The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 209
War is the continuation of politics, politics defines the ultimate goal of war, and war serves certain political goals.Politics is the concentrated expression of economy, and the political purpose of war is based on economic interests.

Now this situation of separatism among the princes has affected the economic interests of some aristocratic families, and the politics of this era is actually in the hands of the aristocratic families.

Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty relied on the support of the family to rejuvenate the Han Dynasty. Therefore, from the very beginning of the establishment of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the aristocratic family controlled the power of the country, which could affect the political decisions of the highest central court in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and directly controlled the local states and counties in the middle. The appointment and dismissal of officials, and the influence spread to the lowest level through marriage and the appointment of relatives as county and township officials.

The Liu family of the Eastern Han Dynasty can be said to be the largest aristocratic family, holding the highest power. The 28 Yuntai generals conferred by Liu Xiu when he founded the country were also 28 aristocratic families.The royal family can be said to be the representative of the interests of all the great families. While enjoying the supreme power, they must also protect the interests of other great families.

Now the leaders of the separatist forces in various places are actually representatives of the interests of the local aristocratic families.For example, Cao Cao, the Cao family is now a first-class family and has its own interests, but at the same time it must protect the interests of the Xiahou family, Xun family, Chen family, Wei family and other aristocratic families who follow him and help him. To have an opinion.

What's your opinion?After Cao Cao took power, he adopted a talent-based employment system and employed a large number of talented people from poor families, such as Guo Jia.Although relying on this system to obtain the assistance of many talents and defeat the powerful Yuan Shao Group, it also damaged the interests of the aristocratic family to a certain extent.

Although Cao Cao was a bit cruel, he was indeed a man of great talent and strategy. He implemented many reform measures and touched the interests of the aristocratic family, but he firmly controlled the military power. Needless to say, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong and other Cao clans were Zhang Liao , Xu Huang, Le Jin, Li Dian and other generals with foreign surnames were also loyal to Cao Cao, so the aristocratic families dared not speak out, let alone resist.

After Cao Cao's death, Cao Pi wanted to usurp the throne, but his own prestige was insufficient. In order to gain the support of the aristocratic family, he abandoned Cao Cao's ruling philosophy and adopted the nine-rank Zhongzheng system, so that the aristocratic family regained power.Finally, after the generals of Cao Cao's period passed away one by one, Sima Yi united with the major families to launch the Gaoping Mausoleum Change, which destroyed the Cao's regime.

In other places, people such as Sun Quan, Zhang Lu, Liu Zhang, etc. are also representatives of the interests of local aristocratic families. Even Zhang Wu himself is actually the representative of the interests of major families in Jingzhou, because this is not something you think about, but something you must do. , otherwise you won't be able to sit firmly in that seat.

Zhang Wu also understood this very well, so in order to gain the support of the Jingzhou family, he also gave up a lot of benefits, otherwise, how could he, a foreigner who was born as a general of thieves, control the highest power in Jingzhou?But at the same time, Zhang Wu also understands that although he can absolutely control the situation now and absolutely suppress the major families, as time goes by and the territory grows, he will be more and more controlled by the aristocratic family. Maybe his next generation won't be able to control the situation.

Therefore, Zhang Wu's approach was to take advantage of the situation and use naked interests to drive the wealthy families to help him achieve his goals, making them feel that although one aspect of their interests was affected, the benefits gained from another aspect were greater.In this way, he not only accomplished his goal, but also gained the support of the aristocratic family, and then secretly and slowly weakened the influence of the aristocratic family to achieve social balance and stability.

Zhang Wu had heard the story of boiling a frog in warm water since he was a child.Although someone has done an experiment, the frog will jump out, but don't you cover the pot?

Nowadays, major aristocratic families clearly know that the advent and popularization of books will break their monopoly on knowledge, and then their monopoly on power. But that is a future thing, and it is still far away from us, but this golden gold is right in front of us. Well, let’s make money first.

Even if all the people in the world can read in the future, can everyone be an official?
It's not that the aristocratic families didn't think about this matter, in fact, they had already planned it.

Even if books become cheaper in the future, anyone can afford them, but for ordinary people, will you be able to read if you are given a book?can you readDo you know what these words in the book mean?

Just because you have a book does not mean you have knowledge, you also need a teacher to explain it to you. You have money to buy books, but can you afford a teacher?The sage Confucius taught without distinction, but he still collected dried meat from his disciples as tuition fees. Do we, the great Confucians who control the interpretation of all classics, teach the common people for free?

Even if you have a book to read and a teacher to explain it to you, it doesn't mean you can be an official.Now there are many scholars in the world, but not everyone can be an official, because although you have knowledge, it does not mean that you can govern the people.The children of aristocratic families have been influenced by their ears and eyes since they were young. If they are taught by their elders carefully, they must be more suitable to be officials than the children of ordinary people.

Moreover, it is possible for the children of civilians to become civil servants, but it is really difficult to become a military general and lead the army to fight, because it is not just a matter of reading a few military books.The secrets of leading troops of many families of military generals are not circulated at all, and they are not written into books.

There are 40 lives behind the lessons learned on paper. If civilian children want to take the road of generals, they can only start from a small soldier or the most grassroots.If Minghao has survived several wars and survived, he will have a chance to climb up slowly.

Therefore, no matter whether it is the aristocratic families in Jingzhou, or the aristocratic families in Jiangdong, Yizhou or even the Central Plains, they are all staring at the big deal of selling books with red eyes. The immediate interests are the most important. If you don’t make this money, others will make it. .Besides, if you make enough money first, it doesn't matter if there are fewer family members serving as officials in the future, you can still become a rich man.

When Sima Yi launched the Gaopingling Rebellion, Hengfan persuaded the Cao Shuang brothers to take the emperor hostage to Xuchang, and then mobilized forces from all directions to counter the rebellion.As a result, Cao Shuang threw the knife on the ground and said, "Even if I surrender, I can still be a rich man!"

Later, Cao Shuang and his cronies were beheaded by Sima Yi for treason, and the three tribes of Yi were subjugated.

It can be seen that in this era, being a rich and local tyrant is also a very good choice, of course you have to choose.

One month later, the aristocratic families in Jingzhou had already made enough money, which was more than they could spend in more than a dozen lifetimes, and the amount of money even made them feel scared!
(End of this chapter)