Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2559 The little mystery of the country's prosperity and people's strength

   Just when Lu Hong understood the so-called "official" meaning of not passing on, Zhuge Liang, who lived in Sichuan and Shu, also grew up like a reborn, or it is called "abnormal development".

  Fei Qian placed Zhuge Liang in Sichuan and Shu.

  Sichuan and Shu are historical places where Brother Zhu flexed his fists and even ruled the roost. It is also the place where Brother Zhu grew from an internal affairs officer to a typical "Prime Minister".

  Brother Pig in history is not like in the romance novels. He seems to be a complete body when he appears on the stage, setting fire and spraying water, calling wind and rain, omnipotent. In fact, the real Brother Pig should be more inclined to internal affairs...

   More importantly, through collusion with Brother Zhu, Liu Bei attracted a large number of angel investors from Jingxiang people, promoted the IPO project operated by Liu's enterprise, and finally successfully listed. So to a certain extent, what Liu Bei was plotting at that time was not just the happiness of "fish and water" as he said, but whether there was a relationship between cheating and cheating.

  Perhaps when Liu Bei and Brother Zhu fall asleep, he will happily shout, as expected of losing so many wives... Well, it should have waited for twenty years to get the account...

   This plug-in.

   is called "money".

With money, you have soldiers, and you have vice president Guan Laoer's naval army. When Liu Bei's army lost its armor and armor, it was able to retain part of its strength, and it became a few bargaining chips in negotiations with Soochow. .

  Many people look down on money, but running a country is inseparable from money.

  The pig brother in history did not start to learn economic knowledge until after Sichuan and Shu, and suffered a big loss in the end.

  Huaxia often calls Sichuan and Shu a small Huaxia, and it is called the Splendid Rivers and Mountains in Sichuan, which is not unreasonable.

  In Sichuan and Shu, there are plains, snow-capped mountains, hills, and rivers. Almost all terrains can be found in Sichuan and Shu, and Sichuan and Shu are surrounded by mountains, which are very similar to the environment around China.

  Zhuge Liang is very smart, no one will deny this, but the smarter a person is, the easier it is to get into some corners, and once he gets in, it is very difficult to get out.

  Fei Qian was worried that Zhuge Liang would be too horny, so he specially asked Zhuge Liang to go to Xu Shu who had been too horny...

  Because Fei Qian didn't want Zhuge Liang to follow the old path in history.

  Zhuge Liang had indeed developed well in history, but it was only good.

Historically, in the late Shu Han period, Zhuge Liang’s Prime Minister’s Mansion Group was always in charge of the political power, and it was obvious that in the late Shu Han period, the talents of Shu Han could not keep up. Perhaps it can be explained by the so-called population base, but it is undeniable that, The talent problem that emerged in the later period of the Shu Han Dynasty was obviously a problem caused by Zhuge Liang's prime minister's government.

  Because there are actually no people in Sichuan and Sichuan.

  Although Zhuge Liang has contributed to the later generations the method of identifying talents, and the rules and regulations are very decent, but it is a pity that Zhuge Liang has not been able to jump out of the limitation of the axe and self-cultivation...

  The problem of talents in the late Shu Han period is inseparable from Brother Zhu.

  When Liu Bei entered Yizhou, a large number of talents under Liu Zhang defected to Liu Bei, and they played an outstanding role in the early battles of Shu Han. These talents were originally in Sichuan and Shu, but Liu Zhang never used them well, so that he was in a weak position. Is this the fault of the talents, or Liu Zhang's problem?

  Then, Zhuge Liang took full power after Liu Bei's death. In the late Shu Han period, there were fewer and fewer people, and he had to invite outsiders. Whose problem is this?

   Such as Jiang Wei.

  Jiang Wei, in fact, he is a poor family.

And if it's worse, there are many Qiang and Hu bloodlines in the Longxi area, and such a person has become Zhuge Liang's right-hand man. To a certain extent, Jiang Wei is actually Zhuge Liang's salt bearer, er, wrong, with a bag people.

  Students from poor families have nothing to do with any factions around them. Is it the favorite of the bosses?

  It’s like who is the big one, who is a good candidate for the blame. After two or three years of use, if it doesn’t work, it’s easy to change it.

   Is there a taste like this?

Zhuge Liang in history, in fact, his military ability is not as shining as in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. He also has many problems. The biggest problem is that he likes remote control. I like micromanagement.

