Lujiang County, Anhui City.

Liu Bei decided to suspend the war and focus on the affairs of the six counties of Yishan. Huo Jun also withdrew from the siege of Jingkou City, leaving only Gao Xiang to sit in the east and defend the city of Susukou, with 1,000 soldiers, a total of 2,000 soldiers, to monitor the connection between the Sun clan and Jianghuai.

Huo Jun's previous request to move to Wancheng was agreed to by Liu Qi. Liu Qi waved his pen, anyway, the seven counties of Lujiang were isolated in the north of the river, and the attack was not conducive to defense, and echoed with Poyang County in the south of the Yangtze River, adjusted the county jurisdiction, and ordered Huo Jun to take the post of Poyang Taishou and concurrently lead the water division.

The new Poyang County spans the north and south of the river, inserted in the middle of Yuzhang and Danyang counties in a 'T' shape, and starts from the mouth of the river in the east to Xunyang in the west. Jiangbei is divided into seven counties in Jiangbei, including Wancheng, Juchao, Xunyang, Songzi, Shuxian, Linhu and Xiang'an, while Jiangnan is divided into five counties of Pengze, Poyang, Yuhan, Wuyang and Guangchang, totaling 12 counties.

Liu Qi learned a lot of political methods, and under his operation, Huo Jun seemed to have a larger area under his jurisdiction, and more counties under the county also increased. In fact, among the seven counties in Jiangbei, there are not many people in Shu County, Linhu County, and Xiang'an County, and after Wancheng was slaughtered and relocated, only the sergeants arranged by Huo Jun were tuntian.

In any case, there was no doubt that Huo Jun's increase in power made him the first line of defense for Jiangdong against the southward movement of Jianghuai's Cao soldiers.

At the same time, Yuzhang County, which Liu Qi led himself, annexed the three counties spit out of Poyang County, and after Mi Zhu became the Taishou of Danyang, he appointed the vacated Luling County to serve as the Taishou.

The current political pattern of Yangzhou, that is, Poyang is too shou Huo Jun, Danyang is too shou Mi Zhu, Luling is too shou Liu Pan, and Liu Qi is self-leading Yuzhang.

The official position system under Liu Qi's account, in terms of civil service, don't drive Wang Cang, govern Pan Jun, join the army Jiang Ji, etc.; In terms of military positions, Yu Zhang supervised the soldiers, Huang Zhong, Zhonglang general, and Zhang Nan, the school captain.

In the battle of Danyang, everyone had their own gains, Liu Bei got a population comparable to that of a county, and Liu Qi consolidated his territory. As the Taishou of Poyang, Huo Jun returned to Wankou with a large number of warships captured from Sun Yu, and ruled in Wancheng.

Huo Jun stayed in Wankou for a few days, handed over the training of the sailor to Gan Ning and Chen Yue, and let Huo Du be responsible for the drill, Huo Jun took a small boat against Wankou and went north to reach the county of Anhui.

"Fujun!"

On the hills by the Anhui River, Huo Jun signaled to the subordinate officials of the county not to be polite, and said: "Jun is ordered to guard too much and move to Anhui City." Now the city of Anhui is dilapidated, sparsely populated, and the revival of the city will depend on you. ”

"Don't dare!" The people answered.

Huo Jun moved the town of Wancheng, not only to control the Yangtze River waterway, but also to consider entering the Jianghuai River in the future. Anhui City is close to Dabie Mountain in the north, Chaohu Lake in the east, has the advantage of mountains and rivers, and is not conducive to defense. If Wancheng can be built into a base for entering the Tujiang River, it will be able to threaten Hefei for a long time. When attacking from the north, it can also form an echo with the mouth of the wet beard.

Historically, Sun Quan's control over the city of Anhui was not strong, and he was caught in the battle with Cao Cao. In the battle of Shiting, Cao Xiu dared to go deep into the Lujiang River, not only because of Zhou Yi's deception, but also because the Lujiang River belonged to the zone where the two sides alternately controlled each other.

Now Cao Cao's strategic center of gravity is in the north, if Huo Jun does not take the opportunity to take root in Anhui City, and when Cao Cao adjusts his strategic focus, he will fall into a battle with Cao Cao.

Huo Jun looked at the deserted field, his expression was gentle, and he said: "Among the sons, there are people from Anhui City, and there are people who are good at governing the government and reassuring the people, and I don't know who has the strategy to revive Anhui City. ”

For Lujiang and Wancheng, although Huo Jun fought in Anhui, he was not very clear about the specific customs and resources, so he had to have an in-depth understanding through the oral accounts of the locals in Lujiang or Jianghuai.

