Zhuge Liang didn't know what Chen Yao had experienced before, but he didn't really want to agree with what Chen Yao said.
Although Chen Yao said that Liu Bei told him, Zhuge Liang also knew more or less about Liu Bei's experiences before he became emperor, and knew what kind of situation Liu Bei fought his way out of.
However, Zhuge Liang believed that a government whose colleagues had to resort to killing each other to stabilize the situation would not be very stable, nor would it be able to lead the country forward.
A court or a government will definitely have no future if it cannot spend most of its energy on business.
To take a step back, if you must master the ability to deal with people, you must not regard dealing with people as more important than dealing with things. If you don't think about doing things all day long, you just think about dealing with people, and all the people will be taken care of.
Who will do the work?
Those countries that were very prosperous for a time basically declined because they were better at managing people than doing things.
So Zhuge Liang never agrees with this.
To find a common goal, gather a common will, and push this country to the top together, this is his ideal court.
The three-month political observation period ended. The three thousand candidates for the first imperial examination also embarked on their own different paths in life. The ten people headed by Zhuge Liang did not go to local collective farms to accumulate experience like the others, but
It was the work team that followed Chen Qun that left Luoyang and headed for Chang'an.
It can be said that Chen Qun truly felt that he had made the right choice. While working in Chang'an, this new group of ten people gave him a big surprise, especially Zhuge Liang.
Initially, after an adaptation period of three or four days, Zhuge Liang was able to start helping him handle the key government affairs. Chen Qun only had to check at the end to see if Zhuge Liang's handling method was correct.
question.
The results prove that they are basically right. Zhuge Liang has unique super abilities in dealing with these matters that require a lot of calculation and thinking ability. It would take a normal person half an hour to reach a conclusion, but it took him just one stick of incense to reach the conclusion.
Without using it, you can draw a conclusion.
When doing mathematical calculations, Chen Qun noticed that Zhuge Liang didn't even need to make a draft, he could directly calculate the results mentally. Others had to do calculations in writing and add calculation chips, but Zhuge Liang didn't need any.
He only had to go through a complicated calculation in his mind and the answer came out. His ability to be so unreasonable made Li Wei, Zhang Yun and others around him stunned.
Some people wanted to learn, and Zhuge Liang was also willing to teach, but for some reason, none of them could understand Zhuge Liang's teaching methods. In the end, everyone could only helplessly believe that geniuses are geniuses for a reason.
Living in the same era as a genius really tests their psychological adjustment ability.
Chen Qun was overjoyed and continued to give Zhuge Liang the things he found troublesome. He gave Zhuge Liang questions and came back with standard answers. Later, Chen Qun didn't even need to check and just sent them out as they were.
No errors occurred.
After the entire operation was over, Zhuge Lian and his nine newcomers had become a very cohesive and effective administrative group. After Chen Qun petitioned for their credit, Liu Bei gave them generous material rewards, and then gave ten
Individuals have been promoted to one rank together.
It means that people have just started working on the collective farm, and they are already full-level officials.
Subsequently, Liu Bei arranged for these ten people to go to Bingzhou and start working in the collective farms in Yunzhong County, Bingzhou. The reason was that the local conditions were relatively difficult, the construction and development of collective farms was difficult, and it was not easy to promote agricultural production.
Liu Bei believed that these ten people had certain work experience and were young and capable, so he gave them more difficult tasks. If they did well, Liu Bei planned to promote them to positions in the county within two years.
Generally, it takes at least three years for new representatives to be promoted to work in the county.
Zhuge Liang's affairs have come to an end, and Liu Bei still has a lot to do. He cannot put too much energy on the growing Zhuge Liang. He is the emperor of the empire, and he has to think about the future of the empire.
The entire Battle of Yizhou lasted for half a year, from June to December of the sixth year of Zhenguan.
The Han army dispatched all the troops of the Western Shu Military Region, and also dispatched two armies from Luoyang to reinforce. Fifty thousand Han troops went south and rebelled against the natives in Yuexi County, Jianwei County, Zangda County, Yizhou County and Yongchang County.
The army fought many battles.
The outbreak of this round of native rebellion in southern Yizhou was not only the participation of the local natives in southern Yizhou, but also the shadow of some foreign countries south of Yongchang County. So when the Han army attacked Yongchang County, it was really...
