The next day, a sealing edict was sent from Chang'an to all parts of Guandong, and Liu Cheng's layout of the states and counties in Guandong officially began.
After the edict was sent out, Liu Cheng began to deal with the backlog of memorials.
At this time, Xun Yu came over and cupped his hands and said: "Lord" Liu Cheng looked up and saw that it was Xun Yu.
He put the brush on the pen holder and asked with a smile: "Wen Ruolai has something to do?"
Xun Yu cupped his hands and said: "My lord, I think that the imperial court should change the system of selecting officials.
If we continue to blindly continue to use the old system of inspection, recruitment and filial piety, the bureaucracy will inevitably fall under the control of aristocratic families.
Although my subordinates also He is from a noble family, but he also knows that the shortcomings of this system are too detrimental to the rule of the dynasty.
A poor family will never be able to succeed, and the common people will never be able to stand up.
If you want the poor family and the common people to support the imperial court, you must give They hope" Liu Cheng did not expect that Xun Yu's thinking would be so advanced.
He had also thought about the imperial examination system, but it seemed too early to implement the imperial examination system now, which was bound to encounter huge backlash.
Liu Cheng stood up and walked around the hall for a few times and asked, "Does Wen Ruo have any ideas?"
Xun Yu said: "I just have ideas in this regard, but I haven't come up with specific measures yet."
Liu Cheng immediately ordered: "Let's do this.
After you go down, gather knowledgeable people and officials to discuss it.
Everyone can come up with suggestions and see if they can come up with a practical strategy.
With specific strategies and implementation Steps, bring it over and show it to me."
"Yes" Xun Yu agreed, but did not back down.
Liu Cheng was surprised and said: "Wen Ruo still has something to do" Xun Yu hesitated for a moment, then handed over his hands and said: "My lord, my nephew Xun You was arrested and imprisoned by Dong Zhuo two years ago.
He is still in prison until now.
Although the jailers have not made it difficult for him, he is living in prison."
It’s quite peaceful, but it’s still not free, I thought.”
Liu Cheng slapped his forehead: "Look, I have been so busy during this period that I have forgotten that Dong Zhuo is dead.
The case of Xun Gongda should also be brought to justice.
Someone, tell me what to do and release Chen Gongda from the Tingwei Mansion."
"Yes, Sikong" Liu Cheng said to Xun Yu again: "Wen Ruo, go to the prison of Tingwei Mansion to take Xun You out and let him rest at home for two days.
Now that the imperial court is employing people, Xun Gongda is very talented.
How can he be kept idle all the time?"
After two days at home, you take him to Sikong Mansion and I’ll talk to him.”
Xun Yu was overjoyed and immediately bowed and said, "Thank you, Lord."
It is said that Xun You was unlucky enough.
He was arrested in Luoyang.
Later, the capital was moved.
Even prisoners like him were taken to Chang'an and imprisoned for more than two years.
However, he was lucky.
Some other prisoners were beheaded in Luoyang, but because of the care of Liu Cheng, the boss of Tingwei Mansion, although he could not be released, he still managed to save his life.
I still live a leisurely life in the cell, which is very nourishing.
Two days later, Xun Yu took Xun You to Liu Cheng's private house to ask for an audience.
After seeing Liu Cheng, Xun You bowed his hands and said: "Greetings to Lord Sikong.
Thanks to Lord Sikong's care in the past few years, otherwise Xun You would have died under Dong Zhuo's butcher's knife.
Xun You is very grateful."
Liu Cheng stepped forward to help Xun You up and said with a smile: "It's just a little effort.
Gongda is a loyal man.
Even without Wen Ruo's relationship, how could I let Gongda be persecuted by Dong Zhuo?
Come on, sit down Wen Ruo If so, you also sit down.”
"Yes."
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The uncle and nephew bowed and agreed, kneeling behind a low table on the left and right sides.
The maid brought tea and left.
