Although the night was already deep, the two people in Li Sheng's house still had no intention of resting. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe scorching light flickered orange-red, and the dancing shadows danced on the faces of the two. Looking at the energetic appearance of these two people, it seems that they already have a plan to talk at night until dawn.

"Why?" The conversation continued, and Zhuge Liang felt very strange about Li Sheng's affirmation, although he also felt that such a thing was not without a solution, but he was by no means as full of confidence as Li Sheng.

"Because of two points." Li Sheng raised his fingers: "First, because I have an army, in this troubled era when the imperial power is not strong, the army represents that I have the right to make rules; Second, because I have you, Shiyuan, and Gongyuan, and because I have you, I have your wisdom. It is difficult to deal with this, but I do not believe that this difficulty can be solved by your wisdom. After all, your forefathers have set an example before you. The princes of the past Wenjing world can be said to be powerful, and they are quite similar to today's big households, but where are those princes today? I think it seems that these problems can be solved in a similar way. ”

"Oh?" After listening to what Li Sheng said, Kong Ming's brain spun rapidly. After a little thought, he already understood the hint that Li Sheng gave him: "Wonderful! If we can continue to make a policy similar to the Tui En Decree continue in the big family, then everyone will become a small family, and it will be unlikely to compete with us. However, I am afraid that this order will not be popularized. After all, everyone can see the point. There are not no talents in the big family, and even the talents they have there do not have to be less than the Han family. If the policy is forcibly promoted with the military as a guarantee, I am afraid that everyone will unite to oppose it. At that time, the lord is afraid that there will be no one available. ”

"There's no hurry. What are the two ways I can solve this situation? Li Sheng smiled mysteriously.

"Two ways?" Zhuge Liangba blinked, full of curiosity.

"Imperial examinations and schools." Facing Kong Ming's curious gaze, Li Sheng smiled and spit out the answer.

"Imperial examinations and academies?" Kong Ming's eyes widened: "I understand this school, but what about the imperial examination?" What is it? He asked, puzzled.

"The imperial examination, also known as the scientific examination, is simply the use of examinations to select talents. We decide what to test, we decide the questions, and the test is open to all readers, regardless of their origins, based only on their results in the examination room. Only those with excellent grades can become officials, and this is the imperial examination. Li Sheng smiled on his face, but he felt a little sad in his heart: "Isn't the scientific examination actually an exam?" I think I was miserable by this thing, and I had to take the test for everything I wanted to get. Certificates have to be examined, degrees have to be examined, it's really a word ......" He secretly slandered, and suddenly continued as if he remembered something: "The imperial examination can only test the specific strength of the examinee, and it is absolutely impossible to mix things such as classics and virtues that cannot be judged. Otherwise, we are afraid that those who pass the test will become the kind of nerds who have a thousand words in their pens and have no plan in their hearts. ”

"Huh?" Kong Ming, who had been deeply thought about by Li Sheng's idea of the imperial examination, couldn't help but be shocked when he heard Li Sheng say this, but he quickly understood why his lord wanted to list this point separately. "The lord is afraid that the person who took it will not be suitable?" Kong Ming said with a smile.

"Exactly." Li Sheng nodded: "The so-called seeks his position in his position." Adjudicating a case requires the judgment to decide the case, the main book needs the corresponding accounting ability, and the administrative management needs the corresponding government affairs planning ability. We only take a clear word from a person with high morals, and we can't see that he can do it. And this requires us to use the method of examination to draw conclusions. It would be best to have people who are able and clear, but if there is only ability and shortness, then we can also use all kinds of legislative means to restrain them and make use of their abilities. In such troubled times, ability is the most important thing. ”

"That's just as well!" Kong Ming was persuaded, and couldn't stop nodding yes.

"Moreover, we can also combine the imperial examination with our school." Li Sheng continued with a smile: "First, it can make our new system known to everyone more quickly; Second, it can also absorb a large number of talents from the people; These three can be used for several years or even longer to train our successors. The fight for the world is not something that can be done in a few years. I don't know how long this chaotic time will last. Although we are all young at the moment, we should think about things that are much longer in the future. ”

"The lord is right. Presumably, the lord has already conceived of this. I don't know what the lord plans to do with this school? Zhuge Liang saw that Li Sheng answered the question without thinking, and continued to ask curiously. Although the answer was a little rough and there was nothing detailed, it was obvious that Li Sheng was not thinking about the so-called "imperial examination and school" for a day or two. "When did he start thinking about such a thing?" Kong Ming felt a little strange.

