Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 943
Afterwards, Huang Zhong escorted thousands of barbarian captives into Dianchi Lake. The barbarians declared that they had completely surrendered to the Minghou Mansion.

However, the success of the conquest does not mean that Nanzhong will be peaceful. To completely conquer the four counties of Nanzhong, the Minghou Mansion will need a long time to transition.

Moreover, the surrender of the barbarians to the Minghou Mansion was only a formal surrender. Now the situation forced the barbarians to do nothing, but it did not mean that the barbarians had no resistance at all.

Although the barbarian army lost in Weixian and Chaiyu's two battles, and the defeat was a bit miserable, with countless deaths and more than [-] prisoners. More than [-] main forces were assembled, and more than half of them were lost.

However, the strength of the barbarians did not actually suffer too much loss. The key is that the major tribes of the barbarians have always nestled in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, saving them a lot of energy.

If they want to occupy the place of the Han people, they have more than enough energy.

If they want to have a base of [-] mountains, and then continue to make trouble outside, take a shot, and change places, they still have the ability and opportunity to do it.

Therefore, in the coming days, how the Minghou Mansion will govern Nanzhong is the most critical issue, especially when dealing with the relationship between the barbarians and the Han people, both toughness and softness are indispensable. Only those who can handle this can govern Good Nanzhong.

In the next few years, Mujing does not intend to dismantle the Nanzhong Governor's Mansion, and will also supplement its establishment.

This institution, the Minghou Mansion's check and balance mechanism for the four counties in Nanzhong, is the best weapon that Mujing intends to use to appease the southern part of Yizhou. After this big battle, no matter whether it is him, Xi Zhicai, or Liu Jin, it is impossible. Continue to stay in Nanzhong.

Nanzhong is very important, but Yizhou's biggest foreign enemy is in the Central Plains after all, not the barbarian land that looks at the sky from the bottom of the well.

Yizhou is not the Yizhou of Liu Yan's era, nor the Yizhou of Liu Bei in history, but the Yizhou ruled by the Minghou Mansion. It is getting stronger and stronger every day. They are absolutely impossible to stay here of the Southwest.

But Nanzhong is also a big problem. If it is not appeased, let the barbarians make troubles, and let the local Yizhou people make troubles repeatedly, which means that the backyard of Yizhou is on fire.

Who will govern Nanzhong is indeed a big problem. Mu Jing, Xi Zhicai, and Liu Jin have discussed for a long time, but they have not found a suitable candidate. This person must first have ability, and then You have to have the means, and the most important thing is to be able to control a degree.

In the current Minghou Mansion, Mujing really can't find many people like this.

In the final analysis, the Minghou Mansion is too immature and its background is too weak to compare with the accumulation of those powerful forces. There are many talents in the army, but there is a lack of talents in governing the local area.

In a blink of an eye, the end of the sixth year of Chuping came as scheduled.

The year-end of the year before last was spent in Jingzhou. Last year, he was able to spend some time in peace, and his family lived happily ever after. But this year, he came to southern Xinjiang again. Mujing felt that he was just a hard worker.

On days like this, he especially misses his two wives at home. If possible, who wouldn't want Wenxiang nephrite to be the head of a kang and come here to eat the northwest wind, but as the lord, he can only lead by example.

However, one thing is worth affirming and gratifying. This year's Minghou Mansion has a strong record. It defeated Xiqiang in the first battle and tied Nanzhong in the first battle. In the two battles before and after, it has played Yizhou's illustrious prestige, and it has been completely defeated. It established the absolute authority of Minghou Mansion to rule Yizhou.

After this battle, at least the distrust and suspicion of the Minghou Mansion in Yizhou have almost disappeared.

Pang Xi, Zhang Ren, Gao Ding, Deng Xian, Leng Bao, these generals who surrendered from Xichuan, not to mention completely returning to their hearts, at least had a certain degree of recognition for Mu Jun, because in this battle, Mu Jun fought a battle that Yizhou had never had before. prestige.

If we say before, Zhang Ren may still be a little bit unwilling, but now, at least Zhang Ren does not think that he still has the ability to overthrow the rule of Minghou Mansion.

His last thoughts were annihilated in the battle where the shepherd army conquered the barbarian army.

At the end of the sixth year of Chuping, Mujing passed by Dianchi Lake. In order to relieve the soldiers' homesickness, he held many activities in the army, trying to relax the soldiers' feelings of going abroad as much as possible.

At this point in the war, although the conquest has ended, the troops cannot be withdrawn immediately.

At least until the next year, when Nanzhong is completely stabilized, it is possible to withdraw troops and return to Jiangzhou City.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers, celebrating the New Year in this unfamiliar place, are somewhat depressed.

In this backward era, not to mention the soldiers fighting in the Xingjun, even the nobles of the palace and the powerful families, in fact, there are not many entertainment items.

