There is a saying in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty and the Records of the Hundred Officials: "Qin has a history of supervising the imperial government, supervising the counties, and Hanxing Province." ”

After Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, his first task was to restore the bureaucratic system. One of the most important of these is the establishment of a supervisory body for officials. The official supervision body of the Western Han Dynasty was divided into two sets of teams, the central one and the local one, and the one in the central one was the Yushitai. The prefect of the Imperial Historical Observatory is the Imperial Historian, and is called the Three Princes together with the Prime Minister and the Imperial Lieutenant. The imperial historian is a member of the two thousand stones, the secretary, the silver seal and green ribbon, the deputy prime minister, if there is a vacancy in the position of the prime minister, it can be carried into the prime minister.

At the local level, a system of thorn histories was established, with 600 stones, one for each state, and was responsible for supervising local officials.

In addition, the establishment of the division of the school lieutenant and the prime minister of the department directly formed, forming a multi-level official supervision and management system.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu founded the country and changed the imperial history doctor to the imperial history Zhongcheng, and the imperial history Zhongcheng officially became the highest official in the supervision and management of officials. The office of Goshidai was moved out of the palace and became a truly independent office. Under the Imperial History Table, there are the Imperial History, the Imperial History, the Imperial History, the Embroidered Imperial History, and the Lantai Order History. Among them, there are fifteen people serving the imperial history, and the work is divided into two parts, one is to supervise hundreds of officials when they are in the last dynasty; The second is to serve as a picket in the sacrifice to see who has violated the etiquette.

In addition, Liu Xiu strengthened the power of the lieutenant of Si Li. Si Lixiao Lieutenant, directly under the orders of the emperor, the main task is to supervise the Jingshi and the seven surrounding counties of the civil and military officials. In addition to supervision, the lieutenant also has the power to elect and arrest criminals. There are twelve divisions under the lieutenant of the division, who are his main subordinates. These people have a lot of power, and they can meddle in political, economic, military, and electoral matters, from the central to the local.

Of course, the era of the true glory of Captain Sili has not yet arrived, but it is about to come.

This is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.

The highest governor of Xuzhou is Liu Bei, with the official title of general and the title of Peihou. The place where Liu Bei ruled was large, and there were many officials under him, so he must need a suitable official supervision agency. As a result, the General's Mansion came into being. In fact, the General's Mansion originally did not have the official position of Sizhi, and this official position itself was only available in the Prime Minister's Mansion, in order to supervise the subordinate officials of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

The General's Mansion is straight, the chief official maintains order and supervises the officials during deliberations, and is only responsible for Liu Bei, which is composed of one person, 12 people in the history of the General's Mansion, and 22 people in the Shaoshi of the General's Mansion. Among them, the history of the general's mansion is mainly responsible for the supervision of Xiapi officials, which is equivalent to the imperial history platform in the Western Han Dynasty. The young history of the Great General's Mansion is responsible for supervising enemy officials, which is equivalent to the history of assassination in the Western Han Dynasty.

Of course, during the war, the power of the organs directly under the general's office was seriously weakened, and its prestige was not raised. At the same time, the absence of Liu Bei's preferred Si Zhi Jian Yong made this institution even more useless.

At the beginning of March, Liu Bei listened to the advice of Chen Qun and others, and appointed Liu Yan as the fake director of the General's Mansion, that is, the acting director, and this institution could be regarded as really functioning. The reason why Liu Bei has this appointment is not because he likes Liu Yan's ability, but because Liu Yan has a weak personality and is easier to bully......

Sure enough, after Liu Yan took office, he didn't do anything, first sent his twenty-two young histories out on a business trip, and then changed a few histories, posing as if he was doing a big job, and then ...... Then this guy took the twelve Shi Tian out to drink wine and eat meat.

Liu Bei also ignored him, as soon as he came to this house, he was his own family, as long as he didn't make trouble for himself, what did he like! Second, he didn't expect Liu Yan to do anything big for him, and he didn't want him to do anything big.

However, Liu Bei didn't know that all of Liu Yan's seemingly irregular actions had an ultimate purpose!

Today is a good day, the dark and oppressive sky of the previous two days has finally turned into a cloudless sunny day.

But......

As soon as the gates of the city were opened, a group of people entered the city in a state of misery. As soon as these people entered the city, they immediately attracted the onlookers of others, because each of them wore linen and filial piety, wrapped hemp rope around their waists, smeared their heads with white cloths, and held mourning sticks in their hands.

