The Infinite Heavens Run Away

Chapter 279 Chapter 7.35
Chapter 7 I forged the soul of Han in the Three Kingdoms
7.35 Consolidation of forces and Cao Cao’s edict

In early December of the sixth year of Zhongping, it was basically not long before the traditional festival Spring Festival. Queen Mother He's work efficiency was far less reliable than Deng Feng expected. It took nearly two months until all the equipment Deng Feng promised to provide was delivered to Chaoge. The imperial edict finally came belatedly.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the edict said: Cha Bingzhou don't drive to work in Xu Shu, the public is loyal to the country. Special Jin is the governor of Jizhou, Wang Qing is not satisfied with my hope, and works diligently for the country-this, thank you!"

"Okay, now our plan can finally proceed. Yuan Zhi, you should take office as soon as possible. The troops have been allocated. When the time comes, you will bring 18000 cavalry, half of them new and veteran, and Meng Qi (Ma Chao) will be responsible for leading the team.

The infantry number is 6000, with half recruits and veterans. Youping (Zhou Tai) is responsible for leading the team, and the number of crossbowmen is also 6000. I transferred Wen Qian (Le Jin) from Yanzhou to take charge, which can also save you some worries. "Deng Feng arranged for the personnel to set off as soon as he received the imperial edict.

Because Chen Gong controlled Yanzhou on behalf of Deng Feng, and his troops were extremely fierce, he quickly took control of the overall situation.

Not only that, Chen Gong's policies in Yanzhou basically copied Bingzhou, and he reported to Deng Feng for approval as soon as he took office and recruited 20000 new soldiers.

At the same time, a recruitment order was issued based on the intelligence that had been prepared. The generals selected for recruitment were Yu Jin (named Wenze), Le Jin (named Wenqian), and Li Dian (named Mancheng).

In addition, there is Dian Wei (ziman) who gained unintentionally during the crackdown on security, and Zang Ba (zixuangao) who was subdued after defeating the Yellow Turban of Mount Tai.

There were not many advisers, the main one was Liu Ye (ziyang), who was a real clan member of the Han Dynasty. He admired Deng Feng's reputation for protecting the young Han emperor Liu Zhui and defected to him.

Deng Feng immediately followed the "offsite appointment" requirement and transferred Liu Ye to his side and became the person in charge of Bingzhou's administration, which was regarded as taking over Xu Shu's position.

He knew very well that although Liu Ziyang was known as a counselor, he was actually a master strategist. Although he was not outstanding in tactics, he was definitely a master in internal affairs.

Liu Ye didn't expect that it would be reused to this extent, so he immediately chose to take action.

Gao Shun, the Yanzhou cavalryman and military officer in charge, was transferred to be the prefect of Hongnong, so Deng Feng transferred Huang Zhong to replace him. Originally, Zhang Liao, the person in charge of the Western Front, took Yu Jin in charge, and he planned to let Yu Jin take over completely in the future.

Yu Jin is not outstanding in combat ability, but he is a great defender and a master of military training. He will be relied upon in this regard in the future.

Le Jin and Li Dian are both second-line military generals. Although they will not be able to act alone in the future and will not be the person in charge of a certain direction, they will still be fine as the second-in-command or the person in charge of one place.

Therefore, Le Jin was sent to Jizhou to take charge of the crossbowmen, and Li Dian was assigned to serve as the second-in-command to learn from Gao Shun, the prefect of Hongnong, so that he could take over in the future.

Dian Wei was placed next to Chen Gong. He was definitely the best guard. Deng Feng's family didn't need it, so let him protect Chen Gong on the front line.

On the contrary, Zang Ba, a general who had a semi-independent status even under Cao Cao, surrendered after being completely defeated this time.

Naturally, Deng Feng would not let him continue to stay in Taishan County. Instead, he was transferred to Jizhou Xu Shu to serve as Zhou Tai's deputy first and then take over in the future. Zhou Tai could then be used for other purposes.

This time the government office was moved back to Shangdang, in fact, there were many considerations.

The first is the radiation perimeter.

With the large-scale expansion of Deng Feng's territory in Zhouzhong, it was obvious that Jinyang, which was originally a border city, could no longer assume its position as the core of power.

