Chapter 695: Collegiate
You really can't blame Cao Pi for reacting so much, it's really these people that Liu Bei is looking for, which basically covers the most powerful decision-making people in Ji Han Shu Prefecture today.
Hanzhong is the logistics base of Liu Bei's first two Northern Expeditions, and Chengdu does not need to ask, the capital of Ji Han is located, as for Jingzhou, the first two Northern Expeditions have almost entered the Central Plains.
Liu Bei suddenly transferred the chief officials of these places to Chang'an to discuss something, do you want to fight again in a short time?!
Cao Pi really didn't know where Liu Bei got this confidence, and he was about to launch another big war after a year, but the results of the two northern expeditions of the Shu thieves made Cao Pi really dare not take it lightly.
Again, the situation in Dawei is not easy to be optimistic about now.
Cao Pi has only been less than six years since he succeeded to the throne of Wei, and he has fought two major wars before and after, and each time it is a two-front battle, even with the foundation of Great Wei, it is still a little unbearable.
Liu Bei is going crazy when he is old, and he Cao Pi doesn't want to go crazy with Liu Bei.
Therefore, Cao Pi ordered Sima Yi of Wancheng, Wang Ling of Xuchang, Guo Huai of Wuguan, and Wang Chang of Tongguan to strengthen the vigilance in four directions and prepare to hold on, and at the same time sent Cao Zhen to lead 20,000 troops and stationed in Hangu Pass, and Xiahou Shang led 10,000 troops, ready to support Xuchang or Wancheng at any time.
It's impossible to fight against you Liu Bei, you Liu Bei wants to go crazy, I won't do it. Tighten the pass and stick to it.
And Liu Bei, Liu Bei is really not crazy.
Ji Han's foundation is not as thick as Cao Wei's, and he has only just recuperated for a year before launching a war, where can he afford such a toss.
Liu Bei came to these people, in fact, mainly to do some things in front.
The first thing is about Zuo Fengyi's relocation to Tuntian, which has been said a long time ago, put it on hold for the time being, and wait until the end of the ancestor worship to discuss it now.
The second thing is the matter of reinstating the prime minister.
In fact, the most important thing is the latter thing, because it is related to the adjustment of the administrative system of the entire Han Dynasty.
The officials of the three provinces and six ministries each perform their duties and powers, and you suddenly put a mother-in-law on the heads of these people, and there are not enough bigwigs to support and endorse them, this kind of thing is not easy to implement no matter how you think about it.
The officials of the three provinces, Zhongshu Ling Zhuge Liang, Shangshu Ling Fazheng, and Shizhong Pang Tong, must have been called to discuss together.
Six Shangshu, in addition to Jian Yong, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, Zhang Xi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Qin Mi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is in Chang'an, Dong He, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Chen Zhen, the servant of the Ministry of Justice, who is acting for the secretary of the ministry, want to stay in Chengdu and can't come for the time being, Liu Ba, the secretary of the household department, is in Hanzhong, that is, in addition to Dong He and Chen Zhen who want to stay behind, other people who can go to Hanzhong, Liu Bei called.
As for Xu Shu and Wang Ji, they represented the will of the officials of Jingzhou and the general Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei himself was also present in person, and he and Zhao Yun, who was still in Chang'an, represented the will of the military.
After so many people discussed together, no one could overturn the final decision.
Zuo Fengyi Tuntian's matter, it's not difficult.
After more than two months of continuous thinking and weighing the pros and cons, coupled with Zhuge Liang's help in analysis, Liu Bei has basically made a decision.
The suggestions of Zhang Xi, Pang Tong, and Huang Quan were each adopted to form a new plan.
The land of Guanzhong, whether from any military, political, or economic perspective, is very important, so the defense of the land of Guanzhong must be the most important thing.
Zhang Xi suggested that Zuo Fengyi relocate the people's military tun, this plan is a good solution, and it must be implemented as a basic framework.
As for how to use the army, although Zhuge Liang agreed with Zhang Xi's idea of transferring county soldiers to the border, he definitely couldn't do it as Zhang Xi thought, it would be too consuming for soldiers.
If you just recruit county soldiers to garrison the border in Yongzhou, this is not a big deal, but Jingzhou and Yizhou are too far away from Yongzhou, you let the county soldiers from these places come to Yongzhou to garrison the border, whether they can adapt to the climate and soil of Yongzhou, not to mention, you have to walk for several months on this road, and you have to go back and forth for half a year, what is the point of such a frontier? !
Besides, there is no state or county that has to mobilize more than 60,000 soldiers to defend the border every year, and since the Han Dynasty, unless there is a major war in the frontier, there has never been such a large-scale border operation.
Therefore, Zhuge Liang suggested that even if the border system is to be restored, the number of troops should be controlled at about 10,000 people, and the states should take turns to bear it, but the approach of the border is right, Yongzhou is a place where there is no shortage of people.
