The Luoyang court was undergoing vigorous internal affairs restructuring.
Clarify the responsibilities of the three ministers and nine ministers, so that everyone has something to do, and will not become clay puppets like before.
The result of some restructuring is that everyone is happy. You have real power and I have real power. Except for the local officials who have been weakened, everyone has a bright future.
However, restructuring takes time, and there are countless things to deal with every day. Local government affairs are left to the local officials and the three officials and nine ministers.
But the real trouble is diplomacy.
Luoyang is now very prosperous, with people coming and going on the streets, and from time to time, motorcades from other places slowly enter Luoyang city.
The princes from all over the world sent more than one envoy to the court to observe the situation. For example, Liu Biao sent Han Song, Yi Ji, Liu Xian and more than ten people to Luoyang to have an audience.
There are also Cao Cao, the pastor of Yanzhou, Wei Duan, the pastor of Liangzhou, Sun Jian, the pastor of Yuzhou, Lu Bu, the pastor of Bingzhou, Ma Teng, the general of Andi, Han Sui, the general of Anqiang, Shi Xie, the prefect of Jiaozhi, and even Yuan Shu and Gongsun Zan all sent people to Luoyang secretly to inquire about information.
, to investigate the trends of the imperial court.
The only one who didn't send anyone over was Liu Zhang. Liu Zhang indulged in sensuality and thought that the roads in the Kingdom of Abundance were blocked and it was impossible for Liu Bei to break in, so he didn't pay attention at all.
Liu Bei met many envoys every day, but these envoys said they came to pay homage, but not to pay tribute. It can be seen that the princes from all walks of life were watching.
However, a large number of envoys coming to Luoyang still brought many benefits to Liu Bei.
Because many envoys are not necessarily loyal to the princes who sent them, they will tell the cabinet ministers their questions and tell them everything about their princes.
Cabinet ministers immediately put it on record. This was very good information.
Although the Military Intelligence Department has been established for more than ten years, the main targets of infiltration are Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Sun Jian and other surrounding princes and forces. Spies were also placed in Yizhou and Jingzhou, but there were no high-level people, so the envoys gave detailed information to Luoyang, which had poor information access.
The imperial court has a lot of information.
At the end of January of the first year of Zhangwu, Liu Bei had been on the throne for nearly a month. The emperor lived in the West Palace, located at the northwest corner of the South Palace, and the place where government affairs were handled was in the Chongde Hall. The two places were actually relatively far apart, nearly a mile apart.
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So Liu Bei simply moved his palace to the Chengfu Hall. To the south of the Chengfu Hall is the Xuanshi Hall, which is the Xuanshi Hall where the Xuanshi seeks talents and visits ministers. Now it has been changed to the study room where the cabinet ministers work.
Chen Mu, Ju Shou, Xun Yu, Xun You, Tian Feng, Zhong Yao, Cui Yan, Dong Zhao, Mao Jie, Jian Yong, Hua Xin, Wang Lang, Sun Qian, Shiyi, Chen Deng, Sun Shao, Man Chong, Jia Kui
, Du Ji, Wang Xiu, Zao Zhi, Yang Fu, Bing Yuan, Du Xi, Zhang Ji, Ren Jun, Sima Lang and more than 30 cabinet ministers gathered here.
Cabinet ministers are also divided into three, six or nine grades, just like the Han Dynasty's Langguan system, which is also divided into Yilang, Zhongsan Dafu, Jianyi Dafu and Shizhong.
Chen Mu divided the cabinet ministers into three levels. The first level was the Minister of Recording Affairs. He stripped off the power of the three public officials to record affairs and transferred this part of the power to the cabinet. These people have the power to intervene in the affairs of the Secretariat. The rank is two thousand stones, and the position is
The second is only under Jiuqing.
The second-class doctor, Qianshi, was able to carry out the decree and draft this chapter. He was also responsible for copying official documents, delivering documents to various places, and transcribing edicts. He was regarded as the emperor's advisor.
The third rank is the Minister of Admonition, with a salary of 600 shi. He only has the right to participate in cabinet meetings and make suggestions to the emperor.
Chen Mu himself worked as a young man, general of the Wei, and chief minister of the cabinet. Liu Bei also gave him the title of Crown Prince and Taifu to be in charge of the East Palace. In the Han Dynasty, there were no official positions such as Crown Prince, Taishi and Prince Taibao. There were only Crown Prince, Taifu and Prince Young Master.
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Now the crown prince is Liu Bei's eldest son Liu Feng. He had studied with Chen Mu before and learned all kinds of knowledge. This year Liu Feng is fifteen years old and Liu Hou is twelve years old. He behaves majesticly and has the demeanor of his father.