Shangdang is located right at the junction of Bingzhou and Yanzhou. The only problem is that it does not cover enough in Jizhou, but this is not a big problem.

In recent years, the construction of cement roads has already spread to the surrounding areas. At least, both Shangdang and Jinyang have cement roads that lead directly to Yecheng, the headquarters of Jizhou. According to the overall traffic conditions and military response speed of this era, relying on these roads does not need to be considered at all. to the problem.

Second is construction and development.

There is still a problem. Jinyang is too remote and is considered the second line of defense in the traditional sense. Therefore, no big merchants have ever been born, and there are not even many caravans.

Shangdang is much better in this regard, especially after many years of development by Deng Feng, it is now a famously wealthy place throughout the North.

At the same time, Deng Feng's most important industrial area is also here, and all aspects of control are reached to the limit, so there is no need to consider too many problems.

Finally, there is another point. The current Young Emperor of the Han Dynasty is in Hanoi, right next to Shangdang. As long as Deng Feng builds a cement road to get across, there will be no problem for both sides to be considered a family.

He didn't really care about the life and death of the mother and son, but it was still of great use now.

Although it is not convenient for the time being to "hold the emperor to order the princes", Hanoi County is basically surrounded by its own territory. With the financial resources of a Hanoi County, it is absolutely impossible to support Xu Huang's 20000 elite soldiers and 3000 cavalry.

The little emperor's life must be indispensable without Deng Feng's support. Even if he cannot completely control it, it can still be seriously affected.

What's more, Queen Mother He is still here. Although there is no love between Deng Feng and her, neither of them will hesitate when it is time to betray their teammates, but on weekdays, if conditions permit, it is still okay to hug each other for warmth—— At least it's okay at this stage.

In addition to the imperial edict from Han Shao Emperor in Hanoi County, Deng Feng actually received another "imperial edict" a few days ago, or it would be more appropriate to call it a "corrective edict" according to the practice of feudal society.

The person who issued the false edict was still Cao Cao, as in the original work - the "Eighteen Route Princes Challenge Dong Zhuo" incident officially kicked off.

Different from the original work, in this timeline, Dong Zhuo's position is far less domineering than before, but what is puzzling is that this uncle quickly did all the things that a treacherous minister Quan should do, just like the original work.

There is no shortage of things like "going to the palace with swords and shoes, not following the court, not worshiping the saints, making a mess in the palace, and sleeping on the dragon's bed at night".

Because Lu Bu followed Dong Zhuo from the beginning, and he made many military exploits, became famous all over the world, and even became his godfather. Now he has a much higher status than in the original work, and is recognized as the "first general of the Xiliang Army."

Once the two of them form a partnership, other issues will be simple. After all, whoever has the knife in his hand will naturally speak louder.

Apart from anything else, when the Young Emperor of the Han Dynasty fled with the Queen Mother He, no one thought of the concubines and beauties that originally belonged to Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. Now these people have been "distributed according to their status" by the Xiliang Army.

Similarly, because of Deng Feng's strong rise, the original princes have also undergone great changes, not only the supporting characters, but also the main characters.

The leader of the alliance, Yuan Shao, was originally the "Prefect of Bohai". Now Jizhou has been in Deng Feng's hands. Even if it was not in the hands of Deng Feng before, Jizhou is sandwiched between Bingzhou and Yanzhou. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that it is Deng Feng's bag, and there is nothing missing. It's just a name.

So this time he fled back to Runan County, the home of the Yuan family, and is now the prefect of Runan; Yuan Shu still has the same position as the prefect of Nanyang; Han Fu, the original governor of Jizhou, disappeared after he handed over to Xu Shu. He doesn't know where he went. Anyway Deng Feng was not interested in looking for it either.

Kong Ni, the governor of Yuzhou, did not change his position; Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, was usurped by Chen Gong and is now the governor of Qingzhou; Wang Kuang, the original governor of Hanoi, is now the governor of Henan County.

Yanzhou is now under the jurisdiction of Chen Gong. It has been more than half a year since he took office. He has already carried out the raids at least three times with his elite troops. Although the entire Yanzhou cannot reach the point of merging the state with iron barrels, it is impossible for anyone to dare to cross him and send troops directly. .

