Xu Xianzhi looked at Liu Yu, his eyes sparkling, and he said in a deep voice: "Jinu, everything I said today came from my own mind. As a friend and brother for many years, and as a minister of the Jin Dynasty, I must express my gratitude to you. Brother, as a person in power, even if you kill me in anger, I will have no regrets."
Liu Yu nodded: "I said, no matter what you say today, it doesn't matter. I, Liu Yu, am not Huan Xuan, and I'm not to the point where I can't hear offensive words, but I want to hear your voice. Xianzhi, from After Jianyi, we almost never talked like this. Sometimes, I even feel that I have never known you, which is a very bad feeling."
Xu Xianzhi gritted his teeth and said: "I am a scholar. Although my Xu family is not a top-notch family, it is still a noble family. Therefore, I will not completely stand in the position of Jingkou people, because here, Han people For the most part, they cannot represent the entire Jin Dynasty, at least, they cannot represent the upper echelons.”
Liu Yu shook his head: "I don't think the people of Jingkou cannot represent the Jin Dynasty. The Jin Dynasty is not only a Jin Dynasty with scholars, but also requires warriors to shed their blood to defend the country. The two paths, civil and military, are not separate paths, but both are indispensable."
Xu Xianzhi nodded: "But the warriors lack culture and do not know how to govern. Even if they are marching and fighting, they have to rely on the children of the aristocratic families to serve in the army. In the past, the warriors did not understand the art of war, and their command had to rely on the children of the aristocratic families who were familiar with military books. . It was not until the past thirty years that as the children of the aristocratic families became more indolent and untrained in military affairs, they slowly lost control of the army. The Beifu Army was first established to fight against the Hu people for a long time in the Huaihe and Huaihe areas. Mainly refugees, these refugees accumulated their own experience by fighting non-stop. Therefore, Liu Laozhi and Sun Wuzhong became generals and replaced the original descendants of aristocratic families such as the Xie family in command of the army. It was unexpected. But it’s reasonable.”
Liu Yu smiled slightly: "Yes, even the Hu people in the north, many of them can't even read, but it does not prevent them from having very superb military command skills. The art of war is nothing more than taking the previous battle cases and military management skills. Recorded in writing, if you really want to apply it, you still have to adapt to local conditions, how can it be limited to some books?"
Xu Xianzhi laughed: "However, even if commanding can rely on experience and formation can rely on training, food, grass and weapons cannot be solved by illiterate sergeants. Even you now have to rely on people like Fatty. Just join the army and take care of the logistics."
Liu Yu nodded: "Exactly, so I need the nephews of the Jingba brothers to start learning culture. I just don't want to be controlled by others in this regard. Is this wrong?"
Xu Xianzhi sighed: "You shouldn't be so impatient. Even I can see that the reason why high-ranking families can still cooperate with you is that they still have these means of restricting you. Now you can't even control their manor and tenants." They all started to move, but the madam didn’t fall out with you. Do you think it’s because of the decades of friendship? No! It’s because the madam still has a way to restrict you, that is, you can’t do without the family in the military. This disciple, even if Liu Muzhi is asked to choose a side in the end, he will most likely side with the noble family."
Liu Yu gritted his teeth: "I don't want to replace the noble family, but I don't want to be controlled by them like you said. If their nephews join the army, I will also give them a chance to make contributions. If there is a master of war like Xuan Shuai, I will also let him take charge of the army alone and make great contributions. Everyone should work hard together for the Jin Dynasty, why do we have to contain and guard against each other like this?"
Xu Xianzhi sneered and said: "Da Jin? What do you mean by working hard for Da Jin? Is it to develop Jiangbei, evacuate the aristocratic family, and attack the barbarians in the north? Is such a Da Jin what the high families of the aristocratic families need?"
Liu Yu said in a deep voice: "The world belongs to the people of the world, and the Great Jin is the Great Jin for all the people, not the hundreds and thousands of noble families, the kind of aloof family, sucking the people's fat, acting like vampires, parasites The era when the high men controlled everything is gone forever. What I wanted to do when I was a boy was to conquer the Northern Expedition of the Barbarians, because these barbarians occupied the territory of our Han people and enslaved our compatriots. But now, I I found that what I need to deal with most is not the barbarians, but these parasites! Fortunately, I have done pretty well in this matter so far."
Xu Xianzhi smiled and said: "Yes, you can kill Wang Yuman's family, but now you have left the aristocratic family and cannot govern the world. Do you think these Confucian scholars are good people? When they have no power, they seem to be concerned about the country and the people, but once they gain power , aren’t they just doing whatever they want? Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed hundreds of schools of thought and only respected Confucianism, how many times have they corrupted state affairs and caused party conflicts to harm the country? How many times have they killed dissenters under the banner of righteousness? Confucian classics masters even tried to protect their own status , to send assassins to kill his students. Even Yin Zhongkan, a treacherous and evil man, doesn't always talk about loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness? Today, Fan Tai and the others are using your power to make a comeback. Tomorrow you may find that they are better than those in metaphysics. Shi Geng is abominable!”
Liu Yu gritted his teeth: "At least today Fan Tai can help me educate the children of heroes to read and practice calligraphy. The principles of this world, the rise and fall of past dynasties, are all in books. A person's thoughts will not be easily understood by others. The principles of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and justice, and protecting the country and family will never go out of style!"
Xu Xianzhi shook his head: "But under the guise of these principles, you can do evil things, and you can't prevent them. Back then, Sima Daozi and Wang Guobao also used the banner of respecting the emperor, patriotism, and returning power to the emperor to deal with them. Xie An and those from the big families, what you did today is just a repeat of what they did back then."
Liu Yu laughed: "They want to seize power so that they can spend a lot of time and oppress the people. But I am really loyal to the Jin Dynasty and want to do practical things for the people of the Jin Dynasty and the Han people all over the world. In your eyes, Am I someone like Sima Daozi and Wang Guobao?"
Xu Xianzhi's face did not change, and he said in a deep voice: "No, you are not like them, but in my opinion, you are more harmful than them! At most, after they came into power, they used the same tricks that the high-ranking families used to prey on the common people. Let yourself enjoy it, but you are giving the people an unrealistic hope, deceiving them from the place where they have lived for generations, to the murderous Jiangbei, and then driving them to death under the banner of the Northern Expedition, taking away Their land and their children are conscripted for nothing more than the false reputation of a Northern Expedition hero!"
