Some of the main generals of the Xiliang Army chose to remove their armor and return to their fields, and some chose to serve as governors or county magistrates in other places.
Once Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji, Duan Xuan, and Hu Zhen left, Only Zhang Xiu and Dong Cheng are still in the army with some importance, and the others are not worth mentioning.
Liu Cheng sent these people out of Chang'an as quickly as possible, and then began to reorganize the Xiliang Army's 70,000 to 80,000 troops.
He first transferred all the military leaders above the length of the army, euphemistically called them to teach and lead the troops.
The method is actually to put them under house arrest.
Without the leader, the Xiliang Army was in disarray.
Without someone to take the lead, there would be no trouble.
Liu Cheng quickly sent people to remove all the old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers of the Xiliang Army one by one, and gave them severance pay.
Fei, the rest are young and strong people, all elites.
Next, Liu Cheng ordered his men to disrupt the original organization of the soldiers of the Xiliang Army, reorganize them, and separate people from the same village and clan to prevent them from grouping together.
After the matter reached this stage, Liu Chenggong handed over the subsequent matters to Zhang Liao and Yan Xing, while he concentrated on handling matters above the court.
After a few days of relaxation, Chang'an City has gradually recovered some atmosphere.
Both Dong Zhuo and Wang Yun have died, and the remaining forces of the two parties have been eliminated.
Now Chang'an City is peaceful, and there is only one voice in the court.
Since the Xiliang army captured Chang'an, Zhang Ji has been handling all matters as Liu Cheng's representative.
After the war, the emperor and Liu Cheng returned to Chang'an, and some imperial offices gradually resumed operation.
Liu Cheng has taken over The authority began to deal with important military and political affairs, but Liu Cheng was only the right general, only in charge of the Tingwei Mansion, and it was unreasonable to handle important military and political affairs.
Therefore, in the morning of this day, someone said: "Your Majesty, the traitors in the court have been eradicated, the court has been restored to a clear and clear state, and everything is waiting to be revitalized.
I am reporting to your majesty that you should ask the Marquis of Anyi and the emperor Liu Cheng to come out and take charge of the affairs of the court." , Otherwise, no one can control the situation."
Liu Bian was surprised and said: "Isn't the emperor's uncle already starting to deal with the government affairs now?"
Zhong Yao stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the emperor's uncle is the right general and the prefect of the palace.
He only has a military position but no official position.
If you want the emperor's uncle to come out to preside over the government, it is not justified."
Liu Bian slapped his forehead: "I'm really confused.
The emperor's uncle has not held any official position in the past few years.
How come I have forgotten this all this time?
Damn it!
This dear Qing Zhong, what do you think you should add to the emperor's uncle?"
What is appropriate for an official position?”
"Your Majesty, I think that at least he should be one of the three princes and record the affairs of the minister.
Otherwise, it will not be enough to demonstrate the authority of the emperor's uncle."
Liu Bian nodded and said: "Okay, then let's make the emperor's uncle a Taiwei, record the minister's affairs, be promoted to General of Hussars, and give him a holiday axe."
Liu Cheng stood up and declined: "Your Majesty, I have never held any official position in the DPRK, and the post of General on the Right is only a temporary military position.
It is too abrupt to suddenly become a Taiwei, and it is difficult to convince the public.
I dare not "Follow the imperial edict" "This" Liu Bian didn't expect Liu Cheng to refuse, and he didn't know what to do for a while.
Another minister stood up from the audience.
When the ministers saw it, it was Wei Wei Zhao Wen.
He cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, in the past few years, the emperor has tried his best to deal with Dong Zhuo and the corrupt old ministers in the court, trying to protect the country."
Your Majesty and The safety of the royal family has enabled His Majesty to sit firmly on the throne.
The emperor's uncle also secretly promoted the eradication of Dong Zhuo and the purge of the court.
Therefore, the emperor's uncle has done a great job.
His achievements and talents are enough to hold the post of the three princes."
Liu Bian immediately said: "It's absolutely true, uncle, please don't refuse."
Liu Cheng cupped his fists and said, "I'm not being pretentious.
I'm actually still young and have little qualifications.
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I'm really not suitable for holding such an important official position.
With your Majesty's permission, I will temporarily take up the post of Sikong."
Seeing Liu Cheng's insistence, Liu Bian had no choice but to agree: "That's fine, then let the emperor's uncle be granted the title of Sikong, General of Hussars, and Minister of Records.
