Xun You took a sip of tea, cleared his throat, straightened his silk fabrics, and said: "Sir Sikong, Yuan Shao is a tough-looking person with a weak heart.
He does great things but cherishes his life, but he has a big appetite.
You see, he was originally just a little boy.
The governor of Bohai is actually planning to seize the entire Jizhou.
I have no choice but to The ignorant people who admire him are fearless.
This is also because Han Fu is a boastful and incompetent person who was intimidated by Yuan Shao's family background.
If it were another Zhou Mu with a little more courage and ruthlessness, it wouldn't matter what family background you have.
If you want to seize Jizhou, I will kill you first."
"Yuan Shao may have the idea of conquering Hanoi and Jizhou, but the official thought that his officials would definitely dissuade him.
He still respects the imperial court and does not dare to raise the banner of rebellion against the imperial court.
Otherwise, the imperial court will not deal with him.
He The officials and military personnel under my command The generals will all oppose him, and attacking Bingzhou and Hanoi is a rebellion against the imperial court.
At that time, the imperial court only needs to declare Yuan Shao a traitor and order all the princes in the world to punish him.
His Yuan family's brand name will not be easy to use, and his reputation will be ruined, and he will inevitably become a traitor.
A street rat that everyone shouts and beats.”
"However, the imperial court has to take precautions.
It can order the soldiers and horses in Bingzhou and Hanoi to take strict precautions to prevent Yuan Shao from getting mad and forcing an attack on Bingzhou and Hanoi regardless of the dissuasion of his subordinates.
As long as they can withstand Yuan Shao's attack, they will not If he succeeds at the first opportunity, his doom will come.
But if he succeeds and captures Bingzhou and Hanoi, the prestige of the imperial court will plummet, and the effectiveness of issuing imperial edicts to the world at the wrong time will be weakened."
Liu Cheng nodded and said: "Very good, Gongda's words are very much what I want."
At the court meeting the next day, Liu Cheng first announced in front of all the court officials that Xun You had been reinstated and would continue to serve as the Huangmen Minister.
They are new faces, there are only one or two old ministers left.
Liu Cheng asked: "My lords, do you have anything else to report?"
The new chief minister, Shi Tao, stood up and said, "Master Sikong, in the past two years, the three counties of Longxi, Tianshui, and Anding in Yongzhou have been affected by the war between Han Sui and Ma Teng in Xiliang, and their agricultural production has been greatly affected. , and there are natural disasters.
It often doesn’t rain for several months, the fields are harvestless, and the people live in poverty.
They are afraid that they will not be able to pay taxes to the court.
I request the court to reduce the taxes of Longxi, Anding and Tianshui counties for one year."
Before Emperor Ling died, the imperial court completely lost control of Xiliang.
After Emperor Ling's death, the imperial court received almost no news about Xiliang.
It also didn't know what happened to Han Sui and Ma Teng in Liangzhou.
Only in the past year, Liu Cheng's intelligence department has slowly penetrated into various parts of Liangzhou and gained some understanding of the situation in Liangzhou.
Han Sui's current base is in the western areas of Jincheng, Xiping, Tianshui and Anding County, while Ma Teng's sphere of influence is in the northwest of Liangzhou, including Wuwei County and Zhangye County.
In the past two years, Han Sui and Ma Teng have been competing for control of Liangzhou.
In terms of overall strength, Ma Teng is weaker than Han Sui.
He occupies a relatively wealthy territory, while Ma Teng occupies the Hexi Corridor.
Two years ago, Ma Teng was preparing to join the alliance to challenge Dong.
However, he was hindered by his army's attempt to pass through Han Sui's territory and had to retreat midway.
Liu Cheng thought for a moment and agreed: "In that case, we will exempt the three counties of Longxi, Tianshui, and Anding from taxes for one year, so that the people can live a healthy life.
The Dasi Agricultural Mansion will send officials who are proficient in agricultural affairs to inspect agricultural production and guide people's production. , the Chancellery will issue an edict instructing local governments to organize This autumn and winter, the army and the people are building water conservancy projects, especially water diversion canals, to divert water from the Yellow River to field passes, and to build waterwheels to divert water in key areas.
