Shi Fangheng probably also realized this, so he swallowed all the words he was going to say back into his stomach. Gongsun Jian waved his hand a little weakly, and then couldn't help but feel a little amused by his behavior. motioned for Shi Fangheng to sit down and talk with him.

"Lao Shi, I've always felt a little uneasy lately. A lot of things don't always feel very smooth. Especially after the last conflict with the government. Don't look at my grandfather who is so well-behaved now, but he doesn't know how to resent me behind his back. ”

Seeing that Shi Fangheng didn't answer, Gongsun Jian continued to take care of himself: "It's been five years, five years, I started from a remote county in Linshui County, step by step to today, I know very well what I rely on, not the family behind me, but those brothers and people who are willing to work hard with me. Without their support, I wouldn't be where I am today. Therefore, it is impossible for me to abandon them halfway, and that is not my ideal. So don't look at the fact that we now occupy all the lands of the Southern Han and Zhou Kingdoms, but we still have a long way to go. I know that there have been some voices in the government and the opposition recently, such as that I have ascended the throne and become emperor, but I have not been assigned meritorious ministers. Huh, what do you mean? Is it my Gongsun Jian who is ungrateful? Or are they all ready to sit back and enjoy the fruits of victory? Our goal is not yet accomplished, and there is still a long way to go. If it weren't for the damage to the vitality of Wu and Qi before, do you think we would be able to take down the Southern Han and Zhou so easily this time? They will inevitably intervene at a critical time. ”

After a pause, Gongsun Jian sighed,

"Hey! Only now did I realize that it was really tiring to walk this road. Those wealthy families inside have never been able to return to their hearts, and wolves are waiting for them outside. In addition, we are already understaffed. Don't look at the new policies in some places that are being implemented very well, but in a few years, they will return to the old ways, or even surpass. Why, in fact, I still underestimate the power of those families, and a change in thinking is not an overnight thing. Or to put it another way, our basis is still too weak. Counting on those ordinary people to support us, it is true that they approve of us, but how many of these people are literate? Most of the scholars were monopolized by those wealthy families. And we must rely on these scholars to rule. As a result, these people are likely to go back to the old ways in the end. ”

"Your Majesty, our new school has been constantly promoted and expanded, and when the first batch of poor children come out, maybe the situation will change." Shi Fangheng said with relief.

"Hahaha, old stone. You're still looking at it relatively shallowly. Even if these children come out, it is impossible for them to control the power of a place from the beginning, such as going to practice and exercise first, but with the influence of the original people attached to them, how many of them will be able to maintain their original true colors in the end. A man has finally climbed to the high position he thinks after a lot of hardships, he does not go to the same as his colleagues, and still stands among the poor people before him to confront his colleagues. This kind of person can't say no, but there are too few. That's why I'm still saying that our roots are too shallow. In the end, Gongsun Jian's mood was a little depressed, and even Shi Fangheng on the side noticed the difference between Gongsun Jian today. But it's hard to ask. It is worth nodding silently in agreement.

After a long time, Gongsun Jian suddenly sat up straight, looked at the sky in the distance outside the door, gritted his teeth and said viciously: "So there is only killing!" Kill all those wealthy families. ”

After saying this, Gongsun Jian was even more decadent, his body fell back, with an indescribable miserable smile on his face, and he whispered to himself: "But I'm afraid of overkill." Not all of the people in the world are black. Some scholars still have righteousness in their bones. Bo Yi, can you tell me how to do it? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know." Shi Fangheng replied in a low voice, and at the same time left his seat and bowed to the ground: "The minister thinks that everything in the world has a priority, and the things that Your Majesty just said can be slowly figured out, especially Huang Wenyuan and Hu Tianyi, the two adults, should show their swords from time to time. ”

"Oh? Bo Yi, tell me how the two of them should show their knives? Gongsun Jian asked with interest.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Lord Huang Wenyuan is too tolerant, and the propaganda is good, but some people will listen, and some people may not be able to listen to it, and those who can't listen to it must be dissatisfied with our Da Zhou's policy in their hearts, or they don't approve of it. Then there is no need for this kind of person to stay in my Great Zhou, even if he has a high level of knowledge, it is useless to us. Therefore, Hu Tianyi needs to cooperate with Lord Huang, and when it is time to do it, he has to do it. Maybe it can deter Xiaoxiao, or maybe it can remove some potential threats. ”

"Hehe, Spy Rule, you shouldn't let me engage in white terror, right?"

"......" Shi Fangheng couldn't figure out the meaning of Gongsun Jian's words, what kind of spy ruled the white terror, he had never heard of such words. But looking at Gongsun Jian's attitude, he was a little displeased.

After a long time, Gongsun Jian said slowly: "The people of the world should have the voice of the people of the world, I am not a tyrant and I am not a person who can't listen to good words." Therefore, it is necessary to give those people some space, although I don't want to listen to what they say, but it is not necessarily a bad thing. There is a way, if you listen to both, it will be clear, and if you listen partially, it will be dark. I don't care what I think of in the history books in the future, but I don't want to have only one voice in the whole world. ”

After speaking, Gongsun Jian stood up.

