Qu Yuan saw that Xiong Wuliang's face was strange, and he also realized that he was smiling a little too brightly, so he hurriedly restrained his smile.

When he heard the news that 'Quyang Hou was attacked by local tyrants', Qu Yuan was afraid for a short time, and his heart swelled with a strong ecstasy!

For Xiong Wuliang's temperament, Qu Yuan also knows very well -

I didn't know the erosion at the grassroots level before, but once I knew, it was impossible to swallow this evil breath easily.

But if you want to uproot all these ink-greedy officials, Xiong Wuliang will definitely be jealous.

Doesn't this make him angry?

Qu Yanghou held his breath in his heart, Qu Yuan's opportunity came!

"These clans monopolize the place and take bribes...... Abominable! Qu Yuan said solemnly: "If you want to be rich and strong for a long time, you must get rid of the evils of officials!" ”

Xiong Wuliang glanced at Qu Yuan, always feeling that Qu Yuan had bad intentions.

"Do you have a way?" Xiong Wuliang asked.

Qu Yuan stroked his beard and smiled, and a three-point self-satisfaction appeared on his face: "I have two strategies, one to treat the symptoms and the other to cure the root cause...... I don't know where the lord is going to start? ”

"Let's talk about the symptoms first!" Xiong Wuliang waved his hand.

Qu Yuan smiled slightly: "Those who treat the symptoms, the strategy is to raise the soup and stop the boiling - strengthen management, encourage businessmen to report, confiscate the extortion income of the filasterous officials, and impose additional fines." ”

"At the same time, if you want to get rid of the monopoly of these local wealthy clans on the rule of officials, you must train grassroots officials by yourself - the lord can take in the orphans of those sergeants and teach them to read and write - and it doesn't take much knowledge, as long as you learn dozens or hundreds of words, it should be easy to be a grassroots official."

Xiong Wuliang's eyes lit up, and his heart was worthy of you!

This 'symptomatic' strategy alone is enough to make Xiong Wuliang applaud.

The confiscation of extorted money and fines will not provoke too much irritation and cause them to revolt in an all-out way – but it can also effectively curb the wave of large-scale enrichment by grassroots officials in a short period of time.

And cultivating those sergeant orphans as petty officials can fundamentally avoid dependence on the big clans.

And it can also relieve the soldiers of their worries and encourage them to fight more bravely on the battlefield.

Of course, teaching these sergeant orphans to read and hyphenate is not a small expense - teaching space, recruiting teachers...... It all costs money, and it costs a lot.

But for unscrupulous sons, this money can be saved - there is a Huang Xie in our house who has nothing serious to do, and takes Xiaohei Xiaobai to class every day. It is said that two children have to be taught, and two hundred children must also be taught......

At this moment, Huang Xie in the house suddenly sneezed-

Hey? What's going on?

Feeling like someone is going to use me like a donkey?

……

"Dare to ask the 'root cause' strategy?" Xiong Wuliang looked at Qu Yuan expectantly.

Qu Yuan pondered for a moment, and suddenly changed his words: "Lord, do you know which country is the weakest local clan power today?" ”

Xiong Wuliang was stunned.

Qu Yuan slowly spit out two words, and asked himself: "Qin State." ”

Qin State?

Qu Yuan explained in a deep voice: "Shang Ying changed the law in the Qin State - 'If the people have more than two men without distinction, they will be given double their endowment'...... The development of local clans was effectively controlled. ”

"Although the state of Chu is large, the power that the upper echelons can use is no more than thirty percent...... In the final analysis, the power of local tycoons and nobles is too strong! ”

At this moment, Xiong Wuliang already understood what Qu Yuan wanted to say.

Sure enough, Qu Yuan said loudly: "Those who cure the root cause, the strategy of drawing salaries from the bottom of the kettle is also - to implement law changes, strong cadres and weak branches!" ”

"Lord, although you can't change the law in the entire Chu country now...... But in your kingdom, it is perfectly possible to implement new laws that reform the rule of officials, abolish slaves, and reward farming and warfare! Qu Yuan said.

