The rumors in Xiangyang City finally subsided, and Tai Shici was appointed by Ma Chao as the pastor of Jingzhou, and ordered the reorganization of 30,000 Ma Jiajun to guard Xiangyang. At the same time, Gan Ning was also appointed as the governor of the Majia First Naval Army, and transferred the Jinfan Naval Army from the Yellow River Valley to Jiangxia County, where it could be practiced in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, which could almost be used in the vast and surging waters. In addition, 5,000 Jingzhou soldiers who were well versed in water were also transferred from Cai Mao's private soldiers to join Ganning's Jinfan Water Battalion.

Jingzhou's original chaotic situation, under Ma's drastic personnel reform, completely established the Ma family's dominant position in Jingzhou. For the water thieves and bandits who were not subdued during Liu Biao's reign, Ma Chao's instructions were even more to the point, and the edict ordered Tai Shici and Gan Ning to train their troops in battle, and within a year, create a stable Jingzhou with iron buckets.

As for the two brothers of the Kuai family, Ma Chao spared no effort to win over, and even said frankly to Tai Shici and Gan Ning: "Zirou has a plan for Yongji, and you can ask Zirou if you are undecided; The heterogeneity has a strategy for committing crimes, and if foreign affairs are not decided, you can ask the heterogeneous. If you and the other four work together, Jingzhou will be safe. ”

After the arrangements were made, Ma Chao took Diao Chan, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Pang Tong and others to return to Chang'an under the escort of Wencheng's Nanyang army. The date was half a month after Liu Xie's personal expedition, and the people of Xiangyang once again saw the scene of the mighty army. Compared with the reluctant 'Tiger Army' last time, Ma Chao's army left at a cheerful pace. And the people of Xiangyang watched the army that had been entrenched outside the city for a long time suddenly leave, and they couldn't tell whether they were lost or happy for a while. In short, after two armies left Xiangyang City in a row, it returned to its former indifference and comfort.

After that, the silent changes of moisturizing things came slowly and unconsciously, until a year later, the people in Xiangyang City have become accustomed to the frequent news on the streets, and when the unheard of and unseen daily necessities filled the major shops and stalls on the entire street, they began to faintly agree that Jingzhou was ruled by Ma Chao, which did not seem to be a bad thing.

However, at this time, Ma Chao did not expect the effect of Kuailiang on such a gentle change. He just went up the river along the way, passing by Gangneung in Nangun, and stayed here for three days out of special feelings for the Three Kingdoms.

Jiangling, before Liu Biao built Xiangyang, has always been the seat of governance of Nanjun, and it is the largest county in Nanjun. It is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the west of the Jianghan Plain, the Yangtze River in the south, the Han River in the north, the Bashu in the west, and the Hunan and Guangdong in the south. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, this was the official land of the Chu ship and the palace of the king of Chu - Zhu Palace. After Qin destroyed Chu, it became an important town for the kings of the past dynasties. Therefore, Gangneung County is also often referred to as Gangneung Country.

In another world, Zhou Yu and Guan Yu have both guarded this place. The governor of this place is not called the chief, called the order, eat a thousand stones, in the early years of the Han Dynasty, when the state thorn history had no direct jurisdiction over the Taishou, the thorn history of the thorn was only 600 stones. In the book Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Jingzhou mentioned many times actually refers to Jiangling. The so-called Liu Bei borrowed Jingzhou, which was actually a place in Jiangling, because Zhou Yu took Jiangling at that time and personally guarded it.

He is a fierce man, and it naturally has nothing to do with guarding this enclave, but later Zhou Yu died, and Dongwu had some difficulty guarding this place, and Liu Bei just asked for Jiangling, so the two sides reached a consensus on exchanging three counties for Jiangling and other places. Since then, Wu and Shu have been arguing because of this matter, and finally broke the situation, Guan Yu died in battle, and Liu Bei attacked Wu, all because of this city.

However, Ma Chao knew Jiangling, but he was in the original world at the earliest, learning the poems of the poet immortal Li Taibai: "Between the white emperor and the clouds, thousands of miles of Jiangling will be returned in one day." "It's beautiful, it's fairy, it's impressive.

Because Jiangling has such a status, his county commander is not an ordinary person, his name is Liu Du, and he is also an official appointed by the court from a genuine brand of filial piety. In another time and space, he was to serve as the Taishou of Wuling in the future, and died with the city while resisting Liu Bei's attack. During the three-day stay, Ma Chao spent a day chatting with Jiangling Ling Liu Du. In the next two days, under the guidance of Liu Du, he and Diao Chan boated on the lake and groaned for a long time, and really spent a period of calm and serene days.

