Xuande

Chapter 23 Liu Bei Will Not Ignore His Family

The only person in the entire Liu family who can do it is Liu Bei's grandfather Liu Xiong.

After Liu Xiong, the political resources of the Liu family were almost exhausted, and they were no longer able to fight against other big families in Zhuo County.

Unexpectedly, Liu Bei got this precious quota of filial piety by virtue of his own ability.

The whole process was smooth and smooth, without any waves.

If there is any disturbance, it is probably that Liu Hui, the patriarch of the Liu clan, led many clansmen to visit Liu Bei at Liu Bei's house after Liu Bei became Xiaolian, and offered him sincere congratulations and loyalty.

The Liu family in Zhuo County, Zhuo County must be closely united around the command group centered on Liu Bei, must obey Liu Bei's orders, and never engage in such things as obedience and obedience, and so on.

That gesture is enough.

After Liu Bei returned to Zhuo County from Luoyang and Gongsun Zan became the magistrate of Zhuo County, the Liu clan in Zhuo County, Zhuo County was basically dominated by Liu Bei.

A clan patriarch seems to have a lot of face, but in a county, the county magistrate is the one who can speak. The county magistrate may not seem to have a high official position, but to the people of a county, he is no different from the emperor.

Under the circumstances at that time, only Liu Bei in the entire Liu clan could speak in front of Gongsun Zan, and he could also win some benefits for the Liu clan, so with Liu Bo's support, Liu Bei became the actual speaker.

The patriarch of the clan, Liu Hui, is weak in character, mediocre and incompetent, and old and weak. He cannot be compared with the powerful Liu Bei at all.

So every time the clan gathers, Liu Bei presides over the speech and makes various arrangements about family affairs, while Liu Hui is obsequious.

There is a big age difference between the two, which gives people a rather strange impression.

Of course, Liu Bei would not bear any grudge against this clan that hadn't helped him much in the initial stage. To be precise, this clan had done their best to him at that time.

The clan is indeed the best protection umbrella for individuals in this era. Liu Bei's mother and son can get the business share of weaving mats and selling shoes, which was also presided over by the Liu clan at that time.

In this era when one's family background must be investigated, as long as one has a head and face, one cannot exist without the family.

So if the Liu family can really promote some talents, Liu Bei will certainly not be stingy.

People born in the clan naturally have a layer of loyalty, which is different from people with other surnames, so Liu Hui Liu Deran, the son of Liu Bo who had a good relationship with Liu Bei a long time ago, is the number one person Liu Bei deliberately cultivated in the Liu clan.

Represented by him, among the new generation of the Liu clan, there are three or five young people who have been brought into Liu Bei's private armed group for training. If they are really talented in time, they can be promoted and become their own assistants.

Time just passed by day by day, and Liu Bei lived his life step by step.

At the beginning of August, the Luoyang imperial court ordered Liu Bei to leave for Luoyang as soon as possible to participate in the re-examination of the government.

After receiving the edict, a big stone in Liu Bei's heart was finally settled, and the next most important thing was a series of arrangements after he left.

Since he was going to Luoyang, he had to have close people around him, and he had to leave a reliable person at home to look after the house.

After some discussion, Liu Bei decided to leave Jian Yong, Guan Yu, and Ji Jian to look after the house and take charge of their own affairs. When he was away, Jian Yong would be the person in charge.

He also invited Liu Bo, the closest member of the family, to be his spokesperson in the family and take charge of family affairs.

And Liu Bei himself decided to take the two core members Zhang Fei and Liu Hui, as well as Liu Yong and Liu Sheng, two relatively brave young people from the Liu clan, and the five went to Luoyang together.

Luoyang needs to be managed, and his own foundation needs to be managed even more. In the future troubled times, an elite and loyal armed team is very important.

Therefore, Jian Yong, Guan Yu, and Ji Jian, who were more capable and more cautious, were left by Liu Bei in their hometown in Zhuo County to look after the house, continue to accumulate food and wealth, and use the art of war taught by Lu Zhi to train their own private armed forces according to military standards. Wait.

