Chapter 4 Choices (1)
In November of the first year of Guangxi, King Donghai led 5,000 soldiers to the capital of the Guard, dismissed the guards, and controlled the palace bans. He also forged an edict to detain the King of Qinghe in Jinyong City, killed the Northern Army's Central Marshal Lu Yong, and passed the branch commander Chen Yan; in early December, the emperor ordered King Donghai to serve as prime minister, governor of Yanzhou, and governor of Yanyu, Jiyou, and the military affairs of the six states. The power of the Xuchang shogunate shocked the world. In the past ten years, although there were many royal princes in charge of the central regime, none of them could be compared with King Donghai.
King Donghai also submitted a letter, saying that the emperor was promoted to the general of the Fu Army, Gou Xi, who worked hard and made great contributions, and requested the emperor to promote Gou Xi to the General of the East, and found the three departments of the Ministry of Justice, and was appointed as the Minister of Dongping County, and was appointed as the governor of Qingzhou. He was also appointed as the governor of Qingzhou. Although Gou Xi's reputation was promoted, his actual power was further restricted. However, due to the great power of King Donghai, Gou Xi's power was caught off guard, so he could only be submissive.
This series of changes shocked the central government and all parts of the Central Plains were frightened. However, as the cause of these events, Youzhou was independent of the vortex and ushered in a rare peaceful period in recent years.
What is ridiculous is that the appointment of General Pingbei and the general of Youzhou military in the Luoyang court was enough to make Dai County cry. In fact, it actually had a counterproductive effect. The soldiers of Dai County defeated the Xianbei and Youzhou troops one after another, and they were all confident. They thought that their military power was enough to be so powerful that they could gain all the power of the northern border. However, the Luoyang court was so stingy that they specially sent a Youzhou governor to wander in front of them!
Fortunately, Zu Shizhi was a tactful person. Since taking office, he has only focused on civil affairs and has never had any conflicts with Lu Yao's subordinates. Lu Yao also knew that Youzhou was in a face of the raging Hu tribe and faced an extremely complicated situation. At present, what Dai County needs to quickly and steadily inherit the military power left by Wang Pengzu, and he would never tolerate internal strife during this period. Therefore, Lu Yao respected this famous scholar from the Youzhou tribe, and even repeatedly ordered the relevant soldiers not to invade the power of the governor at will. In this way, some forces that were eager to continue the chaos in Youzhou were a little disappointed and lost.
Since the local military and political affairs are still harmonious, and the struggle between the central government has not yet affected the northern border, in the past two months, Lu Yao sorted out various internal affairs as the head of the Youzhou military officer and completed several major events one after another.
First of all, the military office and the enrichment of personnel. The specific position setting of the military office is naturally based on the laws of the court. The key is how to place the limited talents in front of you in suitable positions and rely on them to smoothly operate the military office of General Pingbei.
When Lu Yao first entered Dai County, there were only a thousand soldiers, and the common people were only Shao Xu. Later, he occupied Dai land and expanded to the grasslands on the dam, so Shao Xu could not take care of him. However, at that time, the military was in vain. Even General Yingyang's officials directly under the various cadres had nowhere to recruit, so he could only take charge of military personnel, or temporarily choose people who could barely read the words from the civil servants who were recruited. Even those who were both guest officials and female members were transferred to serve as warehouse servants for a while. Now Lu Yao is appointed as General Pingbei and governing the military affairs of Youzhou. The affairs managed are more than ten times more complicated than before, and he can no longer treat each other in general with expeditions like before.
From another perspective, Lu Yao's strength has expanded to a state, and for those civil officials who followed him in a difficult situation, it is really time to get rewards. It should be noted that civil officials are different from military personnel. Military people lick blood from the knife. After each battle, as long as they win, there will always be considerable rewards and improvements. Lu Yao is also not stingy about this, and a considerable part of the battle capture is used on this. After all, civil officials have no military achievements to gain. If their positions cannot be adjusted in time, it will cause everyone to lose their momentum and lose their enterprising spirit.
This is the first time Lu Yao has faced such a large-scale appointment of personnel. His way of selecting and employing people is very different from that in the ranks of the army. Therefore, he is very cautious, especially the officials directly under the military office, including the chief officers, Sima, consulting officers and other positions, have repeatedly pondered with the core staff.
The chief official is the chief official, and he is the head of all civil officials and is responsible for the common affairs of the military government. There is nothing to discuss about this position, and it is Shao Xu. Since joining Lu Yao's command in Yecheng, Shao Xu has always been the core aide and directly undertakes almost all government affairs. He supports the army to fight south and north with only a few counties, and never expects to provide assistance. His merits are that Xiao He is in Guanzhong, and Kou Xun defends Henei.
Sima was the chief assistant to a military operation and the commander of the military power directly under the military administration. Considering the actual situation of the Youzhou Military Administration, Lu Yao further divided his powers, first of all, Xue Tong was appointed as the left Sima, and also reported to the emperor to promote him to General Yangwu, clarifying Xue Tong's status as the deputy commander of the entire army; then he opposed the public opinion and recruited Duan Wenyang, son of Duan Wuchen, of Duan Wuchen in western Liaoning, as the right Sima.
Duan Wenyang's heroic martial arts and good combat have long been famous not only in the northern borders, but also spread far to all parts of the Central Plains. During the Battle of Ruyuan, Lu Yao's central army defeated the main force of the Youzhou army commanded by Duan Ji and Lu Jun, while Ding Miao's front army was killed in a mess by Duan Wenyang's troops. Although Duan Wenyang took advantage of the raid, the courage of this person is really visible. When Wang Pengzu was still alive, Duan Wenyang was one of the most generals in the Youzhou army, second only to Qi Hong and others.
