On the 22nd of October, Liu Qian, the fourth son of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty and an eight-year-old boy, was brought to the world by Liu Yu from the heavily guarded courtyard.

Liu Yu, who was already very familiar with the sealing procedure, instructed Liu Qian to complete the red tape, and finally took over the edict from Situ Wang Yun, the newly made Liang State Seal, the seal and other things, and under the service of several clever maids transferred from Jinyang Palace, they changed into bright yellow royal clothes and sat on the seat symbolizing the power of the Liang Dynasty.

At this point, the ceremony of King Liang's enthronement was completed, and in the territory of the Han Dynasty, which was already very lively, after Liu Rong, the king of Jin, was enthroned, after half a year, a new king appeared.

According to the predetermined steps, after Liu Qian officially became the king of Liang, he first worshiped Liu Yu as the minister of Liang, opened a government office, recruited Cao, a historian of Peng, and was mainly responsible for the internal political affairs of Liangguo; then worshiped Guan Yu as a lieutenant of Liangguo, in charge of domestic soldiers and horses, and was responsible for foreign conquest and protection of the territory and the people; and also worshiped Ma Teng, the captain of Huqiang, as the governor of Liangguo, and was in charge of the military and political affairs of the two subordinate states of the four counties west of Wuwei (Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan, Dunhuang, Zhangye, and Juyan); finally, he worshiped Zhao Xing as Fu, who was responsible for guiding the growth of Liu Qian, the king of Liang.

As soon as the news spread, the world was sensational, and the people talked about it.

"Isn't Zhao Xing the Fu of Liu Rong, the King of Jin? Why did he go to our Liang Kingdom to be the Fu of King Liang again?" said a newly appointed official in Didao City, Longxi County, in a whisper to his companion next to him.

"That's right, but there is no rule that says that Zhao Xing can no longer be the Fu of Liu Qian, the King of Liang?" replied with a reasonable expression on the asked Yacha.

"Mom, Zhao Xing's power is too great, isn't it? What the hell does he want to do?" said the first yacha with his mouth wide open in surprise.

"Wow, did you know until now that Mrs. Zhao had great power? You haven't heard rumors that when the two kings grow up, they will both be sons-in-law for Zhao Xing, tsk, look at other people's skills!"

Suddenly, a man who looked like the leader of the yacha came over and scolded loudly: "You two stupid birds, shut up Lao Tzu! Don't be noisy there, and hurry up to patrol the streets! If you want to take the brand-new tickets issued by the Jin State Peasants, Soldiers, Merchants and Gold Bank, we who have been selected as errands must be careful, otherwise the newly appointed Zhao Taishou will have to pull off a layer of our skin!"

When the two reprimanded yacha heard the leader mention Zhao Taishou, they couldn't help but shudder, and hurriedly ran out to patrol the streets.

The new Taishou who took office in Longxi County came from the Crouching Tiger Army, which ranked first in the Jin State Protector Army, and his name was Zhao Hu. Although this Taishou is not very old, not yet thirty years old, everyone he has seen is terrified, and no one dares to look directly into his eyes.

The selected officials of Longxi were not afraid of the newly appointed Taishou at first. These energetic guys, who often fight with the nearby Qiang people on weekdays, are not afraid of heaven and earth in their eyes.

After Zhao Taishou came, he saw the group of officials under him, sneered a few times, and then held a unique meeting. Zhao Hu took off his official uniform, rolled up his sleeves, and beat a group of grinning officials from head to tail, which completely shocked this group of two-pole soldiers.

After the angry Zhao Taishou left, one of the soldiers who followed the Taishou turned around and warned everyone: "Just you bastards, what kind of big cloves of garlic do you want to fill! Lord Taishou packed up more two poles in the Crouching Tiger Army back then, and each of them is ten times more fierce than you! In the future, if he finds out that you dare to bend the law for bribes and oppress the people, you will be directly pulled out and beheaded!"

After being beaten, the officials understood that the new Taishou was born in the army, and he turned out to be a ruthless character in the first army in the world!

