Xuande

Chapter 788 "Other People's Children"

Whether it is the generals or the big officials who are destined to get a piece of the pie, they have a feeling of "rejoicing when they hear the war" about the fact that the Dutian Order will be issued to the world.

They all know that with the gradual unification of the Han Dynasty and the stability of the world situation, the possibility of them gaining military exploits will continue to decrease, and the possibility of war will also continue to decrease.

As for the generals, as well as for the local feudal officials, if they lose the war, the fastest way for them to get credit will be gone.

Generals need military exploits to be promoted, and soldiers need military exploits to get rewards. Some administrative officials led by feudal officials can also get credit through logistics and thus get promoted.

Military merit promotion is the fastest way to advance. The possibility of being promoted by fighting a hearty victory is far greater than the possibility of being promoted by accumulating political achievements in the local area.

As Liu Bei improved the promotion mechanism and the protection of the army more and more, the situation of the Han army rejoicing after hearing the war is getting closer and closer to the state of the Qin army back then.

But at the same time, as the civil war gradually decreased, many officers and soldiers were actually not very positive emotionally.

Because of the lack of war warnings, apart from the Jiangnan Military Region and the West Shu Military Region, the troops can still maintain a full mood. The troops in many places are even a little slack about training, thinking that they cannot find opponents, and no matter how hard the training is, it is meaningless.

And this time's Dutian operation is tantamount to a shot in the arm for them.

The war is still going on, there are still wars to be fought, and the world is not completely safe.

However, this situation cannot continue. Operation Dutian is equivalent to releasing more than 90.00% of the unstable factors in the entire Han Empire at one time, which will cause them to explode concentratedly. long-term steady state.

This is a good opportunity for development, but for the army, it is a very depressing thing.

Therefore, after Jiangbei Dutian is over, apart from the Jiangnan Military Region, Xishu Military Region, and the Northeast Military Region that supervises Liaodong, Liu Bei will consider better places for the troops of the other three military regions.

It is not a good thing for these troops to continue to settle in the non-fighting areas of the Central Plains.

So Liu Bei considered whether to send troops from non-combat areas to combat areas to rotate combat.

But this is not an easy matter. There may be a war in the Northeast, but Zhaozhao is eyeing it.

There may also be wars in the southwest, but Liu Sheng and Jinren are not vegetarians either.

Let alone Yangzhou, Guan Yu is a great god.

Even in the Northwest where wars may occur, there is also Zhang Fei, a war madman.

They are not existences that are willing to share their exploits with others, unless... there are some emergencies that they cannot take care of, so that it is convenient to dispatch other troops to solve them.

Liu Bei was thinking about whether to wait until the time to launch an all-out attack on the Western Regions, or an all-out attack on the south of Yizhou, so as to meet the short-term needs of the army, but just as he was about to sleep, someone handed him a pillow.

On the seventh day of February in the first year of Zhenguan, Liu Hui visited Liu Bei and brought a message to Liu Bei.

"There is Xianglin County in the south of Rinan County. More than two years ago, the meritorious officer of Xianglin County, who was also a local, gathered thousands of natives to rebel, killed officials, invaded Xianglin County, and called himself king. The situation is very serious. It is bad, and Ninan County is poor, and the army is insufficient, so it is difficult to suppress."

"What happened two years ago?"

Liu Bei was a little surprised when he heard the news, and asked in confusion, "Why did I not know about what happened two years ago? Why didn't Jiaozhou solve the chaos caused by thousands of natives? What did Zhu Fu eat? He, the governor of Jiaozhou, still wants to Don't want to do it?"

"It sounds simple, but after our people passed by, we realized that the situation is not very simple."

Liu Hui said slowly: "Although Rinan County has been established for hundreds of years, it is located in a remote place. Even with the benefits of trade, local governance is quite limited. During Emperor Wudi's reign, tens of thousands of criminals and others were relocated to Rinan County to settle. The local Han people All offspring of prisoners.

Therefore, generally there will not be any decent people to settle down. The number of local Han people is rare, and most of them are natives. No small amount of power. "

"This is not a reason for Jiaozhou not to resolve this matter."

