Chapter 158: Three Points in the Central Plains
At the beginning of the third year of Jian'an, Chen Mo left Xu Rong and Hua Xiong in Xiliang, led the troops back to the court, and officially submitted to the imperial court.
He also promoted Tai Shi Ci to the rank of the Hun lieutenant general with military merits, and went out of the town in the clouds.
In addition, on the grounds of improper administration, Zang Hong was removed from the post of Xiliang Thorn History, and Zhang was replaced by Zhang Ji as the West Liang Thorn History, and Zang Hong temporarily returned to the dynasty and served as Shangshu.
The Ma family has fallen, Han Sui has been destroyed, the Qiang people have become much more honest after this defeat, the big threat of the Xiliang army to Chen Mo has disappeared, the majesty has been deployed, and the next thing is to give grace.
After Zhang was appointed as the assassin of Xiliang, he changed Zang Hong's decree to encourage intermarriage between the two families, no longer unilaterally only encouraging Han people to marry Qiang women, and at the same time the policy should be biased towards Qiang people.
After some adjustments, although the effect of the decree cannot be seen for the time being, at least Xiliang will not cause trouble to Chen Mo in a short period of time, and even many Qiang tribes support Chen Mo because of Chen Mo's move to replace Zang Hong.
It's the spring ploughing season of another year, the spring ploughing of Xiliang, Chen Mo naturally can't do it himself, but the craftsman Zhonglang and the Diannong Zhonglang will be sent to Xiliang by Chen Mo, although the land is vast and sparsely populated, but it is not without business value, at least in Chen Mo's view, the current Xiliang is far from being developed to the limit.
"Lord, this is the latest battle report from the Central Plains." In Chang'an, in Chen Mo's office, Li Ru yawned a little sleepily, smiled apologetically at Chen Mo, and put a bunch of bamboo slips sorted out in his hand on Chen Mo's desk.
Looking at Li Ru, whose eyes were dark, and then at Jia Xu, who was messing around with the old gods as before, Chen Mo was a little helpless: "I'm not here these days, Wen You has worked hard." ”
Jia Xu turned sideways, pretending not to hear, Chen Mo left, after all, it still had some impact, Li Ru's decision-making ability was poor, and he had to come to discuss many things with Jia Xu, so he didn't have to worry too much about things, but he had to discuss with Jia Xu before doing it, which made Jia Xu a little annoyed, and the hard work was also self-inflicted, and he was not worthy of sympathy.
"This year, Sanfu and the spring ploughing in the state do not need large-scale assistance, mainly the spring ploughing in Xiliang, the tax issue, we must first explain it to the gentry in various places, it may be a little chaotic." Chen Mo said while flipping through the battle report.
Because of the foundation laid by Dong Zhuo, now the tax collection has gradually been accepted, and even the Central Plains are beginning to use this model.
Think about it, these Guanzhong families are dead, Dong Zhuo had already agreed to make concessions, but Dong Zhuo was killed, Li Dao and Guo Yan didn't care so much after they took office, and they used whatever kind of tax collection method collected more taxes, after Chen Mo came over, when they continued to implement this tax collection model, Dong Zhuo and Li Guo had already helped Chen Mo remove most of the resistance, Chen Mo didn't even bother to speak, everyone had already acquiesced.
The matter of Xiliang spring ploughing, as soon as Chen Mo came back, he had already sent the Diannong Zhonglang General and the craftsman Zhonglang to Xiliang, Zhang Ji will naturally arrange things for these two departments according to the needs, Chen Mo just mentioned that Xiliang's taxes this year will definitely be reduced, just after the war, the development of people's livelihood is a top priority.
"In addition, a recruitment order was issued to all states in the world, in the name of the imperial court." Chen Mo said while flipping through the battle report.
"Recruitment order?" Xun You and the four of them looked at Chen Mo, Chen Mo's recruitment order shouldn't be too simple, right?
"Only seek their talents, not their virtues, but all those who are talented, the court is willing to hire them." Chen Mo thought for a moment.
This is also Chen Mo's concept of employing people all along, otherwise, Li Ru and Jia Xu will definitely not be hired if they have both ability and political integrity, not to mention that the two are still the main strategists around Chen Mo.
Li Ru and the three of them were not very surprised when they heard this, Chen Mo's employment has always been terminated by this, and this time it is just to clearly tell the world Chen Mo's standard of employing people.
Xun You thought about it, and didn't say anything after all, the world is in turmoil, the monarch chooses the minister, and the minister also chooses the monarch, and the set of employing people in the prosperous era obviously can't be used now, otherwise those capable talents may not be able to recruit.
"In addition, I am ready to move the imperial court back to Luoyang! What do you think? After Chen Mo finished speaking, he looked at everyone and asked.
Before Chen Mo stayed in Chang'an, on the one hand, because of the emptiness of Heluo and the withering population, Chen Mo was in charge of the government at the beginning, and Guanzhong was not stable; Second, Xiliang was undecided at that time, and it could threaten Chen Mo's rear at any time, and Chen Mo's main goal at that time was to stabilize the rear, so Chen Mo stayed in Guanzhong.
But now that Guanzhong has basically stabilized, the people's hearts have been attached, and Xiliang has been calmed, next, Chen Mo should consider developing to the Central Plains, Chang'an is too far away from the Central Plains, what is going on in the Central Plains, even if he gets the information carefully, he can't send it back in time, and many times he will lose the fighter, and therefore, Chen Mo is ready to move the capital back to Luoyang after pacifying Xiliang.
