The gentry were brought back into the lobby by Wang Zhen to receive them.

Wang laughed out of Bai to appease the tenants, and arranged for the Confucian subordinates to distribute steamed buns to everyone.

In the midst of gratitude and applause, Lord Fu Qing stood in the Confucian Mansion and looked at those tenants from afar, silent, and didn't know what he was thinking.

After a while, Xin Yixue called: "Guogong." ”

But it was Wang Xiao who walked over.

Lord Fu Qing sighed: "Guogong did this, I was against it at first. But I've always been just buried in things, so I haven't talked to Guogong. ”

"Does Mr. Fu think I should win them over and let them be used by me to stabilize the situation in Shandong as soon as possible?"

"Originally, I did have this expectation, but today I saw it." Lord Fu Qing sighed and said, "The beetle is crowded, the wood is broken, the gap is large and the wall is broken. Therefore, if the minister fights for selfishness and does not care about his people, he will be left from the top. Those who are separated from the top are also the gaps in the country. The officials of the rank and rank are hidden to fish the people, and the beetles of the people are also. Therefore, there are gaps and beetles that do not die, and the world is rare...... There are many silverfish in my Chu country, and I have reached the edge of the country with broken wooden walls. But now I'm curious, how did Guogong decide to turn against them? ”

Wang Xiao smiled lightly and said, "Of course, I also hope that they can support us, but they are not resolute enough. I had no choice but to choose other supporters. ”

"What do you mean?"

"Jiannu invaded Shandong twice." Wang Xiao said slowly: "Those who are brave and unyielding in the righteous death...... A lot has died. Of course, these people left behind can't be said to be all spineless...... How so? Their position has never been on our side.

Our gentry of the Chu Dynasty are different from the family of gate lords in the Wei, Jin, Sui and Tang dynasties. What was the foundation of the gentry of the Chu Dynasty? It is the imperial examination, it is culture and education. They studied and became scholars, enjoyed privileges, annexed land, and were rich and noble. It depends on mastering the resources of reading. Among them, the most powerful one, there are thirty jinshi in a family, tsk. Regardless of whether they have cheated or not, they must have mastered the methods and resources of the imperial examination. This is a huge chasm that separates these nobles from ordinary people. This gap may not be bridged in a hundred years......

Of course, they value the fields, but what they value most is the 'imperial examination'. They supported the Chu Dynasty because they still had the fame of showing talents, lifting people, and jinshi in the Chu Dynasty. Now that the Rui Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty are coming, as long as their fame is recognized. Juren of the Chu Dynasty could continue to take the imperial examination in the Qing Dynasty. What does Mr. Fu think will happen? They will become the Jinshi of the Qing Dynasty and continue to be a gentry like this. Has anything changed in the world? No. ”

If I go to war with Dolgon, Dolgon only has to make a promise...... Most of these people who come today will directly surrender to the officials of the Qing Dynasty in the past. Although this did not happen, please believe me, Mr. Fu, I did not wronged them. ”

Fu Qing said: "Compared to Jiannu, they should support us more." ”

"I'm afraid that 'more' will be limited. Even in their eyes, we are not as good as Jiannu. Wang smiled and sighed: "The strength is there, these people are smart people, and they won't be incomprehensible." After all, it's not like they haven't seen the army of Jiannu. Not to mention Nanjing. No matter how you look at it, they are not very willing to support us.

On the other hand, if we want them to support us, we have to give them something in return. Oh, we are poorer than them, what can we give in return? More perks? In that case, we will only get a court that is worse than our father's court at that time. What's more important is that it has reached the point of 'not dividing the fields', and there are so many places in Shandong, and they account for the vast majority. Unless more people die, this contradiction will not be alleviated. ”

All these are destined for us to stand on different positions from them. To do it simply and crudely, it is to learn from Tang Zhongyuan and kill all these people. Wang Xiao shook his head and said, "But this road is already difficult to walk, so many rebel leaders have died, and there are only two thousands of rebel teams large and small left. Not to mention that the time has passed. It's a dead end.

In other words, we are the Chu Dynasty, and we can't really lose the law. In addition, we cannot do without the support of scholars, who are indeed more talented than the illiterate people, and can be called 'elite'. Therefore, it is necessary not only to keep the law from disorder, but also to subdue the hearts of the people, and to win over the people of insight among these gentry. You have to walk a tightrope to find your balance......"

