Chen Xi tried his best to replace many positions that could be replaced by frontline veterans with soldiers. These positions were basically controlled by major aristocratic families in the past.
Regardless of those who guard the city gates, the positions of the guys who organize the training of local militia at the township level are not high, only about two hundred dan, but these positions are actually very important. To be honest, these are real military forces.
Therefore, even if it was not directly controlled by major aristocratic families, it was still infiltrated by controlling higher-level bureaucrats. After all, squatting in one place for hundreds of years, it has already penetrated its power into every aspect.
Those positions that do not seem to be controlled by aristocratic families, in fact, as long as they are important positions, they are basically infiltrated. In the entire Han family, the officials in the court are either sons of aristocratic families or disciples of aristocratic families. The so-called His disciples and former officials were all over the world, and it was managed in this way from generation to generation. In the end, except for the eunuchs and relatives, all the people in the court were sons of aristocratic families.
The biggest change during Yuanfeng's reign was that retired soldiers were deployed as local officials and middle- and lower-level bureaucrats. These uneducated soldiers may not be far behind as middle- and senior-level bureaucrats, but they can manage dozens of people in the army. The old veterans returned to manage the place and were somewhat too rigid in their actions, but there was no problem in maintaining stability.
Relying on this method and the vacuum period when aristocratic families moved out, Chen Xi quickly completed the replacement of middle- and lower-level bureaucrats. Currently, there are still many aristocratic families working in various places, but another force has truly taken shape.
Different from Chen Xi's thought that it would take a lot of time to gradually replace it with education. Although this method has some hidden dangers, it does create another force that can be relied on in the bureaucracy. After that, the education system will gradually produce With enough staff, there is a high probability that the three bureaucratic forces with different foundations can be maintained stably.
As for the disadvantages of this method, Chen Xi is pretty much aware of it, but it is better to choose the lesser of two evils than to continue to let the family control the national bureaucracy.
"They only have less than 2% of the population." Li You said slowly. "Controlling the land of knowledge, power, passed."
"I have untied the shackles of knowledge. The bookstores established by Wei Shuo and Xian He are constantly adding prints. As long as follow-up education keeps up, with the accumulation of a large number of books, the new generation will create more knowledge. The family The knowledge monopoly has begun to disintegrate." Chen Xi said with a bit of sigh that the situation that Guan Yu had written in the Spring and Autumn Period for several decades has been completely impossible to change.
"I believe this. When the Yang family gave their conclusions at the court meeting, I was also listening." Li You said calmly, "Although I don't like the Hongnong Yang family, one thing still needs to be admitted. His position is correct. He regards all peoples as human beings, equal to himself. They are strong only because they have enough accumulation, not because they are born like this."
Chen Xi nodded when he heard this. This was actually the core of the dispute in the court meeting. The families that regarded all people as equal to themselves were afraid of all the people who had the opportunity to receive equal education, while the families that regarded all people as ants did not care about this outcome.
"Forget about the land, the land we forcibly cut off and leased by the state to the people is enough to solve this problem." Chen Xi naturally pointed to the second point. These things that have happened in history, what Chen Xi is planning By that time, backup plans had been prepared.
Therefore, Chen Xi's monopoly on knowledge is gradually disintegrating, and the annexation of land is directly resolved in the form of state lease renewal. As long as the Han family's world does not collapse, this kind of sustainability can be maintained, and if one day the Han family's world collapses Well, then there is no point in talking about this anymore.
"I am solving the power problem, and you, as the censor Zhongcheng, should also be able to see it." Chen Xi nodded slightly and looked at Li You and said, "I am trying to find a way to solve the problems that the family has had for the past two hundred years, and you can also see it. , I can indeed solve it."
In fact, the monopoly of power by aristocratic families cannot be solved. It can be solved now only because Chen Xi has pried out the major aristocratic families. If we do not break out of the Central Plains, this problem will be unsolvable.
Distribution is always a fatal issue. When the absolute quota is limited, either you have one more bite and others have one less, or you have one less and others have one more.
