For the young Fazheng, being a county guard is indeed a great trust.

But if Liu Bei is really so optimistic about Fazheng, is it necessary to send him to such a distant place to carry out the same dangerous experience as a big adventure?

That's really not just a simple matter of being an official, but also killing people if the climate and environment are not good.

Therefore, many people expressed concern about Fazheng's future, and his subordinates also vaguely mentioned such worries to him.

But Fa Zheng doesn't see it that way.

According to the news obtained by Fa Zheng at the same time, there was a rebellion in the south of Ninan County, and someone invaded Xianglin County in Rinan County, established himself as the king, and openly rebelled against the rule of the Han Dynasty.

He's going to make meritorious deeds.

Although he doesn't go to the battlefield to fight in person, he has a lot of things to do.

More importantly, this is the candidate personally decided by Liu Bei.

Fa Zheng also learned that the person who was transferred to Rinan County with him to serve as the captain of the national soldiers of Rinan County was Ma Chao, his old classmate in Liangzhou Prefecture, and the two had some contacts in the state school.

Although it is not as good as the relationship between Fa Zheng and his old friend Meng Da, but Fa Zheng and Ma Chao, who is good at mathematics, also have some contacts, the two have had some discussions on some mathematical issues, although Ma Chao is not as good as Fa Zheng in terms of overall results, but in mathematics, he can really have a back and forth with Fa Zheng.

Ma Chao is the son of Ma Teng, the general of the army, and Ma Teng is also the position of the chief general of the first army in Liu Bei's army, and his status is not low, but Ma Chao was arranged to Rinan County with himself.

Then Fa Zheng can easily draw conclusions.

This is the arrangement made by Liu Bei in order to test them, this is the arrangement made by Liu Bei in order to let them master more experience, Liu Bei is very optimistic about Ma Chao, and he is also very optimistic about himself, so he will make this decision.

Although Nichinan County is dangerous, the more dangerous the place where the accumulated merits, the more people can gain experience, and the exceptional promotion also requires some prerequisites, the exceptional promotion in the normal area is somewhat controversial, but the exceptional promotion in the dangerous area seems reasonable.

Fa is precisely a very enterprising spirit.

The plan he gave himself was to enter the imperial court and hold important positions before the age of thirty-five, but he didn't expect that his career had only started for more than a year, and he had already begun to gallop towards the second stage.

So, how can such an opportunity be missed?

In mid-to-late February of the first year of Zhenguan, Fa Zheng arrived in Luoyang, and before that, Ma Chao had already met Liu Bei.

Ma Chao felt a little surprised that he was suddenly transferred from the army sequence to the county soldier sequence, he was determined to fight in the army, and wanted to lead the army to expedition to the Quartet and promote the prestige of the Han Dynasty, but he didn't like the county soldier very much.

But doing things in Rinan County is exactly what their Ma clan's ancestor Ma Yuan once did, so if you really want to say that you don't want to, he still has a little yearning.

So Ma Chao was very entangled and didn't know whether to go to Rinan County or not.

However, Liu Bei told him that the current difference between the county soldiers and the army is not too big, and many county soldiers and soldiers have been transferred from the army, and if Ma Chao wants to transfer back to the army in the future, he can do the same.

In addition, although the county soldiers are responsible for maintaining law and order, the concept of "law and order" is of course different in different places.

In some places, policing is to catch thieves, deal with neighborhood disputes, and so on, which is very simple and comfortable, and the main duty is really to enforce the law.

However, in some places, public order is a war of public order, and it is necessary to fight a war and see blood, and public order must be maintained by physical means.

"Rinan County is located in the middle of nowhere, there are many natives who do not obey discipline, the power of the first war may not be able to convince them, the follow-up governance is very important, Gan Ning can lead troops to fight and eliminate the rebellion, but after he leaves, the law and order of Rinan County is maintained, you are the number one, to say that there is no war to fight at all, I don't believe it."

As soon as Ma Chao heard this, his mind was activated.

At present, staying in the garrison of Luoyang, although it is possible to slowly accumulate merits, it is not as fast as accumulating merits in a state of war.

Now in this state, the Han is already too strong, there are not many enemies in the world, if you continue to stay in the Luoyang garrison, although the treatment is very good, but you may not be able to get a battle in a year.

For these elite soldiers and strong generals who have been carefully trained and have strong logistical supply capabilities, not fighting is simply torture.

Everyone is staring at the battle, everyone is staring at the merits, and Ma Chao even heard that the first few lieutenant generals have been secretly competing with each other, preparing to compete for the next battle.

Although I don't know when I will have the next chance to go out to fight.

Therefore, everyone is very eager for combat merit.

In this way, when will he, the military commander, be promoted to a captain, or even a lieutenant general, or even a higher-level general?

