Chen Gui really didn’t expect that one day he would make a mistake.
"But father, even if Suzhou Mu's soldiers and horses are strong, you don't have to resign directly from the position of Changshi, right?"
The boss is still a little confused.
"Why!"
Chen Gui heard this and shook his head, "Yuanlong, please tell your elder brother."
"Brother, the reason why my father resigned from Chang Shi is to avoid suspicion. Chang Shi is assisting Tao Shijun in commanding the army. Tao Shijun has definitely let Suzhou Mu succeed him, and the army will inevitably be handed over to Suzhou Mu."
"My father originally objected. If we continue to lead the army under Commander Xiapi, what do you think the state pastor will think?"
"In the Battle of Pengcheng, General Zang Ba directly wiped out several aristocratic families. Isn't this killing a chicken to scare monkeys? Killing the Pengcheng family is a warning to monkeys like ours."
Chen Deng said with a heavy face.
He knows more about Donghai County, and it seems that this Suzhou Shepherd is not a strong person.
However, if you learn more about Donghai, you will understand that this Zhou Mu's methods are quite powerful.
The aristocratic families in Donghai County are now as obedient to the state shepherd as a domestic dog.
That Zhou Mu, unlike Dong Zhuo, was always tough when facing the aristocratic family. He was soft with a hint of hardness, and tough with a hint of softness.
On the one hand, they will bring out candies to tempt you, but at the same time, they will continue to weaken your power and interests.
The nobles in Donghai County are all making a lot of money, but his control over the place is getting weaker and weaker.
He only recently learned about this. The more he learned about it, the more shocked he was and the more fearful he became about that person's methods.
In the middle of the fourth year of Chuping, Yuzhou Mu and General Zhendong settled in Xiapi City. Xuzhou Governor Tao Qian and hundreds of officials went out of the city ten miles to greet him personally.
The next month, Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, asked Su Fan to be the governor of Xuzhou.
Later, without waiting for the imperial decree, the seal of the Xuzhou governor was handed over, and Xuzhou officially entered the era of Su Fan.
This process was not without riots, but Su Fan brought an army of 200,000 men, watching with eager eyes, and quickly suppressed all dissatisfaction.
After Su Fan became the governor of Xuzhou, he did not make any mobilization of all parties in Xiapi. First, the forces of all parties in Xuzhou were complex, and one move could affect the whole body.
He needs to fully understand the situation in Xuzhou before taking action.
And in terms of talents, he doesn't have many talents at hand. Most of Yingchuan's talents are in the East China Sea Territory.
As the area continues to expand, the demand for talent is also increasing.
Because of the subdivision of work authority, more manpower will naturally be needed, which of course will increase efficiency a lot.
Although he did not touch the civil service system, he firmly controlled the military power in his own hands. He began to replace the troops and horses in each county, and the county lieutenants and so on were all replaced by his own people.
Political power comes from the barrel of a gun.
Su Fan didn't care what the local nobles were doing, as long as he firmly controlled the army, the other party would not be able to cause trouble.
Of course he knew that there were still many people in Xuzhou who were dissatisfied with him.
Just like the Cao family in Xiapi, but now that he is so powerful, the Cao family has to lower his head.
But he knew that these people only bowed their heads to him for a short time. If something happened outside, they would probably stand up.
It's just that it's not easy for him to deal with these people now. After all, they have bowed their heads, and he can't just accuse them and kill them.
If that is really the case, he will be like Dong Zhuo.
Of course, he was not afraid of being assassinated.
The number of masters under his command was much greater than that of Dong Zhuo, and Lu Bu, the only one Dong Zhuo counted on, was still at odds with him.
As for Hua Xiong, the former number one general in Xiliang, his strength is not bad, but he is not a direct descendant of Xiliang, so he has been sent away by Dong Zhuo.
So Dong Zhuo died in the end.
But Su Fan is different. The two god-level bodyguards Xu Chudianwei have completely fallen into his hands, guarding him one by one, one by one.
Moreover, his own strength is not comparable to that of Dong Zhuo. He has never slacked off in these years and has been practicing his magic power diligently. Although the progress is not big, he is only at the third level of foundation building, but in terms of physical martial arts, his progress is not small.
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His physical cultivation has reached the sixth level of Refining Gang, and his combat prowess is not inferior to that of any general at the sixth level of Refining Gang.
And the key point is, except for the core of the East China Sea Territory, no one knows. Even the Gao family thinks that what Su Fan has been cultivating is the soul.
It was the autumn harvest again, and Su Fan only stayed in Xiapi for less than two months. As the autumn harvest was approaching, he returned to the East China Sea Territory.
With those Taoist masters from Taiping Dao here, there have always been no natural disasters in the East China Sea Territory, with good weather and good harvests every year.
Golden fruits stretch to the sky, and the thousands-mile villages in the East China Sea Territory are filled with laughter, which is also mixed with the shouts of the army.
There is harmony between the army and the people. The army sometimes goes to the fields in person to help farmers harvest food.
In the East China Sea Territory, the people's support is really strong, which is rare, and Su Fan's prestige is simply greater than the sky, and every household has a longevity tablet.
Here in the East China Sea Territory, Su Fan is the emperor, and no one can do anything to him.
If someone attacks here, it will be difficult for even an army of millions to get in.
Because here is where everyone is a soldier, and the morale is at its peak.
"Sun Jian's messenger?"
After the autumn harvest, an uninvited guest arrived from the East China Sea.
"My lord, I'm afraid this Sun Jian's envoy is here to invite us to send troops!"
Xi Zhicai said.
"Oh! It seems that Sun Jian has not had a hard time in the past two years."
Su Fan immediately laughed when he heard this. Ever since Sun Jian and Yuan Shu broke up, although they had captured Yuzhang, they had even occupied more than half of Lujiang.
However, after Yuan Shu gave up and continued to attack Nanyang County, strengthened his army, and went to Yangzhou, Sun Jian's life became difficult.
Facing the elite troops under Yuan Shu, Sun Jian could only passively defend.
No matter how unreliable Yuan Shu was in history, Yuan Shu now has millions of troops and not many strong generals under his command, but he is not a brainless person.
Since they couldn't defeat Sun Jian and Sun Ce in a duel, they stopped fighting in a duel and used their powerful troops to suppress them.
Yuan Shu was still weak and enlightened, and there were military advisors in the army to help him, so Sun Jian was forced to choose to confront Yuan Shu head-on.
The result of this is that Sun Jian's vitality is constantly being consumed, and because he has been fighting, his rule cannot develop, and food is getting less and less.
Sun Jian's condition is even worse than Gongsun Zan of Youzhou.
"Zhicai, Fengxiao, what do you think?"
"There is no need to send troops for the time being. Sun Jian is not at the end of his rope yet, but they are short of food. We can provide some support. This will also allow Sun Jian to consume more of Yuan Shu's power."
Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia looked at each other, then looked at Su Fan and said with a smile.
"Well! That's it"
In fact, they had planned this for a long time, and they also guessed that Sun Jian might come, and it was as expected.
This chapter has been completed!