Ahem~

Liu Bei coughed and said: "My father's body is getting worse and worse, how to deal with the heavy work, I am now tired, why don't the prince supervise state affairs for me, and take care of my injuries and illnesses." ”

Overseeing state affairs?

Liu Chan was stunned for a moment.

"Domestic affairs, there are military divisions and generals, and a group of good ministers, there should not be much of a problem, my father's body will heal, why let the boy be in charge of the country? Moreover, the important land in Langzhong, the Badi barbarians were not obedient, and the sons were ready to wait for the beginning of spring, so they led the army to deal with the matter. ”

Seeing Liu Chan's prevarication, Liu Bei said with a smile: "In the land of Langzhong, there are winged virtues in charge, and there is no worries. ”

"There is a right general in charge, it is indeed not much of a problem, but the key is that the right general is in Langzhong, but it is a waste of a fierce general, but also a waste of tens of thousands of troops, Erchen thinks, if you can completely solve the Badi trouble, and even can use the Badi barbarians for our Han China, it will be able to make our Han China's national strength rise a level."

In this era, population is tax revenue, and population is national strength.

If the barbarians can be organized into households, it will undoubtedly greatly increase the population of Han China.

At present, the registered Han Chinese population, including Jingzhou, is only about 2 million people.

This is still the population that only existed after Liu Chan pacified the four counties in Nanzhong, took Jingzhou, and then took Runan.

According to the original history, the original population was less than one million.

Although there are many black households among them, it is indisputable that there are indeed not many people in Yizhou, and the taxes that the imperial court can collect are not much.

Now it's two million people, is it much?

Not much.

Not as good as Cao Wei at all.

It will also be able to compare the population with Jiangdong.

And if it can digest the people of Badi, it will undoubtedly be able to add hundreds of thousands of people to Han China.

Hundreds of thousands of people can raise an army of tens of thousands more.

With these tens of thousands of troops, it may be possible to reverse the situation when the battle is fought on the front line.

In the future, the war with Wei will definitely be a competition for national strength.

Cao Wei lived in the Central Plains, and his national strength recovered faster, even if Liu Chan made small moves in it, it couldn't hinder much.

Especially Cao Pi has already compromised with the family, and the recovery of his national strength will definitely go to a higher level.

If he didn't do more, wouldn't he have to get bigger and bigger with Cao Wei?

This is definitely not what Liu Chan wants to see.

"It's just that Yide is also trying his best in Langzhong, and he has tried all kinds of methods, but he can't subdue the barbarians in Bazhong, does the prince have a way?"

"Langzhong is an important land, and its importance is known to the sons, if the sons of the past will be able to subdue the barbarians of Bazhong, as for how to subdue them, now the sons only have a draft, and they really want to solve the disaster of the Badi, and they have also obtained the locality, and then use the plan."

Only the belly manuscript?

Don't have a plan?

If it was someone else, Liu Bei would have been angry.

You kid, you don't have a plan, and you dare to say big things?

Without diamonds, dare to come to this porcelain work?

But this is his precious son, who has pacified the barbarians in the four counties of Nanzhong, recovered the nine counties of Jingxiang, and is the one who took down the capital of Runan County.

Liu Bei can't believe what he said!

"It's just. If there is chaos in the land of Langzhong."

Liu Chan said: "The importance of the land in Langzhong is clear to the ministers. ”

In the Shu Han regime, if you ask everyone to rank the generals, I believe that 100% of the people will rank Guan Yu first and Zhang Fei second.

In fact, it is true that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are both people who have followed Liu Bei from the beginning, and they can be said to be the top two generals of Shu Han in terms of feelings, merits and talents.

However, Zhang Fei, as Liu Bei's confidant general, was a rare general at that time, and Liu Bei only let him guard the county-level city of Langzhong, which was really overkill.

By comparing Guan Yu who guarded Jingzhou and Wei Yan who guarded Hanzhong, Liu Bei was really sorry for his "third brother", could it be that Liu Bei was already old and confused at that time?

Or do you intend to suppress Zhang Fei?

After all, one of Liu Bei's three main territories is Jingzhou, one is Yizhou, and the other is Hanzhong, according to normal logic, it should indeed be Liu Bei sitting in Chengdu, Guan Yu guarding Jingzhou, and Hanzhong should be given to General Zhang San.

In fact, the importance of the land of Langzhong is not much more than that of Hanzhong.

This has to first understand the geography of Langzhong.

Langzhong, located in the northern edge of the Sichuan Basin, is located in the middle and upper reaches of the Jialing River, the southern foot of Qinba Mountain, surrounded by mountains on all sides, the water surrounds the three sides, is the key to Bashu, the military town, east of Bazhong, Yilong, south of the south, west of Jiange, north of Cangxi, is the political and economic center of northern Sichuan.

If there is a war in Hanzhong and Wei Yan is tight, Zhang Fei can lead his troops to reinforce in time to ensure the safety of Hanzhong.

If Hanzhong is lost, Zhang Fei can build a second line of defense in Langzhong, and even arrange the defense of the Sword Pavilion, and at a critical moment, he can also directly reinforce Chengdu to prevent the enemy from driving straight in.

