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Chapter 471
After drawing up the list of A and B, and setting the final ranking, Liu Jing planned to "award according to his talents". First of all, Cui Jun, who won the leader, Liu Jing decided to worship him as the Zhonglang in General Anyuan's residence.

Engaged in Zhonglang rank six hundred stone, the responsibility is to be in charge of official affairs and staff counseling, there is no fixed number of people, usually there are two to four people.

Engaged in Zhonglang's status in the current Anyuan General's Mansion, second only to Military Advisor (Zhuge Liang), Left and Right Changshi (Liu Ba, Huanjie), Left and Right Sima (Pang Tong, Deng Zhi), Dongxi Caozhu (Wang Can, Han Ji) Wait for seven people.

At present, the Anyuan General's Mansion already has two engaged Zhonglang, they are the former Liu Biao engaged in Zhonglang, Nanyang famous scholar Han Song, former Liu Biao Dong Cao Ju, and Northern famous scholar Fu Xun.

Although Cui Jun is also somewhat famous, compared with the two of them, he seems a bit unsightly.It is not difficult to see from this that Liu Jing values ​​Cui Jun.

And No. 2 Liu Zhen is a man of integrity and literary talents. Such a person is suitable to be kept by his side. Liu Jing plans to appoint him as the chief secretary, and he will be in charge of confidential documents together with the chief bookkeeper Jiang Wan.

Although the chief reporter is only a small official with hundreds of stones, he is a confidant.

Next are Pei Hui and Xi Zhen, both elegant and elegant, and good at talking. Liu Jing plans to let them serve as Cao Cao and Literate.Discussing Cao Zhang's speech and literature and bishop's etiquette can give full play to the strengths of the two.

Shi Tao and Yin Mo specialize in economics, restraint and observance of etiquette.

Liu Min, Pang Lin, Yang Yi and others have talents in military strategy and can be awarded to join the army and serve as soldiers.

The rest of Section A are also separated into important positions, while Section B is sent to the local area to serve as the magistrate of the county.

In addition to the one hundred and one students from the A and B subjects, Liu Jing asked his teacher Song Zhong to recommend ten candidates who were over 50 years old with good moral character but unfortunately failed, and awarded them official positions.

In the Han Dynasty, there was a tradition of rewarding the elders for official positions. After all, those who were poor and poor, who had studied knowledge all their lives, but still failed to achieve anything, really made people feel pity.

Even though Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was stupid, greedy and despicable, and regarded wealth as his life, the princes, officials, governors, and officials were all moved to the same level. He also issued an imperial edict to test more than a hundred people over the age of 60 in the Taixue, to make up for the doctors, The crown prince Sheren, Wang Jialang, county and state literature officials, etc. did not get a penny. This is the cleanest thing he has ever done in his life.

Liu Jing has already recruited hundreds of scholars, not less than ten places, and he can show his benevolence, so why not do it.

The list of A and B subjects was announced the next day. So far, this vigorous and far-reaching imperial examination has finally come to an end...

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In September, on the north bank of the Yellow River, Liyang.

In the big tent of Cao Jun's army, Cao Cao was lying on the bed with his clothes covered, his forehead covered with his hands, his eyes slightly closed, and he couldn't help moaning and lamenting.

In June, Cao Cao received a secret report that Yuan Shao was ill and died in Yecheng.
Not long after, it was heard that the brothers Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan had a quarrel with each other, and they almost turned against each other. Cao Cao believed that the opportunity to pacify the north had come, so he stopped paying attention to the war in Jingzhou.

Yuan Tan who was stationed in Liyang knew that it was difficult to resist Cao Cao's army, so he hurriedly asked Yuan Shang for help. Although Yuan Shang hated Yuan Tan deeply, he knew that his lips were dead and his teeth were cold, so he had to lead his troops south to join Yuan Tan's army and fight Cao Cao on the bank of the Yellow River.

