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Wei Zheng smiled slightly: "This is the second step of Yang Guangzuo's death, offending the Guanlong military nobles will not make him finished, after all, under the Juntian system, the big military family like the former Eight Pillars National Clan no longer exists, and the old government military system derived from the Xianbei tribe military system has long been unsustainable, just like the two Guanlong families, the princes of Pushan County are the pillar national families, and the family soldiers are only hundreds, and Yang Shizi, as the top Chu State family, has no military strength that can confront the imperial court, to put it bluntly, it is a point, You have no soldiers under your command, and your brothers, nephews, and even family members can be generals and low-level officers, but you don't have the most basic grassroots soldiers. ”

Yang Xuangan nodded: "Yes, it is no longer the era of the previous tribal soldiers, that is, the Xianbei people who entered the Central Plains before have also merged with the Han people early, ordinary herdsmen have become farmers who farm, and they have become the people of the Great Sui, and the leaders of the upper echelons of the tribe, the nobles, have become these Guanlong military meritorious families, it is impossible to raise the tribe to rebel like hundreds of years ago, even if I know that my father killed the faint monarch this time, I am powerless to take revenge." ”

Wei Zheng stroked his goatee: "The generals basically don't have to worry too much about rebellion, because they don't have any soldiers under them, but on the other hand. Most of these Guan Long families are just lords. There are not many officials in the court. Like you, Yang Shizi, relying on the power of the former Duke of Chu and his own military exploits, he got this position of assassination, but the Duke of Pushan County was not so lucky, with all due respect, although you are now very famous, but strictly speaking, you are just an ordinary person. Although he has a knighthood, he has no real power. ”

Li Mi sighed: "Who doesn't want to be an official in the court?" But the number of officials in the DPRK and the Central Committee is so much, either they are released to the assassin and wait for the assessment to be excellent, and there is a quota in the DPRK before they can enter the DPRK, or they will study at home and gain a reputation, do you think that if Yang Guang didn't let me be a guard, I would be willing to give up this road to seek office? ”

Wei Zheng laughed: "That's it, the world was only Kyushu in the Qin Dynasty." In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were only thirteen states and one Sanfu region, but now there are more and more states and counties in the world. This time, the state was abolished as a county, and there are more than 400 counties, how did these come about? Isn't it just to settle the sons and daughters of the nobles, so that more and more states and counties are involved, so that everyone is a stab in the history of the third or fourth grade, and in the future, they will have the opportunity to enter Beijing as officials. ”

Yang Xuangan nodded: "Since the Wei and Jin dynasties, it has always been like this, but most of the officials in the court are important ministers, and they can participate in state discussions, these official positions are often given to the big families in the north, led by the five surnames and seven wangs, or they are important ministers of the clan, such as the current Nayan Yang Da, who is the representative of the Yang Sui clan, and Su Wei is the old man of the previous dynasty." ”

When he said this, Yang Xuangan's eyes lit up: "Mr. Wei, what do you mean is that Yang Guang is now starting to engage in a small circle of Jiangnan literati, the so-called Qiguili, except for Pei Shiju, are all Jiangnan literati who have no foundation at all, this means to alienate the northern clans?" ”

Wei Zheng said with a smile: "In Yang Shizi's words, the Shandong clans in the north have been married to the Guanlong family for many years, and some of them are both Shandong clans and Guanlong nobles, for example, the Pushan County Gong family is also a family with five surnames, seven wangs and pillars, and the Hongnong Yang family of the Yang Shizi family is also an important member of the Guanlong military aristocracy, so the relationship can be described as intertwined, even the emperor has to treat these families well. ”

"In several major cases of rebellion during the Kaihuang period, Yu Qingze, Wang Shiji and others who were eradicated were not considered a big family, which ensured the stability of the entire Great Sui power structure, which can be described as the co-governance of monarchs and ministers, and the cultural level of the children of the family is much higher than that of ordinary people, which also ensures the level of the important ministers who govern the country.

Li Mi sighed: "Although Mr. Wei has never entered the court, he is far more familiar with the details of this dynasty than most officials above the court. ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Although the rule of the family has its stability and rationality, it is inevitable that the pearls of the sea will be missed, and you will miss the folk talents like Mr. Wei, so you still have to think of some other ways to ensure that these middle and lower-class talents have room to rise and rise to the top, so as not to happen when talented people like Liu Bang and Xiao He are uneven." ”

Yang Xuangan nodded: "So many officials, especially military officials, have the authority to open the mansion to recruit talents, which can make up for the shortcomings to some extent. ”

Wei Zheng shook his head: "After all, Yang Shizi is still high, and he can't see the thoughts of the grassroots of the people, people like me can't enter the mansion of Chu Guogong, there are dozens or hundreds of family members who line up to see Chu Guogong every day, which round can get an ordinary scholar like me with no background?" If he hadn't met the lord, Wei would only be a fortune teller every day, and he would have spent his whole life together. ”

"But Yang Guang's idea is different from ours, he is now reusing Jiangnan literati, these people are mostly Qing Xuan people, like to detach from reality, talk about ideals and life, talk about the origin of the world, noble morality, in addition to the poetry is also a gift, travel around the places of interest, these people are the ancient said celebrities, indulge in the landscape, only eight buckets, look like a fairy, but there is no actual ability to govern the country, let them be the state and county thorn history, they can't figure out the money and grain taxes, let them enter the dynasty to govern, it is impossible to manage the whole country."

