As for the Five Tiger Generals, Liu Bei didn't approve it in the end.
The reason is that "fame and position should not be given lightly."
Now that the process of appointing officials and making wishes has ended, rashly creating a so-called "Five Tiger Generals" will not be justified, and it will easily cause internal conflicts.
If the "Five Tiger Generals" are created today, will others want to create some "Twelve Tiger Ministers"? !
It is not convenient for the government to come forward to deal with this matter. If there are similar rumors among the people, the government will not be able to control it.
That is to say, Liu Bei was generous and dared to hint Zhang Xi like this, asking him to start from the public opinion and create the so-called "Five Tiger Generals".
After all, Guan, Zhang, and Zhao are all his own people. Ma Chao is alone and has no influence in Yizhou. Although Huang Zhong is from the Jingzhou faction, he is too old and has no heirs.
Liu Bei was not worried about these people "supporting each other" at all, nor was he worried that these people's heirs would be "difficult to control", so he hinted to Zhang Xi that you can do such things in private, but you can't bring it to the table.
As for the issue of rewards for Jingzhou officials, since there is no dissatisfaction, then Liu Bei can wait until the matter with Sun Quan is over, then set an example to appease the Jingzhou family.
At this time, Zhuge Liang asked by the way the terms of the negotiation with Jiangdong. If there are no conditions, who will re-alliance with you? !
Regarding this matter, there is nothing much to say about the superficial conditions. They all require Jiangdong to completely withdraw from Jiangxia, Changsha, and Guiyang counties.
I have to give an explanation to the Jingzhou family. The conditions are set according to your requirements.
But the bottom line conditions are slightly different for everyone.
Xu Shu's suggestion is that Jiangxia can be ignored for the time being, but Changsha and Guiyang must be taken back to cut off Jiangdong's overland access to Jingzhou.
Zhang Xi's suggestion is to get most of Jiangxia back.
After all, Zhou Yu garrisoned Baqiu and Lu Xun garrisoned Lukou. These two places supported each other. It was impossible for Jiangdong to give up such a springboard for westward expansion.
Baqiu belongs to Changsha, where a large number of Jiangdong aristocratic families have invested manpower and material resources to transform their fields. Even if Sun Quan agrees to send this place, the Jiangdong aristocratic family and the Huaisi Group will not agree.
Although Lukou is a territory belonging to Jiangxia, its geographical location is too important. It can connect Yuzhang and Changsha counties, and Jiangdong will not give up.
Based on the above judgment, Zhang Xi felt that the most likely condition Jiangdong would agree to was to return Jiangxia's land north of the Yangtze River to Liu Bei.
As for Guiyang, to be honest, neither family cares whether the place provides it or not.
Both suggestions are not wrong. Xu Shu considered it from Liu Beifang's point of view, and Zhang Xi considered it from Jiang Dongfang's point of view.
It's not that Zhang Xi just eats everything and negotiates, that's it. You have to figure out what the enemy can give before you can decide what you want. The two families are negotiating for reconciliation, not to continue to fight.
Liu Bei accepted the suggestions of Xu Shu and Zhang Xi at the same time and made a decision-the bottom line was to capture the entire Jiangxia County, including Lukou.
Since the whole place of Lukou is so important, it can no longer be left in Jiangdong's hands.
Moreover, once Lukou is in the hands of Liu Beijun, it will be like a thorn in the waist of the entire Jiangdong Army. If Zhou Yu in Baqiu makes any changes, the defenders at Lukou can detect it at any time. Jiangdong wants to do it again To backstab when heading west, you must first deal with the Lukou defenders behind you.
Otherwise, the defenders at Lukou may threaten their rear food routes at any time.
As for Changsha and Guiyang, let's talk if we can. If we can't, let it go. There's no rush.
Anyway, the conditions have been set, and the rest is up to Zhuge Liang to smooth things over.
After these things have been discussed, the small military discussion is over.
