Chapter 90: Drawing Salary from the Bottom of the Cauldron

The idiom of a thousand gold comes from the biography of LΓΌ Buwei, saying that whoever can change the word of LΓΌ's Spring and Autumn will be rewarded with a thousand gold.

This is a political game, but it reflects the pricelessness of knowledge carriers in this era.

Even in the Han Dynasty, not much changed, and usually some books that were more esoteric or valuable for research could sell for a good price.

This leads to the fact that some mud-legged princes or powerful mountain bandits will inevitably appear after capturing the city, and the books in the treasury will be collected as financial revenue, which can be sold for money at critical times.

However, before selling, it is usually passed by the Maisons first.

For example, after the capture of Shouchun, Chen Deng, Lu Su, Chen Gong and others all went to the library of the treasury to take away some precious books.

But don't underestimate these books, the great family is known as the protΓ©gΓ© and the old officials all over the world cannot be people of the same race, relying on these precious books to attract many poor students to worship the door, after examining their loyalty, they began to push to various places to become officials.

Over time, there will be a situation where the four worlds and three princes like the Yuan family and the Yang family have arranged their own people in all corners of the temple.

The roots of the family were slowly formed.

To say that to uproot a family that has been in possession for tens or hundreds of years, this is not something that can be done with a knife, what is needed is a blunt knife to cut the flesh and disintegrate step by step.

If you don't want to be controlled by the family forever, you must first start from the influence of knowledge.

For example, in Guangling in front of him, Lin Mo asked Lu Bu to order that all the books in the treasury should be banned, and no one should move without permission.

And this work, Lin Mo intends to do it himself.

Otherwise, ordinary people probably wouldn't be able to stop Chen Yuanlong and Liu Ziyang, not to mention the families supported by local officials large and small.

However, with Lu Lingqi taking the trap camp to help, Lin Mo didn't have to do the specific implementation work himself, but he just needed to screen what needed to be left and what needed to be taken away in the catalog.

This work delayed Lin Mo for nearly half a month, after all, in addition to picking books, he also had to block the rhetoric that Chen Yuanlong and Liu Ziyang came to borrow books in the name of beauty.

Counting the initial clean-up work, Lin Moshengsheng, who planned to rush back to Pengcheng as soon as possible, stayed for an extra twenty days.

"Good thing you haven't left yet." Just as he was loading the books into the carriage and preparing to leave, Lu Bu ran over.

"Master Yue."

Before Lin Mo finished his salute, he was dragged into the back room by Lu Bu, "I have something to tell you." ”

"What's so urgent, why didn't you call Yuanlong and Ziyang over?" Lin Mo is still reviewing frequently.

"These guys are the ones who are giving me trouble."

After closing the door, Lu Bu took out a few rolls of bamboo slips with a melancholy face, and pouted, "Take a look, the resettlement of Guangling has not been completed yet, Lu Wentao, Chen Qi, and Liu Xun have sent letters one after another, and these are the lists of officials they propose to serve in each county." ”

It turned out to be a battle for position, which is nothing new.

Now that Guangling is in Lu Bu's hands, these people who have had a little credit in the past began to stretch out their hands one after another.

Don't underestimate that they are all county orders, county officials, counselors, superintendents and county government directors, and the influence of the powerful family is formed in this way.

Lu Bu broke the sky by letting the trustworthy people under his hands hang up the post of a county guard, but to really deal with government affairs, he still has to rely on these officials, large and small, which is a high trick to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle.

No wonder Master Yue-in-law is pulling me, this kind of thing really can't be discussed with Chen Deng.

Without waiting for Lin Mo to speak, Lu Bu weakly supported the Taiwan case, "There are still some that I haven't brought, the Langya Zhuge family, the Pengcheng Zhang family, and even Zhenrong have submitted the roster."

This is not the most annoying, you know, Cao Cao actually sent an angel to appoint the three important members of Lujiang, Jiujiang and Guangling! ”

"I guess most of the names he appointed are from Beiguo and Jingzhou." Lin Mogan laughed twice.

"There are also people from the four major families of Jiangdong!"

