I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 51 February

The rice is very fragrant.

After he recovered from his illness, Liu Bian found that the way Cai Yong looked at him when he was teaching him was a little strange.

In the following period, Liu Bian found that Emperor Ling had less time for him to intervene when handling official documents.

Liu Bian understood that it was probably because Emperor Ling thought he was too tired.

But he wanted to tell Emperor Ling that such concern was unnecessary.

However, the illness also reminded Liu Bian that the body is the capital of revolution. He is still young and must balance work and rest.

Moreover, with Liu Bian's experience in handling memorials and official documents in the past few months, he has gained a little, but he will not worry about having less contact with memorials and official documents. After all, the power of appointing officials and other powers has always been in the hands of Emperor Ling.

Not to mention official documents, there are certain things that are necessary for the operation of the state and bureaucracy to be reviewed and approved by the highest level.

For example, the promotion of Xiaolian and Enyin as officials at the local level, the assessment of officials under their respective management by the three government agencies, the promotion plans of various places at the end of the year, etc.

Under normal circumstances, these official documents have conventions to find, which greatly increased Liu Bian's understanding of the Han Dynasty.

The only thing left that is more complicated is the official's memorial.

Thanks to the official selection system of Lingdi Yanguo, many local officials who paid money in Xiyuan will immediately go to the prefectures and counties through methods including but not limited to accepting bribes, embezzling public funds, and privately increasing taxes. Win back the money you spent.

Once such an impeachment memorial is received, the court will usually send personnel to verify it as soon as possible. Occasionally, it will choose other handling methods based on the identity of the impeacher and the specific circumstances.

This type of memorials involving officials impeaching each other is the largest number of memorials involving practical matters that Liu Bian has ever handled.

This is a good thing. At least it can let Liu Bian know that there are indeed problems in the local area, although Liu Bian cannot change this problem for the time being.

But for example, the three counties in Jingzhou that had problems last year were full of vitality and everything was flourishing before the incident.

None of the governors, prefects, or county magistrates raised questions. The question was that they had a good understanding of politics and people.

Judging from the current situation, Liu Bian felt that the governor of a state was a bit out of date.

In the past, letters from officials and citizens symbolized by public buses could function as an intelligence agency.

But today, the way of communication is blocked, and the system of petitions from officials and people is in vain. At least Liu Bian has not met him once in the past few months.

Liu Bian felt that there must be at least one intelligence agency that can ensure that those counties that have "political connections and people" really have political connections and people, rather than a conspiracy under the leadership of some people to catch up with others.

It's just that he is not yet sure whether he should first propose to Emperor Ling to establish such an organization.

It's not that Liu Bian looks down on Emperor Ling, but as he gets to know Emperor Ling better, he is very sure that Emperor Ling will most likely agree to this suggestion.

It's just that based on Emperor Ling's style, if there was such an organization, it would be led by eunuchs, but Emperor Ling couldn't control the eunuchs' hands.

This will only make this organization another money-making tool for the Emperor Ling and the eunuchs.

Unless he can take the lead.

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Emperor Ling's diligence did not last long. Seven or eight days later, Emperor Ling suddenly told Liu Bian that he no longer needed to attend Liang Hu's class.

After that, Liu Bian's life became to take two mornings every five days to attend Zheng Xuan's and Cai Yong's classes, and continue to go to Yutangdian every afternoon.

Like officials, Liu Bian had a holiday every fifth day to rest. In the past, Liu Bian always felt a lot of pressure and refused to relax. Now his body reminded him that it is very necessary to relax.

After Liu Bian became ill this time, Queen He was afraid that he would be tired again, so she supervised him very well, especially on holidays, and would never let him be busy with paperwork.

This kind of life instantly made Liu Bian feel relaxed.

Zheng Xuan said in a chat with Liu Bian: "Your Highness has been as steady as before since he recovered from illness, but I noticed that His Highness is less urgent and more natural than before. The Shi Taoist in His Highness's mouth, I really want to make friends if I have the chance!"

Liu Bian thought for a while. In his memory, Shi Zixuan should have discussed the ability of man and nature with Zheng Xuan, so he didn't say anything.

Liang Hu: The world has forgotten me...

If the world were peaceful, Liu Bian would certainly be willing to continue like this naturally.

However, it is now the fifth year of Zhongping after the Yellow Turban Uprising.

In February, just when Emperor Ling made up his mind to send money from Xiyuan to build a new army, and discussed with his ministers the size and organization of the new army, chaos broke out again in Hedong County in Sili.

The remaining Yellow Turban bandits Guo Tai and others who were entrenched in the Baibo Valley in the north of Hedong County colluded with the Xiutu tribes that had not yet been wiped out, and other Xiongnu left tribes participated.

Dong Zhuo divided his troops and stationed them at the southern Xiongnu royal court, which protected the safety of the Qiangqu Chanyu, but it also resulted in a shortage of troops to counter the rebellion.

Moreover, Dong Zhuo and Ding, the governor of Bingzhou, were in harmony with each other. Although both of them had some marks of the general's palace, they were far from as harmonious as He Jin expected.

Various reasons led to this wave of chaos. The three counties most affected, Hedong, Xihe, and Taiyuan, were unable to stop it for a while, and the war intensified.

The Baibo thieves gathered a hundred thousand people. Although they included men, women, old and weak, a large proportion of them were young and strong.

Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan could still explain it by saying that the Xiongnu were wreaking havoc, but such a big mess happened under the rule of the Hedong governor. They immediately took the blame and were immediately removed from their official positions and taken to Luoyang for punishment.

Hedong is close enough to Luoyang, which also means that Luoyang can send people to take over at any time.

When discussing who should take over as the governor of Hedong, Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others, who had been worried that Gai Xun would kill another official, joined forces with Situ Xuxiang, Guanglu Xun Dinggong, Shaofu Fan Ling and others who were close to them to recommend them. Gai Xun served as the governor of Hedong.

Although Emperor Ling was a little reluctant to give up, the Hedong rebellion was right in front of him, so he still made a decision.

Gai Xun naturally worked hard and never complained.

Liu Bian remembered that the Baibo bandit had accepted Emperor Xian's offer in history and fought with the Xiliang army to protect Emperor Xian. The most famous figure among them should be Xu Huang, one of the five good generals of Cao Wei.

Before Gai Xun set off, Liu Bian found him and wanted to discuss with Lu Zhi the possibility of recruiting the Baibo bandits.

This move was not for Xu Huang. If Xu Huang was determined to be anti-Han, Liu Bian's hesitation for even a second would be disrespect for his identity.

"In the past few months I have been dealing with the petition, I know that the local officials are not in good governance and corruption is rampant. The petitioners are probably just the tip of the iceberg. In the first year of Zhongping, the Yellow Turban Zhangjiao was destroyed, and the Baibo bandits were silent for more than three years. Now there is a rebellion. I am worried that it is It’s caused by the exploitation of officials. If you go to Hedong, you can send people to investigate. If it is true, you can try to appease it. If not, you can use thunderous means!"

Gai Xun replied: "Your Highness, don't worry. It is your duty as a county guard to rectify the administration of officials. I will definitely investigate in detail what Your Highness pointed out."

The Baibo thieves did not dare to attack southward towards the core area of ​​Hedong County, where there were still a group of Three Rivers knights who had disarmed and returned to their fields.

Gai Xun will recruit them again as soon as possible, and they will become the first members of the Han family's new army.

(End of this chapter)