The monarch is desperate at the front, and the ministers are behind to help with government affairs? If there is such a mechanism, it is estimated that the ministers will love Li Ming to death, which is no less than the 'vertical arch and rule' advocated by Taoism, and of course Confucianism also likes this model.

If you change someone, you will definitely cooperate with Li Ming's ideas, and then formulate the general governing policy. It's just that Wang Yu is different, he and Xi Zhicai, and even Zhang Mo and Xiao Yao, all value Li Ming's interests very much. Naturally, I don't want to see Li Ming's power gradually eroded by a group of civil servants.

It's just that in the end, Li Ming can't be defeated, so he can only start from the supervision side and let the secret guard supervise the civil and military officials. At the same time, the power of civil servants is limited to ensure that the power of the core is not lost or sidelined.

As for these, it's not something Li Ming needs to have a headache, he has a group of very capable subordinates under his command, and he is also happy to be free.

Liu Yi, the king of Xiapi, is gone, so the Xiapi Kingdom will be abolished, and there will naturally be no more Xiapi Kingdom in the world, only Xiapi County. The key is that Guangling Taishou Zhao Yu surrendered, saving Li Ming a lot of trouble, but in Xia Pi County, who should be appointed as Taishou is a problem.

Like Lujiang County, this is also the front line, even more than Guangling County. It can be said that there is Xiapi County here, so Guangling, and even Danyang County and Wu County in Jiangdong can ensure safety.

"Actually, under the command of the lord, there is a person who is very suitable!" Everyone was thinking, but Guo Jia thought about it.

"Oh, tell me who it is?" Li Ming suddenly became interested, and now there is not much recognition that can be mobilized.

"Zhou Yu's uncle Zhou Shang!" Guo Jia smiled, "Zhou Shang has also served as the county governor of Huiji County for a while, and his ability to govern is undoubted, and he can serve as the county guard of Xiapi." In addition, his nephew Zhou Yu's military and political talents have also begun to be highlighted, speaking of which, his talents are very similar to Wang Yu, and perhaps Zhou Yu can be considered to worship under the Wang's court. ”

"If that's the case for him, then I don't mind having one more disciple!" Wang Yuyan nodded when he heard this.

"Here's the problem!" Xi Zhicai suddenly came forward, "Zhou Yi, Zhou Chong and Zhou Zhong are all officials in the imperial court, and his uncle Zhou Zhong was already a lieutenant in the imperial court not long ago. It is said that the brothers broke the bones and connected the tendons, Zhou Yi, Zhou Zhong and Zhou Chong were all officials in the imperial court, and the loyalty of Zhou Shang and Zhou Yu was also questionable. ”

"The problem now is that he's not doing anything in concert with each other to the detriment of our interests, is he?" Li Ming looked at Jia Xu, this guy had been silent for too long.

The dark guard used to be called the shadow guard, but because it is now semi-public, it was renamed the dark guard, and because he was wearing a black power suit, he was nicknamed the 'black guard', perhaps to ridicule them as the 'black ice platform' under Li Ming.

After the semi-openness, the main responsibility of the secret guards is to supervise the conduct of local officials, which is equivalent to the mixed department of the Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Supervision Bureau, they only have the ability to arrest, but the trial and conviction can only rely on the higher level of the yamen to be responsible for trial and decision; At the same time, the secret guards are also responsible for protecting the dignitaries, and the county and above will be equipped with secret guards to protect their personal safety.

What no one knows is that the shadow guard has not completely disappeared, and it was the result of the shadow guard's action when he dealt with the group of guys who hung up the seal and left. At the same time, the shadow guard is still responsible for intelligence gathering, assassination of hostile generals, and covert monitoring of civil and military officials, and the commander of the dark guard is full of favors on the surface, but in fact Li You. At the same time, the shadow guard that no one knows, the one in control, is Jia Xu in front of him.