Lord Fu Qing sighed and said slowly: "Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, and it is good for the prince to think about it." It's just that after this incident, if you want to subdue the readers, I'm afraid it's difficult. ”

"Take your time." Wang smiled.

As he spoke, he lifted his hand and pointed at a figure in the distance.

"Mr. Fu, look."

Fu Qingzhu looked at Wang Xiao's finger and saw that the person was Kong Xingmi.

They couldn't see Kong Xingmi's expression, but they could feel the loneliness of the figure.

Wang laughed, "The gentry are not all those who like to oppress others for their own pleasure. There are also many people who have helped the people in the world. They have read books, have ambitions, ideals, and morals...... Well, by the way, Mr. Fu, you are also such a family of poets and calligraphers. ”

"I'm not a family." Lord Fu Qing smiled bitterly and waved his hand, and said, "The dragon gives birth to nine sons, each of which is different. Does Guogong want to say that among the scholars, there are silverfish of the country and people with lofty ideals? ”

"It was still the system of the Chu Dynasty that went wrong, so that the scholars had loopholes to exploit and make a profit. As a result, the atmosphere has led to the rise of many people in the major families who are consumed by the desire for power and profit. Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road. If these acne are not revealed, and these young people who are still ambitious will not see the bloody exploitation, how can they get out of the comfort zone sheltered by the family? ”

Wang smiled and said, "Now that I have made a start, I will knock out the resistance." Next, please leave the details of the division of the field to Mr. Fu. That's where the tedious work comes in. Whether or not the people of Shandong can return to their hearts and insist on supporting us does not depend on what I say today, but on whether we can implement benevolent government in the future...... Mr. Fu worked harder than me. ”

Fu Qingzhu said slowly: "If more people can live, how can there be any hard work and no hard work......

The two talked about these words, and walked farther and farther.

……

Kong Xingmi watched as the blood stains on the ground were washed away. The heads were taken away, the water was splashed, and the Yansheng Mansion returned to its clean and wealthy appearance, as usual.

In the past, he had occasionally heard about the bullying of men and women by the clansmen, sporadically. It makes people think that the Kong family occasionally produces one or two scum.

But today, when the gentry have the power to kill and kill the tenants, how many people can restrain and care about human nature?

Outside the gate of the mansion, a tenant who had complained was not in a hurry to leave, and was sitting in the corner of the opposite street, looking at the gate of the Shengyan Mansion.

Kong Xingmi subconsciously walked in front of him and said slowly: "I heard what you just said, your wife and daughter have been ruined by the tunguan...... Why don't you come to the Kong family to complain? ”

The tenant looked up at him, but did not answer.

Kong Xingmi asked again: "Or ...... Why don't you rebel and rebel with the rogues? ”

The two looked at each other for a moment.

The tenant stood up weakly and walked away, muttering, "What does the young brother who has never been hungry understand?" ”

He took two steps, saw that there was a piece of steamed bun on the ground, which had been trampled on, and leaned over to pick it up and stuff it in his mouth.

Kong Xingmi looked at this scene, and then looked down at his silk shirt, and his eyes became more and more dazed......

~~

Confucius Mansion Lobby.

"You should know that King Xianming of Qi is different from other vassal kings, and he sits in Shandong, not only for the benefit of the gentry and people of Shandong, but also for the Chu Dynasty to defend the Central Plains and seek to recover Yanjing......"

Wang Zhen said slowly, her face was very gentle.

With the contrast and foil of Wang Xiao. All the gentry felt that the boss of the Wang family was so kind.

After talking for a long time, Wang Zhen finally said the most critical part: "At this moment, the original officials in Yanjing City are either dead or surrendering, and the King of Qi wants to achieve great things, and there is a lack of talents behind the scenes. Isn't it the talent of the land of Qilu that can be relied on? ”

Mao Jiuhua raised his eyelids and thought, "Here, I hit a stick, and now I'm here to send sweet dates." But the old man is not rare for your dates, hum! ”

He is indeed not uncommon, the Mao family is a family of imperial examinations, and when Nanjing opens a branch to obtain scholars, the children of the next generation of the Mao family can naturally go to Nanjing as officials. Or, which court can't you go to be an official?

