Chapter 52: Preliminary Changes
Gongsun Zhan has a strong cohesion for his subordinates, so no one in the Youzhou Army obeys his orders. In addition, Liu Bei has a prestige in Youzhou, a corporal of Lixian, and a peerless benevolence and righteousness, and has long won the respect of the civil and military forces of the Youzhou army, so Liu Bei has almost no obstacles and smoothly took over the position of Youzhou Thorn History.
When Yuan Shao heard that Liu Bei had taken over as the assassin of Youzhou, he was furious and gritted his teeth.
"Big-eared thief! You don't have to spend half an arrow, you can sit in Youzhou! Lone must kill Liu Bei first, and then kill the corpse to relieve the hatred in my heart! ”
The frustration on the side persuaded: "Don't worry, lord. Liu Bei Xiaoer falsely claimed to be a descendant of the Han family, how could He De occupy Youzhou. However, at the moment, our army should first pacify Qingzhou. It was recommended to send additional troops to assist the eldest prince to occupy Qingzhou, and then form a siege of Youzhou. At that time, Youzhou will be in the main bag. ”
Yuan Shao nodded and adopted Fu Zhi's suggestion.
At this time in the Central Plains, a storm was brewing.
Cao Cao's power to rule after being crowned a general and opening a mansion also renovated the Taishou Mansion in Xuchang and turned it into the Later General's Mansion, which also had the style of a later general.
Cao Cao's main civil and military forces gathered in the Council Hall of the Hou General's Mansion, and thousands of guards stood guard a hundred steps outside the Council Hall to ensure that absolutely no one could approach them. Cao Cao's personal guard Tiger Guard Camp and Guo Jia's personal guard Iron Armor Guard surrounded the council hall, Dian Wei and Xu Chu guarded the door of the council hall on the left and right, and the aura of murder around made people guess what was going on inside.
Speaking of Xu Chu, it is also a coincidence, Xu Chu is a native of Qian County, just the same township as Cao Cao, after Cao Cao occupied Yuzhou, he met Xu Chu when he returned to his hometown in Qian County to meet his father and fellow villagers. Cao Cao saw that his martial arts were superb, so he guarded his personal guards and guarded Cao Cao with him, just like Guo Jia's Dian Wei. The original Han Gaozu Liu Bang and Fan Xu were also fellow villagers, so Cao Cao called Xu Chu "my Fan Xuye." ”
The people in the council hall are: Cao Cao, Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Man Chong, Xi Zhicai, Xiahoudun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Le Jin, Li Dian, Yu Ban, Li Gan, Li Tong, Han Ji, Liu Ye, Mao Jie, Zhang Miao.
Guo Jia and Xun Yu presided over the meeting, and the content of the meeting shocked others.
Cao Cao announced, "Today, Lone announced, the change begins!" First, the affairs should be handled by Feng Xiao and Wen Ruo. You are all lonely henchmen, and today I invite you to make suggestions for the new law. ”
The key point is that Cao Cao's administrative office was moved to Xu County in Yingchuan County, Yuzhou, and Xu County was renamed Xuchang!
Xu County has convenient transportation, extending in all directions, and there are two waterways, Weishui (Wei third tone) and Weishui (Xun fourth sound), which run through the land around Xu County, and at the same time are conducive to Cao Cao's expedition to the division.
In this short period of time, Si Lizhen sent information to Ding Fei (Zi Wenhou). His Majesty the Emperor of Chang'an was a little restless, and contacted his uncle Dong Cheng, Taiwei Yang Biao, Situ Zhao Wen, Shizhong Liu Ai, Shangshu Liang Shaodu, Ningji General Duan Xuan, Shizhong Chongji, Shizhong Liu Ai, Zhendong General Zhang Ji, Anxi General Yang Ding, Anbei General Yang Feng, and Shesheng Lieutenant Fu Jun, and also secretly sent people to Hedong to unite the former Bai Boshuai Li Le, Han Xian, Hu Cai, and the Youxian King of the Southern Xiongnu to go to Bei, and ordered them to lead thousands of people to come to foreign aid.
