Xuande

Chapter 792 Government Affairs Conference
After a whole day of quarreling, wrangling, and buck-passing, Liu Bei's three-year plan for Youzhou was assigned by the counties.

Each prefect has its own gains, and each has its own difficulties.

For example, the governor of Yuyang and the governor of Liaoxi quarreled fiercely, and the governor of Shanggu and the governor of Zhuojun also had some conflicts with each other.

They all think that the number of upper fields in their respective jurisdictions is small, and the number of middle fields and lower fields is large. They all hope to have less shares and less responsibilities, and it will be ugly when they quarrel.

So angry Xiahou Dun blushed, slapped the table on the spot and roared angrily, telling them not to lose face in front of Liu Bei.

Take the data!data!Real data!Whoever quarrels, the share will be his!

Xiahou Dun's temper is still quite good, and Liu Bei also finds it funny when he is so angry.

It seems that whenever bureaucrats shirk their responsibilities and blame each other, things like this are unavoidable.

But everything can be reconciled, and there is nothing that cannot be resolved in front of the emperor and the governor.

Therefore, although the county guards still have some ideas later, the specific responsibilities are still implemented.

However, the three counties of Youzhou, Liaodong County, Xuantu County and Lelang County, are actually not under the control of Xiahou Dun, so they cannot be counted in the development system of Youzhou as a whole.

Xiahou Dun expressed concern about this issue.

"If these three counties listen to the tune and don't listen to the announcement for a long time, and they are not included in the overall plan for a long time, there will be some troubles for future development. How do you think this problem will be solved?"

"Gongsun Du is a relatively honest person, right?"

Liu Bei said slowly: "I heard that he is launching an attack on Goguryeo recently. This is something I entrusted to him. If he does well, I think we can observe the aftereffect."

Xiahou Dun was still a little worried.

"Having said that, the three counties of Liaodong exist entirely for Gongsundu's militarism. I heard that every household in the three counties of Liaodong will send men to join the army to fight with him. There are too many strong men, so that agricultural production has been delayed. Not a lot.

Whenever the three counties were short of grain, Gongsundu would use the property obtained from the war to buy grain in Liaoxi County, or cross the sea to Qingzhou to buy grain. He did not report his actions to the state government in advance, which caused the price of grain in Youzhou to rise from time to time. , affecting people's livelihood. "

"Didn't he ask for food from the Youzhou government?"

"I also request, but while asking for food from the state government, I also need to spend money to buy more food, so I suspect that he has some schemes, and please His Majesty look into it."

"Is that so..."

Liu Bei thought for a moment, let Xia Houdun feel at ease about government affairs and production, don't worry about these things, he will hand over these matters to Qianzhao.

It is enough for Xiahou Dun to focus on agricultural production. If Gongsun Du's plot is wrong, the army recruited will definitely not be vegetarian.

After the matter in Youzhou was settled, relevant news leaked out, and the government affairs teams of each state learned the emperor's basic requirements for each state.

They learned that the emperor was very concerned about local administration, and that the entire [-] counties of the Han Dynasty would be singled out by him for in-depth and detailed discussions with the county guards and state ministers.

Ask from the beginning to the end from the number of acres of local land and the number of yields per mu, the number of upper and lower fields, the amount of water and dry land, and what agricultural products are mainly planted, how many farmers, powerful, local specialties, minerals, etc.

If you answer well and quickly, the emperor will be very happy.

If an official couldn't answer the relevant questions, the emperor would change his face angrily, angrily reprimand the official, punish him immediately, or demote him, or simply dismiss him.

As a result, the officials became more cautious, and some officials with fantasies even turned pale. They rushed to supplement relevant knowledge overnight, wishing to memorize it so well that they could memorize it fluently, so as not to be reprimanded and punished in front of the emperor.

With the unlucky "Pearl and Jade in front", when Liu Bei held meetings with officials from other states and counties later, no one could not answer the questions he wanted to ask, and Liu Bei was very satisfied.

Basically, every state and every county will be put forward by him with relatively specific requirements, and relatively speaking, the difficulty of achieving them is not small, which is a big test for officials.

But Liu Bei didn't think it was making things difficult at all.

Judging from the current level of agricultural development in the Han Empire, except for a very small number of areas that have indeed been developed into a bottleneck state, the development status of most areas is quite limited, and some modern traditional agricultural areas still maintain a considerable amount of wasteland undeveloped.

Just like a person who is overweight to lose weight at the beginning, he only needs to keep his mouth shut and open his legs. It is very fast to lose the scale for a period of time, but once a bottleneck period is reached, if he wants to lose the scale, he needs a relatively long-term and painful persistence. It's time.

At this time, the level of agricultural development in the Third Reich is in this rapid period. As long as the policies are correct, the officials are effective, and some time is given to recuperate, then the rapid development of agricultural production is normal, and it is abnormal if the development is not rapid enough.

