Chapter 106: The Governor's Reward
However, it is said that in Chang'an City, Dong Zhuo was set up by Wang Yun to set up a series of schemes, first promised the beautiful Diao Chan to Lu Bu, and then gave Diao Chan to Dong Zhuo, causing Lu Bu to hold a grudge against Dong Zhuo and decided to oppose Dong. After Dong Zhuo was stabbed to death by Wang Yun and Lü Bu, Wang Yun recorded Shangshushi, Lü Bu was promoted to General Fenwu, and the two jointly presided over the government.
After Wang Yun succeeded, he was proud and complacent, and his strength was narrow, not only killed Cai Yong, a famous man who cried for Dong Zhuo, but also did not pardon Dong Zhuo's old department, causing Dong Zhuo's old department Li Dao, Guo Yan and others to surrender and continue to rebel.
Less than a month, in June 192, Li Dao and others defeated Lü Bu, occupied Chang'an, killed Wang Yun, and took control of the Eastern Han regime. Li Wei was promoted to the general of the Che Cavalry, Kaifu, the commander of the lieutenant, the false festival, Chiyang Hou, and later promoted to the Great Sima, Guo Yan was the rear general, Meiyang Hou, Fan Chou was the right general, Wan Nian Hou, Zhang Ji was named the general of Zhendong, Pingyang Hou, and went out to be stationed in Hongnong.
During the Dong Zhuo period, because of Liu Yu's prestige, Dong Zhuo was also in awe of Liu Yu, Li Dao and Guo Yan learned that Liu He was under the secret edict of Emperor Han Xian to go to Youzhou to move troops, and learned that Liu Kuan had just defeated Yuan Shao and integrated the four northern states, so he complied with the will of Emperor Han Xian and sent the envoy Duan Xun to increase Liu Yu's fiefdom and let him take charge of the affairs of the six northern states.
Liu He and Xun Yu brought messengers to see Liu Yu, but found that Liu Yu had just lost his breath.
Liu's mansion was in mourning, and Xun Yu had to arrange for the envoy to live temporarily. Liu He sent Liu Yu's personal guard, Liu Feng, to ask Liu Kuan to come back. Liu informed that Liu Yu was killed by Gongsun Zan in 193 A.D. in history, and he never thought that the appearance of his father and son did not change the inertia of history, and Liu Yu still died that year. Liu Tong has loved Liu Yu since he was a child, has a deep relationship with him, and experienced the death of his loved one for the first time in his life, and he was sad for a while.
But it was said that Liu Kuan fought with Yuan Shao in Xindu. Yuan Shao's general Lu Yi fought outside, and the general was not subject to the orders of the foreign monarch, did not accept Yuan Shao's improper orders, and was executed by Yuan Shao's suspicion, Liu Kuan did not have the containment of the northern Lu Yi, worried about the safety of Jicheng, and ordered the whole army to attack.
First of all, Xian Yuqiong's soldiers burned the grain and grass guarded by Chun Yuqiong, Chun Yuqiong was drunk that night, and the resistance was unfavorable, resulting in the destruction of the grain and grass of the Xindu army, Chun Yuqiong and the senior cadres who came to the rescue were killed, and the north and south lines of Yuan Shao's army fell into passivity, and under the attack of the Youzhou army, they had to all retreat to Xindu.
In the battle outside the city, Wu Qiu Jian used his might to kill Yuan Shao's generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou in succession. Regardless of casualties, Liu Kuan went all out to attack the city, and suffered countless casualties in two months.
Yuan Shao's strategist Xu You, because his family broke the law in Yecheng, was tried and arrested, held a grudge, led the family and the nursing home to unite several generals overnight, opened the gate of Xindu to welcome Liu Kuan's army into the city, Liu Kuan occupied Xindu after three days of hard fighting, Yuan Shao died of illness in Xindu, Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan led the team and his family to flee, and was surrounded and chased by the Youzhou army, Yuan Shao's third son Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Yuan Shang all died in the chaos.
Liu Kuan sent Han Dang and Yan Rou to lead their troops to attack Leping, defeated Zhang Yang, and was marching towards the entire territory of Bingzhou. Liu Kuan also ordered Han Dang and Yan Rou to clear out the Montenegrin army that had been entrenched in the state for many years and fought countless battles with Zhang Yang, and ordered Xian Yufu, Wuqiu Jian, and Zang Ba to sweep the entire territory of Jizhou.
