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Chapter 516 Fifteen States in the World

In the late afternoon, when Yuan Yao was handling official business in the Prime Minister's Mansion, he suddenly received a bulletin from Yangzhou: Yuan Shu, the former Yangzhou Muzuo General, and now Yuzhou Muche General Yuan Shu, has successfully handed over power to the new North Yangzhou Mu Zhoucang. Leading the soldiers are coming to Pingyu City, it is expected to arrive at noon tomorrow! !

After receiving this news, Yuan Yao was immediately refreshed, and Xu Shu and Gong Du came, saying: "Father-in-law, Yuan Zhi, and other matters, you two should discuss and deal with them, I have to go back!"

Then he explained the situation to the two of them.

"Prime Minister, please don't worry, Xu Changshi and I will handle everything with all our heart!" Shi Gong, the prefect of Runan and the head of the prime minister's house, said with a smile.

Xu Shu said: "Master, I can accompany you back home!"

"No need, Yuan Zhi, the Prime Minister's Mansion still needs you to sit in charge! I have nothing else to do when I go back. I just want to announce the good news to my mother and organize my thoughts. I will see my father tomorrow. I don't want to be punished by my father." Father looks down upon him!" Yuan Yao said with a smile.

"Hehe!!" Gong Du and Xu Shu laughed.

Although Yang Wu was the director of the Prime Minister's Mansion, he still followed Yuan Yao most of the time, and Yang Wu didn't need to go out in person for the supervision.

From the Prime Minister's Mansion to the Taolin Mansion, the distance is actually tens of zhang, and there is only a Xiongwei Battalion stationed in the middle.

After returning to Taolin Mansion, most of the followers did not follow Yuan Yao closely because of the guards of Lu Lingqi and Sun Shangxiang's female bodyguards.

"Yang Wu, why don't you take half a day off today, go back and spend time with your family!" Yuan Yao said.

Although Yang Wu and Xu Shu were promoted, they still lived in Taolin Mansion with some of their relatives.

From the middle courtyard to the study in the front yard, you can hear it just by shouting, there is no need for Yang Wu to die in the study in broad daylight.

"No, my lord, if this subordinate is worried, Xu Ding will also take a rest today. It's okay if Xu Ding takes a rest with me!" Yang Wudao.

"Okay, then help me get the map! I have to study it carefully, not only to be fully prepared to talk to my father, but more importantly, I have to deduce the next move of the princes of the world!" Yuan Yao said.

Yang Wu obeyed, found the complete map of the great man from the bookshelf, and spread it in front of Yuan Yao.

But just looking at the map is not intuitive, so Yuan Yao ordered a few of his followers to cut a few discarded bamboo slips into rectangular pieces, and write their names on them one by one.

Place them on the map from top to bottom, from north to south.

Youzhou Mu: Former General, Gongsun Zan

Jizhou Mu: Right General, Yuan Shao

Bingzhou Governor: High-ranking officials

Governor of Liangzhou: Wei Duan

Governor of Yongzhou: General Zhengxi, Duan Yao
Captain Sili: General Anxi, Chen Dao
Yanzhou Mu: Hussar General, Lu Bu

Qingzhou Mu: General of Zhengbei, Zang Ba

Yuzhou Mu: Chariot General, Yuan Shu

Xuzhou Mu: General of Zhengdong, Lu Fan

Northern Yangzhou pastoral: General Annan, Zhou Cang
Yizhou Shepherd: Liu Zhang
Jingzhou Mu: Zhennan General, Liu Biao

Southern Yangzhou Shepherd: Sun Ce, the general who conquered the South
Governor of Jiaozhou: Zhu Fu

The thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty, because Yangzhou and Sili prefectures are divided into two, have now become fifteen prefectures!
Among them, the chiefs of the four prefectures are still in the status of governors, and their power is relatively weak. The rest are all princes with full military and political power at the prefectural level.

If you look at the ranks of generals, the one with the highest military power should be the former general Gongsun Zan.

The arrangement of the general positions is like this: general, general hussars, general chariots, general Wei, general front, general right, general left, general rear, and then the four towns, four campaigns and four security.