Liu Bei shook his head and said, "I don't believe he can't deal with a district company in such a big Jiaozhou."

"A district company is easy to deal with, but if the local natives are aroused to fully resist, not only Rinan County, but Jiuzhen County will also be in danger. The number of local Han troops is indeed small, and there are too many natives. They are very cunning , It’s very difficult to deal with. In the past hundreds of years, there have been many rebellions in Rinan County, and each time the pacification cost the court a lot of money, and the process was not very peaceful.”

Liu Hui said helplessly: "To be precise, the Jiaozhou side doesn't think that Xianglin County is worth their war. It is a bit dangerous to take the risk of Rinan County and Jiuzhen County being attacked to regain Xianglin County, so they have never acted. It was never reported to the court, thinking that the court would not know.

Moreover, the imperial court was really chaotic at that time. You were busy fighting against the Jinwen School, fighting in the South and the North, and never resting. up. "

Of course what Liu Hui said makes sense, but it is not Liu Bei's style of doing things to watch the country fall and do nothing.

So Liu Bei shook his head.

"Every inch of the country's territory was paid for by the blood of our ancestors. Whether it was Lu Bode under Emperor Xiaowu or Ma Yuan under Emperor Guangwu, many soldiers under their command died in battle and preserved the territory. !
Not an inch of this blood-stained territory should be spared, otherwise it would be disrespectful to the ancestors!For such a territory, we must fight for every inch of land!Every inch of land must be investigated!How can you give up easily?Qulian, very good, very good! "

Liu Bei took a deep breath and sentenced this person to death in his heart.

Hearing this, Liu Hui swallowed, and secretly recited the eulogy for Ou Lian in her heart.

Who made you close your eyes and provoke our family?
Die you.

"Who is the current governor of Rinan County?"

Liu Bei looked through a roster in front of him, searched and searched, but couldn't find any information about the governor of Rinan County.

"It is said that the former governor of Rinan County died in office, and there has been no new governor of Rinan County since then. At present, there is no prefect in Rinan County, and only Biejia is in charge of the county affairs, barely maintaining the situation."

Liu Bei nodded.

"Ninan County must not give up. I want to select a shrewd and capable official to serve as the prefect of Rinan County, and I also need to assign a commander of the county's national soldiers. I will give priority to assigning these personnel to Rinan County to stabilize the situation in Rinan County first... ..."

Saying this, Liu Bei opened another roster, rummaged through it, and selected a candidate.

"Let him go."

Liu Bei picked up a piece of paper and looked at it, then handed it to Liu Hui.

Liu Hui took a look and found that there was a resume of a young official named Fazheng written on it.

"Can he... can?"

Liu Hui was a little surprised: "He is only 20 years old. Although he is an excellent student who graduated from Liangzhou Prefecture School, he is still your student, but can he be the prefect of the county now?"

Liu Bei nodded.

"The situation in Rinan County requires a shrewd, capable and young official to handle it. Although Fazheng is young, his resume is still good, and he has already served as a county magistrate. There will be no problem with his ability. I have great respect for him. Have confidence."

Liu Hui didn't say anything more.

Afterwards, Liu Bei chose a good candidate for the captain of the county army for Rinan County.

"Ma Chao? The son of General Ma Zhonglang, he is also... your disciple?"

"Well, he is also a young man I am quite optimistic about. He is aggressive but also calm. I think he is a very suitable candidate."

Liu Bei said slowly: "Rinan County is the southernmost point of the big man. It is the extreme state of the big man. For the big man, it is both a facade and a face. If Rinan County can't keep it, it will only make Rinan County feel bad. The natives on the side are even more rampant.

Whether it is Lu Bode or Ma Yuan, the territory is determined through war. Right now, Nichinan County is being challenged again. It is the time when we need to use war to resolve it. We must not treat it as if it never happened. Jiaozhou doesn't care, I'll take care of it. "

"That's true, but they are too young, can they handle the situation?"

Liu Hui said slowly: "Although the natives of Rinan can't say that there is anything they can fight, they are all local snakes after all. They are familiar with the local climate and roads, and there are many familiar local natives to help them. It’s too difficult to deal with such a problem, right?”

Liu Bei thought for a while and nodded.

