Zhang Fei has already discussed the next steps with Dong Zhuo and others.
Go directly and ask the monarchs of those small countries if they want to listen to the big father and be his good son or grandson.
If you agree, that would be the best. We are a family that loves each other.
If they don't agree, it's shameless and just looking for trouble. Then they have to find ways to intimidate the big man a little bit. The use of troops is a must. The authority of the big man is unquestionable in the Western Regions.
At the same time, Zhang Fei also heard some news from Wei Xuguo.
It is said that there is a country called Wusun in the northwest of the Western Regions. It is quite large and powerful. This country used to be the dominant country in the Western Regions, but now it is not as good as it used to be. However, before, Wei Xuguo had heard that they were involved in the westward migration. They have some relations with the Xianbei people. It seems that they have accepted some Xianbei people to live in their land, and the relationship is quite good.
When Zhang Fei heard the news about the Xianbei people, he immediately became energetic. He caught the king of Weixu and asked him. King Weisu told him that he had also heard the news.
Because they were once dominated and threatened by the Xianbei people, they also hated the Xianbei people. But from a certain day on, the Xianbei people disappeared from their lives and ran to the west. It is said that they ran to the Wusun Kingdom, but how exactly? What's going on, they don't know much about.
One of Liu Bei's goals in returning to the Western Regions is to find the Xianbei people and completely eliminate them without giving them any possibility of survival.
Therefore, Zhang Fei was also very concerned about the Xianbei people. As soon as there was news about the Xianbei people, he immediately asked King Weixu to send someone to the direction of Wusun to find out the relationship between Xianbei and Wusun people.
"I will ask His Majesty the Emperor for your credit for figuring out these things, but the information must be accurate. If there is no accurate information, I will not recognize your credit!"
When King Wei Xu heard that he had done something good, he immediately became energetic and told Zhang Fei that he would help Zhang Fei handle such a small matter for free.
Looking at the back of King Weisu running away, Zhang Fei keenly realized that this "inspection" trip to the Western Regions would really bring him a great opportunity to obtain military merit. Years of dormancy and waiting are not meaningless.
Soon after, in early August of the third year of Zhenguan, Zhang Fei's victory in defeating the Yanqi Kingdom and stabilizing the situation in the Western Regions was reported back to Luoyang, and the prisoners of the Yanqi Kingdom were also sent to Luoyang.
Only then did Liu Bei realize how many earth-shattering things Zhang Fei had done recently despite the lack of troops.
After fully understanding, Liu Bei helplessly covered his eyes.
He worked hard to change Zhang Fei, even using the ancient teaching method of cramming to fill Zhang Fei with knowledge, giving him various platforms and various experiences, sharpening his temperament, and finally gave Zhang Fei a little bit of wisdom. Yunwu's posture had some of the demeanor of a famous ancient general.
In the end, what this guy likes most is recklessness.
However, regardless of the sudden wave of operations of the Yanqi Kingdom, he did not expect that when this small country faced the Han Empire's strategy of returning to the Western Regions, it actually chose hard steel and wanted to confront the Han Empire face to face. It actually wanted to Be a chess player.
They have courage, the people in this country who made these decisions have courage, and Liu Bei had to admit this.
but.
The differences between countries determine the difference between chess players, and even more determine the difference between chess players and chess pieces. With the size and population of Yanqi State, it is destined that Yanqi cannot become a chess player and can only Make a chess piece.
If the chess pieces refuse to accept their fate, of course they can fight, that is their right.
But the result of the struggle is often a more tragic failure or even death.
There is no way, the difference between a big country and a small country is so thrilling.
Therefore, this time, Liu Bei decided to terminate the existence of Yanqi Kingdom.
The king of Yanqi Kingdom and the guys from the main war faction were brought before Liu Bei. Liu Bei did not forgive them and directly ordered them to be pushed outside and beheaded.
At the same time, because the Yuli Kingdom was basically destroyed and there was no suitable successor, he decided to cancel the Yuli Kingdom as well, and then further merged the Yanqi Kingdom and the Yuli Kingdom to form an administrative region directly under the Han Empire.
In the entire strategy of managing the Western Regions, Liu Bei did not intend to continue the strategies of the First Empire and the Second Empire. It would not make much sense to continue to allow so many small countries to exist.
His entire strategy is aimed at the final complete administrative division of the Western Regions. He needs the Western Regions to become inland to become a springboard for him to further dominate Central Asia.
Right now, it's just the first step.
Therefore, the Protectorate of the Western Regions will be re-established, but from this moment on, he will give the Protectorate of the Western Regions serious administrative functions - it can administer counties and counties and promote serious administrative governance.
In this way, Yanqi Kingdom and Yuli Kingdom were merged into one by Liu Bei and planned to be Yuli County, the first county under the jurisdiction of the Western Region Protectorate.
The Che Shi Hou Kingdom was also destroyed, so there was no point in re-establishing a Che Shi Hou Kingdom.
