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Chapter 188 It’s broken, Sikong, the emperor has really been replaced

Liu Xie became busy after taking control of Yecheng.

Being an emperor is not easy. Right now, he has not yet fully established his inner court team, so many things require him, the emperor, to personally take care of them.

We can't just leave everything to Guo Jia and Xun Chen.

Now it is just a matter of Yecheng. If we can't even handle these, how can we talk about governing the country in the future?
Therefore, in order to truly live up to the responsibility that comes with the title of "Son of Heaven" and not to disappoint what he said to the ancestors of the Liu family when he offered sacrifices to the Taimiao that day, Liu Xie began to study the art of governing the country.

The Imperial Palace Xuanshi.

Liu Xie looked at Sima Yi who was kneeling respectfully below him and said, "Zhongda, Feng Xiao often said that you have the talent to assist the king and are far better than him in assisting the country."

"What do you think about governing a country?"

Although Liu Xie was not very fond of Sima Yi, this does not mean that he could deny Sima Yi's talent. After all, he was comparable to Zhuge Liang.

Even Guo Jia privately said that Sima Yi was far better than him and was a great talent. So if Liu Xie wanted to learn how to govern the country, it would be no problem for him to find Sima Yi.

The only problem is that Sima Yi is so young now, and whether he can reach the same level as he will be in a dozen years.

The emperor personally asked about how to govern the country. If it were an ordinary person, he would probably start talking in a fit of excitement, but Sima Yi seemed very calm.

"Your Majesty, you are too kind. I only have some superficial opinions."

Sima Yi nodded slightly to Liu Xie, and then he said: "I have heard that the ancient saying goes, those who build a building first choose the craftsmen and then select the materials, and those who govern a country first choose the assistants and then stabilize the people."

"Therefore, I believe that the way to govern a country is to select the virtuous and capable."

"Talented people are the treasure of the country. Ancient sage kings were in great trouble in finding talented people. Fu Yue was a man who built a planchette and beat a drum, but Emperor Gaozong sought him out. Lü Shang was a fisherman by the Wei River, but King Wen sought him out."

"Is Emperor Gaozong and King Wen not wise? Not at all. A country cannot be governed without wise men. The reason a swan can fly far is because it has wings; the reason a dragon can soar is because it has scales; the reason a ruler can govern is because he has wise men to assist him."

"Therefore, I hope that Your Majesty can re-select wise ministers to strengthen the national strength of our Great Han and enhance the prestige of our Great Han, so that the four barbarians will submit and come to pay tribute!"

There is nothing interesting about Sima Yi's words.

It's nothing more than making use of talented people.

It’s a cliché.

Liu Xie also felt a little bored, and frowned, "Don't I understand the principle of making use of talented people? Haven't I already issued a decree to recruit talented people, regardless of their background?"

"Is this your understanding of statecraft?"

If that were all, he would be disappointed with Sima Yi.

"I haven't finished yet."

Sima Yi smiled and replied calmly: "Talent is the foundation of governing a country, and the king's governance depends on governing officials. Propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame are the four pillars of a country. If the four pillars are not right, the country will no longer be a country."

"Emperor Taizu Gao was born in a humble family. He was not as good as Han Xin in leading troops, nor as good as Zhang Liang and Xiao He in strategy. However, he was good at identifying people and governing officials, so he was able to defeat Xiang Yu and achieve his ambitions and hegemony."

"The way of governing a country that Your Majesty wants to learn is here."

What Sima Yi wanted to express was very simple - a king does not need to know how to govern a country, a king only needs to know how to use people.

The way to rule people is the way for a king to govern the country.

After hearing these words, Liu Xie finally understood what Sima Yi meant. He felt that what he said made sense, but he also clearly realized that this guy was smuggling something else.

It's just as if "I am a wise minister, use me quickly" is written on his face.

Do you really want to make progress?

But at this moment, Gao Lan came in to report and Zhang Liao asked for a meeting.

"Xuan!"

Soon, Zhang Liao walked in.

"Why is Wenyuan here?" Liu Xie asked affectionately.

He had a very good impression of Zhang Liao, a fierce hexagonal general.

Eight hundred against one hundred thousand, and they won!

This kind of record is something that nobody dares to write about in novels. Even if any cool and awesome online novel in the future writes about it, it will be criticized to death by readers.

Zhang Liao cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty has asked me to train 4,000 city defense troops and 5,000 Tiger Army soldiers, and they have already achieved considerable results."

"Oh? So fast?"

Liu Xie's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this.