The corners of Li Mi's mouth hooked: "Not everyone is like this, like Pei Yun and Pei Shiju, it seems that they have talent in this area, of course." People like Yu Shinan and Yu Shiji. It's just an embroidered pillow, really. ”

Wei Zheng gently stroked his beard: "But Mr. Yang Guang's idea is to promote and reuse these without foundation. Especially the Jiangnan literati who have not been connected with the Guanlong military meritorious families, whether these people are talented or not does not matter for the time being, but at least in Yang Guang's view, they are safe and reliable, you must know that for many years, the northern families have been officials in the court and formulated policies. It is all to ensure the interests of the Guanlong family, even when Gao Servant or the Duke of Chu is in power, he also constantly wants to wage wars against the outside world, so that the Guanlong family can fight and gain merit. Only in this way can the alliance between the Wenchen group and the military generals be consolidated. ”

However, after these Jiangnan literati came to power, they may not still want to wage war against the outside world, they do not know how to govern the country, nor do they understand what war is, and they use nothing more than Yang Guanghao's psychology of great joy and pomp in war. The number of people piled up, judging from the fact that Yang Guang sent hundreds of thousands of people to follow the eastern capital. In the future, if you conquer Goguryeo, maybe you will really send a million troops, which is likely to fail because the logistics can't keep up, or the Goguryeo people will surrender in fear of war, so the military nobles of Guanlong will also have many military merits because of the more monks and less porridge, and they will not share much military merit, and there will be complaints. ”

Yang Xuangan pondered for a moment and shook his head: "After all, the country still has the old foundation left by the emperor, the system is still there, I don't think it will collapse so quickly, the small group headed by Qigui is only Yang Guang's current close ministers, most of them are mainly civil officials in the Inner History Province, not the senior administrative officials of Shangshu Province, Mr. Wei, are your thoughts too optimistic, as long as the official positions in the court are still open to a large number of families in the north, this group will not be so easy to turn against Yang Guang." ”

Wei Zheng smiled slightly: "The things above the court may be endured, but the things that involve the basic interests of the net worth can not be endured, just now mentioned the matter of digging the canal, once the Grand Canal from the Yellow River to Zhuo County is excavated in Hebei and Shandong, then it is necessary to forcibly recruit the people in Hebei, these big families, in Hebei and Shandong, the large farmland in Hebei and Shandong, who will cultivate it at that time?" ”

"And the taxes increased because of digging the river, including the soldiers to be recruited in the future war, these Hebei clans have to enlarge the blood of the pen, back and forth, will they support Yang Guang again? In order to stabilize the great family represented by the five surnames and Qiwang mainly from Hebei, the first emperor has conquered the people in the Guanzhong area over the years, whether it is a conquest or a palace, and rarely builds in Hebei, because this is the place where the people's grievances are the heaviest in the world, and the people are fierce, and there are a large number of Han families, it will be very terrible to rebel, and even the first emperor can only appease the place, but Yang Guang wants to make this place the heaviest tax and the most oppressive place in the world, this is not a self-defeating way, and what is it? ”

Li Mi suddenly laughed: "Xingman, could it be that when you went to Hebei, Shandong, you also saw this early, so you set up a situation there in advance, that is, you are preparing to make waves in Hebei one day?" ”

Wang Shichong sneered: "Xuan? Isn't it the same thought, otherwise how could it appear in Fan Yang Lu's house? ”

The two of them laughed at each other, and their thoughts were all in silence.

