In view of the current situation of arrogance, if you want to deal with all kinds of corruption in the military, the first thing is to have a reliable executor. This executor must not only be honest and honest and familiar with the law, but also try to avoid having a relationship with the original forces in the Taixing army. Otherwise, if it is not good, the act of controlling corruption may become a network alliance of deception and mutual protection.

It just so happened that Zhao Yun went back to his hometown Zhending some time ago in order to worship his ancestors, and when he returned, he brought back a talent who was proficient in criminal law and military law, with the surname Xiahou and a single name.

Xia Houlan was born poor, but she was studious since she was a child, and she was famous in Zhending County for her upright temperament and not afraid of rape. Because he once exposed the dereliction of duty of the county officials and offended the county order behind the scenes, although his talent is outstanding, he has always had no way out. It is precisely because of this that Xia Houlan agreed to the invitation of her fellow villager Zhao Yun and defected to Zhang Madness in order to seek a position.

After Zhang Mad and military advisor Cheng Yu inspected this person, they agreed that this Xiahoulan had a good ability in law enforcement. In addition, Zhao Yun endorsed this person's conduct, so Zhang Mad appointed Xia Houlan as a "military official", that is, a military judge, to investigate corruption in the army.

In view of the fact that the current territory of the Taixing Army is temporarily subject to military law, Zhang Qiang specially increased the number of Xia Houlan's subordinates, and asked him to manage the criminal prosecution related to civil matters under the rule of the Taixing Army.

Xiahou Lan, who was heavily entrusted with the task of insolence, was grateful for the reuse of insolence, and worked very hard, and soon grabbed a few typical examples and severely cracked down on the corruption that had just emerged under the rule of the Taixing Army. Among them, the biggest result he found out was relying on his son Zang Ba's status in the army to run rampant in Lucheng.

In order to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, Xia Houlan got the consent of insolence. decisively took Zang Ba's father Zang Jie, and took Zang Jie's embezzlement of local public funds of 3,000 yuan as an example, dismissed Zang Jie's official position as the official position of Gongcao Shi of Lucheng County, and fined 6,000 yuan of stolen money as a punishment.

Zang Jie's income in the position for several years. Of course, it's not just 3,000 dollars. However, Zang Jie's cunning behavior was cunning, using his original experience in Taishan County, and there were not many flaws exposed. Second, arrogance does not want to make things bigger, so that he loses Zang Ba's loyalty. Therefore, the charges reported by Xia Houlan have been hooked a lot by insolence, but it is just to the extent that Zang Jie is dismissed.

Zang Jie is the father of Zang Ba, the most important branch leader of the Taixing Army. After working hard in the Taixing Army for many years, he was actually dismissed by Xiahoulan because of a little "small mistake". This big move immediately shook the greed of many officials, and it can be regarded as officially establishing Xiahoulan's personal prestige.

After expressing satisfaction with Xia Houlan's actions, Zhang Qi had to wipe his buttocks, lest Zang Ba go to Xia Houlan to settle accounts. For the sake of Zang Jie, after appeasing Zang Ba in private. Zhang Qi has the leisure to comment on some of the recent actions of the imperial court.

"The edict is to remove the children of the minister as a lang. To fill the position of eunuch and serve in the palace? ”

This edict is also one of the imperial court policies specially issued by Dong Zhuo after he came to power, in order to curry favor with the people of the world.

The so-called "Lang" is also "Lang Guan". It is the official of the monarch's attendants, and it can be divided into four types: the councillor, the middle lang, the waiter, and the lang. Acting as a Lang official can be regarded as a shortcut to the children of high-ranking officials. For example, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Yuan Shu and others were all once members of the Lang official team.

However, the first half of the edict. It's nothing, actually. The children of the ministers have a political tradition of being "made up for the shadows". Dong Zhuo's approach is nothing unusual.

The key to this edict is in the second half of the sentence.

Supplementing the position of eunuch with Lang official means that the entire huge eunuch system has lost its position in the imperial court establishment. If there is no longer a position of eunuchs around the Son of Heaven, it naturally means that the group of eunuchs will naturally lose their living space.

This move is a plan to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle, completely eradicating the soil on which the eunuchs depend, and it is more ruthless in nature than slaughtering all the eunuchs.

"The disaster of the eunuchs is over."

Cheng Yu is now also in love with the activity of drinking tea. He used the method of making tea that he learned from Zhang Qiang, broke a piece of "Tu Cake" from Shuzhong, brewed it, and slowly sipped it.

It is said that Xia Houlan's judgment of Zang Jie's case was actually successfully completed with Cheng Yu's strong support behind him. Otherwise, with Xiahoulan, a newcomer who has just joined, where can he easily handle the Zang father and son, who can be called the fathers of the Taixing Army?

"Wuji, at this moment, should our army show support to the imperial court, and ask for some benefits by the way?"

Cheng Yu expressed his admiration for the five-body surrender that Zhang Qiang predicted the death of Emperor Ling and the subsequent reign of Dong Zhuo a few years ago.

With his understanding of the power of the imperial court and the deduction he made, Taifu Yuan Kui was able to completely destroy Dong Zhuo in any aspect. However, Yuan Kui didn't know what medicine he had taken and actually gave up the great opportunity to dominate the court to Dong Zhuo.

