Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Visitor

"Lord, how do you feel that after coming to Chang'an, you are much busier than before?" After running for a day, walking on the way home, Dian Wei looked at Chen Mo and said.

"No matter where, this has just been occupied, there must be a lot of things to deal with, I don't have to do everything, but at least I should know what's going on, when I first arrived in Anyi, I was not idle, not to mention how much bigger Luoyang is than Anyi? How do the people in the city make a living, where do the taxes come from, what are the bright and dark rules of this Chang'an City, I have to know at least what to do, and I have to visit these celebrities and people in the city one by one. Chen Mo shook his head, Chang'an has been plagued by Li Dao and Guo Yan for so long, leaving a lot of messes, all of which have to be dealt with by Chen Mo.

The biggest problem is that because the Xiliang army often robs the people, the people have lost trust in the government office, and many of the policies promulgated by Chen Mo to benefit the people, the people have a skeptical attitude, and the surrendered Xiliang army also has a plundering general, which has caused a lot of problems.

Yesterday, Chen Mo just personally ordered the general of the Xiliang Army who robbed the people and property in public on the street, but in this way, the Xiliang Army, which has been accustomed to Li Dao and Guo Yan's habit of robbing without money, has been constantly rioting, for this reason, Chen Mo has passed a letter to Gao Shun to come to Chang'an, this group of Xiliang Army needs to be transformed and transformed, but at the moment, Chen Mo also needs the combat power of the Xiliang Army, at least before pacifying Li Guo, Chen Mo can only try to restrain and appease, and when the battle is over, this group of Xiliang Army will have to be retrained, at least this military regulation and military discipline can not be messed up, The set of Xiliang eating is not good in the Central Plains.

In fact, Chen Mo has asked many generals, Dong Zhuo has had a whole training for the Xiliang Army, and when he was in Luoyang, the military discipline shown by the Xiliang Army was not as bad as it is now, but after Dong Zhuo's death, the Xiliang Army was no longer restrained, and the intentional connivance of Li Dao and Guo Yan made the rules that Dong Zhuo spent several years gradually forming were broken and waited.

Many things are like this, it is difficult to establish, but it is only a matter of one sentence to destroy, but if you want to make a difference and go far, you must establish perfect rules to restrain it.

"These bullshit celebrities are not as good as Mr. Bo Jiao, but this shelf is so big that people can't stand it." Dian Wei snorted dissatisfiedly.

Chen Mo glanced at Dian Wei funny, not to mention cultivation or anything, Cai Yong is his father-in-law, can this pro-estrangement be the same? If it weren't for his own identity, those celebrities might not be willing to see him.

It's not good to talk about rules, some people will fight with you, after all, the big man is very particular about his background, no matter how much power Chen Mo has in his hands, in the eyes of many people, he is also a junior, a doll, the kind that has never seen the world.

"Don't talk about this, has Xu Shu arrived?" Chen Mo did not continue this topic, since he chose the identity of a scholar, he had to follow the rules of a scholar, and there was no way to explain these things to Dian Wei.

"Count the time, it's time to come." Dian Wei said as he walked.

"He's here, let him go directly to Huaili, Tai Shici has to have someone to give advice." Chen Mo said as he walked, mainly because there was someone to help deal with things other than military affairs, and also gave advice to Tai Shici, this battle, I'm afraid it won't be finished for a while, but to help the wind, Chen Mo must get it, help the wind, Guanzhong Sanfu will be all his, at least to drive Guo Yan away, now Guanzhong, the population loss is serious, Chen Mo must stabilize the situation as soon as possible, a scrapped Guanzhong, is definitely not Chen Mo's wish.

When the two returned to the government office, it was already evening, Li Ru was dealing with the copywriting, and when he saw Chen Mo coming back, he hurriedly got up and saluted: "My lord, according to what my lord said, the household registration of the three counties of Jingzhao, Feng Yi, and Hongnong has been registered, but Lantian and Shangluo in the Jingzhao area have not yet been occupied. ”

"This is not in a hurry, first retreat Guo Yan, then all the cities will be ours, if Guo Yan is here, it is useless to occupy more cities, but it will destroy the people's livelihood, you only need to have the household registration in hand, you can send county orders and county lieutenants to these counties, first control the household registration and farming, don't let people take advantage of the war to annex the farming." Chen Mo sat down and took the household registration book handed over by Li Ru, Guanzhong has experienced Dong Zhuo, Li Dao, and Guo Yan, and many scholars have died, and there are even not a few who have destroyed the door, but Chen Mo found that there are not many vacant fields.

Even if he doesn't check, Chen Mo knows how these fields are gone, on the farmland, Chen Mo can make concessions, but in terms of household registration, Chen Mo can't make concessions, the most important thing in the pass is the population, without the population, Chen Mo's lifeline will be taken by someone, at this point, he can't compromise with anyone.

"Whoa!" Li Ru nodded in agreement, and continued to bury his head in the case, now by Chen Mo's side, the most tired person may be Li Ru, he has the most things, he has to help Chen Mo raise food and grass, and at the same time has to deal with a lot of government affairs.

"My lord, Sikong is out asking to see you." Not long after I rested, I saw the guards come to report.

