In early March of the third year of Zhongping, Jushu instigated a rebellion against the Yellow Turban thief Li Bo, and both parties attacked Zhangrao's tribe at the agreed time.
Zhang Rao was defeated, and Wang Bo Guancheng fled with his troops.
But everyone knows that it is only a matter of time before Guan Yu sweeps Beihai. Before this summer comes, maybe Beihai can return to the imperial court.
Chen Mu's goal is to wipe out the Yellow Turban Army in Donglai, Beihai and Le'an, Mount Tai before this year.
Some people may be surprised that it takes a year to pacify just one state, which is too long.
But if you really understand ancient wars and the situation at the end of the Han Dynasty, you should know that it takes one year to pacify a state, which is considered very fast.
Cao Cao started his career as the prefect of Dongjun in the second year of Chuping. It took him two years until the fourth year of Chuping to conquer Yanzhou in the north and south.
Yuan Shao also captured Jizhou from Han Fu in the second year of Chuping. He started with the richest and most populous state in the world, fought against Gongsun Zan and the Black Mountain Army in the north, and fought against Liu Bei, Yuan Shu and Tao Qian's alliance in the south. It lasted until the third year of Jian'an.
It took seven years to unify Ji, Qing, You, and merge the four states.
The biggest problem in ancient wars was logistics. Why was Sun Shiwan beaten to death by Zhang Liao's 800 men in Hefei? It was because Soochow had a strong navy and weak infantry and cavalry. If the land front was too long, the logistics would be under great pressure.
He was forced to take the water route.
Among the waterways, the only way is to go north from Ruxushui to Chaohu, pass through Hefei and enter the Huaihe River Basin from Feishui, and then go all the way north to threaten Cao Cao's base camp, Yecheng.
It's just that his abacus was good, but it was a pity that he met Zhang Liao.
From this point, it is not difficult to see that food for large-scale battles is really a serious problem.
Especially from the first year of Xingping to the third year of Xingping, that is, from 195 to 197, it was the most brutal period of the Central Plains warlord war. Not only were natural and man-made disasters constant, warlords everywhere were short of food, and cannibalism occurred several times. It can be seen that food has always
Maintain the importance of logistics.
Guan Yu was able to pacify Qi and march to Beihai within a few months because of Chen Mu's dedicated efforts to maintain logistics. Otherwise, even if Ju Suo planned well, the army would collapse on the spot.
Just like Kong Rong, who struggled in Qingzhou for so many years and was crushed like a lost dog by the Yellow Turban.
But the logistical pressure is not too great now. This is because Chen Mu took advantage of the pacification of Qi to plunder the food supplies of the rebel powerful and clan traitors from all over the country. Coupled with the strong support of more than a dozen powerful powerful people in Linzi City, Guan Yu was able to maintain his power.
The army consumes daily.
Once this year's spring plowing is not done well, last year's grain is used up, this year's grain cannot be harvested, and there is no harvest, not only will it be impossible to maintain the army, but there may even be rebellions under your own rule.
Therefore, Chen Mu's most important thing now is to deal with the farming problem, and it is time to submit a letter to ask the court to send a county magistrate.
In mid-March, Luoyang received an official document from Chen Mu recommending Shi Yi to serve as the Guangrao Order. At the same time, there was also a document requesting the imperial court to send officials after the Yellow Turbans of Qi had been pacified.
In the Yutang Hall of the Luoyang Palace, after Liu Hong read the official document, he looked up to Zhang Rang beside him and said with a smile: "Have you read the document of letting the father and the son return to the younger brother?"
Zhang Rang smiled and replied: "Your Majesty, I have read it."
Liu Hong was delighted: "He is indeed the talent I admire for governing the country. He has been in Qingzhou for only three or four months and has already pacified the state of Qi. Zi Hui also said that within this year, it is expected that the Yellow Turbans of Qingzhou will be pacified and Qingzhou will return to the status of a king.
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"This is the result of the emperor's discerning eyes and ability to know people and make good use of them."
Zhang Rang praised him.
Liu Hong was used to him praising him, so he touched his chin and said: "I remember that Qi State still lacks a few county magistrates, and there is no county magistrate in Donglai, Beihai."
