Chapter Eighty-Eight: The County System

When Zhuge Liang came, Zhang Fei and Liu Bei were tasting the newly woven moire brocade presented by the brocade official.

Liu Bei rolled up his sleeves, draped the bright red moire brocade on Zhang Fei's shoulders, examined and looked back and forth, and nodded: "Okay, good!" Yide, open your eyes wider, it's so majestic! ”

Zhang Fei's arms were entwined with moire brocade, waving his arms and dancing in a pose for Liu Bei to see, and he saw Zhuge Liang coming from afar, and he saluted early: "Fei has seen Mr." ”

Zhuge Liang first saluted Liu Bei, who stood up straight and put on a dignified face, before greeting Zhang Fei: "General Yide, I just have an official inquiry." ”

Zhang Fei untied the moire red brocade on his body and folded it in half, handed it back to the Jin Guan, and followed Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang into the courtyard hall.

The charcoal fire in the hall was booming, Liu Bei flipped through the official document handed by Zhuge Liang, saw "Please Let Hugu Pavilion Marquis Table", and asked: "Sir, the merit of filial piety must not be rewarded." Xu Zuo and Lu Yi were rewarded from the thick seal, but what? ”

"Yide looks at the filial piety first handwriting, and it is really exquisite."

Liu Bei handed the invitation watch in his hand to Zhang Fei, Zhang Fei saw the novel punctuation marks on it, and laughed: "No wonder you can be kind to Pang Shiheng, and your temperament is similar to Pang Shiyuan." ”

Looking at Tian Xin's slightly regular script, he nodded again and again and couldn't stop laughing, and said to Zhuge Liang opposite: "It is said that Tian Xiaoxian inherited the doctor, and what he said is true." This calligraphy can be a model for Jing Yi. ”

Zhuge Liang also agreed with his chin, and said with a smile: "Ma Youchang is about to resign and wants to go to Jingzhou to study Tian Xiaoxian's calligraphy. ”

Ma Jian is now Chengdu Ling, and he can be regarded as Zhuge Liang's right-hand man.

Zhang Fei held the silk book in his hand and couldn't put it down, and commented: "Tian Xiaoxian's book is square in shape, straight strokes, and beautiful as his person. ”

Zhang Bao's condition has stabilized, and Zhang Fei is Tian Xin, who likes to contribute to "Twelve Strategies for Epidemic Prevention and Rescue".

While speaking, Liu Bei had finished reading the official documents of Huang Quan, Ma Chao, and Pang Lin, all of which revolved around Ma Chao's killing of Yan Pu, Ma Chao was guilty of the crime, Pang Lin supported the killing of Yan Pu, and Huang Quan believed that Yan Pu's life and death were really the last issues, and how to reorganize Jingzhou's administrative framework was the major issue at hand.

Seeing that Liu Bei finished reading it, Zhuge Liang replied to the previous question: "Lu Boyan is pregnant with a great weapon, and Xu Chengzhen is worth a huge amount of money to donate the equipment, and they are all rewarded, and the minister has no objection." ”

Liu Bei fell into deep thought, the matter in Jingzhou is actually not complicated.

Guan Yu was the governor of Jingzhou Military, and after repelling the Wu army, Guan Yu gave up rectifying Jingnan's military affairs with his own hands, and Huang Quan took over the rectification and compendium; The eye-catching surrender of more than 30,000 troops was also simply handed over to the left army.

Guan Yu neatly split Jingzhou, which made Liu Bei very relieved.

There is Huang Quan in front and Ma Liang in the back, and he can also correct Jingzhou's military affairs and government affairs from the side.

There was no friction and contradiction between the left army and the front army, which really didn't worry him.

The only thing that needs to be checked is the selection of the county guards, the county guards are responsible for civil affairs, and the county captains are responsible for recruiting and commanding troops, so the authority of the county guards is split, and the requirements for the talents of the county guards are not very high.

This is different from Cao Wei and Sun Wu, Cao Wei is a local county guard and a general, and Sun Wu is a general and a county guard.

The military and political power is in the hands of one person, and no matter how great the advantages of civil and military all-rounders are, they are also limited and lacking in skills; If there is a shortcoming, it is almost unavoidable.

In Jingyi Prefecture, except for the old and experienced generals who also served as county guards, there were few generals who were also in charge of civil affairs, and the development of the system was close to that of the former Han Dynasty.

In Yizhou, only Wei Yan and Li Yan served as generals and concurrently served as county guards, and Jingzhou served as generals in Xiahou Lan as generals and concurrently served as Xiangyang county guards.

Therefore, the personnel transfer work in Jingzhou is simple, but the difficult thing is how to deal with Mi Fang, Guan Yu does not report, and Zhuge Liang temporarily loses his memory and forgets this matter.

The division of defense areas between the left army and the front army does not need to be hurriedly distributed, and before the completion of peace talks with Sun Quan, Jingzhou can cope with the changes of all parties by maintaining the current defense.

