In the Xinxi meeting hall, everyone's eyes were fixed on Liu Chan.
Facing everyone's scorching eyes, which seemed to have condensed into substance, Liu Chan's lips slightly curled up, and he said in a relaxed and freehand manner: "Severe methods can suppress them for a while, but they cannot suppress them for a lifetime. When the Wei army is really strong, Runan will If the people’s hearts are not used by us, they will surely fail!”
After taking a breath, Liu Chan looked around at everyone in the hall and asked, "Why is there chaos in the city? Are these rumors spreading?"
How did this rumor come about?
Liu Chan asked this question, which made everyone in the hall think deeply.
No wind, no wave.
They had just learned about the news that the main force of the Wei army was about to arrive in Runan. According to common sense, it was impossible for the people in the city to know the news so early.
It's Wei Guoxizuo's fault!
Guan Xing's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Highness means that Wei Guoxi is spreading rumors."
Liu Chan nodded heavily and said: "There are countless advisers in the Wei army, and they have indeed grasped the pain points of our Han army. They looted Runan before, which left a very bad impression on the people of Runan. In addition, we have not yet established a foothold in Runan." Stable, people's hearts are unstable, and with rumors spreading everywhere, if we make another move that is unpopular with the people, then the Wei army will be able to capture Runan again without any effort, this plan is a poisonous one!"
Liu Chan snorted coldly. He had such an accurate grasp of people's hearts. He was afraid it was the plan of the poisonous scholar Jia Xu.
certainly...
Maybe it's Sima Yi's.
This man was very vindictive. When he heard that the Wei monarchs and ministers were discussing whether to attack Runan or Jiangdong, this guy strongly advocated attacking Runan.
As for that?
I just told the story of the three-horse trough in front of Boss Cao.
"Since it is a poisonous plan, the Wei State's poisonous plan has been completed. What plan does Your Highness have to defeat his plan?"
Zhang Bao knew that if it went as he imagined, he would have directly fallen into Wei's trap.
But if we don’t use harsh methods, what method should we use?
He scratched his head and couldn't find a way to deal with it for a while.
"The trouble should end it."
Uncle Zong Hui's eyes lit up.
"Your Highness, do you mean to dispel the rumors? But...how to start this matter?"
Liu Chan sat at the head of the meeting hall, his eyes firm and calm.
"It's easy."
Seeing everyone looking like curious babies, Liu Chan continued: "We can capture the Wei spies in the city and cut off the source of rumors spread by Wei. At the same time, let some rangers, beggars, gangsters and others spread news that stabilizes people's hearts.
For example, Zang Ba has regrouped his troops in Xuzhou, Jiangdong is about to capture Hefei, the main force of the Wei army has difficulty reaching Runan, and so on.
In this way, we can use rumors to reverse the mood in the city and let Runan regain confidence. "
There was a brief silence in the meeting hall.
Everyone was thinking about Liu Chan's words and gradually realized the rationality of his ideas.
Using public opinion to combat rumors may be more effective than simply severe punishment.
After all, rumors often spread through word of mouth. If you can stop them at the source, you can curb the spread of rumors.
Fei Yi couldn't help but stepped forward and said: "What Your Highness said makes sense. If we can stabilize people's hearts through public opinion, and recruit another group, hit a group, and kill the chickens to scare the monkeys, then the people of Runan will be stable." Living."
Fei Yi has followed Liu Chan for many years and almost knows Liu Chan's tricks.
In order to stop the rumors and stabilize the people's hearts in the city, it is necessary to win over a group of confidants, give them benefits, let them support the Han army, and then kill a group of people who are harboring Wei's secrets, or directly Wei's secrets People play the role of killing chickens to scare monkeys.
With various multi-pronged policies to appease the people, Wei's vicious plan this time has no good effect.
"What Wen Wei said is absolutely true."
Liu Chan smiled slightly, knowing that his idea had been recognized by some people.
“Moreover, we can also use rangers, beggars, and gangsters to spread rumors that can be debunked.
For example: Liu Gongsi, the crown prince of Hanzhong, is dead, the imprisoned people have been massacred by the Han army, and the Han army will massacre the city tomorrow...all kinds of outrageous rumors. "
As soon as Liu Chan said this, even Pang De was a little confused.
"Your Highness, didn't you say you want to get rid of the rumors? Why are you helping Wei Guo spread rumors?"
Dong Yun thought deeply for a moment, and his eyes gradually brightened.
"This is one of His Highness's methods of getting rid of rumors. Your Highness spreads rumors that are easy to debunk. After the people find out that these rumors are false, they will naturally become suspicious. After a few times, the people will naturally stop believing these rumors."
"Xiu Zhao's words are extremely true."
The way to defeat rumors is to create more outrageous rumors.
When the people doubted the authenticity of this matter, the truth became false.
In the era of the explosion of knowledge in the future, when a sensitive and popular event comes out, a certain traffic star will immediately come out to attract attention and divert attention.
For example: Yes, I have a child.
When Liu Chan created rumors, he was also diverting people's attention.
Liu Chan is very familiar with playing with people's hearts and guiding public opinion.
