Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2425 Burning Fire
Just when Zhuge Liang flexed his muscles in the northwest of Sichuan and Shu, and set off a fire to burn the Di people to death, a person of the same age as him was also planning to set off such a "fire".

Well, in fact, in history, these two were not only born in the same year, but also died in the same year, so it is not surprising that later generations will inevitably have some far-fetched arguments.

Zhuge Liang set fire to the Di people, and Liu Xie also prepared to set fire to the enemy.

During this period of time, Liu Xie has gathered many people, including Xi Ji, to tell and describe Guanzhong Sanfu, about the situation of Hushi Feiqian, and among the mixed words, which are not true or false, some focus.

Some reasons why Feiqian was able to succeed, why he was able to gain a foothold in the North, and grow stronger in Guanzhong.

Sometimes when dreaming back at night, Liu Xie recalled the scene where he declared the idea of ​​governing the country in front of Fei Qian, and expressed the idea of ​​inheriting the theory of reincarnation, but he could not help but blush, feel ashamed and uncomfortable, and at the same time, he could not help complaining , I felt that Fei Qian must have been watching a joke at the time, knowing it all but holding back and not saying anything.

In Liu Xie's silent research and summary, he finally discovered some special features about Fei Qian's governance politics, and also realized the significance of these measures for reality.

For example, for children from poor families.

These children didn't have much fame or property, and the only thing worth boasting about was their own talents and abilities, and these talents and abilities, above the previous Great Han Dynasty, were not at all important points worth paying attention to.

Family and inheritance are what the officials of the Han Dynasty valued before.

Especially the closer to the center, the more so.

Therefore, when Feiqian launched the examination for officials in the north, although he was criticized by many people as evil heretics for a long time, in fact, for those young people who have been unable to find an official path, it is undoubtedly a Like the sound of nature.

Otherwise, just like the original big man, young people with no background will always be the first to be sent out to other states to serve as county magistrates and county lieutenants after entering the officialdom. The ability, then want to return to court, it is simply nowhere in sight.

This also caused these officials who were released to the outside world to choose more corruption and amass money. First, use the money to buy a way to go up, and second, if there is no hope of promotion, they can go home and become a rich man.

Under such circumstances, how can the big Han officials not be bad?

After Liu Xie discovered this, he felt more and more that Fei Qian's success was due to the difference in the choice of officials.For these gentry children who are eager to advance in their official careers, these young disciples from poor families don't care too much about whether Yi Feiqian represents the national unity, they care more about their own opportunities.

Hence, the more turbulent the court, the more chances these people will get promoted.

So Feiqian can reach such a position now, can gain a firm foothold in Guanzhong Sanfu, and develop greatly. It is not just the kind of blue-faced fangs described in the streets and alleys. , using cruel officials to maintain its politics, a distinctive feature of Feiqian's rule is that the political resources open to poor people are far beyond that in Shandong, and the examination system ensures that there will be no mud and sand, good and bad. distinguish.

The more he studied, Liu Xie felt that Fei Qian's strategy was more subtle.

In fact, Liu Xie's father, or his grandfather's generation, began to suppress the Shandong gentry, but they did not achieve much success, and even led to the opposite effect.At this stage, it is still difficult for Liu Xie to judge whether the Party Guild is too aggressive and the drugs are too aggressive, or whether it is simply not doing enough and not doing enough...

Anyway, for his father Han Lingdi, he was not satisfied with the word "spirit", but he was helpless. Personal emotions and realistic helplessness were intertwined, which made it impossible for him to distinguish them objectively and clearly. right and wrong.

Secondly, after recruiting a large number of children from poor families as low-level officials, Liu Xie also felt that Fei Qian had created a new way of thinking for those middle-level and upper-level officials.

These middle and upper-level officials have either accumulated certain qualifications or have considerable reputation. What these people value is not a place or a county, nor are they rich and beautiful women, but more about the future, the inheritance of themselves and their families .

How did Fei Qian do it?He opened some brand-new institutions, accommodated these officials, and divided these officials into several parts, such as the Senate and Qinglong Temple. Although they all have the power to participate in and discuss state affairs, their respective directions are not completely consistent. , the Senate pays more attention to the law, while the Qinglong Temple is more inclined to literary scriptures.

