After Yan Xing returned to Anyi with the victorious army and the captured Zhang Ji's soldiers, he did not rush to reward his merits, he knew that he had more important things to complete at the moment, although his territory had more than doubled for a while, but the actual strength could not be increased in a short period of time.

For example, taxes, military strength, food is still the old capital of Hedong Tuntian, and even Henan's production and people's livelihood are withering, Hanoi has just experienced a war, and these two counties need Hedong County to provide relief and send troops and horses to garrison.

In order to collect the hearts of the people of Hanoi, Yan Xing has ordered the exemption of taxes for the entire territory of Hanoi this year, and Henan needs to transport grain and straw to supply the local Hedong garrison, as well as to provide relief to many displaced people in the territory.

Calculated in this way, Yan Xing's actual strength in a short period of time not only did not expand and expand, but because the territory doubled, he became a little constrained in terms of grain and soldiers.

Of course, according to Yan Shi and other civil servants of Henan and Hanoi's land and population estimates, the degree of military disaster in Hanoi County is not serious, and it should be able to collect taxes normally next year, and at the same time, civilian service will be conscripted according to Fu's nationality and soldiers will be trained.

However, the recovery of Henan is much slower, and it is almost always from scratch in terms of appeasing the displaced people and resuming production, and even if it is a large-scale reference to the experience of Hedong County and the implementation of tuntian, it will take at least another two or three years to achieve initial results.

The advantage is that Henan as the Gyeonggi region of this dynasty, whether it is Yangqu water conservancy, or suburban fields, are fertile and convenient, coupled with the "customs of the Zhou people, governing the industry, the power of industry and commerce, and tithes for business", Henan with the help of the geographical location extending in all directions, is also a good location for the development of Hedong Chi salt business.

After two or three years, Yan Xing has thoroughly digested and consolidated the land of Sanhe, then his strength will leap to a new level and become a behemoth that can fully compete with the forces of Yuan Shao in Hebei, Li Dao in Guanzhong, and Guo Yan.

And these premises are all based on the time and people, Yan Xing believes in the military and political talents of the military and political forces under his command, but there are also some things that are not controlled by manpower.

For example, if the drought continues, not only will the recovery of production and people's livelihood in Hanoi and Henan counties be delayed, but also the thriving Hadong county may also fall into the disaster of famine.

Luckily, in August of this year, the nectar finally began to fall from the sky.

Although the previous agricultural losses are irreparable, and the livelihood of people everywhere cannot be improved much because of a single rain, at least this is a good sign, especially for Yan Xing, who has just expanded his territory.

Carrying the joy of the nectar of this year, Yan Xing rushed to the wild king in Hanoi.

Although Zhang Yang was eliminated, it did not mean that Hanoi was pacified.

Next, the attitude of the people of Hanoi towards these soldiers and horses from Hedong who entered the territory is related to the foundation of Yan Xing's rule over Hanoi.

For this reason, Yan Xing needed to meet someone in person, and he was Chang Lin.

Chang Lin Shaozun personally reprimanded his father and friends, solved his uncle under Wang Kuang, and assisted the Chen and Feng families in the Shangdang to resist Zhang Yang's attacks.

But it is precisely because of this that Chang Lin's fame is very big in Hanoi, and his deeds of not being afraid of power are widely known among the women and children of the people of Hanoi.

Yan Xing entered Hanoi, not wanting to repeat the mistakes of the previous two Taishou Wang Kuang and Zhang Yang, who suppressed the people of Hanoi with strong punishments, soldiers, horses, swords, and soldiers, and consolidated their position.

Hanoi's escape and Qian's eyes are one of the important internal reasons why Zhang Yang, although he is in the big county of Hanoi, he was completely wiped out by the army from Hedong in a short period of time.

The only thing he could rely on was the army he brought, once he was defeated and lost, and was disabled by the Hedong army, Zhang Yang lost all the opportunities to turn over.

In view of this, Yan Xing had already decided to go to the Chang'an Imperial Court, take Chang Lin as the Taishou of Hanoi, and implement the system of "Hanoi people governing Hanoi".

Although this is contrary to the "three mutual laws" of Emperor Huan, that is, the system of avoiding the origin of local officials, Yan Xing adheres to the concept of "there are extraordinary people, and then there are extraordinary things, and then there are extraordinary things, and then there are extraordinary merits", and he still made up his mind, and after the war, he went to Shangdang three times in a row, and invited Chang Lin to come to meet with Yewang.

Changlin, who was in the party, after thinking twice, set off to Taihang, entered Hanoi, and came to meet the wild king and Yan Xing.

The reason for this is that in addition to the Chang'an Imperial Court mentioned in Yan Xing's letter, Chang Lin also had other ideas.

He wanted to come and meet the Pingbei general, who had recently made a name for himself in the Land of Three Rivers.

