517 General's Mansion

The news of Xun Shuang's illness and leave was sent to Liu Bei's desk the next day, Liu Bei didn't have any idea after learning about it, so he coped with it a little, and asked Xun You to go home more, and then put his energy on internal affairs and military affairs.

As for whether Xun You will often go home to see, Liu Bei doesn't know.

It is said that Xun You went to Xun Shuang's house yesterday, and came out again soon after, looking like nothing had happened, and then, there was the news that Xun Shuang was sick.

Is there anything interesting going on here?

Liu Bei did not continue to pay attention.

He still has a lot of things to do, and he can't keep busy.

Drill soldiers and horses, train new soldiers, prepare military rations and supplies, prepare for the war that follows, arrange those who serve themselves in suitable posts, and come to them from time to time to talk about the world and enhance their feelings.

When the Hussar General's Mansion was reorganized into the Great General's Mansion, it was also the time when Liu Bei arranged for his cronies to enter the imperial court on a large scale to seize power.

Therefore, he didn't particularly care about the entire Great General's Mansion at that time, and only after the people he summoned arrived in Luoyang one after another, he began to build the Great General's Mansion.

The General's Mansion is the department where he performs the General's institutional duties and powers, and through the General's Mansion and the General's subordinates, he can use this power reasonably and legally to intervene in the daily governance of the country.

And the most important of these is the reasonable and legal control of the world's armies.

After he was appointed by the Son of Heaven, he became the supreme commander of all the armies of the entire Han Empire, theoretically having the command of any army, as long as it was an official army within the Han Empire.

It doesn't matter whether this army actually obeys his command or not.

The same is true of the current army in the entire Luoyang region, except for the army controlled by Jian Shuo and Dong Chong, all the other armies are under the actual command of Liu Bei, even if the army controlled by Jian Shuo and Dong Chong, in principle, Liu Bei also has the right to command.

Therefore, the construction of the General's Mansion is still very important.

According to the control of some specific talents in his hands, he made some arrangements for the staffing of the entire Great General's Mansion.

The first is the history of the head of the General's Mansion, this position is mainly responsible for the daily affairs of the General's Mansion, and it can also be involved in government affairs.

Liu Bei handed over this position to Man Chong, on the grounds that Man Chong had the most extensive administrative experience among the personnel currently serving him, and had more knowledge of officialdom.

Previously, Liu Bei had an in-depth conversation with Man Chong, talking about why he summoned him and what he knew about his past.

On the whole, Liu Bei believes that the reputation of the so-called "cool official" is more similar to the identification with the Xunzi faction in Confucianism.

He believed that if people were not strictly bound by the law, they would be free to do evil instead of doing good.

Even he complained about the current practice of spring and autumn prison sentences, and felt that this was not good.

"The law is the law, the reason why the ancients established the law, is to restrain the behavior of the wicked, since Xiaowu, Confucianism has intervened in the matter of the law, and the law is under the Confucian classics, I privately think this is inappropriate.

So far, I have no regrets about what I did in the past, I only hate myself for not being able to correct the mistakes of the world, and if I were given another chance, I would still insist on what I did! ”

"Even if it is criticized by the world for this?"

"If I am criticized for the wrong thing, then I should be punished, but if I am criticized for the right thing, then why am I wrong?"

Man Pet said firmly: "I will insist and never change!" ”

"Good!"

Liu Bei was very appreciative of Manchu's attitude, so he handed over the full text of the Han Law to Manchu to read and study, and asked Manchu to judge these legal provisions, and handed over the position of the general Changshi to him to show his honor.

Full Pet is very grateful for this.

Then there is the general's mansion Sima, this is the position in charge of the military, which is regarded as the general's private military senior staff member, helping the general to consult military issues, for this position, Liu Bei chose Gao Shun, who is rigorous.

Before contacting Gao Shun, Liu Bei thought that Gao Shun was a bear and tiger general, but after seeing Gao Shun, Liu Bei found that Gao Shun was a polite literati, and he did not have a tall and mighty posture like Zhang Fei.

He was taciturn, but his level of knowledge was very good, he had studied and studied army-related affairs at home, and he had his own views on things such as marching and fighting.

He liked Liu Bei's "Military Training Drill Manual" very much, asked Liu Bei for this book, studied it carefully, and then made annotations for this book.

