I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 587 The smartest person in Xuzhou
Chen Gui, Mi Zhu and others were all fine people. When they heard that Liu Jian wanted to report to the court that Liu Bei should be the shepherd of Xuzhou, they stopped talking.

After all, if Liu Jian's performance can be used to obtain the official imperial conferment, then the so-called support of the local prominent families in Xuzhou will be a joke.

He is the head of a state officially appointed by the imperial court. It is only natural for him to take office here. Why should I accept the favor of your family?

Chen Gui, Wang Lang, Mi Zhu and others are all good people. After thinking about it for a moment, they roughly understood Liu Jian's intention.

However, even if they knew Liu Jian's intentions, what could they do?

Liu Jian is not Tao Qian, and they cannot be fooled by some random tactics or tricks.

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After walking out of the prefect's mansion, Chen Gui, Wang Lang, and Mi Zhu looked at each other, and then Mi Zhu smiled bitterly.

"It seems that this general is different from what we thought... he seems to be quite arbitrary."

Chen Gui said slowly: "No, if he is an arbitrary person, he will definitely not achieve such a big undertaking. According to me, this Fuyuan general is here to establish his authority and to completely control Xuzhou."

"Total control...?"

Wang Lang seemed a little confused: "What do you mean by this?"

Chen Gui sighed: "The good time for our families to share Xuzhou's political interests with Tao Gongzu has passed. In my opinion, from now on, Xuzhou's military, political, financial, local laws, and salt and iron interests will all be lost." It will be taken back by the government...that is, it will be taken back into the hands of the Liu family."

After saying this, others were fine, but Mi Zhu's expression changed first.

"Yes, it shouldn't be right? I heard that General Fuyuan of Hebei Province is a diligent and caring person, and the people under his command are very supportive of him. How can he do anything to benefit the people?"

When Chen Gui heard this, he couldn't help laughing.

civil?
Are we citizens?
"Mi Zizhong, why have things gotten so far? Are you afraid?"

Mi Zhu frowned: "What do I have to be afraid of?"

Chen Gui sighed: "That's all, I won't joke with you anymore. You need to know that the general is in Hebei. Although he has a reputation of loving the people and can make Hebei rich, the main lifeline industries in Hebei are all controlled by the government, and his people are very centralized." In the past, many prominent families in Hebei wanted to resist his government, but all of them were exterminated, and the methods were quite violent."

"Hebei is like this. Do you think Xuzhou can be spared?"

"Is this how we recognize each other?"

Chen Gui laughed: "So what if you don't recognize it? There are dozens of prominent families in Hebei who are not convinced, but what is the final result? The Manchus were wiped out, and each one's fate was more tragic than the other."

"On the other hand, those families who obeyed the general have increased a lot in terms of wealth and industry. However, they now have no say in Hebei's military affairs and the appointment of talents."

"Moreover, Hebei is the area where the imperial court's new policies are implemented most thoroughly. Think carefully about what this represents."

After saying that, Chen Gui cupped his hands and said goodbye to Wang Lang and Mi Zhu.

Mi Zhu and Wang Lang also said goodbye to each other without leaving their homes.

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Liu Jian's memorial was written quickly. He sent people to use the fastest horses and envoys to send his memorial to Chang'an. At the same time, Liu Jian also sent envoys to the capital to find Xun You and Liu Biao, the allies he supported. Ma Ri Wei and others hope that the Qingliu Group can help them and advise the emperor on Liu Bei's state pastoral affairs.

At the same time, he began to write letters to Liu Yu in Qingzhou, asking Liu Yu to mobilize some resources from Qingzhou to respond to the emergency in Xuzhou.

After all, Cao Jun and Xuzhou Army have been at war for more than half a year. Needless to say, Pengcheng State, Xiapi State, and Guangling have suffered a lot from Cao Jun and Sun Jian's army, and the people in the northern border of Xuzhou have also suffered a lot because of this. During the war, a large number of civilian laborers were recruited, causing delays in farming and harvesting in the northern border of Xuzhou, and a significant decrease in productivity.

Therefore, Xuzhou's top priority now is to resume production, and resuming production requires grain seeds, farm tools, etc., and these materials require support from Qingzhou.

Of course, in addition to the help from Qingzhou, the local famous families and powerful people in Xuzhou also need to provide them with the support they deserve.

After all, the overall environment is not good, and life for powerful people is not easy either.