In order to quickly improve the combat effectiveness of the 4,000 city defense troops reorganized by Zhang He and Gao Lan, as well as the 5,000 volunteers recruited by Yuan Xi, he handed these 9,000 troops over to Zhang Liao for training.

Now it’s done in just two months!
Suppressing his excitement, Liu Xie said, "Wenyuan, go back and make preparations. We will hold a military parade in three days, and I will personally review it at the parade ground."

"Those who excel can join the Yulin Guard!"

Military exercises are the best way to demonstrate an army's combat effectiveness and level, other than war. Liu Xie intends to use this opportunity to take a good look at Zhang Liao's training ability.

In addition, he has restored the name of the Imperial Guard to Yulin Guard.

According to Zhang He's suggestion, the number of people was expanded to 3,000, and then gradually restored to 30,000 people.

Therefore, in addition to the original one thousand guards, another two thousand elite soldiers are needed.

Zhang Liao's 10,000 Xuzhou troops are the main force guarding Yecheng, and they must not be moved.

Therefore, they could only be selected from the other nine thousand people.

"A military parade for the entire army? A selection of imperial guards?"

When Zhang Liao heard that Liu Xie was going to hold a military parade to review the three armies, he immediately agreed excitedly.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty. I will show Your Majesty the might of our Han army!"

After Liu Xie explained some things to Zhang Liao, he had a good chat with Sima Yi for a while before letting the two of them leave.

Looking at Sima Yi's departing back, Liu Xie's eyes were deep.

This guy is indeed a talented person, but he has left an extremely bad reputation in the 5,000-year history of China, so he must be used with caution.

When he thought of this, Liu Xie couldn't help but miss Jia Xu.

If Jia Xu were still alive, with his scheming and tactics, he would definitely be able to come up with a perfect plan to control Sima Yi.

……

When Zhang Liao brought back the news that the emperor would personally observe the military performances of the entire army and select two thousand outstanding soldiers to join the Yulin Guard, the entire army was immediately excited.

The city defense troops and the Tiger Army soldiers were all overjoyed.

That's the Yulin Guard!

Both the status and treatment are much better than other armies, but what is more important is the honor. Who can resist the temptation of becoming the emperor's personal guard?

All the soldiers were extremely excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood, and were ready to prepare for the military parade three days later.

This also made the soldiers of the Xuzhou Army extremely jealous. Many generals of the Xuzhou Army went to Zhang Liao to apply for participation in the military exercises. Even if they could not be selected into the Yulin Guards in the end, they still wanted to have a good fight with those small fry to let His Majesty know that they are the elite of the Xuzhou Army!
However, all these applications were rejected by Zhang Liao without exception. After all, if the Xuzhou Army participated in the military exercise, the City Defense Army and the Tiger Army would have no chance to fight and would be pinned to the ground.

Just like this, three days passed quickly.

Three days later, at the parade ground in the north of the city.

Nine thousand soldiers stood solemnly in the parade ground, each soldier stood as straight as a javelin, and just standing there gave people an extremely astonishing and majestic aura.

On the reviewing platform, Liu Xie, Zhang Liao and other generals, as well as civil officials such as Guo Jia and Xun Chen, stood together to watch the military performance.

"Very good, very energetic."

Liu Xie couldn't help but nod his head with satisfaction when he saw the army below the stage, which seemed to have been reborn compared to two months ago.

It was worth it that he asked Zhang Liao to improve the soldiers' food standards and treatment. The spirit of the army was different when they were well fed.

"Wenyuan, let's start."

After taking a few glances, Liu Xie said to Zhang Liao.

He wanted to see what level the army had been trained to. It would be useless if it was just for show. The combat effectiveness had to keep up.

"promise!"

Zhang Liao took a step forward, waved his hand and shouted to all the soldiers below: "Form a formation!"

The nine thousand strong army immediately began to disperse and reorganize in an orderly manner.

However, in just a few tens of seconds, the original 9,000 people were divided into nine square formations. At a glance, they were clearly separated from each other and in good order!

Immediately afterwards, the army began to conduct combat drills, with each square formation of a thousand men as a unit, constantly changing formations and simulating attacking battles against each other!

Of course, it was not a real fight, but the use of military tactics to change the formation and break the formation with one formation, until one side's formation began to fall apart.

Under the command of the centurion of each phalanx, the soldiers kept changing their formations, but there was no sense of disorder in the process, everything was very orderly!

It seems that each phalanx is a machine, and every soldier in the phalanx is a part of it!
These are the results of the hard training over the past two months. Today, the emperor is observing in person. Every soldier is trying his best to show the results of two months' hard work in the most perfect way!
The shouts and cries of killing in the parade ground were so deafening that they could be heard for dozens of miles. Even the people in Yecheng heard the noise and rushed to watch.