Because he knew that after returning to Chang'an, he would not have such a quiet and insipid mood in Jiangling for at least more than a year. He wants all his energy and resourcefulness to take care of the recuperation of the Ma family's seven states, one Sichuan and four counties, and fight a development war with the Cao family, the Sun family and Liu Bei in the days when every second counts.

That battle without sword soldiers completely determined the trend of the turbulent period in the world a year later, and it was impossible for him to be conscientious and cautious.

Ma Chao thought so, and after he went back, he did the same.

The first thing he did after returning to Chang'an was to open another Enke. Because with his idea of transcending this era, he knows what the ultimate driving force of the development of an era is. Rather than saying that science and technology and innovation are the primary productive forces, the carrier of science and technology and innovation is still talent. Especially in the establishment of the state and the country, all kinds of talents bloom and compete for beauty, which is the necessary cornerstone of a sound and prosperous country.

The last Enke in the autumn came to an end before October in early winter, and after all three exams, including liberal arts, martial arts and miscellaneous studies, the dragon gate was opened and students left the examination room. Ma Chao hurriedly asked Cai Yong to hand over the papers of the liberal arts students and look at them in person.

To Ma Chao's surprise, there are really a lot of talents emerging in Enke this time. In terms of current affairs and political defense, there are the most topics with the theme of "ruling the world", and the content is varied, and the most are the cliché and common saying that the world should be governed by benevolence and righteousness, and finally the sea will be inclusive; There are also those who use domineering to strengthen their troops and wave their troops south to dominate the world; The most surprising thing for Ma Chao is that some of these businessmen even wrote about using economic penetration to finally achieve surrender without a fight.

However, there are a lot fewer specific topics such as "breaking Cao Wei", "destroying the Sun family" and "seizing Yizhou", and I have read a few articles, although the words are still smooth, but most of the content is not new. In fact, judging from the comparison of the strength of the Ma family with Cao Wei and the Sun family, as long as the Ma family takes the lead in recovering its vitality and can mobilize at least 300,000 troops and a large-scale hard battle within a year, it is possible for the Ma family to destroy any force.

Although in the original history, Cao Wei, who accounted for three-quarters of the world, attacked the weak Shu Han and fought for more than ten years. But in this time and space, it is different, Ma Chao's birth has greatly impacted the development of the pattern of this era. In history, Zhuge Liang went out of Qishan and other large-scale battles, but there was only a surplus of grain and grass in March, and the real combat strength was less than 50,000. But Ma Chao and Cao Cao fought against Yuan Shao together, and the three parties gathered an army of 1.5 million and fought for more than half a year, which was a protracted war that never stopped.

In this era, under the unintentional influence of Ma Chao, it has moved towards a war mode of mass destruction, large consumption, and great victory, such as the tug-of-war between the Tuoba Department and Xianbei in Bingzhou, in the eyes of the Ma family, it is just like a child playing at home. Therefore, in such a situation, the prerequisites for launching a battlefield are much more serious and prudent than history. However, most of those immature students are still at the stage of talking on paper, and they have not yet seen through the complex relationship between these four schools in politics.

However, even so, Cai Yong, the chief examiner, has been happy to smile, for this batch of outstanding students, Cai Yong has a double feeling of two contradictions: the old man is very relieved and the back waves of the Yangtze River push the end of the front waves.

Later, the palace examination was organized, and more than 30 filial piety on the list entered the palace. Ma Chao personally took the test, and after entering the Deyang Palace, Ma Chao found that half of the students who were brilliant and thoughtful this time were all students from Jingzhou.

For example, the first champion who was selected by Ma Chao was Jiang Wan, a native of Lingling County, Jingzhou. This future great Sima of Shu is still calm among the students who gather heroes, and he talks eloquently and methodically about Ma Chao's questions. And Ma Chao, after hearing Jiang Wan's name, already decided in his heart that he was the champion of this palace examination.

Interestingly, after Pang Tong, who accompanied Ma Chao, saw Jiang Wan, he couldn't help but test him. And the problem is very tricky, and it turns out that the legal system and the rule of ethics are more important. Jiang Wan foretold that the rule of virtue is the way of governing the country by a sage, and the legal system is the foundation of a strong country.........

Pang Tong wanted to argue again, but was stopped by Ma Chao - he didn't want to, these two people also left an inexplicable entanglement because of themselves.