The Nameless of the Common Clans

Some people in the court know about Chen Mo's eastward tour. Those who are more informed will send news to the families they are familiar with. Recently, I have been more vigilant. It is not the best to do anything dirty and destructive. If there is any, please keep it to yourself. , don't cause public dissatisfaction, otherwise it will be difficult for the gods to save you.

The whole court knows how concerned and attentive Chen Mo is to people's livelihood, especially in the Central Plains region. In the past two years, there have been various overt and covert investigations, and local officials have been a bit corrupt. This is okay. Chen Mo also acquiesced. After all, many things in the court now require money and food. , this time the territory expanded, and the population almost doubled. Officials' salaries were often not paid in time. Many ministers in the DPRK were in arrears with their salaries for several years.

Nowadays, people and money are needed, and salaries are naturally stretched, so officials are a bit greedy. As long as they don't exceed the limit, Chen Mo will not care, but you will hurt people's livelihood, especially at this time when the country is restoring people's livelihood. , even if you are a relative of Chen Mo, it won't be easy for you. Several people in the Zhen family have been beheaded directly, and it's all for Zhen Mi's sake. If Chen Mo finds out this time during Chen Mo's secret visit, then You can decide the consequences yourself.

It's not like no one wanted to secretly see where Chen Mo was going, so they had to prepare in advance, but Chen Mo was very concerned about his own safety. During this unannounced visit, thirty-six teams of people pretended to be Chen Mo's carriage and left separately. It is not an easy task to find the real path under the cover of an expert like Chen Mo.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for Chen Mo to come down for inspection this time. Three months later, Chen Mo ended his inspection and returned to Luoyang. Along the way, seven county magistrates in Jizhou were dismissed. On the Central Plains, from Zhongmu to Runan , a total of sixteen county magistrates were dismissed, leaving every county magistrate in the Central Plains region in danger.

"Zhongda, what do you mean by the Prime Minister's move?" Sima Lang, at Sima's house in Luoyang, took Sima Yi, who had just returned, and asked with a frown.

"What do you mean?" Sima Yi asked confused.

"We have dismissed twenty-three county magistrates at once. Aren't we afraid that people's hearts will be unstable?" Sima Lang asked with a frown.

"My lord's new policy has been implemented well in the Central Plains. A large number of common people and poor families have come to my lord's side." Sima Yi said with a smile after hearing this.

"What does this have to do with the removal of local county magistrates?" Sima Lang asked in astonishment.

"These people have chosen to serve the lord. Although the New Deal is beneficial to them, the court must also show some signs of getting rid of a group of outdated and incompetent officials, and then select a group of new officials from these people. At the same time, they will exclude the Taixue disciples. Let it go, so that local forces will not resist too much, and the lord can also use this to change the old official system step by step , after five or ten years, I am afraid that the Central Plains will be like Guanzhong, and local officials will be entirely appointed by Taixue disciples. If these common people and poor families in the Central Plains want to become officials, they will only enter the academy. These twenty-three county magistrates It's just a test by the Lord. If it succeeds, more people with insufficient talent and virtue will be eliminated." Sima Yi explained with a smile.

"I see." Sima Lang frowned when he heard this: "Why does the Prime Minister always like to start from the local level when seizing power?"

"No matter how fierce the fighting in the country is, it will not affect the local area. Whether the country and the country can be stable depends entirely on the local area. It may seem laborious, but it is actually the root of the problem. Brother, seeing how fierce the fighting in the country was in the past, you can Can anyone really shake the Prime Minister's position?" Sima Yi laughed.

Chen Mo's roots are local, so no matter how fierce the opposition forces in the DPRK are, they can't shake Chen Mo. Look at these years, even if there are still people who oppose Chen Mo, Chen Mo's foundation is becoming more and more stable, and you will find that young people Some, most of them are on Chen Mo's side.

Those old officials of the Han Dynasty will eventually fade out of the court, and as these people gradually withdraw from the stage of history, the number of people in the court and even the world who are loyal to the Han Dynasty will become fewer and fewer until they disappear.

Seeing this, Sima Yi chose to stand by Chen Mo from the beginning, and even wanted to pull the Sima family to join the team. However, it was not him who had the final say in the Sima family's current situation.

"Huh!" Just as Sima Yi was talking eloquently, a cold snort came from behind him.

Sima Yi was startled, quickly handed over his hand and stepped aside.

"Chen Mo rebelled against the imperial court and deceived the emperor. Although he is strong now, he will not die well in the future. You little thief, please don't implicate our Sima family in the future!" Sima Fang gave Sima Yi a cold look and said disdainfully. .

"What my father said is true." Sima Yi lowered his head and lowered his hands, knowing that his father wanted to see him now. As for arguing, it was completely meaningless. Sima Yi was too lazy to argue. Time will tell everything.

"Father, I heard that the Prime Minister returned to court?" Sima Lang quickly took the robe that Sima Fang took off and asked.

"Yes." Sima Fang nodded, glanced at Sima Yi, who was looking down on him, and frowned: "If it is as you just said, the selection of the magistrates of the twenty-three counties should be carefully calculated. Let the traitor be proud!"