  After Liu Bei's death, someone was arrested against Zhuge Liang's military administration, but this person died suddenly soon after. Of course, having said that, Zhuge Liang was put in that position, and if he didn’t advance, he would retreat. The stuff on the top of the political hierarchy is not a child’s play, and sometimes one step back is irreversible. In order to protect the interests of the Jingxiang faction, Brother Zhu can only be ruthless.

  Once Brother Zhu flipped the table, of course no one would play with him.

   There are many similar questions in history. For example, why did Liu Bang, Liu Bei, Zhu Yuanzhang and others meet the best talents at the beginning of the war? Is it a coincidence? Why are many of Liu Bang's youngsters able to lead soldiers to fight, and they are all awesome, and they used to have drummers, mat sellers, dog meat sellers, and carriage drivers? Why do you meet so many talents when you look like Liu Bei? Do so many talents from all over the country happen to gather in that area? Why did Zhu Yuanzhang have so many generals? Is it a coincidence or necessity?

   Actually it is not, but after people stand tall, they forget the ground under their feet.

   Fei Qian was worried that Zhuge Liang would evolve into a historical model, so he specially asked Zhuge to come to Sichuan and Shu.

  After all, the burden on Zhuge Liang is not as heavy as it was in history, so Zhuge Liang can get more time to develop and change.

  Chengdu.

   Government Office Lobby.

  Xu Shu sat at the top, and sitting around were Dong He, Fazheng, Peng Yi, Cuan Xi, Meng Yan, Lu Kai, Hu Du, and of course Zhuge Liang sitting at the bottom.

  As for ordinary officials, they are not qualified to participate in the meeting.

What? Gan Ning? Gan Ning is now worshiped as General Zhechong and is guarding Badong.

  These people in the hall of the government office include old people, young people, local tyrants, tribal leaders, rural talents, cultural celebrities, and people of all levels.

  『Young Zai brother. How about the reconstruction of the academy? Xu Shu asked.

  Xu Shu was polite to Dong He, because Dong He was old, but Dong He couldn't ask him to be older just because he was old. Instead, he returned the gift very respectfully, and replied: "All repairs have been completed, and students can enroll in spring." 』

   Cuan Xi, who was at the side, asked: "Dare to ask the envoy, this generation of Qiang Dizhen people... can the school be accepted?" 』

  Meng Yan looked at Xu Shu nervously.

Before the renovation of the academy was expanded, Xu Shu did say that the enrollment scope of the academy was not limited to Han Chinese, but would also open the door to young people from tribes such as the Qiang, Di, and Cong people who were willing to study, but then it didn’t appear A series of rebellions? Although most of those who rebelled were from the minority tribes in northern and western Sichuan, if Xu Shu refused the children of these minority tribes to study because of the rebellion, no one would be able to say anything.

  Ordinary ordinary people may not feel the need to study.

   For these ordinary people, it is true that food and clothing are the first priority, but once they pass the food and clothing line, it is absolutely impossible to go up without knowledge.

  At the same time, for Cuan Xi, Meng Yan and others who have some tribal ties, whether this can allow the children of the nobles of the tribe to enter the school palace means that there will be no reserve force on their side in Sichuan and Shu in the future...

   Fortunately, Xu Shu didn't change his mind, and nodded to show that what he said before hadn't changed.

   Cuan Xi, Meng Yan and others obviously breathed out.

  Xu Shu nodded slightly.

  Zhuge Liang, who sat in the first seat, stared at Cuan Xi, while Meng Yan's face skipped, and then lowered again, as if his attention was only on the record from the beginning to the end.

  Afterwards, many things went smoothly, including the proposal to cooperate with Xu Huang to build military roads and cottages, and the issue of widening the road from Nanzhong to Jiaozhi...

  Finally, there is discussion, the first large-scale exam of the Sichuan Academy will be held in late winter and early spring.

For this spring exam in Sichuan and Shu, Zhuge Liang originally thought that everyone would have a lot of opinions or miscellaneous ideas, but what is interesting is that everyone didn't have too many proposals for the spring exam at all. After the exam, the school reopened, and there was a lot of discussion.

   This surprised Zhuge Liang, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed reasonable again.

As the spring exam is approaching, students from around Sichuan and Sichuan, either for the sake of fame, or to show off their talents, or to prove their knowledge, often compete with each other in the meeting place, articles, six arts, poems, couplets , Between victory and defeat, there is always some excitement.

