Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1278

The Northwest War came to an end, and the Central Plains ushered in a brief period of peace.

The first year of Jian'an also began to enter winter.

This year is the first year of Yuan Jian'an, and it is also the first year that Emperor Liu Xie moved his capital to Xudu and became Cao Cao's puppet. As far as the Central Plains were concerned, there were not many wars in this year.

Most of the princes are recuperating from last year's bloody battle in Guanzhong.

There are few battles between the five princes. Instead, each of them is consolidating their own internal strength and cleaning up internal troubles.

Cao Cao is the busiest, he is in charge of the central government and orders the world, but the imperial court is just an empty frame. At the beginning, Dong Zhuo hijacked hundreds of officials and recruited them. Countless officials were implicated to death, and there were very few officials available to the imperial court.

He was busy improving the operation of the imperial court. In order to appease people's hearts, and also to allow the prime minister's mansion to have arbitrarily influential influence in the world, he has been working hard to accumulate strength this year.

The soldiers and horses showed no sign of being mobilized at all, but in this gap of time, he was able to sort out a lot of order in various places.

Yuan Shao in Hebei was also recuperating, but he also mobilized his troops once and fought a battle.

In May and June, he tried to mobilize a full [-] main force to attack the only threatening Black Mountain army in Hebei, but this battle was a bit anticlimactic.

Yuan Shao himself didn't mobilize many troops, and Zhang Yan had already received the news in advance, and directly led the Black Mountain Army into the forest, where they disappeared.

Yuan Shao couldn't find any trace of the Black Mountain Army. Tens of thousands of soldiers and horsemen ate horse chews, and the consumption was too great, so they retreated hastily in the end.

It was Liu Bei from Youzhou.

This year he can mobilize troops and horses, and he is still the main force. The main force went out on a large scale, won a battle, and drew Liaodong in the first battle. It can be regarded as solving a scourge in Youzhou and unifying the entire Youzhou.

Gongsundu in Liaodong was taken down, which also saved him from worrying about the future.

Then there is Koto.

Jiangdong is not feeling well this year. Although Zhou Yu's ingenious schemes emerge one after another, he enters alone, beheads Zhang Jin, and takes the eastern part of Jiaozhou, but he cannot solve Jiangdong's internal troubles.

Jiangdong is not peaceful, there are Shanyue tribes in chaos, which also restrained many Sun's troops.

These mountains are so difficult to deal with, even Sun Ce has a bit of a headache.

The other is floods. With the outbreak of floods this year, not to mention the mobilization of troops in the second half of Jiangdong, even stabilizing internal stability is a big problem.

Therefore, in the first year of Jian'an, Jiangdong basically made no achievements.

Of course, there is still some achievement.

For example, the Sun family moved to rule the city, broke away from Wu County, and established Jianye City in Moling. In a sense, it was an achievement and laid the foundation of the Sun family regime.

But this year, the most ferocious deployment of troops is in the Southwest.

The Minghou Mansion mobilized the main force to enter the northwest, fought a northwest battle, and took the Xihai area and Xiliang into their arms. It was the biggest winner in the first year of Jian'an.

Now the power of the Minghou Mansion is no longer in the southwest.

It is the whole west that is connected in one line.

It can be called the Western Dynasty.

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In Yudu City, the snow is falling.

A piece of white, covered this huge city, so that this city was dressed in a set of silver.

"This snow is a bit fierce!"

Mu Jing stood on the promenade, raised his head, and looked at the sky. There were pieces of snowflakes in the sky, as if they were falling down desperately, and they looked a bit beautiful.

But he was worried: "There is too much snow, just like rain. Rain will cause floods, and snow will cause snow disasters!"

Snow disasters are sometimes fierce.

Not to mention the traffic jams in various places, some houses that are not very strong may collapse directly, and I don’t know how many people will be homeless by then.

"Decree that all states start preparations for snow disasters, and order the governors of all states to pay attention to it. Natural disasters can be tolerated, and man-made disasters cannot be tolerated!" Mu Jing thought for a while, and then issued an order.

This order was sent directly through Zhaoming Pavilion and sent to more than a dozen states.

Cross the corridor and walk into Zhaoming Pavilion.

At this moment, in Zhaoming Pavilion, there are loud voices of controversy.

"Everyone knows that Liangzhou is short of talents, but those who can be given, we Li Cao have already given them. Let me tell you, there is no one more!"

"The current situation in Xiliang, there are no people, how is the people's livelihood, how is the government, in the final analysis, it is still true, and it is not sure who you officials are looking for!"

"Then we can't change into humans!"

"I don't care. Li Cao must come up with a plan as soon as possible. At least ten officials above the county level must come out. Now the Governor's Mansion of Xizhou and the Governor's Mansion of Liangzhou are under construction. Without anyone, nothing can be done!"

"Go to Li Cao to see for yourself. The implementation of the New Deal has already squandered all the accumulation of our Li Cao over the years. We really have no talents. We can't catch anyone, so we can become officials!"

"..."

