I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 195 Technical Talents

Chu Yan knew his identity very well. He was a big man in the Black Mountain Army, but on Liu Jian's side, his Black Mountain identity was useless.

But his head can only be regarded as an achievement among officials.

In the annual assessment and evaluation of the local government in the Han Dynasty, there are also specific requirements for punishing bandits and bandits.

Although Liu Hong is dead, the general local policy has not changed.

When Liu Hong was alive, the evaluation requirements for the local suppression of bandits were extremely strict.

This is because the sale of officials needs to be circulated, and after the unqualified officials are taken down, the emperor can continue to sell officials for the vacancies.

Among the evaluation items in the local counties, the task of eradicating bandits is the most difficult to complete, because it requires real heads to make up for the meritorious deeds.

Although Chu Yan admired Liu Jian's behavior, Chu Yan never thought that Liu Jian would let him go.

"Liu Shijun's words are serious?" Chu Yan asked slightly surprised.

Liu Jian nodded very solemnly.

"What I said just now is true. I came to Jizhou not to accumulate achievements. Mr. Liu achieved his position today, and his reputation today is already a glorious ancestor. Even if he accumulates achievements, so what?"

"I sincerely want to do some practical things for the people of Jizhou, so that the people can be stable, have food to eat when they are hungry, and clothes to wear when they are cold."

Liu Jian's words were sincere, coupled with his own actions, Chu Yan couldn't help but not believe it.

"If Mr. Liu can do this, Mr. Chu promised Mr. Chu that after returning to Montenegro, he will definitely restrain all his subordinates."

Liu Jian nodded with a smile: "Not only to restrain, I also hope that Brother Chu can unify all the ministries of Montenegro, and at the same time, manage the people of Montenegro under your command well, and stop them from plundering again."

"As long as Brother Chu is willing, I am willing to provide some grain seeds and tools, and help to cultivate, and the Black Mountain people accepted by Brother Chu can find wasteland around Taihang for cultivation,"

"If it comes to the time when the Jizhou Tuntian can accommodate everyone in the Black Mountain Army, I am also willing to represent the imperial court to recruit the Black Mountain Army."

No one in this world is willing to be a rebel by nature, and Chu Yan is the same.

If he could be recruited by Liu Jian and reported to the Ming court to change his destiny, even if the Montenegro army held millions, what would it mean for Chu Yan?

Everyone needs to find a destiny for themselves.

At that moment, Chu Yan took a deep breath.

As Liu Jian, being able to say such words to him is enough to make people very moved.

Immediately, I saw Chu Yan arching her hands towards Liu Jian: "If Liu Shijun has such a heart, how dare Chu refuse? It's just that I don't have the ability to unify Montenegro at the moment, and among the various ministries of Montenegro, there are many commanders who rank among me Above, I am afraid that I will disappoint the kindness of the envoy."

Liu Jian waved his hand and said, "It's true in recent years, but I think Brother Chu is a heroic man with righteousness in mind. Looking at the world, he is also a first-class hero. He is a hero like Brother Chu." , sooner or later it will be the leader in Montenegro."

"Besides, I have not achieved great success in farming in Jizhou, but a few years later, brother Chu will be the leader of Montenegro, and I, Liu Jian, can spread benevolent government in Hebei, and there will be enough land to accommodate all the refugees. When the weather and people are harmonious, Chu Wouldn't it be better for brother to follow the trend?"

Liu Jian's words sounded like he was drawing a big cake, but it didn't sound like that to Chu Yan's ears.

As the saying goes, women look good for those who please themselves, and men die for those who know themselves.

Liu Jian's words made Chu Yan feel that she was valued by the other party.

And Chu Yan has confidence in her ability.

He also felt that with his ability and charm, he could indeed rank first in Montenegro, and the other commanders of the Montenegro army were really much worse than himself.

"If Mr. Liu can trust Chu, I am willing to make a gentleman's alliance with Mr. Liu."

Liu Jian stretched out a palm with a smile.

Chu Yan also stretched out her hand immediately, and the two of them clapped three palms together in front of Zhao Yun, "pa, pa, pa" as an oath.

Later, Liu Jian and Chu Yan agreed on a communication method, if there is a need for each other.can communicate with each other.

Later, Liu Jian didn't delay anymore, and arranged for Zhao Yun to send Chu Yan back to Montenegro.

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In this way, the second year of Zhongping passed quietly, and in a blink of an eye came the first year of Chuping.

