For a while, although there was no real hammer, worries about this matter had spread in the officialdom of Luoyang, and many people were not optimistic about Liu Bei's behavior.

What's more, comparing this incident with Liu Bei's appointment of Gongsun Zan as the assassin of Youzhou, I think that Liu Bei did not do well, and if he is not careful, he will repeat the mistakes of the beginning.

These martial artists are not talking about the problem of ability, all their problems are summed up in three words - unreliable.

At that time, Liu Bei was able to use the credit of the Northern Expedition to press down his mistakes in employing people, so now, is it okay?

Do you want to go on another Northern Expedition?

Because there are many people who are worried, even Lu Zhi has worries about this, so Liu Bei specially talked to Lu Zhi about his views on this matter.

"Teacher, I don't have the idea of promoting Dong Zhuo to the position of the third duke, otherwise I should let him serve as a guard lieutenant or a big Si Nong, instead of Da Honglu, my purpose in doing this is just to let Dong Zhuo come to Luoyang, and how can this be confused with Gongsun Zhan? Could it be that Dong Zhuo came to Luoyang to fight? ”

Lu Zhi was puzzled by Liu Bei's explanation.

"Why did you let Dong Zhuo come to Luoyang? Dong Zhuo's ability is obviously the best in defending the border, and conquest is what he is good at, and you put him in the Luoyang Imperial Court to serve as a ritual official like Da Honglu, which is really eye-catching. ”

"It's just an expedient measure, the real purpose of the disciple is to take back Dong Zhuo's military power and dispose of his subordinates."

Liu Bei said slowly: "What Dong Zhuo's army has done locally is unbearable for me, I can't tolerate such an army continuing to run rampant, the military regulations and military laws of the Han army must be based on the army directly under me, Dong Zhuo's army is too much." ”

"This ......"

Lu Zhi was a little surprised, and after thinking about it, he said in a low voice: "Xuande, are you planning to take this opportunity to remove the local military power?" ”

"I do have such thoughts."

Liu Bei nodded and said: "Dong Zhuo's incident has given me a wake-up call, and it has also made me realize that it is time to make such a change, what they are doing is no longer in line with the current trend of the Han Dynasty, and this old practice must be strictly forbidden."

Taking this as an opportunity to dismiss the state pastor and confiscate the local military power, this is of course also my goal, so that the local people can be more honest and stable, and then establish a county and national military system.

When the imperial court does not have enough power in the local area, it can only rely entirely on local officials to implement the imperial court policy, and the extent to which it is implemented is not something that the imperial court can completely control, and the local officials have considerable autonomy in what they do, which is extremely harmful to the imperial court policy.

For example, the chaos that arose during this period of slave restriction was not my intention, but it still appeared, and I could not do anything about it, but when some vital powers were controlled by the imperial court and not controlled by the local government, the situation would change. ”

Lu Zhi sat down and thought very seriously about what Liu Bei said.

After a long while, he looked up at Liu Bei.

"It's hard, and it takes a lot of time."

"Because the strong attitude of the local government towards Luoyang cannot be established overnight."

Liu Bei smiled bitterly: "Teacher, we have all been local governors, we should be very clear, when handling specific affairs in the local government, how much scruples do we need to have about the Luoyang Imperial Court?" Since Xiaohe and the emperor, the local government has paid less and less attention to Luoyang.

And according to my observation, for a long time, Luoyang has been in a state of absence in the daily administration of the local county, and when the local government needs to do things, the Lingyang Imperial Court basically does not exist.

Over time, the local government will also worry about the encroachment of its own interests, and when most places regard the Luoyang court as a predator rather than a rule-maker and maintainer, it is really difficult to say that the Luoyang court is still somewhat orthodox.

Teacher, to put it mildly, many times, the local governors regard the Luoyang court as an enemy, and they do not regard the Luoyang court as a superior at all, and it will take decades for this trend to form, but once it is formed, it is very dangerous.

To this day, I can say that in addition to the area west of Luoyang, Bingzhou, and Youzhou, many places still regard the Luoyang court as an enemy, from the government to the people.

Of course, despite this, I can also say that I can definitely put down the rebellion in these places, but even with the most brutal and simple methods, I need at least 300,000 troops, and this number has not yet been reached, teacher, I have no confidence. ”

Lu Zhi was silent.

Of course, he understands the situation that Liu Bei said, for Lu Zhi, who has experience in local administration, but he has never systematically considered these issues and has never linked these things together.

If we look at these things together, and consider them in conjunction with the separation of the local government from the Luoyang court, we will find an astonishing fact.

The court had become essentially an enemy of the local separatist forces.

And this is still based on the fact that Liu Bei has been building his own power for many years and controlling the basic power in the area west of Luoyang.

Of course, Jizhou has also undergone a certain political reshaping, and the situation of local separation has been significantly reduced.

However, the four prefectures of the Central Plains, Jingzhou, and Yangzhou belong to the political white land that Liu Bei rarely sets foot in, and the use of the power and connections of the ancient literature school to promote a limited slave restriction order can cause fierce resistance, let alone further Dutian.

It is estimated that these six states will instantly rebel and break away from the control of the Luoyang court, and the Luoyang court itself will also experience fierce infighting and separation, forming two opposing forces.

Lu Zhi was not worried that Dutian would not succeed, because Liu Bei really had the combat power to level the world, but he also said that he needed at least 300,000 troops to re-establish the world in the worst case of collapse and table-lifting.

And now, Liu Bei doesn't have that confidence.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhi could only sigh.

"Xuande, you have worked really hard, from Zhongping six years to now, nine years, you only used nine years, almost half of the world is controlled, you are really not easy."

Lu Zhi stood up and patted Liu Bei's shoulder, his eyes full of relief and guilt.

(End of chapter)