Regarding recruiting soldiers, Liu Bei originally planned to recruit all Han people to join the army. However, because there were also many local Han people from Ba County who wanted to join the army, Liu Bei thought about it and set aside two battalions to recruit Han people from Ba County. , the remaining five battalions were given to the people.
At the same time, Liu Bei also formally opened the Cavalry General Shogunate in Bajun, and announced that he would recruit shogunate members from Yizhou people to join his shogunate and assist him in handling Yizhou's military affairs.
This is not a regular position, it is just Liu Bei's personal staff. When Liu Bei can still control Yizhou's military, he still has work to do. But once Liu Bei loses the power to control Yizhou's military, it is hard to say whether this position will still exist. .
To put it bluntly, this is a temporary job.
However, because of Liu Bei's fatal attraction, this temporary position also attracted many people from Yizhou to come to Bajun to meet Liu Bei, hoping to be appointed by Liu Bei.
They believed that if they could establish achievements or demonstrate talents for Liu Bei, even if Liu Bei no longer took charge of Yizhou's military, he would definitely find some way out for them, which would be much better than them wandering around in Shu.
Wouldn't it be nice to have more avenues?
What if Liu Bei takes a fancy to him?
Among this group of people, there were quite a few names that Liu Bei was familiar with.
For example, Gan Ning, a native of Linjiang, Ba County, admired Liu Bei's military achievements and prestige, so he took the initiative to visit Liu Bei and expressed his intention to surrender.
For example, Zhao Wei, a native of Anhan in Bajun and the former commander of Taicang in Luoyang, when Liu Bei entered Shu to suppress the rebellion, he happened to feel that Luoyang was in chaos and did not want to stay any longer, so he chose to resign and return to his hometown. He heard that Liu Bei was summoning members of the shogunate, so Self-recommendation.
There is also Qin Mi, a native of Mianzhu County, Guanghan County. He is very talented and learned. The governor of Guanghan County recruited him to serve as an official many times, but he was unwilling. This time I heard that Liu Bei summoned shogunate members in Ba County because he admired Liu Bei's military exploits and prestige. He took the initiative to go to Pemba County and wanted to join Liu Bei.
When Qin Mi came, he persuaded his friend Wang Shang from Li County, Guanghan County to join Liu Bei. Wang Shang also admired Liu Bei's military exploits and prestige, so he came to serve Liu Bei.
There was also Zhang Ren, a native of Shu County, who took the initiative to serve Liu Bei because he admired Liu Bei's military exploits and prestige. He said that he was brave but came from a humble background and hoped that Liu Bei would appoint him.
These people are somewhat representative.
In addition to them, there were more than thirty Yizhou people with talents in culture, politics and martial arts. After talking with Liu Bei and showing their talents, they were all included in the hussar general shogunate by Liu Bei and became his personal subordinates.
During their tenure, all their wages, benefits, etc. were provided by Liu Bei personally. They did not receive salaries from the Luoyang court, nor did they listen to the orders of the Luoyang court. They had only one direct superior - the hussar general Liu Bei.
In accepting them, in addition to getting along and getting along with the locals in Yizhou for the first time, Liu Bei also wanted to select suitable candidates as formal subordinates, so that he could get some of the locals in Yizhou during the great changes in Yizhou in the future. support.
In addition to these people, there was also an old man who came to Danqu County to pay homage to Liu Bei.
This little old man is called Dong Fu.
Dong Fu, who had failed to successfully deceive Yizhou Mu in Luoyang, suddenly heard that Yizhou had a Tibetan rebellion immediately after the Yellow Turban Rebellion. He was very worried. However, he soon heard that the hussar general Liu Bei had been appointed as the governor. , supervising Yizhou's military affairs, suddenly had a suspicion in his mind.
So Dong Fu insisted on resigning regardless of General He Jin's efforts to stay, left the prosperous Luoyang, and returned to Yizhou with his aging body.
After entering Hanzhong, he was overjoyed when he heard that Liu Bei had successfully quelled the rebellion of the Ti people, recruited troops in Bajun, and opened a hussar general shogunate to recruit people from Yizhou to assist him in managing Yizhou's military.
His waist was no longer sore and his legs were no longer painful. He dragged his eighty-year-old body over the mountains and ridges to Bajun, and went to Danqu County to meet Liu Bei.
