The afternoon sun was just right, sprinkled warmly in this mansion near the palace, Gao Wei and Zu Ting Junchen were sitting in the lobby, the door of the hall was wide open, and a team of elite and powerful soldiers were guarding all parts of the prime minister's mansion, and their sharp eyes swept over any suspicious places...... The sun shone obliquely through the cracks in the trees in the courtyard, and sprinkled spots on their clothes.

One posture is holding his knees with his hands and frowning slightly, while the other posture is sitting upright, leaning forward slightly, and listening carefully.

With a sigh, Gao Wei said: "The two kingdoms of Zhou and Qi were originally from the same family, and they both followed the system of the former Wei Dynasty, even if they were improved by the imperial court, they were not far apart in comparison...... Most of the Zhou kingdom has been destroyed this week, and the land of Guanzhong has fallen into my hands again, and the imperial court has not been strong in controlling this place. ”

"Hmm," Zu Ting heard this, immediately reacted, pondered for a long time, and then replied cautiously: "As Your Majesty said, the two kingdoms of Zhou and Qi, the system was originally similar, and our dynasty defeated the Yuwen clan with dignity, and became the king and defeated the Kou, and my dynasty led the redistribution of interests in a corner of this pass. ”

He carefully observed the emperor's expression.

After being told to break his mind, Gao Wei was not annoyed, first poured himself a glass of water, and then said with a smile:

"Zu Ting, you are really a roundworm in my stomach, there have been several times when I almost abolished you, but in the end I didn't give up, do you know why? If one day you are gone, it will be difficult for me to find a courtier who knows my heart so well. ”

"Your Majesty praised it falsely, the minister just did his duty, it's nothing."

The emperor smiled and said joking words, but Zu Ting didn't dare to regard it as a joke at all, he had a smile on his face, and thought about the emperor's true intentions as quickly as he could, and suddenly, he had an idea, and then opened his mouth to say tentatively: "Your Majesty is dissatisfied with the current situation of my Daqi?" Think that there are places that need to be moved? ”

Gao Wei was silent, staring at Zu Ting with blazing eyes.

Zu Ting knew that he had a lot to say, and smiled helplessly:

"Things that can annoy Your Majesty must be very involved, and the minister does not dare to talk rashly. However, if Your Majesty wants to ask how to strengthen the imperial court's control over Guanzhong, and how to move the fields, taxes, forced labor, household registration and other systems of our Daqi, the minister does have a way here. ”

Although it was not the most ideal answer, Cushman was happy to hear it, and he straightened his posture and prepared to listen to him with great interest.

Zu Ting took a deep breath before he shuddered and said:

"Your Majesty, the ancients, do not accumulate silicon steps to thousands of miles, a major event must be carefully divided into a small thing to do, in order to save time, effort and worry, what the minister sees, although I Daqi stationed more than 100,000 troops in Guanzhong, but Your Majesty and even the imperial court, still take this as a burden, for the heart disease, why not? This is because the imperial court is not confident, so why is the imperial court not confident, the answer is also very simple, the imperial court does not have enough control over Guanzhong. ”

Cushman's eyes narrowed quietly.

"Since the split of the Eastern and Western Wei, Guanzhong and Jinzhong are the basic plates of the Zhou State, and Hebei and the Six Towns are the basic plates of the Great Qi...... It can also be said that Emperor Shenwu Gao moved the capital to the north, although he avoided turmoil in a short period of time and maintained his own stability, but also let the wealthy families of Henan and Guanzhong centrifuge away from Germany and turn to Yuwentai. ”

It can be seen that in today's situation, if you want to make the world stable, you can't do without the support of the wealthy family, and if you want to make the wealthy family return to their hearts, you have to meet their interests...... His Majesty's previous expedition to the west, although he did enough to make a gesture, did not give them much actual benefits, so when he wants to do great things, it is difficult to ensure that they will not be hindered and hindered! ”

Gao Wei was silent, it was not that he didn't understand these truths, but that all of this was too hasty, even if he could have thought of it early, how could he have the time to put it into practice?

The emperor was pondering, and Zu Ting followed this train of thought again and touched it little by little.

"The imperial court won a great victory in the west, and the great power shocked the north and the south, and no one in all directions was dissatisfied, but after all, sitting in the world is not as good as fighting the world...... We can subdue Yuwen Yong by force, but we can't use force to suppress these 'obedient people' who have been naturalized under our rule early, therefore, the old minister suggests that your majesty should be slow rather than fast, and it should be slow rather than urgent! If the action is excessive, the situation in Guanzhong will be stabilized, and I am afraid that there will be a recurrence. ”

Cushman & Wakefield was noncommittal. Zu Ting emphasized again: "Your Majesty, although the Zhou State was defeated, after all, it is still shrinking in Shu, counting on getting involved in the restart." ”

The emperor's pupils shrank, as if he was uneasy, but after all, he suppressed his temperament and listened to him decompose:

"The general trend is me, if there is a charter for this matter, it will be much easier to do, first, Your Majesty must step up the time to envelop the various families in Guanzhong, show that I am lenient and benevolent, and really tie them to the imperial court! Second, please follow the example of Yuwentai, accept powerful private soldiers and troops as government soldiers, and strictly prohibit bows, crossbows, armor and other ordnance from circulating among the people. ”

As if he had been empowered, Cushman instantly understood.