"Please!" Chen Mo nodded, although Zhao Wen had never been loyal, in fact, before Chen Mo welcomed back the Son of Heaven, with Zhao Wen's official title, Chen Mo could not command, but the two got along well, and Chen Mo would also ask Zhao Wen for help in some things.

Soon, Zhao Wen came in with a person, saw Chen Mo, and said with a smile: "At this time, I don't want to be weird." ”

"What did you say, sir?" Chen Mo shook his head with a smile, but his eyes looked at the man behind Zhao Wen: "Mr. Yuan Chang? ”

"I've seen and pastor." The person who came said with a smile: "I have heard for a long time that the envoy has the ability to never forget, and I remember that the last time I met with the envoy was in Luoyang." ”

"Mr. Yuanchang praises falsely." Chen Mo shook his head and smiled: "Mr. has an extraordinary bearing, very unusual person, as long as he has seen it, I am afraid it will be difficult to forget." ”

When Chen Mo was in Luoyang, Yuan Shao met at a banquet, when Zhong Mo was already a famous man in the world, Chen Mo had just squeezed into the circle of scholars, so at that time the two sides were just polite, and now Chen Mo invaded Chang'an, Zhong Miao has always said that he is not sick, Chen Mo has been preparing to visit in a few days, and he doesn't want Zhong Xuan to come by himself today.

The three of them didn't talk about any major things, just talked about how to break the enemy on the recent situation in Guanzhong, but in fact, Chen Mo broke Li Dao as quickly as possible, but it also made Guo Yan vigilant, now that Guo Yan has entered a state of comprehensive defense, it is not easy to break Guo Yan like Li Dao.

Zhong Xuan gave Chen Mo a few good suggestions, now Guo Yan is at a disadvantage, many problems that were not too serious before, with the split of Li Guo and the fall of Chang'an, they will gradually emerge, such as the factions under his command, there are generals such as Duan Xuan and Liang Xing, although they are under Guo Yan's orders, but they have great autonomy, before Li Guo and the two of them were concerned, there were enough places for these generals, but now that Chen Mo occupies Chang'an, he has virtually compressed Guo Yan's territory, and naturally some people will be dissatisfied.

It is actually not difficult to provoke these people, and it can appropriately slow down the offensive against Guo Yan and provide them with enough time and space for infighting.

"A conversation with Mr. Yuan Chang is better than reading a book for ten years." Chen Mo looked at the sky and smiled at the two of them: "It's not early, I have already prepared a banquet, how about we talk about it during the banquet?" ”

"That's exactly what I mean." Zhong Xuan said: "Being able to talk to the envoy has also benefited a lot. ”

Chen Mo has learned a lot, which really surprised Zhong Xuan, the art of war, internal affairs, economics and even agricultural affairs, Chen Mo is all proficient, even if he never forgets it, the name of the prodigy in the past is also worthy of the name, but Chen Mo will only turn twenty next year, if it weren't for talking to Chen Mo face-to-face, Zhong Miao would even think that he was communicating with a university scholar.

Chen Mo can have today's momentum, and now it seems that it is not an accident or a fluke that can be explained, this young man does have very human ability, he is an all-rounder, it is not easy for his subordinates to fool him, this is a good thing, but sometimes it is not necessarily a good thing to be too shrewd.

Chen Mo introduced the two of them into the inner hall, and a small banquet had been set up, and his own maid poured wine for the three of them, Chen Mo raised the wine and said with a smile: "Mr. Yuan Chang, this test has also been tested, now it's time to talk about business, right?" ”

Zhong Miao was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "I came to ask for a meeting this time, and I really have something to discuss." ”

"Oh?" Chen Mo and Zhong Xuan drank together and said, "Mr. Yuan Chang, please advise." ”

"Don't dare to advise." Zhong Xuan shook his head and said: "The law that the envoy has cast in the state has also been explored, and he often discusses with people about the law of the state, and the talent of the envoy is indeed extraordinary, but the envoy has considered that this law is feasible in the state, but it may not be applicable to Guanzhong." ”

Chen Mo nodded and said: "It is true that the manpower and material resources consumed are huge, and only a corner of the annex state is acceptable, but if more places are involved, it is very easy to breed corruption." ”

On the issue of the rule of law and the rule of virtue, Chen Mo has discussed with people more than once, and the system of merging states has been very perfect, but if this system is spread to Guanzhong, the manpower and inability to consume will be even larger, and it will even be enough to build an army, and the territory is large, unless there is a Chen Mo in every state, otherwise, with the power of Chen Mo alone, the continuation of the state system is likely to allow Chen Mo to quickly accumulate strength, but it has become a stumbling block against Chen Mo.

The most critical point is that Chen Mo's system in the merger of states has completely broken the old rules, and this backlash is not only a problem caused by its own inability to implement, but more importantly, this system has touched the interests of almost the entire circle of scholars, and in today's world, without the support of scholars, it is difficult to move an inch, but if you compromise too much with scholars, Chen Mo, the lord, will become a puppet.

Chen Mo needs the support of scholars, but he does not want to be dominated by others, although he has established the academy, Chen Mo knows very well that within ten years, it will be difficult to rely on the talents cultivated by the academy to compete with the scholars, and the talents of the academy will also become scholars in the future.

Chen Mo fumbled for the wine, looked at Zhong Xuan and said, "I don't know what Mr. Yuan Chang can teach me?" ”