The standard set by Liu Bei for the bureaucrats is also the result of careful calculation by the cabinet. It is by no means making things difficult. If even this requirement is not met, then Liu Bei will think that these guys are completely unqualified to enter the next stage with him. era.

Pack your bags, get out, don't waste my political resources and salary here, generous welfare benefits will only be given to the right people, and insects will never enjoy such treatment.

Only those who can withstand these tests and successfully achieve their goals can be regarded as outstanding officials who can follow in his footsteps and lead the Third Reich to develop productivity step by step.

The empire needs to develop, so it cannot tolerate too many insects lying on the empire to suck blood. He must clean up these insects.

From the second day of March in the first year of Zhenguan until the end of March, Liu Bei basically discussed all the issues that should be discussed with the officials of the [-] prefectures and [-] prefectures, and the chief officials also basically I have met Liu Bei, know what Liu Bei looks like, and what his ruling style is.

And Liu Bei also looked at them all familiarly, basically remembered the names of these people, understood their ruling style, and had a preliminary understanding of their intellectual and cultural level.

It is worth mentioning that during this month or so, Liu Bei directly dismissed a state governor, a county prefect, and a state minister. Except for Zhu Fu, the reason why the other two were dismissed is that It was because they failed to answer the question Liu Bei wanted to ask.

As the governor of a county, he can't even know the basic situation of the county thoroughly, so why should he govern a place?
There are even some people who are obviously memorizing the materials, and there are still some bumps in the memorization, but as long as the general figures are correct, Liu Bei can barely tolerate it and give him a chance.

But these two people are not right, and they can't even recite the most basic things. Ask them how many upper fields, middle fields and lower fields are in their respective jurisdictions, the distribution of paddy fields and dry fields, and the number of farming livestock. It's asking three questions.

This made Liu Bei wonder how they got the two thousand stone position.

How could there be such a fish that slipped through the net when he repeatedly plowed the land with such a high frequency?
It can only be said that there are still many dirty things in this world that Liu Bei has not cleaned up.

At the end of March, after the government affairs meeting was largely over, Liu Bei called Lu Kang, Qiao Mao, and Zhang Miao again, and talked with them about the Dutian Order to be promoted next.

The other state governors are all from Liu's cronies. Following his footsteps is politically correct, and not following him is politically wrong. There is absolutely nothing to say about taking them down, but these three people had a political relationship with him before. alliance relationship.

So what should be said should be explained clearly.

"The Land Duling Order is about to be implemented. I am afraid it will cause some shocks in the local area. Mr. Lu should not have any entanglements. I am not worried about the promotion of the Tiandu Order in Yanzhou, but I am still a little worried about Yuzhou and Jizhou."

Liu Bei looked at the rich Zhang Miao, and then at Qiao Mao who looked embarrassed.

"If you have any difficulties, just tell them. If I can help you solve them, then they will be solved. Jiangbei Dutian is imperative. If even our top management cannot act in unison, there will be chaos. At that time, the army will not be able to kill. I don't want to see that."

Seeing Liu Bei's sympathetic attitude, Zhang Miao and Qiao Mao's hearts sank, and they both felt bad.

However, Qiao Mao made a quick decision.

"The Qiao family does have a lot of land and property, but the Qiao family must follow His Majesty's request. If anyone dares not to follow, I will be the first to let them go!"

Zhang Miao hesitated for a moment, sighed, and nodded.

"I understand your majesty's concerns, but I am not an unreasonable person. If your majesty is worried, it is your negligence. Zhang has followed your majesty for many years and wants to continue to follow your majesty in the future."

"Well, that would be the best."

Zhang Miao and Qiao Mao's statements satisfied Liu Bei.

But Lu Kang was obviously not satisfied with this situation.

"Your Majesty, although Wu Commandery is located in the south of the Yangtze River, if your majesty has an idea, I am willing to try it for your majesty. According to the requirements of the Dutian Order, the land in the south of the Yangtze River can slightly increase the number of acres of land. Perhaps the Dutian Order is not that difficult."

Liu Bei knew that Lu Kang wanted to express himself fiercely, to overtake the Central Plains scholars and Liu Bei's former troops, and lead the Lu family to a further step.

Although he doesn't dislike this enterprising spirit, he already has a specific plan, and since he has it, he won't change it hastily.

He smiled.

"I understand what Lu Shijun means, but haste makes waste. At that time, the whole Hebei, Central Plains and Guanzhong don't know how many troubles will happen. Let Jiangnan let it go first, and you can give someone a little A little hope for some people will not make them despair.

Moreover, Jiangnan may need more wasteland development than Dutian. If someone is willing to go to Jiangnan to open up wasteland, how can I refuse?Lu Shijun, don't be restless, on this matter, the future will last forever. "

Liu Bei's smile was a bit meaningful, Lu Kang took a look at the meaning here, closed his mouth rationally, and never said anything related.

It takes time for the Lu family to progress. If they simply want to overtake in a curve, other forces that have followed Liu Bei for a long time will not be happy. Lu should not be too outstanding, so as not to become a target of public criticism.