Mao Jiuhua thought about it again, anyway, the fields in Shandong were robbed, so it was better to go to Nanjing with his family.

Fu Piao originally planned to keep filial piety for three years before coming out to be an official in the imperial examination, and he was not interested in Wang Zhen's wooing. If he hadn't offended Wang Xiao, he would have walked away now. In addition, what he noticed was the words 'want to achieve great things', although it was not a secret, it was still shocking that King Qi and his party were so unscrupulous.

Zhang Duan doesn't plan to come out to do things for the time being, he is careful and doesn't like to take risks, so he doesn't want to bet in troubled times, and plans to wait for the world to calm down before going out. Therefore, he is not in the limelight, and he looks like he looks at his nose and nose and his heart.

Kong, Meng, Yan, and Lu are the four families who give Wang Zhen the most face, their family temple is here, and it is not easy to move, at most, it is like the Song and Jin dynasties, and they are divided into one side.

At present, Shandong is occupied by King Qi and Wang Xiao, and Wang Xiao is so fierce. Anyway, no matter who wins the world in the future, they have to give face to Kong, Meng, Yan and Lu, they are not like other families who bet and have to take risks, and the last thing they are afraid of is betting. Now that the fields have been handed over, if you want to be soft, then you can do it crisply and thoroughly.

So Wang Zhen said while Meng Hongyi stroked his beard and praised: "King Qi's virtuous virtue and the mountains and rivers are shining with the sun and the moon, and the ministers have admired it for a long time, and it is an honor to be able to serve His Royal Highness for the work of dogs and horses!" ”

Wang Zhen said again: "It is also a helpless move for my brother to divide the fields in Shandong now. As the saying goes, 'the reason why the country is prosperous, agriculture is also the foundation of the country'. The princes were generous, divided the land to the people, and firmly built the foundation of Shandong. In the coming days, Shandong will be rich and strong, and the king of Qi will achieve great things, and he will not forget the achievements of the monarchs today. ”

Zeng Wenda was disdainful in his heart, but his face showed joy and he shouted hello, obviously very face-saving.

Wang Zhen looked around, and saw that except for the four families of Kong, Meng, Yan and Lu, everyone else had a faint expression, obviously immersed in the resentment of being robbed of the land, and said: "Please take a long-term view." What if you lose some land today? Asking for land and asking for help is not what my generation ......?"

When Fu Piao first heard this, he didn't dare to say much, but he was furious in his heart - 'a little' field? The 600,000 acres of fertile land that my Fu family's ancestors have worked hard to save, you can grab it if you say it.

Wang Zhen said earnestly: "You should understand that the younger brother divided these fields for your sake. First, natural and man-made disasters have continued in recent years, and the people have been hungry and poor. If you don't let go, sooner or later you will have to fight back. At that time, it will be the monarchs who will suffer. Fishing with all your might, won't you get it? There will be no fish in the coming year; Burn the serval and the field, will you not get it? There are no beasts in the coming year. The way of fraud, although it can be stolen now, there will be no recovery in the future, and it is not a long technique! ”

Zhang Duan nodded, deeply convinced. But in my heart, I sneered - heh, robbing is robbing, doing everything possible to take away our fields, and saying that it sounds so good, are we stupid?

Wang Zhen said: "Wang wants to ask, what is the foundation of your various ethnic groups in Shandong?" ”

Everyone's eyes first looked at Kong Xingxie, and then at Meng Hongyi.

Meng Hongyi stroked his long beard and said with a dignified manner: "Of course, it is the four words 'poetry, writing, etiquette, and teaching'. ”

"Yes, it's poetry, calligraphy, and etiquette!" Wang Zhen clapped her hands.

Meng Hongyi thought that it would be boring for you to talk like this, so it would be better to let us go as soon as possible.

