Chapter XVII

It has been said that the essence of politics is compromise. [No pop-up novel network]

And the so-called "compromise" is not a simple step back for both sides, but refers to the exchange of interests -- if you want to get more benefits, the first thing to do is to give up part of the benefits and distribute them to others to get support -- if you want to get them, you must first pay, and the past and the present are reasonable.

In this respect, the essence of politics is interests, not anything else.

Of course, this statement is too unflattering and unpleasant, so the popular saying in ancient and modern times is still that "the essence of politics is compromise", which sounds noble, as if politicians are sacrificing all the time.

Now, Xiao Mo is a politician, and Zhang Yansheng is also a politician, so they need to compromise.

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Several states in the north, now after the first war, are in shambles, displaced people, and crises are everywhere. The actions of the previous officials, if they are not careful, will have a great unann sweep across the world, and the harm caused will probably be even worse when the grassland coalition forces invade.

Xiao Mo felt that he did not have the ability to turn the tide and save the people from fire and water, nor did he abandon the world and take advantage of the fact that he was ruthless for his own profit.

Therefore, whether it is for the country, the people, the world, or for his own self-preservation, Xiao Mo does not plan to deal with the affairs of the north in a short period of time, and has already made up his mind to stand by.

Maybe you can make suggestions, maybe you can make a little effort without jeopardizing your own interests, but you must not get too deep.

At least, before the bad result appeared, Xiao Mo would not let himself sink too deeply.

Even, before returning to Beijing, Xiao Mo didn't even have the courage to go to several states in the north to inspect it.

Without him, Xiao Mo was afraid that after seeing the miserable situation of the people, he would shake his already determined decision, he would not be able to help but laugh, and he would become a fire-fighting moth impulsively, and in the end, not only would he fail to turn things around, but he would lose all the chips he had accumulated with great difficulty in one go.

The northern states are not only a mess now, but also a fire bucket, Xiao Mo is powerless, he can only protect himself.

In his previous life, Xiao Mo's father named Xiao Mo "Mo", hoping that Xiao Mo would be indifferent when dealing with people in the future, and not to learn from him to be competitive and strong everywhere, but in the end he would harm others and himself - to live up to his expectations, Xiao Mo has finally done it now.

Although, to this day, Xiao Mo has discovered that the so-called "indifference" is actually synonymous with "self-i", but it sounds more pleasant, but the essence remains the same.

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However, although Xiao Mo never thought of personally participating in the relief and reconstruction of several northern states, Xiao Mo did not intend to let Zhang Yansheng participate in these things.

Zhang Yansheng is not like Xiao Mo, there is a Zhang Qian behind Zhang Yansheng, even if he fails, there is Zhang Qian to help him cover up and down, make up for it left and right, and the loss is not big, and once he succeeds, Zhang Yansheng will be able to obtain great political benefits and resources, maybe the power of the Prime Minister's Mansion will be dominant from now on, which is harmful to Xiao Mo.

The important thing is that Zhang Yansheng is too young and has little experience in governing places, and Xiao Mo does not think that his ability is stronger than his own. What he can't do, Zhang Yansheng has no reason to do.

In this case, it is better to let others take charge of these things, anyway, in Xiao Mo's opinion, the final result is the same.

Therefore, if Zhang Yansheng wants to gain Xiao Mo's support, he must persuade Xiao Mo, set his conditions, and prove that he has the ability to turn things around.

Zhang Yansheng also understands this.

I saw Zhang Yansheng put down the wine glass in his hand, sorted out his words, and said slowly: "Zirou was born in a remote area, so she should know that the situation in several states in the north today has actually been foreshadowed for a long time, and the invasion of the grassland barbarians this time has actually only triggered such a contradiction in advance." ”

Hearing Zhang Yansheng's words, Xiao Mo couldn't help but be surprised, he didn't expect Zhang Yansheng to be able to understand this.

Regarding the various latent contradictions of the Chu Dynasty, Xiao Mo had talked with the Eight Sages King before the invasion of the grassland coalition army, and the two also agreed that one of the major contradictions in the Chu Dynasty today is that with the annexation of various lands in the past hundred years, the fields of the rich are endless, but the poor have no place to stand.

However, Xiao Mo has the vision of his previous life, and the Eight Sages King is experienced, so it is not surprising that he can see this, and Zhang Yansheng can also see this, which can only make people admire his intelligence.

