Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

At the end of December, Zhuge Liang came back.

He left Zhou Buyi, Ma Liang, Huang Quan, Cai Du and others in Jizhou to govern the area, and he sent Ma Chao and Zhao Yunbei to Youzhou to frighten the foreigners, and returned to Luoyang after the place was stabilized.

Although the world has been regained now, there is still Liaodong that has not been regained, so the army has not been reduced, but is guarding Youzhou and sending troops at any time.

Liaodong is very far away from the Central Plains. Although Cao Wei surrendered in November, the news spread all over the world in December. Even many people living in remote areas didn't know about it, let alone Liaodong.

Therefore, at least until January next year, when Gongsun Yuan knows the situation, he can find out his attitude.If he chooses to surrender, everyone will be happy, and if he chooses to fight, he will have to fight in Liaodong.

After arranging these things, Zhuge Liang must return to Luoyang. Hebei is currently taken over by the army, and he also needs to return to the central government to manage the local area macroscopically.

Compared with only welcoming Liu Xie at the gate of the palace, Liu Chan greeted Zhuge Liang on a much larger scale. He led all the civil and military officials to go out to the upper east gate of Luoyang in person and greet him in the eastern suburbs of Luoyang. Great respect.

In fact, he also wanted to greet Shen Chen like this, but because Shen Chen and Liu Xie came back together, it would be inappropriate to greet Liu Xie with such a high standard.

After all, they have to downgrade Liu Xie's political status to the level of princes and kings. If they welcome Liu Xie with such a high standard, it will attract dissent from those who sympathize with Liu Xie.So the three deputy ministers tried their best to dissuade him, and only greeted him outside the hall.

On December 24, near the end of the new year, the weather in the north was slightly warmer. Liu Chan took Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Shen Chen, and other civil and military officials to stand by the pavilion in the eastern suburbs and look out.

At the end of the road in the distance, a group of chariots and horses slowly approached.

Zhuge Liang was sitting in the carriage, the north wind was blowing gently on his temples, the temples were already grey, his eyes were darting across the barren fields on both sides of the road, he frowned, and waited until he saw the civil and military officials waiting outside the city. Soothes the brow.

Luoyang should have been fertile and wild for thousands of miles, but now it is so desolate. The task of rebuilding the great man is a long way to go.

"Look, the prime minister is back."

"Where is the prime minister?"

"there."

"It's finally back."

Many ministers stood on tiptoe to watch, and everyone had smiles on their faces.

In fact, Zhuge Liang didn't have a very good record in the military. He just pacified Nanzhong, repelled Cao Jun in the Battle of Ziyun Mountain, and then led the main force to press on Cao Jun's main force step by step.

In terms of combat achievements, he is far inferior to Guan Yu, let alone Shen Chen.But everyone is looking forward to his return, because the prime minister's internal affairs are too strong.

At the beginning Liu Bei was in the south with only two places, Jingzhou and Yizhou, but he was able to resist the pincer attack of Cao Cao and Sun Quan. Shen Chen and the generals certainly made great contributions, but Zhuge Liang was ranked first in meritorious service, but no one dared to deny.

Because the logistics of the Han army was almost on the verge of collapse at that time, two fronts fought against powerful enemies, and there were still a large number of aristocratic families rebelling behind them. If you are not careful, Liu Bei's group may be completely wiped out.

However, all of this was suppressed by Zhuge Liang. He sent only 2 people in the rear to suppress the powerful families who rebelled everywhere, and continued to mobilize food and grass to deliver supplies to the front line. Sun Quan was dealt a heavy blow in Yiling.

It can be said that Zhuge Liang stabilized the front line and the rear almost by himself, which provided sufficient and necessary conditions for Liu Bei's group to repel Cao Cao and Sun Quan's group.

Later, the Liu Bei Group eliminated Sun Quan and obtained Jiangdong. After several years of development, it was Zhuge Liang who managed all the internal affairs and managed all parts of the country in an orderly manner, so that food and grass were abundant, materials were abundant, and weapons and equipment were piled up in warehouses. Set off the Northern Expedition.

Therefore, within the Han Dynasty, Shen Chen was recognized as the number one military exploit, and his merit was comparable to that of Han Xin.

Adding up the total credits, Zhuge Liang is the first, comparable to Xiao He, and even has a share of military exploits and counseling credits than Xiao He, which is equivalent to Xiao He plus Zhang Liang plus half of Han Xin.Therefore, his prestige in the ruling and opposition parties is very high, and all the officials admire him.

Soon the convoy came to the front, more than ten feet away, Zhuge Liang stopped the carriage, dismounted and walked over on foot, Liu Chan went up to greet him personally: "Prime Minister!"

"His Majesty!"

Zhuge Liang stepped forward and bowed his hands in a ninety-degree salute.

Liu Chan hurriedly helped him up and said: "Prime Minister, please get up quickly, I have been running around all the way, the Prime Minister has worked hard."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern."

