After a whole day of quarreling, wrangling, and passing blame, Liu Bei's three-year plan for Youzhou was finally completed among the counties.
The governors of each county have their own gains and difficulties.
For example, the Yuyang County Sheriff had a serious quarrel with the Liaoxi County Sheriff, and the Shanggu County Sheriff and the Zhuo County County Sheriff also had some conflicts with each other.
They both believe that the number of upper fields in their respective jurisdictions is small, while the number of middle fields and lower fields is large. They all hope to have less shares and bear less responsibilities, and it will be ugly when they quarrel.
Xiahou Dun was so angry that his face turned red. He banged the table on the spot and roared, telling them not to embarrass themselves in front of Liu Bei.
Get the data! Data! Real data! Whoever quarrels again, the share will be his!
Xiahou Dun's temper was quite good, but this made Hongwen very angry, and Liu Bei also found it funny.
It seems that whenever bureaucrats shirk their responsibilities and blame each other, it is inevitable.
But everything can be reconciled, and there is nothing that cannot be solved in front of the emperor and the governor.
Therefore, although the governors of each county still had some ideas later on, the specific responsibilities were still implemented.
However, Youzhou's three special counties, Liaodong County, Xuantu County and Lelang County, are actually not under Xiahou Dun's control, so they cannot be counted in the entire Youzhou development system.
Xiahou Dun expressed concern about this issue.
"If these three counties listen to the announcement for a long time and are not included in the overall planning for a long time, there will be some troubles in their future development. How do you think this problem should be solved?"
"Gongsun Du is a relatively honest person, right?"
Liu Bei said slowly: "I heard that he has recently launched an attack on Goguryeo. This is what I entrusted him with. If he does well, I think we can observe the consequences."
Xiahou Dun was still a little worried.
"Having said that, the three counties of Liaodong exist entirely for Gongsun Du's military campaign. I heard that every household in the three counties of Liaodong wants to send men to join the army to fight with him. There are so many strong men that the agricultural production is delayed.
Quite a few.
Whenever there was a shortage of food in the three counties, Gongsun Du would use the money gained from the war to buy food in Liaoxi County, or go across the sea to Qingzhou to buy food. He did not report this to the state capital in advance, so the price of food in Youzhou increased from time to time.
, affecting people’s livelihood.”
"Won't he ask for food from the Youzhou capital?"
"I also request that while asking for food from the state government, I also have to spend money to buy more food. Therefore, I suspect that he has an agenda, and I would like to ask your Majesty to investigate carefully."
"That's it..."
Liu Bei thought for a moment and asked Xiahou Dun to worry about government affairs and production, and not to worry about these things. He would leave these matters to Qianzhao to handle.
Xiahou Dun can just focus on agricultural production. If Gongsun Du has evil intentions, the army he recruits will definitely not be a vegetarian.
The matter in Youzhou has been dealt with, relevant information has leaked out, and the government affairs teams of each state have learned the emperor's basic requirements for each state.
They learned that the emperor paid great attention to local administration, and that he would single out the entire 108 counties of the Han Dynasty for in-depth and detailed discussions with the county governors and ministers.
Ask about the number of acres of land and yield per mu, the number of upper and middle fields and lower fields, the number of irrigated and dry land, the main agricultural products grown, how many farmers there are, how powerful they are, local specialties, minerals, etc., and ask them from beginning to end.
If you answer well and quickly, the emperor will be very happy.
If an official cannot answer relevant questions, the emperor will suddenly change his temper, angrily rebuke the official, and immediately punish, demote, or simply dismiss him.
As a result, the officials became more cautious, and some officials with illusions even turned pale. They hurriedly studied the relevant knowledge all night long, wishing that they could memorize everything by heart, so as not to be reprimanded and punished in front of the emperor.
With the unlucky guy "Zhuyu first", when Liu Bei met with officials from other states and counties later, no one would be unable to answer the questions he wanted to ask. Liu Bei was very satisfied.
Basically every state and every county will be put forward by him with relatively specific requirements, and it is relatively difficult to achieve them, which is a big test for officials.
But Liu Bei didn't think this was making things difficult at all.
Judging from the current level of agricultural development in the Han Empire, except for a few areas that have indeed reached a bottleneck state, the development status of most areas is quite limited. Some modern traditional agricultural areas still maintain a considerable amount of wasteland.
Undeveloped.
Just like when a heavy person loses weight, they only need to keep their mouth shut and move their legs at the beginning. In the beginning, falling off the scale is very fast, but once it reaches a bottleneck period, if you want to lose the scale, you need a relatively long-term and painful persistence.
It’s due.
The level of agricultural development in the Third Reich was at this rapid stage at this time. As long as the policies were correct, officials were effective, and some time was given to recuperate, then it would be normal for agricultural production to develop rapidly, and it would be abnormal if the development was not rapid enough.
The standards Liu Bei set for the bureaucrats were also the result of careful calculations by the cabinet. They were by no means making things difficult. If they could not even meet this requirement, then Liu Bei would decide that these guys were completely unqualified to join him in the next step.
era.
