Chutian entered the city of Xiapi and collected all Tao Qian's accumulation. He won 50,000 soldiers from Donghai and Xiapi, thousands of horses, hundreds of thousands of gold and silver, and countless fodder.

Chen Gui and Chen Deng offered the city and made the most contributions. Chutian appointed Chen Gui as minister of the East China Sea, and appointed Chen Deng as captain of Diannong, who was in charge of agriculture at the same time as Li Kui.

After Chen Gui and his son became loyal, Chutian could already see their panels. The two members of the Chen family are not many talents in Xiapi, and they are also political talents.

【Name】: Chen Gui (word Hanyu)

[Talent]: Diamond-level civil servant

[Commander]: 15 [Force]: 5 [Intelligence]: 83 [Politics]: 78 [Charm]: 74

【Aspect】: calm

Compared with Chen Gui, who is already old, his son Chen Deng has better attributes. In history, Chen Deng offered Cao Cao the strategy of destroying Lu Bu, and served as the prefect of Guangling, the general of Fubo, and the prefect of Dongcheng.

Chen Deng was still a commander-in-chief. During his tenure as the prefect of Guangling, Sun Ce sent ten times the force to attack Guangling, but Chen Deng defeated the army sent by Sun Ce to attack. After that, Sun Quan attacked Guangling, but was also defeated by Chen Deng. If not for Chen Deng, Guangling County might be owned by Soochow Wu.

【Name】: Chen Deng (character Yuanlong)

[Talent]: Diamond-level civil servant

[Commander]: 85 [Force]: 64 [Intelligence]: 81 [Politics]: 87 [Charm]: 74

【Aspect】: calm

[Characteristic 1]: Governing party (A-level trait, when serving as a prefect, the overall development speed of the territory increases slightly, when serving as a governor, the effect decreases)

[Feature 2]: Dian Nong (A-level characteristic, the satisfaction of farmers in the county and country increases, grain yield +10%)

[Characteristic 3]: Persevere and counterattack (A-level feature, when serving as the defender of the city, the defense power of the troops in the city +10%; when the enemy troops are under the city, when they go out of the city to attack the enemy, the defensive effect disappears, and the morale of the troops +15 for a certain period of time, attack power +10%)

When Chu Tian saw Chen Deng's attributes, he couldn't help but look at him. As expected of Chen Yuanlong, who had defeated the Sun family of the Soochow many times, he had three A-level characteristics, and he was still a defender!

If Chen Deng is allowed to defend the border county, the enemy will probably feel very uncomfortable.

Fortunately, Chen Deng and his son welcomed him into Xiapi City,

Otherwise, Chen Deng defends Xiapi City, and it will take some time to capture Xiapi City.

Seeing Chen Deng's attributes, Chu Tian couldn't help but want to appoint Chen Deng as a prefect.

But he has already appointed Chen Gui as the Minister of the East Sea, and then appointed Chen Deng as the prefect, so there are two prefects in the Chen family in Xiapi.

The meritocracy is good, but as a lord, how to divide the power and balance is very important.

Among the five prefectures and states in Xuzhou, it is impossible for one family to occupy the positions of two prefects, otherwise the tail will not be lost. Therefore, Chen Gui and Chen Deng and their sons can only have one person to be the prime minister or prefect. Chu Tian temporarily ordered Chen Deng to serve as the captain of Diannong. Later, when Chen Gui voluntarily retire, Chu Tianfang appointed Chen Deng as the prefect.

Chen Gui is a smart person and should know what Chutian means.

Chu Tian convened everyone in Xiapi City to decide the candidates for Xuzhou's pastoral officials.

"Li Kui will be the Prime Minister of Langya, and Chen Gui will be the Prime Minister of the East China Sea..."

Chutian announced the most important prefect (state minister) candidate.

Chen Gui took the initiative to stand up: "Lord State Shepherd valued his ministers, and he should have done his best, but the minister is too old to be qualified for the post of Minister of the East China Sea. He also asked Master State Shepherd to choose another talented person."

Chen Gui is about to give up his position as Minister of the East Sea so soon?

Chu Tian realized that, Chen Gui voluntarily abdicated in order to push his son up. What they valued was the family's interests. As long as the position of the prefect belonged to the Chen family, it would make no difference whether it was Chen Gui or Chen Deng.

"It doesn't matter. Yuan Long will be the prime minister of the East Sea, and Li Kui will be the captain of the Diannong school. Han Yu will stay with me, and I will listen to the opinions of the Xuzhou family."

