Chapter 4: Choices (1)

In November of the first year of Guangxi, the king of the East China Sea led 5,000 soldiers to guard the Beijing division with Sima Wang Bin, dismissed the guards, and mastered the palace ban; He also detained the king of Qinghe in Jin Yongcheng, and killed Lu Yong, the lieutenant of the Northern Army, and Chen Yan, the captain of the Du Branch; At the beginning of December, the emperor ordered the king of the East China Sea to serve as the prime minister, the pastor of Yanzhou, the governor of Yanyu, the military of Jiyou, and the military of the six states, and the prestige of the Xuchang shogunate shook the world. In the past ten years, although there have been many princes of the clan who have held the central power, none of them can compare with the king of the East China Sea.

The king of the East China Sea also wrote on the table, with the general Gou Xi of the Fu army working hard and making high achievements, and asked the emperor to promote Gou Xi to the general of the expedition to the east, the opening of the palace with the three divisions, and the addition of 'servants', and entered the Dongping County Duke, and led the Qingzhou Thorn History, and the false festival to supervise the Qingzhou military. Although Gou Xi's reputation has risen, his actual power has been further restricted, but due to the great power of the East China Sea King and the unpreparedness of Gou Xi's side, he can only do it.

This series of changes caused the center to shake, and everyone in the Central Plains was terrified. As the 'inducement' of these events, Youzhou is independent of the whirlpool and has ushered in a rare period of peace in recent years.

What is ironic is that in the eyes of the Luoyang Imperial Court, the appointment of the generals of Pingbei and the military of Youzhou, the governor of Youzhou, was enough to make the people of the county feel 'excited' and weep, but in fact, it really had the opposite effect. The soldiers of Daijun successively defeated the Xianbei and Youzhou armies, all of them were full of confidence, thinking that such a military might was enough to move the heavens and listen to it, in exchange for taking all the authority of the northern frontier, but they didn't expect the Luoyang court to be so stingy, and specially sent a Youzhou assassin to shake in front of their eyes!

Fortunately, Zu Li Zu Shizhi is an interesting person. Since taking office, he has only focused on civil affairs and has never had any conflict with Lu Yao's subordinates. And Lu Yao also knows that Youzhou is located in the face of the raging Hu tribe and is facing an extremely complex situation; What Daijun needs now is to quickly and smoothly inherit the military force left by Wang Pengzu, and there is no room for infighting during this period. Therefore, Lu Yao also respected this famous man from the Youzhou clan enough, and even repeatedly ordered the relevant soldiers, asking them not to usurp the authority of the assassin at will. As a result, some forces that were eagerly looking forward to the continuation of the 'chaos' situation in Youzhou were inevitably a little lost.

Since the local military and government are still harmonious, and the contention in the center has not affected the northern Xinjiang for the time being, in the past two months, Lu Yao has sorted out various internal affairs as the military chief of Youzhou, and has completed several major events.

First of all, it is the enrichment of military government offices and personnel. The key is how to place the limited talents in front of us in suitable positions and rely on them to run General Pingbei's military government smoothly.

When Lu Yao first entered Dai County, there were no more than 1,000 soldiers, and he relied on Shao Xu for general affairs. Later, he occupied the land and expanded to the grassland on the dam, and Shao Xu couldn't take care of it. However, at that time, Rong Ma was so frightened that even the officials directly under General Yingyang had nowhere to recruit, so they could only either be managed by military personnel, or temporarily selected people who could barely read and write from the people who were requisitioned. Even Hu Liuniang, who is both a guest secretary and a 'female' streamer, has been transferred to be a cangcao Peng for a while. Now that Lu Yaoguan worships General Pingbei and the military governors of Youzhou, the affairs managed by Lu Yaoguan are ten times more complicated than in the past, and they can no longer be treated in a general manner with expedient measures as before.

