The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 57 There Are Too Many Smart People
The arrival of five powerful generals made Cheng Yuanzhi feel that the strength of Shangdang County had increased a lot.

Before making the appointment, he checked the current status of the five people.

The results were less than ideal.

Apart from their majestic physique, Zhang Liao and the others were immature in other respects, especially their military ability, which was far from being qualified as an ordinary military officer, let alone a five-son general.

This is also in line with Cheng Yuanzhi's expectation.

After all, Zhang Liao was still a tender and tender young man at this time, and had never experienced hundreds of life-and-death battles, so naturally he would not reach the heights he would achieve decades later.

No one starts out as a king.

If there is, then he must be a wall hanger.

Shangdang County now has more than [-] mounted infantry, and there is an urgent need for cavalry captains who can hold the field to train them and make them elite soldiers.

The arrival of Zhang Liao and five people just filled this gap.

So when they learned that each of them was in charge of a section and commanded [-] cavalry, all five of them were overjoyed, saluted again and again, and showed their loyalty.

They all felt that they had made the right move.

At present, the military system of the Han Dynasty is like this. The governor of the state is called the governor (not in charge of military affairs), the chief of the county is called the prefect (in charge of military affairs). The captain of the infantry and the captain of the cavalry, each captain has a jurisdiction of 5000 to [-] people.

Six years after Zhongxing and Jianwu, the imperial court abolished the post of captaincy in the inland counties, and the post was concurrently held by the prefects. It only continued to maintain the position of captaincy in border counties. If extreme circumstances occurred, a captaincy would be temporarily established. That's it. Then stop.

Shangdang belongs to the border county, and there is always a captain, which gives Zhang Liao and others a platform to play.

Because the governor did not have an army, the reason why Zhang Yi, the former governor of Bingzhou, had an army was because he also served as the prefect of Taiyuan.

Since Bingzhou is a frontier state and the government is located in Taiyuan, it is also a customary rule for the governor to also serve as the prefect of the state government.

The governors of the states within the Han Dynasty absolutely did not mention the army.

In other words, even if Zhang Liao and others don't change jobs, they still have room to play in Taiyuan, sooner or later.

That's why Cheng Yuanzhi couldn't wait to order Zhang Yang to rob him, and he would become Ding Yuan's subordinate if it was too late.

After defeating Wuhuan again, Shangdang County entered a rare period of peaceful development, and the people happily walked into the fields to work hard for the autumn harvest.

Since the ten-mile river beach has become the twenty-mile river beach, the river has widened and the water flow has slowed down a lot. There are many large and small ponds with different rules distributed on the river beach. The water in the ponds is led to high places by water trucks. , irrigate crops.

Since the plague has just passed, eating fish in the pond is temporarily prohibited.

The common people, facing the loess and their backs to the sky, worked tirelessly in the fields, cherishing the hard-won peace.

They know that the prefect Zhang Yang won peace by relying on war, and peace will not exist forever. One day, looting and war will come again.

Because in addition to Wuhuan, there are three more powerful foreign races in Bingzhou, which are raging in Bingzhou day after day, year after year.

Perhaps looting is still inevitable this winter.

Because the barbarian's code of conduct is - looting!
When the people of Shangdang were mixed with joy and sorrow, Cheng Yuanzhi was once again summoned by Emperor Liu Hong to the capital Luoyang.


Looking back at this era from the perspective of future generations, it seems that the root cause of the chaos in this era is the decay of the imperial court and the people's livelihood.

But Cheng Yuanzhi knew that the root of the chaos was that there were too many smart people.

There have been too many amazing and brilliant people in this era, and it was they who led the ignorant people to pay for their dream of dominating the world, which led to the advent of troubled times, which lasted for a hundred years.

Zhang Jiao deceived nearly a million ignorant people into rebelling for his own sake, Huang Tianmeng. In order to monopolize power, He Jin, Dong Zhuo and others even replaced the emperor, starting a chaotic war in the world.

In order to compete for the world, various aristocratic families and warlords bet one after another and showed their talents.

No one is thinking about the common people, everyone is fighting for their own fame and fortune at all costs.

Interests come first, values ​​are misaligned, and human lives are like straw.

This is the source of chaos.

Cheng Yuanzhi didn't want to go this way.

When he thought that the consequences of doing so would lead to land sinking in the Central Plains in 300 years, he was particularly resistant to participating in this inexplicable world competition.

Too short-sighted!

He chose the place of Bingzhou because he was interested in the topography here. He could reject Qianghu in the north and the Central Plains in the south.

Although Bingzhou is a little poor and there are not many people, it cannot support the needs of a powerful force.

But it can grow.

Experience the process of creating something from scratch is the most wonderful sensory enjoyment in life.