At the same time, in the meeting hall of the General's Palace, the main seat was facing the direction of the door, as well as the left and right, a total of three huge screens were erected in the huge hall, forming a small compartment surrounded by three sides. The hall was too big, and if there were only a few people to discuss, it would seem too empty. Therefore, using three screens to separate and demarcate a small space has become a method often used by a few people when deliberating.

In the compartment, Liu Bei and Chen Qun sat opposite each other.

Liu Bei pinched a piece of paper, looked at it with a frown, and glanced up at Chen Qun from time to time, but Chen Qun was on the ground with his eyes closed.

After a while, Liu Bei couldn't help but sigh and said, "Changwen, this ...... Sun Kai was promoted to Prime Minister of Pei, is this appropriate? ”

If there is a vacancy in the county-level administrator like Pei Guoxiang, according to the rules, Chen Qun, the great general's mansion, Xicao, should provide the candidate, and then Liu Bei will decide. Under normal circumstances, Chen Qun would provide three candidates, and today he did provide three candidates, but the other two are definitely decorations, their qualifications are too poor, and their official time is too short.

Chen Qun opened his eyes, looked at Liu Bei with a smile, and said, "Lord, what's wrong with this?" ”

Liu Bei shook his head a little embarrassed and said, "This ...... After all, not long after he became the county magistrate of Lu County, he was suddenly promoted, and I am afraid that others will not accept it! ”

Chen Qun smiled and said, "Lord, hehe, this matter is ...... It is true that Sun Kai has been the county magistrate of Lu County for less than a year, the time is a little short, and his resume is indeed insufficient, but before that, his resume is quite rich! The lord, please see, he started as a small official, and was promoted step by step, until today's Luxian county order, it has been eleven years, and he can be regarded as an experienced official. Besides, within a year of the county magistrate of Lu County, he was still quite effective! The changes in Lu County are obvious to all, the night is not closed, the road is not left behind, and the people live a peaceful life. Well, by the way, during the Chinese New Year last year, the elders of Lu County jointly wrote a letter to the lord, praising the lord for his proper use of people, which proved his ability and prestige. I think that such a capable and prestigious official should naturally be important! ”

After a slight pause, he continued: "Lord, the world should be in this troubled world, and the employment of people in troubled times should be more broken and new, and not stick to one pattern!" I hope the lord will think twice! ”

Chen Qun was in a hurry, today was a big meeting three times a month, which was equivalent to a big court meeting of the imperial court. The chief officials of each Cao and each division in the General's Palace, the various histories and young histories, or the officials of a certain status and grade in Xiapi City, are eligible to participate. This matter must be finalized before they arrive and the big rally begins, laying the groundwork for the next plan. Therefore, he entered the General's Mansion before dawn and found Liu Bei, who had just finished his morning exercise.

Liu Bei frowned and nodded, and hesitated: "Changwen, is there no other candidate?" Sun Kai barely passed, but the other two candidates were too ......"

Chen Qun shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Lord, it's not that the group doesn't care, it's really ...... Our territory in Xuzhou has grown too fast, and most of the capable and virtuous officials have entered the army as officials, and the rest is really not enough! Hehe, my lord, although Sun and Li have been officials for a short time, they have outstanding political achievements and some talents! ”

Liu Bei nodded and said helplessly: "Okay, then that's it for the time being!" ”

Chen Qun nodded, sighed, and said, "The lord is wise! ”

The two discussed for a while, Liu Bei looked at the hourglass on the bookcase, and said, "Well, the time has come, and everyone should come." ”

Chen Qun hugged his fists and said: "Lord, the group will retire first!" ”

Liu Bei smiled and said, "Okay! ”

Seeing Chen Qun leave, Liu Bei slowly got up, looked at the wide hall, and then smiled, humming a messy little tune in his mouth, and walked to the main seat with his hands behind his back. He was in a good mood today, because Jian Yong rushed back from Langya.

Sitting on the main seat, Liu Bei couldn't help but think a little cranky. It is mainly about Jian Yong, Jian Yong rushed back from Langya, and the main purpose was to ask Liu Bei for a batch of supplies. Langya is located on the front line, and in recent times, there has been a large-scale transfer of the army to which Yuan Tan, the assassin of Qingzhou, belongs, is likely to come to fight Langya, Jian Yong is not at ease, so he will take a trip.

However, Liu Bei plans to keep him, in Liu Bei's opinion, it is completely okay for Langya to leave Jian Yong, and he can replace him by sending someone at will, and even now Fa Zheng, the military advisor in Zhang Liao's army, can also serve as Langya's prime minister. And on his own side, Jian Yong is of greater use.

While he was thinking wildly, a loud guard at the door shouted: "The hour has come, and the officials have entered!" ”

Liu Bei hurriedly put away his thoughts and set his eyes on the door.

