"The three major mistakes? The prince has always been diligent in his administration, and there are very few small mistakes, so why are the three major mistakes?"

"Come, change your clothes, and take you to the outskirts of Beijing for my brother. Luo Moyun wiped the stains on Luo Yang's face with a silk handkerchief, and his eyes were full of care, making Luo Yang feel like he was back in his childhood, he was still that young and ignorant child, and Luo Moyun was still the eldest brother who protected him everywhere.

The early summer wind carries a hint of coolness, blowing through the patches of green seedlings, and the layers are slightly rippling. The two rode horses to the western suburbs of the capital, standing in front of the endless fields, the wind blew their hair and clothes, and they were wearing fresh clothes and angry horses, and they were young and beautiful.

"Come, let's try to see who gets to the end of this field first. Luo Moyun smiled and challenged his younger brother, Luo Yang has a lively nature, but he can't help but be restrained by the prince's side for a long time, and now only his brother is by his side, so he is naturally full of energy, and he temporarily puts his worries behind and is eager to try.

"Drive!" "Ride!" "Ride!" Two horses, one black and one white, galloped along the avenue on the edge of the fields, and the horses of the two were the best horses from the Western Regions, and the feet were extremely fast, Rao was like this, and the two of them raced for nearly half an hour before reaching the end.

Luo Yang couldn't help but be secretly surprised: "I am afraid that this field is more than a thousand acres, when did there be such a big Zhuangzi in the western suburbs, look at this dark and shiny soil, it must be a first-class fertile and fertile land, and the people of this village are really blessed." ”

"Quite the opposite. Luo Moyun provoked a sarcastic sneer on his lips, "I'm afraid that there is only one family that is blessed, but there are hundreds of people who are in trouble." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"The name of this place is Lianzhuang, which is the Zhuangzi of the old prince's family. The arable land of the Liang State is not abundant, according to the example, the princes have always been fiefdoms and not sealed fields, even the old prince is the brother of the saint, and he can be regarded as the highest level among the princes, and he still has to seal 300 acres of fertile land. And the families who lost their land were either reduced to peasant servants, or unjustly died, or wandered madly, and it is difficult to explain. Not only the Lian family, but also the Chen family in the eastern suburbs, that is, the prince's mother's house, and the He family furniture in the southern suburbs, which is nothing more than a lot of land. In addition, outside the capital, the feudal kings and wealthy families in various parts of the Liang Kingdom are only afraid to be more unscrupulous......"

"No, according to the Liang Guotian system, every ten years the country will re-measure the number of acres, the most recent one was three years ago, it was the prince who presided over it, and I also participated slightly, even the acres of the old prince's family are not exceptional, the difference is so huge, how can I hide it. ”

"When measuring the Lian family, it is true that only 300 acres should be sealed, but the remaining hundreds of acres are scattered under hundreds of different names, or set up a name for the cultivation, which is called to take care of the widows, widows, and lonely people, and cannot afford to cultivate, and the Lian family will cultivate and support them on their behalf. If you look up the names, I'm afraid that most of them are close to the family, or to death, or to find no such person. ”

Luo Yang was shocked when he heard this, and he was speechless for a while, the intelligence in his life only knew how to use it for the right path, but he didn't expect someone to use his wisdom so despicably.

This was the prince's first mistake. Land is the foundation of the country, and the people depend on it for their livelihood, and if the land is not fair, the people's livelihood is in danger, and if the people's livelihood is in danger, the country is unstable. Re-recording the acres of land was the most important thing after he took office, but he did not do a clear investigation. If he is as you say, he has devoted himself to the country and the people, but is easily deceived, then he has no talent for governing the country, and if he is not ignorant of it, but turns a blind eye, then he is neither capable of dealing with the powerful, nor has the courage to act on the interests of the powerful, and has made enemies for the sake of his position. Either way, it is not a good choice for governing the country. ”

Luo Yang wanted to distinguish for the prince, but found that every reason was blocked by the eldest brother, and he even felt that he was at fault.

"The second big mistake is employing people. ”

Luo Yang disagrees with this: "If there is a mistake in the field, or there is a reason, but when it comes to this employment, there is no more virtuous than the prince, he is looking for talents, meritocracy, never cronyism, the door of the prince's mansion is always open to talents, all available materials, regardless of qualifications, regardless of origin, and even regardless of political opinions, he is a virtuous corporal, and uses his talents to the fullest." ”

"The saint ordered the prince to select materials and educate people, hoping that the prince would seek the world's national warriors for the Liang State. The prince's selection of materials, the path is single, or from the Taixue, the academy to seek, or by someone to recommend, or sent someone to search, all of them have not jumped out of the scope of the disciples, and the selected talents, often think of the recommendation, the grace of use, reduced to a party feather, a person, in the country Shao benefit. The countryman is the country's soldier, not the country's country, and the country's soldier is the country's good material, not the good material of a family and a soldier. Therefore, when the township school is opened, the academy is increased, the school is strengthened, and the national material selection and assessment system is established, so that everyone has the opportunity to learn and become a talent, so that the world's good materials have a bright day. This is the real election for the country, the people are strong, the people are wise, the people are wise, the country is wise, the abyss envy the fish, if you retreat and form a net, if you retreat and close a net, if you don't raise fish full of ponds. When the time comes, there will be no one to choose from, and no one to use. ”

Luo Yang couldn't help but nod secretly, admiring his brother's vision.

