Three Kingdoms

Fei Qian looked at the letters on the table that were passed back from Diaoyin and Taiyuan Kuaima respectively, and remained silent.

"Greetings to the lord." Xun Chen and Jia Xu came from outside the hall and saluted Fei Qian one behind the other.

"Come, sit down." Fei Qian said, and then handed them the two letters on the table, "...you guys take a look first..."

Xun Chen took the letter and read it.

Xun Chen didn't read very quickly. It took him a while to finish reading the first letter. Then he put the bamboo slip down and then picked up the second letter. He looked at it carefully...

Jia Xu didn't show any impatience at all, he squinted his eyes and sat quietly.

After a while, Xun Chen finally finished reading the two letters, merged the two bamboo slips together, and gave them to Jia Xu.

The hall was quiet except for the occasional small sound of bamboo fragments colliding with each other.

Fei Qian was a little surprised by Xu Shu and Zhao Shang's actions, because he had only let them do it cheaply before, but he didn't expect that the two of them would make a big deal...

Fei Qian remembered that in later generations, the words that leaders liked to express the most were "do according to regulations", "do according to procedures", "handle with rewards", etc. However, the problem is that in the Han Dynasty, there was no such relatively complete and relatively complete text. Complex procedures and processes?

And now that transportation and communication are inconvenient, if you really have to wait for the approval of your superiors for everything, then I am afraid that most things will be in trouble. Therefore, "doing it cheaply" has become a relatively helpless but only option.

But such a "cheap job"...

Of course, this is not to say that Xu Shu and Zhao Shang are not handling this matter well, but now that the territory is gradually increasing, the people who handle it may not be as organized as Xu Shu or Zhao Shang.

No one can guarantee that all the officials under his command will serve the country wholeheartedly and be selfless. Even the warriors of a certain doctrine who are known as the most powerful and made of iron in later generations are still rusty and stained?

This is the first aspect that Fei Qian is really worried about.

"Congratulations, Lord..." Jia Xu also finished reading the letter. After returning the two bamboo slips, he cupped his hands and said, "Taiyuan and Guanzhong will be decided..."

Xun Chen stroked his beard and said: "Zhao Congcao went to Taiyuan in less than half a month. He solved the case of the Wang family's heirs and captured the Wang family's heart... Well, he can also be called a capable official..."

Fei Qian nodded, but didn't say anything.

Fei Qian did not doubt Zhao Shang's ability, but the problem was that sometimes too much ability was a problem. With meritorious deeds, you have to reward them, otherwise they will inevitably lose their meaning. However, if Zhao Shang’s position is promoted, it will easily allow Zhao Shang to gain more power...

It's not that Fei Qian is jealous of talented people, but that his own standards for appointing officials are somewhat different from those of the Han Dynasty. The so-called local officials, even in later generations, can easily become "Qingtian Parent Officials", let alone in the Han Dynasty?

Well, how did those other time-travelers solve the problem of loyalty among their subordinates?

Open the panel and take a look?

Or is the value locked and never going down?

Fei Qian tapped the table lightly with a headache. To be honest, there were not many ways to control local officials in the Han Dynasty. The so-called protons actually differed from person to person. If someone with the Liu family lineage dumped his wife and lost his wife, It's just like playing, it doesn't have much effect.

At this moment, Fei Qian even missed those game modification plug-ins of later generations. It would be great if he could retrieve the data at any time and fill in "FF" for all loyalty values. That would be like whipping him with a small whip. He is the type who is willing to drop candle wax and can't even drive him away.

"Taiyuan..." Fei Qian paused for a while and said, "The Wang family has declined, and Zhao Shang has made contributions and was promoted to be the literary director of the General's Mansion... As for the post of Taiyuan County Sheriff, a certain person wanted to transfer Du Yuan and Du Wenzheng, so he first performed his duties on a false basis. , to see what happens next, what do you two think?"

Literature?

Xun Chen and Jia Xu looked at each other, slightly surprised. After all, this so-called literary position is a position that has not yet appeared.

This position is not difficult to understand. "掾" originally meant Sasuke, so it is almost equivalent to various consultants hired in later generations, or various deputy general managers within the company.

"This..." Xun Chen cupped his hands and said with some hesitation, "Of course the monarch's move is not wrong, but this literary power... what is the order and what position does it occupy?"

Adding an innovative new official position is not a big deal for Fei Qian's current status, but the ranking of this new position is what Xun Chen needs to be concerned about.

