Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 353 Imperial Edict
Except for Ying County in Taishan County, the other three places are not too big a problem.

Langya County is located in the northeast of Xuzhou, and it is backed by the sea. The only hostile force that may pose a threat is Qingzhou Beihai.

However, Kong Rong never sent troops to help Liu Bei when he was in danger. Neither Wang Zheng nor his civil servants believed that Liu Bei would take the initiative to attack in the short term.

This arrangement is guarded by Zang Ba.

Zang Ba and Chang Xi made a lot of contributions in capturing Tan County without bloodshed, but after all, neither of them had entered the system.

Of course, the fact that they didn't receive the two's application to join the team might just mean that they didn't have enough recognition for Wang Zheng, but it couldn't be said that they were unreliable or disloyal.

But there is such a reason, Wang Zheng can give a high enough false title, but will not easily give too much real power to soldiers and horses.

Reward for meritorious deeds, let Zang Ba and Chang Xi guard the two major military wings, one west and one east, respectively, and the military and government will give them a chance to be independent. At least on the surface, it can be said that they do not value it.

However, the latter arranged for Gu Jian to decentralize power, and the former would not send too many troops.

The last remaining two pieces, one is Pengcheng, and the other is the southern gateway of Xiapi County, Dongcheng County.

Pengcheng was naturally guarded by Xu Fang.

One is that it is an important city at the western gateway of the entire Xuzhou, so there is no room for loss;
Second, there is still a tiger entrenched in Wu County not far away. Even though there has been no movement recently, Wang Zheng does not dare to be careless. Xu Fang leads the elite heavenly army to guard it, and Xiapi City is not too far away from Pengcheng. Under the echo of each other, there is no danger.

As for Dongcheng, Wang Zheng arranged for Pan Zhang to be stationed in charge of guarding against possible enemy situations in Yangzhou.

This person was selected, and Wang Zheng was more interested in prohibition.

After all, Yu Jin is strong and decisive, thick and firm, plus he served in the Cao army for many years and has rich experience. Afterwards, he guarded Kaiyang after a lot of experience. .

If we only talk about the current comprehensive ability, Yu Jin is naturally better than Pan Zhang by a lot. Let him guard Dongcheng, which is more secure and safe.

But people must have long-term considerations without immediate worries. As the territory grows larger, there will be more and more cities that need generals to guard one side. You can't just rely on Jin and Xu Fang forever, right?

Compared with Pengcheng, Dongcheng itself does not have that great strategic significance, and Yuan Shu's threat in Wang Zheng's heart is far less than that of Cao Cao and Lu Bu. Work out.

A person's intelligence and ability are limited after all, and most of the monarchs who can make great achievements are not as intelligent as their staff, and their bravery is not as good as their trilogy.The reason why they rank high among others is that they can win the hearts of the people, and secondly, they know how to use them well.

With these two, it is not difficult to be king and hegemony.

But if we talk about the more rare talents, there are actually some, that is, the courage to delegate power, take risks to train subordinates, and give opportunities to let their abilities improve simultaneously with the development of power.

And this, in many cases, is also the gap between the monarch of the separatist regime and the supreme ruler of the unified dynasty.

Li Shimin commented on Cao Cao's "more than one general's wisdom, but not enough talent for ten thousand troops", because he felt that from the perspective of Cao Cao's ability and wisdom in the Southern and Northern Wars, his military ability is considered excellent, and it is definitely more than enough to be a general.

But as an emperor, Cao Cao has shortcomings.

The so-called imperial techniques are nothing more than governing the people, governing officials, centralizing power, and acquiring talents.

Regardless of other things, in terms of governing officials alone, Cao Cao is lacking.

Those who govern officials are the means to manage the civil and military departments.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the world was dominated by powerful gentry. Almost all the princes of each side had their power to control the political situation, and Cao Cao's side was no exception.

