Han Shizu

Chapter 1792 Anxi's request

There was another silence, and Liu Yang signaled Murong Defeng to sit down again, pondering for a while, and said: "Last winter, the imperial court was still discussing the regulations submitted by the sixth younger brother, and it has not yet been decided. What do you think?"

When Murong Defeng heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a while, he realized what Liu Yang was referring to.A bright light flashed in his eyes. Obviously, His Highness the Crown Prince knows everything well. From this point of view, the worries of these people seem unfounded and superfluous.
Last year, after Liu Min's second Western Expedition ended and Suiye was recovered, after several struggles, he finally suppressed his fighting spirit and chose to stop the army and focus on recuperating the soldiers and dealing with the aftermath of the rule.

During this process, Anxi also had too many things to ask for help from the imperial court. When faced with difficulties, Liu Min did not hesitate to open his mouth, just like when he first recovered the south of Tianshan Mountain, he asked the imperial court for help.

This time, Liu Min's request was still the same old one, asking for soldiers, people, food, salary, and weapons, but what was different from the past was that he asked for a large number of management talents, especially grassroots officials.

Although Anxi has a vast territory and a sparse population, there is a huge talent gap in grassroots security management officials needed to take care of such a huge territory.In the past few years, the Anxi Governor's Mansion, to put it bluntly, was a military government. It marched and fought, and overcame difficulties.

Compared with Anton, this is a completely different situation. Of course, the environment and situation are different, and the development brought about is also different.Anxi is no longer what it used to be. It is no longer a corner of Gaochang Uighurs, but a vast area covering most of the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains.If we only rely on military conquest, although we have not reached the limit, if we do not change and adjust in time, it will be difficult for a long time.

Therefore, this time, Liu Min once again asked the court to send officials west to Anxi to assist in governance, establish a formal and complete social management system, and bring it under the rule of the Han Dynasty.And Liu Min really wanted a lot of people. Officials at all levels below the Governor's Mansion, Liu Min wanted more than 700 people at one time.

This is really embarrassing for the imperial court. Even if there is an overflow of officials in the Han Dynasty, and the officials are even troubled by the arrangement of some personnel, it is not easy to use so many people to fill Anxi's pit at once. .

The selection and appointment of officials, after all, don’t bury carrots, just assign people to them. Whether they are suitable, how talented, how moral, whether they meet the requirements of the Anxi Dudufu, and what their own wishes are all within the scope of consideration.

In the past, what the imperial court relied on to control the army, one was the control of military supplies, logistics, food and pay, and the other was the law of rotation, supplemented by ideological control methods such as loyalty to the emperor and patriotic education, but the first two were the most fundamental.

On the basis of adhering to the principle of voluntariness, the effect is not good. Even if the Dudu Mansion has provided a lot of land, pastures and even women to seduce, there are still not many people who settle down and settle down.Because of the continuous war, the Anxi Governor's Mansion is not like Anton's side, which has enough time and financial resources to attract people.

The crux of the matter is that in the past, the imperial court implemented a series of strict centralization policies in order to reduce the vassal and gather military power. If Liu Min's play is really followed, it will fundamentally dig the foundation of the imperial court's military and political system for decades.

The plot of the Han people’s love for soil is very serious, almost engraved in their blood and bone marrow. It is not a big problem for them to leave their hometowns, go to Anxi to fight, or even bury their bones in green mountains and return their souls to foreign lands. Most of the people are unwilling. They prefer to return to their hometown with fame and wealth.

It has to be said that this is a relatively easy way, and it can also allow Anxi to harvest a large number of reliable population in a short period of time, lay a solid foundation, and consolidate the rule.Liu Min had made such a request before, but the imperial court did not agree to it. Even if Emperor Liu expressed a little support, in the end, he just listened to the wishes of the soldiers of the Western Expedition, insisted on the basic principle that those who wished to stay, and were supervised by members of the Privy Council.

If they were invited by Liu Min, not to mention the personal wishes of the tens of thousands of soldiers who marched west, the impact would be significant, even fatal.That means that the worries and burdens of the soldiers on the frontier are eliminated, and the Dudu Mansion can control those soldiers more effectively and directly. On the contrary, the imperial court's ability to restrain them will only decline with the passage of time. This is the way to nourish the warlords of the town.

