Liu Bei merged all the military departments under his control, took the command of the whole army into the military headquarters of the general's mansion, personally supervised the affairs of the military department, led the army as a general, and directly connected with the army through the military department in the general's mansion.

The vast majority of the armies inside and outside the city of Luoyang, and even the regular armies in most places, are currently under the control of the military headquarters of the Great General's Mansion, and more than 90 percent of the military strength of the entire Han Empire is under Liu Bei's direct control.

And because of the growth of power and the control of the country's finances, it is not only his own army, but the 30,000 Xiyuan Army under the command of Jian Shuo is actually within the influence of the military department because it relies on Liu Bei for logistical supplies.

The Xiyuan Army was originally essentially led by Liu Hong personally, and the logistics supply also relied on Liu Hong's own supply, and it was the Shaofu system, and now that the Shaofu is under Liu Bei, the financial power of the entire Han Empire is also expensive Liu Bei, and the logistics supply of the Xiyuan Army naturally depends on Liu Bei.

Of course, Jian Shuo also has a choice, he can provide the army with logistics supplies through the wealth under his control, and build his own logistics supply base, so that he can directly control the 30,000-strong Xiyuan Army.

But Jian Shuo is obviously reluctant, and with his financial resources, it is certainly more than enough for him to live a luxurious life, and it will be a bit difficult to raise an army of 30,000 people.

He couldn't afford and didn't want to raise so many troops, so after Liu Bei took control of the country's financial power, Jian Shuo actually acquiesced in Liu Bei's command of the Xiyuan Army.

He himself slowly faded out of the overall control of the West Garden Army, and in the Eighth Captain of the West Garden, he only retained control over the military captain of his headquarters to protect his own safety, and he basically gave up the army of the remaining seven captains.

Now the army controlled by the other seven captains is basically from the financial system controlled by Liu Bei, and these seven captains have basically taken refuge in Liu Bei, and have a lot to do with Liu Bei.

Of course, in this matter, Liu Bei did not treat Jian Shuo badly, a supplier of good food and drink, protecting his interests, giving him enough security, and so on.

That is to say, at this stage, in addition to the palace guard system and the city gate captain system in Dong Chong's hands, as well as the five thousand old departments controlled by Dong Zhuo, who served as the assassin of Xuzhou, all the armies of the entire Han Empire have obeyed Liu Bei's command.

The difference is that some are headquarters, and some are under command but not entirely belong to Liu Bei's army, such as the army of the later general Lu Bu.

But on the whole, Liu Bei's absolute control of the military power of the Han Empire is an indisputable fact.

And if you really want to talk about it, even Dong Chong's city gate captain system and Miyagi guard system are actually in a precarious state.

Dong Chong was intimidated by Liu Bei's power, afraid of Liu Bei, and did not dare to confront Liu Bei head-on, although the palace guards and the city gate captain were still under the control of his cronies, but the salaries of the city gate captain and the palace gate guards were also from the imperial court financial accounts, not Dong Chong personally.

In the final analysis, these two parts of the army and officers belong to the regular establishment of the Han Empire, and they follow Dong Chongduo because of his identity and status as a hussar general, as well as his responsibilities.

Now that Dong Chong's power to open the palace is essentially frozen, it is very difficult to say how much control he still has over the city gate captain and the palace guard system.

Anyway, as far as Liu Bei himself is concerned, from his General's Mansion to Liu Xie and Empress Dowager Dong's bedrooms, Liu Bei is already very familiar with all the city gate captains, large and small officers in the palace guard system, and even some soldiers.

Some of them, Liu Bei, could even be named.

Usually when they meet, they will also salute Liu Bei respectfully, Liu Bei occasionally brings some good things into the palace, and they will also give some to these guys who take care of the palace city, everyone is very familiar with each other, very harmonious, not at all like two people in the command system.

Outside of Luoyang City, there are only two regular armies left that do not belong to Liu Bei's command, one is the Qingzhou Army under the command of Qingzhou Mu Liu Yu, with 20,000 or 30,000 people, the scale is acceptable, and the combat effectiveness is also okay.