The lobby of Zhaoming Pavilion is very spacious, so several more stoves were used to dissipate the cold air. At this moment, the people who are arguing in full swing are all the major political participants of Zhaoming Pavilion in Minghou Mansion.

Mu Jing took the first place, sat down, and glanced over.

The end of the new year is approaching, and those who participated in politics abroad have also been called back.

The seven political parties gathered together.

Facing Mujing's eyes, everyone stopped quickly, looked at each other, and calmed down.

"I've been arguing about this matter for two days, but there is still no result. By the time you quarrel and play, the people of Xiliang will probably starve to death for a while!" Mu Jing said coldly.

The military power of Xiliang has been determined.

But in terms of governance, there are many problems.

The Zhengshitang has determined that Xiliang will be divided into two prefectures. To the west of Jincheng is Xizhou, which is very large and goes all the way to Yumenguan, and the land of Longxi Hanyang will be established as Liangzhou.

The governor's office of the two states is still being established, and the governor of one state has a preliminary candidate.

One is Huangfu Yin.

Although Huangfu Yin came from a military background, he was better at martial arts than martial arts. At this time, it was a good decision to let him abandon martial arts and follow literature. He responded quickly, and rushed from Chang'an to Xiliang immediately after receiving the order.

As for Xizhou.

The candidate for the governor of Xizhou has not yet been determined.

Originally, Xiliang was barren, lacking both planting and various resources. In addition, after years of hard work, the population dropped sharply, and the labor force was scarce.

So it is very difficult to manage it.

First of all, it is not difficult to restore order. After Xiliang was settled down, the head of the six gates, Zhang Huo, had already rushed to Xiliang in person to establish the official office of the six gates in the two states.

In addition, Pound's Xiliang Army personally sits in the town, and it is not your business to calm down the place and restore local order.

What is difficult is to restore the economy and restore people's livelihood.

This requires a major premise.

official.

Officials are the foundation of local governance. No matter how good the policy is, without the leadership of officials, nothing can be done. The existence of officials is not only to manage a place, but also to take the lead in implementing some policies and systems.

What is the most lacking thing in the Minghou Mansion.

Always be human.

In this matter, Hu Zhao forced Li Cao, and Qin Song argued hard on behalf of Li Cao. All in all, it made sense, but the key point was that even if he wanted to squeeze out talents, he couldn't squeeze them out.

"The government affairs hall decreed, ordered, temporarily put aside the issue of the administration of officials in the two prefectures of Xiliang, and ordered the headquarters of the two prefectures to abolish the county system, but the county officials, everything remains the same, and the old officials will be restarted to restore stability as soon as possible. , ready to consider the issue of people's livelihood, we can't delay for too long!" Mu Jing thought for a long time, and finally compromised on the issue of Xiliang.

Although the New Deal is going to be done in one go.

But politics always serves the people. Any system must have a major premise, that is, it can bring a good life to the people.

Otherwise, no matter what kind of system it is, it will be useless.

"promise!"

Liu Jin bowed his hand and took the order.

"As for the Qiangzhou issue!"

Mu Jing said: "What are you thinking, just tell me!"

Qiangzhou is the scope of the Western Qiang tribe, a huge place, built as a state, but the population does not seem to be large, and there are not many officials.

"The key is who will be the governor of Qiangzhou!" Hu Zhao said, "I still prefer Min Wu!"

"Min Wu is a soldier!"

Huang Zhong roared.

In the system established by Mu Jing, although there is no complete separation between the military and the government, the unspoken rules have already explained that the power between the military and the government will not fall on one person: "He will be in charge of the Western Qiang Army. of!"

In this war, the Mu army built two armies.

One is the Xiliang Army.

The other one is the Xiqiang Army.

The Western Qiang Army is headed by Min Wu's Shenlang Camp, followed by the Baima and other battalions. It should have the strongest force, and it is still being rectified. How far it can be rectified depends on whether Min Wu is ruthless enough.

"Min Wu is the king of Qiang, and he is most suitable to rule the Qiang people. If we want the Qiang people to transition smoothly from the dangerous period between us, we must have courage!" Hu Zhao said coldly.

"If both political power and military power are imposed on Min Wu, Qiangzhou will definitely lose control!"

Qin Song said.

"This is absolutely impossible!"

Everyone also said one after another.

Once the military power and the political power are merged, it is a prince who has soldiers and money to support them. If there is a little carelessness, it will be a matter of minutes to betray the water.

This has to be guarded against.

"Wait!"

Xi Zhicai suddenly said: "I think that at this moment, no matter how much we fight, there will be no result. It's better to wait for Min Wu to play and decide what to do. The matter of Xiqiang can't be rushed!"

"good!"

Mu Jing nodded and said.

"My lord, what about Jiaozhou?" Liu Jin asked.

"Jiaozhou?"

Mu Jing pondered for a while, raised his head slightly, glanced at everyone, and asked, "Who do you think is the most suitable?"

Headed by Jiaozhi, the entire western part of Jiaozhou is already a new Jiaozhou, which belongs to a state under the governance of the Minghou Mansion. The Jiaozhou Governor's Mansion is also being established.

