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Chapter 279 Similar History

As soon as the waterway of Yongji Canal became accessible, life appeared again on the wharf in Ji County.Li Bang, the boatman, and the trackers all sweated and went back and forth to the pier, pulling the robbed boats into the pier one by one.

After the trackers finished pulling the boat, they all went to the foreman to get chips. In good times, ten chips could be exchanged for a bucket of rice, but now that the times are not good, fifteen chips can be exchanged for a bucket of rice. rice back, the wife and children will not starve.

If there is no canal, more than 1000 people, such as trackers, power sticks, and boatmen, will lose their livelihoods and lose their livelihoods, but it is likely to cause civil unrest.

On the side of the canal, listening to an inconspicuous bullock cart, the curtain of the bullock cart was lightly drawn, Lu Ziqian and Lu Chengqing sat in it, watching this scene.

Lu Ziqian knocked twice with his hand, and said: "I thought this matter was still a bit tricky, but I didn't expect it, I didn't expect that... Then Xu, hmph Li Shijun settled the matter calmly."

Lu Chengqing immediately said: "Then uncle, I don't think it's an option to force it. Shall we talk to Li Chongjiu first?"

Lu Ziqian waved his hand and said, "Not busy. A few businessmen can't do anything. Go back home!"

After speaking, the coachman drove back to Lu Mansion.

In the county guard's mansion, Li Chongjiu was sitting at the desk, and Liu Cheng'an, the former Dong Cao of Zhuo County, handed over a list of officials.After the official roster, there are official names, places of origin, and origins, which are equivalent to a brief resume.

The procedure for selecting officials in the Sui Dynasty was based on the prefectural capital (Note [-]) in the past, but after Yang Jian abolished the Jiupin Zhongzheng, the prefectural capital also survived in name only.However, Yang Guang wanted to set up imperial examinations and abolish the expropriation system, but this case has just been implemented, so most counties and counties in the country still follow the old rules.
Li Chongjiu looked at the officials. There are generally two kinds of officials in the officialdom of Zhuo County. One is the officials selected by the previous court officials, such as the county guard, the general guard, the county magistrate, the county magistrate, the county lieutenant, the master Bo, etc. Or supervisory officials such as Silitai are appointed by the imperial court.The second type is county guards, local officials recruited by county magistrates themselves, such as Dianzhe and Liucao.Such officials are generally born in the local scholar township, and are selected from the noble family, the family with the county surname, and the powerful.

The so-called gentry, two out of the three generations were officials of the fifth grade or above. In Zhuojun, only a handful of families such as the Lu family can be called gentry.The lower class of the gentry is the clan of the prestige of the county. The so-called clan of the prestige of the county is generally a prominent surname of a county. Generally, there are officials who are officials in the county, but the official positions are not higher than the fifth rank.Finally, there are local tyrants and powerful local tyrants, whose radiating power is no more than that of townships and counties, and they can generally become county officials.

But among the gentry, not everyone can be an official. For example, the Lu family has the same mother. Lu Ziqian can only be at home, but Lu Chisong can be an official in the court. If you want to stand out, you need the power of sound theory.

For example, Cao Cao in the past was praised by Xu Shao as a capable minister who ruled the world, and a traitor in troubled times. 'Cao Cao was appreciated by many celebrities, his reputation rose, and he was promoted as Xiaolian.Another example is Lu Sidao, the grandfather of Lu Chengqing from the Lu family, who is recognized by the world as a celebrity who is as famous as Xue Daoheng and Li Delin. He was recruited in Qi, Zhou, and Sui.

There is also a difference in sound theory. The "world theory" that is appreciated by all celebrities in the world, such as Xu Shao who commented on Cao Cao, is a celebrity in the world.After having the public opinion of famous people in the world, it is easy to be promoted to an official by the court.

The next step is the theory of the township promoted by the county. The theory of the township is the mutual comments of the people of the township. For example, before the Sima family in Hanoi was not developed, Sima Yi and his brothers were called Sima Bada together.

When Li Chongjiu was the governor of Shanggu County, Shanggu County was originally a border county. As far as Anle County, Liaoxi County, Yanmen County, etc. are all border counties, there are only small and powerful people, and there are no famous families at all.

But now it is different to be in charge of Zhuo County. There are a lot of gentry and prestige families.The theory of the world is that the imperial court selects celebrities, and Li Chongjiu, as the future sheriff, wants to enlist officials, so according to the rules of the sheriff at that time, he must obey the theory of the countryside.

And those who manipulate the theory of township are often famous people in the local surnames, that is, the famous people in the county. Li Chongjiu now has a stack of four heroes of the Zhao family, eight horses of the Lu family, etc., which were recommended by local celebrities. For the backup candidates, each name has one or two comments from celebrities.

Of course, such as a capable minister in the world, a traitor in a troubled world, etc., you must not talk nonsense, but as Fan Yang's famous scholar XX mentioned XX "excellent reputation, good human relations"; XX "generous and ambitious"; this is an evaluation Civil servants, and "Zi Yanyi, Shen Guo, rough, young and not playing, good at riding and shooting" are recommended for generals.

Li Chongjiu's normal procedure as a county guard is to use a red pen to make a cross on the list recommended by local celebrities.However, Li Chongjiu did not follow the normal procedures and promoted Lin Dangfeng and Zhou Bo to be officials. This was nothing, but these two were businessmen.

As soon as the news came out on this day, more than a dozen high-spirited officials who disdain to be with businessmen collectively claimed to be sick or offered their posts to Li Chongjiu.This is almost equivalent to forcing the palace, Li Chongjiu kept his composure and accepted all the orders of more than a dozen officials.

