The Mythical Version of the Three Kingdoms: The Evil God Arrives

Chapter 298 Preparations made two years ago
In March of the fourth year of Chuping, which was March of the lunar calendar in 193 AD, Liu Bei left Xuzhou, which had left a deep impression on him, and embarked on the journey back to Fenggao.

Before leaving Xuzhou, Liu Bei appointed Chen Deng as the prefect of Guangling and Zhao Yu took over as the prefect of Xiapi.

At the same time, Li You was ordered to take charge of all affairs in Xuzhou, while Chen Deng and Zhao Yu served as his assistants. No other arrangements were made for the time being.

After all, we have to wait until our own people are in place before we take action. Otherwise, those Xuzhou families will counterattack and it will waste a lot of development time, which will not be worth it.

When the Xuzhou noble families saw that Liu Bei did not take any more action, their worries were relieved a lot. It seemed that if Liu Bei wanted to take over and govern Xuzhou, he still had to rely on the local noble families of Xuzhou.

After Liu Bei took Tao Qian away from Xuzhou and returned to Fenggao for treatment, Xuzhou would once again belong to their family.

As for Li You, who was appointed by Liu Bei to take charge of Xuzhou? He was just an unknown person with no military achievements. If he was not the general of Zhendong, who would care about such an unknown person?

After Liu Bei contacted Chen Xi, Jia Xu and others in Fenggao, he transferred Zhao Yun from Yanzhou to Xuzhou to take charge of Xuzhou's military affairs. Chen Dao, as his deputy general, assisted Zhao Yun in reorganizing and commanding the elite troops of Xuzhou and Danyang.

The reorganization of the rest of the Xuzhou Legion was handed over to Chen Deng, and then to Zhao Yun.

However, Zhao Yun did not seem to be very proficient in infantry training, so he still had to transfer a few officers who were good at training troops from the Taishan Army to help.

After all, Yang Ji and Yu Jin had been studying the infantry drill rules for so long. Although they could not train elite talents, they were still able to train regular troops who were familiar with the infantry drill rules.

However, the army was not reorganized until it was fully reorganized. The Xuzhou army, which had not fought a war for several years except for the elite troops from Danyang, was really weak.

When Yang Ji counted the Xuzhou troops except for the 30,000 elite Danyang troops under Tao Qian, he found that these Xuzhou troops were basically collecting empty salaries.

When discovering this situation, Yang Ji almost laughed. The generals in other places were either trying to expand their troops or on the way to overstaffing.

As a result, the people in Xuzhou are just a bunch of scumbags. They are either on the way to collecting empty salaries or on the way to collecting empty salaries. A legion of 5,000 people may not even have 3,000 people.

The 30,000 most elite Danyang troops under Tao Qian were almost taken advantage of by Cao Bao, not to mention the other troops.

In desperation, Yang Ji could only build a framework first, and then Zhao Yun would reorganize and reorganize the officers and soldiers drawn from Mount Tai.

What Chen Deng needed to be responsible for was to deal with all these legions that were drawing empty salaries, eliminate all the unqualified officers and soldiers of the Xuzhou Legion, and then recruit and train them again.

Chen Deng was very happy to take on this task. After all, in the subsequent work he would be able to come into contact with Zhao Yun, one of the military leaders of the Taishan Army.

Although Chen Deng was able to contact Yang Ji when Yang Ji was counting the Xuzhou troops, Chen Deng really could not deal with Yang Ji.

Therefore, Chen Deng should make friends with other Taishan officers. At least Chen Dao has a good temper.

Of course, this is because Chen Deng would avoid Yang Ji on the premise that there would be other Taishan officers coming later.

Otherwise, even if Yang Ji was difficult to deal with, Chen Deng would still bite the bullet and make friends with Yang Ji, the biggest military leader of the Taishan military.

For the benefit of the Xuzhou Chen family, Chen Deng must do a good job of reorganizing the Xuzhou army, even if it comes into conflict with other Xuzhou families.

This was a conspiracy set up by Chen Xi, Li You and Jia Xu, but it was a situation that Chen Deng was willing to step into.

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"Well, Xuande, why don't you go tell Zi Yu to stop looking at me like that? I'm old now, and I really don't have much energy to take care of the Xuzhou army besides the elite soldiers in Danyang."

Tao Qian said to Liu Bei under Yang Ji's gaze that he, a man in his sixties, had to deal with the aristocratic families in Xuzhou and ensure the supply of his 30,000 elite Danyang troops. He really did not have much energy to take care of the rest of the Xuzhou legion.