Pack up your bags, get out, don't waste my political resources and salary here, generous welfare benefits will only be given to the right people, insects will never enjoy such treatment.
Only those who can withstand these tests and successfully achieve their goals can be regarded as outstanding officials who can follow his footsteps and lead the Third Reich to develop productivity step by step.
If the empire needs to develop, it cannot tolerate too many insects lying on the empire to suck blood. He must clean up these insects.
From the second day of March to the end of March in the first year of Zhenguan, Liu Bei basically discussed all the issues that should be discussed with the officials of the fourteen states and one hundred and eight counties.
Everyone has met Liu Bei and knows what Liu Bei looks like and what his governing style is like.
Liu Bei also looked familiar to them all, basically remembered their names, understood their governance style, and also had a preliminary understanding of their knowledge and cultural level.
It is worth mentioning that in this month or so, Liu Bei directly dismissed a state governor, a county prefect, and a state minister. Except for Zhu Fu, the reason why the other two were dismissed was because
It was because they failed to answer the questions Liu Bei wanted to ask.
As a county chief, if you don't even have a thorough understanding of the county's basic conditions, why should you govern a county?
There were even some people who were obviously memorizing information, and their memorization was somewhat stumbling, but as long as the general figures were correct, Liu Bei could barely tolerate it and give them a chance.
But these two people are completely wrong and cannot even memorize some of the most basic things. Ask them how many upper and middle fields are in their respective jurisdictions, ask them about the distribution of paddy fields and dry fields, ask them about the number of farming livestock, they
It’s a matter of asking three questions and not knowing.
This made Liu Bei very suspicious of how they got this two thousand stone position.
How could something like this slip through the cracks despite his repeated plowing at such a high frequency?
It can only be said that there are still many dirty things in this world that Liu Bei has not cleaned up.
At the end of March, after the government affairs meeting was basically over, Liu Bei called in Lu Kang, Qiao Mao and Zhang Miao and talked with them about the next step to promote the Tiandu Order.
The other state governors are all his close associates, Liu. It is politically correct to follow his lead. It is a political mistake not to follow him. There is absolutely nothing to say about taking them down. However, these three people were mostly the same political party as him before.
Alliance relations.
So what needs to be said needs to be made clear.
"The order to transfer land is about to be implemented, which may cause some shocks in the local area. Lu Shijun should not have any entanglements. I am not worried about the implementation of the order to transfer land to Yanzhou, but I am still a little worried about Yuzhou and Jizhou."
Liu Bei looked at the prosperous Zhang Miao, and then at the embarrassed Qiao Mao.
"If you have any difficulties, just speak up. If I can help you solve it, I will solve it. It is imperative to expand the fields in Jiangbei. If even our top leaders cannot act in a unified manner, there will definitely be trouble, and then the army will inevitably go on a killing spree.
This is something I don’t really want to see.”
Seeing Liu Bei's compassionate attitude, Zhang Miao and Qiao Mao's hearts sank, and they both felt bad.
However, Qiao Mao made a decision quickly.
"The Qiao family does have a lot of land and property, but the Qiao family will definitely comply with His Majesty's request. If anyone dares not to comply, I will not let them go!"
Zhang Miao hesitated for a moment, sighed, and nodded.
"I understand your Majesty's worries, but I am not an unreasonable person. If your Majesty is worried, it would be a dereliction of duty on your part. Zhang has followed your Majesty for many years, and she wants to continue to follow your Majesty in the future."
"Well, that would be best."
Zhang Miao and Qiao Mao's statements made Liu Bei quite satisfied.
And Lu Kang was obviously not satisfied with this situation.
"Your Majesty, although Wu County is located in the south of the Yangtze River, if your Majesty has an idea, I am willing to give it a try. According to the requirements of the land transfer order, the number of acres of land in the south of the Yangtze River can be slightly increased, so I think that promoting it in the south of the Yangtze River
Maybe it’s not that difficult to save Tian Ling.”
Liu Bei knew that Lu Kang wanted to express himself fiercely, overtake the Central Plains scholars and Liu Bei's old tribe in a corner, and lead the Lu family to a further step.
Although he does not dislike this enterprising spirit, he already has specific plans, and since he has them, he will not change them rashly.
He smiled.
"I understand what Lu Shijun means, but haste makes waste in this matter. By then, the whole of Hebei, the Central Plains and Guanzhong will not know how much trouble there will be. Jiangnan will let it go first, and it can also give some relief to someone.
A little hope for some people will not make them despair.
Moreover, Jiangnan may need more wasteland development than farming. If someone is willing to go to Jiangnan to open up wasteland, how can I refuse? Mr. Lu, please be patient. In this matter, the future is long."
Liu Bei's smile was a bit meaningful. Lu Kang understood the meaning, closed his mouth rationally, and never said anything related to it again.
The progress of the Lu family takes time. If you simply want to achieve overtaking in a corner, it is estimated that other forces that have followed Liu Bei for a long time will not be happy. The road must not be too dazzling, so as not to become the target of public criticism.
