Although Liu Yu was worried about the change in Jiangdong Jin's attitude, he didn't really care.
Regarding the internal conflicts in Jiangdong, I am afraid that even if Sima Rui has his own strength in Jingkou, most of it will be used for internal consumption.
Regardless of whether it is the rich and powerful people from the north to the south or the powerful natives of Jiangdong, although they fight fiercely with each other, once Sima Rui wants to expand his monarchy, he is afraid that he will immediately suffer a counterattack from both factions.
When he thought of this, Liu Yu became even more worried.
He suddenly thought of a way and immediately summoned a chamberlain.
"Who is on duty in the Ministry of Secretariat at this moment?" Liu Yu asked.
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Liu Yu has adjusted the original tedious responsibilities of the three ministers and nine ministers in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and largely transferred the administrative power to the Shangshu Province.
However, there has never been a Shangshu Ling, the chief official of the Shangshu Province. Only Zuo Pushe serves as an adviser to the ministers. Although the status of the other ministers is slightly lower, they are not subordinate to Shangshu Pushe, but directly to the emperor.
"Your Majesty, the Xun officials are on duty today!" the chamberlain immediately replied respectfully.
As soon as Liu Yu heard that the person on duty was Xun Sui, the Minister of Civil Affairs, he thought it was just right.
"Summon the Xun officials here for me!"
The chamberlain immediately took the order and left.
After a while, Xun Sui, the official minister, came in to pay his respects.
"Chen Sui pays homage to Your Majesty!"
Liu Yu has always put this young talent of the Xun family in Yingchuan in high regard. Otherwise, he would not have allowed the young Xun Sui to serve as the increasingly powerful official minister.
"Qing Xun, I ask you, are there still many vacancies for officials in counties and counties in Yuzhou?"
Liu Yu asked Xun Sui immediately after asking him to sit down.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, after Tian Zhen, Tian Lan and other beggars left Yuzhou, many official positions in Chen, Qiao and other counties were left vacant. Now, although most of them have been filled in through assessment, there are still many vacancies."
Xun Sui himself was from Yingchuan County, Yuzhou. He was also very interested in the affairs of Yuzhou and was responsible for such matters, so he answered questions fluently.
"Examination and supplementary recruitment? Aren't they all official positions under some counties and states, and there are still many vacancies?"
Liu Yu said thoughtfully.
This 'examination and re-enrollment' means that after passing the 'scholarship' exam, you will get the right to trial some official positions. After passing the evaluation of the Ministry of Officials of Shangshu Province, the official recruitment will be re-issued.
However, unlike the nine-rank Zhongzheng system commonly used in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the official appointment system implemented by Liu Yu, in which the official qualifications were first obtained through examination and then supplementary examination, was more like a kind of 'harsh rule'.
Because for the children of aristocratic families, they can no longer rely on their family background and reputation to easily hold mid-to-high-level official positions. They must start from official positions under the county and state together with those who are from humble civilian backgrounds. Start.
Therefore, in Yuzhou, where aristocratic Chinese families gather, many children of aristocratic families have obtained the qualifications of being a scholar, but they are unwilling to serve as officials and go up and down in the turbulent currents of counties and counties with the children of poor families.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Xun Sui said cautiously.
Although today's Xun family in Yingchuan is still famous and has a great business, it is no longer the "Eight Dragons of the Xun family" in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
When Liu Yu changed the official system, some people from the Xun family in Yingchuan were prepared to resist and refused to serve as officials in the same dynasty as those from poor families or even low-level servants.
When Xun Sui heard Liu Yu's question, he felt a little worried, fearing that Liu Yu's questioning would implicate him.
"Since there are still so many vacant official positions in Yuzhou, and those who have obtained military status are unwilling to accept the appointment, we can think of other ways." Liu Yu said easily.
Since many Yuzhou aristocratic families want to be noble, Liu Yu will no longer force himself.
"Your Majesty, I am stupid. I don't know what your Majesty wants from me?" Xun Sui said.
"Open the road widely! It can no longer be limited to Yuzhou!" Liu Yu said.
Xun Sui, who was the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, did not frown when he heard this.
The emperor's words are simple to say, but somewhat unfeasible to implement.
"Your Majesty, there is a shortage of officials in every state now, not just in Yuzhou. Even if we open the door wide and recruit heroes, I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve results." Xunsui said.
At this time, the proportion of people who could read and write in the world's population was so low that it would be unimaginable for future generations of modern people.
Therefore, coupled with the fact that some members of aristocratic families were unwilling to serve as officials, there were even fewer available people.
