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Shouchun, the original Yangzhou Thorn Mansion Yangzhou Thorn Mansion can also be called the Yangzhou Wangfu in the Zhang Bao era, built very luxurious, comparable to the Luoyang Palace, of course, it is the South Palace, it can be said that it is paved with gold and jade, incomparably brilliant, in the palace, there are hundreds of granaries, Zhang Bao in Yangzhou for a few years to scrape, the storage is very rich, since Cao Ying took over Shouchun City, there is no longer money and grain worries. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The Yellow Turban Rebellion was pacified, the two Huai regions resumed production again, and the people gathered everywhere slowly made Jiujiang County prosperous again, as the county government, the prosperity of Shouchun was among the best in the entire Han Dynasty, after consolidating the position, Cao Ying recruited soldiers in the governance of the land, well, in fact, it is not said that it is not a large-scale recruitment, two counties and two countries, the total number of Cao Ying's soldiers and horses is only about 100,000, of which there are 30,000 county soldiers responsible for the permanent defense, the real soldiers and horses, only 70,000.

After mastering the territory of nearly four counties, Cao Ying recruited soldiers three times, the requirements were very strict, and eliminated the old and weak in the original army, issued the tuntian system in the Lianghuai region, demarcated the public rental land for those displaced people, and opened the warehouse to release grain many times, which won a very good reputation in the Lianghuai region.

I have to mention that after becoming the master of the Lianghuai region, Cao Ying sent a letter of help to the family, hoping that the family could send someone to help him, this family not only refers to the Cao family, but also the Xiahou family!

As mentioned earlier, Cao Ying's father Cao Song is Cao Teng's stepson and inherited from the Xiahou family, so Cao Ying is actually a member of the Xiahou family, and it can be said that it is justified to ask for help from the Xiahou family.

As the most promising person in the family at present, can the family not help? There is no shortage of money and food, and there is no shortage of money, so what do you want? Talent! That's right, it's talent! The territory of the four counties, if you want to be completely in your own hands, you have to arrange all your henchmen, Cao Ying is an ambitious person, he occupies such a good place, it is impossible to give it up casually.

Understanding Cao Ying's meaning, the Xiahou family and the Cao clan all helped each other, and the Xiahou family sent two generals, that is, the famous Xiahou Tang and Xiahou Yuan, and the Cao family also sent three generals, all of whom were Cao Ying's cousins, namely Cao Hong, Cao Ren, and Cao Chun.

Although Xiahou and Cao's family understood what Cao Ying meant, they misinterpreted it, and all the generals they sent were actually generals, after getting the news, Cao Ying was simply helpless, in fact, he didn't blame Cao Ying's family, after all, Cao Ying was famous for his bravery, so he should naturally like generals.

Don't be in vain, as the elder brother of these people, Cao Ying understands their abilities very well, in addition to a few young generals of the Cao family, the two Xiahou have the courage of ten thousand people, and they can be the generals of one side!

If there is a lack of literary talent, then look for it, and under Lang Lang, can't you find the talent to govern the county? Cao Ying is not greedy, as long as there is a group of counties, it will be, after all, the general policy is in the hands of Cao Ying, and there will be no chaos, but sometimes, even if you are not greedy, God will give you a big gift.

For example, Cao Ying, when Cao Yingwen was the most embarrassed, a person came, who? Zhang Hong! One of the two Zhangs of Jiangdong, a character with Zhang Zhao's name! is also the person Liu Tai has always wanted to recruit, but unfortunately, Zhang Hong's thoughts are very similar to Zhang Zhao's, and he attaches more importance to the gate lord clan, well, it can also be said that he values his own family more seriously, and resolutely disagrees with Liu Tai's land recovery policy, so Zhang Hong can only choose another master.

Liu Bei's sitting in Jiangdong is a good choice, but Zhang Hong doesn't like it, because Zhang Hong sees that Liu Bei's heart is too soft, too hypocritical, and he can't do big things, and in the end he will only be busy, and Cao Ying is different, when he was in the Tiger Prison Pass, Cao Ying defeated more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, and still didn't care, it can be seen that Cao Ying's perseverance and openness are the real masters in Zhang Hong's heart, it doesn't matter if there is no big territory, Cao Ying has two Huai, as long as there are two Huai, isn't it stable to dominate the Central Plains?

For Zhang Hong's arrival, Cao Ying can be said to be very happy, Cao Ying is not Liu Bei's kind of white body, he doesn't know anything about the news of the high-level in Northern Xinjiang, Cao Ying is very aware of Zhang Hong's weight in Liu Tai's heart, and has been persuaded to stay many times, Zhang Hong is unwilling to serve in Northern Xinjiang, if it is an ordinary person, will Liu Tai be so attentive? In this way, it can be shown that Zhang Hong's ability is by no means very human, and even Xun Yu is not much different, but he is a great talent in internal affairs!

On the day of Zhang Hong's arrival, Cao Ying handed over all the government affairs of the two Huai and four counties to Zhang Hong, and sent all the secret documents to the mansion arranged for Zhang Hong. Cao Ying played very well, and Zhang Hong was very moved by Cao Ying's trust, and swore allegiance to Cao Ying at the beginning

It is now the beginning of February in 187 AD, well, spring, the earth is rejuvenated, naturally there must be a new look, but also to discuss a new plan for the future, so in Shouchun, the original Yangzhou Thorn History Mansion, a grand meeting was held, and hundreds of officials from the four counties of the two Huai regions all gathered, it seems, it can be described as a gathering of talents.