Seize some forces belonging to other countries and even small-scale armies.
These countries didn't seem to know how powerful the Han Empire was, or they thought that the mountains and roads were high and the Han army couldn't defeat it, so they openly wanted to separate the Yongchang County area and turn it into their territory.
Liu Bei was very wary of this. In order to further consolidate his rule in the southwestern frontier, he ordered the division of Yizhou, dividing the original five administrative regions of Yueqi County, Jianwei County, Zangda County, Yizhou County and Yongchang County in the south of Yizhou.
, and Yunzhou was established in addition.
In addition, he also renamed the Xishu Military Region as the Southwest Military Region, moved the military garrison south to Dianchi County in Yizhou County, and moved the main Han army garrison southward into Yunzhou. He formally promoted the large-scale development policy in Yunzhou, and began to implement immigration and capital injections.
Road construction, bridge construction, development and other strategies.
More than 200,000 prisoners of war captured in the Yizhou battle became the main force for development. In addition, experienced technical personnel from all over the country were recruited from all over the country to follow the Yunzhou government team and enter the Yunzhou territory to conduct research. Starting from the beginning of the seventh year of Zhenguan,
, and strengthened its rule over Yunzhou.
And after that, Liu Bei arranged for the Dongyuan spy force to penetrate into Southeast Asia and South Asia from the southwest border, draw maps, and find roads. The idea of devouring Southeast Asia and establishing power tentacles in South Asia also began to take shape.
However, due to Yunzhou's complex terrain and extremely harsh natural environment, the progress of this work has been very limited, and the losses have been considerable. As a result, there has always been considerable opposition within and outside the government to the expansion of the southern territory.
Liu Bei could only move forward slowly under pressure, and the progress of Yunzhou's governance was not as fast as expected.
Initially, Liu Bei had the idea of enfeoffing princes to foreign countries to establish satellite states of the Han Empire, as an alternative that could not be controlled beyond the extreme walls of the empire, and repeating the Western Zhou Dynasty's strategy of opening up territories. In order to implement this strategy, it was necessary to
A lot of preparation work.
Liu Bei also made many modifications and adjustments to the entire enfeoffment plan, and finally came up with a relatively stable enfeoffment plan.
According to his future aggressive plans, the Han Empire's mainland is his target, stretching from the Indochina Peninsula in the south, the Japanese Archipelago in the east, the Pamir Plateau in the west, and the North Sea in the north. This is the territory that he will actually control with his army and policies.
At the current stage, there are still many difficulties in controlling these territories, but if they are controlled, they will definitely play a significant role in the future.
For example, the Indochina Peninsula has excellent hydrological conditions suitable for agricultural production, but what needs attention is the infestation of diseases.
The Japanese archipelago is prone to earthquakes and volcanoes, and the land is barren. However, there are large amounts of gold, silver, and copper mines, which will play a major role in promoting the future economic reform of the Han Empire and must be controlled.
Although the land where the Pamir Plateau is located is barren and not conducive to agricultural production, as long as it is controlled, it can form a superior strategic posture over Central Asia, which is enough to prevent the Central Asian regime from invading the Western Regions, and then protect the western frontier and territory of the empire.
The smooth flow of the Silk Road.
Beihai is regarded by Liu Bei as a pearl in the imperial crown, the location of Su Wu's sheep herding, and a symbol of the nation's indomitable spirit. Whether it is out of consideration for future water resources, national spirit, inheritance, and strategic buffer, he
All have to occupy the local area.
These four places are the extreme walls of the empire he set up for the Han Empire.
Within the extreme walls of the empire, he will try every means to work hard. Outside the extreme walls of the empire, it is the place where he has set up enfeoffed satellite countries, and the place that cannot be touched by the satellite countries is a completely foreign land, a barbaric land.
For this set of ruling methods, he referred to the Huayi thought of ancient China. The center is China, and the foreign lands in the four directions of southeast, northwest and northwest are all barbaric lands. And in his case, the mainland of the Han Empire is naturally the Chinese state.
External satellite countries can be called Little China.
It's not even a satellite country, it's naturally a barbaric land.
As for the establishment of satellite states, Liu Bei also made preliminary plans.
In Central Asia, where the Kushan Empire and the Parthian Empire are located, several feudal states can be established.
In South Asia, where India is located, several feudal states can be established.