Dong Fu was well-known in both Yizhou and Luoyang. Liu Bei had heard of his reputation and knew that he was a famous fortune-teller and fortune teller. He was recommended by General He Jin. Liu Hong met him and asked about him. Some of his prophecies and celestial phenomena.
Liu Bei then received Dong Fu cautiously.
Liu Bei originally thought that Dong Fu, as an old man, would have a convoluted speech. Although he didn't know what he was thinking, he could always hear what he had to say by listening patiently to him.
But what Liu Bei didn't expect was that Dong Fu actually got straight to the point.
"There will be great chaos in the capital, there will be bloodshed, and the situation will be very unstable. If the general can stay in Yizhou and watch the changes in the situation, he will definitely be able to seize the favorable opportunity and realize the general's ambition."
Liu Bei was very surprised by Dong Fu's straightforward words.
"Why do you have such an opinion? How could there be such bloody chaos in the capital?"
Dong Fu mysteriously explained to Liu Bei the celestial phenomena and the flow of energy from the perspective of prophecy theory, and talked about some professional terms in prophecy theory that Liu Bei could not understand anyway. Finally, he concluded that there would be wars and bloodshed in the capital. in conclusion.
He believed that the capital would definitely be unstable, and Liu Bei must stay in Yizhou so that he could survive the disaster safely.
Liu Bei didn't believe that the old man could tell so many things by looking at the sky. He was more inclined to believe that the old man had analyzed this matter through experience.
So Liu Bei smiled.
"Zi Buyu has strange powers and chaotic gods. Although I have attached great importance to the theory of prophecy since the founding of the country, Mr. Dong, I personally do not believe in the theory of prophecy. I am more inclined to believe that you arrived at this theory through meticulous observation and careful analysis. Conclusion, not prophecy."
Dong Fulue looked at Liu Bei in surprise.
"The theory of prophecy is a prominent one in the world. Ever since Emperor Guangwu revived the Han Dynasty, no one has disbelieved in it. As a state pastor appointed by the imperial court, the general doesn't believe in the theory of prophecy?"
"The rise and fall of the world is a natural principle. The reasons for its rise and fall have been recorded in history books by predecessors. If you read the history books, you can see the way of rise and fall."
Liu Bei smiled and shook his head, and said slowly: "When we find that the mistakes made by our predecessors have been corrected by today's people, we know that prosperity is coming. When we find that today's people are still making the mistakes of our predecessors, we know that prosperity is coming." Destruction is coming. This is a very clear thing, so why do we need to draw conclusions by observing the sky?"
Dong Fu blinked, looked Liu Bei up and down, shook his head, and sighed.
"A general's word is worth millions of words."
"It's just a feeling."
Liu Bei sighed and said: "People today will always make the same mistakes that their predecessors made. This is the source of trouble. When I read history books, I often see this type of content, and I am very emotional about it.
I don’t know why today’s people can’t completely correct the mistakes of their predecessors. I don’t know why some people don’t make any changes even though they know they are going to perish. But I know that there are signs of prosperity and destruction.
Mr. Dong, I heard that the emperor wants to recruit new soldiers in Luoyang to train a new army, and they will not belong to the establishment of the Northern Army, Huben Army, Yulin Army and other armies. Is this true? "
Dong Fu nodded.
"It's true, but I didn't expect the general to know about it. Does the general care about Luoyang?"
"It's hard not to know about such a big thing."
Liu Bei shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Luoyang already has an army, and the Han army is the emperor's army. In this case, why does the emperor need to train a new army? It's just that the emperor thinks that Luoyang's army is no longer trustworthy, so he A new army must be organized and trained.
If you think about it further, you can think that Luoyang's army is under the command of General He Jin and is as stable as Mount Tai. Now that the emperor wants to train a new army, he must be doubting General He Jin.
So why did the emperor doubt the general He Jin? Could it be that the general is disloyal and wants to rebel? So why isn't there any news? Thinking of this, normal officials would suspect that the emperor had the intention of abolishing the elders and establishing the younger ones.
They would suspect that the emperor targeted the generals in order to abolish the elders and establish younger ones. Officials would assume this. If the emperor could not make a clear attitude, this assumption would come true.
In this way, surrounding the dispute over the abolition of the elder and the establishment of the younger, there will inevitably be a fight between the New Army and General He Jin. Once a fight occurs, it is not surprising that bloodshed will occur. "
(End of chapter)
