Chapter 1039 The General Soldier of Tongguan, Chen Tong
Chen Tong has guarded the three passes for many years, taking charge of all matters in Tongguan, Hangu and Sanmenguan.
Wang Xu didn't even know he had such great energy before he took up his post at Hangu Pass.
From the three gates up and down, from the military lieutenant general to the clerical clerk, down to the hundred-year-old minor official, sixty-seven out of ten are all controlled by the Chen family.
If you are not the Chen family, or someone who swears allegiance to the Chen family, you will not be able to get along in the land of Sanguan.
The most obvious change is that as soon as Chen Dao and Chen Lan left, most of the managers of Hangu Pass were immediately vacant. When asked, even many of the barracks cooks left.
Wang Xu was secretly shocked when he saw it, but also a little lucky.
Fortunately, the Shang Dynasty was not yet in crisis, and the pressure of the imperial court had not been weakened to the extreme. He showed his identity as the commander-in-chief. Even if the Chen family's children were in important positions, they had to retreat in front of his identity.
Otherwise, if there is a real fight, even though he is not afraid, he will still be exhausted.
"The Six Saints of Meishan, I appoint the six of you as school captains to take over the troops at Hangu Pass without any mistakes!"
After taking back the military and political power of Hangu Pass, the first thing Wang Xu did was to put the Six Saints of Meishan in a high position.
This is inevitable. After all, he is only one person. Even if he has three heads and six arms, he cannot handle all matters at once. Appropriate delegation of power is necessary.
Moreover, the Six Saints of Meishan are all demon gods in the Confucian world. They are the great demons who lead their respective tribes and have great management abilities.
Wang Xu was also relieved to leave the troops and horses at Hangu Pass under the control of a few of them.
"Yes, General!"
The Six Sages of Meishan agreed and went back to the camp to train their troops.
After Wang Xu finished his instructions, he looked at the officials standing below and said: "The military and political affairs of Hangu Pass are integrated. I already have generals, but there are still many vacancies in civilian positions. If you have any skills, please tell me."
The officials present looked at each other and hesitated for a long time, but no one came forward to recommend themselves.
Wang Xu was extremely disappointed. It seemed that these people were just average, and none of them could take the lead.
"Little man, little man is good at arithmetic, but I wonder if he is good at arithmetic?"
A clerk stood up and asked stumblingly.
Wang Xu was a short man who picked generals. He didn't mind after asking, and said: "One hundred acres of land, one acre of grain harvests 300 kilograms, one kilogram is equivalent to about 80 grains of rice, how many grains of rice can one thousand acres harvest?
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"This this……"
The clerk was so anxious that he broke out in sweat and started counting with his hands. It took him enough time to count a pack of cigarettes before he said tentatively: "But 24 million grains of rice?"
Wang Xu nodded slightly and exhaled uncontrollably.
Fortunately, he was able to answer it. If he couldn't answer such a simple question, he would really wonder if the Chen family had only left themselves a bunch of wine bags and rice bags after they left.
But that's it, this group of people right now is just a little better than wine bags and rice bags.
It seems that those who are talented are either picked up by the Chen family after showing their talents, or they are dissatisfied with the low development potential of Hangu Pass and seek education and employment elsewhere.
If we really want to develop Hangu Pass well, military commanders are on the one hand, but civil servants who govern the place are also indispensable.
"What's your name and what was your previous official position?" Wang Xusheng asked helplessly as he looked at the short general selected.
The clerk was so excited that he thought he was going to have a great career, so he quickly said: "The villain Zhang Fan works as a clerk in the grain tax house, and specializes in recording agricultural taxes."
"Okay, you are a poor tax owner. Remember to work hard."
Wang Xu looked disgusted with each other and could only pinch his nose and temporarily arrange new posts for the officials present to tide over the current difficulties.
At the same time, he also knew that these people were just the next generation and could be used for a short time. In the long run, it would be a good thing if Hangu Pass did not prosper or decline.
In order to solve this problem, Wang Xu had to post a recruitment list and select children from nearby aristocratic families to fill the civil service.
He believed that there should still be talented people in the aristocratic family.
