Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 352 Preparing to be crowned king

After the great banquet at Pijiang, Guan Yu led part of the Shu army to return to Chu first, while Huo Jun accompanied Liu Bei to advise Bashu on the defense.

From a military perspective, Jiange Pass was added to Jinniu Road, and Zitong County was separated from Guanghan County, with Zitong County as the county government. Liu Bei promoted Wei Yan to the post of governor of Zitong County to guard against the enemy invaders in Longyou.

At the same time, Liu Bei learned from the lessons of the Battle of Jiangzhou and adopted Huo Jun's suggestion to station troops in Jiangzhou, Ba County, and set up a governor of Jiangzhou to monitor the movements of Sanba and Shu.

Jiangzhou is the gateway to Shu, and if you win Jiangzhou, you have to close Bashu. Therefore, Liu Bei wants to let Zhang Fei be the governor of Jiangzhou.

The Qiang people were entrenched in the mountainous area to the west of Chengdu. Liu Bei separated Hanjia and Wenshan counties from Shu counties to defend Shu counties, and appointed He Qi as the prefect of Wenshan.

Under this arrangement, Lu Xun was in charge in the north, Mi Fang was guarding the land in the south, and Zhang Fei was in the middle to monitor Bashu's movements. It can be seen that in order to prevent Bashu from being separatist by unscrupulous people, Liu Bei appointed chief officers and generals, most of whom were his confidants.

Even the people in charge of troops on the border, such as Zitong and Wenshan counties, are mostly subordinates who have followed Liu Bei for many years.

But what is the order of troops and horses among the governors?

Lu Xun directly administered Hanzhong and supervised the three counties of Shangyong, Xicheng and Fangling. Governor Wei Yanzitong has the obligation to support Hanzhong.

Zhang Fei was in charge of the troops and horses of Badi and monitored the movements of Liang and Yi states. Zhang Fei, who has a holiday, has the responsibility to support Hanzhong and quell the unrest in Bashu.

The commander-in-chief of the south of Mi Fang was in charge of the military and political affairs of Zhuti County.

After Liu Bei arranged the military properly, Zhuge Liang also completed the splitting of Yizhou. Everyone set out from Chengdu and took a big boat down the river to Wuhan.

"Lord, Liang thinks that Liangzhou can govern eight counties including Hanzhong, Basi, Ba, Badong, Fuling, Fangling, Shangyong, and Xicheng, and Jiangzhou or Langzhong will be the administrative seat of the state."

Zhuge Liang pointed at the map with a feather fan and said: "Yizhou can govern seven counties, including Zitong, Guanghan, Wenshan, Hanjia, Shujun, Qianwei and Jiangyang, with Chengdu or Luoxian as the state seat."

Liang and Yizhou each have their own rich and prosperous places, and each has their own mountainous and barbarous areas. However, Liangzhou is mainly mountainous and is responsible for military operations, so overall Liangzhou is more barren than Yizhou.

"During this period, there were many barbarians in Nanzhong, and there were few county officials who could take office. Now the Nanzhong capital supervises and governs it. Any unresolved matters will be reported to Wuhan and handled by the central government."

The three counties of Fuling, Wenshan and Hanjia were formerly vassal captains. After Zhuge Liang received Liu Bei's permission, he decided to revoke the vassal captaincy and change them into counties. Apart from these three counties, only Liu Bei split Zitong County and Liu Zhang split Jiangyang County.

Liu Bei pointed to the map of Liangzhou and said: "Jiangzhou is located in the south of Liangzhou. Although water transportation is convenient, it is difficult to take care of Hanzhong County. I thought I could choose Langzhong as the state seat and govern the counties north and south of Bashan. As for Yizhou, it is still based on Chengdu It is the administrative seat of the state and its land will not be changed."

"promise!"

Zhuge Liang marked the maps of Liang and Yizhou, and then put the maps away.

Liu Bei admired the scenery of the river through the boat window and said: "Today, the governors of Yizhou and Liangzhou need to be carefully considered before they can be appointed."

Zhuge Liang stroked his feather fan lightly and said: "My lord, Liu Zhang is weak, does not carry out moral governance, and does not enforce punishments and punishments. People from Shu are flattering the party and do not enforce laws and regulations. If we want to govern the two states, we should govern them with strict laws and choose the good and honest public. The one who decides will be the governor, clean up the customs and order, and show the integrity of the king and his ministers, so that the land of Shu can be obeyed."

Fazheng stroked his beard and said: "The military advisor thinks otherwise. When my lord first comes to the two states, he should appease people's hearts. If he governs them with strict laws, he is afraid that the Shu people will become disloyal and there will be more turmoil in Bashu."

"otherwise!"

Zhuge Liang shook his head and said: "What Xiaozhi said is too biased. Bashu is thousands of miles away from Wu and Chu. Now we don't use strict laws to rule it. If the people of the two states are arrogant and indulge in it, and then use strict laws, there will be many complaints. This It will be a great disservice to the lord. If I now appoint someone who is clear and good at making decisions as governor, the people of Liang and Shu may be resentful, but in the long run, it will be a great benefit to our country."

Of course, Zhuge Liang didn't say anything yet. Those who get the upper hand will get the middle. If the rule of law is too strict and causes big turmoil, the governor can be replaced by a mild-mannered governor. But if we directly let the mild-mannered assassin come to power, I'm afraid it will be difficult to enforce strict laws.

"As Kong Ming said!"

Liu Bei stroked his beard and said: "To govern the two states now, a man who is fair and good in judgment should be appointed as the governor. But can Kongming choose someone?"

"Xu Junyuanzhi, Gu Junyuantan, and Pan Junchenming are all candidates for the governor of the state." Zhuge Liang recommended.

