And Li Xingchen said without hesitation: "Brother Chu Dao is also a well-known talent in the north. Since we are here today, we might as well listen to a certain person's arrangements for the future development and construction of Bashu?"
Yang Su did not expect that Li Xinchen would ask for his opinion at this time, but since he had come, Yang Su certainly did not want to refuse. After all, Yang Su was still very interested in Li Xinchen's thoughts and the policies that Li Xinchen wanted to use to govern Bashu.
Interested in.
What's more, Yang Su also wants to know what kind of person Li Xinchen is. Everything before was actually based on his testing and guessing about Li Xinchen, and Li Xinchen has not really shown his way of thinking. This is actually the reason.
Yang Su is interested.
At least Yang Su wanted to know that the Hongnong Yang family had invested heavily this time and would not place all their bets on an incompetent person.
"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey."
Li Xingchen pointed at the map in front of him and said: "Brother Chu Dao must have known about the situation in Bashu before entering Shu. Bashu is surrounded by mountains, with Hanzhong in the north and Jingzhou in the southeast. Apart from that, the rest of the place is full of barren mountains. Almost
It cannot be climbed over, so if you want to gain a foothold in Bashu, you cannot rely too much on the outside of the mountains."
After a pause, Li Xingchen walked directly to the map, reached out and knocked: "Bashu can be roughly divided into several areas, from north to south, Langzhong, Bazhong, Zitong, Shujun, Luzhou, Bajun, etc., and the previous areas
The planning of the Bashu region is extremely unreasonable. Many state capitals are divided into too small areas. As a result, a place with no people at all is divided into a state capital. Naturally, this state capital cannot communicate with other state capitals.
The more barren and isolated it is, the less chance it has for development."
Yang Su did not speak rashly. He knew very well that Li Xinchen was right, but at least now he did not have the courage to determine the consequences of Li Xinchen's actions.
In the final analysis, the problem that Li Xingchen wanted to solve was the chaos in administrative divisions since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. After the Rebellion of the Eight Kings of the Western Jin Dynasty, there was a large-scale foreign invasion. The entire strict administrative system of China has been completely disrupted, and the division of state capitals in the north has been completely disrupted.
It became extremely irregular, and it was even more extreme in the south. The emergence of resettled state capitals gave the original state capitals new names. For example, Jingkou used to be called "Nanxu", but many state capitals were actually just one
In name only, there is no actual existence at all, which leads to the fact that when an order is issued, it is not known to which level it should be conveyed to and which official should be handed over.
Moreover, in both the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the division of state capitals was too small. In a small Bashu, there were seven or eight at the state level. In fact, the Northern Zhou Dynasty did not assign enough manpower to each state.
Management, in the late Southern and Northern Dynasties when there was a shortage of talents, this system of large official positions and small tasks was undoubtedly dragging down the court.
The most recent example is when Li Xingchen attacked Shu County. Shishan County and other places along the way did not have enough troops or even enough officials to dispatch, so they had no choice but to seal up the treasury and transfer the people to Shu County. In fact,
It proves that these people did not go out much before they all ran home. This so-called "strengthening the wall and clearing the country" was just a show for the officials of Shu County.
Because there are not many officials in the local city who can organize the transfer of the people in the city, let alone an army that can resist Li Xingchen for even half a day.
Although this has something to do with the fact that the Northern Zhou Dynasty did not attach much importance to Bashu, no one can deny that if Zhang He of Bajun and Song Ping of Dianjiang County could communicate with each other, or at least have a common commander, then
If the generals and officials from all over the country can work together, it will not be easy for Li Xingchen to make a breakthrough in these mountains.
However, the fact is that wherever Li Xingchen went, the city gates were wide open, and a few officials had either disappeared without a trace, or were waiting respectfully outside the city gate to hand over the treasury's account books to Li Xingchen, waiting for the new owner to arrive.
take over.
During this process, Li Xingchen had clearly realized how dangerous such a chaotic administrative plan would be after the war began. Once the enemy broke through the first line of defense such as Baidi City or Jiange, the rest of the country would have to wait and surrender.
Not to mention Bashu, Li Xingchen did not believe that such a chaotic administrative planning system had no impact on the Northern Zhou Dynasty and Nanchen. The defense focus of Nanchen was now concentrated on the Huainan and Jingzhou lines. If this line of defense was breached, it would be difficult for the subsequent state capitals to continue.
Play the role of blocking the enemy.
In fact, there is no need for Li Xingchen to guess. History has proven this. During the civil strife in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, after Yuchijiong's first line of defense was broken through, he could only retreat all the way to Yecheng. After the fall of Yecheng, Yuchijiong's power
It was declared to be destroyed.
The same is true for Nanchen. After Yang Su broke through the Jingzhou defense line and Yang Guang broke through the Dajiang defense line, the other state capitals and cities in Nanchen did not organize any decent resistance at all. And you must know that in the Southern Song Dynasty hundreds of years later, even the imperial court had surrendered.
Jiangxi, Bashu and Guangnan are still resisting.
Although Li Xinchen does not seek to change the entire administrative system and system that has been fixed for hundreds of years in a short time - Li Xinchen does not have the energy and time now - what he needs to do is at least when the next war is likely to come.
Try to avoid this situation.
Yang Su already understood what Li Xingchen meant. In fact, more than one person discovered the shortcomings of this administrative system. This cumbersome system may still be tolerated in peacetime, but in times of war, when a country needs it most,
When concerted efforts are made, this system will certainly appear more outdated.
But Yang Su knew better that if he wanted to make a change, it would not happen overnight. After a long time, he thought about it and then changed his title to Li Xingchen: "General is still nominally a minister of Chen State.
Therefore, it is naturally unrealistic to carry out drastic reforms, which will only leave no room for maneuver between the general and Chen Guo, but not changing the current administrative divisions does not mean that nothing will remain unchanged."
Li Xingchen frowned slightly, but did not speak in a hurry.
Yang Su then said: "The general's top priority is definitely not to make fundamental changes, but to establish a system that can convey his orders completely and accurately. So why doesn't the general try to add some to the original one?
Woolen cloth?"
"How do you say this?" Li Xingchen was immediately interested. He actually had his own ideas, but he didn't know if they were the same as Yang Su's.
Yang Su smiled and said: "General, you should know how the states were managed during the Han Dynasty, right?"
Li Xingchen narrowed his eyes and reacted immediately.
He knew that what Yang Su said was the answer he wanted.