Chapter 489 It’s easier to get close to the officials
Liu Feng was prepared for this question and replied: "Hua Xin Hua Ziyu, Kuai Yue and Kuai Yidu, Wang Lang and Wang Jingxing are all OK."
Zhuge Liang said in confusion: "Kuai Yidu and Wang Jingxing are indeed white now, but Hua Ziyu is still in office as the prefect of Yuzhang. What is the lord planning to make?"
Liu Feng replied, "I want to report to Mr. Kuai Liang as the prefect of Yuzhang and replace Huaziyu, and invite Huaziyu into the cabinet."
Zhuge Liang nodded slowly. Kuai Liang served as the prefect of various counties in Jingzhou many times, and his political achievements were remarkable. Naturally, there would be no problem in recommending him as the prefect of Yuzhang.
Now Yuzhang is in the hinterland of Liu Feng's territory. Except for Baiyue and Jingman, no other enemy can threaten it.
Zhuge Liang then asked, "What will the lord plan to deal with the governor of Jingzhou and Jiaozhou?"
Now that Liu Biao has gone north to Luozhong and takes over as Taifu, it is naturally impossible for him to continue to be his governor of Jingzhou. As the essential lord of Jingzhou, Liu Feng could not have and there was no suitable person to be appointed as the governor of Jingzhou.
The most realistic approach is to express a confidant as the governor of Jingzhou and become the nominal lord of a state in Jingzhou. Then, Liu Feng’s own confidant of Jingzhou will take up important positions in the prefectures such as Biejia, Zhizhong, Gongcao, and Changshi. He will then serve as the prefects of various counties in Jingzhou with famous scholars from Xu, Yang and Yu, so as to seize power and ensure that Jingzhou is under Liu Feng’s own control.
The same routine can also be copied in Jiaozhou.
But now we should first handle Jingzhou affairs and then consider the issue of sending troops to Jiaozhou.
The gentry of Jiaozhou was high and the road was far away, and they were used to the style of the local emperor. But to be honest, the genius of Jiaozhou at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty really had little ambitions. Shi Xie had become a substantial local emperor in Jiaozhou, but he was still willing to obey the appointments of the court and assisted one Jiaozhou governor after another.
As the foreign governor of Jiaozhou, it would be nothing to make money after taking office. As long as you don’t impose a heavy tax on Zhu Yan’s son Zhu Fu and scrape the ground three feet away, there will be no serious consequences.
Similarly, if you are in Jiaozhou, as long as you don’t mobilize tens of thousands of troops to fight against Jingzhou like Zhang Jin, you will not die from the rebellion of your subordinates.
But the problem is that Liu Feng sent people there this time, not only to collect grain, recruit soldiers, but also to collect power, but to do all the taboos above.
If there was no large army, I am afraid that Liu Feng's governor of Jiaozhou would have died suddenly because he was not accustomed to the local conditions.
"I have two candidates in my mind, one is Chen Ji and Chen Yuanfang, and the other is Chen Gui and Chen Hanyu. Who do you think is more suitable?"
Chen Ji is Chen Da's son, Chen Qun's father, and Chen Gui is Chen Qiu's nephew and Chen Deng's father.
These two people are both ministers of Liu Bei and Liu Feng, and now they serve as prefects in Henan and Xu.
Liu Feng intended to express his intention to be the governor of Jingzhou, which was actually a great example, and it was also to calm the old people's minds. Moreover, Chen Ji and Chen Gui were both quite good at abilities, especially Chen Gui, who not only had outstanding political achievements, but also had great plans and decisiveness. He once flatly rejected Yuan Shu's favor in time and space, and successfully destroyed the marriage between Lu Bu and Yuan Shu.
At the same time, whether it is Chen Ji or Chen Gui, he is already quite young this year.
Chen Ji is already 70 years old, and Chen Gui is only a few years younger than Chen Ji.
If it weren't for the care of Hua Tuo and his medical officer, Chen Ji would have died of an acute illness this year.
However, in recent years, he has lived in Xuzhou and has not had any fear of war. With the care of the medical officer system of Liu Bei's camp, Chen Ji and Chen Gui are now in good health, and there should be no problem as the governor.
With their appointment as the governor of Jingzhou, Liu Feng could naturally reward the Liu Feng faction in Jingzhou.
For example, Pang Degong of the Pang family must have a position among the four responsibilities, and his younger brother Pang Ji must be able to be the prefect of the country.
This is the reward they won in Jiangling, and in this way, the Pang family will become the basic foundation of the Liu family in Jingzhou, such as the Kuai family, the Pan family, the Majia, the Feng family, the Xi family, and other second-generation Jingzhou gentry.
"Mr. Yuan Fang may be more suitable for the lord's intention."
After thinking for a while, Zhuge Liang answered Liu Feng's question.
Liu Feng smiled, nodded in agreement, "Kong Ming, you and I are really gentlemen who have similar views."
Zhuge Liang smiled and said nothing when he heard this.
The reason why Liu Feng praised Zhuge Liang so much was mainly because the other party’s proposal was in line with his own thoughts.
