Is the collapse of Lu Bu Group directly related to Xuzhou scholar-officials?

Based on the elite strategy adopted by Lu Bu and relying on this elite army, Lu Bu implemented a set of "pure military rule" mode in Xuzhou, which was completely different from many warlords of his time. As a result of this model, five counties and states in Xuzhou except Xiapi and Pengcheng are completely out of control.

In other words, Lu Bu became a pure warlord.

At this level, if the famous warlords in the late Han Dynasty are sorted, Lu Bu is definitely the top figure with warlords. The so-called number of warlords refers to being governed by the army, as opposed to bureaucrats, that is, relying on the state, county and county organizations in the Eastern Han Dynasty to rule.

The largest number of warlords is Lu Bu, followed by Sun Ce, Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Gongsun Zan, Tao Qian, Ada, Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Liu Biao and Liu Yu. The further back, the higher the bureaucracy.

There are two indicators: the number of warlords and the number of bureaucrats. One is the degree of local interference by subordinate military groups, and the other is the degree of dependence on bureaucratic organizations under the old order. Therefore, the higher the former, the less dependence on the old order, and the more conditions for establishing a new dynasty. On the contrary, the power of your family depends entirely on the official position given by the court, similar to the leader of local bureaucrats.

If there is any trouble in the imperial court or the state shepherd himself, no one will buy it If everyone goes back to their hometown to find their mother, their strength will be scattered, not to mention that they can't live even if they fight hard.

Judging from the results, Sun Ce, Liu Bei and Cao Cao were the founders of the Three Kingdoms. So, the more warlords, the better? The purer this warlord is, the better.

The answer, of course, is no, otherwise Lyu3 bu4 wouldn't have to be sent to the White Gate Tower. Moreover, as far as the number of warlords is concerned, there are still a number of people who are not on the table, such as Li Jue, Guo Si, Marten, Han Sui, Yang Feng, Han Sian and others. The top one is muddling along with a charger in his hand, and he has to speak everything properly. I really don't mean simple.

Li Jue and Guo Si, for example, are pure bastards. After they occupied the Sanfu area, there were hundreds of thousands of Luoyang immigrants in the ancient capital Chang 'an, and millions of people could not survive under their looting and killing, and gradually fell into the abyss of cannibalism.

This animal law, not to mention rules and regulations, is not even as good as ordinary bandits.

As for Lu Bu, to tell the truth, it is better. Although he is greedy for money and lust, he is also greedy for official positions. His army only had the misdeeds of looting when he and Yuan Shao were fighting against Zhang Yan in Taihang Mountain. In Yanzhou and Xuzhou, there is no relevant record. That is to say, we should provide stable support to Lu Bu's army.

But there is a common sense that needs to be added.

That is to say, although the Eastern Han Dynasty moved towards the three-level local division system of state, county and county, there was only county and county finance, and there was never an institutional "state finance". At the state level, there are no warehouses and no fixed income. Even in the Western Han Dynasty, there was no fixed cadre establishment. Which county did the state secretariat visit? At that time, it was called "Hangxian" and was seconded to the "county" of the county.

Later, the temporary establishment became a fixed establishment, and with the addition of government establishment, government establishment and formal establishment, there was still no fiscal revenue. In today's words, the financial authority of the State Secretariat is to "establish a project" and then allocate some expenses to the project. For example, Dong Zhuo has the position of military forces in Liangzhou and leads troops to patrol the border. The expenses of this unit are similar to those of today's government buildings, and do not belong to daily expenses.

By the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the so-called "state ministry of war music" such as Danyang soldiers in Tao Qian was a kind of mercenary similar to "local project", which was completely different from recruiting county soldiers from local people in the Western Han Dynasty.

Therefore, the financial power at the state level is actually the "project right" and the right to distribute materials to counties within the jurisdiction according to the needs of the project. For example, it was merged into Xiapi country to transport grain for Xiapi, Guangling and Pengcheng counties, all of which were the "overseers" of Tao Qian, the secretariat of Xuzhou. There was a proper term for this job in the Qin and Han Dynasties, which was called "trust loss".

