Back in Yizhou, Liu Zhang immediately convened the cabinet members for discussion.

This cabinet was also proposed by Liu Zhang, and the members were all his confidants, temporarily existing as a secret organization, without any power on the surface, and there was no light to show off, but only those who joined it understood that this is the core of Yizhou's power, and major affairs in Yizhou are decided here.

The cabinet has a prime minister, served by Xun Yu, and the cabinet members include Man Chong, Xun You, Guo Jia, Cai Yong, Xi Zhicai, Cheng Yu, Chen Qun, Lu Su, Lou Gui, Wang Lei and Fa Zheng, and Wu Yan Yan, Xu Huang, Wei Yan, Zhang Liao, Huang Zhong, Guan Yu, Gan Ning, Gao Shun, and Zhang Ren.

Fa Zheng poured into Hanzhong with the refugees, Wei Yan accidentally disturbed his talents, so he left him in Hanzhong to assist himself, Liu Zhang saw Fa Zheng's name from Wei Yan's official documents, and immediately summoned him to Chengdu. Fa Zheng, the word filial piety, Liu Zhang first, Liu Bei later, good and resourceful, won Liu Bei's trust and respect, after his death Liu Bei pursued his wing marquis, you must know that even after Guan Yu's death Liu Bei did not give a name, which shows the status of the law in Liu Bei's heart.

Lu Su, the word Zijing, a famous minister of Eastern Wu, proposed to Sun Quan the plan of "standing in Jiangdong and observing the world", which won the trust of Sun Quan, and Zhou Yu died in his post. Speaking of which, it is quite funny that Lu Su can enter Yizhou, and Gan Ning was ordered by Liu Zhang to collect the bandits and water bandits for him. One day, Gan Ning arrived in Linhuai East City, heard people talk about his name, so he went to visit, and in a few words, he made Gan Ling "respect like a surging river, and like the Yellow River flooding, out of control", so Gan Ning identified himself and wanted to ask Lu Su to go to Yizhou with him. However, Lu Su thought that Liu Zhang was Liu Yan's fourth son, and it was difficult to inherit the great cause, and it was difficult to get ahead if he went to take refuge, not to mention that it was difficult to leave his homeland, so he politely declined. Gan Ning didn't force it, he said goodbye and left, who knew that he would lead the crowd to sneak into the Lu Mansion that night and detain the Lu Su family. Gan Ning thought very clearly, this person has great talents, and Gongzi must be of great use, since he can't persuade him for a while, then take "slow persuasion"...... Gan Ning also heard that Zhou Yu, the head of the nest, was also a great talent, and wanted to repeat his old skills, but who expected that Zhou Yu would go out to visit friends, Gan Ning's identity was sensitive, and he didn't dare to stay in one place for a long time, so he had to give up. Last year, Gan Ning arrived in Yizhou with Lu Su, when Liu Zhang learned that Gan Ning was actually "Latin", not only was he not angry, but he also praised him, and when he learned that he missed Zhou Yu, he couldn't help but sigh. However, he didn't particularly care, Lu Su's talent was no worse than Zhou Yu, and he couldn't get Long Wangshu, and he was overjoyed to be able to "invite" Lu Su to Yizhou, and there was a candidate for the governor of Yizhou. Lu Su knew that Liu Zhang had become the pastor of Yizhou, and learned that he had conquered Zhang Lu, recovered Hanzhong, implemented new policies in Yizhou, greatly promoted education, and treated refugees, etc., and remembered that he led the army into King Qin in Beijing that day, and although there was no freedom along the way, Gan Ning had always respected him, so he decided to serve him.

Liu Zhang was overjoyed and immediately ordered Lu Su to be the general of Lou Chuan and the governor of the navy, stationed in Jiangzhou, and trained the Yizhou navy. Originally, Liu Zhang had promised Gan Ning, and all the people recruited by Gan Ning would be led by him. However, Gan Ning took the initiative to find Liu Zhang, expressing his willingness to let Xian give Lu Su, he thought that he was not a qualified handsome talent, and his home field was to lead the soldiers to charge into battle, rather than sitting in the handsome tent to strategize. Seeing his earnestness, Liu Zhang agreed to his request and appointed him as the general of Dangkou and the deputy governor of the navy.

Of course, Gan Ning would not come alone when he returned to Yizhou, and he was accompanied by more than 50,000 people, almost no old people, most of them were young and strong men and women, and a small number of children. These are all water thieves and mountain bandits from all walks of life who responded to Gan Ning's recruitment, and a large part of them have been living a life of licking blood from the knife for many years, and with a little run-in, they are a strong army. Liu Zhang personally selected 16,000 people from them together with Lu Su and Gan Ning, and then recruited 14,000 troops in Yizhou, combined with 30,000 troops, and formed the Yizhou Naval Army. After more than a year of training, the navy has become a powerful force that can be untethered and ready to go out at any time.

