Chapter 180: Another year
In a blink of an eye, it has been three years in Zhongping, that is, in 186 AD, since he was appointed to Pingxiang to resist the Han Sui rebels in March, it has been more than nine months, Jincheng County has been a big county after more than six months of operation, and now Xianlian Pavilion is all over the counties of Dahan, and even some important county towns have been placed in Xianlian Pavilion, intelligence officers have been trained and distributed all over the country, and there are Jia Rong's intelligence systems in the thirteen states, as long as there is a little wind and grass, these news will quickly reach Jia Rong's hands.
During this time, Jia Xu and his own contact became closer and closer, through Jia Xu's mouth, I learned a lot of Dong Zhuojun's latest movements, and Dong Zhuo did not send anyone to ask for his detention of Huaxiong Guo Yan and 3,000 soldiers and horses, it is said that Dong Zhuo is very angry about this matter, this is a naked digging of the corner of the old boss, but now Jia Rong's strength is no longer the master who can be manipulated by others, in order to continue to maintain a close relationship with Jia Rong, Dong Zhuo can only turn a blind eye to this matter, There have never been two people under Quan Dang, Huaxiong and Guo Yan, and Dong Zhuo still hopes that Huaxiong Guo Yan can come back.
Gradually, Jia Rong has faded from the cusp of the storm, not the original Jia Zhiyuan who made the city full of wind and rain in Luoyang, and the relationship with the Han Emperor is getting closer and closer, mainly because of Su Shuang, the middleman has been working hard, the Han Emperor has earned about 300,000 yuan through the Xianlian Pavilion, the Han Emperor thought that Su Shuang was full of laughter, during which Zhang Rang also continued to say good things for Jia Rong, Jia Rong was no longer the disobedient Beidi County Taishou in the heart of the Han Emperor, and transformed into a loyal and good general of the Han Dynasty.
Jincheng County is developed, but Jia Rong is getting busier and busier, and it is a big problem to sort out the information from all over the place, in the letter with Jia Xu, Jia Rong indirectly expressed the hope that Jia Xu can return to Jincheng, Jia Xu did not object to this, and today's Xiliang Army is not comparable to the past, Jia Xu can not play much role in staying in Dong Zhuojun, in fact, at the beginning Jia Xu also had the idea of testing Jia Rong, if Jia Rong accidentally died on the battlefield, then Jia Xu will be free, Jia Xu in history is not the kind of person who starts from the beginning.
Now that Jia Rong's strength can be put on the stage, and he has his own shili, Jia Xu can play a greater role when he returns to Jincheng.
Zhang Zhao in Jia Rong and Zhang Li's efforts, stayed in Jincheng County, the two brothers jointly take care of the internal affairs of Jincheng County, the family has a saying that put eggs in different baskets, but the current situation of the Zhang family is not very good, otherwise it would not have moved away because of Tao Qian, Zhang Zhao is worthy of the title of internal affairs talent, in the overall situation of military strategy may be slightly insufficient, but the governance of internal affairs is easy, anyway, many problems that are difficult to deal with in Jia Rong can be easily solved in Zhang Zhao's hands, Under Zhang Zhao's treatment, Jincheng County is even more prosperous.
Zhang Zhao added some measures to Jia Rong's relationship with the Qiang people, in the time of war, the Qiang people must support enough troops and war horses, when Jia Rong mentioned these, the patriarchs of the Qiang tribes agreed without thinking about it, and now Jia Rong's prestige among the Qiang people is unmatched.
Jia Rong gave them the life that generations of Qiang people dreamed of, so that every family could have a house to live in and land to cultivate, and more importantly, they were completely equal to the Han people, even the Huns who lived in the Han realm did not have such treatment, and there were various opportunities to make money in Jincheng County, so that the Qiang people could have a surplus, and no longer have to worry about being unclothed and hungry.
Drinking water and thinking of the source, they also understood that all this was brought to them by Jia Rong, and they did not dare to guarantee that Jia Rong's future Taishou would be like this, but they had full confidence in Jia Rong, and various reasons led the Qiang tribe to absolutely obey Jia Rong's orders.
Jia Rong can feel that the current Jincheng County has grown up, and no one is allowed to ignore it, the people in the city have become a lot richer, and there is still a lot of surplus money in the case of ensuring that they do not starve, there are more businessmen in Jincheng County, not only do they consume more, but they also need a lot of buddies, so it solves a big problem for Jincheng County, and the people from Beidi County can basically find a good job, and they can spend this winter without the support of the Taishou government, which invisibly saves a lot of expenses for Jincheng County, From the faces of the people in the city, Jia Rong could feel something called happiness.
The city wall of Jincheng has been reinforced, the city wall has been heightened to five zhang, the thickness of the city wall is also more than one zhang, the grain and grass in the city are roughly estimated, enough for the soldiers and civilians in the city to use for more than a year, such a strong city, as long as it is firmly defended, even if the army of 100,000 can only cry out in vain, not to mention that the elite of the Xiliang army is not comparable to ordinary soldiers.
