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Chapter 769

Liu Bei wrote down the little things that Li Sugang taught him that day, so he returned to the palace for the time being and ordered to arrange other government affairs first. There was too much information, so Liu Bei's learning ability should slowly digest and review it for a while.

Besides, there is no need to hurry these things. It was because Liu Bei saw Yuan Shao's authority collapse and was moved by the feeling that he needed to find a psychologist to explain it. Li Su seemed to be playing the role of a psychologist.

As we all know, few people who go back after seeing a psychologist immediately followed the doctor's advice, and they all feel relieved and procrastinated.

Fortunately, institutional construction is a century-old plan, and the key point is to solve the urgent military and political priorities first.

Three or four days after that, Liu Bei asked Xun You and Fa Zheng to discuss military deployment, logistical support, and dispatch of Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei, and were very busy.

Li Su would not ask about the details personally, but he would still give a hint of the key links, so that the court's military logistics decisions could be made steadily.

During the process, Li Su would not urge Liu Bei. After all, the chat that day was completely without outsiders and had fun after drinking. If the emperor regretted it afterwards, he would never be persuaded or reminded.

With Liu Bei's character, it is impossible to completely repent. He does not want to abuse the people. He must have sincerely hoped that his descendants would be stable for a long time and that the people would be spared from war again.

However, many of the decisions made after drinking that day were indeed a little more radical, such as "saving a few sets of national history to other foreign countries with written words, warning their descendants not to act badly and then tamper with historical concealment", which was indeed a little bigger.

If Li Su reminded Liu Bei, "You said this after drinking a lot of wine", that is not a way to protect yourself. You should wait for Liu Bei to slowly recall his mentality and do a good job in psychological construction.

As time soon entered the beginning of February, military decisions were made, and before the busy farming began, they were sent to Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun respectively, asking them to act according to the plan, and make their own decisions on the details, "The orders of the king from outside will not be accepted."

With the arrival of the busy spring farming season, civil affairs in the North Korea have become more complicated. We should persuade farmers and organize and regulate production.

Especially in Liu Bei, a government form that strongly interferes in economic activities, there is more regulation and control work, and government supervision is more busy.

After all, the farmers and people around Luoyang in Chang'an cannot even be self-sufficient in food. They have to grow vegetables, sell vegetables and buy grains, and are highly commercialized. The government's regulation work is under great pressure, and they must focus on prices every quarter to ensure stable prices.

We do not give unscrupulous merchants the opportunity to reduce vegetable prices and raise grain prices while the vegetable harvest season is in a bumper season, and exploit farmers.

It is not a chance to take advantage of the season when vegetables are poorly harvested and increase prices and exploit Chang'an citizens.

Anyway, the price of rice is high, and the price of vegetables is high, and the price of vegetables is high, and the industrial and commercial citizens in the city are low. The regulation must be very stable, and when necessary, government reserves and price guidance policies are used.

For a moment, other internal affairs of the Chang'an court seemed less urgent. The civil affairs in Luoyang became busy again.

Fortunately, Zhuge Jin is in Chang'an and Zhuge Liang is in Luoyang. The two brothers have good civil affairs and have regulated the prices of the two capitals, the few metropolitan cities in China, which are now "farmers within two hundred miles of the city around the city, but not grain."

(Chengdu also has such a plan, but Chengdu’s business spontaneous organizational power is much stronger. The profitable businessmen were hit in their early years. They still remember Liu Ba’s iron fist to protect the plate, so they dare not be arrogant. The market will regulate itself and do not require the government’s macro-control.)

In addition to the efforts of Zhuge Brothers and others, the self-discipline of specific operators such as the Zhen family has also made great contributions to the stability of the market.

During the whole process, Li Su didn't do much work to outsiders. He seemed to be very relaxed as the prime minister, thinking that everything was a trivial matter, and he threw it to the people below to make a decision.

But only Liu Bei and Li Su themselves knew that he was secretly busy with the proofreading of historical materials, which was a major event of orthodox creation and worthy of the Prime Minister's personal review.

...

One day in late February, after Liu Bei inspected the relevant work, he remembered what he had talked to Li Su that day about setting up Neikuqing. Seeing that Zhen Yan and Zhen Yao were doing things properly and diligently, the key was that he was already very rich and not too greedy.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhen Yan was officially appointed as the Minister of the Inner Treasury and Zhen Yao was the Doctor. The two brothers were in charge of the use of the royal treasury in the two capitals.

As for the position of Zhengqing or Shangshu, it is temporarily vacant. After all, the Zhen brothers are too young and have insufficient qualifications, and Liu Bei also needs to pay attention to checks and balances. In the future, other relatives can use balance and supervision to balance and supervise each other.

