Xun Youlian didn't dare to say it, but he was excited in his heart, Ma Chao took such a fancy to him, and there was no doubt that he would be reused. I only heard Ma Chao say again: "Yuan Chang also has great talents, in the past, the general had specially sent people to Yingchuan to invite, who knew that fate had not missed the opportunity in vain, and now it is said that it can meet in the court, and it will be overjoyed!" ”

Zhong Xuan said: "The general is too polite, in the early years, he had watched the cursive and line writing created by the general, and he was often shocked, and now he can see me, and he is about to discuss it!" ”

Ma Chao inevitably blushed, because the original founder of regular script in history was Zhong Xuan, and he only took the lead for a few years. Hug his fists and said: "Xingshu and regular script are just a kind of writing situation, and if you want to carry it forward, you still need a lot of effort!" Ben Jiang wants to vigorously promote education under his rule, rewrite teaching materials, and promote simplified Chinese characters, so that all poor children in the world have the opportunity to read and write! What does Yuan Chang think? ”

Zhong Xuan was slightly excited when he heard this, and said: "The general's move is very good, and the reason why the family can monopolize talents is because the common people lack education, so the more they reach it, the more they are reached, and the evil surname cycle is gradually formed!" If the great general can popularize the things of education, it will be a matter of immeasurable merit, including future generations, and it will benefit immensely! ”

Ma Chao said: "To promote education, we must first solve the problem of food and clothing, and only by letting the people eat and be fully warm can they have the conditions to accept education!" Secondly, there must be a medium for disseminating culture, for which Ben Jiang has made full preparations, and I believe that he will give you a surprise in half a year! After that, he looked at Zhong Xuan and continued: "In the end, it is necessary for a talented person to be fully responsible for this matter. ”

Zhong Miao said: "The lord's move is a utilitarian thing, and Zhong Miao dares not to do his best!" ”

Ma Chao was overjoyed, and said with a smile: "With the help of Yuan, in less than ten years, emerging talents will spring up!" Huaxia Daxing, it is said to be waiting! ”

The three of them talked for a long time about some details, the guests and hosts were happy, and there were two more super workers under Ma Chao.

After five days, Empress Dowager Dong, Princess Wannian, Ma Teng and his wife, Cai Yong and others all rushed to Luoyang. At the same time, the two news spread quickly throughout the territory of Dahan like a bombshell.

First, the edict of the first emperor surfaced, and the significance of this edict is immeasurable. Liu Xie has become a genuine son of heaven because of this secret edict, and he is no longer a puppet established by Dong Zhuo, and Ma Chao's position as a general is also justified. On the contrary, the Kwantung princes such as Yuan Shao, Liu Dai, Bao Xin, Tao Qian, Cao Ying and others were immediately angry when they heard the news, and they also hated Ma Chao half to death.

Since you have the edict of the first emperor, why didn't you announce it earlier? Otherwise, will there be Dong thieves entering Beijing? Do we still need to unite to fight for Dong Zhengjun's throne? No wonder you Ma Chao didn't object to Dong Zhuo's abolition of Chang Liyou, it turned out that he wanted to use Dong Zhuo to complete this matter, and at the same time, he was also using Dong Zhuo to break through layers of resistance, a good thief!

Then there was a series of appointments by the imperial court, Ren Ma Yueyan as the Taifu, the Commander-in-Chief Shang Shutai, Yang Biao as the Tai Lieutenant, and Cai Yong as the Sikong, and Lu Zhi, who had taken refuge in Yecheng, was recruited to serve as Situ. Ding was reinstated and continued to hold the position of Jinwu, not only that, but Ma Chao also issued an edict in the name of the Son of Heaven to summon Yuan Shao, the commander of the school, and Cao Ying, the commander of the council, to come to Beijing to serve.

Yuan Shao and Cao Ying were heavy after receiving the edict, but no one dared to come to the post, Ma Chao's move can be described as sinister! coerced the Son of Heaven to make the hearts of the princes unknown to no one and no one to know. But they didn't dare to rebel openly, and they found all kinds of reasons to shirk it.

