Chapter 610 Three parts military, seven parts politics
Some of his subordinates were worried about Liu Bei's arrangements.
They believed that relying on two armies to deal with the mountain bandits in Bingzhou, the southern Huns and the central Xianbei forces on the grasslands was still insufficient.
The Bandits of Bingzhou alone had almost 100,000 men capable of fighting. With only 20,000 troops from two armies fighting in Bingzhou, the balance of forces was very problematic.
In addition, the Southern Xiongnu, who are closely related to the Bingzhou bandits, would be great if they could maintain the status quo of Bingzhou with only Guan Yu and Qianzhao's two armies.
But Liu Bei did not expect to resolve the issue of annexation entirely by military means.
On the issue of merging states, he felt that the principal's ideas were of great reference value.
Three parts military and seven parts politics.
What the principal said is somewhat funny, because the principal does not have the combat power to overwhelm the world, and the three-point military force will not be effective. On the contrary, the Jinyuan offensive is more effective.
As a result, Xiao Fengxian appeared everywhere.
For the principal, the three-cent military and seven-cent political approach was somewhat unspoken and helpless - if you had enough strength, wouldn't it be better to catch up directly and beat someone to death with ten military points?
Precisely because there is no such thing, seven-point politics is particularly important.
And he, Liu, fought against the sky and the earth, beating many people to ashes, and making many people tremble with fear. In recent years, people in the world have reached a consensus that Liu is invincible.
If you don't listen to Liu, no matter where you are, even in a corner like Liaodong, Liu will chase you and beat you to death.
Therefore, even if Liu Bei entrusted Gongsun Du with the jurisdiction of the three counties, Gongsun Du did not have any dissatisfaction with Liu Bei, because he believed that if Liu Bei found out about his dissent, Liu Bei would definitely chase him and beat him to death.
Liu Bei has already demonstrated his abilities.
He really can.
Liu Bei's terror deterrence to the world has been successfully established. On this basis, dealing with internal hostile forces with the principle of three parts military and seven parts politics is the best and most cost-effective choice.
Therefore, when dealing with Zhang Yan and the Bingzhou bandits, Liu Bei did not want to use purely military offensives. If he could use political offensives to dismantle them, he would be able to gain a large number of people.
According to estimates, this population is at least 400,000. It would definitely be better to use this large number of people to develop and construct Bingzhou and restore agricultural production in Bingzhou.
Simply using military force would cause too many casualties, and Liu Bei didn't want to do that.
Zhang Yan now holds the official position and salary of a lieutenant general in the imperial court. He is actually the talker in the mountainous area in the eastern part of Bingzhou. There are dozens of small and medium-sized groups under him, each of which has some influence.
It would definitely be a bad idea to go up and fight hard, so Liu Bei also had some ideas on how to act.
So he was rectifying internal affairs and handling military affairs in Luoyang, while waiting for Guan Yu and Qian Zhao to come over.
Moreover, this time Guan Yu came from Liangzhou and took Liu Bei's family back to Luoyang from Liangzhou.
Previously, considering the unstable situation in Luoyang and the fact that many of his wives and concubines were pregnant, Liu Bei did not bring his wives, concubines and children to Luoyang, but allowed them to raise their children in Liangzhou with peace of mind.
For some time, Liu Bei has been receiving news from Liangzhou, telling him that the Liu family has many new members.
After Han Ning, Han Xiaodie and the Gong sisters gave birth one after another, Gai Ning and Cao Hui also became pregnant and had children, so now Liu Bei has eight children together.
The eldest son Liu Shen and the second son Liu Ze born to Han Ning and Han Xiaodie were Liu Bei's two earliest children. The children born before and after the Yellow Turban Rebellion are now six years old.
Later, the two Gong sisters were the first to become pregnant. In the sixth year of Zhongping, Liu Bei gave birth successfully after arriving in Luoyang. They gave birth to two daughters one after another. Later, Han Ning gave birth to a son, and then Han Xiaodie gave birth to a daughter.
