Chapter 770: Nine Counties of Jingxiang
Yue Fei is not an easily moved person, but he was still completely moved by Qin Hao's methods. This shows that Qin Hao's methods of winning people's hearts have indeed improved a lot.
After venting for a long time, Yue Fei also noticed his gaffe, and his face turned a little red.
"My lord, I am willing to take over as the governor of Xiangyang, but I am a warrior after all and don't know much about government affairs. Please send someone to help me."
Yue Fei knew that the reason why he became the governor was mainly because Xiangyang would be far away from the center of the Qin army in the future. If the separation of military and political affairs was still implemented, asking for instructions at all levels would definitely delay many fighter opportunities. Therefore, the military and political forces must work together to calmly deal with various threats.
And those who can shoulder such a heavy responsibility must be absolutely loyal, otherwise once they rebel, the consequences will be disastrous.
Therefore, Yue Fei voluntarily gave up power and asked Qin Hao for help in dividing government affairs. This was actually a way to show his loyalty.
Yue Fei had no interest in government affairs and only wanted to concentrate on managing military affairs. This was enough to prove Yue Fei's loyalty.
What Yue Fei didn't know was that his immature political methods were not enough in front of Qin Hao.
Qin Hao had originally planned to send someone to assist Yue Fei. After all, with Yue Fei's 53 points of political attributes, he would have to be able to handle the complex Xiangyang government affairs. Now it is naturally better for Yue Fei to propose it himself, and it saves Qin Hao the need to explain.
"As for the position of Xiangyang County Magistrate, I wonder if Pengju has a candidate in mind?"
Qin Hao once again passed the blame to Yue Fei and asked him to choose his future partner. After all, Yue Fei will be the main player in Xiangyang in the future.
Yue Fei immediately looked thoughtful. There were many powerful political talents in the Qin army, but not everyone was suitable to be his partner.
For example, Liu Bowen, Fang Xuanling, Xun Yu, and Han Fei, the four major plotters, their status in the Qin Army is basically second only to Qin Hao. If they really go to Xiangyang, it will inevitably be difficult to distinguish between priorities.
Moreover, it was impossible for Qin Hao to let the four of them go to Xiangyang. The treatment of the four major conspirators should at least be the same as Wang Meng, the governor of Hetao. Serving in a county with Yue Fei was equivalent to being demoted.
The four masterminds couldn't do it, so Yue Fei could only lower his standards and continue his search.
Liu Ye is in charge of Gongzao, so it definitely won’t work;
Director Wang, Zhou Yi, and Lin Xiangru came from aristocratic families, so they must have taken a liking to him...
Based on this calculation, there are only four candidates left for Yue Fei to choose from: Xin Qiji, Zhang Jiuling, Di Renjie and Bao Zheng.
After weighing the pros and cons, Yue Fei finally chose Zhang Jiuling as his partner, and he naturally had his own considerations.
First of all, Zhang Jiuling was a Yellow Turban surrendered minister, and his status was very embarrassing, so he was forced to prove his ability.
Secondly, when Yue Fei was guarding the four poles of Nanyang, he had the most interactions with Zhang Jiuling, so among the five people, he knew Zhang Jiuling best.
Finally, and most importantly, Zhang Jiuling also came from a poor family.
Qin Hao saw Yue Fei's thoughts at a glance, and then smiled and said: "Okay, since you chose Zhang Jiuling, Pengju, I will make him the Prime Minister of Xiangyang County and let him help you."
Yue Fei was overjoyed, cupped his fists and said, "Thank you, Lord."
Qin Hao nodded and considered what kind of lineup should be assigned to Yue Fei. After all, Xiangyang has an army of 60,000 people, and it is impossible for Yue Fei to support it alone.
Qin Hao's army will have to fight against Dong Zhuo soon, so the quality of the generals must be ensured. The Yuntai generals under Liu Xiu are almost dead, and the only remaining ones are Gai Yan and Wei Wentong who are still good.
After much thought, Qin Hao finally decided to send three generals, Yang Zaixing, Pei Xingyan, and Wenpin, to Yue Fei's command.
In this way, the initial lineup of Qin Hao's Southern Army led by Yue Fei was completed.
As soon as Yue Fei was appointed, he teamed up with Zhang Jiuling and rushed to Xiangyang non-stop, while Qin Hao solved another major event decisively.
Nanyang County has thirty-six counties, and one prefect manages thirty-six county magistrates. It can be seen that the Nanyang prefect is definitely the hardest working man among the Han Dynasties, and he is also the most powerful prefect.
Nanyang connects the north and the south. It is vast and densely populated. Such a vast territory and such a large population are concentrated in one county. It is undoubtedly very inconvenient to govern like this.
In order to better govern Nanyang, and to prevent the future governor of Nanyang from becoming too powerful after he went north, Qin Hao decided to split Nanyang, and divided the eight counties of Xinye Dengguo in the south to Xiangyang County, and Qin Hao The first step in planning.
Now Qin Hao is planning to divide the eight counties in western Nanyang into one county with Nanxiang County as the center and name it Nanxiang County, specifically to guard against threats from Hanzhong and Wuguan.
As for the post of Nanxiang County Governor, Qin Hao decided to hand it over to Zhang Liao and appointed Wang Dao as the county magistrate. He also sent three generals, Yu Jin, Pei Renji, and Pei Xingjian, to help Zhang Liao.
Although Nanyang County has been split twice, there are still twenty counties, and Qin Hao may continue to split it in the future.
Xiangyang County has jurisdiction over four counties in Nanjun and eight counties in Xinye, totaling twelve counties.
Nanxiang County has jurisdiction over eight counties including Nanxiang and Ye County.
In this way, Nanyang was directly divided into three by Qin Hao, becoming the three counties of Nanyang, Xiangyang, and Nanxiang, and the seven counties of Jingxiang also became the nine counties of Jingxiang in advance.
Although he suddenly became the owner of three counties, the territory under Qin Hao's command did not increase much. He only added four counties in Nanjun.
However, considering that Yue Fei will quickly conquer Nanjun after going to Xiangyang, this number will soon change.
In addition, Huang Zu and Han Xuan fell into the hands of Qin Hao, but Qin Hao was not prepared to immediately kill people and seize the land. Instead, he wanted to completely drain them of all their use value and then seize their territory.
Qin Hao was just about to meet these two senior prisoners of war, but Qijian suddenly returned, which also surprised Qin Hao.
Based on the distance traveled, the seven of them should have just arrived in Gangneung. How could they be back so soon?
After listening to the accounts of the seven people, Qin Hao finally understood the whole story and immediately opened the letter Xun Kuang wrote to him.
After reading it, Qin Hao couldn't help but said in his heart, God will not perish Liu Xiu.
Xun Kuang clearly reminded Qin Hao in his letter that every family has its own target of support, so an unknown rule has been formed, that is, you must not attack those you support.
At first, the Taoists wanted to break the rules and assassinate Qin Hao. However, in order to save Qin Hao, Guiguzi directly summoned hundreds of masters to fight against him.
At that time, Confucianism was also on Qin Hao's side and sent Confucius as its representative to protect Qin Hao.
Therefore, if Qin Hao wanted to forcefully break this unspoken rule, it would be equivalent to completely standing on the opposite side of all schools of thought.