From another point of view, now that Lu Yao's strength has expanded to a state, it is really time for the civil officials who followed him when he was in the blue wisps of the road. It is important to know that civil officials are different from military officials. Warriors lick their blood with their swords, and after every battle, as long as they win, there will always be considerable rewards and promotions; Lu Yao was not stingy with this, and a considerable part of the combat capture was used on this. After all, civilian officials have no military merits to gain, and if they fail to adjust their positions in a timely manner, they will inevitably lose their enthusiasm and enterprising spirit.

This is the first time that Lu Yao has faced such a large-scale personnel appointment, and his way of selecting and employing people is very different from that in the army. Therefore, he was very cautious, especially the officials directly under the military government and the subordinate officials, including the candidates for the positions of Changshi, Sima, and the counselor to join the army, all of whom had repeatedly deliberated with the core staff.

The chief of the long history is the head of all civilian officials, and is responsible for the administration of the military government. There is nothing to discuss about this position, it has to be Shao Xu. Since he was put into the command of Lu Yao in Yecheng, Shao Xu has always been the most core staff, and has directly undertaken almost all government affairs, supporting the army to fight in the south and the north with only the districts and counties, and has never been afraid of lack of assistance.

Chief General Sima is not only the chief adjutant of military operations, but also the commander of the armed forces directly under the military government. Considering the actual situation of the Youzhou Military Government, Lu Yao subdivided his powers again, first took Xue Tong as the left Sima, and praised the emperor to promote him to the general of Yangwu, clarifying Xue Tong's status as the deputy commander of the whole army; Subsequently, he overrode public opinion and recruited Duan Wenyang, the son of Wu Bechen, the official section of Liaoxi, as the right Sima.

Duan Wenyang's martial arts and good fighting, has long been not only famous in the northern Xinjiang, but also spread throughout the Central Plains, during the Weiyuan War, Lu Yao's Chinese army team broke the main force of the Youzhou Army commanded by Duan Ji Lu Xuan, and Ding Miao's front army was killed by Duan Wenyang's troops, although Duan Wenyang took advantage of the surprise attack, but this person's courage is really visible. When Wang Pengzu was there, Duan Wenyang was a few generals in the Youzhou army, and his status was second only to Qi Hong and a few others.

Lu Yao took Duan Wenyang as the right Sima and used him to command the considerable military strength directly under General Pingbei, which was also a reward for Duan Yao to distinguish the political wind direction and open the 'door' for Lu Yao to seek convenience in Youzhou. Although Duan Wu Bechen is old, he is really keen in this regard, and only a few days after Lu Yao issued a call document, he sent Duan Wenyang to lead 1,000 'elite' cavalry to serve with great fanfare. Lu Yao immediately made a gesture of great joy, led a few horses to meet dozens of miles away, and talked with Duan Wenyang with candles, and spent the night in the Xianbei people's military camp. Considering the heavy casualties in the previous Battle of Weiyuan, the generals on both sides also tightened their nerves, and I don't know how many people stayed up all night; However, people of insight on both sides are very clear that Lu Yao's Pingbei General's Mansion is in urgent need of support, and Duan Xianbei also needs the support of the imperial court in the face of the feud Yuwen Department and the Murong Department with a fierce rise momentum. Therefore, even though this move is a bit contrived, but after this night has passed, the posture of one side is thirsty for talent and one side is brave and loyal, and in Lu Yao's words, from now on, he can "put down the burden of history and move towards a better future".

Those below the rank of Changshi and Sima still have a number of advisers to join the army. This position is newly established in modern times, known as "Qingzhong", and is often filled by the children of the big clans of the state and county, and has more symbolic meaning than practical significance. In this regard, the military government is really a little embarrassed, because the land has been cleaned back and forth by the butcher's knife several times, there is no big clan at all, and the big clans in the eastern counties of Youzhou, such as the Zu clan, the Feng clan, the Lu clan, the Gao clan, etc., have their own identity, and there are few contacts with the military government for a while. What's more, even if the children of these big clans choose to go out, the ancestral assassination of the villagers is also more attractive.