All classes work together to restore Xuzhou's vitality and become prosperous. This is the most correct path.

Of course, when Liu Jian first raised this point, most local families in Xuzhou were quite supportive of it.

The first person to respond to Liu Jian was Chen Gui.As the most influential family among the families in Xuzhou, the Chen family stated that they would do their best to support all the policies of Liu Bei, the general and the lord of Xuzhou, in Xuzhou.

Liu Jian was very surprised by the Chen family's attitude.

You know, every time you occupy a new place, especially a big state like Xuzhou, the hardest bones to crack in a state are usually the leaders of the local families.

Most of these families have developed for more than a hundred years, and are extremely rich in both financial and human resources. They are in charge of the lifeblood of many local industries. The government-led state pastoral forces can only move forward after reaching a consensus with the leaders of these families. It has become a consensus that there are no constraints on local governance.

Of course, the princes and pastors can also use force and military force to deter them, but in that case, as long as they are not careful in the future, it will cause large-scale rebellion and waste material and financial resources. Of course, sometimes, this is also a necessary means.

However, it is obvious that sensible local wealthy families like the Chen family are most favored by the princes and pastors.

It not only saves trouble and money, but also saves worry.

What surprised Liu Jian even more was that Chen Gui actually took the initiative to write a remonstrance to Liu Bei.

Although this remonstrance was sent to Liu Bei, it was obviously written for Liu Jian.

This is the true drunkard's intention not to drink.

The specific content of the remonstrance was read by Chen Gui in front of many subordinate officials in Xuzhou. He read it not only to Liu Bei, but also to many officials in Xuzhou, and especially to Liu Jian.

Chen Gui's remonstrance is called "Remonstrance on the Implementation of the New Deal and the Farming Policy."

The general idea is to let Liu Bei copy Hebei's farming policy and implement it in Xuzhou, and at the same time recruit local talents in Xuzhou to enrich the official office. Of course, the government's new policy must be adopted to recruit officials...

In short, Chen Gui said a lot about what Liu Jian wants to do in Xuzhou next, and most of these things will more or less harm the interests of some local prominent families and powerful people in Xuzhou. Of course, you If we look at it in the long run, this is also an opportunity for these powerful families to be baptized and evolve.

After Chen Gui finished speaking, he immediately expressed to Liu Bei that he was willing to offer up the land that his family had not cultivated in Xuzhou and return the wasteland to the public for secondary distribution!

This statement can be said to be that, to a certain extent, he betrayed the powerful local powerful families in Xuzhou and surrendered directly to Liu Jian.

It is true that if the Chen family, the leader of the Xuzhou clans, does this, many families will follow them and submit to Liu Jian, but at the same time, many local families in Xuzhou will also begin to distrust the Chen family.

There are three counties in the northern part of Xuzhou, and there are dozens of counties in the military state. Each of these counties has at least three to two top families and several powerful landowners.

As the head of these families, if the Chen family's interests are consistent with theirs, these families will naturally be willing to recognize the Chen family as their leader.

But if the family interests are inconsistent, they will not stand on the same front as Chen Gui.

As a result, the Chen family is likely to lose their family's status as the patriarch of Xuzhou North.

I'm afraid that the number one family in northern Xuzhou will no longer be the Chen family.

But even so, Chen Gui was not afraid.

This old man is quite farsighted.

Through Liu Jian's past experience in renovating the four states in Hebei, Chen Gui knew that since Xuzhou had fallen into the hands of the Liu family, the outcome would be the same as that of the four states in Hebei, and there would be no changes.

No one in Xuzhou can disobey Liu Jian's wishes.

Jizhou and Youzhou, places that were so difficult to deal with, were all managed by Liu Jian, so what about Xuzhou?

Since Xuzhou is destined to be rectified by Liu Jian, he might as well surrender to Liu Jian quickly and seize the opportunity.

There are so many families in Xuzhou, who can let Liu Jian take a first look at them?Who can make Liu Jian pay more attention to it?

There is no doubt that it was the family that showed the greatest sincerity to Liu Jian first.

And considering the size of my family, if I played this card of surrender before all the families today reacted, then from now on, the Chen family will definitely be relied on by Liu Jian.

Although in the short term, these families in Xuzhou will look down upon the Chen family, in the long run, the Chen family will definitely remain the number one family in Xuzhou in the future.

Chen Gui is very confident in his judgment.

He also had great expectations for Liu Jian.

(End of this chapter)