Traveling through Chenghan Xiandi, fortunately I have a simulator

Chapter 122 Subduing Jia Xu
Jia Xu remained silent and did not answer.

"Get up."

Zhang Ming also realized that making Jia Xu kneel down for so long is really not the right way to treat a virtuous person. Although Jia Xu is just a grassroots person, he still has his pride.

Jia Xu stood up and patted his knees, then looked directly at His Majesty, and said

"Your Majesty, it is impossible for Cao Min to come to meet His Majesty empty-handed. Cao Min has a big gift for His Majesty."

Zhang Ming was quite surprised. As the emperor, he also wanted to know what Jia Xu's gift was.
"Oh, what exactly is the gift you are talking about?"

Jia Xu cleared his throat and said calmly, "Your Majesty, there are a total of eight forces attacking Chang'an City. Among them, Xu Rong's forces have surrendered to the imperial court, and Li Meng and Wang Fang's forces have withdrawn to Liangzhou. Because of Li Shizhong's plan, Niu Fu's forces are here At the Lishan Road, I met General Lu's troops, and they were wiped out. Because of the persuasion of the grassroots, the Zhang Ji faction defected to Jingzhou Mu Liubiao. There were also three other forces, Li Jue, Guo Si, and Fan Chou, and these three were the real Dong Zhuo's direct descendants. power."

Jia Xu gave Li Ru all the credit for Niu Fujun's ambush in Lishan, and with this petition, he got Li Ru's protection and subsequent recommendation. Of course, all of this was also because of Jia Xu's understanding of Li Ru. Li Ru is very concerned about merit and wants to climb to a high position, that's why Jia Xu exchanged such great credit for Li Ru's concern for him.

"Li Jue is in charge of Dong Zhuo's most elite troops. Guo Si and Fan Chou are brave in battle, and their soldiers are brave and good at fighting. If their three armies are combined, they will still be a huge threat to the imperial court, so the Caomin made a small plan to let them The three killed each other."

"First of all, the Caomin told Li Jue that he could send troops to occupy Chencang City, with the help of Chencang City and Mei City, to block the communication between Liangzhou and the imperial court, and even go south to the land of Hanzhong. With these benefits, Li Jue will do his best to Chencang City Attack with all your might."

"What the grass people told Li Jue is of course the most real situation of Chencang, otherwise how could they have deceived the extremely cunning Li Jue? However, the strength of Chencang City is not something that Li Jue's army can easily take down. Even without the support of the imperial court, Chencang City There is not much problem if you want to hold on for half a month."

"If this is the case, then when Guo Si's army and Fan Chou's army arrive at Chen Cang and the three armies attack Chen Cang City together, then Chen Cang City will still be unable to keep it. After all, Chen Cang City has been ravaged by Dong Zhuo, and the defense force in the city is not as good as before. .Chen Cangcheng can't wait for the imperial court's support, and the current imperial court is also unable to support it."

"Defending a city is easy, but attacking it is difficult. Generally speaking, without twice as many soldiers, it is basically impossible to capture a city, let alone Chen Cang City, even if it has been weakened, so Li Jue's army is bound to It will be blocked by Chen Cangcheng for a period of time, and after this period of time, Guo Si's army and Fan Chou's army will arrive."

"The grass people planted a rumor in Guo Bang's heart, and spread some rumors in his army. With these rumors, and Li Jue leaving without saying goodbye, abandoning Guo Bang who had already negotiated, so today's Guo Bang Si will definitely not believe him."

"It's a pity that the soldiers of Guo Si's army are not as good as Li Jue's. Even if they no longer trust Li Jue, they dare not trouble him, so the Caomin asked Guo Si to bring Fan Chou's army with him. Guo Si's army and Fan Chou's army can easily Easily surpass Li Jue's army."

"With the help of Fan Chou's army, Guo Bang saw Li Jue's army attacking Chencang City on the way back to Liangzhou, and then saw Li Jue's exhausted army. It's hard for the grassroots to imagine what will happen next?"

Zhang Ming silently listened to Jia Xu's words, and then said in his heart, Jia Xu is so ruthless, this is a complete borrowing of a knife to kill someone.

"Presumably Li Jue's army is rushing to attack Chencang City, while Guo Si and Fan Chou's army should be on their way to Liangzhou. It is estimated that they will meet in Chencang in a few days."

Jia Xu revealed all his plans in one breath, and he concealed some details, such as why Li Jue chose Chen Cangcheng as an attack target. In this game of chess, Jia Xu deceived everyone, Li Jue, Guo Si, All three of Fan Chou were deceived by him, and all this was just a gift from him to the future lord.

