Except for Ying County in Taishan County, the selection problems in the other three places are not big.
Langya County is located in the northeast of Xuzhou and backed by the sea. The only hostile force that may pose a threat is Qingzhou Beihai.
However, Kong Rong did not send troops to help Liu Bei when he was in crisis. Neither Wang Zheng nor his subordinates believed that Liu Bei would actively attack in the short term.
Zang Ba is responsible for guarding this place.
Zang Ba and Chang Xi made great contributions in seizing Tan County without any bloodshed, but after all, neither of them had ever entered the system.
Of course, not receiving applications from these two people to join the team may only mean that their recognition of Wang Zheng is not high enough, but it cannot be said that they are unreliable and disloyal.
But there is a reason why Wang Zheng can give a high enough virtual title, but will not easily give too much real military power.
Merits were rewarded, and Zang Ba and Chang Xi were assigned to guard the two military wings, one in the west and the other in the east. The military and political affairs were taken care of, and they were given the opportunity to take charge of their own affairs. At least on the surface, they could not be said to be undervalued.
However, the latter arranged for the decentralization of ancient swords, and the former would not send too many troops.
The last two remaining areas are Pengcheng and Dongcheng County, the southern gateway of Xiapi County.
Pengcheng was naturally guarded by Xu Fang.
First, it is the gateway town to the west of Xuzhou and cannot be missed;
Second, there is still a brave tiger entrenched in Wu County not far away. Even if there has been no movement recently, Wang Zheng does not dare to be careless. Xu Fang leads the elite Tianjun to guard it. In addition, Xiapi City is not too far away from Pengcheng.
By responding to each other from afar, there will be no danger.
As for Dongcheng, Wang Zheng arranged for Pan Zhang to be responsible for garrisoning in Yangzhou to prepare for possible enemy situations in Yangzhou.
In choosing this person, Wang Zhengben was more interested in banning.
After all, Yu Jin was determined and determined, and he had served in Cao's army for many years and had rich experience. Later, he guarded Kaiyang and went through a lot of experience. He refused Wen Chou and performed well in the battle with the elite soldiers of Jizhou, and his reputation was far-reaching.
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If we just talk about the current comprehensive ability, Yu Jin is naturally much better than Pan Zhang. With him guarding Dongcheng, it is more secure and ensures nothing goes wrong.
But if you don't have immediate worries, you must have long-term worries. As the territory becomes larger and larger, more and more cities will need generals to guard one side. You can't just rely on ban forever, right Xu Fang?
Compared with Pengcheng, Dongcheng's own strategic significance is not that great, and Yuan Shu's threat in Wang Zheng's mind is far less than that of Cao Cao. Lu Bu, after careful consideration, decided on Pan Zhang, simply hoping to give him more opportunities when there is an opportunity.
Get some practice.
After all, a person's intelligence and ability are limited. Most of the monarchs who can achieve great achievements are not as talented as their staff and not as brave as their subordinates. The reason why they are above others is that they can win people's hearts and know how to use them well.
With these two, it is not difficult to become king and dominate.
But if we talk about a more rare talent, it actually exists, which is the courage to delegate power, take risks to train subordinates, and give them opportunities so that their abilities can improve with the development of power.
And this is often the difference between the monarch of a separatist regime and the supreme leader of a unified dynasty.
Li Shimin commented on Cao Cao that "one general has more than enough wisdom, but ten thousand talents are not enough." He felt that judging from the ability and wisdom shown by Cao Cao in his southern and northern campaigns, his military ability was considered excellent, and he was definitely more than enough to be a general.
But as an emperor, Cao Cao had shortcomings.
The so-called imperial skills are nothing more than governing the people, governing officials, centralizing power, and recruiting talents.
Regardless of other things, when it comes to managing officials, Cao Cao is lacking.
Managing officials is the means of managing the civil and military departments.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, the world was dominated by powerful nobles. Almost every prince had their power to influence the political situation, and Cao Cao was no exception.
There were a large number of powerful gentry members in his government, such as Xun Yu and Xun You of the Xun clan of Yingchuan, Zhong Yao of the Zhong clan of Yingchuan, Chen Qun of the Chen clan of Yingchuan, Sima Fang, Sima Lang, and Sima Yi of the Sima clan of Hanoi.