But Mujing has it.

He first held a Cuju competition in the army. Cuju is a relatively ancient entertainment in ancient and modern history. It is also a relatively open competitive entertainment, and it is also the favorite competition of soldiers.

This kind of competition can be regarded as a kind of military exercise and confrontation, to determine the winner, and it can also pour out excess hormones and squander the excess sweat of the soldiers.

A group of killers who have just come down from the battlefield, if one is not handled well, it will even spawn a lot of thugs. People who have experienced life and death are always not afraid of life and death. They don’t have much time to think about these things when fighting. Once they relax , inevitably some redundant ideas.

Only by letting them have no time to think about these can they settle down.

Mu Jing thought of many, many ways to relieve the pressure on these soldiers, not only competitive activities, he also arranged for political instructors to carry out a psychological counseling activity called emotional decompression in the army.

Then there are various ball games to let them exert their excess physical strength.

Mujing can bring all the entertainment items that can be brought to this era in later generations.

And he also personally organized an art troupe.

drama.

This is an entertainment project that does not exist yet, and it is also a relatively new, innovative and eye-catching project.

Mu Jing personally acted as the screenwriter, and the interpretations in the army are based on some special heroic stories, and this is also a way of publicity, such as Huang Zhong's battle with the spear, the three armies take Hanzhong, and cross the river to take Xiangyang, one by one. The story unfolded on stage.

This added a lot of spiritual entertainment to the soldiers.

Before Dianchi City, most of the city was in ruins, and many places are still in ruins now. It takes time and accumulation to build a city, but it only takes a few days to destroy it.

Dianchi Lake wants to restore its former prosperity and become the economic and political center of Nanzhong, and it will take time to rebuild. However, the entertainment programs of the generals of the Mu Army have brought the atmosphere of the city up.

Even though they had just experienced the devastation of the war, they recovered very quickly. The biggest characteristic of the people in this era is muddling along and hatred. They can't remember too much, but they can remember the people who brought them happiness.

In this atmosphere, time quietly entered the seventh year of Chuping.

In the seventh year of Chuping, this was the seventh year that Emperor Chuping Liu Xie ascended to the throne with the support of Dong Zhuo. The world has completely entered an era of melee among princes.

The most powerful is none other than Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo holds Xiliang's elite, sits in Guanzhong, Liangbin, and half of the country in Yuyan. He controls most of the territory in the north and west.

Li Rujiaxu gradually became famous and became a top strategist in the world.

Lu Bu was even more invincible and became the top military general in the world, and there were countless Xiliang warriors, supporting the entire Xiliang army system.

Under Dong Zhuo, the strength of the major princes is almost the same.

To say that it is stronger, it can only be regarded as the Minghou Mansion in Xichuan. After the Minghou Mansion unified Yizhou, it sits on the southwest land, with natural barriers on the east and north, easy to defend and difficult to attack, which is a kind of strength in itself.

In addition, the results of the two battles last year gradually appeared on the desks of the various princes under the reports of spies from all sides. These two battles are enough to show the strength of the Minghou Mansion today.

The shepherd army's bravery is not empty words. From the moment they broke through the pass, they have been invincible and invincible, and they have displayed an unexpected power.

This also made Minghou Mansion the second-ranked vassal in the world.

Under Dong Zhuo's reign, Yuan Shao occupied Jizhou Qingzhou, Cao Cao occupied Xuzhou, and half of Yuzhou and Yanzhou. Sun Jian unified Jiangdong, and his strength was considered strong.

Then there is Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu was classified as the number one prince in the world in the past, but after the defeat of Yuzhou, he was taken away from the foundation of Nanyang.

Liu Biao of Jingzhou has lost Xiangyang, and his power has been greatly reduced. Although he is now working hard to revitalize Yizhou, centering on Changsha, Jiangxia, to transform Jingzhou's economic strength into Jingzhou's military strength, but Jingzhou, with its thousands of warehouses and holes, is still struggling with its national strength. In the midst of the trend, there are always some shortcomings.

In terms of Jiaozhou, since the end of the Battle of Jingzhou, Jiaozhi prefect Shi Xie and Jiaozhou Mu Zhangjin began to fight for Jiaozhou. Currently Zhang Jin has the upper hand, but Shi Xie's roots are deep.

The Shi family is the first family in Jiaozhou, which has suppressed Jiaozhi for generations. In Jiaozhou, the people's hearts are very strong and the prestige is very high. Compared with the outsider Zhang Jin, more Jiaozhou people are more willing to submit to Shi Xie.

However, Zhang Jin is not an ordinary person. He fought for the Mu army in the battle in Jingzhou, and attacked Changsha.

The situation where the two tigers are fighting has become a reality.

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The disputes among the princes of the world allowed Mu Jing to concentrate on dealing with the internal affairs of Yizhou. Within two days of the new year, he had already devoted himself wholeheartedly to the governance of the four Nanzhong counties.

