Three days later, Ji You met Zhang Jian, who came to thank him, in the Qu'a County Office, and also knew what had happened around Qu'a in the past few days. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Three days ago, Zhang Jian used the rice grain sent by Qu'a as bait to set up an ambush outside the county and kill Guan Shangge who was tracking him on the spot. Then he lured Honghui out with the seal of the businessman, and easily accepted Honghui's subordinates. Then, he led the people of the department to come south and incorporated the rest of the management business.

After receiving the two people, Zhang Jian swept away the depression after the fiasco, and his strength was especially better than in the past. As soon as he met outside the county office, he came out of the crowd, and bowed deeply to Ji You from afar, and said in a sincere tone: "Thank you Ji Jun for giving me good help, if not, I will not die well!" ”

When Ji You heard this sincere thanks, he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. He is not good at making changes, and the reason why he is willing to help Zhang Jian is also to fulfill Shen Zhezi's entrustment. Originally, he thought that Zhang Jian was asking for food to stay in Jurong for a long time, and to confront Guan and Hong, but he didn't expect Zhang Jian to be so decisive, and he had already made a plan to kill Guan Shang from the beginning of borrowing grain.

Now that Guan Shang and Honghui are all subordinates of Zhang Jian, Zhang Jian's strength has risen instead of disappearing, and the situation is very different from what Ji You expected. He didn't know whether he had helped Shen Zhezi or if he had done something bad, so he was quite worried in his heart.

After welcoming Zhang Jian into the county office and sitting down, Ji You pondered for a moment before asking tentatively: "Zhang Hou's demeanor is better than in the past, do you have the heart to raise troops to the east to ask for battle, and be ashamed of it?" It's just that I want to say sorry, the 5,000 grains were the only ones left in the county, and I really couldn't produce salt and rice out of thin air to supply the army. ”

When Zhang Jian heard this, he smiled and shook his head, lowered his head and stroked the wound of the white silk binding on his arm, and said after a long sigh: "There is a basis for advancing and retreating in military affairs, how can you act on your will alone. A certain invincible general, victory is the soldier's life, defeat is a lack of strategy, how dare he use his troops because of personal grievances. Moreover, the great cause is strong in the other place, and the defenders know the soldiers and advance bravely, and they are not able to overcome the victory. ”

When Ji You heard him say this, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. It is really the name of the Liyang Army, especially Zhang Jian's bravery, has been praised a lot, and Shen Zhezi can defeat him once, but he may not be able to win the second time. At this time, hearing that Zhang Jian did not have any serious thoughts of revenge, his tense heartstrings were soothed.

Zhang Jian took a sip of tea on the table, and then closed his eyes and reminisced slightly, and the scarred fierce face revealed a trace of incommensurate elegance: "In the early years, I only felt that Nanming was bland, not as good as buttermilk, but now my mood is different, and I have a different flavor when I touch it carefully." ”

Ji You's heart was heavy, and he didn't know how to answer for a while, but he noticed that Zhang Jian put down the teacup and looked straight at him. His heart suddenly burst into his heart, and he forced a smile: "Zhang Hou can have any advice?" ”

Zhang Jian smiled after hearing this, pointed at Ji You and said: "In my early years, I used to look at people with partial eyes, and I always thought that meat eaters were better than rhetoric, but I was clumsy in doing general affairs, and now I think about it, which is really wrong. When I crossed the river and used things to help the community, I was fortunate to see the prince of the palace, and I looked at it with my shallow eyes, and only relied on the old hope to usurp the ordinary old man, which is not enough to see. The grasshopper looks at the big tree, it is difficult to see its height, and the clarity of Mu Gong is not something that a cold martial artist like me can see. ”

Ji You didn't know why Zhang Jian suddenly said about his eldest father, but after hearing this, he just laughed dryly and said: "The demeanor of the eldest father, although I am familiar with it, it is rare to get a line after all, and I dare not talk about it." ”

"Ji Jun really doesn't need to be too humble, in my opinion, you have already won the charm of Mu Gong."

Zhang Jian smiled, as if he had a point, and then his voice changed again, and his expression was not lacking in loneliness: "In the early years, I used to look at people with partial eyes, but now I am victimized. Wu Zhong Yulang has long been famous, but I am only an idler's lie, the day before yesterday was almost trapped in the battle, and there are still lingering palpitations. Fang knows that people are true, and their names are not fortunate. With my dull talents, I shall not drown, and I shall not know the dangers of water. Thinking of this young concubine, no one can look at him, but Mu Gong can look down with his eyes high, and he is fortunate to be in the room. This ability to perceive is really amazing! ”

Hearing Zhang Jian's praise of his two closest relatives, Ji You also felt quite honored, and said with emotion: "Wei Zhou's talent is extraordinary, and he has already had a clue. I have always had a sense of being in a state of defilement with him......"

