"Your uncle said, boy, you have the heart to change the universe when you meet the guidance of the immortals!"

"Let me ask you, what can I do to change the national system?"

"After the change, what kind of national system will be used?"

Cheng Li's series of questions almost didn't knock Zhang Qiang on the spot!

However, after experiencing two lives, the insolent mental endurance is still quite strong. At least, he died once, and the sharpening of his mind was really extraordinary. At this moment, Zhang Madness used his brain, thought carefully for a moment, and made a simple summary of what he had seen and heard in the past six months, combined with the historical experience of later generations. Then, he was not in a hurry, and said slowly to Cheng Li word by word.

These words are not only to answer Cheng Li's questions, but also a confirmation of Zhang's own political program. There is no clear direction of struggle, only relying on the "pointing" means like a magic stick, it is impossible for insolence to always firmly grasp the talents with a somewhat unruly temperament. In particular, those who have the ability to govern the local area.

The arrogance from later generations, although he is half an otaku, after all, he has been in society for a few years. He would never believe that loyalty and faithfulness alone could make most of his subordinates follow him without regrets. It is not without loyal and righteous people. On the contrary, Zhang Qiang felt that there were a few people around him. However, the reason why the vast majority of subordinates follow arrogance, in the final analysis, is to pursue their own vital interests.

However, the current support for the interests of most of his subordinates to follow the insolence can only be obtained after the victory of the Yellow Turban Uprising. Once the Yellow Turban Army uprising failed quickly as recorded in history, it was impossible to be sure how many people around him would still follow him at that time.

Only by setting a lofty and achievable goal to motivate his subordinates to work together can Zhang Qiang truly control the fierce general army he has single-handedly built. At the same time, when he achieves that goal, he must also seek enough benefits for his subordinates. When his soldiers are firmly tied together because they have common interests with insolence, even if they discard the identity of the "god stick" that insolence is currently draped on, his subordinates will not deviate from it.

However, it is easy to think about it this way, but it is not easy for arrogance to really find out what can be obtained to bind his subordinates. Today's arrogance only has a vague idea in his mind about this issue.

Of course, no matter whether the idea in his arrogant mind can be realized or not, the top priority is that he first fools Cheng Li, a great talent, to his side and serves himself. Although this task is very difficult, Zhang Qiang will not spare his saliva.

"In my opinion, the turmoil in the court of the Han dynasty today lies in the imbalance of various forces in the court."

"In the current imperial court, the Han family is the largest. If the Son of Heaven is a saint and has the ability to control the court freely, of course, everything will be fine. ”

"However, saints like Emperor Wu Liu Che and Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu are in the minority after all. I think that the Son of Heaven in modern times is mostly the capital of some Chinese people. Such a talent cannot effectively control those important ministers whose abilities far exceed those of the Son of Heaven in the court! ”

"The Son of Heaven cannot effectively control the court, so he has to rely on the ability of some courtiers."

However, the Son of Heaven also has the worries of the Son of Heaven. The clan surnamed Liu has natural qualifications to inherit the throne and cannot be reused. There is also a precedent of Wang Mang usurping the Han Dynasty, and the minister with a foreign surname is not so safe after all. 1”

Therefore, the Son of Heaven likes to use his relatives to control the court. Later, the relatives became more and more domineering, and actually arbitrarily abolished the Son of Heaven, and later the Son of Heaven turned his attention to the closest eunuch around him. ”

"Relatives and eunuchs, although there are frictions from time to time, one of them is the emperor's wife, the other is the emperor's minion, and they are all the emperor's own family, and in essence, the interests of the emperor are basically the same."

"Compared with them, the ministers with foreign surnames, no matter how loyal, in the final analysis, must still consider the interests of their own family and clan. The interests of the world will not increase for no reason, and the families of the ministers will benefit, which will naturally inevitably share the benefits of the Son of Heaven. ”

Moreover, compared to the number of loyal ministers, more ministers simply wanted to use the power of the emperor to their own interests. It can even be said that the vast majority of ministers were far less loyal to the emperor than to their own family's interests. If the Manchu Dynasty is full of ministers with such thoughts, compared with relatives or eunuchs, which side the emperor will trust more, isn't it obvious? ”

However, foreign ministers also have countermeasures. After all, among the relatives and eunuchs, due to the limitation of the number, there is a shortage of talents. If you want to govern the world, no matter what the emperor thinks in his heart, you must rely on the scholars in the world. ”

In this way, no matter what the struggle of the various factions in the central court won or lost, even if the most well-known "party people" among the scholars were victimized by the party, the remaining scholars relied on their own ability and value, and gradually controlled the power of various prefectures and counties. ”