Yang Xiu of the Yang family in Hongnong, Cui Yan of the Cui family in Qinghe, in addition to Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Wang Lang, Jiang Ji and other talents from the gentry.
It's just that Cao Cao, on the one hand, used the talents of the gentry, but on the other hand, he was always wary of the tyrants of the gentry. He was fighting on one side and paying attention to it on the other.
After all, no one is stupid.
On the other hand, the problem is more serious, that is, regarding generals.
In troubled times, military power is the most important, and those under Cao Cao who control military power are exclusively his clans, namely the Cao family and the Xiahou family in Qiao County.
This is actually understandable. If the gap in ability is not large, most people will tend to their relatives. After all, this is a natural direct lineage, and loyalty is the most guaranteed.
After all, not everyone is like Wang Zheng. There is a heaven-defying system to help lock in loyalty and ideological seal.
But facts proved that Cao Cao's clan abilities were really limited.
Xiahou Yuan was the general of Bai Di. Xiahou Dun had no military exploits. Cao Ren was the only general who could barely be considered a famous general, but he performed well in defending the city and did not actually have a particularly outstanding record in field attacks.
It is really unconvincing that these people can firmly suppress Zhang Liao and Zhang He.
Looking at the emperors of the unified dynasty, Liu Bang alone is far more courageous than Cao Cao in delegating power and employing people.
After knowing Han Xin's ability, Liu Bang immediately made him the head of the generals and had independent military power. Only then could he achieve the great achievement of unifying the world within seven years.
If, like Cao Cao, he relied on nepotism and let Fan Kuai ride on Han Xin's head, so tied up that Han Xin's talents could not be fully utilized, would it still be like this?
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After arranging the candidates for the generals of the four wings, Wang Zheng and Xu Fang discussed the number of troops stationed in each wing again.
This number naturally varies. Important towns like Pengcheng naturally have the largest number of garrison troops, followed by Ying County. Dongcheng and Langya have a low probability of enemy situations, and the enemies themselves are not strong. After all, after removing the garrison in each city,
, Wang Zheng actually does not have many soldiers and horses that he can mobilize now. He claims to be one hundred thousand, but in fact the total number is only fifty thousand.
After several battles, most of the Tianfu Army alone had been lost, and the remaining part was transferred to the field army, and the rest was placed in the thief-catching departments of various cities.
After thinking for a while, Wang Zhengdao: "The elite of our army are all in the five divisions of the Tianjun. Two divisions are combined with the Tianzhu camp. I will personally lead the guard of Xiapi. The other three divisions are stationed in Pengcheng, Yingxian and Dongcheng.
Allocate five thousand troops to the four wings."
Yu Jin and others obeyed the order solemnly.
"The four wings have been decided, and the next step is to expand the army." Wang Zheng looked around and then said: "Send the order and post the recruitment list. By the end of the year at the latest, we must recruit 20,000 new soldiers again."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone looked surprised and stunned.
"Twenty thousand new soldiers? My lord, our army has just gone through a major war. We have consumed a lot of supplies and food. We only have enough old food stored for a few months, and new food has not been planted yet..."
Xu Fang was the one who participated the most in internal affairs among Wang Zheng's generals, and was the most familiar with the storage situation of baggage, grain and grass. He was the first to speak: "Recruiting troops at this time? Do you need this amount?"
The implication is that I am not worried about not being able to recruit, but I am worried about not being able to support them.
Someone took the lead, and Yu Jin and Pan Zhang also started to make suggestions.
No general would object to the large number of troops, but everyone knew that Xuzhou was not known for its wealth, and with the frequent wars in recent years, to be honest, it was enough to support an army of 50,000 to 60,000 people.
If Wang Zheng hadn't looted and plundered in Qingzhou before, seizing a large number of private warehouses of government officials and wealthy families in various cities, he might not have been able to persist until now.
After all, every time he captured a land after entering Xuzhou, he relied on reducing taxes and dividing the land to win people's hearts. After being stuck like this for more than half a year, even a golden mountain was almost gone.
