Three Kingdoms: I will act as a substitute for the Hunjun

Chapter 159: Recruiting talents (please subscribe)

The general framework was set, but Liu Ming, the chief officer of the five major divisions, did not announce it in person.

To be honest, he is not too satisfied with the current important ministers in the DPRK, but in the current situation, it is impossible not to use them, so it can only be regarded as a transition.

However, for such a big event, they must first get familiar with it and get used to it before Liu Ming can continue to promote the next steps.

Liu Ming returned to Changle Palace and asked Wang Yue to summon strange people from all over the world to form the "Ming and Han Imperial Guards". Their main responsibilities were similar to the Jinyi Guards of the later Ming Dynasty, an intelligence department directly controlled by the emperor.

Of course, the word "Ming and Han" here does not refer to the dynasty, but to Liu Ming's Ming.

Although it is the era of the Han Dynasty, from yesterday, this world belongs to him, Liu Ming, and this Han Dynasty has also opened a new era for Liu Ming.

Although Wang Yue had previously summoned some people from the martial arts world to serve as Liu Ming's bodyguards, the number was too small, only a dozen people. But if he really wanted to realize the function of the Jinyi Guards, it would be difficult to achieve the effect without thousands of people.

Wang Yue was filled with joy when he saw that his majesty valued him so much, and immediately went to recruit people through various channels.

Liu Ming summoned Lu Zhi, the Minister of Finance, and said, "I want to ask Aiqing to take charge of the Grand Sizong. I wonder if Aiqing is willing?"

Lu Zhi was shocked, then his face showed joy, and he knelt down in the tunnel and said: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. I will go to pieces to repay the emperor's kindness."

As an old servant who likes the theme of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Ming admires Lu Zhi very much. He is both civil and military, has outstanding achievements, and is famous. He is also a master of Confucian classics. It's just a Shangshu order.

Shangshu Ling is in charge of Shangshutai and has very important powers, but he is only an official of Shaofu, not even Jiuqing, a Qianshi official.

But now, Liu Ming wants to directly promote him to the Grand Sizong of Wanshi and enter the center of power, which can be said to be a step to the sky.

The chief minister is mainly in charge of matters related to the emperor and the palace, and cannot be held by anyone who is not the closest person to His Majesty. Now that the position of other chief ministers is vacant, he has been promoted first, which shows that his majesty trusts him.

Lu Zhi was naturally extremely happy, and every wrinkle on his old face seemed to express joy.

"Ai Qing, please rise. After the other candidates are confirmed, I will issue an edict to the world." Liu Ming helped Lu Zhi up and muttered, "In Ai Qing's opinion, who should be sent to lead the troops to regain Hongnong?"

Today in the court, everyone discussed that the most important thing at the moment was to eliminate Dong Zhuo's rebels and eliminate the threats around Luoyang, Kyoto.

Dong Zhuo now occupies Hedong and Hongnong counties, which are close to Luoyang. The danger is far greater than that of the Black Mountain bandits, Qiang rebellion, and the remnants of the Yellow Turbans everywhere.

Everyone's opinion is to take advantage of the confrontation between Dong Zhuo and Gai Xun in Hedong and Hanoi to send troops and horses as soon as possible to defeat Li Jue, seize Hongnong County, and open up the passage between Chang'an and Luoyang.

The entire Han Dynasty cannot be divided on such a thing, otherwise, over time, big problems will easily occur, and even the territory will be divided.

But who should be sent to lead the troops has not been decided at the court.

The ministers recommended several candidates. For example, Yuan Wei recommended Yuan Shao, the lieutenant of the Central Military Academy, to go. Wang Yun suggested sending Yang Feng to lead the Heishan and Baibo surrender troops to fight. There was also a suggestion to transfer veteran Zhu Jun back from Hanoi to lead the troops.

But Liu Ming was not satisfied, not because he thought Li Jue was so powerful, but because Li Jue had a counselor named Jia Xu, and Li Jue especially trusted him.

