At the beginning of the third year of Jian'an, Chen Mo left Xu Rong and Hua Xiong in Xiliang, led the troops back to the court, and formally presented themselves to the court.

Border village.

In addition, he was promoted to Tai Shi Ci for his military merits and sent the Xiongnu Zhonglang General out of Zhenyunzhong.

In addition, on the grounds of administrative misconduct, Zang Hong was removed from the post of governor of Xiliang, and Zhang Ji was appointed governor of Xiliang. Zang Hong temporarily returned to the court and served as minister.

The Ma family has surrendered, Han Sui has been destroyed, the Qiang people have become much more honest after this defeat, the big threat to Chen Mo from the Xiliang army has disappeared, majesty has been established, and the next step is to show mercy.

After Zhang Ji became the governor of Xiliang, he changed Zang Hong's decree to encourage intermarriage between the two families, instead of unilaterally only encouraging Han people to marry Qiang women. At the same time, the policy was more biased towards the Qiang people.

After some adjustments, although the effect of the decree cannot be seen for the time being, at least Xiliang will not cause trouble to Chen Mo in a short time. Many Qiang tribes even support Chen Mo because of Chen Mo's move to replace Zang Hong.

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It's the spring plowing season again, and Chen Mo can no longer do the spring plowing in Xiliang himself. However, both the craftsman general and the dianong general were sent to Xiliang by Chen Mo. Although the land is vast and sparsely populated, it is not without management.

The value of Xiliang, at least in Chen Mo's view, is far from reaching its limit.

"Lord, this is the latest battle report from the Central Plains." In Chen Mo's government office in Chang'an, Li Ru yawned sleepily, smiled apologetically at Chen Mo, and placed a pile of bamboo slips in his hands on Chen Mo's desk.

superior.

Looking at Li Ru, whose eyes were darkened, and then at Jia Xu, who was dawdling about as usual, Chen Mo felt helpless: "Wen You has worked hard during these days when I'm not here."

Jia Xu turned sideways and pretended not to hear. After all, Chen Mo's departure had some impact. Li Ru had poor decision-making skills and had to come to discuss many things with Jia Xu. Things that didn't need to be bothered had to be discussed with Jia Xu.

Xu had to discuss it before doing it, which made Jia Xu a little annoyed. The hard work was self-inflicted and he did not deserve sympathy.

"This year's spring plowing in Sanfu and Bingzhou does not require large-scale assistance. The main thing is the spring plowing in Xiliang. The tax issue must be explained clearly to the local gentry first. There may be some confusion." Chen Mo looked at the battle report,

While saying.

Because of the foundation laid by Dong Zhuo, land-based tax collection has gradually been accepted by people, and even the Central Plains has begun to use this model.

Think about it, these Guanzhong aristocratic families were seeking death. Dong Zhuo had already agreed to make concessions, but ended up killing Dong Zhuo. Li Jue and Guo Si didn't care so much after they took office. They used the tax collection method to collect as much tax as they could.

After Chen Mo came over, when he continued to implement this tax collection model, Dong Zhuo and Li Guo had helped Chen Mo remove most of the resistance. Chen Mo didn't even waste a word, everyone had already acquiesced.

Regarding the spring plowing in Xiliang, Chen Mo had already sent both the Diannong Zhonglang and the Craftsman Zhonglang to Xiliang as soon as he came back. Zhang Ji would naturally arrange things for these two departments as needed. Chen Mo just mentioned this.

Mouth, taxes here in Xiliang will definitely be reduced this year. The war has just ended, and developing people's livelihood is a top priority.

"In addition, issue a recruitment order to all states in the world, in the name of the imperial court." Chen Mo said while reading the battle report.

"Recruitment order?" Xun You and the others looked at Chen Mo. The recruitment order issued by Chen Mo should not be too simple, right?

"Only looking for talent, not virtue. As long as the court is willing to hire anyone with talent," Chen Mo thought for a while and said.

This has always been Chen Mo's philosophy in employing people. Otherwise, in terms of both ability and political integrity, Li Ru and Jia Xu would definitely not be hired, not to mention that they are still the main advisers around Chen Mo.

Li Ru and the others were not surprised when they heard this. Chen Mo had always terminated his employment in this way. This time, he just clearly told the world Chen Mo's employment standards.

Xun You thought for a moment, but didn't say anything after all. The world was in chaos, and the king chose his ministers, and the ministers also chose their king. Obviously, the method of employing people in the prosperous times cannot be used now, otherwise those capable talents may not be recruited.

"In addition, I am planning to move the imperial court back to Luoyang! What do you think?" Chen Mo looked at the crowd and asked.

Before, Chen Mo stayed in Chang'an. Firstly, because Heluo was empty and the population was declining. Chen Mo had just taken charge of the government and Guanzhong was not stable. Secondly, Xiliang was not settled at that time and could threaten Chen Mo's rear at any time. Chen Mo's main goal at that time was to stabilize the rear, so

Chen Mo has stayed in Guanzhong.

But now Guanzhong has been basically stabilized, the people have returned, and Xiliang has been at peace. Next, Chen Mo should consider developing towards the Central Plains. Chang'an is too far away from the Central Plains. If there is any trouble in the Central Plains, even if the information is obtained carefully, it cannot be sent back in time. Many

He would lose his chance of fighting at any time, and therefore, after Chen Mo pacified Xiliang, he prepared to move the capital back to Luoyang.

"How are you going to move the capital?" Xun You frowned when he heard this. The last time Dong Zhuo moved the capital, he directly destroyed the land of Heluo. Now Guanzhong has finally settled down. If you continue to mess with it, you may be hurt again.