"How is the lord going to move the capital?" Xun You frowned when he heard this, last time Dong Zhuo moved the capital, he directly abolished the land of Heluo, and now Guanzhong has finally survived, if he tosses again, he will hurt his vitality again.
"It's good for the hundreds of officials in the court and the central government to accompany him, plus the accompanying guards to go to Luoyang, so that he can welcome back the Son of Heaven one day, and he can also return to the old capital." Chen Mo smiled, what was Xun You worried about, he naturally understood, how could he bear to let it be ruined with the hard work he had built up during this level?
"If it's just a matter of relocating hundreds of officials and their families, it's not difficult." Li Ru thought for a moment and said, "I don't know when the lord is going to move the capital?" ”
"After the spring ploughing, the weather is still cold, and there are many elderly people in the court, so it is not suitable for long journeys." Chen Mo pondered.
"The lord should consult with the courtiers on this matter." Xun You reminded that after all, even if it is an empty shelf, those ministers in the court are all famous people in the world, otherwise there is no way to support this court without the Son of Heaven, and Cao Cao does not dare to seal the position of the three princes and nine secretaries.
"It's nature." Chen Mo smiled and nodded.
"Besides, I don't know who the lord wants to keep here?" Li Ru asked.
"What do you think of the family teacher serving as the assassin of Sizhou?" Chen Mo asked with a smile.
Although there are some meanings of employing people as relatives, but Zang Hong's words, others can't say anything, others may not understand, but they know very well that this time they can quickly pacify Xiliang, and it is really because Zang Hong forced the Qiang people to rebel, forcing Ma Teng and Han Sui to raise troops, although in terms of political performance, Zang Hong has had, but for Chen Mo, it is actually meritorious, this time he won Zang Hong's position in the history of the Xiliang Thorn, and now he will compensate for the position of the history of the Sizhou Thorn, which is much stronger than the history of the Xiliang Thorn.
"And the issue of military households." Jia Xu mentioned on the side that Chen Mo's army now has a very high cohesion, just because his family members are gathered together.
"The general's family was brought to Luoyang, and the military family continued to stay here." Chen Mo said, hundreds of thousands of military households have just settled down, and it is definitely impossible and unnecessary to migrate now, now Xiliang is stable, Guanzhong belongs to Chen Mo's rear, and it is the safest place, put it here, the soldiers can also rest assured, and the land of Heluo is afraid that it will not be able to arrange so many people at once.
Moving the capital is not a trivial matter, although it is only the relocation of hundreds of officials and their families, but there are also many problems to coordinate, and it cannot be achieved in a day.
The war report of the Central Plains, since Cao Cao broke Liu Bei, it was a lot calmer, Sun Ce held Jiangdong, and drove Yuan Shu's forces out of Jiangdong completely, across the Yangtze River moat, Yuan Shu also had no way to take Sun Ce, when he turned his head, Liu Bei was also destroyed by Cao Cao, Yuan Shu asked Cao Cao for Runan, and the messenger was politely driven out of Juancheng by Cao Cao.
When he wanted to send troops to attack, he was stunned to find that he had only two counties left in Yuan Shu, who could only helplessly ask Yuan Shao for help, although the two Yuan fought before, but after all, they were all people from the old Yuan family, and now Yuan Shu is willing to bow down, Yuan Shao is naturally willing to accept, and because of the problem of the Son of Heaven, there have been some unpleasantness between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and the two families who were originally allies have begun to gradually have the opposite purpose.
After Cao Cao captured Xuzhou, he also began to prepare to move the capital, Juancheng was too close to Yuan Shao, and it was originally to prevent Chen Mo from robbing people, so the capital was set up in Juancheng, but now he is gradually at odds with Yuan Shao, although it is not yet a war, but Cao Cao still feels that the Son of Heaven should be moved elsewhere first, and after discussing with everyone, he finally decided to move the Son of Heaven to Suiyang.
Suiyang is the county of Liangguo, and it is also the more central location of Cao Cao's land for naturalization, and at present, it is more suitable to be the capital of the court.
After all, although Xuzhou was taken, Sun Ce to the south has gradually become a climate, but Yuan Shu is no longer a threat in Cao Cao's eyes, and he doesn't want to turn against Yuan Shao immediately, so he didn't take advantage of the situation to destroy him, but left Yuan Shu to contain Sun Ce.
If Sun Ce kills Yuan Shu, there will be a very fatal problem, no matter what, Sun Ce is Yuan Shu's general, and the soldiers who swept Jiangdong were also given by Yuan Shu, and it is no problem to break away from Yuan Shu, this is given by the imperial court, but if you want to kill Yuan Shu, it will be a murderer!
Cao Cao used Yuan Shu to balance Sun Ce, and then sent an envoy to make peace with Yuan Shao, indicating that he had no intention of being an enemy of Yuan Shao, and wanted to work with Yuan Shao to jointly defeat Guanzhong and defeat Chen Mo's puppet court.
But on the other hand, Cao Cao sent someone to secretly contact Chen Mo, hoping to resist the weak and the strong, after all, in terms of the troops that can be mobilized, Yuan Shao is now absolutely superior to either Chen Mo and Cao Cao.
Of course, Chen Mo and Yuan Shao are not fools, Cao Cao's virtue, the two of them don't know, while promising Cao Cao, they unite with each other, and want to work together to occupy the Central Plains.
In the end, although they were all full of promises, no one moved, whether it was Cao Cao, Chen Mo, or Yuan Shao.
"That's the downside of the tripod!" Cao Cao and Chen Mo have similar feelings, if there is one less male in the Central Plains, although the problem will be sharp, but it will also be much simpler, the two males stand side by side, and the work will be done, which is as complicated as now?