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Morning!

Since Liu Wei abolished the eunuchs, in the palace, in addition to the guards, a group of palace maids have been recruited, divided into two categories, one is the young palace maids who take care of the emperor's concubines, and handed over to Tang Wan to learn Han etiquette.

On the other hand, women over the age of twenty-five are employed only in miscellaneous labor.

And the work that was originally served by the eunuch was also replaced by the palace maid. Mingyue is quite a smart and clever woman in the first batch of palace maids, and she is literate and hyphenated, the best thing is that she doesn't talk much, and she is well versed in the truth of doing more in the palace, seeing more and saying less. Mingyue was selected by Tang Wan to take care of Liu Wei's daily life.

"Go to court!" The ethereal voice of the bright moon sounded in the Hall of Houde. A group of civil and military personnel dressed in court clothes took off their shoes outside the hall and walked in.

"Meet Your Majesty!" The civil officials were led by Ding Guan Cai Yong, followed by Wei Xiaokuan, Xun You, Xun Yu, Hua Xin and others. The generals were led by Lu Zhi, and behind them were Cao Cao, Yang Zaixing, Yang Miaozhen, Yang Yansi, Gao Changgong, Zhao Yun and others.

Liu Wei was dressed in a black dragon robe, and said with his right hand: "Aiqing is flat!" ”

A group of civil and military officers knelt down in their respective positions.

At this time, under the command of Liu Wei, Yang Jiye led 20,000 horses to guard Yanmen, Xiahoudun led 10,000 troops to guard Shangjun, and Xiahou Yuan led 10,000 troops to guard Xihe. Li Xianzhong led 15,000 troops to defend Taiyuan. As a place bordering Luoyang, Henan, if there is a problem, it can immediately send troops, but Liu Wei did not waste troops stationed there.

In Hanoi, Henan, Henan and Beijing around Luoyang, more than 4 million people are all under Liu Wei's command.

Originally, Liu Wei brought 30,000 soldiers and horses to Luoyang, and Liu Yu left 20,000 soldiers and horses, plus Di Qing's soldiers and horses, Luoyang's soldiers and horses reached more than 55,000.

Xu Huang led 10,000 horses to garrison Bishui Pass, while Hao Zhao led 7,000 soldiers and horses to guard Tiger Pass. Luoyang had only 30,000 soldiers and horses. The number of troops can be said to be stretched.

And at this court meeting, Liu Wei planned to expand the army and discuss some things.

"Now that Luoyang's troops are not well defended, I plan to expand the army, how do I think I cultivate!" Liu Wei asked straight to the point.

"Your Majesty, Dong Zhuo has more than 100,000 troops, and he is eyeing the outside of Hangu Pass, and the minister thinks that the army should be expanded. And now that the surrounding counties of Luoyang are gradually calming down, there are many people, and recruiting troops is not a problem! Taiwei Lu Zhi made his debut.

"Then how much does the captain think is appropriate?" Liu Wei asked.

"Dong Zhuo has about 200,000 troops, and the minister thinks that only by recruiting 200,000 troops can he take Chang'an, and only by recruiting 100,000 troops can he protect Luoyang!"

"Lord Taiwei, if you recruit 100,000 or 200,000 soldiers, not only will the imperial court not be able to support it, but even the people will be difficult to maintain!" Xun Yu was proficient in politics, and Lu Zhi said that there were so many recruits that he immediately opposed it.

Liu Wei nodded approvingly: "If you recruit 100,000 soldiers, I'm afraid it will be a big burden on the people, Dong Zhuo has just retired, Luoyang and other places still need a period of time to recuperate, and I will be enough to recruit 50,000 soldiers!" ”

"But there are only these soldiers and horses, how can you guard against Dong Zhuo?" Lu Zhi worried.

"Don't worry, Taiwei, Dong Zhuo only knows pleasure, and it won't be long before there will be chaos, and I also have foreign aid!" Liu Wei said with a smile.

"Foreign aid?" Lu Zhi wondered.

"Yes, Xiliang Ma Teng is quite loyal after the Fubo general Ma Yuan, I have sent Jinyi Wei to contact him, if Dong Zhuo comes to attack, he will cut off his back road, if I attack Dong Zhuo, he will join forces with me!" Liu Wei said with a smile.

"That's 50,000 soldiers and horses!" Lu Zhi nodded.

"In the past, it was the forbidden army that guarded Luoyang, there were the eight colonels of the West Yuan, the Royal Forest Army, the Yulin Army, etc., but they were all miscellaneous, the soldiers did not know the generals, the generals did not know the soldiers, I plan to rebuild the forbidden army, the Yulin Army, the Royal Forest Army!"

"The forbidden army is divided into four armies, southeast, northwest and northwest, each of which is temporarily 5,000 people, for the purpose of guarding Luoyang! Yang Zaixing was the general of the Praetorian Guard, so he was in charge of the northern and southern armies, recruiting 10,000 soldiers for training, and Yang Yansi was the general of the Tiger Guard, so he was in charge of the eastern and western armies to recruit 10,000 soldiers! ”

"In addition, the Royal Forest Army and the Yulin Army are my own pro-army, and the Taiwei will recruit 20,000 soldiers, 10,000 Royal Forest Army, and 10,000 Yulin Army!"