After Zhou Shang surrendered, even Zhou Yu did not get in touch with other brothers for a long time. does not deny that there may be a possibility of wanting to cover up, but the loyalty of the two is still undoubted. Jia Xu only explained a few sentences, and then fell silent.

"That's fine, trust someone a little bit. The point is that he is only a county guard, and his duty is only a political thing. What we need to do is to replace the book Cao and some key positions with something we can trust, such as how about your Wang family's children? Li Ming looked at Wang Yu.

"I'll arrange this, and the Bai family also has a few children who are very good." Wang Yu looked at Bai Xin, who smiled in return.

"Report! A battle report was sent from the front line, Cao Cao had captured Yan County and killed Tao Qian's family! The whole county of Donghai County has fallen, and Cao Bao has taken refuge in Cao Cao! At this time, a soldier hurriedly came to report.

"This Cao Cao's actions are really fast, and it has only been a long time since he has beaten down the county! What happened to the troops in Beihai County? Li Ming was stunned for a moment, and then immediately asked.

"The front line played the news, Cao Cao's ministry and Wu'an's national ministry were fighting, and the two sides won and lost each other at first. Later, Cao Cao designed to lead Wu Anguo into the encirclement to launch a surprise attack, Wu Anguo was killed by Cao Cao's general Li Jin, and Guan Yu's department had gone south in embarrassment. The scout was clearly well prepared, and immediately reported back.

"It seems that after two or three days of hard work at most, Guan Yu should also come!" Li Ming nodded, "The question is, do we still want to go to Donghai County?!" ”

"It doesn't seem necessary anymore...... As long as Cao Cao doesn't go south. Wang Yu said with a bit of ridicule, as far as he knew about Cao Cao, the latter would inevitably take advantage of the high time and continue to push forward.

"Okay, be prepared to fight Cao Cao a little!" Of course, Li Ming understood what Wang Yu meant, and immediately shouted.

Two days later, Guan Yu really came to Xiapi City with a remnant army and asked to see Li Ming. Of course, Li Ming had no reason to turn Guan Yu away, and in order to show respect, he went out to greet him in person.

"Yun Chang, you can make me wait!" Li Ming trotted to the city gate, saw Guan Yu's green robe, and hurriedly stepped forward.

"My lord has been waiting for a long time!" Guan Yu stepped forward and bowed solemnly, "In the past, my brother owed Kong Taishou a favor, Guan Mou has repaid it, and he also kept a vigil for his brother for a year, and even took over Hedong's family, and now Guan Mou is sent by the Lord!" ”

"Hahaha, I've been waiting for you for a long time!" Li Ming suddenly helped Guan Yu up excitedly, he hadn't seen him for two years, Guan Yu's temperament was more calm, and at the same time, he was more majestic than the superior. And Li Ming knows very well that he is afraid that in the past two years, his martial arts will go further.

It is said that he Li Ming is a genius, and this genius is piled up by upgrading and adding points; It is said that Lu Bu is a genius, that is innate divine power, and at the same time, his learning ability is amazing; Only Guan Yu has a strong comprehension, especially the speed of comprehension of martial arts. may not be highlighted in the early stage, mainly to give him enough time to comprehend, then his future achievements will be above Lu Bu.

"Lord, there are still a few talents behind me, and let Guan introduce the lord...... This is Jian Yong Jian Xianhe of Zhuoxian County, who was originally my eldest brother's staff, and his governance ability is also quite good, but he is better at vertical and horizontal ways; As for this Sun Qian, Sun Gongyou is Zheng Xuan's master, his governing ability is also first-class, and he also has a lot of research on the way of vertical and horizontal; As for these two, they are the Mi brothers, a big merchant in Xuzhou, this is the elder brother Mi Zhu, and this is the younger brother Mi Fang, these talents all came to the lord with their subordinates! ”

"I remember that the Mi family was a wealthy merchant in the East China Sea...... This time you go south to join me, Cao Cao is only afraid that it will be unfavorable to the Mi family! Li Ming looked at the Mi brothers, he knew that the Mi brothers were mainly because Liu Bei's wife, Mrs. Mi, was the sister of Mi Zhu and Mi Fang.