Chu Tian acquiesced to Chen Gui's idea of ​​letting his son Chen Yuanlong be the prime minister of the East China Sea.

Chen Gui also had no worries. He is already old, and his official position in his life is no more than the Prime Minister of the East China Sea, but his son Chen Yuanlong is less than thirty.

If Chen Yuanlong served as the prefect at this time and accumulated merits, he might become the prefect in the future and shine on the lintel.

The family's priority is the family's interests, so Chen Gui's choice is the best solution for him.

Chu Tian had already seen Chen Gui's thoughts, but Chen Deng was indeed a good candidate for the prefect, so he deliberately turned a blind eye.

If the Chen family fought for the positions of two prefects, he would be furious.

At the same time, Chu Tian also kept an eye on him and brought Chen Gui by his side. If Chen Deng rebels, don't blame Chu Tian for being rude to his father. At present, the aristocratic families in Xuzhou are not so trustworthy.

Chen Gui understood Chutian's intention, and for the sake of his son's future, it was nothing to be a hostage here in Chutian. Chutian will definitely give him a spare job, and maybe it will help his son's future.

"As for the candidate for Prime Minister Xiapi..."

Chu Tian glanced at his subordinates.

Mi Zhu contributed so much that he thought he would be named Prime Minister of Xiapi.

He is a native of Donghai, and Chen Deng is a native of Xiapi. It is very likely that Chu Tian will change the positions of the two people, with Chen Deng as the minister of the East China Sea and Mi Zhu as the minister of Xiapi.

But beyond Mi Zhu's expectations, Chu Tian's eyes fell on Xia Xia Liang: "Miss Xia will be the prime minister of Xiapi."

Everyone present was in an uproar in private, no one thought that Chu Tian would appoint a female prime minister, which was simply incredible.

Even if Xia Xian Liang was a little surprised, she thought that she would be a county magistrate at most, but she didn't expect that the position of Xia Pi, who needed to deal with complicated situations, would fall into her hands.

"Miss Xia defended Xiacheng twice, and successively defeated more than 10,000 Taishan thieves and more than 100,000 Xuzhou troops, and conquered three counties in the East China Sea; once led troops to support, defeated 200,000 Xuzhou troops, can anyone disagree?"

In troubled times, people speak according to their fists, and whoever deserves more credit can hold a high position. After Chu Tian counted her credits, the officials of Xuzhou were terrified.

The only one who can suppress the aristocratic family is the illustrious military exploits!

Unlike the Xuzhou family, the generals of Langya Kingdom had no objection to this appointment.

As the lord, Chutian needs to appease his subordinates who have made great contributions.

"In addition, Miss Xia moved to supervise the army captain, urging the counties and countries to transport food and defend them."

Chu Tian's decision caused quite a stir. The captain of the military commander, the leader of Prime Minister Pi, was already one of the unshakable high-level officials in Xuzhou!

"Chen Gui is the chief clerk."

"Zhou Yafu sticks to this formation, has made great contributions, and moved to the side of the general."

"Hua Mulan attacked the enemy's formation, accumulated previous achievements, and moved to Colonel Ying Yang."

"Xue Rengui attacked several counties in the East China Sea and moved to the military commander."

"Zhao Yunqian Li Feng Captain."

"Li Guangqian Xiao Cavalry Commander."

"Li Xiuning moved to Zhao Wu Commander."

"Mi Fang has meritorious deeds, and I will pay my respects to the captain."

"Zang Ba was seriously injured in the battle, and I respect the captain of the cavalry."

"Sun Guan sacrificed his life to fight, and worshipped the captain of the army."

...

Chutian only gave General Zhou Yafu, and the rest were basically promoted to captain, captain and county magistrate. Some of the captains were also his own miscellaneous captains.

After Chu Tian calmed down, he suppressed the idea of ​​wanting to canonize generals. There are still many opportunities to fight in the future. If a group of miscellaneous generals are conferred now, how will they be rewarded for their military exploits?

If you do not suppress the official positions of your subordinates, I am afraid that you will conquer various civilizations in the future. Only the king can satisfy this group of generals.

In fact, in the Han Dynasty, the school captain was already a very high official position. It was precisely because of the fact that in the late Eastern Han Dynasty that the various princes continued to promote their subordinates who had made military exploits, the situation that the generals with miscellaneous names were scattered all over the place appeared.

Chutian must control the promotion progress of his subordinates, neither too fast nor too slow. If it is too fast, in the future, it will not be possible to seal other than the king, and even the king will not be enough. If it is too slow, the subordinates will be dissatisfied.

