Chapter 838

In the reception room of the Southern Border Protectorate's Mansion, sat a middle-aged scribe wearing a red robe and a Han sword at his waist. I saw that this man had a full heaven and a round earth, and in middle age, he was still a handsome man with outstanding temperament.

It was Xun Yu, the number one counselor under Cao Cao's account.

With the end of the Battle of Chibi, the counselors and generals of the Three Kingdoms appeared in the wilderness one by one, more than half a year ago. Xun Yu's heart was attached to the Han Dynasty, and he came to the wilderness, originally intending to seek a position in the Luoyang court.

After all, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty represented the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty, and the civil servants and generals who had no choice but to follow Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had already formed their own system. Xun Yu went to Luoyang and was not reused, so he was depressed.

When Shanhai City was promoted to the capital city, Xun Yu thought that there were Xu Chu, Jia Xu, Xia Houyuan, Cao Chun and other generals and advisers from Cao Cao's camp in Shanhai City, so he gritted his teeth and left Luoyang altogether, preparing to serve in Shanhai City.

This is how the previous one came about.

When Ouyang Shuo met Xun Yu, it was a harmonious scene where the monarch and his subjects fought each other's wits.

Ouyang Shuo is not too unfamiliar with Xun Yu, a genius of the Three Kingdoms.

Xun Yu was known as "Wang Zuo's talent" in his early years. He first promoted filial piety and served as the guard of the palace. After abandoning his official position and returning to his hometown, he led his clan to seek refuge in Jizhou, and was treated as a guest of honor by Yuan Shao.

After that, Xun Yu defected to Cao Cao, became a servant, obeyed the Minister's order, and was granted the title of Marquis of Longevity Pavilion. Because he served as Minister of the Book, he was in the middle for more than ten years and handled military affairs, so he was honored as "Xun Lingjun". Later, he was tabooed by Cao Cao because he opposed Cao Cao's calling Wei Gong, and was transferred from the center. He became depressed and became ill in Shouchun and died at the age of fifty.

In terms of strategy, Xun Yu planned and formulated a blueprint and military route for Cao Cao to unify the north, including "deep roots and solid foundations to control the world", "welcome the emperor" and so on.

In terms of tactics, Xun Yu once faced Lv Bu's rebellion and preserved the three cities of Yanzhou.

In terms of politics, Xun Yu recommended Zhong Yao, Xun You, Chen Qun, Du Xi, Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia and many other talents to Cao Cao. He is the core figure of Ruying Group and has long controlled the political and economic construction of Cao Cao's camp.

Xun Yu made many achievements in planning, plotting, Kuangbi, and juren, and was called "my son's house" by Cao Cao. It's a pity that Xun Yu missed the Han Dynasty, and finally parted ways with the ambitious Cao Cao, and died in depression.

【Name】: Xun Yu (God level)

[Dynasty]: The end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

[Identity]: Counselor of Shanhai City

[Occupation]: Special strategist

[Loyalty]: 70 points

[Commander]: 75 [Force]: 40 [Intelligence]: 97 [Politics]: 85

[Specialty]: Wang Zuozhi's talent (increase the strategy success rate by 55%, increase the territory's talent attraction rate by 25%, increase the efficiency of the territory's affairs by 25%, and increase the level of territorial officials by 20%)

[Comment]: Yingchuan Xun Yu, Wang Zuo's tool, has accumulated virtues and deeds, has no regrets for a long time, suffers from the turmoil of the world, and cherishes loyalty and longing for governance. The corporal is not tired of sitting. In Taige, he does not use selfish desires to disturb his will.

Although Xun Yu is a counselor, he is not limited to a counselor, but he is actually a very useful civil servant. Ouyang Shuo already had Jia Xu and Chen Gong by his side, Xun Yu should still be a civil servant to make the best of his talents.

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The arrival of Xun Yu made Ouyang Shuo's personnel arrangement in the four counties of Southern Fujian Province smoother at once. On March 22, the Southern Border Protectorate announced a series of personnel appointments and removals.

Appoint and remove Di Renjie as the deputy director of the General Administration of the Interior, who is also in charge of the Criminal Division and the Supervisory Office. At the same time, he was removed from the post of Director of Jingjian Supervision, and sent to the southern Fujian Province to serve as the post of Shaowu County Sheriff.

The sudden release of Jing Jian was somewhat unexpected by Xiao He and others, and it was unpredictable. In history, Jing Jian was first a general, and then entered the sequence of civil servants, becoming Wei Yang's right arm and right arm.

During his tenure as the director of the Supervision Department, Jing Jian's performance was not outstanding, he seemed to obey Wei Yang's order, which lost the original intention of Ouyang Shuo to set up the Supervision Bureau, which made Ouyang Shuo a little unhappy.

Di Renjie's arrival just balanced Wei Yang's presence in the General Administration of Internal Affairs.

Ouyang Shuo took this opportunity to transfer Jing Jian from the General Administration of Internal Affairs, so it was logical. Of course, Ouyang Shuo did not treat Jing Jian badly, Jing Jian was transferred to Shaowu County Governor, and was promoted by half a level.

Shaowu County is adjacent to the Jiangnan Province, which is an important frontier area. Having Jing Jian, an official who was born as a general, as the county guard is also conducive to stabilizing the border defense, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Appoint Xun Yu as governor of Fuyong, Baili Nanfeng as governor of Tingzhou, and Fang Xiaoru as governor of Longyan.

Fuyong County is the most core county in Southern Fujian Province, and it is also the front line of resisting Overlord City. With Xun Yu, a top strategist, in charge, Ouyang Shuo is at ease.

When necessary, Xun Yu can advise the army guarding Fuyong County.

In this way, there are two "special" sheriffs, a counselor and a general, on the border of southern Fujian Province, which shows that Ouyang Shuo is not at ease with Bawang City.