At this point, he paused and said no more.

However, Zhang Jian was talking about it, stroked his hands and sighed: "The form of a human is only a god, and there is really a difference between jade." Such beautiful people walk in the world, making people yearn for them and have intimate intentions. It's a pity, it's a pity, I'm probably not honored to do so, it's a pity. ”

Hearing this, Ji You finally realized that Zhang Jian's attitude was unusual, and many thoughts flashed through his mind, and in the end, he just laughed dryly twice and was silent.

However, Zhang Jian didn't intend to let Ji You go, his eyes burned and looked at the young man, and his tone had changed faintly: "I know what kind of person I am. I was really flattered to be able to get Ji Jun's appreciation and kindness. I came to visit today, in addition to thanking me, I also want to ask Ji Jun if he can teach me. ”

Hearing Zhang Jian's straightforward words, Ji You already had a cold sweat on his back, and he didn't dare to think about what would happen to him if he didn't respond properly.

Under Zhang Jian's fierce gaze, after muttering for a long time, he slowly spoke: "Why should Zhang Hou think very little about himself. I want to live up to this township, but I want to live up to it, not to live up to the use of the court, not to live up to the invitation of the villagers, not to live up to the rewards of my peers, but also to live up to the family style. I am willing to help Zhang Hou, the one who takes the lesser of the two evils, the Guan family is too greedy and abused, and it is not the blessing of the villagers to live here for a long time. Fake Zhang Hou's hand to get rid of it, although it is a cross thought, but it has to be. ”

When Zhang Jian heard Ji You say this, his expression was slightly stunned, and after bowing his head and muttering for a while, his eyes looking at Ji You were no longer aggressive, and his tone was also softened, and Yu Xi chuckled in the banquet: "How fortunate is the last general, Ji Jun knows each other." Ji Jun, please rest assured, a person who is not a murderer, Ji Jun will not live up to others, and I will not fail you. I live in this country for a day, and I will never abuse the villagers. ”

When Ji You heard this, he slowly relieved himself with a tense breath in his heart, but when he thought of the difference in each other's positions, his mood turned a little more complicated, and he looked at Zhang Jian and said, "It's a pity that Xian Liang paid ...... wrong."

"There are so many virtuous people in the world, how many people are there who can know?"

Zhang Jian also knew that a child of the Wuzhongwang clan like Ji You, no matter how obedient he was on the surface, he was not the same kind of person as their group of rebels after all, and he didn't mind Ji You's feelings, but said in an almost self-dissecting tone: "It's a pity that a fair and knowledgeable person like Ji Jun can't be in a high position early, otherwise the state affairs will not be like this." Xiang Nian and I crossed the river on the orders of the king, why don't we want to protect the peace of the mountains and rivers with this blood, if we are not forced to be humiliated to the poor, how dare we do this evil thing! ”

Ji You couldn't help but be silent when he heard this, he really felt sorry for Zhang Jian.

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There has not been much military action in the area recently, and in addition to the recuperation of the wounded, the other soldiers have also maintained basic military drills to maintain their morale and physical fitness.

In addition to playing prestige, that battle also brought unprecedented attention to Dayeguan. After the victory, Xingtai quickly commended the generals of Dayeguan. Now the work of counterinsurgency has not yet been completed, so the generals will only reward the ministry, not the lords.

As the main general of this battle, Shen Zhezi was given the rank of third-class Zhaowu general. Although the Three Kingdoms were flooded with miscellaneous numbers, the General was no longer very valuable. However, Shen Zhezi was awarded the third class as a teenager, and he was also a real fake festival supervisor, except for some special circumstances and the kings of the clan, it was also eye-catching. But his glory was earned in exchange for real achievements, and it did not cause any criticism.

From Shen Zhezi onwards, all the generals will be rewarded. Xu Mao made the first contribution to the battle as a striker, and Jiayi Xingtai was too obedient to his duties and gave him a guard of honor. Guo Yu originally had a marquis's building, but he was removed after coming south, and his achievements were restored. Shen Mo and Shen Mu of the Shen family both received the rank of fourth-class general, and Du He, Tao Hong and other staff officers and military personnel of the army also received a medal.