When Chen Mu entered the palace, he was just like his own family. He was very busy every day, but he still took time to go to the East Palace to educate Liu Feng and Liu Hou, showing his ways as a teacher.
Jushou Xunyu and Zhongyao have been recommended to Chang'an, Jizhou and Qingzhou, but these things are not that fast. Guan Yu is still reorganizing the army, weeding out the old and weak and training the elite. According to the schedule, it will not be possible until March, so Jushou is currently the cabinet minister.
Assistant, concurrently serving as Jing Zhaoyin, general and military advisor, with high authority.
Xun Yu will go to Jizhou next month, because next month is the time when Zhang Yan is preparing to move all the Black Mountain troops from the Taihang Mountains to join the imperial court, so Xun Yu must go there at that time, firstly to welcome Zhang Yan, and secondly to resettle the people.
Do a good job in governance.
Therefore, he is still staying in Luoyang. He is currently serving as the first-class secretary of the cabinet, a part-time Jizhou pastor, and a general and military advisor. When the time comes, he will be in charge of Jizhou with Zhang Liao Gaoshun. Zhang Liao Gaoshun is in charge of military affairs and Xun Yu is in charge of internal affairs. At the same time, because
With the position of general and military advisor, he will also be responsible for completing the strategic tasks assigned by Chen Mu in Jizhou.
As for Xun You, Tian Feng was also a first-class minister of records, but there was no local governor to hold a concurrent job. Tian Feng was the general's military advisor, responsible for assisting Zhang Fei in arranging tactical tasks. Because in addition to Guan Yu going to Guanzhong, Zhang Fei would also go to Hedong to concurrently serve as Hedong.
As a prefect, Tian Feng is needed to accompany him.
These four people, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ju Shi and Tian Feng, can be said to be Liu Bei's right-hand men. They are equivalent to his limbs being sent to Guanzhong. This shows that he attaches great importance to Chen Mu's strategy of winning Guanzhong first, and Chen Mu, as his brains, will be in charge.
Luoyang.
There is also Xun You. Xun You is the general and military advisor. He will go to Jizhou to plan the attack with Xun Yu against the Wuhuan Xianbei rebels in Youzhou.
Although there are many Wuhuan Xianbei in Youzhou who are the thugs of the imperial court, such as Wuhuan Master Nanlou, Pufulu, Wuhuan Sima Yanrou, Xianbei Suli, Huaitou, Kebi Neng, etc.
However, some of them were hired by Gongsun Zan and only had good relations with Gongsun Zan. Some of them followed Xian Yufu because of Liu Yu's prestige. These people had unclear attitudes and did not directly serve the court.
There were even a large number of Wuhuan Xianbei who disobeyed the court and colluded with Yuan Shao, such as the central Xianbei tribe, Tadun, Wuyan, Supuyan tribe, etc.
It is these people that the imperial court wants to punish.
Historically, after Cao Cao dealt with Yuan Shao, he immediately began to deal with them, firstly to regain Youzhou, and secondly because these Wuhuan Xianbei invaded south from time to time and threatened the security of Jizhou, so they had to be dealt with immediately.
Everyone knows the outcome of this war, which ended with Zhang Liao's formation killing Tadun.
Now the Luoyang court will also attack them.
It's not that Chen Mu was following Cao Cao's strategy, but that he found it necessary.
The environment in Youzhou is complicated and various forces are intertwined.
But its location is very important.
Therefore, if we want to stabilize the rear and focus on conquering the south in the future, we must deal with the rear.
The Xianbei, Tadun, Wuyan, Supuyan and other forces in the central region were wiped out, firstly, to eliminate the rebel forces, and secondly, to frighten the other wait-and-see forces, such as Nanlou Pfulu and others, and force them to choose sides.
Therefore this battle must be fought.
However, the current top priority of the imperial court is the Guanzhong strategy, so it is more concerned about Guanzhong and sends Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ju and Tian Feng to deal with it.
The Youzhou strategy is a secondary task, so it is currently handled by Zhang Liao, Gaoshun, Xunyu and Xunyou.
The remaining Nine Tiger Generals, Zhao Yun, will go to Yingchuan to monitor the princes in Henan and other places. Dian Wei will be in charge of the capital and command Liu Bei's most elite guard as the capital army to guard Luoyang.
Taishi Ci Zang Bahui and Zhong Yao went to Qingzhou to monitor the situation in Yanzhou, Yuzhou and Yangzhou from Jinan, Xuzhou and other places.
Xu Rong is now in Liaodong and is in charge of the Sanhan Peninsula. He is the military commander of the Sanhan Peninsula and the Wonu Kingdom. He leads Sun Guanyinli and others to attack Gongsun Du and eliminate the local forces in Liaodong.