Cheng Yuanzhi is very satisfied with the current conditions.

Zhu Yuanzhang only had one bowl at the beginning and didn't say anything...

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In July of the third year of Zhongping (186), Luoyang Dongcheng,
When Cheng Yuanzhi jumped off the horse, a servant immediately beside him took the reins of the horse and bowed in salute.

From this point alone, it can be seen that Rikiji has completely integrated into the role of housekeeper and has taken care of the mansion in an orderly manner.

This mansion is now also the focus of attention of various forces in Luoyang City. Every time Cheng Yuanzhi returns, it will immediately become lively.

All kinds of people came one after another and gathered outside the house, lingering for a long time.

Cart pullers, pastry sellers, fortune tellers, twist sellers, children, and even themselves as slaves...

But usually I don’t see them selling themselves...

Outside the mansion, everyone stared at the mansion door with wide eyes, and the words "I am the eyes and ears" were written on their faces.

Cheng Yuanzhi knew that the reason for the excitement outside the mansion was not only because he was the adopted son of Situ Yuan Kui, he attracted the attention of all parties.

Among them must be the relationship between Shangdang County's several vigorous and vigorous battles against Wuhuan.

Especially now that the Han Empire is in a precarious state, what a super capable military talent means to everyone is self-evident.

Fortunately, the persona he set up was that of a auxiliary strategist, rather than an all-rounder in both civil and military affairs.

If not, there would have been more people coming to watch, and there would have been more fear and suspicion.

After entering the mansion, Cheng Yuanzhi walked slowly along the bluestone road, thinking quickly about countermeasures in his mind.

Liu Hong summoned him again, and made it clear that if there was anything to ask him, it would be the northwest rebellion.

At the beginning of the month, Zhang Wen, who went to crusade against the rebellion, was defeated and was dismissed from his post and recalled to the capital to face charges. This marked that the Xiliang rebels were completely in trouble.

At this time, it has been more than two years since Han Sui Bianzhang and Song Jian rebelled for the first time. During this time, the Xiliang area has maintained a state of separatism. The people only know that there are Han, Bian, and Song, but they do not know that there is a big Han.

Xiliang has become a de facto separatist regime.

Looking back from later generations, Han Sui was able to separate Xiliang for 32 years, relying on the strong combat effectiveness of the Xiliang Army.

The Xiliang army is strong in combat effectiveness, but the multi-tribal coalition has a fatal weakness, that is, there are many internal factions and people are not unified.

Ever since Han Sui raised his troops, the internal strife among the Xiliang rebels has never stopped. The grievances between him and his sworn brother Ma Teng are very representative. Among them, the grievances have been reported for decades, and I am afraid that a book cannot be written .

Therefore, the best strategy to deal with the Xiliang army is not to confront it head-on, but to take it slowly.

The longer the war drags on, the more acute the contradictions within the Xiliang Army will become.

At this point, you only need to throw in a little Mars...

With a bang, it exploded.

.........

The next day, Luoyang Beigong.

Cheng Yuanzhi followed the eunuch Xuanzhao and quickly entered the Deyang Hall. Outside, two guards whispered to each other:
"This man is here again. His Majesty really thinks highly of him and has summoned him many times."

"What do you know, he is now Yuan Situ's adopted son!"

"Ah, then this Yuan family is terrible, the old one is still working as a Situ, and the three brothers below are also famous."

"So, our eyes will be more active in the future..."

"That's nature, that's nature..."

There are many people in Deyang Hall.

When Cheng Yuanzhi came in, he met a group of people heading out with their heads lowered. These people were quite young and walked without any energy at all.

Just like the current situation of the Han Empire, it is getting old.

Among these officials, the youngest is 40 to 60 years old, and the oldest is Yuan Wei, who is in his [-]s.

When passing by by mistake, Yuan Kai said in a low voice: "Play by ear, talk less and listen more."

Cheng Yuanzhi nodded slightly, indicating that he received it.

What should be said, he told Liu Hong last time, but Liu Hong didn't listen, who can do it?
Many times people are like this, knowing that others have shown you a bright way, but they are unwilling to accept it for the sake of face, choosing a stinky method that they think is good, but in fact it is a bad idea.

Of course Cheng Yuanzhi knew the reason for this situation-there are too many smart people, what you say is reasonable, and what he said is also reasonable. As a monarch, Liu Hong has encountered difficulties and does not know which one to choose.

Before or after him, there must have been someone who stated the pros and cons, strongly recommending the restoration of Wu to the Northwest, and strengthening the prestige of the Han Dynasty; there would also be someone who analyzed the weaknesses of the rebel army, gave targeted suggestions, and so on...

But in the end, these unselected strategies are buried in the dust.

(End of this chapter)