Xuande

Chapter 815 Little China everywhere?
After they all left, Liu Bei rubbed his temples wearily, smiled at Xun You who had been standing aside and didn't dare to speak, shook his head with a helpless expression.

"I used to think that something like an elite army must mean that the more troops Han Xin has, the better. The more troops I have, the stronger I will be. When I am invincible, I will do what I want to do. But now I feel more and more that having more elite troops is also a problem. question.

There are soldiers but no battles, and the army is not satisfied. I am also quite helpless. Before, I even thought about whether to expand the army to 50. Now I know, don’t, don’t!
If I really need 50, it will not be difficult to support them, but there are not enough wars for them to fight. They will definitely cause all kinds of problems for me. Let alone fighting, I will have a high fever if they can't fight themselves. Fragrant! "

Xun You also smiled wryly.

"It is true that the army obeys your orders and has strict military discipline, but the army is also composed of people. People have desires, and when they have desires, they want to act. Now because of your strict military discipline, the army cannot do other things. To obtain meritorious service and rewards in war, they naturally pursue war.

You did nothing wrong, neither did the army. The only mistake is probably that the enemy is too few and too weak to make the Han army happy. So your policy is really correct. If you can’t go further and disperse the army, Just staying around Luoyang like this is really a problem. "

"Yes, but I also think it's a pity that such elite troops really want to stay around Luoyang."

Liu Bei laughed and said, "I train them so hard, feed them so well, dress them so well, use them so well, why? Isn't it for them to win every battle?

Now that we have invested so much, we must gain something. Now that there is no battle to fight in a stable place, we can't just mess around, but there are always some places that are not very stable, and we can operate a little bit. "

"So are you really ready to go to war in Xishu and Northwest China?"

Xun You said in a low voice: "That's not a small fee. The army is happy to fight the war, but the household department and the military department may cry at that time. The most important thing in the whole country now is post-war governance and recovery. If you recuperate If we go to war again in three to five years, the effect should be even better."

"Of course I know I can't put too much pressure on them, but..."

Liu Bei narrowed his eyes and said slowly: "In the southwest, the counties and vassal states in the south of Yizhou are full of barbarians. I heard that there are very rich mineral deposits there, but they cannot be mined because of too many barbarians, and the agricultural development is also very slow. It is a problem, and taxation is better than nothing. Since it is my territory, I absolutely cannot bear this situation.

In the northwest, it is inevitable for the Great Han to return to the Western Regions to start operations. Using the Western Regions as a springboard to enter the further west is also something I am interested in. At that time, I plan to go on land and sea to find the legendary Great Qin State, there is no reason why they can come, but we cannot go. "

"But Your Majesty, what if we find it?"

Xun You whispered: "Thousands of miles away, even if we find them, the army can be transported there for an expedition. Can we still govern? Your Majesty, there is a limit to governance, beyond a certain limit Due to the distance, His Majesty’s decrees will be meaningless, and I ask Your Majesty to think carefully and not to start a meaningless war.”

"Of course I know that such a battle is meaningless. A big man would not fight such a battle, but other countries may not."

Liu Bei looked around, approached Xun You, and beckoned to let Xun You come over.

"The people of Zhou could enshrine a state and build a country to the clan and the children of heroes. Given the conditions at the time, it was absolutely impossible for the people of Zhou to govern Yan in the land of Luoyang. However, the country of Yan developed well and later became one of the Seven Heroes. , competing with Qin Zhaoqi, so I think we don't have to be so rigid.

I can't rule by myself, so I will arrange for people to govern, to feud the state and build the country. Anyway, the distance is so far away, I can't control it, but I can't let it go, hand it over to others, it is really a pity, as long as it is possible, then Feuding a state and establishing a country, let them establish a country in a foreign land, speaking of it, it can be regarded as a small China, right? "

After hearing this, Xun You was taken aback, frowned, and his face was full of surprise and uncertainty.

But after thinking about it for a while, Xun You suddenly felt that this might be a feasible strategy.

Back then, the Zhou people slashed and burned to open up the territory, turning the barren land and the territory of the barbarians into the fertile land it is today.

But what came in exchange was that hundreds of years later, Qin Qi, Chu Wei, Zhao Yanhan, the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period appeared in the original barren land, and the Huaxia tribe with abundant martial arts appeared. , is a 400-year-old man.