Therefore, Zhang Fei's Langzhong is actually at odds with Hanzhong and Chengdu (Sword Pavilion), and its significance to the Shu Han regime is self-evident.

Moreover, Langzhong is located in the middle and upper reaches of the Jialing River, and if it goes downstream, it can also go directly to Jiangzhou to support the eastern line and prevent the sudden attack of Eastern Wu.

In addition to the defensive advantage internally, Langzhong can also do a lot to attack Cao Wei's Longyou region, which directly poses a huge pressure on Wudu and Yinping.

Therefore, Langzhong is not just a small city now, for the Han Chinese regime, its status is very important, only Liu Bei's trusted and talented generals can be qualified to guard the town.

In terms of the importance of Langzhong, Liu Bei let Zhang Fei stay here, not only was it not "overkill", but it was very dependent.

This is also the reason why Liu Bei is afraid that Liu Chan's actions will be too big and will cause turmoil.

After all, in this Langzhong, the location is too important.

"After the beginning of spring, within a year, the sons can appease the barbarians."

A year?

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, he took a deep look at his son, and finally nodded.

He chose to believe.

"What the prince said, lonely all believe, but now that he has left spring, there is still a period of time, the prince might as well solve his life in advance, if you are married, you can also let go of some lonely hearts."

At the same time, Liu Bei looked at Liu Chan with some reproach and said, "I heard that you have received a few more beauties in Jingzhou, but?" ”

Liu Chan's face turned red and said, "Yes." ”

"Humph!"

Liu Bei snorted softly, looking a little reproachful.

"I heard that among them, there is another one who is Cao Pi's wife Zhen Mi?"

Liu Chan scratched his head, his expression a little embarrassed.

"Yes."

"Thirty women are like tigers and wolves, and their bones have not yet grown, and they must not indulge in the affairs of men and women."

is also a woman in her thirties, and Mrs. Wu made Liu Bei difficult to handle.

After knowing that Liu Chan had accepted Zhen Mi, Liu Bei was worried about his son.

"The retainers know."

Know?

It's not a night song.

The key is that after singing every night, not a single seed has been planted?

"Does the prince know about sexual affairs?"

Liu Bei felt that he still had to teach his son.

"Ahem."

Liu Chan picked up the teacup, drank half a sip, and almost vomited on Liu Bei.

"Child, of course the child knows."

I don't know how to do it?

"Got it? Then why don't their stomachs move at all? ”

I was forced to death by my internal force.

Liu Chan slandered in his heart.

Burst~

Liu Chan still had the tea in his mouth, and he couldn't hold it back at all, and directly spit on Liu Bei's head.

Keep saying this

It's not going to end well!

I didn't expect you Liu Bei to have thick eyebrows and big eyes, but you are such a person!

"Ahem."

Liu Chan coughed twice and said: "Father, the matter of the marriage contract, the father will set a time, as for the bloodline of the descendants, the child can only say, do your best." ”

What else can you do but do your best?

"Strike~"

Liu Bei also knew that if he continued to talk about this, he was afraid that it would be inappropriate for children.

"Then Peng Yi, how is the prince going to deal with it?"

Peng Yi?

Liu Chan chuckled lightly and said, "If it is a rebellion, then it is natural to be killed." ”

"How much is involved?"

If the crime of rebellion is to be investigated, it will be the one who will destroy the three tribes.

If enough people are implicated, killing thousands of people is not a problem.

"Woe to outsiders."

The crime of rebellion cannot be easily forgiven, but the crime of rebellion should not be overly involved.

There is no peace in the world now, but this is not the time to purge dissidents.

"There are not too many people involved in this matter, in addition, during this time, the prince will first contact state affairs, if there is no major matter, there is no need to communicate with me."

No big deal doesn't have to be done?

Liu Chan pondered for a moment.

"Father, there is indeed a matter that your subordinates need to explain to their father, and this matter can be called a matter of great importance."

Matters?

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment and said, "The prince might as well speak up." ”

"That's the official election system in Han China, and it needs to be changed."

Changes to the election system?

Liu Bei frowned slightly.

"Did the prince see that Wei State implemented the Nine-Rank Official Law, so he also wanted to follow Wei State's example and apply the Nine-Rank Official Law?"

The Jiupin Official Law is indeed beneficial, for example, from the hands of local tyrants, they got the power to elect and appoint officials, after all, at that time, filial piety and honesty were to be recommended.

And the person who recommended this one is naturally from a strong background.

To a certain extent, the Jiupin Official Law reversed the disadvantages of the probation system, but at the same time, he also bowed to the family.

The power did not go to the emperor, but from the powerful to the family.

Compared with Haoqiang, the power of the family is obviously more difficult.

Now that Liu Bei heard that Liu Chan was going to change the official election system, he immediately thought of this nine-grade official method.

"Erchen is not going to use the Nine Rank Official Law."

The disadvantages of the Jiupin Official Law, as a later generation, Liu Chan knows better than anyone else.

For the sake of temporary stability, it is not Liu Chan's character to let future generations take the blame for his decision-making.