The appointment of Zhao Hu as the Taishou of Longxi County was naturally screened out by Zhao Xing himself. The division commander who was transferred from the army to the local area with Zhao Hu, as well as Fang Yue of the first division of the Blue Wolf Army. Zhao Hu's position as the commander of the 1st Light Infantry Division of the Crouching Tiger Army was held by Zhao Gang, the son of Zhao Daring, the first person he saw when he first came to this world, and Fang Yue's position was taken over by Zhang Xiu, who had made meritorious contributions.

According to Zhao Xing's demarcation, Li Fu held the post of Taishou of Beidi County, which was close to the Shang County of the Jin Kingdom, Zhang Ji held the post of Taishou of Anding County, where the capital of King Liang was located, and Guoyuan held the post of Taishou of Hanyang County, which was slightly wealthier.

The three counties of Beidi, Anding and Hanyang, because they are sandwiched between Wuwei Mateng, Shangjun of the Jin Kingdom and Sili region, are relatively stable, and there is no need to be too defensive to make great achievements in the military. Correspondingly, the three counties of Jincheng, Longxi and Wudu, because of the geographical environment, it is necessary to appoint military generals with rich military experience to serve as Taishou.

Ignoring the protests of Xu Huang and Tai Shici, Zhao Xing appointed Zhao Hu as the Taishou of Longxi County, where Dong Zhuo's nest was located, and appointed Fang Yue as the Taishou of Jincheng County, where the Qiang rebellion was the most serious, and his intentions were self-evident. So who is the Taishou of Wudu County, where the situation is most complicated? The answer is Hua Weiguo, the head of operations in the Shadow Northwest Region!

Wudu County is located in the west of Hanzhong County in Yizhou, due north of Guanghan County and Guanghan Dependent States, and the northeast corner is also bordered by Youfufeng in the Sili area. That is to say, Wudu County is stuck in the throat of the northward movement of the Sima defense forces in Yizhou, and under the pressure of breaking through to the west in the Sili area, it is in the area where the activities of the tripartite secret agents and spies are most frequent and intensive. In such a complicated place, Zhao Xing was not at ease when he appointed other people to sit in the town, so he had to reluctantly transfer Hua Weiguo over.

As mentioned earlier, Liangzhou is vast, with a total of ten counties and two vassal states, why did Zhao Xing only appoint the Taishou of six counties, and why didn't the other four counties and two vassal states mention it?

This matter involves the relationship between Liangguo and Ma Teng. According to the original agreement between the two parties, as well as Zhao Xing's secret strategy of wanting to capture the old and indulge, as long as Ma Teng went to the court and expressed his approval of supporting Liu Qian as king in Liangzhou, Zhao Xing would divide the territories of Zhangye, Jiuquan, Dunhuang, Zhangye, and Juyan to the west of Wuwei County to Ma Teng.

The terrain of the entire Liangzhou, when viewed on the map, looks like a piece of flesh and bone with two large ends and a slender middle, or like a dumbbell placed diagonally. Ma Teng's Wuwei Guzang happened to be in the position where the grip of the dumbbell was close to the hammer head on the side. According to the current division of territory, Zhao Xing is equivalent to just asking for a hammer head of the dumbbell, and he gave the handle of the big dumbbell and the hammer head on the other side to Ma Teng.

This deal, how can it seem that Zhao Xing is not taking any advantage?

In fact, Zhao Xing just did a favor. Since Ma Teng gained a firm foothold in Wuwei, he completely blocked Dong Zhuo's expansion of power in the northwest direction of Liangzhou. This is also the reason why Dong Zhuo did not hesitate to take risks in the end, but also launched an expedition against Ma Teng. Because Ma Teng blocked Dong Zhuo's financial route, it limited Dong Zhuo's strategic space. Even if Zhao Xing didn't assign the land west of Wuwei to Ma Teng, it would be difficult for him to bypass Wuwei to occupy the other three counties and two vassal states.

