The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 92
After the family banquet, the Zhen family and the Cai family left at the same time, and even Cai Yan followed Cai Yong and his wife out of the mansion that has now been renamed the General's Mansion.

Xiao Ren and Xiao Yi, who just arrived in Chengdu today, disregarded Guo Jia's order and insisted on guarding Guo Jia's side. Guo Jia had no choice but to let Xiao Ren and Xiao Yi be the personal guards of the mansion. The teenagers with outstanding martial arts together formed Guo Jia's pro-guards.

These people's loyalty to Guo Jia is unquestionable, coupled with their extraordinary martial arts, Guo Jia's personal security is basically no problem under their protection.

The mansion once belonged to Liu Yan’s study, and Guo Jia often stayed here after he became the master. First of all, Liu Yan’s collection of books is amazing. Hundreds of scholars, sages and scriptures are piled up neatly, making people dazzled. Confucianism is only respected, but it is a means of ruling, and many high-ranking celebrities still dabble in various theories.Secondly, when Guo Jia needed to be alone and meditate, he would appear in the study.

The low table was removed, and Guo Jia replaced it with a long table that was only used when offering sacrifices to heaven and earth in the eyes of others, and placed a chair with a back. Not put on this.

Sighing slightly, Guo Jia remained motionless in a trance, with a balance in his heart fluctuating.

To kill, or not to kill?

The strength of the Yizhou gentry made him feel like sitting on pins and needles.

How to kill?

Killing less, can it achieve the effect of scaring others?A little carelessness, on the contrary, will force the Yizhou gentry to share the same hatred.

Killing too many is basically equivalent to killing all. Scholars in the world are afraid to stay in front of Yizhou. The powerful people in the world are bound to hate Guo Jia to the bone. It will be extremely difficult to get out of Yizhou in the future.

If you don't kill, how can you suppress it?

Because of Guo Jia's standpoint, he was unable to recruit the Yizhou gentry, and he couldn't make the Yizhou gentry serve him sincerely. The fatal reason was his background. Guo Jia was dismissive in their eyes in the past, even if he became the ruler of Yizhou now However, the Yizhou gentry still looked down on him, so how could they be willing to serve him?Even if Guo Jia sincerely recruits, he will not get their loyalty.

Therefore, if you don’t kill the nobles, you can only suppress them. The nobles are different from the nobles. The lifeline of the nobles lies in the land, and the lifeline of the nobles lies in the power. They colluded with landlords, and there were also landlords among the gentry. The prominent families were basically small and medium-sized landlords with local surnames. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, government corruption prompted the small and medium-sized landlords to annex land, forming local wealthy families. It is higher than the noble family, so Guo Jia's first thing to deal with is the umbrella of the noble family, that is, the noble family.

But how to suppress the gentry is a headache for Guo Jia. The formation of the gentry is like a pyramid. If the low-born scholars want to get ahead, they have to rely on the upper-class gentry. If things go on like this, the power of the gentry will be formed from this.

The four generations and three princes of the Yuan family are not only as simple as it sounds like they are very honorable, but the influence of the four generations of family members is incalculable. Therefore, the disciples and old officials are all over the world. In fact, it can be understood that the minions of the Yuan family have spread all over the country, supporting and supporting them. Therefore, Yuan Shao, a small prefect of Bohai, can attract countless celebrities and fierce generals to join him, and Yuan Shu's residence in Nanyang, Jingzhou actually won the support of many nobles in Yangzhou. The two Yuans, one south and one north, It has almost won the support of [-]% of the nobles in the world.

It is precisely because of the consequences of such a pull that affects the whole body, Guo Jiacai temporarily bowed his head to the Qin family in Guanghan County. To suppress the gentry, he wanted to seize power from them.
Rubbing his temples in distress, Guo Jia couldn't help but think of Emperor Wu of Wei who would become his lord according to the original historical trajectory.

Knowing that the gentry was a serious problem, Guo Jia planned to join Cao Cao in the past. In fact, Guo Jia and Cao Cao were the same in terms of political ideals, and they could not tolerate the gentry. , the strategy of employing people based on talents is the opposite of the filial piety behind the prosperity of the gentry. Cao Cao gave all the vain jobs to the gentry, and handed over the real power to the common people. After he unified the north, he began to severely suppress the gentry. Yu's death, Cui Yan's death, Kong Rong's death, etc. also have the meaning of suppressing the gentry.

Later, Cao Cao's frequent strikes in the Quartet were due to the instability of the rear camp. In the final analysis, it was caused by the gentry's dissatisfaction with him. The political line was abandoned, Cao Wei founded the country, and received the hearts of the gentry, but in the end it was also destroyed by the gentry, because a gentry family more powerful than the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family rose up, the Sima family.

Guo Jiasi was at a loss after thinking about it, he could not copy Cao Cao's approach, because Cao Cao coerced the emperor to order the princes, in name he was a Han subject, and his status and status could barely submit to the public, but Guo Jia couldn't even make the nobles submit to him in name, The confrontation in Guanghan is a good illustration of this point.

Just as Guo Jia closed his eyes and rested for a while, the door of the study was pushed open from the outside. He looked up, and by the dim candlelight, he saw Cai Yan in pink clothes and a skirt holding a food box and holding some food in his arms. Folded clothes came in.