Qian Zhao was stationed in Hanoi to guard against Lu Bu, and Huang Zhong was stationed in Yecheng to guard against Cao Cao.
In this way, Henan and other places alone are guarded by four generals, Zhao Yun, Zang Ba, Tai Shici, and Huang Zhong. At the same time, sixteen generals such as Xu Huang, Guan Hai, Wu Anguo, Han Hao, Sun Guan, and Cai Yang are stationed in various places.
, guarding the territory currently occupied by Liu Bei.
It is worth mentioning that Tao Polu, the pseudonym of Ju Yi, also took the lead in the war against Yuan Shao, fought bravely against the enemy, and followed Guan Yuli for his meritorious service. He has now been promoted to one of the sixteen generals and is in charge of recruiting troops in Jizhou. Currently
Mainly engaged in training soldiers, eliminating the old and weak, etc.
Now the military reorganization has been vigorously carried out in all the territories occupied by Liu Bei. Elite soldiers are recruited, old and weak soldiers are eliminated, veterans are given retirement pay and land resettlement. The imperial court appoints a large number of officials from the Ministry of Military Affairs to assist generals and officers at all levels in completing this task.
Liu Bei was much more reasonable than Cao Cao on this point. Not only did the veterans who had been with him for many years receive military pay and land, but even the families of the soldiers were properly accommodated. This would not cause the situation like Cao Cao's situation of having a married woman, which made the soldiers complain.
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All this was due to Liu Bei being rich and controlling the benefits of sea salt. At the same time, the Institute of Geology went to the Wonu Kingdom to search for gold, silver, and copper minerals, and continuously transported the island country's rich mineral resources to Qingzhou.
With money, you can naturally run all of this.
The current military operations are mainly based on garrison defense. During the cabinet meeting, Liu Bei also recruited many people into the cabinet to serve as his staff.
Wang Lang and Hua Xin previously served as governors in Qingzhou, but now they have been transferred to the central government. Because of their seniority, they served as governors of Henan Yin and Hanoi respectively. The former Henan Yin Sima Fang liked Liu Bei, and Liu Bei reciprocated and promoted him to Sili.
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The original Sili Xiaowei Xuanfan was changed to Yushi Zhongcheng. This is because the original Yushi Zhongcheng Huandian was moved to Guangluxun, and the original Guangluxun Zhou Zhong died of illness at the beginning of this year. According to the historical process, Huandian will also die of illness next year.
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Regarding the three ministers and nine ministers in the imperial court, Chen Mu's advice was not to make too many changes. However, in addition to the ministers, the ranks of the ministers' deputies were also improved to help them complete more tasks.
At present, there are Sangong Jiuqing, Taiwei Yang Biao, Situ Zhao Wen, Sikong Zhongfu, Taichang Shi Sun Rui, Guang Luxun Huandian, Taipu Lu Xu, Da Sinong Wang Yi, Zong Zheng Liu Ai, Da Hong Lu Xu Qiu
, Wei Wei Tian Bing, Ting Wei Zhang Yi, and Shaofu Chen Mu, as well as the three independent officials Sima Fang, Shangshu Ling Zhong Yao, and Yushi Zhongcheng Xuanfan.
Nowadays, the direct rank of the third company has been added, with a rank of two thousand stones. Only under Jiuqing, Shiyi, Sun Shao and Jian Yong are responsible for it, as the deputies of the three princes.
In addition, the rank of Jiuqing Prime Minister was added, which was equivalent to two thousand stones, including Taichang Yu Wanglong, Guanglu Cheng Liu Yuan, Tai servant Han Rong, Da Sinong Cheng Jiang Xuan, Da Honglu Cheng Ronghe, and Wei Weicheng.
Du Yan, Tingwei Prime Minister Han Song, Zong Zheng Cheng Liu Yao, Shaofu Prime Minister Cui Yan and General Liang Shao, the great craftsman.
Many of these ministers died in Dong Zhuo's rebellion in history, but Chen Mu rescued the Manchu ministers and survived, and now there are many veterans in the court. They were placed as the three ministers, nine ministers and deputies of the ministers, and then they were promoted
Their moral character not only calms people's hearts, but also gives them something to do.
In Chen Mu's eyes, they are just a bunch of tools. They are not required to be very capable. They are only required to be able to govern the place well, take care of their respective affairs, and not interfere with the military affairs and financial power of the imperial court.
, they are not required to handle government and military affairs.
In addition to Chen Muju, Xun Yu, Xun You, Tian Feng, Zhong Yao, and other cabinet ministers, Dong Zhao, Mao Jie, Wang Xiu, Bing Yuan, Shi Yi, Sun Shao, Sun Qian, Jian Yong, Cui Yan and others had defected to Liu Bei before.