In the past, the military and political affairs were all controlled by the Chen family, and other aristocratic families could not help, so they were happy and confused.
Now that the Chen family has left, there are a lot of vacancies, and there is no need to worry about the children of the aristocratic families coming to apply.
After all, Hangu Pass has a radius of thousands of miles and tens of millions of residents, so there should not be even a few people who can write and calculate.
For half a month, Wang Xu was busy with government affairs and at the same time sorting out information on Hangu Pass.
Hangu Pass is headed by a pass, a city, and a mountain. There are more than 40 million soldiers and civilians in the city.
The cultivated land reaches 130 million acres. With Tongguan and Sanmenguan as barriers, it can completely achieve self-sufficiency.
The fly in the ointment is that there are no iron mines in Hangu Pass, and armaments are completely dependent on external exports.
The tax revenue in Guanzhong is mainly based on agriculture, supplemented by the fur trade. Although it is not poverty-stricken, it is still very different from the hinterland of Chaoge.
As a result, Wang Xu has no intention of lowering his head and developing. Farming here is definitely a dead end.
It seems that the way out is to wait for Master Jiang Ziya to settle in Xiqi, seize the three passes and flee.
In order to seize the Three Passes, Wang Xu ordered the Six Saints of Meishan to train their troops quickly, but they did not expand their military strength secretly.
The Chen family has controlled the Three Passes for a long time, and is the Chen family's spy, covertly and covertly. Expanding the army secretly is simply not feasible.
Moreover, there are 500,000 armored soldiers at Tongguan and 200,000 armored soldiers at Sanmenguan. The combat power formed by the rapid expansion of troops cannot shake these elite soldiers.
Instead of wasting time and letting Chen Tong notice something, it is better to continue to improve on the basis of the original soldiers.
The three pass soldiers are mainly first-level soldiers, supplemented by a few second-level elite soldiers.
Once the troops are successfully trained, turning the first-level soldiers into second-level soldiers will be more effective than expanding the number of troops by 3 to 500,000.
Tongguan
"Brother, the investigation is clear. This Yang Jian is related to Empress Liu in the harem. He once served as a general of the imperial army in the palace and has no deep relationship with the civil and military affairs of the DPRK. However, it is said that this person is a disciple of Yuquan Mountain and belongs to the orthodox Taoist family.
The divine passage method is not weak at all."
In the Tongguan camp, the two Chen brothers were discussing countermeasures, and they were talking about Wang Xu, who was guarding Hangu Pass.
The Chen family has been guarding the Three Passes for many years and has long regarded the Three Passes as their base camp.
Wang Xu was transferred to Hangu Pass, which directly cut the Chen family's power into two parts, one at Tongguan and the other at Sanmenguan, which made the Chen family feel like they were in trouble.
If Hangu Pass cannot be captured, Chen's sphere of influence will not be connected.
There was no room for others to sleep soundly beside the couch. Chen did not make any move for half a month. She just couldn't figure out the origin of Wang Xu who was transferred here, so she didn't dare to take action easily.
At present, news is constantly coming from Chaoge, and various people are gathering together. The situation of Wang Xu has been closely traced by Chen.
"Mother Liu's people?"
Chen Tong, the contemporary head of the Chen family, said with a gloomy face: "The harem is dominated by Empress Daji. Not long ago, even Yabi Qian had his heart ripped out by Empress Daji and died. There was an uproar in the government and the public.
This Empress Liu is the third sister of Empress Daji. It is said that she is very favored in the palace, but this will cause trouble."
Chen was born in a general family. If Wang Xu was from a grassroots or was born in a general family, he would have his own means to deal with it.
However, Wang Xu took the wild road and hugged the thigh of the concubine in the harem.
Seriously speaking, for a small aristocratic family like the Chen family, there is really no one who can speak in the harem. It is impossible to squeeze Wang Xu away.
It's difficult, it's really difficult.
If formal means cannot be used to deal with it, should some unconventional methods be used?
If not, one of the three passes would be lost, and it would be difficult to connect the beginning and the end. Wouldn't it be that the Chen family's foundation would be surrendered?
Set a small goal first, such as remembering in 1 second: