After Zhang Jia and Jia Xu separated, they returned to the city and immediately made arrangements to summon the generals and officials in the city to discuss preparations for the arrival of the army from outside the city.
Jia Xu successfully completed the task of surrendering Zhang Jia and returned to the military formation to see Zhang Liao, Xu Shu and others.
He explained the situation to them.
Zhang Liao and others immediately ordered to lift the siege of Ye City and follow Liu Cheng's instructions.
This means that 10,000 troops must be left in Yecheng, so the remaining 10,000 troops must enter the city, and the remaining troops must continue to wipe out the surrounding towns belonging to Yuan Shao's forces.
In less than ten days, the entire territory of Wei County and the entire territory of Zhao State sandwiched between Wei County and Changshan also surrendered.
In the city of Yecheng, in Yuan Shao's original residence, Jia Xu said to Zhang Jia and others: "The imperial decree has come down.
General Zhang is granted the title of General Ningyuan and the garrison of Yecheng.
He will be in charge of the troops and defense of the Wei County garrison, except for the county."
Except for the soldiers who are under the control of the prefect, the rest of the garrison is Under the control of General Zhang, under the control of General Xuanwei and the governor of Jizhou Zhao Yun, I will lead my army back to Chang'an in two days.
General Xu Shu will also lead his army back to Luoyang.
Only the guerrilla general Ma Chao and his 10,000 troops will stay as a The general and lieutenant stayed to assist.”
Zhang He looked at Ma Chao, and Ma Chao said: "Don't look at me, my guerrilla general is definitely lower than your General Ning Yuan."
Jia Xu saw the confusion on Zhang He's face and explained: "Both Guerrilla General and General Ningyuan may be military ranks among the new military ranks.
Currently, the Grand Sima Mansion is discussing the establishment of military ranks and official ranks, using military ranks and military ranks.
From now on, the defense of Wei County will be handed over to General Zhang to reflect the status of generals and soldiers in the army."
A newly surrendered general could immediately take control of the military affairs of a newly conquered territory.
This level of trust was only found in Liu Cheng, and Zhang Zha did not expect such an arrangement from above.
"However, I'm afraid General Zhang will go to Chang'an first.
The Lord Protector wants to see you, and some things need to be explained in person.
In order to save time, we will send someone to escort the general all the way to Chang'an to meet the Lord Protector.
After that, you have to do your best.
Come back as quickly as possible, after all, the military affairs here cannot leave you for a long time."
Opening his jaw and clasping his fists, he said: "Follow your orders."
Zhang Jaw set out for Chang'an on the second day, while Zhang Liao, Yan Xing, Jia Xu, Xu Shu and others led the army to leave Yecheng and return to Chang'an on the third day.
Chang'an, Da Sima Mansion.
Liu Cheng looked at the letter sent by Jia Xu and smiled to his close aides: "Zhang Jia surrendered.
He was on his way to Chang'an at this time.
Zhang Liao, Jia Xu and others were also leading their troops back.
Yuan Shao passed by here.
This battle also severely damaged our vitality, and it should take a while.
How is the situation over there in Yizhou?
Has Zhong Yao stabilized the situation?
Are the landlords in Yizhou still making trouble?"
Xun Yu stood up and cupped his hands and said: "My lord, the memorial sent by Zhong Yuanchang shows that after he took office, he adopted a strategy of dividing and disintegrating, wooing the weaker ones, and attacking the stronger ones.
The current situation in Yizhou has basically stabilized.
Now, various decrees issued by the imperial court are being gradually implemented in Yizhou."
"Let's talk about the specific details.
Zhong Yao wants to win over a group of people.
He won't fail to give them some benefits and promises."
"Yes."
Or purchase materials from them, and also promised that within the next ten years, if these people engage in business, their taxes can be reduced by half.”
Liu Cheng nodded and said: "This is indeed a good method.
It not only achieves the purpose of dividing the landowners in Yizhou, but also does not harm the interests of the government and the court.
These projects always have to find people to do it, and the cost will be reduced to everyone.
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Half of the commercial tax seems to reduce the income of the court and government, but in fact it encourages industry and commerce.
In the future, craftsmanship will not decrease, but will increase.
Zhong Yuanchang really has a great talent, and the reorganization of the Yizhou Army is proceeding smoothly.
How's it going?"
Li Ru, who was in charge of this matter, stood up and said with his hands in his hands: "Back to my lord, the Yizhou army has completed its reorganization and is now coming to Chang'an in batches.
Another 10,000 troops sent to Yizhou have also entered Yizhou.
According to the current situation, As long as the stability of Yizhou lasts for one year, there will be no problems in the future."
The idea of transferring the Yizhou Army to Chang'an was not decided by Liu Cheng at once.
He had been considering the matter of soldiers serving in other places for a long time.
This is also a good way to prevent the military from continuing to breed warlords and mountain top ideas. , if the leading general had this idea, the soldiers would not agree.
You must know that their families are not serving in the country.
Once the leading general rebels, what will happen to their families?
This is a question that everyone has to consider.
An important factor in the formation of warlord separatism in the late Han Dynasty was that the prefects, governors, and state pastors had the right to recruit soldiers freely in their jurisdictions.
But if the soldiers under their command were soldiers from other places, would they dare to rebel easily?
Liu Cheng nodded and said: "Winter is about to enter.
There should be no wars this year and early next year.
The troops stationed in various places and the army in Chang'an must complete the mixed defense change as soon as possible.
As long as this time ends smoothly, the military will Things will get easier in the future, you have to hurry up."
