Zhu Jun's proposal did not arouse any objection. Although it was actually not his turn to intervene in this matter, Liu Xuan thought of another point.

At this time, Liu Bei's identity was just the magistrate of Pingyuan County.

That is to say, his current status recognized by the court is only a county magistrate, and he is also an intern magistrate.

The word "Shou" for "Shou Pingyuan County Magistrate" does not mean "Garrison in Pingyuan". When appointing officials in the Han Dynasty, if such a word was added in front of it, it meant that the person was informal. Can the "Shou" character be removed? The transformation of the word into the real position is still a matter of discussion.

In the court, it is rare for Jiuqing to be in this situation. Those who can be promoted to Jiuqing are naturally the top people in the court. They are either outstanding in knowledge or very famous. No matter which one, the emperor will not be in front. Give it the title of 'internship'.

Generally, this happens to deputies in various departments or those who are really doing things. Liu Bei, the county magistrate, is also among them, so this situation happens.

Liu Xuan didn't understand this before, but when he really came into contact with the official system of the Han Dynasty, he felt that Liu Bei's rank was promoted too quickly.

Look at his first appointment as Anxi County Captain. This county captain is not the highest local official, but a local peace officer. He is responsible for arresting bandits, expelling bandits and other military affairs. He is regarded as an assistant to the local county magistrate or magistrate. one.

Later, he became the magistrate of Pingyuan County - you must know that a magistrate is an official appointed by a large county, and many counties are governed by such large counties.

From this we can know that the position of Pingyuan County Magistrate is not a very low official position, but in the past Liu Xuan habitually compared Liu Bei with other princes, and felt that this mere county magistrate was too insignificant.

It can only be said that Liu Bei's start was too low and too late.

In this case, directly promoting Liu Bei to the Central Guards Army would inevitably make some annoying noises in the court, but it would be different if Liu Bei was allowed to recognize his ancestors and return to his clan.

Liu Bei directly became a clan member, that is, a member of the royal family. It is only natural for the emperor to use his own family members. Not to mention a central guard, he was directly granted an important position with Jiuqing. The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty had nothing to say, and even I feel that this is how it should be - this is one of the advantages of the feudal monarchy.

Therefore, during the morning court meeting the next day, Liu Xuan asked Zong Zhengqing Liu Ai to prepare the genealogy early. Then he announced Liu Bei to the palace and read the genealogy in front of the civil and military officials of the court. After reading it for a long time, he finally determined Liu Bei's identity - —This is just a formality, the specific things were completed last night.

Otherwise, if you really check the archives in front of the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty, you don't know how long it will take to do so. You must know that Liu Sheng gave birth to more than a hundred sons. Looking for them one by one is quite time-consuming.

What's more, Liu Bei's branch has been left out for a long time. It's not reliable to find Liu Bei's identity only by relying on the files in the imperial court. In the end, we can only try to find a branch that suits the situation and directly identify Liu Bei. The family tree of this branch continued upwards, and this was the final version heard by the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

At the end of the day, Liu Bei is still Liu Xuan's uncle. How about adding one more step to the top?

More importantly, the status of the imperial uncle is also better than that of his peers - the competition among peers is more fierce than the competition between the upper and lower generations. Now that Liu Bei has such an status as an imperial uncle, everyone in the world is looking at him. What else will he do?

If you betray the imperial court, your reputation will be ruined immediately, and you will never be able to turn around in your lifetime.

As long as Liu Bei's brain is not twitching, he will definitely not do such a thing.

However, now that Liu Bei's status was confirmed, Liu Xuan casually named Liu Bei the Central Protector of the Army and the Marquis of Yicheng Pavilion. He then met him as an uncle and nephew, and finally invited Liu Bei to attend the court in front of Huang Wan.

Huang Wan was originally the Sili Xiaowei, and this position was originally a very powerful position. Even the three princes in the court were extremely afraid of the person sitting in this position.

Because in addition to having soldiers in his hands, the Sili Colonel also had the ability to investigate various situations in the Sili area, including secretly spying on some secret matters and participating in the impeachment of ministers.

The functions and powers are somewhat similar to those of Dongchang and Jinyiwei in the Ming Dynasty, but they have greater power than those two institutions. They are also somewhat similar to the governor, except that the governor is outside, and the Sili Xiaowei sits in the middle of the court. At the same time, it is more powerful than the governor.

What's awesome is that he has a direct army of up to 2,000 people supported by the imperial court.

From this point we can know that the Sili Xiaowei has great authority, gathering intelligence, commanding troops, supervising courtiers at the top, monitoring the people at the bottom, and participating in impeachment duties.

But this situation changed when Liu Xuan reorganized the army - Sili Colonel Huang Wan was trapped by Dong Zhuo when he was in Luoyang, and he didn't have many troops in his hands.

When they arrived in Chang'an, they thought that they could reorganize the troops and horses originally prescribed. However, they did not expect the emperor to issue an order and directly organize the forbidden army. The military power that should have belonged to the Sili Xiaowei was also deprived.

