Three Kingdoms: Prosper Han from the beginning of brushing favorability

Chapter 253 Feeling the pulse of the big man
The noble family and the royal family are not a complete community of interests.

Not long after this came here, Liu Chan fully realized it.

Even in many cases, the imperial power is on the opposite side of the aristocratic family, so Liu Chan always wants to weaken the aristocratic family, which is very normal in Lao Liu's view, and even a manifestation of good teaching.

The political game and even military struggle between the imperial power and powerful local families has not stopped since the founding of the Western Han Dynasty by Emperor Gaozu, and it became even more intense in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The endless land annexation and expansion of power by powerful and powerful families has always been a sword hanging over the head of the imperial power.

Liu Chan is well aware of this.

"Father, Uncle Zhuge, Zen has some thoughts, so he can't express it quickly."

Taking advantage of Lao Liu's happiness, Liu Chan intends to express some of his thoughts to these two decision makers who can be absolutely trusted, and discuss among the three first.

They are not like themselves, they do not have the vision of the future world of the traversers.

But precisely because of this, he can more accurately judge the reactions of other courtiers and powerful families, so as to consider a plan that is more acceptable to others and will not cause an uproar.

Lao Liu was tasting what his son just said, and he felt that the more he tasted it, the more delicious it became.

He is a strange person in troubled times who can say "people-oriented" when he is leading the people across the river, but he has always been limited by the times and vision, and always feels that there is no way to do it, but he doesn't know what the crux is.

At this time, many new ideas emanated from these words.

Old Liu was just playing brainstorming with himself, when he heard this, he said happily: "Oh? Still have an idea? Tell me and listen to me as a father?"

Zhuge Liang was also very curious. Along the way, most of the discussions he had with the crown prince were about armament upgrades, formation improvements, and tactical ideas.

He seldom involved in these government affairs, and at this time he was very excited when he heard the words, and he was still full of energy despite running around for more than a month, and he didn't feel tired at all.

"The orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty has declined, and my children often think about the reasons, so as to avoid repeating the same mistakes." Liu Chan rationalized his thinking and said, "I will try to say a few words, just for the reference of my father and Uncle Zhuge..."

"Hey~ There are no outsiders here, why should my son be too modest? Tell me quickly." Old Liu waved his hand.

"First, the local tycoons mentioned just now engaged in land annexation and extortion, causing the people to lose their land and become their vassals, which in turn strengthened their power."

Lao Liu and Zhuge Liangliang nodded. They naturally knew about this and had responded to it before.

As for Liu Chan's "tiered taxation" system in Nanzhong, we can also watch Nanzhong's aftereffect and consider whether to implement it in other places.

Liu Chan continued: "Secondly, the imperial court's system of procuring and electing officials is controlled by local county magistrates. Are there more noble and selfless people, or more selfish ones? Most of the officials are selected by relatives and followers, and the family is growing day by day.

"In addition to being loyal to the court, those who are elected must also be loyal to the person who promoted them. Most of the officials in each county consider the private interests of the local big families, instead of taking into account the interests of the country and the people, which eventually leads to the confrontation and competition between the central government and the local governments."

These words are a little deeper, and Lao Liu frowned.

He also knows that the current procuratorial system has this drawback, but the people who know where there are talents and who are capable, aren't they the local county guards and the big family names?

Bypassing them, how can we tell who is a talented person and who is a mediocre person?
Besides, the people who are most able to study and study are the children of these rich families.

In Lao Liu's opinion, this is an unsolvable knot.

Zhuge Liang was thoughtful, and had already connected this point with Liu Chan's first point. The whole string was connected, and a lot of thinking was added.

He knew all these problems, but the former Zhuge Liang was also a member of the big family, even though his family was not a dignitary who could overturn the clouds and rain for many generations.

Confined by his identity and the shackles formed by the inertia of thinking, although he had thought in the past, he had only tasted it.

But right now, with the expansion of Lao Liu's power, he has gradually raised his vision to the support of the king, the height of the ruler of a country, not limited to the rise and fall of a family.

After learning more about Liu Chan, I immediately felt that my thinking was clear.

[Zhuge Liang favorability +1] (97)

Zhuge Liang got up suddenly, as if meeting a bosom friend for the first time.

He stared at Liu Chan and said excitedly: "The big family monopolizes educational resources, then uses elected officials to gain political power, uses power to gain wealth, uses wealth to annex land, and uses landless farmers to gain military strength... In the end, the big one cannot lose.

"However, these tyrants who occupy a lot of land use their power to resist taxes and evade taxes, and avoid corvee and military service for their shady households. Local tyrants harm the public and private, empty the treasury, and are unable to maintain a large army, but the tyrants are getting stronger day by day!"

