Wang Yue was a little confused. He boasted that his swordsmanship was unparalleled... Well, he had few rivals in swordsmanship. He wanted to use this to gain fame from the princes. However, he had been wandering around Luoyang City for several years but had achieved nothing. Until he met Chen Cheng.
After that, he had a completely different life than before. Although he was expelled from Luoyang and became a rebel, he was overjoyed to be able to become the governor of the state with a salary of 600 shi.
Sometimes, he would also wonder if Chen Cheng had an ulterior motive in asking him to be the governor. But what if he had an ulterior motive? He is the lord's eagle dog, used to monitor the officials in the state. It's just.
.....Should we send troops? He really doesn’t know!
Wang Yue carefully looked at the expression on Chen Cheng's face, pondered for a moment, and said, "I think that Han Sui's delay in showing up is because he has no superiors and cannot be saved!"
Chen Cheng knocked the bamboo slips in his hand and said with a smile: "He just went to court. His words were sincere and touching."
Yan Zhong laughed loudly beside him, and Wang Yue thought to himself: What's so funny about this?
He murmured: "In this case, why not send troops to rescue?"
Chen Cheng felt a little disappointed and asked Zhao Yun, "Do you think Zilong should be rescued or not?"
Zhao Yun had been thinking about it just now, and now he replied: "I think it should be saved, but there is no need to save!"
"Huh?" Chen Cheng leaned forward slightly and asked, "How do you say this?"
Zhao Yun said loudly: "My lord has taken charge of Liangzhou as a herdsman. He is responsible for ensuring the safety of Liangzhou. If the imperial troops come to attack, Han Wen has made an appointment to ask for help. Please save him! But now the weather has turned cold. I have asked the people nearby and said that every year
At this time, it is almost going to snow in Liangzhou. Once the snow falls, it will be inconvenient to use troops. At that time, neither the imperial troops nor the soldiers under Han Taishou will be able to fight for a long time. Moreover, Han Taishou sits on the land of three counties.
, with so many soldiers and horses under his command, how can we not be able to resist him?"
Wang Yue couldn't help but feel ashamed when he heard what Zhao Yun said so clearly.
Yang Qiu, however, looked down upon Zhao Yun. He said "Hey" and said, "It's no different from what I told you."
Or maybe he is just jealous. Although the Ministry of War can mobilize all the soldiers and horses of the three counties, how can it be compared with the nobleness of the ministers and ministers?
Chen Cheng smiled and said: "I am going to send an envoy to Hanyang to provide Han Sui with some ordnance. Yang Shangshu, I remember that after changing clothes, a lot of short spears and ring-headed knives were returned to the warehouse. You can choose a batch of better ones.
Send it to Han Sui."
"good!"
Chen Cheng added: "We have been fighting the Huns for so long this year, and the harvests in the fields have been much less. We don't have the ability to send out more troops..."
Yang Qiu interjected: "It is still possible to dispatch several thousand cavalry."
With a smile on his face, Chen Cheng glanced at him and continued: "...But although we can't send troops, there are still other things we can do. I'm going to set up a staff office to deduce this time.
There are also previous battles. The Ministry of War sent some people to help make sand tables for Hanyang and surrounding counties. Zilong, you also selected a few literate people among the Ya soldiers to help make the rule book."
"????"
Yang Qiu and Zhao Yun both had question marks on their faces, and even Yan Zhong, who prided himself on being unparalleled in intelligence, didn't quite understand what Chen Cheng was talking about.
"There is one in the Sand Table Army, but what is this rule book?"
Chen Cheng smiled and said: "You will know when it is done."
After Yang Qiu came out of the Zhou Mu Mansion, he looked at the sky and saw that it was almost time to leave the office. He did not go back to the Shangshu Mansion. Instead, he rode directly back to his mansion in Lian County. When he reached the door, the servants hurriedly came up and stopped him.
He took the reins and said: "Shang Shu, there are several young masters from the clan who have been waiting for you for a long time."
"Humph," Yang Qiu's anger disappeared and he said angrily: "What are they here for?"
"This...", the servant said awkwardly: "We don't dare to ask."
Yang Qiu walked into the room with a sullen face. Upon seeing this, a dozen young people immediately stood up and shouted in confusion: "Uncle!"
"uncle!"
"Clan leader!"
Yang Qiu sat on the newly popular Hu chair, snorted and asked, "Why are you coming to Lian County if you don't just stay in Fuping?"
A young man who looked heroic said: "Uncle, we want to join the army!"
Yang Qiu said in a deep voice: "If you want to join the army, you should go to Yang Hao. Now the troops and horses in Fuping are under his control, and he will make arrangements for you."
The young man said loudly: "In Fuping, the most they give us is a team leader, which is no more than a hundred stones. Uncle, you are now the minister of two thousand stones. How can we be a small team leader?"
Yang Qiu laughed angrily and asked: "Oh, what do you want to do? Do you want to be a Qu Junhou or an Army Sima? Or maybe I will arrange a position for you such as a school lieutenant or a captaincy or something like that?"
The young man said with full confidence: "Forget it being a school captain, but I am still qualified to be a captain! They can also become Qu Junhou!"
"..." Yang Qiu didn't even have the energy to be angry. He sighed and said, "If you are really capable, why don't you participate in the selection of tooth soldiers?"
"We went, but the people who selected us didn't take us seriously at all! They said we weren't strong enough and our shooting skills weren't good enough! We are going to be officials, not soldiers!"
The young man said angrily: "Uncle, those people don't give us face, they don't give you face, uncle, they just look down on our Yang family!"