In its regime, there are a large number of powerful strata from the gentry, such as Xun Yu and Xun You from the Xun family in Yingchuan, Zhong Yao from the Zhong family in Yingchuan, Chen Qun from the Chen family in Yingchuan, Sima Fang, Sima Lang, and Sima Yi from the Sima family in Hanoi, Yang Xiu from the Yang family of Hongnong, Cui Yan from the Cui family of Qinghe, and Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Wang Lang, Jiang Ji and other talents from the gentry.

It's just that on the one hand, Cao Cao appointed the talents of the gentry, and on the other hand, he was always jealous of the tyrants of the gentry.

After all, no one is a fool.

On the other hand, the problem is more serious, that is, the generals.

In troubled times, military power is the most important, and Cao Cao's subordinates who control military power are all his clans, that is, the Cao family and Xiahou family in Qiao County.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with this. If there is not much difference in ability, most people will lean towards their relatives. After all, this is a natural lineage, and loyalty is the most guaranteed.

After all, not everyone is the same as Wang Zheng, there is a heaven-defying system to help lock loyalty and ideological seal.

But the facts have proved that Cao Cao's ability of these clans is really limited.

Xiahouyuan is a general of Baidi, Xiahoudun has no combat achievements, only Cao Ren can barely be regarded as a famous general, but he also performed well in defending the city, and actually did not have a particularly outstanding record in field attack.

It is really hard to be convincing that these people can press firmly on the heads of Zhang Liao and Zhang He.

Let's look at the emperors of the unified dynasty. Liu Bang alone is far from comparable to Cao Cao in delegating power and employing people.

After knowing Han Xin's ability, Liu Bang immediately made him the head of the generals and had independent military power. Only in this way can he achieve the great feat of unifying the world within seven years.

If, like Cao Cao, he was nepotism and let Fan Kuai ride on Han Xin's head, Han Xin's talents could not be fully utilized under such restraints, would it still be the case?

After arranging the candidates for the generals of the four wings, Wang Zheng discussed with Xu Fang and Yu Jin the number of troops stationed in the four wings.

Naturally, this number varies. Pengcheng and other important towns naturally have the most troops, followed by Yingxian County. Dongcheng and Langya are less likely to have an enemy situation, and the enemy itself is relatively less powerful. After all, after removing the garrisons in various cities In fact, Wang Zheng currently has not many soldiers that can really be mobilized. It is said that there are [-] troops, but the total number is only [-].

After several battles, more than half of the Tianfu Army alone has been lost, and the remaining part has been transferred to the Tuntian Army, and part of it has been sent to the robbery divisions in various cities.

After thinking about the meeting, Wang Zheng said: "Our elite army is all in the five divisions of the Tianjun. Allocate [-] land troops and deploy all four wings."

Yu Jin and others obeyed the order awe-inspiringly.

"The four wings have been decided, and the next step is to expand the army." Wang Zheng looked around, and then said: "Decree, post the recruitment list, and at the end of the year at the latest, we must recruit [-] new soldiers again."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was surprised and stunned.

"Twenty thousand new soldiers? My lord, our army has just gone through a major war, and our supplies and food are consumed a lot. The old food is only stored for a few months, and the new food has not been planted yet."

Xu Fang is the most involved in internal affairs among the generals under Wang Zheng's command, and he knows the storage situation of luggage, food and grass best. He was the first to ask, "Recruiting troops at this time? Do you still need this amount?"

The implication is not that you are worried about not being able to recruit, but that you are afraid that you will not be able to support them.

Someone took the lead, and Yu Jin and Pan Zhang also spoke out.

None of the generals would suspect that there are too many soldiers, but everyone knows that Xuzhou is not famous for its wealth, and in recent years there have been frequent wars, and to be honest, an army of [-] to [-] is enough.

If it weren't for Wang Zheng's plundering and plundering in Qingzhou before, he might not have been able to persist until now, taking away a large number of private warehouses of official reserves and wealthy families in various cities.

After all, after he entered Xuzhou, every time he seized a piece of land, he had to rely on some kind of tax reduction to buy people's hearts. If he couldn't get in and out for more than half a year, even a golden mountain would be tossed away.

Most people in the world will only accept strictness first and then leniency, but it is absolutely impossible to agree that leniency first and then strictness, it is easy to reduce taxes, but it is difficult to add them.

