At the end of the first month, the new Hedong county guard arrived in Pusaka, and it was that Li Rong Li Zhongsi.

Not long ago, Li Rong refused to stay in Luoyang for the New Year, so he hurriedly ran to Chang'an to meet Pei Gai. Pei Gai asked him: "I already know about the past, but does Zhong Siguo have to resign from his position to avoid the lack of ancestors?" ”

Such an important personnel change in the DPRK and China, Pei Gai naturally inquired about it for a long time, and he was able to roughly find out the specific reasons. For Zu Yue, Pei Gai has always had a bad impression, on the one hand, this person is too rough and reckless, and he also has a deep understanding when he intersects with Jiankang, and in terms of his talent, he can't even compare to one toe of Zu Yi; On the other hand, there are actually some preconceived ideas, because the image of the ancestor in the historical records is not very glorious......

Zu Yue once participated in Su Jun's rebellion and was a traitor in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but this is not the point of Pei Gai's hatred of him - after all, now Su Zigao himself is a general under Pei Gai, and another traitor, Guo Mo, has also become a former military commander, who knows that history has changed, will Zu Yue no longer be stained? Besides, the kind of Dynasty of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, rebellion is rebellion, what a big deal......

The key is that Zu Yue is incompetent, after Zu Li's death, he was actually in charge of his army, but he was defeated and retreated by Hou Zhao, and almost abandoned the lost territory in the Central Plains.

And after the failure of the coup, he voted north for the Later Zhao Shi clan. You say that Liu Dalian was defeated and surrendered to Zhao, but how many years have your ancestors and brothers fought with Shi Zhao, and they have accumulated a deep feud in the sea of blood, how can you have the face to surrender? However, even Shi Le looked down on Zu Yue and refused to meet him for a long time, and later listened to Cheng Yao's advice, and simply ensnared him, and more than 100 people of the family were beheaded in the city......

Zu Shishao, who directly ruined his brother's foundation and even his family, can Pei should have a good impression of him?

However, at present, after all, Zu Ti is still there, Zu Yue is under the wing of Brother Nai, and there is no big deal, you can hate someone because of something that has not happened, but you will not start to clean him up in advance because of this, right? The alliance between Pei and Zu will support half of the imperial court, and if there is discord, it will be detrimental to the country, so Pei should tolerate Zu Yue to a certain extent.

Although Zu Yue expelled Li Rong, but after all, he followed the right path, according to the imperial court system, if Li Zhongsi himself was spotless and innocent, how could Zu Yue make the imperial history impeached? If all the piles are false, Liang Fen and Xun Song will definitely not be able to get through, and they will fight to the end for Li Rong!

Moreover, the matter has come to this point, in order for Zu Ti to successfully seize Hanoi, Pei Gai believes that it is still necessary to continue to tolerate Zu Yue for a period of time to observe his words and deeds. He was worried that Li Rong came to Chang'an in a hurry, he came to hug his thighs and ask for revenge, so he first blocked the other party with words, saying that I already know everything, is it really necessary for you to resign?

The implication is that the resignation is your own idea, and it was not forced by Zu Yue, and I will not ask the Zu brothers for you because of this.

Who would have thought that Li Rong smiled slightly, and replied: "The battle between Luoyang and the horns is very boring, so the minister came to vote for Ming Gongye." ”

Pei Gai was overjoyed when he heard this, and praised: "Li Zhongsi is not a worldly talent, he has lofty ambitions, and I have it!" Then he asked Li Rong, if you are willing to serve as the county guard of Hedong, where to go to the first line of Yuhu?

Li Rong arched his hand and said: "Only Ming Gong's order is to listen." ”

Pei Cai said yes, and then screened everyone and taught Li Rong the strategy alone. He felt that since Li Zhongsi was so shrewd and had a deep intention of being effective, he could make his words a little clearer and give him a little bit of truth-

"Zhong Si thinks that the Hedong clan, the land is connected with Qianmo, and the dock fort is vertical and horizontal, is it beneficial to the country?"

Li Rong's eyes flickered slightly, and he immediately replied: "How can they say that they are good for seizing land, encroaching on the country's finances and taxes, building docks, and obstructing the country's decrees?" ”

"What does Ran Qing want to do?"