The rest is basically to go back to each Xu Shu's house and take a boat down the Han River, continue to return to Wuling to take charge of the work in Jingnan, and at the same time prepare to cooperate with Zhuge Liang to negotiate with Jiangdong.
Zhuge Liang took Zhang Xi all the way south and returned to Chengdu first to make some necessary preparations.
Liu Bei will first summon Zhuge Jin to deliver a message of willingness to reconcile, but how to talk about it specifically will have to leave Zhuge Jin to argue with Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu, Zhang Zhao and others in Jiangdong.
Liu Bei will not care about this. He will stay in Hanzhong for a few months to calm people's hearts before returning to Chengdu.
In this way, Zhuge Liang took Zhang Xi, Zhang Fei, who was about to return to Brazil, and Chen Tou, who was about to return to Yufu, back to Chengdu first.
The relationship between Zhang Fei, Chen Dao and Zhang Xi is really strong. After all, they all worked in the same military camp and talked and laughed along the way, but Zhuge Liang seemed a bit like an outsider.
Moreover, along the way, Zhang Xi was indeed avoiding Zhuge Liang.
Mainly because this dead fish head had nothing to do but discussed with Zhang Xi about whether the "imperial examination system" could be implemented in the Yizhou area of Jingzhou.
This question can cost lives, okay!
Today's world is still an era where aristocratic families dominate the world and poor families are struggling. If you introduce the "imperial examination system", how can the number of scholars from poor families help you fight against the huge aristocratic families? !
No matter how strong your control over Jingzhou and Yizhou is, and how many soldiers you have at your disposal, now that the "imperial examination system" is introduced, the families will at best be uncooperative and not serve as officials. It is impossible for them to cooperate with you. Your "imperial examination system" "System" is nothing more than a piece of waste paper.
As for the poor families, the probability of them being able to produce talented people these days is really low, and they cannot be expected to support the military and political affairs of the two states.
Zhuge Liang said, I understand this too.
Zhuge Liang's idea was to use the "imperial examination system" as a supplement to the "chaju system". The "chaju system" was still used for local selection, and the "imperial examination system" was only the last assessment item of the "chaju system".
After all, the talents recommended by the local authorities under the "inspection and examination system" each have different talents. How can we quickly determine which people are suitable for which positions? !
Then the candidates will be selected by subject, and the seats will be determined based on the results of an exam.
Firstly, it can help Zhuge Liang quickly select and use talents. Secondly, since ancient times, there has been no number one in literature. This method is also a means of dividing the relationship between aristocratic families.
Of course, the most important thing is that Zhuge Liang planned to promote the "imperial examination system" first, and deliberately placed the "imperial examination system" in the final decision-making link of the imperial examination system, which invisibly elevated the status of the "imperial examination system" , laying the foundation for the future of "two systems running in parallel" or even "the imperial examination replacing the imperial examination".
But Zhang Xi feels that Zhuge Liang's move is a bit unnecessary.
There is an interview process at the end of the inspection system. When the prefecture and county officials make recommendations to the superiors, they will indicate the talent's ability and suitable official position. Zhuge Liang's doing this is just taking the interview process from the hands of the prefecture and county officials. It was raised to the central level, huh? ! What's going on? Zhang Xi feels like he's noticed something amazing again? !
Is Zhuge Liang trying to abolish the dual monarchy and strengthen centralization of power? !
This is a more troublesome thing than the "imperial examination system"! ! !
Just like that, why do you think Zhang Xi dares to talk to Zhuge Liang? !
If something came up in the conversation later, I probably wouldn't have gone to Jingzhou to take refuge, but to Nanzhong. Huh? ! Wait, it seems that I am going to Nanzhong to be the governor of Gaijiang.
Did Zhuge Liang think about things in such a systematic way? !
If so, who can outplay him? !
Zhang Xi feels that with his IQ, he can only hang out with Zhang Fei, Chen Dao and others, so he should stay away from this dead fish head.
