Xuande

Chapter 255 Jia Wenhe, There's Something
To be honest, when he first came to Liangzhou, Liu Bei really forgot the existence of Jia Xu.

But when Yan Zhong mentioned it, Liu Bei thought of this famous poisoner.

It is hard to say whether he is a poisonous man or not, but he has strong military planning capabilities and the ability to find a way out for himself. Under the turbulent and chaotic situation at the end of Han Dynasty, he made almost every choice right. In the end, as a Liangzhou native The identity of Cao Wei passed away as the third prince.

After him, his family became a noble family, and his descendants benefited endlessly.

It is not difficult to make suggestions, and many contemporaries can do it too, but almost every choice is made correctly, and almost a perfect ending is made with a bad start...

Jia Wenhe, there is something.

After further questioning Yan Zhong, Liu Bei learned that Jia Xu was idle at home, so he immediately ordered to call Jia Xu to work for him, hoping that Jia Xu could come to take up the post.

As for the literati in Liangzhou, Liu Bei summoned three of them as soon as he came, but the warriors had not yet. Liu Bei felt that this was not good, so he asked Gai Xun, Yan Zhong, and Yan Wen if they had any strong men to recommend to them. he.

Gai Xun then recommended Pang De, a Hanyang native who was serving as a small official in the county governor's mansion, to Liu Bei.

He said that Pound possesses courage, is tall and powerful, and although he is very young, he has the courage of a man, has a good sense of martial arts, and has read military books. He hopes that Liu Bei can promote him.

So Liu Bei summoned Pang De, and when they met, he found that Pound was really tall and strong, with a strong figure, and he was a fierce man at first glance.

He was overjoyed and had some ideas, so he called Guan Yu and asked Guan Yu and Pound to try their bravery.

Guan Yu was arrogant and looked down on Pang De, but Pang De was young and energetic and refused to accept Guan Yu.

The two fought with swords, and over 80 rounds were tied, and they mounted horses to compete in riding and archery.

In the end, Guan Yu was slightly better than fighting immediately.

After the competition, Guan Yu put away his pride and recognized Pound's military strength. Pound also put away his youthful arrogance and admitted to Guan Yu that he was still lacking in fighting skills.

These two fateful enemies seem to have reached their own reconciliation at this moment.

Liu Bei admired Pang De's bravery very much, so he was summoned to serve as Xiandeng of the State Shepherd's Mansion, and then prepared to recruit an army composed of Liangzhou people.

"As a shepherd of Liangzhou, how can I not have soldiers from Liangzhou under my command?"

Liu Bei then announced the recruitment order, preparing to recruit two more battalions of Liangzhou soldiers with 6000 soldiers in Liangzhou.

In the first month of entering Liangzhou, Liu Bei's activities were very frequent and he dealt with a lot of things.

The work during this period is mainly to prepare for the future administration, so that the people in charge of various tasks under his command can take over the affairs they need to be responsible for in the shortest possible time and start working.

He ordered Jian Yong, who was in charge of personnel affairs, and Cao Shu Zuo Guoyuan, who was in charge of personnel affairs, to make statistics on the list of public officials in Liangzhou's prefecture, counties, and counties in the shortest possible time, and to conduct a thorough investigation.

Who has done what, whether they are competent, these issues must be clarified, and then give him a detailed report.

He also ordered the book Cao in charge of finance to be in charge of Zhen Yan, book Cao Shu Zuo Yinda, and Sun Qian to rectify the financial situation of Liangzhou's prefecture and counties, as well as the land business tax situation, and submit the financial report of Liangzhou to him as soon as possible.

Then order the chief bookkeeper Han Hao and Yi Cao to work on Xun Yu and Yan Wenti's household registration and population work in Liangzhou, count the registered population in Liangzhou, and report the population situation of each county to him as soon as possible.

The members of the general affairs department he brought from Luoyang were assigned to these subordinates who were in charge of handling affairs, and they all devoted themselves to the exciting work of thoroughly finding out the situation in Liangzhou.

They are promised positions, but undergo a phased assessment to determine what level of position they can undertake.

Now is the assessment for them. As long as they work well, they will be given priority in the next big change of officials in Liangzhou.

After getting Liu Bei's promise, everyone started to work hard as if they were pumped out.

In addition to paying a little attention to these things, Liu Bei himself focused his energy on the military. He was preparing for the first shot that needed to be fired after he took office as Liangzhou pastor.

So he took BIE Jia who was good at military strategy to work in Yan Zhong, and many generals and subordinates focused on military work.

Further training of the army, familiarity with Liangzhou's climate, familiarity with Liangzhou's topography, investigation of the status of rebellious armed rebel groups that still exist in various states, etc., these are the tasks he needs to do, which is very complicated. The portion is huge.

Especially the work of military training, that is the top priority.

If recruits start from scratch, it will take at least two to three years to train them into technical units such as cavalry and crossbowmen. However, Liu Bei is lucky, and a considerable part of the recruited troops have battlefield experience. It has military technology itself.

There are many people who can ride horses and shoot arrows. Pure recruits who have never touched weapons are not an absolute main part of this army. The training of fighting infantry is much easier than the training of technical arms.

And Yan Zhong was very touched by what Liu Bei did in military training.

Before Yan Zhong only knew that Liu Bei was good at fighting with troops and was very brave, but he didn't know that Liu Bei was also good at training soldiers. Especially after in-depth contact, he also found that Liu Bei's army was different from other troops in his impression.

The biggest difference is that this army can eat three meals a day, and each meal is decent and relatively solid, so the soldiers in the army always look ruddy and have no food. Since he entered the army for observation, he has not seen anyone starve.

This surprised him very much, because eating three meals is something that people in the upper class have the capital to do these days. Only they can add a snack to the two regular meals, and most people don’t say whether they have Qualifications, the key is affordability.

But Liu Bei allowed his soldiers to have three meals a day.

Yan Zhong asked Liu Bei if it was too costly to do so, and Liu Bei showed Yan Zhong the list of daily expenses in the army, and let Yan Zhong see that it is not a very difficult task for the soldiers to eat three meals a day. Things that cost money.

"The reason why my generation has an overly stereotyped impression of this matter is that the bad habits and corruption in the army in the past were too serious. The people who are responsible for purchasing military supplies, those who store them, and the entire process of going out to buy supplies are all corrupt. top priority.

So the ancients lamented for this, Shu Shu Shuo Shu, no food for my millet, if the Shuo Shu is destroyed, my millet will naturally be preserved, and now the materials used by the army are all purchased and prepared by me in Sanhe and Sansuke. Personally send someone to supervise, as long as this link is under control, it is not difficult to let the army eat three meals a day. "

Yan Zhong looked at the statistics of the military's daily expenditure list and sighed.

"The ruler and marquis governing the army can actually plan the consumption so well!"

"There is a folk saying that if you want a horse to run fast, you must be willing to let the horse eat concentrated feed. People who can't eat enough can't do anything well."

Liu Bei laughed and said: "In the past, we used to go up and down to get cards, so that the normal office links were full of corruption and transactions, but I built the army from the ground up, eliminated all these links, and dealt with them with strict military regulations. Restrictions and deterrence, then I can leave more money for soldiers' daily allowances, forming a virtuous circle."

Yan Zhong nodded slowly.

"It's not that the ancients managed the army. It's not that no one can do this, but there are too few of them. Those who can do this are all famous generals who will go down in history. Kings and marquises can definitely go down in history when they rule the army."

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PS: I ate chicken-ming soup dumplings this morning. It tasted good and was very pleasant, so I added a new chapter.

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