In fact, many high-ranking officials in Pingzhou are looking forward to staking land, billions of acres of high-quality fertile land, such a big piece of fat, let alone a bite, even if you lick it, you can eat it for ten lifetimes!

Of course, Shang Ji knew what the people below thought, but he took a lot of trouble to drive away a powerful family, how could he create a group of powerful families with his own hands, could it be a story of a dragon slayer warrior turning into an evil dragon?

Although he has not yet thought of any good way to stop the corruption and degeneration of the ruling class, which seems to be an unsolvable problem, it can come one day later, at least Shang Ji will not allow the whole degeneration to be seen while he is still alive.

In fact, Shang Ji is not harsh on his subordinates, the salary of senior officials in Pingzhou is very generous, there are additional rewards during the New Year's holidays, and the generals have huge rewards for their military exploits in battle, even if they do not have any gray income, they can live a very comfortable life.

Moreover, the Shang Ji also encouraged officials to reclaim wasteland, and their relatives and family members who went to remote areas to cultivate farmland received more generous subsidies than ordinary immigrants.

Shang Ji used a quick knife to cut through the mess, directly cutting off everyone's thoughts of billions of acres of land, which can be regarded as eliminating a major hidden danger.

"Since Hongzhu has introduced the situation in government affairs, let me introduce the situation in military affairs for you!"

Seeing that Deng Yan finished speaking, Liu Yi took the initiative to get up and spoke.

Liu Yi is more calm and confident than half a year ago, he has a sense of lightness between his gestures, his eyes are more profound, and he stands face to face with him, with the temperament of a big man.

Before that, Liu Yi was the first person in the Shang Ji Army and presided over military affairs for a long time.

But compared with Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Liu Meng and others, although Liu Yi's status is high, he has no dazzling achievements. This is not because Liu Yi is not capable, but whenever there is a big war, Liu Yi is the first choice to stay and sit in Xiangping, in this case, naturally don't think about meritorious service.

Being in a high position without merit seems a bit empty. There have always been a lot of rumors about Liu Yi in the outside world, and many people have attacked and slandered Shang Ji, so they used this to talk about it, saying that Shang Ji was nepotistic.

Shang Ji also noticed this change, so he personally ordered Liu Yi in this battle and asked him to lead a large army to attack Qingzhou.

And Liu Yi also lived up to expectations, conquering the entire territory of Qingzhou in one fell swoop, and was called the first military general in the world to lead the army to conquer the land of a state, and made immortal achievements.

With real credit, Liu Yi has spoken differently, and his position as a bigwig in the army has been consolidated.

Seeing this, Liu Yi cleared his throat and said loudly: "According to the instructions of the lord, General Ben and General Zilong are responsible for clearing up the rebellion in the two states of Qingyou, and at the same time rectifying the military affairs of the two states. So far, this work has been almost completed.

At present, the rebel forces in the two places have been completely wiped out, and scattered bandits are also being eliminated, and it is expected that the entire clean-up work will be completed by the end of this year.

According to the instructions of the lord, while suppressing the rebellion, he did not forget to build the army. With the support of Xu Huang, Xu Rong, Tizok, and other generals, the reorganization of the armies of the two prefectures was basically completed, with prisoners of war from the Great War as the main soldiers, and the weak were cut and the strong were retained.

In accordance with the consistent principle of arranging more in border counties and less in inland counties, 9.2 million county soldiers are distributed in all corners of the two prefectures to maintain public order in the two prefectures and to deter the younger generation.

In addition to the county soldiers, in accordance with the requirements of the lord, in order to appease the locality, our army also formed an additional twelve temporary combat corps, which were also one of the main forces in the suppression of the rebellion. After half a year of non-stop fighting, the combat effectiveness of the Temporary Combat Corps has been significantly improved, and the best of them already have a combat effectiveness that is not inferior to that of the main combat corps.

In view of the rapid expansion of the area controlled by our army at present, and the contradiction of insufficient troops is particularly prominent, the last general suggested that the qualified temporary combat corps be upgraded to a combat corps, and the military flag should be officially awarded and the corps commander should be appointed! ”

After Liu Yi finished speaking, several generals immediately looked at Shang Ji with burning eyes, including Pei Yuanshao, Zhou Cang, Liao Hua, the former senior generals of the Qingzhou Army, and Tian Kai and Tian Yu, the former generals of Gongsun Zhan.

Pei Yuanshao led the Qingzhou Army to surrender before, and many senior generals of the Yellow Turban Army were disheartened and decided to retreat to the mountains and forests, but more surrendered to Shang Ji with Pei Yuanshao, among which the more famous ones are Zhou Cang and Liao Hua in addition to Pei Yuanshao, in addition to Xu He, Sima Ju, and Guan Cheng, who are all well-known historical generals of the Yellow Turban Army.

Among the twelve combat corps temporarily formed, many elite Qingzhou troops were selected to supplement them, and Pei Yuanshao, Zhou Cang, and Liao Hua also led a temporary combat corps under Liu Yi.

Tian Kai, Tian Yu and Pei Yuanshao were in a similar situation, and after surrendering to Zhao Yun, they were also incorporated into the temporarily formed combat corps, responsible for suppressing the rebellious family Haoqiang.

Among the twelve temporary combat legions, the five of them performed the most dazzlingly, especially Tian Kai and Tian Yu, whose combat effectiveness was not inferior to that of the low-ranking formal combat corps.

After staying in the system of the Shang Ji Army for half a year, they already knew that only by becoming the commander of the combat corps could they really step into the ranks of the Shang Ji Army, and they naturally cherished this opportunity.

Shang Ji pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "It's okay, according to what my brother said, eight of the twelve temporary combat legions will be selected and upgraded to the combat legion, and the number of combat legions will be expanded to thirty-two, and the specific screening process will be handed over to the elder brother.

Don't be discouraged by the four unsuccessful temporary combat corps, our army will continue to retain the establishment of the temporary combat corps, which is higher than the county soldiers, but slightly inferior to the regular combat corps, as a supplementary force to the combat corps, once the combat corps needs to be expanded, priority will be given to selecting and upgrading from the temporary combat corps.

As for the appointment of the corps commander, let's discuss it after the upgrade to the corps is finalized! ”

Although Pei Yuanshao and the others were a little disappointed, they didn't dare to say anything, and they all took orders.

Shang Ji was also a little hesitant about the appointment of the commander of the combat corps after the promotion, Tian Kai, Tian Yu, Pei Yuanshao, Liao Hua and others all performed well, and it was enough to serve as the commander of the combat corps.

But as newcomers, they lack qualifications and loyalty, and they are rashly promoted to the commander of the Battle Legion, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the public.

In addition, even if it was expanded according to the standard mentioned earlier, there would only be thirty-two combat legions, and five non-core legion commanders would be brought in at once, and Shang Ji was worried that there would be an imbalance between the forces, so he didn't dare to make a rash decision.