"Yuanzhi, Yuantan, Chengming?"

Liu Bei thought about it and said: "Yuan Zhi has been fighting with Gu for many years and worked hard, so he can be appointed as the governor of Yizhou; Cheng Ming is the Shangqing of Jingchu, and he enforces the law impartially, so he can be the governor of Liangzhou. Yuan Tan, Gu has another important use."

"Kong Ming and the ministers will give more consideration to the officers and officials of the counties under the rule of the two states."

"promise!"

The boat went straight down the river to Jiangling, where the document presented by Wang Can arrived.

Pang Tong handed over the document and said: "My Lord, there is a letter from Wuhan, please choose the kingdom title."

"Kingdom title?" Liu Bei closed the list of awards in his hand, took the document and browsed it.

Pang Tong sat on the couch and said: "My Lord, all the ministers in Wuhan Central Committee have agreed on the names of three kingdoms. One is called Wuhan Kingdom, the second is called Chu Kingdom, and the third is called Hanchang Kingdom. Wuhan Kingdom is named after Wuhan County; Chu Kingdom comes from Chu. Land; Hanchang Kingdom, taken from the meaning of prosperity of the Han Dynasty."

"Han Changguo?"

Liu Bei asked in confusion: "There is no Hanchang County now, so how can we come to the Hanchang Kingdom?"

Pang Tong explained: "Everyone thinks that the name of Wuhan has too much connotation of war, which is not conducive to the lord's civilized governance and people's peace. At that time, the Chu Kingdom was also discussed. Some people thought that since the Han Dynasty, the kings of Chu had many unlucky things, and now it is not good for the fate of the country."

"While everyone was arguing, the king thought that since the Lord wanted to revive the Han Dynasty, why not take the name of the prosperous Han Dynasty and change Wuhan County to Hanchang County and the country's name Hanchang."

During the Han Dynasty, there was no difference between double-character kings and single-character kings, and there was no distinction between the kings of Huainan and the kings of Qi and Chu. Therefore, it depends on the wishes of the master, or the place of enfeoffment. In addition to the above three, there were also national titles such as Wu, Yue, and Jing, but they were all rejected.

Many of them dared to suggest that Liu Bei learn from Liu Bang and take the title of King of Han. Of course, this unrealistic approach was opposed by everyone as soon as it was proposed.

Liu Bei hesitated for a while, then chose a country name he liked, and said: "What the ministers said is mostly true. The name of Hanchang is beneficial to the country and prosperous Han Dynasty, so this can be the name of the country."

"promise!"

Pang Tong bowed and resigned, saying: "Tong immediately wrote to Wuhan and asked everyone to use Hanchang as the name of the country, draft a document, and change the name of the county."

"Wait a minute!"

Liu Bei called to Pang Tong and said, "Let Kong Ming come!"

"promise!"

After a while, Zhuge Liang stepped into the cabin and bowed to him.

"I have seen the lord!"

"Kong Ming, take a seat!"

Liu Bei handed the list of rewards to Zhuge Liang and said: "Kong Ming, this is the list of rewards for the generals of the four directions, the four towns, and the four expeditions. Do you have any opinions?"

Zhuge Liang unfolded the list and saw that the four generals were former general Huo Jun, left general Guan Yu, right general Zhang Fei, and rear general Huang Zhong.

Zhuge Liang frowned slightly and said: "Zhongmiao offered his power to help my lord go to Jiangdong, defeat Cao Cao, enter Jingchu, capture Huainan, and defeat Cao Cao in Hanzhong. With Zhongmiao's military exploits, he became a former general and was highly praised by everyone. Dare to question."

"General Guan followed his lord in Youyan, and fought in the south and north for many years. He surrendered his second grandson, pacified Kuaiji, killed Lejin, retreated from Zhang Liao, entered Bashu, defeated Jiangzhou, and conquered Shu. Zhang is truly worthy of his appointment as General Zuo. The general will not say anything, but just like General Guan, no one dares to object to the appointment of General Right."

With that said, Zhuge Liang nodded at Huang Zhong and said worriedly: "General Huang's reputation cannot be compared with that of the two generals Huo and Guan. Now that General Huang is ranked with the three generals Huo, Guan and Zhang, I am afraid there will be a lot of criticism." Zhongmiao knows the situation and knows how to advance and retreat, so he may be able to understand."

"How can my lord not know General Guan's temperament? He will definitely be displeased if he worships General Huang as the rear general. Let's take a look at it and see if he is free to take the post of general, or if he wants to worship General Gan as the rear general."

Liu Bei pondered for a long time and said: "Han Sheng killed Li Dian, killed Xiahou, and captured Pang De. Whether he captured Huainan or saved Hanzhong, he all made outstanding military achievements. Kuang Han Sheng is already old, and it is hard to say how long he will be. I can worship him as my leader." Later general. Xing Ba will succeed Han Sheng."

"What about General Guan?"

Liu Bei stroked his beard and said, "I have my own way to solve it."

"What do Kong Ming think of the rest of the rewards?"

Zhuge Liang browsed it carefully and said, "My lord, rewards and punishments are clear. Liang has no objection."

Liu Bei nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Does Kong Ming want to take up the post of Shangshu Ling?"

Zhuge Liang held up his fan and declined, saying: "Liang is already in charge of the affairs of the Grand Sima Mansion, so it may be inappropriate to take over the post of Shangshu Ling again. Since Shi Yuan entered Shu, he has offered many good strategies to persuade Li Yan to turn the tide of the war. He also persuaded Liu Zhang to surrender. The whole city surrendered."

"With Shi Yuan's merits, Liang Tie thought that Pang Jun Shi Yuan could take up the post of minister under the king's rule."

"good!"

(End of this chapter)