Xiong Yuan went to the Great Sima Mansion to pay homage to Pei Gai, and Pei Gai personally went out of the middle hall to greet him.

Although he occupied the entire Guanxi and used a lot of means, Pei Gai still felt that there was a shortage of talents under his command - this is because the population of Yong and Qin is relatively sparse, and there are even fewer scholars. Therefore, except for Pei Wei, the abilities of the children of the Pei family are only in the middle, and Pei should also have to be entrusted with important tasks one after another - after all, the family foundation is thick, and the foundation is more solid than others.

Therefore, on the one hand, he stretched out his hand to Hedong and even Henan and even Jiangzuo and other places, and recruited Junyi, and on the other hand, he wanted to transfer Xu Fang's old officials to Guanzhong one after another-so that he was in the end of the matter, and at that time he still had the energy to teach them to do things hand in hand, and now most of them have grown into usable talents.

Therefore, although he has not been with Xiong Xiaowen for a long time, since he is an old official, Pei Gai naturally can't greet him unyieldingly, so as to win his heart - mobilizing Xiong Yuan is also the first step for him to gather Xu Fang's old officials, and he plans to take them all over except Bian Yan, Xi Jian, Su Jun, and Wei Xun. In particular, Xiong is far from being an ordinary troll, he also has the ability to be a director, at least he has the motivation to learn and practice, and he opened mines, minted money, and made weapons in Pengcheng, which helped the success of the Northern Expedition. If so, how can we not treat it well?

Then Xiong Yuan was connected to the main hall, sat down and talked, first asked about Xu Fang, and the handover process of the new members appointed by the imperial court, and then tested Xiong Yuan - Qing returned to Chang'an, and planned to take any position?

In fact, Pei should have already had a case for Xiong Yuan's arrangement, that is, the Ministry of Industry. Peng Xu Yu of the current Ministry of Industry is a pure technocrat who wants him to supervise the craftsmen to make inventions, make equipment, and even dig mountains and ditches, he is a good hand, but he has made a mess of the general affairs of the entire department. Pei Gai planned to let Xiong Yuan be Xu Yu's deputy, engage in administrative work in the Ministry of Industry, and pick up the girder.

Xiong Xiaowen happily agreed to this, and then pondered that the serious things were almost done, and then he arched his hand to Pei Gai and said: "The minister is here to Chang'an, and Chen Yansi is also traveling with him, and he is willing to recommend him under the Ming Gong's curtain." ”

When Pei Gai heard this, he couldn't help but smile slightly: "Chen Hao? I don't know what it can do. ”

Regarding the movements of the Luoyang Imperial Court, and even the situation of officials above the intermediate level, Pei Gai naturally found out clearly through Pei Xu, Xun Song and other channels, and Chen Hao once asked him to return to the court, and was finally squeezed out by the bigwigs of all parties. As Xiong Yuan expected, Pei Gai did not resent Chen Hao, one of what Chen Hao said may not be unreasonable, and the other is just a troll, how high my status is, why should I be angry with a troll?

Xiong Yuan was honest, and what Chen Hao said to himself in the future—mainly to explain why he had to play such a concert—to explain to Pei Gaixi. When Pei Gai heard this, he couldn't help but be happy, and said with a smile: "In this way, Chen Yansi is almost the best of filial piety." ”

There are a lot of trolls in this world, and there are not many who spray reasonably, not only pointing out the shortcomings, but also putting forward corrective opinions, which is even rarer. Listening to what Xiong Yuan said, this Chen Yu has brains, and he also has a relatively clear understanding of the current situation in the Luoyang Dynasty, and his idea of recruiting talents regardless of his background and the need for civil and military trials also coincides with himself.

Xiong Yuan humbly said: "What can I do? Chen Yansi's talent is ten times too far. ”

Pei Gai said that since this is the case, then let him come to see me quickly.

Xiong Yuan thanked him, and then immediately took a dose of preventive injection: "Chen Yansi thinks that he is evil to Ming Gong, and he refuses to come from my west. And now it is a group of small people, it is inevitable to have resentment, both see Ming Gong, words may not be humble, but also hope that Ming Gong will not be guilty. ”

Pei Cai smiled and said: "Since people are talented, they are inevitably proud, but they are arrogant and do not cover their eyes, and they are arrogant but do not lose their manners, how can I blame them?" "It's okay, you can call him over.

So he summoned Chen Hao to pay homage. Chen Yansi straightened his clothes, signed up to enter, and visited Pei Gai as usual, but there was nothing rude about it.

After a few words of greeting, Pei Gai said: "Since Qing has entered the customs with filial piety, there will be someone to teach me, and I should listen to the teachings." ”

When Chen Hao heard this, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and said in his heart that people's words are really true, Da Sima is a corporal of Lixian!