The former Yuan Shu and Sun Jian were defeated because they fell into Jia Xu's plan.

Judging from the few people recommended by the ministers now, they are all no match for Jia Xu. They can't fight against Li Jue, and they need to be conquered by me personally.

At this time, Lu Zhi took out two memorials and handed them to Liu Ming, saying: "The Shangshutai has just received two memorials. One was sent by Huangfu Song from Chencang, and the other was sent by Gai Xun from Hanoi. The siege of Chencang has been resolved. I suggest that Huangfu Song lead the victorious troops to fight against Li Jue."

"The siege of Chencang has been resolved?" Liu Ming was overjoyed. He took Huangfu Song's memorial and took a look at it. It was indeed the case.

The Xiliang rebels were unable to attack Chencang for a long time, and their morale was weakened, so they began to retreat. Huangfu Song seized the opportunity to pursue and kill the rebel leader Guo Guo. Han Sui, Ma Teng, Li Xiangru and other rebel generals escaped with their remnants, but they were still there. The rebellion in Liangzhou cannot be completely eradicated for the time being.

Liu Ming knew that Chaosui and Ma Teng had been working hard in Liangzhou for a long time and were deeply entrenched, so they were not easy to eradicate. However, they were unable to organize a large-scale counterattack for the time being. Huangfusong's battle could also be regarded as a complete victory. .

"Old General Huangfu will lead the victorious army back to fight Li Jue. It is a good arrangement." Liu Ming nodded and said, "If we can send another large army out of Hangu Pass to attack from east to west, Li Jue will be defeated by a flanking attack from both sides."

No matter how powerful Jia Xu is, he will be helpless in the face of the huge disparity in strength. Li Jue's troops numbered more than 10,000 people, and they were unable to save themselves under the attack of the east and west forces of the imperial court.

Lu Zhi hesitated and said: "General Yizhen (Huangfu Song) has long been familiar with military affairs, has outstanding military exploits, and has always been prestigious in the army. I recommend him to be the Grand Sima, and please inspect it."

"It can be used as an alternative." Liu Ming nodded, and then opened Gai Xun's memorial.

The table said that the Black Mountain bandits and the Baibo bandits fought for a while and finally reconciled. They were recharging their strength in the Black Mountains and might counterattack Hanoi at any time. The prefect Zhu Jun was preparing to deal with it.

Dong Zhuo personally led an army to attack Yewang City in Hanoi. Gai Xun led his troops to defend the city and wanted to overwhelm Dong Zhuo's army. Dong Zhuo could not attack the city. At this time, Cao Cao's relatives generals Xiahou Dun, Xia Houyuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong and others led their troops to help Dong Zhuo. If defeated, retreat to the east of the river.

Liu Ming was secretly happy. With so many powerful generals in Hanoi, it was really not easy for Dong Zhuo to defeat Gai Xun.

What Liu Ming lacks most now is civil servants and generals who can stand alone. He suddenly had an idea. He used to be a stand-in, and he was still constrained by his wealth, so it was not convenient to mobilize talented people from all walks of life to his side.

Now that all hidden dangers have been eliminated, and he is truly the Han Emperor Liu Hong, he can use the emperor's name to recruit heroes from all walks of life to serve him.

Originally, he wanted to implement the imperial examination system, but for the current situation, the whole process was too slow. Even if he followed the common method of inspecting filial piety and integrity in this era, it was still too slow. It was better to recruit directly himself.

As a time traveler, isn't the advantage of being able to know in advance who are the awesome characters?

Moreover, he is not a small prince in a separate country, but the common master of the world. If he wants to use anyone, he does not need to stoop to seek talents, let alone be a licking dog, just write an imperial edict point to point.

In this era, most capable people still pursue official career and fame. Who wouldn't be happy if the emperor directly thrusts fame into your arms? Compared with other small forces, it will be much easier for the emperor to recruit talents.