Xiapi happens to be the intersection of Surabaya and Yishui. Surabaya runs through the above three counties and villages, so it can concentrate materials. Yishui connects Xiapi County, Mang County under Donghai County and Juxian County under Langya County, forming a series of Sugar-Coated Berry-like traffic lines and supporting the "Troika" under Tao Qian.

In other words, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was the county officials who managed the territory. If a subordinate is strong and just ignores you, you have no right to "kill" and can only impeach him to the court. As for whether the court will recall the satrap and the country, it is not decided by the secretariat.

Even after the troubled times at the end of the Han Dynasty were uncovered, it was not a thing that Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu sent their respective secretariat, satrap and national phase to Yuzhou and Yangzhou. Finally, a civil war broke out, attacking each other, and whoever won was in charge. For example, Yuan Shu ordered Sun Jian to be the secretariat of Yuzhou, and Yuan Shao appointed the secretariat of Yuzhou to fight against Zhou Wei; Even if they lose, they will occupy a corner of confrontation, such as Zhong Shu, Guo Peixiang's army sent by Yuan Shu, and Guo Peixiang's army under Chen Gui and Lu Bu.

This method, that is, mixing sand and throwing stones, ultimately depends on local organizations in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

By the time Liu Bei and Lu Bu occupied Xuzhou, the aforementioned traffic lines had collapsed, and Langya County in the north had also cut off contact with Lu Bu. Since then, Juxian County has been breached by Cang Ba and is in a semi-independent and semi-aligned state.

Peng Guocheng in the west and Donghai County in the north were slaughtered twice by Cao Cao and basically became wasteland. Most of Guangling County was taken away by Yuan Shu, so that when Chen Deng served as the magistrate of Guangling County, he could only move to Sheyang in the north of the county, far away from the political and economic center of Guangling County, slowly cultivate and win over Haikou.

In the end, there is only one country left, and the distribution of materials is really saved, because there is no one else.

During Lu Bu's reign, there was no civil record. This is not a question of whether he is willing or not, but whether he can.

After Lu Bu claimed to be a herdsman in Xuzhou, he didn't see any state officials. It can be seen that the local gentry in Xuzhou did not support him, but simply ignored his problems. Even the merchant family like Mi Zhu chose to bet on Liu Bei, the vassal of Lu Bu, the secretariat of Yuzhou.

At any time, if you want to rule, you must have "officials" and only soldiers. That's not enough. Without officials, local taxes are not collected, and people's corvees are not organized. Resources are dead and cannot be used.

Therefore, Lu Bu is actually the boss of several counties in one county. Let's help him settle accounts first.

In the Tao Qian era, according to the Records of Counties and Counties in the Later Han Dynasty, there were 576 households in Xuzhou, 1 17 households and 279 1683 households, supporting about 20,000 mercenaries, including 138 households in Xiapi.

The land below Pixian County supports military forces, with a proportion of about 4,400 people. In ancient times, cavalry was more expensive than infantry. Fan Tingguang of Tang Dynasty and Ming Dynasty after Five Dynasties reported:

The cost of a knight can support five people.

In other words, Lu Bu's 3000 soldiers and 400 horses, the most conservative algorithm is 2600 infantry and 400 cavalry, which is equivalent to the cost of 4600 infantry.

Basically the same. Theoretically, 30 families 133 people support a soldier. Compared with many civil wars before Sui and Tang Dynasties, this expense is really extravagant.

On the one hand, Lyu3 bu4 was unable to run the place, on the other hand, he could not seize territory from Cao Cao and Yuan Shu and raise troops with high standards. If his business can grow, it will be a ghost. So no matter how many times he can defeat his strong neighbors, he is the protagonist and has no chance to compete with the world.