Two months after the Yang party was eradicated, Liu Zhang received accurate information that Li and Guo had withdrawn from the army, and Dong Zhuo had no plans to attack Hanzhong in the short term, so he decided to return to Fuxian.

Before leaving, there is one more important thing to do, and that is the candidate for Hanzhong Taishou!

Hanzhong is the barrier of the hinterland of Yizhou, and it is also the forward base of Liu Zhang's attack on Guanzhong......

Thinking about it, he finally discharged Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Zhang Ren, Gao Shun, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan Six people, when it comes to loyalty, he trusts nothing more than Zhang Ren and Gao Shun, but the two of them are not meritorious enough, and they should not be promoted to such an important position; Zhang Liao's new surrender, if he takes the post of Hanzhong Taishou, it will also make the generals complain; It seems that only one person can be selected from Xu Huang, Huang Zhong, and Wei Yan, and the first of the three was eliminated by Liu Zhang, but Huang Zhong, one of the famous Five Tiger Generals in later generations, the reason is because after observation during this period, Liu Zhang found that Huang Zhong's ability is still somewhat deficient at present, and now he is most suitable for leading the army to charge into battle, not suitable for Du Mu's side, maybe after a period of experience and learning, he can grow into a handsome person who sits on one side. In this way, with Wei Yan's not good reputation in later generations, the position of Hanzhong Taishou is none other than Xu Huang, Xu Huang is one of the first people to take refuge in Liu Zhang, and there is nothing to say about ability and loyalty. But in the end, Liu Zhang chose Wei Ting, in his words to persuade himself: "Although I don't like big ears, but he does have a set of skills to see people, and in history he handed over Hanzhong to Wei Yan, thus ensuring that Hanzhong was always in his hands and never broken by Cao Wei (Wei Yan died early when Shu died, so naturally it has nothing to do with him, so you can't add the crime to a dead person). And he is much better to Wei Yan than Zhuge Liang is to Wei Yan, Zhuge Liang doesn't believe it, but he always trusts it, and with Wei Yan's character, he decides that he won't betray easily! ”

In the end, Liu Zhang ordered Wei Yan to be the Taishou of Hanzhong, and all the British troops were coerced (Manchu was transferred from the British army and returned to Fu County with Liu Zhang, Wei Yan also no longer served as the deputy general of the British army), Zhang Lu, Yang Bai, and Dong Zhuo surrendered to the army (Zhang Lu and Dong Zhuo surrendered to the army and left the wounded soldiers together), with a total of 15,000 soldiers and horses. Liu Zhang also left Lou Gui, Feng Ji and Yan Pu, who was familiar with Hanzhong affairs, in Hanzhong to assist Wei Yan; At the same time, Liu Zhang also left Huaxiong in Hanzhong.

Because of the expansion of soldiers and horses, Liu Zhang reappointed the generals, and the commander of the Yingwu Army was transferred by Huang Zhong and the deputy general Liao Hua, of which Liao Hua concurrently served as the captain of the first battalion, and the remaining two battalions were taken over by Li Yan and Li Dian.

The Dongzhou Army is still dominated by Yan Yan as the main general, with Zhang Liao as the deputy general, and the department is merged with the Yizhou Army left behind in Dongzhou, with a total of 19,000 soldiers and horses (the reorganization of the Dongzhou Army can only be officially launched after returning to Fuxian), and there are Gao Shun, Guan Yu, Hua Xiong, Zhang Ren, Pei Yuanshao and other fierce generals under his command.

10,000 people were transferred from all over Yizhou and 2,000 people who were willing to join the army from the people's husband, and 1,500 people were transferred from the original supplementary battalion to join, and they were combined into an army, totaling 13,500 people.

After the supplementary battalion was filled with new soldiers, the total strength reached 11,000 people, and Hou became the general and Gong Du was the deputy.

In this way, Liu Zhang's first army has reached nearly 60,000 people, and it is definitely a force that cannot be underestimated, this force is placed in Yizhou, if there is any opposition to Liu Zhang in Yizhou, I am afraid that these opponents will be taken to the execution ground the next day.

The positions of the Yingwu Army and the Dongzhou Army were withdrawn, and Xi Zhicai and others returned to Fuxian County with Liu Zhang, and other arrangements were made.

Then, Liu Zhang led his troops on the way home.