"What you said makes sense. If that's the case, then simply choose a general to lead the troops to fight once, put down the rebellion, and hand over the follow-up governance and stability to Fazheng and Ma Chao. Just let them act with the army once and accumulate some experience. What do you think?"

"It's so good, it's safe."

Liu Hui said: "However, in terms of selecting candidates, you may need to be more cautious. At least you must have an understanding of the local climate, and you must also pay attention to medical treatment. This time, the team going south said that the local climate is very hot and humid. Not used to, a lot of sick.

Fortunately, when they went south, they deliberately passed through Panyu, recruited some local doctors, and prepared some local medicinal materials. There are fifteen. "

"That's something to pay attention to."

Liu Bei nodded, pondered for a moment, took out a piece of paper from the pile of papers in front of him, looked at it, and nodded slowly: "It's him, take a look."

Liu Hui took the paper and looked at it.

"Gan Ning... It is said that he has a good record in the Jiangnan Military Region. He is known as General Fanshan in the army. General Guan admires him very much. Moreover, he was born in Yizhou and has fought in Jiangnan all year round. He should be familiar with the local climate. There are also many soldiers from Jiangnan, um, they should be a suitable candidate."

"That being the case, let's decide."

Liu Bei started to write the transfer order.

"Let the Privy Council come up with a plan, and let the military prepare enough logistical supplies. In addition, let the army go to Jiaozhou to cross the border when they go south, recruit doctors locally, prepare medicinal materials, and also prepare enough mugwort and fire oil tanks, Don’t hold back in terms of supplies.”

"Your Majesty is wise."

Liu Hui said with a smile: "With such an arrangement, Rinan County will be safe."

Liu Bei nodded and laughed too.

"Don't think about it, let the exploration fleet act as soon as possible, and find out the sea route from Genan to Rinan County. If possible, go to Genan by sea along the sea route, and take a look at the actual situation there. .”

"only!"

Liu Hui bowed and left.

Liu Bei's order was quickly conveyed to the Privy Council, and then the Privy Council and Liu Hui cooperated to collect information, formulate strategies and tactics, and then conveyed the order of the Privy Council to Gan Ning, so that Gan Ning and his soldiers were ready.

On the other hand, the official transfer order was also conveyed through the Ministry of Officials to Fa Zheng, who was serving as the county magistrate in Yongzhou, and Ma Chao, who was serving as the military commander in the Luoyang garrison.

When Fazheng heard the news, he was really surprised. To be able to take up the post of prefect of the county at this age, in his opinion, it was a dream come true.

Because of his excellent grades, he has attracted the attention of Liu Bei. He has always been a "other people's child" figure in the circle of his classmates. He was appointed as the county magistrate and started exercising at the age of 19. He is known as the youngest among his classmates. It is generally believed that his future is limitless.

He himself also thinks that he will strive to make good enough achievements during the tenure of the two county magistrates, that is, within eight years. At that time, he will become the prefect of the county at the age of 28 and become a senior official of the two thousand stones. relatively satisfactory condition.

Although he is also very envious of those subordinates who followed Liu Bei in the early days, such as Dong Huang, this guy was appointed as the prefect of a county by Liu Bei at the age of 22, and he is still the record holder of the youngest prefect.

But that situation at that time was hard to say too much, because it was unique. Fazheng knew he couldn't walk that path, so there was no need to take it.

But he never thought that his opportunity would come so soon.

At only 20 years old, he was appointed as the prefect after serving as the magistrate for more than a year.

Even though it was the prefect of Rinan County, the southernmost part of the Han Dynasty, and even though it had always been considered a barren land, going there was as life-threatening as a big adventure.

But no matter how small a mosquito’s legs are, it’s still meat. No matter how remote Rinan County is, it’s still a county.

This appointment successfully refreshed the record of the youngest prefect record holder in Dahan, from 22 years old to 20 years old.

Not only Fazheng himself was surprised, but all the officials in his county government were too shocked to speak.

Everyone's emotions are complicated.

The prefect of Erqianshi County is indeed a senior official, no matter how you say it, it is a senior position.

But at the same time, everyone also felt that Rinan County...is it a bit too far away?
(End of this chapter)