So, just do your job well.
As for things in Jiangnan...
Lu Kang decided to push the Lu family to become the first family in Jiangnan to actively apply to the court to fulfill the provisions of the land transfer order.
Anyway, according to the provisions of the land transfer order, Wu County is also considered a member of the outlying states and enjoys preferential tax treatment, which is different from other places. If it is promoted, it will not face as much resistance as the sacred land of the Central Plains.
Even if there is resistance, Lu Kang intends to break through forcefully.
Just kidding, this is a good opportunity to impress Liu Bei. If you miss this opportunity, when will Lu be able to take a further step?
The first political meeting of the Third Reich ended here. Liu Bei did not let the officials return immediately, but took them to participate in the court's spring plowing activities.
He had been busy with meetings before, so Liu Bei postponed the usual spring plowing activities. Now that the meeting was over, he just happened to take the officials to do the spring plowing activities. Liu Bei himself also took part in the spring plowing activities with members of the royal family.
A group of people marched to the farmland outside Luoyang City to symbolically engage in agricultural production for a morning.
Although this is a political performance, even if it is a performance, it is very meaningful. At least it can show that the emperor and the courtiers care about agricultural production. The symbolic significance is greater than the actual significance.
In order to express themselves in front of Liu Bei, some officials who really knew a lot about farm work worked very hard.
Some officials who came from a privileged background and did not know much about agriculture could only secretly watch how other officials operated and then operated on their own.
But farm work is really a technical job. Most people have never done it before, so they really don’t know how to get started.
After all, there is something important about how to use farm tools.
Some officials with delicate bodies and aristocratic bodies had barely done it a few times before they had their backs moved. They couldn't hold on any longer, so they could only be carried away with shame and worry in Liu Bei's contemptuous eyes.
"If you don't work hard, you can't separate the grains! You can't even use farm tools! With officials like this governing the world, I'm afraid my country will be torn apart in a few years!"
Liu Bei cursed fiercely on the edge of the field in front of all the officials.
The scolding didn't matter, it scared the surrounding officials to lower their heads and work hard, fearing that the emperor would find out that they didn't know how to produce agriculture, and then follow in the footsteps of those unlucky guys.
After a morning of tossing, many delicate and expensive officials were tortured to death. However, Liu Bei did not provide them with any better food at noon. It was just pure wheat rice and some pickles. They had enough food and water.
There is nothing else.
That is to say, they were very tired in the morning, so when a group of people saw something to eat, they didn’t pick anything and wolfed it down for a while, which calmed their stomachs that were protesting strongly.
Then he announced that after the lunch break, there would be another hour of agricultural production in the afternoon to experience the hardships of farmers in production.
The officials wailed in their hearts, but did not dare to say anything, because Liu Bei himself also lifted his trousers and took his eldest son and second son to engage in agricultural production together, and they did as much as they did.
The emperor himself took the lead, how dare they not use their strength?
So when the sun was at its worst, several officials even became dizzy and fell down.
Liu Bei looked at this situation, shook his head, and finally let the remaining officials go, asking them to pack up and go back to Luoyang City to take a bath and rest together.
Then, Liu Bei did not continue to torment them much, and finally announced that they were ready to return to their post.
Many officials heaved a sigh of relief and lamented that they had finally survived this incident.
However, just as the officials were preparing to return, on the second day of April in the first year of Zhenguan, the privy envoy Xun You suddenly came to the table and asked Liu Bei to allow him to lead a part of the Xun clan of Yingchuan to settle in Henan County of Sili Prefecture and establish a new clan of the Xun clan.
The family officially separated from the Xun family in Yingchuan.
Public opinion in both the government and the opposition was in an uproar.
What is even more surprising is that the day after Xun You went to the table, Emperor Liu Bei issued an edict.
Xun You was allowed to establish another Xun clan in Henan County. Based on Xun You's previous achievements, Liu Bei rewarded the Xun clan in Henan with 5,000 acres of land and part of the house. Xun You took the initiative to redistribute the family.
This combination of punches made most of the court feel dizzy. Even many people in the core power circle had no idea what the double act performed by Liu Bei and Xun You meant.
However, they soon realized that this was probably related to the upcoming operation to conquer the fields.
Previously, people in their inner circle had been asked not to act against Operation Dutian.
They have sorted out their own problems and are preparing to cooperate with Liu Bei for the first time during the Dutian operation, so that Liu Bei can immediately identify Dutian as politically correct.
According to the information they learned, among the inner circle, only the Xun family had not settled their family affairs. It was said that they were in a stalemate and the internal disputes could not be settled.
Xun Su, the head of the Xun family, is a mediocre person who doesn't know what to do when faced with complex situations.
The wise Xun Yuyuan served as governor in Qingzhou, but he was unwilling to take coercive measures against his family members.
As a result, the Xun family lost its last chance, so Xun You decided to launch a self-rescue operation and established a new Xun family sect to save the inheritance of the Xun family.
In the eyes of many people, this basically announced the end of the history of the Xun family in Yingchuan.