Not to mention, just like Li Jin and Huang Ming said, after the rise of Montenegro, Changshan was in turmoil, and other parts of Montenegro repeatedly attacked the Yuan family, and the Yuan family was even shocked a day, so "the people of the country were terrified". It was not only the Chinese people who were afraid, but Liu Yu was also terrified, especially after hearing that Liu Xu, the king of Anping, who was also in Jizhou, was taken hostage by Montenegro, he was even more frightened, for fear that he would also be captured by Montenegro. Changshan Country did not completely "become a thief" like Anping. But as Huang Ming said, although Changshan Country is fixed, there are still many "thieves" in the west of the county, and if they are not eliminated as soon as possible, there will be trouble. It's just that although I saw this, "it's a pity that there are no unscrupulous generals", in the defeat of the former lieutenant of Changshan Country, the master of the country and each other did not know the soldiers, and no one had the ability to pacify the "group of thieves" in the west of the county.

At this time, Wen Chou was appointed as the lieutenant of Changshan Kingdom, and after returning for more than ten days, he killed Zuo Xu in Mafu Mountain, won more than 1,000 and won a complete victory. At this moment, Liu Yu regards the ugliness as a savior.

He helped Wen Chou up and invited Wen Chou to take a seat.

The rank of lieutenant is more than 2,000 stones, and his status among the officials in the country is second only to Fu and Xiang. Wen Chou immediately went to the table of Huang Zong and Li Jin, saluted them, and then sat down under their hands and lived above the remaining officials. Huang Ming also sat down. Liu Yu also returned to his position.

Li Jin smiled at him and said: "Before the lieutenant came, He Junzheng said to the king, asking the king to take out the stables and horses, and give all the non-daily use to the county soldiers, so as to strengthen the lieutenant's military power and settle the realm of Changshan country." The king has agreed. ”

Wen Chou and He Fa had only met once before, and they didn't know much about this person, but according to the news that Tian Chou inquired, this person was a responsible person who was upright and self-controlled. Hearing that he persuaded Liu Yu to send the stable horses to the county soldiers, and heard that Liu Yu had already agreed, Wen Chou left the Xi He and said: "What a servant's loyal words, the king takes the country as the priority, and the ugly is happy that the people of Changshan Country have this virtuous king and good servant." ”

Liu Yu said with a smile: "Lonely ancestors and fathers are not good at hunting, and lonely people don't like it. Therefore, there are not many stables, and there are only more than 100 horses that can be given to the lieutenant, so it is better than nothing. ”

Jizhou produces horses, Zhongshan and Zhuo counties all produce good horses, and Shangdang, Taiyuan and other counties in the west and state also produce good horses, and Liu Yu is the king of a country. There are only more than 100 stables, which is really not much. But for Wen Chou, this is already a lot.

Yuzhou does not produce horses, Wen Chou's troops have many foot soldiers, few cavalry, and the cavalry has been kept at two or three hundred horses, more than two or three hundred, and less than two hundred.

It's not that he doesn't want to expand, a war horse is not easy to get. Since the battle with Montenegro, although it has been captured or allocated by Huangfu Song, he has also gained some usable horses, but there are gains and losses, and his own cavalry has fought so many battles, it is impossible to have no losses, and the gains and losses are combined, that is, the number remains unchanged; Secondly. It's too expensive to raise cavalry, "a horse and a stable." The food of the six members of the middle family", the food to feed a horse is equivalent to the ration of six people in a well-off family, plus the regular needs of the knights, only the two hundred or so horses under his command are very expensive and food, almost equal to the cost of the other two thousand foot soldiers under his command.

After fighting in Montenegro for more than half a year, he did get a lot of goods. But money is only used for circulation, and the reason why money is "money" is because people have agreed that they can use it to buy things, and its own use is just copper, iron, gold and silver, which cannot be eaten or worn. When you can't buy too much food, horses, and ordnance, no amount of goods is useless.

