Xuande

Chapter 684 Xu Chu and Dian Wei

When dealing with Yuan Shu before, the Nanyang prefect Yang Xu and others joined forces with Liu Bei to attack Yuan Shu.

At that time, Yangxu, the governor of Nanyang County, Lu Kang, the governor of Lujiang County, and Jing Xiu, the governor of Jiujiang County, had a good relationship with Liu Bei. Liu Bei also felt good about them and planned to reuse them.

So not long after that, Yang Xu was transferred by Liu Bei to Luoyang to take up a very common position. Unfortunately, not long after, Yang Xu fell ill and passed away.

Liu Bei felt very sorry for this, and prepared his funeral with the usual etiquette, and sent his body back to his hometown.

Jing Xiu, the governor of Jiujiang County, was similar. Before Liu Bei wanted to transfer him to Luoyang, he was seriously ill, was not cured, and died of illness.

Only Lu Kang persisted and was appointed as the governor of Yanzhou. As a Jiangdong native, he went to the core area of ​​the Central Plains to serve as an official. He was still such an important position as governor, and achieved leapfrog development in his political career.

At present, the three positions of Nanyang County Sheriff, Jiujiang County Sheriff and Lujiang County Sheriff are all vacant.

The imperial court was busy with the slavery restriction before, and couldn't find suitable people to take up these three positions for a while. Now, these three positions have become Liu Bei's breakthrough point for Jiangnan.

So Liu Bei searched around in his talent pool and found three suitable people.

At the end of June in the fourth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei recommended the general Wang Shang as the governor of Jiujiang, the general Qin Mi as the governor of Lujiang, and the general Zhang Ji as the governor of Nanyang in Luoyang.

Both Wang Shang and Qin Mi were older subordinates who followed Liu Bei when Liu Bei first entered Shu. They have been following Liu Bei all these years to handle affairs for him, accumulating a wealth of experience in handling affairs, and they worked hard without complaint. Very satisfied with this.

So Liu Bei planned to entrust the positions of Jiujiang County Sheriff and Lujiang County Sheriff to these two people.

On the other hand, Nanyang County is the hometown of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, with a special status and very important. Liu Bei chose to choose from his own group of generals and chose Zhang Ji, who is very capable, tenacious, and gentle, to take up this position. .

Zhang is the third batch of subordinates who joined Liu Bei's team after Yizhou. In terms of qualifications, he is not very old, and in terms of credit, he is not very old, but according to Liu Bei's long-term observation and test, it can be confirmed that he is a down-to-earth person with a strong personality. Tough and highly resistant to pressure.

There are many powerful landlords in Nanyang County, and the relationship with Luoyang is very delicate. No matter from which point of view, it can be regarded as one of the strongholds of reactionary forces.

As a county to which Jingzhou belongs, its overall population and economic strength is undoubtedly the first in Jingzhou, and the second and third combined are not as good as it.

Liu Bei needs someone who is tough and able to withstand the pressure to go to Nanyang County to take up the post of sheriff, and control the basic situation of Nanyang County for him, otherwise the slavery restriction order in Nanyang County will not be implemented at all.

At the same time, Liu Bei also arranged for Gan Ning, Yan Xing, and Shi Huan, three outstanding generals who served as school lieutenants, to serve as the prime ministers of Nanyang, Lujiang, and Jiujiang respectively.

The three school lieutenants each led a battalion of Shu people to station in the area, giving confidence to the three county guards.

At the same time, they also have special missions.

After the appointment was made, Liu Bei convened a meeting of six people and told them that the core factor of going to the post this time was to become the vanguard of Liu Bei's sphere of influence in the Jiangnan area, which was of great significance, so they were equipped with enough soldiers.

The task of the three new county guards is to hold basic administrative power and provide sufficient logistical support for the army to help the army gain a firm foothold there, then recruit local recruits, and each train a battalion of local soldiers.

The requirements of the local soldiers are to be familiar with the water and be able to operate the boat, so as to become a boat force and provide help for the construction of the water army in Liu Bei's army.

So far, Liu Bei's army has only infantry, cavalry and other technical arms. The navy has not been built so far, which makes Liu Bei feel a little inappropriate.