Most of Hebei's elite were buried in Guandu. Now most of Yuan Jun's troops were new recruits. He lacked good armor and was not in good spirits. Naturally, he was no match for Cao Cao. He had lost consecutive battles, so he had to hide in the camp and put up his exemption card.

Cao Cao relied on the prestige of consecutive victories, and then besieged Yuan Jun's camp, trying to go down in one go, but unexpectedly encountered a bloody blow. Yuan Jun might not be able to fight in the field, but he would have no problem defending the camp.

Cao Cao didn't believe in this evil, and sent troops to attack Yuan Jun's camp several times, but the results all ended in dismal without exception.

The Yuan army's camp, which was crowded with hedgehogs and heavily fortified, was like a hedgehog, which made people have nowhere to speak. Cao Cao couldn't think of any good way for a while, and the war fell into a stalemate.

Although Yuan Shang was young, he was far more difficult than Cao Cao imagined. While guarding Liyang, he ordered his brother, Bingzhou governor Gaogan to join forces with the Southern Huns Shanyu Huchuquan, and led the Han-Hungarian coalition forces south to Hedong to open up a second battlefield.

Cao Cao received an urgent report from Xia Houdun and Zhong Yao the day before yesterday, and he was in a hurry for a while, and his head and wind were all attacked by anger. The severe pain made him restless and sleepless at night.

Cao Cao has no spare energy to rescue Hedong right now, even if he barely mobilizes some soldiers and horses, it will be a drop in the bucket for Xiahou Dun and Zhong Yao.

Now we can only hope that Han Sui, Ma Teng and other generals in Guanzhong can send troops to help.

After all, among the generals in Guanzhong, Cheng Yin, Hou Xuan, Li Kan and others were all born in Hedong, and the generals in Guanzhong have always relied on the salt and iron from Hedong.

It's just that even if Han Sui, Ma Teng and others are willing to send troops to help, it is still unknown whether they can stop the Gao Gan and the Southern Huns coalition forces.

A few years ago, Han and Ma were beating people to death, and Han Sui even killed Ma Teng's wife. It would be good if they didn't stab the knife in the back. It is so difficult for them to work together and fight against the enemy.

"Ming Gong, Mr. Xun Ling has an urgent letter..." Xu Chu reported loudly outside the account.

Cao Cao was startled. Xun Yu's letter must be something important. At this time, he didn't care about the headache. He immediately sat up and ordered Xu Chu to deliver the letter. He couldn't wait to open the envelope. After looking at it, he suddenly felt a headache. Even more powerful.

When Cao Cao heard the news that Liu Jing had captured Jiangling in early August, he couldn't help exclaiming: "Liu Biao is in danger!"

Cao Cao was very clear about the importance of Jiangling to Jingzhou. He concluded that Liu Biao was powerless to contend against Liu Jing. In addition, Liu Biao sent envoys to pay tribute to express his submission. Cao Cao once wanted to send troops to Miannan to help Liu Biao, and he made no secret of his love for Jingzhou. coveted heart.

It's just that with the brothers Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan fighting against each other, Cao Cao's plan to send troops to Hebei and go south to Jingzhou naturally fell through.

Although Cao Cao expected that Liu Biao would not be Liu Jing's opponent, he never thought that Liu Biao was defeated after only two months of persistence.

Who is Liu Biao?I believe that no one in the world knows better than Cao Cao. At that time, he was so ambitious that he sent his troops to march south. As a result, he faced Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu's coalition forces. Dian Wei died in the rebellion, and thinking about it until now, I still feel pain in my heart, and I can't let go of it.

Now Liu Biao's ally has changed from Zhang Xiu to "a man of great talent who wins the hearts of the people, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei who are enemies of thousands of people are his minions". Cao Cao regards Liu Bei as a confidant. Can't stop Liu Jing from attacking with all his strength? !

What shocked Cao Cao even more was that during the war with Liu Biao and Liu Bei, Liu Jing still had spare energy to deal with Zhang Jin, and he eliminated Zhang Jin cleanly and neatly in the first battle. expose.

