Chapter 222: Get down to business, Chen Zichuan!
"Haha, Zichuan doesn't have to be like this. Whether it's for the people or something else, I agree, so don't stare at Wei Shuo with that look."
Liu Bei smiled. Chen Xi was prevented from glaring at Liu Yan, and he did not feel like he was being forced into the palace.
After hearing that Liu Bei agreed to Chen Xi’s request to separate public and private affairs, whether it was Chen Xi who smiled bitterly, Liu Yan who was still impassioned, or others who were pretending to be dead.
They all stood up and said to Liu Bei: "My Lord (Xuan De Gong) is wise!"
Although it was a mess, Liu Bei's assurance made Chen Xi feel relieved a lot.
At least in Chen Xi's opinion, after Liu Bei agreed to this, it would be impossible for emperors after Liu Bei to use the money in the treasury to create some spectacles for themselves.
The officials at all levels in the court can no longer blame the emperor for his extravagant spending and pour corresponding dirty water on the emperor.
As for the emperors after Liu Bei not recognizing this, that is impossible. As long as Liu Bei sticks to his original intention, then Chen Xi can lead the Han Dynasty to a more glorious future.
The Han Dynasty was a dynasty that governed the country with filial piety. As the ancestor Liu Bei signed something, the emperors of subsequent generations could only hold their noses and recognize it no matter what they did.
If Liu Bei really succeeds in transcending his ancestors, then what Liu Bei signs now will be more binding.
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After Liu Bei signed the decree on the separation of public and private affairs, Yang Ji left Mount Tai for Pingyuan County, Qingzhou.
After returning from Yanzhou, Yang Ji only stayed in Taishan for a few days, and then he had to go to Pingyuan County to garrison.
After all, it is already October. If we don’t seize the time to plant winter wheat in Yanzhou, the tragedy of Cao Cao this year will be repeated next year.
Fortunately, the time they sent troops to Taishan was chosen after Cao Cao was busy with summer planting. Otherwise, the people of Yanzhou would have to rely on Taishan's food relief this year.
When Yang Ji arrived in Pingyuan County, Zhao Yun had already finished the sowing work in Qingzhou area, and was waiting for Yang Ji to come and take over, so that he could quickly go to Yanzhou to take charge of the local farm work.
Although Xu Shu has begun to organize people to farm in Yanzhou, compared to Zhao Yun, Xu Shu's experience in farming is still a bit immature.
"Okay, that's all I have to say. I'll leave the rest to you, Ziyu." Zhao Yun patted Yang Ji on the shoulder.
Even Zhao Yun did not expect that Chen Xi would ask Yang Jilai to take charge of Qingzhou's affairs. Originally, he thought that Chen Xi and Lu Su were conducting remote control command over Mount Tai.
Zhao Yun didn't know why Liu Bei and Chen Xi asked Yang Ji to also take charge of Qingzhou affairs, but since Chen Xi and the others would make such an arrangement, there must be some hidden meaning in it.
Zhao Yun did not want to explore the hidden meaning. For him, these are not important. What is important is to seize the time to let the people of Yanzhou plant food for next year.
"Okay, don't worry. Zichuan and the others only asked me to take charge of Qingzhou affairs, but they didn't really ask me to manage Qingzhou. I'm just their mouthpiece."
In Yang Ji's understanding, although Chen Xi has never proposed the separation of military and political affairs, Chen Xi has always implemented the policy of separation of military and political affairs.
Every time Chen Xi goes on an expedition, he will clearly hand over the affairs and duties that have nothing to do with the military in his hands before he leads the troops.
After returning from the expedition, Chen Xi will hand over all military affairs before taking over government affairs again.
How could Chen Xi, who clearly knew what kind of erosion being in charge of military and political power would have on people, let Yang Ji go down that path.
Don’t say that Yang Ji will not be corrupted by power because he is a salty fish. That’s just because you haven’t seen it.
Many heroes who were more determined than Yang Ji and Chen Xi eventually fell at the crossroads of power.
Although Yang Ji thinks that his will is still firm, Yang Ji does not think that he can maintain his original appearance after tasting what power is.
Therefore, in order to prevent himself from being eroded by the desire for power, Yang Ji will only delegate the execution power to Qingzhou and will not directly touch the complete power of Qingzhou.
Although the final decision-making power is still in the hands of Yang Ji, after decentralizing the execution power, Yang Ji has actually divided the power of Qingzhou into two.
Seeing Zhao Yun's back riding the Yezhao Jade Lion gradually disappear, Yang Ji also turned around and returned to Pingyuan City, heading to the government office.