In this regard, Zhang Ji seems to have a feeling.

"Junhou, do you mean to let us start building a navy? Do you think the imperial court will have a battle in the south of the Yangtze River?"

Liu Bei looked at Zhang Ji with satisfaction, smiled and nodded.

"What De Jong said is exactly what I thought. The two prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River are the weakest places of the imperial court, and they are also places that I have not managed before. It is also the biggest problem in the implementation of the slavery restriction. If there is no Preliminary preparations, the implementation of the slavery restriction order in Jingyang and Yangzhou is probably just a formality to deal with the court.

I have no confidence in dealing with Jiangnan. If Jiangnan rebels and I let the troops who have lived in the north rush into the south for a long time, I am afraid that more people will die of illness than those who died in battle. That is not a result I can accept. .

So I need you to fight an outpost for me. I will arrange for the Jin people in the army and the Han people in Shuzhong to follow you south. They are used to the hot and humid climate. Based on them, recruit new soldiers and train sailors. Only by obtaining a certain number of available soldiers can the slavery restriction order be promoted. "

Hearing that Liu Bei's plan was so well-organized, Zhang Ji and others admired Liu Bei's thoughtfulness and far-reaching thinking.

They accepted the tasks assigned by Liu Bei one after another, saying that they would definitely try their best to perform these tasks for Liu Bei and never let Liu Bei down.

When they left, Liu Bei did not forget to hold their hands, and told them one by one that the army should pay attention to acclimatization, and they also need it, so they must pay attention to it, and must abide by the health regulations in the army.

You can't drink raw water, you can't eat raw or cold food, you must drink boiled water, and eat cooked food. In summer, you need to use more wormwood. You must remember to use more wormwood to smoke mosquitoes, and don't treat mosquito bites. Do little things and things like that.

Although they are all trivial things, the entrustment from Liu Bei will make the subordinates feel warm in their hearts, feel that it is a very happy thing to do things for Liu Bei, and feel that Liu Bei is thinking about them. care.

After this matter was ordered, within a few days, Zhang Ji and others set off to the south, accompanied by three battalions of Shu soldiers. They will go south together and become the vanguard army of Liu Bei's forces entering the south. Deeply cultivate locally and strive to take root.

Having said that, neither Nanyang County nor Jiujiang County nor Lujiang County can be regarded as Jiangnan. Oe.

This is also something that can’t be helped. The entry of political forces needs to be done slowly. For places without a political foundation, there is no point in rushing forward.

Fortunately, these three counties can also train sailors.

After they left, Liu Bei was not idle. While working with Man Chong on the establishment of Zhongshutai and some arrangements, he was doing some work for the establishment of his personal guards.

Previously, under the advice of his subordinates, Liu Bei decided to build a personal guard force for himself. For this reason, he sent people to summon Xu Chu and Dian Wei.

This time luck was good, both of them were summoned by him.

Dian Wei was serving as a low-level officer in the Yanzhou army at that time. He was stunned when he learned that the general Liu Bei was going to call him, and his colleagues and comrades were also stunned. General Liu Bei's eyes.

But this did not prevent Dian Wei from rushing to Luoyang, humming.

Xu Chu was similar. He was not an official at the time, and his family was just a large-scale local tyrant in Qiao County. He had some power and influence in the local area, but it was not the case in a larger area.

It is worth mentioning that when Xu Chu was summoned, it coincided with the promulgation of the slavery restriction order.

The Xu family is a family with abundant martial arts virtues. At that time, some members of the clan proposed to rebel, and they didn't want to hand over all their slaves so simply.

But when Xu Chu's summoning order came, the attitude of the Xu family turned 180 degrees.

Hand it over, hand it all over, the general thinks highly of us big bastards, how can we still be shameless?

There is no need to ask for slaves anymore. As long as there is the great general's favor, is the Xu clan afraid of having no future?
So the Xu family became the first powerful local family in the county to go to the government to deliver their slaves.

They handed over all the slaves needed by the imperial court, and opened the family residence to invite people from the government to inspect it. After they visited every corner of the Xu clan land, they also arranged for people to eat and drink, and gave them away as gifts when they left. Souvenirs...

(End of this chapter)