On the islands of Southeast Asia, you can also try to establish several feudal states.
Forget about the east side, it is the endless sea. When science and technology develop in the future and the sextant is invented, we can try to cross the Pacific to visit the Native Americans.
To the north is the vast ice field that stretches as far as the eye can see. There will really be no development value for a long period of time in the future, so there is no need to establish a feudal state.
Unless the warm period of Xia, Shang and Zhou returns to the earth sometime, and elephants can run wild in Henan, then the Siberian Plain may still have some agricultural value.
After this plan was set, Liu Bei did a lot of preparation work. He even perfected the world map bit by bit based on his own memory. He marked the seven continents and five oceans on the map, and made a complete survey of the entire earth.
After describing it, he came up with his plan to seal the country.
At the high-level decision-making meeting within the empire, Liu Bei made the plan to conflate the country internally public, and also made public the world map for the first time. He did not explain where he came from, but only explained his plan to conflate the country to make everyone believe it.
Everyone has no reason not to believe it, because Liu Bei is a very magical person in their eyes. He can dream of the Imperial Heroes Meeting in his dreams, and he can form a group to fight with many virtuous ministers, let alone other aspects.
Therefore, no one could raise any objections to Liu Bei's relatively complete plan for future vassalage and development.
They couldn't object to things they didn't know. They were afraid that Liu Bei would say that he had dreamed of something extraordinary, so there was no need to do so.
So everything in the future was announced to the high-level decision-making circle by Liu Bei.
Everyone knows that Liu Bei's future plan is for his eldest son to live among them and become the emperor of the empire, while other talented princes will be enfeoffed to other places to become kings of satellite states, becoming a barrier and vassal state for the Han Empire, and continue to expand outwards.
What about the prince without talent?
Then stay in the Han Empire, become a peaceful prince or king, receive your own salary, and live a stable life. It is considered a good reincarnation for them, but they must not touch power or anything like that.
"Parents love their children and have far-reaching plans. I think my talented child is not just Liu Shen. The other children, especially Liu Ze, are also very talented. I don't want him to waste his talents and become mediocre.
Live a mediocre life.
So I thought that the enfeoffment strategy of our ancestors in ancient times was actually good. In order to maintain internal stability, the eldest son would inherit. But what about other possibilities? It would be left to other talented children to explore. This is
The best solution they could think of was also the best conclusion I could draw.
You will also have many children, you will also have various family disputes, and you will also want to spread the family expenses. Therefore, if possible, you can send your own family children to follow my sons to explore.
Territory, to create your own country.
Success, survival, to put it harshly, no matter what happens in the future, if the world collapses and the earth breaks apart, we will all die, and the family bloodline will still be passed on. It is impossible to collapse at the same time. It doesn't matter if we fail. There is no way to expand the territory without death.
Human?
Anyway, I am prepared to lose some children. It’s not that I don’t love them, but the position I am in cannot allow me to love them more than I love the entire country of Han. What I can do for them is
Just find the best path for the country and let them take it.”
Liu Bei communicated his thoughts with his old subordinates and expressed some of his future ideas. The high-level decision-making circles were shocked by this, but they soon accepted the reality.
The Third Reich was originally completely different from the Second Reich, the First Reich and the previous countries. This country will take a completely different path. Development will be the mainstream and a concept that will be widely accepted by the entire society.
As higher-ups, in a sense, they need to lead by example.
After this long-term national policy was formulated, Liu Bei began targeted preparations. The national strategy of the entire Han Empire was also formally determined, and all plans made great strides towards the same goal.
Also in the seventh year of Zhenguan, Gan Ning, the general who conquered the sea, returned. He took his fleet back to the port of Rinan County and quickly sent a lot of news to Luoyang.
They successfully arrived at the Great Qin Kingdom. Although they experienced some hardships, sank three large ships, and killed many people, they successfully sold all the cargo on the ship and brought back a lot of gold and silver, and even brought back a
A navigable sea route, as well as envoys from the Qin Kingdom.
Gan Ning went through many hardships and reached the Roman Empire. After the Roman Empire came into contact with the merchant fleet and official envoys of the Han Empire, they were very surprised and spent a lot of money to buy all the goods on the ship. The Roman Emperor also personally summoned Gan Ning.
.
Although the two parties do not understand the language, there are still some language talents who can help the two parties communicate along the way, successfully building a bridge for communication between the two parties.
