Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

The army led by Zhou Yu set off from Jingzhou, quickly captured Badong County, and then marched to Brazil County as planned.Huang Gai in the middle also successfully captured Fuling County and headed for Berkshire.Only the road led by Cheng Pu encountered obstacles in Zang Cang County, and it took a while to successfully occupy Zang Cang County. , It took more than three months of effort to win the seventeen counties belonging to Cang County.

After the news came back to Shouchun, Sun Ce took Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong to choose a suitable county magistrate for the three-way army.

Shouchun once again conducted the assessment of children who have reached their full age. This time, not only civil and martial arts are required, but there is also an additional interview and scoring link.Those who stumbled and couldn't answer the questions correctly after seeing Sun Ce were all deducted by Zhang Zhao.

Zhang Hong said to Sun Ce, "Bo Fu, it's not fair for you to do this. You are sitting here with a murderous look. If your personal guards are not used to seeing you like this, only the generals who lead the army will not be afraid."

Sun Ce smiled treacherously, "I just want them to be afraid. There are more than a hundred of my personal guards taking the exam this time, and they are definitely not as good as those who study in the room every day."

"There is already a martial arts test. Although scholars usually practice martial arts, they are still far behind those who have been on the battlefield. They are almost evened in both civil and military tests."

Zhang Zhao spoke for the scholars.

Sun Ce sat upright, "Zibu, Zigang, I don't mean to look down on the scholars. Many of them can be the head of the army or the head of a hundred people. But Jiangdong is the place where the soldiers risked their lives to fight down. Yes, in the comprehensive evaluation, I hope that those who have been on the battlefield will be promoted first. The counties and counties that Yizhou has just acquired are easy to be counterattacked by Liu Zhang. I don’t have any experience in the army, so I’m afraid that things will go wrong.”

Zhang Hong was silent. He and Zhang Zhao belonged to scholars in a broad sense, but both of them had led troops to fight.In fact, the officials under Sun Ce's command basically have no distinction between pure scholars and warriors in the past.It's just that the officials who have been elected in the past few years have no experience in leading the army.But this time there are quite a few active-duty soldiers who came to take the exam, and some of them got pretty good grades.Of course, this is due to Yu Guotai's continuous promotion of basic education in the army and among the people. Some children who joined the army after the age of 16 have learned mathematics well.

"Bofu and Zibu, it's better to send those who have never been to the battlefield and are ranked in the top [-] to the three-way army to practice for two years, and those who pass the military examination and have served in the army for less than two years should also be sent to the army to make up for it. missing months."

Zhang Zhao looked at the total score report card compiled by Pang Tong, and asked Pang Tong to fetch the registration form for the top [-].After reading it carefully, he said to Sun Ce: "Bo Fu, if we select candidates according to the qualifications mentioned by Zigang this time, we will have to transfer county magistrates from Jiangdong. I remember that some of the county magistrates dispatched the year before last and last year had served in the army for two years. Above."

"I invite Cao Yu Zhongxiang to come, he knows who is eligible."

Sure enough, Yu Fan lived up to Sun Ce's expectations. All the officials sent by him came with their resumes and assessment results. The former eunuchs were all very familiar with Sun Ce, Zhang Zhao, and Zhang Hong.

The four discussed for a while and drew up a list of officials to dispatch.For those who have served in the army for less than two years, according to the length of their service, they will first fill the vacancies left by the transferred county magistrates.

After the announcement of the list, all those who wanted to be officials realized that if they wanted to be officials in the area under the jurisdiction of Marquis Wu, the first thing was to take the exam regardless of the gentry or the Han.Second, you must have more than two years of military experience.Otherwise, if the total score is enough, it is impossible to become an official.

There was a letter reflecting that Sun Ce’s method of promoting officials was wrong. It was no longer the promotion of filial piety and integrity. But the world is becoming more and more chaotic for those who are recommended. That means the method of recommendation is no longer suitable. You can see that Dongwu has been a paradise in troubled times in recent years, because the prefects everywhere are generals who once led tens of thousands of troops. The Fan magistrates and magistrates of the counties they rule must also have the experience of leading the army in battle, so as to prevent bandits and rebellions from happening."

Well, you have the final say in Soochow, and wait for the emperor to take care of you.

Yu Fan ordered the guards to secretly write down the names of those who were waiting for the emperor to take care of them like this. No matter how good the exams are, such fools will not be able to be sent to important positions in the future.If you don't understand the general trend of the world, do you still want to come out and become an official?

Brothers Sun Quan and Sun Xiang also took the exam, and their results were really good.But according to the results, Sun Quan was more than a year short of joining the army, and Sun Xiang was even more short.

"Ma'am, do you want Zhongmou and Shubi to make up for their military service?" Sun Ce discussed with his mother.

"What do you think? What do they think?"

"Both of them want to go to the army in Yizhou. I listen to Aunt."

Wu Guotai pondered for a while and said: "After Zhuge Kongming got married, let him accompany Zhongmou to Cheng Demou's army. Hand over Shubi to Sima Lang to discipline him and go to Huanggai's army."

"I thought Aunt would let them go to Gongjin."

"Gong Jin will take too much care of his brothers. They are going through the motions when they join the army. Kong Ming is considerate and has studied with Zhong Mou for several years. Let him watch Zhong Mou more attentively. Uncle Bi is impatient. It is most suitable for Sima Boda, the eldest brother who has brought up seven younger brothers."

Sun Cexian's mother chose the characters of the two younger brothers and the people who disciplined them very well, and sighed: "Mother, if Ah Weng is still alive, they will have received such an arrangement."