The size of official positions in the Han Dynasty was related to issues of etiquette. Just like when Fei Qian asked Xun, Chen and Jia Xu to read a letter, if they were not specially separated, or if they were designated to read it first, the guard on the side would definitely hand the letter to them first. To Xun Chen, whose official position was slightly higher than that of Jia Xu. After Xun Chen finished reading, the guard handed it to Jia Xu.

"The official rank is the same as that of the general's office, Congcao, eight hundred stones, and he is dedicated to literature and education. Under him is the second secretary, rank four hundred, and the second rank of Congshi, rank two hundred." Fei Qian nodded, understanding what Xun Chen meant. , and said directly.

In fact, the official positions in the Han Dynasty were somewhat chaotic, somewhat similar to and somewhat different from those of later generations. For example, positions such as offering wine, being a subordinate supervisor, chief bookkeeper, department supervisor and postal supervisor, supervisor of postal services, department and farmers, etc., can be big or small, depending on the specific place, just like the general manager in later generations, in fact, they are also The sizes vary.

As for the various kinds of Cao and Cao, they are even more dazzling and diverse, and what’s even more exaggerated is that under these Cao, there are also fate, there are wine sacrifices, there are histories, there are books and assistants, some are serving as governors, and some are serving as subordinates. Historical positions, etc., are extremely complicated.

Fei Qian was wondering, should we create an administrative level like later generations?

From LEVEL 1 all the way to LEVEL 99, and then move up step by step according to merit...

forget it.

Fei Qian silently rejected this idea. After all, it would be life-threatening to convert everything an official did into merit points.

"As for the matter in Guanzhong..." Fei Qian said, "...I wonder what you two think?"

Guanzhong has actually been very prosperous since the Qin Dynasty. Coupled with Liu Bang's leek cutting behavior, the three hundred miles of Qinchuan became the most prosperous area in China during the first two hundred years of the Han Dynasty.

However, during Wang Mang's period, Guanzhong was devastated and never recovered well. Later, due to the Xiqiang, Guanzhong became a frontier battlefield invisibly.

Now Dong Zhuo, Li Guo and other incidents have been lost...

Xun Chen said: "Your Majesty, it is only June now, and the autumn harvest will not be until August at the earliest. It will be at least the end of September or the beginning of October when autumn harvests from various places are gathered... If we send out troops at this time, it may be difficult to provide food and grass..."

Jia Xu said: "Although the Zhong clan means a certain thing, it can be provided by it, but the Zhong clan is not a large clan, how much can it provide? The fighting strength of Guanzhong, despite several changes, still has nearly ten thousand soldiers... If it is based on the city If you stick to it, it will inevitably take a long time...unless..."

Xun Chen suddenly interrupted Jia Xu and said, "No... Guanzhong is currently checking and balancing each other. We might as well wait until March or April, after the autumn blessings are harvested, before we make a decision."

Jia Xu was not angry because Xun Chen interrupted. He just nodded slightly and then kept silent.

In fact, even if Jia Xu didn't say it, Fei Qian also knew what to do.

Now if you want to get food and grass during the lean period, you can only ask the Wang family of Taiyuan to "donate" food and grass like Zhao Shang did, and search for the old foundation of the noble families in various places.

Not to mention a lot of Han people, but at least nearly half of their wealth is not in the national treasury, but in the hands of officials and nobles in various places. The money originally intended to be received from the treasury became their private property.

This matter actually started in the early Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty even asked local nobles to borrow money in order to fight against the Xiongnu...

It lasted until the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. In order to pacify the Western Qiang, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty also tried to persuade the eunuchs. However, the wool came from the sheep, and the money handed over by the eunuchs to Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was finally passed on to others. .

For example, when Wang Yun, the governor of Yuzhou, defeated the Yellow Turban Army, he seized a letter from Zhang Rang, the general manager of his house, to the Yellow Turban Ant Thief. It is not known whether the letter was true or false, but the letter stated that Zhang Rang had received it. The ant thief's bribe has promised to help.

As for what kind of help Zhang Rang will help, there is no details.

Wang Yun submitted this letter to the emperor and reported it. The emperor was naturally very angry, and then angrily scolded Zhang Rang. Of course Zhang Rang denied it in every possible way, only saying that the palace manager had done it without telling him. Later, Zhang Rang quietly gave the emperor tens of millions of dollars and settled the matter...

This is evident from the chaos of official administration in the Han Dynasty.

"Wen He, you should know more about Guanzhong, why not tell me more..." Fei Qian did not rush to make a decision, but asked Jia Xu to talk more.