This allows these middle- and upper-level officials to have enough space to display their talents, so that they will not be restricted by the structure of "Three Dukes and Nine Ministers"...

In fact, Liu Xie understands a little bit why the big man uses "Three Dukes and Nine Qings" as the official structure of the court center. Isn't it because of the struggle between imperial power and prime minister power?Imperial power and prime minister power are a natural contradiction. If the emperor's authority is too strong, the prime minister will be useless.If the prime minister is too powerful, the emperor will be emptied directly.

It's like he himself, under the crotch... well, under the pomegranate skirt, hey, there are not many foundation stones under his feet, it looks empty and wobbly, so uncomfortable.

If the imperial power is to be stable, it must be divided up. In the past, the three lords and nine ministers were not divided enough!Looking at the current Feiqian, Liu Xie is suddenly enlightened. Why should he be limited to the previous institutions? After the expansion, there will be more people naturally, and then the powers will be decentralized naturally!

After figuring out these two points, Liu Xie felt as if his chest and abdomen were unobstructed, as if he could see the sky through the clouds and see the light again...

Then when it came down to reality, Liu Xie found that he couldn't be like Fei Qian, who could make everyone follow his words. His fart had dissipated before it left the Chongde Hall, and it was within three feet of the hall. Besides, it doesn't even have a taste.

How to do?
Liu Xie is going to take a two-pronged approach and set two fires.

What is there around Liu Xie that Cao Cao and Fei Qian don't have?eunuch.Just like his father before him, and then the emperor of the Han Dynasty, they all had strategies to use these eunuchs. Naturally, Liu Xie couldn't abandon the fine tradition of the Han Dynasty.Although he has cultivated a few confidantes now, it is still not enough, the number is still too small.Of course, these eunuchs cannot replace the courtiers, but they can act as Liu Xie's tentacles and eyes and ears, leading directly to the inside and outside, and then slowly expand his strength.

Therefore, the first fire was to expand the recruitment of eunuchs!
The second fire was burned on Xi Xi and the others...

Those who left Guanzhong Sanfu and came to Liu Xie's side, first of all, they can be sure that these people can't get along with Fei Qian, so they can become Liu Xie's help.

Liu Xie summoned these people to give lectures, and he did not receive too many restrictions. It can also show that these people are not valued by the Yingchuan faction...

Just like these guys from Yingchuan never took the time to lecture with Liu Xie, these Yingchuan people are more willing to spend time on absorbing more power, so people like Xiji are also different from Yingchuan people. There is a contradiction between.

Although this kind of conflict is not so intense that it is life and death, Liu Xie thinks it can be used, light some fire and burn it to see what changes.

At least don't look like a pool of stagnant water right now.

So Liu Xies thought about how to burn the second fire, and finally came up with a wonderful place to start the fire!

Xiushi!

If commenting on scriptures is the dream of a family of Confucian classics, then compiling history is the dream of all insightful people in the world...

It may be difficult for people of later generations to understand this issue, but an example will give you a general understanding.In the Tang Dynasty, there was a prime minister, Xue Yuanchao, who was more or less under one person and over ten thousand people. Then he said that he had three hatreds in his life, one could not be a Jinshi, two could not marry women with five surnames, and three could not edit national history.From this, it can be seen that the matter of revising the history of the country is a great temptation for the Gao Ru Prime Minister Xue.

As for the revision of history, it can only be initiated by Liu Xie, and no one else has the qualifications!
It wasn't long before Ban Gu began to write history, when he was found out, he wrote to Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, accusing Ban Gu of "privately writing the history of the country", and soon Ban Gu was arrested and imprisoned, and all the manuscripts were also confiscated.Fortunately, his younger brother Ban Chao wrote to Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty stating that the purpose of Ban Gu's revision of "Book of Han" was to praise Han De, let future generations understand history, and learn lessons from it, and had no intention of defaming the imperial court. He was acquitted, and gave the Ban family some money to help them write down.

Therefore, it is a serious crime to write history without the authorization of the emperor.