"Mr. Tao, you know what the world is like now. In this era where the strong get stronger and the weak get destroyed, it doesn't matter how old you are." Yang Ji said to Tao Qian.

"This..." Tao Qian smiled awkwardly, not knowing what to say. After all, the problem of empty pay in the Xuzhou Legion was indeed caused during his tenure.

"Zi Yu, stop making things difficult for Mr. Tao. This kind of thing can only be said to be the distress caused by Xuzhou's long-term peace." Liu Bei stopped the conversation between Yang Ji and Tao Qian.

Although in times of chaos, there are still people who do not want to expand the size of their troops, but instead want to reduce the size of the legion to collect empty salaries, which is indeed a bit outrageous.

But, isn't this a time of chaos? In times of chaos, any kind of person is possible. After all, there is a saying that evildoers are bound to appear in times of chaos.

Monsters do not only refer to great men who have changed the world, but sometimes also refer to monsters who bring disaster to the country and the people.

Yang Ji glanced at Liu Bei and decided to shut up. After all, it was a simple thing to say, but it was a mess to execute.

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"Zi Yu, why do you think I left Wenru in Xuzhou?"

Liu Bei subconsciously wanted to find Li You to ask something, but the omnipotent secretary general was not around, which made Liu Bei quite uncomfortable.

Liu Bei, who always felt a little uncomfortable, found Yang Ji and hoped that Yang Ji could temporarily serve as his advisor and act as secretary-general.

"Isn't this his own request?" Yang Ji said to Liu Bei who was a little annoyed.

As if he had thought of something, Yang Ji asked again: "Mr. Xuande, do you want to consult a scholar about something?"

"No, I just feel a little uncomfortable without Wenru around." Liu Bei shook his head. Although he did have some things he wanted to ask, he could actually figure them out by himself.

"Are you not used to not having an advisor around you? How about I ask Zichuan to find you one after we return to Mount Tai?"

Yang Ji did not remind Liu Bei that the irritation on his face had exposed his thoughts, but just gave his own suggestions.

After all, after he returned to Fenggao, he had to garrison in Licheng and had no time to serve as Liu Bei's adviser and secretary general.

Moreover, Yang Ji did not think that Liu Bei, who was used to using Li You, would choose to replace his golden secretary-general and adviser.

Li You is a top secretary-level figure. Basically, he can handle military, political, and government affairs... anything you can think of, and he can also give a reminder for anything you can't think of.

After getting used to such a perfect consultant and secretary, laziness will really occur. If you replace him with another person, it will probably feel awkward everywhere. "Forget it... Let's leave Wenru's position vacant for now. Anyway, he should be back from Xuzhou soon." Liu Bei shook his head and said.

Although he was not used to not having a secretary, no... it should be that he was not used to the days without Li You, the omnipotent secretary-general, by his side.

However, subconsciously, Liu Bei still didn't want anyone to take Li You's place beside him.

In response to Liu Bei's statement, Yang Ji just shrugged indifferently and did not express his own opinion. After all, this was Liu Bei's own secretary general, and the final decision was up to Liu Bei himself.

“Alas, I hope the noble families in Xuzhou can behave themselves, otherwise they will once again experience a bloody terror.” Liu Bei shook his head and sighed.

Although he knew he was talking nonsense, after all, the aristocratic families have always been very bold, and they would almost certainly subconsciously choose to undermine Li You's power in Xuzhou.

However, Liu Bei still hoped that the Xuzhou families would not fall into Li You's hands. After all, Li You would really kill people.

If those aristocratic families are really bored and want to undermine Li You's power in Xuzhou, they might as well join the grand cause of universal education.

After all, this grand undertaking not only brings a lot of prestige, but also involves little risk.

In comparison, if you choose to undermine Li You's power, Li You will really chop off your head.

"Bloody terror? Seriously, Lord Xuande, can the previous reckoning that you and Lord Tao jointly carried out really be considered as bloody terror?

Shouldn't the bloody terror be like the beginning of Yuan Gonglu, killing them one by one? "After hearing Liu Bei's last sentence, Yang Ji couldn't help but complain a few times.

Liu Bei's mouth twitched a few times, "Probably not, after all, only so many people died."

To be honest, Liu Bei now regretted that he had been so restrained when he was settling accounts with the Xuzhou families with Tao Qian.