Considering that there is more or less competitive relationship between relatives and relatives, the probability of mutual union is relatively low. If Mi Zhu re-entered the court, it would be more than enough to be a minister. If Mi Zhu didn't come, then find a relative in the Wu family who had a lower status than Wu Yi and Wu class but knew a little mathematics to take care of him.

It is also very reasonable to let the relatives in charge of the emperor's royal family's private wealth, which is equivalent to letting the wife manage the salary card. It can also better cut off the power of the relatives in other aspects, and clearly distinguish the inside and outside, gradually eliminating the problem of the autocracy of the relatives since the Eastern Han Dynasty.

When Liu Bei submitted the two government departments and specific personnel appointments to the court for discussion, the ministers had no objection. They all thought that the emperor's idea was correct, and there was no problem with the royal family's private wealth, so they passed unanimously.

After passing this decree, Liu Bei recalled some of the measures discussed with Li Su last month, and some of them have not been implemented. He felt that he could now strike while the iron was hot.

He also proposed to rehabilitate Han Xin, Dou Xian and others at the court discussion, as well as to worship Qu Yuan, etc. In addition, he hoped that the court officials would learn the newly revised "Records of the Grand Historian Suoyin" led by the Prime Minister and the Grand Tutor, and the revised new version of "Han Ji" by Cai Yan, understand the spirit of the document, master the historical qualitative part of the key modifications, and understand the orthodox basis of China's integration of the Four Barbarians.

Liu Bei was also smart and knew that some words could not be said in the court, especially the real and long-term motivations behind them, but those superficial measures could be discussed.

Of course, no court official dared to object to the emperor's request for everyone to learn and understand the spirit of the document. Moreover, these documents were compiled by the Taifu and the Prime Minister. Who dares to say that learning is not good?

The Taifu has been a master of academic circles in the world for many years. After the Prime Minister's "The Blessed Relationship of the Palace" was born twelve years ago, he also wanted to be a saint. Let other civil servants learn it, which is a chance to make progress.

Everyone expressed that they would study and understand it carefully after they went back, and would also give the emperor a form to write their reading experience.

Liu Bei said that it was unnecessary. Next month, the Prime Minister will organize everyone to hold a "reading club" and the ministers will discuss their own learning experiences in groups. Then, let’s talk about how to add these historical research to the subjects of the imperial examination, which should be added and which should not be added.

That is to say, it is equivalent to those symposiums in later generations. Who can tell me if I can’t do it?

This will also facilitate future new court officials to unify their thinking with the court in terms of historical cognition of major issues. Instead of simply blindly calling for loyalty as before. Liu Bei also knew that red tape and making his ministers show loyalty were actually useless. Do you know how to pretend to behave and act? It would be better to actually affect the three views and be useful.

After finalizing the requirements of the reading club, the ministers began to discuss the rehabilitation of the ancients and worshipping Qu Yuan. These things could be passed, but the emperor could not have completely explained why he did this.

Liu Bei has also figured out these days and knew what he could say, so he emphasized: "I am inspired by the lessons since Guangwu. From Guangwu to Huanling, only Guangwu, Ming and Zhang can be said to be accompanied by the king and his subjects, and have great martial arts against foreigners.

Later, the martial virtues declined day by day, from the time of Dou Xian, to the time of Huan Ling being ravaged by the Xianbei. The monarch and ministers were in chaos, and the relatives and eunuchs alternated with autocracy and domineering the emperor.

Although those foreign relatives in chaos had something to be killed, they had military power and were in harmony with the king. After Emperor Zhang, the emperor often had no legitimate sons, and most of them had concubines to succeed the throne or even foreign vassals to succeed to the throne, which further led to the fact that the relatives of the former emperor had no blood relationship with the new king. They had to worry that the new king's new relatives were too forced to protect themselves because of their worries, and they were so anxious that they could jump over the wall. These lessons had to be learned.

Fortunately, I have reformed the past and made innovations. There is no danger of foreign relatives in this dynasty in charge of military affairs, and I cannot be the commander of foreign relatives in the future. At most, I can only let foreign relatives take charge of the imperial treasury finance. This is not only a matter of eliminating bad policies, but also a reward for future foreign relatives to have a long and good end.

But before the relatives of the outside world are in trouble, the ministers should also see the historical facts clearly—Wei, Huo, Dou and other relatives. Unlike the others, they have indeed achieved the purpose of eliminating foreign barbarians, so they can also make a decision to respect these ancient people.

The Han Dynasty will not treat the meritorious officials badly, nor will it indulge the relatives of the foreigners again. Those who are in the emperor will not take charge of the army, and the king and his subjects will get along with each other. Isn’t that beautiful?"

After Liu Bei's reorganization, Li Su even had some hallucinations after hearing this: Isn't this a glass of wine releasing power? Fortunately, Li Su reacted quickly and realized that the situation was still different.

