Chapter 571: Governing the Upper County

The county seat of Shangjun has been completely under Liu Xian's control, and the official offices in the county town have also taken on a new look.

Liu Xian's orders for governing the county were also issued one by one.

Regardless of whether it can be done in the end, as stated in those announcements, just hearing and seeing the plans and policies governing the upper county has already made the people of the upper county excited.

Even if Liu Xian paints a big pie here, he only needs to do a small part of it, and he can still benefit the people of Shangjun a lot. At the very least, that is, from now on, as long as those foreign tribes in the upper county, they will all be governed by the upper county government. Moreover, orders have been sent to all parts of their tribes, and they must report to the government within the prescribed time the situation of their tribes, such as the population, property, cattle, sheep, horses, and so on.

There is a clear order that they must report to the county government, and if they do, the county government will, depending on the situation, allow their tribe to have a temporary independence, and, according to the situation of their tribe, designate a place for them to graze or cultivate.

From now on, these tribes can only graze their cattle in the areas designated by the upper county government, and are not allowed to cross the border to other tribes' places at will.

With such regulations, it is equivalent to restricting the scope of activities of those foreign tribes, so that they no longer dare to easily raid the weak tribes living in Shangjun and the villages of the Han people.

In addition, the rebuilding of the government in various places will send government officers and soldiers to patrol the villages and towns below, and reset some village and town positions such as pavilion chiefs. In this way, if there is any change in those alien tribes, the government will soon receive the news.

In addition, the county has also issued a hard and fast rule. The regulations state that whether it is the Xiongnu tribe or other tribes, they can live in Shangjun because after they surrendered to the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty was gracious? That's why he lived in this area. So? Nominally, they are all the people of the Han Dynasty? For this? They also had to obey the Han court and the rule of the Han government. This is also the corresponding responsibility and obligation that they must pay.

And if they can't follow the rules of the Upper County Governor's Office? Then ask them to leave the county and return to their desert. And if they don't want to stay in Upper County anymore? So the county government will issue a road guide? So that they can leave in peace. Otherwise, they will have to obey the rule of the county government, and if at a certain time, they will not come to the government to report? So it is regarded as their disobedience to the orders of the Han government? Seen as a betrayal. At this time, the Upper County Government will send troops to expel or eliminate them.

In fact, the governance of a place is sometimes complicated and quite complicated? After all, the living habits and customs of the Han people are different, and the requirements and life they want to live are different for each tribe. The same order? It may be suitable for Han Chinese, but not for those of different races. And many conflicts will erupt because of this? Difficult to reconcile.

However, it's easy to put it simply.

On the premise of decisive strength? Give deterrence by force? And then show it gratitude. Envy and power? The methods are both mild and tough.

Under such a premise, Liu Xian is not short of money and food. After confiscating the home of the former Shangjun government official, Liu Xian made another big profit.

Deterrence and temptation, various orders, and the implementation of various orders are in place, and those tribes, even if there are more than 10,000 Hun tribes with more than 10,000 tribes, or even tens of thousands, they also have to consider whether to go against the county government.

In addition, those tribes who wanted to maintain the independence of their tribe were treated differently from those who were completely subservient to the government and completely submitted to Liu Xian.

They will not receive government assistance, as well as many benefits. They are still an independent tribe, left to fend for themselves, but they can only live in the areas designated by the government. Of course, this is not to say that they are not allowed to leave, but it is absolutely not allowed to drive the cattle and sheep of their tribe to graze in the living range of other tribes. Moreover, their tribal military horses can only operate within the scope designated by their own government, and are only used as tribal military horses for self-protection. If they leave the territory of the tribe, then the government will regard them as a rebellion, and if there is an incident of robbing and plundering, then regardless of the 3721, the blame will fall on their heads. The government, on the other hand, will immediately send military horses to attack their tribes.

In this way, if these policies of the government to govern the upper counties can be implemented, then the entire upper county will also change the chaotic situation in the past, and there will no longer be those rogues who are wandering around.

Those tribesmen, if they want to turn into Kou as a disaster, they also have to consider this consequence.

