Advancement exams?

Chen Gong was very surprised by this.

"The subordinates are lonely and unheard, such a thing is unheard of, dare to ask the general, is this so-called exam similar to the A and B subjects that those students need to take after the completion of Taixue?"

Liu Bei nodded.

"It's true that I considered setting it up with reference to Section A and Section B, and it's normal that you haven't heard of it, such things are really rare in the military, but I think it's very necessary.

I can't tolerate that my senior general is a coarse man who can't read a lot of words, and I don't think such a general can be guaranteed to entrust him with the lives of so many soldiers.

There may be that kind of natural talent who can fight by nature, but such people are very rare, and most people still have to study in a down-to-earth manner if they want to learn to fight, and they must be both civil and military in order to become a real senior general. ”

"I see, no wonder they can quote scriptures to discuss military affairs, it turns out that they have all studied."

Chen Gong said with emotion: "It's no wonder that the general has won a hundred battles and has no defeat, such an army, such an officer, who can defeat it?" ”

"Therefore, I will stick to this approach and form a strong army."

Liu Bei patted Chen Gong on the shoulder: "If you want to accomplish such a great cause and establish such a strong army to deter the Quartet, you need many people to help me, Gongtai, are you willing to help me?" ”

"I don't dare to ask for ears!"

Chen Gong bowed excitedly.

With such an insightful leader, and such a group of generals with considerable cultural literacy, it is really difficult for Liu Bei's group to be strong or not, how could Chen Gong choose to refuse?

Throughout September of the sixth year of Zhongping, Liu Bei was in Runan County and did not return to Luoyang.

He did two things.

The first is to reward meritorious deeds, and the second is to handle the cleansing of Yuan Shu and the Yuan clan's forces, as well as the inventory and seizure of the private property of this group of powerful people.

There are still many people who have made meritorious contributions in this battle, and after the commendation of external forces such as the local Taishou, some commendations should also be given to the internal subordinates.

Liu Bei himself didn't say it for the time being, Cheng Pu could be regarded as having made military achievements, although there were some small twists and turns, but the result was good.

Cheng Pu originally served as the general of Tianxing Zhonglang, and his status was already very high, and the military position of 2,000 stone was not convenient to change for the time being, so he added 500 households to the title.

Zhao Yun made some military exploits before and after, especially in the final battle, he killed Sun Jian's son Sun Ce, so he was promoted to military Sima by Liu Bei.

Zhang He is similar, based on his military exploits before and after, he was promoted to the rank of military commander.

Shi Lian, like Zhang He, synthesized his military exploits before and after, and promoted his military rank to military commander.

But these two people have made a little mistake, so they must be reprimanded, circulated for criticism, and there is no other reward except for a promotion.

Gan Ning, who had been serving as a military commander, followed Liu Bei and made important contributions in the war against Pingyu County, and was promoted to captain.

Zhang Ren, who is also from Yizhou, was also promoted to a position and appointed as a military commander because of his important military exploits.

These people all need to take the promotion exam in the army at the same time before they will be officially awarded a new position, and Liu Bei is not worried about whether they can pass the exam.

This was followed by Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei synthesized his military exploits before and after, and accumulated enough military merits to defeat Sun Jian, so Liu Bei officially praised him as a rebellious general, making Zhang Fei the first person to be promoted to general among the many officers under Liu Bei's command.

After he takes the internal promotion exam and passes, he can officially obtain the title of general.

Although he is only a miscellaneous general and has no other privileges, he is also a general, and his status is higher than that of Zhonglang General.

Zhang Fei was very happy about this.

Xiao general Xu Huang was rewarded by Liu Bei for the same merit of conquering the city, Liu Bei played Xu Huang as a general, and Xu Huang was also promoted to a general, as long as he passed the promotion exam, he could officially get the general title.

Zhang Fei and Xu Huang felt overjoyed and expressed their gratitude to Liu Bei again and again.

However, it is worth mentioning that the miscellaneous general is only a title, not the actual charge, and there is no special authority in non-wartime, which is still clearly different from the heavy general.

The significance of the miscellaneous general is that when he is in battle, he can command more troops, command more lieutenant generals, and carry out the task of attacking all the way alone.

In normal times, they still lead the original army and do the things that they were in charge of in their previous positions.

For example, Zhang Fei still leads the Tiger Cavalry Army, and Xu Huang still leads the Tiger Benz Army.

But in any case, their title became general, and they could be called generals in the future, and they had the qualifications to lead other armies in the matter of commanding troops.

It didn't take long for the internal reward to be promoted, and the main thing that consumed energy was the liquidation of the Yuan clan in Runan County.

The Yuan clan has been rooted in Runan County for several generations, and its power can be said to be deep-rooted, and if it is to be eliminated completely, it must be uprooted.

So Liu Bei simply uprooted Yuan's forces and carried out large-scale purges in various counties.

The benefits are of course enormous, and the wealth accumulated by these families over the centuries is astronomical.

Looking at the huge wealth they had accumulated, Liu Bei understood why the taxes of the Eastern Han Empire were declining.

An empire's financial problems often determine the empire's national strength, and if the empire is financially rich, the empire's power will rise, and if the fiscal is tight, the empire's prestige will be weakened, and the fiscal problems mainly depend on the empire's ability to collect taxes.

If the taxes of the Eastern Han Empire were fine, there would be no need for the emperor to make money through the channels of eunuchs.