After all, Pei Gai's soul comes from the later generations, and the later generations are theoretically equal to everyone, and when he was a small civil servant, he looked down on the leaders the most, and he had to be a layman to command an insider. However, with the change of identity, people's thoughts and even temper will also change, Pei Gai has arrogance in his body, and he has inevitably added some arrogance recently.

Fortunately, when he was employing people, he knew that even if he was acting, he had to put on a humble corporal. Otherwise, as he said to Xiong Yuan, "People are talented, and they are inevitably proud", the more Zhuge Liang is, the more he has to wait for Liu Bei to go to Gu Maolu, and he will easily refuse to go out of the mountain.

Besides, it was recommended by Xiong Yuan, I have to save some face for Xiong Xiaowen, don't I? The most important thing is that Pei should not remember that there is a record of Chen Hao in the history books of later generations - in fact, there is, in the "Book of Jin" with Xiong Yuan and others - then the virtuous and foolish are not distinguished, how can there be a reason to put up a shelf first?

Chen Yan didn't go around in circles, and immediately said bluntly: "Humble and foolish, how can you teach the words of the Great Sima?" Only to see the big Sima Xingtai Guanzhong, flickering for a few years, changing the old system, there are really three gains and three losses, willing to offer Qin. ”

Pei Caixin said that the ancients really liked to play with the word "three" - "Oh? What are the three things that Qing Ke said in the first place? ”

Chen Hao raised a finger and said: "Da Sima gets one of them, regardless of the family, recruit talents......

In fact, not all of the Guanzhong officials did not ask about their families, many of them were from old high-ranking families, and even had a relationship with Pei's family, and Pei should hire them. This is because there are few talents at the beginning, and it is difficult to distinguish between good and bad, so you can only use it closely with acquaintances first; Second, the children of high-ranking families, especially the old bureaucrats, are at least more experienced than those of those poor scholars, and it is easier to get started with the appointment of officials.

Among the three armies of the Great Sima, most of them were naturally from the poor families and even the common people, and the main administrative officials were still from the Gaomen families. But even so, there are also Xu Yu, Lu De, etc., and Pei Gai once planned to appoint Yu Ling to be in charge of the Ministry of Commerce, so his employment does not ask about the family, and the only way to do it is already visible.

As for the officials of the lower level, most of them were obtained through the last examination, and there were not a few of them from the Hanmen Shu clan.

Chen Hao said that he was meritocracy, not looking at the benefits of his background, and then put up two fingers: "The second thing to get is the system of exercising, imitating the imperial court, and the branch is ......."

The original Xingtai was only a temporary institution, with a crude system and incomplete functions, and it was difficult to coordinate the administration of all aspects. Pei Gai not only changed the old system, but also set up 12 new departments, and the functions and powers were clearly analyzed, which made the structure rigorous and reduced the possibility of prevarication and ridicule between departments, which really made Chen Yansi admire.

Because from the Han Dynasty to the Wei and Jin dynasties, the Taiwan Province was different from the Shangshu Province in later generations, the Shangshu Servant and the Zhushang Shupin were equal in rank, and although the Shangshu was divided into Cao directors, in fact, the functions and powers overlapped with each other, which was very unclear. is like the State Council in later generations, only Shangshu Ling can be compared to the prime minister, the servant is the executive vice premier, and all the Shangshu are vice premiers, although they have their own responsibilities, they are not the heads of various ministries and commissions.

Only when it is determined that all ministries and commissions below the State Council have their own chief officials can their functions and powers be clearly analyzed and their responsibilities clearly defined.

The third article that Chen said is: "Promote culture and education, and cultivate scholars; Examinations are set and officials are selected. The first seven words are a good deed that is recognized by all the people in the world, and the last seven words are in line with Chen Yansi's personal political ideals.

This so-called "three things", every sentence scratched Pei Gai's itch, he couldn't help but be full of Tai, if he drank mellow mash. But then it came to the "three losses", Chen Hao said: "The first loss is to focus on industry and commerce." ”

At that time, it was generally believed that agriculture was the first priority of the country, and that industry and commerce were only the last business – although there was some truth to this in terms of the level of social development. In order to restore productivity as soon as possible, prosper the economy, and reward industry and commerce, Chen Yansi also thinks that there is nothing wrong with it, but the problem is - you can't put industry and commerce in a position equal to agriculture!

The main reason is that Pei Gai lifted a series of bans on merchants and craftsmen, and even the families of workers and merchants can become officials—although for now, most of them are petty officials—which makes it difficult for Chen Yansi to accept.

Chen Hao said: "Craftsmen practice the end of the industry, if they can make equipment, which is beneficial to agriculture, and they will be rewarded, then it will be enough." Merchants seek profit, do not know benevolence and righteousness, so the past dynasties have limited their consumption, residence, in order to make people know that business is cheap, although rich for a while, but the imperial court issued an edict, and his home can be broken in an instant.