"Needs a transition!"

Hu Zhao said: "The influence of the scholar family will not dissipate easily. Instead of blocking it, how about the scholar one?"

"Shi Yi?"

Mujing thought for a while, and said, "You can think about it!"

At present, there are really not many people he can use. The Minghou Mansion is too short of people, not to mention the five prefectures of Jingxiang, five prefectures of Bashu, a whole ten prefectures, and Yongzhou in the north, and the eleven prefectures are all short of people. Play the playbook all day long and ask for a tuner.

But he has no one.

Not to mention the newly built Xizhou, Liangzhou, Qiangzhou, and Jiaozhou, these four states are basically empty shells, as long as anyone who is useful can catch one, it is considered one.

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Winter has entered, and in less than a few days, it will be the twelfth lunar month. Once it enters the twelfth lunar month, the end of the year will not be far away.

Therefore, the meeting in Zhaoming Pavilion cannot be finished.

When he finds an opportunity, Mujing slips away.

It's no use staying there and talking to the old guys like Hu Zhao and Cai Yong. In the end, either they really pissed them off, or they pissed themselves off.

"My lord, where are you going?" Xin Zhao asked.

After Zhao Xin returned to Yudu, he was with Mu Jing for many years. He was an eunuch himself, and it was only natural that he served Mu Jing in front of him. At the same time, he also controlled the external news network for Mu Jing.

This is why Mujing deliberately transferred him back.

"Education department!"

Mu Jing thought for a while, got on his horse, and ran west along the corridor.

Department of Education.

It was a newly established office, originally it didn't exist, but later Mu Jing established such an office in order to let Cai Yong's old guy come out of the mountain, and he was in charge of education.

The Department of Education has made a lot of contributions to the Minghou Mansion. In the past few years, although Cai Yong has participated in politics and entered the cabinet to participate in politics, the Department of Education has never survived.

Nowadays, there is at least one county town and one government school, which is a great favor to scholars.

The head of the education department is newly appointed.

Former Jiaozhi prefect, Shi Xie.

In the end, Shi Xie chose to completely hand over Jiaozhou in exchange for the living space of the Shi family. This decision was made after he did not know how many times he considered it.

He didn't even know if he could keep the Shi's family after handing over Jiaozhou.

But in that environment, he could only make one choice.

And the reason that tempted him to make such a choice was more or less the feeling in his heart after Shi Qian took him to see Yudu City for a while.

The difference between Jiaozhi and Yudu City is too far.

This also shattered what little confidence he had left.

"Subordinate Shi Xie, pay homage to the lord!" Shi Xie was in the wing room at this moment reading the playbooks played by various universities, when he heard footsteps, he looked up and saw Mu Jing who walked in through the wind and snow, and hurriedly Come forward to receive.

"You have been in office for a while, have you adapted?"

Mujing asked with a smile.

He forced Shi Xie to stay in Yudu, on the one hand, for the sake of the Shi family himself, and on the other hand, it was also to calm his suspicion.

Suspicion is something that everyone has.

Once Shi Xie returned to Jiaozhou, he would be more or less suspicious of Shi Xie's mentality, and if someone came to guide him one or two at that time, he would inevitably confront him.

Staying in Yudu, he felt relieved, and so did he.

But staying in Yudu is not imprisoned.

When Shi Xie was young, he went to the Central Plains to study, and he learned from the great Confucianism. He was well-known among scholars, and in Jiaozhou, he was also one of the best scholars in the world.

His talent cannot be doubted.

It should be a good thing for both parties to be the head of the Department of Education. At least Shi Xie can rest assured that he will not be settled by Qiuhou and directly beheaded.

As for Mujing, it is also a good thing to have one more talent to use.

"Still getting used to it!"

Shi Xie said with a wry smile: "I think I have a good understanding of the Central Plains, but the bureaucratic system of the Marquis of Ming Dynasty is very different from that of the previous dynasty. I haven't fully understood it yet!"

"Your research is so thorough, it's nothing more than wanting to be cautious. If you don't do something wrong and make me furious, it will cause you to lose your head!"

Mu Jing saw through Shi Xie's state of mind at a glance.

"My lord is wise!" Shi Xie frankly admitted that he had to bow his head under the eaves. He felt uncomfortable under the eaves of Mujing, not just a little bit.

"There is one thing I want to discuss with you!"

Mujing Road.

"Please tell me, my lord!"

"The candidate for the governor of Jiaozhou, I want Lingdi Shiyi to take office!"

"Shi Yi?"

Shi Xie frowned: "Although I am very happy to see Shi Yi being appointed by the lord, but with all due respect, Shi Yi is a rough man. He is good at fighting wars, but not good at managing places!"

"You haven't let him taste it, how do you know that he can't do it!" Mu Jing said, "The opportunity is given by others, but only if you grasp it yourself can you be sure. Maybe he can seize the opportunity!"

"Since the lord has made a decision, I have nothing to say!"

Shi Xie wanted to persuade him, but unfortunately he didn't know what to say.

(End of this chapter)