In the Battle of Xindu, Liu Kuan captured more than 40,000 Jizhou troops, and the Jizhou army was almost wiped out, while the Youzhou army lost more than 80,000 people. It's horrific.
Cao Cao saw that the defensive forces of Jicheng were fighting more and more, and was disturbed by Tai Shici, and learned that Yuan Shao was defeated, and the Youzhou army marched to the state, and after the arrival of the Liaodong army, he fought several times, so he led his troops to Xuzhou, ready to defect to Tao Qian, but was blocked by Sun Guan, suffered heavy casualties, and fled to Xuzhou with less than 20,000 soldiers and horses.
Cao Cao passed through Langya, picked up his father Cao Song, uncle Cao De and his family who had taken refuge here, and settled them in Xiapi after Tao Qian.
However, Yuan Shu said that Yuan Shu, seeing that the general trend had gone, and learned that Sun Ce no longer obeyed his orders and had already captured Jiangdong to stand on his own, so he was worried that he would be attacked from both sides by Liu Kuan and Sun Ce, so he had to withdraw his troops.
The Battle of Xindu, which lasted for half a year, finally ended in a disastrous victory in Youzhou. Liu Yu's father and son almost completely controlled the five northern states: Youzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Bingzhou, which had defeated Zhang Yang and was conquering the whole territory.
After Liu Kuan received Liu Feng's report, he rushed to Jicheng with all the strategists, Yuan Shao's generals and prisoners, and led his family and subordinates to bury Liu Yu with the rites of the three dukes.
After Liu Yu's funeral, the imperial court envoys, under the persuasion of Xun Yu, changed their worship to Liu Kuan as a hussar general, Ye Hou, and the governor Youzhou, Jizhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and Bingzhou. The Hussar General is a general of the third rank. Xun You, Chen Qun and others forced Duan Xun to announce that Liu Kuan was leading the Lu Shangshu affair. Duan Xun soon returned to the court.
Not long after, Han Dang and Yan Rou led the army back to Jicheng, accompanied by Zhang Yan, Zheng Gu and others who surrendered. However, Zhang Yan saw that Liu Kuan defeated Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and other coalition forces, and felt that there would be no way out if he did not surrender, and as soon as the Youzhou army arrived, he immediately surrendered. Han Dang and Yan Rou integrated and reduced the Montenegrin army, and got 50,000 elite soldiers.
Xun Yu and Xun You suggested that now that the five states have been decided, they should be fully subordinate to the government affairs and military affairs of several states, the north has experienced a major war, the Linzi strategy has been realized, and the states are rotten, and it is not appropriate to start the war easily, and it is important to recuperate.
Liu Kuan also knew that Liu Yu complained about his reckless warfare, and there were already many people below who were dissatisfied with his perennial war. From the point of view of the alliance of the princes to deal with themselves this time, Youzhou is too aggressive, and in the long run, it will definitely change the world's perception of his father and son, become the public enemy of the world, and waste the good reputation that Liu Yu has saved for decades.
Liu Kuan adopted the suggestion, thinking that he should also take advantage of the period of filial piety to rectify government affairs, reform the military, and strengthen himself.
More than a month later, Liu Kuan announced the establishment of the Governor's Office, which was scheduled to be located in Yecheng, Jizhou, and appointed himself as the governor of the north.
The Military Aircraft Department of the Governor's Office was established, with Xun You as the secretary general, Xun Yu, Xun You, Zhang Zhao, Fu Zhu, and Tian Feng as five members, saying that the military aircraft should not be piloted. The Military Aircraft Department is the highest decision-making body that decides on all political and military affairs.
After many days of consultations with the Military Aircraft Department, Liu Kuan gathered his subordinates and generals to announce various appointments.
Liu Kuan first integrated the three northeastern provinces in later generations as Liaozhou, and the original counties of western and eastern Liaozhou belonged to Liaozhou, and the administrative office was set up in Changchun. Qiu Liju is the assassin of Liaozhou, and Gongsun Du is the general of Liaozhou. Set the northern grassland outside Liaozhou as Mengzhou, Kebineng as the assassin of Mengzhou, and Yan Rou as the general of Mengzhou. The northern states no longer have state pastors, and the assassin is only in charge of civil affairs, and military affairs are controlled by state generals.
