I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 676 The destination of veterans is very important
  After Dong Huang was sent out by Liu Jian, Liu Jian found Lu Bu again.

At this time, Lu Bu already knew that Liu Jian sent Zhang Liao to Bingzhou to be responsible for conquering the local Xiongnu rebels.

To be honest, Lu Bu felt a little uncomfortable. After all, he felt that this kind of thing should be left to him.

He was the number one general among the generals in Bingzhou. He went to Bingzhou to recruit strong men to conquer the Xiongnu, and it was easy to capture him.

At this moment, isn't it appropriate to use him as a flying general?
  After meeting Lu Bu, Liu Jian asked directly: "Fengxian, is it because I sent Wenyuan to Bingzhou that you are somewhat dissatisfied?"

When Lu Bu heard this, he was startled. He hurriedly said: "How dare Bu resent the Prime Minister? The Prime Minister is the person at the helm of a country. For the sake of the country, the Prime Minister naturally has his own considerations. How dare Bu speculate on the Prime Minister's intentions?"

Liu Jian smiled and said, "Fengxian, if you have anything on your mind, just tell me directly. There's no need to hesitate."

Seeing that Liu Jian was very accommodating, Lü Bu immediately became worried and said, "I can't hide anything from the Prime Minister! I think I am famous in Bingzhou, and all the athletes in Bingzhou know Lv Bu's name. Besides, people from all the Xiongnu tribes, When Bu Yeduo fought with them, when it comes to my experience with the Xiongnu, no one in the world can compare with me."

"Why didn't the Prime Minister leave it to Lu Bu to merge the provinces to quell the rebellion and recruit athletes? The general is confident that he will live up to the Prime Minister's instructions."

In fact, there is nothing wrong with what Lu Bu said.

But Liu Jian now wanted to train Zhang Liao well, so he gave this task to Zhang Liao.

Now that he is the prime minister of a country, in addition to the abilities of his generals, he naturally has to do more balancing, comforting, and differentiated training.

Especially for someone like Lu Bu who had just defected, Liu Jian wanted to give him hope... He not only wanted to cultivate Zhang Liao, but at the same time he also couldn't let Lu Bu have a grudge against him.

"Fengxian, I know what you said is right. With Lu Fengxian's prestige in Bingzhou, I sent Wen Yuan to perform the task this time. If it were you who went there, you would definitely be able to capture him."

"But I decided not to send you, Lu Feng, first. Don't you know the meaning of this?"

Lu Bu shook his head in confusion: "Bu is stupid and cannot understand the prime minister's profound meaning."

Liu Jian said: "Fengxian, are you willing to be the general of a state? You, Lu Fengxian, are a talented general. Your prestige in Bingzhou has reached its peak. If I send you to Bingzhou, even if you can No matter how many soldiers you recruit, even if you can defeat the Huns rebels, to be honest, there won't be much growth for you personally."

"You, Lu Bu, are the pillar of a country in my heart. You will grow into a good general in the world, not just in Bingzhou."

"Bingzhou is not suitable for you. Only people like Zhang Wenyuan can exercise their abilities in Bingzhou. If you go to Fengxian, there is no room for training."

When Lu Bu heard this, he seemed to have some understanding.

Liu Jianji said: "You, Lu Fengxian, are in Chang'an, and you must cooperate with me to observe the situation in the world!"

"There are many places where the Han Dynasty needs to conquer and make contributions, including the Western Regions and Liangzhou, Yuan Shao in the south, Cao Cao in Jiangdong, Yuan Yi in Yizhou, and those who are hiding evil intentions in the local prefectures and counties. These are all cancers for my big man, you, Lu Fengxian, as a good general in the world, should focus on these places!"

"If I send you to deal with the little commotion in Bingzhou, wouldn't it be a mistake to cut a chicken with a knife?"

"Fengxian, you have to have a clear understanding of yourself."

When Lu Bu heard this, he was immediately moved.

He immediately knelt down on one knee and said to Liu Jian: "The general is short-sighted and has not guessed the prime minister's deep intention. He is really stupid!"

Liu Jian stepped forward personally, stretched out his hand and helped Lu Bu up from the ground.

"There is no need for this, Feng Xian. I have high expectations for you! That's why I left you in Chang'an!"

"The main force of the Xiongnu in Bingzhou was defeated by me in the past. Now they are rebelling again, but it is nothing more than scabies. With Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, and Zhang Liao there, we can suffice!"

