The family banquet dispersed, the Zhen family and the Cai family left at the same time, and Cai Yan followed Cai Yong and his wife out of the mansion that has now been renamed the General's Mansion.

Xiao Ren and Xiao Yi, who had just arrived in Chengdu today, ignored Guo Jia's orders and insisted on guarding Guo Jia's side, Guo Jia had no choice but to let Xiao Ren and Xiao Yi serve as the personal guards of the house.

There is no doubt about the loyalty of these people to Guo Jia, coupled with their extraordinary martial arts, Guo Jia's personal security is basically no problem under their protection.

The mansion once belonged to Liu Yan's study, Guo Jia often stayed here after entering the master, one is that Liu Yan's collection of books can be described as amazing, the sons of a hundred schools, the sages and sages have been passed down, piled up neatly, dazzling, although the Han is the sole respect for Confucianism, but that is the ruling wrist, many high-class celebrities are still involved in various theories. Second, when Guo Jia needs to be alone and meditate, he will appear in the study.

Removed the low table, Guo Jia changed into a long case that was only used when worshipping heaven and earth in the eyes of others, and put a chair with a backrest, Guo Jia sat at the table absentmindedly flipping through the bamboo and wood slips that recorded Shang Ying's changes, his mind was obviously not on it.

Sighing slightly, Guo Jia was unmoved, and there was a fluctuating balance in his heart.

To kill, or not to kill?

The strength of the Yizhou Shi clan made him feel like he was on pins and needles.

Kill, how to kill?

If you kill less, can you achieve the effect of setting an example? If you are not careful, you will force the Yizhou scholars to hate the same enemy.

Killing too much is basically equal to killing all, the world's scholars are discouraged in front of Yizhou, and the world's gate valve is bound to hate Guo Jia to the bone marrow, and it will be difficult to get out of Yizhou in the future.

If you don't kill, how can you suppress it?

Because of Guo Jia's position, he can't recruit the Yizhou scholars, and he can't make the Yizhou scholars sincerely serve him, the fatal reason is his birth, Guo Jia used to say that he disdains him in their eyes, even if he is now the ruler of Yizhou, the Yizhou scholars still look down on him, how can they be willing to serve him? Even if Guo Jia sincerely solicited them, he could not get their loyalty.

Therefore, if you don't kill the scholars, you can only suppress, the scholars are different from the wang clan, the lifeblood of the wang clan is in the land, the lifeline of the scholar clan is in the power, the wang clan annexes the land, the private collection of farmers, the scholar clan controls the local power, and the wang clan is in the same stream, deceiving the upper and lower levels, in popular terms, the officials and the landlord collude with each other, the scholar clan also has landlords, and the wang clan is basically a small and medium-sized landlord with a local surname, and the government of the late Eastern Han Dynasty [***] prompted the small and medium-sized landlords to merge the land on a large scale, forming a local wealthy clan, and the strong clan of the scholar clan is holding local authority, In terms of class, it is higher than the wang clan, so Guo Jia first deals with the umbrella of the wang clan, that is, the scholar clan.

But how to suppress the scholar clan is Guo Jia's headache, the formation of the scholar clan is like a pyramid, the low-born scholar wants to get ahead, he must rely on the upper class of the scholar, and the upper class of the scholar family recommends them to be the leader, and absorbs the low-level scholar as the wings of the upper class gate, and in the long run, the power of the scholar clan is formed.

The fourth and third princes of the Yuan family not only sound like it seems to be very glorious, but the power of the gate valve operated by four generations is immeasurable, therefore, the protégés are all over the world, in fact, it can be understood that the minions of the Yuan family have spread all over the country, and the supporters are carrying buckets, so Yuan Shao can attract countless celebrities and generals to compete for the effect, and Yuan Shu's residence in Nanyang, Jingzhou has actually won the support of many scholars in Yangzhou, and the two Yuan families, one south and one north, have almost been supported by ninety percent of the scholars in the world.

It is precisely because of the consequences of this that the whole body is affected, Guo Jia temporarily bowed to the Qin family in Guanghan County, suppressing the Shi clan will take power from them, which is equivalent to taking their lives, and will eventually force them to rebel, what should I do?

Rubbing his temples in anguish, Guo Jia couldn't help but think of Emperor Wei Wu, who would become his lord according to the original historical trajectory.

Knowing that the scholar clan is a big disaster, Guo Jia also planned to serve Cao Ying in the past, in fact, because in terms of political ideals, Guo Jia and Cao Ying are the same, and they cannot tolerate the Shi clan, Cao Ying's approach is to use the Shu clan to suppress the Shi clan, and repeatedly issued an order to seek talents, and put forward the meritocracy strategy is contrary to the filial piety behind the strong and prosperous Shi clan, Cao Ying gave all the false positions to the Shi clan, and the real power was handed over to the Shu clan, when he unified the north, he began to severely suppress the Shi clan, Xun Yu's death, Cui Yan's death, Kong Rong's death and so on also have a bit of a meaning of suppressing the scholars.

Later, Cao Ying's expedition to the Quartet repeatedly stopped the troops halfway through the rear camp was unstable, in the final analysis, it was caused by the dissatisfaction of the scholars with him, Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, in order to win the support of the scholars, a nine-product Zhongzheng system abandoned the political line of Emperor Wei Wudi's struggle to fight against the scholars all his life, Cao Wei founded the country, and collected the hearts of the scholars, but in the end it was also destroyed in the hands of the scholars, because a more powerful than the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family The gate valve of the scholar clan arose, the Sima family.

