Lu Dynasty

Chapter 607 Democracy
Pang Tong and Huang Yueying were dumbfounded after hearing what I said, and suddenly they pointed at each other and laughed loudly: "I will elope with him (her)?" Of course, it is impossible for Huang Yueying and Pang Tong to elope, because they are both members of aristocratic families. Although they seem to be a good match in the eyes of others, feelings are something that cannot be controlled by individuals.

Some people may say that the marriage of the ancients is the long-term love, but Huang Yueying and Pang Tong have known each other for more than ten years and have not had any love. They are good at military strategy. No matter which prince you join, you are my enemy and my loss!Although I value Zhuge Liang so much, he is determined to oppose me, and I have already sent someone to assassinate him!No matter who it is, as long as he is unwilling to serve me, how can he elope!It's a pity that those old guys in Jingzhou don't know that there are very few people in ancient China who understand the relationship between men and women!Huang Yueying and Pang Tong didn't know whether the smiles were bitter or funny, but the matter was a foregone conclusion, and they couldn't change it!Since the moment they chose to set off together, they were destined to be misunderstood. It is only to blame that they met each other at an inappropriate time and in an inappropriate place, and chose the same path!However, both Huang Yueying and Pang Tong were extremely resourceful, and they recovered in just a moment!Pang Tong's ugly triangular eyes rolled around and asked: "Prime Minister Lu, what do you mean by telling us this news? Even if we are homeless now, it doesn't mean that we want to defect to you! I think whether Yuan Shao or Cao , They will never reject talented people!" Pang Tong may be a little resistant to me because of Huang Yueying's analysis, and he always confronts me tit for tat!

"You're right!" I waved my feather fan and smiled, "But don't forget, you've been misunderstood as elopement now! Yuan Shao values ​​the children of aristocratic families, but rejects people with bad conduct. Can your subordinates be reused? Besides, with Yuan Shao’s character, he must not be the master in your mind! As for Cao, he is treacherous and cunning, even worse than me, you will not like this kind of traitor even more! For now, Liu Bei is probably the only feudal lord whom you, Pang Tong, can value! It's a pity that you can't go back to Jingzhou for the time being!"

"I said I want to go, will you let me go?" Pang Tong said disdainfully: "Don't say it so nicely, you won't let me go at all!"

"Yes!" I said seriously: "Not only you, but I will not let Miss Huang go! You Pang Tong is a great talent and has the ability to interfere with my great cause. I will never let him go!"

"I am a well-known scholar in Jingxiang, do you dare to kill me? Aren't you afraid of losing the popularity and support of the people?" Pang Tong said coldly: "Back when Cao killed Bian Rang, his reputation was ruined, otherwise he would not I can't compete with you!"

"Pang Shiyuan, look for yourself, where do all the so-called famous people in the world come from?" I laughed and said, "Most famous people are praised by those aristocratic families, how many people really know how to govern the country? The so-called Eight Dragons of the Xun family, only Xun Yu is in charge of government affairs, and Xun You is in charge of military affairs. The others are all boasters who only understand Confucian classics. They are useless except for a little fame! Cao also knows this, but he knows it a little later! Wait for him Knowing that when heroes come from poor families, most of the heroes in the world have already fallen into my trap. In addition, he also used the wrong method in recruiting talents, so he couldn't compete with me! Seek talent! This can indeed attract a lot of talents, but it makes Cao's subordinates more complicated. Noble people often disdain to be with villains, which also makes Cao lose a lot of talents! In addition, the man who can read and write, Most of them are descendants of the aristocratic family, and Cao will inevitably enter the situation of the aristocratic family fighting for power! But I am different. Germany, I let them engage in diplomacy and military affairs; with both ability and political integrity, I let them take charge of all the important affairs under my rule! As for the talents I cultivated, I let them manage the local government after passing the assessment. Luoyang enters various ministries, and those who fail the assessment can serve as soldiers or go home to work in agriculture! In the future, I plan to open a military academy to train generals, and even record the details of each battle and the strategies of the counselors, and make a book. This is a military treasure book for future generations to use as a reference!"

Pang Tong was finally moved by my thoughts, no one can resist the temptation to leave a name through the ages!Someone once said that if he could not live forever, he would rather be infamous for thousands of years, and leave his mark in history!Now I want to record these battles, as long as I win, the generals and counselors under my command will surely be immortalized forever!Pang Tong no longer understood my policy of opening up the wisdom of the people, and now I said that I want to teach others how to fight. He asked in confusion: "Prime Minister Lu has done so many things, teaching people how to fight and opening up the wisdom of the people, what do you think?" Are you afraid that if everyone understands these things, it will be detrimental to your regime and your descendants? You know, the more people know, the harder it is to control them!"

"Why do you want to control?" I looked at Pang Tong and said, "I never thought that my descendants will always be emperors! It is really good for the people and the country, and it doesn't matter if you change the emperor! My plan is to turn the royal family into a country. The nobles have some privileges, if they want to manage the country, they must pass the assessment, step by step! There must be no tragedy of a child who is a few years old, or even less than a month old, becoming an emperor!"

"Wouldn't that be pampering the powerful officials?" Pang Tong didn't understand, what's the difference between such an emperor and a puppet?
I laughed and said, "Actually, why should the power be in the hands of one person? Why should the person in power be for life? We can delegate power to the hands of the people, select representatives from the people, and elect local officials they trust. Come to participate in the selection of the central officials of the imperial court, organize the parliament and the cabinet to control the power of the country, and elect one or the president to lead the people. Each of them can only serve for five years. After five years, the people will be re-elected to see if he can be re-elected smoothly. Those with poor political performance will naturally be replaced! Then the central government will monitor local officials to prevent officials from abusing their power. The best way is to legislate! After the enlightenment of the people, the people know how to choose officials they trust, which also prevents court officials from If you don’t do good things for the people and do practical things, you can continue to be an official! And those things that fool the people, no matter what happened to Chu Xing, and what happened to King Chen Sheng will never happen again! As long as the people can live well, the country can last for a long time, and the country If there is no civil strife, we can continue to expand, and when the time comes, the country of our Han people will be stable, so what does it matter if there is an emperor or not?"

(End of this chapter)