Li Rong said with a smile: "Since Ming Gong asked, the minister said bluntly. These great clans have deep roots and cannot be pulled out, and for fear that they will shake the place, they can only be slowly drawn, such as the 'Tui En Order' of the Han Dynasty......."

In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, the feudal princes, as a result, the territory of the vassal states accounted for half of the country, and the strength was strong, but it became a big problem for the central government. Emperor Jing and Chao Cuo were anxious to cut the domain, so they caused the "Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu", and when Emperor Wu arrived, he did not dare to be so Meng Lang. In view of Jia Yi's proposal to "build all the princes and less their strength", and accepted the suggestion of the lord father Yan, and finally issued the "Tui En Order", which basically solved the problem of the vassal state threatening the central government.

The content of the "Tui En Order" is actually very simple, that is, to allow the princes and kings to divide the land and property into the princes, and establish one prince after another in the kingdom, so that the big countries are getting smaller and smaller, and the power is getting weaker and weaker, and it is convenient for the central government to gradually eliminate them.

Li Rong proposed that for the Hedong family, they could "slowly draw it, such as the 'Tui En Order' of the Han Dynasty", which means that the big family will be divided into small families, so that each of them will be very weak, and naturally will not become an obstacle to the administration of the imperial court, and will not dare to embezzle the country's land on a large scale - those who dare to act recklessly will not be able to cause any great disasters if they are directly pinched to death.

And then, Li Zhongsi talked eloquently, and Pei should really be impressed by him. Li Rong said:

"Everyone has selfishness, first protect themselves, and then seek a wife and children; The small family is safe, and the second is its relatives; can support their relatives, and start talking about their veins; Its veins are solid, and they are their kindred; His clan is loyal to the country......"

People are selfish, and this selfishness will be self-centered, and gradually radiate to the outer circle, first themselves, then their wives and children, then their parents, then their branches, then their own race, and then their country, and the basic order will not be disordered.

“…… It is a person who abandons his family because of the country, and the loyal ministers are therefore an example for the world; Those who died because of their clan are rare, and filial sons are therefore praised by the court...... "Why do you want to promote loyal ministers and filial sons?" It's because there are too few passers-by, especially those who are willing to risk their own safety for the sake of national interests and throw away their lives for the prosperity of the family, which is simply rare and rare.

“…… When the ministers go to the east of the river, they can look at the situation of each family, or lure them with profits, or force them with force, and between brothers, or concubines or concubines, so that they have internal strife, and even divide them, so that the big clans are small, and they are not a trouble for the country. For example, if the Pusaka Lu family, Lu Hu is in his last years, and he will die in a few days, and he wants to pass on his son, so don't have any complaints? But make good use of its grievances, and it is not difficult to break up the Lu family on another day. ”

Pei Gai couldn't help but stroking his palms and said: "Good, what I think of, I am deeply in my heart!" ”

But Li Rong paused, but asked cautiously: "All the clans in Hedong can be controlled in this way according to their situation. I only hear that I like Pei's family, may I ask, what should I do? ”

Wen Xipei is Da Sima, your own clan, it's inconvenient for me to start, do you have any instructions for this?

Pei Gai smiled and said to Li Rong: "In the past, in the battle, Liu Cang wanted to hold me hostage, but the Pei clan of the Yun clan and Pei Bai were killed, and I replied to the cloud: 'Where I am, that is, Pei Baiye!'" The implication is that you don't have to be merciful to the Pei family, as long as I am here, the Pei family is there, and those branches and side lines, no matter how you clean up, will not shake my foundation.

Li Rong arched his hand and said: "It is as good as the king's order." ”

But he didn't actually intend to do what Pei Gai had told. Anyway, Wen Xipei is also your own family, even if those branches and collateral lines, there may not be people you are familiar with and close to, if I really believe your words and start cleaning up, what should you do if you regret it in the future? My small body can't withstand the thunderous wrath of Da Sima!

