Xuande

Chapter 655 Sooner or later, he will be a piece of meat in Liu Bei's mouth
Liu Bei merged all the original military departments under his control, put the command power of the entire army into the military department of the general's mansion, personally supervised the affairs of the military department, and commanded the army as a general. The military department in the general's mansion directly connects with the army.

Most of the armies inside and outside Luoyang City, and even the regular armies in most places, are currently under the control of the military headquarters of the General's Mansion, and more than 90.00% of the military power of the entire Han Empire is under Liu Bei's direct control .

And because of the increase in power and control of the country's finances, it is not only his own army. The [-] Xiyuan Army led by Jian Shuo relies on Liu Bei's supply for logistics supplies, so it is actually within the sphere of influence of the military department. .

The Xiyuan Army was originally commanded by Liu Hong himself, and the logistics supplies also depended on Liu Hong’s own supply. They used the Shaofu system, but now the Shaofu belongs to Liu Bei, and the financial power of the entire Han Empire is also expensive to Liu Bei. Naturally, the logistics supply of the Xiyuan Army also depends on Liu Bei.

Of course, Jian Shuo also has a choice. He can use the wealth he controls to provide logistics supplies to the army and build his own logistics supply base, so that he can directly control the 3-strong West Garden Army.

But Jian Shuo is obviously not willing, and with his financial resources, he is of course more than enough to live a luxurious life. It is a bit difficult to support an army of 3 people.

He couldn't afford and didn't want to support so many troops, so after Liu Bei took control of the country's financial power, Jian Shuo actually acquiesced in Liu Bei's command of the West Garden Army.

He himself gradually faded out of the overall control of the Xiyuan Army. Among the eight captains of the West Garden, he only retained control over the captain of his headquarters to protect his own safety. , he basically gave up.

Now the troops controlled by the other seven school lieutenants basically take money from the financial system controlled by Liu Bei. These seven school lieutenants basically also defected to Liu Bei, and they have a close relationship with Liu Bei. He was dispatched to a local position, and annexed the Xiyuan Army in an open and honest manner.

Of course, in this matter, Liu Bei did not treat Jian Shuo badly, as long as he provided good food and drink, protected his interests, gave him enough sense of security, and so on.

That is to say, at the current stage, except for the palace guard system and city gate captain system in Dong Zhong's hands, as well as the five thousand old troops controlled by Dong Zhuo, who served as Xuzhou's governor, all the troops of the entire Han Empire have obeyed. Under Liu Bei's command.

The difference is that some are the headquarters, and some are under the command but not completely belong to Liu Bei's army, such as the army of the later general Lu Bu.

But on the whole, Liu Bei's absolute control over the military power of the Han Empire is an indisputable fact.

And if we really want to talk about it, even Dong Zhong's city gate captain system and Miyagi guard system are actually in a precarious state.

Dong Chong was intimidated by Liu Bei's power, feared Liu Bei, and did not dare to confront Liu Bei head-on. Although the guards of Miyagi and the captain of the city gate were still under the control of his cronies, the salaries of the captain of the gate and the guard of Miyagi were also paid. The accounts of the imperial court's finances were not given by Dong Zhong himself.

After all, the army and officers of these two parts belong to the regular establishment of the Han Empire. They followed Dong Zhongduo because of his identity and status as a hussar general, as well as his responsibilities. If you really want to say loyalty, it’s not that loyal. Everyone knows whose money to take for the meal.

Now that Dong Zhong's right to open the mansion is essentially frozen, it is hard to say how much control he still has over the city gate captain and the Miyagi guard system.

Anyway, from Liu Bei's own point of view, all the city gate captains, officers and soldiers in the Miyagi guard system, and even some soldiers he met along the way from the General's Mansion to Liu Xie and the Empress Dowager Dong's palace, Liu Bei is already very familiar with them. familiar.

Some of them Liu Bei can even call their names.

When they meet each other, they will respectfully salute Liu Bei. Liu Bei occasionally brings some good things into the palace, and he will also distribute some to the guys who guard the important places in the palace city. Everyone gets along very well and gets along very well. It's people in two chains of command.