After Yuan Yao placed the last bamboo tablet, the general situation of the whole world was clear at a glance.

A large block in the middle, starting from Yongzhou, followed by Sili, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou, North Yangzhou, and South Yangzhou, a total of eight states are all under the control of Yuan Yao, and they are the eight most densely populated states. More than half of the fifteen states in the world.

However, the largest territory is not in Yuan Yao's grasp.

From Liangzhou to the west, to Dawan, Da Yuezhi and other countries that do not belong to the Han Dynasty, this area is extremely vast. It is connected to the Xiongnu in the north and Kunlun Mountain in the south. Directly rule this area, but it is not considered a state, but controlled by Liangzhou.

Therefore, if Liangzhou is counted in the Western Regions, its territory is the largest among the fifteen states.

Jialiang Prefecture in the Western Regions is Xiliang.

Xiliang is close to Dawan Kingdom, which is famous for horses. Although the war horses produced are not as good as Dawan horses, they are also very famous because of their mixed blood. Yuan Yao has always coveted Xiliang's war horses. He originally hoped that there would be more Liangzhou governors. Sending some war horses over, I didn't expect to send only [-] Xiliang war horses!
With the largest territory, even if it is raised in the wild, you can't just send [-] horses!
"Hmm..." Yuan Yao picked up the bamboo tablet of the governor of Xiliang, knocked on the case a few times, shook his head and put it down again.

Then Yuan Yao looked at Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan in the north, and there was nothing to see, the situation was clear at a glance.

Liu Zhang from Yizhou and Liu Biao from Jingzhou have nothing to look at, they are enemies, Liu Biao is a royalist, and Liu Zhang wants to become emperor!There are a lot of unpleasant things between the two, Yuan Yao is not worried that the two will form an alliance.

Needless to say, his own territory in the middle, although Sun Ce has ambitions, but Yuan Yao believes that Sun Ce will not be foolish enough to not want his brother-in-law and the most reliable ally!
It was Jiaozhou, the southernmost state, which made Yuan Yao's eyes shine.

In the past, Jiaozhou was far from Yuan Yao's Yuzhou, and Yuan Yao didn't care about the situation in Jiaozhou, but now it's different. Now that the emperor is coercing the emperor to command the princes, the strategy no longer needs to be seen in the past, not only Fifteen prefectures in the world, even the Wa country far overseas, and the Xiongnu Xianbei far before the Great Wall, etc. must be taken into consideration.

"Yang Wu, since you are the Si Zhi of the Prime Minister's Mansion now, you should know more about the basic information of the officials, right?" Yuan Yao asked with a smile.

"Yes! My lord, Yang Wu is already very familiar with the princes of the fifteen states at least!" Yang Wu clasped his fists.

"Well, I'll test you, and you can briefly talk about his situation!" Yuan Yao picked up the bamboo plaque of Zhu Fu, the governor of Jiaozhou, and showed it to Yang Wu.

Yang Wu glanced at him and said: "Zhu Fu, the current governor of Jiaozhou, a native of Kuaiji County, Yangzhou, his father Zhu Jun, who was a Taiwei, died of illness half a year ago, and a younger brother Zhu Hao, who is now the prefect of Yuzhang County!"

"Good! Good!! Hehe! Yang Wu, you still remember it very clearly!! Can you tell me again, what is the use of this Zhufu to us now?" Yuan Yao praised a few words and asked again.

"Zhu Fu is just a governor. Even if he has his younger brother in Yuzhang to support each other, but Liu Biao is separated from us, it will not be of much use to us, right? According to the estimation of his subordinates, although Zhu Fu and Zhu Hao have a relationship with Liu Biao I have never had any disputes, but I would never dare to start a war with Liu Biao!" Yang Wu affirmed.

Yuan Yao nodded and said, "Yang Wu, what you said is very correct. According to common sense, it would be useless, but now is not an ordinary time! There is another force in Yuzhang County! The former governor of Yangzhou, Liu Yao!! "

(End of this chapter)