Even so, with the principle of preferring shortage to abundance, Lu Yao only appointed two advisers to join the army: one was Wei Qin and the other was Zao Song.

Wei Qin is the son of Wei 'Cao'. The Wei clan has been operating in the Bashang grassland for many years, and its influence is profound. Joining the army with Wei Qin as a consultant is precisely to show trust in the Wei clan, which should be conducive to the stability of the grassland on the dam.

And Zao Song is Wang Jun's 'daughter' son-in-law, and his brother Zao is shy and a celebrity, known for his style and literary talent. After Lu Yao entered Youzhou, he was extremely tolerant of Wang Pengzu's clansmen, and did not treat them harshly because he was once hostile. Wang Jun has many wives and concubines, and the number of sons and daughters is huge, but because his son-in-law Wang Zhou has not reached the weak crown, he still has to be beheaded and mourned for three years, so Zao Song has become the spokesperson of orphans and widows, and arranged for a group of relatives and others to help the soul to be buried. In the process, Lu Yao asked the Fang brothers to come forward and help each other diligently, which made Zao Song and the others very emotional.

According to the practice at that time, Wang Jun's former officials were also required to wear linen filial piety clothes to keep a funeral for three months; After March, in addition to some of these officials who were dispersed and some were used by Zu Li, the rest were led by Zao Song and put into Lu Yao's military government. Lu Yao is very courteous to Zao Song, all because the Zao clan is a famous family in Yingchuan and has a reputation in Youzhou, in addition, Zao Song is very accomplished in terms of dictionaries and regulations, which can make up for the shortcomings of the military government.

In addition to the positions of Changshi, Sima and Counselor to join the army, the military government Liecao also had to choose people to serve. These are all real power officials who deal with affairs concretely, and Lu Yao considers whether his personal talents are applicable on the one hand, and still considers political symbolism on the other hand. In this kind of position, the relatives and friends of the Anyang clan that Shao Xu successively recruited and the indigenous people he promoted occupy a part; Huang Yi, the head of the Ye County officials promoted by Lu Yao in Yecheng, and the Wei County officials who came north with Huang Yi also accounted for a part; There is also a part of Wang Jun's old genus that followed Zaosong.

The 'door' officials such as the main book and the history of Gong Cao are mainly civil officials who are close to Lu Yao himself. For example, Xiong Cong, Xiong Wenlin, Fang Qinzhi, Fang Mian's brother, etc., who sent Jinyang to successfully complete the task. According to Lu Yao's original intention, he wanted Fang Jianzhi to also serve as the 'door' of the military government. However, the Fang brothers thought about it for a night, and in the end they were reluctant to leave the caravan industry left by their father, so Fang Qinzhi asked to see Lu Yao and reported: "The villain heard that the sage said that wealth and nobility are people's 'desires', and there is no way to do it. The diligent and reluctant lord has been promoted, and the 'expensive' has far exceeded expectations, and he does not dare to ask the lord to give him another thing. Please allow your younger brother Jane to run the industry and seek his own 'wealth'. When Lu Yao heard him misinterpret his master's words like this, he couldn't stop laughing, so he ordered Fang Jianzhi to continue doing business without scruples.

After arranging before and after, although there are still many shortages, it has generally been able to run smoothly in the general's office. In fact, the shortage of personnel is not a bad thing, and the many vacant official positions can be filled one by one by by promoting capable grassroots officials in the future operation, which is also a good 'stimulus' encouragement.

According to Lu Yao's idea, after the military government's system of administrative officials is set up, it will have to concentrate its main 'fine' efforts to improve the military arrangements. But when he set out to do this, two problems arose that he had not noticed before, but that had to be solved. Lu Yao and his staff couldn't reach a conclusion after several consultations, so they had to summon Xue Tong, Shen Jin, Liu Yao and other military generals, so that dozens of civil and military ministers gathered together to discuss together.

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