Zhao Kuangyin released the military power with a cup of wine and was a general who had the talent to lead the army. He only formed a family with them after releasing the military power, so it still damaged the nation's foreign combat effectiveness.

Liu Bei wanted to solve the accumulated problems of "they were granted the generals and the generals of chariots and cavalry to take charge of military power" since the Eastern Han Dynasty, and to form a ancestral system. The previous historical mistakes were the first to become the foreign relatives before they became the commander, not how strong they had military talents.

Therefore, Liu Bei's move only solves some small problems, but does not introduce new problems and does not harm external combat effectiveness.

It is also because of this that Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, Dou Xian and other "combat-friendly relatives" must be taken out separately. For Dou Xian, who was forced to commit suicide by other relatives, they must completely restore their reputation.

A person who has no talent in the past will never give you military power and will ensure a good ending. This is indeed a benevolent policy. After the court officials figured it out, they all agreed.

After Dou Xian was rehabilitated, Liu Bei did not explain in detail about Han Xin's rehabilitation, but everyone followed the idea and understood that Liu Bei must have been touched by Yuan Shao's fate of "watching him up a tall building, watching him entertain guests, and watching his building collapse."

I hope to loosen the relationship between the emperor and the military commander and historical suspicion.

Both proposals were successfully passed, the key is that this kindness was conveyed to most court officials, making people feel more stable.

After all, not all military generals have a friendship with Liu Bei. Except for Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, others should always think more about the way out.

After all these were passed, no one minded the final proposal to worship Qu Yuan. It was just that a court official asked Liu Bei about his considerations, and Liu Bei just said that he would promote his faith in faith and decry and denounce evil and fraud. This reason was very legitimate and everyone passed it unanimously.

However, when discussing the final specific worship method, many people had different methods and proposed various suggestions.

When the leader Li Su heard this, he felt a little unrealistic in his heart - mainly during the Han Dynasty, the Duanyang Festival had already existed, but it was not a sacrifice to Qu Yuan.

The Duanyang Festival was originally just a primitive faith festival about the farming season and the astronomical phenomena, and was not related to any ancient commemorations. In fact, it was not until the Eastern Jin Dynasty that the first record of linking the Duanyang Festival with Qu Yuan appeared in history.

In fact, this is not difficult to understand, because Qu Yuan was a native of Chu after all, and when Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, he actually had traces of his origin in Chu. Who made Xiang Yu, who fought for hegemony with him, represent Chu?

In history, during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, a large number of commemorations of the Chu people began to be commemorated. On the one hand, after the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the Han avoided Chu talks basically disappeared. However, the Zhengshuo of the Eastern Jin Dynasty moved south to the south, and the cultural and moral models of the ancients in the southern region had to be re-established.

During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, even many gods fabricated the magical genre of the south. Many immortals of Buddhism and Taoism were said to be in the south. For example, Maoshan and Tiantai Mountain were all said to be occupied by some gods from the north.

However, now that Liu Bei has decided to rebalance the issues of Xiang Yu and Emperor Yi, and to uplift Qu Yuan and belittle the greedy King Huai of Chu, there is no need to avoid history.

It is the best choice to be superior to Qu Yuan, who is a Chu man, respecting Chu's trustworthy role model but not respecting his unethical royal family.

Unfortunately, Liu Bei himself did not say these principles, and the people below did not dare to speak. After all, the people below did not know how determined the Han emperor above was, and even Chu could look at it peacefully again.

Seeing that this detail was easy to be put aside and could not be discussed, Li Su had to stand up and let him take the lead in suggesting the emperor:

"Your Majesty, I think that since I want to worship Qu Yuan and be a model of Chinese trust and righteousness, I can choose the Duanyang Festival for a period of sacrifice to the world. The "Records of the Grand Historian Suoyin" that I have compiled has also been adjusted based on this.

In the offices of the teachers and officials of each county, the place where the sons and scholars worship should also be uniformly established. As for special temples, no requirements should be made to avoid increasing local burdens. All officials, officials and servants can rest for three days during the sacrificial festival.”

Liu Bei immediately sang and agreed: "What the Prime Minister said is very consistent with my wishes, but I only chose the Dragon Boat Festival, but what is the research?"

Li Su had no choice but to use the legends of Qu Yuan that had been fabricated in later generations to use a little credible one.

Anyway, these things would have appeared in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Li Su only advanced two hundred years.

As for dragon boat racing and eating rice dumplings, Li Su doesn’t need to recommend it. There has always been this event on the Dragon Boat Festival, but it was not a commemoration of Qu Yuan before.

Considering that he is the academic master second only to Cai Yong in the world, he said that he compiled historical materials and anecdotes, and the research on these are true, and no one would object.
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