If there is no enfeoffment by Zhou people, how can there be today?
How can there be the fertile land with abundant products today?
How can there be tens of millions of citizens today?
If we compare the situation at that time with the current situation, the situation Liu Bei imagined...

Not to mention, maybe it can really create a whole new world.

As long as Liu Bei is really ruthless in delegating power, as long as he is really willing to establish a state for a barren land, even if it is in a very remote place, if he is really willing to establish a state for a state, maybe the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period can reappear in the world?
At that time, the seven heroes of the Warring States period will be outside, and the mother country of China will be in the middle. What kind of state will it be like to dominate the world?

Isn't that everywhere in Little China?
The world is so big, is there any opponent for a big man?
How brilliant will the big man be?
Xun You couldn't help but start thinking about it.

But Liu Bei didn't have much time to accompany him to imagine the future.

Xun You only needs to be in charge of military issues, while Liu Bei also needs to be in charge of civil affairs. The local trauma and losses caused by the three-month chaos caused by the Dutian Order must be managed by him and decided by him. Allocate various materials for support.

In addition, there is a group of Han family members who need him to interrogate and deal with them.

The Third Division of Judiciary interrogated the clansmen of the Han family who were escorted to Luoyang according to the procedure, and got all kinds of news from them, and handed it over to Liu Bei after summarizing it. After reading it, Liu Bei shook his head helplessly.

This group of guys, except for those who have Liu Zhongxu's documents hidden in their homes, which is considered a real rebellion, the rest of them have more or less problems. Not to mention tax evasion, not to mention hiding slaves, but the key is that there are some people Hidden armor and weapons.

Even if they didn't say anything, they didn't do anything.

Eating, drinking and having fun, spending money lavishly, doing evil in the local area and bullying men and women, making a mess of personal problems, basically these are trivial things that violate the law and discipline. Personal touch can only be regarded as a slightly low-level scum.

"I'm so mad. Their ancestors gave them such good treatment. They can't learn etiquette and shame. They only learned to use chopsticks and dishes to eat, and then they learned to bully men and women. The good ones don't learn, and the bad ones are proficient in each. What a bunch of bastards..."

Liu Bei rubbed his temples and shook his head.

Ma Rixun, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Guo Hong, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, and Ling Manchong, Minister of Zhongshu, stood aside without saying a word.

After looking at the survey results in his hand for a while, Liu Bei put the papers on the case table, took a sip of tea, and sighed.

"No wonder there is a saying that we should be careful of those who try hard to teach them to learn well. The reason they teach people to learn well is to make it easier for them to do bad things. I deeply agree. Master, he tried to lead people to be good one by one, but behind the scenes they were all male thieves and female prostitutes, so bad to the core."

Ma Rixun looked embarrassed, Guo Hong looked normal, and Man Chong looked disdainful.

After a while, Ma Rixun put away his embarrassment, saluted respectfully, and asked Liu Bei.

"Then, Your Majesty, how do you plan to deal with these clans?"

"Clan? Emperor Gaozu has no such unworthy descendants!"

Liu Bei said angrily: "Those who have such problems will have their titles deposed, their inheritance taken back, and they will be deposed as common people. Everything will be returned to the public. Their clans from top to bottom, from inside to outside, are not allowed to have the surname Liu. They should all change their surnames. Leave it to me." Become a farmer in a remote area and earn your own living! If you can survive, die if you can't!"

Listening to Liu Bei's violent and angry words, Man Chong's expression was indifferent, and he was even faintly excited.

He has long been very upset seeing these lawless kings, and has always wanted them to understand the majesty of the laws of the great Han, so Liu Bei made this determination, and he is very supportive, wishing to let those kings obey his laws immediately Face.

Guo Hong watched his nose, nose and heart, and didn't make any comments on it. Gu Jing Wubo's face showed no expression at all. No master of micro-expressions could tell how he was thinking about this matter.

Ma Rixun glanced at Situ and Zongzheng Liu Yu who were standing aside without saying anything, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke to Liu Bei.

"Your Majesty, after all, they are all close people of the late emperor, and they are all clansmen of the Han Dynasty. If you deal with so many at one go, I am afraid that people in the world will criticize it, and I am afraid that it will also have some impact on you and the clansmen of the Han Dynasty in the future. , I think, can it be processed in batches and handled in a low-key manner?"