Liu Chan said with a smile: "Uncle Zhuge's words are very true. The more oppressive the powerful, the more unwilling to be slaves or shady households, they go up to the mountains to become bandits, resulting in bandits everywhere, road tyrants rampant, and people's lives are suffering day by day.

"And the imperial court, whose treasury was empty and unable to maintain a large army, had to rely on local tyrants to suppress bandits, decentralize military power, and bandits separated their regimes and disrupted the world... The decline of the Han Dynasty."

Zhuge Liang paced back and forth, then suddenly stopped, and turned to Liu Chan: "Then the declining imperial power had to rely on relatives and even eunuchs to fight for power, which intensified conflicts and eventually led to chaos!"

Liu Chan cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Exactly, Zen may have incomplete thinking, but I think it's basically the same."

Zhuge Liang also handed over: "The prince is quick in thinking and can sort out such chaotic and disordered things. He has great wisdom."

Old Liu opened his mouth halfway, watching his son and the military adviser say something to you and me, making this chaotic world suddenly become clear.

Let him say it himself, he can't turn such a fast turn in a short time, but he can understand everything when he hears it.

At this time, Lao Liu's eyes also brightened, and he got up and said: "So when encountering reform shortcomings, we need to start from the three aspects of culture and education, the selection of officials, and the tax system! The tax system treats the symptoms, and the selection of officials solves the root cause. Culture and education...is the foundation of the selection of officials!"

Liu Chan looked at Lao Liu in surprise.

"Old man, it's fine. It's right to the point. It's true to draw inferences from one example. It's hard to imagine that when you were in school, you knew how to play dogs and horses with Gongsun Zan and hold fashion shows."

How could a man who was so deeply troubled by Boss Cao when he was down and out have only benevolence and no other strengths?
"One word from my father is worth more than a thousand words from mediocre people. How wonderful." Liu Chan immediately flattered him.

"The great king is so talented, why worry about the downfall of the Han Dynasty and the uncertainty of the Central Plains." Zhuge Liang also cupped his hands and took a pat.

Old Liu's face was flushed with joy, and he forced his expression to be tight, and pointed to the two of them: "You guys, it's better to speak more advice and less flattery."

The three of them looked at each other for a moment, but Lao Liu couldn't hold back anymore, and all three of them burst out laughing.

"Your Majesty, the banquet is ready."

"Okay!" Old Liu, who was a little drunk before he drank the wine, grabbed the arms of his son and the military advisor as when he came in, "Let's go, let's drink and talk. Hahaha..."

The three of them walked arm in arm, dismissed the waiter during the banquet, poured themselves a drink, and continued to talk about the restructuring.

But Liu Chan plans to stop here for the time being.

Today, he only planned to raise the problem, and he wanted Lao Liu and Uncle Zhuge to further discuss the matter of solving the problem, and even discuss it with Fazheng and other wise men.

For the time being, he doesn't want to use his existing concepts to interfere with their thinking.

Wait until they have their own ideas and solutions, and then express their thoughts when the time comes. The two contrast each other and complement each other.

In this way, it can appear more natural, so as not to cause Liu Chan to suddenly have a complete set of solutions in his mind, which will cause rumors and extraneous matters.

It also prevents the ministers from suddenly hearing about the new policy, finding it difficult to accept it, and causing many conflicts.

Each of these matters is of great importance, and it is better to keep it flowing. As the saying goes, you can't eat hot fat people in a hurry.

"By the way, father, I'm going to Nanzhong now, and I brought you a gift back." Liu Chan said suddenly.

Old Liu put down his wine cup and was stunned for a moment before saying: "...Oh? What is it?"

My son had always brought gifts for his mother wherever he went before. When would he get a share?

Whether Yong Kai's family wealth is good or his war horses and cattle are plowed, these are all official affairs and cannot be counted.

At this moment, he didn't know what expression to make.

And Liu Chan was a little crazy in his heart: "Is it wrong? My throat is about to smoke. I even gave gifts, but this can't get the last bit of favorability?!"

Depressed, he took out a straw figurine with a weird shape and sent it over.

Old Liu took this not-so-delicate villain, but smiled happily: "What is this?"

"This is a witchcraft doll from a tribe in Nanzhong. It is said that it can save the father from a difficult moment at a critical moment."

"Hahaha, very good, very good, my son has a heart." Old Liu grinned to the ears, put it in his arms solemnly, and asked casually, "What did you bring for your mother?"

Liu Chan was speechless when he heard this.

After drinking some wine, the military adviser Zhuge looked at the prince's expression, and said narrowly, "Liang vaguely remembers that it seems to be a finely crafted jasper ruyi with no trace of variegation in it?"

Lao Liu's smile suddenly froze on his face...

(End of this chapter)