Wu Qian and others arrived in Liang County on February 18th.
The newly recruited recruits started training immediately after two days of rest.
Start with the basic recognition of golden drum flags, and occasionally add some queue and skill training. After your body slowly adapts, you will gradually increase the amount.
Shao Xun took the time to teach some basic knowledge of bows and arrows, showed off his skills a little, and established a glorious image for the recruits. After that, he went to Liang County to teach martial arts for a few days.
Although these things are important, they cannot be accomplished overnight and can only be accomplished step by step.
The most important things have already been discussed.
The thirteen counties of Yuzhou are divided into three categories in principle.
Category 1: Straight collar.
As the name suggests, this category requires you to send your own trusted officials for in-depth control, including but not limited to measuring fields, clarifying household registrations, sending labor to collect taxes, educating the people, etc.
You need to do everything yourself.
There is no doubt that this requires a large number of capable officials to fill the vacancies, or to slowly turn old local officials into our own.
Moreover, these officials must also be able to sort out the intricate relationships in the local area.
For example, Shao Xun requested that 5,000 slaves be recruited from a certain county. After receiving the order, the prefect divided the 5,000 quota into counties. This distribution quota was not determined casually. It required the prefect to understand the situation of each county.
Have in-depth understanding.
After receiving the order from the prefect, the county magistrates sent officials to each township to recruit people.
This step is also critical. Are the officials capable? Are they familiar with the local situation? Can they recruit enough people within the specified time?
If the officials are incompetent, the job will not be done.
So where are the competent officials? They are usually in the homes of local powerful people or nobles.
In fact, outsiders can't do this job unless they get the support of local snakes, just like Shao Xun greeted brothers Du Dan and Du Yin in Yiyang and asked them to cooperate with his students - in the end, Shao Xun conquered them all
Only his students, the Du brothers of Quanwu, the biggest local gangsters, can open up the situation, otherwise it would be like being blind.
So, when will his students get rid of the Du brothers and complete the task on their own?
This requires time to accumulate, mainly to accumulate contacts and experience, and it also depends on their respective understanding and abilities.
The same is true for sending troops, and the same is true for collecting taxes.
So, is there an easy way?
Of course there is, entrust it to aristocratic families and let them manage the counties. If you need anything, just report the number and ask them for it.
They are a big family that has been rooted in the local area for decades, hundreds or even hundreds of years. They are local snakes among local snakes, and they are knowledgeable about all kinds of local affairs. If you are willing to support you seriously, recruiting soldiers, sending donations, and collecting food will be done soon.
I can do it for you.
Historically, the princes of the Southern and Northern Dynasties were not fools. Everyone knew the benefits of centralization and the benefits of directly controlling population, money and grain instead of relying on agents to levy them. The question is, can you do it?
After all, your will needs someone to execute it. Do you have this person?
Shao Xun is very sober. He knows where the boundaries of his abilities are and will not mess around.
With the student team he trained and some scholars from Hebei who came to seek refuge, after spending several years, they have now managed to clarify the five counties of Liang, Yiyang, Yangcheng, Yangzhai, Luyang, and Xiangcheng.
Slowly establishing an order unique to him will take time to digest.
In addition to the twelve counties in western Henan (including seven counties in Xiangcheng County), he also took over five counties in Chen County (Chen, Xiang, Ku, Yangxia, and Wuping) to directly control them. They were already eating from the bowl.
Looking at the pot, I have reached the limit of the stage.
In addition to the first type of straight collar, the second type is semi-straight collar.
For example, Yingchuan County, which is right under your nose, is a somewhat basic place, but not too basic.
He plans to slowly control it by chipping away at it day by day.
The ones behind Yingchuan that they wanted to conquer were Runan, Xincai, and Liang.
First, get the land directly under the Sima clan king, break through it step by step, and slowly reduce it.
The third category is where there is no foundation at all. They can only be restrained superficially by the great righteousness given by the court system. As long as they can provide them with money, food and people, they can just let it go and do whatever they want.
Some of these things he told his subordinates and generals, and some he kept in his heart without saying it explicitly, but some smart people should have figured it out.
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On February 20th, after moaning in pain for half the night, Lu Xun gave birth to a son.
Shao Xun was so happy that he scratched his head and ears.
This is his second child, and also his second son. He has no patriarchal mentality, but in this world, a son can really help a lot.
For Lu, this is the first child in her life.
When I heard the sound of the baby falling to the ground, tears burst out of my eyes like a flood.
At this moment, she felt that she had no regrets in life.
The grievances I had suffered were finally rewarded at this moment.
Yes, she committed herself to Shao Xun, but she was not very willing at first. But by some mistake, the affair between her sister-in-law and him was revealed. Under the influence of her sister-in-law, she felt that this person was not so unacceptable.