Liu Bei looked at Ma Rixun, frowned and thought about it, and finally shook his head.

"No, since you have to deal with it, you should deal with it in an upright manner. Those who are against me in an upright manner, do rebellious things, break the law and discipline, and have no fear. If such things cannot be dealt with in an upright manner, they cannot be dealt with by the law. Severe punishment will not be enough to demonstrate the majesty of the law, and it will not be able to demonstrate our determination to rule the country according to the law!"

Ma Rixun blinked his eyes, and suddenly remembered that it is no longer the era when Confucianism dominates everything. The Third Empire of the Han Dynasty did not pay attention to Confucianism, and Liu Bei had stepped on it several times. It's so filthy that few people want to bother.

Therefore, the fate of these former Han family clan members cannot be reversed.

Ma Rixun had nothing to say, so he could only back down without saying a word.

So Liu Bei's treatment of these old Han family members was also made public, and spread inside and outside the court, so that people inside and outside the court knew that Liu Bei's treatment of these Han family members was true and not mixed at all. The water is exactly the same as other prisoners.

Even if there is any petty theft, if it is found out, it will be dealt with, and not only the clansmen of the old Han Dynasty themselves and their relatives and family members, but also the servants of the family will be inspected.

According to Liu Bei's words, even the servants in this family have ranks and ranks. Those with high status and close relationship with the master's family have done a lot of things like accepting bribes and bullying men and women. All of them will be interrogated by me. , the sins of the nearly 200 years since the resurgence of the great Han Dynasty, I want to expose them all in one go, and make them known to the world.

Under Liu Bei's fierce statement, the trial rules for the local groups of Liehou near the Liu family have been determined, and the teams that go to supervise and judge them will conduct trials according to the standards given by Liu Bei at the local level.

Only those who are clean and have not violated the law can be transferred to Jiaozhou with the original title and continue to enjoy the original title and food town. If there is a crime, it must be interrogated to the end. , but also to be interrogated to the end, the main point is to be meticulous and never let go.

For a while, these clansmen of the Han clan who had enjoyed special status and privileges in the past were severely judged, and they were all dumbfounded. They didn't expect Liu Bei to be so decisive.

They are still good, at least they have not been served by torture, and their servants are not treated so well. They are directly locked in the prison, various interrogations, various memory recovery techniques, and they are encouraged to report each other Exposing, rewarding tainted witnesses, etc., is to dig out all these dirty things.

Then there was one extremely exciting dog-eat-dog show after another.

As the saying goes, it's not that if you don't report, the time has not come, but now, when the time comes, everything that should happen will happen.

At the beginning, Liu Bei didn't expect that so many dirty things could be heard in one trial after another, and more than 90.00% of this group could be thrown into prison and sentenced to life imprisonment, or even death penalty.

Even during the interrogation process, the interrogators also found out some unimaginable things related to morality and three views, enough to make Liu Bei, a well-informed person, shout "I have never seen this before."

For example, because there are too many women in Jinzhi Liehou, he gradually lost his interest in women, so he searched for beautiful men in his jurisdiction, even if he was straight, he tried his best to make him crooked, and even made some money for it. The young and beautiful man lost his life, and he looked like a priest of a certain religion.

For example, a lieutenant lost interest in normal behavior because he played too much normal games with his wives and concubines, so he began to seek other stimulating behaviors, secretly looking for strong men to enter the mansion, and let them perform with their wives and concubines in front of him. When the interest came, he went off to play with everyone in person.

Of course, after the incident, in order to protect the face of themselves and their wives, all those strong men disappeared without exception. Their families reported it to the government, but the government refused to accept it.

Another example is that a certain lieutenant has the appearance of a hero, has no interest in his own wives and concubines, but likes other people's, so he often "visits privately in micro-services", seduces folk women with property and food, and does a lot of things that he thinks are exciting. For this reason, many men who did not want to endure humiliation were beaten to death, and many families were destroyed.

Liu Bei didn't know about such things, and even the local officials didn't have any records. If it wasn't for this big interrogation to expose the past of these bastards, these things might be buried in the dust of history forever , no one will ever know.

This especially made Liu Bei very angry.

(End of this chapter)