Actually, Zhang Xi also thought too much. Zhuge Liang didn't want to take care of everything by himself.
At least that's what Zhuge Liang himself thinks.
Zhuge Liang also thought about discussing the next aftermath plan with his ministers. However, Zhuge Liang believed that before discussing, he must first sort out the interests involved and come up with a charter for everyone to discuss.
Otherwise, it will not do any good to the big man if everyone gets together and noisily argues with each other without reaching a reasonable conclusion.
During this period of time, Zhuge Liang was busy with this matter. He happened to be almost busy when Zhang Xi came to his door.
Just have a meeting, Zhang Xi has suggested it, and Zhuge Liang also has this idea, so let’s have it.
Documents were sent to Nanyang and Hanzhong at the same time, asking the officials of the two places to arrange their respective government affairs and set off to Chang'an as soon as possible to discuss matters.
Over in Nanyang, Xu Shu and Pang Tong will definitely come, and so will the Fa Zheng in Hanzhong. How many of the remaining people can come depends on their respective arrangements.
The meeting time was set for half a month, but before that, Zhuge Liang grabbed Zhang Xi and asked about Zhuge Qiao and Zhang Xuan's marriage.
These two unlucky children were supposed to get married according to the etiquette after the autumn harvest, but it happened to coincide with the Great War in Guanzhong. Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi had no intention of marrying them, so they postponed it until now.
Now we have encountered the death of General Guan Yu. Although there is no need to avoid it in theory, the problem is, where is Guan Yu's prestige and relationship with everyone. At least until the first half of next year, these two children are not suitable. Organizing the wedding.
But it's not a problem to keep procrastinating like this. It's not in line with etiquette to stay engaged without getting married.
So, Zhuge Liang just wanted to discuss with Zhang Xi and set a suitable time for the two children to get married.
If you can't make it a big deal, you must at least comply with the etiquette and get married before the three-year period. Don't make people laugh.
Zhuge Liang is right about this!
Anyway, judging from the current situation, my daughter has identified Zhuge Qiao, and this Zhuge Qiao doesn't seem to be short-lived. Let's set a time.
It will be considered a happy event at that time, and the time will be set after the autumn harvest of the sixth year of Jianxing.
The reconstruction of Guanzhong should have been almost completed by then, and it happened to be after the autumn harvest. Marrying a daughter at that time would at least allow the people of Chang'an to join in the fun.
There is no such thing as spiritual civilization these days, but the concept of having fun with the people and improving people's hearts has been around for a long time.
After the two people agreed on this matter, they started their own business again until Xu Shu, Fazheng and others arrived in Chang'an.
Everyone is here, let’s start the discussion! ! !
There were quite a few people attending this meeting.
In Yongzhou, not only Zhang Xi participated, but also Fei Yi and Huang Quan, and Zhao Yun also participated as General Wei.
In Jingzhou, because Guan Yu died of illness, Guan Ping, Guan Xing, Guan Yinping and Deng Ai had to escort Guan Yu's coffin to Chengdu for burial, so Wang Ji had to station in Wancheng. The only people who came to Chang'an to attend the meeting this time were Xu Shu and Ma Liang, as well as Pang Tong and Jiang Wei who were preparing to return to Chengdu.
As for Hanzhong, unexpectedly, not only Fazheng arrived, but also Li Yan. Obviously, Fazheng now wanted to support Li Yan.
Everyone has their own arrangements and thoughts, but those are things to consider later, let’s discuss things now.
With Zhuge Liang's preparations, everyone no longer needs to argue about the order of some things. Just follow Zhuge Liang's preparations. No one present would have prepared more carefully than Zhuge Liang.
The first issue is the merits and demerits of the officers and soldiers in each army after the Northern Expedition.
Naturally, those who joined the army in the Prime Minister's Office were responsible for the merits and demerits of the lower-level officers and soldiers. Ma Di was very experienced in this aspect. He had already started to compile statistics based on the records of various military commanders in Chengdu.
The issue that needs to be discussed in Chang'an is the merits and demerits of several leading generals.
For example, the issue of rewards and punishments for Wang Ping, who made great contributions during the Northern Expedition, and for soldiers like Liu Yin who made great contributions first and then made contributions later.
Needless to say, Wang Ping must be rewarded for at least half of his contribution to the capture of Wancheng.
Therefore, Zhuge Liang's suggestion was to promote Wang Ping to General Zuo, and at the same time report it to the emperor, asking the emperor to make Wang Ping a Tinghou. As for what kind of prince it was, that was a matter for the emperor to decide.
In this regard, no one has any objection.
The next step is how to deal with the troublesome Liu Yin, or in other words, generals like Liu Yin.
There are many such generals who have served before and then achieved meritorious service in this Battle of Guanzhong. Their rewards and punishments are directly related to the morale of the Yongzhou army and the people.
According to Zhuge Liang, merit is merit and fault is fault, and they need to be viewed separately. Therefore, for Liu Yin, Zhuge Liang meant that the merits and faults should be balanced, and he should be demoted and retained.
