Chapter 353
When Liu Jing founded the army, he established a merit-based system that was far ahead of the times. He could climb a city, seize a boat, examine injuries, break formations, and kill generals...
Therefore, although General Anyuan's Mansion has just been established, their workload is not large, and all they need to do is summarize.
Among the generals under Liu Jing's command, in terms of merit, his brother Liu Zong is undoubtedly the highest.
Three years ago, the Changsha Army's Baqiu defense line was breached by the Jingzhou Army. Liu Zong's general, more than 2,000 men, marched south to Linxian County to defect to Liu Jing. At that time, Liu Jing's entire family only had 5,000 men. In other words, Liu Zong's military strength
Accounting for almost one-third of Liu Jing's total troops.
In particular, Liu Zong recruited part of the Changsha navy along the way, including ten ships, seven battleships, dozens of barges, and more than a thousand soldiers. Their strength was still higher than Liu Jing's fleet.
From this, Liu Zong naturally became the commander of Liu Jing's navy, and later fought with Cai Mao's Jingzhou navy, winning three battles and three victories. Recently, he led his army to capture Yulin County in Jiaozhou. His achievements were so great that no other general would be able to do so.
People are comparable.
When it comes to rewards for meritorious service, Liu Zong must be ranked first. Liu Jing had already decided to appoint Liu Zong as a lieutenant general in the Sui army and to lead the prefect of Wuling.
Although Liu Zong captured Yulin County in Jiaozhou, he had no intention of staying there, and Liu Jing obviously did not want his clan brother and general to remain in the barren land of Yulin County.
The four counties in Jingnan, Liu Jing in Changsha, Liu Jing in Lingling, and Huanyi in Guiyang all have owners, but Wuling has not yet been decided. However, if Liu Zong wants to become the real governor of Wuling, he will need to lead his army to seize it in the future.
As for the candidate for Governor Yu Lin, Liu Jing thought about it for a long time and was still unable to decide.
Firstly, Yulin is newly conquered, and people are not attached to it. Secondly, it is located in a barbaric wilderness with a small number of Han people and many barbarians. Thirdly, it is a mortal enemy of Zhang Jin, the pastor of Jiaozhou, which can be described as internal and external troubles. Based on all of the above, the governor of Yulin must be a military commander and have a certain amount of resourcefulness.
Otherwise, it will not be enough to deal with complex situations.
Currently, there are only four brothers, Liu Xiu, Han Guang, Wang Qiang and Chu Fang, who meet the conditions and have meritorious service to be qualified for the post of governor.
Liu Xiu and Han Guang, one being the heart of the clan and the other a northerner, were the first to be eliminated. In fact, only Wang Qiang and Chu Fang were left as candidates.
Wang Qiang had some advice about floods and his outstanding military exploits in recovering Linxiang. Chu Fang did not hesitate to make too many concessions. He defended Lingxian County in the first place, and commanded the generals in the rear to defeat the Jiaozhou Army. Both sides were equally matched.
However, Wang Qiang has an obvious advantage over Chu Fang, that is, his family is a merchant family and has been operating in Jiaozhou for generations. He himself has traveled south to Jiaozhou several times and knows the situation in Jiaozhou very well. It was with this in mind that Liu Jing made his decision
Determined to appoint Wang Qiang as the General of Funan Zhonglang and lead the Governor of Yulin.
Of course, Liu Jing was just General Anyuan who was in charge of the four counties in Jingnan under Dong's command. Logically speaking, he was not qualified to commend Yulin as the governor of Jiaozhou. However, he said it was a commendation, but in fact it was just a show. He had no intention of actually sending anyone there.
Xu Du asked for instructions.
Once the appointment was issued, as Liu Jing expected, it caused quite a controversy.
There was no way, the status of merchants was extremely low in the Han Dynasty. When Gongsun Zan placed a high priority on selling zhuan and Li Yizi, Jia Ren Lehe and others were criticized and ridiculed by northern scholars.
And Wang Qiang, a common man who was born as a merchant, suddenly became the governor of a county, alongside Huan Yi who was born in the gentry, Liu Gao, Liu Zong, and even Liu Jing who were born in the clan.
Fortunately, the governor of Yulin was only Liu Jing's private office, and Yulin was also a barren land. In addition, Liu Jing's prestige was extremely high. Although there were many private discussions, no one publicly opposed it.
