Lu Zhi came to Jizhou and became the northern pastoral envoy of Jizhou, according to Liu Hong's wishes when he was alive, he originally wanted to use Lu Zhi to live in Liu Jian.

But Liu Hong made a lot of calculations, but the only thing he didn't calculate was that Lu Zhi's expectations for Liu Jian were so great.

is so big that as Liu Jian's teacher, he is willing to attach wings to him, willing to support Liu Jian in Jizhou, wholeheartedly help Liu Jian govern Jizhou, and even help his apprentices give advice.

Although Liu Jian is still the pastor of Southern Jizhou, with the arrival of Lu Zhi, Liu Jian has actually obtained the authority and qualification to govern the entire Jizhou.

His next step is to copy all the experience of governing in the south of Jizhou and apply it to the counties in the north of Jizhou.

However, before that, Lu Zhi's design must be completed first, and in the name of the joint convening of the two state ministers, the five princes and kings in Jizhou should be invited to Yecheng to discuss matters.

The princes and kings were originally empty shells in the local area, but because they wore a crown, they were quite noble in terms of identity, and they had been supervised and restricted by the local assassins and Taishou, so their lives were very unhappy.

And Liu Hong granted the princes the right to open the palace, which made them all turn over, but this turn over is a little different from others.

Liu Hong's work, the back is naturally full of calculations and conspiracies.

The opening of the palace meant that the princes could recruit their own staff and officials, but the problem was that the recruitment of officials required the appointment of a position to govern.

However, the power of all the vassal states of the Han Dynasty was in the hands of the prime minister of a country and their subordinate officials, and although Liu Hong granted the princes the right to open the palace, he did not clearly distinguish between domestic political affairs and the princes and kings.

Therefore, the opening of the government by these princes is a joke in the essence of the word.

There is no actual ruling territory, and there is no financial income.

But there is one power, which Liu Hong did not deprive.

That is, they can recruit their own princes and kings.

This is the power of the princes and kings after the opening of the government.

But if you want to recruit soldiers, there is a problem, that is, where does the money come from for the princes and kings to raise soldiers?

Let the county finances bear the private military consumption of the princes and kings, and it is absolutely impossible for the ministers of various countries to agree.

Unless they have that serious illness.

Because in the Han Dynasty, except for the 36 counties in the border counties, which had about 5,000 standing county soldiers all year round, the counties in the interior did not have county soldiers.

At least during the time when the world was in turmoil and the princes and shepherds were in their own affairs.

After the chaos in the world and the competition between the heroes, the Taishou Fang in various places began to recruit soldiers by themselves, and at the same time, the well-dressed families in various places also began to set up their own private music departments.

But these have to wait until after the chaos in the world, and now at this juncture, no matter how big you are, you dare to blatantly set up a private music department, which is to find the extermination.

The princes and kings opened their mansions, and there was no way to govern them, and the local counties would not give them money to raise soldiers, so would they still raise soldiers?

They will definitely raise!

At least, they still have fiefs and cultivators who belong to them.

The income from the fiefdom that belongs to them is allocated by the county every year, and it doesn't matter if it is all taken out!

After all, the privilege that has been waiting for hundreds of years to be re-obtained, even if you pay for it yourself, you have to hold on to this façade.

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This is a privilege that belongs to the prince of the Liu family!

The princes and kings don't want to be looked down upon anymore!

So, this is where Liu Hong is shrewd and insidious.

He gave the princes and kings the right to open a government, but in fact he was just an empty shell and had no power to govern.

Some merely establish the power of the princes and kings.

But Liu Hong did not allow the local finance to raise soldiers for them.

Every year, the princes and kings would receive a sum of income from the prime minister that belonged to their own fiefdoms.

And this goods, which would have been used by the princes and kings for consumption, are now taken out of their own pockets and used to support their own soldiers.

And this army of princes and kings paid for their own money to raise soldiers, which was used by him

They limit the power of local ministers.

The prime minister has political power and financial power, but if the area under his jurisdiction does not belong to the border county, there is no possibility of building an army.

But now the princes and kings in the country have soldiers.

A prince and king with soldiers will naturally deter the prime minister.

However, the financial rights of the princes and kings who had soldiers were limited, and the financial rights of the fiefs of the princes and kings were still uniformly levied and distributed after the county tax was completed.

This created a check and balance between the local counties and the princes.

Liu Jian just gave Liu Hong a proposal to open a mansion for the princes.

However, I didn't expect Liu Hong to go through his own improvements, and actually played the matter of opening a mansion for the princes and kings like this.

And judging from the containment techniques between the local counties and the princes and kings, they are all branded with a conspiracy with the label of Liu Hong.

But now, Liu Jian is starting to play Yangmou.