Zhang Ming didn't expect that there would be so many things going on during the retreat of the enemy army outside the city. He and Huangfusong were very puzzled at the east gate. Chang'an City is still not a big problem. By cutting off the water source of Chang'an City, there may be a slight chance.

However, when the enemy army saw that they could not attack Chang'an City by force, they retreated immediately, so that Huangfusong suspected that this was a trick of the enemy army, so he continued to keep the guards on guard for two or three days until Huangfusong's scouts found out After the enemy troops really withdrew, they relaxed their vigilance.

"It turns out that this is all your scheme. I really underestimated you."

After saying this, Zhang Ming paused for a moment, and then he thought about the purpose of Jia Xu's visit.

"Let me ask you a question, are you willing to work for me when you come here today?"

"Your Majesty, the grassroots do so many things, so they naturally want to serve the court."

"What office do you want?"

"Caomin dare not ask extravagantly, but only hope to be the magistrate of Baling County."

When Zhang Ming heard Jia Xu's answer, he thought he had heard it wrong. He knew that the county magistrate of Baling County had already been killed because the enemy troops stationed here outside the city, but he never expected that Jia Xu would do it. So many things, just to serve as a small county magistrate.

"You have a great talent, and you have meritorious service. Why do you only want to be a county magistrate?"

"The grassroots don't have any merits. They just serve the country. What's more, the grassroots have done so many wrong things, and His Majesty didn't care about them. Now, how dare the grassroots have extravagant demands."

Compared to Jia Xu's calmness, Zhang Ming was a little anxious. Jia Xu was such an astonishing talent, he was only a county magistrate, and it was really aggrieved. And most importantly, although Baling was close to Chang'an, Jia Xu still felt a little bit wronged. Once Xu went to Baling to become the county magistrate, it would be very difficult for him to ask advice.

However, after a while, Zhang Ming calmed down again, he was so young, he almost forgot, with Jia Xu's talent, if he wanted to be a county magistrate, why bother to give such a great gift to the court.

In today's world, the most indispensable thing is the county magistrate, so wars are too frequent. Every time the army arrives at a city, in order to control the city, they often choose to kill the county magistrate, so this is why Huaili county magistrate heard Li The reason why the army fled immediately when they arrived, because if they did not flee, they would probably be killed, including the magistrate of Baling County.

If Jia Xu wants to become a county magistrate, it will not be difficult at all, so all this is just a cover for him, he wants to see if His Majesty is as smart as the legend says, if His Majesty really only gave him Ba Ling It is estimated that the position of the county magistrate will not be long before he will go to another place to find a place to stay.

"Magistrate of Baling County, I have already asked Shang Shutai to propose one person to go, so naturally this official position cannot be given to you, why don't you choose another one?"

Zhang Ming turned the question back to Jia Xu again.

At this time, Jia Xu was in a dilemma. Based on his judgment, he knew that there was actually no candidate for the magistrate of Baling County. At least His Majesty had no time to arrange a candidate. The news of the magistrate's death spread to the court, and then to the court. Choosing a county magistrate can be done in just two or three days.

But since His Majesty has already said so, Jia Xu naturally dare not refute, and he can only take it seriously when the emperor speaks nonsense.

"Your Majesty, that Caomin has the audacity to ask Your Majesty for the position of Minister of the Minister." Jia Xu still said cautiously.

Shangshu Shilang is also a small official, even inferior to the county magistrate in terms of salary, and has little power. He is only responsible for reviewing memorials on a daily basis.

With Jia Xu's character, the reason why he chose to be the Minister of Shangshu was just to hide his own talents. After all, Mu Xiuyu would be destroyed by Lin Feng. What's more, he has not made any achievements now, and he was a traitor in the past. He would be envied and retaliated by others, so he considered for a long time before choosing the position of Minister of Shangshu.

Zhang Ming looked at the cautious Jia Xu, feeling a little helpless. Knowing history, he naturally knew Jia Xu's talent, but since Jia Xu was not willing to hold a high position, he would not force it. When the good news came from Chen Cang, It's okay for him to use this to promote Jia Xu.

Compared with letting Jia Xu go to Shangshutai to work, Zhang Ming has a new idea, which is to set up another institution in the palace to handle political affairs. After all, all the ministers in Shangshutai are from aristocratic families and have high qualifications. He lacks sufficient reasons to depose these people. You must know that not every Shangshu has the same love for power as Wang Yun, so he has some excuses.

