The Nameless of the Common Clans

Chen Mo didn't know how tragically Guo Si died, but when Liang Xing sent Guo Si's head, it was not very complete.

The Battle of Guanzhong came to an end with the defeat of Li Jue and Guo Si. After Chen Mo completely occupied Mei County, generals such as Duan Wei and Li Meng surrendered. At the same time, Hua Xiong and Xu Rong, under Chen Mo's instruction, formally surrendered with Beidi and Fengyi counties. At this point, all the three auxiliary lands, except Henei, belonged to Chen Mo. At the same time, Chen Mo also obtained 80,000 Xiliang troops, and his momentum soared, even better than Yuan Shao, who gradually overwhelmed Gongsun Zan and began to explore the power into Qingzhou.

Of course, there were many problems. Under the leadership of Chen Mo, Gao Shun reorganized and trained the newly acquired Xiliang Army. The Qiang people in Fengyi, Beidi and Fufeng began to riot. Chen Mo ordered the new army to be led by Taishi Ci, Hua Xiong and Xu Rong to guard the three places respectively. However, the new army had less experience in battles and was not familiar with the Qiang people's fighting. In the second half of the year, the new army was mostly on the defensive in the confrontation with the Qiang people. By the end of the year, they gradually became familiar with the Qiang people's fighting methods and began to gradually take the initiative and re-suppress the Qiang people.

In addition, Ma Teng and Han Sui also began to quickly seize Longxi, Hanyang and other places. Although they did not directly conflict with Chen Mo, they were almost the ones who provoked the Qiang riots in the past six months.

The Xiliang Army was reorganized, and the new army's combat effectiveness was not tempered for the time being. In addition, after Cao Cao became the emperor, many officials in the court expressed dissatisfaction with Chen Mo and even openly refused to cooperate in the implementation of Chen Mo's orders. Chen Mo did not have a comfortable life in the second half of the year.

"My lord, these are the news sent by Feng Rui, the prefect of Jingzhao. Zheng Yun, the prefect of Shangluo, secretly instigated the people in Shangluo to move to Nanyang." Li Ru came in with a scroll of bamboo slips and handed it to Chen Mo, saying in a deep voice: "I sent someone to Shangluo to verify this matter. Now the household registration in Shangluo is less than half of that at the beginning of the year!"

"Bang~"

Chen Mo slapped the table hard. With his cultivation, he couldn't control his anger at this moment. He understood why Dong Zhuo killed scholars crazily in the later period. Some people just deserved to be punished.

"Call Yang Ping!" Chen Mo closed his eyes for a long time.

Yang Ping's reputation under Chen Mo was not good. Wang Yun's family was raided by Yang Ping. Now it seems that Chen Mo is ready to sacrifice these people.

Li Ru hesitated for a moment, and glanced at Jia Xu who was sitting next to Chen Mo, but he saw that Jia Xu seemed not to see him. He smiled bitterly and bowed to Chen Mo and said, "My lord, Zheng Yun is quite skillful in doing things, and he did not leave any handle. If he is charged with unfavorable crimes, he can be dismissed from his official position at most. If it is too much, it may cause dissatisfaction among the scholars in Guanzhong."

The Zheng family is not a big family, but it is also a member of the gentry. If Chen Mo treats Zheng Yun excessively without asking the right and wrong, it may cause dissatisfaction.

"Don't worry, I have a lot of evidence of his crimes, including his family. I want to kill him, and these things will be announced to the people." Chen Mo shook his head and said, "Pass my imperial edict, order Wei Ji to enter Chang'an, and the position of Bingzhou governor will be temporarily replaced by Man Chong."

"Yes!" Li Ru bowed and turned away.

Wei Ji, as the governor of Bingzhou, has done a good job in the past six months. Bingzhou is of great significance to Chen Mo. After all, Chen Mo is somewhat suspicious of Wei Ji. At this time, Wei Ji was transferred to Chang'an. First, it was considered a promotion. Wei Ji must have a place in the position of the Nine Ministers. Second, it was also a power transition. There were a lot of things in Guanzhong. Chen Mo had to clean up the mess left by Li and Guo bit by bit. He had no time to return to Bingzhou. Among all the ministers under his command, only Man Chong had enough qualifications and ability to be the governor of Bingzhou.

Of course, Man Chong only governed the government, and the generals from all over the country led the troops. Military power and political power must be separated.

Now the power of the governor appointed by Chen Mo is much greater than before the state governor was reopened. In the past, the governor only had the responsibility of supervision. Now Chen Mo has added a right to Man Chong, the right to enforce the law, that is, all local prisons are under the control of Man Chong.

Of course, this governor was not legitimate, as it was conferred by Chen Mo. However, Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao had been conferred the positions of governor of Qingzhou and Yuzhou respectively before this. Cao Cao also conferred the position of governor of a state by himself. At the beginning of the year, the court sent Jin Shang to serve as governor of Yanzhou, but he was killed by Cao Cao in an ambush. Now Chen Mo conferred the official of his own jurisdiction, and the princes could not say anything.

Soon, Yang Ping came to the lobby and saluted Chen Mo.

"My lord, you called me here. What do you want me to do?" Yang Ping looked at Chen Mo with a flattering smile. After he raided the Wang family, Yang Ping had no good reputation. However, Chen Mo kept his promise. Yang Ping was now more and more powerful. Although the emperor was taken away by Cao Cao, the court in Chang'an was still maintained. Huangfu Song, Zhao Wen and Chen Mo were in charge of the government. Chen Mo, due to his age, took the initiative to give up the promotion to the Three Dukes and received the posts of Guanglu Xun, Sili Xiaowei and Chariot General. Huangfu Song was the Taiwei, Zhao Wen was the Situ, and Chen Mo asked Zhong Yao to be the Sikong. The emperor was taken by Cao Cao, but all the civil and military officials in the court were on Chen Mo's side. Without reason, Cao Cao could not dismiss these ministers at will.

