The Nameless of the Common Clans

No matter how troublesome the problem of official administration is, the people's hearts in Jizhou have stabilized. The introduction of the new official law naturally caused official turmoil again, but compared with before, this turmoil was much smaller, because this time it mainly targeted It is an official, and the way for officials to be promoted is clearly stipulated. Whether this is good or bad, not everyone can see it at the same time. Only waiting time will verify whether this official law can improve the current situation.

After the autumn harvest, Chen Mo did not leave Yecheng, but continued to live in Yecheng and sort out government affairs. He wanted to see whether the new official law could adapt to this era.

After the autumn harvest, after the initial stability in Jizhou, Chen Mo finally set his sights on Youzhou. After Yuan Shang fled from Jizhou, he defected to Yuan Xi and prepared to retake Jizhou.

In fact, when the scholars were at their worst, Yuan Shang led his troops to attack Hejian several times, but was repulsed by Xu Huang who was stationed in Hejian. No matter how powerful his troops were, he still had more than half of Jizhou. It failed to stop Chen Mo. Now there is only Youzhou, a vast and sparsely populated area. How can it compete with Chen Mo?

The newly recruited soldiers are far from being able to compete with the battle-hardened Jizhou veterans of the past, but those Jizhou veterans who are now alive have all taken refuge in Chen Mo, and have even begun to become Chen Mo's supporters under Chen Mo's military system. .

The one who went on the expedition this time was Taishi Ci. After Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi fought a decisive battle with Taishi Ci in Jixian, they fled to western Liaoning and defected to Taodun, the leader of Karasuma. The process of pacifying Youzhou was astonishingly easy.

With the fall of Youzhou, the Northern Expedition has come to a complete and successful conclusion. With the harvest of grain in Jizhou the following year, according to statistics, the actual food in the hands of the people has exceeded 50%. The promotion of official laws and the New Deal have achieved phased progress in Jizhou. Victory, sufficient results were achieved, and the Three Studies were successfully established in Jizhou. In order to prevent those scholars who joined the Three Studies to offset their sins from being unwilling to contribute, Chen Mo and Mi Heng agreed on a set of reward and punishment mechanisms and supervision for the academy teachers. mechanism.

In August of the fifth year of Han Dynasty, and in the third month after Youzhou was pacified, Chen Mo returned to the court after arranging the deployment in Jizhou, especially the deployment at the junction with Cao's army.

Beginning in the second half of the second year of Han Dynasty, Chen Mo's eastward journey took three years to completely capture Jizhou and Youzhou. At this point, under Chen Mo's rule, there were Sanfu, Xiliang, Bingzhou, Youzhou and most of Jizhou became the true hegemon of the north.

Cao Cao, on the other hand, occupies the two counties of Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou and Jizhou. He and Chen Mo each have their own advantages and disadvantages. In the Central Plains world, the two heroes are facing each other. There must be a battle between Chen Mo and Cao Cao, and there is no third party to restrain them. Once the two sides go to war, it will be a battle that determines the hegemony of the Central Plains. However, this battle is very involved. Once the war starts, it will be earth-shattering. Neither Chen Mo nor Cao Cao dare to say that they will win, so both sides are now planning to cut off. At the same time, He is also waiting for his opponent to reveal his flaws.

When Chen Mo returned to the court, Liu Neng personally led hundreds of officials to greet him.

Outside Luoyang City, looking at Chen Mo's bicycle frame, Liu Neng turned to look at the ministers around him: "Is my smile sincere?"

Chen Mo decided to win Hebei in one battle, and his reputation was so great that even Cao Cao, who had always been tied with Chen Mo, was defeated by Chen Mo this time. Now it was the time when his reputation was at its peak, and no one dared to take the lead. Liu Neng this time Leading hundreds of officials out to welcome him was somewhat of an attempt to please him.

"Your Majesty speaks from the bottom of his heart, and is naturally sincere." Yang Biao smiled speechlessly when asked. Liu Neng's current posture is quite flattering. It is quite sad that the emperor should be like this. .

Rows of soldiers returning in triumph quickly lined up on both sides outside the city, and Chen Mo's carriage slowly drove towards the city gate.

"General~" Liu Neng greeted him excitedly, and the surrounding officials followed him.

Chen Mo, who was sitting on the carriage, frowned when he saw this scene, signaled the coachman to stop, stepped down from the carriage, greeted the emperor and saluted him: "My lord, see your majesty!"

"General, you don't have to be so polite, please get up quickly!" Liu Neng was a little helpless. In terms of etiquette, Chen Mo had never deviated from it at all, which made it impossible for him to start from this aspect. Among the major puppet emperors, In terms of appearance, Liu Neng is definitely number one, but this is not what he wants.

"The etiquette must not be discarded!" Chen Mo saluted again, then stood up, supported Liu Neng and said, "I am so virtuous and capable, but my Majesty and all the ministers have to go out of the city to greet me. This is really a disgrace to me."

"The general's achievements in pacifying the land of Hebei are rare in ancient times. If I didn't do this, it would be difficult for me to express my respect for the general." Liu Neng smiled and stroked Chen Mo's hand.

"I am in charge of the three armies, and I am also entrusted by Your Majesty to fight for the country. It is my duty. Your Majesty must not say that." Chen Mo shook his head as he walked and said: "The weather is cold, Your Majesty returns to the palace as soon as possible to avoid being exposed to cold weather." The wind is cold.”

"General, please come with me." Liu Neng took Chen Mo's hand and smiled.