In the past few months, Yuan Shao died of illness, Liu Biao became a tribute, Cao Cao looked around the world, except for Han Sui and Ma Teng, they were all children, and there was almost no one to fight against, thinking that the peace of the world was just around the corner.

Facts have proved that Cao Cao underestimated the heroes of the world a little bit, and now he is forced to be helpless by Yuan Shang, Yuan Tan, Gao Gan and other younger generations.

Now that Cao Cao is blocked in Liyang, there is no hope of pacifying Hebei, and Liu Jing rises strongly in the south. Zhang Jin in the south, Liu Biao in the north, dominates Jing and Jiao, with [-] armored soldiers, and the tiger looks at the Central Plains. Facing such a tough opponent, Cao Cao felt like he was on his back, and he couldn't sleep or eat.

Cao Cao kept rubbing his temples to relieve his headache, but unfortunately it had little effect. He said to Xu Chu, who was waiting on the side: "Zhongkang, quickly recruit all the military advisers and offer wine, and come to the solitary tent to discuss matters."

"Promise." Xu Chu agreed to leave the account.

In no time, Xun You, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Dong Zhao, Jia Xu and other counselors arrived one after another.

Cao Cao was tormented by the head wind disease so restless, he really didn't have the mood to speak, so he handed out the letter directly for them to read for themselves.

All the counselors are outstanding people in the world, with extraordinary intelligence and perfect strategy, but after reading the letter, they all showed surprise.

It's Liu Jing again!It seems that from the first time they heard Liu Jing's name, the latter has been constantly breaking through their inner evaluation.

It took only two short years for this hero who came out of the market to dominate the two prefectures of Jingjiao from one county.

Cao Cao, who had been silent all this time, finally broke the silence, and sighed: "Now that the north has not been settled, Liu Zhongda has risen from the south again. The threat is even greater than Liu Biao and Liu Bei. What can we do?"

As Cao Cao's strategist, Xun You first said: "Liu Zhongda first decided Jingzhou, and immediately sent an envoy to Xu Zhigong. Although he only wanted to obtain the name and stabilize Jingzhou, he may not be sincerely loyal to the country, but it can also be seen that he has no intention of fighting Duke Ming is in trouble, and the south will be safe for the time being."

Xun You glanced at Cao Cao, and said, "The Duke of Ming should be in charge of the north. At the beginning, Yuan Shao joined forces from the four prefectures and marched [-] horses, and invaded the south on a large scale. The momentum was so great that the world was shocked. The Duke of Ming fought against each other with a journey of thousands of people. At Guandu, the soldiers were defeated without losing their will, and they listened without confusion in times of danger, and when the situation was decisive, they defeated the strong with the weak, defeated Yuan Shao, and shocked China."

"Today's army is blocked in Liyang, it's just a temporary difficulty. Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan are far less intelligent than their father Yuan Shao, and they can't get along with each other. They are only reluctantly united because of the threat of Duke Ming. After a long time, there will be filth. The Duke gathered his elite, divided them and attacked them, and took advantage of the victory to sweep Hebei, like turning the palm of an ear."

Xun You obviously wanted to repeat the story of the Battle of Guandu, and used drag tactics against the enemy until the opponent changed, and then it would be determined in the next battle.

Guo Jia frowned deeply, and was the second to speak: "In the past, Sun Ce had the intention of attacking Xudu secretly when he made a rough plan for Jiangdong. Liu Jing may not have this intention. If he took advantage of me to wait in the north, he would collude with the Yuan family and send troops to Wan and Ye. , spying on Xu Du, the consequences will be unimaginable, Duke Ming must guard against it."

Guo Jia continued: "As the military adviser said, the Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan brothers are vicious and difficult to tolerate, and Feng Ji, Guo Tu, Xin Ping and others are instigating them, and they will turn against each other for a long time. Fearing the power of Ming Gonghu, if you are in a hurry, you will only force him to wait for a deadly battle. If you are slow, you will be in chaos. It is better to return to the army, prepare Liu Jing in the south, and guard the high-ranking officials in the west. All done."

