Guo Tu and Chunyu Qiong led 30,000 troops to escort the emperor and officials, and marched toward Yecheng in a mighty manner.
Yuan Shao led his subordinates to go out thirty miles from the city to meet him.
The palace has not yet been built, so the emperor temporarily lives in Zhao Zhong's former residence, and all the officials have their own temporary residences.
Yuan Shao had already learned about Liu Bei's proposal to appoint Guan Yu as the governor of Yangzhou, Zhou Ping as the prefect of Lujiang, and Lu Su as the captain of Lujiang, but he did not express any objection.
His counselors did not object.
Yangzhou is still controlled by Yuan Shu, Liu Bei only occupies half of Jiujiang County, and making Guan Yu the governor of Yangzhou can just use Liu Bei's help to get rid of Yuan Shu, or weaken Yuan Shu's strength.
Now that Yuan Shu is in Lujiang, making Zhou Ping the governor of Lujiang is just a false name, and Yuan Shao will not object.
However, Yuan Shao did not admit it, let alone accept the emperor's decree, and could only acquiesce.
With Liu Bei's current strength and prestige, Yuan Shao also has to be a little cautious.
He was afraid that if he angered Liu Bei, Liu Bei and Cao Cao would join forces to snatch the emperor away again.
After all, it was he, not Liu Bei, who snatched away the Emperor. It was Yuan Shao who Cao Cao hated more.
Now that Yuan Shao had an emperor, he began to reward his own people greatly.
First of all, he made himself a general and recorded the ministerial affairs.
The general is superior to the three princes, and he is in control of the affairs of the imperial court, and everyone listens to his wishes.
Although Yuan Shao and Yang Biao were at odds, Yang Biao was still the fourth generation and the third prince after all, and his reputation was too great. In order to stabilize people's hearts, Yuan Shao had no choice but to make Yang Biao the Taifu, a person with a high position but no power.
Zhang Xi, who had been dismissed by Cao Cao, was reinstated as Sikong, Situ Zhao Wen remained as usual, and Taiwei was appointed as Guang Luxun Huandian.
Taichang was Zhao Qi, Taipu was Han Rong, Zong was Liu Ai, Shaofu was Kong Rong, the Prime Minister of the Eastern Sea, Xu Zhuan, was the Tingwei, Chen Ji was the Dahonglu, and the governor of Yuzhou, Chen Gui, was the Dasi Nong.
Jia Xu served as a guard, and Guo Tu led the troops to rescue the emperor, and escorted the emperor to Ye for his great service. He was appointed Guangluxun and a marquis.
Xun Yu was still in charge of Shangshu Ling, and Zhong Yao was appointed as Sili Xiaowei. Yuan Shao also saw that Zhong Yao was a talented person.
The post of Shangshu Pushe was held by Ying Shao, the former Taishan prefect.
As for Yuan Shao's advisers, except for Guo Tu who had meritorious service in protecting the emperor, it is difficult for the others to be appointed as ministers at once.
Jushou was worshiped as the general of the Zhenjun army and still commanded the troops.
Biejia Tian Feng was worshiped as the prefect of Weijun, Shen Pei was worshiped as Henan Yin, Feng Ji was appointed as the minister, Xu Youren was appointed as the executive Jin Wu, Xun Chen was worshiped as the prefect of Runan, Xin Ping was worshiped as the Guanglu doctor, and Chunyu Qiong protected the emperor.
He also had great merits and was worshiped as the Governor of Dongjun, General Zhenwei, and was granted the title of Marquis. Yan Liang was worshiped as General Zhenwu.
Yuan Shao also appointed his son Yuan Tan as the governor of Qingzhou, Yuan Xi as the governor of Youzhou, and his nephew Gao Gan as the governor of Bingzhou.
It can be said that when one person attains enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.
Xun You followed the emperor to Ye, and Yuan Shao appointed him as a general and a great craftsman.
Furthermore, as agreed before, Luo Jun, the Prime Minister of Chen, was appointed Governor of Yuzhou, Xia Houyuan was appointed Prime Minister of Chen, and Xiao Jian, the Prime Minister of Pengcheng, was appointed Prime Minister of Pei.
Liu Bei was worshiped as General Right, established the Yibi Sansi Division, and was granted the title of Marquis of Guangling. Zhou Ping was also worshiped as General Jianzhong.
Originally Zhang Xiu was General Jianzhong, but this time the imperial court appointed Zhang Xiu as the Grand Administrator of Nanyang and added General Jianwei.
Liu Pan was worshiped as the governor of Nanjun, and Liu Biao was also worshiped as the rear general.
In Xuzhou, Liu Bei also rewarded people based on their merits.