And when they saw the nearly 10,000 troops deployed in the parade ground with an astonishingly powerful momentum, everyone was shocked.

"What a mighty army!"

"I heard that His Majesty wants to select 2,000 elite soldiers from these 9,000 men to join the Imperial Guard! My son is also among them, I wonder if he will be selected."

"Yulin Guards? They are the emperor's personal guards!"

"Your Majesty has such a powerful army. How can the false emperor compete with Your Majesty? Your Majesty will definitely be able to wipe out the rebellion and restore the glory of the Han Dynasty!"

"Your Majesty is truly a great leader."

……

The people around were talking about it. They had previously thought that the soldiers led by Liu Xie were weird, running around everywhere every day. Now they saw what elite soldiers were!

As the military parade rehearsal progressed, more and more people gathered around the parade ground to watch. In the end, there were more people from Yecheng who came to watch than there were soldiers inside the parade ground!
As more and more people gathered around, the soldiers in the parade ground practiced more vigorously.

They all formed into a square formation, each standing a certain distance away from each other, picked up their weapons and began to practice!
"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

……

Nearly ten thousand soldiers moved in almost unison. Every time they swung their swords or stabbed their spears, they shouted loudly, and a cold light flashed as the sharp blades rose and fell.

With such a chilling momentum, it seems that no matter what kind of enemy is in front of him, he will be completely torn to pieces by them!

All the people who were watching the army training were so shocked that they were speechless. Only now did they understand what a real army was like!
"What an elite army!"

On the stage, Xun Chen looked at the many soldiers below the stage and could not help but sigh with emotion. At the same time, he said to Zhang Liao with great admiration: "General Wenyuan's method of training soldiers is really good."

Watching these soldiers training, he had no doubt about how strong their fighting capacity was.

Not to mention other things, just such a majestic and killing momentum has surpassed most of the army!

Zhang Liao smiled and said, "It is not difficult to train an elite army. If you give the soldiers good food and drink, they will naturally train hard."

"Moreover, many of these soldiers were once guards of aristocratic families, so they already have a strong foundation."

"Of course, the most important reason is that His Majesty is here to personally observe the military exercises today. Soldiers in the army all hope to be selected to join the Imperial Guards. This is a great honor!"

Yuan Xi, who was standing by, couldn't help but look bitter when he heard this.

Among these nine thousand people, five thousand of them were soldiers of the Tiger Army, all of whom were recruited by him. Two months ago, they were just a group of recruits, but now they have become such a terrifying army!

He knows best how much it has cost.

During this period of time, all the food and fodder expenses of the army were supported by him using Yuan family's wealth. It was completely a waste of money!
"I am serving His Majesty. The more I give, the more His Majesty knows my loyalty. All these efforts are worth it!"

"Although the soldiers were trained by Zhang Liao, they are actually under my command. I am just training my own soldiers. There is nothing to feel bad about."

Yuan Xi comforted himself in this way.

At this moment, among the people watching outside the parade ground, Yang Xiu, Dong Xi, Fu De and Chen Qun were all there, hiding in the crowd and watching the military performance of the entire army.

Or to be more precise, looking at Liu Xie on the generals' stand.

They all came secretly after hearing the news that Liu Xie would appear, just to see what the emperor of Yecheng looked like.

"How can it be...exactly the same?"

After Yang Xiu saw Liu Xie's appearance clearly, he couldn't help rubbing his eyes, wondering if he was hallucinating. The shock in his heart was beyond words.

But even after rubbing his eyes until they turned red, Liu Xie still didn't change at all. He looked exactly like the emperor in the Xu County Palace!
Of course, it's just appearance.

Liu Xie, who was watching the military performances of the entire army on the reviewing platform and chatting and laughing with civil officials and generals, far surpassed the emperor of Xu County in both bearing and majesty.

Holding powerful troops in hand, commanding the country, surrounded by wise ministers and brave generals, and cheered and supported by countless people, this is what a real emperor is like!

It's not just Yang Xiu.

Chen Qun, Dong Xi and Fu De all had the same idea in their minds.

And a thought came to their mind at the same time.

"Could it be that Dong Cheng (Yang Biao) (Fu Wan) and his gang really replaced the emperor? And sent the real emperor to Yecheng?"

"The emperor of Xu County... is he a fake?"

Yang Xiu, Dong Xi and Fu De were extremely excited.

But Chen Qun's heart sank.

"It's bad, Sikong, the emperor... has really been replaced!"

(End of this chapter)