Xuande

Chapter 671

As soon as he said it, Lu Zhi decided that his teacher would become an important think tank for this disciple in this matter.

So he mentioned some of his own ideas to Liu Bei.

"Xuande, since it is for saving the land, I will definitely support you as a teacher, but this road is not easy. You said before that you want to set up a new department to control the military affairs of the county. How is the progress now? "

"A lot of people have been mobilized to form this department."

Liu Bei nodded and said: "It's still the same, starting from the areas with the strongest control, gradually accumulating experience, cultivating talents, training manpower, and after a complete set of experience processes later, for those areas with less control, It can also be promoted in a short period of time.

So first of all, it will be implemented in Liangzhou, Youzhou and Bingzhou. It just so happens that these places also need strict security management. In addition to the border guards, they really need security management forces to assist local administration. "

Liu Bei already has a comprehensive plan for the construction of this department, and the preliminary preparations are almost done.

Therefore, on April [-]th of the fourth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei formally presented to the imperial court, requesting the establishment of a new administrative law enforcement and public security agency, named Zhongshutai, and the chief officer was Zhongshuling, with a rank of two thousand stones. Administer the military affairs of the counties and national soldiers throughout the country.

In addition, at the local level, in each county, a dispatched agency under the jurisdiction of Zhongshutai must be set up to represent Luoyang Zhongshutai to command the local county soldiers. Than two thousand stones.

Liu Bei believes that since Emperor Guangwu abolished the prefectural military system, although the local area has been stabilized quickly, the lack of local judicial and security forces is also a serious social problem that cannot be properly resolved for a long time.

The group that replaces the standard county soldiers is the miscellaneous soldiers within the county. These people can take on part of the responsibilities, but they cannot completely replace the existence of the county soldiers, and they are extremely easy to become county prefects or private private armed forces in some places , and against the imperial court.

Therefore, Liu Bei decided to set up new county soldiers on the basis of the original county soldiers, which fully meets the needs of the current era.

What Emperor Guangwu was worried about was that the local government would be able to fight against the central government with the county soldiers, which would cause local rebellion.

Therefore, Liu Bei thinks that it is possible to restore the name of Jun Guobing.

However, in actual operation, giving the county soldiers the power to manage local security and dispatch law enforcement is equivalent to local officials in Zhongdu who specialize in targeting civilian crimes, but they do not have the equipment and strength of a regular army.

The number, establishment, and training of the new county soldiers will be strictly limited, making it impossible for the local government to rely on the county soldiers to resist the Luoyang government's decree and strengthen the local separatist situation.

However, the imperial court can in turn command the commander-in-chief of the county and national soldiers, so that the county and national soldiers serve local security, and to a certain extent, publicize the presence of the imperial court and combat the separation situation in the local area.

In short, this is a reform to strengthen the centralization of power. The purpose is to reverse the local neglect and hostility towards the Luoyang court, reshape the Luoyang court's unambiguous jurisdiction over the local government, and severely crack down on local separatist forces.

Regarding Liu Bei's performance, the debate in the court was not fierce, because such a major event that actually needs to be changed is usually decided by a small circle of people after discussion, and the discussion in the court is just a symbol Sexual announcement only.

Everyone knows that the current imperial court is a system of four auxiliary ministers, and among the four auxiliary ministers, only Liu Bei is the one who counts. Basically, as long as Liu Bei makes a decision, this matter will definitely pass, which is equivalent to the imperial edict of a powerful emperor.

The real situation is similar. After Liu Bei came up with this reform measure, he immediately held an internal meeting of the four assistant ministers and the core officials of the court in the Jiade Hall, and brought this matter to the public to exchange opinions with everyone.

Dong Zhong is still absent as always, the empress dowager Dong is still supportive as always, and the little emperor Liu Xie is still "accurate" as always.

Huang Wan still put forward some "constructive opposition" opinions as always, such as financial expenditure, personnel arrangement, power checks and balances, etc. Anyway, he wanted to ask Liu Bei whether he had selfish intentions and whether he had considered the consequences of implementing these policies.

Liu Bei wasn't worried either, and talked to him openly.

"The army of the county is to regulate local administrative law enforcement and stabilize local law and order. Its appearance can solve various local criminal cases better and faster, crack down on illegal incidents, and can greatly reduce the number of illegal and criminal incidents. This is extremely important in itself. Things that benefit people's livelihood.

As for selfishness, I don't think it is selfishness, because I want to strengthen the authority of the court, enhance the court's right to speak in local affairs, and prevent rebellion from continuing to occur, but it just so happens that I am the chief auxiliary minister. "

Facing Huang Wan's questioning, Liu Bei seemed very calm.

Huang Wan had nothing to say.

He just made a symbolic inquiry, a symbolic confrontation with Liu Bei, and he didn't really want to stop the implementation of this policy, and he knew that even if he wanted to stop it, he couldn't do it.

Liu Bei has already informed all partners of the strength of this department, and has also made some distribution of power.

For example, to the west of Luoyang, there are Bingzhou and Youzhou. He has the final say. All the Zhongshu captains in these areas are appointed by him.

In other regions, the counties and states that he sent people to serve as the chief officials were also appointed by him as the candidates for the Zhongshu captains, and the candidates for the Zhongshu captains in other counties were handed over to the ancient literature school and the eunuch group to maintain a consistent situation. Balance, can also be regarded as the rain and dew evenly.

Therefore, all court officials who can speak have gained some new benefits under this system, obtained local administrative law enforcement powers, and have a certain deterrent effect on the local government. They are also willing to support Liu Bei in adding this system. A new action branch.

In such a situation, even if Huang Wan shouted loudly, no one would respond to him, let alone stop the establishment of Zhongshutai, so Huang Wan himself knew what he should do and what he should not do.

At the official court meeting, the establishment of Zhongshutai was passed in this way, and the chief official of Zhongshutai, Zhongshu Ling, was recommended by Liu Bei. He returned to Luoyang to take up his post.

The post of governor of Bingzhou held by Man Chong was replaced by Mao Jie, a confidant recommended by Liu Bei.

Regarding this personnel arrangement, although some unscrupulous court officials objected to Man Chong's past tyrannical behavior, he is Liu Bei's man, and Liu Bei's decision cannot be easily shaken.

Rather, the reason why Liu Bei recommended Man Chong as governor of Bingzhou was to let him prove his ability and deal with a mess.

If he can handle the mess in Bingzhou well, then he can also handle other things well.

Now the mess in Bingzhou has almost been sorted out by Man Chong. Many things have a charter, and they have started to deal with it in a serious way. In this way, the successors can relax a little bit.

Mao Jie is also a subordinate he is very optimistic about. He has an upright temperament, agrees with the rules in doing things, talks about rules, and lives a simple and simple life. Appoint him with more important responsibilities.

(End of this chapter)