His presence in the Qingzhou Group is not strong.
But this does not mean that their status is not high.
Because except for Dong Zhao, all of these people stayed in Qingzhou to serve as local officials. Some of them took charge of the Qingzhou Government Office, and some served as prefects in various places. It can be said that Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Chen Mu, the four great counselors, and many generals were able to
These people are indispensable for fighting without having to worry about the rear.
Now that Liu Bei is in power, many officials from Qingzhou have been transferred to Luoyang. Among them, the most capable ones have been selected into the cabinet and have become Liu Bei's assistant ministers and counselors. At the same time, they will soon go to Jizhou and Guanzhong to serve as governors and county governors.
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Except for Sima Lang, the others were all new faces. They came to Luoyang for various reasons and were conquered by Liu Bei.
For example, Man Chong was the magistrate of Luoyang County before the imperial court. After Liu Yu's death, Liu Bei came to power. Because of his considerable research on justice, he was selected into the cabinet.
In addition, Jia Kui was previously the magistrate of Jiangyi County in Hedong. He was elected to the court by Da Sinong Wangyi and was also transferred to the cabinet.
Du Ji is more dramatic. He used to serve as a meritorious officer in Jing Zhaoyin, but later he abandoned his official position and came to Luoyang because of conflicts with his superiors.
Du Ji had a good relationship with his attendant Geng Ji, who happened to live next door to Jushou's house. The two talked every day and talked loudly, which attracted Jushou's attention, so he recommended him to Chen Mu.
Some of them defected on their own initiative, and some were recommended by others. Because they were relatively junior, they only gave advice to the minister.
The entire cabinet, from top to bottom, includes a large number of middle- and high-level counselors and officials from Cao Wei, Sun Wu, and Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period. It can be said that it is full of talents.
In fact, Chen Mu knew history very well and knew that besides counselors who already had masters like Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Xi Zhicai, Chen Gong, Zhou Yu, Lu Su, etc., there were many other powerful counselors.
For example, Xu Shu, Fazheng, and Pang Tong under Liu Bei, Jia Xu, Liu Ye, Jiang Ji, and Guo Huai under Cao Wei, and Zhang Zhao, Gu Yong, and Lu Xun under Sun Wu were all ruthless characters.
However, these people were unable to come due to various reasons. For example, Jia Xu followed Zhang Xiu in Wancheng, Xu Shu and Pang Tong were both in Jingzhou, Fa Zai was in Yizhou, and Liu Ye was in Yangzhou. Guo Huai was following his father Guo Mian.
Now in Luoyang, he is only 19 years old and has not yet reached the championship.
As for Lu Yi, who is seventeen years old and has not yet changed his name to Lu Xun, he is still studying in his hometown.
Chen Mu wrote a letter to recruit him, but Lu Kang died of illness a few years ago, and nearly half of the more than 100 people in the Lu family died due to famine and war. Lu Kang's youngest son, Lu Yi, adopted his father Lu Ji.
He is six years younger than Lu Yi, so Lu Yi needs to help him support his family. It is a pity that he cannot come over.
But no matter what, at least there are still a lot of talents in the cabinet now. People like Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi are also candidates for the cabinet. Except for Sima Yi, everyone now has official positions, and these people will also become the chief officials of local government affairs in the future.
Chen Mu has already decided on the selection. In the future, outstanding talents among low-level officials from various places will first enter the cabinet to serve as admonishment ministers. For example, the county lieutenants of each county, the president of the Dali Yuan, the supervisory Yuan and the official governance Yuan can enter the cabinet. After passing
They were selected by high-level officials and then assigned to serve as county magistrates or county magistrates.
If these people do well, they will return to the cabinet as counselors and doctors, and the outstanding ones will be assigned to local areas as prefects. Those with outstanding political achievements will return to the central government to serve as recorders, and then go to various places to serve as state pastors, and finally enter the three-gong and nine-qing system to complete the entire process.
Triple jump in officialdom promotion.
It can be said that the cabinet will not only become the emperor's personal adviser, but also undertake the task of the party school. These officials must start from the bottom and be selected layer by layer, and the cabinet will become an important step in considering their achievements.
After all, he is by the emperor's side every day. The emperor will personally check whether local government affairs are being done well or not. Only those with outstanding political performance can continue to climb the ranks.
In this way, the centralization of power is greatly enhanced, and it also becomes a threshold for selecting officials, shutting out mediocre officials, allowing the outstanding ones to finally control the power of the country, and this can also prevent the emergence of powerful families and will not let them
Children from well-established families are appointed to high-ranking positions as soon as they come up. No matter how outstanding they are, they must come up from the grassroots level.
And now, the cabinet is holding a major meeting for the first time, and the thing to be discussed is this year's foreign policy.