To vitality.

"It's good to have all the officials from the imperial court accompanying you, plus the accompanying guards to go to Luoyang. We can welcome the emperor back to the old capital one day." Chen Mo said with a smile, what did Xun You worry about? He naturally understood that during this time in Guanzhong, he

How can you bear to let your hard work be destroyed?

"It would not be difficult if we just move hundreds of officials and their families." Li Ru thought for a moment and said, "I wonder when the lord plans to move the capital?"

"After the spring plowing, the weather is still cold. There are many old people in the court, so it is not suitable to travel long distances." Chen Mo thought.

"My lord should discuss this matter with the courtiers." Xun You reminded, after all, even if it is just empty airs, the ministers in the court are all famous people in the world, otherwise they would not be able to support the court without an emperor, and Cao Cao would not dare to put the three princes and nine nine.

The position of Qing was sealed.

"This is natural." Chen Mo smiled and nodded.

"Besides, I don't know who the lord wants to keep here in the land of Sanfu?" Li Ru asked.

"What do you think about the appointment of our master as the governor of Sizhou?" Chen Mo asked with a smile.

Although there is some intention to use people as relatives, others can't say anything about Zang Hong's words. Others may not understand, but they know very well that they can quickly pacify Xiliang this time because they really relied on Zang Hong to force the Qiang people to rebel.

, Ma Teng was forced, and Han Sui had to raise troops. Although Zang Hong had his faults in terms of political achievements, for Chen Mo, it was actually meritorious. This time he took Zang Hong's position as the governor of Xiliang, and now he takes it again

The position of governor of Sizhou to compensate for this is much better than that of governor of Xiliang.

"There is also the issue of military households." Jia Xu mentioned at the side. Chen Mo's army now has extremely high cohesion because the family members are gathered together.

"The generals' families will be brought to Luoyang, while the military households will continue to stay here." Chen Mo said. Hundreds of thousands of military households have just settled down. It is definitely impossible and unnecessary to move now. Xiliang is now stable, and Guanzhong belongs to Chen Mo's rear area.

It is the safest place. Putting it here, the soldiers can feel at ease. Besides, the land of Heluo may not be able to accommodate so many people at once.

Moving the capital is no small matter. Although it only involves moving hundreds of officials and their families, there are many coordination issues that cannot be accomplished in a day.

The battle reports from the Central Plains have calmed down a lot since Cao Cao defeated Liu Bei. Sun Ce defended Jiangdong and completely drove Yuan Shu's forces out of Jiangdong. Across the Yangtze River, Yuan Shu couldn't do anything to Sun Ce. When he turned around, Liu Bei

It was also destroyed by Cao Cao. Yuan Shu asked Cao Cao for Runan, but the envoy was politely kicked out of Juancheng by Cao Cao.

When he wanted to send troops to attack, Yuan Shu was shocked to find that he only had two counties left, so he had no choice but to ask Yuan Shao for help. Although the two Yuan had fought against each other before, they were both from the old Yuan family after all. Now that Yuan Shu was willing to surrender, Yuan Shao naturally

He was willing to accept it, and because of the emperor's problem, there had been some unpleasantness between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. The two families, who were originally allies, had gradually begun to turn against each other.

After Cao Cao captured Xuzhou, he also began to prepare to move the capital. Juancheng was too close to Yuan Shao. It was originally to prevent Chen Mo from robbing people, so he set the capital in Juancheng. However, now he and Yuan Shao are gradually at odds, although it is not yet a war.

But Cao Cao still felt that the emperor should be moved elsewhere first. After discussing with everyone, he finally decided to move the emperor to Suiyang.

Suiyang is the county seat of the Liang Kingdom, and it is also the central location of Cao Cao's territory. At present, it is more suitable to be the capital of the court.

After all, although Xuzhou was captured, Sun Ce had gradually become a threat to the south. On the contrary, Yuan Shu was no longer a threat to Cao Cao, and he did not want to fall out with Yuan Shao immediately, so he did not take advantage of the situation to destroy him, but left Yuan Shu to contain Sun Ce.

If Sun Ce kills Yuan Shu, there will be a very fatal problem. No matter what, Sun Ce is Yuan Shu's general, and the troops he initially used to sweep across Jiangdong were also soldiers given by Yuan Shu. There is no problem in breaking away from Yuan Shu. This was given by the imperial court, but you have to

To kill Yuan Shu would be to kill the master!

Cao Cao used Yuan Shu to check and balance Sun Ce, and then sent envoys to form a friendship with Yuan Shao, indicating that he had no intention of becoming an enemy of Yuan Shao, and wanted to work with Yuan Shao to attack Guanzhong and defeat Chen Mo's puppet court.

But on the other hand, Cao Cao sent people to contact Chen Mo secretly, hoping that the weak could resist the strong. After all, in terms of the amount of troops he could mobilize, Yuan Shao was now superior to either Chen Mo or Cao Cao.

Of course, Chen Mo and Yuan Shao were not fools. They didn't know Cao Cao's virtues. While agreeing to Cao Cao, they joined forces with each other to occupy the Central Plains together.

In the end, although they all agreed, neither Cao Cao, Chen Mo, nor Yuan Shao made any move.

"This is the disadvantage of three pillars!" Cao Cao and Chen Mo both had similar emotions. If there was one hero in the Central Plains, although the problem would be acute, it would also be much simpler. If the two heroes stand side by side, it will be done. How can it be like that?
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