Chapter 336: A new official takes office

As the saying goes, "the new official takes office with three fires", Guan Yu was promoted to the post of prime minister, but also to win the trust of the people, just as he planned during the Western Expedition, he was determined to do a few things to win the hearts of the people, the first thing is to "streamline the government", and now it has initially achieved some invalidity, after the last court meeting, Guan Yu immediately implemented this matter, streamlining a lot of unnecessary idle personnel in the court, some positions were canceled, many ministers have part-time jobs, and some important ministers in the court have been canceled treatment, such as Huang Wan, Yang Biao, Dong Cheng and others have saved a lot of expenses at this time, and the employment of the royal family, especially the eunuchs, has also been streamlined a lot and saved a lot of expenses, this work has been quickly pushed forward in the imperial court, and soon moved downward, and it was quickly carried out at the local level, in addition to streamlining duties and personnel, Guan Yu also expanded the content and scope of streamlining, and made some regulations on the entourage of the ministers of the DPRK and China, as well as office space and residence, and even means of travel, and continued to reduce the expenditure in this area on the original basis. In this way, the once privileged classes are restricted.

Guan Yu as a civilian-born leader has never enjoyed any privileges, he has no qualifications at all, the reason why he has been able to get to this day is all by his own efforts, down-to-earth step by step to today, he has never had a backer and no "father" to cover, neither the second generation of officials nor the second generation of rich, he relies on his own strength and hard work, Guan Yu likes a lyric very much: There has never been a savior or relying on the immortal emperor! As the saying goes, "striking iron also needs its own hardness", as a blacksmith Guan Yu is well aware of this truth, after embarking on the road from Rong, he is also serious and diligent in doing things, aggressive, from a partial general has been promoted to a general, and then became a military leader, and now he is the prime minister, Guan Yu relies on all strength, a grassroots figure finally walked to the pinnacle of power.

Guan Yu has no background, no backers, no money, and no one, and he hates those who rely on background and hereditary succession to obtain titles. These people are all gentlemen, relying on privileges to inherit privileges to achieve glory and wealth, basically no contribution to society and the people, such people generally have little ability, such people have to eat well, use well, enjoy well, how unfair is this? Guan Yu couldn't get used to this, and rejected such a person from the bottom of his heart. is disdainful of the privileged class, and after he took power, he carried out drastic reforms, opened the knife on the privileged class, and won many characters at once, many of these people are hereditary titles or relatives of the emperor, generally people with extraordinary backgrounds, Guan Yu will take down all these people, and put all those who have the ability and no background into the political arena, and give them titles to let them display their talents.

Guan Yu, who was born as a civilian leader, is now the prime minister, and is committed to building social justice. Although it seems difficult in this era, Guan Yu still tries his best to create such an environment, now he has the conditions to promote reform as the main leader, not afraid of opposition and not afraid of hardships and dangers, in the army Guan Yu has initially realized his will, the principle of the appointment of the generals of the whole army, especially the generals, is all meritocracy, and politically qualified, loyally support themselves, from top to bottom, there is no privilege "forbidden area", truly realize the ability to go up to the mediocre and let the mediocre go down, the whole army is clean and upright. It is precisely because of this that his troops have maintained strong combat effectiveness and are full of vigor and vitality.

As a soldier, Guan Yu, who has a good style in the army, took charge of the political arena this time, in fact, the political arena of the Eastern Han Dynasty at this time was already at the end of the strong crossbow. The so-called imperial court is actually in name only, the emperor has no binding force at all, the power of the ministers of the court is also in vain, the power is very limited, the entire imperial court is just a pool of stagnant water, not so much reform as to rejuvenate the imperial court. In order to rejuvenate and revitalize, it is natural to carry out reforms, and to really let the imperial court play a role, it is necessary for the leaders to promote, and the first thing to bear the brunt is the personnel reform, and it is necessary to carry out a major change. Dismantling the privileged strata and letting those who are not privileged play a role, so that the entire imperial court can play its due role, this is Guan Yu's mission and responsibility, if he does not do this, even if he has a strong army, he will still be at a disadvantage on the road to hegemony in the future, without a solid rear and economic support, the army will be like losing its foundation, and the foundation will be shaking!

