Abnormal Three Kingdoms

Chapter 173 The road ahead
The Chen family was destroyed, but Chu Nan really didn't go. After all, the whole family is full of young and old, and adults are fine. Children will also be beheaded. If he really went to see it, he was afraid that he couldn't bear it, but sometimes this kind of thing can't be avoided, hatred Only the complete destruction of one side can be considered the end.

Chu Nan absolutely supported the extermination of the Chen family this time. If the Chen family did not perish, the meaning of this battle would be halved. It had a deterrent effect, and it was against outsiders as well as against our own people.

The next most important thing is to take a short rest, and the second is to reward the generals.

"What's the meaning of closing the household without enfeoffing the land?" Lu Bu asked, looking at the memorandum sent by Chu Nan.

"Xiapi is different from other places. Taxes in Xuzhou are based on land, and the land in the world is always limited. If the land is always rewarded, how should it be sealed when the land is exhausted? It is better to count by households, such as a hundred households. A part of the taxation of a hundred households is taken as a reward every year, and even a household registration of a piece of cultivated land can be allocated, which makes people feel that the land actually belongs to them, which is actually the case, but the tax is collected by the court and then forwarded to officials .”

After finishing speaking, Chu Nan looked at Chen Gong and said, "What do you think, teacher?"

"In this way, the burden on the people will not be increased, and the court will have enough tax burden. Most importantly, the soldiers will be happy." Chen Gong said with a smile: "However, the operation of the government office will consume a lot of energy in the future, and even need to appoint a special person to deal with it. thing."

Chu Nan nodded and said: "So I suggest that after this matter is over, we should set up a new department called the Ministry of Households, which will be dedicated to these matters. The agricultural tax will be collected directly by the imperial court in the future, and local officials are not allowed to collect taxes privately."

Xuzhou has been completely owned by Lu Bu, and if they want to continue to develop in an orderly manner, they must have an effective system. The Ministry of Punishment has achieved initial results last time, and now the Ministry of Households has been established to take back local financial rights.

Of course, things are definitely not that simple.

If the local government loses its financial power, the enthusiasm for governing will definitely be greatly reduced. Do not seek meritorious service, but seek no mistakes, but this is the best way to stabilize the local area and at the same time limit the monopoly of local officials. The rule of virtue is important, but the rule of law is also inevitable. Not to mention that character is easy to fake, and more importantly, human nature is inherently complicated. Looking at ancient and modern times, how many officials can be truly upright?

Instead of believing in virtue, it is better to formulate a feasible system to regulate everyone. It is impossible for generations to come. In the early stage, as long as the system is not too bad and offends all classes, it can basically play a good role.

Lu Bu is now taking the path of wooing the poor, the common people, and the people, and completely abandoning the gentry. The advantage is that power is concentrated in his hands, but the disadvantage is that management costs are greater, and he is extremely dependent on systems and laws.

After Chen Gong thought for a while, he glanced at Chu Nan: "Ziyan is going to practice?"

"That's not true, but our system is different from the Xiaolian system, so we rely more on Legalism." Chu Nan shook his head, admitting that he is a man who is easily driven by desire, and the legalist's extremely self-disciplined life , I can't do it anyway.

"What's the difference?" Lu Bu asked suspiciously.

"Xiaolian is the aristocratic family system. It only needs to gather the major aristocratic families around, and then mainly rely on the aristocratic families to govern. The consequences are acceptable in the early stage, but in the later stage, there will be many families like the Chen family that can control power in a place. The advantage is that There is no need to invest a lot of manpower to govern. The disadvantage is that the gentry is growing and can threaten the court. As for the law mentioned by Ziyan, it can greatly restrict the gentry from growing, but it requires a lot of manpower and material resources. To be honest, this The road is not suitable for the present, but it is suitable for Marquis Wen." Chen Gong said with a sigh.

Not suitable for the moment?But for yourself?

Lu Bu looked at Chen Gong blankly. Are these two sentences contradictory?
"Nowadays the world is in great chaos, consuming too much manpower and material resources internally, which will inevitably cause a huge financial burden on internal affairs, so as long as the governance is not too chaotic, aristocratic politics is more suitable for today." Chu Nan explained to Lu Bu: "However, limited to Because of his background and reputation, it is extremely difficult for his father-in-law to take the road of family politics, and it is very likely that, like the Chen family, he will go to his father-in-law on the surface, but secretly eat him up, and even sell him for his own personal gain."

"Of course, even if it's not the father-in-law, they will seek personal gain. The family is huge to a certain extent. This kind of mentality is inevitable. When the interests of the family conflict with the interests of the world, changing the emperor or even changing the court is not a big deal for them. question."

"Of course, this is only an initial trouble. In the later stage, our army will form a complete set of laws. When everyone acts according to the law, the benefits will be huge." Seeing that Lu Bu was silent, Chu Nan said with a smile: " Most importantly, this path is more suitable for my father-in-law."

The strategy of family politics is a game of the upper class, power is only circulated in one circle, and those from lesser backgrounds will not even look at you until they have absolute strength.

Lu Bu's background is not bad, but in this circle, he belongs to the bottom of the bottom, and he is doomed not to be able to identify with the aristocratic family, so it is impossible for Lu Bu to follow the aristocratic politics now.