The final ownership of this army was to the Central Guards Army. At this point, Liu Xuan raised the status of the Central Guards Army above that of the Sili Colonel, depriving the Sili Colonel of his power to command troops, which was equivalent to directly weakening the army.

Huang Wan's power.

In Huang Wan's eyes, Liu Bei was just here to pick peaches - but because of his clan status, Huang Wan was depressed but couldn't say anything. When Liu Bei came over, he had to pay tribute according to the law and watched Liu Bei bow to him.

After sitting down at the solitary table, I felt increasingly unhappy.

He didn't know that Liu Xuan even wanted to abolish the position of Sili Xiaowei. Without him, this position has too much authority. At the moment, the authority should be divided among them. When they are no longer divided, it can be abolished.

What's more, the things that Lieutenant Si Li does are too many and too complicated. It is inefficient to have only one person responsible. It is better to separate them in detail. For example, those who spy on matters in the Gyeonggi area should be transferred to the Intelligence Department of the Ministry of War, while people's livelihood

Matters should be handled through formal channels. What is the current situation?

Of course, Liu Bei's affairs would not be settled so easily, but this was not the time to talk to Liu Bei. After sealing Liu Bei's guard and marquis, he directly started the normal agenda of today's morning meeting.

It was already late autumn and winter was approaching. Over the past year, due to Liu Xuan's policy encouragement and secretly planted talismans, most of the fields in the Gyeonggi area had produced enough food, and a few fertile fields had a bumper harvest. There was an abundance of food.

, the courtiers were also very happy.

Food has always been the basis of survival. In addition, the late emperor's mischief caused the currency system to collapse. Food is the hard currency at this time. What's more, only when there is sufficient food can soldiers fight with their lives.

Listening to Xun You's continuous report on the food and population situation this year, the corners of Liu Xuan's mouth curled up unconsciously.

But what he is most concerned about is how much military ration will be left next year after excluding the part spent and reserved as grain?

Xun You had already done his homework on these things. When Liu Xuan asked him, he immediately replied: "The current number of soldiers and horses in the imperial court's forbidden army is enough to support a whole year of operations."

After hearing this amount, all the princes in the court smiled slightly. Wang Yun even narrowed his eyes and nodded slightly. It seemed that they were all satisfied with this situation.

Liu Xuan originally thought it was a bit short, but considering that the army went out to fight, the people still stayed at home and farmed. When this batch of food was almost eaten, the next batch of food was also harvested, so he didn't say anything.

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But looking at these old men all smiling, as if they have made great achievements this year, I can't help but feel a little strange: "This is only one year's stock, how much?"

Zhang Rang saw the emperor's doubts at the side, and immediately understood what the young emperor was thinking. He came closer and whispered: "Your Majesty, you don't know that this year's stock is not all food, but pure military rations. That is,

In terms of the expenses of the imperial court and the expenses of the common people, this batch of food is not included in this batch, so it can support the consumption of the army for a year, which is already a considerable amount."

When Liu Xuan heard this, he realized that this was what happened!

What's more, the most important thing for the civil and military officials of the DPRK is that these military rations are completely paid by the people under the rule, instead of being mostly grown by their own soldiers as before.

It's terrible to think like this. You must know that even the most elite frontier army must select a part of the field soldiers to supplement the military rations, otherwise it will not be enough to rely on levies alone.

"I see!"

Calculating this way, the amount of grain produced this year is a huge number. Liu Xuan thought for a moment and immediately said: "Is there a lot of wasteland in the Jingzhao area now?"

Xun You understood the emperor's meaning as soon as he heard it, and handed over his hand to report: "I am still recruiting refugees to reclaim wasteland. However, with the death of Dong thief, Kong Wenju became the governor of Henan, and the situation in the east gradually returned to calm, so the refugees are no longer what they were at the beginning of the year.

So much."

Liu Xuan nodded, knowing that he couldn't be too greedy, so he asked about other things.

Ma Rixi reported the progress of the weapons manufacturing. Hearing that the weapons were ready, but the war horses were hard to find, Liu Xuan didn't take it seriously: "When Guo Si and Li Jue are removed, the war horse issue will be solved naturally."

War horses are hard to find. The key is that the northwest road is blocked. As long as the road is opened, the problem of war horses will naturally no longer be a problem. By then, whether it is local horses from the northwest, Hun horses from the north or good horses from the Western Regions, Liu Xuan will be able to

Choose these generals under your command.

However, Liu Xuan should really consider whether he should cultivate some strange beasts. Although he has not captured one to use as a mount before, he has collected the blood cells and other things of these strange beasts. Because these things do not occupy

However, they all still exist in a space deep within their own soul.

"It's a pity that I don't have enough cultivation now. I have to at least become a golden dragon before I can take out what's inside."

Thinking about it, his general had both a unicorn and a black phoenix on his crotch. He probably scared those who dared to go against him to death.

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