Yang Qing only stayed for ten days when he returned to Chengdu this time. The imperial court had officially appointed him as the governor of Yongzhou, and he had to rush back to Longyou immediately to take charge of the overall situation.

Now the governors of the three counties of Nan'an, Tianshui and Guangwei have been selected. Unsurprisingly, the governor of Guangwei is Liao Hua. Yang Qing's proposal for Zhang Yi to be the governor of Tianshui was also approved by the court two days ago. The transfer order will be issued soon.

Go south.

As for the post of Nan'an Prefect, Yang Qing originally suggested to Zhuge Liang that Jiang Wei should take the post. After all, among the local scholars in Longyou, he was the most talented. If such a person was available to assist in Longyou, Yang Qing's command would really be full of talents.

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However, Zhuge Liang was unwilling to let him go. He wanted to keep Jiang Wei by his side. After all, it is rare to see a general who can act alone. Currently, there is only one Guan Xing in the Chinese army. Now that Jiang Wei is a wise and brave general, the Chinese army

The military's combat effectiveness will be stronger.

In the past two days, Zhuge Liang has begun to ask Jiang Wei to lead a battalion of tiger infantry. This battalion of tiger infantry is a newly recruited soldier with about five to six thousand people. Zhuge Liang plans to let Jiang Wei practice it first.

Jiang Wei stayed in the Chinese army, so Yang Qing had no choice but to do the next best thing and proposed that Liang Xu, a man with rich political experience in Longyou, be appointed as the prefect of Nan'an. Zhuge Liang readily agreed to this choice, as this official position could be used to reward Liang Xu.

The former meritorious officer of Tianshui County in Cao Wei.

Liang Xu rushed back to Longyou without stopping after he was granted the title. Nan'an was now led by the guard general Chen Shi, who was in charge of county affairs. Yang Qing was afraid that Chen Shi, an old man, was not familiar with government affairs, so he asked Liang Xu to return first.

Yang Qing stayed a few days longer because he wanted to wait for the successor of Hanzhong Prefect to be confirmed. Finally, he learned that Ma Di would succeed him, and he was quite satisfied and happy about this.

Yang Qing would be happy to see Ma Su go to the local area to practice. After this Northern Expedition, Ma Su also knew that he had the shortcomings of talking on paper and not being practical. If he could improve on this in the future, he might not be able to become a general in the future.

A true talent.

In addition, compared to others, Yang Qing would rather hand over the business he had worked hard to build in Hanzhong to his good friend Ma Su, and let him succeed him as the prefect of Hanzhong. Yang Qing believed that the policies and laws he promoted in Hanzhong would not be arbitrarily abolished.

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And Ma Su himself was quite happy to succeed Yang Qing as the governor of Hanzhong. He could go to the local area to practice and increase his official career qualifications and practical experience without really leaving the central government.

Because Zhuge Liang would be returning to Hanzhong soon, and he was still serving as prime minister and joining the army, he thought that serving as the governor of Hanzhong, the base camp of the Northern Expedition, was not really an outpost.

Therefore, when Yang Qing took the time to explain some Hanzhong affairs to him on the way, he listened very seriously. The two of them talked about military and government affairs while riding on horseback, but they did not find it boring.

"Humph, General Zhendong, Zhuge Kongming does know his tricks."

In the Governor's Mansion of Jiangzhou, Li Yan looked at the reward edict just sent by the emperor's envoy in his hand, without much joy on his face.

Hu Zhong, who was sitting in the lower left corner of the army, raised his hands and said: "Captain, I heard that the eight generals newly appointed by Prime Minister Zhuge are only below the three princes and above the nine ministers."

"Above the Nine Ministers? Why does he want this general to come out? Is it to make room for Yang Qing and his group of Northern Expedition heroes, but he doesn't want to grant me the title of Three Dukes."

Li Yan pointed his right hand towards Chengdu in the west and said angrily: "Are you rewarding me? Or are you pitying me? Insulting me? It's really ridiculous."