Compared with Jingzhou as a whole, Ma Chao's killing of Yan Pu is a trivial matter, and Tian Xin's position as Marquis of Citing is even more insignificant.

What made Zhuge Liang care was Tian Xin's calligraphy, which proved that Tian Xin was indeed trained by Dr. Han and that the principles of the county system in Jingzhou were established.

If he followed the previous Later Han official system in which the county guard was in charge of civil affairs and military affairs, and important areas were assisted by captains, then there was no need for him to come to see Liu Bei.

He wanted to restore the official system of the former Han Dynasty, and Jingzhou was ready.

In the official system of the former Han Dynasty, the military affairs of each county were in charge of professional captains, and the mobilization was stronger.

However, the county guard does not directly control the military power, which can form a certain balance. That is, the lieutenant defected and could not take the whole county with him; The county guard defected, and it was difficult to succeed.

There are too many checks and balances at the county level.

One of the biggest benefits is the clamping of the local clans, the former Han magistrates slaughtered the clans as a merit, and when they developed into the later Han Dynasty, they could no longer be killed, so they could only watch the wealthy clans develop into families and gate valves.

Liu Biao died of illness, and when Cao Cao's army went south to Jingzhou, Jingzhou scholars abandoned their family business and fled with Liu Bei.

Now that Yizhou Haoqiang is suppressed, the Jingzhou scholars have a higher pursuit, and there is resistance to the phenomenon of the Houhan local Haoqiang becoming bigger, believing that this is the source of turmoil.

This stubble is still alive and in an important position, and some of them will not jump out against it, if not if they do not support the restoration of the former Han county system.

How to deal with Jingzhou's personnel work now can completely determine the future bias of the county system, whether it is the former Han county system or the later Han county system.

The only opportunity was in front of him, Zhuge Liang came to ask in person, and Liu Bei hesitated deeply.

If the original county system of the Later Han Dynasty is supported, three of the five county governors can be cut; If the former Han county system is to be restored, and the new county is appointed to retain the commanders of each county on time, then local government affairs and military affairs will naturally be handled separately.

Jingzhou has a firm foothold here, and the counties of Yizhou will also be able to send additional lieutenants to divide the power of the county.

The lieutenant is also two thousand stones again, which is equivalent to twice the position of an official at the level of two thousand stones, and he will definitely gain the support of middle and lower-level officials and military officials.

This is especially important for professional military officials who have military talents, but are not very good at civil affairs.

In the prosperous era of the former Han Dynasty, Liu Bei yearned for it.

Civil and military officials sacrifice their lives to accompany each other, and all they seek is personal wealth and power?

Restoring the prosperity of the former Han Dynasty is everyone's highest pursuit.

After thinking about it for a long time, Liu Bei said: "There are few all-rounders in the world, and adding a lieutenant to be in charge of military affairs can make the best use of people and benefit the country." Jingzhou's county guards and lieutenants are selected for their talents. ”

Zhuge Liang solemnly saluted: "Huh." ”

Sitting down again, Zhuge Liang turned sideways to look at Zhang Fei, Zhang Fei was stuffing Tian Xin's "Please Let Hugu Pavilion Marquis Table" into his sleeve, and when he saw Zhuge Liang looking at him, he coughed dryly and shook his sleeves twice, and looked calm: "What's the matter with Mr.?" ”

"General Yide, Guan Junhou, General Meng Qi, Huang Gongheng, and Pan Chengming all wrote to discuss reconciliation, what does General Yide think about this matter?"

Zhuge Liang said and sighed lightly: "Marquis Wu sent my brother to Yizhou, which meant to embarrass Liang. ”

Zhang Fei glanced at Liu Bei and said disappreciatively: "Jingyi lacks food and sometimes suffers from epidemics, so it is useless to fight. Then negotiate peace, and wait for the grain and straw in Jingyi Erzhou to be sufficient, and then make plans when the officials seek war. Sir, don't be embarrassed, this is just a small trick by Sun Quan. ”

Zhuge Liang smiled and looked at Liu Bei: "The king, this Jingyi soldiers have the same heart, and the ministers and filial piety have the same opinion, and the king must not ignore it." ”

Liu Bei put his right hand on the table, and his fingertips moved slightly: "If you want to negotiate peace, Lu Boyan and Yu Zhongxiang know the internal situation in Jiangdong very well, and they can cooperate to participate in the calculation." ”

"Yes, the minister understands that he will never let Wu Hou get out easily."

The process of negotiating peace is destined to be difficult, and Lu Yi and Yu Quan have already torn their faces with Sun Quan, and they will definitely put forward many conditions that will make Jiangdong embarrassed.

In this way, it is not that Liu Bei opposes the peace, but that Jiangdong cannot meet the conditions for peace.

As for Sun Ji and Sun Quan's daughters, how much food can they eat?