Chapter 478 The Governor of the Twenty-Four Counties (Part 1)
Chapter 478: The Prefect of the Twenty-Four Counties (Part 1)
This canonization is different from the past.
First of all, Liu Hongzhi had been granted the title of governor before, but he had never been granted the title of state pastor, but this time he was granted eight titles at once.
It should be noted that the governor and the state pastor are not the same concepts.
The governor only has the power of supervision, while the governor of the state is in charge of the military and administration of a state, and is the real official of the frontier.
In addition, there are four princes with one word, and four princes with one character.
Marquises such as Tingli County only have settlements, while marquises with ancient characters like Jin Yan are state marquises and have fiefs.
Within his own fiefdom, the prince is the emperor, and he can do whatever he wants, and the court cannot interfere.
In the end, Liu Hong actually canonized all the eight generals with real power to command the troops in four expeditions and four towns at once. This is a truly grand gesture.
Obviously Liu Hong also realized that the Han Dynasty alone was not only insufficient to control the world, but it was becoming increasingly difficult to restrain the princes under his command.
The strength of the princes has surpassed that of the imperial court. If the master is weak and the servant is strong, if things continue like this for a long time, will the princes still listen to the imperial court?
Definitely not.
Therefore, Liu Hong could only win over the hearts of a group of foreign ministers by adding officials to the nobility and enfeoffing them, while also buying time for the court.
Of course, in order to ensure the dominance of the Han Dynasty, four of the eight state pastors conferred by Liu Hong were Han clan clan members.
You must know that among the four Han clan clansmen, Liu Yan, Liu Yao and Liu Dai did not make much contribution at all. Liu Yu was fine at that time, but he was still not as good as anyone not named Liu.
But no one can object to this result. After all, who gave the family the last name Liu? Destiny has always been unequal.
Regarding these eight major state pastoralists, Liu Hong is relatively relieved for the time being.
Qin Wen was a relative, and Huangfu Songding was a die-hard loyalist and was willing to give up his military power at any time. The only person who really worried Liu Hong was Dong Zhuo.
However, considering that when the court was in trouble, Dong Zhuo did not hesitate at all and directly led 200,000 Liangzhou troops to serve the king, Liu Hong could barely trust Dong Zhuo.
Therefore, the real function of conferring the title of eight state pastors is to allow these eight state pastors to restrain the prefects under their command.
Liu Hong's first canonization also sent out a signal that he would not hesitate to reward him, which made Cao Cao, Sun Jian and other generals who had made great achievements feel very excited.
Although the big head has been taken by the Eight Prefectural Muds, the remaining small heads are equally tempting to them, so they are all looking forward to Liu Hong's next reward.
After receiving the canonization, the generals of the Four Expeditions led their troops and horses and left Luoyang. After all, the situation on the border was even more dangerous.
Taking into account the weak military strength in Luoyang, Dong Zhuo left Li Shimin with an army of 50,000 to serve in front of the Holy Spirit, while he himself led the remaining Liangzhou army back to quell the rebellion.
In order to resist the Xiongnu, Qin Wen also returned to Bingzhou and settled in Jinyang City, Taiyuan County, the seat of Bingzhou.
The Yanmen Army had 30,000 cavalry when they went south, but only 3,000 were left when they returned, which shows how brutal this battle was.
The Xianbei and Wuhuan tribes were powerful, so Liu Yuze and Huangfu Song formed the Youji Allied Forces to jointly fight against the invasion of the Xianbei and Wuhuan tribes.
Shortly after General Sizheng left Luoyang, Liu Hong conducted a second canonization ceremony, and this time it was mainly for the governors of various states.
Youzhou has ten counties and one vassal state with 78 counties in total. Except for the three northeastern counties occupied by Wuhuan, among the remaining counties, only the position of governor of Youbeiping County is vacant.