After half a month of hard marching, Liu Zhang returned to Fu County, and his first order when he returned to Fu County was to order the officials of all counties and counties in Yizhou (except Hanzhong) to gather in Fu County a month later and pay homage to Liu Yan.

Liu Zhang issued an order under the power of Xinsheng, although he did not indicate what the outcome would be if he was absent, but no one stayed in the name of various pretenses, but what they did not expect was that many of them would never return.

After paying homage to Liu Yanling, Liu Zhang summoned Yizhou officials to discuss matters (at this time, he had been officially appointed by the emperor or Dong Zhuo as the general of Yizhou Mu and Zhenxi, and he could justifiably perform the duties and powers of the state pastor, no longer as Zhang Lu said), according to the information found, he dealt with a group of Yizhou officials at the meeting, and those with great public grievances were all beheaded, and their families took the Yang family as an example to deal with (he had more than 7,000 recruits, for which he transferred Wu Yi and Lei Tong to the supplementary battalion to assist Hou Cheng and Gong Du in training); those who are less responsible for the crime are removed from their own positions and have their family property confiscated; Of course, he did not forget to promote some Yizhou officials (Bifa Wu Yi, Lei Tong, as well as Wu Ban, Pang Yi, Gao Pei, Wang Lei and others). In the end, he placed a large number of his cronies into the Yizhou military and political positions, and strengthened his control over the Yizhou military and government.

Among the three most important official positions in Yizhou, don't drive Zhao Wei to be reappointed as the Taishou of Guanghan County (this person served Liu Zhang as the pastor of Yizhou in history, and later rebelled against Liu Zhang and died, of course Liu Zhang, who was reincarnated, would not trust him, and Yizhou was not in a high position, so naturally he could not be handed over to a person who was not trusted), Guanghan County was the seat of Yizhou governance, although Zhao Wei was removed from the post of other driver, but he was barely able to accept it (he didn't know, soon Guanghan was no longer the Yizhou governor), Zhang Song was reappointed as the county Taishou (the above two were transferred out of the center, Speaking of which, Liu Zhang still can't treat everyone equally and is not affected by history), Bing Cao was engaged in Huang Quan's reappointment to the post of Zhizhong. The post of Don't Drive was taken over by Xun Yu, and Bing Cao was taken over by Man Pet. Guo Jia was ordered to be engaged in sacrificial wine, Zhicai was ordered to be a military teacher, Xun You was ordered to be engaged in Yicao, Chen Qun was ordered to be engaged in Gongcao, Cai Yong was ordered to be engaged in classics, Mao Jue was engaged in Cao, Cheng Yu was ordered to be engaged in Decisive Cao, Sima Lang was appointed as the Taishou of Ba County, and Wang Lei was the Taishou of Shu County......

At the same time, in order to prevent the counties from supporting the army and establishing themselves as the king, Liu Zhang, imitating later generations, decided that the three powers of the army, politics and law of each county were independent (except for the special situation in the theater, for example, Hanzhong was greatly threatened by Dong Zhuo, and Wei Yan, the Taishou, was in charge of the military and political power, and the legal power was controlled by Feng Ji), and the legal power was split into "law enforcement, capital law, and judgment law", that is, the name of "public, procuratorate, and law" in later generations was changed. In addition to limiting the garrison troops, the counties are not allowed to recruit troops privately in any situation, otherwise they will be severely punished, and all soldiers' salaries will be directly drawn by the state pastoral government according to the list of the state pastoral offices, so as to reduce the possibility of embezzlement of military salaries, and the local finances will no longer bear the garrison salaries. How long can they be offered? This greatly reduced the possibility of the county guards and county guards supporting their own troops.

Liu Zhang's series of actions inevitably caused a certain degree of chaos in Yizhou, but he had elite soldiers at hand, and the chaos did not turn into a rebellion......

Liu Zhang and his think tank group believe that such chaos is worth it, for the long-term peace and stability of Yizhou, and for the revitalization of the Han Dynasty, sacrifice is inevitable!

After Liu Zhang's orders were implemented one by one, he announced that from now on, he would keep filial piety for his father for three years, and for three years, he would not use swords (except for self-defense counterattacks), no marriage, and no banquets...... After the scholars and the people learned about it, they called it a model of filial piety, and some people told him about the experience of fainting for seven days when the first emperor died, and was called a model of loyalty by the scholars. Suddenly, Liu Zhang's name of loyalty and filial piety spread all over the world, and he was respected by scholars, and countless capable people and sages competed to serve him......