He will be given the title of Yue during the festival, and the emperor's uncle will have full authority to preside over the important military and political affairs of the court."
Liu Cheng bowed down and said, "I obey your decree."
In the next few days, Liu Cheng began to officially take over the military and political affairs of the imperial court.
He first recommended his close associates who had been following him in the past few years.
Honglu, Shi Tao were promoted to Da Si Nong, Zhu Jianping was promoted to Taichang, and Xu Jing was promoted to Guanglu Xun and Xu Shu were promoted to Jinwu, Chen Gong was promoted to Tingwei, Xun Zhan was promoted to Taipu, Jia Xu was promoted to Sikong Sizhi, Li Ru was promoted to Sikong Sizhi, Li Ru was promoted to Sikong Sizhi, and other officials and generals were promoted and awarded.
Originally, the generals of the imperial court were temporary Positions, but now they have been relaxed, and some general names have been set as permanent positions.
Everyone was promoted, and Liu Cheng's subordinates were very happy.
That night they gathered together at Sikong Mansion to have a drink to celebrate.
After the banquet, the generals had to return to the camp for duty.
Liu Cheng left all the civil servants behind to discuss important military and political matters.
Liu Cheng said: "The court has been able to be straightened out recently, but there are still many vacant positions.
I wonder what you think of these vacant positions."
Xun Yu stood and cupped his hands and said: "My lord, I think it is better to leave these vacant official positions vacant than to randomly find someone to replace them.
Almost all official positions have assistant officers and subordinate officers.
Even if the position of chief officer is vacant, the assistant officer position is vacant." and subordinate officials can still temporarily exercise their powers.
If someone with insufficient virtue and talent is found to fill the vacancy, not only will it be There is no benefit to dealing with the important affairs of the military formation, but it will also cause harm.
It makes people in the world think that the officials in the imperial court are worthless now.
The lord has developed and promoted many officials under his command in the past few years.
These people are loyal to the lord, but Their talents are still limited and their qualifications are too shallow, and they still need to hone themselves before they can take on big responsibilities.”
Liu Cheng nodded and said: "Wen Ruo's words are reasonable.
Now all the people in the court are from us.
Even if there are some people who are not from us, they are not from the aristocratic families.
Now these people have moved closer to me, so the people in the court are No one can restrain us anymore.
Do you have any ideas on what we should do next?"
Xun Yu raised his hands and continued: "My lord, I think the next step should be to consolidate the territory we actually control now.
There is no need to worry about Hedong and Bingzhou.
The local officials there are all our own people.
The Sili area and other areas in Yongzhou There are also many local officials who are members of the gentry clan.
On the surface, these people respect the imperial court, but in fact they may not necessarily act in accordance with the decrees issued by the imperial court."
Liu Cheng asked: "How to strengthen the rule of these areas?"
Chen Gong stood up and cupped his hands and said: "My lord, I think I can issue an edict to recruit local officials from these aristocratic families to serve in Beijing, and send people to take over their official positions.
If they come, I will arrange idle positions for them to die in their old age.
If If someone refuses to come due to illness or other reasons, then send troops and horses to arrest and imprison them directly, kill chickens and scare monkeys, and deal with two or three.
Others will be honest when they see that the situation is not good."
"I second the proposal," Xun Yu said, cupping his hands.
Zhong Yao also cupped his hands and said: "I second the proposal."
Others also raised their hands in agreement.
"Shan" Liu Cheng agreed, "Wen He, tomorrow send over a list of the retainers and middle and low-level officials in the government who have not yet been assigned official positions."
Jia Xu handed over his hand and agreed: "No" Liu Cheng asked: "Do you have anything else to report?"
Zhao Rui, the commander of the Bronze Mirror Division, stood up and clasped his fists and said: "My lord, in the past half month, various princes in Guandong have sent a large number of spies to enter the pass to find out the news.
Our Bronze Mirror Division has captured thirty-three people, and there are still some people who have not been arrested.
If you are caught, I have sent people to monitor you closely and you can catch me at any time."
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Liu Cheng fully affirmed the contribution and achievements of the Bronze Mirror Division: "Very good, these Guandong princes are evil and always want to spy on the government's decrees and actions.
You Bronze Mirror Division will make them blind and deaf.
Bronze Mirror Division To do this, if we want them to see nothing and hear nothing, they will not get any information.