The military Sima who does not want to be a general is not a good military Sima, he has always wanted to become a famous general, leading the Han army to sweep in all directions and win the world.

But at present, this requires a certain status and opportunity, although his father Ma Teng is already a Zhonglang general, but in this matter, he really can't help him.

First, the status of the father is limited, and the favor is limited.

Second, the promotion mechanism within the Han army is relatively transparent, and it is very concerned, and you can't get the results of the military merit and cultural exams, if you rush to get promoted, not to mention that someone wants to report you, your colleagues around you look down on you, and your subordinates may not listen to your orders.

Go up, but you can't sit still.

And now, a special opportunity is in front of Ma Chao.

If he succeeded in maintaining local law and order in a place like Nichinam County as a lieutenant of the county and national soldiers, then it shouldn't be very difficult to return to the army with such merits and be promoted to a captain, right?

If there is no war, you have to find another way, otherwise how can you seek progress?

Thinking of this, Ma Chao figured it out, the trip to Rinan County was the promotion path that Liu Bei gave him, such an opportunity can be met but not sought, how stupid is it to refuse?

So Ma Chao decided to accept the position of lieutenant of the national soldiers of Ninan County, and immediately began to study "Han Law" on his own to make up for his legal knowledge.

As an outstanding student who has been rolled all the way to the thirty-sixth place in the graduation examination with the spirit of involution in Liangzhou State School, Ma Chao is not stupid at all, and even has the demeanor of a king of volumes, and it is not the first time he has done things like emergency and evil supplements.

In order to study better, he also found an old classmate in the Liangzhou Prefecture School who served in Zhongshutai, and asked him to help him make up for his classes, mark the key points, and master a considerable part of the "Han Law" provisions before he officially took office, so as to avoid being blinded and not understanding anything.

At the same time, the entire team of the national soldiers of Nichinam County also began to be formed.

According to Liu Bei's order, the number of soldiers in Rinan County should be maintained at 2,000 people, not only to maintain law and order, but also to be responsible for fighting a law and order war.

Therefore, the foundation of the national soldiers of Ninan County is all veterans who have just retired from active service, and they are also urgently training the provisions of the "Han Law", and then they are also assigned weapons and equipment for use in the army, just like a serious army has passed.

Ma Chaofa was cautious and cautious, realizing that this opportunity might be a major turning point in his life, and he did not dare to slack off at all.

Ma Chao is in full swing preparing here, and Fazheng is here over there.

After Fa Zheng arrived in Luoyang, he immediately told Liu Bei to wait for the summons, but Liu Bei did not let him wait any longer, and took a little time to meet Fa Zheng.

Liu Bei liked this important mastermind who helped him successfully take Yizhou, stabilize Yizhou, and launch the Battle of Hanzhong to win the victory in the original timeline, and Fazheng's performance also fully showed that he was a talented man.

This time, he was appointed as the Taishou of Rinan County, and Liu Beili overrode public opinion, just to further exercise his ability, so that he could grow up as soon as possible, so that he could shine and become a trump card in his hand.

His expectations for Fa Zheng are no less than his expectations for Zhuge Liang, who has not yet grown up, and he believes that if Fa Zheng had not died young, then both Guan Yu's defeat and Liu Bei's battle against Wu would have unpredictable variables to a certain extent.

Therefore, he really expects that Fazheng can make some achievements in the people of Ninan County.

So when Fa Zheng came to him, he stepped forward very intimately and held Fa Zheng's hand, pulled him to sit down together, which made Fa Zheng a little flattered, startled, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, telling Liu Bei that he did not dare to trespass.

Liu Bei laughed dumbly.

"In public, I and you are monarchs and ministers, of course, we must be solemn, but this is a private occasion, except for the Praetorian Guards and internal servants, there is no one else, there is a name between me and you and a teacher, and it is okay to get along with each other in the way of teachers and students."

Liu Bei looked at Zhang Rang and Dian Wei, who were serving as usual, and then looked at the right view.

Fa Zheng raised his head, looked at Zhang Rang and Dian Wei, whose faces did not change, swallowed his saliva, and slowly stood up.

"The minister is terrified."

"Why be afraid."

Liu Bei smiled, held Fa Zheng's hand, and said with a smile: "Those rules and regulations between monarchs and ministers are not applicable in front of teachers and students, even in the eyes of the Son of Heaven, you are also a protégé of the Son of Heaven, aren't you?" ”

Fa Zheng relaxed a little and showed a smile.

"Your Majesty treats the ministers well, and the ministers are grateful......"

"Or say it's a minister?"

"Uh...... The teacher treats the disciple well, and the disciple is deeply impressed! ”

"Hey, that's right!"

Liu Bei smiled: "Meng Qi was too, and you were too, they all regarded my identity as an emperor more than anything else, and even forgot that I also taught you a lesson in Liangzhou State School, the courtesy of the monarch and the minister is important, don't you need to care about the friendship between teachers and students?" ”

"The disciple is stupid, please forgive the teacher!"