There are only two organized regular troops outside Luoyang City that are not under Liu Bei's command. One is the Qingzhou Army under the command of Qingzhou Mu Liuyu, with 3 to [-] people. The scale is acceptable and the combat effectiveness is also acceptable.

However, Liu Yu himself has no ambition to fight for hegemony. He is a traditional old bureaucrat who is more enthusiastic about political status and cherishes his feathers. As long as the order is issued in the name of the Luoyang court, he will never fail to obey it.

So his army Liu Bei didn't want to intervene at all, which made no sense.

The remaining army that Liu Bei did not control or infiltrate was the Xuzhou official army transformed from Dong Zhuo's five thousand old troops who were fighting in Xuzhou and the Xuzhou miscellaneous soldiers under Dong Zhuo's command.

It may be a little bit of a problem, because Dong Zhuo still cares about his political status and military command power. Facing the temptation of the court before, he also expressed his attitude that he did not want to give up the old [-] troops, and he had to take the [-] with him wherever he went. The old ministry, with its old feudal and old military style, does not meet the requirements of the new era.

But compared to the state of the whole world, Dong Zhuo's 5000 people can no longer make any big waves, and the power comparison with the imperial court is also completely out of balance.

Regardless of whether Dong Zhuo is obedient or not, sooner or later he will be a piece of meat in Liu Bei's mouth.

The same goes for engineering matters.

The servants of the Eastern Han Empire who were mainly in charge of engineering affairs, Zhi Jinwu and others were either under the control of Liu Bei or Zhang Rang. Zhang Rang always cooperated with Liu Bei, so in terms of the docking work of the Ministry of Industry, the General’s Mansion can also do it. to total control.

Not to mention the judiciary, Liu Bei has more or less control over the third judicial department.

Sili Xiaowei is Liu Bei's hardcore Guo Hong.

Doctor Yushi is Liu Bei's hardcore Ma Rixun.

Only Ting Wei is not from Liu Bei, but from the ancient literature school, but his relationship with Liu Bei is not bad.

Liu Bei himself is also the master of reading "Zuo Shi Chun Qiu". In the era when prison executions were prevalent in the Spring and Autumn Period, Liu Bei set up a legal department in the general's mansion to manage judicial affairs.

Therefore, the judicial power of the Eastern Han Empire is now also controlled by the Ministry of Justice of the General's Mansion.

Then came the bureaucracy and personnel power.

The control of personnel power is still relatively sensitive. In essence, the generals, hussar generals, and Sangong all have the personnel power of the central government, and the selection department of Shangshutai also has personnel power.

And Liu Bei, through a series of operations and struggles, controlled the personnel power of the General's Mansion, Taiwei's Mansion, Shangshutai Selected Department, and the emperor himself, and integrated them into the General's Mansion's Ministry of Officials.

And at the local level, through their own authority and the political structure of "students and old officials all over the world", they directly or indirectly control the personnel affairs in many places, and strongly influence the personnel situation of the empire.

Now that the Ministry of Officials has been established, according to Liu Bei's own estimation, he has already controlled almost four-sevenths of the personnel power in the entire empire, as well as the righteous claim of imperial power.

If both the eunuch group and the ancient literature school can be wiped out, they will be able to control almost nine-tenths of the personnel power.

If the relevant content of the prosecution system can be changed again, it will be regarded as complete control of all personnel power.

Under the current situation, the personnel affairs of the official departments under Liu Bei's actual control are made by the official department of the general's mansion, and the departments in charge of personnel are all gathered in the official department of the general's mansion to handle affairs and personnel under Liu Bei's influence. dispute.

If various parties have disputes about a certain position, then it is the official department of the General's Mansion who will make the final decision.

The positions of Situ and Sikong are now vacant, and the personnel power of General Hussar's Mansion still belongs to Dong Zhong in name, but Dong Zhong has been autistic for a long time and has never exercised this power.

Therefore, judging from the four-sevenths of the personnel power that Liu Bei currently controls, the selection of personnel for a considerable number of imperial and military institutions is almost determined by Liu Bei. He can use whoever he wants.

Compared with other powers, personnel power is also the worst power to be fully owned by oneself. The involvement is too great. If it is not done well, personnel power will be the last piece of Liu Bei's power jigsaw.

(End of this chapter)