Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2213 Li Xiang Raises Food, the Central Plains is in Trouble

If we only look at the official positions, the position of the governor is naturally higher than that of the deputy governor.

However, the Beijia in question was actually the Beijia from Xuzhou.

The Chen family is rooted in Xuzhou. The position of Xuzhou Beijia is much more helpful to the Chen family than the position of a governor in other states.

Mr. Li did this to prevent the Chen family from becoming the only dominant family in Xuzhou.

Although Su Qin had promised to let Chen Deng be the deputy governor of Xuzhou, he had not promised to let him be the deputy governor of Xuzhou for his whole life. Therefore, it was not a breach of contract for Lao Li to promote these meritorious people.

"It is reported that Wang Anshi has been promoted to Governor of Xuzhou, and Li Kui has been appointed Governor of Yuzhou. They will take office soon!"

Wang Anshi himself possessed unparalleled political ability. Over the years, he had served as county magistrate in Sizhou, Yongzhou, and Bingzhou, and had made certain political achievements in each place.

Now, it's time for him to move up a position under the butt.

Li Kui was originally the governor of Bingzhou, and this was considered a horizontal transfer.

However, for civil servants like them, horizontal transfer is a very necessary thing. For governors like them, if they want to return to the central government, it is still very simple.

However, if after returning to the central government, he still wants to take a senior official position in one of the six ministries, he will need to go through various states.

As for the vacancy left by Li Kui's transfer to Yuzhou, Li Xiang intended to let Yuwen Tai take it.

Yuwen Tai was also a very comprehensive talent. He was both civil and military. The frontier environment was particularly suitable for him. This was why, although Li Xiang transferred him to various places to serve as a county governor, he was always a county governor in the frontier areas.

In addition, over the years, the political achievements under Yuwen Tai's governance have been quite good, and what is very rare is that in addition to his achievements as a civil servant, he has also accumulated a lot of military merits.

Although his military achievements were not extraordinary, and he did not turn the tide like Zhuge Liang did, he had made small contributions all the time, and the accumulation of these small achievements was quite remarkable.

Therefore, Li Xiang intended to promote this person.

However, there is no rush for Yuwen Tai's matter at the moment.

No matter what, Liangzhou is the most important battlefield in the west. At this time, it is not suitable to make too many personnel changes. It is better to wait until the situation in Liangzhou stabilizes temporarily before doing anything.

After selecting the three provincial governors, Li Xiang also selected a group of county governors with outstanding political achievements from various places and transferred them to the three provinces in the Central Plains to serve as county governors.

Of course, in addition to arranging the original veteran figures of the Jin army, the surrendered ministers and generals of the Central Plains forces are naturally indispensable.

For example, Zhang Gui who surrendered to Zhao Kuangyin, Yan Keqiu who was once a member of Chiyou's faction, or Cheng Yu and Xun Lang who were once members of Cao Cao's faction, were all assigned by him to serve as county governors in the three states of the Central Plains.

As local leaders in the Central Plains, their understanding of the Central Plains is definitely not comparable to that of the officials of the Jin Army. Only with their cooperation can the production capacity of the Central Plains be restored at the fastest speed.

However, it will take some time to restore the Central Plains.

But now, a very necessary problem was exposed in front of Li Xiang. That is, how to survive this transitional period of restoring the Central Plains! After this Central Plains War, the last bit of vitality of the Central Plains was completely wiped out. This is not just talk.

There is a food shortage in the Central Plains today. There is a food shortage everywhere in the Central Plains, and there are hungry people everywhere.

In order to properly arrange for the people in the Central Plains, the most urgent matter at present is to find a way to raise a large amount of food and fodder.

At the very least, help them survive until the next harvest season.

Zhao Kuangyin had already squeezed the last bit of food and grass from the people of the Central Plains as much as possible, but once it was gone, it was gone. Even if Zhao Kuangyin wanted to squeeze them more, he could not squeeze any more out.

The advancement of the Central Plains War has always been inseparable from the two words "food and fodder".

The potential factors behind Zhao Kuangyin's defeat in Chen County and Tian Dan's two successive defeats in Yanzhou were all food and fodder.

However, although the Jin army had food, it also lacked fodder.

After several years of repairs, the Jin army's food and fodder had already filled several granaries.

Even if they sent a million troops this time, and even if a war broke out in the north at this time, their food and grass were still enough to sustain the needs of this war.

However, if so many people in the Central Plains were to need relief, then the Jin army’s food and grass would probably run out soon.

The Central Plains has been the most densely populated place since ancient times.

With such a large population, the amount of food and fodder they need will be enormous.

Therefore, in order to solve the problem of food and grass, Li Xiang borrowed from Yi Yin's previous approach and issued bonds to the aristocratic families in various regions that the Jin army now controlled, using this method to raise food and grass.

During the battles against Chiyou and Cao Cao, Yi Yin used this method to support the exhausted Zhao Kuangyin until he became the overlord of the Central Plains. Although Zhao Kuangyin's situation was not good at the time, he was only much stronger than Cao Cao and Chiyou. However, because of Yi Yin's existence, Zhao Kuangyin still did not worry about food and grass at that time.

In this Central Plains War, Di Qing eliminated Zhao Kuangyin's logistics manager at the very beginning, which was actually an important factor in Zhao Kuangyin's quick demise.

However, Zhao Kuangyin was the most powerful of the three forces in the Central Plains at that time. Yi Yin issued bonds to help Zhao Kuangyin raise food and grass. Under the premise that Zhao Kuangyin's power continued to grow, the aristocratic families in the Central Plains would of course buy into it.

In the previous battle, hundreds of thousands of Jin troops came overwhelmingly, and Zhao Kuangyin looked shaky. Although Zhao Kuangyin also used this method to raise food, it had little effect.

Although the noble families from various places sent a batch of grain and grass to Zhao Kuangyin, it was mainly to avoid angering Zhao Kuangyin, and in fact it was only a limited amount of grain. At that time, Zhao Kuangyin did not dare to turn against the noble families in the Central Plains. If he had torn his face with the noble families in the Central Plains at that time, Zhao Kuangyin would only perish faster and his situation would only be worse.

But now, after winning the battle in the Central Plains, the war in the south is also progressing steadily, and the Jin army has once again reached its peak.

At this time, Li Xiang learned from Zhao Kuangyin and Yi Yin to issue bonds, and the aristocratic families in the states under the rule of the Jin army would of course buy into it.

Bonds refer to a loan relationship, but in essence they also involve certain personal relationships, and this is what they value.