However, under Liu Jian's rectification, Jizhou has become completely different from before.

Resources, wealth, and the power of various families were all deployed by Liu Jian, and the number of refugees was also greatly reduced.

The barren fields have been reclaimed again, and the income from grain has also increased significantly.

The treasury in Jizhou has also gradually become rich, and the wealth resources that Liu Jian can mobilize have also begun to increase.

Therefore, he expanded the number of soldiers recruited by the Jizhou Army.

From the original 5000 people expanded to [-].

In fact, Liu Jian could expand the number of soldiers and horses again, but he didn't think it was necessary.

For one thing, the imperial court has just changed to a new monarch. As a state shepherd, his excessive recruitment in the local area will definitely arouse the vigilance of the imperial court, which is not good for him.

Second, Liu Jian felt that he needed to settle an account.

The cost of a well-drilled and well-armed elite army is different from three soldiers with average combat power and poor equipment.

This elite soldier is worth three poorly equipped soldiers, but Liu Jian only needs to spend one person's rations to raise soldiers.

The grain in the warehouses in Jizhou was not brought by the strong wind, and Liu Jian had to spend it carefully.

Waterwheels in various parts of Jizhou have begun to be built one after another. The construction of these overturned wagons, Yellow River wagons, and barrel wagons has prompted Jizhou to produce a large number of skilled craftsmen.

For these people, Liu Jian ordered Mu Shu to register them one after another, focusing on paying attention to and protecting them.

Liu Jian knows that in this era, there is a kind of talent that is the most important, but to some extent it is not valued by all forces.

Most of the local shepherds and prefects only value the so-called "talented scholars of Confucian classics" and "celebrities in the world".

But as everyone knows, the driving force for the real operation of this society is those skilled and inventive talents, who are the first creators of social productivity.

You don't need too many politicians to make suggestions, just a few are enough.

However, the more technical talents, craftsman talents, and inventive talents, the better, and the more cultivated, the better.

Think about why the beautiful country of later generations can always lead other countries?

Of course, in the Han Dynasty, there were no so-called scientists.

But in this era, there are still many skilled craftsmen in the physical industry.

For example, they are good at architecture, bridge building, farming, salt making, medicine, smelting... etc. These people are actually the main force to ensure that a country can flourish.

Like Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, don't those people pay much attention to such talents?

They also value it, but definitely not as much as Liu Jian.

Liu Jian decided to build a large number of waterwheels on the north bank of the Yellow River first, while vigorously developing agriculture, while digging and developing some technical talents.

At the same time, through a series of protection and preferential treatment for technical talents, it gradually attracts craftsman talents from all states in the Han Dynasty to vote.

The construction of the waterwheel was only the first step in Liu Jian's plan.

Waterwheels are indeed needed for agricultural development. Likewise, if one wants to achieve rapid development of the iron smelting industry, water conservancy energy is naturally indispensable.

Through the training and training of this group of talents, the next step is to use waterwheels and water conservancy to increase the production capacity of the iron smelting industry.

In this era, a strong army must be inseparable from iron.

It seems that Liu Jian still has a long way to go.

In the first year of Chuping, after the new year, Lu Zhi, who was appointed as the northern shepherd of Jizhou, started to go to Jizhou.

He was not in a hurry to go to the post first, but went to Wei County where Liu Jian was located to investigate.

After this investigation, it is no small matter.

Lu Zhi was also the one who led his troops to attack Zhang Jiao in Jizhou the year before last.

In Jizhou at that time, refugees were everywhere, and the fields were barren. Lu Zhi can vividly remember these things in retrospect.

But this time I went to the vicinity of Yecheng to take a look.

Everything is different from what he imagined.

Hearing that the teacher is coming, Liu Jian naturally wants to greet him in person.

The master and apprentice reunited after a long absence, and Lu Zhi patted Liu Jian's hand vigorously, with a look of great comfort on his face.

Later, Lu Zhi asked Liu Jian about how he governed Jizhou.

Liu Jian didn't hide anything, and confessed everything to Lu Zhi.

Apart from emotion, Lu Zhi also said that after he took office, he would also adopt the same policy as Liu Jian, and vigorously develop farming, build water trucks, and irrigate agriculture.

Moreover, what Lu Zhi said inside and outside the meaning, in Hebei from now on, Liu Jian will be the first in everything.

(End of this chapter)