Fa Zheng smiled and said, "From now on, the disciple will never be like this again!" ”

"That's pretty much it."

Liu Bei smiled and said, "This time I arranged for you to be the Taishou of Rinan County, don't you think it's strange?" ”

"The disciple has already figured it out, the teacher has arranged it like this, and he has ardent expectations for the disciple!"

Fa Zheng said loudly: "The disciple will never live up to the teacher's expectations, the disciple will never let the teacher down, and will definitely do his best to do things well and show the world that the teacher knows people!" ”

"Well, that's right, if you have such an idea, it means that I am not looking at the wrong person."

Liu Bei laughed and said: "For you young disciples, I always have higher expectations, Rinan County is located in a remote area, but many foreign countries come to the Han Dynasty for trade and worship, all of which pass through Rinan County, so Rinan County is said to be a barbaric place, but it can also be regarded as the southern gate of the Han Dynasty."

Let you go this time, is to let you do a good job of guarding the south gate, I don't worry about handing over this task to others, I can rest assured that I will give it to the disciples I taught myself, after you pass, first assist Gan Ning to quell the rebellion, and then it's time for you to play.

Remember, we must try our best to build roads first, ensure that the roads are unblocked, and ensure the smooth flow of ports, and also rectify the rule of officials, and severely punish corrupt officials and corrupt officials, so as to attract more foreign countries to come to the Han Dynasty for trade, filial piety, I don't hide it from you, I am very interested in these foreign countries. ”

Fa Zheng listened to it, and it was a little strange.

"There will be news that foreign countries will come to Rinan County, and the disciples have also heard about it, it is said that there were envoys of the Great Qin State who came to the Han Dynasty to worship the Son of Heaven, and they came from Rinan County, but these foreign countries are far away and remote, they should all be foreign barbarians, how can you be interested in them?"

"After the promulgation of the "Guardian Tongyi", you will know why."

Liu Bei said with a smile: "The big man can't stay in this one-third of an acre, the big man must go out and not go out, the big man will be trapped here, only by going out, can he see the future." ”

"This ......"

Fa Zheng was puzzled: "Teacher, what kind of future is the future in your eyes?" ”

Liu Bei thought about it and smiled.

"I don't know."

"That ......"

"But I know that if I remain motionless as the Prince of Peace, the Han will definitely go to the road of destruction, which is not what I want, so even if the future is unknown, I will do my best to follow the path that the Zhou people once walked.

After hundreds of years of hard work, they have turned the wild land into a place of anointing, and assimilated outsiders into our own people, so that the Han has such a glorious foundation, and I want to make the Han more brilliant. ”

Liu Bei patted Fa Zheng's shoulder: "It is best to re-take the path of Gaozu and Guangwu, and it can only be to the point of Gaozu and Guangwu, filial piety, it is better to walk a road with me that the Zhou people have walked, so that the future will be more brilliant, how about it?" ”

Fa Zheng blinked, pondered for a moment, his eyes lit up, and smiled.

"If the teacher invites you, how can you not follow the disciple?"

"That's good."

After sending Fa Zheng away, Liu Bei began to make a series of preparations for his southward journey, the team of officials and officials needed by Rinan County, and the action funds approved for Rinan County, etc., Liu Bei handled these things for him, so the next thing is Fa Zheng's work.

Whether or not the next thing can be handled well will be the answer that Fa Zheng must give.

The affairs of Jiaozhou cannot become Liu Bei's main focus for the time being, and the focus of the Han Dynasty in the next period of time is the government affairs conference.

Regarding the political conference, it was a policy reform made by Liu Bei before he became emperor and when he was still a general, and the content was to convene a meeting of the state assassins and county guards of the whole world to Luoyang for the next stage of policy discussion.

Liu Bei needs to designate corresponding development goals for each state and county according to the actual situation of each state and county, and require each state and county to complete the designated development goals in the next time, as their merit as a local administrator.

At this point, Liu Bei wants to be a pioneer.

He clearly regarded local agricultural development and economic development as the mandatory assessment goals of officials, stipulated, and carried out data-based co-ordination.

In the previous dynasties, although the imperial court had more or less requirements, at least on the surface, there were no such comprehensive and rigid regulations for the whole country.

Especially for those remote places that are inconvenient for the central government's management, such as Jiaozhou, such as southern Yizhou, the government's decrees may not be able to govern the city where it is located, which is a bit funny.

However, with Liu Bei's continuous tossing and turning in the past ten years, the actual situation of the Third Empire of the Han Dynasty has been fundamentally different from the end of the Second Empire.

And with the development and formal use of papermaking and printing, the underlying logic of imperial governance began to change substantially.

(End of chapter)