"I know that many great sages are hiding in the mountains and wilderness." Liu Ming pondered for a moment and said, "Now that the imperial court is in the midst of recruiting people, it can recruit a group of virtuous people to serve as officials in the capital."

"Go to Yingchuan to recruit Xun You, Xun Yu, Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia, and Xu Shu."

"Go to Qiao County to recruit Xu Chu, go to Chenliu to recruit Dian Wei, go to Changshan Kingdom to recruit Zhao Yun, and go to Nanyang to recruit Huang Zhong."

Liu Ming dictated and Lu Zhi recorded it on the spot. He couldn't help but frown. He had only heard of Xun You among these so-called worthy people. Lu Zhi naturally knew the Xun family of Yingchuan, which was a family of officials and Confucian scholars. Xun Shuang, the most famous Confucian scholar, was known as a great scholar in the world. After him, Xun You could be called a famous scholar.

As for Xun Yu, Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia, Xu Shu and the like, Lu Zhi had never heard of them at all, but Yingchuan had always produced talents, so these must have been good seedlings who had not yet shown their talents.

As for the other Xu Chu, Dian Wei, Zhao Yun, and Huang Zhong who were scattered everywhere, Lu Zhi had not even heard of them at all.

The Shangshutai is in charge of documents sent to the palace from all over the country. As long as they have some achievements, Lu Zhi, the Shangshutai, cannot be unaware of them.

Moreover, as a great scholar of his generation, Lu Zhi also paid great attention to the growth of outstanding talents of his younger generation. Obviously, except for Xun You, these people recruited by the emperor are now unknown people.

But how did your Majesty know these people? Who recommended it to him?

Lu Zhi felt very puzzled. It is even more impossible to say that it was obtained by His Majesty's personal visits to the people. As far as he knew, His Majesty had not been to these places in the past ten years.

The change in Lu Zhi's expression did not escape Liu Ming's eyes.

"I know very well that the management of state affairs requires talents." Liu Ming sighed, "But I am so busy with state affairs that I cannot go to the people to visit the sages in person. I can only pay attention to inquire about the sages from all walks of life. I accidentally heard that these few people are either literary or military. , all have their own merits, and they should be recruited first for trial use, and then entrusted with important responsibilities if they are able. Even if the name is not worthy of the name, there are many suitable positions. "

"Your Majesty is wise." Lu Zhi praised, but he didn't agree in his heart.

Do you still have the nerve to talk about national affairs? Don’t you have an idea of ​​how you have been managing state affairs in recent years? If you say it's about working on a woman's belly, I'm afraid no one in the court would have any objection to this. If you say it's about working on state affairs...ah!
Look, these people may not cause any jokes after entering Beijing.

Immediately, Lu Zhi issued recruitment edicts everywhere, and also sent an edict to Chencang, ordering Huangfu Song to lead his troops eastward to attack Li Jue.

Liu Ming also ordered Zhang Liao to lead Guan Yu and Yang Feng to Hangu Pass, waiting for an opportunity to leave the pass and cooperate with Huangfu Song to attack Li Jue.

These edicts were stamped with his own royal seal, which made me feel so happy!
……

Let's say that Yuan Wei was restless in Situ's mansion and felt upset.

From a historical perspective, the functions of the Prime Minister were compressed and changed to the Grand Situ, and the functions of the Grand Situ were further compressed and became the current Situ.

Now that the position of Great Situ is to be restored, it stands to reason that he, the current Situ, is the most appropriate candidate.

However, His Majesty did not make the appointment on the spot in the court, which left a lot of room for imagination.

Could it be said that His Majesty did not consider the Yuan family among the five major divisions at all?

Over the years, the Yuan family has worked hard for the Han Dynasty, and they have worked hard even without credit. If His Majesty wants to implement a new tax policy, why don't we, the Yuan family, withstand the pressure and help him implement it?