The corners of Lu Bu's eyes twitched, and he said resentfully: "Cao Thief obviously wants to provoke my relationship with the three local families, and these important members are all people who openly support Yuan Shao, Liu Biao and Sun Ce, and they have ill intentions!" ”

This is Cao Cao, coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes is not a catchy sentence, and when you really use it, you often kill people without seeing blood.

If you don't agree to him, not only can you show that you have a heart of self-reliance, but you will also be tied to these appointed families.

"What do you mean?" Lin Mo poured a cup of tea for Lu Bu.

After a long sigh, Lu Bu said helplessly: "The old rule, giving them a point according to the size of the merit is also an incentive."

However, I don't plan to deal with Cao Cao's appointment. ”

Lin Mo nodded, there was no better way at the moment, "I have no opinion on the equal division of positions, but the appointment of the imperial court still has to be edicted." ”

"So what if they do come? Could it be that our people still want to let go, then I will not lose my troops in vain. Lu Bu leaned back disappreciatively.

"No, why didn't Liu Miao dare to go to Shouchun to take up the post but chose to go to Jiangdong, the reason is the same."

Lin Mo took a sip of tea slowly, and analyzed: "It's really here, these local families will also tell him what it means to be a strong dragon and not suppress the head snake, and Lord Yuezhang doesn't have to worry about them at this time." ”

Lu Bu held his head with the table table in his right hand, and thought for a moment before reacting.

That's right, these important people are facing the officials below, which of the major families is a fuel-efficient lamp, what they want is a county with good weather and rain, and you should not be less in taxes, infighting, let them play by themselves.

If you want to make trouble for these important people, you can completely go through the officials arranged by the family, but it saves a lot of trouble, Lu Bu smiled, "Is this a balancing act?" ”

After laughing, Lu Bu frowned again, "Yunwen, I don't think it's okay to go on like this, now nominally I own the land of the Nine Counties, but the people who really control these counties are the children of these families behind them, wouldn't I give them a fight." ”

Lu Bu, who felt that he had been woolen, was very unhappy, but he was helpless.

Not only himself, but even the group of soldiers under his command only know how to fight on the battlefield, but there is always someone to preside over government affairs in every place, who does not rely on the family?

Send a couple of centurions over?

"So, next, we not only have to contend with Cao Cao externally, but also cultivate our own strength internally."

For Lin Mo's deep face, Lu Bu obviously didn't understand the difference between the two, "Haven't we always done this?" ”

Lin Mo shook his head, put down the teacup and stood up, and walked to the empty bookshelf, "I plan to collect the books from the county treasury to open a academy in Pengcheng, so as to absorb students from poor families in the world." ”

Opened a college to absorb students from poor backgrounds

Do these things have anything to do with the fight against the family? Lu Bu couldn't react a little.

Lin Mo knocked on the bookshelf, turned his head and smiled meaningfully, "Cultivate our own people into the office, and we will no longer be subject to them in the future, and we can even control them in turn."

Without waiting for Lin Mo to finish speaking, Lu Bujian raised his eyebrows, and suddenly got up and said: "Yes, today I am sitting in the land of nine counties, the official worships General Zuo, the Marquis of Jue Wen, and the hero of the imperial court's rebellion, and this name is enough to absorb the poor students of the surrounding counties!" ”

Lu Bu had a feeling of a sudden opening, rubbing his hands excitedly, and kept muttering: "Why didn't I think of it, hehe."

Even if he was born with mud legs and no lower limit of political points, Lu Bu knows that this is a way to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle.

The essence of the humble students entering the powerful families in various places is to hug the thighs, and the thighs are divided into two, the first is that the people from the imperial court to the states and counties are controlled by the people of the big families, and they must go through the inspection system if they want to enter the office to display their ambitions.

The second is that poor students who have not completed their studies do not have the means to obtain enough sources of knowledge, and need to go to the Shijia Library for further study.

Lu Bu, who sits in the land of nine counties, has enough positions under his rule, and if the imperial court wants to, he will seal it, which can be regarded as taking the right path, and if he really doesn't want to, he will take the line of office.

