However, Wang Xu didn't have much time to be sentimental, and from the second day after returning to Quanling, looking at the mountains of official documents, his head turned into two big. Fortunately, Xu Shu, Wang Kai, and Wang Fei helped, otherwise he would really have the urge to flip the table and leave. And Wang Xu, who saw that he was busy with official business, did not dare to relax in the slightest, and sent out the pardon list as quickly as possible.

I have to say that Xu Shu's construction was very effective, and in just three or four days, a large number of officials rushed back. Wang Xu didn't have time to assess the quality of these people, and all those who came back were appeased, so he reinstated them to their posts, just to survive the current difficulties. But he had all the high-ranking positions in the key departments, and although he was very anxious to restore the operation of Lingling County, he would rather be more lacking than indiscriminate in this regard, and he would never hand over the lifeblood department to waste.

With the rapid operation of the county government, the pacification decree was finally able to reach the vast majority of the county. With the exception of the three counties of Yingdao, Yingpu and Lingdao, which were occupied by bandits from the southeast, the rest of the counties are recovering rapidly. As for Gao Shun Xu Sheng's group of generals, Wang Xu did not let them be idle, and all matters related to military affairs were handed over to them to deal with.

Seeing that the entire Lingling County was on the right track day by day, Wang Xu's mood gradually improved. In particular, Liu Xian, Liu Qian, Pang Ji and others arrived one after another, which made him overjoyed, and he originally thought that he would write a letter first, and then personally "ascend to Yong" to succeed, but he knew that it was just a summoning order to summon them all. But after some conversation, he vaguely understood that the reason why these people came so easily was because of his high prestige, outstanding ability, and promising! The second is because of the status of the Wang family in the scholar clan!

This also made Wang Xu sigh, his initial cognition was really correct. In the late Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms, a period of gate valves, the first thing was prestige, followed by the background, and it was no wonder that Yuan Shao ascended to the heights, and the righteous people of Hebei rushed to join him. Of course, ability is a hidden condition, like Yuan Shao, Guo Jia and Xun Yu took refuge, but it didn't take long for them to run away when they saw that they were difficult to work together!

And these three people are indeed really talented and learned, and they have given Wang Xu a lot of suggestions to stabilize the situation in Lingling, and it is no wonder that they are all Liu Biao's senior staff members in history. But for the appointment of the three people, Wang Xu was a little hesitant, and it was not an exaggeration to be a county official with their ability, but it was a pity that there could only be one deputy of the county guard. In addition, Wang Xu also wants to keep the position of this county Cheng, after all, he still wants to recruit more talents, if Guo Jia is suddenly obtained one day, it is impossible for him to start from the grassroots level!

As this problem arises, more troublesome things follow. Because Wang Xu suddenly found that he was surrounded by people who had no official position but held great power. Everything is being done, everything is in charge, but until now, except for him who is the imperial court's personal guard, none of the rest of the people have been officially appointed. Even Gao Shun and them are also the generals of the ether guard, temporarily commanding the patchwork army.

Wang Xu carefully studied the various key official positions of the Taishou Mansion for a long time, and then gathered several people at the top to discuss the matter. After a detailed account of each person's merits, a series of personnel appointments were made.

With Wang Kai as the main book, he is responsible for the drafting and issuance of the decree of the Taishou clerical order. With Wang Fei as the soldier Cao Peng, he is in charge of military affairs. With Xu Sheng and Han Meng as captains, he was responsible for commanding the army. With Guan Hai, Yang Feng, and Song Qian as the military horses, they belonged to Xu Sheng and Han Meng. Gao Shun was imitated by Wang Xu in the name of being currently on the border and the prevalence of bandits, and set up a separate position of the county governor to lead the whole army. As for Dian Wei, of course, he was appointed as the subordinate superintendent of the thief Cao, who was specifically responsible for the guards and safety of the Taishou.

And Liu Xian, Liu Qi, and Pang Ji, Wang Xu, did not slack off. With Liu Xian as the household Cao Peng, he is in charge of the households and farmers in the whole county. With Liu Qi as Jin Cao Peng, he was in charge of the county's commerce, currency, salt and iron. With Pang Ji as the deciding Cao Peng, he was in charge of the verdict and imprisonment.