The road to a strong army, in the final analysis, is all-round development and strength, can not simply develop one-sided military, one-sided pursuit of military power, but also in the political and economic aspects to achieve a strong, the development of an all-round and multi-field overall strength, only in this way can it last to be strong, there are countless such examples in history, Guan Yu is well versed in the truth and lessons of this, and is committed to creating a grand strategic pattern: politically clear, capable and effective; Economically prosperous, strong, and solid; Militarily high-precision, high-level, professional, and powerful, this is the goal he is now pursuing as a leader, and it is also the goal that he has just taken up as prime minister. Anyone or anything that stands in the way of his goal must be removed

Although the resistance to this reform is not small, but for Guan Yu, who has a strong military power, things are still relatively smooth, in fact, many people in the court are now empty salaries, and they have to rely on their own background to inherit the hereditary title of their ancestors, which Guan Yu cannot tolerate, in his opinion, every penny must be used on the blade, and it cannot be wasted or squandered, he is distressed! At present, it is necessary to feed the army and increase military spending, and the government must be reduced, because there is no need to do anything, let alone unnecessary people, and the main part of the finance should be tilted towards the military, and only the necessary funds should be retained in government affairs, which is the conclusion reached by Guan Yu after a careful analysis of the situation.

The second thing Guan Yu has to do after serving as prime minister is to increase financial revenue, which is also a major matter that Guan Yu considered during the Western Expedition, it is not enough to do things to win the trust of the people, and it is not enough to work hard to increase income, which is also an important task in front of him after Guan Yu became prime minister. Just when Guan Yu had a headache for this matter, things suddenly took a turn for the better, and this turning point came from the harvest obtained by confiscating Zuo Feng's family property, Zuo Feng's family property was all confiscated, and the wealth accumulated for more than 30 years was all expropriated into the treasury. The money obtained by collecting Zuo Feng is no less than the previous collection of Dong Zhuo and Modern Income, and there are many rare treasures in Zuo Feng's wealth, these riches are enough for Guan Yu's army to support a year's food, and it is unexpected for Guan Yu to collect so much money, what is this! He was also worried about money when he was on the Western Expedition before, and this matter was also taken as a major event after he returned to Luoyang, but what he didn't expect was that he had collected so much wealth from Zuo Feng, which was really a windfall! However, with so much wealth, Guan Yu did not swallow it alone, let alone fill his own pockets, but dedicated all of it to the treasury as finances.

Why didn't Guan Yu use the money for military expenses? This is also a consideration of feathers. Now Guan Yu is not like before, he is already a person with a dual identity, he is both in charge of military power and prime minister, this prime minister is in charge of government affairs, what economic development, agriculture, handicrafts, diplomacy, and internal and external affairs of the imperial court are all in charge, so now Guan Yu has the right to be in charge of the treasury, and of course he is also in charge of the income and expenditure of the society. It's not just the army, so Guan Yu can use these wealth at will. There is no need to use it alone for military spending, so it is all included in the treasury. It's really "stepping on the iron hooves and finding nowhere to go, and it takes no effort to get it", Guan Yu, who is worried about the tight money, is too relaxed now, there is a saying that "it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice", as a leader has no money to dominate the country's social work? Can't get by! Guan Yu has always considered money as a top priority since he became the number one. This time, after passing the personnel appointment and dismissal, he had to start studying the financial issues, but he didn't expect to have an unexpected gain, which was simply a great gift! The financial problem has been alleviated for the time being, but Guan Yu will not stop there, and he will continue to increase fiscal revenue in accordance with the established policy. Because there are too many places to use money in the future, too much

The third thing to do after Guan Yu served as prime minister was to focus on the development of production, especially the development of agriculture and water conservancy, and to consolidate some urban defense and infrastructure construction, which he also considered during the Western Expedition, and brewed several practical plans and measures, which is also an important policy to win the trust of the people, Guan Yu decided to exempt all kinds of taxes and forced labor within a year, to give farmers a chance to recuperate, and no need to pay grain and not have to serve forced labor within a year, which is a great good thing for ordinary people! Since the end of the Han Dynasty, there have been continuous wars, coupled with natural disasters and man-made disasters, the people are miserable, Guan Yu didn't want taxes after he came to power, who wouldn't support such a master? Although the peasants are exempted from taxes, they are no longer exempted from the list of big landlords and rich people, on the contrary, they have to increase taxes to support the increasingly severe finances. He has the power of the army, not to mention asking for money, it is not impossible to wipe out all of them, Dong Zhuo did it like this before, compared to Dong Zhuo, Guan Yu is still merciful, so that the landlords will not be particularly disgusted with Guan Yu.

On the basis of stabilizing the financial revenue, Guan Yu is also determined to work hard to develop production, especially agricultural production, this year he avoided all kinds of wars, set aside all kinds of complicated situations, focused on the development of agriculture, the army and the people to implement the tuntian, this year his troops have to participate in production and labor to plant crops, just imagine that the 200,000 troops are all engaged in agricultural production, a year's rations are basically guaranteed, do you have enough food and clothing, food is the army's dependence, with food reserves can you worry about the future, Every war needs sufficient food to ensure that the generation of the army's combat effectiveness is also inseparable from food, to obtain food in addition to purchasing is to produce it yourself, as a soldier to strive to be self-sufficient is not easy, Guan Yu needs to send agricultural experts to supervise this matter, in addition to Guan Yu also to invest in the development of some water conservancy projects, to promote agricultural production.