"Bo Yi, you and I are a minister. There may be many times when we may not be able to unify our thoughts, but this does not prevent us from working together to transform the world. You're right? ”

"Your Majesty is the first to look forward to everything!" Shi Fangheng bowed to the ground again.

"That's it, let's not talk about that today. Let's talk about the recent events in the DPRK and China. After Gongsun Jian finished sighing, he withdrew his gaze into the distance, he knew very well that he was too idealistic, so he would collide violently with reality, for example. In order to avoid going too far, he needs someone to be around to remind him at all times, or to remind himself all the time. Sometimes a lot of things aren't perfect, but it's okay to go in a good direction.

This is the contradiction between ideal and reality!

Many years later, when he looked back on his life from the highest position, he couldn't help but sigh that a person's power was too small, but fortunately, there were so many people around him who had been helping him, and fortunately, he had never changed his goals and ideals. has been constantly groping forward, along the way someone has fallen behind, and some people have joined, and the people who are moving forward are constantly forging ahead, and continue to move towards a great goal, so there is the Great Zhou Fenghua depicted in the history books of later generations.

When the Gongsun Sword butcher knife was swung down, almost no one could resist it. In less than a month, those wealthy families who participated in the rebellion were slaughtered by the garrison led by Wei Meng. This number alone has scared a lot of people. As a result, many families began to surrender, wanting to fight for the opportunity to leave their own bloodlines.

Of course, Gongsun Jian is not the kind of person who is completely unreasonable, since you surrendered, well, everything will come according to the rules. But if something happens in the future, then I'm sorry, your family will definitely not be able to save it. It's not just your own family, Gongsun Jian also has a joint guarantee system, putting these surrendered wealthy families together, and everyone supervises each other. All the mistakes made by the family were punished.

Time flies quickly, and three months have passed in a blink of an eye. The territory of the former Zhou State was finally completely calmed down. And the only thing that makes the love unhappy is that Xu Hu has not been caught yet, and he is still insisting on fighting guerrillas. Even if Gongsun Jian sent Xie Wu's special operations brigade, it still failed to wipe him out. Often after being ambushed, it doesn't take long for him to come out of nowhere and wreak havoc.

Gongsun Jian, who was really annoyed, finally decided to go out himself, but many ministers came out to dissuade him. Especially some people in the military, either scolded Xie Wu for being incompetent or said that they would take people to destroy Xu Hu, and they didn't say anything about capturing him alive, just kill him.

But Gongsun Jian didn't think so, being able to escape repeatedly under Xie Wu's special operations brigade showed Xu Hu's ability, and his previous understanding of Xu Hu was just that this person was good at commanding the army, especially defensive warfare. But what Gongsun Jian didn't expect was that Xu Hu could actually play guerrilla warfare so well. It seems that you have to do it yourself.

Regardless of everyone's opposition, Shi Fangheng and Feng Huaidao and other civil and military ministers were left in charge of supervising the country, and Gongsun Jian only took Wei Meng and more than 20 personal guards and chariots to the front line. Along the way, Gongsun Jian was not in a hurry, constantly checking the situation in various places, understanding the customs and local social customs, and most importantly, checking the administrative problems of officials.

It has to be said that although after the extensive use of assessment officials, the ability and level of officials at all levels in the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty have been greatly improved, but various divisions still exist. These are not institutional or human problems, but difficulties in understanding and implementation. More than 95 percent of the people in this world are literate, not to mention literate, and they can't even write their own names. It is a long and complicated process to get them to understand the various regulations set by the government. In this regard, Gongsun Jian can only sigh helplessly, and only by further implementing compulsory education can he do it.

Along the way, although there are many things that he doesn't want to see, he has accumulated a lot of insight and experience for Gongsun Jian, and his understanding of governing the country has taken a step further in his heart. The policy is good, but there must be the right people to implement it. People are also good, but how to preach to the common people is also a problem. In this regard, Gongsun Jianyi sent a decree to the imperial court on the way, asking Huang Wenyuan to work harder, and he could select talents from a group of public school students who were about to graduate and send them to the grassroots level to engage in a type of work. One is to train them, and the other is to reserve talents for the future.

Finally, the team arrived at their destination, Fushan Province in the eastern part of the former Southern Han Kingdom, which is also the capital of the current Toyama Province of the Great Zhou Empire. Xie Wu came forward to greet Gongsun Jian's arrival in person with a ashamed face. He knew very well that if it weren't for his incompetence, Gongsun Jian would not have come on purpose.

Looking at Xie Wu's face, Gongsun Jian smiled slightly, stepped forward and patted Xie Wu's shoulder and said, "Old Xie! People don't have to fight with themselves sometimes. You've done a good job, at least for now, most of the east is stable. ”

"Your Majesty, this is not the credit of your subordinates, it is all the work of Cao Dudu and the King of Chu. The task of the subordinates is to capture Xu Hu and the rest of the evil. But so far, he has not been able to fulfill His Majesty's entrustment, and his subordinates are really ashamed. Xie Wu bowed his head and said.

Gongsun Jian laughed.

"Old Xie, don't say it's you. Even I didn't expect this Xu Hu to be so powerful in guerrillas. Besides, I used to be his subordinate, so if I didn't come to say hello in person, I might have lost his face. All right. Don't say that. Let's go get some rest. Then you tell me about the situation. ”