"The four great families in Jiangdong are Lu, Gu, Zhu and Zhang."

"The Lu family is the leader and is the strongest, so it is not advisable."

"The Zhang family is domineering and has a bad reputation in Jiangdong. It is not advisable."

"Therefore, my lord can only take care of the Zhu family."

"The strength of these two families is inferior to that of the Lu family, and their family tradition is also quite good."

"The lord can give preference to these two families when selecting officials. In addition, the Gu family has a great talent named Gu Yong, who is the son of the head of the Gu family. The lord can recruit him to serve as an official in the name of Yangzhou Mu. The head of the Zhu family also has a son's name.

He is called Zhu Huan. He is very skilled in martial arts and leading troops, so the lord can recruit him as a general."

Hearing this, Yuan Shu's eyes lit up.

Gu Yong and Zhu Huan, these are two great talents!

The former was the prime minister of Wu State in history, and he was a famous prime minister who was good at internal affairs.

Not only is his political ability comparable to Xun Yu and Zhang Zhao, he is at least not much different from them, and is on the same level as Chen Qun.

Of the four counselors he currently has, Guo Jia is not good at politics at all. Although the other three are good, they are not as good as Gu Yong, a counselor who specializes in internal affairs.

The internal affairs abilities of the three of them can only be considered top-notch, but they are still inferior to those like Gu Yong, who have superb internal affairs abilities.

Now Zhang Zhao doesn't know where he is wandering in Xuzhou or Yangzhou. He has sent people from the Yuan family to look for him, and he doesn't know when they will find him.

I have to say, it is very convenient to have such a strong background.

Yuan Shu asked the Yuan family to pay attention to and search for talents such as Xi Zhicai, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Zhang He, Xu Huang, etc. who had not yet had an owner or were traveling, or to keep an eye on them in their hometowns.

Now Dong Zhuo should have just arrived in Beijing, and it is still more than a year before the beginning of the troubled times. I hope he can bring some more talents!

"Gongda, your suggestion is very good. I will do as you say. Recruit these two people."

Then Xun You retreated and Guo Jia stood up.

"My lord, Dong Zhuo entered the capital half a month ago. And the general also died together with the eunuchs."

Hearing this, Yuan Shu sneered in his heart.

"In addition, Dong Zhuo abolished Liu Bian and established Liu Xie as emperor. I have to say that this Dong Zhongying is really good at means and courage."

Speaking of this, Guo Jia couldn't help but sigh: "At this time, Dong Zhuo has completely controlled the Guanzhong area and the capital, and has become the power of the Western Qin Dynasty. It should not be underestimated."

Afterwards, Guo Jia paused and said in an incomprehensible tone: "Also, the lord's brother Yuan Shao had a verbal conflict with Dong Zhuo over the matter of abolishing Li Li. He has left the capital and gone to Bohai to prepare for the army to serve the king."

Hearing this, Yuan Shu snorted coldly: "My brother's ability should not be underestimated! In the end, he used Dong Zhuo to gain a wave of fame. I am afraid that many people who are not angry with Dong Zhuo have already defected to him!"

Then he chuckled: "It's okay, Fengxiao, you can continue."

"It's August now. According to Jia's inference, before the spring of next year, many people will be ready to unite to fight against King Dong Qin. At most, in the middle of next year, the major princes will unite to fight Dong Zhuo. Lord, leave it to us

Time is running out.”

Yuan Shu nodded: "We have to participate in the princes' struggle against Dong. On the one hand, we have to meet all the heroes in the world, especially my brother Yuan Benchu."

Yuan Shu narrowed his eyes and continued: "On the other hand, this is the best time for us to increase our reputation."

Guo Jia continued: "That's right, lord. When the time comes, we will have to show our extraordinary strength to the outside world, but so that the princes will not be too afraid. The specific scale needs to be grasped by lord."

"Um."

Then Guo Jia also returned to the team.

"Okay, then after everything is reported, I will announce something next."

