Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 87 Kindness White Picture
Originally, Zhang Zhao and others had already proposed to Bai Tu through Lu Kang the idea of ​​becoming an official, but...they didn't expect the current situation!
The election of officials and the major changes in the household department directly pushed the family to the edge of the cliff. However, just when they were thinking about whether to learn from the Marquis of Huaiyin and fight against the odds, Bai Tu stretched out his arms again. Olive branch for safety rope.

Hubu's actions are very scary, if it is really carried out, it can even be said that it is going to directly kick the aristocratic family off the cloud.

But then Bai Tu selected the household department, which made everyone relieved again - Lu family Lu Kang. The Lu family is one of the largest aristocratic families in Jiangdong, and Lu Kang is the helmsman of the Lu family. Let him be the secretary. Department, undoubtedly gives a lot of room for relaxation.

The originally rumored abolition of the imperial examination was finally restored, although... there were also the so-called "merit recruitment halls" and "merit selection examinations".

Moreover, Cha Julang still fell in love with Zhang Zhao, who was obviously one of the family’s “own members”!
But Old Man Lu and Zhang Zibu couldn't laugh at all.

Letting him, Lu Kang, be the head of the household department only gave him a "relaxation space", which meant that household registration and taxation matters could still be discussed for the time being, but... Bai Tu had to be given a satisfactory number.

Otherwise, if the household department really dared to tell Baitu with empty words, if the previous household registration numbers were OK, I'm afraid Baitu would have drawn his sword - the genius Shinta Shici had picked up the wrong paper in the first place!

Similarly, when Zhang Zhao is Chajulang, does he really dare to turn Jiangdong into the Jiangdong of aristocratic families like their "dream"?

Even with your eyes closed, you know that Bai Tu will definitely place his cronies in the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Personnel. If the people who come up for investigation often have problems, as long as Bai Tu gets the handle, they will be chopped up openly!
Even...even if they are not Bai Tu's close confidants, really all the wealthy families in the world are all family members, with the same family ties?
Even if they are from the Jiangdong family, there are probably people who are keeping an eye on the positions of the Ministry of Husbandry and the Ministry of Rites.

A knife used to cut meat on the powerful people of the family, and a knife used to share the cake with the powerful people of the family. Bai Tu was left in the hands of the powerful people of the family, but...if the cut was not done well, neither Bai Tu nor the "teammates" around him would be affected. , will not let them go!
But Lu Kang and Zhang Zhao couldn't refuse. Firstly, from the perspective of the wealthy family, there was no room for relaxation. The consequences would only be a more tragic lose-lose situation. Secondly, from the perspective of their own selfishness, although this position It has disadvantages, but it also has advantages. I don’t know how many people envy it!

As for the other positions in the Sixth Department, everyone is eagerly waiting, with both expectations and apprehension...

Lu Kang saw it most clearly - as the "communication channel" between Yangzhou Mu and the Jiangdong family, people from other families often came to check on him.

Before meeting Bai Tu this time, what people from each family talked to him the most was how to restrict the state pastoralists in order to protect the interests of each family.

However, this time representatives from all the top aristocratic families met Bai Tu once. Especially after the news about the Sixth Division spread, everyone was privately asking Lu Kang about which positions could be reserved for them and who the Prefectural Mufu wanted... …

"Mr. Lu, this is the final list to be submitted to my lord. Do you think there is anything missing?" Zhang Zhao was visiting Lu Kang at this time.

Liu Bu was founded. As the "Chaju Lang", he now needs to recommend a large number of people. Although Zhang Zhao is now over forty years old, the current scene is also the first time he has seen it, so he first seeks advice from Mr. Lu.

Lu Kang did not look at the list, but said directly: "As long as Zibu upholds integrity and recommends people, no matter how the lord uses him, there will be no fault of yours. And Zibu's character is nothing to be desired. suspicious?"

Seemingly seeing that Zhang Zhao still looked worried, Lu Kang then said: "Zibu, don't underestimate your lord."

"How dare Zhao." Zhang Zhao said helplessly.

He just thought too highly of Bai Tu, and even thought that the rise and fall of Jiangdong had already been determined by this, so he took the risk of taking the blame and worshiped the lord.

