The governor of Youzhou was a civil servant, with subordinates, and he had subordinates. He was engaged in discipline and discipline, and had no Sima. The Sima mentioned by Lu Yao was a common name for Youzhou. In fact, he was the Sima of the General of the Cavalry stationed in Youzhou. According to the system of this dynasty, the generals set up Sima, and were in charge of the military affairs of the government. The General of the Cavalry Sima had an extraordinary status. He had to use copper seals and ink ribbons, and a martial arts crown with a red crown, and a rank of thousands of stones. His power was probably equivalent to that of the Chief of Staff and Battalion Commander of the Guard Battalion in later generations.
Over the years, the Youzhou army has gone through the Central Plains several times, defeated and captured, and killed a lot. Even the Youzhou generals have become famous, but unfortunately they are all evil and notorious, which only make women, children and the people flee. However, from the perspective of being a warrior, Lu Yao knew very well that these Youzhou generals and schools, who were famous for participating in the attacks of the royal family, did have the courage to defeat the strong. Among them, Sima Qihong, the general of the Cavalry who once led tens of thousands of troops to win a decisive victory, was the most outstanding.
The Qi family is not considered a big surname, but there is a well-known ancestor: Qi Xi, the chief clan of the Duke of Jin during the Warring States Period. Qi Xi was named after the Ji family because his fief was in Qi County, the Taiyuan State of Bingzhou. Duke Dao once asked Qi Xi who could serve as the Nanyang Order. Qi Xi recommended Jie Hu. Duke Dao asked, is Jie Hu not the grudge of his son? Qi Xi replied: "You ask, it is not the grudge of his ministers." Duke Dao asked Qi Xi again who could serve as the Central Army lieutenant. Qi Xi recommended Qi Wu to Duke Dao. Duke Dao asked Qi Wu not the son of his son? Qi Xi replied: "You ask, it is not the son of his ministers."
Qi Xi's style has been a legend for thousands of years. However, since the end of the Han Dynasty, the clans of the Qi surname were separated and the characters were not well-known. They could only gather in Taiyuan and Fufeng. Qi Hong was a Fufeng person. When Wang Jun took the General of the Dongzhonglang to the town of Xuchang, Qi Hong was the chief clerk, and later followed Wang Jun to Qingzhou and Youzhou. At that time, no one expected that this mere civil servant would become the best among the military generals under Wang Pengzu's command in a few years, and was one of the most important helpers for the King of Donghai to seize the central regime.
Only look at the deeds of the first half of the first year of Guangxi. In January, Qi Hong, who served as the commander of Youzhou Army, first attacked Luoyang and defeated the troops of the general Lou, the commander of the King of Chengdu. In March, he rushed to the forthcoming movements and killed Liu Bogen, the demon thief who stole Donglai and Linzi. In April, he marched west again, defeated Peng Sui, the prefect of Hongnong sent by Sima Yong of Hejian, and Diao Mo, the prefect of northern China, took advantage of the victory to enter Chang'an and welcome the emperor back to Luoyang.
At that time, there were generals like Gou Xi and Liu Kun in the camp of the East China Sea, but in terms of military merits, they were all overwhelmed by Qi Hong. Lou, Peng Sui, and Diao Mo were all famous generals and had elite soldiers under their command; Liu Bogen was even more like a demon from Zhang Jiao in the late Han Dynasty, and his deputy Wang Mi was extremely brave and powerful, known as the "Flying Leopard". These people were defeated by Qi Hong's autumn wind in a blink of an eye, which forced Lu Yao to pay attention to Qi Hong's military talents.
However, the Youzhou Army's brutal and fierce style of conduct was deeply hated by Lu Yao. Since Youzhou intervened in the chaos in the Central Plains, Jizhou, Wei County, Luoyang, Chang'an and other places were deeply poisoned, and tens of thousands of civilians were killed and plundered. After the war in Chang'an, the Xianbei cavalry under Qi Hong's command plundered Chang'an and massacred more than 20,000 people! In this regard, Qi Hong, as the chief general of the Youzhou Army, was not only responsible for his fault, but was full of blood debt!