Most people in the world will only accept being strict before being lenient, but they will never agree with being lenient before being strict. It is easy to reduce taxes, but it is difficult to add them later.
With today's taxation, everyone knows without doing any calculations that it is barely enough to support the current size of the army, and if we continue to expand the army, it will inevitably be overwhelmed.
How could Wang Zheng, as the commander of the first army, not know about this?
The reason for raising troops is actually because I already have a plan in mind, but the time is not right, so I won’t say more for now.
Seeing everyone talking, Wang Zheng's expression became solemn and he said in a deep voice: "Our army's current strength is only over 50,000. It is more than enough to defend, but not aggressive enough!"
"General Xu said before that the way to survive in troubled times is to forge ahead with determination, otherwise you will retreat if you don't advance. I deeply believe it!"
"Although Liu Bei has been driven away and Xuzhou has been gained, Yuan Shu is ready to make a move in the south, Cao Cao is eyeing the enemy in the west, and Qingzhou in the north may fall into Yuan Shao's hands at any time. If we don't strengthen ourselves, the day of overthrow is right in front of us!"
"You should not take it lightly, recruiting troops should not be delayed!"
His face changed slightly, and he became more powerful, showing that he was determined. No one else dared to say anything now, only Xu Fang was still objecting. Wang Zheng had just vetoed his suggestion, so it was not good at this time.
Then he refused directly, so as not to hurt the brothers' feelings, he had to smile, look sideways at the generals and said: "General Xu, you are really my Wei Zheng."
Everyone knows who Wei Zheng is, but the people on the field today are all his seniors, but everyone is looking around at a loss, not knowing who Wang Zheng is talking about.
Forehead...
Sorry, I gave the wrong allusion.
Wang Zheng laughed dryly, touched his chin to relieve his embarrassment, and then looked at Xu Fang again: "Afang, I know it well."
Hearing Wang Zheng suddenly address him like this in public, Xu Fang was startled for a moment, then looked at Wang Zheng for a while, and then nodded: "Since the general has made up his mind, Xu Fang will naturally accept the order."
After the military wing was decided, the next step was the appointment of officials in the Ba Mansion.
The Bafu is different from the other two palaces. It only focuses on military warfare. The current organization should not be too many. In addition to the four wings, Wang Zheng only wants to merge two into it for the time being. One is the Tianji Camp, the other is the Robbery Division, and the other is the Army.
Tunsi.
In addition to being responsible for controlling external public opinion in the future, the Tianji Battalion was also given another function by Wang Zheng, which was to lead the morale of the wings, teach the three armies how to fight, and also lead the entertainment of the army.
In layman's terms, it focuses on ideological and political work in the military, as well as activities such as patrol entertainment and performances.
We must win over the public support from outside, and we must not let go of the public support from within.
As a descendant, Wang Zheng naturally knows how terrifying the combat effectiveness of an army with faith and firm belief will be. Regularly convening remembrance meetings and organizing military competitions and other activities will be more effective in improving the combat effectiveness of the army and gathering the centripetal force of the army.
Played a big role.
Even because this matter was so important, Wang Zheng decided that he would be personally responsible for this matter in the short term, and all the subordinate personnel would be Wu Sheng and Tianzhu camp, personal soldiers.
This level of emphasis is somewhat beyond everyone's expectation, and even more difficult to understand. After all, most people in this era even know what faith is, so how do they know the power it contains?
Accidents are accidents, and incomprehensions are incomprehensible. However, Huang Tian, boss, and Wang Laoer, naturally he has the final say over such trivial matters.
The Robbery Division basically still has its previous functions. It is also because of the importance of intelligence that it was specially divided into the Bafu. Needless to say, the remaining Military Stations Division, as the name suggests, is in charge of military affairs in various places.
At present, most of the military camps of the Heavenly Army are concentrated in Pengcheng. The total number of personnel is nearly 20,000, including retired wounded soldiers and some eliminated prisoners. They have disarmed and are engaged in farming full-time. From this aspect, nominally
Being in the army is more like a land reclamation regiment with concentrated work and military management.