Originally, Liu Bei also wanted to turn Che Shihou's country into counties. However, because Che Shi's former country played an important role in covering Zhang Fei's actions and made great contributions, he could not do without rewards. Therefore, Liu Bei could only turn Che Shihou's country into counties. The land was handed over to Cheshi's former country, allowing the two countries to merge and become Cheshi's country again.
But Liu Bei saved a hand.
As criminals, the people of the Cheshi Hou Kingdom will be moved to Yuli County to serve, so they will not become the subjects of the new Cheshi Kingdom.
With only land and no people, they would not be able to achieve great things while the Western Region could still maintain its independence.
In the subsequent specific planning of the Western Regions, Liu Bei decided to appoint Zhang Fei as the first Grand Protector of the Western Regions in the Third Reich, and Zhao Yun as the chief governor of the Western Regions. He expanded the Northwest Military Region and turned it into the Western Regions Military Region, making Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun Became an important military and political officer in the Western Regions.
Under the current situation, it is very meaningful to maintain military control in the Western Regions, so Liu Bei decided to make the Western Regions Protectorate temporarily exist in the form of military and political integration at this stage.
As for the future, after the administrative division of the Western Region is completely completed, the establishment of the Western Region State will be a matter of course.
At the same time, Liu Bei also thought of something.
During this period, probably one or two years ago, a large number of military wars took place, and a large number of sergeants made many military exploits. However, according to the previous military promotion system of the Han Empire, their promotion was actually a long-standing problem.
The meritorious system of Qin and Han Dynasties was broken in the middle and early Western Han Dynasty, and the twenty-level military merit system became a child's play. In the end, only Guan Neihou and Liehou had some meaning, and the others had no meaning at all.
By the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were very few promotion paths for middle- and upper-level generals. The security of the military in the Eastern Han Dynasty also greatly slowed down the promotion path of military talents, causing them to linger at the level of captain and lieutenant. Promotions are common.
Therefore, the backwardness of the military system during the Eastern Han Dynasty did not have a great impact on the actual situation.
But during the Third Reich, due to the emergence of large-scale military operations, there were naturally more military honors and more promotion requirements. There were not enough titles and ranks, and there were only one military position for comfort. But officers also need benefits and honors. .
These reasons are also one of the main reasons why Liu Bei tried to promote the Nine-Rank Official Personnel Law as soon as possible.
Just like this time, Zhang Fei made great achievements. He had a certain position, but there were not many operational points in terms of title and military rank. Liu Bei could only choose to increase the number of food fiefs for him.
In terms of title, according to the rules of the Qin and Han Dynasties, Zhang Fei had reached the top and could not continue to go up. Any higher level would no longer be the realm of human ministers.
It is too difficult to continue to grant the title.
So after much deliberation, Liu Bei took into account the current busy basic situation and decided not to leave the administrative field for the time being. He would start with the military field and reset the promotion reward and punishment system in the military field.
At this level, Liu Bei decided to clarify the differences between military positions, military ranks and titles, and enrich the military system of the Third Reich so that he would not know what to give when he wanted to reward him.
As the name suggests, military positions are actual positions in the military and mainly represent military power.
In the army of the Third Reich, after the military structure was streamlined, it was basically based on the principles of supervising a commander of ten people, a commander of a hundred people, a military prince of five hundred people, a military commander of one thousand people, and a school commander of three thousand people. Wei is the basic structure.
The generals who manage ten thousand people and the generals who manage countless people are the top leaders in this system.
From the initial soldier to the final general, there are actually relatively clear regulations on how to be promoted and demoted, and how to award rewards and punishments.
This system formed the cornerstone of the 300,000 Han army with strong combat effectiveness. It was an important reason why the Han army was able to maintain strong combat effectiveness and complete organization. Therefore, there is no need to make any changes to this basic system.
However, this simple system cannot fully meet the army's promotion and honor needs.
So Liu Bei decided to increase his military rank.
At the military level, Liu Bei decided to directly introduce the provisions of the ninth-rank official law. Starting from the ninth rank, it has been set up to the first rank. The ninth rank and the eighteenth rank correspond to each sequence from ordinary soldiers to generals.
Soldiers do not have military ranks from the time they join the army. If they make meritorious service, they can accumulate military ranks starting from the ninth rank. Basically, from soldiers to Shichang, they can be awarded military ranks from the ninth rank to the full ninth rank, and from Shizhang to Tuen Commander. , you can be awarded a military rank from the eighth grade to the eighth grade.
When you reach the level of military marquis, you can be awarded military ranks from the seventh to the sixth rank. When you reach the military commander level, you can be awarded the military ranks from the sixth to the fifth rank. When you reach the captain level, you can be awarded the military ranks from the fourth to the third rank. The rank of Zhonglang General is awarded to the third-grade military rank.
From the third rank upwards, it belongs to the military rank of general.
(End of chapter)
