Guo Jia, the ghost of the strongest military division

Chapter 517

In [-] A.D., that is, the sixth year of Zhongping, the Taiwei Liu Yu died of illness. Before he died, he wrote to the imperial court to entrust the position of State Shepherd to Hushi General Guo Jia.

This can be regarded as a great gift from him to Guo Jia.

With Liu Yu's will, Guo Jia also took over Youzhou smoothly.

Liu Yu was quite famous in Youzhou. When he was buried, all the people in the city came to attend the funeral, and the scene was quite spectacular.

Guo Jia also went to the funeral in person, which can be regarded as giving the people of Youzhou enough face.

After dealing with Liu Yu's funeral, Guo Jia immediately held a meeting, because the current Youzhou is a mess, and some problems need to be resolved urgently.

Youzhou is really impoverished!

After reading the dossier of Youzhou Mushou Mansion, Guo Jiadeng felt a bit of a headache, knowing that he had fallen into a big pit.

I have seen poverty, but I have never seen such poverty.

How poor can Youzhou be?

Let's put it this way, most of the salaries of officials and the food and salaries of soldiers are reduced by the imperial court and supported by other counties.

In other words, the government of Youzhou is simply unable to make ends meet and relies entirely on external blood transfusions.

It was not easy for Liu Yu to be able to work in Youzhou for such a long time.

It's not easy!

Guo Jia shook his head again.

To be honest, he originally planned to grab Youzhou and leave immediately.But Liu Yu left this hot potato in Guo Jia's hands with a commission on his deathbed.

Originally, Guo Jia thought it was a good thing, but after carefully reading the scrolls of the Youzhou government, he realized that it was a big hole.

Before Liu Yu died, he cheated him a lot.

Thinking of this, Guo Jia couldn't help feeling a little depressed.

But since he has already eaten it, he can't spit it out again. Besides, he has promised Liu Yu, so if he gave up, wouldn't it be a breach of promise?
Got it!
Now he has to eat if he doesn't eat.

There are various problems in Youzhou, but the first thing to solve is the problem of stability.

In the Battle of Zhuojun, the Youzhou army was defeated, and the people were also affected by the flames of war.

There is no business, no farming, and the common people are too frightened to go out, which directly affects the tranquility of Youzhou.

In addition, the officials of the three counties of Yuyang and Zhuojun in Youbeiping fled, and the entire government was in a state of paralysis.

Even if they are not paralyzed, officials are equivalent to walking dead.Because everything below the county level is occupied by local tyrants.

The people of Youzhou are complex, with various ethnic groups living in a mixed environment, and the tyrants of each clan have strong armed forces. Therefore, if you want to successfully take over Youzhou, the best way is to use local people as officials.

Guo Jia still used Yan Rou as the prefect of Youbeiping, Qi Zhou as the prefect of Zhuojun, and Tian Yu as the prefect of Yuyang, and asked them to build their own teams and go to serve to appease the people.

The three of them lived up to Guo Jia's entrustment. After rushing to the counties, they opened the list to calm the people, and soon stabilized the situation.

The second problem is the military problem.

Youzhou is located on the border, and there are mostly ethnic minorities in the surrounding area and under its rule. To ensure deterrence against them, it is necessary to retain a large number of troops.

In the Battle of Zhuojun, almost all the cavalry of the Youzhou Army were wiped out, and the remaining [-] infantry also dispersed.

Right now, in the three counties of Youzhou, apart from the [-] troops brought by Guo Jia, there is not a single soldier at all.

But these [-] troops are the elite of Guo Jia, and it is impossible to stay in Youzhou permanently, so another army has to be formed.

Given the complicated status quo in Youzhou, if you want to maintain stability, you must maintain an army of tens of thousands of people.

After much deliberation, Guo Jia decided to recruit among the locals.

First, the local people have feelings for the local area, and their sense of defense is stronger than that of the guest army. Second, they can farm in the local area, which can save a lot of expenses.

These soldiers are just acting as local guards, and they don't need to be elite or not. If there is a war, the Yunzhou Army will naturally be dispatched. Anyway, the two sides are relatively close.

Of course, the commander of the army cannot be handed over to the locals, it must be Guo Jiaxin's subordinates.

However, although Guo Jia has many generals, he can only ban one person who can be alone.Now that Yu Jin is assisting Xu Shu in Jizhou, it is impossible to come to Youzhou.

This time, the only generals Guo Jia brought were Gao Shun, Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei.

Zhao Yun is Guo Jia's confidant and favorite general, and he commands Yunzhou's elite cavalry Baima Yicong, so he is naturally inseparable.

This Gao Shun must have the ability, but after all, he is a newcomer, lacking in reputation and qualifications.

Soon, Guo Jia set his sights on Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei is brave and resourceful, and he also shined brilliantly in this battle.But this person has a big flaw in his personality, and he likes to drink and beat soldiers.In the past, Guo Jia would not dare to let him be alone, but after Liu Bei's incident, Zhang Fei's character has changed a lot, and he has become more and more like a qualified general.

So Guo Jia handed over the Youzhou Army to Zhang Fei, and also used Xianyufu Xianyuyin brothers as his assistants.The two are powerful in Youzhou, and with them assisting Zhang Fei, Youzhou can be kept worry-free.

After solving the problems of officials and the army, Youzhou has basically settled down.

The last question is also the trickiest one.

Youzhou is a place of bitter cold, and the income from farming and commerce is very limited. In the past, it has always relied on the support of Jizhou and Qingzhou.

But in recent years, Qingzhou and Jizhou have not been very prosperous, and the support for Youzhou has also fallen a lot.

Liu Yu actually worked very hard as the governor.

Youzhou is full of people who are waiting for milk, and he is also Alexander!

There is no way to attack Yunzhou and copy the Zhongshan border trade model.

But Youzhou is located in a remote place, unlike Yunzhou's traffic arteries.Therefore, the Zhongshan model will not work in Youzhou.

If business doesn't work, we can only find a way from other places.

Fortunately, after taking Youzhou, the speculators in Zhuojun flocked back to Yunzhou again, and they once again realized a problem.

A commercial center must not only have a good location, but also a stable regime.

Turning around, Yunzhou is the best center.

Of course, it was impossible for Yunzhou to let them go back so easily, and they were only allowed to come back after a lot of bleeding.

Many people have regretted that they fled Yunzhou back then, especially those from the Zhen family, who shed a layer of skin when they went out, and another layer of skin when they came in. They exhausted their strength again and again, and they are gone. The courage of the year.

The war in Jizhou also came to an abrupt end.

Yuan Shao and Cao Cao retreated one after another. Without Youzhou's restraint, they had no chance of winning against Jizhou.

The war is over, the commercial road to Yunzhou is unimpeded again, the border trade has started again, and the vitality of the past has gradually recovered.

With Yunzhou's financial resources to supply Youzhou, it can still support living in the short term.

What Guo Jia needs most right now is talent.

Although Yunzhou is full of talents, with the development of the past two years, he has occupied more and more territories, and the demand for talents has naturally increased.

Ever since, Guo Jia posted recruitment orders in the three counties of Youzhou to recruit talents from all counties.

(End of this chapter)