Chapter 768 Lobbyist
Lotus pond is one of the most beautiful places in this village. In the past, whenever the lotus flowers bloomed, a grand lotus-sacrificing conference would be held here, even in Jiang Qian's administration In the past few years, this grand event has never stopped. But last year, this elegant matter was finally stopped.
Now, it is not a time when the lotus leaves are endless and green, and the lotus flowers are red in the sun. In the lotus pond covering an area of more than ten acres, you can only occasionally see three or two green branches poking out of the water. The leaves are half relaxed and half rolled, and they look a little lonely on the vast water surface.
The drizzling raindrops splashed small ripples on the water surface. Occasionally, you can see a koi pole pole pole, spit out a few bubbles, and then swing its tail. , and then dived into the depths of the water again.
The dead branches and leaves of last year are still retained by the lotus pond, especially around the pavilion.
The appearance of this lotus pond is the same as the current Xiong Yi Mansion. It still looks brilliant and huge, but when you look closely, it turns out to be full of dusk energy, revealing a look of decline and decline.
That is, Xiong Yi is still there, and as if he had left, there would be no one in the Xiong branch who could take on the main responsibilities. At that time, it would be like the dead branches and leaves on this shore. It will eventually fall into the dust and melt into the mud.
The biggest headache for everyone in the wealthy family is the choice of successors.
If one is not good, the family will decline in the light, and the family will die in the worst.
As the head of a family, the burdens it bears are even more than ordinary people can imagine.
Looking at the current situation, this is even more so.
In the words of Li Dahui outside the pass, it is a major change that has not been seen in a thousand years.
The pattern of aristocratic families ruling the world is being overturned bit by bit.
From He Zudao's trip to Hedong, he went through Hedong and Hexi to Luoyang, the aristocratic families were slaughtered. The former noble families, the wealthy families of many generations were pulled down from their high positions and trampled into them. In the mud, the sky streets were covered with the bones of the ministers and the gates were all tied to the heads of the powerful.
Although the aristocratic families represented by Linghuye quickly organized into an alliance and temporarily stabilized the situation, when the iron curtain was opened and people outside saw the scenery inside, It is no longer difficult to block the whole truth.
The Beiting Protectorate, represented by Li Daechui, began drastic reforms. The power of the aristocratic families was greatly curbed. The system of the government soldiers and the new scientific and technological examination system began to shine. Countless small and medium-sized landlords and merchants From the bottom of society to become the backbone of the Beiting Protectorate.
In a short period of time, this emerging force unified the outside world, destroyed the Northern Yuan Dynasty, defeated the coalition forces represented by the aristocratic families represented by Linghuye in Yangguan, and became the most powerful in the world A force.
If anyone has the most hope of unifying the world now, it is Li Daechui, the Beiting Protectorate, outside the pass.
Li Dahui wins, which means that the world will inevitably enter an era of drastic reform.
The Xiong family is not only the royal family of Chu, but also the largest family of Chu. As the leader of the Xiong family, Xiong Yi naturally has a difficult life.
Just as he said to Jiang Chong, Jiang Chong is a minister and can surrender. If he changes his superiors, he is still Jiangling Jiang Chong, but what about Xiong? If the new master is in power, can the old master still allow him to survive?
This is the reason why the minister can surrender, but the king cannot surrender.
Xiong Yi held the old man and sat slowly on the wooden chair, leaning against the railing halfway. Xiong Yi turned to look at Jiang Chong: "You are outside the gate, how about there?" >
"The beautiful country!" Jiang Chong said, "What is even more touching is the vigorous spirit of the people there, where I saw a lot of new things." "Can you give the old man Let me tell you?" Xiong Yi said curiously.
Da Chu did not know much about outside the pass before, because there was a Da Qin gap between them. Outside the pass was always the pain point of the Qin, just like the pain point of the southwest was the pain point of the Chu.
It was only after Jiang Qian came to power that he began to pay attention to the outside of the customs. The focus was that he wanted to provide certain support to the outside of the customs to make trouble for the Qin State and increase their troubles, so he came up with the Officials of Zhu Chi's level were driven to camp outside the pass.
The subsequent successful construction of the Maritime Silk Road also proved to a certain extent that Jiang Qian's vision was correct. This maritime trade channel once brought considerable profits to Dachu, and the forces outside the pass The rapid rise did indeed cause drastic changes in Qin.
In short, Jiang Qian's original plan was successful, but Jiang Qian did not expect that the powerful Beiting Protectorate outside the pass also included the Great Chu in the scope of calculation.
This can be considered another form of shooting oneself in the foot!
Jiang Chong thought about it and found that there were too many new things outside the pass. After he passed by, he was completely shocked. It was a completely different world from that inside the pass.
"Tell me a few things that you care about most!" Jiang Chong sorted out his thoughts: "The first is that the family has collapsed outside the pass. Under the order to redeem the grace, all the children of the big family were Have the right to get the distribution of benefits from the master's family. A large family is divided into dozens or hundreds of small families. It is easy to divide and difficult to gather. When each has its own interests, it will naturally become impossible to integrate again. . Not to mention that the local governments would consciously recruit one group to fight one group. "
Xiong Yi nodded silently. The foundation of the Beiting Protectorate is not a clan, but a small and medium-sized landlord class and emerging businesses noble.
"The system of recommendation and recommendation have been abolished. The emerging imperial examination system is only talented, and it is impossible to resist men and women!" Jiang Chong continued: "Talented women, high-ranking officials, and horses must be ridden! , This time I went outside the customs, the one who received me was a female official named Tu Jiaojiao. I admired both the ability of the director and the perspective of looking at problems! "
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"Can this kind of rebellious act be recognized by people outside the pass?" Xiong Yi asked curiously.
Jiang Chong smiled and said, "Ordinary people don't care whether men or women are in charge of affairs. They only care whether their own interests can be guaranteed and whether they can earn more money. If a female official can What reason do they have to oppose their wallets! Those who oppose women as officials have never been the lowest-level people. Mr. Xiong must know this! "
Xiong Yi couldn't help but stagnate .
"Of course, this is also related to the lack of talent outside the pass, but there are precedents in our great Chu. Look at Jiang Qian, it can be seen how many people supported him in the Chu State back then. Now!” Jiang Chong continued.
"Under the large clinic system, the infant death rate outside the customs was reduced by half. Under the new tax system, the burden on the people was greatly reduced. The unprecedented supervision system and audit system made the outside world pass through the customs. The corruption of officials is almost invisible. "Jiang Chong shook his head and said, "I have never heard of many things before, but they are all exerting unimaginable power at an astonishing speed on that land."
Listening to Jiang Chong's story, Xiong Yi's face became even more dimmer.
"Assist in government, please forgive me for being blunt, Li Dazhi's momentum has been achieved. Even though Linghu Ye realized something was wrong and wanted to make a desperate attempt, he was just a mantis wall to block the car and it was difficult to stop him. The world is moving forward! "Jiang Chong said calmly: "Make plans for the regent!" "I know you are here today as a lobbyist, so you can say, I am a bear What should I do now?” Xiong Yi said.
(This chapter ends)