On the other side, Zhang Yansheng saw Xiao Mo nodding his head to show understanding, and a trace of appreciation flashed in his eyes, and he continued: "In my opinion, this invasion of the grassland coalition army, the ruins of several states in the north, and the displacement of people everywhere, is a crisis for my Dachu, but it is not an opportunity. Although some of these ownerless fields are the only wealth of those poor farmers, many of them are still the fields of hope that have been accumulated by the rich families for generations. If I were to preside over the pacification and reconstruction of the Northlands, I would have changed my old practice and would no longer sell these ownerless fields and houses to replenish the treasury, but would have distributed them among the homeless, who would cultivate them themselves, collect rent for the first thirty years, and after thirty years they would automatically become the property of the cultivators. Zirou has read history books all over the world, and she knows that all the dynasties and dynasties have all come from the proletarian displaced people, and as long as we let these displaced people have property, land and houses, plus some light tax reduction policies, so that they have some hope, then these people will not be uan, and the crisis and contradictions in the north can also be greatly reduced. ”

Hearing this, Xiao Mo looked at Zhang Yansheng's eyes with more and more surprise, nodded, and praised: "Zijia is a great good. But it will offend a lot of people. As far as I know, even in the temples, there are many officials who have already made up their minds to take advantage of the uan of the northern land for their own profits. ”

Zhang Yansheng's eyes flashed with a hint of disdain, and he chuckled: "Incompetent, I'm afraid they will do something." ”

Xiao Mo sighed, raised his glass and said, "I'm not as good as you." ”

As he spoke, the two raised their glasses and touched lightly, and they both drank together.

It's not that Xiao Mo is humble, Zhang Yansheng's idea, Xiao Mo has already thought of it, and it is even more detailed and perfect than Zhang Yansheng's idea, and the excerpt written for this purpose has already been placed on the imperial case of Emperor Chu Ling.

However, this kind of offending people, especially after doing so, still can't change the final result, let Xiao Mo hide behind the scenes, let Xiao Mo do his own work in front of the platform, and offend countless officials, but Xiao Mo is insensitive to thanks.

Zhang Yansheng's courage made Xiao Mo admire.

But just like that, it can't convince Xiao Mo.

As mentioned earlier, in Xiao Mo's opinion, this will not change the final result of the Northland states.

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Xiao Mo is not good at drinking, and his physical condition is not good, so after drinking, his brain is a little dizzy.

Shaking his head lightly and regaining some clarity, Xiao Mo returned to the truth and said slowly: "Although Zijia's strategy is good, it can only be based on the long-term and cannot solve the urgent need. And the top priority is the lack of food in the imperial court. As far as I know, the surplus grain left in the imperial court is only enough to give relief to 100,000 displaced people, while the number of displaced people in the north has long been no less than 300,000. There is not enough food to help the people, and everything is empty talk. The people have land but no food, and they feel that they can't live, even if they have some hope, they will still be uan, but it is just the difference between early uan and late uan. In this regard, what can Zijiake teach me? ”

Hearing Xiao Mo's inquiry, Zhang Yansheng's eyes flashed with a trace of uncontrollable emotion, and he was silent for a long time.

It seems that he, like Xiao Mo, has nothing to do about it.

After all, they are just mortals, and even if they have some talent, they don't have the immortal means of conjuring countless grains out of thin air.

Seeing Zhang Yansheng's expression, Xiao Mo thought so, and couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

He actually hoped that Zhang Yansheng would have a good plan to turn things around.

However, this time, it was Xiao Mo who thought wrong.

After being silent for a long time, Zhang Yansheng suddenly smiled bitterly and said slowly: "I know that these empty words can't be hidden from Zirou, and there is still no food after all." ”

Xiao Mo sighed and said, "Zi Canon thought of the strategy of dividing the land among the displaced people, which is already great, but unfortunately this is not enough. ”

The implication is that he has refused to help Zhang Yansheng obtain the pacification and reconstruction of the Northland.

However, Zhang Yansheng suddenly said: "The way...... There are still. ”

Xiao Mo suddenly raised his head and looked at Zhang Yansheng, as if he was surprised and happy.

If Zhang Yansheng really has a strategy to turn things around, even if Zhang Yansheng will overpower him and his power will rise sharply, Xiao Mo will still be happy to see it, after all, this is related to the stability of the whole world and the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. After all, Xiao Mo has not been able to do so much to the point of abandoning the world for his own interests.

However, looking at Zhang Yansheng's appearance, he did not seem to be confident and happy with his own good strategy, and his expression at this moment was terrifying, which made Xiao Mo more and more surprised.

For some reason, deep in my heart, the feeling of danger towards Zhang Yansheng became more and more obvious at this moment.

"Zijia, please speak."

Xiao Mo vaguely guessed something in his heart, but he couldn't figure it out, so he just said.