Even this kind of change in government and politics that Cheng Yu couldn't understand at all could be predicted by Insolence in advance. What should happen next, Cheng Yu also hopes that Zhang Qiang can continue to carry forward his "prediction" ability and point out a direction for the future.

"Wait. Dong Fatzi had just come to power and forcibly subdued the government and opposition forces. At this time, it was the moment when Dong Fatzi was most complacent. At this time, Baba's support will inevitably not be valued by Dong Fatzi. ”

"If you want to get enough benefits from Dong Fatzi, you need to wait until Dong Fatzi feels that the situation is critical. At that time, when we made a table, as long as we said a few good words, Dong Fatzi would definitely not spare the name of the court and give us a big official! ”

Hearing Zhang Yan say it in such an affirmative tone, Cheng Yu naturally had no objection. He changed the subject and moved on to another question:

"Zhang Yang has just been given the position of being fooled by Taishou. This person and Dong Zhuo are not of the same mind, and the servant thinks that he can think of a wedge between him and Dong Zhuo and draw him to the side of our army. ”

Now, the power and territory of the Taixing army are divided into two pieces by the states and counties under the jurisdiction of the Han family.

One of the areas is the Taihang Mountain Mountains. Although the Taixing army has a solid foundation here, due to the constraints of the terrain, the fields are few and sparsely populated, and there is a lack of resources for further development.

As for the other area, it is the original Xihe, Shuofang, Wuyuan and other counties that were snatched from the Southern Xiongnu and Xianbei people. This land has fertile soil and convenient irrigation, and if it is managed properly, it can not only provide a large amount of grain for the Taixing army, but also obtain enough excellent war horses and skilled riders. In addition to the threat of Xianbei people next to it, safety can not be well guaranteed, and this place can be called the foundation of the king.

It's just that the territory is divided, which is not a good thing after all. Not to mention anything else, how to effectively administer the two areas is a headache. After a long time, there may be problems that may cause the tail of the subordinates to fall off. Therefore, how to successfully connect the two pieces of land is a big problem that Zhang Qi and Cheng Yu have been thinking about for a long time.

Separating the two lands are the three counties of Shangdang, Taiyuan and Yanmen of the Han Dynasty. Among the three counties, controlling one more at will can achieve the goal of the Taixing army to connect the land. Among the three counties, relatively speaking, Taiyuan is the richest, and Yanmen is the easiest to start. However, from the perspective of strategic position, the strategic significance of the party is the most important.

The name of Shangdang County, the so-called "on the top of Taihang Mountain, the highest terrain and the sky for the party". It is bordered by Taihang Mountain in the east, peeking into Jizhou; Xiping Taiyue Mountain, easy to defend and difficult to attack; To the south is Sili Hanoi County, which can threaten Luoyang. Therefore, since ancient times, the party has been a battleground for soldiers, and it is known as the saying that "if you can win the party, you can hope to win the Central Plains".

For the Taimarching Army, if they can take Shangdang County into their hands, in addition to the above benefits, there is also a more practical benefit. That is: to separate Taiyuan County and Yanmen County from the territory of the Han Dynasty and become an enclave.

With the strength of the etheric marching army, if these two counties are surrounded by their own side, they will completely occupy the two counties, which is a matter of time.

However, such a key place as Shangdang County is naturally not so easy to occupy. To use force, not to mention how many troops can be mobilized by Zhang Qi to launch an attack now, and not to say whether Dong Zhuo will sit idly by and watch Zhang Qi's activities, and then exclude the bad political influence brought about by this, the army led by Zhang Yang, the Taishou of the Shangdang alone, is not something that Zhang Qi can easily deal with at present.

Zhang Yang is a descendant of the general He Jin, and a close confidant of the former Bingzhou assassin Shi Ding Yuan. He himself has been in Bingzhou for many years, and because of his gentle temper, simple thinking, and generous belly, he has a lot of friends and acquaintances in Bingzhou.

Even if it can't be said to be a hundred responses, but after Ding Yuan's death, Zhang Yang was still able to successfully rely on his own troops, and from Dong Zhuo's hands, he successfully obtained the position of Shangdang Taishou, which shows that his reputation in Bingzhou is not bad.

Moreover, most of Zhang Yang's subordinates were elite soldiers under Ding Yuan back then, and their strength was quite considerable.

Since Ding Yuan's suicide, his original power has rapidly collapsed. There are Lu Bu, who defected to the rank of lieutenant, some who took refuge under Yin Wangyun in Henan, and some who resigned directly and returned to their hometowns. However, the most elite of Ding Yuan's subordinates and the most loyal to Ding Yuan, under the leadership of the military marquis Yang Chou, returned to Bingzhou and defected to Zhang Yang's account.

In this way, the army under Zhang Yang reached 800 cavalry and 3,400 foot soldiers. With these forces, Zhang Yang may not be able to threaten the activities of the Tai Marching Army. However, with the support of Shangdang Haoqiang, Zhang Yang said that there was no pressure to hold a Shangdang County with these troops in a difficult terrain.

Therefore, if the Taixing army expects to annex Zhang Yang by force, it is extremely unlikely. However, arrogance is not helpless against Zhang Yang. For example, among the several backbone generals under Zhang Yang, there are people who can have a relationship with the Taixing Army. (To be continued......)