Through this law, supplemented by relatively generous treatment, the imperial court has always maintained a relatively high level of control over the internal and external military forces. For decades, civil unrest and rebellion have occurred from time to time, but the military has always been as stable as Mount Tai, and orders are strictly prohibited.Of course, this situation was formed by many factors, but the imperial court's control over the army was the most fundamental factor.

Of course, these are all nonsense. The root cause is that some courtiers are reluctant to invest in Anxi thousands of miles away, thinking that the gain outweighs the loss. Coupled with the continuous blood supply to Anxi, it is dragging down the court and fattening Anxi, which is not conducive to the court’s treatment of Anxi. control and so on.It's just that these need to be expressed in a more subtle and clever way, and that's the general idea.

At the same time, Anxi's request is not too much, the court is not impossible, not to mention King Wei's request, with a long-term vision, is to reduce the burden on the court and improve Anxi's self-hematopoietic ability, not just to ask the court.

The distribution of soldiers' salaries, uniforms, weapons, and rewards has always been directly controlled by the Ministry of War, and there are special corresponding departments in charge, with detailed powers and clear responsibilities. This is the most basic and important manifestation of the imperial court's control over the army.

Another thing that made the courtiers more sensitive was that Liu Min wanted officials, soldiers, and people to fill Anxi and consolidate his rule. The soldiers of the Western Expedition settled down on the spot.

For foreign troops, whether it was the frontier army at the beginning or the current regiment training, the imperial court always insisted on serving in different places during the process of implementing the law of rotation.As long as people have concerns, they will have concerns in acting and dare not be unscrupulous.

Of course, for many courtiers, even Emperor Liu, their real concern was the control of the court.It's not about whether the prince is in town or not, Emperor Liu doesn't need to worry about this kind of problem.

Of course, in the past two years, due to the war, the Anxi court has been supplemented, but this does not affect the essence of the rotation, and it is even more thorough.

Those who opposed it also considered the huge price paid for the Western Expedition before, and believed that it was not worth another blood transfusion, and the difficulties of the court itself were also real.Now that the Western Expedition has just begun, and the aftermath is still being done, Anxi is eager to spread out such a large stall, which seems too hasty, and needs to be more stable.

Even in remote areas such as Anton and Anxi, the rotation policy is implemented as usual. No matter how much power the two capitals have, their subordinate garrisons, from generals to soldiers, always rotate according to a certain rhythm.

As for the law of rotation, it is a fundamental policy in the national defense construction of the Han Dynasty. Over the years, no matter how the army changes, the law of rotation has always been adhered to, and even more detailed and perfected.

The most important thing is whether to agree with Anxi's request and give such a large amount of support.In this regard, the court still took a two-sided attitude, and the dispute was fierce.

Those who support it believe that the Western Expedition has invested heavily in the early stage and paid such a high price. They did not relax even during the Yulin rebellion.

As for this point, Emperor Liu was extremely sensitive. Regardless of who was the governor, he was still very clear-headed about such a principled issue.Therefore, they did not express their position, but let the courtiers discuss.

It can also be seen from this that Emperor Liu himself was a complex and contradictory person. On the one hand, he had the idea of ​​enfeoffment, and he did not hesitate to give it away with corners; on the other hand, he strongly maintained the authority of the court and insisted on the bottom line on sensitive issues.

The imperial court has the concerns of the imperial court, and Anxi also has considerations of Anxi. At least some of the policies that the imperial court currently insists on are costly, and it is impossible to fully decentralize power, which will inevitably increase the cost. The trade-off is really not easy to do, which is why until now, there has been no conclusion on Anxi's future governance and positioning.

But at this time, the crown prince suddenly asked about this matter, Murong Defeng thought for a while, and said with a firm expression: "Your Highness, in my opinion, His Royal Highness King Wei needs officials, food, and immigrants, all of which can be adjusted appropriately. Only the settlement of soldiers and the relocation of family members are absolutely not allowed, and the military and political system is the guarantee of the safety of the great man, and it must not be shaken or changed!"

(End of this chapter)