Chen Xi is not very disgusted with clan power. After all, blood ties are still very important. Relatives help each other and rely on each other. With this bond existing, it is indeed easier to gain trust.
But there is a degree to this, resisting national law, relying on local clan forces to resist the implementation of the country's existing system, using clan blood as the core to restrain people's personal lives, exploiting local people's surplus labor, etc., are all for Chen Xi Intolerable.
This kind of thing is rare in the north, because Chen Xi’s crackdown is strong enough, and the north is basically a military system. As for places like Liangzhou and Yongzhou that are not military rule, after Chen Xi made it clear, the local The people themselves can solve it.
The problem here is that they are unable to recognize this situation, and once they realize it, the people in the north can solve the problem themselves. After all, northerners are really good at fighting these days. Once they are sure that their judgment is correct, these people can really Don't mind bleeding.
The so-called Jiujiu warriors and Dukes of Gancheng once again regained their sense of existence after the military merit system was re-established. Therefore, the local clan power in the north obviously began to fade away, and local governments began to take over.
As for the south, to be honest, as a northerner, it is difficult for Chen Xi to understand why the clan power in the south has never been eliminated and has resurfaced in the 21st century. This is very helpless.
Regarding the situation of local clan power in Jingyang, Chen Xi has asked people to collect information, but it is not serious at the moment. After all, Jingyang has always been the private territory of major southern aristocratic families, and they themselves are equivalent to the largest clan.
In this chapter, private soldiers can be said to be the biggest feature of the Wu Kingdom in official history, and Li You raised the sword and drove all the southern aristocratic families out of the country. Although the method was rough, from a certain perspective, it was indeed a quick sword to cut through the mess and solve a lot of problems. The problem.
After Lu Su took over, he immediately began to merge villages into villages on a large scale and in depth, and built plantations on a large scale to concentrate the population in the plains. He also reorganized large-scale field troops to reclaim wasteland in the south of the Yangtze River. Most of the problems were solved before the clan forces counterattacked.
Although Lu Su failed to completely eradicate clan and tribal problems in Jing Yang due to some historical legacy and some issues that Lu Su could not intervene in, Li You and Lu Su also weakened the local clan power to a great extent.
Even if it is not as good as the continuous advancement and deepening of the industrial layout in the north, which continuously absorbs local people and eliminates the influence of the clan from the roots, it is impossible for Jingyang's clan power to be restored in a short period of time, but Jiaozhou is really another game mode.
"If you really want to say that, Shishi, he did a very good job." Chen Xi sighed and said.
"Yes, it is indeed not easy to support so many people in Jiaozhou, suppress the unrest in South Vietnam, cultivate fertile land, gather the war-torn people, and manage a barbaric land to this extent." Liu Bei nodded. Regarding Shi Xie's senses, Liu Bei has always been quite good.
"Yes, it is indeed good in terms of political performance, but what the governor wants is stability, not development." Chen Xi had nothing to say about Shi Xie's conservatism. After all, Shi Xie is not young anymore, and he is in his seventies. , Chen Xi couldn't say that the other party didn't work well.
"After all, I have been working in Jiaozhou for fifteen years." Liu Bei sighed. In fact, Shi Xie was not the governor of Jiaozhou, but the prefect of Jiaozhi. However, in the first year of Yuanfeng, Liu Bei checked the situation in each state and saw that although Shi Xie had Although he was careful, he had no fault in the major matters of right and wrong. In addition, he really wanted to protect the country and the people, so Shi Xie became the legitimate governor of Jiaozhou.
This is also the reason why Shi Xie tried his best to move closer to Liu Bei. In addition to Liu Bei being strong enough, another aspect is that Liu Bei has always recognized Shi Xie's rule over Jiaozhou.
After Liu Bei took control of Chang'an and Chen Xi took control of the Government Affairs Office and took control of the national economy, Chen Xi immediately dealt with the unrest in the border counties of the Han Dynasty and gave Jiaozhou a lot of milk, regardless of what the people in those places thought. In short, Chen Xi has indeed stunned those who have ideas. To be honest, it is impossible for these people to have split ideas.
But the absence of the idea of splitting does not mean that there are no other ideas. There are many people with small ideas. In fact, the Shi family has some small ideas. After all, fundamentally speaking, the Shi family is the largest local clan power in Jiaozhou. .
This is also the root cause of the serious local influence in Jiaozhou, and the Shi family itself is not clean.
"It is precisely because of the good work that I did not touch the power of the Shi family in Jiaozhou, so as to give them an adjustment period." Chen Xi also said with some regret, the Shi family did a good job in Jiaozhou.
You must know that Jiaozhou was really a wild land these days and had not yet been developed. After Shixie took over, he first eliminated the separatist forces and ensured that Jiuzhen County and Rinan County, which were far away from the Central Plains, were still the territory of the Han Dynasty. As a result, Chen Xi did not move Shi Xie's position.