After a while, one by one, the civil ministers and military generals entered in order. The first to enter was the fake Sizhi Liu Yan, who, as a Sizhi, had the responsibility to maintain order, so he naturally had to enter first. The twelve Si Zhishi were busy bringing everyone into their respective positions one by one, and the chickens and dogs in the hall were busy for a while.

Finally, after nearly a quarter of an hour, everyone took their seats in order.

Liu Yan nodded with satisfaction, came to the bottom of Liu Bei's seat, saluted Liu Bei, and said, "Lord Qi, the military generals who participated in the big assembly today have taken their seats in order, and the big assembly can begin!" ”

The big gathering is relative to the big court meeting, because there has never been such a thing before Liu Bei, so it has a very awkward name. The imperial court meeting is equivalent to giving low-level officials the right to face the emperor and have a direct dialogue with the emperor, and the grand assembly has the same function.

However, the grand assembly is different from the grand court meeting, when the grand court meeting, all ministers are required to participate, unless there is a major event that cannot be attended, while the grand assembly does not require compulsory participation, but only stipulates that officials above a certain position are eligible to participate. Just like today, Jia Xu didn't come, Tian Fan didn't come, and Lu Bu, Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, Gao Shun, Zhao Yun and other military generals didn't come. After all, this is wartime, everything is based on the victory of the war as the ultimate goal, and everything must make way for the military!

Liu Bei nodded and said majestically: "Since that's the case, let's start!" ”

Liu Yan turned around, glanced at the crowd, and shouted: "The Lord has an order, the big assembly, begin!" ”

Everyone stood up in unison, turned around and saluted Liu Bei, and said loudly: "The ministers have seen the lord!" ”

Liu Bei bowed slightly, raised his hand and said, "Everyone, please take a seat!" ”

Everyone said in unison: "Thank you, lord!" ”

With that, they sat down one by one.

Liu Yan turned his head to look at Liu Bei, saw him nodding, and then swept his eyes and stood in a row with him, in front of Liu Bei's right, like Xu Chu carved in wood and stone, only then did he fake a cough and said loudly: "Colleagues, something is early!" ”

Everyone in the hall was silent for a while, looking at each other, but they all chose to be silent, not because they were fine, but because they didn't want to be this bird.

After a long period of silence, Liu Yan couldn't help frowning, and said: "Everyone, the main party is holding this big gathering to listen to your voices, no matter what you can say, please cherish such an opportunity!" ”

Finally, someone stood up, held a wat board and saluted Liu Bei, and said, "Lord Qi, Weichen has something to say!" ”

Liu Bei looked at it, saw that he didn't know it, and couldn't help but look at Liu Yan.

Liu Yan saluted Liu Bei and whispered: "Lord, this person is You Heng, a native of the plains, with a flat character and a lot of talent. A few days ago, I was studying at Wangshan Academy, and several teachers in the academy said that this talent was too high, and there was nothing to teach him. Now it is the literature of the Great General's Mansion! ”

Liu Bei listened, nodded, and said, "Oh, it turned out to be Zhengping, just say what you have to say!" ”

You Heng gave another salute and said, "Thank you, lord! Qi Lord, Wei Chen has not been in the General's Mansion for a long time, but he found that there is a lot of work in the General's Mansion, and no matter who your colleagues are, they deal with countless official documents every day. As far as Wei Chen could see, a colleague had worked hard to process more than 50 documents in the morning, and by noon, he was already extremely tired.

"And the lunch and rest time of my colleagues at noon is only one hour. Colleagues close to home can go home to eat, but in this way, the time is inevitably urgent, and it is bound to eat unsafely and comfortably, and the noon rest is not sufficient, which seriously affects the afternoon office. Wechen has seen many colleagues nap in the afternoon, not because they are slacking off on their duties, but because they are too tired! The other part of the colleagues, the home is far away, can only bring some food, but eat raw and cold food every day, which is not good for the body, many colleagues have habitual stomach pain. Although some colleagues can send their families to deliver meals and eat a hot meal, after all, not everyone has such conditions.

Therefore, Weichen suggested that the General's Mansion should allocate special funds for all colleagues to allocate lunches, and there can be a gap according to different official positions, but everyone must be well fed. In this way, it not only shows the love of the lord, so that all colleagues can bathe in the kindness of the lord, but also saves time, so that colleagues can have more time to work in the afternoon, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone! ”

Finally, You Heng gave another salute and said, "I hope the lord will think twice!" ”

As soon as the words fell, many people remembered their personal experience, and couldn't help but tap the wat board vigorously in the palm of their palms, and at the same time shouted "color"! For a time, the hall was full of colorful sounds, and it was very lively.