From this aspect, Lu Yao was actually not very happy to participate in this trip to Youzhou. Lu Yao considered himself a person with a moral bottom line, and it was hard to imagine that he would chat and laugh with an executioner with his hands covered in blood from innocent people, and even expressed his intention to recruit him. Therefore, when Fang Qinzhi reported that he had joined Qi Hong, many of the officials of the Generation County were very excited, but Lu Yao dared to be impatient and even rejected Fang Qinzhi's request to Lu Yao personally interview with Qi Hong to demonstrate the sincerity of the Generation County.
At that time, the subordinates did not understand Lu Yao's intentions and didn't know what to do for a while. Until Shao Xu heard about this, he returned from Ji County in Xingye.
Lu Yao still respected Shao Xu very much and immediately invited him in. But before Shao Xu could speak, Lu Yao said first: "If Mr. Shao is here, if he is for Qi Hong's affairs, there is no need to say much. Who can be ruthless if he is not a plant or a tree? I don't like there are such murderous monsters under my tent."
Due to Lu Yao and Shao Xu's usual conversation habits, Lu Yao was very rude to say this. He also had some dissatisfaction with Shao Xu in his words.
But Shao Xu bowed and his expression remained unchanged. After they sat down, they asked: "The general has also read history, can we know the story of Guangwu and Wu Han?"
As soon as these words came out, Lu Yao suddenly became silent.
The Guangwu and Wuhan story mentioned by Shao Xu refers to Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu and his subordinates at the rebellion between the Han Dynasty, Wu Han, the Grand Sima who ranked second in the 28 generals of Yuntai. Historical books praised Wu Han as "Yingqiang". His army swept across Hebei, Guandong, and Bashu. His army was the best in the world. Most people at that time compared him to Han Xin. Although Wu Han was good at fighting, he had the bad habit of massacre cities and often indulged soldiers to burn, kill, and loot.
In the 11th year of Jianwu, Wu Han conquered Shu. When the Shu lord Gongsun Shu died in battle and the general Yan Cen had surrendered, he still plundered the troops, destroyed Gongsun Shu, and the Yan Cen family, burned the palaces and killed the people, and his evil deeds were invincible. Such actions caused the kind Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu to be furious, condemning Wu Han and accusing Wu Han's deputy general Liu Shang of losing his reputation for attacking the people. However, when he was confessing his merits after the war, he still promoted Wu Han and gave him gold and silk.
Shao Xu used Guangwu and Wu Han's story to show Lu Yao that Wu Han, who is good at fighting but likes to kill, compared to Qi Hong, vaguely compared Lu Yao to Guangwu. The meaning of the advice was clear, but it was not triggered. Lu Yao knew the elegant meaning when he heard the string song, so he naturally knew that Shao Xu wanted to abandon his personal prejudice and put great things first and great causes first.
Shao Xu had been in the ups and downs of officialdom for a long time, and had a very good vision in this regard, and was always relied on by Lu Yao. He was alone in carrying heavy government affairs but never cited relatives and friends. It was not until Lu Yao brought Huang Yi and other officials from Wei County that he had attracted his old friends in Guangping one after another... The deep political wisdom in this made Lu Yao feel that he was a wonderful person and a smart person.
Lu Yao slowly considered Shao Xu's words, and after a while, he nodded and promised: "Let's do this according to Fang Qinzhi's arrangement."
When he said this, Lu Yao was still a little unhappy when the matter came to an end. Therefore, he rarely rode and galloped along the way, but instead walked slowly and slowly. It was not until he saw Chen Er talking about Qi Hong at the side of the carriage channel that Lu Yao felt grateful and proud.
In Hebei, Zhongyuan and others killed countless evil people, whose hands were covered in blood, became a dependence on teaching the people and protecting the country and protecting the people in the eyes of the clans in Youzhou. Does this person Qi have this side?
Thinking of this, the group crossed the carriage channel, walked for more than ten miles northwest, and turned down the official road.
The country road was muddy and twisty, so everyone led horses to walk one after another. After walking around the forest, it suddenly became clear, and a manor appeared in front of you.
Chapter completed!