In addition to being Princess Wannian, Liu Qian also has many supporters in the Xiliang Army. She was always the first in the first class of Army Primary School, and later graduated as the chief. Her classmates are now
He is a middle- and lower-level officer at the level of village commander and quzhang. Her teachers are at the lowest level captain, and the higher ones are directly at the level of Zhao Yun and Yang Qiu.
Whether at the bottom or at the top, Liu Qian has many supporters. The military will always worship the strong. Coupled with her noble status, Liu Qian's influence in the Xiliang Army is higher than many people imagine. It's just that
She doesn't really care about these things now.
After seeing Princess Wannian say a few words, the situation completely turned to the other side, and Yan Zhong felt quite uncomfortable.
Chen Cheng was surprised for a moment, and then a smile appeared on his face. He looked to the left and right and said, "Then our next target is set in the Central Plains. Do you have any different opinions?"
Everyone shook their heads, and no one expressed objections. For the generals, as long as there is a war to fight, it is not so important where to fight. For the civil servants, if they can expand their territory, there will be a lot more official positions at all levels.
After the capture of Guanzhong, there were dozens more county magistrates alone.
Even if they look down on Bailihou's position, everyone has relatives and friends, and people to arrange. Besides, in addition to the county magistrate, aren't there also prefects and even state pastors? Now Zhao Yun has already
The first one to go out to the state as a herdsman, according to the general's usual style, then there will definitely be a second one and a third one.
State Shepherd, that has greater power than the prefect of the county or the governor of the state! If you can be released as a State Shepherd, your life will be really worth it!
"If we want to attack Yanzhou, the first task is to reclaim farmland near Luoyang and resume production so that we can have food to supply the army heading east." Chen Cheng asked: "Huangfu Song has died of illness, who can succeed him as Henan Yin?"
In Chen Cheng's view, the best candidate is of course Xu Chao, the Minister of Household Affairs. Although Xu Chao has a bad temper and a tough temper, he is a good farmer. When he was in Lingzhou, he led the people of the county to the east bank of the Yellow River.
One hundred thousand acres of fertile land were reclaimed. At that time, there were many powerful people in Lingzhou, each with a strong army, but Xu Chao was able to organize these people to jointly fight against Yang Qiu, the governor of the North at that time, which shows his ability.
But Xu Chao is now not only the Minister of Household Affairs, but also the Minister of Industry. He is responsible for all farming and farming in Liangzhou and Guanzhong, as well as population counting, construction of factories, training of workers, etc., and he is Chen Cheng's
The left and right arms are inseparable even for a moment.
When Bingzhou is pacified, the reconstruction work of Bingzhou will also fall on Xu Chao. How can he be released to become the Yin of Henan?
Developing production in Luoyang and accumulating grain and grass in preparation for the army's march eastward are of course very important, but Guanzhong is the most important place. With the current population and fields in Guanzhong, if developed well, nearly five to six million shi can be accumulated in a year
Food. After excluding the salaries of officials at all levels and the consumption of the garrison, there are still about three million dan left.
It is because Guanzhong is so rich that it has supported He Jin's army of more than 200,000 in long-term battles in the past few years. It is also for this reason that Dong Zhuo and the Xiliang princes have never forgotten Guanzhong, even if
Even though his head was bruised and bleeding, he still wanted to fight his way into Guanzhong.
Henan Yin was once the head of all the counties in the Han Dynasty. If you want to sit in this position, you need ability and loyalty. Now Chen Cheng has many talents under his command. In addition to Xu Chao, there are many people who are qualified. He has already
We have the right candidates, but we still want to hear what the officials think.
Because the current political power does not belong to him alone, but to all officials and soldiers. This is Chen Cheng's consistent philosophy. It is not advisable to live alone. Only everyone can benefit from it, that is, "the top and bottom share the same desire."
Only in this way can the political power be stable. As long as it is not an important issue, he will always do what is good.
Yan Zhong stroked his beard and spoke first. He was the oldest and highest-ranking minister under Chen Cheng. He was in charge of the Zhongshu Province and the Shangshu Province, which was equivalent to holding the National People's Congress and government departments in his hands. He did not speak.
Others didn't dare to speak first.
"Fu Qian, the former governor of Shuofang, was good at governing the people and well versed in military affairs. He can be called the Yin of Henan."
Fu Qian has been the prefect of Shuofang for four years. He has just arrived in Chang'an to report on his duties and has not yet been assigned a new position. Chen Cheng originally wanted Fu Qian to be the minister of the Ministry of Works and transfer from the local prefect to the central official position. Although his salary has not changed,
But the status is much higher.
Xu Chao has always been holding multiple positions, and he has long proposed to find someone to help him share the work. Chen Cheng transferred Fu Qian back from Shuofang to free up the position so that his generals could go out for gilding, but
More importantly, it is to fill the hole in the province.
Although there were many court officials, Chen Cheng did not trust them, so it was impossible for him to hand over real power to the court ministers.
However, since Yan Zhong proposed that Fu Qian be appointed as the Yin of Henan, it seems not impossible. Although Luoyang has been ruined and the emperor has moved to Chang'an, the Yin of Henan is no longer as peaceful as before, but compared to the prefect of Shuofang County,
, which can be regarded as rising.
"Zhongshu Ling proposed that Fu Qian should take over as Henan Yin. Do you have any other candidates to propose?"