Zhang Fei was appointed Prime Minister of the East China Sea and was promoted to General Wu. Tian Yu was appointed Prime Minister of Pengcheng. Guan Yu was appointed Governor of Yangzhou and General Wei was promoted.
Li Jia made several meritorious deeds and was recognized by Liu Bei as the prefect of Jiujiang and worshiped as Zhonglang General.
Gan Ning, Xu Chu, Xu Sheng, Chen Dao and others were worshiped as school captains.
The others each received a reward.
What is quite surprising is that Cao Cao was actually worshiped as General Zhendong. Perhaps Yuan Shao thought that Cao Cao was no longer a threat to him.
In Yanzhou, Cao Cao appointed Xiahou Dun as the prefect of Taishan, Cao Ren as the prefect of Chenliu, Cheng Yu as the prefect of Jiyin, Lu Qian as the prime minister of Jibei, Shi Huan as the prefect of Shanyang, and Cao Hong as the prime minister of Dongping.
In Yangzhou, not long after Huang Zu sent troops to attack Lujiang, he was defeated by Sun Ce and returned to Jiangxia.
Sun Ce stationed his troops in Lujiang, preparing to send troops to capture Hefei.
After Liu Bei appointed Li Jia as the governor of Jiujiang, he ordered him to lead 5,000 troops and horses first, rush to Hefei, and garrison with Guan Yu and others.
Zang Ba also led his troops back to Langya.
In June of the second year of Jian'an, the world was calm and there was no war.
But Zhou Ping knew that this was only a temporary calm.
Sun Ce cannot wait too long and will definitely march towards Hefei.
Liu Bei's expedition lasted too long, and his troops were exhausted. He needed time to recuperate, and he also needed to recruit more troops.
Now Zang Ba led his troops back to Langya. Because Cao Cao stayed in Yanzhou and had to be prepared for Cao Cao's attack at all times, Zang Ba could not lead his troops to fight Yuan Shu and Sun Ce.
After Zang Ba returned with 3,000 troops, there were 8,000 troops in Langya. In addition, Chen Deng had 5,000 troops in Guangling. Tian Yu and Liang Lu also had 5,000 troops in Pengcheng. After Li Jia led 5,000 troops to Jiujiang, Jiujiang
His troops, including Taishi Ci and Lu Su, totaled 30,000 people.
In Xiapi, including the 5,000 people who originally guarded the city, there are now only 12,000 people.
In other words, Liu Bei's total troops only numbered 60,000.
It is definitely not enough to defend Xuzhou and attack Yangzhou at the same time. We must recruit soldiers and horses.
However, Hefei has 30,000 soldiers, which is enough to defend the city. It will be difficult for Sun Ce to attack Hefei.
Liu Bei asked Zang Ba to recruit troops in Langya, and also asked him to recruit more Taishan soldiers.
At the same time, soldiers were recruited from Xiapi, Pengcheng, Donghai, Guangling and other counties, and Gao Shun and Xu Sheng were responsible for training.
Liu Bei's son Liu Kun was born in October of the first year of Jian'an and is not yet one year old yet.
Liu Bei, who is thirty-seven years old this year, was naturally very happy to have a son in his later years.
However, he did not revolve around his son every day. After all, he was a person who did big things, and the world and the people were his first priority.
Now it is impossible to send troops to attack Yuan Shu, but when the emperor arrives in Yecheng, as the pastor of Xuzhou, Liu Bei should send envoys to pay tribute.
The burden of going to Yecheng to meet the emperor fell on Zhou Ping.
In September of the second year of Jian'an, Yuan Shao built the palace in Yecheng, and the emperor moved into the palace. Although it was only a small palace, it was decent enough and could be expanded slowly in the future.
The Gongqing's mansion has basically been built, all ministries and departments are in order, and there is a peaceful atmosphere in Yecheng.
"Sir, when you go to Ye to see the emperor this time, you must express your loyalty to the emperor. If you are prepared, the emperor will be safe." Liu Bei told Zhou Ping.
Zhou Ping replied: "Don't worry, my lord, Ping knows how to speak. The most important thing now is to stabilize Yuan Benzhu so that he will not become our enemy. At the same time, let him monitor Cao Cao and not let Cao Cao recruit troops too quickly. Our goal
The recruitment and training of soldiers, as well as the reclamation and cultivation of fields must also be stepped up. Yangzhou must be captured as soon as possible. Only then can we have no worries and can rescue the emperor and return to Luoyang."
"Sir, I know that the emperor's stay in Ye is actually a temporary measure. I will do my best to get the emperor to return to Luodu, so that the world can truly be at peace. I'll thank you for your trip to Yecheng, sir!"
Because Zhang Wu had just gotten married, Xu Chu and Chen Dao led a hundred guards to escort Zhou Ping to Ye.
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I found that the transitional chapters were really difficult to write, and they were a bit stuck.
