Ji Han Liu Zhang

Chapter 142
During this period of time, under the vanguard of Liu Zhang's southern expedition, the culprits of rebellion in the south were Gao Yuan and Gaoding father and son of Yueqi County; Yong Mian and Yong Kai father and son of Yizhou County; Cheng and Zhu Bao were beheaded one after another, and their bodies and clans were destroyed.

At present, the situation in Nanzhong has been generally stable, except for some restless tribes and some wealthy families who do not want to live or die, and Liu Zhang needs to send troops to conquer them.

Therefore, Liu Zhang left his lieutenant to attack Su, and assisted Li Hui, the newly appointed Qiongdu, to stabilize the situation in Qiongdu. Then in early September of the first year of Xingping, Liu Zhang rushed to Dianchi County, the county seat of Yizhou County, to prepare for the attack on Nanzhong. In terms of subsequent disposal and arrangements, he intended to be the same as Zhuge Liang's Southern Expedition, so that the South Central region would no longer become the source of turmoil, but become a rear area that provided him with military pay and national wealth.

Liu Zhang was now in front of the city gate of Dianchi County, looking at the situation of the city in Dianchi County.

Yong Mian and Yong Kai's father and son besieged Dianchi County for more than several months. Most of the trenches in the city were filled up. The city wall was damaged in some places due to the impact of the car. The defenders of the city stood in the damaged areas. The wooden fence was built to block the attacks of the rebels.

There were blood stains everywhere on the city wall. It was unclear whether it was the blood of the barbarians who attacked the city or the blood of the Han people who defended the city. The blood dried up over time and its color changed from scarlet to black. Liu Zhang knew that this was This is because the human blood is full of iron ions, and the iron ions oxidize and turn black.

Liu Zhang, who was riding a horse and looking down, saw something that looked like human body parts on the land close to the city wall. He squinted his eyes and imagined the situation when the barbarians attacked Dianchi County. Blood and flesh were flying everywhere, and wailing was everywhere. Dianchi County is in a precarious state.

The crackling sound of a whip came from the construction site under the distant city wall, interrupting Liu Zhang's train of thought.

He raised his eyes and saw in the distance a young official in green clothes from Dianchi County, raising his whip at a craftsman who was repairing the city wall and cleaning up debris, using corporal punishment to urge the craftsman to take action. This made him frown slightly.

Gao Yi, the governor of Yizhou County who was following Liu Zhang, saw the displeasure on Liu Zhang's face, and he immediately opened his mouth to explain to Liu Zhang.

"Ming Gong, these people who are repairing the city walls and digging trenches are the sons of wealthy families who followed the Yong clan to rebel, as well as the rebellious barbarians who were captured by Captain Gan these days. I want to directly destroy these heinous people. We have been lenient to them, so why not let them repair the Dianchi County that was destroyed by them."

"Furthermore, Dianchi County has been besieged for several months, and the people in the city are exhausted. I can't teach the people to do corvee service to repair the city wall. I simply let these rebellious sinners do something useful before they die."

Hearing this, Peng Yi echoed: "Mr. Gaofu said it well. Just so, whoever destroys the city will repair it. If these rebellious dogs are killed directly, it will make them happy. It is time to let these rebellious dogs If a person suffers, then he will be killed."

Liu Zhang nodded. Regarding Gao Yi's behavior, he wanted to give Gao Yi a thumbs up. Using these rebellious Yi and wealthy children to repair the Dianchi County city can be regarded as waste utilization. With him, Qiongdu did almost the same thing. He killed a group of Yi people in Qiongdu, but at the same time, he kept a group of Yi people to do some chores.

"Good job, Gao Qing." Liu Zhang praised with a smile, and then motioned for everyone to enter the city, and a group of people rode horses to the temple in Dianchi County.

Liu Zhang, who was walking towards the county temple surrounded by knights, was thinking about something.

That was the candidate for the first "Governor of Gajiang". Historically, the governor of Gajiang was the chief of the governor's office of Pingyi in the Shu Han Dynasty. The word "gajiang" probably means that the barbarians came to surrender.After Zhuge Liang pacified Nanzhong, large-scale rebellions in Nanzhong did not occur, but the small-scale Soyi rebellions never stopped. The Shu Han army had been fighting the Wei army on the front line for many years and had no time to look south.

Therefore, in order to deal with the riots that occurred from time to time in the Nanzhong area, and at the same time to facilitate the management of the Nanzhong area, the Shu Han Dynasty established a special official position - the Governor of Gaijian.

Like the other three regular garrison governors of the Shu Han Dynasty, the governor of Jiangzhou, the governor of Yong'an, and the governor of Hanzhong, they shouldered the heavy responsibility of resisting the invasion of foreign enemies. However, the difference is that Nanzhong is a relatively special area. There are only a few people here. There are many ethnic groups and they live together with the Han people. Therefore, the commander-in-chief must not only have military talents, but also have strong ability to deal with ethnic relations and maintain political stability in the south-central region.

Liu Zhang now needs a governor who can coordinate the relationship between the ethnic minorities in South China and the Han people, suppress the small-scale Soyi rebellion in South China, and can collect and transport strategic materials in South China to help him conquer the world.

He had never thought of a good candidate before. Among the six governors-general of the Shu Han Dynasty, Deng Fang, Li Hui, Zhang Yi, Ma Zhong, Zhang Biao and Yan Yu, Li Hui happened to be in his hands, but Li Hui now He was young and did not have much prestige in Nanzhong. Liu Zhang's promotion of Li Hui as the governor of Qiong was already an overestimation, which was a special treatment for Li Hui.

Not to mention, the post of Commander-in-Chief of Gajiang was placed above the governors of the counties in Nanzhong. The governors of each county had to obey the orders of the Commander-in-Chief of Gajiang. However, Li Hui still had a long flight of steps to climb away from the two-thousand-stone governorship. All in all, it would take more than ten years of experience for Li Hui to reach the position of governor of Jiangjiang.

The current Li Hui is still too young and too simple. It takes years of tempering to turn into a piece of beautiful jade.

Here Liu Zhang glanced slightly at Gao Yi, the prefect of Yizhou County beside him. The middle-aged Gao Yi had a dignified appearance, outstanding temperament, and piercing eyes, which was very majestic.

The governor of Yizhou County, whose surname was Gao Mingyi and whose given name was Guanfang, successively served as Beifu Cheng, Wuyang Ling, and Yinping Commandery. He steadily moved up step by step and reached his current position as Yizhou Prefect.

Liu Zhang reviewed Gao Yi's evaluations as governor of Yizhou County over the years. They praised Gao Yi for his outstanding academic performance, his ability to be kind to virtuous people, his good deeds, and his integrity.

During the Yong family's rebellion, Gao Yi was able to call on people in the city to stick to Dianchi County for more than several months when there were no reinforcements outside and no news. This shows that he had the hearts of Yizhou County and had certain military talents.

In addition, Liu Zhang vaguely remembered that Gao Yi's outstanding political achievements during his tenure had won the hearts of the people in Yizhou County. After Gao Yi's death, officials screamed in sorrow and Li Shu wept and became frustrated. Therefore, Gao Yi It was possible to build a palace in front of the tomb, and one of them, the "Gao Yi Palace", has been passed down to modern times.

After a while, Liu Zhang withdrew his glance at Gao Yi. He had already made up his mind about the candidate for the post of Governor-General.

(End of this chapter)