"Zitong, Zihua, Zhengchen?" Huo Jun looked at Jiang Ji, Sima Zhi, and Liu Zhong.

Jiang Ji, who joined the army and led the history of the magistrate of Poyang County; Sima Zhi, who taught for Deng Ai, was recruited by Huo Jun before the war to become a five-sensed man; The old official Liu Zhong had a pragmatic style and was appointed as a meritorious official. This is one of the rights of the Taishou, who can recruit his subordinates on his own.

Sima Zhi pondered for a while and said, "Zhi is shallow and reluctantly talks. The destruction of Anhui City lies in Sun Quan's slaughter and relocation of the people. Since ancient times, the rejuvenation of the city has been the first to gather the people. Why gather people? It is nothing more than a light tax, the territory is peaceful, the water and soil are fertile, the transportation is convenient, and the law is fair. ”

After a pause, Sima Zhi analyzed and said: "The prestige of the palace is famous, and the enemy is able to deter the enemy, Sun Cao does not dare to attack, this can be described as peace in the territory." Those who can be newly incorporated into the county will be exempted from paying taxes for two years, which can be described as a light tax; The waterway transportation is accessible in all directions, and Anhui City has become rich. At present, there is still a lack of fertile water and soil, and the law is just, and the government can think about it deeply. ”

Huo Jun looked at the Anhui water that poured into the Yangtze River and asked: "Anhui water and diving are abundant, so irrigating the fields with this water and planting rice can be described as fertile water and soil?" ”

Liu Zhong hesitated a little and said: "Qiyu Fujun, Anhui water comes out of the mountains and flows into the river, during which the tributaries are dense, if it is rainy, there are many floods, and the fields are destroyed; The same is true of diving, just because the amount of water is not as large as the Anhui water, and its harm is not well known. ”

Huo Jun paced slightly and asked, "Can Anhui and Qianershui repair Pitang and river canals?" ”

In ancient times, the only way to solve the problem of flooding caused by river water was to build ponds and canals, which were used to reduce the flooding of rivers or reduce the impact of drought in ancient times. For example, Dujiangyan and Shaobi are all water conservancy projects that are artificially repaired, and the canals irrigate the acres of fields, turning the dry land into paddy fields, and the yield per mu can be increased a lot.

Jiang Ji stroked his beard and said: "Qiqi Mansion Jun, when Ji was in the state capital, I heard Liu Yuanying (Liu Fu) once say that in ancient times, there were Wutang and Wushi in Lujiang and Anhui, but because of the endless war and the turbulence of the two waters, the dam stone has been broken. If the prince wants to govern the city of Anhui, he must first rebuild Wutang and Wushi Erpi to irrigate the rice fields. ”

"There is a shortage of manpower, if you want to build, what should Wutang and Wushi Erpi be first?" Huo Jun asked.

"Anhui water is large, diving water is small, this is autumn and winter, when the Wushi weir is repaired, the diving irrigation acres are introduced. When the people are too many and the acres are insufficient, Wutang can be rebuilt and the acres can be irrigated. Jiang Ji said: The government can let people go up the mountain at the same time and persuade the people to go down the mountain to live and farm."

"Good!" Huo Jun said: "From what Jiang Changshi said, Zhengchen recruited people to rebuild Wushiyan in winter, and a thousand people helped him. Jiang Changshi arranged for people to persuade the people to go down to the mountains to cultivate, distribute acres of land, and exempt them from paying taxes. ”

"No!" The two answered.

Huo Jun thought of the justice of the law, muttered a little, and said: "Zihua knows the law, and not long after he entered the Lujiang River, he can take the position of five officials, supervise the postal affairs, inspect the counties of Poyang for Jun, correct illegal things, and if there is a person who commits adultery, he should be punished with strict rule of law." ”

Sima Zhi straightened his waist and said, "Zhi is willing to exercise the power of supervising the post and correct illegal things." ”

Although the five senses are in charge of the spring and autumn sacrifices in the county, their rights are very flexible, and there is no fixed position, and it depends on the arrangement of the chief official. Huo Jun considered that Sima Zhi was not familiar with the local people when he first came to Poyang, so he arranged it this way.

Today, Sima Zhi is asked to inspect the counties, not only to correct the local atmosphere, but also to let Sima Zhi understand the feelings of the people in Poyang.

After instructing the work, Huo Jun told everyone: "Jun is also a military and political matter, and you should pay more attention to the affairs of the county." ”

"No!"

It's late

(End of chapter)