"Prefect Yongchang, what do you think?"

Mu Jing held a small meeting in the newly-built government office of the Nanzhong Governor's Mansion. Not many people participated in the meeting, but they were all very important people from Nanzhong.

"I think of someone!"

Fifth Yue said.

"Say!"

"Xu Min!"

"Yong Kai's most powerful long history?" Mu Jing narrowed his eyes and looked at Wu Wuyue. Wu Wuyue used to feel very low-key, but after entering the formation of the Minghou Mansion, he was very active, dare to speak, and can do it. It's a talent.

"It's him!"

Fifth Yue said: "Yong Kai was able to sit firmly in Yizhou, he contributed a lot, and he was especially good at dealing with the barbarians. Yongchang had two times of hostility with the barbarians. It was he who saved the situation and established the peace between Yong Kai and the barbarians. Barbarian Alliance!"

After a pause, he continued: "My lord wants to govern Yongchang, of course it is necessary to check and balance the barbarians, and more importantly, we need someone who can handle the relationship between the Han people and the barbarians. What the lord wants is a peaceful Nanzhong, this person who goes to Yongchang , can't be too strong!"

"The fifth eunuch's analysis is all right, but..." Xi Zhicai narrowed his eyes and asked, "One thing, if you can't guarantee it, everything is empty talk!"

"loyalty!"

Liu Jin added: "There is no guarantee of Xu Min's loyalty to our Minghou Mansion, so if he is placed in the position of Yongchang, it will be easy for him to unite with the barbarians, and then we will be passive!"

Fifth Yue thought about it, and said: "Although Xu Min's loyalty cannot be guaranteed,... this person is still available. I know him and I understand him. If Yong Kai is still alive, I don't recommend using him, but Yong Kai Kai is dead, he can take advantage of it, but he may not trust him absolutely, but he has the guts to dare not resist the lord alone!"

"My lord, this person must be used with caution!" Liu Jin still disagreed.

"Xu Min!"

After Mujing called out this name, his thoughts became a little silent. Whether to use it or not, in the final analysis, it was just a decision, but this decision was related to the future development of Yongchang County.

"Use him!"

Mu Jing pondered for a long time before speaking.

"My lord!" Liu Jin still disagreed a little. He was about to express his opinion when he was interrupted roughly by Mu Jing.

"Do you have any other candidates?" Mu Jing asked.

Liu Jin suddenly fell silent.

He did not.

Because the accumulation of talents in the Minghou Mansion is mostly based on the talents of a county, there is a great shortage of talents who guard a county, and they can't even take care of the north of Yizhou, let alone the south of Yizhou.

"I don't just use him, I have to use one person to check and balance him!" Mu Jing said: "Meng Huo will return to Jiangzhou with me, the most proud think tank around him, I will keep him so that I can use Meng Huo I am going to give him the position of Yongchang Changshi. On the one hand, it can appease the barbarians, and on the other hand, it can also make the barbarians start migrating, so as not to lure them from the Shiwan Dashan Come out, I don't worry!"

"Meng You?"

Xi Zhicai's eyes twitched: "Master, you are playing with fire!"

This is a dangerous figure.

In Xi Zhicai's heart, Meng You is in greater danger than Meng Huo.

"It's really like playing with fire, and those who play with fire are easy to set themselves on fire, but..." Mu Jing shrugged: "Now that the situation has reached this point, it's a bit difficult for me to take every step of the way, so I can only take a little risk. In the final analysis, Nanzhong can stand the toss, but Minghou's mansion can't!"

"Hey!"

Both Xi Zhicai and Liu Jin sighed.

What Mu Jing said was right.

Minghou's Mansion could not stand too much toss, but in Nanzhong, Mu Jun could hold the situation under any toss.

"I plan to give Baiman the position of the prefect of Yuexi!"

Mujing dropped another bomb.

"My lord, aren't you afraid that the barbarians will become a hidden danger?"

"Not afraid!"

Mu Jing said confidently: "In the history of governing these alien races, the court's attitude is the problem. If you don't have the heart to integrate them, then don't talk about how to govern them. You must first see the benefits before you can gain their trust. This is the key. , I let them be officials, I let them be in power, and I told them that I am willing to treat them with the attitude of the Han people. People want to be safe and happy, and have a good life. I don’t believe how many barbarians are willing to do it for Instead, I went forward and sacrificed one family after another!"

"Perhaps what you said makes sense, but I still feel that the danger is too great!"

Xi Zhicai reserves his opinion.

"Then what about the Nanzhong Governor's Mansion!"

"I have someone to choose!" Mu Jing narrowed his eyes, his eyes flickered with an unknown light: "It's just that this person needs to wait for the wind. When the wind comes, he will come!"

(End of this chapter)