Although he messed around with his wife and concubine all night at home, Huo Jun still got up early and entered the palace to meet Liu Bei.

In the Wuhan Palace, Liu Bei sat on the couch, and Zhuge Liang, Wang Cang, Ma Liang and other officials sat on the left and right to talk about political affairs.

Liu Bei wrapped himself in a thick coat and asked: "It's the lunar month today, and it's coming soon, do you have any unfinished business?" ”

"Your Majesty, although the law has been established, the hidden household registration has been revealed. But there are many of these things, which should be taken as a warning by Your Majesty and all the kings! Zhuge Liang said.

"What?"

Liu Bei tightened his grip and said, "What is beneficial to the country, the prime minister says that it doesn't matter." ”

Zhuge Liang held a feather fan and pointed to the recital on the case, and said: "Since the implementation of the law, many county guards have spoken out, and there are many old officials in the county, and there is no shortage of clans and heroes. Since the law was broken today, some officials have either neglected their duties and slackened their duties, or they have taken bribes and failed to report them. If it weren't for the county magistrates to enforce strict laws and inspect the history, it would be difficult to break the law. ”

Huo Jun touched his mustache and said, "Previously, the imperial court received the right to conquer the history of the state assassination, and changed it to the appointment of Shangshutai. Later, he changed the method of filial piety and honesty to try to obtain filial piety. Now that the two administrations have been effective at the beginning, there are already many supplementary officials in the DPRK and China. ”

Liu Bei bowed slightly, and said in admiration: "I originally thought that by lightly repaying the thin endowment and precipitating the population, it could be a great way to govern the southern land." Listening to the prime minister's words today, I deeply feel that there are still shortcomings in today's Han Dynasty. ”

"Your Majesty, this is?"

If you want to find out the hidden households, you need a strong and prestigious center, the officials are clear, the upper and lower levels are virtuous, and the administrative institutions are running smoothly, so that the hidden households in each county can be found.

"If you want to govern the county officials now, it is better to accept the right of the county to appoint the county officials, and the old affairs of the same state assassination, the officials are appointed by the Beijing Division. The county magistrate or the county magistrate Cao, who is a junior official in the county, can let the county guard levy it. ”

"Zhong Miao, but it doesn't hurt to say it!"

At present, Liu Bei has become the emperor, and he wants to rule the southern land and supervise the officials, but he wants to pay attention to the supervision officials such as the superintendent post.

"This is for His Majesty's illness!"

"Your Majesty, Huo Du is already waiting outside the palace!"

Wang Cang came over to explain, and said: "Since last year, Your Majesty's old illness has worsened, and this is often the case. The doctor's diagnosis is not critical, and His Majesty has tried all kinds of prescriptions, but to no avail. ”

Among them, the superintendent is the county superintendent of the county, who is responsible for examining whether the county-level officials have committed wrongdoing, and then reporting to the prefecture and county.

The country has similarities with the company, and often makes a report at the end of the year to plan for next year's work.

In addition to Jiangdong, Yizhou and Jingzhou were almost not shattered, and many counties still retain the old officials. These officials of the old days had the bad habits of clever words, greed and bribery.

"Your Majesty has lost a few points." Huo Jun said.

After a while, as the palace door slowly opened, Huo Jun entered the hall.

As he spoke, Liu Bei looked at everyone and asked, "What do you think the prime minister thinks?" ”

Without waiting for everyone to answer, Liu Bei tried his best to maintain his demeanor, and with the support of the attendants, he went to the toilet.

Previously, Huo Jun suggested that Zhuge Liang take back the right to conquer the history of the assassination out of the consideration of centralization. Today, Huo Jun has both considered for the centralization of power and for the rule of the current officials.

Zhuge Liang pondered for a while, and arched his hand and said: "Tomorrow, Liang wants to send officials to the prefecture and county, and order the prefecture and county to send the superintendent to the county and township to check whether there are officials who have violated discipline and dereliction of duty, thinking that they will be cleared of officials." ”

If Zhang San is found out by the government, the head of his family can dredge up the relationship and let the government issue a death certificate, and Zhang San will be reborn and disappear from the case record. Or they hide and do not report the birth of children, and as the population increases and decreases, large households hide the population again.

Liu Bei whipped the superintendent, Gai was the last stubbornness of the workers, although he couldn't hurt the big guy who gave the order, but he finally vented his anger.

"Ministers echo!"

Subsequently, Sun Shao, Fei Guan, Wang Cang and other Shangqing seconded Zhuge Liang's opinion.

From the title of the position, you can see a little knowledge, called Taishou, for the king; Called the history of assassination, for the king; Called the county order, for the county king. Although Jun has a tendency to generalize like 'sir', in the early objects of the title, either the honorable or the noble.

"If we don't strictly investigate the evil officials of the county today, the ministers dare to assert that the people who are separated from today will be restored to the control of the government in less than ten years." Zhuge Liang said in a deep voice.

Although the retrieval of hidden households has been successful, the problem of grassroots officials reflected in it makes Zhuge Liang a little worried.

Letting Ma Liang take notes and introduce the policies and guidelines of the imperial court to Liu Chan is to familiarize Liu Chan with the politics of the imperial court in advance. So as not to rush to the position in the future and not know anything.

