Military Uniforms

With the government affairs settled, Wang Xuan still needed to keep an eye on the military.

After all, whether they could have a stable environment for development depended largely on the strength of Liu Bei's military forces.

Previously, to support the development of Qi Commandery, Wang Xuan had transferred around eight thousand soldiers to the grassroots level, assigning them as local officials and ensuring a smooth transition for the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans from bandits to commoners.

It could be said that these Yellow Turbans deserved enormous credit for changing their identities so quickly and for allowing Qi Commandery to develop at such a rapid pace.

From Liu Bei and Xi Zhicai to Tian Feng and the others, everyone praised Wang Xuan's unconventional ideas without reserve.

After all, they had no idea what military-civilian cooperation was, let alone what it meant to have soldiers drawn from the people!

Now, these eight thousand soldiers-turned-civilians were studying and learning to read while carrying out their regular duties. In the future, the vast majority of Qingzhou's grassroots officials would be selected from among them. After all, they owed everything they had today to Liu Bei, and they were the people who truly stood with him. With these soldiers-turned-civilians in place, no one could hope to shake Liu Bei's foundation among the people.

What influential clans? What clan laws? What incitement to rebellion? None of it would exist anymore.

The foundation on which they had stood had been completely dug out by Wang Xuan.

Of course, transferring those eight thousand soldiers had seriously weakened the military. Fortunately, Wang Xuan had constantly been replenishing the ranks with recruits from among the common people. It was precisely because the new recruits had seen the example and treatment of those eight thousand soldiers who had left the army