Ma Teng persuaded Han Sui to surrender although it was expected by Guan Yu but still made Guan Yu overjoyed, this is the result he hoped to see, Guan Yu personally welcomed Han Sui into the city inside and outside the river, and put up lights, clean water splashed the street loess mat road to welcome Han Sui into the city, two enemies who had fought on the battlefield for many years this time their hands were tightly clasped together, I have to admit that this effect can be achieved is the result of Guan Yu's strong strength behind Han Sui's complete conquest, this time Han Sui was completely convinced, Han Sui surrendered to Guan Yu, As the master of the entire state, together with the entire state, Guan Yu obtained the land of the state, and sat on the state, which has a population of nearly 700,000 in nine counties, including 120,000 in Shangdang, 200,000 in Taiyuan, 28,000 in Shangjun, 20,000 in Xihe, 23,000 in Wuyuan, 26,000 in Yunzhong, 13,000 in Dingxiang, 250,000 in Yanmen, and 7,000 in Shuofang.

Guan Yu annexed and obtained the land and population strength of the state again, Guan Yu held a meeting in Hanoi, studied and deployed some matters, and arranged the personnel of the state, Guan Yu decided to appoint Ma Teng as the governor of the state (Zheng Yipin) to preside over the military and political affairs of the state, Han Sui took over the role of Ma Teng as the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, Guan Yu also conducted a simple investigation and inspection of the work in Hanoi, and listened to Yang Jun's work report. After listening to the work report of Yang Jun, the county guard of Hanoi, Guan Yu fully affirmed the work of Hanoi, especially affirmed the efforts made by Yang Jun and others in resisting aggression, and encouraged Yang Jun to make persistent efforts in the future work to make the work to a higher level, Guan Yu also put forward suggestions and opinions on the future development of Hanoi County, and put forward requirements for the work of Hanoi, and Yang Jun, the county guard of Hanoi, also made a statement, saying that he must live up to Guan Yu's hopes, face difficulties, and conscientiously implement the reform policies of the imperial court in the future work. In light of the specific situation in Hanoi, it has been carefully implemented. Efforts should be made to implement the various tasks of the reform in place, complete them in accordance with the time set forth at the meeting, and strive to achieve the best and better results under the premise of ensuring quality and quantity.

Guan Yu finished the meeting in Hanoi and was about to leave for Luoyang, when Ma Teng found him, Guan Yu saw Ma Teng coming and knew his intention. The two immediately greeted each other, and Ma Teng got straight to the point and said to Guan Yu: "Prime Minister! This is not the position of state assassin, I think it is better to seek another skill. You see that I am already a person who has passed the age of not being confused, and people of a handful of years have no energy at all, in addition to my ability after all, I can't compare with young people, for fear of losing the prime minister, I think I still stay with the prime minister in Luoyang to do some simple things, I'm afraid I can't do well when I work independently! ”

"Master Ma, you are humble, in fact, I can understand you, you want to stay in Luoyang. I think so, it is a matter of urgency to keep Ma Daren in Bingzhou is a well-thought-out and not groundless, and Bingzhou is a land that has just been received, and it is imperative to promote various things of reform here. In addition, Master Ma has accumulated rich experience in governing Xinjiang in Xiliang for many years, and it is not a problem to lead the affairs of the state. It is the most suitable person to let Master Ma serve as the assassin of the state! What does Master Ma think? Guan Yu analyzed Ma Teng.

Ma Teng heard this and said, "Cheng is so relieved of me? Aren't you afraid of me if you still want me to be a feudal official? ”

"Huh! Master Ma, this is that you think too much, if I am afraid, I will not let you do it, and since I let you do it, I am not afraid that you will do it, I Guan Yu can do this position today, if I don't have this certainty, my head would have moved a long time ago, do you say that this is the truth of my Lord Ma? Guan Yu patted Ma Teng's shoulder as he spoke, and then said, "And I firmly believe that you Master Ma will not do this!" ”

After hearing this, Ma Teng looked at Guan Yu with firm eyes and asked, "Is the prime minister really so relieved of me?" ”

Guan Yu looked at Ma Teng and nodded after hearing this, which meant yes. Ma Teng continued: "Thanks to Cheng's trust in me, but then again, my affairs in Luoyang have not yet been completed, so I changed the commander halfway, wouldn't my remaining work have to be abandoned halfway, and wouldn't this affect the reform plan?" ”

"You don't have to worry about this, you just have to be your assassin. And I understand that you want to stay in Luoyang, and I understand your feelings, you can rest assured that it won't be long before you will be transferred to Luoyang again, and your role as the assassin of the state is temporary, and I will determine a new candidate in the future! Guan Yu then said to Ma Teng.