In the future, Shanhai City will expand outwards, Ouyang Shuo doesn't want Xiongba and others to make trouble. If it weren't for the fear of [Yanhuang League] and [Silver Hand]'s full retaliation, Ouyang Shuo would have taken the Jiangnan Province.

Baili Nanfeng, the prefect of Tingzhou, is a player, and it is Shanhaiwei's core chess piece buried beside Xunlongdian. Ouyang Shuo followed his previous promise and let him be in charge of a county.

Baili Nanfeng is a utilitarian, or an egoist, not a loyalist at all, and has the "stain" of betraying his previous master Xunlong's acupuncture point, so he is really unstable.

Fortunately, Tingzhou County is located in the interior of Southern Fujian Province, far away from Xunlong City and the sea, so Ouyang Shuo is not worried that Baili Nanfeng will make any troubles. Among other things, Shanhaiwei is still watching.

Ouyang Shuo believes that Baili Nanfeng is a sensible person, because selfish people are usually more sober, as long as there is no problem with the giant ship Shanhai City, Baili Nanfeng will not have any thoughts.

In addition to Baili Nanfeng, the ten lords in the Southern Fujian Province who were the first to cooperate with Shanhai City also received generous rewards and all served as prefects. Of course, none of their posts are located in Southern Fujian Province.

As for the six lords who surrendered in the later period, some were also appointed as prefects, and some could only serve as county magistrates. Whether they can be promoted later depends on their ability.

For these lords, if one day they can be promoted to county guards, then everything is worth it.

This time, a large number of lords were appointed as magistrates instead of "forcing" them to become businessmen. One is that Ouyang Shuo has become more confident, and the other is that the system of Shanhai City has become more complete.

The current Shanhai City can not only accommodate "odd numbers", but also withstand the impact.

Fang Xiaoru, governor of Longyan County, was the only well-known historical civil servant among the original sixteen territories in Southern Fujian Province. Ouyang Shuo naturally gave full play to his talents, and continued to arrange Fang Xiaoru to serve in Longyan County.

【Name】: Fang Xiaoru (King Class)

【Title】: Mr. Zhengxue

【Dynasty】: Ming Dynasty

[Identity]: Governor of Longyan County

[Occupation]: civil servant

[Loyalty]: 70 points

[Commander]: 45 [Force]: 30 [Intelligence]: 75 [Politics]: 80

[Speciality]: Zhengxue (increase the education level of the territory by 30%, improve the level of clean government in the territory by 20%, and improve the humanities level of the territory by 25%)

【Work】: "Xun Zhizhai Collection"

[Comment]: Xiaoru has been extremely sensitive since childhood, with piercing eyes, and reads every day. For Wenxiong, he is deeply mellow, and the villagers call him Xiao Hanzi.

Fang Xiaoru, styled Xizhi, was called "the seed of a scholar" by Yao Guangxiao, the senior counselor of Zhu Di, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Later, he was killed by Zhu Di because he refused to draft the enthronement edict for Zhu Di, king of Yan.

Fang Xiaoru was a martyr in history. Mr. Hu Shi once commented: "After Fang Xiaoru was killed, there was no political thinker in the Ming Dynasty for 200 years."

With the appointment of the four county guards, the southern province of Fujian immediately ended military control and began to slowly get on the right track.

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On March 23, in Dragon City.

After delineating the four county guards, Ouyang Shuo came to Xunlong City, accompanied by Du Ruhui. One is to send Xun Yu, Jing Jian, and Baili Nanfeng to their posts, and the other is to negotiate a new round of army reorganization.

Because the battle went smoothly, neither side suffered any damage when the imperial guards attacked the Xunlong Legion.

Even including the ensuing Battle of Xunlong City, the Imperial Guard Division and the City Guard Division of Xunlong City did not resist much, because the difference in strength was too great!

There were no too exciting battles in the other three counties.

This caused a "happiness" trouble. According to statistics after the war, nearly 300,000 troops needed to be reorganized this time, far exceeding Ouyang Shuo's expectations.

Ouyang Shuo originally thought that it would be good if three legions could be formed from the four counties, but the reality is that even four legions would be more than enough.

Among the three major armies, the Longxiang Army and the Baotao Army currently have four field armies, and the Huben Army has three. There are just four armies missing from the five full armies.

Ouyang Shuo gritted his teeth, and prepared to expand the three major armies to full strength in one go, despite the opposition from the General Administration of Finance.

It wasn't that Ouyang Shuo was aggressive. The soldiers who were reorganized were all regular troops from the original territory. Ouyang Shuo couldn't just resign these precious soldiers.

The second is that as the territory is promoted to the capital city, the population growth enters the fast lane, and it will not take long for the military-to-civilian ratio to reach a safe value.

The three Gaias just rewarded three million gold coins. With this fund, this round of military expansion will not have any substantial impact on the territory's finances.

Moreover, taking down the southern Fujian province this time did not cause any damage to the territory. As long as the people's hearts are stabilized, it will soon be on the right track, and there is no need for additional financial assistance from the Protectorate.

Only in this way can Fan Li agree to this round of army reorganization and approve the army budget.

Before coming to Xunlong City, Ouyang Shuo had already selected four candidates for the army commander.

Shi Dakai, the head of the Fifth Army of the Longxiang Army, was the number one general of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

The commander of the fifth army of the Leopard Army is Zhang Xutuo, a famous general of the Sui Dynasty. Zhang Xutuo failed to catch up in the last round of army reorganization. Naturally, Ouyang Shuo will not forget this fierce general in this adjustment.

Qin Qiong, the head of the Fourth Army of the Huben Army, and Li Xiucheng, the young general of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, were the head of the Fifth Army.