The Roman emperor expressed condolences to the Han emperor and hoped that the exchanges between the two sides could continue. He hoped that Rome and the Han empire could achieve commercial interoperability, send fleets and envoys to each other, and increase mutual understanding.
He said that Rome liked the silk, lacquerware and porcelain of the Han Empire very much, and also liked the iron pots of the Han Empire. If possible, he would like to buy them on a large scale. The price is not an issue, the main thing is whether the goods can be delivered.
After entertaining Gan Ning for a month, Gan Ning set out to return home, bringing with him Roman envoys and language talents, as well as an infinite desire for the products of the Han Empire. This opened a new chapter in the exchanges between the two world-wide empires of the East and the West.
After that, Liu Bei formally established the Municipal Shipping Department in Rinan County, and also set up corresponding departments in the Ministry of Household Affairs to classify maritime trade and manage it specifically.
Regarding the needs of the Roman Empire, Liu Bei stated that he would do his best to meet the needs of the Roman Empire, and he also stated that he would do his best to meet the "discount" that the other party desired - of course, the premise is to increase the price beforehand, and then the discount will be the original level, or even higher than the original level.
The level is even higher.
But the Roman Empire's bureaucrats obviously didn't care about this. As long as the Han Empire made explicit concessions and provided sufficient goods, everything else could be done according to the Han Empire's wishes.
As a result, in the seventh year of Zhenguan, the Han Empire obtained a relatively stable overseas trade route.
In order to better maintain the stability of this overseas trade route, Liu Bei decided to accept the Roman Empire's envoys to be stationed in Luoyang, and Liu Bei also decided to send diplomats to the Roman Empire to station there. Both sides could negotiate through the presence of diplomatic envoys.
Some business issues that require timely communication.
So not long after Gan Ning returned to the Han Empire, he received another mission to go to sea.
However, Gan Ning did not feel bad. His restless genes made him particularly dislike comfort, and he liked to challenge the unknown and the future, so he happily accepted his second overseas mission.
Then Liu Bei asked him to further observe the status of every country he passed along the way, including the status of the Roman Empire.
"The previous report was well written and I liked it, but I think it could be more detailed. In particular, we should pay attention to the living conditions of people in various countries, what they eat, what they drink, what they wear, and what kind of work they do.
Just the official and military words are not enough."
Liu Bei explained this to Gan Ning, and Gan Ning immediately said that he understood. This time he came back and would definitely bring more detailed news to Liu Bei.
Naturally, Dongyuan's spies also followed him out a lot. Liu Bei even planned to arrange for people to be stationed in Rome to do business, to replenish goods regularly, and to start setting up transfer stations in various countries along the way to completely expand and stabilize the business.
Many people were envious of Liu Bei's ambitions and the benefits he brought after returning from his first overseas trip. Liu Bei took the opportunity to send people to spread the word about the matter, and went deep into the folk publicity, gradually making the overseas trip and gold and silver the most important thing.
Hooked up.
If you go to the sea, you can get gold and silver. If you go to the sea, you can make a fortune.
Is it dangerous?
It was very dangerous. Gan Ning's first fleet out to sea sank three ships due to technical reasons, and many people died. Later, he came back to sum up his technical experience and believed that it was caused by the lack of drying of the shipbuilding wood, especially the keel wood.
So much so that the durability of the ship was in question.
But so what?
Gan Ning shook his head when he heard that the shipyard had given out a plan that would allow it to dry out for at least three years.
"You can't wait three years. It's too wasteful. Going to sea is a battle of life and death. Those who dare to go to sea with me are all brave. It's just a matter of preparing more boats. I will go to sea on my own. You can prepare more keels and prepare more boats."
Let’s wait for the next batch of wood to be used for shipbuilding, I’ll go first!”
Gan Ning couldn't stop, and there were many people who didn't want to stop at all. They knew that going to sea was risky but the benefits were greater, so they really couldn't wait three years.
Similarly, Liu Bei cannot wait for these three years.
So after seven years of Zhenguan, the matter of overseas trade gradually became a hot topic in the Han Empire.
At the same time, news of the booming trade in the Western Regions also reached Luoyang, so the north went out of the Western Regions, and the south went to the Western Ocean. The south, the north, and the two wests immediately became the wealth code of the Han Empire.