"If Your Highness uses this plan, Wei's poisonous plan will be eliminated."
Perhaps only His Highness can come up with such a method.
Fei Yi sighed in his heart.
He followed Liu Chan for nearly a year and learned much more and more vividly than what he learned from books.
perhaps...
Is this a born saint?
His Highness has the aura of a dragon, and he really is not just talking about it.
"Your Highness is wise!"
"This is a very good plan, I admire you!"
...
All of a sudden, rainbow farts from all the officials in the hall were coming towards Liu Chan in a steady stream.
The power of public opinion is huge. As long as it can be guided in an appropriate way, it can affect people's thoughts and emotions.
Moreover, this method can stabilize the situation in the city and maintain the tranquility of Runan without harming too many innocent people.
After everyone dispersed, Liu Chan left Zhang Bao, Guan Xing, Fei Yi, Dong Yun, Uncle Zong Hui, and Pang De behind.
"Your Highness, I wonder if there is anything else to discuss?"
Zhang Bao looks at his nose with his eyes, his mouth and his heart.
The people left behind by His Highness are all from the Yuancong sect, Yizhou sect, Jingzhou sect, and Jiangjiang sect.
It can be said that he knew that Liu Chan had his trusted subordinate Hu Gu, and if he left them here, he must have important matters to give him.
"I am keeping you here now because I want to ask you how to solve the problem of the people of Runan not being attached to me, or in other words, how to win the hearts of the Runan gentry."
How to calm down?
Everyone was stunned.
This problem is too complicated.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Liu Chan looked at Fei Yi and asked, "How did you complete the food-raising task I gave you?"
Fei Yi had a bitter look on his face, shook his head and said: "The local nobles are resistant to outsiders. There was some before, but in recent days, they have been unable to raise food and grass at all."
Liu Chan did not blame Fei Yi, but said: "Raising food and grass will show the attitude of the Runan nobles towards us. Just imagine, when I was raising food in Jingzhou, would it be so difficult?"
Jingzhou?
Guan Xing understood the situation and said: "On that day in Jingzhou, the powerful nobles donated food enthusiastically. With no worries about food and grass, our army was able to defeat the Wei army several times and obtain the entire territory of Jingzhou."
Although you are borrowing food, at least they are willing to lend you food and grass, right?
"The same is true for the Nanyang nobles. Why are they willing to lend and donate food, but the powerful Runan nobles are not willing? Have you ever thought about this problem?"
Seeing that Liu Chan wanted to test them, Fei Yi and others also became eager to win.
Your Highness, although you are extremely resourceful, we are not fools who know nothing!
"The reason why the Runan nobles are unwilling to donate or borrow food is because they do not trust His Highness. Runan is an important area of the Wei State. Wei King Cao Pi led hundreds of thousands of troops. Now they are not far from Runan. The Runan nobles do not believe that His Highness can I want to hold Runan firmly, so I don’t want to take refuge.”
Fei Yi was talking eloquently, and Liu Chan was nodding aside.
The aristocratic family was just a loser. Obviously, Liu Chan's prospects in Runan were not favored by them.
"Of course, His Highness's previous actions of plundering Runan also made the Runan nobles afraid to trust His Highness easily."
"There is another big reason. I was waiting for Xinxi, but it was just a sneak attack. When we entered Runan, there was no great victory. The Runan nobles did not know the strength of our army."
Dong Yun added on the side.
A sneak attack on the city will result in minimal losses.
But it also made the Runan nobles unable to see the strength of the Han army.
Why did the Nanyang nobles support Liu Chan?
In Nanyang, Liu Chan had several great victories!
The aristocratic family knew Liu Chan's ability, so they were willing to gamble with Liu Chan.
But now the nobles in Runan do not dare to place bets easily.
"If His Highness can defeat the main army of Wei, then the Runan nobles will definitely surrender!"
After figuring out the details, Zhang Bao also stepped forward to speak.
"Your Highness, if you don't wait for the vanguard of the Wei army to arrive, we will attack first and fight a fierce victory. In this case, the Runan nobles should also know our strength and will obey us. Then we will worry about food and grass and the people's hearts." The trouble will be solved!"
only...
Without the support of the Runan nobles, how can you defeat the main force of the Wei army?
Do you really think that I, Mr. Liu, will cheat?
Seeing that Liu Chan had not yet opened his mouth, Zhang Bao took another step forward, half-knelt down in front of Liu Chan and said, "I am willing to be a pioneer and relieve His Highness's worries!"
"What happens if we lose the battle?"
What to do?
Zhang Bao was stunned for a moment, and then his cheeks became bloodshot and red. He almost said in a shouting tone: "Your Highness, General Mo is willing to issue a military order."
Liu Chan shook his head and said, "I'm not asking you, but myself."
"ah?"
Zhang Bao was stunned. He didn't know how to vent the emotions he had finally brewed.
"Hahaha~"
Guan Xing was holding back his laughter, but in the end he couldn't help but laugh.
"Your Highness has his own clever plan, why should you take risks?"
"What do you know, kid?"