So, just do your job well.

As for the Jiangnan matter...

Lu Kang decided to promote the Lu family to become the first family in the south of the Yangtze River to actively apply to the imperial court for the fulfillment of the regulations of the Dutian Order.

Anyway, according to the regulations of the Dutian Order, Wu County is also considered a part of the outlying state. It has preferential taxation, which is different from other places.

And even if there is resistance, Lu Kang intends to forcefully break through it.

Just kidding, this is a good opportunity to impress Liu Bei. If this opportunity is missed, when will the Lu family be able to make progress?
The first government affairs conference of the Third Reich ended here. Liu Bei did not let the officials return immediately, but took them to participate in the court's spring plowing activities.

He was busy with the meeting before, so Liu Bei postponed the usual spring plowing activities. Now that the meeting is over, he happened to take the officials to do the spring plowing activities together, and Liu Bei himself brought the royal family members to participate.

A group of people went to the farmland outside Luoyang City in a mighty way, and carried out a symbolic agricultural production for a morning.

Although this is a political performance, even if it is a performance, it is very meaningful. At least it can show that the emperor and courtiers are very concerned about agricultural production. The symbolic meaning is greater than the actual meaning.

And in order to express themselves in front of Liu Bei, some officials who really know more about farm work did a lot of work.

And some officials with good backgrounds who really don't know much about agriculture can only secretly watch what other officials do, and do what they do.

But farm work is really a technical job. Most people have never done it.

In the final analysis, how to wield the agricultural tools is also particular.

Some delicate and expensive officials flinched before doing it a few times. They couldn't hold on anymore, so they could only be carried away in shame and worry under Liu Bei's contemptuous eyes.

"I don't work hard! I don't know the five grains! I don't know how to use farm tools! If such an official governs the world, my country will be torn apart in a few years!"

In front of all the officials, Liu Bei cursed fiercely on the edge of the field.

This scolding didn't matter, scared the surrounding officials to quickly bow their heads and work bravely, for fear that the emperor would find out that they were not good at agricultural production, and then follow in the footsteps of those unlucky ones.

After a whole morning of tossing, many delicate and expensive officials were tossed to death, but at noon Liu Bei did not provide them with any better food, just pure wheat rice and some pickled vegetables. There is nothing else.

That is to say, they were tired enough in the morning, and a group of people saw that there was something to eat, but they didn't pick it up. They wolfed it down for a while, which seemed to appease the strong protesting stomach.

Then he announced that after the lunch break, there will be another hour of agricultural production in the afternoon, so as to experience the pain of farmers' production.

The officials wailed in their hearts, but they didn't dare to say more, because Liu Bei himself also lifted his trouser legs, and brought his eldest son and second son to carry out agricultural production together, and he did no less than them.

The emperor himself took the lead, how dare they not use their strength?
So when the sun was at its worst, several officials even collapsed from dizziness.

Looking at the situation, Liu Bei shook his head, and finally let the rest of the officials go, let them pack up, and go back to Luoyang City to take a shower and rest together.

Then, Liu Bei did not continue to torment them much, and finally announced that they were ready to leave for their place of duty.

Many Guan officials breathed a sigh of relief for this, feeling that they have finally survived this experience.

However, when the officials were about to set off to return, on the second day of April in the first year of Zhenguan, the privy envoy Xun You suddenly came forward and asked Liu Bei to allow him to lead some of the Xun clan in Yingchuan to settle in Henan County, Sili Prefecture, and establish a separate Xun clan. The family was formally separated from the Xun family in Yingchuan.

The ruling and opposition parties were in an uproar.

What is even more surprising is that the day after Xun You submitted the form, the emperor Liu Bei issued an edict, yes.

Xun You was allowed to establish another Xun family in Henan County. Liu Bei rewarded Xun You in Henan with [-] mu of land and a part of the house based on Xun You's previous achievements, and Xun You took the lead in redistribution within the family.

This combination of punches made most of the court dizzy, and even many people in the core power circle didn't know what Liu Bei and Xun You meant by the double reed.

However, they soon realized that this probably had something to do with the upcoming Dutian operation.

Previously, people in their inner circle had been asked not to go against Dutian Action.

They have already sorted out their own problems, and they are ready to cooperate with Liu Bei in the first wave of Dutian operation, so that Liu Bei can immediately confirm Dutian as politically correct.

According to the information they inquired, in the inner circle, only the Xun family has not settled the family affairs. It is said that they have fallen into a stalemate, and internal disputes cannot be quelled.

Xun Su, the patriarch of the Xun family, is a mediocre person who doesn't know what to do in the face of complicated situations.

The wise Xun Yu was far away as the governor of Qingzhou, and he himself was unwilling to take coercive measures against his family members.

As a result, the Xun family lost its last chance, so that Xun You decided to launch a self-rescue operation and set up a separate Xun family to save the inheritance of the Xun family.

In the eyes of many people, this basically declared the end of the history of the Xun family in Yingchuan.

(End of this chapter)