Water Margin people

"You're still lying down, aren't you going to take a concubine?"

As soon as Sun Lei lay down, Li Shishi's jealous voice sounded.

"What about taking a concubine? I just go to the town to have some fun in the evening. The ceremony will be at noon tomorrow."

Sun Lei lay on the bed and didn't want to move. He just wanted to have a kiss tonight and have some fun. The wedding reception would be after the morning meeting tomorrow morning.

"Everyone is very happy to have a concubine, and you are still lying on the bed!"

Li Shishi sat beside the bed, pushed Sun Lei and said.

"I've been tired all day. Let me lie down for a while. Isn't it because I didn't bring you to the ceremony? What's the fun? I've never seen me so tired."

Sun Lei said helplessly, Master Li thought the ceremony was interesting and wanted to play, but women were not allowed to participate in such ceremonies, and Master Li would complain about such tiring ceremonies.

"What about the child?"

Sun Lei asked while yawning as he looked at the curtain.

"I'm playing in the city. It's so lively today and I'm going crazy!"

Li Shishi said, "Children are crazy. Wanzi City is very lively today, and many leaders and their families have gone up the mountain."

"I'll take a nap for a while, then call me when the time comes!"

Sun Lei pulled the quilt and covered it casually, then closed his eyes and went to sleep.

"you……"

Master Li wanted to wake Sun Lei up, but when he saw that Sun Lei was really asleep, he just helped him cover him with a quilt to avoid catching cold.

……

In a side hall, Xiao Jiasui, Wen Huanzhang, Gongsun Sheng, Xu Guanzhong, Li Zhu, and Zhu Wu were sitting around, all looking gloomy, and the things Sun Lei had given them were not easy to handle.

"Everyone, how should we arrange this?"

Zhu Wu looked at everyone and said, he is the only one with junior qualifications here and does not have much decision-making power. Now he is glad that he is not required to make decisions.

Xiao Jiasui didn't speak, just touched his chin and thought deeply.

"Brother Xiao, do you think my brother has deep meaning?"

Wen Huanzhang looked at Xiao Jiasui.

"Everyone, I'm afraid you will have to take on more responsibilities in the future."

Xiao Jiasui smiled bitterly.

"Mr. Xiao, what do you mean by this?"

Zhu Wu asked suspiciously.

"Brother, it's actually difficult. With the strength of Liangshan, we should have established a country long ago. Why do you think my brother has delayed it until now?"

Xiao Jiasui said.

When everyone heard this, they frowned. It was indeed too late for Liangshan to establish the country. According to normal circumstances, the country should have been established before the Mingjiao uprising in Jiangnan. At that time, Liangshan was far stronger than the Mingjiao.

"You mean there's a shortage of people?"

Wen Huanzhang said.

"Yes, my brother's character is to be outwardly outward but internally stable. How can he be as far-sighted as ordinary people? Look at the uprising of Fang La, Tian Hu, and Wang Qing. It seems to be huge, but it is actually strong on the outside but capable on the inside. Anyone can be an official, and a military general can become a civilian official. "

"The whole internal situation is in chaos. Everyone has no idea what they are doing with their official positions. All they know is to have fun, and eventually they become the kind of corrupt officials they wanted to kill in the uprising. How can such an uprising succeed?" Xiao Jiasui nodded and said, Li Guo It's not that simple. In fact, Sun Lei has been reluctant to establish a country in a hurry until now, but now that the territory is too big, he has to take this step.

"There is nothing we can do about this!"

Zhu Wu finally understood what the difficulty was, but they could solve this kind of thing.

"Since ancient times, rebellion has been indispensable to win over famous people and gentry, and then lure former officials with huge profits. This is what the Jin Kingdom in Liaodong did. They were a group of barbarians with no force, but every time they attacked the city, news would be released. The Liao Kingdom As long as the officials and generals surrendered, they would forget the blame and retain their official positions. If they contributed to the Jin Kingdom, they would not hesitate to be rewarded. Only then could they capture a large amount of Liao Kingdom territory in a short period of time."