It is also based on this concept that Zhuge Liang suggested that Liu Bei adopt Huang Quan's suggestion to appropriately open up the passage for some Shuzhong families and even Jingzhou families to go north to Yongzhou.
Because apart from these great families, it is not so easy for you to mobilize Dingkou from anywhere else to go north to Yongzhou.
The people love their families, and they are generally reluctant to migrate, and only those who have been abandoned by the family, but do not have their own land, are likely to be willing to go north to Yongzhou to fight a way out.
As for the issue of Zuo Fengyi's defense, Pang Tong's suggestion of key defense is not wrong, at least until Zuo Fengyi's Dingkou is completely restored, or before the military cantonment is formed into a scale, it is simply impossible to fully guarantee Zuo Fengyi's defense, and can only focus on deployment and defend a few relatively important key cities.
After Zhuge Liang peeled off the cocoon, Liu Bei finally clarified his thoughts and made a decision according to Zhuge Liang's suggestion.
The first step is to take advantage of the fact that the Northern Expeditionary Army is still in Chang'an and the armed forces are guaranteed, first carry out the relocation of the people, and move the tens of thousands of people of Zuo Fengyi to Youfufeng to enrich the population of Youfufeng.
The second step is to recruit Yongzhou county soldiers for training from next year to form a reserve force, plus 10,000 soldiers from other states and counties who will be recruited and sent over to the border next year, and adopt the method of focusing on defense to defend Zuo Fengyi.
In this way, even if Liu Bei retreats to Chengdu with the Northern Army next year, and Zhao Yun retreats to Liangzhou with the Yongzhou Corps, the problem will not be too big.
The third step is to take advantage of the family's desire for land in Yongzhou, open up the land transaction in Yongzhou, allow foreign families to enter Yongzhou, and exchange Dingkou and money and grain for the qualification to obtain Yongzhou land, so that not only can it subsidize a part of the central finance, but the Yongzhou Thorn History Department can also sell land in exchange for a part of the local finance, and subsidize the loss of taxes in the past two years.
After Zhuge Liang's repeated planning, a detailed plan has been formed, under this plan, Pang Tong and Huang Quan naturally have no opinions, even Zhang Xi, the new Yongzhou assassin history, has no opinions.
Because according to Zhuge Liang's plan, Zuo Fengyi's cultivated land will be abandoned for a year at most. The right to rotate tillage will not only not waste the land, but will help increase the fertility of the land.
The matter of Zuo Feng Yijuntun was discussed and resolved.
But Zhuge Liang shut up about the restoration of the prime minister.
Yes, Zhuge Liang did not say anything about this, did not say that he agreed, nor did he say that he disagreed.
Because anyone with a discerning eye can see that if Liu Bei really reinstates the prime minister, the position of prime minister will definitely be given to Zhuge Liang.
Of course, Zhuge Liang also knows, therefore, in this matter, he is not in favor of, nor against, nor is he even in the mud.
Since everything he said was wrong, Zhuge Liang simply didn't say anything, and everything was arranged by His Majesty.
But Zhuge Liang can not say it, and the other heads of department, including Xu Shu and Wang Ji who came from Jingzhou, Liu Ba and Fa Zheng who came from Hanzhong, and even Zhang Xi and Zhang Fei, all have something to say.
It's not that everyone is against the reinstatement of the prime minister, it's just that the consequences of some things must be considered clearly.
For example, Xu Shu and Wang Ji, these two people stood on the position of Jingzhou troops and officials, and after considering the restoration of the prime minister, the impact on Jingzhou.
There is no way, Jingzhou is in a special situation, it is too far away from Yizhou and Yongzhou, and the traffic is quite inconvenient, so Guan Yu has always been managed by Guan Yu as a general.
Once the prime minister is established, after the three provinces and six ministries are taken over, will Jingzhou also be included in the jurisdiction.
If so, then the Jingzhou family and Jingzhou officials will be somewhat violated by some interests, although Wang Ji and Xu Shu are not from Jingzhou, but they are now officials in Jingzhou, and they must take into account the influence.
Whether Jingzhou can maintain the same special status as before is a very important matter for the Jingzhou family.
Therefore, Xu Shu and Wang Ji hoped that Liu Bei would have a relatively harmonious strategy to deal with this matter after considering the restoration of the prime minister's rights and the special status of Jingzhou.
And Fa Zheng and Liu Ba have ideas, which is relatively complicated.
On the one hand, Fa Zheng and Liu Ba consider issues from the standpoint of their own duties.
The law is the Shangshu Order, and once the prime minister is in charge of the implementation of the national government affairs, it is invisibly to divide the rights and responsibilities of the Fazheng Shangshu Order.
Liu Ba is in charge of the household department, and at present, he is also the only person who has the right to formulate national economic policies, and if there is suddenly an additional prime minister on his head to check and balance himself, many things may not be so easy to unfold.
