Lu Bu’s Life Simulator

It was another brand new day. Lu Bu woke up from Wang Yi's warm and fragrant nephrite bed, recovered his vigor, and started his new day.

Disaster relief in Guanzhong is now the top priority. Lu Bu is responsible for all kinds of disaster relief. In order to prevent corruption, a special army has been set up to supervise all aspects of this disaster relief. This team is not under the control of anyone and is directly responsible to Lu Bu. If there are signs of corruption, those who have embezzled more than a stone of food and grass will be killed immediately, and it is the kind of family raid.

At the same time, in order to prevent people from starving to death, Lu Bu exempted these officials from paying taxes for an additional year. Good work will be rewarded.

No one in Guanzhong would doubt whether Lu Bu had the determination to kill people. The law does not punish the public. It is obviously impossible for Lu Bu to go. The starting point is to raid the family and destroy the family. In serious cases, the three clans may be wiped out.

On the one hand, there is a high crime cost and a strict investigation mechanism, on the other hand, there is a one-year tax exemption. Although it is not much, it is always a reward, which makes the efficiency and effect of this disaster relief quite satisfactory.

At the end of July, the disaster relief was basically coming to an end, and those who presided over the matter, such as Lu Bu and Xun You, were completely relieved. There was no chaos, and at the same time, there were no large-scale deaths. The hearts of the people are united, and the most important thing is that with the news of the success of this disaster relief, the attraction of Lu Bu's side to the people will definitely increase, which is very conducive to the attraction of Heluo to the refugees.

With the success of the disaster relief and the two counties of Xindehedong and Shangdang, Lu Bu was naturally in a good mood. Wei Ji was sent by him to Luoyang to recruit the refugees. Although this man had a bad face every day, his ability was not bad. It is enough to have Xun You and Yang Xiu in the Wei Department, and now things are almost busy, so it is a waste for Wei Ji to stay here.

It is true that Lu Bu does not have a candidate for Henan Yin. Whether it is rebuilding Luoyang or reorganizing the people in the ruins, it is not a one-day job. Right now, Lu Bu has no suitable people. Zhong Yao is good, but just trust him. He said that Lu Bu believed in Wei Ke more. After all, the Wei family was under Lu Bu's control, and the Zhong family was in Yingchuan, so no matter how good Zhong Yao's performance was, Lu Bu would never trust him.

It is actually not difficult to gain Lu Bu's trust. If the whole family comes to Chang'an, then the trust will naturally be there. If you don't come, I can use you, but don't expect me to trust you.

Seeing the end of the disaster relief, all the officials in Chang'an and even Guanzhong breathed a sigh of relief. The end of the disaster relief is naturally a good thing, but what is more important is that the sword hanging above the head finally began to loosen. It doesn't feel good. Corruption kills the whole family, but it doesn't work and the head is chopped off! I've never seen such an aggrieved official.

And even if you want to resign, it's not impossible, hand over your family business...

Hand over a family with such a large family business, and drink the northwest wind? Do it honestly, do it decently, and don't have any wrong thoughts. Lu Bu is still very talkative. This kind of governance method is very loose to the people, but always threatens officials, wealthy families, and gentry with knives. It can be called unprecedented. have.

But you have to say that he is very effective. In this disaster relief, there was almost no starvation to death, and all the links were almost perfect. Although it seemed harsh, there were not many people whose homes were ransacked and wiped out during this disaster relief. , Under such circumstances, dare to reach out to the relief food... I don't know if I should say it is poor, crazy or stupid.

Apart from serving it right, I don't know what words to use to dismiss it.

And because of the perfect disaster relief work, Lu Bu also distributed full salaries to officials at all levels, which moved many people.

Of course, this move was not only because Lu Bu actually paid his salary, but more because he could clearly feel the respect from the people when he was walking on the street. This feeling seems to be good...

"This is the so-called clean government." In the academy, Cai Yong and Lu Bu sat drinking tea together. Talking about the current customs in Guanzhong, Cai Yong couldn't help feeling a little bit emotional. Who would have thought of the model that the ancient sages pursued all their lives, They approached under Lu Bu's butcher's knife.

As scholars, celebrities, and Confucian scholars, they somewhat disapprove of Lu Bu's way of persecuting with a knife. This is an obvious tyranny! But this effect is surprising. Under Lu Bu's governance, Guanzhong actually appeared in a prosperous age!

The world is in chaos, and there are signs of a prosperous age under the situation of separatist regimes. This is a miracle in itself, so that people like Cai Yong who pay attention to research and learning began to think carefully about the meaning of scholars.

In the past, the literati and bureaucrats ruled the world together, but it seems that they failed to achieve the current effect. There are many scholars in Guandong, ten times, a hundred times or even a thousand times as many as Guanzhong scholars, but under the rule of the princes, no one can achieve the effect in Guanzhong. Chaos abounds, and scholars do not seem to have played a positive role.

"Integrity is not one of them. I know that the incorruption that Brother Bo Jie mentioned must mean that the officials want to do things for the people from the bottom of their hearts, right?" Lu Bu took the teacup from Cai Yan and smiled. asked.

