After a quick wash, Zheng Pu walked across the eaves corridor to the front hall.
At this time, in the night sky, some long-lasting stars were twinkling, coveting the tenderness of the night and reluctant to let go.
When Zheng Pu saw it, he couldn't help but feel sleepy again.
He rubbed his face vigorously before walking into the hall. Seeing that Pang Hong was already seated, he took his seat and asked, "I wonder what caused the great master to come here in such a hurry?"
"I'm sorry for disturbing Brother Zijin's dream! I'm sorry!"
First, he handed over his hands and confessed repeatedly, and then Pang Hong explained the reason, "However, I will go to Wenshan County in three days. I really can't spare the time, so I can only rush to disturb you before Dian Mao."
Wenshan County?
You committed a crime and were dismissed?!
As soon as he heard this, Zheng Pu's heart trembled and he woke up instantly.
Wenshan County is a border area, and Qiang and Yi people have always lived together. Except for those who were appointed and merchants seeking profit, few people went there. It was also a good choice for imperial officials to move to the border area for crimes.
However, Zheng Pu felt at ease again when she saw Pang Hong dressed neatly as a visitor.
After thinking about it for a while, he tried to say, "Master Ju, as a close servant of the emperor, you actually want to go to Wenshan County to investigate the evil?"
"Hahaha~~~~~"
Hearing this, Pang Hong showed all his teeth and laughed heartily, "I came here just to tell Brother Zijin that if I am acting as the official today, I will no longer be the Emperor's personal attendant!"
After saying that, seeing Zheng Pu suddenly surprised, he explained the reason.
Zheng Pu listened and thought about it, and he understood in his heart.
It turned out that it was his initial advice to Prime Minister Zhuge Liang to "extend favor" and it began to spread.
That is to say, official positions should first be granted to the Jingxiang lineage, and the descendants and nephews of the Yuancong lineage should raise their own tribes with family funds. After testing the results, they can then be promoted to the descendants of the Yizhou wealthy family.
Prime Minister Zhuge Liang is known for his cautious behavior.
The second-generation children selected this time, such as Zhang Bao, Zhao Guang, Huo Yi, Mi Wei, Jiang Bin and Pang Hong, all have meritorious deeds by their parents and are well-off.
At that time, the First Lord Liu Bei appointed the Empress of Shu to reward the meritorious officials and gave Zhuge Liang, Fazheng, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei each five hundred catties of gold, one thousand catties of silver, fifty million coins, and one thousand pieces of brocade. The rest include Zhao Yun, Huo Jun, Mi Zhu and Pang Tong's descendants.
People are no less gifted.
Among them, Zhang Bao, the servant, was transferred to General Pi.
He went to Fuling County, Badong, and based on his father Zhang Fei's great reputation in Ba County, and the reputation of Yishi Yan Yan and others (the surname Yan was a local prominent family), he recruited tribes in the local area and led the people of the eight tribes of Badi.
The predecessor of Badi was the country of Cuba, and its people included Pu (Bo), Si, Ju, Li, Yi, Yi, Zhi, etc.
The main habitat of the Yu people and the Ming people is in Fuling County.
Due to the local mountains and dangerous shoals, no sericulture, and little literature, there were many acres of hunting grounds to satisfy the hunger, as well as salt wells, tea, pills, lacquer, honey, wax and other wealth assets, and people fought tooth and nail for them.
Therefore, the two tribes of Zhi and Xiao, with their elders as their elders, gathered together, and they became very brave in large numbers.
If there is a quarrel, a fight, or a lawsuit against the government, the sword must be drawn to separate life and death.
In the past, when the Han Dynasty was strong and powerful, the two tribes were brave and fearless of death, and they often conquered their people as the "Red Armor Army". [Note 1]
Mi Wei, the oldest son of Mi Zhu, was transferred to the army after his death.
When he was young, Mi Wei and his father traveled around with the late lord. He was familiar with military affairs. He was a graceful and elegant man, with a father's style. He was good at bow and horse, and was good at shooting at clouds. He will go to Wenshan County to recruit soldiers and build a new army according to the emperor's order.
Go hand in hand with the self-financing step.
With this move, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang also asked him to take care of Pang Hong's thoughts.
Because Pang Hong, the youngest visitor, was transferred to Zhaoxin Xiaowei, he went to Wenshan County to raise troops on his own.
The visitor, Huo Yi, was transferred to Zhaozhong Colonel and went to Hanjia County to recruit troops to prepare for the future expedition to Nanzhong.
