In fact, Liu Bei, as the prefectural pastor, can appoint Chen Yuan and Gu Yong as the prefects.
There are seven prefects in the seven counties of Jingzhou.
However, let’s not talk about the fact that there are now people serving as governors in these counties.
Even if there is no one to do it, Chen Yuan does not suggest that Liu Bei accept his fate as governor now.
One is that there are not enough people, and the other is that this will distract Liu Bei's strength.
According to Chen Yuan's plan, we will start from Xiangyang and capture Nanjun first.
After that, with Nanjun as the foundation, we first conquered the four counties of Jingnan.
At this time, Chen Yuan had already discovered that he had made a mistake.
He originally thought that the population of the four counties in Jingnan must not be large if birds do not poop.
However, he now knows that among the four counties in Jingnan, Changsha and Lingling have a population of more than one million each, which adds up to more than two million.
Compared to Nan County, there are far more.
Today's Nanjun population is only about 700,000.
The four counties in Jingnan must be captured first. By capturing the four counties in Jingnan, Liu Bei will have a population of three to four million under his rule.
With a population of three to four million and an army of 100,000, the pressure is not very great.
An army of 100,000 is enough to take over Jiangxia and Nanyang. It only requires a horizontal push.
Once Nanyang and Jiangxia are included, the population under Liu Bei's rule should be about six to seven million.
Population is the foundation.
As long as Liu Bei can feed six to seven million people and feed them well, it will not be a dream to dominate the world.
This is one of the reasons why Chen Yuan actively asked Liu Bei to choose Jingzhou.
Because Jingzhou was less affected by the Yellow Turban Rebellion, its population loss was smaller than that of other states.
Moreover, there will definitely be a large number of refugees coming to Jingzhou from the Central Plains and Guanzhong. A population of tens of millions is not a dream.
With a population of 10 million, it is not easy to raise an army of 300,000 to 400,000.
At that time, it will really be time to ask the world who is the opponent.
At this time, Guan Yu and others also came in. They had already screened 30,000 people and came to report to Liu Bei.
Among these 30,000 people, more than 2,000 had their hands stained with the blood of the common people. These two thousand people were also Zhang Hu's confidants.
Liu Bei immediately issued an order to kill these two thousand people as a warning to others.
But Chen Yuan suddenly stopped Liu Bei with words.
"Lord, wait a minute."
Liu Bei looked at Chen Yuan, somewhat puzzled: "What does Zichu mean?"
At this time, Chen Yuan suddenly discovered that these two thousand people were also useful.
Rather than killing them, it is better to let them undergo labor reform.
For example, building roads and digging rivers, cutting down timber, and building cities.
In short, it is just to do hard work and use it to death.
Chen Yuan told Liu Bei what he wanted, and Liu Bei thought about it and agreed.
It would not be a pity for these people to die.
And the best person to do this job is Zhang Fei and Zhang Sanye.
When Chen Yuan told Zhang Fei what had happened, Zhang Fei immediately beamed.
You know, Mr. Zhang hasn’t whipped anyone for a long time since he was punished by Liu Bei the last time he whipped a soldier.
Now that he has an honest opportunity, how can Zhang Fei not be happy?
Zhang Fei happily took over this task, and took two hundred people to assist Chen Yuan and Gu Yong, becoming the supervisor of the two thousand people.
After these 3,000 people left, the remaining 20,000 or so were poor people.
The sources are also diverse, including people from Jiangxia, Xiangyang, and even people from Nanyang and Xinye.
Three thousand of the strongest were selected and incorporated into the army, and the remaining 25,000 were converted into Xiangyang citizens on the spot.
Liu Bei and the others were left to worry about the military aspect, while Chen Yuan took Gu Yong and Zhang Fei to prepare for large-scale production.
However, before leaving, Chen Yuan suddenly thought of a question.
He pulled Liu Bei aside: "Brother, have you noticed that there is something missing in our army?"
Liu Bei was a little stunned: "What?"
Chen Yuan said: "Intelligence department."
Liu Bei was confused: "Aren't there scouts?"
Chen Yuan shook his head: "The information obtained by the scouts is too one-sided, not timely and comprehensive enough. The intelligence department I am talking about is an organization that needs to obtain intelligence information from all states, counties and courts in the world in a timely manner. It requires huge funds and a large number of personnel, which is very important for our war.
And political struggle is very important, so we have to establish it as soon as possible."
Liu Bei was immediately in a dilemma.
Now Liu Bei can be said to be in a desperate situation. Apart from an army, he has nothing else and is extremely poor.
Chen Yuan naturally knew it, so Chen Yuan said again: "Brother, now that our strength is limited, we can first target Jingzhou. I think among these clan thieves, there are many people from other counties and counties.
Select one or two to train as intelligence personnel, and then put them back as our spies, who will definitely play a very important role in our attack on Jingzhou in the future."
Liu Bei nodded and agreed with Chen Yuan's suggestion.
"From Zichu's perspective, what should this organization be called and who is in charge of it?"
Chen Yuan almost blurted out Jin Yiwei.
However, it was stopped in time.
Because it's inappropriate.
In fact, the Han court had an intelligence agency, and that was Sili Xiaowei.
Sili Xiaowei not only has supervisory intelligence, but also has intelligence functions.
Sili Xiaowei became Crouching Tiger again, with 1,200 Zhongdu officials and apprentices under his command to oversee the world.
It can be regarded as a huge intelligence monitoring agency.
Liu Bei and Chen Yuan both made a tacit agreement not to mention Captain Sili.
Chen Yuan thought for a while and decided to call him Jin Fengwei.
Liu Bei looked confused, what does this mean?
"The cicada wakes up before the golden wind moves. It plots against the impermanence and dies without knowing it."
"I hope that the Golden Wind Guard can be like a cicada and notice the Golden Wind before it comes."
Liu Bei nodded: "This is a very good name. Can you recommend the person in charge, Zi Chu?"
Chen Yuansi thought: "The person in charge of Jinfengwei needs to have keen political discernment ability, insight into people's hearts and strategic layout. More importantly, he needs to be someone whom the elder brother can absolutely trust, which is a bit difficult to find."
Chen Yuan was a little troubled.
Neither Xi Zhicai nor Gu Yong are suitable. The most suitable person should be Jia Xu or Zhuge Liang. Unfortunately, Jia Xu, an old man, is currently hiding in the Xiliang army. It is basically impossible to recruit him.
As for Zhuge Liang, he is still a young lady now, what is he doing here?
Is Shota raised?
In fact, Guo Jia is fine, but Guo Jia is from the Guo family of Yingchuan, and his whereabouts are secretive. No one except Xun Yu probably knows where he is, and he can't be recruited even if he wants to.
Chen Yuan couldn't help but feel a little worried and sighed sadly.
Liu Bei smiled instead.
"Zichu, why are you sighing?"
Chen Yuan said bluntly: "Sigh because there is no suitable candidate for the chief intelligence officer, brother."
"Oh, I have a candidate who is very suitable."
Chen Yuan's eyes lit up, good guy, when did his eldest brother, the lord, recruit talents behind his back?