"This school. I plan to divide it into five branches, that is, the so-called Confucian Academy, the Miscellaneous Academy, the Military Academy, the Political College, and the Law Academy. Li Sheng explained with a smile: "The so-called Confucian Academy is a place to study the true understanding of Confucianism, explore the wisdom of the ancients, and study the classics; The miscellaneous college is a place for shrewd arithmetic, and then a hundred schools are reinstated, and hundreds of jobs are rewarded. Kong Ming: I think you also know that the four places in the world are divided according to the farmers and industrialists. A scholar is a ruler of the country. A farmer is a man who grows food. Neither of them was discriminated against, but the industry and commerce that came after them were despised by the world. I don't know what you think of these people, but I just think that we will not be able to develop without business in the future, especially the workers in them. The population of Jiangnan is not as good as that of the north, so we must make the most of our manpower more completely. It is definitely a misconception that the things made by the workers are often called by the world as strange and ingenious. For us, if the equipment made by the worker could be made by the power of one man into the power of three, would not it not triple the manpower? This is a great achievement for us with a sparse population. So I'm going to set up a separate miscellaneous college. Speaking of this, Li Sheng stopped the topic and did not continue. He may have felt a little thirsty, so he took a sip of the tea on the table in front of him, but his eyes went straight to Zhuge Liang's handsome face. "What do you say?" There was such a meaning in his eyes.

"What the lord said is very true, this matter of heavy industry and technology and manpower is indeed what we need to focus on at the moment. If we can achieve some results, it will not only be conducive to the development of our own territory, but also conducive to the improvement of our army's combat strength. It's like when the lord refined that fire yao, I'm afraid that it can be regarded as a skill in a hundred crafts. Zhuge Liang is also a person who is proficient in miscellaneous studies, and he has read a lot of books other than Confucian classics on weekdays, and he is not completely ignorant of the so-called way of a hundred labors.

Seeing that Kong Ming agreed with his idea, Li Sheng smiled proudly. However, his laughter didn't last long, but he heard Kong Ming here ask another question: "Well, it is indeed necessary to set up a miscellaneous college for the sake of revitalizing hundreds of industries. But why do we have to separate the military academies, the political academies, the law academies, and the Confucian academies? Didn't the lord know that the current Confucian scholars do not study the classics alone, but study the classics at the same time? Like me, like Shi Yuan, and like Gong Yuan, they all practiced these things at the same time. After all, as scholars, it is our duty to discuss politics for officials. ”

"Is it your duty to discuss politics for officials?" Li Sheng shook his head slightly after hearing this. He felt that although his brother had been with him for a long time and was very influenced by himself, he was still a person of this era after all, and some of his views were still common views of people of this era. For example, this sentence just now made him disagree. It's just that he can't think of it and can only silently slander it in his mental belly, Li Sheng thinks that he doesn't have the energy and strength to argue with this long-formed concept at the moment, so he has to turn a deaf ear. He automatically ignored Kong Ming's last sentence, and directly answered the previous question: "Manpower is exhausted, and there is no end to learning." It takes years or even decades to study the specialization of various matters. I don't deny that geniuses like you, Shi Yuan, and Gong Yuan can continue to specialize in others while mastering the essence of one thing, but I also know very clearly that all-rounders like you, Shi Yuan, and Gong Yuan are still in the minority. It already takes a lot of their energy for more people to let them learn one subject, how can they be asked to juggle other things. In addition, the time for the cultivation of all-round talents is long, while the time for the cultivation of specialists is short. Judging from our current needs and the amount of time we can have, it is much better to cultivate a large number of specialists in each specialty than to spend a lot of time and only have a small number of generalists. ”

'Hmm!' Manpower is limited, and the sea of learning is endless', so it is not as good as specialized, and the amount is less than the quantity. The lord was planning to do this. Zhuge Liang chewed Li Sheng's words, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that what he said was very reasonable, but it seemed that he was not convinced, and he still retorted eloquently: "Although there are few geniuses, they are not nothing." What if there really is someone who can master several disciplines like Shiyuan? ”