"That Zibu should also be able to see that in the change of the six ministries' responsibilities, assigning the major families to the six ministries... is just a delaying measure, and you may be able to sleep overnight, but if nothing happens, it may take as short as one or two years, or as long as Then in three to five years, the conflict between the state pastoral office and the aristocratic family will still intensify." Lu Kang said.

Yes, Bai Tu finally got everyone to temporarily agree to "open the windows" by "threatening to lift the roof", but if he really wanted to boil all the famous families to death, he would be looking down on them.

"Then why is Lu Gong still sitting still?" Zhang Zhao asked doubtfully.

"Because what Zibu thinks is, you want to think of a solution before this, but what Laoji thinks is, let's see how our lord is going to solve it." Lu Kang said.

Zhang Zhao was stunned when he heard this, and then he understood why Lu Kang felt that he had underestimated Bai Tu.

Zhang Zhao just felt that Bai Tu was not a good person, and he was not a master who could deal with the situation if the entire Jiangdong was not in chaos, so he worshiped Bai Tu as his lord - first of all, he was a man like Bai Tu who could do things. His subordinates have room for him to display, and secondly, it is to prevent the entire Jiangdong from sliding into an unknown direction.

However, Lu Kang believed from the very beginning that behind Bai Tu's "delayed strategy", there must be a real solution to the symptoms and the root cause, it just takes time!

Therefore, compared to Zhang Zhao, Lu Kang sits more firmly. He only needs to be responsible for buying Bai Tu some time to relax.

Of course, the reason for this difference is that Lu Kang is already seventy years old. Although he gave birth to a son a few years ago, he has to obey his old age.

I had already thought of dying for the city in Shucheng before, but now that I was rescued by Bai Tu, my mentality has also changed a lot, and I can let go of many things!

In particular, his favorite grandnephew Lu Xun has now become a disciple of Lu Su - unlike people from aristocratic families like them, Lu Su is Bai Tu's truly trusted advisor.

Even if there is any trouble in the future, Lu Kang believes that with Lu Xun's connections, the Lu family will still have the most basic protection!

"Thank you, Mr. Lu." Zhang Zhao obviously still had doubts, but since Lu Kang had already stated his position, he couldn't say anything else.

Even Lu Kang himself couldn't figure out how Bai Tu could "treat the symptoms and root causes". After all... he had never seen Bai Tu's technology tree!
There was just one thing, Lu Kang misunderstood Bai Tu - as an innocent and kind-hearted person, Bai Tu actually didn't play any tricks.

Now that the wealthy family is in turmoil, he is still learning from Sun Quan, and Bai Tu is much kinder than Sun Quan in history.

Sun Quan of later generations, when facing the Jiangdong family, used a classic method - "sacrifice" his two sons in exchange for the ruthless men of the Jiangdong family who had been sluggish for decades!
Historically, after the Battle of Chibi, Sun Quan finally gained the advantage in speaking power when facing the aristocratic families in Jiangdong. Zhang Zhao and others who had persuaded him to surrender in the past were all obeyed by him, and in the middle and late period of Sun Quan's reign, Emperor Sun, who started out as a politician, actually made the "mistake" of making Sun He the prince while giving Sun Ba the treatment equivalent to a prince.

It directly caused the civil and military courtiers of Soochow to take sides between the prince and King Lu. In the end, Soochow not only lost its vitality in the internal strife, but also the court became a mess, which was known in history as the "Controversy between the Second Palace".

For the sake of the so-called battle for the crown prince, the major aristocratic and wealthy families have really invested "capital".

And just when the situation seemed to be getting more and more out of control, Sun Quan, who was previously gentle and gentle, actually decisively deposed and beheaded his two sons, and demoted all the civil and military courtiers who supported the second palace...

It's just "strange" that the ministers who were also demoted and from aristocratic families were forced to death or exiled to Jiaozhou in a short period of time, while other ministers recovered quickly after being demoted. Make room and go one step further.

The "capital" of both parties' bets was also taken by Sun Quan.

This "coincidence" even made Jiangdong, who had to be cautious in front of the aristocratic family at the beginning, in the following generations, centralized power to the point of having the "faint emperor" who was born in Shunchang and rebellious...

In contrast, Bai Tu's current method of using their "capital" is too gentle and kind!

Speaking of Sun Quan, this half-grown boy is still in Yuan Shu's "kidnapping", and the letter Sun Ce sent proposing an exchange has finally received a response...

(End of this chapter)