Ma Teng continued: "The prime minister is really well-intentioned, Ma Teng will live up to the prime minister's due diligence and dedication to govern the state!" I hope Prime Minister Chrysostom will speak for granted! ”

"I, Guan Yu, as the prime minister, are spitting and foaming! Speaking of doing it, but let's talk ugly in front, we have a premise here, what premise? That is, we must do a good job in merging the state, and implement the various goals set by the reform in the merger, and the land that is recovered after the reform is for the merger, and then I will make specific development goals for the state, and then the people of Ma should be ready? Guan Yu then said to Ma Teng.

Ma Teng immediately said: "Prime Minister rest assured, my Ma Teng's ability Prime Minister has seen it, what is the merger of a state, and I guarantee to complete the task!" ”

Guan Yu nodded at Ma Teng after hearing this, his eyes were full of trust and expectation

After explaining the affairs of Bingzhou, Guan Yu intuitively relaxed all over his body, and his territory expanded again, a little incredible and a little reasonable, for Bingzhou, especially for Han Sui Guan Yu never paid attention to it, he thought that this Han Sui would be a piece of meat in his mouth sooner or later, and it would be a matter of time before he ate it, originally he wanted to put Han Sui's affairs aside and concentrate on solving the war in the east, but Han Sui's several times of harassment made Guan Yu put cleaning him up on the agenda, this time Guan Yu was really excited, He personally mentioned that the army arrived in Hanoi by surprise, and Han Sui couldn't parry it as soon as he simply exchanged troops, and his four-step general was not an opponent at all, and in terms of overall combat ability, Guan Yu's army, which had achieved specialization, was even more powerful, and Han Sui's army was tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, and it was completely vulnerable, only the ability to parry and not the power to fight back.

This battle is an effective test of Guan Yu's regularization and specialization since the troops, it can be said that these 30,000 new forces are in the realization of a practical training of specialization, this battle Guan Yu dispatched his heavy cavalry and many arms, his arms played to the fullest, Han Sui's army was defeated in one fell swoop. Han Sui's army is not an opponent at all, where have they ever seen such a strong army, especially these heavy cavalry, it is simply an iron wall, you cut down people unharmed, and people kill you like a bag. With such an incomparable battle, how could Han Sui not be defeated and Guan Yu not win? It is precisely because of this duel that Han Sui completely lost confidence and lost his will, how could he fight Guan Yu? Not to mention the strength of the generals, let alone individual combat, there is no advantage in any aspect.

This battle greatly enhanced Guan Yu's confidence, and the victory was determined in one battle, and the state was taken after this decisive battle, which has to be said to be a miracle. The most important thing is that Han Sui has no backhand power, this time Han Sui personally raised 50,000 troops to invade the territory, this is also the main force of his state, it can also be said to be the trump card troops, and all his subordinates have also pulled out, it can be said that this is his strength, but this is such a strength in front of Guan Yu is simply vulnerable to defeat with one blow, and it is just a waste of time to fight again. This battle made Han Sui completely convinced, even if he raised all the men and horses of the state to fight Guan Yu, it was not Guan Yu's opponent, and the only result at that time was destruction. Han Sui also completely figured it out this time, it was better to mix with Guan Yu if there was no way out and no future, and at this time, Guan Yu threw him an olive branch and wanted to surrender to him, which was in his arms, after all, the current Guan Yu represents the imperial court. Following Guan Yu is justified, and this can be regarded as finding a way out by himself

