For a while, although there was no concrete evidence, concerns about this matter had spread in Luoyang official circles, and many people were not optimistic about Liu Bei's behavior.
What's more, comparing this incident with Liu Bei's appointment of Gongsun Zan as the governor of Youzhou, he believed that Liu Bei did not do a good job and would make the same mistakes again if he was not careful.
These brave warriors are not talking about problems with their abilities. All their problems can be summed up in three words - unreliable.
At that time, Liu Bei could use the achievements of the Northern Expedition to make up for his mistakes in employment, but now, is it okay?
Do you still want to go to the Northern Expedition again?
Because many people were worried, even Lu Zhi was worried about this, so Liu Bei specially talked with Lu Zhi about his views on this matter.
"Teacher, I have no intention of promoting Dong Zhuo to the position of the third official. Otherwise, I should let him serve as a guard or a great farmer instead of a great minister. My purpose of doing this is just to let Dong Zhuo come to Luoyang. Moreover, how can this be confused with Gongsun Zan? Could it be that Dong Zhuo came to Luoyang to fight?"
Lu Zhi was puzzled by Liu Bei's explanation.
"Why do you want Dong Zhuo to come to Luoyang? Dong Zhuo's ability is obviously the best at guarding the border, and conquest is what he is good at. It is really annoying that you put him in the Luoyang court to serve as an official of etiquette and law like Da Honglu. Pay attention."
"It's just a temporary measure. The disciple's real purpose is to take back Dong Zhuo's military power and get rid of his subordinates."
Liu Bei said slowly: "What Dong Zhuo's army has done in the local area is intolerable to me. I cannot tolerate such an army continuing to run rampant. The military regulations and laws of the Han army must be based on the army directly under me. Dong Zhuo's The military has gone too far."
"this……"
Lu Zhi was a little surprised. After thinking about it, he whispered: "Are you planning to take this opportunity to remove the local military power?"
"There is indeed such an idea."
Liu Bei nodded and said: "Dong Zhuo's incident gave me a wake-up call and made me realize that it is time to make such a change. What they did is no longer in line with the current trend of the Han Dynasty. This old practice must be must be strictly prohibited.
Taking this as an opportunity to strike down the state pastoralists and seize local military power, this is of course also my goal. It can make the local people more honest and stable, and then establish a county-state military system. On this basis, we can truly start. The timing of the land transfer policy.
When the court did not have enough power in the local area, it could only rely entirely on local officials to implement court policies. The extent to which they were implemented was not completely under the control of the court. Local officials had considerable autonomy in what they did. In terms of imperial policy, it was extremely harmful.
For example, the various chaos that occurred during the slave restriction operation during this period was not my intention, but it still occurred, and it was beyond my power. However, when some vital powers are controlled by the court and no longer exist, When local control comes under control, things will change."
Lu Zhi sat down and thought carefully about what Liu Bei said.
After a while, he looked up at Liu Bei.
"It's hard and it takes a lot of time."
"Because the local government's strong attitude towards Luoyang cannot be established overnight."
Liu Bei smiled bitterly and said: "Teacher, we have all been local governors. We should know very well how much concern should we have about the Luoyang court when handling specific affairs in the local area? Since Emperor Xiaohe, the local government has become more and more concerned about Luoyang. I pay less and less attention to it.
And according to my observation, for a long time, Luoyang has been absent from the daily administration of local counties. When the local government needs to do things, the Luoyang court basically does not exist, etc.
It was good, and the insects from the Luoyang court immediately appeared.
Over time, local governments will also worry about Luoyang encroaching on their own interests. When most places regard the Luoyang court as a plunderer rather than a rule-maker and maintainer, the Luoyang court still has some orthodoxy.
It's really hard to say.
Teacher, let’s be honest. Many times, local governors regard the Luoyang court as their enemy and take every precaution against them. They don’t regard the Luoyang court as their superior at all. It will take decades for this trend to form.
, but once formed, it is very dangerous.
To this day, I can say that except for the area west of Luoyang, Bingzhou, and Youzhou, many places still regard the Luoyang court as an enemy, from the government to the people. Under such circumstances, promoting land transfer will directly
Detonate the place.
Of course, despite this, I can also say that I can definitely quell the rebellion in these places, but even using the most crude and simple method, I still need at least 300,000 troops, and this number has not been reached yet. Teacher, I don’t have it.
Confidence.”
Lu Zhi fell silent.
Lu Zhi, who had experience in local administration, certainly understood the situations Liu Bei mentioned, but he had never considered these issues systematically or linked these things together.
If you look at these things together and consider the local separation situation towards the Luoyang court, you will find a surprising fact.
The Luoyang court has essentially become the enemy of local separatist forces.
This was based on the fact that Liu Bei had continuously built his own power over the years and controlled the basic power in the area west of Luoyang. After the Jian'an Year, Liu Bei successively pacified Youzhou and merged it, reshaping the political situation of Youzhou and Bingzhou.
Of course, Jizhou has also undergone certain political reshaping, and the trend of local separation has been significantly reduced.
However, the four states of the Central Plains, Jingzhou, and Yangzhou were political white areas that Liu Bei rarely set foot in. Using the power and connections of the Ancient Literature School to promote a limited slave restriction order would cause fierce resistance, let alone further land conquests.
It is estimated that these six states will rebel in an instant and break away directly from the control of the Luoyang court. The Luoyang court itself will also experience fierce internal fighting and separation, forming two competing factions.
Lu Zhi was not worried that he would not be able to succeed in conquering the fields, because Liu Bei really had the combat power to conquer the world, but he also said that he would need at least 300,000 troops to re-establish the empire in the worst case of collapse.
But now, Liu Bei doesn't have that confidence.
Thinking of this, Lu Zhi could only sigh.
"You have worked really hard. It has been nine years since the sixth year of Zhongping. You only used nine years to control almost half of the world. It is really not easy for you."
Lu Zhi stood up and patted Liu Bei on the shoulder, his eyes full of relief and guilt.