"The scholars who controlled the prefectures and counties became the local powerful families. Compared with the court where there was frequent turmoil, although there were often fights between the prefectures and counties, after all, it was more gentle than in the Jingshi area. In this relatively calm situation, the powerful families that hibernate in the local area can slowly accumulate a lot of strength. ”

"A family of power is not willing to be excluded from the authority of the center. As a result, they elected some famous and well-connected celebrities to make various comments on the affairs of the court, intending to interfere in the operation of the court. ”

Speaking of the arrogance here, he secretly glanced at Cheng Li and found that he didn't react, and then said:

"The attempts of the family and the celebrities naturally formed a great contradiction with the relatives and eunuchs. Incidentally, the emperor of the Han family, who was a relative and a eunuch backstage, was also suppressed by these celebrities, resulting in a loss of authority and interests. ”

"Therefore, in the face of the famous people with deep roots and power all over the states and counties of the world, the emperor of the Han family will decisively launch the 'disaster of the party'. If the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty does not fight back like this, when the famous people of the family have killed all the eunuchs around the Son of Heaven, and the Han Emperor has lost all his henchmen, will he still have the ability to hold power? ”

It can be deduced from this that the root of the contradiction in today's court is the covetousness of the power of the Son of Heaven from the growing powerful family. If the strength of the Son of Heaven is slightly worse, I am afraid that the imperial court will be controlled by various families! ”

After saying this, Cheng Li's eyes lit up:

"It's unbelievable that you are only a weak crown and young age, and you can see the Han Dynasty to such a deep extent!

It seems that that your mysterious master is close to the first-class of immortals! ”

"Although what you say is debatable, it is not unreasonable. It's just that, according to what you said, will the Son of Heaven and the family inevitably not be able to coexist, and you can't fight to the death? ”

Zhang Mad stopped, moistened his throat, and then expressed his opinion:

"If the Son of Heaven can suppress the strength of the family, there will be some small twists and turns in this world, but it will calm down after all. Just like the party in those days, how many party members were displaced? However, the remaining scholars still helped the Han family to stabilize their position and did not let the whole country be in turmoil. Even if my Yellow Turban Army rises up now, I am afraid that it will be difficult to overthrow the rule of the Han family! ”

"The terrible thing is that one day, with the authority of the Son of Heaven, it is impossible to suppress those families who are about to move, these families who are obsessed with the authority of the world will inevitably push the whole world into endless wars!"

"How is that possible!?"

Cheng Li, who was taken aback, couldn't agree with the arrogant words.

"The world's scholars are not stupid. Those who can enter the court as officials are even more smart people. The war in the world, what are the benefits for these already rich families? They should be the group of people who want peace in the world the most! ”

"The world is peaceful?"

Zhang Madness rolled his eyes and asked:

"Mr. Cheng, with your discernment, you really can't see that behind the uprising of our Yellow Turban Army, which families are behind it?"

Cheng Li was stunned and speechless for a while. However, he quickly changed the topic and asked:

"Then in your opinion, is there a good way to suppress the family?"

"Absolutely!"

Insolence is secretly proud. As a traverser, the most important thing is the various lessons learned from history. There is no need to worry about the way to suppress the excessive power of the family, as long as you look for it hundreds of years in the future, there will be results.

"The reason why the family can be entrenched, from the state and county to the center of the court, depends on the current talent selection system!"

"You mean, filial piety?"

Cheng Li interjected.

"That's right!"

Zhang Qiang stood up and said with high spirits:

"Today's filial piety and honesty and Maocai are no longer the situation at the time of Emperor Wu Liu Che. There is a folk proverb, 'Raise filial piety and honesty, father don't live, lift Maocai, don't know books.'" Hansu is as white and turbid as mud, and Gao Diliang will be as timid as a chicken'. Although this statement is exaggerated, it is also substantiated. ”

"Today's talent recommendation power is in the hands of high-ranking officials of the family. It is normal for these high-ranking officials and ministers to bend the law for personal gain for the sake of their own interests. ”

"Since it is for the sake of their own interests, the characters they recommend will naturally be rewarded. In this way, the protégés of the great family will spread to all the official positions of the imperial court. ”

In this way, if there are certain families, which have always existed in the high positions of the court for many years, they will inevitably form an intricate and large-scale family bureaucracy. Today's Runan Yuan and Hongnong Yang are examples. ”

Cheng Li stared at Zhang Madness, and unconsciously grabbed his clothes into a ball with both hands.

"Today's Runan Yuan clan is ostensibly the pillar of the country. But it is no exaggeration to say that the Runan Yuan clan already has the strength to secretly resist the Son of Heaven. If there is a big change in the world, I can't say it, but the Yuan family is very hopeful to replace the Liu family! ”

ps: In the setting of 1 book, the historical knowledge is extremely arrogant, and I don't know that Wang Mang is actually from a strong relative.