Zhang Yansheng said slowly: "Although my Dachu does not have much grain in stock now, those big grain merchants have a lot of grain in their hands. ”

Xiao Mo shook his head and said: "The household department has no money, and the people have no money, and the grain in the hands of those grain merchants is still a drop in the bucket for at least 300,000 displaced people in the northern states." ”

Zhang Yansheng smiled, his smile seemed to be very reluctant, but it seemed to be very natural and frank, and said softly: "Zirou has ever thought that this crisis, if you think about it the other way, maybe it is not that I have insufficient food stocks, but that there are too many displaced people?" ”

Xiao Mo frowned slightly: "What do you mean by Zijia?" ”

Zhang Yansheng suddenly raised his head, looked at Xiao Mo, his eyes seemed to flicker, but he seemed to be firm, and said: "Actually, long before you and I returned to Beijing, I had already sent my cronies to tell the grain merchants in various places that the imperial court was interested in buying grain on the spot in the northern states at high prices, so now at this moment, those grain merchants have collected no less than 100,000 loads of grain and grass in the northern states......"

Xiao Mo finally guessed something, looked at Zhang Yansheng, and continued to ask, "So what?" ”

"At the same time, I also sent a lot of cronies to lurk among the displaced people, as soon as the grain merchants transported the grain to the north, they would encourage the displaced people to rob, and the garrisons in the northern states would immediately get the news and go to suppress and arrest them, but those garrisons could not suppress the displaced people, after all, there were too many displaced people, and in the face of all kinds of suppression, they would only rise up to resist. Therefore, the garrisons in various places who suppressed the displaced people will die a lot, but the unarmed displaced people will die a lot. Then the local officials will play a concert with the imperial court, call the exiles uan, and ask the imperial court to send a large army to ask for support. ”

After a pause, Zhang Yansheng muttered, "Maybe soon, there will be an eight-hundred-mile urgent report to the capital." ”

Maybe Zhang Yansheng surprised Xiao Mo too much today, or maybe he had already been mentally prepared, hearing Zhang Yansheng's explanation, Xiao Mo was not too surprised.

just looked at Zhang Yansheng in front of him in a daze.

This Zhang Yansheng, who was full of worries about the country and the people in front of him not long ago, has already secretly framed and instigated the displaced people to rebel?

Although the food in the Chu Dynasty was insufficient, at least it could still be relieved more or less, at least for a short time, so that the people could have bowls of gruel every day, and the people could have hope of living. Although it can't last, it can always last for a while.

But Zhang Yansheng triggered the crisis in advance.

According to Zhang Yansheng's plan, after the first battle of the UAN in the northern states, I am afraid that they will face another big UAAN.

It's just that before it was an external war, now it is an internal suppression, before it was the Great Chu army and the grassland coalition army fighting, and now it is the slaughter of the defenseless people by the Great Chu army.

As a result, how many innocent people will be lying in the wilderness? How many human tragedies will be repeated? How many hopeful hopes for stability will suddenly be dashed?

Xiao Mo wanted to scold and question, but Zhang Yansheng's question from before suddenly flashed in his mind - "This crisis, if you think about it the other way, maybe it's not that I don't have enough food, but that there are too many displaced people?" ”

In the end, what Xiao Mo didn't expect was that after being silent for a long time, he didn't scold or question, but just said slowly: "It's better to be late than early." ”

Zhang Yansheng nodded, seemed to repeat, and seemed to emphasize, and said: "It's better to be late than early, so I did it." ”

The food of the Chu Dynasty was insufficient, and it used the grain that could only help 100,000 people to help 300,000 people, and the final result was only one, after the 300,000 displaced people ate the grain, they either starved to death, or became uan.

At that time, in order to provide relief, the Chu Dynasty had already suffered a great injury, and I am afraid that even the army would have insufficient food supply, and in the face of the displaced people, they would only lose both sides and burn together.

The crisis, which was originally limited to a few states in the Northlands, will even sweep the world.

Rather than this, it is better to cause a contradiction crisis in advance, after all kinds of suppression, let countless displaced people die on the battlefield, and the food used for relief has become relatively sufficient, coupled with the strategy of dividing the land mentioned by Zhang Yansheng before, not only will the rebellion be quickly quelled, but the remaining displaced people can survive.

What's more, in this way, you can get at least 100,000 quintals of grain and grass from the grain merchants, without a tael of silver.

Zhang Yansheng's plan can be described as ruthless, and the bottom of the pot is full of salary.

It's just that can things really go as smoothly as Zhang Yansheng planned?

Xiao Mo understood that he would probably never be able to come up with such a plan, because he did not have the courage and ruthlessness to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of people in one go.

Looking at Zhang Yansheng in front of him, thinking about what Zhang Yansheng had done before, Xiao Mo didn't know, was this good or evil? Or is it like good?