So when Liu Cheng'an saw Li Chongjiu this day and asked him for the local township theory, he thought that Li Chongjiu was going to choose someone from this scholar to fill the vacancy in the official position.When Liu Cheng'an thought that Li Chongjiu's efforts were wasted, he had already heard the news that this time the officials and gentry of Zhuo County were attacking the county guard, so even if he came forward to conquer, no one would come.

Li Chongjiu read through the village theory sent by Liu Chengan, put the paper aside immediately, and asked, "Why is there no Xue family?"

Liu Chengan was taken aback for a moment, and immediately asked: "Dare to ask the envoy, which Xue family?"

Li Chongjiu said: "Who else is there in this city besides Xue Gong?"

Liu Cheng'an heard the words and said immediately: "Master, Mr. Xue is from the Xue family in Hedong, and he is not among the famous families in this county."

Li Chongjiu said immediately: "In this case, please draft an announcement for me first, saying that if the former official of Zhuojun County is willing to continue his post, he will come to the county government to report within three days. oust."

Liu Cheng'an immediately said: "No."

Li Chongjiu tapped on the list of recommenders of the township theory, and immediately said: "As for this list, press it for now."
In the afternoon in the Sheriff's Mansion, Lin Dangfeng and Zhou Bo brought a dozen businessmen from Zhuo County to the Sheriff's Mansion to visit Li Chongjiu.These dozens of Zhuojun merchants were all powerful merchants in Zhuojun, and a group of them discussed with Li Chongjiu until late at night.

The next day, Li Chongjiu issued another announcement, appointing more than a dozen scholars with business backgrounds, or directly businessmen, as assistant officials at the county level in Zhuo County. Liu Chengan was shocked by this move. Could it be that Li Chongjiu must Can't get through with the gentry in Zhuojun.

Now for Li Chongjiu, he didn't want to use the merchant class to overwhelm the scholar class.

When a large army occupies a place, how to digest and subdue the local people's hearts is very important.In history, after Luo Yi occupied Zhuojun, he had hoped to compete with Dou Jiande for the hegemony of Hebei, but why did he give up fighting for the hegemony of the world early in the end, and only retreated to Zhuojun without any ambitions. In the end, he had to surrender to Tang and even changed his name to Li art.

It was because Luo Yi could not get the support of the gentry in Zhuo County. Look at Luo Yi's subordinates. The civil servant leaders Wen Yanbo, Taiyuan Wen's, and the Wen family's three brothers, and the other two Wen Dayou, Wen Daya, and Li Yuan called themselves generals Later, Wen Daya joined the army as the secretary office of the General's Mansion, and finally Wen Yanbo urged Luo Yi to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.

In the Lu family of Fanyang, Lu Chisong was originally the commander of the east of the imperial court. Only a few days after Li Yuan raised his troops in Jinyang, Lu Chisong welcomed Li Yuan to Huoyi, and was named Duke of Fanyang by Li Yuan.

There are also the four sons of Xue Shixiong's family, Xue Wanche and Xue Wanjun are fierce generals under Luo Yi's subordinates, who have repeatedly defeated Dou Jiande, but the entire Xue family in Hedong has defected to Li Yuan. It is called the three phoenixes in the east of the river.After Li Yuan raised troops in Taiyuan, Xue entered Shouyang Mountain and gathered people to respond. Later, he was appreciated by Li Shimin and became one of the eighteen scholars of Qin Wangfu.
In other words, apart from Luo Yi himself, the entire Zhuo County supported Li Yuan, including the civil and military officials, and the largest gentry in the area.Even if Luo Yi had the ambition to fight for world hegemony, it should have died down by now.

In the end, when Li Tang was about to rule the world, Luo Yi suddenly wanted to struggle, refused to let go of his power, and supported himself in Zhuo County, but in the end he was betrayed by his relatives.Before Li Tang's army arrived, Luo Yi turned against him internally, and ended up fleeing to Turkic, and was killed by his subordinates halfway.

But now, for Li Chongjiu, these things are no longer history in the history books, but things that really happened in front of him.Just a few days ago, when Li Chongjiu had just seized Ji County in Zhuojun County, Li Yuan was actually in Jinyang on the same day, spreading the word to the various counties, calling himself a righteous soldier.

Li Yuan opened the Grand General's Mansion and set up the three armies. His eldest son Li Jian was the Duke of Longxi and the governor of the left army, commanding the left army; Li Shimin was the Duke of Dunhuang and the governor of the right army, commanding the right army; .

Then take Pei Ji as the long history, Liu Wenjing as the Sima, Yin Kaishan, the magistrate of Shiai County, as the chief, Liu Zhenghui as the subordinate, and Wang Changxie.Liu Hongji and Dou Cong were in charge of the army, and Li Yuan opened the warehouse city in Taiyuan City to help the people with grain and rice in order to win the hearts of the people.

Only a few days after the army was raised, Wen Dayou, Wen Daya, Lu Chisong, and Xue Shou mentioned above all fell to Li Yuan. In addition, Li Sanniang also led the rebel army in Guanzhong, and the Guanlong gentry all secretly supported it.

Now Li Chongjiu, as the governor of Zhuojun County, faced the same choice as Luo Yi in history, the Lu family, the Xue family under his command, and Wen Yanbo, his aide.

Li Chongjiu can judge with certainty that the Lu family must have also learned about Li Yuan Jinyang's rebellion, and now they want to use this to blackmail Li Chongjiu and force him to make the same choice as Luo Yi in history.

Note [-]: The state capital inherited the original Dazhongzheng in the Wei and Jin Dynasties,
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