These three things are the things that he took on the prime minister's urgent need to solve, with such goals and tasks, the next thing is to carry them out, to solve them to the letter, there is a saying that "after the line and policy are determined, the cadres are the decisive factor", is the matter man-made! Whether things can be done or not is the key to people, no matter how good the principles and policies are, they have to rely on people to implement, in this era is a truth, Guan Yu must have a group of capable cadres to do these things, fortunately, Guan Yu has always attached great importance to this matter, and he has not forgotten to tap talents for so many years. Considering what he wanted to do in the future, he promoted some talents during the Western Expedition, and enriched them to various leadership positions, laying a solid foundation for doing these things well in the future, so Guan Yu was full of confidence in the future, and he built a big plan. If these things are really done well, not only will they get rich material rewards but also unite the hearts of the people, providing a strong guarantee for the future hegemony, which is also the internal reason why the Qin State was able to destroy the Six Kingdoms, the real strength of a country is not only manifested in martial arts, but also in the civil governance, which is the endogenous driving force for the strong development of a country, Guan Yu, the leader, is definitely a leader with strategic vision, he has a deep insight into this, which may be the reason why he can stand out among many princes in the future

Guan Yu firmly believed that these three fires would be lit. He, the prime minister, can be said to have been pushed to the forefront, but unlike other prime ministers and reformers in history, Guan Yu, the prime minister, is a reformer with strong military power, and with a strong military power as a guarantee, this has added a lot of success factors to his reform, and also made his reform more handy, because opponents are really powerless in front of Guan Yu, who has strong military power, and even if they oppose it, it is useless. We can only let it go, but we are helpless in the face of reform. Guan Yu, who combines military power and relative power, has almost 100 percent chance of success in promoting reform, of course, in the face of three major events, Guan Yu is destined not to be easy, which is tantamount to putting pressure on himself, and there can be no slackness at all, as the master, his action directly affects the success or failure of the reform. Whether this reform can succeed or not depends on Guan Yu himself, as long as he does not fail in his mission to promote this reform, he will definitely be able to succeed.

But how could Guan Yu slack off? He has never slackened, as a somewhat ambitious and strategic figure, Guan Yu often spares no effort to promote the development of the cause, he combines long-term goals with immediate goals and puts forward various strategic goals in a timely manner. In accordance with the established policy and objectives to be implemented and promoted, Guan Yu has achieved one success after another, life lies in planning, career also has to be planned, if the direction is wrong, no matter how much effort is in vain, even something half the effort, or even the opposite, Guan Yu has always been good at planning the future, he will do this as a basic work, of course, this is also the wisdom of his reborn modern people, everything is predetermined and not preemptive, this sentence is really a truth, A career without a goal is like a lost ship on the sea, which can never dock, and Guan Yu, as a leader, is the helmsman, if his goal is directionless, not only the whole cause but also bury his brothers, the consequences are unimaginable, so Guan Yu does not dare to slack off and cannot slack off, whenever he completes a thing, he takes into account the next step, and in this way, step by step, he gradually becomes stronger.

I have to admit that Guan Yu's ability to control the future is so superb, which is all due to his sense of responsibility and enterprising spirit in life and career, of course, it is more due to his own persistence, let's call this ambition! How big a person's heart is, how big the stage is, of course, this requires this confidence and ability, as well as that kind of persistence, a person can succeed of many factors, but they are inseparable from these factors, one is ability, as the saying goes, 10,000 zeros are not up to one, and this one is ability, if you can achieve achievements in the air, then donkeys can build pyramids, so ability is very important, of course, a person's ability has size, which requires a self-knowledge, do what you want to do on the premise of recognizing your own quality, Give yourself a correct positioning in life, although Guan Yu is rooted in mortals, he is not a mortal, saying that he is a mortal is because he is an ordinary dick who can no longer be ordinary, whether it is in modern times or reborn, he is a cloth cloth, saying that he is not a mortal means that although Guan Yu is a dick, he does not forget to improve himself, and strives to improve his quality and ability, especially in terms of force, his strength and force make him an extraordinary character all of a sudden, as an interest, which directly improves his ability, With this ability, he is not afraid of strong enemies and invincible in the world, if a person is satisfied, this is at best just a martial artist, an excellent military general is not, but Guan Yu did not stop there, he has more lofty ambitions and ideals, which is destined for him to be more than just a general.

The second factor of success is that a person must have dreams, ambitions and even ambitions, dare to dream and dare to try, only in this way can we go further, Guan Yu is precisely because of such a dream, so he did not stay at the level of a military general and continued to move forward until he became the leader of the army, this time he was promoted to prime minister, and all this is not over, Guan Yu has more lofty ambitions, this is why he can go further, life must have such ambitions, go far This is the blood nature that a man should have, Especially the military. (To be continued......)