But Zhuge Liang didn't want to let Zhang Xi go just like that.
There were many things that Zhuge Liang had never imagined. It was Zhang Xi who proposed the idea of the "imperial examination system" and led Zhuge Liang to his current thinking step by step.
The more Zhuge Liang thought about it, the more he felt that this system could be used to do many things. Even if it may not be completely copied now, it can be done step by step and slowly penetrate into the entire bureaucracy. After ten or twenty years, Years, maybe it can change the entire Han Dynasty's material selection system.
After all, the promotion of engraving and printing and paper is slowly becoming more popular. Ten or twenty years is the growth of a generation. By that time, the number of children from poor families is slowly increasing, and naturally they will not be willing to continue to let aristocratic families control the upward path. , and the aristocratic families would not want to see the children of poor families come to snatch their interests.
If you try to lay out the "imperial examination system" at that time, you will easily encounter strong opposition from aristocratic families, and the situation you will face will only become more complicated.
It is better to start planning now and plant the seeds first. Then we only need to expand the scope of the "imperial examination system" and change the central review to local review, and then everything will be solved.
But Zhuge Liang was still not sure after all. After all, the imperial examination system was proposed by Zhang Xi. He should be the one who knew the best and had the most profound considerations. Therefore, Zhuge Liang must discuss with Zhang Xi whether it is appropriate to do so.
Even if Zhang Xi wants to hide, he won't be able to hide when he arrives in Chengdu. After all, Zhang Fei and Chen Dao will be separated from him at that time, and there will be no shield.
So, when approaching Chengdu, Zhang Xi accepted his fate and hid in Zhuge Liang's carriage, and the two began to murmur and plot.
Zhuge Liang's approach is actually very feasible.
At this time, Zhang Xi had to think again, whether the reason why the later Emperor Sui Yang proposed the "imperial examination system" and adopted the system of selecting scholars by subject but not at the grassroots level was because Zhuge Liang wanted to do it step by step.
The period between Emperor Sui Yang's accession to the throne and Li Shimin's thorough promotion of the imperial examination system was twenty or thirty years, but it was still because of war that this resulted.
Hypothetically, if Emperor Sui Yang was really given enough time to do this, would the real "imperial examination system" be born in his hands? !
Well, Zhang Xi felt that Emperor Sui Yang might not have the brain, and even if he had the brain, his character would not buy him so much time.
Although Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was not a foolish emperor, he was definitely a tyrant. Such a person is the least patient with long-term planning. He only wants to finish everything and show off his great achievements. And then everything is in vain. The good foundation left by the Kaihuang rule was directly lost to Huo Huo.
However, in the war between the Sui and Tang Dynasties, although Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty sought death in a fancy way, the role played by aristocratic families and noble families was not small. Although it was not entirely due to the imperial examination system, the impact of the imperial examination system cannot be said to be Not at all.
Another thing is that although Li Shimin established the imperial examination system, it was only after the Northern Song Dynasty that the imperial examination system became popular. During this period, another equally tragic Five Dynasties and Sixteen Kingdoms went through.
Therefore, Zhang Xi feels that one should be cautious about the imperial examination and try not to cause social unrest. There is no problem in poaching aristocratic families a little bit. But if it really causes large-scale social unrest, then a long-term plan must be considered. of.
This thing is probably not suitable for manipulation in the heart of Jingzhou and Yizhou where there are many aristocratic families. It would be better to do it in some remote places, such as the dilapidated Hanzhong, the not-so-obedient Nanzhong, or even Jingnan. It can all be used as a pilot first, and then we can see the situation.
Anyway, there is a shortage of people in those places. This system is a last resort. If your family thinks this is not possible, then be more generous and send family talents to manage these places? !
Apart from anything else, in places like Jingnan and Nanzhong where they have to deal with barbarians every day, those poor families will not put a lot of effort into doing such things.
(End of chapter)
