46. I Think My Elder Brother Has the Potential to Be a Wise Leader (Please Read It Later)

As early as when he and Chang Kun became sworn brothers on the flower boat, Xu Xing had a certain expectation of what would happen today.

When entering Siming Mountain, if Yao Dang, the King of Heaven, recognized him as his sworn brother, he would definitely give him power.

This is inevitable.

The sworn brothers cooperated with Yao Dang, the eldest brother, to jointly manage the mountain stronghold, which is the power system in the stronghold.

Even Yao Dang did not dare to easily subvert this system...

It was just like Zhou Wang Tongye enfeoffed his brother and enfeoffed Tang Shuyu.

Even if it was a joke, Tang Shuyu had to be enfeoffed in reality.

Respecting the system of the mountain stronghold is also a basis for maintaining Yao Dang's rule.

However——

For Xu Xing, no matter whether Yao Dang, the King of Heaven, had a purpose for this "enfeoffment", whether it was out of kindness or other calculations, he would push away the power of commanding the army.

Power, if analyzed clearly, is what people's hearts depend on.

The legal theory of the mountain stronghold is still weak, unlike the court. Even if he took the military token of Siming Mountain, he was only a general in name only.

The twelve flags, the five tiger envoys... still believed in Yao Dang, the king of mourning.

This village was brought together by Yao Dang, the king of mourning, with his personal charm.

Xu Xing rejected his power to command the army, which was actually a "removal of the virtual and the real" of his power!

In other words, it was also a strategy of retreating to advance.

However, his behavior was just a normal evasion in the eyes of everyone. After all, what he said made sense. Civil officials who had never commanded the army... were indeed not suitable for commanding the army.

As for... why the power to command the army was pushed to Chang Ji.

Xu Xing had other plans.

He knew that the three kings would never let Chang Ji command the army at this moment. Once Chang Ji commanded the army, with the previous military accomplishments of this general, the two flags would most likely be beaten to death and never return.

The three kings would not tolerate another small hill in the mountain village.

Compared with Xu Xing, Chang Ji was the real strong dragon in their eyes.

But as the saying goes, one can do two, but not three. Chang Ji joined Siming Mountain. If the three kings showed too much "rejection", people's hearts would be divided.

Is this mountain stronghold a private property of the kings?

Therefore, today's move is Xu Xing laying the foundation for Chang Ji to lead the army in the future.

And Chang Ji... Chang Ji is outside the orthodox system of the mountain stronghold, so he will definitely choose to rely on him. Moreover, he has saved Chang Ji's life and recommended him...

No matter how ambitious Chang Ji is, he can't escape his palm.

...

"General Chang..."

The mourning king Yao Dang hesitated for a while, "General Chang has been tired from the journey, and has been in prison for several years. He should have been injured. In my opinion, let General Chang recuperate more and serve the mountain stronghold after his body recovers..."

He casually found an excuse and lightly revealed the matter.

If Xu Xing is a "chronic poison" for Siming Mountain Stronghold, then Chang Ji is a strong medicine!

After taking the powerful medicine, it is more likely that the person will not be revived, but will die suddenly.

"Thank you for your concern, King..."

"Chang really needs to recuperate for a while..."

Chang Ji was standing at the bottom at this moment.

After hearing what Yao Dang said, he felt disappointed, but he did not show it on his face. With a solemn face, he bowed to Yao Dang to express his gratitude.

Then.

Yao Dang did not mention letting Xu Xing take charge of the army. He pondered for a moment, "Fourth brother is the stable chief, which shows that he has made many achievements in internal affairs and is proficient in mathematics. From now on, the support, horse administration, and internal affairs of the mountain stronghold will be left to fourth brother to worry about."

"Second brother, you should relax your burden and let fourth brother worry about these things."

"I will allocate two more flags to you. You will lead the headquarters to station in Daoliang Mountain to guard against Sun Chengxiang's Feijie Army."