"But the Han Dynasty has more hard-to-gnaw bones than Bingzhou, and I don't need your help!"

"Fengxian, do you know why I call you the General of the Conquest of the West?"

"The position of four towns and four expeditions is no less important than others. Do you know the meaning of this?"

Lu Bu actually had some understanding in his heart.
  "Could the Prime Minister want Bu to assist the Prime Minister in pacifying Liangzhou in the Western Region?"

Liu Jian nodded and said: "When King Hongnong was on the throne, he and Taifu Dong jointly formulated the plan to conquer Liangzhou and pacify the Western Regions. Although it was done too hastily and led to the weakening of the national power of our Han Dynasty, you can't say that they Planning is without foresight.”

"If we, the Han Dynasty, want to be strong, we must stabilize Liangzhou. After we stabilize Liangzhou, we must make the countries in the Western Regions surrender and completely become our vassals...or merge with our Han Dynasty and make our Han Dynasty in the west With enough geographical depth, the Han Dynasty will truly dominate the world."

"The countries in the Western Regions further west are more powerful than the Xiongnu and Xianbei. Our generation may not be able to conquer them, but at least our generation can communicate with each other and export the culture of our Han Dynasty to There, let them all know how powerful our Han Dynasty is."

"Fengxian, this task is arduous. It cannot be accomplished by me alone, nor by the two of you, but you and I are indispensable in this!"

Liu Jian's words could be described as sincere and sincere. Lu Bu was really moved when he heard this.

Of course, Liu Jian's words did not completely fool Lu Bu.

For him, Zhang Liao alone is indeed enough for Bingzhou, and powerful generals like Lu Bu should be used elsewhere.

Of course, there is another reason why Lu Bu is not allowed to go to Bingzhou, that is, Liu Jian wants to slowly replace Lu Bu's "flying general" position in Bingzhou with Zhang Liao.

Lu Bu has been a god in Bingzhou for a long time, and it's time to find someone to replace him.

People like Lu Bu were very weak both in terms of ethics and human relations, and Liu Jian didn't want him to continue to become too famous in his ancestral homeland.

But this does not mean that Lu Bu is not available.

It is most suitable for a person like him to stay with Liu Jian.

Moreover, the rank of General Zhengxi is much higher than that of Zhang Liao, Zhang Ji, Dong Min, and Dong Huang.

In the eyes of outsiders, Liu Jian can be said to have placed great emphasis on Lu Bu!
  But in fact, Liu Jian just used his position as a high-ranking official to tie Lu Bu to his side and watch.

From now on, Lu Bu will be a general by his side.

However, Lu Bu cannot be completely used as a bodyguard.

When there are many wars in the future, he will be sent out, but there must be someone who can restrain him.

But, besides Liu Jian, who should be used to contain Lu Bu?

Liu Jian thought about this matter and finally had an idea.

After Zhang Liao was sent to Bingzhou, Liu Jian began to plan the Han Dynasty's soldiers and camps at all levels.

Too many soldiers and horses are a burden to the country.

Liu Jian ordered that some veterans who were older and had outstanding meritorious service, but were not suitable to continue fighting on the battlefield, began to be restored from the army. Although these veterans have rich combat experience. However, as he grows older, his combat effectiveness is not as good as before, and he is not suitable to continue fighting on the front line.

Therefore, Liu Jian planned to relegate these veterans to the second line and allocate them land so that they could live a life of half farming, half teaching, and half assisting the local county in training new soldiers to fight.

It has been ten years since he arrived in Hebei. These ten years are enough for many people to grow old.

After these ten years, some soldiers have entered the second half of their lives. They should be allowed to go back and take care of themselves, so that some fresh blood can be added to the army and optimize the army.

In this way, it not only reduces the burden on the court, but also forms a better personnel mechanism for the army.

But since ancient times, the return of veterans to their hometowns to work in farming has been a big problem.

The key lies in retirement expenses.

Giving too much would be too heavy a burden on the court, giving too little would be too unfair to these ordinary sergeants, and it would also affect the reputation of the court, and it would also affect the morale of the Han people to join the army.

So this degree must be mastered.

Of course, even if all parties are satisfied with the calculation of retirement settlement expenses, there will still be other troubles.

Layers of deductions!

This is the most critical question!
  Therefore, Liu Jian decided to establish military courts and judicial supervision mechanisms in the court, and established a specialized disciplinary inspection department.

Strict disciplinary laws have been formulated specifically for issues such as military corruption and pension corruption.