In fact, if you really make up your mind to rectify those tribesmen, it doesn't mean that there is no way. The key is to see if the government is ineffective.

If the government is powerful, how dare those tribesmen make trouble? After all, even if they are tribesmen, there are old and young, wives and children. If they are governed properly and deterred enough, then they are not afraid of being razed?

Of course, the government naturally has to abide by the law, and must not arbitrarily increase the burden on those tribesmen. For those tribesmen, try to guide their development as much as possible, in addition to grazing and farming, and then think of ways to let them get more income from side jobs. Under the circumstances, the taxes collected from them should be avoided as much as possible. In this way, the lives of their tribesmen are better, so who wants to rebel?

Liu Xian was in Shangjun, so naturally he didn't dare to become the county guard of Shangjun himself, and he couldn't even appoint a new county guard. Liu Xian temporarily appointed Tao Qiuhong as the temporary county guard, and he could only be said to be the county official and master to the outside world, and he had no real position. But he can preside over the management of the affairs of the county, big and small.

In addition, Zhou Cang was allowed to stay in Shangjun to lead the officers and soldiers of Shangjun's official office.

In addition, there are government officials at all levels, generals at all levels of officers and soldiers, and government officials in counties and towns under their jurisdiction. These must all be reappointed, the original government officials, if there is no past bad performance, then can still continue to serve in the government office, after examination, it is true that they have a certain ability, then they can also be delegated to the following county to serve as the county commander.

However, the entire upper county government is from top to bottom, and there are many officials lacking. Liu Xian then decided to recruit openly from all parts of the county. This can be the election of the people, the recommendation of local celebrities, or the self-recommendation. Even if it is a person from a foreign tribe, as long as he has talent and ability, then he can recommend himself as an official.

Liu Xian's move is actually equivalent to an official reform. Such a thing, if it were placed in the middle of the Han Dynasty instead of this remote Upper County, could cause a great reaction and impact. By the time of the arrival, there will definitely be many courtiers who want to impeach Liu Xian.

Liu Xian was quick to cut through the mess, formulated rules, and immediately recruited personnel. Then they were appointed on the spot, and they were to act in accordance with the prescribed law, and to govern the whole of the Upper County.

After finishing all this, Liu Xian also specially called Tian Feng, who stayed in Zengshan County, and drafted a recital together with Xi Zhicai, Tao Qiuhong and other strategists.

The main thing is to explain to the imperial court the situation in Shangjun and everything that happened. Then the names of the latest officials at all levels of the county were compiled and reported to the imperial court, and each of these people, only a few were the officials of the original county government, and they were still officials whose official positions had not changed, and their official positions were actually indicated, and those newly recruited officials were all indicated that they were only temporarily taking the position of a certain official position and performing a certain aspect of their duties.

In the recital, I asked the imperial court to appoint a new Shangjun Taishou as soon as possible, or the imperial court sent him. Other officials also hope that their official positions can be implemented as soon as possible, so that those officials can carry out the work of governing the county with peace of mind.

Liu Xian asked several strategists to discuss the drafting of such a recital and send it to the imperial court, which was mainly a formality. It was also Liu Xian who showed an attitude to the imperial court, showing that everything he did in Shangjun was actually for the purpose of settling down the hundreds of thousands of displaced people, and for the entire Shangjun people to live a better life and implement better governance for them. Killing the original Shangjun Taishou Zhaoyuan was because of Zhaoyuan's various evil deeds, and he had to do it.

Finally, Liu Xian also mentioned the situation of the hundreds of thousands of people who migrated from the original capital. It said that those displaced people have been basically settled down, and they will only wait for the imperial court to send a new Shangjun Taishou to accept the affairs of Shangjun, including Zengshan County, and Liu Xian will return to the imperial court and personally state to the emperor the specific matters of this resettlement of the displaced people.

Liu Xian made a statement to the Han court like this, then it was enough to make those who wanted to attack Liu Xian have nothing to say about Liu Xian's killing of Shangjun Taishou Zhaoyuan. It is difficult to deal with Liu Xian about this incident in Shangjun.