He redivided the power in the mountain stronghold.

In the past, he and King Wei Tian were mostly concerned about the internal affairs of the mountain stronghold. Now that Xu Xing is unwilling to lead the army, he can only start with internal affairs.

This is exactly what he thought at first.

Professional talents should do professional things.

He read the letters that Xu Xing sent him one by one, which detailed the bad policies of Siming Mountain Stronghold and the methods to reform the bad policies of Siming Mountain Stronghold.

There are many people who can see the accumulated problems of Siming Mountain.

But Xu Xing is the only one who can come up with an effective way to reform the bad policies of Siming Mountain.

Xu Xing gave up the power to command the army. He seemed unhappy on the surface, but in fact, he was very satisfied in his heart.

Not leading the army, only doing internal affairs..., Xu Xing will never threaten him.

On the contrary, he can use Xu Xing's hand to strengthen Siming Mountain.

"Fourth brother..."

"He is a person who knows how to advance and retreat."

Yao Dang was secretly happy.

"Yes."

"Big brother."

King Wei thought for a while and immediately accepted the order.

Letting him station in Daoliang Mountain seems to be to guard against Sun Chengxiang's Feijie Army. But he was not stupid. He could tell at a glance that this was the hint from the King of Heaven to him to make room for Xu Xing.

However, he was not a person who coveted power.

After knowing that Xu Xing was a virtuous person, he had already had the mentality to give up his position.

Moreover, Yao Dang did not treat him badly and gave him two more flags.

No matter how you count it, he made a profit.

Doing internal affairs..., all the hard work, how can it be as comfortable as the actual increase in military strength.

...

The discussion lasted until late at night.

The transfer and division of power was finally completed.

In the side hall, Yao Dang waved his hand to let everyone leave, and then asked Wei Tianwang and Kun Tianwang to guard the door. When only he and Xu Xing were left in the room, he stared at Xu Xing and said with a burning gaze: "Fourth brother, are you still on guard against me? Why are all the words in the letter about internal affairs, without any grand strategy?"

It is good to deal with internal affairs. If you don't strengthen Siming Mountain, you won't be able to compete for the world.

However, at this moment, Siming Mountain Stronghold, or the 18 rebel kings and 46 smoke and dust, really need a grand strategy to resist the court, or to analyze the situation in the world and gain a grand strategy for the world.

For example, when Liu Bei visited Zhuge Liang three times, Zhuge Liang said the famous "Longzhong Strategy".

It determined the strategic thinking of the Ji Han Group in the next few decades.

The same is true of Wang Pu's "Pingbian Strategy" proposed to Chai Shao.

Even in the struggle for supremacy at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Li Mi met Zhai Rang and proposed three strategies of upper, middle and lower.

This is where Yao Dang was dissatisfied with Xu Xing. Just looking at the reform policy proposed by Xu Xing, it can be seen that Xu Xing, a convicted official, is quite talented. Even if he is not a master of strategizing and fighting thousands of miles away, it is definitely not difficult to come up with a strategic concept based on Siming Mountain and local conditions.

"No."

Xu Xing shook his head and bowed respectfully to Yao Dang, "The master chooses his ministers, and the ministers also choose their masters..., my elder brother has always avoided me, and it is difficult for me to see my elder brother's face and know my elder brother's temperament, so I can't come up with a rough plan."

"What do you mean?"

Yao Dang raised his eyebrows, not understanding.

The two of them are brothers now...,

Although the previous avoidance was suspected of neglect, the brotherhood was enough to erase this unpleasantness.

"If you are weak, and I propose a strong and aggressive approach, I will not only lose my life, but also ruin the lives of nearly 10,000 people in Siming Mountain Village..."

Xu Xing paused and smiled, "However, today I see that you are a wise leader, good at making decisions, and very brave..., so I can tell you all about this plan tonight."

He secretly praised Yao Dang.