This time, Yang Ji came to the plain alone. Fazheng was eventually detained by Chen Xi and failed to follow Yang Ji to Qingzhou.
However, it is estimated that Fazheng's Qi Guoxiang will take office soon. After all, Chen Xi also said that Fazheng was not mature enough, so he was detained.
Fazheng's understanding of businessmen still remains in the past stereotypes. This is the main reason why Chen Xi believes that Fazheng is not mature enough and withholds his documents from Qi Guomin.
Until now, Fa Zheng has not truly realized what effect the existence of businessmen can have on the people under his rule.
It is estimated that only when Fazheng can truly realize the importance of business in the development process, Chen Xi will release Fazheng to the ruling party.
Perhaps Fazheng has not really seen the role of business, so until now, he still maintains the stereotype of business.
However, Fazheng will soon see the powerful ability of business to attract money, because Chen Xi will implement a new tax law in Taishan in a few days.
By that time, everyone will be shocked by the commercial tax law formulated by Chen Xi.
Although in the process of implementing the new tax law, Chen Xi will encounter resistance from everyone except Liu Bei.
But as soon as business taxes increase, everyone will lick their faces and hand over their industries to Chen Xi to operate.
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Gao Lan and Zhang He, who were known as two of the Four Court Pillars of Hebei when Yuan Shao sent them to defend Jizhou's southern line, and Chen Xi's old acquaintance Ju Shou.
However, the soldiers in the Nanpi Camp in Jizhou are no longer the 30,000 soldiers that Chen Xi met back then, but replaced by an army of 100,000 soldiers who are basically miscellaneous soldiers.
Among these 100,000 troops, it is estimated that the only ones who can really fight are Zhang He and Gao Lan's headquarters.
After all, except for the 30,000 people in Bingzhou, Yuan Shao's elite troops have basically been transferred to the western front of Jieqiao to defend Gongsun Zan.
But what Yang Ji was more curious about was why Gongsun Zan didn't take advantage of the situation to attack Bohai County after capturing Hejian County. You must know that Bohai County was the place where Yuan Shao started his career.
If Gongsun Zan captured Bohai County together, Yuan Shao might be so angry that he and Gongsun Zan would have a field battle with Gongsun Zan in the area of Anping County and Qinghe County!
Of course, it is also possible that Yuan Shao was persuaded by his advisers to use defense as offense to drag Gongsun Zan to death. After all, the news that Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu were not getting along spread widely.
However, it is also very possible that after Gongsun Zan saw Nanpi City, he felt that it would be difficult for his cavalry to capture Nanpi, the core of Bohai County, so he went directly south to Qinghe County.
After all, after going south to deal with Yuan Shao, the defenders in Nanpi City still wanted to surrender to him.
The result is that Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao are now in a stalemate at the boundary bridge.
Although Gongsun Zan believed that his white horse Yi Cong was invincible in the world, but faced with the warning from his teacher, Gongsun Zan was still a lot more cautious. At least Gongsun Zan carefully studied the terrain at the boundary bridge and determined that his cavalry troops were indeed a bit unable to deploy.
After realizing that he might be tricked by Yuan Shao using the terrain, Gongsun Zan became much more cautious.
However, in the face of the constant teasing of Yuan Shao's army, Gongsun Zan probably couldn't bear it any longer given his temper.
In Chen Xi's judgment, even Lu Zhi's letter could make Gongsun Zan restrain his arrogance for a while.
But with Yuan Shao’s army constantly teasing him, there’s no telling how long Gongsun Zan can endure.
At that time, as long as Gongsun Zan takes the lead, the battle of Zhibujie Bridge will be lost.
And with Gongsun Zan's arrogance, he would definitely not accept Yang Ji commanding the army to enter the field. He might even directly turn the gun around and bring Yang Ji into the attack range.
Therefore, Yang Ji did not intend to intervene in the Battle of the Boundary Bridge. This battle was something Gongsun Zan had to go through.
How else could Liu Bei take over Youzhou peacefully?
"Huh? Didn't Ziyi go to Donglai County to take Gan Xingba's ship to Youzhou? Why are you still here?" Yang Ji asked confusedly as he stood outside the gate of the government office. Tai Shici asked.
After all, the latest order Chen Xi asked Yang Ji to bring to Taishi Ci was to ask Taishi Ci to take Gan Ning's ship from Donglai to Youzhou, and then find an opportunity to stay in Gongsun Zan's camp. When Gongsun Zan was defeated, he would take Gongsun Zan with him. Breakout.
“But is there anything Ziyi still doesn’t understand about the next task?” Yang Ji asked Tai Shici.