"It's useless, father. Unless all twenty-three county magistrates reject it, even if only one or two are promoted, the prime minister's goal will be achieved." Sima Yi shook his head and smiled.

Dismiss them all? How is that possible?

Although Sima Fang was quite dissatisfied with Chen Mo, he also knew that this was impossible. Not to mention that Chen Mo was selected normally according to the rules of the imperial court. Even if it wasn't, who would Chen Mo want to promote? Not to mention that he was the only one, Sima Fang, with all the civil and military personnel of the court. piece I can't completely reject Chen Mo's proposal, and the twenty-three county magistrates are indeed corrupt, perverting the law, and oppressing the people. Even Sima Fang can't see it. He can't say anything to keep them in office, and it's his own fault to say it. Take the humiliation.

"Father, the laws of nature are constant, and the change of dynasties is a normal thing. Why should father go against the prime minister because of this? The prime minister may have had some faults, but father, I think the world is much better under the prime minister's governance than before, why should father..." Sima Yi said with a smile.

"Shut up!" Sima Fang pointed at Sima Yi and cursed: "You rebellious son, my Sima family is a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, how can you boast about this traitor!?"

Sima Yi chose to shut up helplessly. Facts have proved that it is irrational to choose to confront Chen Mo, but he can't persuade his father, so he can only control it secretly and protect the family when necessary. Anyway, with his father's ability, to be honest, he can't make any big waves.

"Go to the prime minister's mansion to find out who are the county magistrates promoted this time? Are there people in the Imperial Academy who can be won over?" At the end, Sima Fang instructed Sima Yi again.

"Yes~" Sima Yi was feeling depressed, and he got up and said goodbye immediately after hearing this, and ran away.

When he arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion, Chen Mo was discussing matters with Xun You in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Jia Xu was sitting calmly on the side. When he saw Sima Yi coming in, he nodded and smiled at him.

Sima Yi hurriedly made a return gift. Although this old man did not do anything on weekdays and did not seem to be very powerful, he gave people the biggest impression of being kind, but Sima Yi did not dare to be disrespectful to Jia Xu. This old man who looked harmless almost overthrew the Han Dynasty with a word. Chen Mo treated him with great respect, so how could Sima Yi dare to put on airs in front of Jia Xu... There was no one in the Prime Minister's Mansion who could put on airs like Sima Yi.

"Zhongda is here." Yang Xiu saw Sima Yi on the side and waved to him. In this Prime Minister's Mansion, if we talk about family background, the two of them have the highest status, and they can chat more easily on weekdays.

"What happened?" Sima Yi knelt down beside Yang Xiu and asked.

"There was a flood in Runan, and they are discussing disaster relief. In addition, Shouchun has been harassed by Jiangdong this year, and three county magistrates have died. County magistrates in that area have resigned one after another, and they are discussing replacements." Yang Xiu whispered.

Jiangdong.

Sima Yi nodded. Since Chen Mo pacified the Central Plains, although he had recruited fishermen in Donghai, Langya and other places to form a navy, there was no general who was good at water warfare. Now Jiangdong is so presumptuous because it has no navy. Next, it should start recruiting generals who are good at water warfare across the country.

However, most of these generals are in Jiangdong, Jingxiang and Jianghuai. However, the Central Plains has not relied on water warfare in recent years. Now when preparing for a water battle, talents with this talent have long been excavated by Jiangdong. It is not easy to form a navy now.

"Since we can't find a general for naval warfare, let's train them ourselves!" Chen Mo was also a little distressed about this matter. Naval warfare is different from land warfare. Without a general who is good at naval warfare, even if the fishermen are trained into naval forces, they cannot exert their power without the command of a general.

"My lord, there is no general who is good at naval warfare in our army. How can we train them?" Xun You said with a wry smile.

"Find those coastal pirates, and surrender those who can surrender, and fight those who cannot surrender." Chen Mo patted the table: "I will publish a book on the method of naval warfare as soon as possible, and let the generals try it. Those who have talent here can be sent to command the navy."

"My lord is also good at naval warfare?" Yang Xiu asked curiously.

"I have read some books about how to form a battle array in water, but I have never fought a naval battle. So now I will focus on defense against Jiangdong and see if the methods recorded in my books are useful. This military strategy is also learned through fighting. This is also a helpless method." Chen Mo shook his head. He has never fought a naval battle, but he plans to learn how to fight from the system gods, and then write a book and give it to the generals to try. Now Chen Mo has many generals under his command, and he doesn't believe that there is no one suitable for naval battles.

"Prime Minister!" Sima Yi clasped his fists and smiled, "I think we can send spies to Jiangdong to look for them. If we can convince one or two Jiangdong generals to surrender, wouldn't the navy be twice as effective with half the effort?"

"Zhongda is right." Chen Mo nodded, "Let Zhongda do it."

Chen Mo had no way to explain the existence of the system gods, nor did he need to explain anything. Moreover, Sima Yi's method was not wrong, so Chen Mo decided to try both sides. If he could recruit a few navy generals, it would be the best. If not, he would not fall behind in training his own navy generals.

"Yes~" Sima Yi stood up and took the order. He just used this as an excuse to go out and avoid the limelight. Sometimes he felt uncomfortable being caught between his father and Chen Mo.