The four towns originally from Yanzhou have all changed places, that is, Zhang Miao, the governor of Chenliu, is now the governor of Chen County, Qiao Mao, the governor of Dongjun, is now the governor of Qiao County, Yuan Yi, the governor of Shanyang, is now the governor of Lu County, and Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, is now the governor of Qiao County. Governor of Pei County.

The above four people were "persuaded" to go to Yuzhou when Chen Gong came to take charge of the affairs.

The conditions of Kong Rong, the governor of Beihai, Zhang Chao, the governor of Guangling, Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, Gongsun Zan, the governor of Youbeiping, and Sun Jian, the governor of Changsha, remain unchanged.

In addition to these people, there are also people who have no chance even if they want to go. For example, Zhang Yang, the Shangdang governor in the original work, the grass on his grave has turned green and yellow several times, and it is impossible to cause trouble again; another example is Ma Teng, who is now herding sheep on the grassland. Ma, there is no possibility of entering the Central Plains in his life.

In this way, there are fourteen princes, and finally Cao Cao, who actually has no position but has a lot of power.It was no longer possible for this great master to start a business in Yanzhou, but he had his own way. First, he asked Chenliu's father from his hometown to pay, and then through the former Chenliu prefect Zhang Miao, he contacted Chenliu's great merchant and Xiaolian Weihong to seek help. Help, it really worked.

After doing this, he took several brothers from his family, such as Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xiahou Dun, Xia Houyuan and others, to Chen County, Yuzhou, next door to Chen Liu, to set up a "loyalty" recruiting flag. The effect was very good.

In less than a month, he recruited more than 5000 people with his reputation as "assassinating Dong Zhuo" and sufficient money and food. In addition, the great strategist Cheng Yu took the initiative to invest.

Xun You, who had worked with General He Jin in the past and had a good relationship with him, was also invited by him. This Xun You also roped in his uncle Xun Yu, and a very strong backbone system was established.

Cao Cao simply refused to do anything and went to the county office to drive away the original governor and proclaimed himself the governor of Chen County. He also issued false edicts in this position, pretending to be Han Xian Emperor Liu Xie in order to attack Dong Zhuo.

Of course, since someone called for a crusade against Dong Zhuo, you still have to go. There is no way. Dong Zhuo went too far and his reputation was ruined. Now he is the target of public criticism. In this case, anyone who participates in the crusade can gain a good reputation.

On the contrary, with Deng Feng's current reputation, not going will cause other problems. Of course, there are other reasons why he went back.
"Zifeng, you must help Zhu'er take back the capital this time." Empress Dowager He, who had a bright red face and some white residue on the corners of her mouth, persuaded her in a gentle tone.

For such an important matter, even though he knew that the edict in his hand was false, Deng Feng still brought it to Chaoge Palace. On the one hand, he told the Queen Mother He - although she must have known about it - and on the other hand, he also discussed how to deal with it. .

"Why? If you want the horse to run, you must feed it with good grass." Deng Feng must go, but if he can get some extra benefits, that would be great.

"Deng Zifeng! If the Ai family remembers it correctly, it has only been a few days since Xu Shu's Jizhou Mu took office, right? The Ai family will issue an edict to replace him!" The tenderness and sweetness disappeared in an instant.

"Empress Dowager, then you have to see who dares to take over." Deng Feng was still very confident about this, "Don't forget that both sides are my people. Even the Yuan family has evacuated."

"Then what do you want?" Queen Mother He glared at him angrily, "The palace is in filth and chaos, and you sleep on a dragon bed, so you just change it to a phoenix bed, and then on the surface it looks better than Dong Zhuo!"

"At least now there's no one in the world who takes care of you more than me, right?" Deng Feng slapped him angrily.

"And I'm not forcing you in any way. We all deal fairly. The price I paid, or the contribution I made, is really impeccable, right?"

"Wang Mang made more contributions than you." Queen Mother He was not stupid.

"I have never thought of stationing in the capital. Even this temporary capital has not left any influence." Deng Feng pretended to be very serious.

"Okay, what do you want this time?" Queen Mother He really had no means of restricting Deng Feng.

"Revoke most of the powers of the governors of all counties in Bingzhou, Jizhou and Youzhou.