Of course, the most important reason is that there are some serious differences between Liu Ba and Zhuge Liang's economic philosophy.
In those days, of course, there was no way to free the economy, because the two men had the same general stance on the economy, and both pursued the state to control the economy.
However, Liu Ba believes that the market still needs to be given a certain degree of autonomy, and that there are some things that the state can only benefit from according to the situation, and it is not appropriate to use too many decrees to intervene in the market.
However, Zhuge Liang believes that the state should fully control the economy and strictly supervise economic behavior, otherwise under the fragile small-scale peasant economy of this era, the people will never be able to fight the big families who control a lot of resources.
The two have always argued about this.
On the other hand, Fa Zheng and Liu Ba also have to think about it from the standpoint of the Dongzhou faction.
Of the original three provinces, Jingzhou sent one person, Dongzhou sent one person, and the imperial power sent one person. Except for the unfortunate lack of high-ranking officials in the Yizhou faction, the internal power structure is relatively balanced.
But now that Zhuge Liang of the imperial power faction becomes the prime minister of the three provinces and six ministries, who will take over this Zhongshu order, will it affect the structure of the court bureau, and thus affect the distribution of their respective interests.
Therefore, Fa Zheng and Liu Ba expressed their opposition to the restoration of the prime minister.
Not changing is better than changing.
And Zhang Xi. Zhang Xi is not against Zhuge Liang as prime minister, what he opposes is the sequelae after Liu Bei was reinstated as prime minister.
It is best to set up a country's administrative system at the beginning, and there can be adjustments, but try not to have major changes in the framework.
The reason why Zhang Xi originally proposed the "three provinces and six ministries system" was to divide power and avoid the situation of powerful ministers in the late Han Dynasty, and on the other hand, it was also to improve the fault tolerance rate.
It is better for the state to formulate policies and negotiate with multiple ministries than to say a word from the prime minister, so as to reduce the suffering of the people because of the selfish desires of those in power.
But now that Liu Bei has been reinstated as prime minister, Zhang Xi is worried that this position will be the same as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty setting up a general, and it will become a part of the future government system, which is not what Zhang Xi hopes to appear.
Zhang Xi believes that Zhuge Liang will definitely make the people live a better life when he becomes prime minister, and his ability and morality are worthy of trust. But once the prime minister's three provinces become a system, it is really hard to say whether the successor can do Zhuge Liang, and whether there will be ministers and ministers.
What Zhang Xi opposes is Liu Bei's practice of setting things up because of people, and then abolishing things because of people.
If I have to say, Zhang Xi belongs to the establishment faction, and he hopes to use the system to restrain the behavior of officials, not to create the system because of officials.
The dissent of the government is probably divided into the above three factions, each arguing endlessly.
And the military. Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun also have something to say.
Between the two Han Dynasty, the rights of the prime minister are different, especially after Emperor Xiaowu set up a general to manage military affairs, the prime minister is no longer qualified to meddle in military power Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun are two, so I want to ask clearly, whether this reinstated prime minister is qualified to meddle in military affairs.
Don't say this question, I really asked Liu Bei a little.
According to Liu Bei's idea, even if the prime minister is restored now, he will no longer let the prime minister interfere in military affairs. He's not dead yet.
But if one day, you pass away and Adou succeeds to the throne, and you let Adou take charge of military affairs, can you rest assured?!
Yes, it is possible to let Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others help watch it, but the age of the third brother and Zilong is not young, how many years can they watch?!
If the prime minister can't meddle in military affairs, once the foreign war comes, the internal and external dynasties can't form a joint force, and the military and government can't work together.
Therefore, Liu Bei believes that after he leaves, the prime minister will definitely open the government to manage affairs, and the three divisions will definitely interfere in military affairs.
But now that Zhang Fei's question has thrown back the military power to himself, can he really let it out casually? !
Military power is easy to let go, but it will not be so simple to take it back in the future.
There is no need to doubt between Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, it is indeed a monarch and a minister, Liu Bei believes in Zhuge Liang's character and morality, and also believes that Zhuge Liang will do his best to assist Adou after a hundred years, but can you guarantee that the successor selected by Zhuge Liang is also such a person? !
At that time, the older generation of Wencheng generals who followed Liu Bei should all be almost dead, even the slightly younger Zhang Xi, Guan Ping, Kou Feng and others should also be dying of old age If Adou believes the wrong person and lets someone with ulterior motives grasp the military power, wouldn't something big happen? !
Cao Cao's lesson from the past is not far away.
Once that time comes, even if Liu Bei leaves Zhang Xi as a backhand, once Zhang Xi does not have military power in his hands, it will be difficult to help Adou solve problems.
So. Do you want to give military power?!
Or, can you find a way to compromise - military power can be given, but only to Zhuge Liang?!
But. There must be a reason and an explanation for this, right?!
(End of chapter)