Gongsun Zan was originally a lieutenant in Liaodong County, but he made great contributions when he went south this time, so he was named the Prefect of Beiping;
Jizhou has a total of three counties, six countries and 99 counties. Among them, the five counties of Wei, Bohai, Hejian, Changshan and Qinghe are still in the hands of the Han army, while the four counties of Julu, Anping, Zhao and Zhongshan are all under the control of Dou Jiande.<
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Although Han Fu's performance was average this time, his son Han Xin made great contributions, so Han Fu was named the Governor of Hejian and the Marquis of Lecheng; Han Xin was named General Fenwei.
Yuan Shao had both merits and demerits in this battle, but overall his merits outweighed his faults, so he was named the Governor of Bohai and the Marquis of Qixiang;
Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng who surrendered were granted the title of Governor of Changshan and Qinghe, naturally to make them fight with Dou Jiande.
As for Weijun, the only unconsecrated administrative seat, it was naturally the territory of Jizhou Muhuang Fusong.
Bingzhou has nine counties and 91 counties. After Qin Wen, the governor of the state, took over Taiyuan, the five counties of Wuyuan, Yunzhong, Dingxiang, Yanmen and Taiyuan were all under Qin Wen's rule, leaving only Shangdang, Shangjun, Xihe,
The four counties of Shuofang still lack a prefect.
Wang Shichong, who surrendered, was made the governor of Shangdang. He formed a quarrel with Chen Youliang of Changshan and Zhang Shicheng of Qinghe, and attacked Dou Jiande from each other;
Zhang Yang was named the Governor of Shangjun; Zhang Chao was named the Governor of Xihe; Wang Kuang was named the Governor of Shuofang.
Qingzhou has a total of 2 counties and 65 counties in four countries. Except for the two counties of Pingyuan and Beihai, most of which are still in the hands of the Han army, while Jinan, Le'an, Donglai, and Qi are all under Huang Chao's control.
Due to his meritorious service and Lu Zhi's care, Liu Bei was named the Governor of Pingyuan.
Although he went to Pingyuan as in the original history, Liu Bei's treatment this time was hundreds of times better than in the original history. After all, Pingyuan Country and Pingyuan County are not the same concept.
Song Jiang is still as miserable as ever. Only Beihai County is left in Qingzhou, but the prefect is Kong Rong.
Kong Rong is a descendant of Confucius, and with Confucianism as his backer, Song Jiang will definitely not be able to squeeze him away.
Qingzhou no longer had any land that could be allocated to Song Jiang, but the imperial court wanted to use the power of Liangshang to control Huang Chao, so in order to appease Song Jiangcai, Liangshan was made a new county and Song Jiang was granted the title of Liangshan Prefect;
Taking advantage of the war, Song Jiang also gathered many refugees from Hebei, and in addition to conquering several surrounding counties, it was no big deal that Liangshan was now set up as a county.
It's just that the Liangshan army paid most of the casualties, but in the end they only got a Liangshan prefect. So what was the purpose of Liangshan's surrender to the big man?
Not only the heroes in Liangshan couldn't accept it, but even Song Jiang couldn't accept it. But now that the big man has won, the Yellow Turbans have also been offended to death, so what can Song Jiang do?
Song Jiang could only shamelessly appease the Liangshan brothers, but in his heart, he felt a trace of resentment for still not taking him seriously and Liu Hong.
After the governors of each county were in place, they immediately organized the entire county to support the state herdsmen in fighting against the foreign tribes.
Qin Wen led his four subordinate prefects, and after arriving at Yanmen Pass, they discovered that although the Huns were powerful, they did not seem to have any intention of attacking the city, so the Bingzhou Allied Forces confronted the Xiongnu army at Yanmen Pass.
The Xiongnu were indeed pretending, but Xianbei and Wuhuan were serious.
Facing more than 300,000 Hu cavalry, the Jiyou Allied Forces could only hold on. It was not until Liu Bei and Song Jiang from Qingzhou arrived that the three-state coalition forces were finally able to compete with them.
It wasn't until Han Xin saw the right opportunity and planned to ambush the Xianbei Chanyu that the catastrophe was finally resolved.