Zhuge Liang got up with a smile, looked around, and saw Shen Chen, Xu Shu, Pang Tong and other friends behind Liu Chan looking at him, everyone couldn't help but smile knowingly.

Zhang Fei stepped forward and put his arms around Zhuge Liang cheerfully, saying: "The Prime Minister is finally back, Your Majesty has been waiting for you."

"Your Majesty has been waiting."

Zhuge Liang thanked Liu Chan again.

"Your Majesty, it's windy outside, so please go back to the city first."

Jiang Wan said.

"Yes, yes, the prime minister will follow me back to the palace."

Liu Chan quickly pulled Zhuge Liang up and wanted to take him into the emperor's carriage, but Zhuge Liang refused.

Immediately, the group returned to the palace.

Right now the whole of Luoyang is empty, there are no people in the streets, and apart from the gate guards in the huge palace, there are only a few office ministers and eunuchs and maids in the harem.

Everyone returned to the palace, this time there were a lot of people, so they went to the Xuanming Hall, Wu Yaya Bailai, the civil and military officials of the fourth grade and above, stood in line in the hall.

Liu Chan specially arranged seats for Zhuge Liang, Shen Chen, Sangong Jiuqing and others. The rest of the ages were under [-], and they basically had to stand from the second rank and below. There were several rows in the hall, and they were basically the current civil servants.

The generals are basically outside now. Except for Chen Daowei in Luoyang, who is the new captain of Sili and is in charge of Luoyang's Central Guard, the rest of the Han troops are now either in Bingzhou, or in Jizhou, Youzhou, and stable places in Henan.

The world has just been pacified in November, and there are still some small problems on the border of Youzhou. Zhao Yun and Ma Chao are both in Youzhou, and the other generals will not return until at least next year. Therefore, Luoyang now has many civil servants and few military officials.

In the hall at the moment, there are three lords and nine ministers, Taiwei Shangguan Sheng, Situ Laigong, Sikong Denghong.Jiuqing Taichang Qing Du Qiong, Guang Luxun Pei Jun, Zong Zheng Liu Yan, Wei Wei Yuan Wei, Tai Pu Wang Mou, Da Si Nong Meng Guang, Ting Wei Chen Zhen, Da Hong Lu He Zong, Shao Fu Zhou Lin.

Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, Shangshu Ling Pang Tong, Zhongshu Cheng Jiang Wan, Menxia Qing Xu Shu, General Guan Yu, General Zhang Fei of Chariots, and General Shen Chen of Hussars.

In the remaining three provinces, there are Zhugejin, Xiang Lang, Xi Zhen, Tan Cheng, Zhang Jun, Yin Guan, Ma Jun, Pang Shanmin, Kuai Qi, Qin Mi, Yao Ni, etc. .

Most of these people were born in Jingzhou and Yizhou. After all, Liu Bei first occupied Jingzhou and Yizhou, so most of the officials below came from the two places, and these people gradually occupied high positions.Among Jiangdong people, only Zhuge Jin and Lu Xun have climbed to high positions, and the rest are mostly middle- and lower-level officials.

After all the ministers had lined up, Liu Chan said: "The prime minister is back, full of dust and fatigue, and it is not appropriate to talk about government affairs today. I want to have a big banquet in the palace and have a banquet together."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Everyone bowed their hands and saluted.

In fact, Liu Chan's daily life is quite boring now.

Since there are no people in Luoyang, only officials come here, so now it is basically a government affairs processing center, and there are no other entertainment activities.

In addition to watching songs and dances in his spare time, he just wants to treat guests to dinner in the palace and entertain many courtiers to connect with each other.

Invite Liu Xie to dinner today, invite Hu Chuquan to dinner tomorrow, and invite Guan Yu and Zhang Fei the day after tomorrow. Every day, I have to comfort the veterans, appease the surrendered generals, chat with the clan, and chat with the Xiongnu Shanyu. I have lost a few kilograms in weight, and I am extremely wronged.

But there is no way.

The country has just settled down and it is not time for pleasure. Many things have to be dealt with by him, the head of state. Otherwise, if he does not do business every day, he will definitely be nagged by Xu Shu, Pang Tong and the other deputy ministers every day.

More importantly, every time Liu Chan wanted to slack off, he remembered his father's confession before his death, "come from Qianshouzhong, go to Qianshouzhong" as if in his ears, so he could only grit his teeth and persevere. and emotional intelligence have risen a few points.

Zhuge Liang originally wanted to join the government immediately after he came back, but Liu Chan insisted that he rest for a day or two, so he didn't object any more. Soon the ministers had a banquet, and Liu Xiehu Chuquan and others invited them to the banquet. Hundreds of people attended the banquet Everyone ate happily.

The Royal Dining in the palace was the same before, except for steamed and boiled dishes, basically only fried dishes were acceptable.

But since there is stir-frying, it is full of color, flavor and taste. Except for the absence of chili, who can refuse a plate of fragrant green onion omelette, sweet and sour pork tenderloin, and ham fried with garlic?
In the afternoon, the banquet dissipated.