After Guan Yu arranged the affairs of the state, an inexplicable sense of accomplishment arose, although the state was not very developed, but the strategic position should not be underestimated, which was like a sharp knife stuck in Yuan Shao's back. In view of the particularity of the strategic position, Guan Yu decided to arrange for Wen Ping to go to the town to guard and merge the state as the general of the left, so Wen Ping was transferred from Luoyang to go to the state to assist Ma Teng in office, which is also an important personnel appointment and dismissal, Wen Ping followed Guan Yu for many years and finally won Guan Yu's trust and respect, as the position of Si Li's school captain, since Guan Yu followed Dong Zhuo to Luoyang, Wen Ping has been serving in Luoyang, until he was promoted to Si Li's school captain, the time in Luoyang can be described as not short, this time Guan Yu transferred Wen Ping out of Luoyang has far-reaching implications.

Guan Yu returned to Luoyang with Han Sui, Xu Huang, Ma Chao and others and an army of 30,000 people, this time Guan Yu went back and forth for nearly a month, unlike in the past, this month's Luoyang did not have a war and belonged to the calm stage, which made Guan Yu save a lot of heart, after returning to Luoyang, Guan Yu found Wen Ping to tell Wen Ping the decision on the road, Wen Ping also felt very sudden about this decision, but he still supported Guan Yu's decision, saying that he would live up to Guan Yu's military and state. Guan Yu also made a suggestion to Wen Ping, Guan Yu said that Wen Ping said: "Let you go to Bingzhou to serve is not light, but trust and respect for you, and Zhou is Yuan Shao's rear, in the future we will sooner or later recover Jizhou to conquer Yuan Shao, and today we won Bingzhou is an important chess piece for the future subordinates, you go to Bingzhou this time, in addition to basic defense, you must also train elite soldiers, build a strong team, and at the same time do a good job in defense, and strive to expand the source of troops in Bingzhou, In the future, we will build an army of no less than 100,000 people in Bingzhou, and the task of military construction is very arduous. ”

"Although the prime minister can rest assured, I have followed the prime minister for so many years, and I will do this well without dishonoring my mission!" Wen Ping immediately said.

Guan Yu continued: "I decided to allocate 500,000 taels of silver to Bingzhou for local construction, of which 300,000 is for military construction, and now Bingzhou has nearly 40,000 troops, this time you go to the post and I will give you another 20,000 horses, so that the strength of Bingzhou will increase to 60,000, which can play the most basic offensive and defensive role, and then it is your business, I believe that you will be able to do a good job in the affairs of Bingzhou, and I also believe in your ability!" ”

"The prime minister has placed so much hope on me and provided such great support, I will definitely carry out the military of the state, as mentioned by the prime minister, and let the military cause of the state be at the forefront!" Wen Ping continued.

Guan Yu told again: "You are going to take office as General Zuo this time, the rank of deputy Yipin, before I asked Ma Teng to serve as the assassin of Bingzhou, and the rank given to him is Zhengyipin, so that he is fully responsible for the military and political affairs of the state, but mainly for government affairs, this time I will appoint you to merge the state." You must fully cooperate with Ma Teng's work, you have cooperated before, and you have also set up a team together, and you have a tacit understanding and have achieved great results, I believe that in the future you will also achieve new brilliance in the state! ”

"Prime Minister rest assured, I will fully cooperate with the work of Master Ma and do a good job of unity. Let's do a good job together! Wen Ping said again.

In this way, Wen Ping was transferred out of Luoyang to take up his post in the state

Now Luoyang personnel is on the agenda again, Zhu Jun died in battle, and now Wenpin has been transferred, and two important positions have been vacated at once, Guan Yu thought about it for a while and decided to let Liu Bei come to the post of Tai Lieutenant, cancel the post of general of the Che Cavalry, and the lieutenant of the division was served by Xu Huang, and Han Sui replaced Ma Teng as the Shaoqing of Dali Temple (Zheng Erpin), and the personnel appointment and dismissal of several people were finalized again. The next thing is to pass at the meeting of the imperial court, and now the imperial court meeting must invite Emperor Xian to participate in everything that involves the appointment of a senior member, which is also a kind of respect for Emperor Xian, since Emperor Xian took office with Guan Yu, he has a lot of freedom, except for basic military and political affairs, his behavior is generally unrestrained and restricted, after all, he is still a child.