Then with the current taxation, everyone knows that it is barely enough to support the current size of the army, and if it is to expand the army, it will inevitably be overwhelmed.

How could Wang Zheng, as the commander-in-chief of the first army, not know about this?
The idea of ​​recruiting soldiers was actually because I already had a plan in mind, but the timing was not enough, so I won't say much about it for the time being.

Seeing that everyone was talking about it, Wang Zheng straightened his face, and said in a deep voice: "Our army's current strength is only in the early [-]s, which is more than enough for defense, not enough for aggressiveness!"

"General Xu said before that the only way to survive in troubled times is to forge ahead, otherwise you will retreat if you don't advance, I will take it seriously!"

"Although Liu Bei has been expelled and Xuzhou has been won, Yuan Shu is ready to make a move in the south, Cao Cao is eyeing in the west, and Qingzhou in the north may fall into Yuan Shao's hands at any time. If we don't strengthen ourselves, the day of overthrow is just around the corner!"

"Everyone, don't take it lightly. It's not too late to recruit soldiers!"

When his face changed slightly, he became very powerful, showing that he had made up his mind. Now, no one else dared to say more, only Xu Fang still opposed it. Wang Zheng had just rejected his suggestion before, so it was not good at this time Then directly refuse, so as not to hurt the brother's feelings, so he had to show his face and smile, first looked sideways at the generals and said: "General Xu, you are really my Wei Zhengye."

Everyone knows who Wei Zheng is, but now everyone on the field is his predecessor, but everyone is at a loss, not knowing who Wang Zheng is talking about.

Forehead.
Sorry, wrong allusion.

Wang Zheng laughed dryly, touched his chin to relieve the embarrassment, and then looked at Xu Fang again: "Fang, I know it well."

Hearing Wang Zheng's sudden address in public, Xu Fang was taken aback for a while, then looked at Wang Zheng for a while, and then nodded: "Since the general has made up his mind, Xu Fang will naturally take orders."

After the military wings are settled, the next step is the appointment of officials in the Bafu.

Tyrant's Mansion is different from the other two mansions, it only focuses on military warfare, and the current organization should not be too many. In addition to the four wings, for the time being, Wang Zheng only wants to incorporate two into it, one is the Tianji Camp, the other is the Pirate Division, and the other is the Army. Tun Si.

In the future, Tianji Battalion will not only be responsible for controlling external public opinion, Wang Zheng also gave it another function, which is to lead the morale of the wings, teach the three armies how to fight, and lead the entertainment in the army.

In layman's terms, it is to focus on ideological and political work in the army, as well as activities such as military patrols and entertainment performances.

The hearts of the people on the outside must be won, and the hearts of the people on the inside must not be let go.

As a posterity, Wang Zheng is naturally aware of how terrifying the combat effectiveness of an army with faith and firm conviction will be. Regularly holding meetings to recall bitterness, organizing military competitions and other activities will improve the combat effectiveness of the army and unite the centripetal force of the army. play a big role.

Even because this matter was too important, Wang Zheng decided that he would be in charge of this matter himself in the short term, and the subordinate Shiwu personnel were all in charge of Wu Sheng, Tianzhuying, and personal soldiers.

This level of importance is somewhat beyond everyone's expectations, and it is even more difficult to understand. After all, most people in this era even know what beliefs and beliefs are, so how do they know the power they contain?

Accidents are accidents, and incomprehensions are incomprehensions, but Huang Tian's eldest son Wang Er, such trivial matters are naturally left to his discretion.

The Department of Capturing and Pirates is basically the same function as before, and because of the importance of information, it is specially assigned to the Bafu. Needless to say, the remaining Army Department, as the name suggests, is in charge of military affairs in various places.

At present, most of the military camps of the Celestial Army are concentrated in Pengcheng, and the total number of personnel is nearly 2, including retired wounded soldiers and some eliminated prisoners.They were disarmed and engaged in full-time farming. From this perspective, they were an army in name, more like a land reclamation regiment with concentrated labor and military management.