Wu Guotai smiled, "It's not a bad thing for the common people to rely on the eldest son. If they didn't conquer this world, they wouldn't have such good conditions."

Sun Ce thought about it and said, "Then Shubi's marriage will be delayed."

"It's okay to be two years late. It's just right to get married at [-] and crowned.

Speaking of marriage, Sun Ce smiled and said to Wu Guotai: "Mother, guess how I turned down the marriage proposal of the Cao family."

Wu Guotai let Ah Shao, who couldn't sit still, play, and waited curiously for Sun Ce to give the answer.

"I told the envoy that Cao Sikong despises the emperor, and I will have a battle with him eventually. If Cao Ren can join me in advance, the marriage will not be a problem. Otherwise, it will be difficult for young children to fight in the future."

"Zuo narrow." Wu Guotai smiled, the battle with Cao Cao was inevitable.The timing is when the battle between him and Yuan Shao ends next year.

"Bo Fu, is your cousin's business done? Your aunt and the Xu family have also supported you very much these years."

Sun Ce replied: "I did as my aunt suggested. I sent a letter to Jingzhou, telling Gu Yuantan that Xu Kun wanted to marry his daughter into his family, and he immediately asked the messenger to bring back the news of the agreement. I have written I sent the letter to my cousin. After this marriage, he can just contact his cousin."

"The Xu family didn't like Lu Ziming's family background."

Wu Guotai sighed, and felt that Xu Kun was able to follow Sun Ce to raise troops. As the old aunt of the Sun family, Sun would rather marry her daughter to Gu Yong's son who hadn't become an official than Lu Meng. family, and look down on Lu Meng's family background.

Sun Ce didn't think so, "It's very good. My daughter will marry and go to Jingzhou and Zhongmou will never see each other again. Ziming married Boyang's cousin's daughter, and both families are very happy. A Niang, we are very happy with the arrangement after this circle. .Gu Yuantan and Sun Changxu are now at ease, and uncle and aunt are also satisfied."

Wu Guotai rubbed her forehead and said: "The places where the aristocratic families gather are all married in this way. There is no need to transfer ten families to be cousins. Have you thought about who will be the governor in Yizhou?"

Liu Zhang retreated steadily. If Zhou Yu hadn't controlled the speed of his advance, Liu Zhang's attempt to rely on natural dangers to hold on would have come to naught.

"I want Zhang Zhao and Zhang Zibu to be the governor of Yizhou, and Xun Yu to be his assistant. What do you think?"

This was a plan that Sun Ce had considered for a long time, "Xun Wenruo has been here for a long time, and I feel a little bit worried about sending him to be Zhang Zhao's assistant."

"What do Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong think of Xun Yu?" Wu Guotai only met Xun Yu once, and he was not sure if Xun Yu would put his heart into doing things.

"Why don't you keep him in Shouchun first? His talent can also lead the overall situation."

Sun Ce really wanted to use Xun Yu.

"I haven't talked to Zibu and Zigang about this yet."

Wu Guotai put a clear sign on the progress of the three-way army on the sand table in Yizhou, and then sighed: "It will take too long to send a letter from central Sichuan to Shouchun. If there is any change in Xun Yu in Yizhou, We don't have time to react here."

Sun Ce's expression was complicated, "It's really not reconciled to use Xun Wenruo as much as he is now. A Niang, his eldest son took the exam this time, and his scores in the essay test are quite high. Went to join the army for two years."

"Bo Fu, you don't need to be suspicious of people. If you can send enough trustworthy prefects in Yizhou, so what if you let Xun Yu be the governor?"

Sun Ce's eyes sparkled, "Aniang's suggestion is good. I'll take a gamble. If I can take down Yizhou once, I can take down Yizhou for the second time."

The next day, Sun Ce first talked with Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong about the use of Xun Yu, and asked for their opinions.Both were reserved.Sun Ce made up his mind and said, "I'll go talk to Xun Wenruo and see what he has to say."

After Xun Yu got out of Cao Cao's grave-digging and human meat jerky and other harsh shadows, his mental load was relieved and his body recovered very well, especially here in Jiangdong. Not only did his nephews find like-minded classmates to study with, but even his daughters went to government schools to study After that, he was like a fish in water, and lived happily every day.

But he didn't expect that Sun Ce wanted to use him as the governor of Yizhou.

He felt that he had heard wrong, and stared blankly at Sun Ce for a while without speaking.

"Won Ruo refuses to go to Yizhou?"

Xun Yu shook his head, "How can you trust me, Marquis Wu? Yu first voted for Yuan Benchu ​​and then Cao Mengde, how dare you trust me now?"

Sun Ce nodded, "Why didn't I dare?! You were at Yuan Benchu's place, and you did not do anything to harm Yuan Benchu's interests. In Cao Mengde's Yanzhou, you even took care of all the affairs of the state. Even if you were discouraged later, it was just Mr. Because I have to continue to work with people who dig graves and rob graves and eat human flesh, I just have a bad conscience."

Xun Yu burst into tears when he told Sun Ce, sobbing uncontrollably.

Cao Cao trusted him a lot, but Cao Cao's unscrupulous actions really chilled him.

After arriving in Soochow, he discovered that the people in the troubled times can actually live like people, and the girls in the troubled times can also study and live more freely.

Xun Yu cried for a while, stood up and saluted Sun Ce, "Marquis Wu believes that Wenruo is a gentleman, and Wen Ruo will do his best to govern Yizhou well. He will never disappoint Marquis Wu's trust."