However, Liu Yu himself did not have the ambition to fight for hegemony, he was a traditional old bureaucrat, more enthusiastic about political status, and more cherished feathers, as long as it was an order issued in the name of the Luoyang court, he did not disobey it.

So his army Liu Bei didn't want to meddle at all, it didn't make much sense.

The remaining army that Liu Bei did not control or infiltrate was the 5,000 old troops of Dong Zhuo who were fighting in Xuzhou and the Xuzhou miscellaneous soldiers under the command of Dong Zhuo.

There is a little bit of a problem, because Dong Zhuo still cares more about his political status and military command, and in the face of the temptation of the imperial court, he also showed that he did not want to give up the five thousand old ministries, and he had to take these five thousand old ministries with him wherever he went, and he had the style of an old feudal veteran, which did not meet the requirements of the new era.

But compared to the state of the whole world, Dong Zhuo's 5,000 people can't afford to make any big waves, and the strength comparison with the imperial court is also completely unbalanced.

Regardless of whether Dong Zhuo listens or not, he will be a piece of meat in Liu Bei's mouth sooner or later.

The same is true in engineering matters.

The Eastern Han Empire's Taifu, Zhi Jinwu and others, who were mainly responsible for engineering affairs, were either under the control of Liu Bei or under the control of Zhang Rang, and Zhang Rang had always cooperated with Liu Bei, so in terms of the docking work of the Ministry of Industry, the General's Mansion could also achieve full control.

Not to mention the judicial aspect, Liu Bei, who has more or less control over the three judicial divisions, is more or less involved.

Captain Sili is Liu Bei's hardcore Guo Hong.

The Imperial Doctor is Liu Bei's hardcore Ma Riyan.

Only Tingwei is not Liu Bei's person, but a person from the ancient literature school, but his relationship with Liu Bei is not bad.

Liu Bei himself is also the lord of the "Zuo's Spring and Autumn Period", and in the era of the Spring and Autumn Prison Break, Liu Bei set up a legal department in the General's Mansion to manage judicial affairs.

Therefore, the judicial power of the Eastern Han Empire is now also controlled by the Ministry of Justice of the General's Office.

Then there are the ministries and personnel powers.

The control of personnel power is still relatively sensitive, and the generals, hussar generals, and the three dukes essentially have the personnel power of the central government, and the Shangshutai Electoral Department also has personnel power.

Through a series of operations and struggles, Liu Bei controlled the personnel power of the General's Mansion, the Taiwei Mansion and the Emperor himself, and integrated them into the General's Mansion.

At the local level, through their own authority and the political pattern of [protégés and former officials all over the world], they directly or indirectly controlled the personnel of many places, and strongly influenced the personnel pattern of the empire.

By the time the Ministry of Officials was established, according to Liu Bei's own estimates, he had almost controlled four-sevenths of the personnel power of the entire empire, as well as the righteous claim of imperial power.

If the eunuch group and the ancient literature school can be wiped out, they will be able to control almost nine-tenths of the personnel power.

If the relevant content of the probation system can be changed, it can be regarded as completely controlling all personnel powers.

Under the current pattern, the personnel of the government departments controlled by Liu Bei are all made by the General's Officials Department, and the departments that were originally in charge of personnel are all gathered in the General's Mansion under Liu Bei's influence to deal with affairs and personnel disputes.

If there is a dispute about a certain position, then it is the officials of the General's Mansion who make the final decision.

The positions of Situ and Sikong are now vacant, and the personnel power of the Hussar General's Mansion still belongs to Dong Chong in name, but Dong Chong has been closed off for a long time and has never exercised this power.

Therefore, judging from the four-sevenths of the personnel power that Liu Bei currently controls, the selection of personnel in a considerable part of the imperial court and military institutions is almost a matter of Liu Bei's decision, and he can use whoever he wants.

Compared with other powers, personnel power is also the most difficult power to fully take over to oneself, and the involvement is too big, and the personnel power has to be the last piece in Liu Bei's power puzzle.

(End of chapter)