Six Hundred and Sixteen: Shangyang County? Mine (6)

"What does the lord mean?"

Feng Jin is a native of Shangyang County, and he knows the local aristocratic circle very well.

Their opinions on this matter are secondary, and Jiang Pengji's attitude is the most important.

If she is weak and chooses to succumb to the pressure of the local aristocrats in Shangyang County, they can only suggest that Jiang Pengji appease those people's emotions first and then make plans; if she is tough, Feng Jin will naturally have a way to make them busy and unable to spare the energy to bother others.

Jiang Pengji is their lord, and the lord's attitude will greatly affect the choice of counselors.

"What do I mean?" Jiang Pengji smiled and said, "Shangyang County is now my home, when will it be their turn? If they simply want to help and take advantage, I am not intolerant, but if they are arrogant, do you think I can tolerate it?"

What goes into her pocket is hers, and the same is true for Shangyang County.

She doesn't care whether these aristocrats are local snakes or not, they have to shrink obediently in front of her, and if they don't listen, don't blame her for being ruthless.

Wei Ci smiled and said, "According to the lord's temper, he naturally can't stand it."

It has always been this person who makes others angry, how can others look at her face?

Let alone the nobles in Shangyang County, thinking back to the previous life, Jiang Pengji was a big bandit with tens of thousands of soldiers. The Dongqing court couldn't do anything to her and had no choice but to recruit her. She was appointed as the governor of Hu County. She wanted to use the ruthless nobles and gentry in Hu County to frame her, but she killed all those people. From then on, no one in Hu County dared to question her voice.

She said one, and no one dared to say two.

Of course, the two lives started differently.

As a bandit, your majesty, who was born as a bandit, kills whoever he wants, and kills whoever talks nonsense, without worrying about his reputation, and is very willful.

Now she is the son of Liu She, with honor and shackles, it is impossible for her to be as willful and cruel as in the previous life.

Can't fight, can only outsmart.

But, no matter how a person changes, the style in his bones remains unchanged.

Even if it is a clever way to win, it will still be frightening.

Feng Zhen coughed lightly, hugged the hot water bottle in his arms tightly, and took a sip of hot tea to slightly dispel the coldness in his body.

"Once the master reveals such a head, what is the difference between him and a puppet in the future? In this matter, the attitude should be tougher. As for money and rice, the master's wealth is not as rich as a country, but it is more than enough to support the two counties. Why do we need their support? The only shortcoming is "talent". According to the master's current foundation, there is indeed a shortage... This is also a problem..."

Feng Zhen and his men are talented, but they are just a few people after all, and it is impossible to use them as hundreds of people.

Jiang Pengji does not lack top talents, nor does she lack the most basic talents. What she lacks is the middle talents who are not as good as the top but better than the bottom.

Even if Jiang Pengji has found a way to open an academy to cultivate some available talents.

It's a pity that time is still short. They haven't even finished the first semester. It will take two or three years to put it into use.

If Jiang Pengji accepts the "talent assistance" from the local gentry, her team will be in shape.

However, there is no free lunch in the world, and everything has a price.

The powerful gentry can secretly manipulate the succession of the throne. Jiang Pengji has only just reached where he is now. If the gentry takes advantage of the loopholes and controls the right to speak, no matter how glorious he lives in the future, he will just be another "Emperor of Dongqing", and will be controlled by the gentry at all times.

This topic is a bit embarrassing for Feng Jin, who was born too high?

But as a counselor, he has to consider the vital interests of Jiang Pengji.

"Why not let them check each other? Maintain a relatively balanced state for the time being, and after a few years, it will be relieved." Feng Jin suggested, "The gentry in Shangyang County is complicated, and there are interests and disputes between each family. If used properly, there is no need to worry about them causing trouble."

Jiang Pengji frowned and listened.

Wei Ci and Feng Zhen are both outsiders, and they don't know the local situation as well as Feng Jin.

Feng Jin's suggestion is currently feasible.

Balancing power is one of the key points to controlling subordinates.

"Huai Yu's suggestion is feasible. However, Zi Xiao and I do not understand the situation in Shangyang County. If we want to do this, we can only leave this matter to Huai Yu, which may be more difficult."

Feng Zhen smiled and held the hot water bottle in his pocket, as if he saw Feng Jin busy all year and could not go home.

Feng Jin smiled bitterly.

He could not stand Feng Zhen, the prodigal son, but he did not expect that Feng Zhen would see his excitement first.

Jiang Pengji said, "Huai Yu's move is a good idea, but... this is also a temporary solution. Although they have conflicts and disputes, they are not irreconcilable? If you play too much, you will get out of it sooner or later. Instead of doing this, it is better to cut off the firewood from the bottom of the pot."

She has not been able to hollow out the local gentry in Shangyang County yet, but it is still possible to weaken them step by step.

"Drain the firewood from under the cauldron?"

Although Feng Jin was born in a noble family, the Feng family was watching from the sidelines, so he didn't need to worry about it. The interests of his lord were the direction for him to move forward.

Feng Zhen asked, "How to drain the firewood from under the cauldron?"

"Select talents in a flexible way." Jiang Pengji said with a burning gaze, "Talents are also divided into different levels. What we need is not the virtuous and capable people with extraordinary talents, and our standards are not that high. Looking at Shangyang County, it can't be that except for the nobles, all others are idiots? Regardless of poverty, humbleness, no matter high or low, as long as they are talented, virtuous and capable, they can be used!"

Fengyi County does not have this condition, but Shangyang County is different. There is a strong learning atmosphere here, and there is no shortage of talents.

She not only has to open a college to cultivate her own talents, but also recruit available talents.

In this era, being an official requires family background, appearance, virtue, and ability, among which family background is the most important. If there is no special situation, the official position can be inherited. To put it bluntly, it is better to be born well than to be well-educated, and it is better to be born well than to have good parents. Ability is not important at all.

Jiang Pengji's words, in a sense, are provocative to the employment system of the entire era.

Feng Jin secretly glanced at Wei Ci and Feng Zhen's faces. The two looked a little excited. He sighed in his heart but did not speak.

Feng Zhen asked, "Does the lord want to replace all the people?"

Jiang Pengji snorted and said, "Replace all? How is it possible? I don't want to be poisoned to death when I go out and drink a glass of water in the future."

Replacing all means completely snatching the interests of the gentry. It would be strange if they didn't go crazy.

Wei Ci said, "My lord, I'm afraid you want to replace the unimportant people first, and then make plans after they are familiar with the people."

In addition to not alarming or annoying the nobles, another reason is that the newly recruited talents are not familiar with their positions and are prone to chaos.

It is better to leave them in unimportant places for a while and then transfer them.

This period of time is enough for Jiang Pengji to gain a foothold.

This is not only to cut off the firewood from the bottom of the pot, but also a delaying tactic.

Twenty thousand troops cannot scare these nobles, what if it is fifty thousand or even one hundred thousand?

Chengde County, where the Red Lotus Sect is entrenched, is Jiang Pengji's next target.

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