Another point is that the Lu family's grain store in Xuzhou was gradually unable to do so because of the Mi family's suppression.

"Back to the Hou Ye, Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou this time, lack of money and food, and the old mansion has been broken by him......" Mi Zhu replied sadly.

So it turned out that Cao Cao directly knocked down other people's ancestral homes, and it is estimated that he took out the money and food of the Mi family, and it is no wonder that the Mi brothers will go south to him regardless of some. With this hatred, I am afraid that the two of them and Cao Cao are already in an endless situation.

"The four are all talented people, and it is also a blessing for Li to be able to get the four to work!" Li Ming laughed and said to the four of them.

Seeing this, the four of them couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, exchanged a few polite words, and then went down with the play. To greet them, there is naturally a follow-up assessment, which is not Jia Xu sneaked over.

Li Ming was more concerned about Guan Yu, and after chatting a few words, he realized that he had not gone south for a long time, one was that Liu Bei owed Kong Rong a favor, and Liu Bei had just died, so Guan Yu decided to keep a vigil for Liu Bei in Beihai for a year to commemorate the brotherhood. During this period, he also took his wife in Hedong County, as well as his eldest son Guan Ping.

Guan Ping is seventeen years old this year, but he missed the best period to practice Qi, so even if he learned a set of sword techniques, he did not condense the innate Qi, which is also Guan Yu's most regretful place.

At the beginning, he killed Hao Shen and fled directly, but it was bitter for their mother and daughter, but his genes are indeed very strong, and Guan Ping's martial arts talent is not bad, at this age, there is still a lot of plasticity, and he can at least be alone in the future.

Li Ming took the school examination and felt that Guan Ping's talent was indeed good, so he told Guan Yu that he hoped that Guan Ping would go to Huiji Academy to study the art of war for a few years. It can be seen that no matter what era, how can there be a father who doesn't want his son to become a talent?!

On the other hand, after the assessment, Mi Zhu and others have come out, and Xi Zhicai naturally has to report to Li Ming.

Sun Qian and Jian Yong, both of them have the ability to govern one side, the difference is that Sun Qian is completely able to enter the central government, while Jian Yong becomes a county guard at most; The situation of Mi Zhu and Mi Fang is also clear, Mi Fang's talent is at most a deputy general, not enough to be a single town, Mi Zhu is a genius in charge of money and grain, and he is fully qualified to become a big farmer.

Xi Zhicai, and even Jia Xu commented on it, of course Li Ming knew that he had picked up a treasure, and he was very happy.

At the same time, in the place where the Mi brothers rested, Mi Zhu was a little worried, after all, now they no longer have Wanguan family property, and the classics and cheats in the calculation are all snatched away by Cao Jun. They have become a poor family that is not a cold family, and it will be difficult to be reused in the future.

In the final analysis, the Mi family, that is, the Mi Zhu generation, has become a family in the real sense from a commercial family. It is precisely because he understands the difficulties that Mi Zhu is worried about whether he will be reused in the future.

Mi Fang looked at her brother with a sad face, and naturally stepped forward to ask. Mi Zhu said the worry in his heart, but the latter disagreed, and laughed: "What should I do, this is not simple, our little sister is beautiful and fragrant, and she just happens to be in the boudoir, and she is not young, it's time to find her a good family!" ”

"You mean, marriage? It's a good idea, but how can the little sister say it?! Mi Zhu was a little moved at first when she heard this, but she was a little worried, after all, this is related to her sister's happiness.

"Brother......" At this time, a shadow floated in, but it was Mi Zhu's little sister Mi Zhen, "In order to revive the Mi family, even if it is to make people small, my sister is willing." Besides, Chu Hou was a fierce general at that time, young and in a high position, he was really a good match......"

Looking at the little sister's shy appearance, Mi Zhu suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, daring to love her for falling in love with Li Ming early on.