After understanding the latest defense situation in Guanzhong, Zhang Xi's biggest task on his trip to Baoxie Pass was completed.
In the remaining few days, Zhang Xi inspected many camps at Baoxie Pass, inspecting military defense, inspecting the situation of grain, grass and ordnance, etc.
Although Zhang Xi also believed in Chen Dao's ability to run the army, there were some things that had to be done and he could not give up his responsibilities just because of a word of trust.
After all inspections were completed, Zhang Xi and his entourage returned to Hanzhong along the Baoxie Road.
As for Liu Yin, he was still joining the army under Chen Dao, and Zhang Xi had no intention of taking him away.
It's not that Zhang Xi didn't like Liu Yin, on the contrary, Zhang Xi actually had a very good impression of Liu Yin.
After getting along with each other for the past few days, Zhang Xi discovered that Liu Yin was introverted, calm and resourceful. Not only did he have a good military vision, he also had excellent political abilities.
Now Liu Yin is in charge of all logistics management matters for the garrison at Baoxie Crossing. In theory, Liu Yin should be very busy, but Liu Yin can still accompany Zhang Xi throughout the inspection without delaying the operation of the army.
This shows how efficiently this person handles military and government affairs.
Coupled with Liu Yin's great name in history, Zhang Xi certainly wants to promote Liu Yin, but this is not a matter of Zhang Xi's simple words.
Although the current Jihan talent selection system is still carried out by combining the inspection system and the recruitment system, because the imperial court has established three provinces and six ministries, this talent selection is a matter under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites.
Local officials can inspect and recruit talents according to the old rules, and local governors can also recruit talents, but there is a prerequisite for this, which is that they must be reported to the Ministry of Rites. After the talents are inspected by the Ministry of Rites, they will be reported to the Zhongshu Province for a decision. .
This was Liu Bei's attempt to strengthen centralization and poach corners from the dual monarchy of this era. Local officials still have the right to inspect and recruit talents, but these talents must be recognized by the central government before they can be formally appointed. The purpose is to prevent local officials from Officials formed cliques and became powerful.
Therefore, if Zhang Xi wants to recruit and promote Liu Yin, he must first recommend it to the Ministry of Rites and ask Liu Yin to go to Chengdu to meet with people from the Ministry of Rites.
Considering that Xu Jing, the Minister of Rites, is too old and has spent half of the first year in office recuperating at home, and he doesn't know how long he can survive, the right and left ministers of the Ministry of Rites are responsible for checking this talent assessment.
When Liu Yin passes the talent assessment, the Minister of Rites will submit the assessment results to Zhuge Liang, the Order of Zhongshu. After Zhuge Liang reads and agrees, he will hand it over to Fazheng of Shangshu Province. Fazheng will forward it to Qin Mi of the Ministry of Personnel, and let Qin Mi Arrange official positions as appropriate.
Although the process is a bit troublesome, it is also decentralized, and as the emperor, Liu Bei can intervene at any point in these links. Once Liu Bei takes a fancy to a talent, he can directly "simplify" it.
This is tantamount to strengthening centralization and weakening local rights.
He just had to trouble Liu Yin and go to Chengdu first, or simply wait. When Liu Bei arrived in Hanzhong to prepare for the Northern Expedition, Zhang Xi would recommend it to Liu Bei in person.
Liu Yin finally chose the latter. Chen Dao was kind to him. Liu Yin was very affectionate and wanted to stay and continue to help Chen Dao. After all, Liu Yin understood the importance of the Baoxie crossing.
Chen Dao was very happy, and Zhang Xi also respected Liu Yin's choice, so he returned to Hanzhong alone.
After returning to Hanzhong, Zhang Xi continued to carry out other affairs since arriving in Hanzhong. He summoned the county soldiers in advance for training, went to Zhuge Liang and Huang Quan to coordinate the construction of the military camp and the preparation of food and grass, and inspected the arsenal for more than a month.
In more than a month, Hanzhong began to prepare for the autumn harvest. Fazheng, Pang Tong, Wu Yi and others also arrived in Hanzhong one after another.
It was impossible for Liu Bei to set out for Hanzhong immediately. After all, Liu Bei was the emperor now and his status was different. Even if he wanted to lead the expedition in person, he would have to issue an imperial edict to attack Cao Wei before setting off for Hanzhong.
Therefore, the early preparations were all done by the ministers, especially Fazheng and Pang Tong, who were responsible for formulating the strategic plan for the Northern Expedition. They must first go to the front line and understand the situation on the front line before formulating a suitable strategy.
As soon as they arrived in Hanzhong, they immediately found Zhuge Liang, Zhang Xi, and Huang Quan, and began to understand the specific situation of Hanzhong, Baoxie Daokou, Yongzhou, and Liangzhou.
Zhang Xi had been to the Baoxie crossing in person, so he described it in detail. Here in Hanzhong, Huang Quan did not serve as the prefect of Hanzhong for nothing in the past two years, and he also described various situations in detail.
As for Yongzhou and Liangzhou, they are too far apart and can only transfer documents and various information. Although they will be brought together in Hanzhong, what can be analyzed in detail depends on the actual ability of the person in charge of this work. .
Fortunately, the person who always grasps this task is Zhuge Liang.
From minute information to Yongzhou and Liangzhou's military deployment, the restoration of people's livelihood, and the movements of foreign races, the final gathering point of these documents is Zhongshu Province controlled by Zhuge Liang.
That is to say, Zhuge Liang has the ability to grasp everything from people's livelihood to the military, and he can also analyze more useful information from small intelligence.