Since ancient times, political power has come out of the barrel of a gun, and if the handle of the knife is not sharp enough, the people below will not be obedient.

Why are the family and Haoqiang jealous of him, is it not because these people occupy more than half of the world's wealth and resources, and they also hold knives in their hands? If you don't have any armed forces in your hands, will Cushman care about their feelings?

Dream on!

But these families are not said to be able to move, the armed forces in their hands are not to be underestimated, in the late Han Dynasty to the post-Three Kingdoms era, Haoqiang and his hands of the "village soldiers" rewrote the pattern of history again and again.

Not to mention, during the period when the Eastern and Western Wei Dynasty were co-established, there were many local heroes who led troops to participate in the war, such as Gao Gan and Lu Wei in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, Wei Xuan, Sima Yi, Wei Xiaokuan, and Xue Duan in the Western Wei Dynasty, and Chen Baxian, Wang Lin, and Lu Guangda in the Southern Liang Dynasty.

In times of peace, it is used to deter others and protect the clan, and in times of war, they gather in Wubao to guard against the situation.

Haoqiang, the existence of the family, is the henchmen of the dynasty, the Eastern and Western Wei and even the Southern Liang, the Southern Chen have tried their best to cut off their power, compared to the Eastern Wei full of political disputes and conspiracy of the deliberate suppression, the Western Wei Yuwentai is much cleaner, but also much more ingenious.

In the ninth year of the Great Unification, Yuwentai recruited Guanlong Haoqiang to join the army, and an order forcibly incorporated all the Haoqiang in the Guanlong area into the military system, and allowed them to take official positions and use them as banners to recruit homeless and hungry people into the army...... For example, Sima Yi, Wei Xuan, Wei Xiaokuan, Han Xiong and others in Wenxian County all entered the political arena in this way, were placed on the border, and used their own strength as a barrier for the Zhou State.

You think that's the end of it?

These big clans now not only have an army, but also an official rank, isn't this even more important?

No, Yuwentai let Haoqiang supervise the local area is just an expedient measure, and there are tricks waiting for it!

After Yuwentai stabilized the Western Wei Dynasty with the help of Guan Long's powerful force, he began to gradually prepare to take over the power of the central government, and many bureaucrats who were "notorious" in the local area were deprived of the right to command the army.

Yuwentai's series of policies not only maintained Haoqiang's loyalty to the center, allowing them to play their respective roles, but also mercilessly absorbed and disrupted the states and counties within the reach of the center, ensuring that Haoqiang could not divide one side.

In fact, in terms of collecting village soldiers for his own use, Yu Wentai has made far more than these, and there is also a unified logistics model supply.

When Haoqiang left his own land to fight, the money and grain of his department had to be paid for the unified distribution of the army.

That is to say, these townsmen who led their troops to fight no longer had the conditions to feed the army with money and food, and effectively transferred the control of the army from the townsmen to the center of the court steadily, and there was no major chaos!

This is completely different from the scene of the Eastern Wei Dynasty's frequent turbulent rebellions!

This is the original essence of the government military system!

After unraveling the fog, Gao Wei's heart was like a cloud, and his mood suddenly improved, and the mess that lingered in his mind was also suddenly clear in Zu Ting's words pointing directly to the source. He already had a plan in his heart, but he still asked quietly: "According to what Zuqing saw, how should the imperial court entrap Guan Longhaoqiang?" If to win them over is to accommodate everything, it will be contrary to my original intention. ”

"This matter is the dictatorship of His Majesty's Sacred Heart, and the ministers dare not say anything!" Zu Ting's face was serious, and he looked iron-clad.

Gao Wei nodded and said, "Okay, I don't embarrass you, this matter is over, I will naturally take you out." ”

After that, he lowered his head, calculated the gains and losses, and then said with a smile: "I won't tell you, I have indeed been stimulated by some things recently, I have recently heard someone say by chance that the country promotes the equalization of land system, which is fair on the surface, but in fact it is not fair, the rich and powerful always get more land than the peasants, and the higher the official position, the more they share." ”

His expression was faint, but his body was tense, and the meticulous Zu Ting knew that this was the appearance of the emperor when he was facing a great enemy, "I also wondered, how can the bureaucracy ride on the heads of the people in the fields divided by population, or did this person wake me up with a word...... I almost forgot that there were slaves in their families, and although there were restrictions on the granting of land to slaves, there were still people, and bureaucrats and powerful people could still use most of the land occupied by slaves. ”

As soon as these words came out, Zu Ting immediately knew what the emperor was really guarding against, and then, a cold sweat broke out behind his back.

The emperor caught a glimpse of his pale expression, but he also expected that he would not have the courage to speak out, so he was a little unscrupulous, "If it weren't for this person's reminder, I would have almost dozed off in the merit book and got carried away." They wanted to join forces and deceive me together, but I didn't want me to work hard to build the world, and finally picked up the cheap for others and made wedding dresses for others! ”

The emperor's jaw tightened, and the golden and iron killing aura opened his teeth and claws, rushing towards his face!