Liu Xiandu begged the imperial court to send a new Shangjun Taishou, and he was going to return to the emperor to take up his post. So how else can they manipulate Liu Xian's rights and wrongs? Do you have to say that Liu Xian killed officials in Shangjun with the intention of rebelling? But now that everyone is saying that they are going back to the capital, what kind of rebellion? If you really want to rebel, then how can you return to the capital?

If you really want to say it, Liu Xian's trip to Shangjun this time to resettle the hundreds of thousands of displaced people who were displaced to Luoyang Jing is not only without fault but also with great merit.

At the very least, it is a great achievement to provide relief and feed these hundreds of thousands of Han people. Not to mention that these people can be relocated to the upper county. Then the administration of Shangjun to Shangjun is equivalent to completely solving the problem of those aliens and Han people not being able to integrate for the imperial court. It made a good example for the Han court to deal with those aliens in the future. These pieces are actually all credits.

Seriously, even if the imperial court rewards Liu Xian heavily, it is not too much.

But Liu Xian naturally didn't want to get a reward from the court or anything, he just wanted the court to have nothing to say and couldn't catch the handle against himself.

The changes in the upper county are visible to the naked eye, and they are almost equal to changing with each passing day.

The change in the upper county has also directly affected the Northland region in the southwestern region. Northland, where the situation is worse than in Upper County. It can also be said that the dispute between the two parties has not changed for decades.

The development of Shangjun will definitely attract the spiding eyes of aliens in those areas, and aliens will break in and loot at any time.

At this time, Liu Xian actually had the best way to control the northern land in his hands. But that's not possible. If you do do that, the impact will be even greater.

But it also found an excuse for Liu Xian, that is, in the name of preventing thieves, he set up self-defense forces in various government offices in Shangjun. These self-defense forces, when necessary, can also become Liu Xian's reserve soldiers. Knowing that Liu Xian was there, not counting the young and strong people in Zengshan County, only the military horses of those tribes who returned to Shun, and the officers and soldiers of the government obtained after seizing Shangjun, which made Liu Xian already have more than 50,000 military horses in Shangjun.

Of course, most of them were sent by Liu Xian to the local government to maintain law and order. However, the tribesmen of the other counties and towns of the whole upper county were converted to obedience, and their tribes were rejuvenated.

In this way, Liu Xian can mobilize about 50,000 or 60,000 military horses in Shangjun. There are 30,000 or 40,000 officers and soldiers in the government. This is equivalent to Liu Xian's presence in Shangjun, with an army of 100,000. If you count the young and strong self-defense forces of the common people and the young and strong people of Zengshan County, then it is possible to double the number and get 200,000 military horses.

This really made Liu Xian feel a little surprised.

Shangjun has entered the normal track of development, but Zhang Liao came to say goodbye to Liu Xian, and it was Ding Yuan who sent a messenger to recall Zhang Liao back. The specific reason was not elaborated, but Zhang Liao guessed that there might be something unusual about the Huns in the desert outside the Guan, and calling him back was meant to prepare for war.

During this time, Zhang Liao watched Liu Xian's development in Shangjun, and saw that Liu Xian could develop rapidly by relying on the land of Shangjun alone, and he was able to reach the point of having an army of 100,000, which really made Zhang Liao feel admired.

You must know that Ding Yuan has been operating in Bingzhou for many years, and he may not be able to gather 100,000 military horses at any time. However, Zhang Liao knew that this was because of Liu Xian's wealth and wealth, completely regardless of personal gains and losses, he desperately purchased a large amount of grain and sent it to Shangjun, solving the problem of eating and drinking for the soldiers and civilians in Shangjun, so that Liu Xian could also gain the support of the people in Shangjun, and then subdued so many foreign tribes for Liu Xian's use.

It is natural to pay real money, and it is natural to gain something. Liu Xian's approach, except for Liu Xian, Zhang Liao felt that no one could do it. At least Ding Yuan can't do it.

He came to support Liu Xian before, but in the future, who will support whom may not know.

Zhang Liao led him to bring 2,000 military horses and left.

Soon after, the imperial court finally sent a new Shangjun Taishou, but except for one Shangjun Taishou, no other Shangjun officials were assigned.