"General Lee?" Shi Bufan turned his head and asked. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Shi Bufan turned his head to look at this person and said "General Li". However, this General Li is not Li Jing, but another famous Tang Dynasty general Li Ji. This Li Ji is currently in his early thirties, and as a senior general, he is young and promising, much younger than Li Jing. They are listed as the same biography in the history books of the Tang Dynasty, and they are all famous generals in the early years of the Tang Dynasty. Li Ji's real name is Xu Shiji, and he is the prototype of Xu Maogong in many Sui and Tang romance novels in later generations. After taking refuge in Li Tang, he was given luggage and changed his name to Li Shiji. However, not long ago, Li Shimin ascended the throne, and his name was avoided in order to avoid it, so the word "world" was removed here and became Li Ji.

This one is an unlucky one, having his name changed twice, and even his last name. However, in ancient times, it was a great grace to be given a surname, and this kind of thing may not be available to ordinary people!

"Shi Xiannan, you seem to be a little dissatisfied with Wei Chigong's incident this time?" Li Ji asked.

Shi Bufan just said: "There is no dissatisfaction, now that the world is peaceful, there is no need for people like General Wei Chi." That's why I sighed that veterans don't die, they just wither. When General Wei Chi was at peace in the world, there was not much room for him to play, and it seemed that he had to wait for the high-ranking officials to enjoy it. But if you want to talk about reuse, I'm afraid it's also difficult! ”

Li Ji took the initiative to nod and said: "That's right, Wei Chigong also relied on bravery and martial arts, maybe it's okay in troubled times, but in this already peaceful world, I'm afraid the emperor won't be able to protect him." Although the emperor is good, he can't stand his subordinates from crowding out Wei Chigong. In addition, the emperor is not inseparable from Wei Chigong, which is what makes the emperor embarrassed. ”

"But no matter what, it is inevitable that Wei Chigong will be kicked out." Shi Bufan said again.

Yu Chigong is really useless, there are too many people who can replace Yu Chigong, Yu Chigong's ability is too single, and it is not suitable to play a role in the prosperous era. I am afraid that this is also difficult for Li Shimin, because military attaches are needed to fight the world in troubled times, but civilian officials are needed to govern the world. At this point, Li Shimin changed very quickly, and this role changed very quickly. But because of this, this "unloading the mill and killing the donkey" came very quickly. Li Shimin has just ascended the throne, Luo Yi has just been eliminated, and Li Shimin has begun to prepare to kill the donkey against Wei Chigong.

It is recorded in history that Wei Chigong had repeated conflicts with Fang Xuanling and the eldest grandson Wuji in the early years of Zhenguan, and the historical record is that Yu Chigong was proud of his achievements and looked down on the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling. But I'm afraid this may not be the case, because Wei Chigong is not facing one person, but a group of people. Fang Xuanling's eldest grandson Wuji, these scholars look down on Yu Chigong, and even Cheng Biting Jin, who is considered to be very hardcore with Yu Chigong in the novel, actually looks down on Yu Chigong in their bones, and there is a big gap between them and the Shu clan in this era. What's more, Yu Chigong was not even a Shu clan back then, just a blacksmith who made iron.

In this era when background determines everything, Wei Chigong is unlucky. No matter how high a person's achievements are, even if he becomes a monarch, he will be looked down upon if he is not born well. In this era, no matter how high the struggle of people with low backgrounds is, you will be looked down upon by those who are so-called "high-born". This is the characteristic of the whole era, and even the ordinary people think so, and this is the saddest. How sad it is that you don't even have the qualifications to fight for the respect of others!

"I really didn't expect that it would be like this after the founding of the country. originally thought that the world was peaceful and could enjoy the benefits of high-ranking officials, but I didn't expect it to be like this. Back then, Fang Xuanling and they all had a good relationship with Yu Chigong, and even Cheng Yanjin did not have such a bad relationship with Yu Chigong, they were even able to fight side by side and talk and laugh. But it has only been a long time, the emperor has only been on the throne for a few months, and even the year name has not really changed, but they have begun to make trouble. I really feel now that the world is peaceful, which may not be a good thing! Li Ji said a little helplessly.