Liu Yu's stables must be very comparable to horses, and they can be used as war horses, and with more than 100 stables, his cavalry can increase by more than 100. Wen Chouxin said: "I inspected the county soldiers before, and most of their soldiers were not brave, but the more than 100 war horses in the county cavalry were all good horses. I often worry that good horses are rare, and there are too few cavalry under my account, but I didn't expect that Fang came to Changshan Country for half a month and got more than 200 good horses. ”

got the benefits, of course, to pat Liu Yu's ass, Wen Chou stood in the hall and praised Liu Yu again.

Liu Yu lifted his beard and laughed.

The officials of the princely kingdoms play not only the evil of the king, but also the good of the king. If the king does evil, the court will punish him, but when the king does good, the court will reward him. For example, Liu Gan, the father of Li Jin, cut his Jiumen County when he was evil and unfilial, and then when he repented, the court reverted to the county and reclassified Jiumen into Changshan State.

Liu Yu gave the stables to the county soldiers as "good", and the state minister Huang Zong, the minister Li Jin, including Wen Chou, would all play this matter to the imperial court. Donating more than 100 stables is not a big deal, and the court will not reward Liu Yu for this, but he can get a good name in the court through this move. If he accidentally makes a mistake one day, he may be forgiven for the sake of his good reputation in the past.

Liu Yu invited Wen Chou to return to his seat, got to the point, and asked about the battle of Mafu Mountain.

Wen Chou was a lieutenant at the beginning, and no one had taught him before, so he didn't know whether to talk to Liu Yu about the military affairs in the country, so he turned his face to look at Li Jin.

Li Jin didn't know what Wen Chou meant, thinking that Wen Chou wanted to give him credit and let him answer Liu Yuzhi's question, but he refused to accept it, thinking in his heart: "Young people are more competitive and competitive, but the lieutenant is not arrogant, which is rare." "I am extremely satisfied with Wen Chou's cautious modesty.

Earlier, after hearing that Wen Chou was worshiped as a lieutenant of Changshan Kingdom, Li Jin was also worried about it for a while, not worried that Wen Chou did not have the ability to protect the territory, but worried that Wen Chou would fight with him for power.

The position of lieutenant is more special among the officials of the kingdom, nominally ranked third, but in fact ranked second, Fu has no real power, and the first person under the minister of state is the lieutenant. The general discipline of the prime minister, the commander of the officials, the status is fixed above the lieutenant, but the lieutenant first ranks more than 2,000 stones, only slightly lower than Fu Xiang and far higher than the rest of the officials, and then holds the military position, has the right to supervise the military officials, prepare thieves, has the right to command the army, and once again separate from the country, open a separate government, can get rid of the officials, and then again also has the responsibility of the auxiliary king, "Fu, Xiang, and lieutenants, all take the auxiliary as their posts", and the power in the country is also very great. The imperial court transferred letters to the vassal states, often called "Fu, Xiang, and Lieutenant".

In this case, if the lieutenant wants to compete with the state for power, the state minister really has no good way to suppress him. In the former Han Dynasty, the lieutenant had not yet been abolished, and the minister of state and the lieutenant stood side by side, and there was often a struggle for power.

Wen Chou jumped to this position with his military exploits, and he was young and young, but he was "early and noble", in Li Jin's mind, maybe he was a young and arrogant person, and he would inevitably worry that Wen Chou would compete with him for power, but he never expected that Wen Chou was respectful everywhere since he took office, always modest, and respected him very much, but he was not at all like a person who won fame with his military exploits, and he was as gentle and elegant as a Confucian student.

Li Jin is loyal and benevolent, and while letting go of his heart, he also reciprocated the kindness expressed by Wen Chou, so yesterday when Wen Chou said that "the first Wang Yaode did not watch the soldiers", he said happily, "Then from now on, the military will rely more on the lieutenant." (To be continued.) )