Yang Ji remembered that before bidding farewell to Zhao Yun, he had already given the command arrow to Taishi Cicai. Could it be that he had something that he had not explained clearly?
"Sicheng misunderstood," Tai Shici shook his head quickly, "I just want to ask, how did I go to Youzhou this time?"
"Huh?" Yang Ji He was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Isn't it written in the letter Zichuan gave you?"
"No," Taishi Ci shook his head and said, "The letter only said what I was asked to do in Youzhou, but it did not write how I should get to Youzhou. It said that I was asked to ask you."
" ..." Yang Ji froze there. He really didn't know what Chen Xi wrote in the letter to Tai Shici.
When Chen Xi handed the letter to Yang Ji, he only said to give the letter to Tai Shici, and then it was gone.
Yang Jineng knew about Tai Shici's mission, but he could only guess it based on the memory in his mind.
"Since Sicheng has informed me of the way to Youzhou, I won't delay here any longer." Taishi Ci said goodbye to Yang Ji.
"Alas," Yang Ji covered his forehead and sighed, "Okay, just go to the port under construction in Donglai and wait. Someone will take you to Youzhou by then."
Yang Ji didn't want to talk too much to Taishi Ci. After all, Gan Ning would tell Taishi Ci when the time came.
Although it was Gan Ning's own understanding after misinterpreting Chen Xi's meaning, but who knows whether Chen Xi actually thinks this way.
After all, Chen Xi didn’t even explain the matter of taking the boat to Tai Shici. To say that Chen Xi has no plans here, who is so trustworthy?
Taishici left and was about to take Gan Ning's fleet to Youzhou, and then bring a series of inspirations to Gan Ning.
Once Gan Ning went there, he maximized his ability to capture fighters and achieved his achievement of hijacking a battalion with hundreds of knights.
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"Alas, I didn't expect that the cautious Zhao Zilong left, but the more troublesome Yang Ziyu came." Looking at the new information from the spies, Jushou couldn't help but sigh.
After Yanzhou was annexed by Mount Tai, relevant information about the battle of Yanzhou was also handed to the hands of the princes of the world.
In this battle, the most eye-catching ones were Guan Yu who defeated Cao Cao's army and Yang Ji who led 50,000 soldiers and horses to invade the hinterland of Yanzhou.
Before this battle, the princes outside Mount Tai didn't know much about Yang Ji. They only knew that he was in charge of the Secret Arts Department in Mount Tai and held the position of Chief of the Secret Arts Division.
It's a strange official position. It's obviously the chief officer, but it has the name of an adjutant. It seems that it was created by Taishan and his gang.
As for the secret technique, for those of them who have awakened their spiritual talents, it cannot be said to be very strange, it can only be said to be very strange.
After all, apart from immortals, only Tong Yuan and others can study secret techniques to enhance their strength these days.
In the understanding of Jushu and others, the secret technique is actually just like that. If Yan Liang, Wen Chou and others are allowed to study it, it is not impossible to figure it out.
After all, the secret technique is just a way of using inner energy, so what can be learned about it.
As long as you are strong enough, no matter what secret technique it is, it is not a matter of one punch.
As for the secret techniques driven by spiritual power, Jushou and the others have seen and used them before.
But, that’s it, using mental power directly may be more convenient than secret techniques.
Secret techniques are only effective on people below a certain level. For people like them who have already sublimated, it is not something worth studying.
Therefore, before the Battle of Yanzhou, almost everyone believed that the Secretariat Department where Yang Ji worked was created by Liu Bei to fool Yang Ji.
He is even extremely careless, otherwise why would his official title even mean deputy.
The word [丞] is used in official titles, doesn’t it mean auxiliary officer?
After the Battle of Yanzhou, everyone realized what kind of abilities the young man named Yang Ji had.
It can be said that Yang Ji, as the commander-in-chief of the Battle of Yanzhou, after conquering Yanzhou, his status cannot be lower than that of Chen Xi, who is in charge of Taishan.
It's true that even if you don't make a sound, you will already be a blockbuster -
"Gongyu, are we going to continue to harass Qingzhou?" Zhang He asked Jushou from the side.
If the opposing general was a general like Zhao Yuntai Shici who was not famous in military strategy, Zhang He would never ask such a question.
But on the opposite side is Yang Ji, a fierce man who penetrated the hinterland of Yanzhou with 50,000 soldiers and horses, and then assisted Guan Yu to defeat Cao Cao's Yanzhou army, and then captured Cao Cao and his men.
Although Yang Ji is not known for his military force outside.
(End of this chapter)