I heard that Ma Jun invented and built a waterwheel not long ago, which is very conducive to field irrigation.
I ordered that in Governments in various places under the actual control of the imperial court vigorously promoted it."
Shi Tao and the officials from Shangshutai respectively stood up and saluted and agreed: "Yes, Lord Sikong."
Liu Cheng asked again: "Zhang Liao and Yan Xinghe have been reorganizing the Xiliang army for some time.
What is the result?"
Yan Xing stood up and clasped his fists and replied: "Back to Lord Sikong, the reorganization of the Xiliang Army was completed three days ago.
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The original Xiliang Army had a total of 76,000 people.
After the reorganization, 14,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people were eliminated.
They have been given severance pay, two hundred dollars each, and sent them back to their hometowns to work in the fields.
There are still 62,000 people left, who have been organized into sixty battalions.
All officers from the team officer on up have been We have all dispatched in place, and the training started yesterday.
The original officers of the Xiliang Army are currently all concentrated in Meiyang for training and study.
The others are fine, just Zhang Xiu and Dong Cheng.
They are among the former officers of the Xiliang Army.
The prestige of Zhang Xiu has been increased, and these Xiliang Army officers all look up to them.
Zhang Xiu's martial arts is also very strong, and the officials we sent to train them can't do anything to them."
Liu Cheng raised his eyebrows: "How are Zhang Xiu and Dong Cheng doing?"
Yan Xingdao: "People often gather to fight against the officers who train them."
"These two people are talented.
I originally planned to make great use of them, but I didn't expect them to be so unwise.
In this case, let them stay there and wait to die.
It is just a waste for the court.
Send the order with a little food to increase the number of troops and strengthen the guard over them.
Don't worry about them anymore.
If they dare to rush into the guard, I will kill them.
I will wait until they realize their mistake and see how they behave."
"yes" Liu Cheng also issued instructions to Yan Xing and Zhang Liao: "During the training process of the Xiliang army, military discipline must be strict.
No matter who, no matter what the reason, no matter how extenuating the circumstances, anyone who violates military law will be severely punished." , there is no humane thing to say.
If you want to be in solitary confinement, you should be in solitary confinement.
If you want to be beaten with military sticks, you should be beaten with military sticks.
If you are supposed to be decapitated, you should be killed.
The leader wants to kill a group of people, and sets a target number for the Military Justice Department to kill every day.
The task will be completed only when the number is killed.
Even if they are not wrong, they still have to find out their mistakes, otherwise they will be held accountable by the Military Justice Department.
Responsibility, this group of Xiliang soldiers are used to being lazy, but they are very capable in combat.
It is not enough to deter such unruly people without heavy rituals."
"Follow your orders" Now the disaster for the Xiliang army has come.
Liu Cheng knew very well that if he wanted to make these Xiliang soldiers obedient and useful, he must use the most stringent military laws on them and kill some of the unruly and unruly soldiers in the army.
As a disciple, he vigorously punished those soldiers who did not take military discipline seriously, making them instinctively afraid of being dealt with by military law, otherwise he would not be able to use them at all.
At this time Zhong Yao stood up and cupped his hands and said: "I would like to inform Lord Sikong that all the officials transferred to Chang'an from various counties and counties have arrived.
They have all reported to the Chancellor.
The next step is to arrange their official positions.
I don't know Lord Sikong."
Any other instructions?"
Liu Cheng waved his hand and said: "These are people from aristocratic families, and the relationship between them is complicated.
Let them all be assigned idle positions.
Don't there still be many vacancies in the Qingshui Yamen?
Let's assign them to these people."
Zhong Yao agreed: "Yes" "Where is Zhao Rui, the commander of the Bronze Mirror Division?"
"The general is here," Zhao Rui stood up and agreed with his fists clasped.
This was a secret yamen, and Zhao Rui had always seemed very mysterious, which made the court ministers and officials both curious and in awe of him.
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Liu Cheng ordered: "Send someone to keep an eye on them.
If there is any abnormal behavior, report it immediately."