Therefore, in the same environment as before, it is actually impossible for Chen Xi to bring all the major aristocratic families together
Once the monopoly problem of power is solved, in that environment where there is no change, even if Chen Xi is still powerful, he will not be able to reach this level.
Li You looked at Chen Xi's sincere eyes. He knew that Chen Xi was not talking nonsense. As the censor Zhongcheng who acted as the censor, he could know most of the things that happened in the entire Han Dynasty as long as he was willing to understand. So what Chen Xi did, Li You knows very well what has been done.
"I believe this." Li You was silent for a while and said, "I believe you can solve these mountain-like burdens."
"So there's really no need to do that. You've done a lot. There's no need to bury you inside. It's pointless." Chen Xi sighed and said, "Sometimes, don't focus on those black and gray places. Occasionally If you go out and take a look, you can also see some of the beauty of life."
"I have traveled to many places. The last trip was before going to the Ganges. That trip further strengthened my faith." Li You answered straightforwardly.
"Jiangnan isn't that bad," Chen Xi said with a complicated attitude.
"What you see is Jingchu that I have already cleaned up." Li You said calmly, then slapped the stone platform beside him with his sleeve and sat on it casually.
"After I clean up the Xu family and the Zhou family, they will do things that make them stupid. You can imagine when I didn't go there." Li You looked at the palace wall in the distance, his expression as calm as water.
"Maybe in your opinion, I think people's hearts are sinister or something like that, but in fact, the current family obeys all laws and obeys your command, just because you are really strong and a gentleman bullies you, you Do you still remember how many times you were not very satisfied?" Li You slowly turned his head to look at Chen Xi.
Chen Xi's rare gentle expression softened and became a little unhappy.
"Actually, I'm not satisfied with some of the things you did." Chen Xi suddenly said.
"Speak according to your conscience." Li You looked at Chen Xi and sneered.
"It's a bit uncomfortable." Chen Xi thought for a while and said.
"Is it because of my problematic behavior that I feel uncomfortable, or because of your morals?" Li You sat there without looking at Chen Xi, but seemed to know Chen Xi's expression. Chen Xi was because of his morals. The senses are uncomfortable, rather than thinking that there is something wrong with Li You's behavior.
"This is the biggest difference. Is the dissatisfaction with the family due to moral issues?" Li You looked at Chen Xi and said.
"Ah, think about it carefully, it doesn't seem to be moral." Chen Xi replied perfunctorily, but both of them knew it was the truth.
"You and I have talked about the concept of doing wrong things before, and then divided them into failures, mistakes and crimes. You clearly said that failure is just because we, a group of people, did not grasp the specific and accurate way to do this, resulting in no success. After completing a certain link, it's time to stop and learn." Li You changed the topic as if he was minding his own business.
Chen Xi's expression became much more cautious. He knew what Li You was going to say.
"Mistake means that something goes wrong in the direction of doing something, which means that responsibility needs to be investigated. And crime, of course, requires the law to solve the problem." Li You said with an indifferent expression, "Zichuan, you said they What level are you at?"
"Although I really don't want to say it, you are right. Most of them are mistakes, and the rest are probably crimes. Failure is such a thing, tsk." Chen Xi sighed, didn't want to stand anymore, and patted him. Shitai sat on the other side.
"There is a problem with the policy and direction of the family's work." Li You directly gave his judgment, "If this problem is not solved, it will happen sooner or later."
"It can't be solved." Chen Xi sighed and said, "I really can't solve what you said. I rely on productivity to distort these things as much as possible, but to be honest, it is too difficult to completely eliminate them, and I don't think so. It’s up to you to make an impact on this problem.”
"But I can at least be harsh and stop them from getting into their old ways for a short time." Li You didn't want to solve the problem once and for all. He knew that he couldn't do it.
"I'll do it." Chen Xi suddenly said
road.
Li You was stunned for a while, and it took him a while to react. He looked at Chen Xi in disbelief.