"The first two points were the prince's mistakes in national policy, and the third major mistake was related to himself, and he failed to plan for himself. ”

"I beg my brother to elaborate. The current predicament is what Luo Yang is most worried about for the prince.

"The crown prince has a close relationship with the power of the Chen family, the Chen family was prosperous that day, and he held the strength of nearly half of the country, which was naturally enough to protect him from the throne. The crown prince relied too much on the power of the Chen family and did not plan a multi-party power layout. Inside, Liang Guobing is divided into three, Chen Jiaban is the Duan family and the Wang family, the Duan family is really controlled by the saint, the Wang family is far away from guarding the border, not involved in the political situation, outside the three major military families, there are scattered teams and military generals who have no world to protect them. Outside, the greatest influence on the Liang State is the neighboring Jin State and the Hu people, the Jin army is in the hands of the ancestors of the four princes, and the new king of the Hu people is fierce and warlike, not only committing several crimes against the Liang State, but also not letting go of his fellow tribes. Among them, the prince missed two layout opportunities. ”

Luo Moyun pulled Luo Yang to sit down on the grass, there are too many things to say today. I wanted to find an opportunity to recruit Luo Yang back to my side, so maybe I wouldn't mention these words to him for the rest of my life.

"The first is the dispute between Chen and Wu when selecting talents for important positions in the household department the year before last, the prince and the prince recommended Chen Ming, the nephew of General Chen, and the great Confucian Ningfeng, who was the head of Taixue and is now living in seclusion, recommended Wu Chengzhi, the son of General Wu. The relationship between Chen and Wu is delicate, General Wu is the only general with a different surname in the Chen family's army, and his ancestor is just an ordinary small official. And the Chen family needs both to use and guard against him, so they neither let go nor pull, and they will be on the road without embarrassment or embarrassment. The dispute between Chen and Wu is a fuse, igniting and expanding the suspicions hidden for decades, and the focus of both families fell on the prince, but the prince chose Chen Ming without hesitation in order to be firmly bound to the Chen family, acting simply, and taking the opportunity to pull Wu Chengzhi into his feathers. ”

"But among the two, one person has to be selected, and the two talents and personalities are between the best and the best, and it is difficult to distinguish between them, and in the situation at that time, Chen Ming was indeed the best candidate, who would have expected that the Chen family would be defeated today. ”

"Governing the country is like chess, if you can only see the moves, you will definitely lose. It is necessary not only to stabilize the visible power in your hands, but also to reserve the power that you can use in the future. General Wu was originally an ideal reserve force for the crown prince, he could fight well, be loyal, brave, strategic, and have a military spirit, and only lacked a support. The Chen family is powerful, although Prince Yu will do his best to help him because of his blood, but he can't help but be proud of his merits and interfere with the prince's actions, while Wu is different, if the prince can become his supporter, Wu will be loyal to repay him and become a reliable force for the prince. Therefore, this dispute, even if the Wu family cannot be chosen openly, it should be properly handled and there is a way back. ”

"Then if you are brother, how to deal with it?"

"If it were up to me, I would not choose what was difficult to choose, and let it be of my own choosing. ”

"Optional?"

"Yes, self-chosen, I want to open the Ming Hall, vote for the podium, invite Chen and Wu's two families, invite the prince and the prince, invite Ning Fengning Daru, and then invite the Taixue masters, and all the outstanding disciples gather together, let the two of them each preach and talk in detail about their own policies, let them debate and question each other, and let all the judges ask and debate, until they can identify the superior and choose the winner, and the prince only needs to sit in the hall and preside over the overall situation. The chosen result is both fair and convincing. The crown prince can also get a reputation as an enlightened and virtuous man. Regardless of whether Wu Chengzhi is defeated, with this fair opportunity, General Wu will definitely not be resentful, and he can take this opportunity to communicate with Wu in order to talk about it later. If Wu is elected, it goes without saying. After Luo Mo Shuiyun finished saying the party of his choice, Luo Yang couldn't help but be silent, only admiration, he really looked down on this big brother.

"Another opportunity that the prince missed, is the change of the tribe of the Hu people, last winter, should not fight for the king, slaughter and Tu and the small tribes, one of which is named Sujing, the leader Su Motu, once asked the prince for help, at that time should only master the two major tribes, has not yet been completely successful, but the prince because of the insignificance of Su Jing, and General Chen does not want to send troops, so he excused himself on the grounds that Hu is cold in winter and the Liang army is not adaptable. My Luo family and Hu have salt merchant dealings, according to the salt merchant of Hu Bu, that Su Motu is the big hero in the hearts of Hu people, after the thunder, he has the same courage and blood as his father, and it should be different, he loves the clansmen, and the tribes are friendly with each other, only the tribe is already weak in his hands, he is only nineteen years old, but if time passes, it will be a dazzling eagle on the grassland. And look at it again, don't do it, obsessed with war, reckless and reckless, although the land is swept and expanded for a while, but there is no reserve strength, it will not be long in the future. If the crown prince could judge the situation at that time and support Su Motu, he would have become the king as soon as possible, and he would have accumulated a foreign power for himself, or the Chen family would not have suffered a major defeat later. ”

The wind rose on Mo, the sun was sinking in the west, and the two were speechless for a while.