Besides, maybe you have lived in Luoyang for a long time and don't have any feelings for Wen Xi's family, but there is still a large number of people surnamed Pei in the Chang'an regime, Pei Wei was the master of the Great Sima and the commander of the Chinese army, Pei Xu was responsible for supervision and intelligence work, and Pei Cui gave the history of Qinzhou Assassination...... Anyone who is dissatisfied with me for cleaning up Wen Xipei may stumble on himself openly and secretly, so why should I make enemies without need?

Anyway, as I said, this matter should not be rushed, but "boiled frogs in warm water", let's take our time. There are also Puban Lu, Xie County Liang, Fenyin Xue in front...... There are more than a dozen families of all sizes, and it is not Wen Xipei's turn. I put the Pei family for the last ten years, it is impossible that I will still be in Hedong County after ten years, and I will not be transferred to another position, right?

Weaken Wen Xi Pei's? Whoever dares to do it, I don't dare anyway......

Pei Gai immediately ordered Li Rong to guard Hedong County and temporarily stationed in Pusaka, so that he would lead 2,000 troops to the road and perform his duties in Dongdu after a few years. By the way, he also took care of Li Rong and said: "Hedong County, the household registration is prosperous, and the county can be recruited according to the situation, and sent to Chang'an for training - and if the children of the big clan are sent to Guanzhong, their descendants will be weak." ”

Li Rong went to Pusaka, and by the way, he also brought a new order for the whole army, officially setting up a brigade of 10,000 people between the army and the battalion.

The three armies of Da Sima are currently temporarily set up in the first front army and one in the rear, and the second in the middle army, a total of four brigades - the Buqu Battalion and the Qiji Battalion have been separately demarcated, and Su Jun's "Gonglai Battalion" is not among them - each brigade has three battalions under its jurisdiction. The battalion number is retained, and the brigade is not numbered, but numbered.

This is because Pei Gai set up the name of the fourth battalion of "Fenglin Volcano" back then, which was originally to cultivate the sense of honor of the soldiers and make them have a strong sense of belonging to the army. However, now that the battalion head is getting bigger and bigger, and there is a brigade on top of it, if the brigade number is given again, it is easy for things to develop in other directions, and the tendency of independence among the brigades and battalions may become more and more serious, and even lead to militarization. As for the old battalion number, since it has already been given, it is not advisable to rush to seize it, because it is easy to shake the morale of the army, and it can only be easier to find an opportunity in light of the situation.

Zhen Sui is still the commander of the Chinese army, awarded the rank of lieutenant general, and the commander of the first brigade, and the military governor of Hedong; Yao Yizhong was awarded the rank of captain, and served as the deputy general of the First Brigade with a low rank. However, at present, the First Brigade stationed in Hedong, even with the 2,000 men brought by Li Rong, is still less than the establishment of two battalions, and Pei Gai promised to gradually make up for it within half a year with the soldiers and horses that have been trained in Chang'an.

In addition, a county lieutenant with the rank of captain was set up in Pusaka, so that he could recruit local young people, some of whom were sent to Chang'an for training, and some of them were incorporated into the main and auxiliary soldiers, and some of them stayed in Hedong, forming a county army of 3 to 4,000 people - the treatment was equivalent to that of auxiliary soldiers. The county lieutenant is under the dual leadership of the county guard and the governor of Hedong, but if Zhen Sui is only the commander of the Central Army and the First Brigade, he will not be able to control it unless he is suppressed by rank under special circumstances such as wartime.

At present, there are two battalions under Zhen Sui, with less than 6,000 people, the first battalion has a number, that is, the "camp in the fire", and the second battalion has no number for the time being. According to Pei Gai's meaning, the battalion number will no longer be lightly awarded in the future, and the number can only be awarded if it has established enough meritorious deeds.

For example, Wang Zeyuan led the "right battalion of fire robbery", and once broke the Hu general Liu Xun in the Seven Star Fort outside Chenggao City, and after the war, he was allowed to paint a seven-star pattern on the military flag. However, Wang Ze himself was no longer the battalion commander, and was promoted to the brigade commander of the Second Brigade.

Zhen Sui took the opportunity to play and asked Lu Jing for a military rank and served as a lieutenant.