Liu Cheng asked: "I heard that Gongda has insisted on reading every day in the cell for the past two years, which is really admirable."
"I don't dare, I don't dare, it's all because of Lord Sikong's care, otherwise Xun You wouldn't have the chance to study in prison."
"Gongda has been out for a few days.
He seems to have recovered well these days.
He may understand the major events in the world."
Xun You said: "I have a rough understanding of it."
Liu Cheng nodded and asked: "Now the princes in the world are doing their own thing and ignoring the imperial decrees.
What's worse, some like Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zan, Cao Cao, Zhang Miao and others support their own troops and conquer each other, without paying any attention to them.
The imperial court took it seriously.
Now the imperial court has lost control over Xiliang, as well as Yizhou and Liu Yan.
Zhang Lu captured Hanzhong and cut off the communication channel between the imperial court and Yizhou on his own, intending to separate Bashu.
If the imperial court wanted the princes to hand over their military power, I'm afraid they would refuse and would say that Sikong was another Dong Zhuo.
I don't know.
Gongda thinks what the court should do to eliminate the warlord separatism and regain control of the states and counties."
Xun Yu and Xun You both knew that Liu Cheng was testing Xun You, and they couldn't help but feel nervous.
Fortunately, they had seen the world and relaxed quickly.
Xun You thought for a moment, then raised his hands and said: "Lord Sikong, the source of the world's unrest is indeed caused by the nobles.
They occupy a large amount of land and wealth and control the promotion of officials, leaving the common people at the bottom with no food, no clothing, and no living.
After being trapped, Zhang Jiao and others took the opportunity to bewitch, and this was the Yellow Turban Rebellion."
"After the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, Liu Yan proposed the state pastoral system to the court, allowing local officials to recruit soldiers and horses on the spot to resist the Yellow Turban ravages.
The court accepted this proposal, and this was a helpless move.
If the court had not done this at that time, it would have only I am afraid that the Yellow Turban Rebellion will not be put down in such a short period of time, and the country will probably be destroyed."
Liu Cheng knew that Xun You's words made sense.
At that time, the Han Dynasty actually did not have many soldiers and horses.
The Southern Army did not have many soldiers and horses, and they were only used to guard the palace.
The Northern Army, which mainly carried out conquests, only had more than 20,000 soldiers and other regular troops.
Most of them were deployed in the northern border areas.
The states and counties in the hinterland of the territory were mainly maintained by county soldiers.
However, as the Eastern Han Dynasty was peaceful for a long time, the county soldiers had long been depleted, and there was no fighting capacity at all.
At that time, if the states and counties were not allowed to recruit soldiers and horses on their own to resist the Yellow Turbans, the imperial court would not be able to stop the Yellow Turbans' attack.
Therefore, in order to maintain its rule, the imperial court had to allow local officials to recruit soldiers and horses.
Although the Yellow Turbans were eliminated, they actually also brought Unsolvable troubles arose, resulting in the inevitable situation of warlord separatism, and chaos in the world was the inevitable result.
Adopting the state pastoral system to allow states and counties to recruit their own troops would only prolong their survival for a while.
Xun You continued: "Now that the trend of separatism has been formed, it is very difficult for the imperial court to regain control of the world if it wants to eliminate this situation in a short period of time.
From a purely overall perspective, we can use a combination of tactics and military.
This is It depends on means and strength.”
"The imperial court can be said to be surrounded by enemies on all sides.
Although the princes do not dare to raise troops to attack the imperial court for the time being, it is still easy to find excuses to deal with Lord Sikong, just like how they raised troops to attack Dong Zhuo a few years ago.
As long as the princes are strong enough To a certain extent, they will do this, which also shows that the court still has time to change this situation."
Liu Cheng asked: "How to change" Xun You said: "After stabilizing the internal situation of the imperial court, we must first solve the problem at the back.
That is, Xiliang is now occupied by Han Sui and Ma Teng.
I heard that the two were as close as brothers at first, but now they are because of They are secretly competing for territory and power.