Liu Yu also knew about this moment, and he knew that there was another reason for this result, which was caused by himself.
"No, I'm not referring to other states and counties." Liu Yu thought to himself that Yuzhou was already a place where numerous humanities gathered during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and other states and counties would only be even more powerful.
What's more, in Liu Yu's new official system, the number of middle and upper-level officials above the county level did not increase much, but a large number of officials were added specifically to the county official system.
This kind of officials, including county magistrates and magistrates and below, occupy a large number of talents, which is also lacking in other states and counties.
"What does your Majesty mean?" Xun Sui asked.
"I heard that there are a large number of Yuzhou scholars and people stranded in the north of the Huainan River. Although these people are only a few hundred miles away from their homeland, they are restrained by the criticism they have seen and heard and do not dare to return to their homeland. Among them, there must be many talented people. For my use."
Xun Sui was a little surprised when he heard Liu Yu say this.
This is obviously a competition for population with the Jiangdong Sima clan.
You know, in last year's alliance, the two sides not only demarcated the border, but also agreed not to solicit each other's rebellion, and even the refugees no longer solicited each other in a big way.
"Your Majesty, if you do this, I'm afraid it will arouse the suspicion of the people in Jiangdong." Xun Sui reminded.
Liu Yu smiled coldly.
"Hey, Sima Rui acted without permission in Jingkou without fear of arousing my suspicion. Now that I have recruited some Yuzhou people to return to my hometown, am I still afraid of their suspicion?"
Xun Sui didn't know much about the "Jingkou Incident" that Liu Yu mentioned, but he thought it must be some kind of indescribable behavior that made Liu Yu very dissatisfied.
"Your Majesty, the roads north of Huainan and Jiangbei are blocked. Even if Yuzhou spreads the order seeking talents, it will be difficult to reach them." Xunsui said again.
Since the North and the South used the Huai River as the boundary, they have begun large-scale mutual trade.
For Jiangdong in this era, it was definitely a remote area compared to the Central Plains, and could even be said to be much behind.
Therefore, the large amount of North-South trade in goods has become a channel for grabbing huge profits.
In order to ensure the exclusive monopoly of these interests, the Jiangdong Jin Dynasty implemented a strict blockade system at the border along the Huai River.
This blockade is not to guard against the north, but more to guard against internal smuggling.
As a result, many refugees in Huainan and Jiangbei are not clear about the specific situation in the north.
"It's easy!" Liu Yu said very assuredly.
"I want to use your holiday to go to Suiyang to seek talents under the imperial edict. As for how to let the people in Huainan and Jiangbei know about this matter, I will handle it for you then."
For those Yuzhou people stranded in Huainan and Jiangbei, the name of the Xun family in Yingchuan may be louder than that of Sima Rui in Jiangdong.
After all, most people would not have thought a few years ago that a distant clan that was about to leave the fifth server could be eligible to inherit the throne.
Although Xun Sui had many doubts in his heart, he did not dare to ask any more questions.
After Liu Yu carried out a large-scale reform of the official system, he sent many officials with false power to various states and counties. The name was to seek talents. In fact, they were to supervise and test the attitudes of wealthy families.
If some aristocratic families refuse to even come forward to be elected as "officials", then the officials with the power of vacation can take advantage of them at any time.
After all, the 'Fake Festival' has the privilege of executing civilians in wartime. Nowadays, there is unrest on all four sides of the border and it is wartime every day.
After Xun Sui left, he thought about it all the way back to his tent.
Lying on the couch in the tent, Xun Sui was thinking with his brows furrowed all the time.
Although Liu Yu's actions today seemed to be intentional because of something that happened in Jingkou.
However, Xun Sui felt that if it was because of what happened in Jingkou, shouldn't he respond in Xuzhou, which is closer to Jingkou?
Why should it be in Yuzhou, which is even further away?
Many people in Yuzhou don't even know where Jingkou is.
The more Xun Sui thought about it, the more he realized that this matter was definitely not that simple.
Xun Sui, who had been looking at the starry sky through the opening of the camp tent, thought for a moment, suddenly something moved in his heart and he sat up immediately.
"Yingchuan!"
"Could it be that the emperor's true purpose is to want Yingchuan County?"
"No matter what happened in Jingkou, it's just an excuse. I'm afraid I have been coveting Yingchuan County for a long time!"
Xun Song and others in Yingchuan County can be said to be monumental figures of the Jin Dynasty in the Central Plains. They not only protected the people of this county from the invasion of barbarians, but also recruited many people from Sili Prefecture to take refuge.
