Xuande

Chapter 609

Regarding Liu Bei's appointment suggestion, there were some voices of opposition in the court.

Naturally, this voice of opposition was not aimed at Guan Yu. Guan Yu's military ability is still very strong, and he is a general with a record that is recognized by the government and the opposition.

This objection is aimed at Man Chong.

Opponents believe that Man Chong is not qualified enough, has no credit, and tortured the suspect to death because of tyranny. If such a cruel official serves as the governor of the state, it will completely mess up Bingzhou, so Man Chong cannot be the governor of any state.

But Liu Bei still insisted on his own opinion, insisting that Man Chong's ability is enough to be the governor of a state, and his ability should not even be limited to the governor of a state.

And his old subordinate Guan Yu has enough military capabilities to deal with the chaos in Bingzhou.

In the end, at Liu Bei's insistence, the appointment was approved.

This appointment also has a purpose for Liu Bei.

First, he needs his subordinates to develop strong abilities as soon as possible, so that they can take up higher positions, take on greater responsibilities, and share the management pressure from the whole world for him.

In addition, he also has some ideas, intending to complete the professional transformation of the classical Eastern Han Empire from a practical level.

He hoped that the military attributes inherited from the Qin and Western Han dynasties of local governors, governors, and sheriffs could be gradually stripped away, and the professionalization of officials could be completed.

He wanted to get rid of the tradition of going out and entering the prime minister in the classical empire of the Eastern Han Dynasty, so as to establish a purely civilian and military general team. Civilian officials are civil officials, and generals are generals. Nor participate in local governance.

By the way, set up a professional institution of higher education, and create a professional and professional path for various national responsibilities, in order to provide more long-term protection.

In this regard, Liu Bei is confident.

Just like the position of governor, at first it was only a supervisory position of [-] shi, without administrative functions, but with the development of the times, the central court has more and more requirements for governor.

With demand, the governor's power will naturally increase accordingly.

In the later period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the governor naturally moved closer to the local military and political chief of two thousand shi, possessed a certain amount of administrative power and military command power, and was more inclined to military positions. The Luoyang court also habitually regarded the governor as a military and political chief. to use.

All positions are not as simple as stipulated in the law. There will always be some unexpected or unexpected things that change the nature of a position and bring more far-reaching impact.

Once a practice is formed, even if there are no clear laws and regulations, it can become a hard unspoken rule that everyone abides by.

Since this transformation can be formed, as long as Liu Bei sticks to his views and insists on emphasizing the role of the governor as a civilian and the independent status of a military general in his appointment, it will not take a long time. will also be achieved.

It won't take long for the governors of the Great Han to follow Liu Bei's wishes and no longer intervene in the military, and the generals of the Great Han will also follow Liu Bei's needs and no longer involve administration.

If the time is longer, conventions and conventions will be formed, and unspoken rules will be formed. Even if there are no laws and regulations, the people behind will follow this rule spontaneously. If they touch something outside the rules, they will be frightened, and someone will stand up to hinder it. .

time can change everything.

On the other hand, when Man Chong learned that Liu Beibiao had appointed him governor of Bingzhou, he was very surprised and surprised, and then he was strongly excited and moved.

Now he is very grateful to himself who decided to come to Luoyang to respond to Liu Bei before.

So he personally thanked Liu Bei.

And Liu Bei asked him some things.

Liu Bei's meaning is very simple, Man Chong is here to go. Liu Bei hopes that he will pay more attention to the purely administrative aspects of state affairs. He hopes that Man Chong used to be a chief executive who rectifies local chaos, rather than participating in military tasks.

It is good to entrust Guan Yu with military tasks, and Man Chong mainly assists Guan Yu in logistics affairs, and does not need to participate in the actual military command as a governor.

Man Chong was a little strange about Liu Bei's request, but he did not object. It was Liu Bei who gave him the position and trust, and he was responsible to Liu Bei.