In this kind of thing, Yu Yi is much more temperamental than Yu Liang. When Yu Liang was in power, in order to avoid material discussions, in addition to pushing off his own reward, the rewards of his brothers in the family could also be pushed. Yu Yi is different, and with the credit given to Yu Man in Shen Zhezi's battle report, he directly added a medal to his son.

This is also one of the reasons why Shen Zhezi is more willing to contact Yu Yi, everyone has selfish intentions, and people like Yu Liang who are close to the public are not easy to get along with. Because this kind of people subconsciously put themselves in a position where public opinion cannot be blamed, it seems that they are trying to avoid suspicion, but they are prevaricating inside. There is merit but not reward, and there is no responsibility for the fault. This is not the way a ruler should do things.

In addition to the promotion in the ministry, this battle also brought more than ten great achievements and more than 1,000 small achievements to the Dongyang Army.

For the method of remembering merit in this era, Shen Zhezi is still at a loss, it is too complicated. However, he also knew that these credits could be exchanged for money, rice, or land after the war. If it can be redeemed truthfully, it will also be a great reward for these soldiers who fought bloodily.

However, the financial situation of the imperial court was not ideal, and it was very difficult to fulfill the truth, so in order to maintain the lives of the soldiers, the only way to do so was to divide the financial or administrative power of the local government directly to the chief generals, who rewarded the soldiers themselves. This is also one of the reasons why the world military system collapsed and the family military system became more and more popular, the smaller the central power, the heavier the local power, this is a vicious circle.

For example, Shen Zhezi's merit for this great victory, the Dongyang Army that participated in the war was recruited, and there was no land in the local area to be rewarded, and if he wanted to exchange the credit, he could only give Shen Chong, the assassin of Dongyangzhou, more power to raise it himself.

The other part is the Shen family's private army, and half of the credit should be directly credited to Shen Zhezi. If Shen Zhezi was just a homeless marshal who had no foundation in the imperial court, this reward could still be discounted and delayed, but Shen Zhezi was not. If you want to redeem this merit, you must give him a real title, or a knighthood or a ministry.

In fact, there has been no particularly good plan for the realization of such military exploits in previous dynasties, and once the war is too frequent, it will inevitably cause damage to the power and financial power of the center. In addition to tabooing the meritorious masters, it is probably also because the rewards are too widespread in the process of fighting the world, and this means is used to delay the stimulation of contradictions.

Shen Zhezi doesn't have to think about this question at the moment, but there is no lack of emotion in his heart. People can share hardships but not wealth together, when they fight the world, they are close comrades-in-arms, and they can't put their hearts in their hearts and eat together, but once their identities change, their former comrades-in-arms have become a factor of social instability.

Due to the special nature of the Dongyang Army, even if the achievements have not yet been fulfilled, the soldiers have gained a lot. Daye Pass is the barrier of Jingkou, there are murderers like Zhang Jian roaming outside, even if Xiongguan is blocking the way, Jingkou is also panicked. This battle directly defeated Zhang Jian and relieved the military threat in Jingkou, so the recent civil sacrifice of the army is also popular.

These people in Jingkou may be slightly inferior to others, but there is no shortage of money. Before the reward was issued, many people spontaneously escorted materials and wealth to the great cause. Among these people, the Wu people account for a large proportion, and their enthusiasm is so high that it is simply unbearable.

Nowadays, there are mountains of materials in Daye Pass. Shen Zhezi did not need to deduct this kind of labor and army materials, and distributed them all, and the rewards for each soldier were extremely rich, so that every time they arrived, the entire pass was filled with a rich smell of meat, and the cauldron was boiling and the soup was boiling, and everyone could feast on it.

Of course, this kind of civil sacrifice cannot completely replace the rewards of the imperial court, after all, the enthusiasm of the people is limited and intermittent. However, this gave Shen Zhezi a little inspiration, and now the center is weak and the people are strong.

The imperial court has not made attempts to centralize power, such as Emperor Yuan's broken government to divide the power of the high gate, Emperor Ming's rebellion after the transfer of many square towns, Yu Liang's suppression of the power center of Fang Zhen, and repeated ruins of the land, but this kind of behavior may be effective in the short term, but it is followed by a more violent counterattack. It is still difficult to maintain stability, let alone concentrate on the Northern Expedition to recover the homeland.