Unlike Yan Xing, who only heard about Chang Lin's deeds in the Shangdang to resist Zhang Yang's plundering of soldiers and horses and refuse to assassinate Shi Gaogan in the Shangdang, Chang Lin, who was a famous man in Hanoi, heard of Yan Xing's reputation very early.

It's just that Yan Xing's reputation and deeds are mixed, which makes people unpredictable and suspicious.

As early as when Wang Yi was in charge of Hedong, Yan Xing had the reputation of "ghost school captain", some people said that he was a thief and a thief, and the country was a dry city, and some people said that he was humiliated, killed officials, dressed well, and arrogant.

After Dong Zhuo was ambushed, some people said that he was a henchman of Dong Rebellion, and his life was on the verge of death, but Chang'an suffered, he changed his body, got rid of the identity of Dong Rebellion Yu's party, and became the general of Hedong Taishou and Pingbei, and also expelled Wang Yi and pacified the rebellion of Wei Gu and Fan Xian, who were surnamed Hao in the territory.

At the moment, some people still say that he is a "virtuous guard" who protects the territory and the people, and some people say that he is a "strong soldier in the valley", ambitious, and probably not a good and pure minister of the country.

These many rumors and legends have created a complex and incomprehensible image of Yan Xing itself: he is ambitious, warlike and domineering, he is sympathetic to the people's livelihood and a corporal, he is forced to force Chang'an, rebellious ministers and thieves, he protects the territory and the people, and is virtuous and guarded.

Just like what he is doing now, if Yan Xing was not an ambitious person, he would not have risked the threat of being attacked by An Yi and sent a large army to capture Hanoi County, but if he was simply greedy for power, the first thing he should do was to establish and consolidate his rule in Hanoi with the power of swords and punishments.

Instead of inviting himself to return to Hanoi with sincere words as he is now, he intends to go to the court of Chang'an, thinking that he is the Taishou of Hanoi, hoping to rely on himself to restore and govern the large county of Hanoi.

Because of this, Chang Lin thought about it many times and felt that he had to pay homage to Yan Xing in person and meet this general of Pingbei and Hedong Taishou who had different opinions.

As a result of the meeting, no matter what the outside world said, in the lobby of Yewangguan Temple, the first meeting between the two of them, each left a good impression on the other.

In Yan Xing's eyes, this famous man in Hanoi has a clear face, a long beard, and a sword, showing a bit of wisdom and ability.

In Chang Lin's view, this Pingbei general has the majestic body of a border man, and his conversation is full of heroism, but he also knows how to be polite and friendly, and he does not seem to be hypocritical, and he deserves the name of "virtuous and guarded".

The two talked very happily, and Yan Xing saw that Chang Lin did not resist the heart of Hedong, and he was also happy to have the intention of joining the Shimu to guard Hanoi, so he no longer deliberately greeted him, but frankly asked Chang Lin about the good way to govern Hanoi.

When Chang Lin heard Yan Xing ask about the good law of governing Hanoi, he smiled lightly, stroked his beard, and began to say to Yan Xing:

"For the sake of politics, in order to win the hearts of the people, at present, judging from the actual situation in Hanoi, if the general wants to win the hearts of the people of Hanoi, it is better to start by taking the people!"

Yan Xing also smiled, and then asked:

"Oh, take the people and use the talents, I will do what I want, and I would like to hear the details."

"The so-called use of talents is not their own place, and it will be difficult to cure. Over the years, the two Taishou of Hanoi, either with punishment to establish authority, or with swords and soldiers to force the public, only know about the military fighting, blindly ignore the people's livelihood, exploit the people, make the clothes far away, the head of the Qian, the people have suffered for a long time! ”

"If the general wants to get rid of the bad government and magnify the virtuous, he should get rid of the virtuous people and exempt the heavy military endowment, I heard that the general has exempted the whole county of Hanoi from paying taxes for one year, which is really a rare good governance, so Lin thinks that the general's top priority is to get rid of the county's handsome and virtuous people to enter the government, and to govern the territory and the people for the general!"

Yan Xing put away his smile, sighed, and said slowly:

"There are many talented people in the inner part of the river, but Wang Kuang is violent, Zhang Yang is harsh, causing the virtuous people to flee one after another, although I want to recruit them back to the county, get rid of the government, but the war in various places, the news is difficult to find, what can I do?"

Chang Lin sighed when he saw Yan Xing, smiled, and continued:

"If the general has the heart of love to win the soldiers, why worry that the talents of Hanoi will not come to vote, if the general does not take Lin despicable, Lin is willing to repair the book for the general to recruit the handsome people who have fled to other places!"

Yan Xing's eyes lit up, and a smile appeared on his lips, and he asked:

"Sir, is there really a way to recruit the escaped Hanoi talent for me?"

