The old man waved his hand and said, "Compared to those legendary figures of the Spring and Autumn Period, I, Qi Yanglong, became famous the latest. I'm also recognized as the most stupid scholar. When I was in my thirties, I was still wandering around Jianghu and accomplished nothing. But Zhang Julu and Huan Wen's mentor was already famous all over the world, and there was also that old guy from Gangnam-do who liked to raise cats. When they were in power, I could only watch from afar. I didn't even have the face to visit them. Speaking of my disciples, on the surface, I seem to be the proudest. However, if you really want to compare them, one is Zhang Julu, who has shown his talent, and the other is Huan Wen, who is clumsy. Of these two, Huan Wen is on the same path as me. In the end, he can't escape the conventions of the secular world. As for my three disciples, although each of them can surpass their master in some way, compared to Zhang Julu, other than Xun Ping, who has lived for twenty more years, the other two can't compare to him. "
Qi Yanglong sighed and said, "Zhang Julu is the only guy who can be called a genius of the world alongside Huang Sanjia. Everyone says that he's just a tinkerer from Liyang. Hey, I underestimated Green Eyes. This time I came to the capital, I didn't have the intention to start over. On the contrary, many of Zhang Julu's actions had to be too rigid, so I had to fix it. I'm the tinkerer. If it weren't for Zhang Julu, I wouldn't have been able to do anything. I would have stayed in Shangyin Academy for the rest of my life, doing the bullshit knowledge that no one cares about after a few generations. "
The old man looked at the Emperor of Zhao family, stretched out his hands and laughed softly, "Your Majesty, you're a good emperor. There's no doubt that you're talented and intelligent, but you still insist on making up for it with hard work. I dare say that in today's world, there's only an evaluation of generals. If there's an evaluation of emperors, in the past thousand years, starting from the Great Emperor Qin's reign and counting the next thousand years, you can be ranked in the top ten. "
The Emperor was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "I can also get a similar evaluation of the top ten masters in the world?"
Qi Yanglong also laughed and then nodded heavily.
The Emperor walked to the window of the Iron Sword Guqin Library and looked up to see a flock of pigeons flying across the sky of the capital. He vaguely heard the sound of pigeons chirping. He asked self-deprecatingly, "Sir, is it that I'm about to die, so my words are also kind?"
For the first time, Qi Yanglong didn't know how to answer.
The Emperor muttered to himself, "How good would it be if Xu Xiao didn't have a son? Otherwise, that young man would die early in the jianghu, but at the same time leave behind an heir. Then, I won't be stingy to give Xu Xiao the greatest title, give that young man a hereditary title, and invite Xu Xiao's grandson into the capital to enjoy the special treatment that even surpasses that of Zhao Jialong's descendants. As long as the Zhao clan rules the world, the descendants of the Xu clan will enjoy a day of prosperity. ........................
Qi Yanglong was silent.
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Qi Yanglong answered slowly, "Decentralization. Completely breaking up the local forces. But this has to wait until the world is unified. When the time comes and Beimang is annexed, according to the current system of Liyang's four major prefectures, prefectures, counties, and prefectures, the head of a Dao is just a civil and military division between the Jiedushi and the Jingshi. As long as the Jiedushi completely overpowers the Jingshi, he will be no different from a country's monarch during the Spring and Autumn Period. Liyang has suffered the calamity of being separated by the military. We must not repeat the same mistake. Especially after taking over the Northern Mang, in addition to the original fourteen, there would be a total of more than twenty-four provinces. It might seem like a lot, but at the present level of postal stations, except for the hinterland of the Central Plains, most of the provincial governors and governors were far away from the Emperor. The establishment of the Dao level was originally a temporary establishment, and it would be abolished later. Not only that, the thirty-plus provinces in Liyang now had to be further divided, with some large counties singled out as provinces. Under the premise of maintaining the civil and military co-governance and the checks and balances between each other, there should be eighty provinces in the world in the future. Moreover, the provincial governors and generals of each province had to be rotated every four to six years. During the rotation, they had to go to the capital to meet the Emperor. There won't be too much resistance when this is implemented. After all, when the time comes, the civil and military heads of a prefecture will have real power and their official ranks will be high. Everyone will be happy to see this happen. Even if some of the current Jingshi and prefectures are resentful, they won't be able to resist the urging of their subordinates. If they dare to go against the trend, they will be digging their own graves. The Imperial Court won't even need to do anything.
Qi Yanglong hesitated for a moment. He raised his arm and made a clenching and unclenching gesture. Only then did he open his mouth and say, "This is decentralization. The next step will depend on the ability of the future Zhao Emperor to decentralize. Decentralization can't be too tight. You can't hold on to it and not let go. You can't appoint people by favoritism. You can't think that you'll get it done once and for all. Scholars can debate whether human nature is good or evil. But as an emperor, you have to firmly believe that human nature is easy to change, that greed is hard to satisfy, and that you have to constantly show kindness and severity. But generally speaking, as long as this matter is successful, it won't be difficult for the Zhao family of Li Yang to remain at the top of the genealogy for another two hundred years. As for specific measures, for example, the closer to the border, you can use favoritism and not virtue. The closer you are to the capital, you can use virtue and not favoritism. When you rotate, you must follow this principle. But this kind of thing is ultimately just a minor detail. "
The Emperor listened attentively to the old man's words, not daring to miss a single word.
Qi Yanglong seemed to have realized something. He said, "It's inevitable that the world will be divided and united. But if we trace it back to the source, every time the world is in chaos, it's the dynasty that blocks everyone's path to ascension. In fact, it's very simple to be a commoner and an official. That is to let them have a thought in their hearts. With a thought, they will be afraid of death and don't want to die."
"In the end, as an Emperor, no matter how stingy he is, he still has to give everyone a pair of shoes to wear. Don't let the people in the world be barefooted and not afraid of wearing shoes. Because of this, they will have the last thought of daring to pull the Emperor down from his horse."
"On this point, Hsu Fengnian did very well. From the generals of Beiliang to the civil officials, and then to the commoners, his various actions are to tell the people of Beiliang that I, Hsu Fengnian, will enjoy the blessings with you and bear the hardships with you. "
Hearing this, the Emperor said softly for no reason, "How good would it be if this young man was my son? Back then, it would have been fine if he had been my son-in-law."
Qi Yanglong didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He wanted to remind the Emperor that there was no such thing as "if" in the world.
The Emperor looked out of the building in silence and was in a daze for a long time.
Qi Yanglong was also in a daze.
This was the first year of Auspicious Talisman. After autumn, many people felt uncomfortable. But in reality, even more uncomfortable waves were still to come.
When the frost killed all kinds of grass.
Many people would die, and many people who had already gotten rich would die.
The Emperor suddenly turned his head, tears streaming down his face. "Teacher, I don't want to die yet. I still want to see this world, from the south to the north, a few more glances. It's good to take a few more glances. "
Qi Yanglong had nothing to say. He stood on tiptoe and was finally able to pat the shoulder of the tall man who was not wearing the dragon robe today.
This scene was comical and sorrowful.
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