"Zhugong, last year there was another bumper harvest on both sides of the Huai River, and the people who suffered from the yellow turban have now resumed production, which is really gratifying. Cao Ying sat in the first place, on the throne of Zhang Bao, holding a large bowl of wine in his hand, and said with a smile to the officials below.

"I'm waiting to respect Cao Gong" Cao Ying raised his glass, who dared not to return the salute? Suddenly, hundreds of people picked up the wine bowl together, and after Cao Ying's bowl was clean, most of them also drank it in their stomachs.

"Zigang, for more than a year, the hardest thing is you and Zhongde, I salute the two of you alone with a bowl of water and wine to show respect." After Cao Ying's bowl was clean, under the service of his subordinates, he went to a big bowl full of wine, directly picked up the wine bowl, and saluted Zhang Hong and Cheng Yu.

"Lord, hard work is nothing, as long as the people can have enough food and clothing, their subordinates are willing to work ten times harder" Zhang Hong's face was full of joy, he didn't dare to hold it up, and Cheng Yu stood up and respectfully toasted Cao Ying.

Cao Ying's personality charm is very strong, as long as he is really willing to work for Cao Ying, he will be infected by Cao Ying's magnanimity and expanded mind, otherwise with Zhang Hong's talent, how can he swear allegiance to Cao Ying in a short period of time? This is all thanks to Cao Ying's open-mindedness.

"Hehe, Zigang, at the beginning of this year, how many people do I have in the two Huai and four counties?" After one mouthful, Cao Ying asked Zhang Hong with a smile on his face, looking like the big boy next door.

Hearing Cao Ying's question, Zhang Hong had no surprise, glanced at Cheng Yu, and under Cheng Yu's smiling gaze, he stood up and said to Cao Ying: "Lord, at the beginning of the first month, his subordinates led people to count household registration in various parts of the four counties, for a month, most of the people have ascended the throne and made a register, there are always 557,000 households, 2.43 million mouths, of which about 560,000 are young and strong, and about 30% are the victims who went south from the Central Plains”

"Five hundred and sixty thousand young people? Well, that's good! It seems that Cao Ying is very satisfied, in just over a year, the four counties have almost recovered to the pre-war level, which is very good news, but Cao Ying also understands that most of these people are wandering from the Central Plains, and today's Central Plains can be said to be truly miserable, full of victims, dead bones everywhere, and the entire Central Plains culture has almost been destroyed by the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

"Does the lord want to expand his army?" Seeing Cao Ying's very satisfied look, Cheng Yu couldn't help but step out and ask, Cheng Yu is Cao Ying's oldest courtier, and he is very famous in the entire Lianghuai region, even those disciples of Cao Ying dare not offend Cheng Yu.

"Well, or Zhongde is smart." Cao Ying smiled and pointed at Cheng Yu twice, stood up, glanced around at the hundreds of officials sitting down, and said confidently: "Expand the army!" I don't want too much, 20,000 is enough, the soldiers are fine, not too many! However, these 20,000 soldiers and horses are not foot soldiers, but naval troops! If you have any opinions, please give them to you! ”

"Water Army??" Suddenly, there was an uproar in the hall, no one would have thought that Cao Ying actually wanted to form a water army and train a water army in these two Huai regions, isn't this a joke?

"Lord, isn't there something wrong? After all, there has never been a water master in the Lianghuai region" Cao Ying's brother, Xiahoudun stood up and asked Cao Ying, Xiahoudun is a horse general, and he hates water the most, and when he heard about the formation of a water division, the pores all over his body stood up.

"Yuan Rang, you kid is afraid of water, don't talk about the Lianghuai region, it's not the Huaishui Navy that my brother wants to form, but the Yangtze River Army! Maybe you have all thought about it in private, why did Your Majesty send me Cao to Huaihe! Cao Mou will tell you that the reason why His Majesty sent Cao Mou is to contain Liu Bei in Jiangdong! Cao Ying walked in the middle of the main hall, pointed to the sky to represent the Spirit Emperor, and said to the full hall with a solemn expression.

"Liu Bei has the heart of a tiger and a wolf! is only a white body, but he dared to gather troops in Huiji County, usurp the power of the state and county, and in the end, he even openly supported troops in Jiangdong to stand on his own, forcing His Majesty to reward him as Yangzhou Mu, how sinister is his heart? It is Hanchen, the Lu of the Eater, the Worry of the Queen! Now that our Dahan Society is in danger, if you want to save the building, you must first strengthen the country, and a strong country must first strengthen the army! If Liu Bei doesn't have the heart of self-reliance, if Liu Bei has the heart of self-reliance, hum! I, Cao Mengde, were the first to not let him go! Cao Ying's words were very inflammatory, and I saw that the officials who were full of trips were all moved by Cao Ying's words, and they seemed to be very angry with Liu Bei, angry that Liu Bei forced the Son of Heaven to support troops in Jiangdong to stand on his own.

"Brother, although my brother is afraid of water, he also knows the major affairs of the family and the country, if you want to intimidate Jiangdong, you must have a water army, my brother fully agrees with my brother to form a water army, and is willing to serve as a water army general! Be a pawn for your brother! Xiahoudun knelt on one knee in front of Cao Ying and shouted.

In the Lianghuai region, Xiahoudun is the highest commander of the army in addition to Cao Ying, it can be said that in addition to Cao Ying, Xiahoudun is the first person in the military, seeing Xiahoudun out of the column to agree, suddenly a large number of generals all got up and agreed with Cao Ying's intention to form a naval army.

"Okay, good, my brother knows my heart!" Cao Ying's face was very excited, and he stepped forward to help Xiahou Dun and his brother Duowei, and said with a smile on his face.

(To be continued)