I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 97 Xun Yu’s Memorial

After Mayor Zhong returned, he summoned a dozen or so cheap men from Luoyang City with a salary of less than 100 shi, as well as Dou Shi and Zuo Shi whose salary was less than 100 shi, a total of more than 30 people.

He also conveyed the superior's reprimands and orders.

However, Mayor Zhong finally understood the difficulties faced by the minor officials and said: "According to past experience, it can take as little as a few days and as long as one or two months. Just wait and see, those who are well-informed will restrain themselves during this period. As for Those who still commit crimes against the wind, if they are not the ones you already know, are probably not some powerful people who cannot be offended, and you can deal with them how you want.

When the cavalry general's troops patrol, you must be more tactful and respond politely. If anything happens, send someone to tell me immediately. Don't be caught in the wrong, otherwise I won't be able to protect you. "

Everyone present said yes.

After Zhang Wen was dealt with, before Lu Zhi and others arrived in the afternoon, Liu Bian said: "I review memorials and often gain new insights. There are so many things in the world, and there must be many more that I don't know. I would like to ask hundreds of officials to write a letter discussing the pros and cons of the government and the ills of the county and country. What do you think?"

Lu Zhi praised: "Your Highness is opening the door to the public. This is a virtuous move. Why not!"

Fan Ling and others also praised and supported him repeatedly. After Dong Zhong's previous impeachment, he also somewhat awkwardly praised Liu Bian.

Opening up the air is politically correct.

Liu Bian felt that if it were put into the game, this move would at least give him a reputation +3.

However, petitions from hundreds of officials were limited to officials in the DPRK and Central Government who were above six hundred stone. These people had basically passed the youthful and passionate stage.

For Liu Bian, he would be satisfied if he could find one or two more officials willing to tell the truth.

Soon, this decision was put on paper and became an official document, which appeared on the desks of all officials in the court.

As the news spread, Liu Bian won a lot of praise both inside and outside the government.

The original criticism that the Chariot and Cavalry General Trilogy might disturb the common people was therefore somewhat concealed.

At the same time, Guan Yu, who returned to the army, summoned the 800 troops belonging to the generals of chariots and cavalry and began to assign tasks.

Among Luoyang's armies in the past, only Zhijinwu had the right to patrol Luoyang, but Zhijinwu also had to guard the arsenal, and the patrol scope was limited to Luoyang City.

Guan Yu had to allocate his troops, taking into account both inside and outside Luoyang, especially the inner streets and cities outside the city.

Dong Chong's tribe forced him to buy cloth, which happened in Nanshi outside the city.

When Liu Bei was the Northern Lieutenant of Luoyang, Guan Yu was also very attentive to the affairs under his jurisdiction. Although he did not help Liu Bei come up with any famous strategy comparable to Cao Cao's five-color stick, he was still aware of the situation in Luoyang.

Originally, he trained these troops for fighting, but now they have switched to patrolling. The focus is different. Naturally, he cannot change the attributes of the troops with a single order.

But this did not trouble Guan Yu. He had accumulated a lot of experience when Liu Bei was the captain of Anxi County in the past, and neither Liu Bian nor He Miao asked him to immediately lead people to participate in patrols.

During the training, Liu Bian sent someone to convey to him the requirements for this unit - "Follow the command in all actions, do not take a grain of rice or a foot of cloth from the people, and do not accept a single bribe!"

"Businesses are fair, no land is trampled, no women are molested."

After reading it, Guan Yu felt that these requirements were easy to understand and very reasonable. They were a good supplement to the existing military discipline, so he immediately preached them to his soldiers.

After the lecture, Guan Yu did not forget to say: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has said that if you can abide by these matters, you will be rewarded a lot before the end of the year!"

Because Guan Yu has always set an example and often eats and drinks with the ordinary soldiers. If the soldiers have trouble, Guan Yu will take it as his own business, and he always responds to him in these songs.

Although some people felt that these requirements were too complicated and strict, under Guan Yu's request, everyone was able to keep them in mind.

After all the soldiers understood the next task, Guan Yu approached He Miao.   formally began to patrol inside and outside Luoyang.

These actions attracted a lot of attention, and the censors in Taichung who had not gone to local prefectures and counties were even more prepared to write a letter of impeachment as soon as these tribes made mistakes.

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At this time, memorials from hundreds of officials regarding "the gains and losses of the government and the ills of the county and the country" also landed on Liu Bian's desk one after another.

Liu Bian looked through several previous memorials. As expected, they all believed that eunuchs were harmful to the country.

Then these memorials were put aside by Liu Bian as expected.

Then, he read the next memorial.

As soon as he opened it, it caught his attention.

The memorial came from Xun Yu, and his Huangmen minister, six hundred stones, was just on the threshold of being able to submit the memorial.

After Xun Yu quoted some sages' teachings at the beginning, the first thing he did was target the current official selection system.

He believed that officials should be selected based on their talents rather than their family circumstances.

According to Liu Bian's understanding, among the "Princes" who have disciples and former officials all over the world, under the Yuan family of Runan and the Yang family of Hongnong, who are both the fourth generation and the third prince, it is the turn of the Xun family of Yingchuan and the Huan family of Pei Guo. This is the Confucian classics family that is in the rising and declining stages.

The so-called valve review is what Emperor Zhang said. It refers to those families who passed down the classics by forming affiliations with their disciples and former officials, thereby influencing the election of officials, and further influencing national politics as a small regional group.

For example, Yulin Zhonglang General Huandian was born in the Huan family of Pei State, but the Huan family has been on the decline since Liang Ji came to power.

However, these clans have always intermarried with each other. As long as there is no gap between the talents in the clan and the connection with the disciples and old officials, they will not decline much. It is also possible to monopolize the selection of officials by relying on their disciples and former officials.

Xun Yuneng wrote about "betraying class" at the beginning, and Liu Bian decided to read it seriously.

Secondly, Xun Yu mentioned that the prefects and ministers of the county had begun to interfere in the appointment of county magistrates and county magistrates, but the court did not do anything about it. He believed that this was illegal behavior and must be prohibited.

Liu Bian strongly agrees.

This is one of the bad effects of delegating power to the prefect, but since it is a violation of the law, it is not that difficult to ban it.

Third, Xun Yu believed that divination was popular among the people. Not only ordinary people would do divination, but even officials were involved. He believed that these things needed to be suppressed.

It is also said that the prevailing punishment laws are no longer sufficient to deal with the current situation. The so-called gentleman uses emotion, and the villain uses punishment. Penalties should be used to deter potential criminals.

There are also scholars from all over the world who gather together to study Confucianism, examine the Six Classics, and preserve the learning of ancient and modern times...

All kinds of things.

In the memorial, Xun Yu did not forget to intersperse the words of the saints and the deeds of the saint kings, using these to support the rationality of his suggestions, and in this way, he achieved "gradual enlightenment and enlightenment, and the king's way and the two benefits".

Through this memorial, Liu Bian seemed to see an extremely pragmatic idealist, or a doer with an extremely idealistic spirit.

This made Liu Bian suddenly think of Prime Minister Zhuge.

(End of this chapter)