Abnormal Three Kingdoms

Chapter 352 Hometown
Looking at the latest battle report sent in Xiapi, Chen Gong felt a little emotional in his heart. A year ago, he would never have imagined that Lu Bu would be able to play in this situation.

Cao Cao's death made Chen Gong quite emotional. Although he wanted to kill him countless times when he was alive, but now that he thinks about it carefully, the conflict between himself and Cao Cao actually followed his comprehension of the artistic conception of great Confucianism. It's all gone.

After the news of Cao Cao's death in battle came, Chen Gong was not very happy, but only a little emotional. After all, the two of them used to be very close, and they used to have a good time talking and chatting about the world.

Compared with Lu Bu, he actually has more common language with Cao Cao.

But it's all in the past. No matter how many grievances and grievances have disappeared with Cao Cao's death, the living people have to face many problems.

His disciples created a mess for him. People are needed everywhere, and people are killing people everywhere. More than half of the officials under Cao Cao, from the prefect to the county magistrate level, have been killed. Xuzhou's reserve talents have been replenished. Chen Gong is now in The counties in the Central Plains recruited people of insight to serve as officials.

Lv Bu's power is different from other powers, and the selection of talents is extremely targeted. Others spend a lot of effort to find aristocratic families. The local system is basically a gentry system. In a county, from officials to economics, a big family or a dozen Controlled by a small family, although this system is aimed at them, it is actually related to maintaining stability. As long as these small families are willing to support, then this place can basically maintain stability.

Conversely, if you don't get the support of these local tyrants, even if you become the nominal magistrate of this place, it is useless, and you will find it difficult to move forward.

However, the Xuzhou army did the opposite. When they arrived at the place, they first killed the powerful gentry in this county, and tried to kill the powerful gentry in this county. the point.

Return the financial power and personnel to the government office, and distribute it by the government office, increase the prestige and strength of officials in the local area, and weaken the local power.

But in this way, new problems will naturally arise, such as corruption and bribery of the officials sent after taking power, colluding with these lost families again, and regaining control of local finances.

So when he was in Xuzhou, Chu Nan had already started to deal with this matter, weakening the power of the county magistrate, and separating the taxation power separately, that is to say, the county magistrate has no right to collect taxes. In addition, Chu Nan also established a supervisory office Listed under the Ministry of Punishment, it is directly managed by the core of Lu Bu's forces, and the prefect's mansion is under supervision, but these people only care about officials, regardless of people, and county magistrates and tax officials are the targets of their supervision.

But in this way, new problems will arise. If the local forces want to frame the county magistrate, it is too easy to create the illusion of corruption. As the root of the problem, Chu Nan is even more ruthless about this. Once corruption is discovered, The county magistrate's office said that it should not be done, but the local powers who bribed were all over the house, and they would rather kill a hundred by mistake than let one go.

Once there is a problem, don't ask 21, and take the local forces first.

Cruelty is cruelty, but there is no way around it. These local forces directly affect the livelihood of the local people. What Chu Nan wants is stability, and he also hopes that the people can recuperate in order to gain popular support and luck. Therefore, they can only be the unlucky ones. Social resources still cause chaos in the local area, and that is your problem.

The land of the Central Plains is new, and the New Deal is still being promoted slowly. Some phenomena are still not obvious, but you will find very interesting phenomena in Xuzhou. Scolding with their noses, the gentry tyrants did not dare to mess around.

What Chu Nan implemented was actually torture, but he narrowed the scope of the torture. Although these gentry and tyrants who stayed did not violate the criminal law because they took the initiative to accept the New Deal, they stayed and had a lot of resources in their hands, but Chu Nan When promoting the New Deal in many places among the people, the slogan is that the more wealth, the greater the responsibility. Since you have a lot of wealth, you should take on more responsibilities. If there are problems in the local area, you should hold officials accountable. But the responsibility they bear is even greater than that of officials!

At the same time, the separation of taxation and government powers, coupled with the power of prosecutors, makes it difficult for local forces to form a closed governance environment. As the gentry and tyrants who have suffered the most suppression, they are now living in fear.

Even green-skinned scoundrels in many places stare at these gentry tyrants, and report them immediately if they make a mistake. In this environment, although the gentry tyrants have not entered official positions, they have to help Chu Nan shoulder the responsibility of stabilizing the region.

But although this method works, it is not fair in the long run, and it will also discourage the enthusiasm of the people. After all, when wealth becomes a high-risk industry, when I am poor, I am proud becomes a mainstream ideology. At that time, people's enthusiasm for creating wealth will be hit hard.

At the same time, business will also be greatly affected. Xuzhou can tide over the difficulties, and the role of business and trade is very large.

Regarding this matter, Chen Gong had a chat with Chu Nan. Chen Gong’s suggestion was that the current situation is unstable, and this method can be used, but one must think about how to improve the strategy in the future. Otherwise, it will become a pool of stagnant water.

Chen Gong was also very satisfied with the answer given by Chu Nan. Now is an extraordinary time, and he should practice extraordinary methods. He doesn't need to wait until the world is unified. As long as Lu Bu's power is firmly established in the north, he is ready to change to a new method.