The strength of Yingchuan County alone has even exceeded half of Sili Prefecture controlled by the Huns today.
As long as Liu Yu obtains Yingchuan County, he can completely implement the three-pronged attack on Luoyang plan.
The more Xun Sui thought about it, the more he felt that this matter was Liu Yu's real purpose.
He asked himself to go to Yuzhou to seek talents, which was probably just a pretense to appease Xunsong and others in Yingchuan.
Maybe Liu Yu was already prepared to raid Yingchuan County, and he was just waiting for Yingchuan Xunsong and others to reveal their flaws, so that he could attack them with one strike.
"By the way, that's definitely the reason!"
When Xun Sui thought of this, sweat broke out on his forehead.
At that time, his father Xun Fan personally led the strategy of dividing the Xun family in Yingchuan into two groups. In fact, it was forced by the clan situation. If Xun Song and others in Yingchuan County were attacked, it would be fine once Xun Song surrendered in time. He was afraid that his upright and bloody cousin would be destroyed in a rage.
As for the possibility of Xun Song and others successfully defending Yingchuan County, Xun Sui basically had no illusions.
Liu Yu has more than 200,000 military soldiers under his command, and these are more brave beings than powerful private soldiers.
Especially because of the large-scale plundering of barbarians from various tribes in Dongping Prefecture, many military soldiers have even been completely separated from production work and have become elite armored soldiers who train every day.
The powerful refugees gathered in Yingchuan County would probably scare away half of them as soon as the Han army's flag was revealed.
Xun Sui can't just sit back and watch the Xun family's base camp in Yingchuan suffer heavy losses!
Even if the Han army does not kill innocent people indiscriminately, once the army enters the country, who can guarantee that it will not happen 100%.
Half of Xun Sui's clan members stayed in Yingchuan County with his cousin Xun Song.
The more he thought about it, the more anxious he became, and finally he hurriedly took out a pen and paper. Because he was restless, he scrawled and revised it several times before finishing a slightly scrawled letter.
Xun Sui called a loyal servant and said to him.
"Go and pick a good horse from my stable, and take this letter with you. As soon as the camp gate opens tomorrow morning, return to Luzicheng as quickly as possible and give this letter to Erlang!"
The younger brother Xunkai who is still staying in Luzi has a secret way to contact the Yingchuan tribe.
The loyal servant immediately received the letter and hid it in his arms.
Full of thoughts, Xun Sui walked out of the tent and looked up at the starry night sky.
"Half of the states in the world have returned to the Han Dynasty, and the situation has been decided! If my clan brother refuses to listen to me, the Xun clan in Yingchuan will be destroyed!"
At the same time, Liu Yu, who had just prepared to go to bed, did not know that just because of his sudden summons to Xun Sui, Xun Song, who had been entrenched in Yingchuan, actually made the move to change his family.
In fact, Liu Yu's purpose in summoning Xun Sui was simply to disgust Sima Rui by recruiting people from Yuzhou in the north of the Yangtze River.
Who asked Sima Rui to prepare troops for training in Jingkou, which is only three hundred miles away from Xuzhou?
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Youzhou, Lingzhi City.
After autumn, Lingzhi City in Liaoxi County ushered in frost and dew early.
Such an early chill made many Han soldiers from Yuzhou and Xuzhou uncomfortable.
At the top of Lingzhi City, many Han soldiers gathered around the fire, guarding and chatting.
For these soldiers, the most talked about thing is women.
And today is also the most suitable day to talk about women.
Because today's Lingzhi City will have a 'people market' once a month.
The so-called "human market" does not mean selling human flesh. That is something only beast-like people do.
The "people's market" in Lingzhi City was actually a market for buying and selling slave men and women.
Unlike ordinary goods, the supply of goods in this market is unstable and it is impossible to open the market frequently, so it is fixed to start on the fifth day of every month.
Several Han soldiers on the top of the city were still discussing the height, shortness, fatness and thinness of the female slaves they saw last month.
Suddenly, a Han soldier pointed to the main road in the north of the city and shouted in a voice full of expectation and joy.
"I'm coming!"
"Look, it's coming!"
Everyone left the fire one after another, climbed to the wall and looked outside.
I saw a long team appearing on the road in the distance. At the front of the team, several cavalrymen held bright flags to guide them, heading towards Lingzhi City.
Soon, the city gate was opened, and a group of Han cavalry also came forward to greet them.
After some inspection and negotiation, the long team slowly entered Lingzhi City.
"Look! That woman doesn't have black hair!"
