As the so-called autumn is sad and lonely since ancient times, as the weather gradually cools, young boys and girls who want to give new words and say sorrow begin to have an early sad autumn. Even if the leaves have not yet turned yellow, and there is no sign of falling, the second ancestors of Chang'an City still meet to visit the outskirts of the city.

As the crown prince, Liu Che is not so Yaxing at all, since he entered the Central Government Office to assist in the administration, he has a bit of a posture of managing all opportunities. Prime Minister Yuan Ang and Imperial Historian Liu She were both in the year of knowing the Mandate of Heaven, and they still had to deal with complicated government affairs, so they really didn't have too much energy to guide Liu Che, so they had to send Prime Minister Shi Huang Tao to help him get familiar with government affairs.

The so-called prime minister has a long history, and his rank is more than a thousand stones, and he is usually responsible for assisting the prime minister, supervising the officials, and handling various government affairs. Huang Tao is a capable official under Yuan An, who has been immersed in the ** officialdom for decades, and is the best choice for both communication and governance.

"Huang Changshi, since my father has issued an edict to re-establish counties in Shuofang, Xihe, Wuyuan, and Yunzhong, why haven't you seen the official office move for a long time?" Liu Che flipped through the many pieces that Prime Minister Yuan Ang had reviewed yesterday, and asked suspiciously.

The Han Dynasty's system of cantata was in duplicate, the original and the copy. The copy is first opened by the subordinate official of the Shangshu subordinate to the Shaofu for inspection, and if the subordinate official of the Shangshu thinks that the performance is not good, he can not submit it to the imperial inspection. The original is first reviewed by the central government office, mainly for the prime minister's approval, and if it is not very important, or the emperor has no time to deal with it, it does not need to be submitted again. Of course, the tantra and the letterhead in the secret box are a different process, so let's not press the table for the time being.

"Returning to Your Highness, the duties of the four counties are now vacant, pending Your Majesty's judgment; The two said that a large number of dereliction of duty officials in Longxi County were removed from their posts, and many capable officials were transferred from the capital to fill the vacancies, and now they are going to set up four new counties, and the officials can be said to be stretched, and they still have to be selected from the people who are waiting for the edict. ”

Liu Che was stunned when he heard this, the early Han Dynasty was really short of talents, or it may be that the officials of the Wenjing and Jing dynasties were relatively clear and did not choose officials indiscriminately.

However, to select the officials who went to the four newly established border counties from the people waiting for the edict, Liu Che was really a little relieved. Entrusting the burden of immigration to these people who lack practical experience will be half the effort.

The so-called waiting edict is the alternate official who waits for the emperor's edict. This system already existed in the Qin period, and the Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and the edict was mostly for the emperor to ask for officials or the emperor to recruit, which was a special way to go out at that time. Before the official appointment was made, the emperor would temporarily designate the official office to be edicted, and wait for the edict. Because the edict is not an official position, there is no money, and the imperial court will also give a certain subsidy in order to maintain his life.

"It's not right!" Liu Che frowned and said in a deep voice: "Of the four new border counties set up this time, except for Xihe County, which is southern, the other three counties are all adjacent to the Great Wall Pass, which is an important town for garrisoning troops and garrisoning the border. Especially in Yunzhong County, it is even more necessary to face the Xiongnu Shan Yuting, and the people who are waiting for the edict are not experienced enough, and it may be difficult to take on a big responsibility! ”

Huang Tao smiled helplessly: "Your Highness is reasonable, but if you inspect officials from all over the country, it is really a long-lasting move, and it is not urgent." ”

Liu Che agreed with his jaw, and asked again: "Why don't you directly transfer from the inner county?" ”

Huang Tao hesitated for a moment, his face was a little weird, and he lowered his voice and said: "The border county is a bitter cold place, and the officials of the inner county go to work, if it is flat, it will be like a derogatory; If it is promoted, it is still necessary to check the past political achievements, and it is inevitable to consider the family background, and the person who speaks on behalf of the project is afraid that it will be like a carp crossing the river......"