Ma Chao didn't care about this, this move just wanted them to recognize this court, and it was obviously unrealistic to order the princes of all parties with a court that existed in name only. But with this Son of Heaven in hand, he can do things in the name of righteousness, such as indoctrination, reform, conscription of unsubordinates, and recruitment of talents, which can be carried out under the banner of the Son of Heaven, which can be described as a lot of benefits.

Then Ma Chao announced in the name of the Son of Heaven the exile of the remnants of the Dong thief, built more than 50 ships in Bohai County, hired local sailors, and sent Li Ru, Li Dao and others to the east with their families and 20,000 soldiers. Yuan Shao originally wanted to take advantage of this matter to unite the princes of the world to send troops to attack Ma Chao, but thinking that Ma Chao's play completely disrupted his plan, he couldn't find an excuse to send troops!

When Ma Chao sent Li Ru away, he also incorporated 30,000 Xiliang troops, including many Qiang soldiers, all of whom were elite soldiers. Ma Chao kept his promise this time, not only did he not kill any of them, but even the old, weak, sick and disabled people were arranged with corresponding jobs, such as the fire head army, auxiliary soldiers, local catchers, etc. At the same time, it also issued a final warning to them, if they dare to do illegal things such as burning and killing silver looting, they will not be spared.

As a result, the army under Ma Chao's command reached as many as 300,000, almost all of which had undergone the baptism of war, and half of the elite soldiers in a hundred battles were also sufficient. However, the establishment of the army was chaotic, mainly including the Xiliang Army, the Bingzhou Army, the Black Mountain Army, the Jizhou County Army and the Southern Hun Cavalry, and the military reform was imminent.

Taking advantage of this brief period of peace, Ma Chao summoned major generals from all over the country to Luoyang to discuss the reform of the military system. In fact, he already had a preliminary idea about this matter, but he didn't announce it to the public.

At that time, the Han Dynasty implemented a tax exemption system for conscription, and as long as there were strong men in the family who joined the army, they could be exempted from part of the tax. In the army, only high-ranking generals have monthly salaries, and ordinary sergeants only give some monthly money symbolically with their surnames, and they can't even support themselves, let alone support their families.

The Eastern Han Dynasty military system was five people and one army, and there was a captain. Ten people are one tithe, and there are long ones. A team of 50 people has a team rate. One hundred people in a tun, there is a tun chief. Two hundred people in a song, there are military marquis. One for 1,000 people, there is Sima or school captain, the school captain is the main and Sima is the deputy.

Ma Chao added two more positions on this basis, with 5,000 people as a division, led by General Pi. 10,000 people are an army, led by a partial general. Those with more than 10,000 people are considered a corps, and only military personnel above the rank of general are qualified to command.

At the same time, for the first time, the military rank system was added to the army, and the military rank had nothing to do with the position, but was closely linked to the monthly salary. The first batch of military ranks was divided into ten ranks: private, corporal, sergeant, sergeant, corporal, lieutenant, captain, colonel, lieutenant colonel, colonel.

Military rank is a system of incentives and rewards, for example, a soldier who has just enlisted in the army is a private, and only the basic monthly salary can be paid. If you can abide by the rules and discipline and perform well, you can be promoted to corporal after one year, and the monthly salary will increase by 20%, so that in another two years, you will be a sergeant, and your monthly salary will increase to 30%, and after another four years, you will be a sergeant, and your monthly salary will increase by 50%. And so on, every four years, when you are promoted by one level, the monthly salary will also rise with the tide, and the colonel can get three times the monthly salary.

In this way, it takes at least 30 years for a newly enlisted soldier to be promoted to colonel, but in fact, it is not, the above is just an era when there was no war, and if the two sides exchanged troops, the promotion would be fast. Ma Chao and the generals also specially formulated a strict reward and punishment system, such as killing an enemy on the battlefield in exchange for a month's basic monthly salary, and also in exchange for one to three months of accumulation time. Specifically, depending on the identity of the person being killed, an ordinary pawn is one month, and a middle- and low-level general is two to three months. (To be continued.) )