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Chapter 6 He Jin's Exploration

But it doesn't matter.

Zhou Yu came here today, after all, just to get a share of his own strength.This will be a starting point for him to embark on the road to power, but it will not be the end.He will never be under Ho Jin's control forever.

It is precisely because of this that as long as He Jin can give him what he wants, Zhou Yu has nothing to complain about He Jin's ability and personality.

After sorting out her mentality for a while, Zhou Yu straightened her expression, followed the favorite appearance of those big shots, folded her hands respectfully, and greeted He Jin:

"I have seen the general."

"Zhou Yu, a scholar in the lower Jiangdong, named Gongjin. Today, I am honored to be favored by a general. I am willing to be a pommel horse so that I can be supported and promoted."

Simply expressing her wish to He Jin, Zhou Yu did not choose to show that kind of attitude that she was so grateful and unintelligible after being favored.

On the contrary, at this moment, his expression is calm, his expression is calm, and he does not have a certain courage.

In fact, scenes like the ones in novels and film and television dramas where the main ministers hold hands and cry with each other are rare.

After so many years in the Three Kingdoms and Two Han Dynasties, it seems that Liu Bei was the only freak.

In most of the relationships between principal and ministers in this period, the one that truly dominated was the cooperative relationship in which I work and you give money, just like Liu Biao relied on the Kuai family and the Cai family to occupy Jiangdong, and Yuan Shao controlled Hebei through marriage with the Zhen family. like that.

All in all, as a scholar who has studied under Zhou Zhong for a long time, Zhou Yu is very clear about how to get in touch with senior officials like He Jin.And He Jin didn't say much, just looked at him silently, then nodded slightly.

No matter how different Zhou Yu is in He Jin's eyes, it is the actual ability that can really reflect the gap between people.

He Jin is not going to take a high look at Zhou Yu just because of what he just discovered. On the contrary, in order to understand or test Zhou Yu's structure and ability, He Jin will only treat him with higher requirements than ordinary scholars.

Whether it is really different or just self-admiration, we will not know until Zhou Yu works under him.

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"Well, Zhou Yu, right?"

Nodding to the other party to express his respect, He Jin's eyes moved, and an idea rose in his heart.

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"Hey, I said Zhou Yu, you also know my identity."

"I, He Jin, was originally a local dog who butchered sheep. I wandered around the downtown all day long. I just wanted to be able to earn a living and support my family through hard work. I never thought of becoming famous and making contributions."

"After all, I also know that I am only so capable, and I have so much ability to do so many things. I have never imagined the position I am in now."

"It was only later that my He family was blessed, and my younger sister was fortunate enough to marry into the emperor's palace, and the emperor was kind-hearted. Seeing my martial arts skills, he made me a general in the army, and I have the current status. "

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Youyouran said to Zhou Yu, just now, He Jin had an idea in his heart, intending to test Zhou Yu's composition before granting the other party power.

It's just that he didn't just go up like this in a daze, but instead chatted with Zhou Yu about his past.

After so many years in the court, although He Jin always laughs at himself that he is just a butcher who slaughters sheep, but in terms of face, he has already cultivated almost to perfection. Even the old Confucian scholars in the court may not How could he be better than him.

A pair of leopard eyes rolled around, and He Jin dug a hole for Zhou Yu while recalling slowly.

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"Zhou Yu... No, I'm fairly acquainted with your father, and I'm about the same age, so I can be considered half of your elders, so I'll call you Gongjin."

"Gongjin, it stands to reason that I am a mediocre man, and I have been given such a position by the emperor's favor. I should be able to do things with peace of mind, repay his kindness, and not think about what I have and what I don't."

"But now in the great Han world, the Mobei Xianbei and the Xiongnu are staring at each other. Since the Western Regions were cut off from my Han Dynasty 200 years ago, they have not had any contact with each other."

"Even on the land of the Han Dynasty, three rebellions broke out in the past five years."

"You also know that the Qiang people in Wuwei, Liangzhou don't obey discipline. In Jiangdong, which is your hometown of Zhou Gongjin, the Baiyue thieves are as dead as centipedes. One group is wiped out, and another group is raised. There is no way to stop life after life..."

"Under their influence, my big man is now like nine tripods, a bucket of water and living scales. Although it looks majestic and powerful, it is in danger. If we don't pay attention, we may fall into a situation of eternal doom."

"Gongjin, tell me, in the face of such a difficult situation, how can I not be in a hurry as a subject of the emperor of the Han Dynasty and as the general of the army and horses of the Han Dynasty?"

He whispered to Zhou Yu what had happened in the past. He had to say that, as a great general of soldiers and horses in the world, He Jin might not be capable of commanding battles. The fire is perfect.

Now that he was talking bitterly to Zhou Yu, if he didn't know, he might think that He Jin was some kind of loyal minister who worried about his family and country, and he might increase his favorability for him.

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It's just that although he has no experience of being an official in the court before, as a child of Jiangdong's leading family, Zhou Yu still has some understanding of the development and changes of the general trend of the world.

Naturally, he would not be easily deceived by He Jin's appearance.

Reaching out his hand and pretending to wipe away his tears, he wiped his dry eyes. He Jin acted there for a while like a fox in mourning. Actual intent emerges.

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"Gong Jin, there is a saying in ancient history, Yue Yue, who is a minister, the king worries about his ministers' work, and the king humiliates his ministers to death. Even if someone like me is just a mediocre person, I understand this truth."

"Now that I am a big man who is in a crisis of exhaustion, since I am the general of today's emperor, I should clear up all difficulties for the emperor and continue the great Han country..."

This time, as soon as He Jin spoke, the content was no longer as amicable as before, but directly exposed his intentions.

