From the world of martial arts

Su Fan didn't need to think too much about the future of Prehistoric. He was just a minor player in the whole of Prehistoric.

The safety of the prehistoric era can only be ensured by those quasi-sages.

What he cares most about now is Kyushu. In the next hundreds or thousands of years, his focus will be on Kyushu. He needs to ensure that Kyushu will proceed according to his plan.

He won't pay much attention to the situation in the Three Realms.

Under his guidance, Taiping Dao gradually grew, and the scientific theories and basic knowledge he brought out were all handed over to Taiping Dao disciples.

Over there, he didn't have to worry at all. Zhang Jiao and his disciples were doing better than he thought. The development of Taiping Dao was even somewhat beyond his expectation.

Naturally, he felt more relieved.

So he left Taiping Road and found a leisurely and elegant life in Kyushu.

Traveling all over the country, traveling like a mortal, made his heart slowly calm down again.

After that, when he came to Xuzhou, he also started a new goal.

Zhang Jiao gave him a big surprise, so Su Fan was very much looking forward to how many surprises Zhuge Wuhou, who was hailed as the incarnation of wisdom by later generations, could bring him.

When I came to Langya County, it was a bit more lively than many other counties in Xuzhou, and the people at the bottom seemed to be a bit more alive.

Traveling north and south, in most places, the people at the bottom are in a state of confusion, like walking corpses.

The people here are not that wealthy. Like most places, they all look very thin, and their food is obviously not that good.

But Su Fan found a little bit of light in their eyes, a hint of life.

This is not easy. Obviously the prefect of Langya County is pretty good at local governance.

Su Fan had governed the world, and he knew very well that only during the peaceful and prosperous dynasty, the people would be so angry.

At the end of the dynasty, it can be said that the people lived worse than animals.

Of course, as soon as you inquire about the situation in Langya County, you will understand that as the largest aristocratic family in Langya County, the local emperor and the power of the prefecture are really very different from the Zhuge family.

Even the prefecture is just a puppet.

This situation is actually very normal in Liu Han.

Although the Liu Han court also had regulations that officials must be in other places, such as the Zhuge family, they were not allowed to serve as officials in Langya County no matter what.

This also prevents local gentry from becoming bigger.

Their influence in the local area is very great. Once they are still local officials, then they will not be completely local emperors.

However, such regulations are almost in name only.

It is true that there are no children of the Zhuge family serving as officials in Langya County, but 80% of the officials in Langya County are related to the Zhuge family, and some have even joined the Zhuge family.

This situation was very common in Liu Han. If some disciples from poor families wanted to serve as officials, they could only join the big noble families, because the right to recommend officials to the imperial court was in the hands of these big noble families.

If you don't join them, you will never have a chance.

As for joining the army, what kind of army is it at the local level? Only the border army is relatively fair, but that's just it.

In fact, every place has its own unspoken rules.

Therefore, for those talents with poor backgrounds, they can only try their best to join the higher nobles, so that they can use their talents.

As a result, the rights and interests of the local gentry will naturally become larger and larger, but the court has no good solution at all. Because the talent selection system is not easy to break.

Of course, the emperor also thought of some methods, such as buying and selling officials, which had no effect except bringing a certain amount of wealth to the court.

On the contrary, the court lost even more popular support.

There was no one in Liu Han's court who proposed to change the system of selecting officials, but unfortunately, not long after, the big man who was already ranked among the Nine Ministers died of illness at home.

Obviously, those with vested interests will never allow their interests to be deprived. The official selection system is the most suitable for their families, especially the more powerful the family, the greater the benefits they will receive.

Changing the system may help their interests, but it is more likely to weaken their rights and interests. How can they allow others to take action?

Therefore, even the most important person in the ninth rank must die.

As for the imperial court, there was no explanation for the loyal minister except for a posthumous title.

The other party died of illness, and the court had no solution.

Of course, the court also knew that the loyal minister did not simply die of illness, but the court was unable to investigate.

This is the harm caused by the increasingly weakened power of the imperial court.

Liu Han's imperial power has declined to the point where he only controls the surrounding areas of Luoyang.

Sadly.

But for Su Fan, the ups and downs of the dynasty happened in the blink of an eye.

In today's Liu Han Dynasty, local aristocratic families have the final say. In Langya County, Zhuge has almost the final say. This is no joke.

Obviously, the Zhuge family did not exploit the local area seriously. Otherwise, this place would probably be deserted for thousands of miles.

Thousands of miles of desolation is normal in the Northland. The Northland is sparsely populated because of its vast territory, and secondly because of the frequent plundering of the northern grasslands.

There are less in the south.

The ancestral land of the Zhuge family was not built in the city, but instead was a huge Uburg built outside the city by mountains and rivers.

In fact, many aristocratic families have their ancestral home outside the city. They do have mansions in the city, but most of their disciples prefer to stay outside the city.

After all, the city is quite noisy and the atmosphere is unclear.

The place Zhuge chose had obviously been carefully surveyed. It was indeed good, with excellent Feng Shui, and it was a good place to raise people.

Moreover, Su Fan could tell at a glance that this place was originally a spiritual land, but because the world was sealed, the spiritual land gradually turned into a spiritless place.

With a sweep of his consciousness, Su Fan saw the Uburg here. The Uburg was very large, covering thousands of acres.

This kind of Uburg can be said to be a small town.

Thousands of family disciples and servants lived inside.

Of course, Zhuge's Uburg could only be considered average. Su Fan had seen larger Uburgs, which were as big as a city.

There are thousands of internal guards. It can be said that even if outsiders come to attack, it will be difficult to capture such a castle.

Historically, during the Han Dynasty, aristocratic families really liked to build such Uburgs because they could resist foreign enemies.

Especially the aristocratic families in the north, because of the relationship between the alien races on the grassland, the Uburg they built has stronger defense, like a turtle shell. (End of chapter)