"When we defeated the alien race and got tens of thousands of horses, we were forming a cavalry, and we were building a cavalry of 10,000 people!"

"Gaosu will train this cavalry by you!"

Liu Wei quickly announced the appointment of the soldiers.

"Zhao Yun, you once served as a hundred generals of the White Horse Righteous Servant under the command of Gongsun Zhan, and the power of the White Horse Righteous Servant made me admire, I don't know if you know the method of its training!" Liu Wei looked at Zhao Yundao.

"The minister knows a thing or two!" Zhao Yun made his debut.

"If I ask you to train a White Horse Servant, I wonder if you can have the confidence to train it?" Liu Wei looked at the young Zhao Yundao.

"Confidence?" Zhao Yun said with joy on his face. When he was young, Zhao Yun admired the White Horse Yicong, so he was successful in his studies, so he took refuge in Gongsun Zan and joined the White Horse Yicong, but although the White Horse Yicong was strong, it was not the same as the army that was the protector of the people in his heart. Now that Liu Wei actually asked him to form a White Horse Yicong, Zhao Yun was suddenly excited.

"Okay, there are a lot of white horses in the army, so you will recruit 3,000 soldiers and form 3,000 white horse volunteers!" Liu Wei immediately ordered.

"Thank you Your Majesty for your trust!" Zhao Yun said happily.

Liu Wei nodded, looked at the civil official and said: "Now that spring ploughing is imminent, when Dong Zhuo left, he slaughtered the rich families of the family, and a lot of land was vacated, and the recruited army was like last year, while training, while tuntian!" ”

"No!" Cai Yong and Ding Guan had experience in Tuntian, and immediately received the order.

"This last thing is talent, the counties around Luoyang, there is a shortage of talents, what talents do you have to recommend to me!" Liu Wei looked at the ministers and said.

The civil and military forces were indifferent for a while, only Xun Yu gave up his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the minister was in Yingchuan at the beginning, there were a few classmates and friends, and after the minister went to court, he wrote a letter to let them serve His Majesty!" ”

Liu Wei was overjoyed, Xun Yu's friend, but Guo Jia and these people, I don't know if they are willing to serve?

"Do you have any talent to recommend?" Liu Wei asked again.

"Your Majesty, if the official positions in various places are vacant, if they are recommended by someone, I am afraid it will be difficult to fill their vacancies, so it is better to issue a recruitment order!" Cao Cao made his debut.

"Although the recruitment order is good, the talents in various places are uneven, but it is slightly better than nothing, and Meng De will be responsible for it at this time! However, talents must be meritocracy, meritocracy, and those who are morally corrupt cannot be used! Liu Wei admonished.

"Obey the order!"

"Your Majesty, if you expel Yang Biao and say something unpleasant, I'm afraid that the children of the family will be difficult to use for Your Majesty!" Cai Yong stood up and said.

The rest of the ministers nodded approvingly, and only Cai Yong dared to tell the truth.

"Alas, then Yang Biao is two-faced and three-stabbed, and I am helpless, but the children of the world's families cannot be used by me, and I also have a way to obtain talents!" Liu Wei pretended to be bitter and said.

A group of civil and military officers looked at Liu Bian, wondering what method Liu Bian used to obtain talents.

"Talents in the world, although gathered in the family, but there are also a lot of outstanding talents from the poor family, I plan to open a scientific examination, in order to obtain talents!" Liu Wei said his thoughts.

The way to obtain talents in the Han Dynasty was generally to promote filial piety and honesty. But it also has to go through the examination and assessment, but it is mainly based on recommendation. But most of the children of the family are qualified to be recommended, so the exam has become a dead letter.

"Your Majesty, if this is the case, I am afraid that the talents in various places are uneven, and they will not be able to benefit the people!" Ding Guan objected.

"I don't mean that there is no need to recommend at all, in the past, filial piety and honesty were recommended by officials of the other family, and I decided to relax this condition, and the people recommended talents and then took the exam!" Liu Wei said his thoughts.

The talents of the Han Dynasty were mainly recommended, supplemented by examinations, and the recommendations accounted for seven layers, and the examinations accounted for three layers, while the imperial examinations of later generations were mainly based on examinations, and there were few recommendations.

The children of the family recommended by the family are officials, and being an official is naturally for the benefit of the family, and the talents recommended by the people naturally have nothing to say in terms of morality.

And this official will rule the people later, and the people will not be ambiguous when they think of it.

The eyes of all civil officials lit up, this is really amazing, this method of opening up a scholar can not only expand the source of talents, but also ensure the virtue of talents, so that they can benefit the people.

"Your Majesty, this method is in favor of the minister!" Cai Yong touched his beard and said.

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

The ministers all nodded in agreement.

Liu Wei nodded and said: "Okay, since all Aiqing agrees, then it will be implemented in Bingzhou and Luoyang counties first, this matter has to be cautious, Ding Gong, Cai Gong, responsible for this matter, Xun You, Xun Yu from the side to assist!" (To be continued.) )