Waves at the end of Han Dynasty

Chapter 78
Luoyang West Garden Huaxing Palace.

In order to solve the plight of the master, Wang Yue recommended two people and told Liu Hong their background information in detail.

He understands that in addition to ability, Liu Hong also needs to consider their background and identity when employing people, and even thinks the latter is more important.

Among the gentry, except for the few gentry headed by the Xun family who are completely loyal to him, no matter how powerful they are, he will not use them.

What Liu Hong is doing now is to reform the status quo of the gentry annexing land, controlling the locality, and controlling the court. Just imagine that when the dispute between the court and court involves these capable people's own families, will they help Liu Hong make suggestions and even practice it?

The answer is obviously no, even if there are different cases, Liu Hong will not take this risk!

"Huang Zhong, Huang Hansheng, the current head of the Southern Army's Huben Colonel, do you still remember?"

Huang Zhong was a talent discovered by Wang Yue when he toured the south for the emperor a few years ago.

After Wang Yue investigated for a long time in Changsha County, Jingzhou, he learned that Huang Zhong was from a poor family of the Huang family and had no relationship with the master's family, so he revealed his identity to recruit Huang Zhong. After several confirmations, Huang Zhong also resigned from office and followed Wang Yue to Luoyang. According to Song Dian's arrangement, it is temporarily under the Northern Army's command.

"Well... this person..."

"This man was brought back when Yue Xiping toured Henan in the sixth year. He was the descendant of Huang Xiang in the Guangwu period, and he belonged to the same family as the Huang family in Jingxiang. He moved to Changsha to live alone and work as a farmer. His family was bitterly cold, but he never forgot to teach his son martial arts and military affairs during the slack season. Therefore, Huang Hansheng was not only proficient in bow and horse, but also good at commanding and training soldiers. At that time, he served as a small official in the Changsha County Army... "

Wang Yue slowly told Liu Hong that although he had told his master all this information back then, but the master had come into contact with too many people, and Huang Zhong hadn't had any outstanding deeds since he came to the capital in recent years, so it's normal that he couldn't remember it.

However, Huang Zhong's situation is a typical poor family in the Han Dynasty. The family only has a few acres of Susukida to survive, and he does not interact with the clan, which fully meets Liu Hong's employment standards.

In fact, Liu Hong is more willing to hire ordinary people without foundation, but in this era of extremely low knowledge popularization, there are too few available talents among the common people. …

After the detailed introduction, Wang Yue suggested that Liu Hongmi ordered Huang Zhong to follow him to Mangdang Mountain to assist Xu Rong and others in training troops. After all, Xu Rong and Wu Qiuxing had to supervise the construction of military camps, be responsible for the secret defense of the surrounding areas, and train a large number of new soldiers. The army has limited energy.

And in Wang Yue's opinion, Huang Zhong's ability is definitely stronger than the two, and this time is also an opportunity for him to show off his talents.

"Wuqiu Yi is a member of the Wenxi Wuqiu family, and he can be said to be a talent for commanding troops!"

Wang Yue's introduction to Wu Qiuyi is relatively simple. Wu Qiuyi is now serving as a military officer under Sili Xiaowei Yang Qiu. One of the gentry clans that the former patriarch of the family persuaded after he joined Hengdi Liu Zhi. Although his clan is small, the clan members learned more about military art, which is also very useful for the current Liu Hong.

Wang Yue recommended him as a school lieutenant and secretly went to Danyang County, Jiangdong to recruit new troops.

"Well... Huang Hansheng's position is acceptable, but Wu Qiuyi can't go to Danyang alone, um... I'll think about it again..."

After listening to Wang Yue's suggestion, Liu Hong felt that it was indeed reasonable. He knew the combat power of the Danyang soldiers. Now that he had money, it would be more effective to recruit directly, but he still had to consider the candidates. After all, he was going to the border and commanding troops alone. .

"In this case, why not send a few more people to resettle Jiangdong and Huaisi, and secretly guard against Longwei's thieves..."

"Your Majesty is really far-sighted, the worse it is!"

"Wang Qing doesn't need to be humble, but is there anyone else who would recommend me?"

Liu Hong waved his hand to signal that he was down to business...

"Well, there should be several people at Duke Xun's place, I don't know Your Majesty..."

The topic suddenly jumped to guarding against Longwei in the southwest, Wang Yue didn't keep up, or maybe he didn't think about it for the time being.

"People from the Xun family should go together. I hope that Liu Yao, the emperor's brother, can be the governor of Yangzhou, but he still needs to be accompanied by someone in command of the army."

"Liu Zhengli is very loyal, but... if you talk about people from the clan, does His Majesty think Liu Bo'an is okay?"

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the royal family members were really worthless. If you talk about backup, there are not many uncles in the world. Liu Sheng, the stallion Zhongshan King Jing of the Han Dynasty alone, had more than 120 sons...