A set of strictly managed supervision mechanisms and reporting systems have been developed from top to bottom.

In history, many resettlement allowances and land given to ordinary sergeants were seized by the government agencies and were embezzled by the officials in the middle. However, after the embezzlement, the big blame fell on the court.

Liu Jian would never allow this kind of thing.

Therefore, Liu Jian transformed the Hebei Ta Kung Pao into the Han Dynasty Gong Pao under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court.

The significance of the Ta Kung Pao is to publish all policies in every state and county on a timely and monthly basis.

The most important policy information in the court and major events that will happen in the world can be made public to the people from an official perspective as soon as possible, striving to achieve maximum transparency.

In later generations, this would be somewhat similar to a news unit supervised by the propaganda department.

But in this era, after all, there was no Internet, television, etc. It was just using Ta Kung Pao to announce the imperial court's will and major local events to the military and civilians of various states. The speed was still too slow.

However, this is the limit of this era.

For Liu Jian, this is the maximum he can achieve.

It's better than nothing, right?
  At least the people in various states and counties can know the details of the current promulgation by the imperial court, so as to prevent some state and county officials from deceiving their superiors and deceiving their subordinates, deducting the benefits distributed by the imperial court to their subordinates, and at the same time paralyzing them with false information.

At the same time, Liu Jian also established a local disciplinary inspection and supervision mechanism to strictly supervise officials' execution, especially money matters.

These disciplinary inspection and supervision mechanisms are directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and all officials are directly appointed by the imperial court. This will ensure that local officials will not form a collusion of interests in a short period of time to avoid collusion in which the interests are shared equally.

These things are easy to say, but none of them are simple. And although Liu Jian only proposed a big-box idea, the implementation details and the allocation of court personnel required careful study by the Prime Minister's Office, court personnel, and the above-mentioned bureaus, and approval and implementation step by step.

So this is also a long job.

But since everything has a beginning, there will always be good results.

Liu Jian is not in a hurry. He knows that some things cannot be accomplished by his generation, but he is willing to trade time for space.

In our own generation, we will implement many things and determine the direction of progress, and then implement them from generation to generation.

There are many good things, and once you propose them and implement them, these things and systems cannot be erased from history as time goes by.

Even if dynasties change, those who come after will still use these good policies. After all, this is also beneficial to themselves.

After finishing these things, it was already the height of summer, and Liu Jian suddenly discovered that he still had a lot of things to do.

One of the most important personnel matters!
  Although he stabilized the situation of the court, he has not yet brought the court completely under his control, and some potential risks still exist.

Therefore, in terms of personnel, now that the court is on the right track, it should carefully re-arrange and schedule the court personnel.

Moreover, Liu Jian also has to give an explanation to his subordinates. They have followed him for so many years, and now it is time for them to be in high positions.

However, before dealing with this matter, a few people still need to be transferred to Chang'an.

These people have almost finished their training in Hebei, and it is time for them to come to Chang'an to do some higher-level things.

Regarding Bingzhou, after Zhang Liao arrived in Taiyuan, he followed the rules and went to see Guo Jia, the governor of Bingzhou.

In the past few years, the governor of Bingzhou was mainly responsible for the supervision of officials in a state, and his salary was only [-] shi.

However, as time went by, the power of the governors in the local areas increased, including the ability to establish their own governor's departments.

In addition, the governor was originally used to supervise the existence of local governors, so the governor of Bingzhou still has very large authority in Bingzhou, and Guo Jia was originally a person Liu Jian valued very much.

In Bingzhou, whether it is a wealthy family, a high-ranking family, or an official, they all know it very well.

Whoever comes to Bingzhou must not first pay homage to Guo Jia's mountaintop.

After Zhang Liao met Guo Jia, he immediately explained to Guo Jia the reason why he came to Bingzhou this time.

At the same time, he also provided him with military orders from the court. In addition, he also gave Guo Jia a personal letter from Liu Jian to Guo Jia.

The content of Liu Jian's letter was nothing more than explaining the importance of Zhang Liao to Guo Jia.

He hoped that Guo Jia would cultivate Zhang Liao well in Bingzhou so that Zhang Liao could become a strong general in Bingzhou and take on the military affairs of Bingzhou for Guo Jia.

In addition, Liu Jian also explained something to Guo Jia.

He wanted to use Zhang Liao to station in Bingzhou, and at the same time transfer Zhao Yun to the center of Chang'an.

(End of this chapter)