Jizhou City is now the largest town in Youzhou, with a population of one million. Just like Luoyang at that time, it is the political, economic, cultural and military center of Youzhou. Jizhou City was expanded from the original Jixian City.
With reasonable planning and complete facilities, even the city wall is nine feet high, just like a pearl in the north.
The center of Jizhou City is the most important place in Youzhou, which is Liu Lin's Yanhou Mansion. Now Liu Lin has moved out of the Zhoumu Mansion, and the original Zhoumu Mansion has become a real political and military decision-making place.
location.
But today, in this political and military decision-making place, everyone is not as busy as usual, each performing his or her duties. Instead, they gather together as if waiting for something to happen. Of course, there is no such solemn feeling on everyone's faces.
, On the contrary, he was beaming with joy. At this time, a sergeant came in from outside the door. When everyone saw that he was the guard of Yanhou Liu Lin, they quickly gathered around him and asked in a hurry: "Has the mistress given birth?" The guard
With a wry smile on his face, he said: "My lords, please be patient. When the humble duty comes, the mistress has not yet given birth, so she must be here soon!"
When everyone heard this, they sighed, waved their hands and said, "Then what are you doing here?" When the guard heard this, he muttered: "I'm not looking for you!" Ignoring the eyes of those people, he went straight to the innermost room.
Go to an office, that is where Xun Yu's office is. Xun Yu is now the official of the Prefecture Mufu, with a high position. He Zhizhong Chen Qun, Guo Jia, Tian Yu, and Mi Zhu are called the Five Nobles of Youzhou.
, this is also the result of Liu Lin's comprehensive consideration of Youzhou politics. The five of them represent several strengths. Xun Yu and Chen Qun belong to the Yingchuan force, which is the representative of the family under Liu Lin's account. Guo Jia belongs to a poor family.
Because Guo Jia once studied at Yingchuan Academy, he became the link between the poor family and the gentry. Tian Yu belonged to the local forces, Mi Zhu represented the foreign forces, and the original Xun You, Chen Gong, Xi Zhicai, Tian Feng, and Liu
Lin arranged them in various state capitals. These four forces plus Liu Lin's forces structured the entire political situation in Youzhou. Of course, this was just a distribution of power in politics. In military terms, Liu Lin broke all conventions and firmly established
He firmly holds the army in his own hands. He firmly believes in the truth that power comes from the barrel of a gun. The army implements rotational garrison. All officers at the rank of general are appointed by himself, and all appointed officers must go to the military academy for further studies and become
Liu Lin's disciples increased the loyalty of the army.
Xun Yu's office was very spacious, divided into two rooms, inside and outside. The inside was where he rested, and the outside was where he worked. Cui Yan, who was originally ranked second in the scientific examination, had just come up from the county magistrate's examination and served as Xun Yu's office.
Secretary, learning how to deal with various government affairs. When he saw Liu Lin's bodyguard coming this way, he hurriedly greeted him, "General, do you want to see Mr. Biejia?" The bodyguard nodded and said, "My lord, please invite Mr. Xun.
Go to discuss political affairs!"
Cui Yan handed over his hand to the guards and entered the inner room. Xun Yu was reading the tax report for the first half of the year submitted by Xi Zhicai, the prefect of Liaoxi County. When he saw Cui Yan coming in, he said, "Is there something wrong with Ji Gui?"
Yan quickly bowed and said: "My lord has sent someone to recruit you to discuss government affairs!"
He quickly put down his pen, stood up and said to Cui Yan: "Ji Gui, I have read the report on Liaoxi, you can copy it for later use!" Cui Yan nodded, Xun Yu stood up, put on his clothes
After getting into his official robe, he walked outside.
When Xun Yu arrived at Liu Lin's residence, Guo Jia, Chen Qun, Tian Yu and Mi Zhu were already waiting in the hall, and a woman wearing a cloak was kneeling under Guo Jia with an indifferent expression.
Sitting there on her knees, she was Mo Yu, the actual leader of the Internal Guard. When everyone saw Xun Yu coming, they all raised their hands in greeting. Mo Yu just nodded coldly, which made Xun Yu feel chilled.
At this time, footsteps came from far and near outside the hall. Xun Yu and others knew that Liu Lin was coming. Liu Lin had gained equal prestige in Youzhou in recent years. He was no longer the young man he was back then. Although Liu Lin was smiling, as if he was bathed in the spring breeze.
But in the eyes of everyone, he was already a superior, a terrifying lord. Liu Lin wore a brocade robe and a jade belt around his waist, and strode in. The guard commander Chen Dao accompanied him and stood beside Liu Lin.
around.
"We are invited here today because a big event happened! General Mo, please tell me!" Liu Lin entered the hall and knelt down at the head of the hall before saying. Everyone looked at Mo Yu, and Mo Yu stood up.
She took out a brochure from her arms and said, "Lord, my lords, this is the latest detective report!" She handed the brochure to Xun Yu and said, "In the past six months, Bingzhou, Yangzhou, and Xiliang have all been here.
There was a war going on, and I followed my lord's will and put all my focus on the war. I didn't expect that Sun Ce of Jiangdong would use lightning speed to capture the six counties of Jiangdong. Not only that, Cao Cao also captured it recently.
Arrive at Xuchang and march towards Nanyang! Yang Feng of Bingzhou is now besieged by an army of 100,000 led by Yuan Shao of Jizhou and is in danger!" After saying this, Mo Yu stopped talking and stood aside.
Liu Lin glanced at everyone and said: "Everyone has read the book and listened to General Mo's introduction to some situations. I would like to hear your opinions?" Xun Yu was the head of the Five Nobles. He heard what Liu Lin said.
, knowing Liu Lin's intention of recruiting them, he leaned forward and said: "My lord, now we can't take care of Sun Ce in Jiangdong and Cao Cao in Dongjun for the time being, and what we need most urgently is Bingzhou. As long as we capture Bingzhou, then
Marching westward to Chang'an will be smooth, but taking Bingzhou will inevitably lead to an enemy with Yuan Shao. Bingzhou belongs to the Yellow Turban forces and has been besieged by Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao is also a court official after all. If we attack Yuan Shao, it will affect the lord.
The reputation will also make our army unknown!"
Just as Xun Yu finished speaking, he heard Liu Lin laughing and saying, "Wen Ruo, don't worry, Yang Feng has already sent an envoy to surrender to me today!" When everyone heard this, their expressions were excited, and they bowed and said: "
Congratulations, my lord, for winning another state!" Liu Lin smiled and waved his hands and said, "This state is not that easy to win, with Yuan Shao's 100,000 troops watching covetously?" Upon hearing this, Guo Jia burst into laughter and said, "
Yuan Shaozhi is a man of great talent and is very suspicious. He attacked the city on the front line and was afraid of Han Fu's rebellion. He actually killed Han Fu's family. What should such a person worry about?" Xun Yu also nodded and smiled and said: "Yuan Shao relies on himself for four generations
Sangong, he never takes the world's heroes seriously, but he doesn't know that if he didn't have this title, he wouldn't even be as good as Han Fu? Now that my lord is justified, I just want to see if Yuan Shao knows what he wants!"