"I said, I'll do it." Chen Xi thought for a while and said, "I'm not blind, I just have to wait. If you come, I'm afraid you will have nothing if you die. I hate letting heroes bleed and... Something about crying."
"No, at most the monument was smashed. Kong Ming can still pick up my grave when he comes back." Li You said calmly.
"As for me, just find an excuse and treat it as an honest person." Chen Xi covered his forehead and said, "But it's not possible now, but you can prepare now."
"Can we implicate the Chen family?" Li You said bluntly.
Chen Xi turned his head to look at Li You. Li You's eyes did not dodge. Chen Xi sighed, "Don't induce them. They will step in on their own. They deserve what they deserve."
"Do you think they won't step on me if I don't induce them? The Chen family is really aboveboard? Do you believe it?" Li You said flatly.
"I do trust my uncle and Chen Changwen, but I guess other people may not." Chen Xi said with some regret, "How can it be so easy to build a country abroad? It is inevitable to suffer other people's behavior. Things like gloves Ah, how could it have appeared on my hand unknowingly?"
"Do you still remember the situation Yuan Highway encountered when he was building roads?" Li You said softly.
"I suspected that there was something wrong behind this matter. Did you actually investigate it?" Chen Xi asked curiously, "Don't say that Yuan Gongliu did this?"
"How is it possible? Although that guy Yuan Jiujiu has a brain problem, he still wants to face some things." Li You said with a bit of ridicule, "If he was born in an ordinary family or a poor family, he would definitely be beaten. He died, but was born into the Yuan family. His family can support some of his faith. He is just stupid, not bad."
"Who did that?" Chen Xi said curiously.
When Yuan Highway was building roads, he asked his staff to recruit people. As a result, his staff set up two stalls. One stall specialized in recruiting people and then dispatched labor. The other stall specialized in receiving labor dispatch and then working. When the work was completed, It means that the money was given to the previous stall, so the worker went to find the previous stall and found that the other stall had run away.
The commotion was so outrageous that Yuan Shu immediately hanged the two stewards after receiving the news, and then paid the wages to the workers. The matter was resolved. Man Chong scolded Yuan Shu for using lynching indiscriminately, and did not pursue any further investigation. Unexpectedly, Li You would pay attention to this matter.
"The opponent's hands and tail are very clean, but being too clean is also evidence." Li You said flatly, "Actually, it was just a test."
"To me?" Chen Xi raised his eyebrows with a slightly cold expression.
"It's Gongyou." Li You said slowly.
"Does Gongyou know?" Chen Xi said with narrowed eyes.
"I guess I knew it, so I married my daughter off quickly. Boning probably also knew it." Li You said calmly, "But they only knew part of it and didn't know the real purpose. In fact, these were just idle chess. "
"It's a good idea to trap one." Chen Xi was helpless.
"There is no way. If someone is too strong, you have to find a way to restrain him." Li You chuckled and said, "Besides the captain, the only ones who can restrain you are us."
"It's hard for you not to take action directly." Chen Xi looked a little complicated.
"I can only catch some small shrimps. I don't think big fish will do this kind of thing personally." Li Youping said calmly, "It was also at that time that I clearly realized that you have indeed suppressed the entire family. group, but they did not fail.”
"It's normal and understandable to want too much." Chen Xi said with a smile, but this smile seemed somewhat depressing to Li You.
"I won't become an aristocratic family because I don't have a son, and neither do Gongyou and Xianhe, but others may not. Zichuan, Wenhe telling you this is not a good thing." Li You said slowly, When Chen Xi closed his eyes, he already understood what it meant. The new wealthy families had begun to be accepted by the ancient noble families.
Chen Xi took a deep breath
, when he opened his eyes again, he became much more determined.
"It's not a big problem. Let's get ready from now on." Chen Xi looked at Li You with sharp eyes. "You go ahead and give them a slap at most to make them calm down. Let me go. You start now." Start getting ready, Kushan will take care of it, I'll beat it myself."