"How dare you?" Chen Mo shook his head. After the two of them tried to avoid each other for a moment, Liu Neng took Chen Mo's hand and walked back. Chen Mo was half a body behind Liu Neng. He smiled and told Liu Neng some interesting stories about the battle. , He is already very eloquent. The Battle of Jizhou actually has to be said by another person. Although it was a great victory, it may not be exciting. But when it fell into Chen Mo's mouth, the people who heard it were filled with enthusiasm, and the soldiers sacrificed their lives to fight. , Chen Mo did not deliberately elevate the Guanzhong Army or belittle the Jizhou Army, but a battle in Jizhou was like a reenactment of the battlefield in his mouth, and Liu Neng was fascinated by it.

"I just regret that I wasted my early years and was unable to join the army and fight for the country. Now that I think about it, it is quite a pity." Liu Neng said with a regretful look.

This is really a pity. When Chen Mo rose to power, he was surrounded by brave warriors who had fought bravely in the army. But what about Liu Neng? When he was the emperor, almost all the people around him were his friends in the market. None of them were useful. Before he could do anything, he was uprooted by Chen Mo. If he could join the army to serve the country like Chen Mo, he could at least share some military power with Chen Mo at this time.

"Your Majesty is the master of the world. The world still needs Your Majesty to sit in the army. How can you go to the battlefield in person?" Chen Mo shook his head and smiled. He didn't know if he was wrong. He wanted to let Liu Neng know that it was not easy for the soldiers in the army and the battlefield was cruel, but when it came to Liu Neng, he wanted to join the army instead.

The battlefield is not a joke. If Liu Neng was really allowed to lead the army... Chen Mo shook his head helplessly in his heart. In fact, having a commander who doesn't understand military affairs is the most deadly on the battlefield. This is more deadly than an enemy that is ten times stronger.

If he were in the enemy's position and Liu Neng dared to lead the army in person, he would definitely set the strategy around Liu Neng, with the main goal of capturing and killing Liu Neng. As long as Liu Neng got into trouble, the entire battle would probably collapse.

On that day, Liu Neng had prepared a banquet in the palace to welcome Chen Mo. All the officials in the court, whether they were from Chen Mo's faction or those who opposed Chen Mo, came. After all, even if they were Chen Mo's political enemies, at least they couldn't offend Chen Mo's face, not to mention that the emperor personally hosted the banquet.

A banquet, at least it seemed that both the host and the guests were happy. Although Jizhou was not completely captured, Chen Mo defeated Cao Cao and Yuan Shang in this battle, and raised the power of the court.

After Liu Xie's death, the emperors established by various families were actually not orthodox, so this war between the princes sometimes fought for the name of orthodoxy. Chen Mo's great victory this time, overpowering the two major princes, from some aspects, also proved to the world that the Luoyang court was orthodox.

The next morning, Chen Mo submitted a memorial to the emperor at the morning court. The battle in Hebei had ended, and it was time to reward people according to their merits.

"General, is this merit book..." Looking at the list of rewards, Liu Neng still felt uncomfortable even though he had prepared for it.

In Chen Mo's merit book, Taishi Ci was named General Zhengbei and Marquis of Heyang; Xu Huang was named General Zhendong and Marquis of Wuxiang; Wuyi was named General Zhennan and Marquis of Heyin; Gao Shun was named General Zhengnan and Marquis of Chen; in addition, Ma Chao, Pang De, Zhang Xiu, Cui Geng, Bao Geng, Yu Sheng, Shi Geng and other generals were all given the title of Guannei Hou, and their official positions were promoted, and they were all powerful generals.

In addition, Gao Lan, Zhang He, Han Qiong, Qian Zhao, Zhang Xi, Zhang Nan, Jiao Chu and other surrendered generals were also rewarded. Liu Neng originally wanted to win over these Jizhou surrendered generals, but Chen Mo did not bring any of them back. He just asked the court for rewards for them, which made Liu Neng's plan to win them over aborted.

"Your Majesty, what doubts do you have?" Chen Mo bowed and said, "What is said in this merit book is all true. Your Majesty can ask someone to check it."

"I naturally believe what the general said." Liu Neng laughed and said, "It's just that there are so many promotions at once, and there are also pensions for the soldiers who died in the battle... General, now in the treasury..."

"Your Majesty!" Chen Mo's face sank, and he saluted Liu Neng and said, "The treasury is empty, but the pensions for the soldiers who died in the battle must not be less. They fought for our Han Dynasty and sacrificed their lives to defend it. What they did was to make their wives and children worry-free. Now they died in battle. If we die just because the treasury is empty, , they will ignore their wives and children, which will inevitably chill the hearts of the soldiers of the three armies; if the money and food are gone, we can earn them again and farm, but if people are chilled, it will be difficult to get them again! I hope your majesty will think about the world. "

"I hope your majesty will think about the world!" Chen Mo bowed, and most of the ministers behind him bowed one after another. Rewarding according to merits, motivating morale, and stabilizing people's hearts. If there are no rewards for merits, the Guanzhong army may not be able to maintain the morale of the Jizhou battle over time. What they will face next is Cao Cao, who is more difficult than the Jizhou army. If the soldiers can't fight for their lives, the next battle will be difficult to fight.

Liu Neng looked at the ministers who bowed down, and felt a little uncomfortable. Among these people, there are Chen Mo's political enemies! Sometimes Liu Neng is very jealous of Chen Mo. He has a strange power that can even make his enemies agree with him.

"I am just talking. My dear ministers, please stand up. Everything will be in accordance with the general's words." Liu Neng sighed and waved to everyone.

"Your Majesty is wise!"