However, how should I put it, Shi Xie is still old. Even if Shi Xie, who is nearly 70 years old, understands what Chen Xi means, he is a little unable to weaken the power of the clan. After all, in order to save trouble and have different intentions, he relied on The power of his own clan suppressed Jiaozhou.
As a result, the current main governor of Jiaozhou is still a member of the Shi Xie family. Chen Xi gave Shi Xie three years. However, after three years, Shi Xie didn't break a single hard bone, so Chen Xi could only come on his own, guessing that Shi Xie I understand this too.
"After all, Shi Xie is no longer what he used to be." Liu Bei also regrets that he is a late hero. There is really nothing he can do about it. If Shi Xie can handle it by himself, as long as he can see through it, Chen Xi can at most just bang on the wine table instead of going there in person. , but now Chen Xi is passing by in person, indicating that the time has come, "I hope he can accept it."
"Shi Xie should have been mentally prepared. At the beginning of the year, he had already expressed his intention to abdicate in favor of a worthy person." Chen Xi shook his head and said. Although Shi Xie was unable to do so due to many reasons, he was also a man who was familiar with the Spring and Autumn Period. I knew very well what kind of situation would happen if I didn't deal with it, so I went to the table at the beginning of the year to beg for the bones.
However, Liu Tong simply stayed in the middle and did not send it, saying that I don't know, I don't understand, you go find Chen Xi, and then Shi Xie sent it to Chen Xi and also sent one, saying that he was too old and couldn't work, and he hoped to find a pension for the elderly. position, and thought that southern plantations were very good, and he wanted to be the director.
Chen Xi also remained silent, saying that I am not the emperor and am not qualified to dismiss the official position of two thousand shi. You can just continue to work, and then there will be no more.
Therefore, Shi Xie must know what is going on. Logically speaking, Shi Xie should be ready in Jiaozhou by now.
In fact, Chen Xi is not planning to move Shi Xie's position. Except for Zhao Tuo, the only one who does well here is Shi Xie. The unique thing about them is that they live long enough and they don't have Alzheimer's disease. He is also respected by the local people in the local area.
For Chen Xi, if he can rule by moral restraint, he should try not to use institutional restraint. If he can rule by institutional restraint, he should try not to use legal restraint.
Shi Xie prefers to use morality and Confucianism to educate local natives, and he does a pretty good job. In addition, Jiaozhou is considered remote and wild in the eyes of most bureaucrats. It is not easy to find a more suitable one and go there voluntarily. , so it is also a good thing for Chen Xi that Shi Xie holds concurrent posts.
Therefore, Chen Xi never thought about Shi Xie's position from the beginning. In Chen Xi's mind, Shi Xie was a person who could serve as the governor of Jiaozhou until death.
"You don't allow it." Liu Bei smacked his lips twice and responded.
"It's not that I don't allow it, but that I can't find the right people at all. Ordinary people are not qualified, and those with enough ability cannot go willingly. After all, in the eyes of others, Jiaozhou is a barbaric place." Chen Xi shook his head. He said, "So it's better to let the governor shoulder the responsibility. When the governor dies, the other side will be built."
A natural port, fertile land, backed by the sea, the geographical advantage is so clear, when Zhou Yu and others develop overseas, this place will also take off.
It can be said that Jiaozhou is basically a place that is bound to be taken away, which is why Chen Xi wants to kill those idiots as soon as possible.
Get rid of them quickly while they have not yet taken off and formed a complex interest network, but are just purely local forces. It will be too difficult to take action after they have really taken off for twenty years.
"The Inspector is almost 70 years old, right?" Liu Bei asked with some confusion.
"It's okay, there's no problem living to an old age." Chen Xi waved his hand and said.
"Uh..." Liu Bei fell into deep thought.
"So the purpose of going this time is very clear, which is to cut off the troublesome local clan forces. Their hands have been stretched too long and they no longer know what cannot be moved." Chen Xi sighed and said, "By the way, Xuan Mr. De, do you know the soldiers in Jiaozhou?"
"I know. The field soldiers in Jiaozhou's land reclamation also need to be led by backbones. I should know all those backbones." Liu Bei said seriously when he heard this.
"That saves a lot of trouble." Chen Xi nodded, and Liu Bei's expression became much more solemn when he heard this. However, he opened his mouth several times, but finally did not say anything.
"There will definitely be a military disaster in Jiaozhou." Chen Xi also knew what Liu Bei wanted to ask. "The vision of the local clans is destined to see the problem in a completely different way and level from us, so they will have very sufficient reasons to take action and will have the courage to do so." It is very sufficient, especially for those former tribal leaders. For them, rebelling against the Han Dynasty is just that."
When Liu Bei heard this, his original faint smile faded. The more ignorant and ignorant people in this era are, the more daring they will be, and of course the future will be the same!
