The Five Tiger Admirals did not approve this matter in the end.

The reason is that "the name should not be taken lightly".

Now that the link of sealing officials and making wishes has ended, rashly engaging in another so-called "five tiger generals" is not justified and is likely to cause internal contradictions.

If the "Five Tiger Generals" are done today, will other people think of making some "Twelve Tiger Ministers"?!

It's inconvenient for the official to come forward to do this thing, and if there are similar rumors among the people, then the official can't control it.

That is, Liu Bei is generous, and dares to hint at Zhang Xi like this, let him start from public opinion, and create the so-called "Five Tiger Generals".

After all, Guan Zhang and Zhao are equal to their own people, Ma Chao is alone, and he has no power in Yizhou, although Huang Zhong is a Jingzhou faction, he is too old and has no heirs.

Liu Bei is not worried about these people "supporting each other" at all, nor is he worried that the heirs of these people are "easy to control", so he hinted to Zhang Xi, you can do such a thing in private, but you can't put it on the table.

As for the issue of the rewards of Jingzhou officials, since there is no dissatisfaction, then Liu Bei and others will set up a model after the matter with Sun Quan is over, and then set up a model to appease the Jingzhou family.

At this time, Zhuge Liang asked by the way about the conditions for negotiating with Jiangdong, who will re-align with you? !

There is nothing to say about this matter, there is nothing to say on the surface conditions, all of which require Jiangdong to fully withdraw from the three counties of Jiangxia, Changsha and Guiyang.

I have to give an explanation to the Jingzhou family, and the conditions are according to your requirements.

But the bottom line is that everyone is a little different.

Xu Shu's suggestion was that Jiangxia could be left alone for the time being, but Changsha and Guiyang must be taken back and cut off Jiangdong's passage from land to Jingzhou.

And Zhang Xi's suggestion is that it is enough to get most of Jiangxia back.

After all, Zhou Yu stationed troops in Baqiu, and Lu Xun stationed troops in Lukou, these two places supported each other, and it was impossible for Jiangdong to give up such a springboard for westward expansion.

Baqiu belongs to Changsha, and there are a large number of families in Jiangdong who have invested manpower and material resources to transform the fields, even if Sun Quan agrees to send this place, the people of the Jiangdong family and the Huaisi Group will not agree.

Although Lukou is a territory of Jiangxia, the geographical location of that place is too important, and it can connect Yuzhang and Changsha counties, and Jiangdong will not give up.

Based on the above judgment, Zhang Xi felt that the most likely condition for Jiangdong to agree was to return Jiangxia's land north of the Yangtze River to Liu Bei.

As for Guiyang, to be honest, the two families don't care if the place is given or not.

The two suggestions are not wrong, Xu Shu considered from Liu Beifang's standpoint, and Zhang Xi considered from Jiang Dongfang's standpoint.

It's not that Zhang Xi just eats inside and out, negotiate, that's it, you have to figure out what the enemy can give first, and then you can decide what you want. The two families are negotiating for reconciliation, not to continue to turn their faces and fight.

Liu Bei accepted the advice of Xu Shu and Zhang Xi at the same time, and made a decision - the bottom line was to take the entire Jiangxia County, including Lukou.

Since the whole place of Lukou is so important, it must no longer be put into the hands of Jiangdong.

And once Lukou is in Liu Beijun's hands, it will be like a thorn on the waist of the entire Jiangdong Army, if Zhou Yu of Baqiu has any changes, the defenders of Lukou can detect it at any time, and if Jiangdong wants to go west again and backstab, he must first solve the Lukou defenders who fell behind him.

Otherwise, the defenders of Lukou may threaten their rear grain routes at any time.

As for Changsha and Guiyang, they can talk about it, and if they can't talk about it, forget it, don't worry.

Anyway, the conditions are set, and the rest depends on Zhuge Liang to grind his mouth.

After these things were discussed, the small military discussion was over.

The rest of the thing is basically to go back to their respective families and Xu Shu to take a boat down the Han River, continue to return to Wuling to preside over the work of Jingnan, and at the same time prepare to cooperate with Zhuge Liang to negotiate with Jiangdong.

Zhuge Liang took Zhang Xi all the way south, first returned to Chengdu, and made some necessary preparations.

Liu Bei will summon Zhuge Jin first to convey a message of willingness to reconcile, but how to talk about it, Zhuge Jin has to be asked to argue with Zhuge Liang, as well as Zhou Yu, Zhang Zhao and others in Jiangdong.

Liu Bei won't care about this, he will take it in Hanzhong for a few months to calm people's hearts before returning to Chengdu.

In this way, Zhuge Liang took Zhang Xi, Zhang Fei, who was about to go back to Brazil, and Chen, who was about to return to Yufu, and returned to Chengdu first.

Zhang Fei, Chen Zhi's relationship with Zhang Xi is really iron, after all, they all used to eat in a military camp, and there were talks and jokes along the way, but Zhuge Liang looked a bit like an outsider.

Moreover, along the way, Zhang Xi was indeed avoiding Zhuge Liang a little.

The main reason is that this dead fish head has nothing to do and discussed with Zhang Xi about whether the "imperial examination system" can be implemented in the Yizhou area of Jingzhou.

It's a fatal problem, okay!

In the current world, it is still an era when the family dominates the world and the poor family is struggling, you launch the "imperial examination system", just the number of scholars from the poor family, how can you help you fight against the huge family? !

No matter how strong your control over Jingzhou and Yizhou is, and how many soldiers you have, now that the "imperial examination system" is introduced, the families will not cooperate at most, and they will not be able to cooperate with you, and your "imperial examination system" is just a piece of waste paper.

And the cold door. The probability of being able to produce talents in the poor is too low in these years, and they can't be expected to support the military and political affairs of the two states.