"If they think they can learn more, then learn more. In fact, my house doesn't restrict them from staying in one branch after they enter it. In fact, if they are interested in the knowledge of other academies after studying one course, he can go and sit in on the study. As long as he can pass the final exam, who cares how many subjects he has studied? Li Sheng spread his hands indifferently and said, "Listen to classes freely and study freely, but use the method of assessment to be lenient and strict with the students in the academy, and strictly control the level of students who come out of the academy, so that whether they seem to be ordinary people or geniuses, only excellent people can obtain the qualification for graduation." ”

"I see." Zhuge Liang nodded understandingly: "This is very similar to our study in the past." It's just that in the past, we were all over the mountains and fields to go to the teacher's house to study, but now as long as we enter the school, we can accept the teachings of several gentlemen, which is much more convenient. ”

"Hee-hee, of course it's convenient. I officially thought that it was only convenient, so I had to move Mr. Sima, Mr. Huang and Mr. Pang Degong from Xiangyang. They are also well-known Confucians, and there are more than one of them, and I think it will be difficult for my academy to become famous. And once this academy becomes famous, people from all over the world will definitely flock to it, and will they still be so easy to get out of my hands when the time comes? Li Sheng said and laughed happily. That smile looked like a small person in Zhuge Liang's eyes, and he smiled with satisfaction.

"I'm afraid that the division of the three credits of the lord's generals, law, and politics is not just about the blue people who are proficient, right?" Seeing Li Sheng smiling like that, Kong Ming was really a little unwelcome, he looked at his lord with a smile, narrowed his eyes and said softly, "I always think that you have other ideas for doing this, and it seems that you have the idea of subdividing our yamen according to a similar method to this classification." ”

"Hmm! Do you see that? Li Sheng looked at Kong Ming with a faint smile on his face.

"I didn't see it, I guessed it." Kong Ming explained with a smile: "The lord and I have been together for so many years, what is the lord thinking in his heart, what he plans to do, how can I be ignorant? Although many times the things that the lord intends to do always seem a little strange to us, once the things are almost done and some of the results appear, we are surprised to find that the lord did it for a reason. The lord arranges a certain thing in order to achieve a certain result. Over time, we naturally think that the lord will never do anything meaningless. Saying this, Kong Ming paused slightly, smiled at Li Sheng, and then the explanation continued: "Since the lord does things for a purpose, then we only need to guess the corresponding purpose: the establishment of the academy and the imperial examination are the same as the purpose of collecting talents from all over the world for our use." Different from the almost emergency means of the imperial examination, the people who came out of the academy have been educated by us for several years, and their ideas are similar to ours, and in terms of the arrangement of specific duties, they must also meet our requirements. It can be said that there is a certain inevitable connection between the yamen and the academy, and I think this connection lies in the distinction between the yamen and the yamen in the future. Since the lord believes that every category needs specialized talents, it will be manifested in the yamen, and it will become that there are many detailed departments under each big yamen to absorb specialized talents, so as to make the things handled in the yamen more accurate and reasonable. The academy teaches specialized talents, and the yamen recruits specialized talents. This one out and one in, each in its own place, is the best way to keep talents from being wasted. I think the lord probably had such a plan, so he made the decision as promised. ”

"That's right, I have the intention of doing so." Li Sheng nodded and asked Kong Ming for advice: "This idea has existed in my heart for a long time, and it was only recently that I had a little clue, and now I want Kong Ming to help me take a closer look to see how feasible this is." ”

"My lord, please try to speak." Kong Mingchao, Li Shengyi waved his hand and made a gesture of please.

"In order to achieve a separatist force, soldiers, horses, money, food, and territory are indispensable. Soldiers and horses can be counted as military strength in a nutshell, while money, grain, and territory can be classified as logistical strength. In order to divide the territory, both military strength and logistical strength must be possessed, otherwise it will never be possible. The key to the Han Dynasty's current state is that local officials have mastered the army. Originally, the leaders of this place, such as Taishou and Thorn Shi, originally had the power of local administration, law enforcement, and finance, but now they have added the right to command the army, which makes the local officials completely able to use the local finances to support the local soldiers, so that the local soldiers do not know that they are the country's army and think that they are the men and horses of such and such a commander, which is a big drawback. Li Sheng said worriedly: "I am thinking of a way to solve this problem, that is, to completely separate the local government from the army, to divide the local power into four, and to add the post of supervisor to the army." ”

