Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 255 Young People Begin to Appear
"Meet the General!"

After looking at Zhang Yi and Mi Wei in front of him, and signaling that they don't need to be polite, Zhao Feng also paid attention to the two of them.After all, Zhang Ni was born in poverty, and he was wearing only a coarse cloth singlet. His skin color was yellowish with black like the average Sichuanese, and his figure was only 1.6 meters [-], but in Xichuan, this is already considered relatively tall. .

As for Mi Wei, although he is not the only child of the Mi family, but as the eldest grandson of the richest man in Xuzhou, at least his clothes are much more glamorous than Zhang Yi.Both of them are strong, even Mi Wei is quite strong, at least he looks more like a general than his uncle with a general belly.

"Boqi, Jianwu, you are all military officers selected by the Nine Ranks. Boqi, you are from Nanzhong, and you are good at infantry combat. I will appoint you as the captain of the infantry; Jianwu, you will be the captain of the cavalry. , in charge of the cavalry in the West Camp." Zhao Feng thought for a while.This is also what he has considered carefully. Zhang Yi used to be the commander of Wudang's flying army in history, and he is a good fighter in mountain warfare, so let him command the infantry; Fighting, in case of hanging up, Mi Zhu himself will not be able to explain it.The so-called cavalry captain, according to the organizational system, only commands hundreds of cavalry and guards the core areas of the state and county.Cao Ren's son Xia Houfeng was the captain of cavalry, and he led [-] cavalry to guard Yecheng.Now that Mi Wei is a riding captain, he should still be competent.

"Thank you, General!" The two of them didn't expect to receive such treatment at once. Although the position of captain is only a county-level official position, it is not easy to appoint.As soon as he debuts now, he can serve as a military officer of this level, which is not bad.Even Zhao Feng himself became a captain after recruiting soldiers after the pavilion chief and Gongcao had endured for a few years.

Zhao Feng didn't realize at the time that the Liu Bei Group's second-generation rich and second-generation poor had already begun to show their prominence one after another.In fact, he can’t be blamed for this, because the rich second generations of the Shu Han in history were too depressed. A little doll about the age of my son.As for Zhao Tong and Zhao Guang, he was still conceived in Ma Yunlu's stomach.Liu Feng and Guan Ping, who were more famous in the early days, one rebellious and the other died young, leaving no deeds worth singing.Now although juniors like Guan Ping, Mi Wei and even Xiang Chong and Zhang Ni are starting to make their mark, it is still old guys like Guan Yu and the others who are leading the charge.It is normal for Zhao Feng to ignore these boys.

Zhao Feng didn't even realize that he was in an embarrassing age group.Even the youngest of the old guys, Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei, are already 40 years old this year, and Zhao Feng himself is only 31 years old this year, considered to be in the prime of life, similarly Zhuge Liang is only 27 years old, headed by their civil and military skills, Coupled with Lu Xun, Wei Yan and others, it just constitutes a buffer age group between the old and the new.Their age determines that their identities are a bit embarrassing. Once Liu Bei is afraid that his heirs will not be able to control them, he will probably remove the hidden dangers himself before he bids farewell to this world.From this point of view, is Zhao Feng digging his own grave by promoting these juniors?

Naturally, these things were beyond his comprehension.It has been eight months since the end of the Great War in the Central Plains. In the past six months, Xichuan's people's livelihood and military equipment have also been greatly restored.Since Liu Bei allocated nearly 2000 soldiers to him, Zhao Feng did not recruit other soldiers this year except to recruit more than [-] people from Nanzhong to supplement the Unprecedented Flying Army.He even eliminated more than ten thousand slightly weak Sichuan troops, and then trained these troops under his own leadership.Strive to make the Sichuan Army truly an elite division with sufficient combat power before the next Northern Expedition.

"At present, Xichuan and Hanzhong, plus the three counties of Longxi and Shangyong, have a total household registration of 50, and a total of 180 million men and women. There are a total of 12 horse infantry in various places, of which [-] are stationed in the three counties of Longxi and [-] in Hanzhong. There are [-] people in Xichuan, and there are more than [-] people in the three counties of Shangyong. In addition, there are about [-] county soldiers, [-] field soldiers guarding the place, and [-] unprecedented flying troops." Yizhou Mufu Yazhong, Zhizhong Huang Quan spoke carefully.

"Not bad!" Zhao Feng nodded again and again when he heard the words. This is much stronger than the Shu Han in history. The main reason is that the three counties of Shangyong and Longxi are in hand, and the second is that Cao Cao did not let the population of Yinping, Wudu and Hanzhong When moving to Guanzhong, the third time he attacked Hanzhong and Xichuan, they were all quick and quick. They didn't fight for several years like Liu Bei did in history, and these places didn't suffer too much damage.

"Thanks to the general's recuperation these years, otherwise, how could the people of Xichuan live and work in peace and contentment!" Huang Quan sighed.To say that Zhao Feng is the same as in history, after Xichuan was captured, some people suggested that the fertile land near Chengdu be used as military settlements or given to soldiers, but Zhao Feng still adopted Zhao Yun's suggestion in history and recruited the people to cultivate the land.Although the short-term benefits are not so direct, but in the long run, it must be able to develop more stably.