Zhuge Liang said, I also understand this.

Zhuge Liang's idea is to take the "imperial examination system" as a supplement to the "inspection system", and the local selection of materials still adopts the "inspection system", and the "imperial examination system" is only used as the last assessment item of the "inspection system".

After all, the talents recommended by the "probation system" in the local area are different for each person, so how can we quickly determine which people are suitable for which positions? !

Then divide the subjects and assign seats according to the results of an exam.

First, it can help Zhuge Liang quickly select and use talents, and secondly. Since ancient times, there has been no first, and this method is also a means of dividing the relationship between families.

Of course, the most important thing is that Zhuge Liang intends to play the "imperial examination system" brand first, and intends to put the "imperial examination system" in the last decision link of the inspection system, which invisibly also elevates the status of the "imperial examination system" and lays the foundation for the "parallel two systems" in the future, and even "the imperial examination replaces the inspection system".

But Zhang Xi thinks that Zhuge Liang is a bit redundant.

Originally, there was an interview link at the end of the inspection system, and when the state and county chiefs recommended to the above, they would show the ability of this talent and the appropriate official position, Zhuge Liang did this, but he just transferred the interview link in the hands of the state and county chiefs to the central government, huh? ! What's the situation, Zhang Xi feels as if he has noticed something terrible again?!

Zhuge Liang is going to abolish the dual monarchy and strengthen the centralization of power? !

This is a more troublesome thing than the "imperial examination system!!

That's it, what do you say Zhang Xi still dares to talk to Zhuge Liang?!

If I talk about something again, I probably won't go to Jingzhou for refuge, but to Nanzhong. Well?! Wait, it looks like I'm going to Nanzhong to be the governor of Nanzhong.

This Zhuge Liang. Thinking about things like this, is it like this?!

If that's the case, who can play with him?!

Zhang Xi felt that his IQ could probably only be mixed with Zhang Fei and Chen Zhi and others, so it was better to stay away from this dead fish head.

But Zhuge Liang didn't want to let Zhang Xi go like this.

Zhuge Liang couldn't have imagined many things, it was Zhang Xi who put forward the idea of the "imperial examination system", which led Zhuge Liang step by step to his current thinking.

The more Zhuge Liang thought about it, the more he felt that this system could be used to do a lot of things, even if it might not be completely copied now, but it could be completely taken step by step and slowly infiltrate into the entire bureaucratic system.

After all, now the promotion of engraving printing and paper is slowly popularizing, ten or twenty years is the growth of a generation, at that time, the number of children of the poor family is slowly increasing, naturally will not be willing to continue to let the family control the upward channel, and the family will not be willing to see the children of the poor family to snatch the interests that belong to them.

If you go to the "imperial examination system" at that time, it will be easy to be strongly opposed by the families, and the situation you will face will only be more complicated.

It is better to start the layout now, plant the seeds first, and then as long as the scope of materials for the "imperial examination system" is expanded, and the central examination becomes the local examination, then all the things will be solved.

But Zhuge Liang is still not sure after all, after all, the system of the imperial examination system was proposed by Zhang Xi, he should know best, and at the same time the most far-reaching, so Zhuge Liang must discuss with Zhang Xi whether it is appropriate to do so.

And even if Zhang Xi wants to hide, he can't hide when he arrives in Chengdu, after all, at that time, Zhang Fei and Chen Zhi will be separated from him, and there is no shield.

So, when approaching Chengdu, Zhang Xi accepted his fate and hid in Zhuge Liang's carriage, and the two began to plot together.

Zhuge Liang's approach is actually very feasible.

At this time, Zhang Xi had to think again about the reason why Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty proposed the "imperial examination system" in later generations and adopted the system of taking scholars by subject but not moving the grassroots level, was it the same as Zhuge Liang thought, wanting to come step by step.

And from Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty to Li Shimin's thorough promotion of the imperial examination system, it was twenty or thirty years in between, and it was because of the war that caused such consequences.

Suppose that if Emperor Yang of Sui was really given enough time to do this, would the real "imperial examination system" be born in his hands?!

Well, Zhang Xi felt that Emperor Yang of Sui didn't necessarily have this brain, and even if he had this brain, his character would not buy him so much time.

Although Emperor Yang of Sui is not a faint monarch, he is definitely a tyrant, such a person is the most impatient to do long-term planning, he only thinks about getting everything done and highlighting his great achievements. Then he gave Huo Huo a good foundation left by the emperor's rule in vain.

But the war between the Sui and Tang dynasties was certainly a fancy death by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, but the role of the family and the gate valve in the middle was not small. Although it is not all because of the imperial examination system, the influence of the imperial examination system cannot be said to be at all.

Again, although Li Shimin set the imperial examination system, he really waited for the imperial examination system to become popular, which was after the Northern Song Dynasty, and experienced an equally tragic five dynasties and sixteen kingdoms.

Therefore, Zhang Xi felt that the matter of the imperial examination still had to be cautious, and in the case of trying not to cause social turmoil, it was no problem to dig into the corners of the family a little, but if it really caused large-scale social turmoil, it was still necessary to consider it in the long run.

This thing, in the heart of Jingzhou and Yizhou, where there are many families, is most likely not suitable for manipulation, but it is better to be in some remote places, such as the dilapidated Hanzhong, the disobedient Nanzhong, and even Jingnan, which can be used as a pilot first to see the situation.

Anyway, there is a shortage of people in those places, this kind of system has to be done as a last resort, if your family thinks this is not good, then be generous, send family talents to come to these places to govern it?!

Not to mention anything else, in places like Jingnan and Nanzhong, where they have to deal with barbarians every day, those wall-headed grass families will not invest a lot of effort in doing this kind of thing.

(End of chapter)