Chang Lin nodded and said seriously:

"I don't dare to say it from afar, but Yang Jun and Yang Jicai, who took refuge in Henan, Sima Zihua who went to Jingzhou, Sima Boda who rushed to Liyang, and Xun Gonggao, who was unwilling to go out of Zhang Yang in the county, also had occasional correspondence with Lin, Lin Yuan explained the current situation in Hanoi and the general's love for talents, and recruited talents for the general!"

"Such a great good!"

Yan Xing laughed, he saluted the corporal, invited Chang Lin, and worked tirelessly to come to the wild king to meet Chang Lin, one of the points he wanted to borrow was Chang Lin's great reputation in Hanoi.

In addition, it is Chang Lin's connections in Shilin. These celebrities who fled to various places also exchanged letters occasionally, and under the contact with each other, they were able to know more about other talented people in the county, so they could get twice the result with half the effort by recruiting the talents of Hanoi under their own command according to the map.

Just after laughing, Yan Xing gradually put away his smile and said to Chang Lin seriously:

"Humayi is in the north wind, the south branch of the bird's nest, the mountains are sinister, how can the king and grandson stay for a long time. It's just that Mr. just said that if you don't use your talents and do not do your place, it will be difficult to cure. Yan also listened to the past of the famous Shi Wei and Xiang Xu, at this time when the soldiers were everywhere and the country was in crisis, she tossed and turned all night, fearing that she would live up to the trust of the herdsmen of the imperial court and the herdsmen, for fear of improper employment, not only won the laughing stock of "having the heart of love and talent, but not knowing the wisdom of people", but also harmed the people of Hanoi who had just settled down! ”

In this world of great controversy, the heroes are competing for the deer, and the Quartet is disturbed, Yan Xing admires Cao Cao's set of hegemonic system of enriching the country and strengthening the army, and meritocracy, rather than recruiting talents from all over the world to Liu Biao, but unfortunately he can't use his strengths to have a reputation for loving talents.

He believed that Chang Lin would be able to recruit a group of celebrities and talents, but he was also worried that there were two types of people among them, one was a person who did not live up to his name and had nothing to show for himself, and the other was a person who formed a party for personal gain and shielded the powerful and powerful people in the territory.

Although Yan Xing was willing to follow Chang Lin's advice and gained a reputation as a "Lixian corporal" in Shilin, he didn't want these two types of people to corrupt Hanoi, a territory that his army had worked so hard to build and played a major role in his own plans.

Because of this, Yan Xing also made no secret of it, using the examples of Wei Zhu and Xiang Xu to illustrate his concerns and bottom line.

Wei is a Fufeng person. Wei is the three auxiliary crown family, Wei Zhi also to young and talented, escapism and access to the hermit, the great reputation of the talent, the general Liang Ji, Emperor Xiaohuan one after another, he refused to disapprove, so that he is even more famous, famous in the sea.

But when it came to Emperor Ling, the eunuchs were powerful and the edict was persecuted, but Wei Zhu couldn't resist the pressure, but when other hermits refused to join the law, he became an official, and then he was exposed to the scandal of his wife's arrogance and disorderly government, which greatly damaged his reputation, so he returned to his hometown and was killed by traitors, and the hermits were ashamed of him.

If Wei Zhu still belongs to the kind of false hermit who can't keep the bottom line and can't control his wife, then Xiang Xu, who is a native of Hanoi like Chang Lin, can be called a mediocre talent who is not worthy of the name and has a lofty argument.

Xiang Xu boasted that he was crazy, he was not good at language and liked to howl, and his speech and demeanor were different from ordinary people, and it was also when he was Emperor Ling, because he repeatedly refused to remove the county government and the public government, and created a great reputation of a talented and virtuous man, until he was reluctantly edicted and became an official.

When this Xiang Xu was discussing the affairs of the imperial court, he was upright, arrogant, and fearful. But when the Yellow Turban Rebellion and Zhang Jiao's troops rose, when he needed generals who really knew the military affairs and could work hard to go to Hebei to quell the chaos, Xiang Xu thought that there was no need to send troops, and only needed to send generals to the north to recite the "Book of Filial Piety" on the river, and those rebellious Yellow Turban thieves would be able to be reformed and perish themselves.

This kind of aggressiveness naturally caused unanimous dissatisfaction among the whole court, and Xiang Xu was then falsely accused by Zhang Rang of colluding with Zhang Jiao, and sent to the Huangmen Beisi Prison controlled by the eunuchs, where he was executed.

Chang Lin listened to Yan Xing's words, his face changed slightly, and he immediately got up, and said with a straight face:

"Wei forgets his will in danger, the woman who is profitable, despised by the scholars, steals his name from the maniac, misunderstands the country, Lin is also ashamed of the same county, today the general recommends, are all chaste and virtuous people, if the general is suspicious, then please stop today's feast, Lin Zi resigned, returned to the Shangdang mountain to plough, and no longer talked about Hanoi political affairs!"