These private armed forces were all from Youzhou and Jizhou refugees rescued by Liu Bei. With this relationship, there is a minimum guarantee of loyalty.

In addition, they were taught basic reading and writing skills by Liu Bei in the cottage, and they were given regular and rationed food supplies. They were arranged to go to the manor for agricultural production in rotation, and to receive military training in rotation. In fact, they were part-time military armed personnel.

After Liu Bei learned the art of war and the way of controlling subordinates from Lu Zhi, he began to formally manage them in the way of the army.

He got rid of the management model that was full of quackery in the stockade during the Street Fighter period, and started to follow the regular route, building these private armed forces as an army, and conducting the initial military training according to the content of the military training of college students.

Don't underestimate military training. Military training is definitely a good thing. It seems useless to stand in a military posture and walk upright, but it is really an introduction to a serious soldier.

It's just that most of the time the rules and regulations of military training are not strictly enforced. If the rules and regulations of military training are strictly followed, it only takes three to five months, and the person will be different immediately.

After that, Liu Bei set up a series of rules, including Liu's own military rules and laws, setting up military judges in the village, strictly managing discipline, strictly regulating their life style, uniform uniforms and so on.

At the same time, Liu Bei also slowly improved their material treatment, paid regular and quantitative military salaries, and also gave subsidies to their families to ensure that their food and clothing supplies were not lacking.

And as long as Liu Bei is free, he will personally pay everyone the military salary, and the subsidies that their families can get will also be delivered to their door in person, chat with them cordially, and have a certain degree of physical contact to strengthen their memory of gratitude.

In terms of propaganda, he also arranged for Ji Jian to continuously publicize the lives of the subordinates of other forces in Zhuo County except Liu Bei, telling them how miserable their lives are, what kind of rubbish they eat, and then compare them The food treatment of the Liu Group.

Without comparison, there is no harm.

Although they also ate simple coarse grain pickled vegetables, and could occasionally eat a bite of meat, but this contrast, a sense of happiness, a sense of pride and pride, and a sense of collective belonging suddenly came up.

What's more, regarding the existence of these veterans whom Liu Bei regards as starting a family, Liu Bei memorized the names of each of the more than 600 young and strong with excellent memory, and felt that the more than 300 names were really ugly or had no famous names at all. The person took a new name.

He took the time to establish a connection with everyone, and built this group of young men into his absolutely loyal and reliable starting team, preparing for the chaotic times that may come in the future.

The benefits of doing this are obvious.

After he returned from Lu Zhi's side and managed his team in a new way, although he spent a lot of money, the combat effectiveness of his team soon began to rise sharply.

The original fighting method based on blood and courage was changed to a professional army-style fighting method with discipline and organization, and soon the armed forces of the Liu Group became the number one player in the underground competition in Zhuo County, and their position was firmly established. , unshakable.

Therefore, Cheng Dazhi and others are very afraid and afraid of Liu Bei, and dare not provoke him at all.

These are Liu Bei's preparations for possible future changes.

In addition, some material preparations are also indispensable.

For example, agricultural production is of fundamental significance.

With the division of politics and academia at the central level, the economic foundation of the empire also collapsed in the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty, and agricultural manors began to appear. Especially after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Wubao also began to appear in large numbers in the Central Plains.

In the border area of ​​Youzhou where Liu Bei is located, due to the threat of foreign plunder, local tyrants not only have private armed forces to protect their property, but also often use certain forms of fortress construction to protect their land.

Before Liu Bei's prosperity, the Liu clan was a clan of small landlords and powerful clans. After Liu Bei developed, they integrated the family power to form a large-scale Liu's agricultural manor, and began to build a Wubao type of existence.

Because Liu Bei controlled the advantages of absolute force and the right to speak, the landowners of the Liu clan, large and small, all obeyed Liu Bei's instructions. Liu Bei did not deprive them of the land, but asked them to accept his unified agricultural production. manage.

That is, the full implementation of the Daitian Law.

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