Wang Zhen said bitterly: "You should understand that the difference between the so-called gentry and ordinary people lies in 'studying'. After the country is rich and the people are strong, the world is calm and the four seas are peaceful. Who will be the nobles of the family in the future, of course, you talented gentry. Shandong is the place where His Royal Highness is based. Presumably at that time, the young and purple ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are all the children of your family. Isn't this worth more than a few acres of land? ”

The expression in Fu Ticket's eyes finally changed, and he spoke: "What does Brother Wang mean?" ”

"Wang said that there is a shortage of talents under the account of King Qi, and he wants to invite the children of the Zhujun clan to join the office."

Mao Jiuhua suddenly opened his eyes and said, "You mean, King Qi is going to hold a scientific expedition?!" ”

This is a big deal for the Mao family, although Mao Jiuhua himself has already been admitted to the Jinshi, but he is still extremely concerned about the academic career of the children in the clan.

Unexpectedly, Wang Zhen said: "There is no need for scientific examination, as long as he is a child of the Zhujun clan, with a letter of recommendation, which yamen he wants to go to, let the chief official pass the face-to-face assessment, and then he can take up the post......"

"This is a clerk?!"

——How can the talented children of our clan be condescended to the staff of the subordinates?! Hmph, I'm not sincere and I still say a bunch of things.

Wang Zhen said: "It is by no means an official. Wang vouched in the name of the King of Qi, and he was a subordinate official of the King of Qi when he entered the government. To achieve great things in the future, with this official status, the six Shangshu can afford it, and the cabinet elders can afford it......"

Mao Jiuhua said: "I didn't go through the imperial examination, but I still fell behind after all." ”

"King Qi employs people, doesn't look at the Bagu article, only looks at the hard work."

Fu Ticketchu was angry again for some reason, got up and said, "How can it be so?!" The selection of officials for the imperial examination has lasted for thousands of years. Countless scholars in the world have devoted themselves to study and worked tirelessly. If the king of Qi does not pay attention to the imperial examination, he will lose the heart of the world's scholars, and he will bring about his own defeat! ”

Wang Zhen thought for a while and said, "What Brother Fu said is good, but don't be impatient, this is just an expedient measure, and it is not too late to wait for the world to calm down before opening the imperial examination." But now the King of Qi also wants to use people. ”

Fu Ticketchu didn't answer - I'm not in a hurry, and it's not too late for me to take the test when the world is calm.

Wang Zhen smiled again: "Brother Fu, why don't you think about it again, how many people can enter the imperial examination?" The method I propose today will make your people ...... Almost all of them are in the office. These official positions under the command of the King of Qi were taken by you one step ahead. Just imagine, when His Highness recovers the Chu Dynasty, what kind of glory is this? ”

"You mean really? Can all the children of the whole family enter the office? ”

"Really, but any adult child who knows a child can enter the office."

The gentry were finally moved......

~~

"Actually, half of them are lying to them." Wang smiled, "It's true that they can all be admitted to the government, but it is a fantasy to grasp the government in the future." ”

Tang Qianqian was slightly puzzled, and said: "I'm afraid it's difficult to control, once these people enter the office, with their connections, it is easy to take power." ”

"I let them join the government in order to break them up, or they will unite ......"

Wang Xiao said this, and Tang Qianqian gave him a bite of food. The two were sitting together to eat, and if they let Huazhi see them, they would inevitably mutter, "Greasy", so they didn't eat with Huazhi.

"It's easy for their people to get together and oppose me or something. Just pull them all out to help me do things, so as not to be influenced and educated by the elders to only care about the interests of the family. They were scattered and assigned to various counties and towns. Slowly, which are benevolent and stupid, and which are mediocre and stupid, will also be revealed......"

Tang Qianqian said: "How can there be so many vacancies? ”

"How can there be no vacancies?" Wang smiled: "Under my hands, there are so many vacant official positions that the whole world can't fill them." You see, when it comes to dividing the land, someone has to register the population, someone has to measure the land, someone has to adjust the contradictions, and someone has to distribute seeds and farm tools......"

"Bah, what you said is what the officials did."

"Whether it's an official or an official, it's not up to us to say." Wang smiled and said: "This Chu Dynasty is not that there are too many officials, but that there are too many officials who only eat and do not work. If you put the concept down, there are actually too few officials in the Chu Dynasty......"