Liu Che was speechless, what Huang Tao said was true, and the sudden promotion of officials from the four counties was a big piece of fat. Under the system of electing officials in parallel with the hereditary system and the probationary system, those powerful families naturally eyed the new official positions, hoping that their children could get the opportunity to be promoted, go to the border counties to be promoted to gild, and then be transferred back to the capital or the inner county after a while. This set of promotion processes is also common in the new China of later generations.

It is no wonder that Prime Minister Yuan Ang would rather select the person to be edicted than promote the officials of the inner county, thinking that he is afraid that he will not be able to withstand the pressure jointly exerted by many wealthy families, and I am afraid that even the emperor's father is unwilling to face this huge force.

Sure enough, there is a huge gap between practice and talk on paper, and Liu Che realized more and more that the emperor's father asked him to enter the central government office first to assist in the management of the government, and there are too many things here.

Liu Che pondered for a moment, and then asked again: "How should we deal with the move of recruiting people to garrison the border tuntian?" ”

Huang Tao is worthy of the name of a capable official, and he said: "According to the past practice, first recruit Ding slaves and maids to atone for their sins and lose slaves and maids to worship the lord; If it is insufficient, it is the one who wants to recruit the people. ”

Atonement with money or slaves was a means of collecting wealth in the Han Dynasty, mainly targeting important officials of the court and children of the family. Of course, this does not mean that if you have money, you can act recklessly, and the officials and generals who are questioned for dereliction of duty will basically never be hired after the redemption is a commoner; And the children of the family after the redemption, although they will not be expelled from the family, they have no status until they get back up. This may be more uncomfortable for the children of the family who have been high up since childhood, than killing them.

Liu Che did not have the will and courage to challenge this unspoken rule for the time being, and was even very satisfied that the imperial court could quickly solve the urgent need to recruit people in this way. As for the sacrifice of slaves in order to worship the lord's local power, Liu Che did not have much disgust, but it was just a false lord, and there was no fiefdom. As long as you don't sell your official position, it doesn't hurt to have as many marquis as many as dogs.

As for the matters related to recruiting people to go to the border counties to Tuntian when there were not enough slaves, under Huang Tao's careful explanation, Liu Che once again understood the wisdom and meticulous ability of the ancients.

As early as the Wen Dynasty, the Han Dynasty promulgated detailed preferential policies to appease the recruiters, such as giving the recruiters and their families the best fortune to ensure the food, clothing and other living supplies of the migrants, providing necessary production and living utensils, sending sorcerers to diagnose and treat diseases to ensure the health of the migrants, arranging spouses for the migrants who have no spouses, selecting suitable land for cultivation and lush vegetation for the migrants, and building houses, fortifications and other facilities. At the same time, strict military control is exercised over the military and civilians who have migrated to the border areas, and the resettlement is organized according to the military system.

"Oh yes! Why do so many travel novels treat the ancients as fools, and the immigration plan proposed by the modern [***] silk is really a scum-like existence compared with the ancients. When Liu Che learned that the immigrants sent the house and the wife, he was full of slander. He decided not to point fingers at the immigration policy anymore, and the Han officials had already handled it properly.

Of course, for the specific implementation of the policy, Liu Che can still incorporate a few small means. He hurriedly found Prime Minister Yuan Ang and whispered a few words in his ear.

Yuan Ang couldn't cry or laugh when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "According to His Royal Highness's meaning, is it only from the Liang Kingdom, Huainan Kingdom, Linjiang Kingdom, Jiaoxi Kingdom, these four counties to recruit people?" ”

Liu Che blinked his slender eyes, and his eyes were full of innocent clarity: "This is exactly what the Lone King intended, and there is no need for too much, just recruit 250,000 each, and make up enough for one million." ”

Yuan Ang is also considered an old man, who still doesn't know his thoughts, frowned and said: "Is Your Highness's move too obvious, I'm afraid that the four princes are dissatisfied, and they will inevitably use some means in secret." ”