Jia Xugong cupped his hands and said: "The gentry in Guanzhong... Haha, most of them have lost their courage and bravery in the pre-Qin Dynasty, and only a few are left. During the rebellion of the Western Qiang during the reign of the late emperor, the gentry's crimes in the three auxiliary areas of Guanzhong were very serious. Forgivable..."

Xun Chen frowned, but this time, he did not stop Jia Xu.

"...The Qiang people rebelled, and the imperial court used troops, which is what it should do. However, the three assistants in Guanzhong deducted military pay and rations, causing Xiliang to be unstable..." Jia Xu said coldly, with disdain on his face, " … Back then, Lieutenant Zhang was almost pacified, but in order to prevent their own interests from being cut off, these corrupt officials deliberately indulged themselves, causing the war to deteriorate..." Back then, Dong Zhuo was also tricked by these officials, but for the fact that they had not confused the Qiang people and used the golden cicada to escape. With this method, he might be surrounded and killed by the Qiang people. Therefore, Jia Xu actually knew these things in detail.

Xun Chen was silent, then he couldn't help but nodded, and said: "Cui Situ once said that he wanted to abandon Xiliang in order to eliminate this shortcoming... but this plan is unavoidable... alas..."

"Cui Situ's policy is as contradictory as covering one's ears, sincerity is not advisable..." Jia Xu said, then he didn't know what he thought of, his expression was rather gloomy, he shook his head slightly, and did not continue.

Xun Chen said: "Whether it is an eunuch, a Qingliu, or a relative, it is nothing more than a plot. Such cowards should naturally be killed...but what happens after they are killed? There have been many marriages in Guanzhong for more than a hundred years. A single move can affect the whole body... You need to be very careful. If you don't have a complete plan, you can't act rashly... The late emperor probably had the intention of rectifying the government when he was in charge of the party, but..."

Jia Xu was silent. He was from Xiliang and naturally knew these things, so he did not refute Xun Chen's words. When Li Ru first arrived in Chang'an, he had prepared to deal with these silverfish. However, he did not expect that Dong Zhuo's madness would cause the entire situation to change dramatically. Li Ru, who was caught off guard, was ultimately unable to carry out the plan.

"Since it's not possible to kill them all at once, let's take a closer look at... Guanzhong, um, just wait..." Fei Qian thought about it for a while, and then said, "Just find his authority..."

"Granting authority?" Jia Xu's eyes lit up and he smiled immediately: "This is of course the best solution! Do you want to sell some weapons to Guanzhong?"

The economic environment in Guanzhong has been seriously damaged during this period. Naturally, it is impossible to have any orderly production of swords, guns, swords and halberds. Weapons are of course very scarce, so any gun heads, arrows, etc. that are sold will definitely be Very popular bestseller.

Who can afford weapons?

Who wants to buy a weapon to protect themselves the most?

There is no doubt that the only ones who are still in the Sanfu area of ​​​​Guanzhong are these noble nobles. However, five baht money is worthless now. So if these noble nobles in Guanzhong want to buy weapons, they naturally need to spend it. The corresponding hard currency is traded, which is equivalent to grain or cloth.

Food, grass and cloth were what Fei Qian urgently needed.

Moreover, just like the weapons sold to Jizhou, most of these noble nobles only purchased spearheads and arrows. As for other things, such as armors for ordinary soldiers, most of them thought they were too expensive and were reluctant to buy them. .

And it's a seller's market now. With this price, naturally some people are happy and some are worried.

Plus some other auxiliary strategies…

Xun Chen also smiled and said: "The king's strategy is really like a wild horse, making people unable to defend against it... It would be even better to send some Qiang cavalry, cover their flags, advance lightly, and harass everywhere..."

"How wonderful!" Jia Xu sighed, stroking his palms, "When people are in such panic, we can also find some eloquent people to wander around and instigate agitations. Then there will be chaos! Hehe..."

"Exactly! Who knows, someone will come to us and beg us for justice..." Xun Chen also became interested. Naturally, he was absolutely willing to reap the benefits without having to pay a heavy price. , immediately leaned forward and started a heated discussion with Jia Xu.

"...ah? This...ah..."

Fei Qian blinked aside and looked at the two people who were happily gathered together and discussing intensely.

What did I say?

Is that what I mean?

I just wanted to say that since Guanzhong doesn’t have the strength to deal with it right now, I’m going to accumulate my own strength while slowly looking for some loopholes in Guanzhong…

Oh, forget it, that's it.

Just take it as what I meant.

Fei Qian reluctantly twitched the corner of his mouth, showed a smile, nodded slightly, and pretended that it was just a matter of discussion...