Originally, everyone should deal with government affairs when they should deal with government affairs, and go back to their respective homes when they should go to each house, but Zhuge Liang still called Shen Chen, Xu Shu, Pang Tong, Jiang Wan and others to Shuoping Office to discuss matters.

The Shuoping Department was the official residence of the palace guards in the Han Dynasty and was responsible for the safety of the Northern Palace.At this moment, because the North Palace has not had time to be extensively repaired in the future, and there are only a few palaces, it has temporarily become the office of the three deputy prime ministers to handle government affairs.

"Now the repair of the palace is still a problem. There are not many buildings in such a huge palace."

Xu Shu complained to Zhuge Liang: "Many ministers have written to request the reconstruction of the palace, but now that the country is newly built, it is really not good to start building immediately."

"Well."

Zhuge Liang pondered, shook his head and said: "There is no way to do this."

Shen Chen said: "Practicality should be the main thing. First, build a few government offices in the palace. The architectural style of the big man is too grand, and he pays attention to the main hall every day. In fact, only one main hall is enough. On weekdays, the court uses a small hall. But, let me handle this matter."

This is the professional counterpart.

Before crossing, he was an architectural designer. Although he had just graduated and hadn't become a major designer, after all, he had studied for so many years and visited the Forbidden City many times. He was very experienced in observing ancient buildings in various places.

Now the Luoyang Imperial Palace has only been slightly repaired, and a few main buildings have been preserved. The rest are all destroyed by the war, or there are only ruins left. It is time for him to show his talents.

More importantly, the Luoyang Imperial Palace is actually very large. The Luoyang Imperial Palace in the Han Dynasty covers an area of ​​1.8 square kilometers, the North Palace is 1.3 square kilometers, the South Palace is 0.72 square kilometers, and the rest is the royal garden and other palaces.

Now that the Nangong Palace is almost destroyed by the war, the 1.8 square kilometers of the Beigong Palace does not need that much at all, and 1 square kilometer is more than enough for Liu Chan.All others were built into mansions, offices and streets.

Specifically, the area of ​​the imperial palace has been reduced from 7 square kilometers to 1 square kilometer, with fewer gardens and buildings built more compactly than the previous huge palaces separated by hundreds of meters, just like the Forbidden City, which is more practical.

However, because the Han Dynasty was first established and the court was short of money, the money and food should be used in key areas. For the palace, it should be repaired slowly first, and the main office space should be completed.

Then Zhuge Liang chatted with Pang Tong, Xu Shu and Jiang Wan about the government affairs they had accumulated recently, and things around the world.

Some are handled one by one, and some are not easy to define.

Zhuge Liang gave advice on how to deal with it, and talked for more than an hour. When it was getting dark, he talked about the things he planned to do next year.

Shen Chen said: "The current official system is chaotic and cannot be unified, and the division of duties and powers is unclear. I think it needs to be re-established."

"Well, the three provinces and six ministries that Xiaoqing mentioned before, as well as the Military Affairs Council and the cabinet, I think we can think about it. The military and the government really need to be separated to prevent people from supporting themselves."

Xu Shu also said.

"Oh? Does Xiaoqing have any new suggestions?"

Zhuge Liang looked at Shen Chen.

"Yes."

Shen Chen talked about the system for a while, and finally said: "I think it is very important to clarify the official system and subdivide official accusations, and to carry out the accountability system, so that we can weed out vegetarians and mediocre people. The court can support some idlers , but not everyone can do nothing."

"Well."

Zhuge Liang thought about it: "Then Xiaoqing and I will make a table to clearly divide the official positions corresponding to the ninth rank and their clear responsibilities."

"The most urgent task at present is to separate Liu Cao Shangshu from Shangshutai. It is not a trivial matter to manage the affairs of the whole country. It is not appropriate to rely on Cao Shangshu, one of the six Cao Shangshus, from the seventh-rank household to manage the national household registration."

Shen Chen said.

The Six Books of Cao Shangshu evolved into six departments in the Sui Dynasty, but in the Han Dynasty, such an important position was only a small official of six hundred shi, which was equivalent to a local county magistrate. This is obviously a typical example of a small position with great power.

Therefore, it is imminent to promote Liucao to six departments. In this way, the functions and powers of each department will be subdivided, and there will be more management personnel, which will reduce the pressure on the three provinces.

The deputy ministers and prime ministers of the three provinces form a cabinet, which is responsible for steering and managing the country's development, and the following six ministries become executive departments, just like the relationship between the later generations of the State Council and the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Communications, and Ministry of Public Security.

At present, the population of Dahan is small, and there are not so many officials.But it is easier to manage the division of powers earlier. As long as the country order can be restored as soon as possible and managed properly, it can quickly get back on track.

At present, Shen Chen, Zhuge Liang, and others have been talking about government affairs, including official restructuring, division of powers, future directions, building canals, political reforms, population migration, and so on.

For many of Shen Chen's opinions, Zhuge Liang expressed a high degree of affirmation and agreement, and decided to make plans first, and officially start to implement them next year.