However, after all, they were soldiers in the army, and they have a solid foundation. If there is an emergency in the war, they can also be pulled up for a while.

After discussing and finalizing the appointment of the Army Tunsi, the final matters were concentrated on the two official offices that originally belonged to the army.

One is the Treasury Department and the other is the Benming Department.

The Treasury Army Division has the dual functions of weapon production and storage.

Since the founding of the country in the Western Han Dynasty, government-run factories have been set up in some places near the iron mines. The managers are called "gongguan", and they are unified by the central government. In the country, this power naturally also belongs to the local government.

Xuzhou currently has six iron mines of a certain scale, namely in Yunting, Pengcheng, Juxian, Xiapi, Langya, and Tangyi. Except for the last one in Guangling County, the ownership of which has not yet been clarified, the other five are already in Under the rule of Wang Zheng.

Of course, there should be six government-run factories in these six iron mines, but according to Wang Zheng's current understanding, only two in Pengcheng and Xiapi clearly belonged to the previous government.

The other few places have been turned into private iron smelting yards by the wealthy folks who do not know when.

The next thing to do is to take it back and manage it in a unified manner, and undertake the production of ordnance used by the heavenly army and ironware needed by the people.

As for the Kubingsi, Wang Zheng has no suitable candidates for the time being, and he plans to let Yu Jin take the concurrent role first.

As for the Benming Division, it is in charge of the station.

The Benming Department originated from the name of a certain official document "Benming Shu" in the Han Dynasty.

All of them need to be delivered at a desperate speed. Naturally, they are extremely important official documents. When the delivery speed of such official documents is the fastest, the schedule can reach more than four hundred miles.

Han post stations are generally thirty miles apart.There is a Chuanshe in the post station where you can stay overnight. This is the earliest official guest house.

Between the two stations, there is a pavilion for ten miles, and a post for five miles. The original national post stations were all managed by the central government, and the Taiwei was in charge of the power. Of course, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, they were also decentralized to the localities.

The Benming Division set up by Wang Zheng is in charge of all the post stations in Xuzhou County, and is also responsible for the management and handover of intelligence with the Pirates Division, as well as the management of military conditions during wartime.

Wang Zheng is going to hand over this intelligence department to Mi Fang.

Mi's shops and hired workers are all over Xuzhou. They already have an innate advantage in intelligence collection. In addition, the cooperation time between the two parties is not too short. Mi Fang even fell out with her elder brother. Now, in terms of reliability, the Mi family is still the number one local family in Xuzhou.

When concentrating on it, time often passes quickly, and before you know it, the night outside the hall is shrouded.

"Now that Xuzhou is initially settled, a thousand wastes are waiting to be rebuilt."

Wang Zheng is quite satisfied with the efficiency of today's discussion. The participants are all warriors, and those with a straightforward personality will be more straightforward in their work style:

"Everyone will have to work hard in the future. The official documents and orders that should be issued need to be communicated to various places as soon as possible. After the work is done, let's have a drink together and stay drunk."

All the generals responded with a bang, saluted and retreated.

After discussing for several days, and it was all exhausting, even Wang Zheng was physically strong, and felt a little tired at this time, he stepped down from the hall, lit up the lanterns in front of the guards, and walked towards the backyard under the shadow of trees and moonlight.

He had just walked to the middle of the corridor, but suddenly there was a rush of footsteps behind him.

Wang Zheng stopped and turned around, but it was a second-tier cavalryman from the Tianzhu Camp who hurried over.

"What's the matter?" Wang Zheng knew that there must be something important, otherwise the sentry cavalry would not come to report at this time.

"Report to the general." The cavalryman handed over a letter while panting:
"Report ahead, a group of people came from Pengcheng, claiming to be angels from Luoyang, and brought the emperor's imperial edict."

What?
Wang Zheng, who had just received the letter and was about to open it, was startled when he heard the words, and looked up in surprise, almost suspecting something wrong with his ears.

Then a thought popped up in my mind.

My "false emperor" plan has only been set for a few days.

Did Cao A conceal this?

(End of this chapter)