Han Suijun's movements Jia Rong also learned through his own means, in fact, Jia Rong also knew that the family in the city and Han Sui had a close relationship, but Jincheng County was in the period of development, and moving these family tyrants would only play a counter-role, and now Jincheng County has grown up, and the people have completely put their hearts down, if the people have not had confidence in Jia Rong for such a long time, it can only be said that Jia Rong has been mixed up for so long, and the local tyrants of the family will not be able to jump for a few days.
However, the influence of the local tyrants of the family is still very great, they occupy a lot of fertile land in Jincheng, and every family has a lot of tenants and families, even if they are eradicated, there will be great turmoil in Jincheng County, and the first thing to deal with these families is to deal with the problems of the people first.
It is worth mentioning that although the paper mill in Jincheng County did not introduce advanced jishu, the amount of paper produced is also getting higher and higher, especially the jishu of movable type printing is becoming more and more proficient, more and more books have been printed, poetry and books including the Analects have been popularized among the officials and generals of Jincheng County, and many things about Jincheng County books have been passed out by Jia Rong through his own channels, and many students have rushed to Jincheng County just to get knowledge, even if the family is rhetorical, Jia Rong gave the people of the world knowledge, which is the courage that the family does not have, and the world's remarks fell to Jia Rong's side under the influence of books, after all, Jia Rong did it for the whole world, and there are only a handful of historical figures who can compare with such a mind.
For these students from afar, Jia Rong gave the greatest care, the books only charged the cost, and the cost of accommodation in the city was greatly discounted, Jia Rong didn't want to make any money from the books, just wanted to have a good relationship with these students, these people will be the talent pool of Jincheng County in the future, anyway, providing books in this era is no less than the grace of knowledge, many students were recruited by the Taishou Mansion, and immediately agreed, which greatly enriched the talents of the Xiliang Army.
Jia Rong's movable type printing has reduced the influence of the family in the folk invisibly a lot, and the people of Pingming value the knowledge of the family, and do not want to become a fool in the eyes of the world, and want to enter the court through knowledge, Jia Rong solves the problem of books is equivalent to giving many people hope.
With books, it is much easier to set up a school, and what Jia Rong needs is not those Confucian students who are full of mouths and long speeches, but talents who can really govern the people, and students' textbooks also need to be carefully chosen.
Many of the teachers in the school are scholars who have been left behind to study in various places, Jia Rong provides them with books, and they are responsible for teaching talents, these students are basically aspiring young people from poor families, and they understand how difficult it is for a child from an ordinary family to want to study, and after listening to Jia Rong's general plan, he agreed, and at the same time felt deep admiration for Jia Rong's behavior.
Jia Rong won the hearts of countless scholars by doing this, but he also completely offended the family, and the Han Emperor's ears never broke bad words about Jia Rong, but the Han Emperor was immersed in the interest of making money, and he didn't want to touch Jia Rong, the hen that laid golden eggs.
Jia Rong has lost count of how much money he has, and these numbers may cause panic in the world, and Jia Rong also understands that this money is actually nothing in the eyes of those real big families, and there are many businessmen in the big Han Dynasty.
The selection of soldiers began, and the rules of selection were completely in accordance with the previous system of the Xiliang Army, but all soldiers who were unqualified in martial arts and did not know how to cooperate were directly brushed down, and their loyalty may be very high, but what the Xiliang Army did not want was not only loyalty, but also elite soldiers, and warriors who could fight well.
In the end, 20,000 soldiers were left after a lot of selection, and there were 17,000 left, this result surprised Jia Rong, he had inspected the quality of these soldiers before, and it was already good to be able to leave 15,000 people, but I didn't expect that after such a half a month, the soldier's ability to improve so quickly, it seems that the potential of people is indeed infinite, as long as you are good at development, you can get unexpected results, under strong pressure, Zhang Fei can also become an excellent embroiderer.
The three thousand soldiers who left gloomily, Jia Rong let them leave after no one distributed the military expenses, and before leaving, Jia Rong gave them a passionate speech, so that these first batch of soldiers who retired from the Xiliang Army were high-spirited again, Jia Rong asked them to study and practice hard after they went back, and strive to pass as soon as possible, and they would be given a chance when the Xiliang Army was recruited.
Most of the soldiers of the Han Dynasty have no military salary, except for the standing soldiers of the border counties, the soldiers in the territory are assembled in wartime, and they go back to their respective homes in peacetime, and there is no military salary, Jia Rong's treatment of the Xiliang army is three times that of the standing army of the border county; And there is nothing to say about the food of the Xiliang Army, there must be meat every day, this is an order issued since Jia Rong became rich, and no one can suffer the soldiers.
The Xiliang Army has become a place that young people who want to be soldiers yearn for, just the food treatment is enough to attract anyone's attention, and the most important thing is that the commander of the Xiliang Army is Jia Rong.