   It's just that the more lively, the more things to do.

Those in central Sichuan claim to be authentic, while those in eastern Sichuan are very unconvinced. In addition, some students in marginal areas feel that they have been discriminated against and treated unfairly. Brings a certain amount of pressure.

   Apart from the turmoil of these energetic young people, Chuanshu can be said to be very peaceful for a while.

  During this period, the common people were busy making a living, the merchants were busy earning more money, the Qingliu were busy pleading for the people, and the careerists were busy using various schemes to realize their ambitions.

   seems to be very harmonious.

  If it is said that in the past two months, the busiest person in the political arena in Sichuan and Shu is probably Zhuge Liang.

Before that, although Zhuge Liang was working as a general of hussars, he didn't actually have any practical experience in governing. In addition, he was relatively young. When he first arrived in Sichuan and Shu, everyone treated Zhuge Liang I don't quite agree.

   It was only during the civil strife among the Di people and the people that Zhuge Liang began to show his prominence, and also achieved considerable achievements. He successfully proved his ability, which made these officials in Sichuan and Shu respect Zhuge Liang accordingly.

  But having the ability does not mean that you will have the corresponding position.

  There are only a few radish pits.

  So Xu Shu arranged for Zhuge Liang to go to the Academy to work as a supervisor.

From Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty to Liu Zhang's period, the school palaces in Sichuan and Shu stopped and resumed, and there was no standardized operation. Especially during Liu Zhang's short period of power, they were almost laissez-faire, so that the school palaces almost became The existence of a pheasant university, the students in the academy, um, let’s just call them students for now, not only did they not focus on their studies, but they also openly bet on recruiting concubines, and then the doctors in the academy didn’t care.

  As for the exams in the academy at that time, basically you could pass them with money.

  After all, at the time of Liu Yan, the academy was just a matter of face. In order to restore the academy and compete for progress, the academy aggressively recruited people at that time. The so-called "all voluntary" became empty talk, and the people naturally complained.

Moreover, when Liu Yan restored the school palace, in order to please Liu Yan, the officials in charge went to great lengths. Some over-decorated carved beams and painted buildings, some transplanted trees and built rockeries for extra construction. Anyway, all kinds of expenses far exceeded the original plan and budget. One plus plus three plus, until Liu Zhang took over, there were still a lot of deficits...

  Fei Qian came later.

  Fei Qian dismissed those false doctors and expelled those depraved students. Of course, Fei Qian only said at the time that the school had suffered a military disaster and needed to be closed for a period of time for renovation. During the renovation period, it would naturally not be able to open to the outside world, right?

   Now, after the first large-scale examination in Sichuan and Sichuan, the re-enrollment of the academy is naturally on the agenda.

Xu Shu nodded, expressing that he remembered everyone's suggestions and ideas, but still needed to think about it comprehensively, and then asked Zhuge Liang to report some details about the restoration of the academy, and said that he would wait until the next meeting to discuss some details of the academy matters, and the meeting adjourned.

  The meeting ended, but Zhuge Liang stayed after everyone left.

  『Do you understand? Xu Shu asked.

  『Some understand, some don’t understand. ’ Zhuge Liang said.

  『Need I explain? ’ Xu Shu asked again.

  Zhuge Liang frowned slightly, thought for a while and said: "I want to think about it... If you can't figure it out, come and ask me again..."

  『Good. ” Xu Shu nodded, and then slightly gestured backwards, “By the way, have you read most of the books in my backyard? 』

  Those books, including the Four Books and Five Classics, and many miscellaneous books, are Xu Shu's own manuscripts. After handwriting, he wrote many of his own understandings on the side, which is basically equivalent to the "wealth" that Xu Shu brought out from under the deer mountain.

   Zhuge Liang nodded.

   To a certain extent, Xu Shu can be regarded as half of Zhuge Liang's teacher at the moment.

"Those books..." Xu Shu said slowly, "I started memorizing some of them when I was under the deer mountain. I discussed them with my lord and Shi Yuan, and I revised them several times later. I wrote it after entering Sichuan, and the comments are a bit intermittent...』

  Zhuge Liang bowed his hands to thank Xu Shu, "Brother Yuanzhi will guide you with all your heart..."

  『That’s a bit exaggerated, let’s learn from each other...』 Xu Shu waved his hands and said, 『This also has the meaning of the lord...』

  『My lord’s intention? ’ Zhuge Liang asked.