Lu Yao used Duan Wenyang as the right Sima and used him to command the considerable military power directly under the General Pingbei. This was also the reward for distinguishing the political trend of the Duan army and opening the convenient door for Lu Yao to open the door of Youzhou. Although Duan Wuwuchen was old and was really keen in this regard. After only a few days of Lu Yao's issuing the conscript, he sent Duan Wenyang to lead a thousand elite cavalry to serve. Lu Yao immediately took a very happy attitude and led a few cavalry to meet him dozens of miles away. He talked with Duan Wenyang and spent the night in the Xianbei barracks. Considering the heavy casualties during the Ruyuan War.
The military generals on both sides also became nervous because of this. I don’t know how many people stayed up all night. But the knowledgeable people on both sides knew very well that Lu Yao’s Pingbei General’s Mansion needed support, and the Duan tribe Xianbei also needed support from the foreign feud Yuwen tribe and the Murong tribe, which had a fierce rise. Therefore, even though this action was a bit artificial, after this night, one side was eager to seek talent and the other side’s loyalty was finally fully displayed. In Lu Yao’s words, from then on, he could "put off the burden of history and move towards a bright future."
There are still several people who are under the position of Chief Shi and Sima. This position is newly established in modern times and is known as "Qingzhong". It is often used as the children of the prefectures and counties, with more symbolic meaning than practical significance. In this regard, the military mansion is really awkward, because it was cleaned up by a butcher knife several times in the country. There is no big clan at all. The big clans in the eastern counties of Youzhou, such as the Zu family, Feng family, Lu family, Gao family, etc., have their own identities and have rarely had contact with the military mansion for a while. Moreover, even if the children of these large clans choose to serve as officials, the governor's mansion of Zu Ti, the hometown is more attractive.
Since this is the case, Lu Yao only appointed two consultants to join the army with the principle of being insignificant than being indiscriminate, one was Weiqin and the other was Zao Song.
Wei Qin is the son of Wei Cao. The Wei clan has been operating in the Bashang Grassland for many years and has a strong influence. Wei Cao was the left general and the Marquis of Dingxiang. He assisted the Tuoba Xianbei for decades and was even more famous. He used Wei Qin as a consultant to join the army in order to show his trust in the Wei clan, which should be conducive to the stability of the Bashang Grassland.
Zao Song was Wang Jun's son-in-law, and was a famous scholar with his brother Zao Tong. He was famous for his style and literary talent. After Lu Yao entered Youzhou, he was extremely kind to Wang Pengzu's tribe and did not treat Wang Pengzu's tribe with his former hostility. Wang Jun had many wives and concubines, and his children were even larger. However, because his legitimate son Wang Zhou was not as weak as his crown, he had to be killed and mourned for three years. Therefore, Zao Song became the spokesperson for the orphan and widowed mother, and arranged for a group of relatives to help the spirits and return to bury. During the process, Lu Yao asked the Fang brothers to come forward and helped each other diligently, which made Zao Song and others very moved.
According to the convention at that time, Wang Jun's former officials also had to wear filial piety clothes for three months. After three months, except for some of them being separated and some of them were used by Zu Ti, the rest were headed by Zao Song and joined Lu Yao's military residence. Lu Yao was very polite to Zao Song, because the Zao family was a famous family in Yingchuan and also had a reputation in Youzhou. In addition, Zao Song had great achievements in the verses and verses, which could make up for the shortcomings of the military residence.
In addition to the positions of Chief Secretary, Sima and Consultant, the Military Office, Cao also chose people to serve. These are all real powers to assist officials in handling matters. On the one hand, Lu Yao considered whether personal talents were applicable, and on the other hand, he still considered political symbolic significance. In such positions, Shao Xu recruited relatives and friends of the Anyang clan and the natives promoted by him occupied part of the land; Huang Yi, the leader of the Ye County clan promoted by Lu Yao in Yecheng, and Huang Yi, the Wei County clan who came north with Huang Yi, also occupied part of the person; and Wang Jun, the old subordinates who followed Zao Song.
The chief clerk, Gongcao Shi and other subordinate officials were mainly civil officials who were closer to Lu Yao himself. For example, Xiong Congxiong Wenlin, who was on mission to Jinyang, and Fang Qinzhi's brothers Fang Mianzhi. According to Lu Yao's original intention, he wanted Fang Jianzhi to be the servant of the military government. However, the Fang brothers were unable to bear the caravan industry left by their father and grandfather for a night, so Fang Qinzhi asked to see Lu Yao to report: "The villain once heard that wealth and honor are what people want, and they cannot get the way. Qinzhi, and Mingzhi, was promoted by the lord, and the lord was far from what he wanted, and he dared not ask the lord to give him another gift. Please allow his younger brother Jian to operate the industry and seek his lord's wealth." Lu Yao laughed loudly when he heard his misinterpretation of the Master's words, so he ordered Fang Jianzhi to continue doing business without any scruples.
After the arrangements, although there are still many missing staff, the General's Mansion can basically operate smoothly. In fact, missing staff is not a bad thing. Many of the spare official positions can be promoted to promote capable grassroots officials in future operations, which is also a good incentive.
According to Lu Yao's idea, after the military government and official system was set up, he had to concentrate on improving the military arrangements. But when he started this work, he suddenly had two problems that he had not noticed before and had to be solved. Lu Yao and his aides could not make a conclusion after several negotiations. He had to summon Xue Tong, Chen Jin, Liu Xia and other military generals, and dozens of civil and military officials gathered together to discuss together.
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