"There is a complete distinction between the army and the locality? Divide the local powers into four and increase the supervision of the army? Kong Ming's eyes couldn't help but light up when he heard this, as if he had grasped something in an instant, "Lord, please explain first." ”

"The so-called complete distinction between the army and the localities simply means that the generals of the army are only in charge of the affairs of the army, and all the silver, money, grain, and other materials are distributed layer by layer by the newly established logistics department, without any involvement with the localities, and the generals of the army are not allowed to interfere in local affairs, are not allowed to participate in the construction of places outside the city defense, and are not allowed to meet with local officials at will. Local officials are also not allowed to meddle in the management of the armed forces, interfere in the affairs of the army's defense areas, handle cases of violations of the law by army soldiers, and assign the income of their own regions to the local army in any name. Li Sheng stood up, pondered, and explained: "As for the local rights, they are specifically separated, and the original chief official system of government, law, finance, and supervision is completely abandoned. Since then, Taishou has only been in charge of administration, and the judicial judgment is in charge of Dali Temple, the finance is in charge of the tax superintendent, and the supervision and evaluation of performance is in charge of the patrol case. All the chief officials, such as the Taishou, the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, the tax superintendent, and the inspector, were all equal in rank of 2,000 stones, and were transferred between the states and counties in a five-year round to avoid the formation of autocratic collusion. ”

"This does avoids secession. However, the five-year term is a little too short. Is the lord afraid that they will not be able to handle things because they are not familiar with each other? There are a lot of things that need to be done in cooperation with each other. Zhuge Liang pondered Li Sheng's words and put forward his own opinions, "Moreover, the reason why the lord is so divided, I think it is not only to weaken the power of the Taishou who could originally hold the power of life and death in one place, but also to change some of the shortcomings of the local officials in the founding of our dynasty." But in some ways, the lord does not seem to have changed. Such as the criminal, investigation, and judgment system in one, but it is easy to form a wrongful case because of the likes and dislikes of local officials, and the lord did not change the slightest here, but changed the responsibility that originally belonged to the Taishou to Dali Temple. ”

"Well, we can solve the problem of cooperation with each other by making rules. However, you said that Dali Temple is in charge of criminal, investigation, and judgment at the same time, and the problem of too much power arises, but I did not expect it. So what do you think should be done to solve this problem? Li Sheng spoke. He found that there were indeed many loopholes in the plan he had originally determined, such as the point that Zhuge Liang said, he hadn't thought about it at all. He felt that this was exactly what he was lacking, so he asked Zhuge Liang for advice very modestly.

"I think that since the lord already has a plan to subdivide the department, why not divide it more carefully and divide the rights of this Dali Temple again? Let Dali Temple only be responsible for judging the case. The officials used for criminal investigation were reassigned to the Taishou. As for the punishment of prisoners, we can use the method of work in lieu of punishment, so that they can serve some hard labor. The first is to allow them to use their own efforts to repay the previous damage to others, and the second is to make full use of their labor without supporting idlers. Zhuge Liang thought for a moment and put forward such an unprecedented and novel suggestion.

"Huh? Substitute hard labor for jail time? Isn't that a labor camp? Listening to what Kong Ming said was quite similar to what he knew in later life, Li Sheng couldn't help but exhale in surprise.

"Labor reform? Labor reform!? This term is really fresh and full of benevolence. The lord deserves to be the lord, and such a reasonable explanation that even waste utilization can get along with is really amazing. Zhuge Liang looked at Li Sheng with respectful eyes, and the thick fire projected in his eyes seemed to burn Li Sheng-"This Brother Sheng is really powerful, I just said a head here, even he only has a temporary rush to hold Buddha's feet, and he doesn't have a complete idea of things, and he can quickly come up with such an appropriate induction, which is really surprising." It seems that he did not have the slightest idea of the question I asked, as he himself said, but it is quite possible that he also thought of a similar solution, but deliberately tried to pretend that he did not know about it. Alas, I'm still a little complacent! The thoughts in Zhuge Liang's heart were quickly calculated, and in the end he was a little embarrassed, and he couldn't help touching the tip of his nose a little shyly.

