Chapter 298 Preparations made two years ago
In March of the fourth year of Chuping, that is, March of the lunar calendar in 193 AD, Liu Bei left Xuzhou, which left a deep impression on him, and embarked on his return journey The journey of becoming higher.
Before Liu Bei left Xuzhou, he appointed Chen Deng as the prefect of Guangling, and Zhao Yu took over as the prefect of Xiapi.
At the same time, Li You was ordered to take charge of all affairs in Xuzhou, with Chen Deng and Zhao Yu as assistants, and no other arrangements were made for the time being.
After all, you have to wait until your own people are in place before taking action. Otherwise, those Xuzhou families will waste a lot of development time if they counterattack, and the gains outweigh the losses.
When the Xuzhou aristocratic family saw that Liu Bei had not taken action again, their worries were relieved. It seemed that if Liu Bei wanted to take over and govern Xuzhou, his local aristocratic family in Xuzhou would still be indispensable.
When Liu Bei and Tao Qian leave Xuzhou and return to Fenggao for treatment, Xuzhou will be the domain of their family again.
As for Li You appointed by Liu Bei to take charge of Xuzhou? He is just an unknown person with no achievements. If he did not have the title of General Zhendong, who would care about such an unknown person.
After Liu Bei contacted Chen Xi, Jia Xu and others from Fenggao, he transferred Zhao Yun from Yanzhou to Xuzhou to take charge of Xuzhou's military. Chen Dao served as deputy general to assist Zhao Yun in reorganizing and reorganizing the Danyang elite in Xuzhou.
The reorganization work of the rest of the Xuzhou Army was handed over to Chen Deng, and then to the commander of Zhao Yun.
However, Zhao Yun didn't seem to be very proficient in infantry training, so he still had to transfer a few generals from the Taishan Army who were good at training to help.
Anyway, Yang Ji and Yu Jin have been working on the infantry drill code for so long. Although they cannot train elite talents, regular troops who are familiar with the infantry drill code can still train them.
However, the entire army was shocked. The Xuzhou Army, which had not fought for several years except for the Danyang elite soldiers, was really unbearable.
When Yang Ji counted the Xuzhou Army except for the 30,000 Danyang elites under Tao Qian's command, he found that these Xuzhou Army basically had no pay.
When he discovered this situation, Yang Ji almost laughed. The generals in other places were either thinking of ways to expand their troops, or they were on the way to super-staffing.
As a result, the scammers here in Xuzhou are quite good. They are either on the way to eat empty wages or on the way to eat empty wages. The army of 5,000 people may not even have 3,000 people.
Tao Qian's most elite 30,000 Danyang elites were almost eaten by Cao Bao, not to mention other troops.
In desperation, Yang Ji could only build a framework first, and then Zhao Yun would reorganize and organize the officers and soldiers transferred from Taishan.
What Chen Deng needs to be responsible for is to deal with all these legions that are eating empty pay. The unqualified Xuzhou Legion will remove all the soldiers and recruit them again for training.
Chen Deng was very happy to take on this task, after all, he could get in touch with Zhao Yun, one of the leaders of the Taishan Army, in the follow-up work.
Although Chen Deng was able to contact Yang Ji when Yang Ji was counting the Xuzhou Army, Chen Deng really couldn't deal with Yang Ji.
So, Chen Deng should make friends with other Taishan generals. At least Chen Dao has a good temper.
Of course, this is because Chen Deng will avoid Yang Ji because there will be other Taishan generals coming later.
Otherwise, even if Yang Ji was difficult to deal with, Chen Deng would still go up and make friends with Yang Ji, the biggest military leader in Taishan Military.
For the benefit of the Chen family in Xuzhou, Chen Deng must do a good job in reorganizing the Xuzhou army, even if it conflicts with other Xuzhou families.
This is a conspiracy set up by Chen Xi, Li You, Jia Xu and others, but it is a situation Chen Deng is willing to step into.
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“Well, Xuande, why don’t you go and tell Ziyu and tell him to stop looking at me like that? I’m old, I really can’t How much energy do you have to take care of the Xuzhou Army besides Danyang's elite troops?"
Tao Qian looked at Yang Ji and said to Liu Bei that he, an old man in his sixties, had to deal with Xuzhou's aristocratic families again. To ensure the supply of the 30,000 Danyang elites under his command, he really doesn't have much energy to take care of the rest of the Xuzhou Army.
