When Lu Zhi, Ma Rixi and Yang Biao were worried that Liu Bian would face the problem of lack of talents to govern the four counties that merged with the state, Liu Bian was also worried about this problem at this time.

Inspecting the three counties of Yunzhong, Dingxiang and Yanmen did not take Liu Bian too much time. In fact, Dou Xin, Dong Zhao and Han Yue were quite capable in rebuilding people's livelihood, gathering people's support, and local development and planning.

On the above, Dou Xin and the other two men completely followed Liu Bian's model of governing Xihe County, and the policies implemented were almost the same as what Liu Bian had envisioned, so Liu Bian quickly returned to Zhongyang City.

In the hall, Liu Bian, Xun Chen and He An were each making a meal. On the table were placed dried meat, fruits and vegetables, and two jars of Xihe wine. While eating the dried meat, Liu Bian said to Xun Chen: "You

Is your family willing to come to Xihe County?"

Eating and talking at the same time, such behavior is not very respectful to people. The Eastern Han Dynasty valued Confucianism and Confucianism valued etiquette. But Liu Bian was used to this, he had always been free and easy, and he was familiar with Xun Chen and He An, so they were not familiar with each other at all.

mind.

Xun Chen shook his head gently but said nothing. He knew that Liu Bian was referring to recruiting the Xun clan's children to serve in Xihe County, but Xun Yan had already clearly replied to Xun Chen, saying that the Xun clan members had already settled in Yingchuan.

After many years of establishment, no one wanted to move to Bingzhou, so no one wanted to work for Liu Bian.

Xun Chen understood that it was not that Xun Yan looked down upon Liu Bian and was unwilling to serve him, but that Bingzhou was far away and had difficult conditions, and was far less advantageous than Yingchuan. In addition, the Xun family already had Xun Chen serving for Liu Bian.

The gentry had a mentality of not putting all their eggs in one basket, and Xun Yan was not willing to put all his eggs in one basket. In addition, Xun Yan died at the beginning of his life, and Xun Yan said that he would observe filial piety for three years and was unwilling to serve as an official. If Xun Yan did not leave, the Xun family members would

No one is willing to leave.

"How about Guo Jia now?" Liu Bian was not dissatisfied at all, he was just slightly disappointed. In this matter, Liu Bian naturally believed that Xun Chen must be doing his best, but things like recruiting talents are often troublesome.

It's wishful thinking.

"His boy has already paid homage to Mr. Pang De." Xun Chen seemed to be interested. He poured out beads and said, "I don't know where this boy got his luck. He was allowed to be accepted by Mr. Pang De."

.It is said that on the day of his apprenticeship, Pang Degong specially killed a sheep to celebrate. The sheep was sent by us, which was really an advantage for Guo Jia. However, he also studied hard, and was familiar with classics, meanings and strategies. In the past, this boy always studied.

He's lazy, I didn't expect that his temperament has changed a lot since I haven't seen him for such a long time."

Liu Bian nodded. There was no hope for the talents in Yingchuan for the time being, so Liu Bian asked again: "I guess Lao Xia will be back in a few days. I guess he won't let me down."

.It’s just that we have no shortage of people to focus on the general direction, but we still lack a lot of people to implement it below.”

Xun Chen knew that what Liu Bian was talking about was the problem of too few officials. Liu Hong's imperial edict had not yet arrived. It is not yet known what the emperor rewarded, but Xun Chen was sure that the reward would not disappoint, at least in this way.

In all likelihood, the three counties of Dingxiang and Yanmen will be placed under Liu Bian's rule. In this way, Liu Bian was worried about the problem of too few officials and was also taking precautions. Xun Chen frowned slightly and thought for a while.

Then he said: "If Lu Shouze can come, he can fill some official positions."

Liu Bian originally left Lu Jun in Luoyang in order to let him make friends with talented and ambitious young people in Luoyang, and then lead them to work in Xihe County. Liu Bian had already sent someone to deliver a message to Lu Jun, and he didn't know anything about it.

There was no rush, he believed that Lu Jun would not let him down, so Liu Bian nodded.

With Liu Bian, I am sure

Xun Chen said: "Then let's wait! It's not advisable to transfer the officials of the three counties too early. It's better to wait until they arrive to get familiar with each other before making detailed arrangements! There are only so many official positions, and they will be filled gradually.

, Mr. Ben, there is no need to rush."

"What do you think of my proposal to expand the military?" Liu Bian asked again.

"I am not opposed to military expansion." Xun Chen first stated his position. There is no doubt that he is on the same front as Liu Bian on this matter.

Now Liu Bian has actually mastered the land of the four counties in Bingzhou, but the court has not determined it in name. The land of the four counties cannot be said to be big or small. The most important thing is that the land of these four counties is dependent on

To control the Southern Xiongnu and Xianbei, they must be supported by strong military capabilities. Now that people's livelihood and convenience are under control, official appointment and talent recruitment are already in the plan, but there are still many problems with the army.

Xun Chen carefully checked the household registrations of the four counties and used the development model of Xihe County as a reference. He believed that it was not a big problem to build an army of 50,000 people, as long as there was no war. The farming land of Luofu

Liu Bian's ripening magic was very effective. When Dingxiang County was rebuilt, Luo Tian had already established a large area of ​​farmland in Dingxiang County and had already had a good harvest. Dingxiang County now has no harvest at all.

Worried about food issues.

Luo Fang has now turned his target to Yanmen County. All four counties have to establish fields. Naturally, in the early stage, they will plant ripening grains. After the food problem is stabilized in various places, they will gradually change to normal grain crops.