There is even a direction, guided by morality, given some role models, as long as you are willing to serve the country and the people, you will be supported by the people and rewarded by the court, and at the same time advocate this, so that the people can follow suit.

In short, during the war period, Chu Nan was inclined to the method of farming and warfare in Shang Jun's book, but the scope of heavy punishment was applied to the powerful gentry, which could not only gain popular popularity, but also stabilize the place.

At least from the point of view of Xuzhou right now, although there are no rich people, folk craftsmen and even farmers are living a much better life than before, and their support for Lu Bu's forces has reached an extremely rare level.

Of course, one of the reasons is that Chu Nan beat the gentry tyrants hard, but what is more important is that Xuzhou's annual grain production is eight times that of the past. The grain output in one season was more than in previous years. In many places in the Central Plains, the locust plague and drought made the people hungry, but every family in Xuzhou had surplus food. This was an important reason why Lu Bu was supported.

In the case of launching a war against the Central Plains, the government office does not even need to collect additional food. The food tax from the government treasury alone is enough to support the consumption of the frontline battlefield.

As for whether this is a merit or demerit, at least it is beneficial to the people at the moment. As for how to change it in the future, we can only talk about it at that time.

Now that he was going to Xuchang, Chen Gong suddenly felt a sense of reluctance.

"Sir." The secretary under the door came in and saluted Chen Gong.

"What's the matter?" Chen Gong raised his eyes and asked.

"Just now a guard sent an order that Mr. Ziyan is back." Shuzuo bowed.

"Understood, tell him to come here to see me." Chen Gong was stunned, and then laughed. came back.

Counting it, it has only been more than half a year from the time the troops were dispatched to the present, but for some reason, Chen Gong felt that he hadn't seen this disciple for a long time.

"Here!" Shuzuo bowed, turned around and left in a hurry.

On the other side, after Chu Nan entered the city, he was in a daze for a while looking at the city in front of him full of flowers.

If you want to talk about how prosperous it is, for Chu Nan, who has seen a modern metropolis, it is naturally not counted. , gave him the feeling of dilapidation, and the faces of the people were full of panic and helplessness.

While Xiapi was the first place to implement the New Deal, what Chunan saw were bustling streets and alleys, crowds of people coming and going, fewer people in brocade clothes and more people in coarse cloth, most of these people lived at the bottom The common people, in this season, have no leisure time to go shopping in the past. Unless necessary, shopping is the privilege of the big family. Things go away and never stay.

And what I see now, although the coarse linen clothes are not as beautiful as the brocade clothes, but the vitality and puffed chests of the common people that were not there before gave Chu Nan an inexplicable sense of accomplishment.

All of this is created by myself.

"This is Xiapi?" Xue Ti and Lu Qian's feelings are even stronger. They can feel what Chu Nan can feel. Compared with the hell on earth rumored by the outside world, the Xiapi in front of them gives them a feeling. A very comfortable feeling.

Occasionally, I saw people in brocade clothes, all of them were humble and polite. Although there were not many, they gave people the feeling that their quality was ten times stronger than those arrogant celebrities in Xuchang. This is really humble.

What kind of system and environment can form the unobtrusive integration of the common people and the gentry?He even saw a few scholars who were also wearing coarse cloth, and the awe-inspiring aura on each other could not deceive anyone.

"Yes." Chu Nan nodded, looked at the two of them and said, "It should be much better than purgatory on earth."

The two of them looked at each other speechlessly, how could they be much stronger?Looking at the thousands of cities in the world, I am afraid that none of them can achieve the level of Xiapi.

And when I think about it carefully, from the time I entered the border of Xuzhou, although the feeling of the city along the way was not so strong, this feeling of vitality lingered in my heart until I arrived at Xiapi, where this feeling reached its peak.

"Other cities will become like this in the future." Chu Nan said with a smile. It will take time, but it doesn't matter. I am still young and have time to change the world. As long as the Central Plains becomes like Xiapi, then some ideas gatherings will be impacted and challenged. Change, at that point, the road will be much smoother. If you can defeat Yuan Shao and win the entire land of Hebei, it will be even better.

"Young master." At this time, Chen Gong's secretary came to Chu Nan's side. The two parties were in a master-student relationship, so Chen Gong's secretary often called him Young Master Chu Nan instead of his official name, which was also an expression of intimacy.

"What's the matter?" Seeing Shuzuo, Chu Nan asked with a smile.

"Sir, please go to the government office." Shuzuo bowed.

"Okay, where are you two?" Chu Nan looked at Xue Ti and Lu Qian.

"No, Mr. Gongtai is a great Confucian in the country. It is not good to have such a hasty meeting. I will wait and choose another day to hand in the invitation card and then come to the meeting." Xue Ti shook his head, and he was reunited with his master and apprentice, so he joined in the fun.

"Then ask Zhou Cang to arrange for you to stay and stay in Xiapi for a few days." Chu Nan nodded without forcing, and after saying goodbye to everyone, he went straight to the government office...

(End of this chapter)