Yang Qiu asked: "Then what do you want me to do?"
"Since those people don't give my uncle face, what's the use of them? Remove them from their official positions, give them a beating, and then drive them away from afar!"
"Hey," Yang Qiu squinted at his eldest nephew, "I'm just in charge of the Ministry of War. Do you think I'm the Liangzhou Mu?"
The young man said loudly: "If it weren't for my uncle, how could Chen Cheng sit in the position of Liangzhou Mu? This state already has half of our Yang family! If the person named Chen is disobedient, we will depose him and replace him with an obedient one.
Come up!"
"Hiss", Yang Qiu took a breath, then slapped his hand on the table, and said angrily: "Asshole, who taught you these words? Lord, do you dare to say anything? What ability do you have, how dare you say such a thing?
Big words?"
"I......"
While the young man was still waiting to tell the difference, Yang Qiu couldn't bear it anymore. He stepped forward and slapped him, shouting angrily: "Go back to Fuping! After you go back, everyone will stay at home honestly. Who dares to run around?
Yes, I’ll ask someone to break his dog legs!”
Seeing Yang Qiu getting angry, all the young people in the room were frightened and knelt down immediately, although they didn't know the reason. They were Yang Qiu's tribe, and it was not uncommon for this uncle, who was only a few years older, to kill people. After all, Yang Qiu was
When a prince is angry, he is really capable of killing people.
The young man was dissatisfied and shouted: "Uncle, we are the only ones in the Yang family who sincerely help you. In times of crisis, how can outsiders have someone to rely on?"
Yang Qiu's heart was moved. Although these bastards don't know the heights of heaven and earth, what they said is right. The anger on his face was slightly reduced and he said: "Huh, the selection of the tooth soldiers is personally controlled by Zhao Yun, the general of the army. I can't go and speak."
It's useless. If you want to help me, then practice your martial arts. Here are some teaching materials that the Lord is planning to implement in Liangzhou. They are not available outside now. You can take them back and study hard, and wait for the selection of Ya soldiers next year.
, will come in handy.”
The young man took the bamboo slips and asked, "Will the tooth soldiers be selected next year?"
"Of course, in the future, all officers who are promoted to Qu Junhou and above will need to study in the Ya soldiers for several months, and they will not be able to take office until they pass the assessment."
"Ah? Doesn't that mean that everyone with the surname Chen... will be under the control of Ambassador Chen?"
"Otherwise?" Yang Qiu sneered, "Do you think I can really take care of everything? I can nominate for military attache promotion, but whether it is passed or not is not my final say."
The young man opened the bamboo slips and saw many things that looked like ghostly drawings. He couldn't help but exclaimed, "What is this? Why don't I recognize it?"
"It's okay if you don't recognize it. Go back and study it carefully!"
"I can't understand this...what if I can't be selected next year?"
"Hmph, if you still can't be selected next year, come to the Ministry of War to run errands for me." Yang Qiu said unsatisfied: "But if your martial arts skills are too bad, I will still beat you back!"
After a bunch of troublesome relatives left, Yang Qiu sat on a chair and began to think deeply. He now has great power. In theory, he can mobilize all the troops in the three counties except Yabing, but
In fact, I encountered a lot of constraints, which was far less satisfying than when I was in Fuping.
The money and food for the army depended on the looks of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the promotion of generals depended on the looks of the provincial ministers... Sometimes he wanted to simply resign as Minister of War and return to Fuping to become a local emperor.
Isn’t it beautiful? But the feeling of holding hundreds of thousands of troops is so intoxicating. Now Cheng Yi, Ma Teng and others have to be careful when talking to him. This kind of pleasure is not what they felt when they were trapped in Fuping.
Comparable?
That's all, that's all, let's find a way to put in more of our own people, so that we won't always feel like we have our hands tied like now.
Regardless of whether it is a purposeful act or not, power agencies will always instinctively expand the scope of their rights. Just like the joke of the Japanese army during World War II, the Navy will form Marine Corps, cavalry force and armored force. The Army will also
Try every means possible to create support aircraft carriers and transport fleets.
Just when Yang Qiu was trying to expand his power, Xu Chao had already led people to dredge the river on the edge of the Yellow River. He planned to take advantage of the slack time after the autumn harvest to clear out part of the blocked river so that water could be diverted to irrigate the fields near Lian County.
.
Chen Shijun has agreed that after the rivers are dredged, 30,000 acres will be assigned to the Xu family. When the rivers in Lian County are dredged, there will be Linrong and other places waiting for him to deal with. But he is not in a hurry.
During his years as county magistrate in Lingzhou, he presided over many field developments and knew how to do it quickly and well without causing a backlash from the people.
Standing on the edge of the river beach, Xu Chao reached out and grabbed a handful of soil. Xu Chao said to his left and right: "If this area can be developed, there will be an additional 100,000 acres of fertile farmland next year, as long as the Yellow River does not flood..."
At this point, he frowned and thought: Just dredging these irrigation channels can only cure the symptoms, but not the root cause. If you want to really turn both sides of the Yellow River into a granary, you must make great efforts to control the Yellow River!
He had thought about this matter before when he was in Lingzhou, but at that time, he was just a county magistrate. Even if he gave Yang Qiu a watch, he would just end up in ruins. It is different now, he
Xu Chao is now the Minister of Household Affairs and the Minister of Industry in Liangzhou. The management of the Yellow River is within the scope of his duties!
Chen Cheng, who was urging Wei Ran, Ding Yuan and others to participate in making the sand table, never expected that a big surprise would soon hit his head.