No matter what Shen Zhezi is doing, the final focus is still the Northern Expedition. Therefore, there are many contradictions in his ideas or practices, on the one hand, to increase his own power in order to gain more power, and on the other hand, he hopes to maintain the authority of the center, in order to mobilize the people's power to prepare for the Northern Expedition.

However, at a time when the gap between the people and the country is so deep, it is too difficult to strike a balance between the two. It is true that the attempts of the Hidden Lord and the Shang Alliance have given Shen Zhezi the opportunity to mobilize more people's forces, but it is still debatable to channel these forces to the Northern Expedition.

This time, with the help of the opportunity of Xingtai to establish in Jingkou, Shen Zhezi used the Shang Alliance and Yinjue to achieve some political goals, such as planning to divide the state and support Yu Yi to govern. But he also had to admit that the Shang Alliance and the Yin Jue were too extensive, and after all, they were loose alliances for profit, and they were not enough to form the kind of big capital group that sat on economic capital and then looked at political goals.

However, this time, these people in Jingkou made Shen Zhezi realize the possibility of guiding the people's power, that is, the opening of the Ming Dynasty, and the exchange of money for salt. The more far-reaching implications of this system are not considered, but purely militarily, and it can be described as a model for the government to mobilize civilian forces to expand the frontier. Merchants prepared to transport grain and grass to the frontier, and then exchanged it for salt from the government's monopoly, and in the process, the government saved a lot of financial and civilian resources, and could put more of these forces into the war to expand the results of the war.

Of course, there are many drawbacks to this method, but most of them are inevitable loopholes in the artificial process, and the system has not kept up with the changes in the general environment. As far as this idea is concerned, it is already a very subtle embodiment of the wisdom of the ancients. It can be said to be an inspiration for the current situation that requires the large-scale use of troops and the central power is really insufficient.

But as soon as he thought about it along this line, Shen Zhezi couldn't help but be a little discouraged, because the central power had been divided into pieces, and there were almost no bargaining chips that could be exchanged. However, Shen Zhezi is not discouraged by this, as long as he has an idea, he can always find a solution if he continues to explore, anyway, he is not going to carry out the Northern Expedition immediately, and he still has time to try.

Skip this section and turn to the current issue of warfare. After defeating Zhang Jian, the biggest advantage is that information can circulate, and things are no longer isolated. Recently, Shen Zhezi has occasionally traveled with the Guannai rangers, cruising around these counties in the east of Jiankang City to appease the panicked people in the left vicinity.

The infighting between Zhang Jian and Guan Shang was fired, and Shen Zhezi soon got the news. For Zhang Jian's decisiveness and violentness, he couldn't help but take a look at it. The reason why Ji You was reminded earlier that he could try to get a little away was because Shen Zhezi already knew that there was not harmony between the various tribes of Liyang, and there was even no lack of hatred for each other. Zhang Jian was alone and had no reinforcements to respond, which in itself is a clear proof.

He didn't know what kind of means Ji You used to provoke, but now Zhang Jian is no longer an opponent in his opinion. Although this person's military strength has recovered after merging the other two ministries, with such a move, it can be said that the possibility of further reinforcements has been completely cut off. As long as the Western Army dispatched to attract the main force of Liyang Su Jun, Zhang Jian would be a lone army here, and he would not play with him if he wanted to invite Shen Zhezi again, so he would watch how his own troops collapsed and collapsed!

Of course, what also needs to be considered is the Yuzhou Army. Shen Zhezi has not been idle recently, and he has made many leaflets printed on stereotypes, and let the rangers distribute them among the counties and townships in the left vicinity. As for the content, it is that Yuzhou Zuyue was besieged and defeated by Qianhu and so on.

Although Shen Zhezi didn't know what the specific situation in Yuzhou was, it didn't prevent him from spreading rumors with this, and Shouchun, the seat of Yuzhou governance, was already lonely in Henan, and it was not easy to communicate back and forth, so no one could be sure that this was not true, even if Yuzhou wanted to refute the rumors and get the news to defend again, a month or two had passed.

When Shen Zhezi was still waiting for the news of the dispatch of the Western Army, there was another amazing news of the war in the south, and the long-standing Guangde City was finally breached, and Shi Huan Yi in Xuancheng donated himself to the country, and since then the entire Xuancheng has completely fallen into the hands of the Liyang rebels, and Wuzhong has been exposed to the rebels' blades without defense!