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Five messengers, holding the edicts of Liu Jian and Lu Zhi, went to Zhao, Ganling, Hejian, Changshan, and Anping respectively to deliver letters to the five princes and kings.

In fact, there is also a Zhongshan country in Jizhou, the king of Zhongshan is named Liu Zhi, and the family has been the king for six generations, but in his generation, Liu Zhi has no son, and he himself has been seriously ill recently, and he is already going to die, and he has no ability to go to Liu Jian's bureau, and after his death, it is estimated that Zhongshan will be expelled from the country, so Liu Jian did not look for Liu Zhi.

In addition to Liu Zhi, the other five princes and kings of Jizhou all received invitations from Liu Jian.

Although the princes and kings opened their mansions and became a rival with the local ministers, Liu Jian and Lu Zhi, as state pastors, oversaw all the military, government, people's livelihood and financial rights in Jizhou, and the princes and kings were still subject to them.

In Jizhou, as long as there is a person with a name and a surname...... Or no matter how bad it sounds, even if it is a dog with a name and surname, Liu Jian and Lu Zhi can manage it.

So, the five princes and kings set off towards Yecheng with their own thoughts.

Among these princes and kings, Liu Wei, the king of Changshan, and Liu Xu, the king of Anping, both received Liu Jian's kindness after Liu Jianping's yellow scarf, so they were the first to come.

And the King of Ganling, the King of Hejian and the King of Zhao, although they have no friendship with Liu Jian, they all know that his reputation and reputation are excellent, and everyone is a member of the Han family, and the three princes and kings will naturally not see him, and then they also rushed to Yecheng.

Just when the five princes and kings were invited to Yecheng, Yecheng ushered in two important figures.

One is Huang Zhong, who was transferred to guard the Wuhuan lieutenant.

The other is Xu Rong, who took the initiative to resign and return to his hometown, but came to Jizhou to join Liu Jian.

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Huang Zhong was awarded a martial post of 2,000 stones because of his outstanding merits, and it was completely unexpected for Liu Jian to come here.

But Xu Rong would rather resign than come to Jizhou to defect, which is a bit beyond Liu Jian's expectations.

Although when Liu Jian recommended Xu Rong to Zhang Wen, he probably calculated that Xu Rong would be depressed and discouraged, but he really didn't expect that the effect would be so obvious.

Even if Xu Rong gave him a letter in advance and asked Liu Jian to find a way to transfer him, Liu Jian felt that was the case.

Who would have thought that Xu Rong would directly lose his official position and go straight to his command.

"Envoy!"

Xu Rong knelt on one knee and fell to the ground, clasped his hands into fists, and said loudly: "Xu Rong, a man with a white body, brazenly recommended himself to the command of the envoy, and he has no regrets! I just want you to accept Xu Rong!"

"Meng Tong, hurry up."

Liu Jian personally walked in front of Xu Rong and helped him up.

He looked at Xu Rong with a look of pity on his face, and sighed, "How did it become like this? If you are good, why should you resign? You know, it's not easy for you to get to where you are today."

Xu Rong shook his head and said firmly: "There is nothing difficult, Xu Rong lived to be almost forty years old before he understood that the truth of good birds choosing trees to perch on is full of enthusiasm in the past, but today it has long been in vain, alas! Without the guidance of a hero like Jun, Xu Rong's career in this life will never be possible, and only by following the master who will be able to recognize talents can he show his ambitions

, it's a pity that Xu Rong didn't understand this truth before!"

After saying that, I saw that Xu Rong first raised his hand and increased his forehead as if he bowed, bent down reluctantly, made a bowing posture, straightened his back, and landed on his knees at the same time, slowly bowed, his palms touched the ground, his forehead was attached to his palms to pay homage, and then he straightened his upper body, and at the same time his hands gathered to the point of raising his eyebrows.

There is no doubt that this is the most solemn set of posture processes in the Han ceremony.

He performed this gift to Liu Jian, which was a gift of recognition of the Lord.

From now on, in a sense, Xu Rong will no longer be a sergeant belonging to the Han Emperor, but will become Liu Jian's personal retainer.

Rao is Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and they are only commensurate with Liu Jian's brothers, and Zhao Yun and Xiahou Lan have never performed such a formal worship ceremony.

It seems that Xu Rong is really determined to be tied to himself this time.

"Meng Tong, why bother!" Liu Jian stretched out his hand and helped Xu Rong up from the ground: "Actually, I have always regarded you as a colleague."

Xu Rong shook his head and said, "From now on, the lord no longer needs to regard me as a colleague, Xu Rong is the lord's retainer, from now on, Xu Rong will saddle the horse and swear to follow the lord to the end!"

Liu Jian sighed and slapped his palm, and said, "If this is the case, I will never be inferior to Meng Tongye in this life."

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