"First of all, my current official position is Yangzhou Prefect and General. And my Prefectural Mufu and General's Office in Yangzhou were first located in Lujiang County."

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Yuan Shu continued: "Now, as the governor of Yangzhou and the general of the rear, I confer Guo Jia as military advisor and offer wine, Tian Feng as Yangzhou farewell, Xun You as minister, and Ju as minister."

"Ji Ling is the general of Fenwei, Sun Jian is the general of brave cavalry, Huang Zhong is the general of Yangwei, Gao Shun is the general of resisting rebellion, Ju Yi is the general of breaking the enemy, Zhang Liao is the general of suppressing the army, Wei Yan is the general of Zhenyuan, and Gan Ning is the general of robbing the bandits.

, Zhou Tai is the general who destroys the invaders, Jiang Qin is the general who suppresses the invaders, and Dian Wei is the general who is fierce and powerful."

Everyone in the audience came out and bowed: "I obey, thank you, Lord!"

Yuan Shu continued: "After the 80,000 soldiers in Jiangdong were reorganized, Gao Shun and Ju Yi each selected the best among them, and added them to the trap camp of a thousand people and the first to die."

"These two troops are led by two people alone to fight."

"Ji Ling, Sun Jian, and Huang Zhong, you three each command an army of 20,000. Zhang Liao is Ji Ling's deputy, and Wei Yan is Huang Zhong's deputy. As for Sun Jian, you have many generals under your command. You can choose some of them as your deputies.

Gan Ning commanded 15,000 naval troops, with Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin as his deputies. Dian Wei commanded 3,000 men as my escort. The required garrison troops from various places are being recruited on their own."

"promise!"

"In addition, I deeply feel that the world is in chaos, precisely because there are too many people in the court who are living without food, and there is a lack of good ministers. Therefore, I am going to issue a recruitment order. Regardless of their virtues, as long as they are talented people with special skills, I can accept them.

"

That's right, Yuan Shu planned to copy the recruitment order issued by Cao Cao in history.

This thing is very powerful and will cause huge waves in this era where the upper class are held by wealthy families.

Historically, the backbone talents under Cao Cao were the best in the world, and this decree played a decisive role.

This method has advantages and disadvantages. Although it can obtain a large number of talents, it will embarrass the people of the family and tarnish one's own reputation in a short period of time.

However, the interests of Yuan Shu and the Jiangnan family are inherently hostile, so this drawback can be ignored for Yuan Shu.

As for reputation, compared to real interests, Yuan Shu was completely willing to give up.

What's more, this kind of bad reputation is a good quality in the eyes of those from poor families and those who are truly far-sighted.

Before the troubled times came, Yuan Shu issued this order in advance, which would inevitably make the poor and knowledgeable people in the world rush to come.

The recruitment order and the imperial examination were Yuan Shu's first step in preparing to shake up the foundation of the family.

However, Yuan Shu did not dare to go too far at this time. The imperial examination system still needed to be hidden, and it would be slowly revealed later after the foundation was laid.

The expressions of many counselors in the audience changed greatly, and they looked at Yuan Shu in shock.

Although I knew that my lord was a decisive person, I didn't expect that he would be so decisive in doing things.

Although the four people had different reactions and looked strange, no one stood up to object.

Seeing this scene, Yuan Shu breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Xun You is from a noble family, he also understands the troubles of the noble family. Since he has chosen to be loyal, he should consider Yuan Shu's interests.

Although Xun You still puts his family's interests first in his heart. But on the one hand, this is Jiangdong, and the interests of local aristocratic families have little to do with him.

On the other hand, Xun You also knows that it is probably a disaster rather than a blessing that the family has always controlled the upper class. What's more, in these troubled times, what if some children from poor families are allowed to rise to the top?

When the world is unified and the government is stable, what will happen to these poor children who have no foundation and no group?

Either they are absorbed by the aristocratic family, or they are pushed to the bottom.

Xun You didn't object, and the other three people even less objected.
Chapter completed!