After becoming Duke Chu, Xing Daorong stayed in his palace for the rest of his time except for ten or half a month to inspect the military camp outside the city.

The government affairs were controlled by Jiang Wan, Zhang Zhao, Liu Ba and others, and the military affairs were taken over by General Pang, and the generals of the commanding generals assisted him, so he didn't need to worry about it.

Among them, Liu Yong had been transferred back to Changsha from Xiakou to assist Jiang Wan in handling government affairs. Wei Yan was the one who replaced him.

Although he was just named Duke of Chu by Cao Cao, due to changes in the world, the relationship between Xing Daorong and Cao Cao was not as good as before.

It is easy to say that such an important place as Xiakou in the short term, but in the long term, it will never be appropriate to not guard the general.

Lu Xun was the one who entered Xiakou and assisted Wei Yan.

After years of war, Xing Daorong ruled the three states and was invincible, but the lack of youth and strong is true.

The people need to cultivate their voices, and being too impatient and militant will consume their foundation. Although they once promised Lu Xun to lead a new army alone, it is not yet time.

Therefore, Lu Xun was appointed as Wei Yan's deputy to assist in the garrison of Xiakou.

Lu Xun's ability is naturally higher than Wei Yan, but his qualifications, credit, etc. are far from comparable, so of course he can only be a deputy.

Deng Ai was also treated with the same treatment, and was also arranged to be Liu Pan's deputy because he had no soldiers to train for the time being.

After returning from Jianye's army, after much discussion with Pang Tong and others, Xing Daorong's army was divided into four places.

One is that there are 30,000 people in Xiakou, led by Wei Yan and Lu Xun.

Secondly, the cavalry in Nanjun was 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry. The cavalry continued to be led by Liu Pan and trained on the plain between Nanjun and Wuling. The infantry was stationed in Jiangling, led by Deng Ai and trained at the same time.

Third, Wu Tuijin led 20,000 vine armored soldiers and trained all day in Guiyang.

In the end, there were 40,000 troops in Changsha, led by Huang Zhong and assisted by Chen Ying.

These 130,000 soldiers are all iron-blooded elite soldiers who have been trained for a long time and have returned for hundreds of battles. Each of them has the hope of being promoted to the "elite" army!

Therefore, Xing Daorong attached great importance to these veterans.

For these veterans who have experienced many wars, he intends to further tap their potential, strive to make everyone a "reis", and then select the "elite" troops from them.

On the other hand, a few years later, when the army was expanded, these veterans were seeds, and they could quickly build elite soldiers with them as the core.

In the territory, Jingzhou is the old nest and has heavy troops to guard it. There is nothing to say, it is very safe.

Jiaozhou has also been in charge of several years. Xing Daorong has personally watched the officials in charge of each county, and his loyalty has increased to 100%, and there will be no problem.

As for the newly acquired Yangzhou land, it has been 'ploughed' by the army before. The Jiangdong family did not have the courage to have a strange intention. Jiang Wan sent a large number of officials to take charge of the place, but there is no problem at the moment.

In short, now there is nothing wrong, and people from all over the world can farm with peace of mind. The business trip that has been cut off for several years has gradually emerged. The entire south of the Yangtze River has begun to gradually return to its former prosperity.

Under this circumstance, Xing Daorong took a rare leisure time.

She was with pregnant Sun Shangxiang, playing with Fan and Zhurong girls, teasing Xingshe, or being alone, thinking about problems silently.

The days just passed.

...

The 23rd year of Jian'an.

spring.

Xing Daorong received news from the north.

Liu Bei, Gongsun Kang, and Ma Teng had already withdrawn last winter.

It turned out that there was no news for half a year after he granted Xing Daorong the title of "Duke of Chu" last year and awarded the ceremony of Nine Tin Tin, Cao Cao finally let go of his worries.

I don’t know what Cao Cao thought, but he gave Liu Bei, Gongsun Kang, Ma Teng and Sun Quan all the four of them to be named "gong" and the ceremony of nine tins!

Liu Bei was the "Duke of Shu", Gongsun Kang was the "Duke of Yan", Ma Teng was the "Duke of Qin", and Sun Quan was the "Duke of Qi"!

Of course, at this time, Cao Cao would not forget himself. He asked the emperor to decree and granted himself the title of "Duke of Wei" and the ceremony of nine tins!

After being named "Dong" by the emperor, Liu Bei, Gongsun Kang and Ma Teng improved their status, and they took advantage of this step to retreat one by one.

Since he could not defeat Cao Cao and had such benefits, he naturally had to retreat one of his soldiers.

Don’t forget that they worked hard for three years, and they consumed countless soldiers, soldiers, food, and supplies, and they could not last long.