"What can be done about this? Who told the Prime Minister to achieve a complete victory in the Northern Expedition? They have made great contributions on the front line, but we are just watching in Jiangzhou. It is already good to have a Zhendong general. It's just that

With the merits of persuading Meng Da to return to the Han Dynasty and guarding Jiangzhou, don't expect too much from the Three Dukes."

Hu Zhong couldn't help but slandered in his heart, but he comforted him with an anxious look on his face: "Captain, please calm down. The Prime Minister probably doesn't mean this. The Emperor's appointment of you as the General of Zhendong means that in the Emperor's heart, you are still subordinate to the Prime Minister.

First person."

"The first person under the prime minister? Huh, that sounds nice." Li Yan said angrily: "Zhuge Kongming and I were both ordered by the late emperor to assist the young master. He was the prime minister and was compared to the Duke, but now I am not even the third Duke.

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You must know that Sima Yi of Cao Wei was also the auxiliary minister second only to Cao Xiu and others. He is now a hussar general who is better than the three princes, but I am a useless general in Zhendong. How could Zhuge Kongming be unfair to me?"

Hu Zhong still comforted him: "Don't be impatient, Protector. As General Zhendong, you are still the number one in the army. As long as you make some meritorious deeds in the future, the court will definitely give you further rewards."

Li Yan nodded when he heard the words and calmed down a little bit of his anger. However, he remembered something and showed a look of injustice: "Humph, the military position is just that. But Zhuge Kongming also seriously rejected me as the governor of Bazhou before. Now,

He actually gave the governorship of Yongzhou to Yang Qing, one of his confidants. This is clearly an attempt to suppress me.

Hey, soon the imperial court will use troops against Liangzhou, and by then even Wei Yan, the military governor of Liangzhou, will become an actual official. Zhuge Kongming, Zhuge Kongming, you bullied me too much!"

Hearing Li Yan's full of resentment, Hu Zhong felt helpless and decided to speak out and pour cold water on his boss: "Protector, please forgive me for speaking frankly. This time the Prime Minister's Northern Expedition killed tens of thousands of enemies and recovered seven counties. Yang

The Qing Dynasty and others have all made great contributions, so the court naturally wants to reward the meritorious officials with large rewards.

And we are only guarding Jiangzhou, and our achievements cannot be compared with the victory of the Northern Expedition, so in terms of reputation, we can only sit back and watch others..."

Hu Zhong didn't say what he said next. He believed that Li Yan understood what he meant.

Sure enough, Li Yan sighed and said: "You are right, no merit will be rewarded. This time Zhuge Kongming's Northern Expedition was a complete victory, and those who opposed the Northern Expedition in the DPRK had nothing to say anymore. From now on, the DPRK and the CPC will have nothing to do with the Northern Expedition.

There will be no objections, and the Northern Expedition will become something that all ministers are willing to participate in."

"What the Protector said is absolutely true. The Northern Expedition has become a national policy, and all ministers will rush to join in the hope of making great achievements as a way to advance. Therefore, we can no longer sit back and stay aloof, but we must actively participate in it. This way

Only the Protector can stand up to the Prime Minister." Hu Zhong said earnestly.

"Here we go." Li Yan patted the table excitedly and said, "The virtue and meaning hit the mark. We can no longer let Zhuge Liang exclusively enjoy the credit for the Northern Expedition."

After venting, he finally calmed down and began to think about ways to deal with the current situation.

After a while, I heard him continue: "Didn't Zhuge Kongming want me to go to Hanzhong before? Okay, I will go to Hanzhong to obey his orders."

"Duhu, you have gone to Hanzhong, what will happen to Jiangzhou?" Hu Zhong was a little surprised. His general's change must have been too big.

Li Yandao: "Jiangzhou is our foundation, so we cannot give up. My trip to Hanzhong is not in vain. Zhuge Liang has to pay the price. But it is still early, and we still have time to talk to him about it."

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After a pause, he added: "By the way, go tell Chengfan and ask him to come over. It's time to speed up the work in the north. Although Leling is far away, it is the hinterland of Cao Wei. Although it is difficult to make a fuss there, it is

The income is not low.

It’s time for us to show some achievements to show the emperor, Zhuge Kongming is not the only one who is worried about recovering the Central Plains."

"Yes, I understand."
Chapter completed!