Zhang Ming's original intention was to let Jia Xu take the lead in forming this new organization, but today he looked at Jia Xu who was so cautious, and he understood that this matter would definitely offend these people at Shangshutai, and with Jia Xu's character, he must Not willing to take the lead in doing this.

"In this case, I will grant you the position of Minister of the Minister, and I hope that you can complete the task seriously."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, I will live up to your Majesty's entrustment." Jia Xu said with a smile on his face.

"Cui Ming, take Jia Xu to Shangshutai and convey my intentions to Shangshuling."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Cui Ming led Jia Xu towards the Shangshutai. From today on, Jia Xu officially became a Minister of Shangshu.

Since finishing the early court, Huangfusong has actively invested in the construction of the military headquarters. Although he had exchanged a lot of designs about the military headquarters with His Majesty before, in actual operation, he found that it was not as easy as fighting.

Soon, Huangfusong encountered the first problem, which was where to choose the address of the military headquarters?

Choosing an address is never a trivial matter, especially for a high-ranking institution like the military.

Huangfusong asked his cronies, but he didn't get a good answer. He was a little uncertain, so he was going to go to the palace to ask His Majesty. After all, His Majesty had proposed the establishment of the military department, and he was only an executor at best.

"Come here, prepare the car, I'm going to the palace."

After rounds of briefings, Huangfusong arrived at the Gaomen Hall, where His Majesty was giving instructions on the memorial.

Zhang Ming put down the memorial in his hand and shook his hand. He was too tired to review the memorial. It seems that the establishment of an institution to deal with political affairs in the palace needs to be advanced.

"Your Majesty, I have something to do and I have to trouble Your Majesty." Huangfusong said anxiously.

Building the military department is not a small matter, but Huangfusong is very anxious. The reason why he is anxious is because the military merit department is a subordinate organization of the military department. Before the military department is completed, the military merit department cannot operate, and the military merit department cannot operate. , the rewards of the soldiers could not be distributed. As a general, how could he not be in a hurry.

"Huangfu Aiqing, please tell me."

"Your Majesty, I would like to ask some questions about the construction of the military headquarters, especially where should the military headquarters be located?"

"Set it in Nangong." Zhang Ming said without hesitation.

The military department is not an ordinary organization, so Zhang Ming's idea is that it is best to be under his nose, and Gaomendian is also in Nangong. In this way, what happens to the military department in the future can also be communicated to him as soon as possible.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Huangfusong who waited for the reply was very satisfied. The reason why he was hesitant was because this institution was too important. Only with His Majesty's consent could he arrange it generously in Nangong.

Although Huangfusong is already a general of hussars and ranks among the three princes, he is still a foreign minister. If he wants to move the layout of the Nangong, he must obtain His Majesty's consent, otherwise it will be an act of treason.Huangfusong is well aware of this point.

"Come here, hand over my token to Huangfu Aiqing."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The eunuch in the palace responded.

Huangfusong held His Majesty's token and waited for the next order.

"Huangfu Aiqing, I allow you to use Mingguang Palace as the address of the military headquarters. From now on, you can use this token to call the imperial guards of the Southern Army to cooperate with your work."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Huangfusong took His Majesty's token and left the Gaomen Hall. He used to be a Yilang in the palace, and he was on duty at the Nangong at that time, so he is quite familiar with the layout of the Nangong.

Mingguang Hall is located at the outermost edge of the Nangong Palace, next to Sima Gate. This location is not bad, and it is convenient to go out and do business.

With His Majesty's token, Huangfusong's next arrangement will be much smoother. The Mingguang Palace is a complete palace. There are actually many palaces in Chang'an Palace, but there are not many office officials, especially the Mingguang Palace. It was always vacant.

In less than a day, with Huangfusong's work efficiency, the renovation of the Mingguang Palace has been completed. In fact, there is nothing to renovate, because the original purpose of the Mingguang Palace was for office use.

Huangfusong temporarily set up four departments in Mingguang Palace, one in charge of logistics, one in charge of military merit, one in charge of training, and one in charge of soldiers.Of course, he went to Gaomen Hall to report on the establishment of these four departments.

Zhang Ming was very satisfied, but he didn't expect Huangfusong to be able to infer other cases from one instance, so he immediately thought of the other departments. Although these departments are very rough compared to later generations, they have already started.

On this day, an important news came from Shangshutai that the Hedong County area was in emergency, and county magistrates from all over the country sent emergency memorials.

(End of this chapter)