Xuzhou has always been not short of capable and resourceful people, the history of the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms era from Xuzhou out of the first-class talents are Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, Wang Lang, Xu Sheng and others, but also Langya Zhuge two brothers Zhuge Jin and Zhuge Liang, as well as the Chen father and son of Guangling, the East China Sea Mi brothers......

From this point of view, there is no shortage of talents in Xuzhou, and what is lacking is a tolerant atmosphere, or a stable and stable environment.

Lu Zhi was not afraid of the danger of the four wars in Xuzhou, gave up the originally stable and comfortable Jizhou, and came to the depressed and withered Tancheng, naturally he did not come here to visit the mountains and rivers and visit old friends, he came to Xuzhou with a heavy heart to clean up the mess.

After entering Tancheng, the first thing Lu Zhi did was not to ask Mi Zhu, who temporarily took charge of Xuzhou affairs, to move out of the state pastoral mansion as soon as possible, but to mobilize the soldiers and civilians in the city to immediately launch a large-scale cleaning operation to thoroughly clean up inside and outside Tancheng to prevent the outbreak of epidemics. The stones piled up on both sides of the road in the city, which were originally used to block the city gates, were carved into tombstones by Lu Zhi's order, and placed in a newly built cemetery ten miles outside the city, to honor the soldiers who died in the battle to defend Tancheng.

Through this move, Lu Zhi sent a signal to the soldiers and civilians of Xuzhou, that is, in the future, Tancheng will no longer need to block the city gate hole with a stone from the inside, even if there is a strong enemy to besiege Tancheng, he is confident to lead everyone to defend the city.

Mi Zhu was not resistant to Lu Zhi's arrival, and he couldn't wait to unload the heavy responsibility on his shoulders and hurry back to his hometown in Qu County to rest for a while. A high position of authority may seem to make people jealous, but it also requires ability and ability. Mi Zhu felt that he might be competent as an individual driver, but he was still not able to serve as the number one in the state, and he had to die of exhaustion after a long time.

Zhao Yu and Wang Lang and other local scholars in Xuzhou welcomed Lu Zhi who was born in Confucianism, and they even felt in their hearts that Lu Zhi, who was both civil and military, was more suitable to serve as the state pastor of Xuzhou, a place like Xuzhou, which was a place of four wars, than Tao Qian, the previous state pastor. Although these scholars have a certain class commonality, they are also difficult to be outstanding in terms of personal character and cultivation, and as long as they sincerely support Lu Zhi's administration, they will become an important force.

Military generals such as Cao Bao, Cao Hong and Zhang Min were also obedient to Lu Zhi's arrival, and did not dare to have any disrespectful words and deeds. At the beginning, General Lu Zhonglang was a fierce man who had pacified the Yellow Turban army in several states, and they met Lu Zhi. It's like a student meeting a teacher. I can't give birth to any thoughts that go beyond the norm.

Lu Zhi appointed Mi Zhu as Xuzhou's other driver, and concurrently led the post of Taishou of the East China Sea, appointed Zhao Yu as the governor of the central government, and appointed Wang Lang as the East Cao Peng. Mi Fang was appointed as a soldier. Cao Bao was appointed as the Taishou of Xiapi. concurrently held the post of lieutenant, appointed Cao Hong as the Taishou of Pengcheng, and concurrently held the post of lieutenant. Chen Qi was appointed as the Taishou of Guangling, Chen Deng, the son of Chen Qi, was appointed as the Governor of Guangling, Zhang Min was appointed as the Governor of the East China Sea, and Xu Sheng was appointed as the Governor of the East China Sea.

The appointment of officials in Xuzhou does not seem to be unexpected, but there is actually a lot of mystery inside. Xuzhou originally had Langya, Pengcheng and Xiapi three counties, Donghai and Guangling two counties, Lu Zhi came to Xuzhou and directly changed the three counties that existed in name only to counties, so that Xuzhou has five counties, and Langya in the north has been actually controlled by Zang Ba, and Guangling in the south is controlled by Chen, Lu Zhi does not plan to do anything to Zang Ba and Chen Qi father and son who are actually divided, so he appointed Zang Ba as Langya Taishou and appointed Chen Jue as Guangling Taishou.

Cao Bao and Cao Hong, brothers were originally old generals brought to Xuzhou by Tao Qian from Danyang, and this time they also made contributions to the defense of Tancheng, and Lu Zhi divided Xiapi County and Pengcheng County after Cao Jun sacked them, and also handed over the military command of each county to them, which appeared to be fair and selfless. The only remaining Donghai County, originally the largest county in Xuzhou, had twelve counties, and now the three counties of Hexiang, Changxi and Yinping, which are close to Yanzhou, are controlled by Cao Cao's general Cao Zhen, and the rest are actually controlled by the Mi family.

Lu Zhi, as an outsider, has no foundation in Xuzhou, and now plays the role of a mediator of all forces, he relies on his personal prestige to envelop Zhao Yu, Wang Lang and other scholars, and reasonably hand over the most important Donghai County to Mi Zhu, and then transfer Cao Bao and Cao Hong out of Tancheng one after another, although it seems to have given up most of the power in his hands, but so that the forces of all parties are temporarily peaceful, so as not to continue to fight around Tancheng.

