In the Houde Hall, Liu Xi's eyes widened and he looked at Guo Jia in front of him. His mind went blank for a while. Guo Jia had just come in, and his first words were to mention Liu Xi who was at work.
He was so frightened that he almost fell off the chair. Liu Xi thought carefully, no, why would Xun Linggong want to rebel? Judging from his personality, he was not a person who would rebel.
I believe that you, Guo Jia, rebelled, Xun Yu? This is impossible!
Liu Xi looked at Guo Jia in front of him with some suspicion, and asked again: "Guo Linggong, you can't say this nonsense. Are you sure it is Xun Linggong who wants to rebel? Xun Yu Xun Shangshu??"
Guo Jia nodded seriously and said, "That's true. It was Xun Linggong who wanted to rebel."
Liu Xi was stunned for a long time, and then asked: "Guo Linggong? Have you lost your temper recently?"
Guo Jia said angrily: "Could it be that your Majesty doesn't believe me?"
"Hey, of course not. However, Duke Xun is the minister of the country. Duke Guo cannot just talk about rebellion. If something really happens, Duke Guo, you are going to..." Liu Xi did not continue.
After thinking for a moment, he asked: "Why does Mr. Guo think that Mr. Xun Ling wants to rebel?"
"It's like this. A few days ago, Xun Yu met privately with Wei Yan, the captain of the Southern Military Academy. When I went to visit him, Wei Yan was in his study, talking happily. When they saw me coming in, they immediately became silent.
Xun Yu was a little uneasy and asked Wei Yan to leave. I had some doubts in my heart at that time. In recent days, I went to check Xun Yu's whereabouts..."
"He first investigated the status of county government officials all over the country and recorded them one by one. Finally, he went to the Military Academy, talked with some students, and won over many people. He also wrote privately to some local officials without reporting it.
Shi Zhongtai... Haha, he even went to find Zhao Yun, the newly appointed military servant. When I went to find Zhao Pushe, Zhao Pushe told me that Xun Yu asked him whether the reserves in the treasury could afford the two
One hundred thousand men armed..."
"Your Majesty, the Northern and Southern Army has only 60,000 soldiers out of an armed force of 200,000 people. What do you think he wants to do?" Guo Jia said angrily.
Liu Xi also frowned when he heard this. After hearing this, he was indeed curious in his heart, what did Mr. Xun want to do?
However, Liu Xi still didn't believe that he was plotting rebellion.
"Guo Linggong, if that's the case, go to Shangshu Mansion in person and invite Xun Linggong here. I'll ask him face to face..."
Guo Jia smiled and agreed, and immediately left the palace and walked to the gate of the palace. He directly called two big and thick guards to accompany him to the Shangshu Terrace. When Guo Jia arrived at the Shangshu Terrace, Xun Yu was at the Shangshu Terrace.
In the study room, he was flipping through a lot of books and recording something. Guo Jia kicked open the door, looked at the astonished Xun Yu, and shouted: "Xun Yu, something happened to you, come with me."
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Liu Xi was sitting in the Hall of Houde, thinking about Xun Yu's weird behavior. He would definitely not rebel. He was probably the most loyal minister in the temple. If even he could rebel, then he would be too much of an emperor.
Incompetent, but why did he suddenly start paying attention to ordnance and the like? Xun Yu had always opposed the Han's foreign wars and was not warlike.
Most of the officials in the temple, except for Gongyang's faction, are not warlike.
Liu Xi was thinking about it when he saw two soldiers escorting Xun Yu into the Houde Hall. Of course, facing the three orders of the day, the guards did not dare to be rude, but they stood in front of Xun Yu fiercely.
Behind him, he stared at Xun Yu as if he was about to escape, and took him into the Houde Hall. Two guards stood at the door. Liu Xi was furious and cursed: "You bastard! Who asked you to deal with Shangshu Ling?"
So rude?!”
Su Wei was stunned, turned his head and looked at Guo Jia who was following them.
At this moment, Guo Jia is so happy that I asked you to do things secretly and hide it from me. Even Wei Yan, Zhao Yun, Liu Ba, and Cao Chong were able to discuss it, but you didn't come to me!
“Mr.
Whoever did it smiled and said: "Your Majesty, it's okay, this is all the fault of villains, I know it in my heart..."
With that said, the two of them sat down.
When Guo Jia heard this, he cursed angrily: "You rebel, you have evil intentions, and you still want to slander others? I think you are jealous because you are not good at farming, so you want to do evil things!"
Wei Yan and the others want to organize another 200,000 troops, what's going on?!"
Xun Yu pretended that he had not heard what this guy said and ignored him completely. He looked at Liu Xi and said seriously: "Has your Majesty ever read the Theory of Qianfu?"
"Huh?" Liu Xi was stunned, glanced at Guo Jia, nodded and said, "Of course I have read it."
Xun Yu nodded and said: "I love this book so much that I can't put it down. The prince once made suggestions on the local system of guard duty and expressed his dissatisfaction. According to his words, the so-called guard duty does not know etiquette.
Illiterate people are appointed by reckless men with low status. They are easily manipulated by powerful families and cannot be used. When cases arise in the local area, they are powerless and can only rely on the county magistrate..."