Chen Gui was younger and more capable, but Liu Feng was just worried that he would have the intention to achieve success and would easily have differences or even conflicts with the local gentry of Jingzhou.
But Chen Ji was different. He was calm when he was young. After he took a fancy to Liu Bei, he dared to give up his official title to the other party directly, and he ran to Xuzhou to take refuge.
It can be seen that Chen Ji is not a person who is in power, and his personality is low-key and humble. As the lord of Jingzhou who is famous and untrue, the superiors will not complain about the ruler's superiors, and the subordinates will not be afraid of the ministers in the prefectures. It is indeed more suitable than Chen Gui.
"Since that's the case, you will draft a document for me. After I use the seal, I will send it to Xuzhou and report it to my father, and request that Mr. Yuan Fang be transferred to me."
Speaking of this, Liu Feng hesitated and said a little hesitantly: "Kong Ming, in your opinion, is it feasible to recommend Mr. Han Yu as the governor of Jiaozhou?"
After Zhuge Liang thought about it carefully, he slowly shook his head: "Lord, Mr. Hanyu is old and Jiaozhou is far away and remote, so he is not a beautiful position."
Liu Feng nodded slowly, which was also his headache.
Chen Gui is actually quite suitable for Jiaozhou. Jiaozhou far away from the Central Plains needs a strong governor who can be suppressed. Chen Gui is strategic and able to make decisions, and in terms of ability, it is quite appropriate.
But the governor of Jiaozhou is really not a beautiful position. Chen Gui is highly respected and currently serves as the prime minister of Pei State. If he is transferred to Jiaozhou like this, he will be suspected of being promoted openly and secretly. Not to mention that the climate of Jiaozhou is far inferior to that of the Central Plains. If Chen Gui has a few big and small things, how can he explain it to Chen Deng?
Liu Feng could only shake his head helplessly in the end. It seemed that the governor of Jiaozhou might still have to choose from the younger generation.
After some discussion with Zhuge Liang, Liu Feng issued a document and went to Xuzhou, begging Liu Bei to transfer Chen Ji to Jingzhou, and at the same time, he reported to him as the governor of Jingzhou with Liu Feng.
Immediately, he issued a document to various places to transfer Zhou Tai's son Zhou Shao, Sun Quan, Sun Jiao, Zhu Zhi's nephew and adopted son Zhu Ran, Gu Yong's son Gu Shao, Lu Xun's uncle Lu Ji, Chen Qun's son Chen Tai, Zhong Yu, Zhong Yao's son, and Zhou Bin's son Zhou Fang.
Among them, the cabinet was Hua Xin, Wang Lang, Kuai Yue and Gu Yong. In addition to the three people who had been discussed, Liu Feng unexpectedly joined Gu Yong.
This is equivalent to a signal to the Yangzhou gentry entering the senior management of the Liu Feng shogunate.
In addition, Liu Feng also appointed Chen Tai, Zhong Yu, Sun Quan, Gu Shao, Lu Ji and Pang Hua as cabinet documents. Zhou Shao, Sun Jiao, Zhu Ran and Zhou Fang were supplemented with the relative camp, and were led by Liu Feng's personal guards and under Xu Chu.
Then the team of the governor of Jingzhou was tentatively determined: Pang Degong was a Bie Jia, Huang Chengyan was a Zhizhong, Pan Jun was a Changshi, and Han Ji was a Gongcao.
Subsequently, Liu Feng appointed Jia Kui as the commander of Xiangyang and was in charge of Xiangyang's defense.
In addition to Jia Kui's troops, there were 10,000 troops from Xiangyang County, as well as the headquarters and Chen Wu troops led by Gan Ning, totaling 8,000.
As a result, the Xiangyang troops had a total of 38,000 troops. Attack was naturally nonsense, but defense was more than enough. After all, with the strong city of Xiangyang, it is reliable, and the war can easily recruit tens of thousands of young and strong people. The nearly 40,000 troops led by General Jia Kui are all elite veterans, and their combat power is strong, so there is no danger. Even if we put aside the troops, Cao Cao would not have stationed many troops in the Nanyang Basin. His biggest enemy was Yuan Shao, Hebei.
According to Liu Feng's estimate, the other party may be stationed at most thousands of people in the Nanyang Basin. In Cao Cao's eyes at this time, Cao Cao's eyes were obviously friendly but not enemies, and the two sides had an alliance.
When necessary, Jia Kui's troops could also go north from the Nanyang Basin, leave Fangcheng, enter Yingchuan, and support Luozhong. You can also enter Wuguan, Guanzhong, and support Chang'an.
Therefore, Cao Cao might also be worried that Liu Feng would deploy too few troops in Xiangyang and would not be able to rely on Liu Feng's power at all times.
As for the Nanyang Basin, it was originally picked up for free, and the biggest use of this place is to collect grain and immigrate to farmland. What Cao Cao wanted was the output of the Nanyang Basin, rather than investing his already tight resources into the Nanyang Basin.
After temporarily handling the affairs of Jingzhou and successfully taking over Jingbei, Liu Feng made adjustments to other troops.
First of all, with Tai Shi Ci as the head commander, the troops of Sun Ce, as well as the three naval armies of Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin and Zhu Huan, went south along the Xiang River, threatened Changsha and took over Linxiang.