All the people from Xiliang had no other choice. Fu Qian was also from Liangzhou. Although he was not very close to these princes originally, as Chen Cheng's territory expanded, the people of Liangzhou formed a faction consciously or unconsciously.
, they certainly would not object to Fu Qianlai, who was born in Liangzhou, taking over as Henan Yin.
The only Guanzhong people who could speak in the hall were Meng Tuo and Du Ji. Meng Da, Fazheng and others were not qualified to participate in such a meeting to decide strategy.
Watch your mouth, your mouth and your heart, only listen and don't speak. Now that Xiliang has a large number of people and Yan Zhong is in the limelight, they will not jump out to sing the opposite at this time.
But not everyone was so informed. Just when Yan Zhong was satisfied that no one in the civil and military officials spoke against him, someone stepped forward and proposed other candidates. The person who stepped forward was none other than Cai Yong, the Minister of Rites.
In the eyes of Yan Zhong and others, the Ministry of Rites is a place for leisure people. Those who can only talk but are not good at practical work are all crammed here.
Cai Yong was like this, and so was Wang Can, who was highly praised by Cai Yong. Originally, these people studied Confucian classics. After coming to Chang'an, many people became interested in "Chen Xue". They lived a comfortable life, but they had no
For other things, although the time spent studying "Chen Studies" was short, the progress exceeded that of many Liangzhou people.
After all, there are differences in people's intelligence, and differences in living conditions and habits also lead to very different attitudes towards knowledge. It was only by monopolizing knowledge that the wealthy families were able to overpower the military aristocrats and become the leaders of the court.
Among the main forces, Wang Can didn't come to Chang'an for long, and he had already left many people far behind just by relying on self-study.
Cai Yong said: "I recommend someone who can be the Yin of Henan."
"Oh, who does Mr. Cai recommend?"
Cai Yong said: "Therefore, Yang Xiu and Yang Dezu, the son of Taiwei Yang Biao, were familiar with political orders and assisted General Huangfu Song in conquering Luoyang. He could be said to have both civil and military skills. He had been in Luoyang for a long time and was familiar with the local customs, which was enough for Yin of Henan.
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Most people cast a strange look at Cai Yong. Some people looked at Cai Yong first and then at Yan Zhong, waiting for the development of the matter with various thoughts. Yan Zhong acted as the center
It is true that the person who holds the title of Shu Ling and is the Chief of the Secretariat is very prestigious and everyone looks up to him, but if he has been in charge for a long time, he will definitely offend a lot of people. There are also many people who are respectful on the surface but secretly wish him bad luck.
If Yan Zhong falls, wouldn't two positions immediately become vacant? Under the system of three provinces and six ministries, there are only three positions at the top, and Yan Zhong alone occupies two. Isn't this enough to make people jealous?
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Yan Zhong was not dissatisfied with Cai Yong's proposal, but thought about it seriously and said, "Yang Dezu has just turned twenty, right? His mother is still the legitimate daughter of the Yuan family, so I'm afraid it's not appropriate to be the Yin of Henan.
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Among the four generations of the Yuan family and the three princes, the Yang family is even more powerful. Five generations of people have sat in such high-ranking official positions as the three princes. Yang Xiu, as the result of the marriage between the Yang family and the Yuan family, has a better background than Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. It's just that he was born
It was a little late. When the world was in chaos, I was only a teenager, and now I have just turned twenty.
If he is about the same age as Cao Cao, if he is more than thirty years old, he should be able to easily become a prince on the brother side. He does not even need to have strong abilities, the disciples and former officials of the Yuan family and the Yang family will take him
Pushed to the position of state pastor.
Of course Chen Cheng had heard of Yang Xiu's name, but the allusion of "tasteless" was written into the textbook. His original impression of Yang Xiu was that he was a man who relied on his talents and did not know how to restrain himself. Now that he thinks about it, he has such a prominent personality.
With his background, it would be difficult for Yang Xiu to endure it even if he wanted to.
In the original history, Cao Cao killed Yang Xiu not necessarily because of reasons such as "relying on talent and letting Kuang go" or "disrupting military discipline." During the Battle of Hanzhong, Cao Cao was already old and had to consider his funeral. If
Now that he is gone, who can suppress Yang Xiu? It is better to kill him as soon as possible so that he can feel at ease.
Cai Yong replied: "Yang Xiu has extraordinary talents. Even if he is not appointed as Yin of Henan, he should still be recruited into the court and not leave any sages in the wild."
Chen Cheng was noncommittal and asked again, "Are there any other candidates?"
Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads together. Now that an upright person like Cai Yong is taking the lead, everyone can just watch from the sidelines, but they will not end up personally.
Chen Cheng thought for a while, looked at the officials with different expressions, and asked Jia Xu by name: "Does Wen He have any good candidates?"
After all, Shi Zhongling is the chief official of the province. It is unreasonable to say nothing in such an important meeting.
Jia Xu said: "I think that if the imperial court resumes production in Luoyang, it may not lead to attacks from the surrounding princes. After appointing the new Henan Yin, a general will need to be sent to guard it."
"Who do you think Wen He should send?"
"Xu Rong, the governor of Wuyuan County, can take on this responsibility."
Jia Xu did not say who he supported as the Yin of Henan, but instead sent a general to Luoyang. In this way, he would not offend anyone, but he also sold the military and Xu Rong a big favor. Everyone on the side praised Jia Xu in their hearts.
Wen He was extremely resourceful, but at the same time he scolded this man for being so cunning.