After appointing each official position in one go, Wang Xu also breathed a long sigh of relief. After his gaze slowly swept over everyone, he smiled slightly: "Shi Zong, Zhong Qian, Zi You!" As soon as the chaos is settled, there are only the three of you and my brother Wang Fei among the Cao Peng officials at present, and I will bother you in the future. All matters in the household administration are temporarily represented by the first sect, the financial side is represented by Zhong Qian, and the political and legal aspects are represented by Ziyou. You can do it with all your hands and feet, and you don't have to go through me unless it's a very heavy thing! ”

Hearing this, the three of them were stunned, and after glancing at each other, Liu Xiancai said with some surprise: "General, what do you mean by this, but can we independently issue a decree?" ”

Smiling slightly, Wang Xu nodded affirmatively: "Hmm!" As long as the general policy remains the same, you can decide the rest of the matter. As he spoke, Wang Xu paused in his tone, and added: "But I also hope that you can treat it cautiously and don't live up to General Ben's expectations!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the three of them were a little excited, and they all bowed their hands and said, "We will live up to the general's expectations!" ”

"Good!" Smiling encouragingly at the three of them, Wang Xu didn't say any more, and turned his head to look at the generals on the left: "Gao Shun, second brother!" I also have a heavy task for you. ”

After speaking, he looked at the two of them in confusion before solemnly answering: "You also know that we currently have more than 9,000 soldiers in our hands, of which 5,000 are county soldiers from Lingling County, and 4,000 are rebels who have surrendered. But in my opinion, most of these people are not good, and they are not qualified at all. So I hope that you can do your best to eliminate the old and weak among them and settle them well. And select the best of them to form an elite army! ”

"No!" When the two heard this, they didn't say a word, and immediately nodded their heads.

However, Liu Xian, who was in the first seat on the right, couldn't help but interject: "General, now that the three southeastern counties have not been pacified, there are still about 20,000 thieves in the hands of Zhou Dynasty and Guo Shi, and the thieves in Ou Xing are still cowering in Guiyang County, maybe they will cross the border again, is it a little inappropriate to disarm now?" ”

Hearing this, Wang Xu couldn't help but smile, and he was very satisfied. It seems that Liu Xian and the others sincerely want to do it under their own hands, otherwise they would not be so outspoken. "Shizong, you are good at government affairs, but you are slightly deficient in military affairs. I don't know if you can understand the truth that soldiers are expensive but not too expensive, these 9,000 people are uneven, and displaying them together in a mess will greatly affect the combat strength of the sergeants, and it is inconvenient to command. On the contrary, it is better to choose its strength, and when the time comes, the order will be unified, the army will not be chaotic, and the attack and defense will be orderly, so that everything can be conquered. ”

Hearing this, Liu Xian thought for a while, and then nodded slowly: "Xiaguan understands." ”

"Good! Since everyone has no objection, let's all go and get busy! Zhou Zhi and Zhang Jing stayed for a while. Wang Xu waved his hand.

"No!"

As everyone slowly withdrew from the chamber, Zhou Zhi, who had long been in a panic, rushed up directly, pulled Wang Xu's sleeve, and said with a sad face: "Boss, why don't you have my share, you said that I didn't have merit when I was in the yellow scarf, but I have merit now!" Why don't you even give a petty official. ”

"What are you doing! Let go, don't wipe your nose with my sleeve! Drinking and scolding so violently that he broke free from Zhou Zhi, Wang Xu looked at his official uniform, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Didn't you tell me that you were pretending?" Why it's been almost three years, or this virtue? ”

Zhou Zhi suddenly glanced at Wang Xu with "resentment", and sighed: "Hey! It's really unclear about the personality, and I don't know when it became a habit, so I can't change it. ”

After speaking, he couldn't help complaining: "Boss, this qiē is caused by you, you must compensate me, I think I was also a good man who was gentle and elegant back then!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Jing, who had just stood up over there, suddenly slapped his forehead, and took over the words helplessly: "What you said is a bit fake, and you are still gentle and elegant, I don't believe it if you kill me." ”

"Zhang Jing, you don't attack my image of being wise and martial, don't be jealous of me!" Zhou Zhi immediately replied dissatisfied.

"Forget it! You rogue general, what do I have to be jealous of. ”

Seeing that the two were arguing again, Wang Xu glanced at Zhou Zhi with a smile and a smile, and quickly waved his hand to interrupt: "Forget it, don't talk about this." Do you want to appoint or not? ”

"Yes!" As soon as these words came out, the two turned their heads in unison and replied in unison.