Shi Bufan was silent, because what Li Ji said also made sense. When we fought the world in the past, we were naturally able to unite in the face of a common enemy. In addition, there is no stability in the regime, and everyone is in the same boat, so they can still be united. When a ship is crumbling, everyone often disregards their own identity, whether it is noble or poor, they will unite as one to maintain this "broken ship" together, because they are together and have a good relationship naturally.

But after the world was peaceful, everyone began to "share the spoils". Originally, robbers were united when they robbed, but after the results were obtained, the spoils were divided, and it was often a very complicated open and secret battle. Former comrades-in-arms will become enemies, and even all kinds of means will be used almost to the extreme. Sharing the spoils after the war may not be less risky than going to war. Because on the battlefield, you know who your enemy is. But in this kind of post-war spoils, everyone hides a knife in a smile, a set in front of you and a set behind your back, and you don't even know that just a few months ago, or even a few days ago, you were still brothers who depended on each other in life and death, but in your heart you are already preparing to stab you.

You don't know who the enemy is, and the enemy you don't know is the most terrifying, which is why you are not afraid of 10,000 and are afraid of what if. Therefore, in this kind of calculation, military generals are often more straightforward and are not opponents of civilian officials. Coupled with many reasons, the world is too peaceful, and there are not many opportunities to use military generals, so military generals are useless. Moreover, when the world is peaceful, the emperor will often reduce the power of military generals, so as to gradually eliminate the influence of those famous generals. Some of the extreme ones are Zhu Yuanzhang's big killings, and the worse ones are also Zhao Kuangyin. On the contrary, it is Li Shimin who has done a better job, at least most of the heroes can enjoy peace and ensure that the status of high-ranking officials is not low. Although there are contradictions between the heroes, most of them are still under control. Li Shimin is still very good at dealing with interpersonal relationships, and he has a lot of skills with mud.

But this Wei Chigong was the most unlucky, with the lowest background, and was generally looked down upon by the scholars. And his ability is relatively lacking in singleness, in addition to martial arts, it is still martial arts, which makes it very embarrassing.

"In this world, compound talents are more promising!" Shi Bufan sighed.

"Compound talents? What do you mean? Li Ji asked.

Shi Bufan said: "It's like General Li, you can fight when you go out, and you can take charge of the government when you come back, you can be regarded as a compound talent." Being able to do a variety of things is not just an ability, this is a compound talent. For example, I know a little bit about everything, especially how to manage money, which is why the emperor is desperate to protect me. I don't think anyone else is better at managing money than me, right? ”

Li Ji replied: "That's true, there are really not many people who are good at financial management!" No wonder the emperor wants to protect you, he would rather lose Wei Chigong than lose you. You have a lot of financial management skills, the three armies have not moved the grain and grass first, and I am also the commander of the first army, of course I know the importance of grain and grass. In particular, grain and grass must be purchased with wealth, otherwise it will cause public anger if it is forcibly expropriated, which is inappropriate. is good at financial management, which is the inevitability to ensure that our generals go out to fight. I can see that the emperor is a hero, he will not enjoy wealth with me and us, he will definitely expand the territory. The Turks, Goguryeo, and even westward expansion are also certain. These are all asking for money, so the emperor knows that he can't do without you, and if he wants to realize his territorial expansion, he naturally can't do without you, a person who can manage money. ”

"However, what Wei Chi Gong lacks is a special ability like you, so although the emperor values feelings, he will not desperately protect him. The emperor is a very calm and unemotional person, although he attaches great importance to feelings, but he will not be emotional. He is so calm, in fact, it is also the reason why he can be today. That's why Wei Chigong is here today, and the emperor will probably not offend those scholars for the sake of Yu Chigong, and it's good to be able to make peace with the mud. In a few years, if the emperor can't withstand the pressure of those scholars, I'm afraid he will send Wei Chigong out of the state to assassinate him, and there will be little future in this life. ”

Shi Bufan nodded, according to history, this is also the case. Wei Chigong had a bad relationship with the heroes of the imperial court, and as a result, he was released by Li Shimin, so he spent his whole life in local circles, and rarely had the opportunity to return to the central court. And he returned to the central court as a family visit or some private affairs, and there was almost no chance to return to the court to serve, except for the opportunity to return to the court when he retired after he was old, at that time he had been away from the center for a long time, and he could not continue to exert influence.