Han Guang was worshiped by the emperor as a general of Jianwu in the past. Liu Jing was not qualified to recommend him as a general, so he regarded him as a general of Jianwu Zhonglang.
Clan brothers Liu Xiu and Chu Fang were also appointed as General Zhonglang and General Zhechong respectively.
At this point, Liu Jing had five major generals under his command, namely, Sui Army Zhonglang General Liu Zong, Governor Zhonglang General Liu Xiu, Funan Zhonglang General Wang Qiang, Zhechong Zhonglang General Chu Fang, and Jianwu Zhonglang General Han Guang. , there are dozens of generals under Liu Jing's command, and these are the only five who can worship General Zhonglang.
It's not that Liu Jing is stingy. You must know that Huang Gai and Han served as the second generals of the Sun family for more than ten years. For more than ten years, they sacrificed their lives and were the first to enter the battle. They worked hard and made great achievements. However, until the beginning of Sun Quan's succession, they were only the captains. Just a lieutenant.
Those who are qualified to serve as Zhonglang generals, such as Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu, Lu Fan and others, either guard one side or sit in the center, and are all Jiangdong generals.
Wang Qiang was originally the captain of the northern part of Changsha and the head of Baqiu County. He commanded the navy to guard Yunmeng, Jiang and Xiang, and guard against Liu Biao's army on the north bank of the river. Liu Jing now replaced the deputy general Lingjiang Colonel Liu Zhu as the captain of Baqiu and commanded the navy. Army.
Liu Jing also appointed his younger brothers Liu Liang and Cai Sheng as cavalry captains, Gan Ning as the bandit captain, Wei Yan as the bandit captain, Yu Zheng as the military guard captain, Xizhen as the Fenwei captain, and Qu Xiong as the bandit-breaking captain. Xiaowu Xiaowei... Chen Jin, Huang Wu and Liu Zongjiang also became Xiaowu Xiaowei.
Shan Rixi had led his troops to surrender before, and had been appointed by Liu Jing as the western captain of Changsha. This time he was only rewarded with a sum of money and silk.
Also failed to be promoted were Feng Xi, Gao Xiang, Huo Du and other Jingzhou generals who were demoted. They were already captains when they were in the Jingzhou Army. It was naturally impossible for Liu Jing to promote them to Zhonglang General, but Liu Jing re-appreciated them. Appointed again.
Liu Jing did not forget Ma Zhou. He injured his left foot and it was difficult for him to recover, but Liu Jing still worshiped Ma Zhou as the Fuyi Colonel.
As the saying goes, "Huairen and Fuyi make the world happy." The name "Fuyi" seems to be much more elegant than the so-called "Xianden", "Falling into battle", "Dangerous bandits", and "breaking thieves". Its deep-seated meaning is to hope that Ma Zhou He can calm down, read more military books, and become a person like his clan brother Liu Xiu, who can be a supporter without relying on bravery. This is evident from Liu Jingliang's hard work.
Liu Cheng, brother of Liu Zong and brother of Liu Jing clan, studied under the great scholar Yingrong. Over the years, he had assisted Liu Zong and was responsible for navy logistics. He could be said to be both civil and military. Liu Jing appointed him as the magistrate of Ling County and established his base. handed it to him.
The Prime Minister of Lingxian County was serious and was promoted to the Prime Minister of Lingling County by Liu Jing. Although Liu Jing was the prefect of Lingling, he would definitely not take up the post. In the past, Liu Ba and Jiang Wan were in charge of affairs, but now both of them have moved to Anyuan. At the General's Mansion, Liu Jing asked Yan Yan to take charge of county affairs as the county magistrate.
Liu Jing had no doubt about Zhen's ability. He used to be called Lingxian Cheng, but in fact he was no different from Lingxian Magistrate. Liu Jing more often held the general direction and left all specific affairs to Zhen.
After four years in power in Lingxian County, Yan Zheng was no longer the insignificant jailer in Linxiang City, but became a capable and selfless official who was strict in governing affairs, supervised by the law.
At this point, Liu Jing's civil and military officials have all received awards.
Next, Liu Jing began to recruit capable officials from Changsha County to serve as General Anyuan's Mansion. Within a few days, General Anyuan's Mansion became the center of Jingnan politics. The second thing General Anyuan's Mansion was responsible for was Farming.
Chapter completed!