In Lu Zhi's opinion, it is better to control the incomplete county of the East China Sea than to disperse the forces that can be called up to the counties.

Lu Zhi was well versed in the way of governance, and understood that Xuzhou at this time was like a seriously ill patient, and he could not use those excessively violent "medicines" as soon as he came up, and he also needed to use some mild means to regulate and restore his vitality, so he did not copy his experience in Youzhou and Jizhou to Xuzhou, but adopted the opinions of Mi Zhu, Zhao Yu and Wang Lang and others, and first focused on restoring order and production in Xuzhou, and did not rush to replenish troops and expand armaments after the war.

Lu Zhi sent a message to Chen Qi in Guangling, asking Chen Qi to find a way to persuade the people who fled to Guangling in Pengcheng and Xiapi to return to their hometowns, and sent a message to Zang Ba to remind Zang Ba to rest with the people and not to expropriate in Langya, which led to the boiling of public resentment.

Chen Qi was grateful to Lu Zhi for not pursuing his son Chen Deng's loss of the north gate in Tancheng, so he asked the counties of Guangling to send the displaced people who had gathered and hid in the territory to Xiapi and Pengcheng to cultivate, which was regarded as a support and gratitude to Lu Zhi.

Although Zang Ba was born as a martial artist, he was born in a family of officials since he was a child, and he did not know anything about Shi Zhengmin, he knew that if he wanted to go down in Langya County, he could not only rely on the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, but also have the support of the local people, so he attached great importance to Lu Zhi's reminder, and specially sent people to Tancheng to meet Lu Zhi, begging Lu Zhi to select some honest and promising young officials to be sent to Langya to do things. Lu Zhi naturally would not let go of this good opportunity to "mix sand" with Langya, and specially selected a group of officials from the state and handed them over to Zang Ba. Although Xuzhou has just experienced a big war, the foundation is still there, and it is not difficult to select some officials to come out and do things.

Among these officials sent to Langya, there are several young descendants of the Liu family in Tancheng during the adulteration period, their names are Liu Chi, Liu Po and Liu Le, who are the same generation as Liu He.

Some people say that they have seen Tai Shi Ci appear on the Yuzhou Mountain Island in Qu County, and some people say that they have seen Tai Shi Ci go to Kaiyang to visit Zang Ba, and some people say that they saw Tai Shi Ci with dozens of followers in Pengcheng and Xiapi, and some people say that Tai Shi Ci did not go anywhere, and was training soldiers and horses for the Zhou Mu in a secret camp in Yushan.

All of these people are right, and they are not right. Because Tai Shici did go to the places mentioned above, but now he has quietly left Xuzhou and returned to the north where the war is imminent.

Tai Shici appeared on Yuzhou Mountain Island in order to survey the island on the spot and find a place for the Youzhou sailors to go south along the coast in advance; Tai Shici went to Kaiyang to meet Zang Ba alone, to pass some words to Zang Ba for Liu He; Tai Shici appeared in Pengcheng and Xiapi with his subordinates, secretly drawing and recording the topographic maps of the mountains and rivers of these counties, and collecting intelligence from Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Yangzhou and other places; Tai Shici appeared in the Yushan barracks in order to teach a few "apprentices" how to arrange troops, how to train soldiers, and how to lead troops to fight.

Who are Tai Shici's apprentices? They are Mi Fang, who was born as a son, Xu Sheng, who was born as a scholar, and Guan Hai, who was born as a homeless leader.

Why did Guan Hai come to Xuzhou? It turned out that when Lu Zhi went to Xuzhou from Jizhou, because he considered that Guan Hai was familiar with the road and had good martial arts, he let him go with him, which could not only be used as a guide, but also to protect safety on the way. Although Lu Zhi was very reluctant to leave Tai Shici, for the sake of the overall situation of Youzhou and Jizhou in the north, he had to let Guan Hai stay in Xuzhou and hide it as a hole card, and he might be able to use it at a critical time in the future.

When Tai Shici left Xuzhou, he did not alarm anyone, and he left dozens of middle and low-level officers who were brought to Xuzhou from Jizhou to Lu Zhi, and these people are now promoted several levels in the army, becoming a force in the army that Lu Zhi can rely on in the future. There was a bad old man and a few doctors with medicine baskets on their backs, as well as a "boy brother" who dressed as a man, this old man and this pink boy brother were both people Liu He wanted to see by name, so his identity was extremely special and noble.

Because Tai Shi Ci had already met Zang Ba, the two sides had reached some preliminary agreements, so when Tai Shi Ci led the team from Tancheng to the north through Langya County, Zang Ba specially sent guards to escort them all the way until Tai Shi Ci was sent to the territory of Kong Rong in Beihai.

Tai Shi Ci and Kong Rong have been friends for many years, and now he is famous, and Kong Rong naturally attaches more importance to it, so he specially sent his subordinate general Wu Anguo to respond, and also set up a banquet in Xi County, and kept Tai Shi Ci for a few days, and then sent Tai Shi Ci to continue to the north.

If Tai Shici is connected from Jizhou to Xuzhou, it will be found that Youzhou and Xuzhou are now not only connected by a sea communication line, but also a stable land communication line has been formed.

Although this road is a detour, adding a lot of distance, it is of great significance, and may even change the fate of Qingzhou and Xuzhou in the future...... (To be continued......)