Xu Guanzhong said, Wanyan Aguda is a character. Although he is a barbarian, he has a clear mind and is willing to learn.

"But my brother doesn't want this!"

Zhu Wu looked at Xu Guanzhong and said, he also understood this truth. When dynasties change, the rebels always unite all forces. After all, the rebels are always weak compared to the rulers. If they want to succeed, they can only borrow external forces.

But Sun Lei has always been opposed to this. Liangshan is also very strict in recruiting people. It is a principle to rather lack than to waste.

"Brother is also doing it for everyone's benefit. It's okay for us brothers to fight, but we are laymen playing power. If we really absorb a large number of Song Dynasty officials, Liangshan will only be the second in the Song Dynasty. The problem of the Song Dynasty is not only the emperor, but also the interest groups composed of those officials The problem is bigger!”

Li Zhu said, "The failure of a country is not a problem of one or a few people."

“No black sheep!”

Gongsun Sheng nodded.

"In a normal governance system, the number of civilian officials will be more than double the number of military attachés, but we in Liangshan have nothing to do. If we appoint officials based on their ability, the number of military attachés can be more than ten times that of civilian officials. Our huge territory cannot be governed by military attaches! "

Xiao Jiasui sighed, this is the biggest shortcoming of Liangshan. Military control is still implemented in various places. Fortunately, Liangshan has always regarded itself as a bandit, and it kills people without blinking an eye, so no one dares to cause trouble. At most, it is just trivial matters. The trivial things in the family.

But things are different now. Liangshan has become Qi State. Some things must change. Long-term military control is not the answer.

"Isn't that right? Brother Pei Xuan just finished watching the ceremony and rushed to Yanzhou without stopping. It is said that there was someone fighting for land there and accidentally killed someone."

Zhu Wu also said, the busiest person in Liangshan right now is Pei Xuan. He doesn’t even know how many pairs of shoes have been broken, and he leads people around to judge cases every day.

"Since ancient times, there have been two methods for officials. Either train them yourself. Just like the earliest dynasty, everything started from scratch and accumulated and developed bit by bit. Like the princes who were enfeoffed by the Emperor of Zhou, it took several generations of hard work to become the official. grow."

"The other is to absorb ready-made talents from the outside world, but how can honest and honest officials come to us in large numbers? Those who come are mostly guys with speculative attitudes, and most of these people are greedy."

"Even if they are talented people in the opposition or officials who are not reused, most of them will cherish their reputation and be unwilling to surrender to us."

Li Zhu said, most of the world's talents are from Confucianism and are extremely conservative in their thinking. Liangshan is already the state of Qi, but in the eyes of orthodox literati, the state of Qi is nothing more than a pseudo-state.

"So we need to take on more affairs. Is it possible to let Tieniu become the prefect?"

Xiao Jiasui smiled and said, Li Kui has been clamoring to be a county magistrate or magistrate, so that he can get rid of the addiction of judging cases.

Everyone took it as a joke. When Li Kui tried the case, it was better to shoot a cliffhanger at the beginning. Regardless of whether it was right or wrong, the decision was made first.

Li Kui will never be able to be a civil servant in charge of one side in his life. Although the other brothers are better than Li Kui, they are probably sweating profusely when it comes to running one side.

"Everyone, my brother has actually pointed out a way for us."

Xiao Jiasui looked at everyone and said.

"Brother Xiao, please tell me quickly!"

Wen Huanzhang and others immediately spoke in surprise.

"Just like Brother Pei Xuan, bring out some deputies!"

Xiao Jiasui said, Pei Xuan now has dozens of deputies around him, who have followed him everywhere to judge cases. The longest one has been two years, and he is expected to be able to take charge of his own business soon. (End of chapter)