Liu Bei merged all the military departments that were previously under his control, transferred the command of the entire army to the Military Department of the General's Mansion, personally supervised the affairs of the military department, commanded the military as a general, and passed the The military headquarters in the General's Mansion is directly connected to the army.
Most of the troops inside and outside Luoyang City, and even the regular armies in most places, are currently under the control of the General's Office. More than 90% of the entire Han Empire's military power is under Liu Bei's direct control. Under control.
And because of the growth in power and control over the country's finances, not only his own army, but also the 30,000 Xiyuan Army under the command of Jian Shuo, which relied on Liu Bei for logistical supplies, was actually within the scope of the military's influence. .
The Xiyuan Army was originally led by Liu Hong himself, and its logistical supplies also relied on Liu Hong's own supply. They used the Shaofu system. But now that the Shaofu belongs to Liu Bei, the financial power of the entire Han Empire has also become greater than that of Liu Bei. The Xiyuan Army's logistical supplies naturally depended on Liu Bei.
Of course, Jian Shuo also has a choice. He can use the wealth he controls to provide logistics supplies to the army and build his own logistics supply base, so that he can directly control the 30,000-person Xiyuan Army.
But Jian Shuo was obviously not willing, and with his financial resources, it was more than enough for him to live a luxurious life, but it would be a bit difficult to support an army of 30,000 people.
He could not afford and did not want to raise so many troops, so after Liu Bei took control of the country's financial power, Jian Shuo actually acquiesced in Liu Bei's command of the Xiyuan Army.
He himself gradually faded away from the overall control of the Xiyuan Army. Among the eight captains of the Xiyuan Army, he only retained control over the captains of his own army to protect his own safety. The other seven captains of the army , he basically gave up.
Now the armies controlled by the other seven captains basically draw their money from the financial system controlled by Liu Bei. These seven captains have basically defected to Liu Bei and have a close relationship with Liu Bei. Liu Bei is planning to transfer these seven foreign troops to Liu Bei. He was sent to local positions and annexed the Xiyuan Army in an upright manner.
Of course, in this matter, Liu Bei did not treat Jian Shuo badly. He was the supplier of delicious food and drinks, protected his interests, gave him a sufficient sense of security, etc.
In other words, at this stage, except for the palace guard system and city gate captain system in the hands of Dong Chong, as well as the five thousand old troops controlled by Dong Zhuo, who serves as the governor of Xuzhou, all the armies of the entire Han Empire have already obeyed Under Liu Bei's command.
The difference is that some are the headquarters, and some are armies that obey the command but do not completely belong to Liu Bei, such as the army led by the later general Lu Bu.
But overall, it is an indisputable fact that Liu Bei had absolute control over the military power of the Han Empire.
And if you really want to talk about it, even Dong Zhong's city gate school captain system and palace guard system are actually in a precarious state.
Dong Chong was intimidated by Liu Bei's power, fearful of Liu Bei, and did not dare to confront Liu Bei. Although the palace guards and city gate captains were still under the control of his cronies, the wages of the city gate captains and palace guards also increased. The accounts of the imperial court's finances were not given by Dong Zhong personally.
After all, the armies and officers of these two parts belong to the regular establishment of the Han Empire. Most of them follow Dong Chong because of his identity and status as a hussar general, as well as his responsibilities. If you really want to talk about loyalty, he is not that loyal. Who will eat it? Everyone knows who pays for the meal.
Now that Dong Zhong's power to open the government is essentially frozen, it is difficult to say how much control he still has over the city gate captain and palace guard systems.
Anyway, from Liu Bei's own point of view, all the city gate captains, large and small officers and even some soldiers in the palace guard system he met on the way from his general's palace to Liu Xie and the palace of Queen Mother Dong were already very good. Familiar.
Liu Bei even knew some of them by name.
When they meet each other, they will respectfully salute Liu Bei. Occasionally, Liu Bei will bring some good things into the palace, and he will also give some to the guys who guard the important areas of the palace. Everyone gets along well and is very harmonious, not like Liu Bei at all. It's two people in the chain of command.