"clear" In fact, everyone knows that when soldiers from the same place join the army, they have the same language and customs, and they get along faster and develop combat effectiveness much faster.
However, if all the soldiers in an army are from the same place, it will not work.
It is easy for problems to arise, the easiest to mutiny, and the easiest to be deceived by others.
And if the soldiers of an army come from all over the world, even if there are not many people from the same place, the chance of problems will be greatly reduced.
Liu Cheng remembered something and asked again: "Have you brought the list of candidates for this year's imperial examination and martial arts test that I want?"
"Bring it" Li Ru agreed and handed over a directory.
After Liu Cheng took it, he opened it and looked at it.
He originally wanted to go to the New Army training camp to inspect.
Before leaving, he looked at the roster so that he could know the names of those who were on the list when he saw them, but he didn't expect that I saw the names of Huang Zhong, Gan Ning, Tai Shici and others on the roster, and these three ranked among the top three in the martial arts examination.
It has to be said that the scientific examination ordered by Liu Cheng was undoubtedly very successful and caused an unprecedented sensation.
Although it was resisted by most wealthy families in the world, they could not stop those who wanted to get a chance to advance.
Talents from poor families cannot stop those descendants from aristocratic families who are already in decline.
"Huang Zhong, thirty-nine years old, once stationed in Changsha with Liu Biao's nephew Liu Pan and served as Zhonglang General" Liu Cheng took Huang Zhong's information and read it out.
Huang Zhong was already a lieutenant general, but he still wanted to take the imperial examination and martial arts test.
This shows how charming the imperial examination is.
Who doesn’t know that Huang Zhong’s lieutenant will be appointed by Liu Biao, but the key is that it is not recognized by the court.
What’s more important is that these people want to use this fair platform to show their talents to the world, and obtain official positions and future through this platform.
Rather than being recommended through the back door.
For no other reason than that, most of these people are from poor families.
They had no chance of promotion before.
Even if they had, they were recommended because of interpersonal relationships.
And they think that as long as they are fair and just, they will not be compared to others.
The people in those wealthy families are poor Now these martial arts candidates on the list are being trained and studied in a military camp outside Chang'an City.
Some of them were soldiers before, but some were not before.
They were just people from the martial arts world.
They did not know how to lead troops to fight, and they did not understand how to march and fight.
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Law and military strategy, so in order for these people to be qualified to take up their posts, they must first undergo some training and study.
Early the next morning, Liu Cheng rushed to the military camp outside the city with a group of officials.
Liu Cheng first inspected the training situation of the soldiers, internal affairs, sentry posts, etc. in the military camp, and then came to the training camp for the students who were successful in the martial arts examination.
At this time, two groups of soldiers were conducting combat exercises on the school grounds.
All the soldiers were armed with special weapons such as wooden knives and wooden spears, and the arrows they fired were also blunt arrows.
Each side has one person commanding from the rear and not participating in the fighting.
The two men stand on a chariot and can overlook the battlefield.
Each side has 500 soldiers.
The use of military formations for head-on combat mainly tests the generals' familiarity with military formation changes and drills.
They must be able to use them flexibly.
It also tests the generals' ability to make decisions on the fly.
Liu Cheng and his party stood still at a distance.
Liu Cheng asked: "Who are the commanders of both sides?"
Wang Shuang, the commander of the military camp, replied: "Back to my lord, the one on the left is Huang Zhong, who ranked first in the martial arts examination; the one on the right is Wei Yan, who ranked fourth in the martial arts examination."
Liu Cheng looked at the situation on the court and said, "It seems that Wei Yan's side is about to be unable to withstand it."
Wang Shuang said: "Wei Yan was just a camp commander in the Jingzhou army before, but Huang Zhong is already a Zhonglang general."
Liu Cheng didn't say anything and continued to watch.
Not long after, Wei Yan's 500 men and horses suffered heavy losses.
The remaining men were beaten back by Huang Zhong's men.
The situation was already one-sided.
In the end, more than 100 men were left.
Being trapped in the military formation, he couldn't run away, couldn't stop him, and was killed bit by bit.
The battle was not completely over yet.
Liu Chenggong said to Wang Shuang: "Okay, let them finish it.
They have been completely defeated.
Call them both over."
Huang Zhong and Wei Yan were brought over to salute Liu Cheng: "Meet the Lord Protector."
"No courtesy" Liu Cheng raised his hand and looked them over.
Huang Zhong was already middle-aged, while Wei Yan was still a young man in his twenties.
"Huang Zhong, you are the first place in this year's martial arts examination.
I have something unclear.
You are already a Zhonglang general.
Why did you give up your military position in Jingzhou and come to Chang'an to take the martial arts examination?
You must know that even if you pass the examination If you get the first place, when you are appointed to an official position, it may not be higher than your original official position, or it may even be lower than your original official position."
Huang Zhong clasped his fists and said: "My lord, even if the court asks me to be a soldier, I will be happy.
The wealthy families have always controlled the way to be promoted to generals, and poor families rarely have the opportunity.
Nowadays, the imperial examination and martial arts test are the most important It is a fair and just way to get promoted, no matter whether you are rich or poor, high or low, everyone is treated equally in the martial arts examination.
Now that there is a military examination examination, why can't we prove to those rich and powerful families that we are no worse than them?"
Liu Cheng said with a smile: "I would not dare to let you, the number one person in the martial arts examination, become a private soldier, otherwise people in the world would say that I am short-sighted.
I am very satisfied with your answer.
We are born poor and humble, and our origin is beyond our control and decision.
But as long as everyone is given a fair opportunity, everyone can change their destiny through their own efforts
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