Sun Ce reminded him in a timely manner, and the military planners didn't know that the killing of Hu Ling came from Sun Ce's mouth, thinking that it was Zhuge Liang's idea, and they felt that a young scholar dared to propose a plan when he first arrived, which was really a little overconfident. As soon as Zhuge Liang's words were finished, someone jumped out to refute them.

"You said that you were killing Hu Ling, did you only kill Hu people? Youzhou people don't kill? ”

Zhuge Liang was unhurried and polite. "The name is also great. The cavalry under Yuan Shao's command was mainly Huns, Xianbei people, and Wuhuan people, all of whom were Hu people, so they were called Hu people. Yuyang and Daijun also have Han cavalry, but they are the main assault force, and it is unlikely that they will be used as rangers, and the number is not large, so they are not the main body, so they can be ignored. ”

Another military conspiracy objected: "Even if you kill Hu, that's not appropriate." The Southern Xiongnu are different from the Xianbei people and the Wuhuan people, they have long been subject countries of the Han Dynasty and cannot be treated as Hu people. ”

Zhuge Liang smiled, and before he could speak, Shi Tao laughed and said: "This is not right, then Yuan Shao prides himself on his edict, and his heart is obvious, how can the Southern Xiongnu still be regarded as a subject country of the Han Dynasty?" You're refuting it, it's ridiculous. ”

The soldier was stunned, raised his sleeves, covered his face, but did not go away, and sat and listened to the ridicule of his colleagues. Zhuge Liang saw it in his eyes, and couldn't help laughing, arched his hand and said, "Please continue to ask questions." ”

"Dare to ask Kong Ming, although it is a common practice for a family of five to have five people in labor, but how can a family have five people in labor, monogamy, plus children, usually only two or three people serve, and now five people can be exempted from labor service, isn't it too much? And the age is different, the mouth and money are different, and it does not make men and women cannot be equal to young and strong, is it inappropriate to do this? And one husband and one hundred acres is an ancient system, Yuzhou is narrow and crowded, how can a household have a hundred acres? ”

"The exemption from military service, mouth money, and land rent is just for rewards, and it is also convenient to change one household to five. Those who dare to kill Hu Lu are mostly young and strong, and how can there be women and children, old and weak? If ten young men attack together and kill one of them, which household will this credit belong to? ”

Zhuge Liang spoke eloquently, reasonably, and logically. Sun Ce sat on the second floor, listening intently, nodding from time to time. A genius is a genius, some things are born, this plan was just proposed, and there was no time for Zhuge Liang to think about it carefully, he could think of so many questions in a short period of time, and he did not panic in the face of the questions of the military strategists, which shows that he was born to do great things.

Sun Ce pondered. Zhuge Liang is fifteen years old this year, and thirty years later, he will be forty-five years old, with thirty years of experience in governance, he can be appointed as a Situ and master the civil affairs of the world. Forty-five years old is not too late for the third duke, or even a little early, even if he is in his fifties in history, it is not a problem to do it for ten years. If you combine work and rest and live longer, maybe you can do one more term or two.

Zhuge Situ, it always sounds a little awkward. Sun Ce smiled dumbly, and couldn't help but think of a question. Do you want to restore the prime minister's system? This is not to achieve Zhuge Liang's fame as prime minister, but how to adjust the political system. The prime minister system has been repeated several times, and in general, it is easy to form a powerful minister in power, and it stands to reason that it should be abolished. However, this issue is not urgent, and you can think about it slowly.

After about half an hour of debate, Zhuge Liang's plan made some detailed adjustments and was finally approved. The order to kill Hu was issued to the counties in the name of the state governor's office, and at the same time notified the assassin Shi Manzhong of Xingyu Prefecture stationed in Yangxia.

The task was completed, Zhuge Liang returned to the second floor and returned to Sun Ce.

"How does it feel?" Sun Ce poured him a cup of sour pulp. "Moisten your throat, keep your voice quiet in the future, don't shout at your good voice, it will be ugly to leave a jackal in the history books in the future."