Of course, Liu Xie doesn't have much ink in his stomach. It's a joke for him to revise the history of the country himself.

Later generations believed that compiling the history of the country should wait until the next dynasty. In fact, there was no such emphasis in the Han Dynasty. For example, the famous "Historical Records" was written directly under the nose of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.Strictly speaking, the later "Book of Han" was written by the descendants of the previous generation, and the Eastern Han people wrote the Western Han, but after all, it still used the same banner of the Han family, and during the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, Cai Yong and others also once expressed that there was a Han dynasty. Since then, it will be a sequel to "Hanshu", so it is normal to write contemporary national history in the concept of Han people.

This is much more exciting than the commentary on the scriptures...

One is to comment on the scriptures, while the history of the country is to comment on the country, which itself is a great temptation for these scholars.It is the dream of many children of the gentry to write down the spring and autumn and leave a name in history.

Now the relationship between Liu Xie and Cao Cao is neither good nor too bad, but after the previous incidents, Liu Xie has somewhat cleared his mind, knowing that the power gap between himself and Cao Cao is still very large. Xie hopes that Cao Cao can clean up for him those local princes who do not obey the king's law and wantonly resist the court, including Fei Qian; on the other hand, Liu Xie is also deeply jealous of Cao Cao's power, worried that Cao Cao will eventually die It will become something like Dong Zhuo, or Li Guo.

When Liu Xie left Feiqian and insisted on coming to Xu County in Yuzhou, it was not because he knew how beautiful Xu County was, but because Guanzhong was his sad place, and he was really afraid that after Feiqian took control of Xiliang, he would become a Dong Zhuo is the second.He didn't dare to bet, he was afraid that if that day really happened, he wouldn't even be able to run.

Therefore, Liu Xie's current preparations are to accumulate strength in the palace. Even if there are no eunuchs like Xiaojiji, they are still manpower. Moreover, the life of being monitored and monitored all the time makes Liu Xie feel tired and angry. and hate.The other is to seek assistance outside the palace, gather more people in the name of history revision, and then select some of them to play a role when necessary...

Of course, in the early days, Liu Xie believed that he needed to learn the lessons from the last time and the last time, not to be impatient, and not to expose his goals prematurely.

Regarding the recruitment of eunuchs, Liu Xie just found a reason to order the Shaofu. Anyway, he said some reasons such as too few people in the palace, the ground is not clean, etc., and recruited some refugees from the outside world, mainly young people. Said that the Shaofu would not have any opinions, and directly released the recruitment information to the outside world.

After all, it is not a draft girl, recruiting some refugees who can't survive, and giving these children a bite of food to survive, although it will be at the cost of losing Xiaojiji, but these people may not be able to use this thing in their entire life, so what's the point? Embarrassed?
After recruiting a certain number, Liu Xie will use some reasons such as eunuchs being vulgar, making mistakes when sorting out documents, etc., to organize an internal training or something, call these little guys to attend classes, and cultivate their loyalty. As for the body, in the early stage, it will be done under the name of Cuju...

Anyway, even in later generations, it has become a well-known fact that there are little chirps in China who can't play well.

In addition to the matter of compiling history, Liu Xie revealed this meaning a little bit, and then tentatively assigned Xi Xi to search the historical files in the newly built Guanyun Terrace.

After all, it has been 200 years since the "Hanshu", whether it is really necessary to compile history or not, there is no harm in sorting out some materials.

The Guanyun Terrace is because after the former Dongguan was burned, the Dahan Royal Library was rebuilt in Xu County to imitate its specifications. The Yingchuan gentry initially contributed a batch of manuscripts and originals, which can be regarded as making the newly built Dahan Royal Library The library is not so empty.

But after Xi Qi arrived at Guanyun Terrace, he really felt the gap with Guanzhong's collection of books...

Under the hussars, it is known as the largest collection of books in the world, which is really not bragging.

In Guanzhong, as long as the children of the gentry want to borrow books, they can pay a certain deposit like the library of later generations, and then they can borrow ordinary manuscripts, engravings, or rubbings. More books, as for the orphaned and fragmented copies, they need a certain identity, and they have to bear the responsibility in case of loss or damage.

