Zhang Yan feels that she is completely marginalized, and since she quietly joined Liu Tao a few years ago, she has basically been nesting in Taihang Mountain.

Liu Tao allowed him to plunder Jizhou and Youzhou, but more often than not, it seemed to forget about him as a subordinate. In many wars, basically they will not take him with them.

Naturally, they don't have their share in meritorious service, and they are so free that they almost plan to stand on their own, and then use Taihang Mountain as a base to see if they can also be a prince or something......

"Taihang Mountain is very important to Bingzhou!" Liu Tao looked at Zhang Yan, "In addition to Huguan, there are some mountain roads that can lead to Bingzhou. In other words, the armies of Youzhou and Jizhou may attack Bingzhou through Taihang Mountain at any time, and you are the first and most important barrier. ”

After a pause, he continued: "No matter how tense the war is, you amazing soldiers can't be used casually, and once they are used, they must be directed at the enemy's vital points!" There has been no transfer for so many years, please understand General Zhang! ”

"The minister guards Taihang Mountain for His Majesty, but it's just his duty!" Zhang Yan hurriedly replied that he didn't dare to complain here if he was killed.

"It's been a hard time for you in the past few years." Liu Tao nodded, "Not only did I keep the town of Taihang Mountain impregnable, but I also transported the population to the clouds several times. The current prosperity in the clouds is indispensable, and General Zhang has made great contributions. ”

So when the reward was awarded, Zhang Yan not only sealed the general of Pingnan, but also the Marquis of Anguo Ting.

It's just a bit of a trick, after all, this Anguo County belongs to Zhongshan County, and it is still in the hands of Yuan Shao, so he, the pavilion marquis, can only be said to be in name only.

However, just like a lot of businessmen spent money to buy Guannei Hou back then, what they valued was not Guannei Hou who had no food, but the benefits that Guannei Hou could bring to them as an identity.

For example, you can wear silk openly, you can have a flat wife, and your children and grandchildren also have the possibility of becoming a leader.

Zhang Yan's situation was similar to that of those merchants, except that he was promoted from the Marquis of Guannei to the Marquis of Anguo Ting.

"Your Majesty's previous reward has been very rich, and the minister is already very satisfied." Zhang Yan hurriedly expressed his loyalty, "In the future, if Your Majesty has a place to get a minister, the minister will be smeared with liver and brain, and he will not hesitate to break his bones!" ”

"General Zhang, I naturally trust you, but most of the generals under your command are reckless, and it is inevitable that they have some bad ideas. Please take care of them when you go back this time. I promise that as long as I am loyal to the great men, then I will never treat them badly! Liu Tao said slowly, the foreshadowing in front is actually for this sentence.

Except for Zhang Yan's foresight, the thieves below are basically rangers or even farmers, with little culture and no knowledge. may even be used to being the king of the mountain and don't want to be managed......

In other words, it may become an unstable factor in the future, so Liu Tao simply took a preventive shot in advance.

"When the minister goes back, he must persuade them well, if he refuses to change his life or death, don't blame the minister for being polite!" Zhang Yan assured that with his character, it must be said and done.

Liu Tao nodded and said a few words of relief, which led the topic to something else.

"When did Your Majesty get involved with Zhang Yan?" Zhu Jun looked at Lu Zhi a little strangely.

"Don't ask me, I don't know. It was also in the past two days that I learned that he was the leader of the Yellow Turban in Montenegro. Lu Zhi shook his head, but several groups of displaced people passed in the clouds one after another, and they didn't know that Zhang Yan actually sent them over in Taihang Mountain.

Come to think of it, it should be a hidden household in Taihang Mountain. I don't know how many hidden households there are, but it is estimated that there are millions, but the point is of course not this, but when did Zhang Yan take refuge in Liu Tao?

You must know that before this year, Liu Tao was an officer and soldier, and Zhang Yan was a thief, and the two actually got together, which is interesting.

Is it Liu Tao who has been planning today since a few years ago, or is Zhang Yan a pawn in Liu Tao's anti-thief? For now, it should be the latter, or rather, it must be the latter!

Liu Tao can 'see' some things in the future, and those close to him know it. It may be possible to subdue Zhang Yan in advance. This also means that perhaps when Liu Tao raised his army to fight the thieves, he had already thought about it to this point today......

That's it...... Lu Zhi didn't plan to think about it, there was actually a disciple under his sect who could spell magic and predict the future, which was unimaginable, so it didn't seem strange to be a little more absurd.

To put it simply: this disciple is open, he can't be provoked, he can't be provoked.

"How was it in the past, don't care about him......" Huangfu Song, who became a Chinese scholar, said at this time, "Where to go in the future is what to care about." ”

Even if he is told now that the two princes were killed by Liu Tao, he doesn't care, as long as Liu Tao can rejuvenate the Yanhan.

Judging from the situation, it is not surprising that the two princes are still young, and they are regents by powerful ministers, and they are even forced to concede. Compared with the usurpation of the throne by an ambitious person in the Han Dynasty, it is more reasonable for Liu Tao, a member of the Han family, to inherit the unification.

"Then, next, our focus is, of course, the imperial examination." At the beginning, Liu Tao has turned the topic to the imperial examination, "The purpose of the imperial examination is to select scholars, and the selection of scholars is not only because of the current shortage of officials in the three states, but more importantly, for the future reserve of officials." ”

After a pause, he continued: "Starting from the second half of this year, starting with the merger of states, the counties will be redivided, and the number of counties under the jurisdiction of each county will be reduced to three or four, and the border counties can be five, and the merged states will be divided into two or three new states.

On this basis, the Shanxi Prefecture was set up, which commanded the prefectures and set up a prefect. The issue of subordinate officials and officials is just a matter of discussing it together. When the time comes, it will be among the state officials, and the promotion will be given priority! ”

As soon as Liu Tao did that, a county is a county, a state is equivalent to a city, and a government is a province. The corresponding officials are the prefectural magistrate/governor, the state assassin, and the prefect. From the position of supervising the officials of the counties, the assassin officially became an official position with real power, but he did not have military power.

In fact, the prefect was the same, ruling the states, but without military power, it could not recruit, train and transfer troops.

You can communicate with Wu Meng, and in a certain operation, mobilize Wu Meng to engage in the army of his subordinates. It is mainly to suppress the civil unrest and exterminate the bandits, this kind of military action is carried out by the armed forces, and under normal circumstances, the arrest of criminals, and the small ones are the responsibility of the officials.

Obviously, the number of officials who need it in this way will increase a lot, after all, in addition to deducting officials, officials also need it.

In a sense, it means that existing officials, some old ones, or some relatives, can be admitted on the basis of merit. It was also good news for the officials of the annexed states.

It's just that there is some resentment about Du Raid, who has been assassinated in the state, after all, not long after taking office, he is about to reform.

At that time, he will still be a state assassin, or he will be promoted to be the prefect, which is also a problem. was originally in control of a state, but suddenly there was an extra boss, and the mood would definitely not be very good. To make matters worse, the number of counties under his rule may be reduced.

"In addition, there is also the issue of agricultural technology, which should be fully promoted from the surrounding areas of the cloud to the whole territory of the state...... The construction of libraries in Liangzhou and Sizhou...... The expansion of the normal and the establishment of the normal in Liangzhou and Sizhou ......" Liu Tao looked at everyone, "Today, everyone is estimated to have to work a little harder......