What I mean is that in the future, it will be customized in this way. All counties and counties will be the same, and the same will be true for county magistrates. From now on, county magistrates and county magistrates will only be the main persons in charge of counties and counties, and will only be responsible for administrative affairs.

Judiciary is handed over to the county magistrates or county magistrates, public security is handed over to the county magistrates and special government servants, and finance is handed over to the chief registrars at all levels, plus the supervisory envoys responsible for supervision.

From now on, major county affairs will be decided by five people through deliberation and voting in accordance with the principle of the minority obeying the majority, and the matter will be announced in the name of the imperial court.

Regardless of whether it is a county or a county, there will be no military power in the future. County soldiers and county soldiers are handed over to the county military captain or county captain. These two people are not under the jurisdiction of the county or county and are directly responsible to the higher-level military department. "

Deng Feng said what he meant, "In a few years, the state governor will be the same, just change the name."

"Why is this?" Queen Mother He didn't understand what he was doing.

“No matter what level of administrative unit it is, decentralization is very necessary, and excessive concentration of power will only cause trouble.

The late emperor restored the state pastoralism that had been abolished long ago, and even dared to delegate the power of taxation and recruitment. To be honest, I really don't understand it.

After the restoration of the state-pastoral system, every state will be a completely independent force. With soldiers and food, people will naturally join in. They don't need to pay attention to the so-called "court" at all. It's like if I don't care, what can you do to me? "

"Ah?" Queen Mother He was completely dumbfounded.

"That's not all. For example, Dong Zhuo's chaos this time. Do you see any state that really cares about this?
Although it is true that no one paid attention when the second prince ordered pilgrims to go to various places, but look at how many places actually worshiped from both sides after this period of time has passed?
If I remember correctly, the edicts issued by the capital during this period are actually recognized by most states and counties, right?

As long as your edicts don't conflict, no one will actually ask. In other words, they don't care who is the emperor at all, and they can't touch me anyway.

Even your own members of the Liu family are the same. How long has it been since Yizhou Mu Liu Yan has been memorialized? "Deng Feng couldn't understand the Han Ling Emperor's coquettish tactics at all.

"But, there is a large number of people who are guarding Yizhou." I wanted to retort a few words, but Queen Mother He couldn't say any more.

"In today's world, the possibility of the Han Dynasty reviving has basically disappeared. I don't want to hide this.

The only good news is that at least no one has dared to think of 'replacing' it yet, but if it continues, no one dares to say what the outcome will be. "Deng Feng thought about it and finally decided to give Queen Mother He a vaccination first.

"So, what about you?" Queen Mother He's face turned pale, and the question she asked was a bit sharp.

"At least, I haven't thought about it yet." Deng Feng was a little more tactful, because he had never thought about being a loyal minister to anyone.

Queen Mother He slowly lay on the bed and was speechless for a long time.

"Don't think too much. As long as I'm here, I can ensure that your mother and son will live a prosperous and prosperous life." Deng Feng thought for a while and decided to comfort her.

"If I remember correctly, the most powerful person in the world should be you, Deng Zifeng, plus your Bingzhou Army, right?" Queen Mother He turned her head stiffly, and her tone became cold.

"Not really. At least Dong Zhuo is much stronger than me." Although Deng Feng had already established the momentum at this time, he still didn't want to take the lead. The reason why he let Dong Zhuo go was also out of this consideration.

"You will definitely go this time, right?"

"Even without you, I will definitely go back, so the conditions I just mentioned are basically just a piece of paper." Deng Feng had no intention of hiding it.

"Tomorrow I will ask Zhu'er to send the imperial edict, and you can arrange for someone to send another batch of food and weapons." Queen Mother He's tone had returned to calmness.

"What do you want to do?" Deng Feng asked with a frown. Although he was not afraid of the mother and son causing trouble, he didn't want to cause trouble either.

"I have recruited 2000 women and am preparing to form my own female guard battalion. When the time comes, just take your people back." Queen Mother He said in a very unfamiliar tone, "Does General Zhengbei want the Ai family to continue serving? "

After Deng Feng hesitated for a moment, he got up, put on his clothes and left. Not far from the palace, he heard the suppressed cries of Queen Mother He coming from the palace.

He knew very well that this was the last time he came to Queen Mother He's palace.

(End of this chapter)