Cao Cao couldn't help but glance at this puppet Son of Heaven a few times, he didn't expect that the Son of Heaven still had such a city government and scheming, he endured it for so long, and contacted and bought so many people in private. It seems that the Son of Heaven was definitely involved in Wang Yun's killing of Dong Zhuo.
He's interested in getting involved, too.
Coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, this is what Xun Yu proposed to him, with the Son of Heaven as a mascot, he can have the title of righteousness, and whoever does not obey the "will of the Son of Heaven" will be beaten. Moreover, it can be used to reward official positions to win over other princes, and of course, it can also be used to reward their own subordinates.
Of course, Guo Jia also raised the big trouble that might be brought by blackmailing the Son of Heaven to order the princes.
The Son of Heaven can have such a city government and scheming, so able to forbear, kill Dong Zhuo, and now have a plan to deal with Li Dao and Guo Xi, and he can also do things under Cao Cao in the future. If someone with a heart takes advantage of the Son of Heaven, then there will be a big trouble.
There is another point, Guo Jia deliberately avoided Xun Yu before telling Cao Cao. The Son of Heaven is in his hands, and if Cao Cao wants to be the emperor, he will also have some trouble. However, Cao Cao reprimanded Guo Jia fiercely for this point, and this time Cao Cao was really angry. At this time, Cao Cao still maintained a loyalty to the Han family.
In agriculture, Cao Cao implemented the Tuntian order throughout the territory, including Yuzhou, which had just been captured, and implemented the system of six officials and four people, encouraging the people to participate in Tuntian, and at the same time, the Tuntian soldiers served as city defenders and defenders of each city
Economically, Cao Cao encouraged the development of merchants, no longer strictly exploiting merchants as the previous decrees of the Han Dynasty, but encouraging merchants to come and go, and strengthening economic development.
Militarily, Cao Cao announced disarmament! All soldiers under the age of 20 and over the age of 50 were all cut off and the army was reorganized. For those soldiers who meet the requirements, they should be separated from the peasants and completely become professional soldiers, and it is no longer the previous conscription and conscription system. At the same time, retrenched soldiers over the age of 15 and under the age of 20 can temporarily join the tuntian soldiers, train in their spare time, and work in the tuntian during agricultural time, and serve as reserve forces at the same time. Tuntian affairs are in charge of Zao Yi and Han Hao.
After Cao Cao unified Yuzhou, the number of soldiers and horses under his command reached 230,000, and after cutting out the soldiers who did not meet the age, there were still 170,000 left without counting the Tuntian soldiers. Among the 60,000 people laid off, most of them were soldiers of the former Qingzhou Army, many old and young were mixed in the army, and many disabled soldiers were also laid off.
Cao Cao made proper arrangements for these laid-off old and young soldiers, and issued a large amount of compensation to the elderly and disabled soldiers.
In addition, the soldiers' equipment should be renovated in all aspects, Han Ji was responsible for managing the forging of craftsmen and the supply of equipment, and Liu Ye assisted and arranged the distribution of equipment by the way.
In terms of political system, the Xuxian Workshop was first established, and Han Ji was appointed as the supervisor, and the price was more than 2,000 stones. The status is very high than two thousand stones, and it can also be seen that Cao Cao attaches great importance to the Xu County workshop. At the same time, the Rencheng Kingdom, Dongping Kingdom, and Jibei Kingdom in Yanzhou, and the Liang State, Pei State, Chen State, and Lu State in Yuzhou were all changed to counties.
After Xun Yu announced the content of the change, everyone was so shocked that they couldn't speak for a while.