Tang Qianqian understood as soon as she heard it, and she didn't need Wang Xiao to explain more. "But this way, soon they will find out that you are cheating on them." I can't spare you. ”

"When the time comes, they can't help it, and I believe that there will always be people in their clan who are still enthusiastic and will stand by us after seeing the people's suffering. If they want to make trouble, it's just right for me to distinguish all the talents from the real ones. ”

"Badass."

"Know what's worse? I plan to build a school to give these children of the noble clan an official and let them teach. ”

"Huh?" Tang Qianqian didn't think there was anything new about this at first glance.

Wang smiled: "I want to set up two kinds of schools, the first is to let more people read and write, this is the fundamental thing that touches the interests of these gentry and clans, presumably if they find out, they will resist fiercely." But they shouldn't be able to find out, and I'm going to disguise these schools as 'technical schools' that teach literacy, arithmetic, agriculture, water conservancy, science and technology, and so on. After five or six years, I'll get the first batch of henchmen who can be used, and then ...... Maybe it will take one or two hundred years before it can be regarded as 'enlightening the people's wisdom', this is a later story.

Second, I plan to set up a martial arts school with the aim of training generals. In addition to recruiting gifted children, there are also two kinds of people: first, let the existing generals learn the art of war; 2. Let these children of the scholar clan go to practice martial arts and train soldiers......"

When Wang Xiao said this, Tang Qianqian frowned slightly, and muttered: "In this way, I am afraid that it is not a good thing for them to be contaminated with military power." ”

"I'm not afraid that they will be contaminated with military power." Wang smiled: "Speaking of which, the Qin family is also a big family. As long as it's for me, what's the matter? I dare to run this martial arts school, so I naturally want to ensure that the children of the scholar clan will be sent in, and they will be on my side when they come out in two or three years. ”

Tang Qianqian put down the dishes and chopsticks, lowered her head and thought about it, and couldn't help laughing.

"So, why didn't Xiaolang half lie to them? It is clear that after stealing people's land, these families will be broken up. ”

"I clearly want to train excellent children for them......

At this point, a pro-soldier reported outside the door: "Guogong, that Sun Xingmi wanted to run away, but we took it down, how to deal with it?" ”

Wang Xiao patted Tang Qianqian's hand and said, "You eat first, I'll take a look." ”

After he left, Tang Qianqian didn't eat anymore, but took a pen and paper, and wrote down the various measures that Wang Xiao had just said in words that she could understand, holding her chin and thinking a little.

She could taste some of the more profound things in it, which was more powerful than Wang Xiao expected, so she had to ponder it carefully every time.

After a while, Wang Xiao came back, put his arm around her waist, and said, "Huh? Where do you not understand? I can tell you more about that. ”

"I don't need you to talk about it." Tang Qianqian said: "There are some ideas that I think are very meaningful when I think about them carefully, but when you talk about them, they seem to be mediocre and ordinary." ”

Wang Xiao couldn't help but smile slightly. I thought that Tang Qianqian was really smart and could see the cleverness of some modern operation models.

This feels like I'm a scumbag, I've read some very powerful books, and then I come to say to a scumbag, who can understand the mysteries in the book, but it's a pity that I can only explain part of it.

"Huh? Moderation ordinary? Wang smiled.

"I hate it, people don't mean you. You're not modest, right? Tang Qianqian coaxed him, casually diverted the topic, and asked, "By the way, why did you come back so soon?" What happened to that son of the Kong family? ”

"Let him go to Zhendingfu."

Tang Qianqian said with a smile: "I just said that I wanted to subdue Shandong Yingcai, so I ran away?" ”

"The Kong family and the Sun family are unlucky, they are used by me to kill chickens and monkeys, and those who have a little backbone will not take refuge in me, this is no fate, and they can't be forced."

"Why don't you kill it?"

"That's right, I'm really too kind......"

"Phew."

At this point, another voice sounded: "Yu Guogong! Jima sent a horse quickly, and the Rui Dynasty sent an envoy to discuss the alliance, and it will arrive soon, and the king of Qi will ask the prince to return quickly......"

Tang Qianqian and Wang Xiao glanced at each other, and they both thought of what Wang Xiao said a few days ago, "If the situation is really urgent, the Rui Dynasty should also send someone to discuss an alliance with me."

Now, the people of the Council have really come, and the situation is afraid that it is 'urgent'......