Can I get to the other side?

Liu Xie became busy after taking control of Yecheng.

The emperor is not that easy to be. At the moment, he has not yet fully formed his inner court team, so many things require his personal intervention as the emperor.

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

Now it's just a matter of Yecheng. If you can't handle these things, how can you talk about governing the country in the future?

Therefore, in order to truly be worthy of the responsibility brought by the word "Emperor" and live up to what he said to the ancestors of the Liu family when he offered sacrifices to the Ancestral Temple that day, Liu Xie worked hard to start learning how to govern the country.

The palace announcement room.

Liu Xie looked at Sima Yi, who was kneeling respectfully below, and said, "Zhongda, Fengxiao often said that you have the talent of a king's assistant, and you are far better than him in assisting and governing the country."

"What's your opinion on running a country?"

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

Even Guo Jia said privately that Sima Yi was far better than him and was a great talent. Therefore, if Liu Xie wants to learn how to govern the country and assist in government affairs, it is absolutely no problem to find Sima Yi.

The only question is whether Sima Yi is as young as he will be in more than ten years.

The emperor personally asked about the way to govern the country. If it were an ordinary person, he would have started talking eloquently when his mind was hot, but Sima Yi seemed very calm.

"Your Majesty is overly complimentary, and I only have a superficial opinion."

Sima Yi nodded slightly to Liu Xie, and then said: "I heard that there is an ancient saying that when building a building, he first chooses the craftsmen and then the materials; when he governs the country, he first chooses the assistants and then the people."

"Therefore, I believe that the way to govern a country is more important than selecting talents and promoting talents."

"Talents are a national treasure. In ancient times, sage kings struggled to find talents. Fu Yue was a disciple who built drums and swords, and Emperor Gaozong sought them. Lu Shang was a fisherman on the Wei River, and King Wen sought them."

"King Gaozong, is he not wise enough? No, the country has no talents and is not qualified to govern. The reason why the swan can travel far is because it has wings; the reason why the dragon can leap is because it has scales and mane; the king of human beings Those who can achieve governance are supported by wise men.”

"Therefore, I hope that your majesty can re-elect virtuous ministers, strengthen the national strength of our Han Dynasty, and promote the power of heaven in our Han Dynasty. Only then can all barbarians surrender and come to court from all directions!"

There is nothing bright about Sima Yi's words.

It's nothing more than reusing the four words "xiancai".

It’s a cliché.

Liu Xie also felt a little bored and frowned: "Don't I understand the principle of re-employing talented people? Haven't I already issued a recruitment order to select talented people from all over the world regardless of their birthplace?"

"Is this your understanding of statecraft?"

If that was all, then he would be disappointed in Sima Yike.

"I haven't finished speaking yet."

Sima Yi smiled and replied calmly: "Talents are the foundation of governing a country, and a king's governing a country depends on his officials. Properity, justice, integrity, and shame are the four dimensions of a country. If the four dimensions are not upright, the country will not be a country."

"Emperor Taizu Gao came from a humble background. His military leadership was not as good as that of Han Xin, and his strategies were not as good as those of Zhang Liang and Xiao He. However, he was good at understanding people and managing officials, so he was able to defeat Xiang Yu and achieve great hegemony."

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

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 be able to employ people.

The way to govern people is the king's way to govern a country.

After listening to these words, Liu Xie understood what Sima Yi meant. While he felt that what he said made sense, he also clearly realized that this guy was carrying personal goods.

Just say "I am a wise minister, please use me" 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 to see him.

"Xuan!"

Soon, Zhang Liao walked in.

"Why are Wen Yuan here?" Liu Xie asked affectionately.

He has a very good impression of Zhang Liao, a hexagonal warrior.

Eight hundred against one hundred thousand, and he still won!

This kind of achievement is something that I dare not write in this novel. If future Internet novels that are so cool and shocking are written like this, readers will hate it.

Zhang Liao cupped his hands and said, "The 4,000 city defense troops and 5,000 tiger-character soldiers trained by your Majesty have already achieved considerable results."

"Oh? So fast?"

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

In order to quickly increase the combat effectiveness of Zhang He Gaolan's reorganized 4,000 city defense troops and the 5,000 righteous followers recruited by Yuan Xi, he handed over these 9,000 people to Zhang Liao for training.

Now it’s only been two months!

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Liu Xie said: "Wen Yuanqian went back to make preparations. There will be an all-army military exercise in three days. I will personally visit the school grounds to review."

"Those who excel can join the Yulin Guards!"

The whole-army military exercise is the best way to demonstrate the combat effectiveness and level of an army besides war. Liu Xie planned to use this to take a good look at Zhang Liao's military training ability.

In addition, he has restored the Imperial Guard to the title of Habayashi Guard.

According to Zhang He's suggestion, the number should be expanded to 3,000 people, and the establishment of 30,000 people will be gradually restored in the future.

Therefore, in addition to the original thousand guards, it was necessary to recruit two thousand more elite soldiers.

Zhang Liao's 10,000 Xuzhou Army is the main force guarding Yecheng and must not be moved arbitrarily.

So selection could only be made from among another nine thousand people.

"The whole army performs martial arts? Select the Habayashi Guards?"

As soon as Zhang Liao heard that Liu Xie was going to hold a military exercise to review the three armies, he immediately agreed excitedly.

"Please rest assured, your majesty, the general will definitely let your majesty see the power 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 them leave.

Looking at Sima Yi's leaving figure, Liu Xie's eyes were deep.

This guy is indeed a great talent, but he has left an extremely bad reputation in China's five thousand years of history, so he must be used with caution.

Thinking of this, Liu Xie could not help but miss Jia Xu.

If Jia Xu was still here, with his scheming methods, he would definitely be able to come up with a perfect strategy to deal with Sima Yi.