The demotion was punishment for losing most of Youfufeng County in the defeat, and the reason why he was retained was because he finally defended Huaili, secured Chang'an's flanks, and bought enough time for the Northern Army to counterattack.
But if we judge military merit according to Zhuge Liang's thinking, there are too many Yongzhou County soldiers and generals who will be in a disadvantageous situation in the subsequent distribution of military merit.
The soldiers of Yongzhou County received the harshest beatings, fought the most difficult battles, killed the most enemies, and finally received a downgrade and a salary penalty? !
Zhang Xi definitely couldn't agree to this. He had to argue for the Yongzhou soldiers, and Chen Zhi, Fei Yi, and even Huang Quan, who had the same stance, all sided with Zhang Xi.
As for the representatives from Xiangyang and Hanzhong, they both remained silent at this time.
On the one hand, they did not want to get involved in this troublesome dispute. On the other hand, although they felt that Zhuge Liang's treatment was indeed fair, it was somewhat unreasonable.
If he speaks for Zhuge Liang now, wouldn't it be equally embarrassing if he encounters a similar situation in the future? !
Therefore, it is better to remain silent.
In the end, Zhuge Liang made a compromise during the argument with Zhang Xi - ordinary generals and soldiers would be rewarded based on their merits, but leading generals, those above generals, would be demoted and retained.
This is Zhuge Liang's final bottom line. Someone must be responsible for the loss of Right Fufeng and Zuo Fengyi in the early stage, and even Zhang Xi is no exception.
Well, Zhang Xi did not insist on this.
As the commander-in-chief of an army, even if the final result was to save Guanzhong and kill the main force of the Sili Army, Zhang Xi did not want to blame himself for the heavy casualties.
Zhang Xi has admitted this crime, so those below like Liu Yin, Hu Zun and others cannot escape responsibility.
However, there is one exception.
Sentence support.
Jufu, whose whereabouts were unknown on the battlefield, was finally found after the Northern Army repelled Guo Huai's army and carefully cleaned the battlefield.
Because it was found too late, no one could recognize him. We could only judge from his armor and personal accessories that Jufu had been killed in battle.
According to Wu Zuo, when Jufu died in battle, he was hit by six arrows in the chest and had numerous stab wounds all over his body. It was obvious that he had fought until the last moment.
Therefore, for Jufu, Zhuge Liang would report to the court and ask the court to grant him a lordship and give him a generous burial.
After handling the post-war affairs in Yongzhou, Zhuge Liang communicated with Fazheng and Xu Shu about the reward and punishment plans for the battles between Hanzhong and Jingzhou.
There is actually nothing to punish here in Hanzhong. Before Fazheng arrived in Guanzhong, Li Yan had been doing his best in Hanzhong to prepare for the Northern Expedition of grain and grass, and did a good job in logistics and transportation, and there were no mistakes. Therefore, Fazheng believed that Li Yan had merit.
This is one of the reasons why Fazheng brought Li Yan to Chang'an. Fazheng always felt that Zhuge Liang, Zhang Xi and others seemed to be rejecting Li Yan intentionally or unintentionally, but Li Yan's ability and level were there. It is a waste to continue to put it in Hanzhong.
Zhuge Liang also admitted this, so he suggested that Fa Zheng report it to the court and discuss Li Yan's merits. Zhuge Liang would not participate in this matter.
This can be regarded as giving face to Fazheng and Dongzhou.
As for Jingzhou, Kou Feng, Deng Ai, Guan Ping and others who were responsible for attacking Nanyang naturally had to judge their merits. However, Kou Feng has now returned to guard Dongsan County. Guan Ping, Deng Ai and others followed Zhang Fei and supported him. Guan Yu's coffin walked across the Han River into Sichuan. It would not be too late to discuss the issue of rewards after Guan Yu's funeral.
As for Jiangling, Shi Bao repelled the siege of the Soochow Army and was naturally rewarded. However, Pang Tong, Chen Dao, Zong Yu, Jiang Wei and others, because they lost the public security, were also punished by being demoted and retained. Pang Tong is no exception.
By the way, there are exceptions, and that is Zhang Ren. In November of the fifth year of Jianxing, Zhang Ren, who retreated to Badong County, died of illness.
Pang Tong has already made a promise regarding Zhang Ren's funeral, and Pang Tong must fight for Zhang Ren at this time.
Although Zhuge Liang felt that the promise of this title was a bit abrupt, considering Zhang Ren's hard work over the years, Zhuge Liang decided to agree with Pang Tong's opinion and report it to the emperor, who would confer a title to Zhang Ren's eldest son Zhang Lin as a token of appreciation. Soothe.
After these aftermath matters were concluded, the issue finally entered the second aspect.
Issues regarding personnel appointments in Jingzhou.
After Guan Yu died of illness, Jingzhou should continue to send generals to guard the governor as before, or should the power be returned to the court, and the court would treat it like ordinary states and counties.
This issue is a big one, and it also involves the interests of many Jingzhou generals and aristocratic families.
As soon as this topic started, there was an eerie silence.
When Zhuge Liang saw this posture, he immediately understood that this matter would not be solved so easily.
(End of chapter)