Even in several important wars in the Tang Dynasty later, there was no part of Yu Chigong, because Yu Chigong's ability was too single and his substitution was too strong. He is not like Shi Bufan who can manage money, and there are too few officials who can manage money in ancient times, this is irreplaceable, so Li Shimin knows that he can't do without Shi Bufan, and he can only try his best to protect him.

Shi Bufan then asked: "General Li Ji, do you feel sad that the rabbit is dead?" ”

Li Ji didn't speak, but his expression told Shi Bufan that Li Ji really felt sad that the rabbit died and the fox died. Wei Chigong has today, of course, because he has a lot of disadvantages. But Wei Chi Gong is also the founder of the country, and he is also the most loyal person to Li Shimin. Wei Chigong's loyalty to Li Shimin, which is a kind of loyalty to the death of a confidant, is simpler than the loyalty of the eldest grandson Wuji. But now Li Shimin has to choose to give up Wei Chigong under the pressure of those scholars, which is the most emotional.

The pressure on the scholars is too great, and the productivity of this era is obviously not enough to allow too many poor families to rise. This is the reason why Shi Bufan wants to increase productivity, if productivity is insufficient, it will not be able to support too many literati who are out of production. In peacetime, there is a need for a literati, even if he does not study various professions like the so-called universities. Shi Bufan studied liberal arts, and did not think that the so-called professional talent was necessary to be able to do the corresponding things.

Literati are a very general reserve of management talents, literati can adapt to many kinds of positions, as long as they don't know how to pretend to know how to meddle, so basically most of the management positions can be adapted. If it is completely professional people doing professional things, this is actually not a good thing, such a country is not a country, but a production workshop.

Therefore, by increasing productivity, more literate people can appear. Once there are more scholars from the poor family, then they will be able to better challenge the scholars. If productivity is not good, it is impossible to defeat the scholars. Even if the Shi clan is defeated, it will only change a group of Shi clans, and then usher in a group of Shi clans again.

The process of the decline of the scholar clan actually began in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, after the intensive cultivation of the Tang Dynasty had been greatly developed. This is definitely not accidental, intensive cultivation has increased grain production, and then further supported as many full-time literati as possible, so that they can have more talents to compete with the nobles.

"General Li, if we want to ensure that we are rich, then it is actually easy for us to do it. But it's not easy for us to get the benefit of our whole humble family. General Li, do you just want to be rich and noble, or do you want our entire poor family to be rich? Shi Bufan asked.

Li Ji immediately nodded and said: "It's very simple, as a general from the battlefield, I know very well that there are no eggs under the nest. Don't look at us now, we are all dukes, we have titles, and even I am a high-ranking official, but this is not very stable. We are the emperor's trust, and if the emperor can't withstand the pressure, then we will be the first to be unlucky. Our titles and wealth are just castles in the air, and they may collapse at any time. Therefore, what I want is not temporary wealth, but long-term wealth. ”

Li Ji understands very well that he, a person from the Shu clan in Shandong, does not have too many families behind him, and his wealth is only appreciated by King Li Tang. Once King Li Tang didn't use them, his wealth would collapse like grains of sand. Maybe Li Ji won't have any problems in this life, but what about the next generation? What about the next generation, I'm afraid it's very difficult to guarantee. If the entire Hanmen group is not allowed to rise, then these high-ranking officials from the Shu clan, then I am afraid that in the end, the wealth will all be in the king's thoughts.

"There, General Li, what are you looking for me? What exactly do you want to say and what I want to say, what do you think? Although we have opened the country in Datang, it does not mean that there are fewer conflicts after the founding of the country, but after the founding of the country, it is only the real beginning. Shi Bufan asked.

Li Ji replied: "It's very simple, I hope to cooperate with you and be the best of the best." (To be continued.) )