Kong Ming was feeling inappropriate because of his pride and "getting carried away", and Li Sheng was also embarrassed by Kong Ming's praise, so he waved his hand again and again and said humbly: "Don't dare, don't dare, where do I have Kong Ming, you said so powerful." "When there are only a few people around him who are very familiar and only equal to brothers, he will let go of his reserve as a monarch and become open. Some behaviors and thoughts that you usually don't dare to do are naturally revealed with such openness.

"These things must have been thinking about it for a long time, my lord. The reason why you didn't talk about it with us is not just because what you think is something as simple as something that needs to be perfected. I'm afraid it's because you don't think that the four counties of Jingnan, which I have now fully controlled, are not suitable for change as you think. After all, what we are talking about here is only something on paper, and whether it can be realized remains to be tested in reality. If it is rashly promoted, I am afraid that after a few years, the things we have worked hard for several years will be abandoned overnight. Kong Ming's shame was just a matter of a moment, and he always thought about how to plan and develop his own strength in his heart, and after considering all these means of change that Li Sheng said and the actual situation on his side, he came to a conclusion that he himself did not want to see: "That is, such a change requires strong strength and a long time to complete, and it is advisable to slow rather than rush." Otherwise, it is very likely that the turmoil caused by the change will weaken one's own strength, so that external enemies will invade oneself. ”

"Hey, I know this, anyway, I'm just here to talk to you about the calculations in my heart now. As for what to do, we still need to wait for the entire Jiaozhou to settle down, and then you and Shiyuan will discuss it with each other. This is just a change, and it's not a matter of pushing the DAO to start over, drawing on a blank piece of paper, and naturally it needs to be safe. It's a truism that you must first settle for the outside, and I don't want to let my own strength suffer for too much change. Unlike Cao Cao, Sun Quan, and Liu Bei, my foundation is very shallow, and at most I can only describe it as an upstart. Li Sheng said with a self-deprecating smile, he understood what Kong Ming said, and naturally recognized Kong Ming's persuasion of himself.

"Hehe, it's good that the lord understands this." Zhuge Liang smiled faintly, and the feather fan in his hand shook gently in the light of the candlelight: "Does the lord really plan to carry out a reform experiment in this Jiaozhou land?" Kong Ming was silent for a while, then suddenly raised his head and asked.

"Why don't you think it's appropriate here?" Li Sheng thought it was very strange.

"Jiaozhou is not a place that has been in war for a long time. On the contrary, due to the turmoil in the Central Plains and Cao Cao's southern expedition, many people from the Central Plains came here, making Jiaozhou a relatively stable place. Although there are still Shi Xie, Lai Gong and Wu Ju who are arguing and fighting here, the scale of the battle is not very large, only affecting a few county seats, but not the county government level, and it does not have much impact on Jiaozhou itself, and the demand for change is not very large. I'm worried that if the Lord experiments with this change directly here, it will affect our overall strategy. After all, as the lord said, only a strong military can guarantee the stability of our rule here. If we put our small army here for the sake of change, I am afraid that it will be difficult for us to cope with the needs of the army in the next situation. Zhuge Liang thought about it seriously and felt that it was still a little inappropriate to use the reform plan proposed by Li Sheng in Jiaozhou. Because change inevitably causes turmoil, and turmoil necessarily requires the maintenance of the military. For Li Sheng, whose army is not very large, the excessively small number of troops has become one of the important troubles restricting his development.

"It's a nuisance." Li Sheng frowned tightly and asked Zhuge Liang, "Does Kong Ming have a solution to the problem?" ”

Zhuge Liang glanced at Li Sheng, shook his head slightly, and then chuckled and said: "This problem is easy to solve, it just depends on whether the lord is determined." ”

"Determination?" Li Sheng was stunned for a moment, and then came to his senses: "Kong Ming said that he was expanding the army? ”

"Exactly." Zhuge Liang nodded heavily, "I know that the Lord is reluctant to expand the army in order to train more elite troops with less money. It's just that the world is so big, and people need to be stationed everywhere. If elite sergeants are used to do such things, one is wasteful, and the other is unnecessary. Now that we have the land of the four counties of Jingnan, and we will soon acquire Jiaozhou, its strength and territory have reached a considerable point, and I think it is time to further expand the army. Zhuge Liang said leisurely. He could see that Li Sheng was already moved.