"Tao Gong, you know what the world is like outside now. In this era where the strong will be strong and the weak will perish, it doesn't matter how old you are." Yang Ji looked at Tao Qian and said.
"This..." Tao Qian smiled sarcastically and didn't know what to say. After all, the Xuzhou Legion's salary problem was indeed caused by his tenure.
"Ziyu, okay, don't embarrass Mr. Tao. This kind of thing can only be said to be the trouble caused by Xuzhou Taiping for a long time." Liu Bei stopped the dispute between Yang Ji and Tao Qian. dialogue.
Although in troubled times, there are still people who don't want to expand the size of their troops, but instead want to reduce the size of the legion to earn money, which is indeed a bit outrageous.
But, isn’t this the time of troubled times? In troubled times, anyone can appear. After all, there is a saying that in troubled times, evildoers will emerge.
Monsters do not only refer to those great men who changed the world, but sometimes also refer to those monsters who bring disaster to the country and the people.
Yang Ji glanced at Liu Bei and decided to shut up. After all, it was a very simple thing to say, but it was a mess in execution.
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"Ziyu, why did I leave Wenru in Xuzhou to take charge?"
Liu Bei subconsciously wanted to ask Li You. Something happened, but the omnipotent secretary-general next to him was not around, which made Liu Bei quite uncomfortable.
Liu Bei, who always felt a little uncomfortable, approached Yang Ji and hoped that Yang Ji could temporarily serve as his adviser and secretary-general by the way.
"Isn't this what he asked for?" Yang Ji said looking at the agitated Liu Bei.
Seemingly thinking of something, Yang Ji asked again: "Mr. Xuande, do you want to consult Wenru about something?"
"No, I just felt that Wenru was not around, and some Not used to it." Liu Bei shook his head and said, although he did have something to ask, he could actually figure it out on his own.
"Aren't you used to not having an adviser around you? Why don't I find Zichuan and find one for you after returning to Mount Tai?"
Yang Ji did not remind Liu Bei of the irritability on his face. He has revealed his thoughts and only given his own suggestions.
After all, after returning to Fenggao, he had to go to Licheng to garrison, and he did not have time to serve as Liu Bei's adviser and secretary-general.
Furthermore, Yang Ji didn't think Liu Bei, who was used to Li You, would choose to replace his gold medal secretary-general and advisor.
Li You is the most powerful secretary-level figure. Basically, military, political, government affairs... As long as the other party you can think of can handle it, the other party you can't think of can also give a reminder.
After you get used to such a perfect consultant and secretary, you will really become inert. If you replace it with another person, you will probably feel awkward everywhere. "This... forget it, Wen Ru's position should be left vacant for now. Anyway, he should be back from Xuzhou soon." Liu Bei shook his head and said.
Although he was a little unaccustomed to not having a secretary around him, no... he probably wasn't used to not having Li You, the all-powerful secretary-general, following him around.
However, Liu Bei subconsciously did not want anyone to occupy Li You's position beside him.
Regarding Liu Bei's statement, Yang Ji just shrugged indifferently and did not express his own opinion. After all, this was Liu Bei's own secretary-general. After all, Liu Bei had to make the decision himself.
"Well, I hope the aristocratic families in Xuzhou can behave better, otherwise the aristocratic families in Xuzhou will experience a bloody terror again." Liu Bei shook his head and sighed.
Although I know that I am talking nonsense, after all, the family has always been very courageous, and they will almost certainly choose to evade Li You's power in Xuzhou subconsciously.
However, Liu Bei still hopes that the Xuzhou family will not get into Li You's hands. After all, Li You can really kill people.
If those aristocratic families are really free and want to evade Li You's power in Xuzhou, they might as well join the grand cause of popularizing education.
After all, this magnificent undertaking not only brings a lot of prestige, but also involves no danger.
In comparison, if you choose to evade Li You's power, your head will really be taken off by Li You.
"Bloody Terror? Seriously, Mr. Xuande, can the previous liquidation you and Tao Gong jointly launched really be regarded as bloody terror?
Shouldn't the Bloody Terror be like Yuan Jiujiu at the beginning, killing each family one by one? "Hearing Liu Bei's last sentence, Yang Ji couldn't help but complain a few times.
Liu Bei twitched the corners of his mouth a few times, "It probably doesn't count, after all, only so many people died. "
To be honest, Liu Bei regretted that he was so restrained when he and Tao Qian liquidated the Xuzhou family.
