Chapter 480 The Governor of the Twenty-Four Counties (Part 2)
Chapter 480: The Prefect of the Twenty-Four Counties (Part 2)
The five Yellow Turban governors are in charge of the five states, but what these five people want to do most is to unify their jurisdictions.
Except for Zhang Sheng, who controlled Yanzhou, none of the five governors controlled a single state, and the one who suffered the worst was naturally Hong Xiuquan.
Qingzhou has jurisdiction over two counties and four kingdoms, and Huangchao has one county and three kingdoms, namely: Jinan, Le'an, Donglai, and Qi Kingdom;
Jizhou has jurisdiction over three counties and six countries, and Dou Jiande has two counties and two countries, namely: Julu, Anping, Zhao and Zhongshan;
Yuzhou has jurisdiction over two counties and four kingdoms, and Li Midi has four kingdoms, namely: Liang, Pei, Chen, and Lu;
Xuzhou governs two counties and three countries, and Fangla has one county and two countries, namely: Donghai, Langye, and Guangling;
Yangzhou administered six counties, while Hong Xiuquan only had Danyang, two counties in Yuzhang and several counties in Jiangbei. The real essence of Yangzhou was still in the hands of the Han army.
As the disciple of a great virtuous teacher, but now he is the worst among the governors, Hong Xiuquan naturally cannot sit still.
Hong Xiuquan urgently needed achievements to prove himself, so Baijia simply deceived Hong Xiuquan.
After the war with Yangzhou Mu Liu Yao, Hong Xiuquan achieved four victories in four battles and soon captured the land of Huainan.
Hong Xiu was surprised by Liu Yao's vulnerability. He even saw the dawn of unifying Yangzhou, so how could he listen to Zhang Sheng and honestly return to Jiangbei?
After receiving the imperial edict, Hong Xiuquan burned it after seeing the change of hands.
This little girl really thinks of herself as the emperor. In fact, she is just a puppet temporarily introduced by the master to temporarily stabilize the situation. It is a dream to want me, Hong Xiuquan, to obey orders! Hong Xiuquan sneered.
Others don't know Zhang Sheng's identity. How can Hong Xiuquan, who is Zhang Jiao's disciple, not know about it? The reason for not exposing Zhang Sheng is because the Yellow Turbans really need her, but this does not mean that Hong Xiuquan will be loyal to a woman.
There were not many but many people who knew Zhang Sheng's identity, and they all tacitly agreed not to expose him for the same reason as Hong Xiuquan.
Under this strange tacit understanding, how long can Zhang Sheng's identity be kept secret? No one knows.
Over in Yangzhou, Hong Xiuquan ignored Zhang Sheng's order and continued to lead the army south.
The situation with Li Mi in Yuzhou is similar to that of Hong Xiuquan.
However, although they were all resisting the imperial edict, Li Mi's superficial work was much better. At least he found a reason and it was over in terms of face.
In fact, although Li Mi occupied the territory of the Four Kingdoms, he was only slightly better than Hong Xiuquan.
The real highlights of Yuzhou are in Runan and Yingchuan counties. These two counties account for 54 of the 98 counties in the state. Among the four countries, Liang, Chen, and Lu are not big countries, and the only one that is better is Pei.
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Yingchuan is the headquarters of Confucianism, so the situation is quite special. The Han army did not have many garrisons, and the Yellow Turbans also deliberately avoided Confucian issues, so Yingchuan has always been in a state of autonomy.
As for Runan, when Xiang Yu went south to Jingzhou, Li Mi had already captured and bloodbathed the Yuan family's forces. However, after Xiang Yu's defeat, Yuan Shu took the opportunity to counterattack into Runan.
Runan was originally the territory of the Yuan family, and Yuan Shu's return was equivalent to his master returning home. The county magistrates who originally surrendered all turned their backs, and Yuan Shu easily recovered more than thirty counties in Runan.
After Xiang Yu's defeat, Qin Hao only captured Wancheng, Fancheng, Xinye and other counties to open up the passage to Sizhou, so most of Nanyang's counties were still in the hands of the Yellow Turbans.
Li Mi originally wanted to incorporate Nanyang, but after Runan was occupied by Yuan Shu, Nanyang naturally became an enclave.
