The last person in the entire Liu family who can do anything 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 compete with other large Zhuojun families.
Unexpectedly, Liu Bei actually got this precious place of filial piety and integrity by virtue of his own ability.
The whole process was smooth and uneventful.
If there was any disturbance, it was probably that Liu Hui, the patriarch of the Liu clan, led many clan members to personally come to Liu Bei's home to pay homage to Liu Bei after Liu Bei became Xiaolian, to offer him sincere congratulations and to show his loyalty.
The Liu family in Zhuo County must be closely united around the command group with Liu Bei as the center, must obey Liu Bei's orders, and never engage in such things as overt and covert violations, etc.
That gesture was enough.
The Liu clan in Zhuo County was basically led by Liu Bei after Liu Bei returned to Zhuo County from Luoyang and Gongsun Zan became the magistrate of Zhuo County.
The head of a clan seems to have a lot of face, but in a county, it is the county magistrate who has the most say. The county magistrate may not seem to have a high official position, but to the people of a county, he is no different than the emperor.
Under the circumstances at that time, only Liu Bei in the entire Liu clan could speak in front of Gongsun Zan and 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, mediocre, and old. He cannot be compared with the powerful Liu Bei.
So every time the clan got together, Liu Bei presided over the speech and made various arrangements for family affairs, while Liu Hui was obedient.
There is a big age difference between the two, which makes them look quite strange.
Of course, Liu Bei would not bear grudges against this clan that did not help him much in the early stages. To be precise, this clan was extremely benevolent to him at that time.
Clan is indeed the best protection for individuals in this era. Liu Bei and his son were able to get a share of the business of weaving mats and selling shoes. At that time, the Liu clan presided over the distribution.
In this era where family origins are traced back to the clan, anyone with a good reputation cannot do without the existence of the family.
Therefore, 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. Therefore, Liu Hui and Liu Deran, the son of Liu Bo who had a good relationship with Liu Bei a long time ago, are the number one figures that Liu Bei deliberately cultivated in the Liu clan.
Represented by him, among the new generation of the Liu family, there are actually three or five young people who have been included in Liu Bei's private armed group for training. If they are really talented in time, they can be promoted and become his assistants.
Time just passed day by day, and Liu Bei lived his life step by step.
In early August, an edict from the Luoyang court was sent, requiring Liu Bei to leave for Luoyang as soon as possible to participate in the government re-examination.
After receiving the edict, a big stone in Liu Bei's heart finally fell to the ground. The next most important thing was a series of arrangements after he left.
Since I'm going to Luoyang, I can't live without someone close to me, and I can't live without someone reliable at home to look after my house.
After some discussion, Liu Bei decided to leave Jian Yong, Guan Yu and Ji Jian to look after the family and take charge of their own affairs. When Liu Bei was away, Jian Yong was fully responsible.
He also asked Liu Bo, the closest person in the family, to be his spokesperson in the family and take charge of family affairs.
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 of the Liu clan, and the five of them went to Luoyang together.
Luoyang needs to be managed, and its own business needs to be managed even more. In the troubled times of the future, an elite and loyal armed force will be very important.
Therefore, Jian Yong, Guan Yu, and Ji Jian, who were more capable and cautious, were left by Liu Bei in their hometown of Zhuoxian to look after the family. They continued to accumulate food and goods, and used the military skills taught by Lu Zhi to train their own private armed forces according to military standards. wait.
These private armed forces all came from refugees in Youzhou and Jizhou who were rescued by Liu Bei. With this relationship, their loyalty is at least guaranteed.
In addition, they were taught basic reading and writing skills by Liu Bei in the village, were provided with regular and rationed food supplies, were rotated to the manor for agricultural production, and were rotated to receive military training. They were actually semi-full-time military armed personnel.
After Liu Bei learned the art of war and the way to control his subordinates from Lu Zhi, he began to manage them formally according to the army's method.
He got rid of the management model that was full of gangster atmosphere in the village during the street fighter period, and began to follow the formal route. He built these private armed forces as an army and conducted the initial military training according to the content of military training for college students.
Don't underestimate military training. Military training is definitely a good thing. Standing in a military posture and walking forward may seem useless, but it is really a serious introduction to military training.
It's just that most of the time the rules and regulations of military training are not strictly implemented. If you really follow the rules and regulations of military training strictly, it only takes three to five months, and that person will be different immediately.
After that, Liu Bei also set up a series of rules, established Liu's own military regulations and military laws, set up military judges in the village, strictly managed discipline, strictly regulated their life style, unified uniforms, etc.
At the same time, Liu Bei also slowly improved their material treatment, paid regular and quantitative military pay, and also provided subsidies to their families to ensure that their food and clothing supply was not lacking.
As long as Liu Bei is free, he will personally distribute military pay to everyone, and the subsidies their families can receive will also be personally delivered to their doorsteps. He will have cordial conversations with them and have a certain degree of physical contact to strengthen their memory of gratitude.
In terms of publicity, he also arranged for Ji Jian to continuously promote the lives of subordinates of other forces in Zhuo County except Liu Bei, telling them how miserable those people's lives were and what kind of garbage they ate, and then compared them. The food treatment of Liu Group.
Without contrast, there is no harm.
Although they all ate simple whole-grain pickles and occasionally had a bite of meat, this contrast made them feel happy, and their sense of pride and collective belonging suddenly came up.
What's more, Liu Bei used his excellent memory to remember the names of each of the more than 600 young people who were regarded as veterans by Liu Bei. People without famous names were given new names.
He spent time establishing connections with everyone, building this group of young men into his absolutely loyal and reliable starting team, and preparing for the troubled times that may come in the future.
The benefits of this are obvious.
After he returned from Lu Zhi and managed his team in a new way, although he spent a lot of money, the combat effectiveness of his team soon began to increase sharply.
The original fighting method of relying solely on blood and courage was changed to a professional army-style fighting method with discipline and organization. Soon the armed forces of the Liu Group became the number one player in the Zhuoxian underground competition, and their position was stable. , difficult to shake.
Therefore, people such as Cheng Dazhi were very afraid and jealous of Liu Bei and did not dare to provoke him at all.
This is Liu Bei's preparation for possible changes in the future.
In addition, some material preparations are also indispensable.
For example, agricultural production is of fundamental significance.
With the split 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 estates 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 was located, due to the threat of foreign plunder, local tycoons not only had private armed forces to protect their property, but also often built certain forms of fortresses to protect their land.
Before Liu Bei became famous, the Liu family was a powerful family of small landowners. After Liu Bei became rich, they integrated the family's power and formed a large-scale Liu family agricultural estate, and began to build it into a Wubao-type existence.
Because Liu Bei has the advantage of absolute force and voice, landowners of the Liu clan, large and small, all obey Liu Bei's instructions. Liu Bei does not deprive them of their land ownership, but requires them to accept his unification of agricultural production. manage.
That is to fully implement the Daitian Law.
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