If we want them to know, they will know.
To this extent, you, the commander, can be regarded as Competent” "Yes, I will definitely live up to my lord's high expectations."
Liu Cheng asked again: "By the way, after Sun Jian died, where did all his people go?
Does he have any nephews?"
Jia Xu stood up and answered with cupped hands: "Back to my lord, after Sun Jian died, some of his tribesmen fled, and the rest were handed over to Sun Jian's nephew Sun Bi by Yuan Shu to lead them.
However, last year Yuan Shu sent Sun Bi to be the captain of Danyang. , Sun Jian’s old subordinates Cheng Pu, Huang Gaihe Thousands of soldiers and horses are still left at Yuan Shu's place.
Sun Jian has four sons, Sun Ce, Sun Quan, Sun Yi, and Sun Kuang.
Among them, Sun Ce is eighteen years old, and his family is currently in Lujiang County.
It is said that Sun Ce has ten thousand men at this young age.
Unstoppable courage, strong martial arts, and few opponents."
"Oh."
Liu Cheng thought for a moment and said, "I will issue an edict tomorrow to allow Sun Ce to inherit Sun Jian's title and serve as the governor of Runan as General Polu."
Zhong Yao smiled at this time and said: "My lord, Sun Jian seems to have died after Liu Biao's general Huang Zu was killed.
How could it be that he was killed by Yuan Shu?
If Sun Ce knew about this, he would definitely hate Yuan Shu.
Now the imperial court is letting him He inherited Sun Jian's position as the general who defeated the captives, and then took over Runan County.
It's like driving a nail into Yuan Shu's heart.
Sun Ce has Sun Jian's old troops around him, and Sun Ce will definitely find a way to recall Sun Jian's old troops.
However, Yuan Shu is not good at fighting, and he has many advisers around him, so he doesn't know this.
The young Sun Ce cannot defeat Yuan Shu in a fight."
At this time, Li Ru said with a smile: "It doesn't matter whether Sun Jian can beat Yuan Shu or not.
The key is to create obstacles for Yuan Shu so that he doesn't have much energy to expand his territory.
Yuan Shu has a rich family and many talents under his disciples.
As long as you give him time, he will definitely speed up."
Although this person is incompetent, if he is allowed to develop and grow, the court will have to work hard to deal with him in the future."
At this point, Li Ru cupped his hands to Liu Cheng and said: "My lord, I heard that Qiao Mao was killed by Liu Dai, and Liu Dai was killed by Taishan Yellow Turban, but Cao Cao got a big advantage and got it without any effort.
After leaving Dongjun, doesn’t my lord think this is too strange?”
Liu Cheng raised his eyebrows: "Wen You means that all this was done by Cao Cao."
Li Ru sneered and said: "My lord, Ru never thought that people like Cao Cao would have a friendly heart.
He would always assume the worst about a person.
My lord, just imagine, Cao Cao doesn't have any official position.
How can he have a Yangwu general?"
They were self-proclaimed when the princes allied themselves.
He has no official position and no territory.
How can he get a foothold?
He wants to raise troops and horses.
How can he do it without territory?
Last time, Yuan Shao represented Cao Cao as the prefect of Dongjun.
Didn't the lord realize that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao Cao Cao had already secretly joined forces.
Cao Cao arranged for Liu Dai to kill Qiao Mao, and then led the Yellow Turbans from Mount Tai to attack Puyang and kill Liu Dai.
Cao Cao had already made arrangements and defeated the Yellow Turbans, with tens of thousands of troops and hundreds of people.
Ten thousand, take full control Taking control of Dongjun, Dongping, Shanyang and other counties, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's territories are bordering each other.
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They are allies, so they can rely on each other and concentrate on dealing with other areas without worrying about being attacked in the back."
After Li Ru's analysis, Liu Cheng and others discovered that Cao Cao was very powerful.
You must know that Liu Bei also had thousands of troops in his hands and Pingyuan County as a base, but this situation could not develop, and Cao Cao had no official position and no territory, but he still tried his best to seize a piece of imperial land.
In this land, he got tens of thousands of elite soldiers and millions of people for nothing.
By comparison, Cao Cao's ability is infinitely stronger than Liu Bei's.
Of course, Cao Cao has a reputation and family support, but Liu Bei does not.
Liu Bei is inherently deficient in this area, which is also the reason why Liu Bei cannot develop easily
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