Coupled with the influence of the current situation, I finally followed him half-heartedly.
Of course, she has no regrets.
This pernicious man was so good at coaxing women and so brave that he let her wash the bedding secretly so many times that he didn't dare to lend a hand to the maid - of course, he later became numb and didn't care if the maid found out.
Now that she has given birth to Lin'er, she only feels that her life has reached perfection at this point.
Thinking of this, she struggled to turn around and looked at the child held by the maid, with a happy smile on her face.
She was already thinking about how to play with her child in the future, how to teach him to read and write, how to teach him the principles of life, and how to let his grandpa teach him martial arts and military strategy...
Also - she originally had a good impression of Princess Liu of Nanyang and felt guilty in her heart. At this moment, she no longer felt any guilt.
Part of the money that King Fan Yang accumulated during most of her life is still in the Luoyang Palace, including money, silk, gold and silverware, calligraphy and painting, land deeds, food, etc. The other part was brought to Luliu Garden by her and handed over to
Shao Xun helped him raise troops.
She originally planned to hand over the Luoyang part to Mr. Liu to express her apology, but now she changed her mind.
The moment she saw her son, she seemed to activate the mother animal's calf-protecting instinct. She wanted to leave everything to her child, even if the child's father would earn him more family business in the future.
This is the property left by the mother to her children, and it has a different meaning.
Lu was exhausted and lay back down again, but her eyes were still wandering over the baby.
Outside, Shao Xun had calmed down.
Father Shao Xiu pretended to be calm and chatted with his son about military and national affairs.
After her mother, Mrs. Liu, visited Ms. Lu, she went to Ms. Le's place to accompany her as a female celebrity and chat with her.
Shao Xun gave a thumbs up in his heart. His mother-in-law had a high emotional intelligence and a kind heart. She helped him stabilize the backyard. It was amazing.
"Although that Shi Le killed Wang Chaqi, he was wandering around and didn't look like he could accomplish anything." Lao Shao said seriously, but his ears perked up. When he heard his grandson's cry, he happily stroked his beard.
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"Thank you, grandpa." Shao Xun cupped his hands and said perfunctorily.
Wang Cheqi is Wang Kan, and he has died.
In the battle of Cangyuan Pavilion, he was defeated for dozens of miles and was chased and killed by Shile's cavalry.
The person who died before him was Yuan Fu, the governor of Yanzhou. He was defeated by Shi Le and Wang Mi in Juancheng. After retreating to the city, he was killed by the mutinous tribesmen.
Shao Xun had some impression of Yuan Fu.
This gentleman is from Runan. He once served as the prefect of Runan and was very active in the affairs of the court.
The emperor ordered the garden to be built, and immediately provided grain and food.
Sima Yue asked Xiu Qianjin to immediately provide grain and soldiers.
After Yuan Fu's death, there was one less loyal person in the Jin Dynasty.
After Shi Le wreaked havoc in Yanzhou, he crossed the river and went north again, torturing Hebei.
As expected, this guy is fast in and out, focusing on robbing, just like stealing chickens.
Wang Mize has not yet retreated, and has returned to Baima from Juancheng, not knowing what he wants to do. If he commits suicide and goes south, what awaits him will be "four defeats in three years."
"People in Yuzhou, please save if you can. Don't always think about asking people to help you burn the wasteland." Shao Xiu suddenly sighed and said: "The land is gained by burning the wasteland, but the vegetation on the ground is also burned."
After saying that, he got up and left, wandering outside.
Shao Xun was stunned.
My father thought quite a lot, and he did have a good heart. At least he was much more pure than someone like him who had entered the power vat.
Shao Xun stayed in Green Willow Garden for another three days.
On the 23rd, after all the armies were assembled, he said goodbye to his family and led his troops eastward.
Before leaving, he sent Pei Kang to Luoyang. Sima Yue could leave if he wanted, but the right-guard imperial army could not take him away.
This is a total of 10,000 people. Even if they cannot fight with the Xiongnu in the field, they are qualified to defend the city.
The next war with the Huns will be endless. "Elite divisions" are of course important, but "line fillers" are also indispensable. If you take away the people, I will recruit and train them from scratch. How can there be any convenience?
Anyway, he didn't care what Sima Yue's expression was when he found out. If Sima Yue really insisted on going his own way, he would just stop him halfway, which would be too ugly.
On the 27th, the army entered Yingchuan territory.
At this time, Shao Xun received news: Xun Xian, the Marquis of Yingyang Ting, died violently at home.
The army accelerated and headed straight for Yingyin County.
Xun Xun, the Marquis of Jibei County, personally led the Xun clan's labor force.
Chapter completed!