Zhao Yun's troops began to transfer to Yangzhou in the east, and repaired and changed it into a complete Wanlan Army.
In the past year, the horse farm established by Liu Feng in Huai Si has begun to produce horse foals. At the same time, he purchased thousands of war horses from Gongsun’s family in Liaodong from Hailu, of which one third of the first-class war horses accounted for, which was a great harvest.
The premise for the sharp increase in trade volume is that the large sea ships designed and built in Xuzhou have begun to be put into use, with a carrying capacity of five to six times that of the previous largest ships, laying a solid transportation foundation for the increase in trade volume.
Secondly, Xuzhou's large number of products are loved by the gentry and powerful people in Youzhou.
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Let’s not mention Xue Yan and Frost Tang. These two flagship products are naturally invincible in the north and have been regarded as life-saving drugs by Youyan from the noble families and the people. The newly developed sesame oil, ironware and coal stoves were all very popular, which brought Liu Feng a large number of horses, supplies and goods.
Next, Liu Feng will continue to vigorously produce sea ships. Not only does the routes to the north need to continue to increase tonnage, but Jiaozhou in the south is hungry and a blank blue ocean of trade.
As for Zhou Yu's troops, they are still guarding Jiangling, guarding the prisoners of Kuai Yue's army, and waiting for subsequent orders.
After the whole of Xiangyang settled, the matter in Jingbei came to an end. Liu Feng and Kuai Liang also passed the qi in advance, hoping to become the prefect of Kuaiji, and then take office after they recovered.
After dealing with all the matters, Liu Feng quietly left Xiangyang and headed south for Jiangling.
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"Lord! I'm so happy!"
Guo Jia held the document in his hand and went straight into Liu Bei's study, with a look of surprise on his face expressing his words.
"Where does the joy come from?"
Liu Bei raised his head from the document, saw Guo Jia's expression, and asked with a smile, "It made Feng Xiaoxi so lose his composure."
Facing Liu Bei's joke, Guo Jia didn't care at all. He walked directly to Liu Bei and sat down, put the document in his hand on the desk in front of Liu Bei: "My joy today is the cause of the lord's past."
"Oh?"
Liu Bei laughed, and asked while picking up the document and opening it, "Then you must be grateful to me for your filial piety."
Guo Jia did not answer silently, but focused on Liu Bei's expression.
Sure enough, after a moment, Liu Bei's face also changed.
At this time, Liu Bei finally knew why Guo Jia said that.
This document is the best document for his elder brother to report his victory, and now he has entered Xiangyang.
Liu Bei was so shocked that he blurted out and said, "I didn't expect that Brother Jingsheng was like this..."
"So vulnerable?"
Guo Jia insisted on the quick words and completed the words Liu Bei had not said.
Liu Bei shook his head and laughed. He cherished Guo Jia very much now, and only felt that the other party had a good relationship with him. Even if the other party spoke appropriately, he couldn't bear to blame him.
"Lord, the young master goes up the river and swallows Jingxiang. Although this move is passionate and enrages thousands of miles, it also reveals the general's strength."
Guo Jia's smile drooped, and he took out a document from his arms and handed it to Liu Bei: "My lord can read this article."
Liu Bei took the document and opened it and read it.
Guo Jiaze continued on the side, "The general took advantage of the situation and seized the thirty-eight counties of Nanyang, which is a deep sense of fear. At the same time, it is also a trick to test it."
In fact, there are only 37 counties in Nanyang. However, after Liu Biao took office, he transferred Xiangyang and Fancheng on the other side of Xiangyang into Nanyang County due to his own foundation.
Although Xiangyang is occupied by Liu Feng, Fancheng is under the hands of Cao Cao, so Guo Jia has the idea of 38 counties.
After reading it, Liu Bei nodded slowly, and what Guo Jia said was very reasonable.
General Cao Cao dared to send troops this time, and with only more than 10,000 elite troops, he dared to seize food from the tiger's mouth. He almost won the biggest cake of Nanyang County, relying on the Cao-Liu Alliance.
After thinking deeply, Liu Bei asked, "According to what Fengxiao said, how should Bei deal with it now?"
"In the sense of praise, the lord should work with the young master to defend together."
Guo Jia immediately replied: "Now Yuzhou is in the hands of the lord, Yangzhou is invincible. The path from the southeast to the Central Plains is all in the hands of the lord and the father and son. In this way, there should be major adjustments in military affairs to cater to the current situation."
What Guo Jia mentioned is the path from southeast to Central Plains, which refers to the four main routes of war from north to south since ancient times.
Among them, there are two in Yangzhou and two in Jingzhou.
Among these four items, two of Yangzhou are the main ones, while two of Jingzhou are the auxiliary ones.
The key to the two main channels in Yangzhou is that it can ensure that the entire waterway is transported, and the amount of water is sufficient, and it is open almost all year round.
Jingzhou is a little short of that. Even the best path is hundreds of miles of land that need to be transported, and there is a lack of a river along with the Nanyang Basin water system and the Yingchuan water system.
(This chapter ends)