In addition to the elite soldiers, Gan Ning also brought back a number of generals for Yizhou, especially Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, Ling Cao, He Qi, and Dong Xi were most valued by Liu Zhang, some of these five people came voluntarily, and some were invited by Gan Ning to Lu Su in general, but after arriving in Yizhou, seeing the thriving scene in Yizhou, whether they were willing or not, they all stayed and worked hard for Liu Zhang. As for the situation of these five people, I won't introduce much here, I think friends who have watched the Romance of the Three Kingdoms understand. Liu Zhang ordered all five of them to be Zhonglang generals and served in the navy.

In addition to these people, Liu Zhang's recruitment hall in Yizhou also recruited a group of talents, including Feng Yi, Gaoling, Zhang Ji, and Zhang Derong, who fled to Yizhou to avoid Dong Zhuo's rebellion; There are descendants of Liu Yan, the son of Emperor Liu Xiu, the king of Fuling, and Liu Ye, the brother of Liu Zhang; There are Xiangyang County Yicheng people Xiang Lang Xiang Juda (sell one get one free, his younger brother Xiang Pet Yi merged into Shu, but he is still young, admitted to Yizhou College, and is studying); There are Dong and Dong Youzai, who have settled in Yizhou for many years (the father of Dong Yun, one of the four phases of Shu Han, but Dong Yun is only seven or eight years old and is still studying in the county. As an aside, Liu Zhang accidentally learned from his mother that Fei Yi, one of the four prime ministers of Shu Han, was not only his hometown, but also had an in-law relationship with him, so he immediately ordered someone to bring his family over, but after receiving it, he was only fourteen years old, and Liu Zhang had to send him to Yizhou College to study); Jiangxia County, Pingchun County, Li Tong, Li Wenda...... These talents were all placed by Liu Zhang to hold important positions in various departments in Yizhou.

The participants all knew that this cabinet meeting was very important, because in order to hold this meeting, Liu Zhang had more than a month to prepare (before going out to inspect, he had ordered someone to notify the cabinet members who were serving abroad), and the main reason for waiting for so long was to wait for Wei Yan and Lou Gui, who were far away in Hanzhong (the previous cabinet meeting generally did not require the participation of three cabinet members in Hanzhong, but this issue was not trivial, and the matter under discussion still needed the assistance of Hanzhong County. Lou and the others must participate).

Liu Zhang declared that he was getting married, and invited officials from all over Yizhou to Chengdu to watch the ceremony, so as to cover up the abnormal event of important officials from Yizhou rushing to Chengdu and achieve the goal of confusing the enemy. When all the cabinet members arrived in Chengdu, they were taken to a secret meeting place guarded by two thousand elite soldiers led by the four major guards of Dian, Xu, Zhou, and Wu to ensure that not a single mosquito would want to break in.

After all the cabinet members (Huang Zhong was absent) arrived, Liu Zhang raised his hand and signaled everyone to calm down.

Liu Zhang stayed on everyone's faces one by one for a few seconds, and said: "This time, I invite everyone here, there is one thing to announce, that is, I am going to get married, and the date has been set - the eighth day of the next month!" ”

After listening to Liu Zhang's words, all of them were filled with joy, all of them were upper-class elites in Yizhou, but they didn't have a particularly excited reaction (in fact, they already knew it).

After Liu Zhang and Cai Yong accepted everyone's congratulations, Liu Zhang said: "After the private matter is over, let's talk about the official business, please Mr. Wen Ruo tell us about the current situation in Yizhou!" ”

Xun Yu arched his hand and said: "Everyone, after three years of recuperation in Yizhou, there are more than 1.573 million households and more than 8.44 million mouths. There were 164,000 soldiers, including 42,000 garrison troops and 122,000 mobile troops. The garrison is mainly responsible for maintaining law and order in the county and county, and does not participate in the departure operation; according to the order of the lord, the actual military, political, and legal powers in Yizhou are independent, so the command of the garrison is no longer held by the county order and the county guard, and the county lieutenant and county lieutenant are responsible for commanding. The mobile force is mainly composed of the Hanzhong Corps, the Navy Army, the Dongzhou Army, the Barbarian Army, and the Yizhou New Army, of which 25,000 are the Hanzhong Corps, 30,000 are the Navy Army, 25,000 are the Dongzhou Army, 15,000 are the Barbarian Army, and 27,000 are the Yizhou New Army, and the mobile force includes 8,000 cavalry, of which 5,000 are deployed in Hanzhong, and 3,000 are stationed in the suburbs of Chengdu. There are also four recruit training camps throughout Yizhou, and 37,000 people are currently undergoing recruit training, and if necessary, they can be organized into an army after three months. In addition, the battalion of the lord's personal guard had 6,000 elite soldiers, of which 1,000 were cavalry. Because the lord implemented the tuntian system, the army basically became self-sufficient in food consumption, but if the war was together, the income of the tuntian would drop sharply, but the current government grain and the people's grain storage can ensure that even if Yizhou does not harvest the grain within two years, no one will starve to death. Last year, Yizhou received a total of 1,390,000 yuan in taxes, and the agricultural tax was greatly reduced in the tax revenue, which now accounts for only 60 percent, and the other four have become commercial taxes. Among the commercial taxes, the main income from the export of Shu brocade, porcelain, glass and tea ......"