actually, you don't need to pay attention to Liu Xiu at all. ”

called Xunze looked at Wang Mang and said,

"Since ancient times, the times have created heroes. Liu Xiu was able to defeat you because the world was in chaos at that time, and volunteers were everywhere. Even if you kill Liu Xiu, there are also Li Xiu and Wang Xiu.

So if you can stabilize the situation in the country and prevent a large-scale uprising, Liu Xiu is just a peasant boy, and there is no evidence. ”

Yes, yes, I'm really a peasant boy. Being an emperor or something, I never thought about it.

Liu Xiu listened to Xun Ze's words and looked at Wang Mang nervously, for fear that he would not accept this suggestion called Xun Ze.

"Mang knows. Wang Mang felt that what Xun Ze said made sense, so he nodded yes.

'Whew. Liu Xiu was relieved to see that Wang Mang agreed to the proposal called Xun Ze. Of course, he wouldn't be naΓ―ve enough to think that he would be safe.

He had secretly made up his mind that he would be ready to run away at any time when he returned.

After Wang Mang and Liu Xiu left, they asked Xun Ze to go back to the bedroom and prepare dinner for Zhao Ke'er, and when it was time for school, Zhao Ke'er also came over to eat on time.

"Kerr. Xun Ze asked Zhao Keer curiously,

"What Liu Xiu said to you this week caused you to ignore the new junior brother. ”

Liu Xiu said that the one named Wang Mang, his father was a big family in their village, and he had a lot of relationship with the village chief's family. And Liu Xiu's father wanted to run for the village chief this time, Wang Mang felt that Liu Xiu's family was not close to them, and he would definitely not face them after becoming the village head, so he secretly made trouble.

Liu Xiu said that although he had not returned home for several years because he had come out to study. But if I still call him Liu Xiu, Wang Mang will definitely recognize him. Maybe I'll bully him when the time comes.

You see that Wang Mang is so tall, Liu Xiu will definitely not be able to beat him. So Liu Xiu asked me to call him Liu Bei, so that I could hide my identity and avoid being bullied. ”

Well, Liu Xiu is actually right, after all, the emperor and the village chief are of the same nature, but the size of the place under management is different.

However, such a story can only be used to coax Zhao Keer, and others will definitely find it strange when they hear it.