Zhuge Liang couldn't help laughing, took the sour pulp and took a sip. "Reason is not clear, honesty is the most reasonable saying. There are some things that I didn't think about before, and after this argument, there should be no obvious omissions. ”

"Well, what else?"

"And ......," Zhuge Liang thought for a while. People must also have their own opinions, they must know what they want, and they cannot expect to be comprehensive, otherwise they will have different opinions and be confused, and they will not be able to do anything. ”

Sun Ce's heart tightened, and he subconsciously glanced at Zhuge Liang. It's really character that determines fate. Zhuge Liang is smart, and ordinary people are indeed not his opponents, so it is inevitable that he will be overconfident. When he is in power, even if there is a mistake, others will not dare to point it out, and even if he points it out, it will not be able to match his eloquence. Over time, monopolization of power is almost a matter of course. It's a bit of a hassle.

Seeing that Sun Ce's eyes were wrong, Zhuge Liang's tone suddenly weakened a little. "General, am I not right?"

Sun Ce came back to his senses, thought for a moment, and waved his hand with a smile. "You're right, people really have to know what they want, and they can't follow everyone else. However, the boundary between persistence and stubbornness is difficult to grasp, and people will inevitably have times of paranoia, and the more venerable you are, the more you should be vigilant about yourself. The harm of ordinary people making mistakes is limited, and the impact of a Venerable person's mistakes is less than one state and one county, and the whole world is large, how can he not be cautious? ”

Zhuge Liang nodded in agreement, thought about it, and asked, "Then how to judge when to insist and when to conform to the herd?" ”

Sun Ce smiled bitterly: "To be honest, I don't know very well. ”

"I have a solution." Zhang Cheng walked up quickly, dusty. "General, to prevent stubbornness, you can find a friend, preferably on the same level as yourself. If you can't find someone with a comparable realm, then find a few more people with a slightly weaker realm. When you are hesitant, you can temporarily jump out of your own train of thought and listen to the opinions of your friends, so as to avoid the mistake of paranoia. Master Ziyun: If you are a threesome, you must have my teacher. That's what it means. ”

Seeing Zhang Cheng and Sun Ce talking so casually, Zhuge Liang knew that he was not an ordinary person, so he hurriedly saluted. Sun Ce introduced Zhuge Liang to Zhang Cheng, and then introduced Zhang Cheng to Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang hurriedly stepped forward and saluted. He had heard Yan Cheng talk about Zhang Cheng a long time ago, but he never had the opportunity to meet. Hearing that Zhuge Liang is a native of Xuzhou and is now serving as Sun Ce's bookmaker, Zhang Cheng was also very happy and had a few warm conversations with Zhuge Liang. He knew how important Shuzuo's position was, and the Xuzhou scholars had added another cadre, and they would soon be able to keep pace with the Yingchuan people.

Seeing that Zhang Cheng and Zhuge Liang were talking warmly, Sun Ce was clear in his heart, but he could only smile bitterly. The great man said that there are no factions in the party, and there are all kinds of strange things. Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, where there are interests, there will be groups, in the era of inconvenient transportation, people's social circle to the countryside as the priority, to regional distribution is a normal thing, agricultural society is born a society of acquaintances.

"Zhong Hei, how is the matter in Xuzhou?" Sun Ce coughed and reminded Zhang Cheng not to forget the priority.

Zhang Cheng also knew that he had lost his temper, so he hurriedly saluted. "I'm so happy that the general forgives me."

"What are you so happy about?"

"After Shen Zhonglang led his troops to Guangling and Xiapi, the local families were in a hurry and were chasing the fleeing Yuzhou family." Zhang Chengxiao opened his face, looked around, there was sour pulp on the case, poured a cup himself, drank it all, smacked his lips, and then said: "Last year, the sailors closed the river, and the families of Guangling and Xiapi were not allowed to leave the country, they could only watch the merchant ships in Pengcheng come and go, not only could not make money, but also spent high prices to buy New Year's goods, the prices in the market surged, and the people complained. After Liu He left the country, many rangers spontaneously organized to hunt down the Yuzhou family, and several families who dared to hide the people of Yuzhou were besieged, like rats crossing the street, and they were in panic all day. ”