Zhao Guang, who had a white body, was specially promoted to be the captain of Zhaoyi, and Jiang Bin was the captain of Zhaowu. They went to Zhuti County (directly under the jurisdiction of the governor of Gajiang) to recruit troops, and were temporarily placed under the control of Li Hui to prepare for future expeditions.
The above-mentioned edict will be promulgated by the order of the emperor at today's court meeting.
As for whether such a sudden move will trigger slander from both the government and the public, there is no need to worry too much.
Because of this, it is only a conferment of duties, not a conferment of authority.
Well, ever since the former Lord Liu Bei established Shu, the power in the military and official positions have not been directly proportional.
For example, in the Battle of Hanzhong that year, after Huang Zhong killed Xia Houyuan, he was worshiped by the First Lord as the General of the Western Conquest.
However, when Cao Cao personally led his troops to fight for Hanzhong against Wei Wu, Huang Zhong was subordinated to Zhao Yunjie, a general of the Yi army with a lower official position.
Coincidentally, when the three eastern counties were still in the hands of the Shu Han, Shen Dan was worshiped as the general of the northern expedition, but was controlled by the deputy general Liu Feng, who had a lower official position.
It will be the same today after Liu Chan came to the throne.
Li Yan, who was also entrusted with the task, was appointed as the Protector of the Central Government and unified the internal and external military affairs.
However, the military power he actually held was not comparable to that of Zhao Yun, who led the army. [Note 2]
Nowadays, after these meritorious deeds, the imperial court promotes officials and asks them to become monks and raise their own troops to serve the country, instead of directly conferring troops, which is unreasonable.
After Zheng Pu heard this, he couldn't help but praise the Prime Minister's skill in his heart.
Immediately, he smiled and said, "First of all, congratulations to Master Ju for getting what he wanted!"
"Brother Cheng Zijin, good words! Hahaha~~~~~"
After explaining with a dry mouth, Pang Hong smiled happily and waved his hand.
After picking up the water cup on the table and moistening it, he lowered his voice and said, "Brother Zijin, I am going to Wenshan County to recruit troops to perform martial arts exercises on the spot. Moreover, the Prime Minister summoned us a few days ago and gave instructions.
, we still need to move the family members of those tribes to settle in Shuzhong or Hanzhong. Alas, it is difficult to leave the hometown, so it is not easy to persuade the family members of the Wenshan Qiang Yi tribe to move here, and I don’t know when it will be done."
"Hey, you still have to move your family members?"
Hearing this, Zheng Pu raised his eyebrows and made a sound of surprise.
"Of course."
Pang Hong nodded slightly and said softly, "The Prime Minister claimed that if the family members do not move back to the court and be assigned households and land, then no one in the army will have the will to fight."
That's because as long as the court controls the family members, there is no need to worry about the tribe causing harm to the country because of the general.
Zheng Pu thought to himself.
He didn't tell the truth, but glanced sideways outside the hall, and saw that the sky had turned slightly white, so he reminded him loudly, "Master, Mao's hour is coming. If you keep chatting with me, I'm afraid you'll be late!"
"ah!"
Pang Hong was startled and quickly turned his head.
Immediately, he stood up and left the table, handing over his hands, "Thank you, Brother Zijin, for reminding me. Well, I'll go to the official office."
After finishing his words, without waiting for Zheng Pu to reply, he patted his forehead again, "I actually forgot to disturb Brother Zijin's business. Brother Zijin, I am going to Wenshan County. I don't know when I will be able to return.
It just so happens that Brother Zijin is away from home, so I would like to hold a farewell banquet tomorrow at Chen time, and invite him to come. Well, I also ask Brother Zijin to invite Brother Xiuran to come with me."
"Okay! Practice for the great master, there is no reason for me not to go!"
A bit of courtesy.
After Pang Hong left, Zheng Pu returned to his room to catch up on his sleep.
However, when sleepiness began to creep up on him, he was suddenly startled again, his eyes burning: Why did Pang Hong know that I have been sleeping for the past two days?!
[Note 1: Historically, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang recruited 3,000 soldiers from the Zhixing tribe and became Liannushi, and moved his family to live in Hanzhong County. 】
[Note 2: Zhao Yun has always been responsible for the duties of the Central Guard of the Shu Han Dynasty. After Zhao Yun died of illness, Zhuge Liang thought that the power of the Central Guard was too great and divided it into five parts, namely, the Central Guard, the Front Guard, the Right Guard, and the Left Guard.
Protect the army, protect the army from behind. In the late Shu Han Dynasty, the military power in the Shu army was still not proportional to the official position. For example, after Xiahou Ba surrendered to Shu, he was worshiped as a general of chariots and cavalry, but he was still commanded by Jiang Wei, who had a lower official position, as a general of Wei.]
