After Wang Yan's personnel were appointed, he finally felt a little relieved.

Government affairs are shared by Hu Zhao.

Military affairs, with Guan Hai's assistance.

Although there are still many things in hand, at least it is no longer as busy as when I first returned to Linzi County. I have time to rest and have time to think about the next arrangements and plans.

Based on the current situation, a battle with Yuan Shao is inevitable.

However, Wang Yan's strength is still far behind Yuan Shao.

In terms of talent, Yuan Shao relied on his reputation as the Three Dukes of the Four Generations and Three Kingdoms to recruit a large number of counselors such as Ju Su, Tian Feng, Shen Pei, and Guo Tu. There were also good generals such as Yan Liang, Wen Chou and Zhang He. He was full of talents and never lacked talents.

In terms of money and grain, Jizhou has a vast territory, a fertile land of thousands of miles and countless grains. In addition, Yuan Shao also had strong assistance from the richest family of the Zhen family in Jizhou. It can be said that he has abundant money and grain, and he has no worries about food and money.

In terms of military sources, Jizhou has a prosperous population and strong army. In contrast, Qingzhou has suffered years of war and chaos, and the people of Qingzhou have declined. Even after Wang Yun took office, he continued to change the predicament of Qingzhou, but Qingzhou's strength is still much different from Jizhou.

Jizhou's comprehensive strength is far greater than that of Qingzhou.

Wang Yan wants to win this battle, but it is impossible for him to just say that he needs to make a lot of preparations.

The governor's office, study room.

Wang Yan, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Hu Zhao, and Zhuge Xuan sat down respectively. Wang Yan glanced at several people and said loudly: "At this stage, all matters are underway, but there is still a matter that needs to be promoted."

Zhuge Xuan was puzzled and asked, "What's the matter?"

Wang Yan said: "Talent!"

In one sentence, the biggest problem in Qingzhou is revealed. Although Qingzhou is poor, it can be collected from food, money and military sources, and can find ways to solve it, but talents cannot be easily recruited.

Wang Yan's eyes were solemn and said, "As for the lack of talents, I have planned to issue a recruitment order to recruit talents widely and take them for my own use."

Hu Zhao took the conversation and asked, "The lord wants to recruit talents, but what are the standards? Are the recruited people only targeting scholars? Or include poor scholars? Or are they based on moral behavior standards?"

Wang Yan has already considered this clearly.

Wang Yan directly ordered: "The standard of recruiting talents is to win talents regardless of origin, virtue, or appearance."

Hu Zhao frowned and said, "This may cause criticism."

Zhuge Xuan continued: "Since ancient times, recruiting talents is naturally to recruit people with both moral integrity and talent. Virtue and talent are the first, and talent is the right way. Once the talent is recruited, the lord will be attacked by all parties, especially Yuan Shao of Jizhou, who must fan the flames."

Wang Yan said: "It's okay!"

Jia Xu said, "In fact, Kong Ming's concerns are not necessary. In troubled times, martial arts are the most respected. As long as his own strength is strong enough, he will not be afraid of other criticisms. Moreover, Qingzhou lacks talents and requires a large number of talents to fill it. Furthermore, even if the officials' moral character is not sufficient, there will be no problem if they are used properly. I agree with the lord's suggestion to win the scholars by using talents."

Hu Zhao said: "Since that's the case, I will immediately draft a recruitment order."

Guo Jia smiled slightly and said, "The lord is still prepared to issue a recruitment order. He may not be able to recruit suitable talents."

Wang Yan said: "I have prepared for this."

Everyone discussed the content of the recruitment order, and then discussed the other matters, so they each went to carry out the implementation.

A day later, Linzi County announced the recruitment order, which caused a storm in Linzi County. Wang Yue and Shi A's intelligence department were in charge, quickly passed the content of the recruitment order to various counties and countries through the delivery of carrier pigeons.

In just a few days, the order to recruit talents spread in Qingzhou.

There was a lot of discussion in Qingzhou, and countless people were ready to show their strength.

This trend has spread to surrounding areas.

All states in the world have learned about Qingzhou's recruitment of talents.

Jizhou, Yecheng.

Prefecture and government office.

Yuan Shao summoned Guo Tu in the study and said, "Wang Yan issued a recruitment order in Qingzhou, which must be preparing for this battle. What can you stop it?"

Guo Tu said: "It's actually very simple to stop the lord."

"How to deal with it?" Yuan Shao asked.

Seeing that Guo Tu said it was very simple, Yuan Shao felt much more relaxed.

Guo Tu said confidently and calmly: "Chen Lin is very literary under the lord's account. Just ask Chen Lin to write an article to attack Wang Yan, which can eliminate the impact of Wang Yan's recruitment order. At the same time, the money and food under the lord's account are basically ready. Before attacking Qingzhou, there is also a reason to attack Qingzhou. Now, Chen Lin writes an article to attack Wang Yan, which is just right."

Yuan Shao said happily: "It's reasonable, you can deal with this matter immediately."

"promise!"

Guo Tu nodded and immediately went to execute the order.

Donglai County, Huang County!

During Wang Yan's reign, the bandits in Donglai County had basically disappeared, and there were no bandits in rebellion. All those who followed Taishi Ci's fall into the grass were disbanded.

In the yard, Taishici was chopping firewood for his old mother.

At the turn of spring and summer, the weather was cool. Taishici wore a single dress, and the axe in his hand kept falling. A piece of wood was split in half and scattered on the ground. After the chopping, Taishici looked at his mother and said, "Mother, son will pick up some water and come back."

Zhang shook his head and said, "It will be fine to eat the water in the water tank for another two or three days, so you don't have to fetch water."

Taishici said again: "The son went to the mountains to hunt and came back to hunt some wild game. Now it is the turn of spring and summer, and all the wild game in the mountains has come out, which is just right."

Zhang said: "You only hunted a wild deer yesterday, enough to eat for ten days and half a month."

Taishici thought for a while and said, "Son, go and see the others!"

Zhang said in a deep voice: "Sit down!"

Seeing this, Taishici had to sit down as he said. Seeing Zhang's serious expression, he was worried and said, "Mother, where did your son do something bad? Have you gotten angry?"

Zhang said: "You are very good, and you didn't make your mother angry."

Taishici said: "Since that's the case, why is my mother..."

Zhang said, "You eight-foot man, you have learned martial arts, but you are at home all day long, picking firewood, carrying water, washing clothes, cooking, and doing things women do. How can the man from the Taishi family do these things all day long, be worthy of his ancestors?"

Taishici said: "Mother, son..."

Zhang said again: "I heard from the people in the village that Lord Wang is already the governor of Qingzhou. Now, Lord Wang has issued recruitment orders in various countries and counties in Qingzhou. Don't you plan to go?"

Taishici said: "My son is still thinking about it!"

"Consider, when do you have to consider?" Zhang was furious and shouted: "Last time you rejected Lord Wang's recruitment, when do you plan to consider now?"

After a pause, Zhang said directly: "Don't think about it, go directly. This time, don't take the official seal and ribbon uniform given to you by Lord Wang in the past. Humph, it's useless to take it any longer after such a long time."

Taishici scratched his head, but was a little reluctant.

Zhang said, "If you don't go, don't come back to see me. Laoshen asked the people in the city and heard that Lord Wang was going to send troops to fight Yuan Shao. It's just right for you to go now."

Taishici didn't expect that his mother would find out so clearly for him. She felt ashamed and said, "Don't worry, mom, my son will go to Linzi County now."

Zhang smiled and said, "Okay, OK, that's fine."
Chapter completed!