"Today, in addition to its ban, so that businessmen can wear Ayaluo, live in a vast mansion, eat ointment, and even raise guests, then people will admire it, if all the wind is from business, the land will be barren, which is not good for the country!"

This is also a cliché, Pei Gai had debated this issue with Pei Wei and others for a long time before the ban was lifted, and he had already had a way to deal with it. So he smiled and said: "I don't think it may be true that businessmen seek profit and don't know benevolence." If Zheng Zhixian is high, he will save the country by rewarding Qin's master, but he does not know benevolence and righteousness, and is it harmful to the country? ”

Chen Hao retorted: "Among the corruption, there is occasionally Zhilan, which is not enough to rely on. ”

Pei Gai said: "If you give up the corruption and ignore it, that is, give birth to Zhilan, who knows?" I only use Zhilan ears today. ”

Chen Hao said Zhilan, of course you can use it-"If you don't ask about the door for the cloud exam, then the family of the merchant can not be forbidden by the officials, if there is a talent, the test can be used, that is, the rank of the award." Only other old prohibitions cannot be abolished. ”

Pei Gai Zhengse said: "Yan Si, if the barren land cannot be used for farming, only barnyard grass can be grown, then should I burn it with fire and abandon it, or let the barnyard grass grow, and I can occasionally get Zhilan?" If it grows, it should be cut off so that it will not do harm; But if nature sets a limit, and those who are too high hoe, I'm afraid Zhilan will never be born.

"The ban set by the previous dynasties is to make the rich not expensive, but the noble can only be rich, Zhuo's and Cheng Zheng's can not be compared with officials and businessmen, so Shi Chong ......"

The market is so big that if private capital cannot get up, bureaucratic capital will enter, and the result is that officials and businessmen such as Shi Chong have been born, which have caused considerable damage to the entire business.

"Such as Zhuo, Cheng, etc., in the end, it is not as harmful to the country as Shi Jilun (Shi Chong). And the farming family, if the force of the field, but well-off, all those who are longitudinal and horizontal, all because of the embezzlement. If there is no prohibition on businessmen and people do not think they are cheap, will the people follow suit and encroach on other people's land? ”

——In the feudal era, the hierarchy was strict, and what level of people was corresponding to what level of clothing, food, housing and transportation, otherwise it was overstepping. However, there were no special prohibitions on the large landowners, as they were for the merchants, although they were not the same as those of the officials, and they were generally not strictly regulated.

Pei Gai spoke at length, but he didn't seem to convince Chen Hao, the other party has something to say, I have something to say, and the two debated endlessly on the spot. Xiong Yuan next to him looked at Da Sima's face a little unpleasantly, and couldn't help but feel anxious, so he quickly found an opportunity to interject and asked Chen Hao: "I have also clarified what I said, I don't know why I lost it?" "Don't talk about this question, let's talk about the next one first.

Pei Gai knew very well how difficult it was to convince an ancient scholar of the problem of industry and commerce, and the most important thing was that they had no concept that all men were created equal, so since the emperor was unequal to the people, and the officials and the common people were unequal, it was not a matter of course for the merchants to be a little more unequal? So he also got off the donkey and said to Chen Hao, "Please say the second." ”

Since people don't plan to continue debating with you on this issue, Chen Yansi has no choice but to shut up. After all, there is a difference between the top and bottom, and he has not yet been able to pull back his temper as soon as he competes - to tell the truth, if his temper is to that extent, he will be secretly slaughtered as early as when he is a small official, and it is impossible to do the duty of serving the imperial history.

When can you speak, when should you shut up, who to speak out, to whom to go around in circles, Chen Yansi still has this bit of political wisdom.

So he pointed to it: "Its second mistake is for the people." ”

According to Chen Hao's intentions, the land should be immediately distributed to the people, and the households should be organized to carry out production. He supports Juntun, but he has a lot of opinions on Mintun, and he will talk about the harm of Mintun one by one.

Pei Gai nodded and said: "I also know, but the power is more than three or five years old, and he should let go of the tunhu to make up the people for the country." This is a lack of military resources, and it must not be taken lightly. ”

Of course, there is another point he didn't say, that is, if the displaced people are directly allowed to return to their hometowns, it is very likely that they will become tenants or even slaves of wealthy families in a short period of time - Jiang Zuo is the best example - so he must first use the Mintun circle for a while, cultivate their habit of mutual assistance and trust in the government, and then use the exploitation of the Mintun to fund them to cultivate the fields that are steadily allocated.

The two couldn't debate about this article at all, so Xiong Yuan asked: "Why are the three mistakes?" ”

Chen Yunai said: "The third mistake, the big Sima Xingtai system, imitated the imperial court, I don't know why there is no position to admonish?" ”

When Pei Gai heard this, he couldn't help but be silent.