The temptation of this piece of fat in Nanyang was too great. Coupled with Yuan Shu's aggressiveness, Li Mi, who had always been calm, lost his mind and even ignored whether he could swallow it.
After Yuan Shu conquered Runan, although he was not unable to hold it, he wanted to preserve his strength, so he asked the court for help.
When the Han Dynasty court learned that the Yellow Turbans had so quickly divided their troops into two groups to attack again, they also felt great pressure.
The hoodlum problem in the north has not yet been resolved, and the Yellow Turban disaster has arisen again.
Facing Ming's active attack, the big man couldn't help but accept it.
The spring grain has just been harvested, so the Han Dynasty is not unable to send troops, but of course it is just impossible to support a large scale.
However, just sending reinforcements is not enough. Once the reinforcements are gone, local defense will still be a big problem.
In desperation, Liu Hong had to carry out the third canonization in advance, and most of the people conferred this time were southern governors.
The first is the problem of Yangzhou.
Liu Yao really didn't know how to lead an army. Faced with Hong Xiuquan's repeated defeats, Liu Hong had to give him a few helpers.
Sun Jian's outstanding performance in the Battle of Breaking the Yellow Turban, and because he was originally from Jiangdong, he was named Wuchenghou, the prefect of Wu County.
In addition, during the battle between Liu Yao and Hong Xiuquan, if Lu Kang had not led the army to arrive in time, Liu Yao might have been wiped out.
Therefore, Lu Kang, a famous scholar from Jiangdong, was granted the title of Prefect of Lujiang by Liu Hong, while Wang Lang, a doctor, was granted the title of Prefect of Kuaiji.
Yangzhou is far away from Luoyang, but Yuzhou is very close.
Luoyang has already been conquered once by the Yellow Turbans, so Liu Hong will never allow the Ming Dynasty to extend its sphere of influence right before his eyes.
Yuan Shu broke through the Yellow Turban and conquered Runan for his meritorious service. He was named the prefect of Runan and ordered to hold off Li Mi until the imperial court reinforced him.
As for the commander-in-chief of the reinforcements, Liu Hong chose Cao Cao among the generals in Luoyang.
It's not that Liu Hong doesn't trust Qin Hao, but that Qin Hao has already made great contributions. Liu Hong is still worried about how to reward this son-in-law, so naturally he won't let him continue to lead the army.
In this battle to break the Yellow Turban, Cao Cao's performance was second only to Qin Wen, Dong Zhuo and Qin Hao, so he was not only named the leading general, he was also awarded the post of Yingchuan Prefect and was granted the title of Marquis of Yangdi.
Cao Cao had a heavy responsibility when he went to Yuzhou this time. All the previous governors, including Zhou Mu, led their own troops to take office, and he was the only one who 'abducted' the imperial troops and horses to take office.
After sealing Yuzhou, Liu Hong also canonized Xuzhou and Jingzhou.
Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, protected the two counties of Xiapi and Pengcheng, and named him Xuzhou Mu. This was how the ninth state Mu of the Han Dynasty was born.
Chen Gui, a famous scholar in Xuzhou, assisted Tao Qian in repelling the Yellow Turbans several times, so he was named the prefect of Pengcheng.
Jingzhou already had a state pastor, so Liu Hong only canonized the prefects of each county.
Huang Zu was the governor of Jiangxia;
Han Xuan is the governor of Changsha;
Jin Xuan is the prefect of Wuling;
Zhao Fan is the governor of Guiyang;
Liu Du is the prefect of Lingling;
As for Nanyang County, the largest county in Jingzhou, it is close to Sizhou but is still under the control of the Yellow Turbans, so it must be recovered as soon as possible.
As for the candidate for Nanyang Prefect, Liu Hong thought about it and finally decided to give it to his son-in-law Qin Hao.
Liu Hong is quite satisfied with Qin Hao as his son-in-law, and since Qin Hao has made such a great contribution this time, he really has to reward him generously.
Liangzhou was still in the process of quelling the chaos, so Liu Hong missed it, and because of the stability of Yizhou, several meritorious officials were appointed as governors.
After three canonizations, Liu Hong was granted the title of nine governors and twenty-four prefects. At this point, every state and county in the Han Dynasty had masters, and the era of vassals officially began.