"Follow your orders" After the dispersion of the dynasty, Liu Cheng kept several close advisers and returned to Sikong Mansion to discuss matters.
While the counselors were drinking tea in the front hall, Wang Yue was summoned to the back hall by Liu Cheng and asked: "How many spies does the Shadow Guard have in Hanzhong and other counties in Yizhou?"
Wang Yue replied: "Hanzhong is a large county, and it is also the only place where the imperial court leads to the hinterland of Yizhou.
Therefore, a strengthened team has been arranged.
There are ten people responsible for collecting information, one team officer, and the other nine people each.
Responsible for collecting information in a county, there are four assassins responsible for the operation.
These are just regular staff, and there are 29 peripheral personnel, 18 of whom cooperate with the information collection, and 11 of whom cooperate with the operation."
"Now the administrative seat of Yizhou is in Mianzhu, and the largest number of subordinates are in Shu County.
The number of staff on staff has reached 22, and the number of peripheral people has reached 36."
Liu Cheng calculated in his mind that according to Wang Yue's method, a state would have hundreds of intelligence agents plus operational personnel, plus peripheral personnel, the number would probably reach more than a thousand, deployed throughout the Han Dynasty.
There are probably more than 10,000 spies and operatives of the Shadow Security Department within the territory, which is a bit scary.
However, Liu Cheng was not worried that the Shadow Guard Division would backfire on him.
He had secretly made deployments and arrangements when the Shadow Guard Division was first established.
Wang Yue could not dominate the Shadow Guard Division with one hand.
He also had two deputies, even Wang Yue is surrounded by people secretly arranged by Liu Cheng, but Wang Yue is unaware of these arrangements.
Once the critical moment comes, these people will play a role.
Liu Cheng ordered: "Immediately start collecting the information about Zhang Lu in Hanzhong and Liu Yan in Yizhou, and send them over at this time tomorrow."
"Yes, Lord Sikong" After sending Wang Yue away, Liu Cheng came to the lobby of Sikong Mansion.
The counselors were chatting.
When they saw Liu Cheng arriving, they all stood up and saluted.
Liu Cheng sat down, pressed his hands, asked everyone to sit down, and said: "I have brought you all here to ask for your advice on something.
In the past, Lu Bu had a general named Gao Shun.
This person was a rare member.
General, that day I tried to find a way to use it secretly Dong Zhuo transferred him away from Lu Bu, and now Gao Shun has 5,000 troops stationed at Shanggui in the southeast of Tianshui County to guard against Han Sui.
However, this Gao Shun is extremely loyal and has a strong character.
If you want to use him, I don't know if you gentlemen can do it.
What a good idea” Jia Xu smiled and said: "My lord, it is not difficult at this time.
First, we can secretly arrange people around Gao Shun to prevent him from communicating with Lu Bu; then my lord will recruit him to Beijing to report his duties in the name of the imperial court.
If he does not want to be charged with rebellion, He must not dare not to come.
Now he is facing Han Sui.
If the imperial court abandons him behind his back, he and his five thousand troops will definitely die without a burial place.
So, he has no choice."
Liu Chengdao: "What if he voted for Han Sui?"
At this time, Li Ru said with a smile: "How could my lord forget that he is a loyal and strong-willed person?
If he was so easy to vote for Han Sui, why didn't he just vote for the lord?
In the name of the court's justice, he recruited him to report his duties.
He couldn't refuse and shirk" "It makes sense."
Liu Cheng touched his chin and told Jia Xu: "Wen He, then let the secret camp send people to sneak into his side and find a way to cut off all ties between him and Lu Bu."
Jia Xu smiled and said: "In fact, Gao Shun and Lu Bu have no contact for a long time.
At least when Dong Zhuo was still alive, Lu Bu had always been suspicious of Gao Shun.
Shortly after Dong Zhuo's death, Lu Bu fled to Nanyang with the remaining defeated soldiers.
Since then, he has been jealous of Gao Shun.
He has never been in contact with Gao Shun, and his subordinates will send people to sneak into Han Sui and Ma Teng as soon as possible
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