Of course, it is not to let the crown prince preside over the government, but so that he can understand what the minister is saying in the future. Just like him, he can understand what Zhuge Liang said.

However, in the process of retrieving hidden households, it is not smooth sailing, but there are many twists and turns. That is, Zhuge Liang said that most of the officials at the grassroots level in the county are proud and strong, and they will inevitably derelict their duties in the process of retrieving hidden households, or they will not report what they know.

When he was young, Liu Bei was the governor of Anxi County. The reason why he whipped the post supervisor was not because the post supervisor asked him for bribes, but because Liu Bei was fighting with the center in Jizhou, plus he had no way out and lacked a family background, he was already on the government's expulsion list.

At that time, Liu Bei learned of this and wanted to ask to see the superintendent to defend himself, but the superintendent did not meet. Liu Bei was angry, thinking that he was going to be expelled from the government anyway, so he simply didn't do anything, broke into the post house, whipped the superintendent, and left to vent his anger.

"Xuanhuo Governor entered, Prime Minister Yan is discussing political affairs with everyone, just enter the palace directly."

Just as Zhuge Liang was speaking, the attendant leaned into Liu Bei's ear and muttered a few words.

In order not to disturb Zhuge Liang's speech, Huo Jun bowed slightly to Liu Bei and the others, and then sat down under the guidance of his attendants.

"Good~"

Ma Liang took the lead.

In order to save Huo Jun's face, Zhuge Liang held a fan and asked, "What the officials of Liangzhi said, I don't know if Zhong Miao has a different opinion?" ”

Huo Jun, who had just arrived in the palace, was a little confused and asked left and right.

Of course, with the changes of the times, the central government became more and more centralized, and the right to expropriate prefectures and counties was abolished one after another during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Therefore, in the Sui and Tang dynasties, the system they inherited had changed a lot from the Han and Han dynasties.

It didn't take long for Zhuge Liang to finish his plan to purge the officials.

If it weren't for Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei, several prefectures and counties would report it truthfully, and if it wasn't for the important places where the army was stationed, the population would be precipitated.

"Gentlemen, let's discuss first, and I'll come when I go!"

"I think it's possible!"

"The right to take the county and guard the expulsion?"

For example, the upper calculation of the state and county can be regarded as the year-end summary of the state and county to the central government, and the central government will score the governor of the state and county according to the content of the upper calculation.

The population of an agrarian society is destined to be impossible to find out, and if the population does not want to be hidden, it is actually up to the officials at the grassroots level.

As for the work tasks for the following year, in addition to a few basic standards, the prefectures and counties are also responsible for the special tasks set by the central government.

"Hmm!"

Liu Bei drank warm water and asked, "What does the prime minister want?" ”

The administrative institutions of the Southern Han Dynasty have been polished by Zhuge Liang for more than ten years, and most of the officials have been replaced by their own people, and Liu Bei's prestige has reached its peak, so he dares to search for hidden households today.

How hard is it to search for hidden people?

Sprinkled with thousands of words, Zhuge Liang explained to Liu Bei his plan to purge the government next year.

The county system was actually transformed from the feudal monarchy system in the Spring and Autumn Period, so the county system in the Han Dynasty was different from the later state and county system and the prefecture and county system, and it retained a strong characteristic of the feudal system, that is, the county was too guarded like a feudal monarch, in charge of most of the affairs in the county, and had the right to appoint personnel.

"No!"

It is not difficult for large households to hide the population, in addition to the elimination of 'natural death', they can also cooperate with officials through various means to gradually replenish the precipitated population.

Zhuge Liang held the fan and groaned, and said: "For example, Yu Jing, the chief secretary of the Huiji, was dismissed by Bu Yangzhou because he knew about it and did not report it. That is, when searching Huiji County, Yu Jing underreported 300 households for his clan, and if it was not detected by Yangzhou, it would have been concealed by Yu Jing. ”

Liu Bei listened carefully to Zhuge Liang's plan and told Ma Liang to take notes for the prince. Although the crown prince Liu Chan was less than eighteen years old, Liu Bei already had plans to cultivate Liu Chan.

In the same view, those who call the pavilion marquis and above are kings, and their pavilions and above can be appointed as retainers, and even the bold people can be called lonely. For example, Huo Jun is now a county marquis, claiming to be lonely, and there is no problem with etiquette.

Huo Jun pondered for a while and said, "Although Jun first heard Kong Ming's words, he thought there was nothing wrong. It's just a shallow opinion, I don't know if Kong Ming wants to hear it? ”

Liu Bei just wanted to say something, but suddenly felt a pain in his stomach and wanted to go to the toilet.

Why Zhuge Liang enforces the law strictly, in addition to enforcing the law, is not to make grassroots officials afraid. Therefore, the strict law practiced by Zhuge Liang was not for the people, but more for the officials.

Zhuge Liang couldn't help frowning, and said: "The right to eliminate the county has been used for four hundred years. Although it is beneficial to the country, I don't know if the county guards are willing to obey it. ”

During the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, the main force of governing the place relied on the county to be too guarded, and if it was too virtuous, the county would be prosperous, and if it was too mediocre, the county would be decadent. Therefore, now that the Southern Han Dynasty wants to rule the world, the idea of the county taishou is very important. If they collectively reject the right to take back the right of expulsion, or if they have objections, it is not easy to get it.

(End of chapter)