The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 270

After defeating Ma Chao, Cheng Yuanzhi sent generals to crusade Song Jian, a native of Longxi who was entrenched in Fuhan and became king, and defeated Song Jian in just over a month.After that, he attacked the Qiang tribes in Hexi, and all the Qiang tribes surrendered.

Since then, Longyou, which had been a disaster for a long time, was put down.

Within two years, Cheng Yuanzhi expelled Ma Chao, surrendered Han Sui, destroyed Song Jian, swept Qiang Di, Hubu Guanyou, and shocked Xiliang.

Many warlords in the five counties of Liangzhou, including Wuwei County, also surrendered one after another, and sent envoys to Cheng Yuanzhi to profess their ministers.

So far, Liangzhou has basically settled down.

The war is said to be fast and slow. By the time the five counties of Liangzhou were under control, it was March of the 17th year of Jian'an (212), and the Western Expedition had lasted for more than two years.

During this period, Cheng Yuanzhi has been sitting in Jicheng, in charge of the overall situation.

Although Liangzhou has been pacified, many warlords still exist in the territory of Liangzhou, and the hidden dangers have not been eliminated.

At this time, there were seven or eight small warlords all over Liangzhou: Wuwei Yanjun, Zhangye Heluan, Jiuquan Huanghua, and Xiping Quyan.

Previously, many warlords were independent, calling themselves generals, attacking each other, and no one would accept it.

Although they have surrendered in name, they still hold the army in their hands and separate the territory.

Because these small warlords were located in a remote area and had just surrendered, it was not easy for Cheng Yuanzhi to kill them all.

Firstly, it’s beyond the reach of the whip; secondly, it’s ominous to kill (of course, people won’t be stupid enough to hand over their heads for him to kill).

There is still a long way to go to completely control Liangzhou.

If you want to control a continent, you don't simply send troops and horses to the place and occupy each city.

It is also necessary to re-select talents, appoint officials, promulgate policies, appease the people, straighten out the relationship between the warlords of all parties, and sink the ruling power to the counties and towns, and many other matters.

When the matter came to an end, Cheng Yuanzhi was exhausted.

At this time, the candidates for the governors of several frontier states were arranged in this way. Zhong Yao was the governor of Yongzhou, Yang Jun was the governor of Bingzhou, Wang Xiong was the governor of the left of Youzhou (the governor of the western part of Youzhou), and Cui Jun was the governor of the east of Youzhou (the governor of the west of Youzhou). Eastern Youzhou), Zhao Yun was in charge of the military in the north of Yangzhou, Zhang Liao was in charge of the military in the south of Yangzhou, Xu Huang was the governor of Jingzhou (commanded Jingzhou was divided into three counties), Sima Yi was the prefect of Xiangyang, and Wenpin was the prefect of Jiangxia.

Only the candidate for governor of Liangzhou is still undecided. Originally, Guo Huai was a good candidate, but at this time he is still a child, and he is not yet an adult, so he cannot be counted on at all.

As for Hao Zhao, Cheng Yuanzhi didn't even know whether this person was working under his command, and after asking Jia Xu, the latter also didn't know.

What Cheng Yuanzhi cares most about is how to firmly control Liangzhou, so that he can plot Shu and unify the world.

But in a hurry, he couldn't find a suitable candidate to be the governor of Liangzhou, so he summoned all the officials and asked, "The position of governor of Liangzhou is vacant now, can you recommend anyone?"

Liangzhou is located in a remote place, bitter cold and barren, sparsely populated, frequent wars, the governor is not so easy to be.

First of all, you must have both civil and military skills, be able to suppress warlords in various places when you are on a horse, and be able to govern the people when you are off a horse; secondly, you must deal with Liu Bei who is on guard against Shu.

As a result, the requirements are very high.

Everyone was silent.

Even if they have friends who meet the requirements for such a position at the forefront, they dare not rashly recommend it.

What should I do if I cheat someone?
Seeing that no one spoke, Jia Xu stepped forward and said, "I recommend someone to take on this great task!"

"Oh? Come on!"

Cheng Yuanzhi was overjoyed, and quickly looked at Jia Xu.

Jia Xu said in a deep voice, "Feng Yi and Zhang Ji!"

"Zhang Ji..." Cheng Yuanzhi fell silent.

Zhang Ji is indeed a good candidate. In the original time and space, Cao Cao asked Zhang Ji about how to govern Xiliang. Zhang Ji said: "The warlords in Xiliang have rebelled openly and secretly. We should sit on the mountain and watch the tiger." Fight, let them fight each other, wait for their death, and then reap the benefits."

Cao Cao also felt that Liangzhou was indeed difficult to calm down suddenly, so he adopted his opinion.

Zhang Ji’s words were Cao Wei’s basic policy towards Liangzhou at that time. The ethnic composition here was complex, and the soldiers and people were aggressive. Before the threats from Liu Bei and Sun Quan were resolved, Cao Wei had no energy to take care of Liangzhou at all, so he had to let them fight each other.

Therefore, Liangzhou has been in a state of chaos throughout the Cao Wei years.

This is also the reason why Zhuge Liang later sent troops to the Northern Expedition and chose to advance from Longshang, because the five counties of Xiliang were the territory of Wei State in name, but in fact they were in a state of no owner.

However, the situation Cheng Yuanzhi faced at this time was quite different from that of Cao Cao.