Descendants have things to do for future generations, and he, the predecessor, just doesn't leave some inheritance for future generations, and digs a pit for future generations?

This is not something that he Liu Chan can do.

"What is the prince going to do?"

Why?

Naturally, the probation system should be improved!

Xia, Shang and Western Zhou implemented the "Shiqing Shilu system".

By the time of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the ruling class reformed the old system, and in order to enrich the country and strengthen the army, it made an exception to appoint some people with low status and outstanding talents.

During the Warring States Period, the "military merit system" appeared, and the style of "raising soldiers" arose, recruiting talented and eloquent talents, regardless of their origins, to serve the monarch and princes.

In the Qin Dynasty, the selection of officials was based on "opening up fields" and military merits.

But these are not a complete system for electing officials.

In the Han Dynasty, in order to meet the needs of national rule, a complete set of system for selecting officials was established, called the "inspection system".

Examination is a bottom-up system for selecting talents, also known as "election".

Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, asked the county to recommend wise men and doctors with the ability to govern the country, opening a precedent for the "inspection system".

Emperor Hui and Empress Lu edicted "filial piety brother Litian", and the inspection began to have subjects.

During the reign of Emperor Wu, the "inspection system" reached perfection, and various regulations were introduced one after another.

Since then, various subjects have been continuously enriched, especially the introduction of unified selection criteria and examination methods.

Examinations were an important part of the Han Dynasty's probationary system.

After passing the examination, the government will recruit those who are selected based on their merits, which not only ensures that the selection criteria can be implemented and the real talents are selected, but also ensures that the competition is relatively fair, so that the lower-level people have the possibility of entering the state management team.

Any system, after 300 years of development, will become decadent and backward.

And what Liu Chan wants to do is to improve it.

As for why not use the imperial examination system directly?

Then we have to know how much resistance there will be to the implementation of the imperial examination system.

The probationary system is a bottom-up selection method initiated by local governments, which has increased the central talent pool, but has weakened the centralization of power.

When you implement the imperial examination system, doesn't this weaken the authority of the local government?

They won't rebel?

What Liu Chan has to do now is to accumulate national strength, instead of messing up the country and creating contradictions.

After winning the world first, I will think about completely solving the problem of the probation system.

Anyway, the compromise system of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system is definitely not what Liu Chan wants.

And

The probationary examination system is already a rudimentary form of the imperial examination system.

"Erchen wants to restore the proposal of the new system of Zuo Xiongyang Jia."

The disadvantages of filial piety and honesty have been exposed in the Western Han Dynasty, and it has become increasingly serious after the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

At the same time, there was constant criticism from the imperial court that "the people cited were not human".

Therefore, during the Yangjia period of Emperor Shun of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was initiated by Shangshu Ling Zuo Xiong and implemented by Emperor Shun of the Han Dynasty, which reformed the filial piety and honesty inspection system, limited the age of inspection, introduced the examination mechanism, and further clarified the talent standards.

Liu Bei's eyes lit up and asked, "Does the prince want to turn the four subjects into two?" ”

In the Han Dynasty, the "Four Disciplines of Scholars" were: "One is that the virtue is high, and the ambition is innocent; Second, he is a doctor of Chinese medicine; 3. The Mingda Decree; Fourth, it is said that fortitude is more than ...... There are all filial piety and honest deeds.

In the new system of Yangjia, the four subjects were changed into two subjects, and only two subjects were taken from the scriptures and the scribes.

Those so-called scriptures, literary endowments, do not do examinations.

That is to say, virtue is secondary, and ability is first.

In short, pragmatism!

For the current Han China, pragmatism is obviously the best choice.

Liu Bei just wanted to agree, but as if he had thought of something, his brows suddenly wrinkled again.

"I don't know if the sergeant clan of this country will agree?"

The four subjects have been changed to two subjects, and the two subjects that are the best to operate have been banned, and the remaining two subjects are to be tested for real talent and real learning, and the interests of the scholars will definitely be damaged.

If the interests are damaged, it is inevitable that they will not come out to make trouble.

"Chaju has been controlled by the Dashi clan for a long time, but in addition to the Haoqiang clan, there are also emerging small and medium-sized warrior clans, we can win over these small and medium-sized warrior clans, and at the same time recruit military attaches to the Dashi clan in the country to show appeasement, presumably there will be no chaos, even if someone is not satisfied, the sons and daughters can lead the troops to recruit them!"

After all, the Dashi clan is a minority.

As long as Liu Chan makes a lot of friends and a few enemies.

There is dragon slaying in hand.

Han China is in turmoil?

That's simply not possible!

"Guo Erchen opened a martial arts hall, and if there are outstanding 'contributions', you can also take this road!"

Liu Chan only opened the passage of the lower level of ascension, and did not block the passage of those Dashi clans.

As long as you are willing to work hard, the children of your family will not lack a future, and you are not afraid of not having an official to do!

Listening to Liu Chan's words, Liu Bei said with emotion: "Since the prince has taken everything into account, he will follow this law!" ”

Liu Bei had already made up his mind in his heart.

After a few days, Liu Chan's marriage was finalized, and he hid in the palace to recuperate and retreat behind the scenes.

(End of chapter)