Although Cao Wei lost most of Yongliang in the past two years, Cao Wei never gave up the idea of regaining Yongliang.
Especially when Cao Ren was stationed in Chang'an, Cao Wei sent many agents to contact the Yongliang nobles or foreign tribes, trying to create unrest in Yongliang, so that the Han Dynasty would lose sight of one thing and lose a foothold in Yongliang.
Let me put it this way, this trick is not new, but it does work.
After all, the Han Dynasty had just conquered Yongliang. On the contrary, Cao Wei had ruled Yongliang for four or five years. It was difficult to say whether the people's support for that time was strong or not.
In addition, the governor of Yongzhou is Ma Chao, who has some hatred for the major families in Yongzhou, and Liangzhou is famous for being capricious. If you don't pay attention, there is a risk of civil strife.
When he just captured Yongliang, Cao Ren's move was actually quite useful. The Qiang people in Yongzhou Longxi, Liangzhou Xiping, Jincheng and other places revolted one after another. The powerful Wang family in Yongzhou Longxi also rebelled. The people in Liangzhou Several restless leaders, such as Qu Yan, Huang Hua and others, also used the excuse of being dissatisfied with Xu Miao's rule and started to rebel again.
Although these events brought certain obstacles to Liu Bei's group's rule in Yongliang, they did not cause much turmoil. Even when the news reached Chengdu, these rebellions had been put down.
When the Qiang people rebelled, Ma Chao just took a few hundred guards to the Qiang people's territory and asked who of you had any objections. The Qiang people said one after another, no objections, we absolutely have no objections. We are just trying to make some money from Cao Wei Er. The advantage of being a fool is that he is just showing off and never dares to really invade the territory of General Shenwei Tian.
The Qiang people's rebellion was put down.
The Wang family in Longxi County rebelled, and although it once connected some aristocratic families in Longxi County, there is a saying that the Wang family is not the leader in Longxi County.
No one is stupider among the aristocratic families these days. If you, the Wang family, want to rebel, I, the Li family, may not be sure. Therefore, before the Wang family in Longxi could officially raise their troops, someone from the aristocratic family had already informed You Chu, the prefect of Longxi. .
You Chu was not only capable, but also determined. He calmly watched the Wang family make preparations step by step. He himself reported the matter and contacted Wei Yan. When the Wang family had just launched an army, Wei Yan had already led the troops. The Wang family was surrounded.
The Wang family in Longxi rebelled, and was put out by You Chu and Wei Yan without even a splash.
In Yongzhou, in the face of these rebellions, they basically relied on coercion and suppression. But in Liangzhou, this style changed somewhat.
Qu Yan and Huang Hua betrayed Zhang Jin and surrendered to Zhao Yun when Zhao Yun attacked Liangzhou last time. Therefore, they retained their power and status and became the governor of a county as they wished.
But as Zhao Yun became the governor of Liangzhou, he also brought Xu Miao to serve as Liangzhou's farewell. The two were a natural match.
Zhao Yun himself has a relatively reserved character. He is not the kind of reckless man who cannot listen to suggestions, nor is he the kind of novice with no actual political experience. He has his own ideas and opinions.
As for Xu Miao, his biggest fear is to meet an unreasonable and unclear chief officer. After all, he is a civilian official, not to mention a reduced general, while Zhao Yun is not only a chief officer, but also a military general.
Xu Miao was really afraid that Zhao Yun was the kind of master who would have his own way.
As a result, when the two came into contact with each other, they found that although one was a military general, he was a courteous corporal and could listen to the opinions of his subordinates with an open mind. Although the other was a civilian official, he was not that kind of idiot from an aristocratic family. All his suggestions were very practical. , reasonable.
The brainwaves of these two people instantly matched each other, and it was quite a pleasure to work together.
But when you are in Liangzhou, the senior officers cooperate happily, but the local county guards below are uncomfortable.
Liangzhou is a place that specializes in rebellion. It is said to be a state, but in fact it is just an alliance of separatist forces from various counties. Who wants to have multiple mothers-in-law in charge of them? !
Qu Yan and Huang Hua only wanted glory, wealth, power and benefits, and no one wanted to listen to what Liangzhou Governor and Liangzhou Biejia said.
So the two were dissatisfied first, then complained, and finally rebelled directly on the pretext that Xu Miao was oppressing too much.
Zhao Yun really doesn't want to use troops. Liangzhou has been fighting for many years and the people have been working very hard. It's time to recuperate. In order to recuperate, Zhao Yun even postponed the formation of the cavalry troops that Liu Bei urgently needed, just to avoid increasing the number of troops in Liangzhou. burden on the people of the state.
Zhao Yun, like Xu Miao, hopes to adopt a relatively loose approach to relieve the pressure on Liangzhou and resume production in Liangzhou as soon as possible.
Therefore, the two people actually consciously adopted a relatively tolerant attitude towards Qu Yan and Huang Hua, and even acquiesced in their use of separatist rule to govern states and counties.
In the end, the two of them were still not satisfied.
Then don't bother anymore and solve it once and for all.
Although Zhao Yun and Xu Miao hope to be gentle, they are not indecisive people.
On the contrary, whether it is Zhao Yun or Xu Miao, they are both decisive and decisive people. If they are hard-hearted, they will never be soft-hearted.
In addition, the new Qiang Guard Colonel Pang De has not had much opportunity to perform since he took office. Didn't Qu Yan and Huang Hua very considerately send military merits to him?
The Liangzhou rebellion was put down!
(End of chapter)
