This matter involves the Shandong Shi clan, which is obviously Fang Xuanling doesn't know what to say. Because Fang Xuanling is from the Shandong Shi clan, but he is only a small Shi clan, not a big Shi clan like the Seven Sects and Five Surnames. However, his wife is the daughter of the Fan Yang Lu family, and Fang Xuanling is equivalent to the chief spokesperson of the Shandong Shi clan in the central court of the imperial court. Fang Xuanling had a deep friendship with the Shandong Shi clan back then, and then he chose to take refuge in Li Shimin. And Li Shimin reused Fang Xuanling for many reasons, one of which is that many of his "friends" are from the Shandong Shi clan.

And Fang Xuanling is indeed talented in another aspect, and Fang Xuanling has no character, no passion, and is very good at harmony. If from a historical point of view, the reason why Li Shimin reused Fang Xuanling and made Fang Xuanling the prime minister for more than 20 years is not only how good his strategy is, but because he can "make peace with the mud". Fang Xuanling was born in the Shandong Shi clan, but he has been mixed under Li Shimin for a long time, and he is a person who can be recognized by the Shandong Shi clan and the Guanlong military group represented by Li Shimin.

In addition, Fang Xuanling's personality is not a very strong person, there was once an ordinary scribe who insulted him, and he didn't fight back. And Fang Xuanling does not have a too flamboyant personality, nor does he have any passion, when others fight, he is to help and dilute the mud, Fang Xuanling has always been the punching bag of the ministers of the imperial court. It is precisely because he is acceptable in all aspects, and he does not have a too distinct personality, that he was able to mix well in the early years of the Tang Dynasty. And Fang Xuanling's credit is not actually strategy, but his ability to bond the entire early years of the Tang Dynasty in that group of officials with distinct personalities with thin mud, and then let them all play their role.

But now Fang Xuanling also knows what trouble he has encountered, because he is from the Shandong Shi clan, and his identity is the chief spokesperson of the Shandong Shi clan in the central court of the imperial court. Therefore, now the imperial court should gradually decentralize the management level and decentralize it to the township level, which is very detrimental to the interests of the Shandong scholars. However, Fang Xuanling's current position has some problems, and he does not want to harm the interests of the Shandong Shi clan. But on the other hand, Li Shimin also has the grace of knowing him, which means that he is a person who can be accepted by both the Shandong Shi clan and the Guanlong Group.

Don't look at the fact that the government going to the countryside is a matter of government affairs, but if the government goes to the countryside, the strength of the Shandong scholars will also be greatly reduced. However, the strength of the Guanlong Group will not decline, so in the case of eliminating the advantages of the other, it is equivalent to the Shandong Shi clan suffering. Fang Xuanling, a wall-riding faction who stood on different sides of the Guanlong Group and the Shandong Shi clan, really didn't know what to do.

"Okay, this matter won't bother Xuan Ling. As for the financial aspects of the imperial court, Chen Fei also had ideas. And this government goes to the countryside, step by step. Naturally, we can't do it all at once, and we definitely have our own way. Next, Chen Fei has already reported his thoughts, this matter must be done step by step, and it cannot be rushed. Li Shimin said.

In Bozhou, Ma Zhou was leading the scribes to carry out Chen Fei's orders.

"Fellow countryman, you will recognize these clothes of ours in the future, only the people of our clothes are the people of the government. As for those from the other Cui family. None of them are our people, and what they say is not representative of the government, understand? Ma Zhou said.

And Ma Zhou these days, in addition to surveying public opinion. Another important task is to publicize the government to the people. Ma Zhou also took the initiative to publicize the government in response to the situation that the people below did not know the government personnel, and tried to reverse the thinking of these people. Because if the family is allowed to control the public opinion of the people for a long time, it will definitely be detrimental to the government. Only let the government personally control the people. In this way, we can ensure that the policy is implemented in place and the people can truly enjoy the benefits.

Ma Zhou returned to Bozhou during this time, and then reported to Chen Fei.

"Chen joined the army. After our investigation during this period of time, the people only have the Cui family and other big families in their hearts, and their impression of our government is very weak. In our Bozhou Shandong area, the ruling ability of the government is relatively weak, and the people often cannot distinguish the difference between the family and the government. And the Cui family and other big families have also established other places in many places, and ordinary people also think that this is also the official mansion. And only when we actually go down will they be able to know that these are the government. Moreover, the family also indirectly mastered the people through the land all over Shandong. What policies the government has, they have the right to preach to the people, so that they can take advantage of the opportunity to control the people. ”

Chen Fei understood another aspect of the great families of this era, they had enough wealth through the inheritance of wealth and bloodline from generation to generation. On the other hand, they manage the people indirectly through the annexation of a large amount of land, and then the people by renting their land. You must know that in the Shandong area, there is a lot of land for these scholars. And here in Shandong, there is not much land that belongs to ordinary people, and the vast majority of them belong to the scholar clan. These people could only live by renting the land of the tenants, while on the other hand, the nobles directly managed the people through their family members or stewards.

This kind of management is different from the indirect management of the government, they directly manage every people, and the people are like a cake, and then they are divided up piece by piece. And the government can't directly manage every people, so they use these people, and then in turn can blackmail the government.

What's even more terrifying is that in this era, they are all inherited by blood, and the cultural popularity rate is too low, which also causes a family to form an oligarch. This Tang Dynasty is not like after the Song Dynasty, when the cultural popularization rate increased greatly, and a single scholar surname could not form an oligarch. The Tang Dynasty was actually an oligarchy of the scholar clan, where a family mastered too many resources, and then blackmailed the government by mastering these resources. So if you want to crack these, that is, to increase the productivity of the people, and then train more literate people, and then come and grab resources with these scholars. And only the fewer resources a single family has, the more the government can truly rest assured and stable. If these nobles control too much land, and then can control and command too many people, then this is not a good thing for the government. (To be continued......)