Ma Su politely declined Liu Bei's proposal on the grounds that he was young and had a shallow understanding, and was not suitable to express his opinions on such a major issue, but he also expressed his opinion: he unconditionally supported the lord's decisions.

Liu Bei understood that this was Ma Su playing tricks and expressing his dissatisfaction in disguise, but what others said made sense, so he had to think of another way.

Because Chen Dao has been staying in Yong'an, guarding the major traffic roads entering Xichuan in Jingzhou, and now Zhao Yun is mainly responsible for protecting Liu Bei's safety.

After Ma Su left, Liu Bei read the official documents for a while and felt bored. He walked into the back garden. Zhao Yun followed silently behind him. He couldn't help but ask:

"Zilong, everyone has made great contributions to pacifying Xichuan this time. Since ancient times, rewards and punishments were clearly done by the wise king. I am going to take out half of the treasury money and a large amount of land. What do you think of these meritorious people?"

Zhao Yun was loyal to Liu Bei, and his position in the army was also very high, and he was the third person to stay behind Guan and Zhang.

Although his troops were only 500, most of his backbone were recruited and trained in Xinye.

Liu Bei has been governing Xinye for six years. Because of the implementation of the new policy, the loyalty of soldiers has been greatly improved. Most of the backbone in Zhao Yun's army came from Xinye, which made him very agree with the practice of preferential treatment of military families. After hearing Liu Bei's question, he couldn't help but answer:

"My lord is wise! But land is the foundation of the people's existence. I think it's like in Xinye. Giving these land to the people for their care and preferential treatment of military families is very effective. These meritorious people are not good at farming, and rewarding wealth is enough. It is better to give these land according to the new law of Xinye and New Policy, preferential treatment of military families and give them to the people for their farming, so that they can live and work in peace and contentment."

What Zhao Yun said was heartfelt, and it was also in line with Liu Bei's heart!

Liu Bei was delighted. According to what Zhao Yun said, although he could not save more money, it was also a great reward to be able to leave these land. He immediately said to Zhao Yun:

"Zilong's words are reasonable. I will call everyone to discuss the reward tomorrow. Do you dare to put forward your opinions on the spot?"

Of course, Zhao Yun would not doubt Liu Bei's intention, so he answered without hesitation:

"promise!"

Liu Bei solved the issue of major principles of rewards and felt relieved all of a sudden. He returned to the study to review official documents, and Zhao Yun was still on guard outside.

Zhao Yun was also both civil and military. After agreeing to Liu Bei, he was a little satisfied at first and felt that his lord valued his opinions, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was wrong. It was clearly because Liu Bei was used as a gun.

This was nothing to Zhao Yun. He originally regarded himself as the gun in Liu Bei's hand. The problem was that he was also concerned. He was most afraid of being criticized as: "Borrowing the morale of the army and having ill-behavior"

Zhao Yun was based on loyalty and righteousness, otherwise he would not have refused Liu Bei's kindness to recruit him back then, and almost followed Gongsun Zan in one road.

After finally following Liu Bei, whom he recognized, he didn't care much about his status and other things. What he feared the most was that he was accused of being unfaithful and unrighteous. He had already agreed to Liu Bei and raised his objections on the spot tomorrow, so he naturally could not repent.

But after careful consideration and repeated consideration, Zhao Yun decided to make a little modification to the words of the discourse, and it would be better not to involve the interests of the military.

The next morning, Liu Bei summoned everyone to announce the reward plan.

This plan was formulated by Zhuge Liang, Fa Zheng and others after more than half a month of discussion. They have consulted a large amount of information, which is reasonable and well-founded.

They gave it to Liu Bei for review. Even if he was dissatisfied, he couldn't object because he didn't have enough reasons. But if someone raised a different opinion, Liu Bei could choose the good and follow it.

Liu Bei attached great importance to the principle of reward this time and read it himself. When he read "Collection of Chengdu to the land and houses that are owned by officials, he gave it to all officials." He paused for a moment, leaving Zhao Yun with time to speak.

Zhao Yun understood it and stood up at the right time to advise:

"The people of Yizhou have been repeatedly fired, and their land and houses are empty; now they should return the people to their peace and stability and return to their business, and the people will be convinced. It is not appropriate to take it away for private rewards."

After hearing Zhao Yun's opinion, although Liu Bei was different from what he said last night, in general, he expressed the meaning that land property was not suitable for reward. He was very happy and seemed to be doing good. Without thinking, he immediately agreed to Zhao Yun's request and canceled the reward of land property.

There were hundreds of officials in the hall. Seeing that Liu Bei couldn't wait to cancel the reward of land, he naturally knew that this was in line with Liu Bei's original intention.

However, as the lord, Liu Bei's prestige must be maintained. Although it is not as good as the emperor, since the tone has been set, even Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng will not make any other opinions.

Most of the officials in the hall looked at the fertile land with a gaze. Zhao Yun's words made his hopes vain. It would be impossible to say that he was angry!

They can't do anything to Liu Bei, which does not mean that they can't vent their anger on Zhao Yun. Most people's eyes at Zhao Yun were a little unkind.

Zhuge Liang glanced at Zhao Yun and thoughtful, because he knew that Zhao Yun was very good in character, obedience and execution. This time he suddenly made different opinions, which surprised him a little. He knew that it should have been written by Liu Bei. If Zhang Fei had done this, it would have been as expected.

Zhang Fei looked at Zhao Yun with a little pity because in his opinion, Zhao Yun had stabbed a hornet's nest this time, and his future career would probably be hindered.

Zhao Yun swept the crowd with this pole and violated the interests of many people.

The Han Dynasty had entered feudal society for some time, and land occupied a very important position in people's minds. Land was the vested interests of the time, and it was not an exaggeration to call land a permanent property.

Liu Bei took it as his mission to support the Han Dynasty and wanted to fully demonstrate his wiseness. Although he was suspected of being a master of Yizhou this time, he was suspected of being usurped by the imperial power, but because Cao Cao was the tyrannical power of the court, he could still make up for it. If he did not follow the old rules of the Han Dynasty in the matter of appointing officials, it would be a bit unreasonable.

The main way to appoint officials in the Han Dynasty was the recommendation system. Although the right to appoint officials this time was in the hands of Liu Bei, the right to recommend was in the hands of Zhuge Liang, Fa Zheng, Mi Zhu, Sun Qian and other civil officials.

Although these civil servants appoint official positions based on credit and ability, reputation is also an important indicator, and the weight is determined by the officials.

Zhao Yun's ability and contributions are not a problem, but to promote his position, someone needs to recommend him.

Zhuge Liang and others conducted a comprehensive assessment of all Liu Bei's subordinates and proposed a complete reward plan before Liu Bei could approve it.

Liu Bei was not satisfied with this plan and could veto it. He could put forward a major principle for them to be re-appointed and removed, but he could not be promoted to the official position of his subordinates based on his personal likes and dislikes.

If Liu Bei is promoted directly, it is not impossible, but it cannot be placed on the list of reward personnel. This will not only appear to be authoritarian, but also the officials directly appointed by Liu Bei will be also enrolled in another list by other officials and isolated!

Therefore, except those who are engaged in camp and buy officials, even if the rewarded official positions are lower, they do not want Liu Bei to make an exception and appoint them alone.

According to the established reward principle, Zhuge Liang and others took several days to finally propose a complete plan. All the meritorious soldiers and civil and military officials surrendered were highly rewarded, and they decided to make a name for themselves, waiting for Liu Bei's approval.
Chapter completed!