Xuande

Chapter 668 Recalling Dong Zhuo
Whether it is governing the local area or engaging in politics, Liu Yu is a good hand.

On this point, Liu Bei also made a good decision.

And his other impeccable place is one of his principles for leading troops-never allow the army to harass the place.

Maybe it's because he cherishes his reputation too much, or because of some special psychology. Although Liu Yu doesn't have strong military talent, he mainly relies on his generals Tai Shici, Guan Hai and others to fight, but he has a good grasp of military regulations and discipline. well done.

When he led his troops to go out, he never allowed the army to harass the place, never allowed the army to destroy farmland and houses, and he was very strict about this area.

Even if there are rebels occupying the town, he will not allow the army to attack the town, for fear of destroying the houses of the people and destroying the foundation of the people's survival.

He is often more willing to adopt soft measures such as negotiation and siege, or simply siege without attacking, forcing the opponent to choose to surrender.

Although this made Liu Yu's battle a little procrastinated and costly, it also made Liu Yu very popular in Qingzhou, and there were many people who respected him.

Because they all know that Liu Yu has a benevolent heart, as long as he does not touch his bottom line, he will not kill people at will, which is commendable for people living in the chaotic era.

Therefore, even those who rebelled because of the slavery restriction order lost their will to fight when they learned that Liu Yu personally led troops to conquer, and chose to admit their mistakes and surrender to Liu Yu, and let Liu Yu deal with them.

Only a very small number of diehards chose to attack Liu Yu, but they were not opponents of the Qingzhou Army, so the rebellion in Qingzhou was resolved by Liu Yu in a very short period of time, and the losses to the local area were also very small.

It can be said that apart from Liu Bei's new Han army, Liu Yu's army is the old Han army with the best military discipline, none of them.

Regarding Dong Zhuo's beast-like army and Dong Zhuo himself, Liu Bei didn't feel embarrassed at all, but Liu Yu, he felt that he had to be cautious.

An elder with such a high popularity, if he is not handled well, like Gongsun Zan, he will only plant the seeds of destruction, and with Liu Yu's military and political achievements over the years, ordinary positions cannot reward him , It is also impossible to relieve him of his post of Qingzhou pastor, and by the way, his military power.

Therefore, it is necessary to attract him with the position of Sangong, so as to relieve him of his post of Qingzhou Mu. The initial unification of the Han military power.

In the current central court, only Lu Zhi holds the position of Taiwei, and the positions of Situ and Sikong are vacant. There are not enough people of high morals and prestige to take these two positions.

Liu Bei originally wanted to recommend Zheng Xuan, who is currently serving as a sacrificial wine in Taixue, to take one of these two positions, but Zheng Xuan refused, saying that he came to Luoyang again with the sole purpose of serving as a sacrificial wine in Taixue, which is to run a school. Politics has no interest at all.

He no longer wants to be involved in politics. He just wants to be a scholar, engage in academics, engage in thinking, and train students.

In the wave after wave of political tsunami, fewer and fewer veterans in the DPRK and China can die well and maintain their reputation, and there has never been one who can take the position of Sangong.

But now, Liu Yu became the only suitable person.

So at the beginning of April in the fourth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei was fully prepared and presented to the court. On the grounds of Liu Yu's hard work, elder clan, good conduct, and respected by the world, he recommended Liu Yu, shepherd of Qingzhou, to join the court as a Situ.

In addition, he decided to transfer Dong Zhuo to Luoyang to serve as Dahonglu, one of the nine ministers, on the grounds that Dong Zhuo, the governor of Xuzhou, had contributed to the suppression of the rebellion.

Then, Liu Bei recommended Xun Yu, the former governor of Runan County, to replace Liu Yu as the governor of Qingzhou, and he also recommended his confidant, Shangshu Zuo Cheng Jia Xu to replace Dong Zhuo as the governor of Xuzhou.