Luo Moyun smiled and touched Luo Yang's head, breaking the silence: "Come back, return to the Luo family, your ideal is not something that can be fulfilled in the political situation, your prince, what he asks for is nothing more than the eternal stability of their family." ”

Luo Yang was silent for a long time, and when he looked up, he still pleaded: "No matter what happens in the future, brother, can you solve the prince's current predicament." ”

Luo Moyun sighed, even if he had explained the situation thoroughly, this affectionate younger brother still couldn't let go of the prince.

"Xiaoyang, do you know that among the four countries, only the salt industry of Liang is in the hands of the people?"

Knowing that his younger brother only thought that all this was natural, and never thought about the reason, he continued to take care of himself, "In the Three Kingdoms, except for the salt industry of the Fengguo Country, the other two countries are firmly in charge of the salt industry, and private salt sales are all capital crimes, why is it only our Liang Kingdom, the salt industry is almost completely controlled by our Luo family, although the saint let me attack the knight, it is an empty name after all, and it is not a real royal family." Liang has the best salt in the country, and the salt fields are abundant, in addition to meeting the needs of their own country, but also for the other two countries, our Luo family's salt industry, almost half of the country's economy, do you think the saint does not want to take it back, the official family is not red?"

"Is it because of our Luo family's salt gang across the country?" Luo Yang knew that the Luo family's young guards were worth an army.

"Our Luo family's private guards are also the first force of the people, maybe this is a reason, but the people are not allowed to privately accumulate soldiers, although the Luo family gang has many guards, they can't be equipped with armor and weapons, and practice military, if the saint makes up his mind to move the Luo family, it will take some more time at most, and dozens of salt gangs can withstand the army of tens of thousands of people in Jin Ge Iron Horse. ”

"That's why. ”

"Because the salt industry of the Luo family is not just the salt industry of the Luo family, but the salt industry of hundreds of thousands of people in Liang Kingdom. Since the 18th year of the Liang Kingdom, our ancestor has made great contributions to the founding savior, and the saint at that time said that even if the ancestor gave up the throne, he could not repay his merits, so he made an exception to seal the salt fields of the whole country to the ancestor, and gave him a different surname king. Passed on to my grandfather's generation, the grace of the predecessors has faded, my grandfather has been worried about this matter, and the salt gang has been revitalized, in order to defend, and at that time, the four sons of the royal family competed for the throne, and had no time to take care of our Luo family, which will drag over a generation, to our father's hands, has gradually felt the crisis, is that when my father passed on the salt industry to me, he asked me to either hand over the salt industry back to the saint, or find a perfect plan, and the salt industry of Paul's family is stable. When I was twenty-three years old, I heard a wandering merchant who had gone out to the seas say that he went to a country where the people shared the land, but everyone was assigned points according to the age of the laborer, the skill, the age, etc., and they worked together, and they distributed according to the points, and they shared the output with each other, and they were in peace with each other and there was no dispute. This matter solved my problem, that year, I split the major salt fields into shares, all the members of the Luo family, according to the distribution of shares, the rules for measuring the number of shares are too detailed, I will not talk to you in detail, in short, the Luo family, up and down to our Luo family relatives, down to the salt farmers to help the public, each holding its shares, every year the salt industry income to the end of the year according to the share distribution of dividends, our Luo family naturally accounts for the most shares, should still be presided over by me, but the Luo family is attached to the hundreds of thousands of people, with the owner of the salt industry, naturally full maintenance, even in the officialdom, there are also our dark shares, all in the most critical position。 In this way, don't say that if he wants to take back the salt industry one day, these 100,000 people will not agree, even if he can take it back by force, he will not be able to operate this management system, and for a while he can find out the 100,000 people who are familiar with the salt industry?"

"With the support of the salt industry, our Luo family is like an independent kingdom, each of our salt industry disciples has a special private villa, invite the most talented local teachers, and also help the local poor students, your uncle is in charge of the Yantian medical offices in various places, never accept medical fees for the poor, and also send medicinal materials. We have a lot of things to do, in addition to the salt industry, we can also operate other industries, and we can also go out of the Liang country. We can give the people more to feed themselves. Your ideals, we can achieve them together. ”

Luo Moyun pressed his hands on Luo Yang's shoulders and said earnestly:

"Xiaoyang, the prince's intention is nothing more than to borrow the power of my Luo family's salt industry to blackmail the saint, and with the Luo family's financial resources and manpower, he is a new backer behind his emptiness, but I, how can I hand over the Luo family's salt empire, which has been run for several generations, and the net worth and future of these hundreds of thousands of people, to the hands of this prince who can neither judge the situation nor scheming wisely, and go to a gamble that can see the results?"