Yang Ping was sent to the court by Chen Mo and took over Zhong Yao's position as the Tingwei Zheng

As for the Chief Justice, he is not qualified yet. But even so, for Yang Ping, this promotion is a glory to his family. If he continues to follow Yang Feng as before, he will probably never be able to climb to this position in his lifetime. Therefore, Yang Ping is really loyal to Chen Mo. He knows very well that if Chen Mo is gone, he will probably be the first to die.

"Someone will send you the evidence of Zheng Yun's crime in a while. You are now Ting Weizheng, so you should be able to study the law diligently, right?" Chen Mo glanced at Yang Ping and said with a smile.

"Don't dare to slack off for a moment." Yang Ping quickly bowed.

"These criminal evidences are all real. You should know what to do." Chen Mo looked at Yang Ping and smiled. Skynet has now penetrated the entire Guanzhong. When Skynet collects criminal evidence, there will be a re-confirmation at the highest position. Maybe not all the links, but as long as Skynet can prove the crime, the evidence will definitely be conclusive.

"I understand your humble position, but you don't know when to leave?" Yang Ping nodded quickly. He is good at this kind of thing.

"The sooner the better!" Chen Mo continued to handle official duties and said calmly, there were some things that he could endure, but for the current Chen Mo, that was the bottom line. This was his bottom line. If he encountered this line As a person, don't blame Chen Mo for being unkind.

"Here!" Yang Ping understood the words and quickly agreed, saying goodbye and leaving.

Jia Xu took a sip of wine and looked at Chen Mo.

"Sir, you have something to say, but it's okay to say it." Chen Mo didn't raise his head, but said calmly as if he had other eyes.

"My lord, do you know that many people in the court are trying to leave the country recently?" Jia Xu asked with a smile.

"I know." Chen Mo nodded.

Although the current imperial court exists, there is no emperor. He used the reputations of Huangfu Song, Zhao Wen, and Zhong Yao to stabilize the court. But not everyone buys this account. For example, Dong Cheng wants to take his daughter to find the emperor. There are also some courtiers who also want to join Cao Cao. Even though Chen Mo repeatedly promised that after the situation in Guanzhong stabilizes, he will try to welcome the emperor back, but not everyone believes it.

"My lord, this move may cause many people to leave." Jia Xu said with a smile.

"As long as the foundation is intact, sir, do you think I really care about the fate of these people?" Chen Mo finally raised his head, looked at Jia Xu and asked with a smile.

Nowadays, there is no shortage of grassroots officials in Chen Mo's hands. Those who came from Qingzhou to defect because of Cai Yong's name are also Chen Mo's former classmates at Taiyuan University. There are also many outstanding people among them. These talents are Chen Mo's foundation. , As for the ministers in the court, Chen Mo actually didn't care. They didn't have much ability. He relied on his status and reputation to ask for power from Chen Mo. The reason why the court was maintained was that Chen Mo planned for the next step.

Chen Mo was naturally unwilling to accept that the emperor was kidnapped by Cao Cao. Now there are many things going on in Guanzhong. At the end of the year, Cao Cao appointed Ma Teng as Pingqiang Zhonglang General, and Han Sui surrendered Zhonglang General for An. The meaning is self-evident. , which makes Chen Mo's rear unstable. In addition, the Huns from the Hetao tribe and Tuoba Xianbei from the north are also constantly harassing the frontier. Chen Mo has no energy to deal with Cao Cao now, but it does not mean that this matter has been forgotten.

The Emperor, Chen Mo will definitely get it back. He doesn't hope that when the Emperor is welcomed back, there will be no one in the court who can do anything except himself. He also hopes to retain more scholars. These scholars It's annoying to think about fighting for power with Chen Mo on weekdays, but it won't work without them. Things like economy are really difficult to operate without the presence of scholars. It means that it is even more difficult to control some scattered merchants.

Jia Xu smiled and said: "You should still be more concerned about it, but the lord obviously has his plans this time. I just advise the lord not to settle everything."

Although I don’t know Chen Mo’s specific plans, judging from the fact that Chen Mo allows the descendants of military meritorious soldiers to enter the academy to study, Chen Mo has already begun to look for replacements for the scholars to ensure that there will be no talent gap in the future. However, this matter is a bit of a breakthrough. In terms of family background, Chen Mo was very careful, but he calculated too much. Chen Mo could leave some room for Jia Xu's suggestion. After all, Chen Mo's move may not be effective. Before calculating the victory, calculate the defeat first. This matter is Jia Xu's. way of life.

When Chen Mo heard this, he glanced at Jia Xu. After thinking seriously for a moment, he nodded and said, "Sure enough, everything can't be hidden from sir."

"My lord is so complimentary. Xu only guessed a few things just now when he saw my lord and Yang Tingwei talking." Jia Xu bowed.

Chen Mo nodded to express his understanding.

Of course, Chen Mo still has to take care of Zheng Yun. Chen Mo can ignore the high-level officials. No matter how they fight for power, it is still a matter for this circle, but Chen Mo at the grassroots level must take care of it. This is his own foundation, and it also tells these people his attitude, which can be regarded as a deterrent. , some things cross the line, don’t blame yourself for being ruthless, you asked for it.