Outside Luoyang City, there are only two organized regular armies that are not under the command of Liu Bei. One is the Qingzhou Army under the command of Liu Yu, the Qingzhou Mu, with 20,000 to 30,000 people. The scale is acceptable and the combat effectiveness is also acceptable.
However, Liu Yu himself had no ambitions for hegemony. He was a traditional old bureaucrat who was more enthusiastic about political status and cherished his feathers more. As long as the orders were issued in the name of the Luoyang court, he would not fail to comply with them.
Therefore, his army Liu Bei did not want to intervene at all, which made no sense.
The remaining army that Liu Bei did not control or penetrate was Dong Zhuo's five thousand old troops who were fighting in Xuzhou and the Xuzhou official army transformed from the Xuzhou handymen under Dong Zhuo's command.
There is a slight problem, because Dong Zhuo still cares about his political status and military command. When faced with the court's temptation before, he also expressed his attitude that he did not want to give up the five thousand old troops, and he would take these five thousand with him wherever he went. The old department behaves like an old feudal veteran soldier, which does not meet the requirements of the new era.
But compared to the state of the entire world, Dong Zhuo's five thousand men were no longer able to cause any big troubles, and the comparison of strength with the imperial court was completely unbalanced.
Regardless of whether Dong Zhuo is obedient or not, sooner or later he will be a piece of meat in Liu Bei's mouth.
The same goes for engineering matters.
The Taipu, Zhi Jinwu and others who were mainly responsible for engineering affairs in the Eastern Han Dynasty were either under the control of Liu Bei or Zhang Rang. Zhang Rang always cooperated with Liu Bei, so in terms of docking work with the Ministry of Industry, the General's Office could also do to take full control.
Not to mention the judicial aspect, Liu Bei has more or less control over the third judicial department.
Captain Sili is Liu Bei's best friend Guo Hong.
The imperial censor is Ma Rixi, Liu Bei's best friend.
Only Tingwei is not from Liu Bei, but from the ancient literature school, but his relationship with Liu Bei is not bad.
Liu Bei himself was also the master of the "Zuo Shi Chun Qiu". In the era when prisons were popular in the Spring and Autumn Period, Liu Bei set up a legal department in the general's palace to manage judicial affairs.
Therefore, the judicial power of the Eastern Han Empire is now also controlled by the Legal Department of the General's Mansion.
Next comes the personnel department and personnel power.
The control of personnel power is still relatively sensitive. The general, the hussar general and the three princes actually have the personnel power of the central government, and the Selection Department of Shangshutai also has personnel power.
Through a series of operations and struggles, Liu Bei took control of the personnel power of the General's Palace, Taiwei's Palace, Shangshutai Selection Department, and the emperor himself, and integrated them into the General's Palace Staff Department.
At the local level, through his own authority and the political structure of "disciples and former officials all over the world", he directly or indirectly controls the personnel in many places, strongly affecting the personnel structure of the empire.
Now that the Ministry of Personnel has been established, according to Liu Bei's own estimation, he has almost controlled four-sevenths of the personnel power of the entire empire, as well as the righteous claim of imperial power.
If we can destroy both the eunuch group and the Ancient Literature School, we will be able to control almost nine-tenths of the personnel power.
If we can change the relevant contents of the inspection and promotion system, we will be able to fully control all personnel powers.
Under the current situation, the personnel department of the government departments under Liu Bei's actual control is the final decision made by the General's Office. Under Liu Bei's influence, the departments that were originally responsible for personnel gathered in the General's Office to handle affairs and personnel. dispute.
If there is a dispute about a certain position, the final decision will be made by the staff of the General's Mansion.
The positions of Situ and Sikong are now vacant, and the personnel power of the Cavalry General's Palace still belongs to Dong Zhong in name. However, Dong Zhong has been autistic for a long time and has never exercised this power.
Therefore, judging from the four-sevenths of the personnel power currently controlled by Liu Bei, the selection of personnel for a considerable part of the imperial agencies and military agencies is almost decided by Liu Bei. He can use whomever he wants.
Compared with other powers, personnel power is also the power that is least likely to be fully taken back into one's own hands. The scope of involvement is really too great. It is possible that personnel power will be the last piece of Liu Bei's power puzzle.
(End of chapter)