…

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

The city defense army and the tiger-character soldiers were all overjoyed.

That's Habayashi Wei!

No matter the status or treatment, it is much better than other armies, but more importantly, this honor. Who can resist the temptation of becoming the emperor's personal guard?

All the soldiers were as excited as chicken blood, gearing up to prepare for the military exercise of the whole army in three days.

This also made Xuzhou soldiers extremely jealous. Many Xuzhou army generals went to Zhang Liao to apply to participate in the military exercise. Even if they were not selected into the Yulin Guards in the end, they still wanted to have a good encounter with those miscellaneous fishes. , Let Your Majesty know the elite of their Xuzhou Army!

However, these applications were all rejected by Zhang Liao without exception.

After all, if the Xuzhou Army participated in an all-army military exercise, the City Defense Army and the Tiger Character Army would not be able to fight at all and would have to be pinned to the ground and rubbed.

In this way, three days passed quickly.

Three days later, at the school grounds in the north of the city.

Nine thousand troops stood in the school grounds, and every soldier stood as straight as a javelin. Just standing there gave people an extremely astonishing majesty.

On the general stage, Liu Xiezheng, Zhang Liao and other generals, as well as civil servants such as Guo Jiaxun and Chen, stood together to observe this military exercise.

"Very good, very energetic."

Liu Xie couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction when he saw that the army in the audience was completely transformed compared to two months ago.

It's true that he asked Zhang Liao to improve the food standards and treatment of the soldiers. The energy of the well-fed army was different.

"Wenyuan, let's start."

After looking at it for a few times, Liu Xie said to Zhang Liao.

He wanted to see what level this army had been trained to. It would be useless if it was just showy. 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 up——!"

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

But in just a few dozen seconds, the original nine thousand people were divided into nine square formations. At a glance, they were clearly distinct and orderly!

Immediately afterwards, the army began to conduct combat drills. Using each thousand-man square as a unit, they constantly changed formations and simulated attacks on each other!

Of course, it is not a real fight, but the formation changes of the art of war, and the formations are broken until one side's formation begins to fall apart.

Under the command of the commander of each square formation, the soldiers constantly changed their formations, but there was no feeling of chaos in the process, everything was very orderly!

It's as if each square formation is a machine, and every soldier in the square formation is a part of it!

These are the results of the past two months of hard training. Today, the emperor personally observes and observes. Every soldier is trying his best to show off the results of two months of hard work in the most perfect way!

The shouts of "kill" in the school grounds spread to dozens of miles around. Even the people in Yecheng heard the news on the school grounds and came to watch.

And when they saw the nearly 10,000 troops arranging in formation in the school grounds, everyone was shocked.

"What a mighty army!"

"I heard that His Majesty will select two thousand elites from these nine thousand people to join the Yulin Guards! My son is also among them, I don't know if he can be selected."

"Habayashi Guards? Those 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 defeat the traitors and restore the glory of the Han Dynasty!"

"Your Majesty is truly a great leader."

…

The people around were talking a lot. They thought the soldiers led by Liu Xie were strange before. They were running around everywhere every day, but now they have seen what elite soldiers are!

As the military parade progressed, more and more people came to watch around the school grounds. In the end, more people from Yecheng came to watch than there were soldiers in the school grounds!

And as more and more people gathered around, the soldiers in the school field practiced harder and harder.

They all directly formed an overall square formation, separated themselves from each other at a certain distance, picked up their weapons and began to practice!

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

…

The movements of nearly ten thousand soldiers were almost uniform. Every time they swung their swords or stabbed their spears, they shouted loudly, and there was a cold light between the rise and fall of the sharp blades.

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 watched the army drill were so shocked that they were speechless. Only now did they understand what a real army is like!

"What an elite army!"

On the general stage, Xun Chen looked at the many soldiers in the audience. He couldn't help but sigh with emotion. At the same time, he said to Zhang Liao with great admiration: "General Wenyuan's military training methods are really good."

Watching these soldiers train, he had no doubt about how strong they were in combat.

Not to mention anything else, just this majestic and murderous momentum has surpassed most armies!

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."

"And many of these soldiers were once guards of noble families, and they already have a strong foundation."

"Of course, the main reason is that His Majesty personally came to observe the military exercises of the whole army today. The soldiers in the army all hope to be selected to join the Yulin Guard. This is a great honor!"

Yuan Xi on the side couldn't help but look bitter when he heard this.

Among these 9,000 people, 5,000 soldiers of the Tiger Army were recruited by him. Two months ago, they were just a group of recruits, but now they have become such a terrible army!

He knows how much he has paid for it.

During this period of time, all the food and grass expenses of the army were supported by him with the wealth of the Yuan family, and it was completely burned out 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 and dispatch. I am just training my own soldiers. There is nothing to feel bad about."

Yuan Xi comforted himself in his heart.

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 to watch the military performance of the whole army.

Or to be more precise, they were watching Liu Xie on the generals' stand.

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

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

After seeing Liu Xie's appearance clearly, Yang Xiu couldn't help rubbing his eyes, wondering if he had hallucinations, and the shock in his heart was beyond words.

But he rubbed his eyes until they were red, and Liu Xie still didn't change at all. He looked exactly like the emperor in the palace of Xu County!

Of course, it was just the appearance.

Liu Xie, who was watching the military exercises of the whole army on the stage and chatting and laughing with the civil and military officials, was far superior to the emperor in Xu County in terms of both demeanor and majesty.

Holding a powerful army, commanding the country, surrounded by wise and brave officials, and cheered and supported by countless people, this is like a real emperor!

Not only Yang Xiu.

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

And they all had a thought.

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

"The emperor in Xu County... is a fake?"

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

But Chen Qun's heart sank.

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