Xiahoudun carried out Cao Cao's orders without discount, whether they were right or wrong, but he also raised some questions: "Lord, two gentlemen, after the soldiers stepped into the battlefield, many of them were already accustomed to killing on the battlefield, and they couldn't be willing to let them quit the army like this." I don't know about the other troops, but among the officers and men of the Qingzhou Army I led, the retrenched soldiers will never be reconciled, and if it is not good, it will even cause a mutiny! ”
Xiahou Yuan also added on the side, "Some old soldiers, although they are in the grade, their combat ability on the battlefield is stronger than that of many young people. Moreover, there are many junior officers who are veterans, and their combat experience is not comparable to that of other soldiers. And when they are laid off, they may be dissatisfied, and then they will roar in the mountains and forests, and the grass will fall into the grass. If these soldiers with experience in battlefield fighting fall into the grass, it will be a great local disaster. ”
Cheng Yu held the beautiful hair, thought for a moment, and also raised some of these questions: "The lord supports the businessman, and the scholar clan will definitely not allow it." They would think that the lord wanted to support the merchants to get a share of the grain, salt, liquor and other industries. The Yanzhou scholars were killed by the lord, suffered heavy losses, and they also learned to be obedient, and they did not dare to openly oppose the lord, but Yuzhou was different. There are many families in Yuzhou, and there are already many scholars who do not obey the lord, and now that the law is changed, they are afraid that they will take the opportunity to make waves. ”
Cao Cao, Guo Jia, and Xun Yu pondered for a while, indeed, they did not take into account that the retrenched soldiers might not be accustomed to ordinary life even if they had high compensation, as for the scholars, they did take it into account.
This time, Cao Cao is going to declare war with the Shi clan!
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In December of the first year of the Yonghan Dynasty (189), Cao Cao went to Chenliu to recruit troops and horses, and Ding Fei came to defect, Cao Cao was particularly tolerant and cared for him because Ding Fei was a fellow villager. Ding Fei was particularly greedy for money and violated the law many times, and many people asked Cao Cao to cure Ding Fei's crimes, but Cao Cao immediately forgave him afterwards.
In the first year of Jian'an (196), Cao Cao went west to welcome back the Son of Heaven to Xudu, and Ding Fei was appointed as a military captain (the position of Cao Cao of the Han Ling Emperor), commanding the soldiers and horses inside and outside the palace.
In the sixteenth year of Jian'an (211), Ma Chao rebelled with Han Sui, Yang Qiu, Li Kan, Cheng Yi and others, and in July, Cao Cao personally marched westward, and Ding Fei went out with the army. The two armies clashed at Tongguan, Cao Cao fought Ma Chao head-on on the one hand, and secretly sent Xu Huang and Zhu Ling to cross Pubanjin at night and occupy Hexi as a camp. Cao Cao personally led the army to cross the river from the north of Tongguan, when he was about to cross the river, Ma Chao led the army to kill, Cao Cao was sitting on the shore at the time, Xu Chu saw that the situation was urgent, so he drove Cao Cao on the boat, Ma Chao army rode along the coast to chase and shoot arrows Cao Cao, at the moment of critical survival, Ding Fei took the opportunity to release cattle and horses to lure the enemy to rob, distract the enemy's attention, the enemy army was greedy to snatch cattle and horses, Cao Cao successfully crossed the river, the generals saw Cao Cao safe and sound, they were happy to cry, Cao Cao said: "If it is not Ding Fei, I almost got trapped by a thief today. After that, he won a big victory over Ma Chao. After returning, Cao Cao thanked Ding Fei for saving his life. Treat him even more.
In the twenty-first year of Jian'an (216), Ding Fei followed Cao Cao to crusade against Eastern Wu. Halfway through, Ding Fei was thin and sick because of the thin and sick cattle raised at home, so he privately changed the cattle of the official family, which was exposed, and Ding Fei was taken into custody and sent to prison and took away his official position. After that, Cao Cao asked Ding Fei and said, "Wenhou, where is your seal?" Ding Fei knew that Cao Cao was joking, so he replied, "It's used to change the cake." Cao Cao laughed, turned back to the accompanying officials and cronies, and said: "Donggou Peng Mao Jue has complained to me about Ding Fei several times, and wants me to punish him severely, I don't know that this person is not honest and honest, there is a reason. I have Ding Fei, just like people have dogs that steal some of their master's things, but they catch mice, and although there are some small losses, they protect my granary. So he reinstated Ding Feidian's position as a military captain, and obeyed the appointment as at the beginning. After a few years, he fell ill and died. ——————————————————————————————————————————
I don't have a water word count, but I can't send the words of this part of the writer, and the content of the plot text is still the same as usual 2000+ words. But obsessive-compulsive disorder makes me can't help but want to publish the lives of these unpopular and capable ministers. I rarely make up my own tricks, most of them are civil and military people who have appeared in history, even if some of them are very capable and have outstanding achievements, but they are little known.