"The prime minister's words are wrong, such a move that benefits the country and the people, how can the four princes, as royal relatives, secretly restrain them?" Liu Che put on a surprised look, as if he was stunned by the conspiracy theory in Yuan An's mouth, "Especially King Liang, who is the direct relative of King Lone's uncle, has always been loyal and patriotic, and he will not be reluctant to give up 250,000 people." ”

Yuan Ang only felt dizzy, and for no reason he was put on a hat of slandering the imperial family, and anyone would be depressed: "The stakes are very high, let's ask Your Majesty for a holy judgment." ”

Liu Che happily agreed: "The lone king will discuss with his father, and the prime minister only needs to suspend the recruitment of people from other places, and make the rest of the preparations in advance." ”

Yuan Ang pondered for a moment, sighed slightly, and nodded helplessly, signaling that he knew what to do.

That night, Liu Che entered Weiyang Palace and found the emperor's father who was recuperating in peace in Shufang Palace. Since the end of the captive ceremony, Emperor Jing seems to have unloaded a thousand heavy burdens, except for attending the early dynasty, he rarely shows up, even the three princes and nine kings have also seen less.

Seeing that the weather was getting cooler in autumn, he was afraid of the recurrence of stubborn diseases in his body, so he practiced the Five Birds Opera according to Liu Chejin's method, used some medicinal food, and slightly recovered some of the vitality that had been lost in the past six months.

Emperor Jing had already had dinner, was reclining on the couch and pretending to sleep, waved his hand to let Liu Che take a seat, squinted his eyes and asked, "The emperor asked to see him overnight, what happened?" ”

Liu Che sat on the mat, took the teacup handed by the palm print eunuch Sun Quan, and poured it vigorously before replying: "Erchen came here this time to discuss with his father the disposal of the four northern counties. ”

"Oh? Didn't the early dynasty agree on this matter, could it be that something had changed? Emperor Jing couldn't help but sit up straight, frowning and asked.

"Not really, it's just that the son wants to ask his father to suspend the recruitment of people to Tuntian. To be agreed upon, the officials will be replenished, and the border defense will be taken over. Then the Tai Lieutenant Dou Ying and the Xiao Cavalry General Qin Yong each led the county soldiers back to Beijing to resume their lives, and then it was implemented. ”

Emperor Jing raised his eyebrows, and faintly guessed Liu Che's thoughts. Now Dou Ying and Qin Yong led hundreds of thousands of foot soldiers to garrison the Great Wall Pass, resulting in the exhaustion of troops from the Gyeonggi counties, which is not a long-term solution. Now the Xiqiang and the right part of the Xiongnu have been greatly injured, and when the four northern counties take office and take over the defense, they can rush to the aid of the Great Wall Pass at any time. In this way, it is only necessary to leave more than 100,000 border troops to defend against the Xiongnu and Xiqiang.

Emperor Jing said tentatively: "Is the emperor worried that recruiting people to Tuntian will cause a civil uprising? Do you need to wait for the army to return to the division before it is implemented? ”

Liu Che shook his head and said quietly: "With only a million immigrants, I will give more compensation to the court, so naturally it will not cause a civil uprising." The return of the county soldiers is to intimidate many counties and make them dare not act rashly! ”

Emperor Jing was stunned when he heard this, and said suspiciously: "The act of recruiting people has always had many precedents, and it has not caused the princes to resist, could it be that the emperor has other plans?" ”

Liu Che said earnestly word by word: "In Erchen's opinion, only 250,000 people can be recruited from each of the four counties of Liang, Huainan, Linjiang, and Jiaoxi, and there is no need to recruit them all over the country. ”

Emperor Jing's face was full of astonishment, he stroked his beard and groaned for a long time, his face gradually calmed down a little, and then he sighed and said, "That's it!" Now that the north has been decided, the right part of the Xiongnu will not be able to invade the east for several years. After the remnants of the pass are cleared, it is time to send troops to the northwest and subdue the Xiqiang tribes. Settle down the hidden dangers in the country as soon as possible, so that there will be no worries. (To be continued.) )