Guo Jia is still at a loss when he thinks about it, he can't copy Cao Ying's approach, because Cao Ying coerced the princes of the Son of Heaven to order the princes, nominally Han Chen, and his status can barely obey the public, but Guo Jia can't even nominally make the scholars submit to him, and the confrontation situation between Guanghan and Han is a good illustration of this.

Just as Guo Jia closed his eyes and rested for a while, the door of the study was pushed open from the outside, he looked up, and by the dim candlelight, he saw Cai Yan, who was dressed in pink and skirt, carrying a food box and a few folded clothes.

"Why are you here?"

With a soft smile on his face, Cai Yan put the food box and clothes on the table, walked around to Zhuo Hou, stood beside Guo Jia, and looked down at the bamboo and wood slip in Guo Jia's hand.

"I missed my husband, and the concubine slipped out of the house, but I didn't expect my husband to say that he was still diligent in political affairs in the study, oh? Is the husband going to follow Shang Ying? ”

Hearing her playful tone, Guo Jia reached out and took her into his arms, put her on his legs, leaned forward, warm nephrite, and his tense nerves relaxed a little.

Guo Jia, who was buried in Cai Yan's neck, said in a sullen voice: "I'll just take a look." ”

It is impractical to imitate the content of Shang Ying's reforms, and Cai Yan just thought that Guo Jia wanted to learn from Shang Yang to carry out reforms.

"I brought you some pastries, as well as two clothes, one was made by the Qiao sisters, and the other was sent by the eldest lady of the Zhen family, which should also be from her hands." Cai Yan, who was sitting in Guo Jia's arms, hugged him with his backhand, and his fingers hooked Guo Jia's sideburns and hair, and then released after curling them.

Guo Jia raised his head, withdrew some distance, and stared at Cai Yan with strange eyes.

Seeing his expression, Cai Yan, who was smiling lightly, leaned over and looked at Guo Jia, and said with a smile: "Husband must be thinking in his heart: other women sewed clothes with stitches and threads, but the person next to his pillow only sent a box of pastries, whose husband is it?" ”

Covering his mouth and coughing a few times, Guo Jia raised his eyes to the sky, and said: "Don't spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, how can I care about such a trivial matter?" I was moved by my daughter-in-law's gift of pastries far more than others giving me clothes, and the courtesy was light and affectionate......"

Guo Jia, whose voice was lowered, also lost his confidence, Cai Yan saw his hard-mouthed appearance, smiled like phoenix eyes, Qianqianyu's fingers crossed Guo Jia's cheeks, and the two foreheads were against each other, Cai Yan said softly: "What does the husband think in his heart, the concubine doesn't care, and the concubine will not be popular, but if the husband has Yaxing, the concubine can play a song for the husband for entertainment." ”

Playing the piano in the dead of night? Guo Jia didn't have that casual elegance, hugged Cai Yan and kissed her gently, leaned on her shoulder and said lightly: "Daughter-in-law, if you say good things for them in front of me, they won't know, why bother." ”

Cai Yan sat up straight from Guo Jia's arms, blinked his eyes like water, and said with a smile: "I really can't hide anything from you, I have seen people's hearts for a long time, and this is the only thing a concubine can do for her husband." ”

Guo Jia's face was as usual, and he was actually very moved in his heart, Cai Yan didn't want to be a wife, but he really wanted to work hard for a harmonious family, and deliberately set off the friendship of others in front of him, thinking of the things that made him distressed, Guo Jia asked: "Daughter-in-law, what do you say I should do with the Yizhou Shi clan?" ”

Cai Yan once said that when Guo Jia is in charge of a state, whether the scholars are killed or left in one thought, this represents Guo Jia's strength, but the key point is that between one thought, one thought, can become a hegemon, and can also self-destruct the future.

After raising his face and thinking about it, Cai Yan said softly: "Those who can't be used for you will be eliminated." ”

Guo Jia, whose face was gloomy, pouted and said, "Nonsense." ”

Throwing a roll of his eyes at Guo Jia, Cai Yan continued: "Those who have been born in the Yizhou Shi clan will never surrender, but the younger generation in the Yizhou Shi clan who have not yet been born will also be able to produce people, and these people can be used." ”

This is a bit reasonable, Guo Jia pondered carefully, and asked suspiciously: "But the Yizhou Shi clan is in the same breath, and the whole body is involved, if I kill the real power of these Shi clans, the young scholars will be used by me?" ”

Cai Yan chuckled and shook his head and said: "I don't know who is spending the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, the world is bustling for profit, this is true, but the husband can't regard all the scholars in the world as mediocre disciples, read the books of sages, cultivate one's self and rule the country and level the world, and those with great ambitions, where is not?" Of course, the interests of the family are a shackle carried by the children of the scholar clan, but if the husband can untie the shackles on them, is it possible that all the children of the scholar clan are short-sighted? The husband came from a humble background, and his advisers Xi Zhicai and Xu Shu, are you the only three in the world who are determined to seek well-being for the common people and peace for the country? ”

Like an initiation, Guo Jia suddenly woke up, and after thinking for a moment with a slightly excited expression, he hugged Cai Yan and kissed him fiercely, suppressed his excitement and said to Cai Yan in a deep voice: "Daughter-in-law, don't you want me?" ”

Cai Yan Hongxia pounced on her face, her eyes were like silk, and she said with disgust: "I think, as long as the husband is not afraid of the father of the Ming family, the concubine is at the disposal of the husband." ”

Holding back the ** that wanted to burst out, Guo Jia tidied up Cai Yan's clothes with his own hands, stretched out his hand to stroke her face, and said with a wry smile: "Can your father not cause trouble?" ”

Cai Yan smiled and held Guo Jia's hand and said, "There is a concubine, don't worry." ”