"How did you come?"

With a soft smile on his face, Cai Yan put the food box and clothes on the table, walked around to Empress Zhuo, stood beside Guo Jia, and looked down at the bamboo slip in Guo Jia's hand.

"I missed my husband, so my concubine slipped out of the mansion. I didn't expect my husband to be busy with political affairs in the study every day, huh? Is my husband going to follow Shang Yang's example?"

Hearing her playful tone, Guo Jia reached out and took her into his arms, put her on his legs, and leaned forward, feeling warm and soft, and his tense nerves relaxed a bit.

Guo Jia buried his head on Cai Yan's neck and said in a muffled voice, "I'm just looking around casually."

It is unrealistic to imitate the content of Shang Yang's reform. Cai Yan just thought that Guo Jia wanted to learn from Shang Yang to carry out reforms.

"I brought you some cakes, and two pieces of clothes, one made by the sisters of the Qiao family, and one sent by Miss Zhen's family. It should also be made by her hands." Sitting in Guo Jia's arms Cai Yan hugged him with his back, his fingers curled up Guo Jia's hair from the sideburns, and then let go after curling it up.

Guo Jia raised his head, retreated a little distance, and stared at Cai Yan strangely.

Seeing his expression, Cai Yan with a faint smile leaned over to stare at Guo Jia, and said with a smile: "My husband must be thinking in his heart: other women sew clothes stitch by stitch, but the person next to his pillow just does it smoothly." Send a box of pastries, whose husband is it?"

Covering his mouth and coughing a few times, Guo Jia raised his eyes to the sky, and said seriously: "Don't judge a gentleman's belly with the heart of a villain, how can I care about such a trivial matter? A wife's cakes are far more annoying than others' clothes. Touched, courtesy is light and affection is heavy..."

Guo Jia, who lowered his voice, lost all confidence. Seeing his hard mouthed appearance, Cai Yan smiled with phoenix eyes like silk. Qianqian jade finger brushed Guo Jia's cheek, and his forehead touched, Cai Yan said softly: "What's wrong with my husband? I don’t think the concubine cares, and the concubine does not know how to be a female celebrity, but if the husband is interested, the concubine can play the piano for the husband for entertainment.”

Playing the piano in the dead of night?Guo Jia was not as elegant as that, hugged Cai Yan and kissed her lightly, leaned on her shoulder and said lightly: "Daughter-in-law, if you speak nice things for them in front of me, they won't know, why bother."

Cai Yan sat up straight from Guo Jia's arms, blinked her eyes that were as clear as water, and said with a chuckle: "I really can't hide anything from you. It's been a long time to see people's hearts. This is the only thing a concubine can do for my husband. what."

Guo Jia's face was as usual, but he was actually very touched. Cai Yan didn't want to be a wife, but he really wanted to work hard for a harmonious family. He deliberately set off the friendship of others in front of him. Thinking of the things that bothered him, Guo Jia asked: "Daughter-in-law, what do you think I should do with the Yizhou gentry?"

Cai Yan once said that when Guo Jia is in charge of a state, whether the gentry will be killed or kept in one thought, this represents Guo Jia's strength, but the point is in one thought, one thought can become a hegemony, and it can also be independent. ruin the future.

After looking up and thinking for a while, Cai Yan said softly: "Those who cannot be used by you, eliminate future troubles."

Guo Jia pouted with a gloomy face and said, "Nonsense."

Casting a blank stare at Guo Jia, Cai Yan continued: "Those of the Yizhou gentry who have become officials will definitely not surrender, but the younger generation of Yizhou gentry who have not yet become officials can also come out in large numbers. These people are available."

This makes sense, Guo Jia pondered carefully, and asked suspiciously: "But the gentry in Yizhou are united in one spirit, and if I kill the powerful people of these gentry clans, the young scholars will be used by me. ?”

Cai Yan smiled lightly and shook his head, "I don't know who is treating the gentleman's belly with the heart of a villain. The bustling world is for profit. This is true, but my husband can't regard all the scholars in the world as mediocre profiteers. Reading sage books, self-cultivation, governing the family, governing the country and the world, are there any people with great ambitions? Family interests are certainly a shackle on the children of the gentry, but if the husband can untie the shackles on them, are all the children of the gentry all short-sighted? Your husband comes from a humble background, and your counselors Xi Zhicai and Xu Shu, are you the only three in the world who are determined to work for the well-being of the common people and bring peace to the country?"

As if enlightened, Guo Jia suddenly came to his senses. After thinking for a while with a slightly excited expression, he hugged Cai Yan and kissed him fiercely. He suppressed his excitement and said in a deep voice to Cai Yan: "Daughter-in-law, don't you want to leave me for a few months? me?"

Cai Yan's face was full of red clouds, her eyes were as charming as silk, and she said with a hint of anger and coquettishness: "Think about it, as long as the husband is not afraid of my father coming to the door tomorrow, the concubine will be at the disposal of the husband."

Resisting the desire to explode, Guo Jia arranged Cai Yan's clothes with her own hands, reached out to caress her face, and said with a wry smile: "Can your father not cause trouble?"

Cai Yan smiled and held Guo Jia's hand, saying: "There is a concubine here, don't worry."

(End of this chapter)