.For this reason, Liu Bian has been building facilities in Xiaofang's world. Farmland will naturally be established. Others, such as county offices, county offices, residential buildings, etc., have basically been established. This wave of operations will be done directly.

Xiaofang’s world coins are almost consumed.

It is worth mentioning the racecourse in Yunzhong County. Liu Bian left this matter to Zhu Da. Zhu Da was also very efficient, so he naturally did not dare to neglect the tasks assigned by Liu Bian himself. However, this racecourse was established

Well, the horses have been placed there, and some horse breeders have been recruited, but the people guarding the racecourse have not found any suitable ones.

According to Zhu Da, the size of the racecourse is still very large. There are many horses. At least an army of about 500 people must be sent to guard it. Otherwise, if there is any emergency, such as bandits, wolves, etc.

Wait, it's not safe without hundreds of people guarding it. For this reason, Liu Bian also agreed with Zhu Da's opinion, but he couldn't find the right person for a while.

It was also because of the small number of people under his command. Before, Liu Bian only controlled one Zhongyang City. At that time, he thought he had too many people to use. After he controlled Xihe County, he was still struggling. Now he controlled four counties.

, there are not enough people all of a sudden. In the past, one person held two jobs, and he could support himself through hard work. But now there are many official positions vacant. In addition, with more and more newly built facilities, the official positions are vacant.

It's more and more.

Taking care of the racecourse is a hard job, and the power is not too great, but with Liu Bian's attitude towards his subordinates, the benefits are absolutely nothing to say. If you are not enterprising, this can be regarded as a good position for retirement.

So are there any unmotivated people around Liu Bian? There is no doubt that He An is the first to bear the brunt.

Xun Chen cleared his throat and said: "It's still the same old problem. Bingzhou is a vast area with a sparse population. Not to mention the four counties under Bian Ye's rule, even Shangdang can't recruit an army of fifty thousand people.

"

"There's no need to recruit fifty thousand people! Thirty thousand people will be enough." Liu Bian waved his hand and said, but he changed his tune when he saw Xun Chen's grimace.

: "Twenty thousand people. When we have recruited 20,000 people, we can't have any less."

With such a big territory, how can I sleep peacefully without an army of 20,000 people? Even that black guy at the head of the army can have an army of 20,000 to 30,000 people, and they are all cavalry. I am so handsome, and I have

Is an army of 20,000 men excessive?

Xun Chen sighed leisurely and said: "With the current population of the four counties, we can only recruit a thousand more soldiers at most. If we forcefully recruit the people, there will be a shortage of farming, and there will be a lot of delays in other aspects."

"Young Master didn't say anything about forced conscription!" When Liu Bian heard that Xun Chen had brought the conversation to such a serious level, he simply put down the meat in his hand, picked up the pottery bowl and took a sip of wine, and then he said

Xun Chen said: "There is no need to recruit troops in the four counties! You can recruit troops in the entire Bingzhou! If it doesn't work, there is Youzhou, eh? Youzhou can't do it, it is also a poor place. Jizhou, Jizhou people

If there are more, you can send someone to try. Sili is also fine. You need to pay more attention to this place, so Sili Hedong County is the best. What do you think?"

Xun Chen pondered for a while, nodded and said: "Although it is a little more troublesome and takes a little longer, it can be considered a compromise."

Upon hearing this, Liu Bian said: "Then do you have a better way?"

"The captured Xianbei people can serve as military slaves. The Southern Xiongnu can continue to hire their cavalry." Xun Chen said.

Liu Bian shook his head directly and said: "The Xianbei prisoners, I have given an order to let them do hard work. There is a reward and punishment system, so they will not resist. Over such a long time, more than a dozen people have been pardoned and restored to health.

Their status as civilians allows the remaining thousands of people to work with peace of mind. If these people are now used as military slaves, wouldn't I be breaking my promise?"

"Being a military slave is a dead end deal. Xianbei people are not stupid. When the resistance comes out, how are you going to suppress it? Kill them all? Taking the initiative to rebel and forcing rebellion are two different things. The people we have just gathered can't

All of them were defeated at once!" Liu Bian looked at Xun Chen and continued with a calm expression: "It costs too much to hire the cavalry of the Southern Huns. And the war has just subsided, so you can't keep them when there is no war, right? Besides,

After all, they are not our own soldiers, and they will never stand with us. What if one day we go to war with the Southern Huns? Do you think these Huns cavalry will help us fight?"

Xun Chen bowed his hands to Liu Bian, and then said: "What Mr. Bian said is that I didn't think carefully. But I have another plan, which may be useful."

Liu Bian raised his hand to Xun Chen, signaling for him to speak. Xun Chen opened his mouth and said, "Reduce the number of soldiers in the county."

"Still reducing it?" Liu Bian couldn't help but frowned. He had already reduced the number of soldiers in the county town once before. If it were reduced again, he would be a little worried about the lack of soldiers guarding the county town.

Xun Chen didn't speak, but just nodded. In the end, Liu Bian agreed. He said: "In this case, we will have 300 soldiers in the county and 100 soldiers in other counties. We will reduce the number of people and either go to the military camp or go back to work in the fields."

Let’s do it!”

As soon as Liu Bian said these words, Xun Chen couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. Originally, he meant to just reduce it by a little, but he didn't expect that Liu Bian would cut it so harshly.

Liu Bian naturally has his own considerations. He has decided to station the other four battalions in addition to the regular battalions in the four counties. In this way, the problem of insufficient soldier garrison in the county will be solved directly. If something happens,
Chapter completed!