The advantage of aristocratic politics is that it can quickly gather strength. Taking Xuzhou as an example, Xuzhou's resources are [-]. If Lu Bu could get the support of the Chen family, then Lu Bu could get [-] in a very short period of time, but [-] is also the limit. If you want to take more, the aristocratic family will come out to oppose it.

But follow the rule of law, use your own territory as the court to manage from the beginning, maybe you can only get ten at the beginning, after a series of struggles, and gradually control the real power, you can get fifty, but fifty is not the upper limit, because there is no family here to suppress Therefore, Lu Bu can continue to obtain Xuzhou's resources. It is impossible to reach [-] in the end, but it is possible to reach [-] or [-].

"What Ziyan sees is extremely clear." Chen Gong nodded to Chu Nan in satisfaction. This penetrating insight into everything is why Chen Gong is optimistic about this disciple. The strategy may not be enough, but Chu Nan can see The most fundamental problem here is Lu Bu.

"So that's how it is." Lu Bu nodded, expressing that he understood: "Then the household department will be presided over by Ziyan after this battle is over."

This household department has great power. Even if Lu Bu doesn't know much about politics, he can tell that this household department is very important. If it is handed over to other people, even if it is Chen Gong, Lu Bu is not too relieved. It is still his son-in-law. I have been disappointed.

"Nan leads the order!" Chu Nan nodded, not too surprised by Lu Bu's choice, after all, there are not many people that Lu Bu can use now, and the head of the household department is either himself or Chen Gong.

However, although Lv Bu's internal worries have been resolved, there are still many problems. The main reason is the lack of talented people, and there is no shortage of grassroots officials, but there are not many who can help Lv Bu handle internal affairs.

After this battle, it is necessary to find a few good advisers as soon as possible.

The next step is to reward the officers and men according to their meritorious service. Now Lu Bu can give out not many official positions. Among the generals, except for Wei Yue, Cao Xing, Huang Zhong, and Wei Yan, who have been promoted or newly recruited, the other generals have already been appointed. It is difficult to be promoted again, so firstly, you need to show your merits to the imperial court to be awarded by the imperial court, and secondly, you need to reward property.

In terms of rewards for meritorious deeds, this is not easy at all. If it is not handled well, even if everyone is blocked, everyone will still be dissatisfied.

So at Chu Nan's suggestion, list all the achievements of this battle, and reward them according to their contributions to the battlefield.

In this battle, the meritorious service of the five generals Wei Yue, Wei Xu, Song Xian, Cheng Lian, and Cao Xing was basically in the matter of attacking and harassing the Guangling Army.

In addition, they took the cities everywhere. Although the cities they took were basically ungarrisoned, the meritorious service still counted, and no one's credit was the same.

Then came Huang Zhong, Gao Shun, and Wei Yan. Gao Shun and Wei Yan both broke the city, but Huang Zhong shot and killed Jiangdong Handang and beheaded Jiang Qin, which hindered Sun Ce from breaking through. This credit is not as good as breaking the city Small.

Of course, Chen Gong and Chu Nan deserved the most credit. They were the makers and executors of the plan to break the Guangling Mausoleum, so the credit should naturally be credited to them.

In addition, the generals participating in this battle are also rewarded according to their contribution.

Lu Bu wanted to give Wei Xu more credit, but was stopped by Chu Nan.

"Father-in-law, you need to have selfishness, but you can give it in private, but in this official business, once you hide your selfishness, the soldiers will feel worried and resentful. If you want to reward, father-in-law can give some other benefits after the reward is over, but in the official When it comes to rewards, don't have too much selfishness." Chu Nan said with a serious face.

After hesitating for a moment, Lu Bu nodded and said, "Then we will do as Ziyan wants. There are a lot of treasures in the treasury of the Chen family, and they are just used as rewards."

It took a full three days to collect the rewards. The entire Chen family was beheaded without incident. The heads of Chen Gui and Chen Deng were hung on Guangling City as a warning.

If it is placed in other places, even if this kind of famous person is killed, he would never dare to show it to the public like this, but just like what Chu Nan said, the debt is not heavy, and Lu Bu also understands where his future lies. , Do these things without any hesitation.

The death of the Chen family has become history since then, but the dead are also valuable. Chu Nan asked Lu Bu to take advantage of this time to issue two books, one to the court. The Chen family rebelled and wanted to help Yuan Shu. Our army went to Guangling to prepare When attacking Yuan Shu with the imperial court, he was blocked by the Chen family, and finally successfully defeated the Chen family's rebellion, and planned to march into Jiujiang soon to cut off Yuan Shu's route. There are many soldiers who have made great contributions in this battle, and the imperial court should reward them.

The other one was to be sent to Shouchun and handed over to Yuan Shu. The Chen family had been wiped out, but during the expedition, the Xuzhou army suffered a lot of battle losses, so I hope Yuan Shu can give some assistance.

If they don't give it, then they will be more justified in sending troops. It doesn't matter if they give it, anyway, Yuan Shu is almost gone. After they prepared here for a few days, they still sent troops to destroy Yuan Shu.

A Chen family died, but Lu Bu took this opportunity to benefit from the Yuan and Cao families. Lu Bu liked his son-in-law's attitude of taking advantage of the dead. The more he watched, the more Lu Bu liked it. Well, Yuan Shu is not a good thing.

(End of this chapter)