Seeing this, Wang Xu smiled slightly, but he was not in a hurry. Picked up the celadon cup on the table, smelled the fragrance of tea inside, and slowly tasted the tea. It wasn't until Zhou Zhi and Zhang Jing were so anxious that they smiled unhurriedly: "What are you doing in a daze? Tell me, what do you want to be an official? If you don't say anything else, I'll take you as if you abstained. ”

"Pick it yourself?" Zhou Zhi's eyes widened in surprise.

"Then how do you think I should appoint you? Besides, I haven't seen you for more than two years, how do I know what you've learned? Anyway, you can do what you can, except for the county to recruit top strategists, the rest is up to you. ”

Affirmation from Wang Xu, Zhang Jing suddenly smiled: "Hehe! It's better to be the boss, I like to stay in the army, so let's be a military Sima first! ”

On the contrary, Zhou Zhi's eyes turned a few times and hesitated for a long time before he said slowly: "Boss, I want to be a military advisor!" ”

"Poof...... Wang Xu directly sprayed the tea in his mouth neatly on Zhou Zhi, and his eyes widened in disbelief. What do you say you're going to be? ”

Seeing this, Xu Shu, who had not spoken all this time, couldn't help but laugh coquettishly. "Huh! He said he wanted to be a military advisor. ”

"Hey, hey!" It seemed that he didn't expect everyone's reaction to be so big, and Zhou Zhi couldn't help laughing twice.

However, before Wang Xu could come back to his senses, Zhang Jing had already rushed to say: "Boss! I strongly object, if you let Zhou Zhi be a military advisor, I won't do it. ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Zhi suddenly glanced at him angrily, and sighed dissatisfiedly: "Why do you always have trouble with me, I am a military advisor and I am hindering you in something." Go and be your military commander! ”

"Why is it none of my business, you haven't been able to memorize a few articles on the art of war so far, so if you go to be a military advisor, what good strategies can you offer? What if you trap me on the front line and die? I'm going to Hades to settle accounts with you? Zhang Jing also replied without backing down.

At this moment, Wang Xu really had a headache, looked at Zhou Zhi, who was full of confidence, and couldn't help but wonder: "Why do you want to be a military advisor?" ”

In the face of Wang Xu's questioning, Zhou Zhi was rarely stern, and nodded solemnly: "Boss, believe me, I think I should be able to do it!" ”

Seeing Zhou Zhi's rare expression, Wang Xu also looked at it seriously for a long time, hesitated in his heart for a long time, but finally slowly shook his head: "Zhou Zhi, no!" The position of military advisor is not entirely a matter of whether you can do it or not, even if you have a lot of ideas, you must know the art of war to be competent for this position. If you really want it, it's simple, I decided to give you a gift before, that is, to write down the few soldiers I remember the most and give them to you, as long as you can memorize them all and use them maturely on the battlefield, then you can! ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Zhi was immediately overjoyed: "Boss, are you serious? ”

"What are you lying to! It's true. ”

Hearing this, Zhou Zhi suddenly said confidently: "Okay! I'm also out of the way, I'm going to prove it to everyone, I'm Zhou Zhi was born to be a military advisor. ”

Seeing him like this, Wang Xu couldn't help but smile and didn't say more. Instead, he said, "So be it! Zhou Zhi, I think you will be a meritorious official for the time being, responsible for recording meritorious deeds and reviewing the appointment of officials! You must know that an excellent military advisor is very important to know and employ people, and he must also be proficient in internal affairs. As this officer, you can not only go out with the army, but also involve all aspects, which can be regarded as a test! ”

"Thank you, Boss!" Zhou Zhi suddenly smiled, arched his hand again, and bowed again.

Seeing this, Wang Xu couldn't help but shake his head helplessly, and said slowly: "But you have to remember that your official position is very important, but you must not be sloppy." If something goes wrong, it's hard for me to suppress the anger of the people, and then I'll be held accountable. ”

"Don't worry! I understand. Zhou Zhi didn't smile anymore this time, and nodded very solemnly at Wang Xu.

Seeing that he didn't joke anymore, Wang Xu didn't say more, and turned to look at Zhang Jing and said: "Zhang Jing, originally I planned to train you and Zhou Zhi to be independent generals, but now it's just you, you have to make good use of your advantages." However, I also found that you are still very obsessed with the art of war, which is not a good thing, the battlefield is ever-changing, and the art of war sometimes does not solve the problem. ”

"Huh! Boss, don't worry, I'm measured. Hearing this, Zhang Jing suddenly smiled heartily.

"Good! Then I won't say more, let's go! Let's go to the barracks to have a look, I still have something to explain to Han Meng alone! ”