He Yong didn't care too much about Crown Prince Sima Duan's worries. He raised the corner of his mouth and said contemptuously.
"Your Highness, Liu Yu is just a humble person. Apart from himself, he doesn't have any kinship. As for those Dong Ping and Wu Xin, they are all commoners. As long as His Highness personally comes forward to kill Liu Yu, If you give them official titles and titles, they will surely be conquered."
After hearing this, Crown Prince Sima Duan was still panicked.
"But I fled from Luoyang before, and I didn't know where I was going. I only knew that Liu Yu could defeat the Hulu and maybe save my life, so I came to Cangyuan, Yanzhou."
"I didn't intend to be a crown prince, but I just didn't want to be like those uncles from the clan and be killed by the Hulu sword. Judging from the current situation, the general is actually kind to me. I really don't want to. I can’t bear to harm him.”
Sima Duan said as he slumped down on the table.
"Your Highness, you are now the crown prince of the country, how can you think so! How can you pay attention to such small favors when it comes to the great things of the country?" He Yong immediately continued to persuade, "Liu Yu now has tens of thousands of soldiers in his hands, but his foundation is shallow. As long as he can get rid of If the leader is evil, the rest can be driven by His Highness!"
He Yong's words were full of confidence, but Crown Prince Sima Duan didn't feel confident at all when he heard them.
Sima Duan, who had already seen many bloody political battles, felt that He Yong thought of these things too simply. This high-ranking disciple of the He family always seemed to have an inexplicable self-confidence, or in other words, arrogance.
Now, even if Crown Prince Sima Duan is unwilling, he has no choice.
As long as He Yong told Sima Duan about this kind of thing, Sima Duan would know that no matter whether he agreed or not, as long as General Liu Su got wind of it, he would definitely not have a good outcome.
Sima Duan, who was helpless, could only take one step at a time.
Liu Yu knew nothing about the conspiracy between Crown Prince Sima Duan and He Yong, but Liu Yu felt that Sima Duan's behavior was a bit abnormal.
But he couldn't see anything unusual there, so he could only arrange personnel to pay close attention to the crown prince's every move, and report any abnormalities immediately.
After opening up the government, the first major thing Liu Yu discussed with everyone in Xingtai was how to restore the management of states, counties, and cities.
Except for Qingzhou, which is absolutely stable and the officials of the prefectures and counties have been arranged in an orderly manner, half of the remaining counties and counties in Yuzhou, Yanzhou, and Xuzhou have completely lost their official jurisdiction.
Especially in Yanzhou and Yuzhou, almost half of the counties have no commanders. They were either killed by Hulu bandits or fled on their own.
Now that autumn has entered, if the rule of counties cannot be quickly re-established, taxes, household registration, etc. will not be collected smoothly.
Originally, this was a problem when Liu Yu lacked suitable officials. Now, with the arrival of a group of Mi County Xingtai officials led by Sikong Xunfan, another new problem has arisen.
That was to arrange for these officials to take up posts in various places, but Liu Yu did not have enough manpower and material resources for them to restore the rule of counties.
Today, Xingtaizhong not only has to support tens of thousands of newly arrived refugees, but also thousands of civil and military officials. How can there be manpower and food for other purposes?
"General, now there are many forts in every county in Yuzhou. The people who were originally registered have all fled to the forts. Even if they send officials to the counties, they are just managing a city. In my opinion, , it is better to order all the officials to return to their own counties. In this way, not only can they defend the city, but they can also work with the township party bosses to maintain the stability of the counties and counties."
Just when Liu Yu was at a loss what to do, Xi Jian, who had just served as the right chief historian of the shogunate, put forward his own suggestions to Liu Yu.
"You mean to let these officials from Xingtai return to their hometowns to serve?"
"Yes, General." Xi Jian said.
"Most county officials should avoid serving in their hometowns."
As the basic administrative units, counties and counties have a tradition of avoiding serving in their hometowns for ordinary officials.
During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, many of the officials of prefectures and counties were the powerful sons of the county due to the examination and promotion. If the prefectures and county officials were to serve in their own counties, they would completely become states, counties, vassal towns.
"Haha, now that the world is in chaos and the barbarians are raging, as long as we can keep our homeland, we don't care about evasion." Xi Jian said nonchalantly.
"Then according to Youshi's opinion, will this enable each county to protect itself?" Liu Yu continued to ask.
In fact, Liu Yu didn't care at all about the rules of avoiding serving in this county.
What Liu Yu cares about most now are two things.
The first one is to quickly restore the management of Yuzhou and Yanzhou. It is best to collect taxes, money and grain, so that more troops and craftsmen can be supported.
As for the second one, it can ensure that the counties and counties in Yuzhou and Yanzhou will no longer fall. In the original history, the three states of Yuzhou, Jizhou, and Yanzhou had almost no natural insurance to rely on. Shi Le, Wang Mi and others were in no one's land because these three states acted as "cash machines" for the Hulu. , Shi Le and others can become stronger as they fight, until Jie Zhao is established.
"Nowadays, most of the officials coming to Mi County are from Yuzhou and Yanzhou. These people are from the families of famous people and powerful people in their respective counties. Maybe the Wubao in many states and counties belong to their own clans. These people serve as county officials. The county magistrates can definitely unite the dock owners in the counties. As long as these dock owners who are fighting each other can lead them, even if the barbarians attack, they can coordinate with each other to take care of each other, and there will no longer be the case of tens of thousands of barbarians being surrendered in the past. happened."
Xi Jian said quite confidently.
After Liu Yu heard this, he also nodded. He knew that what Xi Jian said was very reasonable. The reason why Shi Le was able to lead thousands of barbarians and land tens of thousands of Jin people at every turn was because these forts all over the country fought independently. , often fall into the situation of being outnumbered and outnumbered. If there is a cooperating commander, it will not be so embarrassing.
"However, these officials have different talents. If they are all sent back to their own counties to serve, will they be of great use?"
Liu Yu felt that Xi Jian's idea was good, but could these Jin court officials who had been repeatedly defeated by the barbarians play the role they expected?
"General, I didn't expect these people to charge into the battle. As long as they can defend their counties, many of them will not surrender to the barbarians easily. That's all." Xi Jian said.
"It's true. Hulu are accustomed to bullying the weak and fearing the strong. If they can't benefit from these counties, they won't dare to be so rampant in the future."
Speaking of this, Liu Yu thought that if he did this, there would be another advantage, that is, he could quickly turn areas such as Yuzhou and Yanzhou into defense zones with vertical and horizontal fortresses, which could not only resist the invasion of barbarians, but also buffer other Jin court forces. expansion.