Liu Bei couldn't help but smile, it seems that this matter has to be done now, otherwise it will provoke the anger of the public.

He nodded, waved his hands, and the crowd slowly fell silent.

"Don't think twice about this! Hehe, you may not know, about lunch, Boguang had already suggested it a few days ago, and I had already agreed, and sent Zizhong to account for specific matters, so now it should be about the same, right? ”

As he spoke, he looked at Mi Zhu.

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but turn their eyes to the direction of Mi Zhu.

Mi Zhu raised the wat board and said with a smile: "Hehe, the lord has already calculated the specific cost, and according to the gap in the status of your colleagues, a set of drafts have been designed, and I was about to submit it to the lord for reading today, but I didn't expect Zhengping to mention it first, hehe." ”

As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to a clever colonel.

Liu Bei took it from the school, looked at it carefully, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Okay, hehe, this job...... Well, that's all there is to it for the working meal! ”

After a slight pause, he glanced at everyone and said, "What else is going on?" ”

At this time, a person stood up, saluted Liu Bei, and said loudly: "Lord Qiqi, Weichen has something to do!" ”

Liu Bei bowed his head slightly and said, "Speak!" ”

The man said: "Lord Qiyu, the minister knows a person, that person is from Liang State, and he knows more about the geography of mountains and rivers in Liang State. When chatting with him, Xiao Chen accidentally learned that a section of Suishui in the territory of Liang State, due to the slowdown of the water flow, led to siltation of the river, and the water flow was not smooth, not only did not have the effect of drought and flood to ensure income, but became a harm to Liang State! After some investigation, Xiao Chen found that as he said, the Suishui waterway was not at all good, and the silt in the river was serious, not only was it difficult to sail, but as long as the water flow was large, there was a risk of overflowing the riverbed and flooding the people in the nearby fertile fields!

"Therefore, Xiao Chen, together with his friends and colleagues, spent three months inspecting several water flows near Suishui, and thought of a way, which can not only change the condition of Suishui, so that the harmful river becomes beneficial to the river, but also communicate with Bianshui and Huaishui, and facilitate the transportation between the two places.

As he spoke, he picked up the thick stack of papers on the low table in front of him and handed it to the junior colonel who had just arrived.

Liu Bei took a general look, couldn't help but be stunned, and then, his eyes flashed, his fists clenched, and he was about to stand up, but in the blink of an eye, he suppressed the excitement in his heart, beckoned Xu Chu over, and whispered a few words, Xu Chu took the thick stack of papers and went straight to the back hall.

Everyone in the hall was puzzled, and they couldn't help but turn their heads to each other, and there was a buzz in the hall.

Liu Bei didn't have any explanation, looked at the young official who was still standing, and said gently: "The Bai family is the home of the master craftsmen in the pre-Qin period, and once presided over the construction of straight roads and galloping roads. Hehe, Bai Bo, good job! This matter will not be discussed today, and when everyone disperses, you can stay for a while, and we will discuss it carefully! ”

Bai Bo clenched his fists and said, "Yes, lord!" ”

It turned out that this person was the Bai family, the son and nephew of Bai Yi, and the leader of the young generation of the Bai family, especially good at governing rivers. In terms of seniority, he should be regarded as Bai Yuzhu's cousin, and Tian Fan also called him a cousin. He was still promoted by Tian Fan, because Tian Fan was also amazed by his clever idea of governing the river and didn't want him to be buried.

After that, everyone discussed some things, mostly small things that had nothing to do with the overall situation.

Finally, the calm situation changed, and a forty-year-old general's Fu Shi stood up, hugged his fists and said: "Lord, Weichen has something to offer, but I don't know whether to talk about it!" ”

Liu Bei nodded and said, "Today's big gathering, no matter what, you can talk about anything!" ”

The man was a little embarrassed, looked at Liu Bei with a calm face, and glanced at Chen Qun, who was in the first place of Wenchen and the old god was there, he gritted his teeth, as if he had made up his mind, and hugged his fists and said: "My lord, Weichen sued General Baihu's house slave Guo Biao for deliberately hurting people, embezzling the people's fertile land, robbing the people's daughters, etc., a total of eight major crimes and twenty-four minor crimes, I hope the lord will be clear!" Order, sue General Baihu for not investigating, not raising, deliberately covering up, and conniving at the crime, I hope the lord will be clear! ”

As he spoke, the man took out a piece of paper, held it up with both hands, and bowed deeply!

There was a buzz in the hall, and it was a mess!