However, after all, they had been soldiers and had a solid foundation. If there was an emergency in the war, they could be pulled up to support them for a while.
After discussing and deciding on the appointment of the military garrison division, the final matters were concentrated on two official offices that originally belonged to the army.
One is the Kubing Division and the other is the Benming Division.
The War Department has the dual functions of weapons production and storage.
Since the founding of the Western Han Dynasty, government-run factories have been set up in some places close to iron mines. The managers are called "work officials" and are all under the responsibility of the central minister. However, by the Eastern Han Dynasty, even military and political power was delegated to the counties.
This power is naturally vested in the country.
There are currently six iron ore mines of a certain scale in Xuzhou, namely in Yunting, Pengcheng, Juxian, Xiapi, Langya and Tangyi. Except for the last one in Guangling County, the ownership of which has not yet been clearly defined, the other five have been
Under the rule of Wang Zheng.
Of course, these six iron mines should logically have six government-run factories, but according to Wang Zheng's current understanding, only two of them, Pengcheng and Xiapi, were clearly owned by the previous government.
Several other places have been converted into private iron smelting sites by wealthy private families at some point.
The next thing to do is to take it back and manage it uniformly, and undertake the production of ordnance used by the heavenly army and the ironware needed by the people.
Wang Zheng currently has no suitable candidate for the Treasury Department, so he plans to let Yu Jin take over the post concurrently.
As for Benmingsi, he is in charge of the inn.
Benmingsi is named after a certain official document of the Han Dynasty called "Benmingshu".
They all need to be delivered at a very fast speed. Naturally, it is an extremely important official document. The fastest delivery speed of such official documents can reach more than four hundred miles.
The Han inns were usually thirty miles apart. The inns had a transfer house where you could stay overnight. This was the earliest official guest house.
Between the two posts, there was a pavilion for ten miles and a post for five miles. Originally, all the post stations across the country were managed by the central government, with the Taiwei in charge of power. Of course, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was also decentralized to the localities.
The Benming Division set up by Wang Zheng was in charge of all the stations in Xuzhou County. It was also responsible for the management and handover of intelligence with the Robbery Division, as well as the management of military information during wartime.
Wang Zhengze planned to hand over this intelligence department to Mi Fang.
The Mi family shop has employees all over Xuzhou. It has an inherent advantage in intelligence collection. In addition, the cooperation time between the two parties has not been short. Mi Fang even fell out with her eldest brother. Although she has not yet entered the system, in Wang Zheng's view
Now, in terms of reliability, the Mi family is still the number one local family in Xuzhou.
When you are concentrating, time often passes quickly, and before you know it, night falls outside the hall.
"Now that Xuzhou has been settled, everything is waiting to be done."
Wang Zheng is quite satisfied with the efficiency of today's discussion. All the participants are martial arts people, and people with a cheerful personality have a more crisp and neat style of work:
"Everyone will have to work hard for a few more days. The official documents that need to be issued and the orders that need to be issued need to be conveyed to various places as soon as possible. After the work is done, we will get together and drink. We will not go home until we are drunk."
The generals responded with a bang, saluted and retreated.
After several days of deliberation, which was all tiring and exhausting, Wang Zheng, who was extremely physically strong, felt a little tired at this time. He walked down the hall, lit a lantern in front of the soldiers, and walked towards the backyard under the shadow of the trees and the moonlight.
Just as he reached the middle of the verandah, he suddenly heard a rush of footsteps behind him.
Wang Zheng stopped and turned around, but a second-order cavalryman from Tianzhu Camp hurriedly ran over.
"What's the matter?" Wang Zheng knew that there must be something important, otherwise the sentry would not come to report at this time.
"General." The cavalryman gasped and handed over a letter:
"Reporting from the front, a group of people came from Pengcheng, claiming to be angels from Luoyang, and they even brought the emperor's imperial edict."
What?
Wang Zheng, who had just received the letter and was about to open it, was startled when he heard this. He raised his head in surprise, almost suspecting that there was something wrong with his ears.
Then an idea popped into my mind.
My "false emperor" plan has only been finalized for a few days.