Yang Xuangan also laughed: "It turns out that the two of you have been preparing for the chaos in the world in the future, how about it, how many heroes can rise up in Hebei now?" ”

Wang Shichong said: "Miaocai, don't be too optimistic, even Yang Liang, who has hundreds of thousands of soldiers, will be wiped out in less than two months, Hebei there, since Yecheng was destroyed, there is no longer a central city that can be reunited and openly confront the imperial court, which is destined to even if someone suffers from Yang Guang's tyranny and flees and becomes a bandit, it will only be gathered in the mountains, forests and grasslands of Hebei and Shandong, if you want to become a force to shake the Sui Dynasty, it will take at least a few more years to be possible." ”

A trace of disappointment flashed on Yang Xuangan's face: "Why? Didn't you say that the Guan Long family wouldn't be on Yang Guang's side? ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "What I just said is that most people will have a wait-and-see attitude, as long as they can fight and succeed, there is naturally no shortage of titles, and there is no need to rebel, but if the people of the world rise up one after another, and they cannot be exterminated and pacified within a few years, then these people will have other thoughts, and take advantage of the time of suppressing bandits to support themselves and watch the situation in the world. Then our opportunity has truly come. ”

Yang Xuangan stared at Wang Shichong's eyes motionlessly, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, you have been betting with me before. Said he wanted me to be the first to get started. Is that what it means? ”

Wang Shichong nodded firmly: "Not bad." Miaocai, don't think I'm taking advantage of you, I, Wang Shichong, have been in business for many years, and the layout of the world has basically been completed, of course, I can start things at any time, but it's useless for me to start things, because in the eyes of the world, I'm just a low-born Hu man from the Western Regions. Even in troubled times, there will not be many people following me, and you are different, you are the son of Yang Su, the world-famous Duke of Chu, the top wealthy family of the Great Sui, and I am the first fierce general in the world, if you are willing to cause trouble, it will cause a large number of wait-and-see family members to respond, only then will you really have the ability to take Yang Sui's world. The possibility of avenging your father's murder! How's that, Wonderhead. Are you still ready to keep your promises? ”

Yang Xuangan gritted his teeth and said, "Xingman, are you agitating the general?" I and Yang Guang have already had a bitter enmity for killing my father, and I can't wait for his life now, even if I don't have this gambling contract, I must take the lead in raising troops. Tell me, how long will it take to be considered ripe? ”

Wang Shichong lowered his head and thought for a while: "If you are optimistic, it will be eight years as fast and ten years as slow." ”

A trace of disappointment flashed in Yang Xuangan's eyes: "Why did you have to wait so long?" ”

Li Mi said: "Big brother, don't be too anxious, Xingman said it very pertinently, after all, the strength of the Great Sui is too strong, and if you want it to perish, it is definitely not something that can be completed overnight, we have to wait for Yang Guang to lose the hearts of the people little by little, lose the family, the Guanlong family has begun to support the army and respect themselves, the world bandits are swarming, and the land of Shenzhou is full of wolves, there is a possibility of success, we must be calm." ”

Yang Xuangan gritted his teeth: "Okay, in order to take revenge, I can suffer anything, won't I just wait for ten years?" Haha, the gentleman's revenge, ten years is not too late, am I Yang Xuangan not as good as the ancients? ”

Wang Shi nodded meaningfully: "I believe that Yang Shizi can do this, but the next thing is that you will not be able to do it so easily." ”

Yang Xuangan's face changed: "What's the matter?" If you have something to say, just say it, don't beat around the bush, I don't like it. ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "You have to cancel the marriage with Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang, that is to say, you can't marry Li Xiuning." ”

Yang Xuangan's eyes widened, although in his heart, the status of Hongfu is obviously more important, but since he has been with Li Xiuning for more than a year, he has also deeply liked this girl, and he knows better that Li Xiuning has a deep affection for him, not because of that kind of political factor, but because he likes himself as a person, if he first got married more than a year ago, he may not hesitate to agree to this condition, but after getting along for more than a year, Wang Shichong suddenly proposed that he leave Li Xiuning, which made him a little unacceptable. I was speechless for a while.

Wang Shichong saw Yang Xuangan's expression and sighed: "Miaocai, don't you really like this Li Xiuning?" ”

Yang Xuangan reacted and said in a deep voice: "Why, why do you want me to leave A-Ning?" ”

Wang Shichong said coldly: "It's very simple, if you marry Li Xiuning now, then you won't be able to take revenge, and you won't be able to get the opportunity to take charge of the army in this life." ”

Yang Xuan said sharply: "My marriage with the Li family has already been made public to the world, and everyone knows it, even if I marry A Ning, I am just acting according to the marriage contract, how can I be even more feared by Yang Guang, why can't I get the opportunity to take charge of the army?" I, Yang Xuangan, am also a general of Zhuguo, and I am also a famous general who has led troops to fight, just because I married Li Yuan's daughter, so I don't need me? What kind of logic is this? ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "If you want me to say that your Yang family shouldn't have this family affair with the Li family at all, I don't know what Chu Guogong thinks, he actually thought of this stinky move, Yang Guang was already afraid of your Yang family, and he and Tang Guogong's family have a hatred of taking his wife, and you two families are married together, don't you make it clear that you want to deal with Yang Guang?" This is also an important reason why Chu Guogong was killed. ”