Although it is only a favor, because of the official recognition and consent, the scope of Ma Teng's influence to expand westward in the future has been greatly increased. Therefore, whether it is psychologically or in terms of strength, Ma Teng's inexplicable sense of panic about the huge Jin Kingdom can be reduced to the range that he can bear, and he will no longer have to live in fear in the future.

Ma Teng simply took a letter and was assigned such a large piece of territory by Zhao Xing, and he was naturally overjoyed for a while, and secretly luckily did not listen to Wang Yue's bewitchment at the beginning, and turned to the side of the court to be an enemy of Zhao Xing.

Ma Teng recently got some news that in order to help the newborn Liang State, the Jin State mobilized the power of the whole country to raise an unimaginable huge amount of wealth, and as for the extent of this wealth, even the person who reported it could not say clearly. The news only said that on the road from the Shangdang of the Jin Kingdom to Gaoping of the Liangguo Kingdom, there were all people pushing small carts as far as the eye could see, and they could not see the head and tail at all, maybe the people at the front had already entered Gaoping City, and the last people left Crouching Tiger City.

What a huge sum of materials and wealth this must be? Ma Teng naturally wouldn't be crazy enough to take the opportunity to rob or something, he just naturally thought that if the Jin Kingdom fought with him, how many elite troops like Huang Xuanshi's elite troops could be equipped with these materials and wealth?

It was precisely because he thought of this layer that Ma Teng secretly took a chance, feeling that he was fortunate not to be on the wrong team.

After the joy was over, Ma Teng and his group of generals who only knew how to fight on horses suddenly found another problem that made them scratch their heads. Originally, when they occupied the land of Wuwei County, the officials in charge of governing the county were barely able to cope, but now that the territory has expanded more than three times at once, where can we find so many internal affairs officials who can govern the county?

Take a look at the various actions that the six counties of Liangguo next door have begun now, even if they are not experts in internal affairs, everyone understands that governing the counties is the foundation of enhancing strength, otherwise no matter how big the territory is, it will be in vain, except for making everyone's horses run and break their legs, there is not much practical significance.

Although Han Sui is also a wise person, after facing this problem, he also seems powerless. Han Sui himself can hold the position of the Taishou of a county, and he is confident that he will govern the county he is responsible for very well, but even if he is covered in iron, how many nails can he make? Ma Teng's current territory is a full four counties and two subject countries!

One day, after training his 5,000 cavalry, Ma Chao came to greet his father, and when he saw his brows furrowed, he asked: "The child looks at his father's face is not worried, what is the matter with him?"

Ma Teng saw that his favorite eldest son Ma Chao was coming, so he told Ma Chao about the anxiety in his heart. Unexpectedly, Ma Chao laughed after hearing his father's worries, and then said with a smile: "I thought it was something difficult to do! This matter is simple, let's go directly to Zhao Guochang and ask him to pick some officials for us and send them over?"

Ma Teng originally thought that Ma Chao would come up with some good idea, but it turned out to be such a bad idea, and immediately reprimanded Ma Chao with a bluffed face and said: "Wu'er, how can you play with your father like this! Let Zhao Xing appoint officials to our territory, then we will have to be controlled by others in the future!"

Ma Chao stopped smiling, looked at his father Ma Teng very seriously and asked, "Who does my father think the Han world will eventually fall into?"

"Judging from the current situation, I am afraid that it will fall into the hands of Zhao Xing in a few years. Despite his reluctance, Ma Teng told the truth with some bitterness.

"Since the world must fall into the hands of Zhao Xing, you are always on guard against others, what good is it? It is better to make friends with him in a daze, you have me, I have you, and live freely in this Xiliang land!" Ma Chao said something that made Ma Teng very surprised and shocked.

"Wu'er, this sentence is not from Rukou, who said it?" Ma Teng asked in a deep voice staring at Ma Chao's eyes.

Ma Chao's face remained unchanged and replied: "When Guo Fengxiao left from Guzang City that day, I asked him about the way out of the Ma family, and he left this passage to ......."