Since Xiong Wuliang mentioned the theory of 'butt determines head' to Qu Yuan last time, Qu Yuan has never persuaded Xiong Wuliang to change the law.

Now that the old thing is brought up again, Xiong Wuliang subconsciously wanted to resist, but found that he had no reason to resist at all......

In the past, Qu Yuan raised the strong and weak branches, and invited Xiong Wuliang to strive to implement the reform in the entire Chu country - the strong one is the king of Chu, and the weak one is a feudal monarch like himself.

And now, the strong cadres and weak branches in the Marquis of Quyang, the strong ones are themselves, and the weak ones are others!

Xiong Wuliang fell into a brief silence.

Qu Yuan hit the railway while it was hot: "Please ask the lord to entrust the ministers with important responsibilities, Xu Chen will preside over the plan to change the law, Qu Yuan will definitely do his best!" ”

……

A few days later.

Xiong Wuliang took the former Chu State Grand Sima Qu Yuan as Quyang Yin; Zhao Hua and Hu Cong are deputy Yin.

The three gathered in Quyang County.

This personnel change attracted everyone's attention, but they didn't pay much attention to it.

Before, except for Hu Cong who was a real Ping'a county order, Qu Yuan and Zhao Hua had been working for Xiong Wuliang for day jobs, and they had no official official status at all.

Now Xiong Wuliang has been named a marquis and has begun to reward meritorious heroes, which is also a proper righteousness.

The first decree after Qu Yuan served as Quyang Yin was the 'Academy Order'!

At the city gate, a huge notice was posted, and some people who could read shook their heads and said for everyone—

"Quyang Yin has an order, from now on, he will undertake the construction of 'Quyang Academy' to teach literacy and hyphenation...... Boys between the ages of 8 and 15 can apply for the election, and the Hou Mansion will bear all the food and clothing for the children of the college. ”

The onlookers were in an uproar.

Teaching literacy? Don't want money?

An old farmer immediately tightened the hands of the young children around him, looking excited: "Hurry up and sign up!" You'll be able to pick it! ”

"Let's go, get the news back to the village!"

"The Lord is merciful!"

……

At the registration office of the academy, Qu Yuan stroked his beard with his hand, looked at the popularity in front of him, and couldn't help but nod secretly.

If you want to centralize power in the Chu State and break the dependence on local clans, you must cultivate grassroots officials who can be used on your own.

Within three to five years of the establishment of the academy, a large number of officials who are literate and hyphenated and familiar with the 'Chu Law' will be available. Moreover, they have to be cultivated by Quyang Hou, and they must be very loyal to Xiong Wuliang.

If the scale of the academy is getting bigger and bigger, it can even be compared to the 'Jixia School Palace' of the Qi Kingdom...... Then the Marquis of Quyang will have a large number of loyal subordinates, and if these students are capable and can enter the court as officials, then the 'Quyang Academy' can even influence the political situation of the Chu State to a large extent.

When the time comes, if you don't become the king of Chu, it won't be Xiong Wuliang, who has no ambitions, to be right!

Thinking of this, Qu Yuan couldn't help but smile darkly......

"Don't squeeze, come one by one!" Huang Xie's small body was submerged in the sea of people, and he cried out pitifully.

The popularity of the academy exceeded everyone's expectations.

Ordinary people are not stupid.

If there is a literati who can read and hyphenate in the family, it is simply the smoke of the ancestral tomb!

In this era, as long as you recognize a few words, you are a rare talent - at least you can be a low-level official. For the common people, it is already a great benefit.

Even if you can't be a big official, being a bookkeeper is much more earning than working hard in the fields!

Xiong Wuliang hurried over, and when he saw the sea of people in front of him, everyone was stupid-

……