Just do what he said, Lu Zhi decided that in this matter, he, the teacher, would become an important think tank for this disciple.
So he put forward some of his ideas to Liu Bei.
"Since it is for the purpose of conquering the land, I will definitely support you as a teacher. However, this road will not be easy. You said before that you wanted to set up a new department to control the affairs of the county and national soldiers. How is the progress now?"
"A lot of manpower is already being allocated to form this department."
Liu Bei nodded and said: "It's still the same as before, starting from the areas with the strongest control, gradually accumulating experience, cultivating talents, and training manpower. After a complete set of experience processes are developed later, for those areas where the control is not very strong,
It can also be promoted in a short period of time.
So first of all, we will implement it in Liangzhou, Youzhou and Bingzhou. It happens that these places also need strict public security management the most. In addition to the border guards, there is indeed a great need for public security management forces to assist local administration."
Liu Bei has already made a comprehensive plan for the construction of this department, and the advance preparations are almost complete.
Therefore, on April 18, the fourth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei formally petitioned the imperial court to request the establishment of a new administrative law enforcement and security agency, which was named Zhongshu Tai. The chief was Zhongshu Ling, with a rank of two thousand stones.
Responsible for the affairs of counties, counties and military affairs across the country.
In addition, at the local level, in every county, there must be a dispatching agency under the Zhongshu Tai to command the local soldiers on behalf of the Luoyang Zhongshu Tai. The officer is named Zhongshu Duwei, and his rank is
Compared to two thousand stones.
Liu Bei believed that since Emperor Guangwu abolished the prefectural and national military system, although the local area has been rapidly stabilized, the lack of local judicial and security forces is also a serious social problem and cannot be properly dealt with for a long time.
The group that replaces the standard county soldiers are the miscellaneous soldiers within the county. These people can take on some of the responsibilities, but they cannot completely replace the existence of the county soldiers. They are also extremely easy to become county governors or private armed forces in some places.
, and confront the imperial court.
Therefore, Liu Bei decided to set up new commandery and national troops based on the original county and national troops, which fully meets the needs of the current era.
Emperor Guangwu was worried that local governments could fight against the central government by having county soldiers, which would lead to local rebellions. This was far-sighted, but times are changing, and we, the descendants, cannot rest on the merits of our predecessors.
Therefore, Liu Bei believed that it was okay to restore the name of the county soldiers.
However, in actual operation, giving the county soldiers the power to manage local security and dispatch law enforcement is equivalent to the local Zhongdu officials and apprentices who specialize in targeting civilian crimes, but they do not have the equipment and strength of the regular army.
The number, organization and training of new county soldiers will be strictly limited, making it impossible for local governments to rely on county soldiers to resist the decrees of the Luoyang court and to strengthen local separatist trends.
However, the imperial court could in turn command the commander-in-chief's military forces to serve local security, promote the imperial court's presence to a certain extent, and combat local separatism.
In short, this is a reform to strengthen centralization. The purpose is to reverse the local neglect and hostility towards the Luoyang court, reshape the Luoyang court's exclusive jurisdiction over the local areas, and severely crack down on local separatist forces.
Regarding Liu Bei's performance, the debate in the court was not fierce, because such major events that actually require changes are usually decided through discussions among small circles, and discussion in the court is just a symbol.
It's just a sexual announcement.
Everyone knows that the current imperial court has a system of four ministers, and among the four ministers, only Liu Bei has the final say. Basically, as long as Liu Bei makes a decision, the matter will definitely pass, which is equivalent to the imperial edict of a powerful emperor.
The real situation is similar. After Liu Bei came up with this reform measure, he immediately held an internal meeting of the four ministers and core officials of the court in the Jiade Hall to bring the matter to the public and exchange opinions with everyone.
Dong Zhong was still absent as always, Empress Dowager Dong was still supportive as always, and the young emperor Liu Xie was as "accurate" as ever.
Huang Wan still put forward some "constructive objections" as always, such as financial expenditures, personnel arrangements, power checks and balances, etc. Anyway, he wanted to ask Liu Bei whether he had selfish motives and whether he had considered the consequences of implementing these policies.
Liu Bei was not worried and talked to him openly.
"The purpose of county soldiers is to standardize local administrative law enforcement and stabilize local public security. Its emergence can solve various local criminal cases better and faster, crack down on illegal incidents, and can greatly reduce the number of illegal and criminal incidents. This in itself is extremely
Things that are beneficial to people’s livelihood.
As for selfishness, I don’t think it is selfish, because I want to enhance the authority of the imperial court, enhance the imperial court’s say in local affairs, and avoid the continued occurrence of rebellions, but I just happen to be the chief minister."
Facing Huang Wan's questioning, Liu Bei seemed very calm.
Huang Wan had nothing to say.
He just made a symbolic inquiry and a symbolic confrontation with Liu Bei. He did not really want to stop the implementation of this policy, and he knew that even if he wanted to stop it, he could not do it.
Liu Bei has told all his partners about the power of this department, and also made some power distributions.
For example, west of Luoyang, as well as Bingzhou and Youzhou, he had the final say. He appointed all the Zhongshu captains in these areas.
In other areas, for the counties where he sent people to serve as chief officials, he also arranged the candidates for Zhongshu Captain. In other counties, the candidates for Zhongshu Captain were left to the ancient literature school and the eunuch group to maintain a stable situation.
Balance can be regarded as equal exposure to rain and dew.
Therefore, all the court officials who can speak have gained some new benefits under this system, gained local administrative law enforcement power, and have a certain deterrent effect on local governments, and are willing to support Liu Bei in setting up this additional institution.
A new operations department.
The situation was like this. Even if Huang Wan shouted at the top of his lungs, no one would respond to him, let alone stop the establishment of the Zhongshu Desk. Therefore, Huang Wan himself knew what he should and should not do.
At the formal court meeting, the matter of establishing Zhongshu Tai was passed, and the chief official of Zhong Shu Tai recommended by Liu Bei, Zhong Shu Ling, was Man Chong, the current governor of Bingzhou. Liu Bei recommended Man Chong on the grounds of Man Chong's administrative achievements in Bingzhou.
He returned to Luoyang and took up his post.
The post of governor of Bingzhou held by Man Chong was replaced by Mao Jie, a close confidant recommended by Liu Bei.
Although some blind officials objected to this personnel arrangement because of Man Chong's past violent behavior, he was Liu Bei's man, and the decision made by Liu Bei could not be easily shaken.
Rather, the reason why Liu Bei recommended Man Chong as the governor of Bingzhou was to let him prove his ability and deal with a mess.
If Bingzhou's mess can be handled well, then he can handle other things as well.
Now that the mess in Bingzhou has been sorted out by Man Chong, many things have been dealt with in a formal way, so that the successors can feel a little more relaxed.
Mao Jie is also a subordinate he likes very much. He has an upright temperament, respects and obeys the rules when doing things, and lives a simple and simple life. He has strict requirements for others and himself. Liu Bei plans to let him go out to experience and accumulate some qualifications, and then return