Since Cao Cao is so sensible, how could he stop if he doesn’t see the good news?

For Cao Cao, these guys had long been de facto independent princes. Giving a title of "public" would allow them to withdraw their troops reasonably, so they naturally could not get it.

Such operations can effectively alleviate the hostility of the princes. As long as they retreat this time, they will have a chance to retaliate in the future.

This time, the five "gongs" were granted in one fell swoop, which was equivalent to recognizing the independent status of Xing Daorong, Liu Bei, Sun Quan, Ma Teng, and Gongsun Kang. At the same time, the prestige of the Han Dynasty was completely lost.

Cao Cao cannot say that there is no loss.

At least, the era of "using the emperor to command the princes" has completely ended!

From then on, Cao Cao could no longer use the emperor's imperial edict to make a statement. He had all been enfeoffed and established a country. Although the emperor was still the first-class senior, he could not control other people's internal affairs!

Although Cao Cao or the emperor never could control other people's internal affairs!

But compared to the original time and space, Cao Cao's actions actually implicit many benefits.

For example, Cao Cao's current "Duke Wei" is almost useless because he is blocked by Xing Daorong and other five "Dukes" outside!

Like Xing Daorong and other five people, they still recognized the Emperor of Han, why did they usurp the rebellion?

At least, Xing Daorong, Liu Bei, Sun Quan, Ma Teng, and Gongsun Kang are not qualified to say that Cao Cao was usurping the rebellion!

Apart from these five people, others are even less qualified!

So, through this operation, Cao Cao successfully cleansed himself up!

As for Emperor Xian of Han, it is completely no threat!

According to the general theory of usurping the throne, Cao Cao either assassinated Emperor Xian of Han or placed under house arrest because he wanted to usurp the throne!

But now there is no need!

My Meng De has no intention of usurping the rebellion. Emperor, don’t doubt me anymore!

Of course, you can't control me. I, Cao Cao, is the "Duke of Wei". Although the status of the emperor is respected, when I see you, I will salute me, but you have no right to control me!

Just like the Zhou emperor could not control the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, nor the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period!

After Pang Tong came up with the deep reason why Cao Cao did this, Xing Daorong was amazed and admired Prime Minister Cao, no, and his admiration for "Duke Wei" was like a surging Yangtze River, continuous.

Can I still do this?

After thinking about it carefully, Xing Daorong found that after such an operation, although he was suspected of reversing his history, Cao Cao's reputation was undoubtedly much better than the original time and space.

At least, the title of treacherous minister should not be trapped on him.

If you really want to talk about the treacherous minister, then Xing Daorong and the other five people will be given priority!

"I wonder what Liu Da'er thought?"

With his hands touching the thick beard under his jaw, Xing Daorong thought to himself:

"Didn't Liu Da'er think that he is a relative of the Han Dynasty and wants to turn the tide and support the Han Dynasty? Why did he accept the title of "Shu Gong"?"

"hehe!"

The more I thought about it, the more fun it became, and Xing Daorong couldn't help laughing.

...

Sun Shangxiang's belly is getting bigger and bigger day by day.

I became pregnant in early autumn last year. According to the ten-month pregnancy rules, it is estimated that it will not take this summer to give birth.

By the way, it is not only Sun Shangxiang who is pregnant, but also Fan's maid Chunlan, Qiuyue, and Sun Shangxiang's maid Xue Jian and Mei Jian.

Don’t ask why, just ask if you don’t understand the happiness of the powerful families in this era!

For some reason, in the past six months after returning to Changsha, Xing Daorong's sowing efficiency has suddenly improved, resulting in flowers everywhere, and this year will surely be a good year for fruition.

Of course, every pregnant maid was promoted to a "maid" by "Kun Chu" and his status changed drastically!

On this day, Xing Daorongjing was very active and came to Xiakou to inspect with Wu Tu Gu and three hundred "Tiangang Axe Guards".

At the welcome of Wei Yan and Lu Xun, Xing Daorong inspected the Xiakou defenders.

"good!"

Xing Daorong smiled at the two of them:

"The soldiers are all very energetic and energetic, and the proportion of 'Rui Shi' has increased greatly. Wen Chang and Bo Yan have worked a lot!"

There were 30,000 defenders in Xiakou, and originally only 5,000 "reeks", but six months later, there were 8,000. Although Wei Yan and Lu Xun both had advanced military training techniques, the increase was also amazing.

Of course, it has a lot to do with the continuous battles of this army in the past few years and the accumulation of countless war experiences.

No matter what, over the past six months, both of them have been practicing military training very carefully.

"I dare not neglect my duties!"

Wei Yan and Lu Xun bowed and said.

"Um!"

Nodded slightly, glanced at the two of them, Xing Daorong walked out with great strides.
To be continued...