"The ministers welcome the king back to the capital—"

A month later, Lu Chen returned to Fengzhou, and hundreds of officials knelt down to greet him.

In the afternoon of the same day, while dealing with the mountain of government affairs, he asked Liang Xiao to order Xue Huairen, Sima Wen, and Liu Yuan to wait in the pavilion in the palace garden.

After receiving the royal order, the three ministers did not dare to slack off, and soon left the palace and entered the palace and came to the garden.

After arriving at the pavilion, there was no figure of the king, the three of them sat dryly, and saw that there was a chessboard engraved on the stone table, and there were two boxes of black and white chess pieces, Liu Yuan immediately became interested, and said: "Lord Xue, Lord Sima, the king doesn't know how long it will take to arrive, you and I three, why don't you play two games here?" ”

Sima Wen also had this intention, and when he heard this, he said to Xue Huairen: "Lord Xue, you come first?" ”

"Huh? The two of them played together, and I watched the chess without saying a word. Xue Huairen said with a smile.

"Okay, in that case, then I'll play two games with Lord Liu first." Sima Wen was no longer polite, and after sitting down face-to-face with Liu Yuan, he stretched out his hand and said, "Lord Liu, please first." ”

"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey your fate." Liu Yuan first arched his hand, then picked up the black chess piece and said, "Master Sima has superb chess skills, but you have to be merciful." ”

Sima Wen waved his hand and said, "Huh? I heard early in the morning that when Lord Liu was not an official, he used to deceive people with gold and silver in the bazaar, with one to five, but there is such a thing? ”

"Haha-" Hearing this, Liu Yuan looked up and smiled, waved his hand and said: "These embarrassing things, don't mention them, don't mention them, don't mention them......"

On the side of the two, Sima Wen said: "The king has just returned to the capital, and I don't know what is the matter with summoning us." ”

"I heard that when the king went on patrol this time, some unpleasant things happened when he arrived in Pingzhou." Liu Yuanluozi said.

Xue Huairen said: "It seems to be Lieutenant General Wang Yan, right?" ”

"Hey, what you have done, the real earth emperor, which king can tolerate it, no wonder the king is angry." Liu Yuan sighed lightly.

Sima Wen dropped a white son and said: "Some people, after success, rely on their own merits and qualifications, they forget who they are, and they don't know how to advance or ......retreat."

The two of them played against each other, Xue Huairen stood aside and watched, the three of them chatted without a word at first, but they played and played, and soon, the chessboard entered a fierce level, not only the two people who played chess stopped talking and began to concentrate, but Xue Huairen was also attracted by the chessboard.

Xue Huairen's chess skills are definitely not below the two of them, as the so-called bystanders are clear, and the authorities are confused, but even if Xue Huairen felt that one of Liu Yuan's sons was wrong, he still didn't say a word.

I don't know when, there was one more person in the pavilion, but the three people who were concentrating didn't notice it immediately, and in the end, Xue Huairen, who was watching chess, was the first to react, and he was about to kneel on the ground to salute, but was stopped by Lu Chen smiling and waving his hand.

Sensing the movement, Sima Wen and Liu Yuan also subconsciously looked up, and saw that it was Lu Chen, the two of them hurriedly got up, and Lu Chen said with a smile: "Don't be polite, you two continue, this king is also good to learn chess." ”

After becoming the king of a country, he also studied chess in his spare time, which can be compared with these two literati, which can be imagined.

"It's a draw today." Sima Wen was the first to speak.

"Okay." Liu Yuan nodded along with him.

The two of them knew that the king must have summoned them to discuss something important. After putting away the chess pieces, Lu Chen sat down, waved his hand and said, "You also sit." ”

After a few people sat down, Lu Chen thought about it and said straight to the point: "This king is going to revise some policies when he is in the morning tomorrow, but before that, I want to discuss with you first." ”

"Please show me, the king." The three of them said at the same time.

"The first thing is the issue of the county army." Lu Chen said: "I have more than ten counties in the country of Feng, and in each county, there are 50,000 county troops, and these local armies alone add up to hundreds of thousands, although they cannot pose a threat to the imperial court, but their soldiers and equipment, food, grass and ordnance, and military salaries all need to be supplied by the state, and all bandits in various places are eliminated. ”

Hearing this, the three of them glanced at each other, and Sima Wen took the lead in asking: "Weichen listens to the king's meaning, is he planning to ban the county army?" ”

Lu Chen nodded, shook his head slightly, and said, "It's not a ban, this king has an idea, you don't think it's okay." ”

As he spoke, he said: "Take Nanyang as an example, Nanyang is in the hinterland of our Feng Country, there are no bandits, no rebel forces, and the people's livelihood is stable. If these 50,000 county troops are eliminated and a city lieutenant is set up to be responsible for arresting murderers and robbers, will it also be able to ensure the safety of a place? ”

"It's just a change of name for the county army, and the king doesn't mean more than that, right?" Liu Yuan asked.

"That's right." Lu Chen said: "The king's intention, the city captain is under the control of the local chief executive, taking the county as an example, there are 1,000 people at the county level, and 100 people at the county level. ”

He is completely referring to the police system of his previous life, the county-level city lieutenant is equivalent to the public security bureau, the county-level is the sub-bureau, and the towns are the police stations.

In this way, the city lieutenant is enough to ensure the safety of a place, and it also exempts the 50,000 county army from such a large scale and some inconveniences, and more importantly, hundreds of thousands of local troops, just the annual material salary, that is an astronomical amount!

"The position of lieutenant is set up by the king himself, so wouldn't it be necessary to remove many military attachés." Xue Huairen said with some concern: "These local captains are all generals who have had military exploits in the past, if they are all removed suddenly, I am afraid that there will be chaos......"

"Huh?" Lu Chen waved his hand and said: "Joining the military captain, it is the commander of the Central Army Corps, and the city captain is reorganized, and the head of the city captain's mansion is naturally still held by these captains, and their official rank and salary are also the same. ”

Hearing him say this, Xue Huairen nodded and said: "In this way, it is not a bad policy, which not only directly eliminates the armed forces in various places, but also makes the government's actions simpler and clearer, so that the public security in various places can be better guaranteed, and the phenomenon of soldiers disturbing the people is also eliminated." ”

"The king's policy is good, but border areas like Pingyang County and Lingnan, if there is no county army to garrison, it is always a hidden danger." Sima Wen said.

Lu Chen said: "This king has also taken this into account, therefore, in a place like the border city, the establishment of 50,000 county troops is still retained, but the city captain's mansion is still established, and the county army is no longer responsible for the arrest of murderers and thieves." ”

(End of chapter)