The muscles on Yang Xuangan's face began to distort: "But this marriage is a good opportunity to get an alliance with the Guan Long military family, especially the Zhu family like Tang Guogong, even if we don't consider the relationship between me and A Ning, we will always have the support of the Guan Long family." ”

Wang Shichong looked at Yang Xuangan's eyes with a hint of sympathy and helplessness: "Miaocai, if Li Yuan can help you, I would have helped your father speak this time, even if I know that I can't save him, I will show an attitude, and it's a big deal to continue to be relegated to other counties as assassins or county guards." But even so, he chose to be silent. That makes it clear that at least for now. Tang Guogong was unwilling to stand on the opposite side of Yang Guang. Whether you say that he is wise enough to protect his life, or that he is old and slippery, the reason why these great families of hundreds of years have been able to experience so many dynastic changes and stand tall shows that they have a unique judgment of the situation, and it is impossible to follow us and take the initiative to make trouble now. ”

Li Mi sighed: "Okay, although that's the case." But if you take the initiative to withdraw from the marriage, it will undoubtedly be a huge blow to the prestige of the Hongnong Yang family, although Tang Guogong will not join forces with us, but he may not be willing to withdraw from the marriage, and such a move is self-determined by the entire Guanlong group, and it is unlikely that he will have any friends in the future. ”

Wang Shichong sneered: "Children only talk about feelings and friends, adults only talk about interests, even if you marry Miss Li now, can you resist not mentioning revenge to her?" Even if you don't mention it. Doesn't she know that you have a deep blood feud with Yang Guang? When the time comes, she will also take the initiative to grind her father and brother, who are too talkative. Originally, what we did was to exterminate the clan, and if we were involved in the Li family, which did not have the determination to rebel, it would only ruin our big things at that time. Remember, our current small group can only attract people who really want to rebel, such as Xue Ju, people like Xiao Miao, and people who are not strong-willed, and they can't even mention it. ”

Yang Xuangan closed his eyes and shook his head in pain: "Is there really no other way?" ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "Miaocai, I don't want to make things worse for you, but there is no other way to do this matter, only if you withdraw from the marriage in anger, will Yang Guang think that you are a brave and unscrupulous, impulsive and willful reckless man, so that you will not be guarded, and you will be entrusted with important tasks in the future, so you can personally avenge your father, understand?" ”

Yang Xuangan didn't speak, his hand clenched into a fist trembled slightly, and after a long time, he opened his eyes: "You have a point, the children's private affairs can't be mistaken in a big matter, I will handle the relationship with A Ning, you can rest assured." Xingman, thank you for teaching me so many things today. If it weren't for your and Mr. Wei's guidance, I really wouldn't have a clear and accurate plan for revenge. ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "We are allies, this time we have made our common goal clear, in this time of crisis, we should support each other, in fact, my situation is not much better than yours, Chu Guogong used his life to protect your Yang family, and Xuan?" You're safe, but I'm in trouble right now. ”

Yang Xuangan's brows furrowed: "What's the trouble with Xingman?" Didn't you help Yang Guang monitor Zhou Luoyu last time, did you escape? ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "Although I escaped a catastrophe last time, but your father guaranteed me to be the assassin of Yingzhou, this matter has committed Yang Guang's taboo, this time the world abolished the state and set up a county, although it is for the entire Guanlong Group and the sons of the Shandong family, but the vast majority of the original assassin history is temporarily retained, only you, I, and more than a dozen assassins recommended to the Duke of Chu were recalled to the Eastern Capital, not to mention any new appointments, in short, I don't feel very good, when Yang Guang took the throne, I participated in a lot of those shady scenes, Maybe he wants to take the opportunity to get rid of me, too. ”

Yang Xuangan hurriedly asked, "Have you heard any rumors, and who will attack you?" ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "I think I still do things without leakage, after so many years, those who are against me and want to put me to death have basically killed me in turn. Now in the Eastern Capital, even if Yang Guang wants to kill me, he has to find a capable dog leg and fabricate the crime. After thinking about it, only two people have this possibility. Miaocai, I ask you to help me keep an eye on these two people, and if there is any movement or rumour, you must notify me as soon as possible. ”

Yang Xuangan's eyes flashed with coldness: "Which two people want to kill you?" ”

Wang Shichong took a deep breath: "The person who wants to kill me, in addition to having a bitter hatred with me, is the one who has taken a fancy to my Wanguan family wealth, my Wanguan family wealth, and has the power to reach out to grab it, only the current upstart, the general of the Left Guard, Yu Wenshu, and give him this trick, and the only one who wants to deal with me in the back is your good niece and son-in-law, Feng Lun Feng Shilang." (A pie-in-the-sky event, cool phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! (To be continued......)