If I had asked these Xuzhou family members to remember it, when Li You started to restrain themselves, When we use the Internet, we can reduce the number of dead people, and at least hundreds or more people can participate in the great cause of popularizing education.
"Mr. Xuande, please don't get involved. Regarding this matter, it would be better to die more, or to let them see that the great cause of universal education is not a tool for them to avoid death. "Yang Ji said with a sneer.
Thinking of the small tricks those aristocratic families had made under the great cause of popularizing education, Liu Bei's eyes also turned cold.
"After returning to Fenggao, I started to clean up these guys. I have already given them a chance. Since they don't know how to cherish them, don't blame us for taking back their power to live." Liu Bei said very coldly.
Originally, they asked the family to join the universal education plan to reduce the teacher shortage.
Unexpectedly, it didn’t take long for this policy to become a tool for those aristocratic families to use for personal gain. It can only be said that it was their own fault.
The shops in the two states and three counties are still too big, otherwise Chen Xi and the others would not have adopted this dangerous method to gather the needed teachers.
"The problem of teachers is still huge. It seems that we have to find a solution from the great scholars in Taishan Academy." Yang Ji shook his head and said.
"Those great scholars have been picked off by Zichuan several times. If we want to find a solution from them, we probably won't be able to do it." Liu Bei said with a headache.
If you want to eliminate those aristocratic families who undermine universal education from the group of teachers, you must face the problem of teacher shortage.
[Even if you only complete primary education, the number of teachers required to teach listening, speaking, reading and writing 3,500 common and sub-common words is still a large number. 】Liu Bei became even more troubled when he thought about the teacher gap after eliminating the family members.
I didn’t expect that one day he would be troubled because the territory he occupied was too large. I really didn’t know what to say.
"By the way, haven't you been promoting literacy education in the army? What are the results?" Liu Bei suddenly remembered the policy Yang Ji initially implemented in the military camp.
Liu Bei remembered that Chen Xi gave Yang Ji a task not long after they arrived in Taishan County.
It is said that literacy education is carried out in the military camp, and the soldiers in the military camp are taught 3,500 common and less common words, and then a group of outstanding reserve officers are selected based on their learning and training conditions.
This is one of the main reasons why Liu Bei was able to expand an army of nearly 300,000 in three years. They had sufficient reserve officers and could draw soldiers from the field soldiers to form new legions at any time.
Of course, nearly 200,000 of the 300,000 troops under Liu Bei were reorganized and reorganized from the original Qingzhou Yellow Turbans.
The reason why this 200,000-strong army was able to form combat effectiveness so quickly was that, in addition to the fact that these soldiers were the most elite members of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, there were also reserve officers selected through Yang Ji's training.
Without this group of reserve officers, even if they selected 200,000 soldiers, without the connecting role of middle and low-level officers, they would not be able to form combat effectiveness so quickly.
After completing the training and selection of reserve officers, Yang Ji began to provide literacy education to ordinary soldiers in the battle order regiment.
[I don’t know if Ziyu has extended literacy education to the field soldiers like collaborative talents... If so, I will eliminate those sons from aristocratic families after I return. 】Liu Bei looked at Yang Ji with a glimmer of hope.
Facing Liu Bei's expectant eyes, Yang Ji pondered for a while and said: "The literacy of common words in the battle order legion has been basically completed."
Before Yang Ji could finish speaking, Liu Bei couldn't help but interrupt and asked: "What about the field soldiers who are not in the order of battle? Have you expanded literacy education among the field soldiers?"
"The field soldiers?" Yang Ji was stunned for a moment before realizing what Liu Bei's purpose was.
“I told the veterans who served as officers in the field soldiers that they should teach them common words in the field soldiers.
As for the specific implementation, it must be Let's ask Zilong, who is in charge of the field soldiers." Yang Ji said hesitantly.
At first, he only trained the Qingzhou field soldiers on a large scale, and the rest were basically trained by the leaders of the field soldiers from various places.
As for why the synergy talent will break out like a virus among the field soldiers, it is of course because the infection effect of the synergy talent is so good.
Basically, as long as a group of soldiers with the synergy talent are thrown into the field soldiers, within a few months, this talent will be covered in the entire army's field soldiers.
After all, if you want to activate the synergy talent, what matters is not the basic quality, but the organizational power of the legion.
As long as the legion organization reaches a certain level, the remaining soldiers can be rendered through the seeds of the collaboration talent, and then the collaboration talent can be activated.
(End of this chapter)