  Xu Shu glanced at Zhuge Liang, "Then why do you think my lord asked you to come to Sichuan instead of other places?" Hedong, or Northland? 』

  Zhuge Liang couldn't answer.

"Before my lord asked me to come to Sichuan, I was still a little puzzled...I realized later that my lord took great pains..." Xu Shu turned his head and looked at Zhuge Liang, "The lord asked you to come here, most likely because he wanted me to share the harvest of these years. Share with you... You and I have many similarities...』

"In these years, I think the most rewarding is the time under the deer mountain, sitting and talking about the Tao, and the deepest memory is the pain of becoming a fugitive, being arrested by the government, and hiding in Tibet..." Xu Shu said , and then closed his eyes slightly, as if he was recalling the scene of the year, "The way of the Lord is different from the previous ones, and also different from the Confucian scholars of today... These years, the battles between the big men and courts, I was still There is a lot of indignation, thinking that it is the treacherous people who make trouble and the moths do evil, which makes the people's livelihood miserable and the people suffer...』

"But now, I don't think it's not because there are traitors before the country suffers..." Xu Shu opened his eyes, and there was a little light in his eyes, "It's that there are traitors all the time, and everyone is a traitor." ! 』

  Zhuge Liang was silent for a long time, then Fang nodded slowly, "Brother Yuan Zhi said very well. 』

In history, Zhuge Liang was very emotional about Xu Shu's fate, thinking that Xu Shu's appointment as the county magistrate of a small county was a dusty pearl, but now, Xu Shu, who had a meal with the Hushi General earlier, has obviously honed his own. The sharp edge of Zhuge Liang, which has just begun to be polished, naturally opened up some gaps.

The change in thinking that Xu Shu mentioned is actually like when a child doesn’t know enough about the world, he thinks that good people are good people and bad people are bad people. When he grows up, he realizes that not all good people are good people, and bad people are not necessarily all bad people. Similarly, there is no clear distinction between traitors and loyal ministers, either black or white.

Whether it was the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, or the ups and downs of the Great Han Dynasty for three or four hundred years, it seems that when the dynasty was on the verge of collapse, there were traitors who wreaked havoc on the country, and then these people became the objects of scolding. People, the dynasty can continue, and the people can be stable, but is this really the case?

   It's like Dong Zhuo.

  Even if there is no Dong Zhuo, is it possible that the big man will not be in chaos?

  『Thus, the lord said, "the country is rich and the people strong", do you know what it means? 』

  Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment, then smiled wryly, "My lord has a deep plan, and it's really hard for Liang to see the whole leopard." 』

  『People in the world think that "the country is rich and the people are strong" is just a word, but they don't know the mystery of it..." Xu Shu said slowly, "It is only now that I gradually understand..."

  『Many people are foolish. ’ Xu Shu said, ‘The writings of sages are also to get rid of these ignorances. Today's generation only cares about one person, disregards the family, only cares about the family, disregards the country, and has no other, it is selfish desire. The law of sages and sages, there are those who are pure-hearted and few desires, there are those who are strict and harsh, there are those who seek what is inside, and there are those who pretend to be external, but... huh...』

  『It’s not as straightforward and thorough as the four characters of the lord! 』

  Xu Shu said it firmly,

  『In this world, all people have selfish desires. When selfish desires are inflated, they are blinded and cannot see what they are doing right or wrong. Xu Shu raised his head, as if he was recalling something, "Just like when I practiced chivalry back then, I thought that kindness and enmity were the right way. What happened?" I'm happy, but I... my mother was implicated... Huh...』

  『Preserve the principles of nature and eliminate human desires...』 Xu Shu laughed twice, 『It’s impossible, and desires can be good or bad. If people have no desires, can they be called people? Not as good as the walking dead! Just like the discussion in Caixue Palace, if I hadn't agreed to let people from those tribes enroll together, would these tribes be willing to cooperate with us in repairing roads and opening up business routes? 』

  『Why is this world like this, why should it be like this,’ Xu Shu continued, 『These four words given by the lord are the answer. If there is no national wealth, how can the people be strong? In other words, if there is no national strength, how can the people become rich, but if we look at it the other way around? 』

  Zhuge Liang's heart skipped a beat, "Now the big man is... the people are strong, but the country is not rich?" 』

  『What is a people, and what is a country? Xu Shu smiled and said, "If Kong Ming understands the meaning, he can go back to Chang'an..."

  (end of this chapter)