You can think of ways to make them fight.
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When they kill both of them, the imperial court will find an excuse to send troops to attack and regain Liangzhou."
"In addition, Yizhou is a country of abundance.
It produces a lot of grain and is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
If the imperial court can regain control of Yizhou, it can advance, attack, retreat or defend.
But to take back control of Yizhou, it must first solve the problem of Zhang in Hanzhong.
My Majesty Lu thinks that the imperial court can start the process in Xiliang and Hanzhong at the same time."
"Oh, what should I say?"
Liu Cheng became interested.
Xun You said: "For Xiliang, the imperial court can use power tactics.
There is no need to go to war for the time being.
First, find a way to make Han Sui and Ma Teng fight each other, weakening their two sides, so that they cannot temporarily attack the imperial court and Yong Yong. state; on the other hand, the imperial court could send troops to attack Zhang Lu of Hanzhong.
Zhang Lu killed Su Gu, the former prefect of Hanzhong, and also killed the envoy sent by the imperial court to Yizhou.
No matter which one, the imperial court had enough reasons to send troops. crusade and harvest After the restoration of Hanzhong, the imperial army stationed troops in Hanzhong to intimidate Yizhou, and ordered Liu Yan to come to Chang'an for pilgrimage.
If he did not come for any excuse, the imperial court could carry out a crusade because of his disobedience.
On the one hand, it could give Liu Yan the title of governor of Jingzhou.
The imperial edict ordered him to send troops from the east to attack Badong.
The imperial army could attack Liu Yan from Hanzhong.
It had only been a few years since he arrived in Yizhou.
There were still many people in Yizhou who opposed him.
If the imperial court declared him a rebellion, huh, he would be besieged internally and externally.
It won’t be long” At this point, Xun You paused and continued: "I heard that Liu Yan had four sons.
The third son Liu Mao followed Liu Yan to Sichuan and died of illness.
The eldest son Liu Fan, the second son Liu Dan and the youngest son Liu Zhang are now They are all in the court.
When the court issued an order to him to come to Chang'an for pilgrimage, he could have hinted in the words that he was threatening the lives of his descendants and grandchildren.
If he didn't come, he would kill his entire family and make him extinct.
It would be interesting to see whether he comes."
Liu Cheng sneered: "This old guy proposed the state pastoral system and caused chaos in the court.
He himself hid in Yizhou to enjoy peace and happiness.
He also ordered Zhang Lu to kill Su Gu and cut off the connection between the court and Yizhou.
Although he has a disobedient heart, he is actually very good at calculating, huh."
He smiled and said to Xun You: "Gongda is really a talented person.
He pointed out the direction for the court in a few words and solved a major problem for the court.
Since Gongda was imprisoned, the position of Huangmen Shilang has been vacant.
I would like to ask Gongda to I don’t know what you think of the high official being reinstated.”
Xun You bowed his hands and said: "Xun You is willing to go through fire and water for the rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty, and he will do whatever he can."
"Hahaha, okay, Gongda can come back to serve as an official and help the court.
I'm very happy to come, drink tea, drink tea."
After drinking a few sips of tea, Liu Cheng remembered something and asked: "Now that Yuan Shao has occupied Jizhou, and his control over Jizhou is becoming more and more stable, I am worried that this guy will make plans to Hanoi and Bingzhou.
We recently sent a detailed operation in Jizhou There is news that Yuan Shao intends to let his nephew Gao Gan lead the army to conquer Hanoi and Bingzhou.
If this comes true, Wen Ruo thinks how the court will respond."
Xun Yu thought for a while and soon came up with an idea.
However, he looked at Xun You and thought that he should give this opportunity to show off in front of Liu Cheng to his nephew, so he said: "I guess Gongda has already got a countermeasure.
Lord, why don't you let Gongda talk about it?"
How could Liu Cheng not know what Xun Yu was thinking and said with a smile: "Okay, Gongda, you can tell me":