"Yes, Beihai Donglai was completely occupied by the Yellow Turbans. The original county governors and magistrates were either killed or abandoned their posts and fled. Now there is not a single official in the two counties."
Zhang Rang was in charge of selling officials in Xiyuan, and he had an impression of the vacancies of officials, large and small, all over the world.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was a person who even sold low-level official positions such as county captains. When he heard that there were official vacancies again, and two of them were worth millions or even tens of millions of dollars, he was overjoyed and said: "Then hurry up and go
Xiyuan is listed for sale.”
Zhang Rang thought for a while and said: "Now that Beihai and Donglai have not been pacified, I am afraid that no one dares to ask about the official positions in these two places. It will not be too late to sell them after Chen Zigui gets these two places back."
"That's it."
Liu Hong was a little disappointed, but he thought that Zhang Rang was right. After all, he was only expected to wipe out the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans within this year, but not now, so he said: "Then we will first sell the vacant county magistrates, county magistrates, county captains and other official positions in Qi State."
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"only."
Zhang Rang went to Xiyuan to list.
Of course Chen Mu didn't know that he had just returned to Qi State, and Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty had already begun to sell his official position there.
But even if he knew it, he would probably remain calm.
He had already figured out who Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was. He was indeed talented and smart. He was unambiguous when doing important things and was willing to spend money.
But Liu Hong is not a hero, because he likes to enjoy it too much. When the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, he could empty his wealth to support Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, and Zhu Jun. Once the Yellow Turban Rebellion was put down, he immediately returned to his old ways and started to live and drink.
This kind of person is actually a bit like Qianlong, talented but too playful. It would be nice if he had a father like Qianlong who helped him lay the foundation. Unfortunately, Emperor Ling's predecessor, Emperor Huan of Han, was not a wise king either, and the country was in dilapidated state.
What is needed is a wise and arbitrary ruler of the world, not a cynical emperor.
However, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty also knew himself. He knew that he really loved to enjoy, so after discovering that Chen Mu had the talent to govern the country, he immediately entrusted him with important tasks. He hoped that he could return to the central government as soon as possible and help him govern the world so that he could continue
Play with peace of mind.
It's a pity that the idea is very good, but his life span does not allow it.
Here Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty is selling his official position, while over there Chen Mu has already begun to prepare for Taishan Academy.
The academy is located at the foot of Ma'an Mountain outside Linzi City. The mountains are green, the trees are lush, and there are springs and streams flowing.
Surrounded by a bamboo forest, after more than a month of construction, a small courtyard rose from the ground. It was surrounded by bamboo fences and had an overall wooden structure. It was divided into three courtyards, the front courtyard was the classroom, the middle courtyard was the dormitory, and the backyard was
Kitchen toilet.
Of course there is no enrollment now, Chen Mu is preparing textbooks. Now Zuo Bo paper has appeared in Qingzhou, invented by Zuo Bo from Donglai. Not only is the quality of the paper better than Caihou paper, but the manufacturing method is also much easier.
Chen Mu conquered Zuo Bo to Qi State. He did not know how to make paper and could not help Zuo Bo continue to improve papermaking. However, he could provide directions, such as using bamboo as raw materials and using lime and plant ash to separate raw materials. This was something he had vaguely understood before.
I remember the papermaking method mentioned in a certain novel.
It is said that plant ash contains alkali. Chen Mu knew that in chemistry, alkali can indeed have a variety of reactions. He just didn't know what role alkali played in papermaking.
As a result, when Chen Mu told Uncle Zuo this method, Uncle Zuo laughed and told him that lime and plant ash have been used to degumm the paper for a long time, but he had not tried it if bamboo was used as the raw material. He could try it in the future.
This hit Chen Mu doubly. He thought he could use the chemical knowledge he had learned to help add some technological progress. Unexpectedly, the Eastern Han Dynasty people had already determined the papermaking process. The specific ideas were the same, but the steps and raw materials were different from those of the others.
The papermaking of later generations was slightly different, but essentially there was not much change.
However, Chen Mu really couldn't help much in papermaking, but in printing, he was several times ahead. Block printing came from the Tang Dynasty, and movable type printing was one of the four great inventions. With paper and movable type
Printing technology, in the future he will be able to produce scholars in Qingzhou.
In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, this was a cultural dimensionality reduction attack, and it was also the key to dominating the world in the future.