In the end, Liu Bei submitted a form to the imperial court, requesting to step down from the post of Liangzhou pastor that he had held for a long time, and to recommend Jian Yong, a close friend and former Liangzhou governor, to take over the post of governor of Liangzhou.

Regarding Liu Bei's major personnel changes in early April, the Luoyang court had mixed reactions.

Few people opposed Liu Yu's dismissal of Qingzhou Mu's position and returned to the court to assume the position of Sangong, but many supported it, because Liu Yu, like Liu Bei, was an excellent and well-known clan official, and he was a well-known figure. .

He came to take the post of Situ, which would make people feel that he was much more suitable than that rebel Yuan Wei.

As for Liu Bei's resignation as Liangzhou pastor, it is easy to explain the matter of recommending Xun Yu, Jia Xu, and Jian Yong as new positions.

Jian Yong is purely an internal matter of Liu Bei's group, and Liu Bei has the final say on matters west of Luoyang.

Xun Yu belonged to the gentry of the Central Plains, and belonged to the Xun family. Coupled with Liu Bei's status as an old official, it is reasonable and reasonable to arrange Xun Yu to be the governor of Qingzhou, and it can be recognized by everyone.

As for the fact that Jia Xu succeeded Dong Zhuo as governor of Xuzhou, it can be explained by the fact that both Jia Xu and Dong Zhuo are from Liangzhou. Anyway, in recent years, there has been an unspoken rule that people from Liangzhou cannot be the chief executive of the Central Plains has been broken.

Now people from Liangzhou can take up the position of chief executive anywhere in the country without restriction.

Who made them all Liu Bei's subordinates?

However, there were many objections from the imperial court to Dong Zhuo, the governor of Xuzhou, who returned to the court to assume the position of Dahonglu.

The reason for the objection is also very simple. He thinks that Dong Zhuo was born in the frontier and has always been a martial artist. He is an expert in leading soldiers and fighting. He may not have much knowledge. Not quite right.

Strictly speaking, Dahonglu is a post of ceremonial officer, who is in charge of welcoming and seeing off, receiving, arranging court meetings, conferring, conferring, seizing titles, seizing titles and cutting land. Then he was ordered to take care of the funeral, read the posthumous title of Yice, and a hundred officials met at court to give praise and guidance, and also manage the reception of the county mansion of the capital and the officials of the county.

This is not a position that holds a lot of real power, but because it often comes out to deal with foreign affairs, it mainly focuses on the face of a country, which is equivalent to a country representative to the outside world, and in a sense also represents the external image of the Han Empire.

Such a person should be a majestic and upright Confucian scholar who is well versed in the etiquette system, not a martial arts man from a frontier.

Everyone felt that Liu Bei's appointment of Dong Zhuo, a military general, as Da Honglu was a bit suspicious of Zhang Fei's embroidery.

And should I say it or not, who is Dong Zhuo?
Dong Zhuo is not Liu Bei's old department or former official.

The former official of Yuan Kai was a member of Yuan's group. By selling Yuan's family to Liu Bei in exchange for his current status and the conditions for survival to this day, Dong Zhuo is a taint for the people in the court. guy.

He betrayed his benefactor.

In the eyes of many people, letting a tainted guy serve as the chief executive in the Central Plains is regarded as [extrajudicial favor], let alone letting this tainted guy serve as the high position of Jiuqing.

People who serve as senior officials of the Jiuqing are often qualified to serve as senior officials of the Sangong level. If they also have local administrative experience as a county governor or governor of the state at the same time, then it is more likely to be a senior official of the Sangong.

Many senior officials at the Sangong level took up the post of Jiuqing after serving as the governor of the local county or state, and then became qualified to be promoted to the Sangong, and then queued up for qualifications, waiting to be the Sangong.

Before Dong Zhuo went around in the local area, served as many chief executives, fought wars, and accumulated military achievements. Now he is going to be transferred back to Luoyang to serve as a senior official of the Jiuqing. Could it be that Liu Bei intends to push Dong Zhuo to the position of Sangong?
This makes many people feel uncomfortable.

(End of this chapter)