And in the Guanyun Terrace in Xu County, although there are many books and files in this serious royal library, when Xi Xi carefully read them, he realized that these files are actually not important at all. Most of the books about sex are ordinary scriptures, and even among these scriptures, Xi Xi also found some flaws in the scriptures, such as wrong sentence readings or interpretations that were appraised by the Guanzhong early on.

There are also a few old scholars and old eunuchs working in Guanyuntai.In addition, there are some uneducated people who are just responsible for cleaning.

When Chi Chi was flipping through the collection of books, he occasionally looked out the door, and found that it was not yet noon, and people had already left secretly one after another, some would go to the main hall to report, and some didn't even say hello. , just slipped away.

In the main hall, Taicheng Wang, who was originally in charge of the daily affairs of Guanyuntai, seemed to have never seen him, just holding the book and reading intently, shaking his head and immersing himself in his own world.

The whole morning, there was only one incident related to Guanyuntai, that is, the secretary of Shangshutai came to ask for a batch of scrolls related to the ceremony of sacrificing captives, and lent out a large box of books. Two servants are responsible for carrying away...

With this situation, the enthusiasm in Xi Ji, who had accepted the task of "Revising History", inevitably cooled by three points.

Xi Xi muttered in a low voice, although he couldn't hear what he was talking about, but guessed it should be related to Ju Ma Mai Pi...

What's going on here?
If there are no manpower, if there are no books, and even though Xiji himself bears the name of Zheng Xuan's disciple, he is not Zheng Xuan's deity after all. If he really wants to single-handedly study history, he has the heart, but he doesn't have the strength, after all. Ban Shi never finished writing "Han Shu" from birth to death. Even though Xi Xi was proud, he still knew that he was not worth it on this point.

And according to the Son of Heaven's will, it shouldn't be too big a move, this point, Xi Xi is also deeply touched.After all, the previous experience of "on-the-job training" also left a deep impression on Xi Xi...

Xi Xi was also holding a book, but his mind was not on the tablet at all. After a while, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and hurriedly put down the tablet in his hand, got up to go, took two steps before realizing it, and turned towards the main hall. The Tai Cheng Wang saluted and said hello.

Tai Cheng Wang slightly put down the scroll, returned the gift, and then watched Xi Xi leave, with a somewhat incomprehensible look in his eyes...

Xi Xi hurriedly returned to the Chongde Palace, visited the emperor, and said: "Your Majesty... I feel that we can start with the matter of offering captives..."

Fei Qian had already escorted the captives of the Xiqiang rebellion to Yuzhou early before, but they were detained all the time, um, they were stranded in Yangcheng, and now they have finally entered the formal process, ready to start the ceremony of offering captives.

"I love you..." Liu Xie frowned, he didn't understand what Xi Xi meant.

Xi Xi cupped his hands, and said somewhat vaguely, "The person who offered the captives arrived in Yuzhou a long time ago... Now it is... presumably the general who won the victory and returned to the court... To participate in this matter, you can recruit people secretly, so as not to cause him any trouble." ...'

Compiling history always requires manpower, and there must be a better entry point. Xiji is like borrowing this time's offering captives, by counting some questions about the sacrifice ceremony, scale, frequency, etc. of the Han Dynasty, and then A small part of the acquisition, on the one hand, also involves the victory of the general Cao Cao, and will not be additionally targeted by the Yingchuan faction. On the other hand, it is also taking the opportunity to develop a little strength. Carry out follow-up matters.

Liu Xie pondered for a moment, and finally sighed, "Yes, I will follow Aiqing's words..."

Xi Xi received the latest instruction and headed towards Shangshutai.

Liu Xie was silent for a long time in the hall.

Cao Cao won?
Hearing what Xi Xi said, Liu Xie thought it was possible, but... no one told him about such a big thing!If Xie hadn't just met him today, Liu Xie might not have known about it until the end!

"call……"

Liu Xie sighed softly.

The sun slanted into the Chongde Hall. Logically speaking, the current weather cannot be regarded as cold, but Liu Xie still felt a little chilly in his hands and feet, and then he couldn't help wrapping himself in the robe...

(End of this chapter)