After hesitating for a moment, Cai Yong nodded, this is the ideal state in their minds, the officials are selfless and the people support them.

Ma Rixun at the side didn't expect Cai Yong to have such thoughts in his mind, and was a little speechless for a while, wondering if that kind of world really exists.

"But one thing has to be admitted, he is selfish in human nature. The officials are those high-ranking scholars in the past. Their original intention may be to do things for the people, but they have families, relatives, and friends. These people come to him or meet When something good happens, people will instinctively lean towards their loved ones, and in this case, it is impossible to be truly fair."

Cai Yong nodded, although he has his own ideal world, but that is only an ideal, it does not mean that he does not understand reality.

Lu Bu didn't make fun of it either, there is nothing to make fun of. In fact, it is a tragedy for someone like Cai Yong with extremely lofty ideals to fully recognize the reality and compromise with it.

"In this case, a knife is very necessary." Lu Bu laughed.

"Marquis Wen." Ma Rizun, who was accompanying him, hesitated for a moment and asked, "If that's the case, why doesn't Marquis Wen use this method on weekdays?"

After hearing the words, Lu Bu was silent for a moment and then sighed: "Everything is too late, it will require a large number of soldiers and horses to carry out this matter, if it is not related to the life and death of Guanzhong, it is not easy to use it."

Naturally, Lu Bu also hoped to use this method all the time, but that was unrealistic. He had mobilized 20,000 soldiers and horses to do this job just to supervise the officials, and the labor cost was too high.

"Is there no other way?" Ma Rizun couldn't help sighing, one is lamenting that the world is not easy, and the other is lamenting Lu Bu. What others see is tyranny, and it is Lu Bu's excessive killing. Lu Bu has a clear charter here. He has drawn a line for everyone from the beginning, and those who cross the line will die!

The current scene in Guanzhong is not just tyranny, but the most important thing is Lu Bu's management, his transparency of people's hearts, and his grasp of the current situation. Looking at the world, there are probably few people who can compare with Lu Bu.

"Not really." Lu Bu was rarely at leisure, and he was willing to chat with these people: "But there must be interests, enough interests."

"Benefits?" Cai Yong and Ma Rixun frowned slightly, they were ashamed to talk about money.

"That's right, it's the benefits." Lu Bu nodded. On this point, even though it had been a long time, he was seriously influenced by Lu Boyong, and said with a smile: "Give the officials enough benefits, and add laws to make them give up fighting with the people." If there is no competition, the world will be peaceful.”

"It's that simple?" Ma Rixun asked curiously.

Simple?

Lu Bu looked at him: "Where does the profit come from?"

Ma Rixun wanted to say something, but suddenly found that there was nothing to say.

"Most of the interests of the imperial court are taxes. They have to raise soldiers, build bridges and pave roads, and provide disaster relief from time to time. How can there be extra benefits for others? If taxes cannot be paid, then they can only pay taxes in person. In this way, it is natural The more land the better, but the more land, the tax that the court can receive will inevitably be reduced, and the pressure on the people will be heavier. The world is big enough, and it may not matter at the beginning, but as time goes by, the pressure will increase. More and more, and later, 10% of the world's arable land, officials and gentry accounted for 80% or more, how did the people live? Why did the Taiping Rebellion happen so easily? Its root lies in this. To rebel?"

"If my big man keeps growing, constantly absorbing wealth from the outside, and resources fall on these scholars, although the common people don't get much, they can also get some benefits. In fact, we can still live in harmony, but the big man can't keep going. It is impossible for wealth to grow infinitely.”

Cai Yong was silent, Ma Rixun frowned slightly, looked at Lu Bu and said, "According to what Marquis Wen said, scholars are fundamental? Shouldn't scholars exist?"

According to Lu Bu's statement, Lu Bu's attitude towards scholars can be understood. The other party regards scholars as cancer.

"Of course not. The world needs someone to govern, but scholars are praised too highly." Lu Bu shook his head. This is an unsolvable proposition. Now most scholars are average, they will first profit for themselves when they have the power in their hands. The first generation is okay, and the second generation is okay. Don't know taxi, you expect him to be the master for the people?

If he knew what Ma Rixun was thinking, Lu Bu would definitely sneer at it. Now he really wanted to make some changes in the world and not go into the previous reincarnation. But at the beginning, the reason why Lu Bu criticized the scholars was entirely because he was Exclusion is just for no noble reason.

So far, people say that the heart of the world is the heart of the scholars, and it has little to do with the common people.

"Listening to Wen Hou's words today is better than reading ten years of books." Ma Rixun smiled wryly. It made people feel a little uncomfortable to put the question out so blatantly, but he couldn't refute it.

Cai Yong also sighed, he thought he had seen the morality of the world clearly, but when the fundamental problem was presented, he still felt uncomfortable...

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If the princes write it carefully, it is actually no problem to write more than ten or twenty chapters. Do you really allow it?