"Their current role is just to check people coming and going, just like dogs. If they were replaced by dogs, they would be better than what they are doing now..."
Xun Yu paused and continued: "Although what the prince said is a bit extreme, if you think about it seriously, it is true. Most of the local soldiers are recruited from the common people. After serving for a period of time, they have to be replaced again.
, Not to mention their talents, let’s talk about their status, which is also very low. I once saw a descendant of the Xun family insulting Gengzu in the street, and Gengzu could only laugh and apologize..."
"I went to check some more information. There are not many of these soldiers, but they are responsible for interrogating, arresting thieves, putting out fires and rescuing people. These people are responsible for everything that is extremely important to the people. In the last month, a total of 100 people have appeared in Luoyang.
Eighty theft cases were reported, of which only four were solved. Luoyang ordered Liu Yi to personally lead people to complete these four cases. He had many things to be responsible for and could not spare time to focus on this..."
Liu Xi listened, nodded, and said: "What Mr. Xun said is right. The ministers in high positions are not very clear about these things. If Mr. Xun had not told me, I would not have known that these things existed in the local area.
So what does Mr. Xun want to do?"
"I want to reorganize the local police force. First of all, I want to list the watchdog agency separately as the watchdog office under the minister's desk, and appoint a capable person to take charge. This is to allow one person to be fully responsible.
These things will take the guards out of local control and take back the temples. In addition, they will bring changes to the local area."
"When a regular soldier is promoted to an official and given an official status, the illiterate can no longer take it. Nowadays, several universities are co-located, and there are institutions such as military science. Speaking of which, the assessment is becoming more and more cruel every year. Many people even pass
After passing the examination, there is no place for them to go. Therefore, if we turn Gengzhu into an official, we can let these people go to various places to hold important positions. These people are quick-thinking and quite talented, and it will definitely be feasible to deal with civil affairs."
"The status of these people, such as those in the countryside, the county captains in the counties, and the county captains in the counties, can all be improved so that they can be on the same level as the local magistrates, prefects, etc., and be responsible for local security and other matters. When important matters arise,
, local officials can mobilize them, and these peace officers can also supervise local officials, thus forming a check and balance, which has many benefits."
Xun Yu recounted his thoughts one by one these days.
"Your Majesty, I haven't thought about these things yet, so I didn't go to the memorial hall and serve on the stage. I didn't want to, but I became a treasonous thief."
Liu Xi's eyes lit up and he hurriedly said: "You are a great talent, Mr. Xun. If these things are accomplished, it will not only solve the problem of the examinees, but also greatly strengthen the local security, and strengthen the temple's influence on the local area."
Your management, good, good, Mr. Xun is indeed my Marquis of Feng. With Mr. Xun, I can do things far beyond those of my father and grandfather just by sitting in the Hall of Houde!"
Liu Xi held Xun Yu's hand cordially, feeling particularly excited.
Suddenly, Guo Jia snorted coldly and said: "You still don't think carefully enough. Even if you change the system, if the watchmen have to do so many things, if I do it, I will divide the watchmen and be good at speaking.
Those who are good at fighting solve people's disputes, those who are good at martial arts hunt down thieves, those who are brave put out fires and save people, and those who are smart are responsible for household registration checks. Haha, it's a pity that you never came to me..."
Hearing Guo Jia's words, Xun Yu was startled, stood up quickly, looked at Guo Jia behind him, his eyes widened, and asked: "Can you be more detailed?"
Guo Jia snorted coldly and said nothing, but turned away and ignored Xun Yu. Xun Yu felt helpless. He looked at the emperor in front of him and blinked. Liu Xi understood immediately and laughed quickly and said:
"Okay, Duke Guo's division has perfected the system. He is worthy of being my...Xianhou!! How can I be so virtuous and talented as I have the Fouhou and Xianhou in this world!"
Sure enough, after hearing the emperor's words, Guo Jia's expression improved. He glanced at Xun Yu proudly, and then said: "Your Majesty, I think that the problem of more soldiers is not only about ability, but also about division of labor.
Yes, they need to do too much, unless they are all like me, not even Xun Yu, after all, they usually have to patrol the farmland in the countryside, right?"
"Unless your Majesty can replace all of them with talents who have won all four subjects, if not, your Majesty will have to ask them to make a more detailed division." Guo Jia said his thoughts, not forgetting to criticize Xun Yu,
Xun Yu and Liu Xi listened attentively, nodding their heads from time to time. Speaking of which, Xun Yu also had the same thoughts as Guo Jia, but he did not think about it in such detail.
The three monarchs and ministers discussed for a long time and finally came up with a slightly rough plan. The emperor and Xun Yu were both very happy. While they were chatting, Qi Yue suddenly walked in and said with a smile: "Guo, Your Highness is back. !”
"Tiger is back??"
The emperor said excitedly and wanted to get up, but looked at the two people in front of him and still didn't move.
Xun Yu and Guo Jia quickly said goodbye and left the Houde Hall.
Xun Yu asked with some confusion: "Isn't the emperor's eldest son in the palace these days? Why is your majesty so excited?"
"It's either at the Imperial Academy or at the abbot's place. I don't know why the abbot went crazy. It's not easy for father and son to see each other after sending His Highness back..."