If these Xuzhou families had learned their lesson, fewer people would have died when Li You started to close the net. At least hundreds or even more people could have participated in the great cause of universal education.

"Lord Xuande, please don't get involved in this matter. It's better if more people die, so that they can see that the great cause of universal education is not a tool for them to avoid death." Yang Ji said with a sneer.

Thinking of the small tricks those aristocratic families had played in the great cause of universal education, Liu Bei's eyes turned cold.

"After returning to Fenggao, I started to clean up these guys. I've already given them one chance. Since they don't know how to cherish it, don't blame us for taking away their right to live." Liu Bei said coldly.

Originally, they had allowed the noble families to join the universal education program in order to alleviate the shortage of teachers.

Unexpectedly, this policy soon became a tool for those wealthy families to embezzle their own money. It can only be said that they reaped what they sowed.

The shops in the two states and three counties are still too big, otherwise Chen Xi and his team would not have adopted such a method with great risks to gather the required teachers.

"The problem of teachers is still very big. It seems that we have to find a solution from the great scholars in Taishan Academy." Yang Ji shook his head and said.

"Those great scholars have been fleeced by Zichuan several times. It is probably impossible to find a way to get something out of them." Liu Bei said with a headache.

If we want to remove those children from wealthy families who undermine universal education from the teaching staff, we must face the problem of teacher shortage.

[Even if it is only to complete primary education, that is, listening, speaking, reading and writing of 3,500 common and less common characters, the number of teachers needed is still a huge number.] Liu Bei felt even more troubled when he thought about the shortage of teachers after eliminating the children of aristocratic families.

I never thought that one day he would be troubled by the fact that the territory he occupied was too large. I really don’t know what to say.

"By the way, haven't you been promoting literacy education in the army? What are the results?" Liu Bei suddenly remembered the policy that Yang Ji initially implemented in the barracks.

Liu Bei remembered that Chen Xi had given Yang Ji a task shortly after they arrived in Taishan County.

It is said that literacy education is carried out in the military camps, teaching the soldiers 3,500 common and less common characters, and then a group of outstanding reserve officers are selected based on their learning and training conditions.

This is also one of the main reasons why Liu Bei was able to expand an army of nearly 300,000 in three years. They had sufficient reserve officers and could draw soldiers from the garrison troops to form new legions at any time.

Of course, nearly 200,000 of the 300,000 troops under Liu Bei were reorganized from the Yellow Turbans of Qingzhou.

The reason why this 200,000-strong army was able to form combat effectiveness so quickly was not only because these soldiers were the most elite personnel among the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou, but also because there were reserve officers trained, cultivated and selected by Yang Ji.

If they did not have this group of reserve officers, even if they selected 200,000 soldiers, without the connecting role of the middle and low-level officers, they would not be able to form combat effectiveness so quickly.

After completing the training and selection of reserve officers, Yang Ji began to provide literacy education to ordinary soldiers in the combat sequence corps.

[I don't know if Zi Yu has extended literacy education to the garrison soldiers like he did with the talent of cooperation... If so, I will eliminate those children from aristocratic families after I return.] Liu Bei looked at Yang Ji with a glimmer of hope.

Facing Liu Bei's expectant eyes, Yang Ji pondered for a moment and said, "The literacy of commonly used characters in the battle sequence legion has been basically completed."

Before Yang Ji finished speaking, Liu Bei couldn't help but interrupt and asked, "What about the garrison soldiers who are not in the battle sequence? Have you expanded literacy education among the garrison soldiers?"

"Soldiers stationed in farmlands?" Yang Ji was stunned for a moment before he realized what Liu Bei's purpose was.

"I did tell the veterans who served as officers in the garrison troops to teach them some common Chinese characters.

As for the specific implementation, we have to ask Zilong, who is in charge of the garrison troops. "Yang Ji said hesitantly.

At the beginning, he only trained the Qingzhou garrison soldiers on a large scale, and the rest were basically trained by the leaders of the garrison soldiers in various places.

As for why the cooperation talent broke out like a virus among the garrison soldiers, it is of course because the infection effect of the cooperation talent is really too good.

Basically, as long as you throw a team of soldiers with a talent for cooperation into the garrison troops, within a few months, this talent will be spread to the garrison troops of the entire legion.

After all, if you want to activate the talent of cooperation, what matters is not the basic quality, but the organizational ability of the legion.

As long as the legion organization reaches a certain level, the seeds of cooperation talent can be used to influence the remaining soldiers and then activate the cooperation talent.

(End of this chapter)