Take the system to become Uncle Liu

After Liu Bei listened to Zheng Chenggong's report, he showed an extremely surprised expression, expressing helplessness for Huo Qubing's bold character.

In history, Huo Qubing dared to lead hundreds of people into the hinterland of the Huns for hundreds of miles, directly destroying the "royal court" of the Huns, so that the Huns began to move westward on a large scale, and there were no Huns in the north of the Han Dynasty.

"Order Su Lie to send scouts in Dai County and other places to monitor the movements of Huo Qubing's army, and be sure to bring Huo Qubing back safe and sound."

After finishing speaking, Liu Bei looked at Zheng Chenggong again. As expected of a rare naval general in Chinese history, he was safe and sound in driving these thirty warships with Huo Qubing's army back and forth to the Koguryo Peninsula. He lived up to his 3000 taels of gold.

"Zheng Chenggong, you have contributed to escorting Huo Qubing this time. You are the hero of our war. I wonder what reward you want?"

Hearing that he deserved credit for taking Huo Qubing out to sea, Zheng Chenggong was extremely excited, and said solemnly to Liu Bei.

"My lord, the general just sailed a warship this time, and he didn't bring General Huo Qubing back. He didn't dare to ask extravagantly for a reward. I just hope that the lord can arrange his subordinates to continue training the navy in Bohai Bay. Bring an invincible navy to the lord, if the merits of the subordinates are not enough, the villain is willing to start with the soldiers."

Seeing Zheng Chenggong not taking credit for himself, but sticking to his heart, Liu Bei felt extremely happy, and looked up to Zheng Chenggong even more.

"Gong is merit, and other things cannot be covered up. How could it be your fault that Huo Qubing refused to come back?"

"Order, our army will establish the First Navy and the Second Navy from today."

"The First Navy is in charge of inland river warfare. The commander of the navy is Han Shizhong, and his subordinate is Gan Ning. The second navy is in charge of warfare in the sea. The commander of the navy is Zheng Chenggong, and his subordinate is Dong Xi."

"The first navy and the second navy both have a full staff of 3 people, and their respective commanders conduct training, and Li Hongzhang is responsible for coordinating daily expenses. If anyone loses the chain when there are navies fighting in the future, they will be dealt with by military law."

Hearing that he had ascended to the sky in one step and directly became the commander-in-chief of the navy, Zheng Chenggong was extremely happy. This is a pheasant that has grown to a branch and directly became a phoenix.

After arranging Zheng Chenggong's affairs, Liu Bei called Zhang Juzheng over again. Since he was recruited, he has been letting him carry out reforms there. He has never had any important appointments. Now Youzhou is devastated. If you want to restore life It also needs a god-level civil servant, so Zhang Juzheng's task is very heavy.

Looking at Zhang Juzheng, who was busy in the world, with a tired face, Liu Bei showed a puzzled expression. When Zhang Juzheng came yesterday, he specially took care of him, but he didn't arrange any work. What's wrong with him, so tired.

"Uncle, did you go looking for flowers and asking Liu after the banquet last night?"

"My lord was joking. When I returned to the mansion last night, I felt refreshed. I took a look at the various accounts of Youzhou over the years. I didn't realize that I saw it now. I hope my lord will forgive me."

Hearing that Zhang Juzheng actually read Youzhou's accounts for a whole night, no wonder he was so tired, but he was also relieved that Zhang Juzheng entered the role so quickly.

"Uncle, after reading Youzhou's accounts over the years, how do you feel about Youzhou? I don't know how to govern Youzhou?"

"My lord, Youzhou itself is a barren land with a population of just over 200 million people. However, after all these years of wars and the Huns going south, the population of Youzhou is probably less than 100 million people, even worse than that of Bingzhou."

"Of course, most of the people have migrated to other places, which is why the population of Youzhou has decreased so much. Now that half of Youzhou is still in the hands of Li Shimin, the development of Youzhou is not difficult."

Speaking of this, Zhang Juzheng showed a compassionate expression, looked at Liu Bei and said word by word.

"My lord, Youzhou has been deserted for a long time. Since the Xiongnu began to go south, the people have been displaced. As a result, a large amount of cultivated land has not been cultivated, and the people dare not cultivate it, because everyone knows that even if it is cultivated, it will still be plundered by the Huns."

"My subordinates suggest that for Youzhou, the lord should open more policies that benefit the people, so that the people can farm with peace of mind and restore people's livelihood."

"Our army should maintain a radical policy towards the Xiongnu, and often go deep into the outside of the Great Wall to attack. When Temujin's vitality is seriously injured, force the opponent to retreat continuously, and also allow our county's recruits to exercise."

Zhang Juzheng only proposed a general direction from the perspective of government affairs and military affairs, and did not go into details. After all, he only looked at a general account, so how could he come up with so many specific policies all at once.

Liu Bei thought carefully according to Zhang Juzheng's meaning. In this war-torn era, population is the most precious wealth. Everything is based on population. Without people, nothing can be done.

Youzhou is located at the northernmost tip of the Han Dynasty. This place is not a prosperous place either in terms of climate or geography. It is strange to say that Liu Bei occupies so many territories, but most of them are cold and bitter places, and only Jizhou , Luoyang is relatively prosperous, not to mention Bingzhou.

"Uncle, since we want to attract people to come back to farming, why don't we do this, how about exempting the people from farming for five years?"

One of Liu Bei's proposals directly made Zhang Juzheng a little confused. He never thought that Liu Bei would be so generous, and he would directly reduce the tax rate for 5 years. This is a full 5 years. It is still in this war-torn era. How to go to war?

Seemingly seeing Zhang Juzheng's doubts, Liu Bei took a sip and said slowly.

"Uncle, don't worry about food and grass. Let's think about it from another angle. What the people need in life is not only food and grass, but also salt, iron, cloth, etc. Our army only needs to control the other daily necessities of the people. You can do it in your hand, are you afraid that there will be no food and grass?"

Seeing that Zhang Juzheng didn't seem to understand what he meant for a while, Liu Bei continued.

"Uncle, for example, we are the only ones who can sell salt in Youzhou, and this salt is necessary for the people's life. At that time, the people can exchange salt with grain and grass. In this way, the grain and grass will not arrive at the end. Do we have it?"

Liu Bei's words seemed to open the door to a brand new world for Zhang Juzheng. He never thought that food and grass could be obtained in this way. After careful consideration, this method seemed to be more acceptable to the common people.

The exchange ratio of salt and grain is determined by oneself. In this way, the production enthusiasm of the people will be greatly improved.

The more Zhang Juzheng thought about it, the more excited he became, and he extended it to more aspects. All of a sudden, his thoughts were flooding, and he felt that he was full of inspiration at this moment. He looked at Liu Bei as if he was looking at a god, full of worship.

"Uncle, at this moment, the first thing to do is to govern Youzhou well, and we will discuss the rest later."

Seeing Zhang Juzheng's excitement, Liu Bei couldn't help reminding Zhang Juzheng not to forget the business.