But what is it that makes His Majesty dislike the Yuan family?
Because Lao Chan and Jian Shuo are hooking up? Castrated dogs are really harmful.

Or is it because of Yuan Shu and Sun Jian?
Thinking of Yuan Shu and Sun Jian, he felt a headache. Your Majesty has not officially confirmed the identities of these two people in Jingzhou and Yangzhou. Jian Shuo's associates were all beheaded. They bribed Jian Shuo to get the official position. Don't get involved.

Originally, I wanted to save them both through a general amnesty, but I didn't expect that His Majesty rejected it in court, and it seemed that the guilty ones would definitely be punished.

Moreover, under the local new policy, Zhou Mu has no military command authority. If the central government wants to take advantage of them, isn't it easy to do so?

He recommended Yuan Shao to conquer Li Jue in the west, but his Majesty did not agree. All things considered, the Yuan family may have fallen out of favor.

At this time, a family member came to report that the Shang Shutai had issued an imperial edict to recruit talented people from various places to come to Beijing.

Yuan Wei felt his head buzzing and felt uncomfortable in his heart.

Logically speaking, the selection of officials is what Situ should do. Even if Situ's functions are weakened now, if he is going to be the chief Situ in the future, this matter should be left to him. But now, let the minister directly issue it. Call-up orders.

Moreover, as the leader of the Yuan family, there are many young talents in the family. His Majesty went so far as to summon those unknown people and did not give the Yuan family a place.

Immediately afterwards, he received news that his Majesty ordered Zhang Liao, the right captain, to lead troops to Hangu Pass to prepare to fight Li Jue.

Yuan Wei felt even worse. He recommended Yuan Shao in the court to lead the troops to regain Hongnong. His Majesty did not agree. As a result, Zhang Liao, who was not well known, was sent to lead the troops.

This made him deeply dissatisfied.

In terms of prestige among scholars, status in official circles, and family background, how could Zhang Liao compare with Yuan Jiabao?
He just fought a few battles with His Majesty. If he couldn't win at first, could he, Zhang Liao, win?

I thought that after His Majesty purged the eunuchs, he put so much effort into launching a new policy that would eliminate old abuses and make politics clear, but I didn't expect that in the end it would still be nepotism.

Distraught, Yuan Wei wrote a letter to Yuan Shu, giving an overview of the situation in the capital and reminding him to be cautious and prepared to deal with changes.

……

Let us say that after Yuan Shu and Sun Jian took office, as agreed in advance, the first thing they did was to recruit troops and horses, and basically spent all the money and food in the treasury on this.

They had a lot of ideas. Once the Huns or the Black Mountain bandits or the Baibo bandits attacked Luoyang again, they could lead their troops northward in the name of destroying the bandits and escorting them and take control of the court situation.

What Dong Zhuo wanted to do but failed to do back then will be accomplished by their hands.

But not long after, I heard that your Majesty was so wise and powerful that he defeated the Baibo bandits, the Black Mountain bandits and the Xiongnu troops, and even killed Yu Fuluo, the great Chan of the Xiongnu.

The two of them discussed that the process of stationing troops could not be stopped. Now that Jian Shuo was in power, they could use this as an excuse to raise troops to clear the emperor's side.

Unexpectedly, not long after, an imperial edict was sent to all states, listing Jian Shuo's ten major crimes. It was said that His Majesty had executed Jian Shuo's entire family, and his accomplices were also beheaded in public.

As soon as the two met, another excuse for raising troops was blocked. Moreover, their officials were appointed by Jian Shuo under false pretenses. Will His Majesty get rid of them in anger? Even beat them into Jian Shuo's accomplices?
After the discussion, the two adventurous guys felt that they could effectively cope with all changes as long as they held on to their military power without stopping.

Four or five days later, they received another secret message from Yuan Wei from the capital.

Now the two of them were dumbfounded. The state pastors of each state were not allowed to hold military power!
(End of this chapter)