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", I am a rough man, born very clumsy, but you are different."

"Since you are a scholar, you must have a lot of knowledge in your belly. Now you can talk about it, I have been a big man for more than 400 years, how did I suddenly become what I am now?"

With a big face full of oil, He Jin asked Zhou Yu with his eyes shining faintly.

Chapter 7 "It's all about the eunuchs"

This is He Jin's real purpose.

Although it seems that he is only asking Zhou Yu for advice, as if to test his understanding of the situation in the world, but in fact, as a "political... As the leader of the faction, He Jin's move is actually testing Zhou Yu to see what the opponent's political stance is.

It is meaningless to simply analyze why the big man has such a status quo, because anyone with a discerning eye knows that the decline of the once world's most powerful country to this declining state must be the result of the combined influence of multiple factors.

Among them, there are reasons for his relatives represented by He Jin to take power, reasons for the dictatorship of eunuchs represented by Zhang Rang, and many other reasons, which are the reasons why the Eastern Han Dynasty is currently somewhat backward in terms of political system and official system compared to the size of the country.

Even the power of the aristocratic family represented by Zhou Yu himself played more than a role in the decline of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

If it weren't for the aristocratic Tibetans who hid taxes, how could the big man be so poor that he needed to sell his officials to pay for his military expenses?

If it weren't for the aristocratic family wantonly oppressing the common people, how could the original Yellow Turban rebellion be forced to rebel?

He Jin is just from a humble background, and he is not a fool.He is actually very clear about these things.

Take the emperor Liu Hong’s construction of the West Garden. In order to build this garden in Luoyang, Liu Hong asked Zhang Rang to take the lead and added 100 million gold in the Eastern Han Dynasty at one time. The people complained and could hardly survive.

But if he calms down and recalculates the account, is the 100 million gold really a lot?

Actually not.

Calculated according to the peak population of 5000 million in the Eastern Han Dynasty when the West Garden was built, the tax of 100 million gold fell on the heads of each commoner, and it was about [-] yuan at most, which was not even the monthly income of an adult. superior.

In addition, during the entire tax payment process, there are still many exorbitant taxes specifically aimed at merchants, and the actual population is much larger than the original 5000 million figure, which may be evenly distributed to each commoner, leaving only a few hundred people. money, or even less.

Assuming that each family of this big man has four to five people, and each family has only one adult labor force, then the sum of these moneys is only more than 400 yuan, which is about the same as the other party's monthly income.

Such taxes and fees are only collected once every few years. Will the people really be deprived of food because of this?

Of course that's impossible.

Obviously, these are the conspiracy of the family.

The emperor collects taxes of one million, which actually falls on the aristocratic family. These people who collect taxes on behalf of the emperor will turn one million into five million, or even ten million, ten times or eight times in a blink of an eye.

And in this process, the excess collected money naturally went into the pockets of those aristocratic families.

Otherwise, like those aristocratic families, where did they get the huge wealth to go to Liu Hong to buy officials and titles?

The money from the aristocratic family will be returned in full, and the money from the people will be accounted for every nine days. Just like this, it depends on whether the landlords are happy today.

If you are not happy, even if you say you are going to break the sky, the tax that falls on you will definitely force you to sell your iron, and finally mortgage all the fields in your hands for conversion.

Yes, fields.

This is what the aristocratic family is pursuing through the hands of the emperor.

He Jin himself is a foreign relative, and he is so close to Yuan Shao and other top families, how could he not know these things?

It can be said that although the current big man is criticized all over the world for the eunuch's monopoly and his relatives' disorderly government, if it is really liquidated, even if He Jin and Zhang Rang are tied together, the dirty things he can do are not as good as those of the aristocratic family. A star and a half.

Doing more of these methods is just to fool the foolish people below. Only they will think that 100 million catties of gold is really a very big number. If He Jin asked Zhou Yu the question today, he really needs to do it. If you answer, then no one here will be able to get away with this scapegoat.

Naturally, He Jin would not do such a thing. What he wanted to hear was Zhou Yu's words, who should throw more of the blame on.

This is the so-called political stance, that is, Zhou Yu's truest attitude towards eunuchs, relatives and other power factions.

Is it close to foreign relatives, or close to eunuchs?

Is it the Qingliu royalist conservatives, or the radical reform pragmatists?

It can be said that although it is a bit sad, how to solve the problem of the big man's current exhaustion is not important to He Jin. What is important is that in the other party's worldview, who caused the yellow turbans and chaotic parties to appear frequently.

In other words, Zhou Yu wanted to throw the pot away from them.

And Zhou Yu is not a fool.

Who is he, he is Mei Zhoulang who is famous in Jiangdong, the most outstanding one among Jiangdong's many talents.

How could he not see such a question clearly.

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"Report to the general, this matter still needs to be dealt with slowly."

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Faced with He Jin's question, even if Zhou Yu didn't say that he was prepared, it could be said that he saw through He Jin's thoughts at a glance, and answered him fluently.

Since He Jin seems to be testing his knowledge, but is actually forcing his team, Zhou Yu, who comes from an aristocratic family, naturally knows what he should do.

After a long discussion on "Zhi Hu Zhe Ye", Zhou Yu and He Jin's answer only needs four words, which can be fully expressed.

That is, "it's all the eunuch's fault".

Since He Jin loves to hear these words, there is naturally no harm in Zhou Yu saying a few more words.

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"Hehe, Gongjin, you are young and promising, and you are outspoken. I really envy you for being so bold and knowledgeable."

After listening to Zhou Yu's words, He Jin naturally felt a faint joy in his heart.At the same time, he was naturally very satisfied with the other party's answer.