As for Man Chong's doubts, Liu Bei also gave him a clear answer.

"In my future plan, I hope to separate the military and government affairs at the local level. I don't want to see the military and government in the local government. Be a purely administrative officer, not a military general."

Man Chong expressed his understanding of this, and believed that the local chaos during the period from the sixth year of Zhongping to the first year of Jian'an gave Liu Bei some inspiration and made Liu Bei have such an idea. He expressed that he absolutely supported Liu Bei's request, but hoped that Guan Yu could serve in government affairs. Cooperate with him.

He can become a pure administrative official, but when he needs the assistance of military power, he hopes to get the support of Guan Yu, and the chaos in the state cannot be solved without the support of military power.

Regarding this, Liu Bei said that he need not worry.

"I plan to restore the system of the county soldiers in the future. Unlike the regular army, the county soldiers are not in charge of fighting, but are responsible for maintaining local law and order. The regular army is commanded by the general, and the county soldiers are commanded by the governor and the prefect. One is in charge of the battle. One is in charge of law and order."

"A county soldier?"

Man Chong was puzzled and said: "After the county soldiers were abolished, the Han Dynasty has not had county soldiers for more than 100 years. It is not easy to recover suddenly, which may cause disputes between the government and the opposition."

Liu Bei shook his head.

"As I said, these are simple armed personnel who are only responsible for maintaining law and order. I will make a strict distinction between them and the army on conquest, including the number of people, including equipment training and scope of authority. There will be very strict and detailed requirements. Those who do not comply The consequences are very serious.

In the past, there could be 3000 or even 5000 soldiers in a county. They were equipped and trained like an army. They were stationed in one place. After a long time, they almost became the private army of the prefect of the county and the prime minister of the country. The main force against Emperor Guangwu's administration.

Regarding these things, I will make some changes. Of course, this time you have just passed by, and it is too late to improve the system, so I will assign you a team specially for administrative affairs, so that you have enough authority to act. "

Man Chong nodded slowly.

"If you already have an idea, then I won't say any more, I will do my best to complete the task you entrusted to me, and I will never let you down!"

"Boning, I trust you."

Liu Bei reached out and took Man Chong's hand: "Going to Bingzhou, everything is dangerous, there are bandits, there are Southern Huns, and there are all kinds of unexpected dangers, you have to be careful in everything, pay attention to protect your own safety, never At your own risk."

"Thank you, Lord, for your concern."

Man Chong is very clear that this opportunity is very rare for him. If he can solve the Bingzhou problem and prove his ability, then it will not be a dream to return to Luoyang as a high-ranking official in the future.

He is not young anymore, and there are many outstanding young people around Liu Bei, he must consider whether this is the only last chance in his life.

So, he will do his best.

And Liu Bei also made a lot of preparations to deal with the issue of merging states.

Guan Yu was transferred in this wave, firstly, to consider the needs of his old subordinates who have followed him for a long time, and secondly, to prevent an army and a military and political officer from staying in the same place for too long, which he cannot ignore question.

So this time, Liu Bei transferred Guan Yu and Tianwei Army, and dispatched Cheng Pu and Xuanjia Army to Liangzhou to take over Guan Yu's position and guard Liangzhou.

At the same time, he didn't forget his old brother's tricks.

So Liu Bei signed an order to be transferred to be the prefect of Bajun, Qianniu Army Zhonglang will be the governor of Taiyuan, lead the Qianniu Army to Bingzhou to defend and fight, and cooperate with Guan Yu in team battles. The prefect led the Shence Army to station in Bashu and took over the position of Qianzhao.

After completing this wave of rotations, Liu Bei can be regarded as having completed the prerequisites for the operation of Bingzhou.

It is obviously not enough for one army to deal with the problem of merging states. Although Liu Bei trusts Guan Yu and his ability, he must arrange another capable subordinate to cooperate with Guan Yu.

In this way, the solution to the Bingzhou issue is within sight.

(End of this chapter)