So Liu Bei admired Gao Shun very much, and handed over the position of general Sima to him, and asked him to assist him in training and managing the army.

Then there are two 600 stone generals engaged in Zhonglang, in charge of staff discussions, equivalent to the general himself high staff, for these two positions, Liu Bei Xuzhou famous Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong two people settled in it, appointed them as his own high staff.

After Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong arrived in Luoyang, Liu Bei talked to them and asked them questions about the hearts of the people in the world, and their answers were very pertinent, not only saying some big truths, but also saying some very practical things.

For example, the important influence of the army on the hearts and minds of the people, as well as the reasons why the Yuan traitors will inevitably not win, etc., all reveal a strong sense of trust in Liu Bei's final victory, intending to make Liu Bei enhance his self-confidence.

In addition, these two people also have real talents and learning, and they have their own views on the current political situation and military situation, and they commented on some of Liu Bei's political and military practices in the court, and gave their own suggestions.

Feeling their sincerity and daring to speak up, Liu Bei decided to hand over these two positions to the two of them.

Then there is the general main book, the position of six hundred stones, as the secretary of the general himself, an important cronie, and in a sense, the spokesperson of the general.

This position, Liu Bei handed over to Cheng Li, who had no previous administrative experience.

When Cheng Li first arrived in Luoyang, like Zhao Yun and others, he was puzzled by Liu Bei's summoning of him, and felt that he had no channel to contact a big man like Liu Bei no matter what.

Then Liu Bei used traditional skills to tell Cheng Li about his dream.

He said that he dreamed that he climbed Mount Tai, and on the top of Mount Tai, there was a person dressed in white, holding the sun and offering it to him, so that he swallowed the sun in one gulp, and after swallowing the sun, he asked what the name of this person was, and this person said that he was Cheng Li, a native of Dongjun.

After waking up, Liu Bei was very surprised, sent someone to search, and sure enough, he found Cheng Li in Dongjun, and he responded to those things in the dream, so he believed that Cheng Li was his dream virtuous minister.

Cheng Li was amazed by this, he didn't want to believe these mysterious things, but how could someone like Liu Bei joke with him?

So he can only think that he is really Liu Bei's Ying Mengxian minister, and he is destined to assist Liu Bei by providence.

He was very happy, and then used his ingenuity to tell Liu Bei the news about Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu that he had heard along the way, and offered advice to Liu Bei to deal with Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.

So Liu Bei decided to appoint Cheng Li as his chief bookkeeper, close to him, and a close minister.

The rest of the people are basically the Great General Peng, the Great General Ling Shi and the Great General Sheren, each with their own responsibilities.

And those who want to engage in martial arts, or who come to engage in martial arts, such as Zhang He, Shi Lian, Zhao Yun and others, have all entered the army as generals.

Regarding Liu Bei's arrangement, the people in the house basically have no opinion.

After the people in the general's mansion were enriched, Liu Bei arranged the protégés and former officials of Liangzhou who continued to arrive to work at the grassroots level in Sanfu and Luoyang, and then began to promote the collective farm policy in Sanfu area, preparing to restore the former agricultural glory of Sanfu.

These protégés and former officials were all cultivated and supported by Liu Bei, following the unspoken rules of the double monarch, they pursued Liu Bei's will and promoted the Liangzhou model in the land of Sanfu.

Even if the agricultural glory of the Sanfu area cannot be fully restored, it is necessary to restore some of it a little, and start to store grain in the Sanfu area to prepare for possible large-scale wars in the future.

Fighting a war needs food, a lot of food, and the agricultural production in the Luoyang area has been somewhat seriously destroyed after the Hedong crisis and the Luoyang Incident, and the reason why it can barely support it at present is because Liu Bei transported grain from Liangzhou and Sanfu to Luoyang.

This method can relieve temporary difficulties, but long-term problems are difficult to solve, so Liu Bei is ready to carry out the construction of collective farms in the Sanfu and Luoyang areas and expand the tuntian.

Not only the surrounding areas of Luoyang City, but also the Hedong and Hanoi areas, these two counties have been greatly damaged by the previous war, and in order to protect the needs of Luoyang, the order of these two counties must be restored.

So, this gave Liu Bei a good opportunity to install grassroots officials into the place.