After Guan Xing interfered, Zhang Bao stood up as if nothing had happened and asked: "Your Highness really has a plan?"
Liu Chan did not directly answer Zhang Bao's question, but posed another question to everyone.
"Let me ask you, how are the Runan nobles living well in the Wei court?"
Have a good time?
Everyone was stunned and immediately understood something.
"Nowadays, there are almost no important ministers from the Runan gentry in the Wei court."
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo took the opportunity to enter the palace and occupy the power that originally belonged to the emperor. This naturally aroused dissatisfaction among the powerful in other places, and also gave the powerful in other places a glimmer of "hope".
As a result, the coalition of princes attacked Dong Zhuo. Among the coalition of princes, Yuan Shao and others from the Yuan family in Runan were the backbone of the coalition of princes. Due to various factors, Dong Zhuo, after "parting ways" with the Yuan family, began to attack the forces in Runan. A very brutal suppression was carried out, which greatly damaged the foundation of the Runan region.
After Dong Zhuo was eliminated, Cao Cao suddenly emerged and became one of the most powerful princes in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
In order to expand his power, Cao Cao began to fight in various places, including the famous Battle of Guandu in history.
Although Cao Cao was not as powerful as Yuan Shao who was born in Runan before the war, with a surprise attack, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao and completely unified the northern region. Yuan Shao died of illness soon after, and the Yuan family in Runan was completely destroyed.
In order to ensure that the Yuan family would not resurrect in Runan, and to eliminate the forces in Runan that were originally inclined to the Yuan family, Cao Cao also brutally suppressed the Runan area.
This suppression was relatively more thorough than that of Dong Zhuo. Cao Cao targeted many big families in Runan, including the Yuan family. A large number of talents in Runan began to be forced to migrate. At this time, Runan had already suffered a lot of blows and directly It has affected the talent output of the entire Runan.
Xu Jing, Chen Dao, Chen Zhi, and Zhang Tong were in Shu; Hu Zong, Lu Fan, Lu Meng, and Chen Hua were in Wu and never returned to their homeland.
The few Runan scholars who had never attached themselves to the Yuan brothers, such as Meng Jian, who traveled to Jingzhou with Zhuge Liang, did not make full use of them after returning to their hometown.
When Zhuge Liang was on the Northern Expedition, he heard about the official situation of his old colleagues in the Wei State, and once lamented that "Wei Shu has too many evil officials."
In addition to the two suppressions, Xun Yu also had a great influence on the Runan area. After the Battle of Guandu, the Runan area had entered Cao Cao's territory due to the Yuan family's previous prejudice against Cao Cao.
Therefore, Cao Cao had a prejudice against the Runan area, and this prejudice also affected the subsequent talent exploration of the Runan area by the Cao Wei Group.
The Cao Wei Group retained the policies of the Eastern Han Dynasty to a certain extent, including talent selection. Because Cao Cao loved to use poor people (in order to resist the powerful noble families), Cao Cao often asked his subordinates to recommend talents for him. Many talents in Cao Cao's camp came from Yu counselor Xun Yu.
Xun Yu was born in the Xun family in Yingchuan, and Yingchuan and Runan were similar, so Cao Cao ordered Xun Yu many times to recommend talents from Ru Ying.
But on the one hand, Xun Yu was born in Yingchuan, and on the other hand, Xun Yu also considered the gap between Runan and Cao Cao, so almost all the talents he recommended came from the Yingchuan area.
Runan's talents are basically all buried, and there are no channels for upward promotion. This has become the fuse of Runan's complete loneliness.
If a family or a region wants to grow, there must be a prerequisite: becoming an official.
This includes two systems: civil officials and military commanders, which means that there must be enough power to bless future generations in order for a region to develop rapidly. The best representative of this is the Xiahou family.
Although Cao Cao's surname was not Xiahou, he was from the Xiahou family after all. Therefore, after Cao Cao gained power, he vigorously used talents from the Xiahou family. The Xiahou family and surrounding areas developed rapidly, and more talents emerged.
In the same way, the emergence of talents in the Runan area is inseparable from the influence of the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family. After all, before the emergence of the imperial examination system, the only way for talent promotion was "recommendation."
Therefore, after the fall of the Yuan family and the rise of Cao Cao, the entire Runan fell into a very embarrassing situation: no one became an official. This not only directly restricted the growth of big families and poor families in Runan, but also restricted the growth of talents in Runan.
This has caused a devastating blow to the entire Runan region. The lack of official positions means that no one can provide enough talent breeding environment for the Runan region. At the same time, people of insight in Runan must make a choice: continue to wait or continue to wait. Go far away.
Some people are waiting, and some people are leaving.
Those who are waiting have a difficult time in Wei. How loyal do you expect them to be to Wei?
"Your Highness means that the Runan nobles can fight for it?"
Liu Chan nodded.
"Of course you can fight for it, but you need to find a breakthrough."
Should I be Cao Wei's dog, or should I be a minister of the Han Dynasty?
Liu Chan thought that this choice would be easy for them to make.
but...
How to let them know your feelings?
