Zhang Ming left Xuzhou and headed north.

This time, he saw the rise of Cao Cao.

Cao Cao has become the second in the world in terms of territory and population, and he is next to Yuan Shao.

This Yuan Shao absolutely cannot tolerate, and at the same time, Cao Cao's ambition will inevitably swell.

Soon, it will be the time of Yuan Cao's great war.

Zhang Ming had to prepare in advance.

On the way back, Zhang Ming was with Chen Gong.

"Gongtai, how about going out of the mountain to help me?"

Chen Gong was very lonely, he really wanted to do something, and he had been planning since the chaos began.

Cao Cao assassinated Dong Zhuo, he was very excited, released Cao Cao overnight, and followed Cao Cao.

As a result, Cao Cao let him down.

After being disappointed, he supported Lu Bu again and took Lu Bu to fight the world.

As a result, Lu Bu did not listen to his advice several times, which led to the current result.

And now another person?

Support Zhang Ming?

Chen Gong was tired, he didn't want to do it.

"Thank you General Protector for saving Zaixia, but he has been fighting for many years, but he has not been able to realize the wish in his heart, but he has seen that he is getting farther and farther away from the ideal of wanting the country and the people's peace and security."

Chen Gong refused.

Zhang Ming was not surprised, this may be really disheartened.

"It's better to go to Youzhou and do something basic for the people." Zhang Ming put it another way.

"What else can I do?"

"Gong Lu, who is in charge of education, is old and powerless, and in addition, he also needs to have someone to preside over the overall situation, so it is better for Chen Gong to take care of the school and the cultivation of farmers."

Chen Gong felt that this seemed to be a trivial matter, but he could really do something for the people.

Chen Gong said: "Well, the general who protects the country has the grace to save his life, so it's good to do something for the people." ”

Chen Gong suddenly felt that it was not bad to really do something for the people.

Zhang Ming planned to put Chen Gong in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Education.

One shares the pressure of Tian Feng and Lu Zhi.

The second is to divide power, at least to divide the power of the two departments from Tian Feng.

Tian Feng has been managing all aspects for a long time, and it is not a thing.

In the future, there must be corresponding talents, and Zhang Ming will also divide them again.

Chen Gong didn't know yet, thinking that he was in charge of at least one county or one county, and he didn't know much about Zhang Ming's internal operating rules.

Zhang Ming didn't tell him explicitly, and took him all the way to the north.

Finally arrived in Youzhou.

Back in Youzhou, Zhang Ming heard Cao Jun changing the arrangement.

They have the rhythm of dispatching to Yangzhou.

Today, Yuan Shu of Yangzhou is extremely weak and has not saved much strength.

In particular, Yuan Shu committed public anger and lost the hearts of the people.

Now Yuan Shu sits in Yangzhou, but in fact, he is already a piece of fat around Cao Cao.

And now, Cao Cao is about to swallow this mouthful of fat.

Cao Cao sharpened his knife and slashed at Yuan Shu.

After Zhang Ming came back, he began to arrange various affairs.

He found Tian Feng first.

"Tian Feng, I will arrange for someone to take over the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Agriculture, you will hand it over, and arrange someone to assist, I hope you don't have any mustard in your heart."

Tian Feng laughed and said, "The lord arranged it like this, so I was relieved." ”

Zhang Ming looked at Tian Feng puzzled.

"If it has always been me who has taken care of everything, and when the lord grows stronger, he should also unload the mill and kill the donkey, my little life is difficult to protect, you arrange someone to divide power, at least I can have a good end."

It seems that Tian Feng saw very clearly that the founding emperor did not kill many heroes.

This is usually an inevitable step, not that the emperor wants to kill, but most of the time he has to kill.

Seeing that Tian Feng really didn't care, he was a lot more relieved.

If Zhang Ming would one day ascend to the highest seat, would he kill the heroes?

No one can say this, Zhang Ming doesn't want to kill, after all, he is an old courtier who follows him.

However, in the past generations, it is often that things get out of control and have to be killed.

"Okay, this person is Chen Gong, I have been to Youzhou for a while before, and you are familiar with it."

Tian Feng nodded, claiming that he would fully cooperate.

Today, there are three quasi-cabinet members, and Xi Zhi is only in charge of half of the military department.

How is it half?

The other half of the military department is personally in charge of Zhang Ming, and the promotion and transfer of officers are all in charge of themselves.

At this time, Zhang Ming will not fake his hands to others.

Back in Youzhou, Zhang Ming's career developed rapidly.

Zhang Ming used the silver dug up from the Fusang area to make silver coins, and went outside to purchase a large amount of grain and hoard it.

Silver coins were not used on a large scale in Youzhou, and despite the amount of money mined, they did not cause inflation, but greatly prospered the economies of the states.

Many princes also used silver coins, because Zhang Ming spent a lot of silver coins.

When Zhang Ming was overhauling his internal strength in Youzhou, there was a person who couldn't eat well and couldn't sleep well.

That's Mi Zhu.

Liu Bei failed, and now he has nothing, he is under Cao Cao's hands.

And Cao Cao was guarded against Liu Bei, and he didn't treat Mi Zhu so well.

Now Mi Zhu has no official position, and many things cannot be controlled.

At this time, their Mi family's assets were slowly shrinking.

Because Mi Zhu is Zhang Ming's brother-in-law, Cao Cao is also guarding against him.

Although Cao Cao knew why Mi Zhu became Zhang Ming's brother-in-law, he still had to guard against it.

Now that Liu Bei has fallen, who knows if this Mi Zhu will fall to Zhang Ming.

So, now Mi Zhu is very sad.

His family property was also in danger of being annexed by Cao Cao.

Now Cao Cao didn't do anything to him, but he didn't give him any privileges.

Mi Zhu is worried, and has been thinking about how to transfer assets.

Zhang Ming is developing rapidly.

Time passed slowly, and another half a year passed.

Chen Gong waited for Zhang Ming to arrange a job for him before he knew what position it was.

It's not a county order, it's a quasi-cabinet.

In short, there is a lot of power and a lot of things to manage.

After he really took over, Chen Gong knew how powerful Zhang Ming's system was.

It took him just a month to take over the Ministry of Education.

As for how students study, this Chen Gong is extremely curious, and he goes to several schools to secretly listen to lectures and study.

After that, he personally inspected many students and realized how powerful the students in Youzhou were.

At this time, Chen Gong knew what Zhang Ming's confidence was to dare to fight against all the families in the world.

He can completely not rely on the family.

"Lord, there is news you want."

On this day, Zhang Ming was inspecting the farming situation of the people, and a soldier came to report.

"Yo, this Yuan Shu is not far from death."

Zhang Ming knew that the start of the war was not far away.

It turned out that Cao Cao had already begun a large-scale attack on Yuan Shu.

With Yuan Shu's current strength, he is not an opponent at all.

After reading it, Zhang Ming put away the information and continued to inspect the farming situation of the people.

In the war, food is too important, and Zhang Ming attaches great importance to the cultivation conditions of the peasants.

Zhang Ming has a stipulation that if a farmer wants to buy or sell land, he must obtain the approval of the county order, and the county order must compile the materials every year.

In this way, land annexation is prevented.

But Zhang Ming also had to go down to see if someone had not transferred the land, but had actually taken possession of it.