Shi Ji was very satisfied with this situation. Although selling official positions and titles is shameless and is the easiest to be criticized by the world, Shi Ji didn't care about so much at all. It is probably the best way to be able to gather so much money in a short time without causing large-scale riots and panic.

As for whether this behavior will have a bad impact on the court in the future, Shi Ji didn't have time to consider it now. Now the enemy is in the face of a great enemy, the urgent need to be solved is how to retreat to the enemy. No one can say whether the new dynasty has a future. If you consider what to do so far, you can overcome the current difficulties first.

At least the money obtained from selling official positions and titles this time can arm 20,000 or 30,000 people, which has added a lot of confidence to Shi Ji's persistence in Jiaozhou. Shi Ji did not put the money into his pocket, but devoted all of it to recruiting troops. For the sake of the stability of the court, Shi Ji asked himself that he had a clear conscience.

The Wei army in Guiyang County withdrew, and the threat from Jingzhou was eliminated, which also made Shi Ji less worried. If the Wei army attacked from both sides, the Jiaozhou would be unable to bear it.

Now that the Wei army in Jingzhou has retreated, the only opponents of the Wu army in Jiaozhou are the Wei army from Yangzhou. Relatively speaking, the pressure has been greatly reduced.

But it still should not be taken lightly. Shi Ji secretly warned himself that as long as the Wei army in Jian'an County did not retreat for one day, the danger in Jiaozhou would not be lifted for one day. The Wu army in Jiaozhou must take strict precautions and beware of the Wei army's surprise attack.

Tao Huang, who was stationed in Jieyang, became the gate god who guarded the east gate of Jiaozhou. If you want to ensure the safety of Jiaozhou, Jieyang really cannot be missed.

What Shi Ji is most concerned about now is the situation in Jieyang. The Wei army had arrived in Jian'an County half a year ago, but it had not launched an attack on Jiaozhou for a long time. Obviously, there is something to do. It should be that the Wei army is not ready to attack Jiaozhou, and once they are ready, they will launch an attack at any time.

Although Shi Ji, as the left prime minister, has a lot of affairs to deal with, no matter how busy he is, he has to put the affairs in Jieyang first. Shi Ji has been paying close attention to Jieyang's military situation and rushed to the governor's office every day to discuss military situations with Tao Ji, study the situation, and discuss countermeasures.

The division of labor between Shi Ji and Tao Ji was relatively clear. Shi Ji was in charge of affairs in the court, while Tao Ji was in charge of local affairs in Jiaozhou.

This is of course closely related to Tao Ji's long-term role as the governor of Jiaozhou. Although Tao Ji is now promoted to the right prime minister, he still serves as the governor of Jiaozhou and is responsible for local affairs in Jiaozhou.

Although Shi Ji still served as the governor of Jingzhou, everyone knew that the Wu Kingdom had now lost control of Jingzhou, and Shi Ji's governor of Jingzhou was just a remote leader and had no real power, so Shi Ji now focused more on the affairs of the court.

The only power that Shi Ji can enjoy in Jingzhou is probably the only army under his command. According to Shi Ji and Tao Ji's private agreement, the respective armies of both sides are subject to their own jurisdiction, and the newly recruited armies will be distributed equally among the Jiaozhou Army and the Jingzhou Army, each accounting for half of them.

In the face of power distribution, even brothers have to settle accounts clearly, let alone Shi Ji and Tao Ji are cousins. In this regard, Shi Ji is a clever one, and he made three rules with Tao Ji in advance to avoid being bullied by dogs.

Tao Ji actually said that in the newly established court, Shi Ji was appointed as the left prime minister, and he also added five newly recruited troops to five, one and half of them, filling their respective barracks.

The situation is difficult, so we should go to the national crisis together. Tao Ji can now understand that the Wu Kingdom has fallen and his life in Jiaozhou will not be much better. Once the Wei army attacks Jiaozhou, he, the local emperor, will be done.

Therefore, even though Shi Ji brought not many troops, it was a helping force, which gave Tao Ji the capital to deal with the Wei army. So if you want to use Shi Ji's power to defend Jiaozhou, Tao Ji must share the power in his hand to Shi Ji part, otherwise how could Shi Ji be willing to work hard?

Only when the two of them think in the same direction and work in the same direction can they have the opportunity to defend Jiaozhou.

As for the emperor Sun Feng, it is actually just a decoration and has no real power at all. When dealing with government affairs, Shi Ji himself can make the decision. He only uses it to show Sun Feng when he needs to stamp it.

On this day, Shi Ji finished processing the memorial in the palace and left the palace routinely and went to the governor's mansion.

There are relatively many memorials today. After Shi Ji processed the official documents, it was almost dark, but he did not change his itinerary and went to see Tao Ji as usual.

In the past few days, news has been constantly coming back from Jieyang. Of course, the military and political affairs in Jiaozhou must be submitted to Tao Ji, the governor's office, and only after the next day will he copy a copy and hand it over to the palace. If Shi Ji wants to know the latest situation, he must go to the governor's office that day.

When I arrived at the governor's mansion, it was already dark. Anyway, Shi Ji came every day, and the manager at the door had already become accustomed to it. Shi Ji did not need to report it and went straight in.

As soon as I entered the main hall, I saw Tao Ji holding the document in his hand, stroking his beard gently, smiling slightly, and looking quite contented.

Shi Ji couldn't help but be surprised and said, "Why are you so happy? What are you happy about?"

Tao Ji looked up and smiled, "My son Tao Huang has such responsibility and I feel very comforted."

Shi Ji was a little puzzled and said, "Is there any news in Jieyang?"

Tao Ji handed the documents to Shi Ji and said, "Wei soldiers invaded Jieyang, with a total of 18,000 infantry and cavalry. I once told Huang'er that if the enemy is in great force, they cannot fight, and retreating is the best. Huang'er is not afraid of enemy soldiers, and he will defend himself by danger and swear not to retreat. He really has the courage to take responsibility. Cousin, should we send troops to reinforce, defend Jieyang together, and defend the enemy outside the country?"

Tao Huang had never led many troops to fight before, and probably participated in the largest battle, which was to suppress the bandits and bandits, so Tao Ji asked him to lead the troops to guard Jieyang. Tao Ji was still worried, for fear that Tao Huang would lose his links at critical moments.

But unexpectedly, Tao Huang was calm and moderate in the face of the Wei army's invasion, and expressed his determination to stick to Jieyang to Tao Ji, which made Tao Ji very pleased. The tiger father has no dog son!

Tao Ji once told Tao Huang that if the Wei army was powerful, they would not fight with him. Now there are less than 20,000 prisoners from the Wei army. The Wu army is under the risk of defending and has the power to fight. Of course, Tao Ji supported Tao Huang unconditionally.

If we can send troops to reinforce Jieyang, it would be even better. To defend Jieyang is equivalent to defending Jiaozhou.
Chapter completed!