In the original time and space, Cao Cao was infested by many barbarians in the north, Gongsun Kang, the famous minister and real king in Liaodong, Sun Quan in Jiangdong, and Liu Bei in Yizhou were all staring at him.

There are hidden dangers on all sides, so Cao Cao had to adopt a strategy of letting go of the barren Liangzhou.

But Cheng Yuanzhi's basic situation is much better at the moment. Liaodong has long been pacified, and Gongsun Kang fled to Sanhan to become the emperor of the soil; One day Yuanzhi got mad and sent troops to deal with them.

Jiangdong was also under control, and Sun Quan was driven to Jiaozhou. Although he now occupies Jingnan, his strength is not enough. Especially after Zhou Yu's death, Sun Quan struggled to protect himself and did not have the ability to shake the sky.

Not to mention Liu Bei. At this time, Liu Bei had just occupied most of Xichuan, and Liu Zhang still insisted on Chengdu and never surrendered.

The forces of all parties are too busy to take care of themselves, and they have no spare power to harass the north.

Therefore, Cheng Yuanzhi has the energy to pacify the Northwest and bring Liangzhou under control.

Thinking about this, Cheng Yuanzhi ordered: "Call Zhang Ji to see."

After a while, Zhang Ji came in a hurry, bowed his hands and said: "I have seen the king of Wei."

Cheng Yuanzhi said "Yes" and asked straight to the point: "If you are the governor of Liangzhou, what strategy should you take to calm down the counties in Xiliang?"

Zhang Ji seemed to have thought about this question a long time ago, and immediately replied after hearing the words: "For a long-distance attack, one faction will attack the other faction."

Cheng Yuanzhi pondered for a moment, then nodded slowly: "Go ahead."

Zhang Ji continued: "During the Warring States period, the seven heroes of the world stood side by side, killing each other for hundreds of years. The situation in Liangzhou today is just like the seven heroes of the world at that time."

Cheng Yuanzhi instantly understood what he wanted to express, and nodded again: "Be more specific."

Zhang Jilue murmured: "During the Warring States period, there were hundreds of years of chaotic wars. Although Qin was strong, it failed to unify the world. It was because there was no way to perfectly annex other countries. At that time, there were still six major countries in the world. Likes, playing this today, playing this tomorrow, no rules, so half the result with twice the effort.”

"Later, Fan Sui, a Wei man, fled to the state of Qin and said to the king of Qin: 'If you make friends with a long distance, you can be far away from others, and if you attack close, you can broaden your land. From near to far, it is like eating leaves. The world is not difficult to end." King Qin Hearing the words, he suddenly realized, so he adopted Fan Sui's strategy to make friends from afar and attack near. Dominate the world. "

"The situation in Xiliang is the same now. If we have a large army pressing down on the border, the princes will either be frightened by the power of heaven and submit to the secret rebellion; or they will flee far away and wait for an opportunity to return; Therefore, we should simmer slowly, calm down the Northwest slowly, and attack far and close like Qin, within two or three years, there will be no more bandits in the Northwest!"

Cheng Yuanzhi nodded his head repeatedly, and praised: "This is very kind, it suits me very well."

"Zhang has listened to the order, and I now appoint you as the governor of Liangzhou and the governor of the army and horses in various places in Liangzhou."

Zhang was overjoyed and hurriedly cupped his hands to thank him.

Cheng Yuanzhi waved his hand and said, "Thank you first, I only give you three years. If Xiliang is not settled within three years, you can go home and farm."

Zhang Ji cupped his hands and said: "In order not to shame the descendants, it seems that I will do my best this time. However, there should be rewards as well as punishments. If I complete the task ahead of time, I don't know if the lord can give me another reward?"

Good fellow, isn't it a reward to promote you as the governor of Xiliang out of thin air?

You are really a fan of officialdom and money!

However, those who are ministers come here for official position and property.

Thinking of this, Cheng Yuanzhi said with a smile: "Since you say so, then the requirements should also be changed. If you can complete the task ahead of time, what should I regret?"

"But if you fail to complete the task, I will kill you!"

Zhang Ji bowed his hand to accept the order, and retreated with confidence.

Jia Xu hesitated again and again, and after everyone retreated, he said: "Why did my lord agree to this request for a reward? Once this wind blows, it will be difficult to deal with it in the future."

There is another sentence, Jia Xu refrained from saying that although Zhang was recommended by him, Cheng Yuanzhi can completely disregard his face.

The public is the public, the private is the private, and the distinction between the public and the private is the way to govern.

Cheng Yuanzhi looked at Jia Xu and said with a smile, "Wen He thinks I'm looking at you?"


Jia Xu nodded.

Cheng Yuanzhi waved his hand and said: "No, you didn't see that I changed the request. If he can't complete the task, he will lose his head!"

Hearing this, Jia Xu groaned and remained silent, as if he didn't believe that Zhang Ji would not be able to complete the task.

Cheng Yuanzhi didn't argue with him, and said meaningfully: "Let's wait and see, the land of Liangzhou is not so easy to calm down."

"I hope that when the time comes, Zhang will not be punished for failing to complete the task..."

Having said that, Jia Xu was a little panicked, and hurriedly said goodbye and left in a hurry.

Judging from the situation, it should be for Zhang Ji to give advice.

(End of this chapter)