Xuande

Chapter 669 Removal of Local Military Power
For a while, although there was no real hammer, concerns about this matter had spread in Luoyang official circles, and many people were not optimistic about Liu Bei's behavior.

What's more, comparing this incident with Liu Bei's appointment of Gongsun Zan as the governor of Youzhou, he believed that Liu Bei did not do well, and if he was a little careless, he would repeat the same mistakes.

These Jiujiu warriors are not talking about ability problems, all their problems can be summed up in three words - unreliable.

At that time, Liu Bei was able to use the credit of the Northern Expedition to cover up his mistakes in employing people, so now, is it okay?

Do you still want to go to the Northern Expedition again?
Because there are many people who are worried, even Lu Zhi has this concern, so Liu Bei deliberately talked with Lu Zhi about this matter.

"Teacher, I have no intention of promoting Dong Zhuo to the position of Sangong, otherwise I should let him be the Wei Wei or Da Sinong instead of Da Honglu. The purpose of my doing this is to let Dong Zhuo come to Luoyang, that's all. Moreover, how can this be confused with Gongsun Zan? Could it be that Dong Zhuo came to Luoyang to fight?"

Lu Zhi was puzzled by Liu Bei's explanation.

"Why did you let Dong Zhuo come to Luoyang? Dong Zhuo's ability is obviously the best in frontier defense, and conquest is what he is good at. You put him in the Luoyang court as an official of etiquette and law like Da Honglu, it is really too annoying Pay attention."

"It's just an expedient measure. The disciple's real goal is to take back Dong Zhuo's military power and get rid of his subordinates."

Liu Bei said slowly: "I can't bear what Dong Zhuo's army has done in the local area. I can't tolerate such an army continuing to run amok. The military rules and laws of the Han army must be based on the army directly under me. Dong Zhuo's The military went too far."

"This……"

Lu Zhi was a little surprised. After thinking about it, he said in a low voice, "Xuande, are you planning to take this opportunity to dismiss the local military power?"

"There is indeed such an idea."

Liu Bei nodded and said: "The incident of Dong Zhuo reminded me, and it also made me realize that it is time to make such a change. What they have done is no longer in line with the current trend of big men. This old practice must be be strictly prohibited.

Taking this as an opportunity to strike down the state herdsmen and confiscate local military power, this is of course my goal, to make the local people more honest and stable, and then establish a system of county and national soldiers. On this basis, is our real start. Timing of land policy.

When the imperial court does not have enough local power, it can only rely entirely on local officials to implement imperial court policies. To what extent, the imperial court cannot fully control the implementation. Local officials have considerable autonomy in what they do. As far as the court policy is concerned, it is extremely harmful.

For example, all kinds of chaos that occurred during the slavery restriction during this period were not my intention, but they still appeared, and I could do nothing about them. However, when some crucial powers are controlled by the court and are not there Things change when things are under local control. "

Lu Zhi sat down and thought about what Liu Bei said very seriously.

After a while, he looked up at Liu Bei.

"It's hard and it takes a lot of time."

"Because the local government's strong attitude towards Luoyang cannot be established overnight."

Liu Bei smiled wryly and said: "Teacher, we have all served as local governors, so we should be very clear about how much scruples should we have about the Luoyang court when handling local affairs? Since the filial piety and the emperor, the local government has become more and more concerned with Luoyang. It's getting less and less important.

Moreover, according to my observation, for a long time, Luoyang has been in a state of absence in the daily administration of local counties and states. When the local government needs to handle affairs, the Luoyang court basically does not exist. It's good, the insects of the Luoyang court appeared immediately.

Over time, the localities will also worry that Luoyang will encroach on their own interests, and when most places regard the Luoyang court as a predator rather than a rule maker and maintainer, the Luoyang court is still somewhat orthodox. It's really hard to say.

Teacher, to put it bluntly, many times, local governors regard the Luoyang court as an enemy, and take precautions against each other. They don’t regard the Luoyang court as a superior at all. It will take decades for this trend to form. , but once formed, it is very dangerous.

Today, I can say that except for the area west of Luoyang and Bingzhou and Youzhou, many places still regard the Luoyang court as an enemy, from the government to the people. Under such circumstances, promoting Dutian will directly Detonate the place.

Of course, despite this, I can also say that I can definitely quell the rebellion in these places, but even with the most brutal and simple method, I still need at least 30 troops, and this number has not yet been reached, teacher, I have no confidence . "

Lu Zhi was silent.

Lu Zhi, who has experience in local administration, certainly understood what Liu Bei said, but he never considered these issues systematically, and never linked these things together.

If you look at these things together, and consider the separation of the local government from the Luoyang court, you will find an amazing fact.

The Luoyang court has essentially become the enemy of local separatist forces.

And this is based on the fact that Liu Bei has continuously built his own power and controlled the basic power in the area west of Luoyang for many years. After the Jian'an year, Liu Bei successively pacified Youzhou and Bingzhou, reshaping the political situation of Youzhou and Bingzhou.

Of course, Jizhou has also undergone some political reshaping, and the situation of local separation has been significantly reduced.

However, the four states of the Central Plains, Jingzhou, and Yangzhou belonged to political white ground that Liu Bei rarely set foot in. Using the power and connections of the ancient literature school to promote limited slavery restrictions can cause fierce resistance, let alone further saving the land.

It is estimated that these six prefectures will instantly rebel and break away from the control of the Luoyang court, and the Luoyang court itself will also experience intense internal fighting and separation, forming two factions that are fighting against each other.

Lu Zhi is not worried that Dutian will not succeed, because Liu Bei really has the fighting power to level the world, but he also said that he needs at least 30 troops to re-establish the world in the worst case of a collapse.

But now, Liu Bei doesn't have that confidence.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhi could only sigh.

"Xuande, you have worked really hard. It has been nine years since Zhongping six years ago, and you have almost controlled half of the world in just nine years. It is really not easy for you."

Lu Zhi stood up, patted Liu Bei's shoulder, his eyes were full of relief and guilt.

(End of this chapter)