"However, what I admire most about the general is his ability to stabilize Nanzhong." Youdao said that flattering doesn't cost money, and Huang Quan sent another note by the way.After Nanzhong was stabilized, Xichuan had one less worry about the future during the battle, but one more source of soldiers and horses.Presumably in a few years, Nanzhong will be more Sinicized, and then it will be able to obtain more stable land and population resources.

While Zhao Feng was tossing his poor family in Xichuan, Prime Minister Cao, who was rich and powerful in the north, was proud of himself.On the side of Tongque Terrace, Cao Cao led his generals to hunt outside the city of Ye.It is a sunny day with clear air and beautiful wind. Looking up at the vastness of the universe, looking down at the prosperity of the appearance.While Cao Cao was in high spirits, he also ordered a Shu brocade war robe to be hung on the treetops.Then he gave an order, so the generals will ride horses and shoot arrows, if they can hit the red heart, they will be given a brocade robe, if they miss, they will be punished with a glass of water.

As in history, although Wenpin and Zhang Liao are missing, Cao Jun's talents are still extremely strong.Cao Cao was overjoyed and shouted wildly again and again.After the shooting and hunting came to an end, Cao Cao ordered a banquet in honor of the generals. These vulgar people didn't care much at all, and they drank and had fun for a while, and the atmosphere reached a small climax.

The purpose of holding such a large-scale social gathering is not only to connect with Cao Cao, but also to examine the strength of the younger generation.Cao Cao himself is over half a hundred years old this year, and the brothers Xiahou and Cao Ren who followed him in the army are also middle-aged.Among the other generals, Le Jin died of serious injuries after being disabled, and Li Dian has been bedridden since the last battle, and is now dying.Among the civil servants, counting the early drama talents, as well as Guo Jia and Xun Yu who passed away one after another in recent years, several have died.For the long run, Cao Cao must cultivate young talents.

But Cao Cao seems to have overlooked a very important issue, that is, he himself is not young anymore, it is true that talents have entered the rotation cycle, and he should choose his own successor for himself.However, Cao Cao has not considered this issue for the time being.

After riding horses and archery, reciting poems and composing Fu, Cao Cao can still see a few talents, such as Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen and others.It's just that military commanders can see it, but civil servants can't easily see it.Cao Cao looked around, but when he saw Sima Yi, who was drinking, his brows couldn't help but frown again.

According to Jia Xu, Sima Yi is in Xuchang on weekdays. Apart from being busy with official duties, the rest of the time is spent hanging around romantic places, or getting drunk or laughing. At first glance, he looks like a vagabond.But Cao Cao knew that Sima Yi was definitely not such a simple person.His keeping a low profile like this only shows that he still has bigger pursuits.Thinking of the weird dream he had all along, Cao Cao became more and more afraid of this ugly young man.As long as he finds a little flaw in him, he is ready to kill the grass and root it out.

"Father, today all the people gathered together, the child is not talented, so I compose a poem, and I invite you to comment on it!" Cao Zhi said at this time.What is the finale, the finale is to be the last to make a move, but with absolute certainty, it can guarantee that the skills will dominate the audience.

Cao Zhi's literary talent is indeed the best in the world. As soon as this poem was recited, it immediately won a lot of applause.Although the rest of the literati, such as Chen Lin, are also top-notch literary scholars in the world, now that they see Cao Zhi's poems, they can only applaud.

"Haha, Zijian's literary talents are really amazing!" Cao Cao laughed loudly. Seeing that Cao Cao praised his son so much in public, all the civil servants were even more generous with their flattery, and they praised Cao Zhi in different ways. .Cao Zhi himself is even more complacent and complacent.

Cao Cao looked around at the crowd, but saw that Jia Xu was the only one picking up his beard alone, noncommittal, and asked a little strangely, "Why, Wenhe, is Zijian's poem not good?"

"Mr. Zijian was born for the world. This poem is naturally excellent. But Jia Xu thinks that there seems to be something missing in Mr. Zijian's poems." Jia Xu said cautiously.

"Oh, I don't know what Mr. Wen He thinks, what else is needed?" Cao Zhi couldn't help being a little displeased when he heard this.He is young and energetic, how can he allow people to talk about his poems like that.In fact, Jia Xu's suggestion has been tactful, but Cao Zhi's poems since he was 14 years old can only win applause, no matter how tactful his criticism is, no one dares to touch him.

Jia Xu seemed to turn a deaf ear to the displeasure in Cao Zhi's words, and just said to himself: "We have been honored by the King's grace today, so that we can gather together and enjoy peace. It's just that at this moment, there is still General Zi Xiao, a wonderful talent. The general and the others guarded the frontiers in Luoyang and Guanzhong, so that we can enjoy peace. You must not forget them in your poems!"

As soon as Jia Xu said this, all the civil servants let it go, and the generals all nodded their heads in agreement.Although Cao Zhi was upset, he still tried his best to restrain himself and said, "What Mr. said is true, Zhi will pay attention to it in the future!" It's just that the badness in his tone is clear at a glance.Cao Cao couldn't help frowning when he heard this.It is true that my son is talented in literary talent, but it is also obvious that he is young and vigorous, arrogant in his talent.This kind of personality is fine for drinking and reciting poems with literati, but it is not enough to be a leader.Thinking of this, Cao Cao involuntarily glanced at Cao Pi who was at the side. At this time, he was drinking and eating meat with Xia Houfeng and others without any scruples.Cao Cao looked at Cao Pi, and then at Cao Zhi, but deep down in his heart he sighed softly.

(End of this chapter)