Gai Ning and Cao Hui became pregnant one after another before Liu Bei set out in the beginning of the sixth year of Zhongping. It was not until the beginning of the first year of Jian'an that Liu Bei learned in Jizhou that they had given birth safely under proper care. Gai Ning gave birth to a son, and Cao Hui gave birth to a son.
a daughter.
So for now, Liu Bei's children are composed of four sons and four daughters. Except for the eldest son Liu Shen and the second son Liu Ze, the other six are still too young and have not been named.
In other words, before the age of three or five, most children would not be given a first name. Even Liu Shen and Liu Ze were given first names by Liu Bei and Lu Zhi after they entered Liangzhou Prefectural School and officially started studying.
The eight children are currently relatively healthy, and Liu Bei also feels very happy.
Throughout the second half of the sixth year of Zhongping and almost the entire year of the first year of Jian'an, all his energy was devoted to internal and external struggles. He really did not have the energy to take care of his family, so he did not bring them all to Luoyang.
During this time, he only had his mother at home. In addition to spending some time with her, he also spent all his energy on other matters.
But now, he can finally take his family back to Luoyang.
It is indeed not a good thing for a family to be separated for a long time.
As for the children's education, Liu Bei also made plans.
The children of his old subordinates were all left together with his children to study in Liangzhou Prefecture School for some time.
In the beginning, everyone was in Liangzhou, so they could be educated and controlled nearby. Now everyone’s main activity place is in Luoyang. If they continue to stay in Liangzhou to study, although they can get a proper education, they will lose family ties after all.
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It just so happened that Liu Bei had been preparing to establish the Sili Academy in the Sili area to train students from the Sili area, so he just happened to take all the children in Liangzhou to the Sili Academy near Luoyang to train them nearby.
It's a transfer in a sense.
It was early November when Liu Bei made this decision. A few days later, Liu Bei himself was not idle and announced the results of the discussion with a large group of subordinates.
He submitted a proposal to the imperial court for the restoration of the army of prefectures and soldiers.
At first, many people found this suggestion baffling. Why would you bring up a system that had long been abolished by Emperor Guangwu?
But what Liu Bei said later is really interesting.
Liu Bei proposed at the court meeting that the reason why Emperor Guangwu abolished this system was to prevent local counties from relying on their own troops and threatening the central government. This was meaningful at the time, but similarly, Emperor Guangwu did not think that local governments were incompetent.
There should be armed personnel.
In a practical sense, the local area really needs some armed personnel to maintain law and order, so after the abolition of the county soldiers, the county servants who replaced the county soldiers filled this vacancy.
However, from the beginning to the end, the existence of county and state soldiers has neither standards nor training, and the number is not fixed. Compared with the original county soldiers, they have more direct identity attributes of local armed forces. As time goes by,
, which further promoted the separation trend of local counties.
This was very detrimental to the Luoyang court.
Therefore, Liu Bei hoped to adopt a compromise approach, that is, to restore the county-state military system, but it was not safe to restore the county-state military system.
Huang Wan, as a well-known opposition figure in the dynasty, questioned Liu Bei's statement and asked Liu Bei to give a perfect explanation.
Liu Bei was not angry and gave a perfect explanation.
Establish a standard army of county and state soldiers registered with the imperial court, which only maintains local security and is not responsible for war at all. The standard benchmark for establishing this team is not the army for war, but the Dongyuan secret agents and Sili Xiaowei.
The officials and disciples of Zhongdu below.
They are weaker in combat attributes and do not need to receive complete military combat training. On the contrary, they need to receive a higher level of education in law-related knowledge as an important presence in maintaining local security.
In short, they are a professional security team with certain cultural literacy. They focus on one profession and one security. Their goal is to combat illegal crimes, not to deal with rebellions and foreign enemies.
Therefore, there needs to be a clear limit on the number of soldiers, the command system should be completely different from the original county soldiers, and there need to be certain standards for selection, as not just anyone can serve.
Liu Bei finally made a summary.
"It is equivalent to establishing a team of Zhongdu officials and apprentices in each county to combat illegal crimes and maintain local security. Calling them the name of county soldiers is just a temporary measure. They are definitely not an army, but a county government.
An important force used to consolidate public security."