Liu Kuan continued to announce that Liu He was the assassin of Youzhou, and Bu Dugen was the general of Youzhou. Tian Yu was the general of the annexation of the state. Qiao Yu is the history of Yanzhou assassination, and Zang Ba is the general of Yanzhou. Xian Yufu is the history of Qingzhou and the general of Qingzhou.
When everyone heard this, they all thought to themselves, the Yuyang School and Liu Kuan's ideas are the same, Tian Yu, Xian Yufu and other Liu Kuan's old subordinates are really the most important, not only in charge of a state, but also in charge of government affairs and military, and they are extremely favored! even more than Liu Kuan's brother Liu He.
Qi Zhou was the assassin of Jizhou, and Zhang Yan was the general of Jizhou.
Gongsun Du is the general of the Fujun, Han Dang is the general of the Chinese army, Tian Yu is the general of the Shangjun, Yan Rou is the general of the Zhenjun, Xian Yufu is the general of the Zhenguo, and Wuqiu Jian is the general of the Nanzhong.
Qiu Liju is the general of the expedition to the east, Zhao Yun is the general of the expedition to the south, Kebineng is the general of the expedition to the west, Budugen is the general of the expedition to the north, and Jian Ju is the general of the Pingbei.
Zang Ba is the general of Zhendong, Zhang Yan is the general of Zhennan, Sun Guan is the general of Zhenxi, and Zhang Jaw is the general of Zhenbei.
Pan Feng is General Anton, Wu Anguo is General Annan, Zhao Zhao is General Anxi, and Tai Shici is General Anbei.
Dian Wei is the leading general, the commander of the guards, Liu Qiao is the general of Wuwei, and the deputy is the deputy. The rest of the generals, the former Han Fu's subordinates Zhao Fu and Cheng Lian, the generals Gao Lan, Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang, Zheng Gu, etc., and the Youzhou generals Bang Dun, Yin Li, Liang Mao, Bei Yan, Yang Yi, Liu Bei, etc. were all appointed.
What is puzzling is that the little-known young man Zhao was appointed as General Anxi, and everyone asked who it was? All sorts of speculations arose.
Liu Kuan announced the establishment of six departments in the Northern Governor's Palace, namely the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Industry. Xun Yu was appointed as the secretary of the ministry, and Cheng Xu was appointed as the squire, responsible for the management of civil officials, the system of product selection, the method of examination and dethronement, the canon of the award, and the law of the final system. Similar to the Organization Department, Discipline Inspection Commission and other departments in later generations.
Zhang Zhao was appointed as the head of the household department, and Min Chun was appointed as the squire, in charge of the territory, fields, taxes, salaries and all financial matters. Similar to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, the Land Bureau and other departments in later generations.
Kong Rong was appointed as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Sun Qian was appointed as the squire, in charge of ceremonies, schools, scientific examinations and diplomacy. Similar to the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other departments in later generations.
He was appointed as the secretary of the military department, and Mao Jue was appointed as the squire, in charge of the military guard, the selection of military attachés, and the concise decree. It is similar to the Ministry of National Defense, the Central Military Commission and its various military organs in later generations.
Appointed Man Chong as the secretary of the Criminal Department, and the trial was appointed as the squire, in charge of the punishment decree and the review of the criminal name. Similar to the Ministry of Justice and the Public Procuratorate Department in later generations.
Chen Qun was appointed as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Xian Yuyin was appointed as the squire, in charge of the system of civil construction, the use of utensils, the method of dredging of canals and weirs, and also clearly took charge of coal, salt fields, iron smelting and other matters. Similar to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Urban-Rural Development and other departments in later generations.
Xu Shu is the governor of the Governor's Office, which is equivalent to Liu Kuan's secretary-general. In addition, Tian Chou, Xin Ping, Xin Bi, Xun Chen, Xu You, Zhao Fu, Wan Qian, Geng Wu, Wei Dun, Gongsun Kang and others were all appointed as county guards.