For example, Wu Jing in Guangling City is Yuan Shubai's Taishou, who guards the power of the county, and it doesn't matter if he is not recognized by the imperial court.

When the academy has absorbed enough students from poor families, important people from all over the country can try to install these people in the company.

The style of raising scholars was formed in the Warring States period, which is nothing new, but there are not many people who can raise scholars.

Unconsciously, I actually controlled these two lifelines at the same time, Lu Bu grinned, he never thought that he would have a day as a lowly family of Jiuyuan, and then snorted coldly: "I must make that Zhang Hong regret!" ”

"Zhang Hong?" Lin Mo was a little dazed, why did he suddenly mention this person.

"Zhang Hong, like the old thing of the Qiao family, is quite famous among the scholars of Guangling, I have looked for him three times in a row, is it sincere enough? He even traveled far away from home, and he didn't know what to do with the old horseman! ”

Zhang Hong and Zhang Zhao are known as Xuzhou Shuangzhang, they are people with some knowledge, plus their influence among scholars, it is indeed helpful for such people to win over.

It's a pity.

Lin Mo felt a trace of loss in his heart, and it was just a trace.

People will inevitably be like this, feeling the grace of sending charcoal in the snow, and it is difficult to remember the icing on the cake.

Today's strength, of course it is good that Zhang Hong is willing to come, and it is not a big deal not to come.

Lu Bu sat down again, and Ai Ai said, "I know, this old man is the same as the old thing of the Qiao family, and he looks down on me. ”

Lu Bu also couldn't figure it out, it stands to reason that he also killed Dong Zhuo, who usurped the country, and drove away Yuan Shu, who established himself as emperor, and he also had great respect for literati and Confucian scholars, why did these scholars still look down on him.

Most of the time, it's because of the problem of origin, Lu Bu's final conclusion is that the concept of class is deep-rooted.

"The prejudice in people's hearts is like a big mountain, no matter how hard you try, you can't move it."

Lin Mo's exclamation made Lu Bu's heart tremble, and he smiled dumbly.

After a while, he suddenly looked at Lin Mo, his eyes were firm, and said, "Yunwen, you wait and see, one day, I will make them all kneel in front of me." ”

It's good to be ambitious, and with such a pattern, when you think about problems, you will have a vision.

Before Lin Mo could praise Lord Yue's dream come true, Lu Bu corrected again: "I said something wrong, I made them kneel in front of our son-in-law!" ”

"There will be a day." Lin Mo smiled knowingly, and then replied firmly.

However, this day was far away, so far away that Lin Mo was not sure if he could continue to walk.

Family, Haoqiang, how difficult it is to overthrow these two mountains.

Especially the operating rules of this era, there is no prince who can not rely on the family.

"I thought about it seriously and sent another thousand cavalry to send you back to Pengcheng."

"There's no need for that, there's Pepin's trap."

Lu Bu waved his hand and explained: "It's one thing to take care of the road, bring some cavalry If there is any emergency in Pengcheng, someone will always protect you." ”

Having cavalry here will indeed make people feel more at ease, Lu Bu continued: "When this matter is dealt with, Zhang Xiu is estimated to be almost there, and I will take them back to Pengcheng immediately." ”

"That little son-in-law is waiting for Lord Yuezhang in Pengcheng."

Lu Bu nodded slightly, and when he was about to get up, he sat down again, "Now that I am holding the titles of General Zuo and Marquis Wen, I have been polite in ancient times, and the marquis has been married for three books and six appointments for half a year, and the marriage between you and Ling'er may need to be slowed down." ”

"It's all up to my father-in-law's arrangement." Lin Mo is not in a hurry, except for the fact that there is no cave room now, he can be regarded as staying together day and night.

"That's fine, I just took advantage of this arrangement of important officials in the three counties to ask Cao Cao for a knighthood, and I will also raise your identity."

Lu Bu, who was born in a lowly background, naturally did not have too deep a view of the door, but the scale of the wedding banquet had strict regulations, and he felt that the wedding banquet between his daughter and Lin Mo had to be a marquis to hold up the scene.

(End of chapter)