And even if the eunuchs make a lot of money, the real big heads are all lying in the storage cellars of the wealthy families in these places, and it is difficult for the eunuchs to fish them out.

If you don't take action against these really rich guys, the empire's financial problems will not be improved, and the unlucky ones will always be ordinary people.

It seems that it will be a big project to rectify the tax and fiscal problems of the empire in the future.

Liu Bei sighed about this.

Part of the wealth collected from Runan County was used by Liu Bei to reward the army, but the richness of these guys is obviously not something that can be described by a reward, their real wealth is in real estate such as land, and cash flow and property are only a small head.

Even these small heads are enough to reward the army five or six times.

After all these people were executed, the entire Runan County was turned over and cleaned, and all the filth and filth were cleaned up, even most of the local officials were purged, and all the officials and officials who did not surrender in time or clearly opposed Yuan's actions were all purged.

Highlight one simply thoroughly.

Not only were the existence of these official heroes and scholars cleansed, but even some local bandits and strongmen who had existed for a long time were beaten by Liu Bei with grass and rabbits, and they were wiped out in one go, and there was no scum left.

It was too enjoyable to use military force to carry out a purge in the name of rebellion.

After a wave of purges, it is equivalent to saying that Runan County will be a clean existence after September, very beautiful, so Liu Bei plans to build Runan County into an important bridgehead in the Central Plains of Kanto.

He wanted to make Runan County, the base camp of the rebellion in the past, his own reserve, and to implement the new policy in Liangzhou here, so as to accumulate valuable experience in implementing the new policy in the Central Plains.

So he wrote a performance in Runan County, and decided to recommend Xun Yu, who was still working in Liangzhou, to serve as the county guard of Runan, and recommended Gao Shun, who originally belonged to the General's Mansion, to be the commander of Runan County, and divided the administrative power and military power.

For Xun Yu, he has not yet reached Xun Yu's trust, in his opinion, Xun Yu is a stable existence, and he can be expected to handle official business, but there is still a long way to go if he wants to really become a confidant.

Therefore, in Liu Bei's psychology, Xun Yu's positioning is that he is a cadre who does things, and he has no intention of letting him enter the decision-making circle, but Xun Yu is the existence that can enter the decision-making circle.

In Runan County, Liu Bei assigned Xun Yu the task of quickly restoring agricultural production, building a collective farm in Runan County, transforming the political ecology of Runan County in the manner of Liangzhou, and increasing the grain reserves of Runan County as quickly as possible.

The task given to Gao Shun was to recruit soldiers in Runan County in Gao Shun, train recruits in accordance with the training method of the Liangzhou Army, and strive to train three battalions of recruits in Runan County in case of emergency.

Xun Yu naturally needless to say, Gao Shun's military cultural quality was also recognized by Liu Bei, and he decided to promote him exceptionally and give him this opportunity.

Gao Shun felt very excited and thanked Liu Bei, saying that he would never live up to Liu Bei's expectations.

Then for the local arrangements of the entire Runan County, Liu Bei also made some arrangements for Xun Yu, basically using the students of Liangzhou Prefecture and the outstanding officials who have grown up to serve in the grassroots positions of Runan County.

In this regard, Liu Bei is ambitious.

Over the past 100 years, with the gradual formation of the dual monarchy, important positions below the county guard and county order have been held by locals in accordance with the convention, so as to attract local heroes and facilitate local governance.

But Liu Bei didn't like this set of rules for a dualistic monarch from top to bottom, so he decided to make a change.

It is definitely not possible to do it in the bright light, but because of the special situation of Runan County, the powerful local wealthy families either followed Yuan Shu, or were considered by Liu Bei to follow Yuan Shu, and were involuntarily purged in the post-war purge.

The current political ecology of Runan County is no longer the same, the original local political network with the Yuan family as the core has been completely torn apart by Liu Bei with the help of the fact of rebellion, and it is above board, and the new political network has not yet been formed, and there are not many local families that are still strong.

Seizing this opportunity, Liu Bei wants to completely transform Runan County, set an example for the comprehensive transformation in the future, and accumulate some experience.

At the same time, after the chaos in Yuzhou was calmed down, Liu Bei made some comprehensive considerations, and promoted Zhang Miao, who was the first to take refuge in him and had the closest relationship, as the assassin of Yuzhou, making him the governor of Yuzhou, in order to thank him for his help.

This arrangement is also a kind of political declaration to the outside world, telling the local military and political chiefs that they know how to talk about the rules and will not mess around, as long as they are willing to obey the orders of the Luoyang court, there will definitely be a lot of benefits.

If anyone still follows the Yuan family traitors to make trouble, the result will be completely different!

In addition, Chen Guo and Pei Guo, the two feudal kings and ministers have been martyred, after the imperial court, the court chose the descendants of the two kings to succeed the king, and then on the appointment of the prime minister, Liu Bei recommended Xu Xuan and Chen Qi, who had helped him before, as Chen Guoxiang and Pei Guoxiang.

At this point, the Yuzhou Rebellion was preliminarily resolved.

Yuan Shu has collapsed and become Liu Bei's prisoner, what awaits him will be the fate of being judged and splitting, this is one of Liu Hong's last wishes, Liu Bei wants to do it for him.

The remaining resistance force is Yuan Shao.

(End of chapter)