Guan Yu convened the imperial court meeting again. It can be said that 80% of the current court is Guan Yu's people, and everyone who opposes Guan Yu has basically been eliminated. Including the previous eunuchs and relatives or something, the forces have basically been eliminated, so the current court can be said to be clean and upright, at least most of them support Guan Yu, but then again, you can't support it, Guan Yu's strong military power has prompted him to be like a fish in water in the political arena, and he is also thriving. Even Emperor Xian had to follow him, because the whole court was basically his voice and cronies or confidants, and there were really too many people who followed Guan Yu, not only did he sit on the military power and gain power, but Guan Yu also mastered the financial power. Now the treasury of the imperial court has to be controlled by Guan Yu, and large expenditures must be signed and agreed by Guan Yu, otherwise no one dares to move.

Guan Yu held this imperial court meeting in the Chongde Palace, before the meeting Yang Xiu and Cai Wenji had already arranged for people to carefully arrange the entire meeting, and at the same time listed the list of participants, Emperor Xian was invited to participate in this meeting, and now Emperor Xian also realized that as long as he can participate in the meeting, it must not be an ordinary meeting, it must be an important meeting, Emperor Xian also changed his outfit before participating, put on a dragon robe, and the ministers also came one after another, unlike in the past, Guan Yu held this meeting all set up seats, That is to say, everyone who comes to participate has seats, Guan Yu's seat is located next to the emperor, in addition to having a seat, Guan Yu is also equipped with a table for speaking, which is also in accordance with Guan Yu's wishes

At the appointed time, the ministers came to the meeting on time, Zongzheng Liu Bei, Taichang Qing Chongji, Taifu Lu Kui, Taifu Ma Rixi, Zuo Zhonglang Cai Yong, Yilang Zhang Fan, Xu Huang, Ma Chao, Zhang He and Henan Yin Liang Xi all came to attend this meeting, everyone walked into the court in turn according to their own grades and sat baptized, Emperor Xian sat on the court and looked down on the ministers, Guan Yu sat on the side of the emperor, his hands on the table and looked at the ministers with a stern expression, and there was a fold in his hand. At the appointed time, Guan Yu announced the opening of the meeting.

Guan Yu lay on the table with his hands on his hand, and began to speak: "There are three things to report when I convene you today, first of all, the first thing is to pass the appointment and dismissal of a person, and after I discussed with His Majesty, it was decided that Liu Bei would also serve as a lieutenant; There is no longer the post of general of the chariot and cavalry; appointed Ma Teng as the history of the state assassin (Zhengyipin); Wen Ping was in charge of military affairs for General Zuo (deputy Yipin); Han Sui is the Shaoqing of Dali Temple (Zheng Erpin); appointed Xu Huang as the lieutenant of the division; As soon as this appointment decision was announced, all the ministers looked at each other, and a few people were still muttering something quietly, but none of them came out to raise objections.

After Guan Yu finished announcing, he looked at the steps with a serious expression, and after a while, he saw that no one raised an objection and then said: "It seems that everyone has no objections, so let's move on to the next item, the next item is actually a matter that is purely my personal problem, even if I give you a letter today, it can be regarded as a happy event, I am about to marry Cai Zhonglang's beloved daughter Cai Wenji!" ”

After Guan Yu finished speaking, the stairs were like a calm water surface churning all of a sudden, everyone cheered and applauded, some generals also applauded, it can be seen that everyone's mood is very happy, the atmosphere of the entire court has also changed from the previous tension to relaxed, everyone's face suddenly became cloudy and clear, everyone congratulated Guan Yu one after another, Guan Yu also bowed his hand to express his gratitude, Guan Yu continued: "Why do you want to talk about this matter above the court?" One is to convey a good news to everyone, but to make a statement, what to declare? That is, in a few days I will be ready to hold a ceremony, here I want to say that I am now the prime minister, to get married to have a ceremony but absolutely no gift money, no gift money does not mean that everyone is not welcome to participate, on the contrary, I hope everyone can come to participate, you can do not bring a penny but you must drink this wine! This is one point I want to reiterate! (To be continued......)