Cao Cao believed that what Xun You and Guo Jia said were reasonable, but he was more inclined to Xun You's suggestion.

You know, before he sent troops, he had the intention of going to Hebei in one fell swoop, but what he wanted was not fulfilled. He personally led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses across Hebei, and fought fiercely for more than [-] days. Not to mention the loss of soldiers and generals, he did not leave an inch of land. How could he be willing to go back in despair?
Cao Cao vetoed Guo Jia's suggestion, saying: "Under the orders of the country, I supervise the six armies to punish the traitors. The soldiers and people in Hebei are all eagerly looking forward to the king's division. The traitor has not yet been appointed as the leader. How can we convince the people if we retreat like this?"

Cao Cao insisted on not retreating from the army, and then brought the topic to Liu Jing, "Liu Zhongda claimed to have eliminated the traitor Liu Biao for the country. , What do you think, how will the court reward you?"

Liu Biao sent an envoy to meet Cao Cao a few months ago, expressing his surrender, and he was no longer a traitor to the country. However, Liu Biao was dead, and Cao Cao wanted to appease Liu Jing, so he had to admit that he had killed the thief.

Jia Xujian said: "Minggong rewards, but the name is more important than the real thing."

What is the name but the light?It is to give high-ranking officials to show their titles, but not to grant real power.

Cao Cao pondered for a while, since he had the intention of appeasing Liu Jing, he had to reward him generously. "Liu Zhongda is currently General Anyuan and Marquis of Hanchang Ting. He has made great contributions this time. He can be worshiped as General Annan and Marquis of Hanchang County."

General Anyuan is a miscellaneous general, and although General Annan is not as good as Liu Biao's Zhennan General, he is also a famous general, and he was promoted from Tinghou to County Marquis, and the rewards are not insignificant.

And Liu Jing invited officials for civil and military affairs under his command, including recommending Pan Jun, a native of Wuling, as the governor of Jiaozhou, and Cao Cao agreed to all of them.

The reason why Cao Cao behaved so generously was that Liu Jing could completely ignore the imperial court and assume an official position by himself. Cao Cao did this a lot before welcoming the emperor.

Liu Jing's willingness to ask the court for orders is undoubtedly an attitude. As long as his own interests are not involved, Cao Cao will certainly not easily refuse.

Cao Cao was not unprincipled in accommodating Liu Jing, and he was relentless when he planted nails. For example, he would definitely not hand over the post of governor of Jingzhou to Liu Jing.

Of course, even if Cao Cao appointed the governor of Jingzhou, he had no choice but to go to Xiangyang to take up the post, and he could only place the government in Wancheng, which he controlled.However, the governor of Jingzhou is the chief official in name after all, so he can justifiably intervene in Jingzhou's affairs, just like Liu Fu, the governor of Yangzhou in Jiangdong.

Cao Cao asked the counselors, "Liu Biao is dead and Jingzhou is vacant. In your opinion, who can be the governor and guard the southern land for the country's shepherd?"

At this time, a candidate flashed through Xun You's mind, and he recommended to Cao Cao: "Wan Ling, Du Zixu of Yingchuan (Xi) came from a famous family, so he was called the current generation. Inspector of Jingzhou."

"What's especially rare is that Du Zixu avoided chaos in Changsha in his early years and met Liu Zhongda Yu Wei, and the two formed a deep friendship. Liu Zhongda might not like someone else being the governor of Jingzhou. If Du Zixu was the governor of Jingzhou, Liu Zhongda would definitely not Oppose. With Du Zixu in the middle to mediate, the risk of conflict will be greatly reduced..."

Cao Cao was convinced by Xun You that Du Xi was indeed the best candidate for Jingzhou governor, so he immediately decided to move Du Xi as Jingzhou governor.

(End of this chapter)