Among the clans surnamed Liu known to Wang Yue, Liu Yu, Liu Yan, and Liu Tao are all stronger than Liu Yu in terms of ability, character, and loyalty. Liu Yan went to Liangzhou to supervise the Western Regions, and Liu Taogang was appointed as the captain of Sili to replace Yang Qiu , So Wang Yue also recommended Liu Yu, Prime Minister of the Pei Kingdom, to go to Yangzhou to guard against Longwei.

"Brother Bo'an, I already want to merge the state, so I sent Liu Zhengli to Yangzhou."

"I know, I know, but the new recruits are all newcomers, and they haven't had the ability to test and teach, so..."

"Well...no problem, we will discuss this matter later, and Wang Qing can just pay attention to it."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your understanding. This time, Yue also sent people to Longwei's mansion to investigate, hoping to find something in the future..."

Wang Yue immediately told Liu Hong about Chen Wentian's thoughts and arrangements.

"Hehe, this kid is a bit impatient, let's see what happens in the future!"

"My minister also feels the same way. Your Majesty, Dong Zhongying from the Western Regions..."

"The Western Regions are under the supervision of Liu Junlang, um... the Western Regions are very profitable now, Wang Qing can send a few disciples to go secretly..."

Liu Hong has always considered checks and balances when employing people. For example, in the Yangzhou candidates discussed just now, he considered the clan as the main family, and the Xun family and other royalists as supplementary.

However, regarding Shanxi's arrangements, Liu Hong was indeed a little rough. Perhaps it was because Liu Yan's secret performance that day was so shocking that he almost completely trusted him and did not consider people who would check and balance. Now that he was reminded by Wang Yue, Liu Hong thought of doing something. Replenish.

Next, the three of them began to discuss the current core. Although they have gained the first-mover advantage in the matter of merging the state, it is still difficult to maintain it. It is necessary to paralyze other nobles and stop their defenses, and to appease the eunuchs to continue to cooperate. It can be called a god-level difficulty...

"Shi Qing, send someone to inform Yang Fangzheng tomorrow that he can only secretly search for evidence of the eunuch's crimes and bring them back, and must not attack Bingzhou. If my plan is messed up, I will not forgive him lightly!"

Yangqiu's character is Fangzheng, as the name suggests, he does have some abilities, but his character is simply a model of straight ministers.Liu Hong also met him in the secret room, and explained to Yang Qiu together with Xun Shuang that supporting the eunuch was Liu Hong's strategy of keeping a low profile, but he was still very dissatisfied, and even bluntly contradicted him...

Liu Hong was also worried that he could not help but expose the truth when he went to Bingzhou, so he asked Shi A to send someone to warn again.

"Here, Your Majesty, after the news of the land auction came out, the gentry in various places really split up, and many gentry under the ten permanent attendants came secretly to attach themselves."

"Hahaha, it's so good, it's so good, the master is also because someone secretly passed the song..."

Liu Hong had already expected these sloppy things, and he had a reason to get rid of those who belonged to the eunuchs, and Xun Shuang and the others had to distinguish them carefully.

He also knew that the division strategy of this auction could only deceive some stupid petty nobles, and would have no effect on the famous and crowned families, so he only hoped that this would delay the time so that he could completely control Bingzhou.

Liu Hong knew that he was crossing the single-plank bridge now, and there might not be many opportunities for the gentry to be unprepared and unable to guess his intentions. Prepare.

"I intend to hand over Bingzhou to Liu Bo'an and Lu Zigan after this matter is over. Liu Bo'an can be in charge, and Lu Zigan is training troops to prepare for war. What do you two think?"

"Your Majesty knows people well, that's the safest way."

This combination of candidates was not recommended by Xun Shuang. There are already many Xun's children serving as middle and low-level officials in Bingzhou. Liu Hong needs to play another card to check and balance. The clan Liu Yu with integrity and outstanding ability is the best Candidates, as for Lu Zhi, it was purely to guard against Xianbei.

"Afterwards, Youzhou and Sanfu go hand in hand. If you can completely control the three places, great things can be expected!"

Liu Hong is still in the stage of using poor information to attack the gentry. The effect is naturally very good, but he can't go to the Central Plains where the gentry gather together. In that case, the gentry everywhere will wake up and the resistance will be very fierce. He hasn't done it yet. Well prepared to deal with it.

Therefore, Liu Hong could only choose some marginal areas to continue his sneak attack. Although Sanfu and Youzhou also had a lot of gentry, their overall power was much weaker. In addition, Sanfu belonged to Shanxi, and the gentry there had conflicts with Shandong gentry. It is also easy to differentiate.

As for the gentry near Luoyang, Liu Hong and others already have countermeasures. After all, it is the capital of the Han Dynasty, and he still prefers to use gentle means to reform...

"Here, I will take my leave."

After discussing a lot of details, Wang Yue and Shi Acai stepped back to prepare...

(End of this chapter)