"Mi Zhu is the one who works in Biejia, and Fang Qiao is the one who works in Zhizhong."

Chu Tian ordered Mi Zhu and Fang Xuanling to assist him by his side, one providing economic advice and the other providing administrative advice.

Mi Zhu can replace the importance of cool summer in a certain sense. Chutian cannot always rely on one person to manage finances.

"Xiapi Prime Minister, Colonel Commander..."

Although Xia Xia Liang got two important official positions, he was a little lost. The two official positions not only have real power, but also have a high status, but they must be independent.

The literati around Chu Tian became Fang Xuanling and Mi Zhu.

Mi Zhu's own ability is not bad, and he has the credit of the capital. Chutian appointed him to be engaged in Biejia, and he also wanted to continue to gain Mi Zhu's support.

Chutian appointed officials to all the worthy ministers, taking into account the interests of the old generals of Langya and the Xuzhou family.

When Tao Qian was the shepherd of Xuzhou, Mi Zhu was already in a different position and could not be promoted except as the prefect. In order to repay the Mi family, Chu Tian made Mi Fang a school captain, the same status as Hua Mulan, Xue Rengui, Zhao Yun and others.

Who asked Mi Zhu to give too much money...

Mi Zhu's gold and silver cheered Chutian up quickly, swept across Xuzhou, and rallied the Chen family to get Xiapi, and it was nothing to make Mifang the captain of the school.

In the future, there will be fewer opportunities for Mi Fang to lead troops to fight alone.

"Do you think that you should take Pengcheng first or Guangling County first?"

Chu Tian took this opportunity to ask Xuzhou officials for their opinions.

East China Sea and Xiapi were basically controlled by Chutian, leaving only two prefectures, Pengcheng and Guangling.

Chen Gui said: "Guangling County and Pengchengguo are still defending. Guangling's low-lying terrain, dense water network and swamps, and rampant bandits and bandits are not conducive to the battle of large troops, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Therefore, the minister suggested that the state shepherd should take Pengchengguo first. , and then take Guangling County."

Chen Deng also agreed: "My hometown is in Huaipu, close to Guangling County, and I am familiar with the terrain of Guangling County. Guangling County is indeed difficult to attack. However, if the lord wants to pacify Guangling County in the future, Yuanlong is willing to be the pioneer."

"Then let's take Pengcheng first."

Chutian knew that the terrain of Guangling County was complicated, and that the lord of Guangling County had Yang Ye as the main general, so it was very difficult to pacify Guangling County.

In contrast, Pengcheng Kingdom is located in the North Jiangsu Plain, where large armies can run rampant and are easy to attack and difficult to defend.

After determining the next strategy, Chutian feasted a group of officials in Xiapi City to show encouragement.

Three counties and states, more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in hand, Chutian is even more ambitious.

Based on the drunkenness of the last celebration feast, Chutian was very cautious this time and did not drink too much.

Fang Xuanling reminded Chu Tian to prevent him from expanding too much: "My lord, although we have collected 50,000 soldiers from Xuzhou, plus the soldiers from the Battle of Xuzhou and the soldiers and horses of Langya, we have more than 100,000 soldiers. But most They are all temporarily recruited miscellaneous soldiers, and it will take a year or two to rebuild the elite."

"I only recover Xuzhou, rest for a year or two, and then try to make progress."

Chutian is also afraid that the expansion will be too fast, resulting in the loss of elites.

More and more soldiers and horses fought, but there were fewer elites, and they had to divide their troops to defend larger and larger territories.

Except for the sea, Xuzhou has enemies on three sides.

Qingzhou and Yanzhou in the north, Yuzhou in the west, and Guangling County and Yangzhou in the south are all likely to invade Xuzhou.

If you eat Xuzhou in one go, if you have indigestion, you will soon lose it.

Chutian found that Xia Xia Liang and Hua Mulan's two daughters were constantly drinking, and couldn't help but wonder.

"Miss Xia, you haven't fully recovered from your injury, so don't drink alcohol."

Xia Tianliang blushed, and it was obvious that he was on top: "I, I don't want to be a spy."

Hua Mulan also coaxed: "The last commander doesn't want to be Colonel Yingyang."

"..."

Chancellor of Xiapi and Colonel Ying Yang were senior officials in Xuzhou. These two women are still not satisfied, this is to rebel.

"You two are drunk, Li Xiuning, take them back."

Chutian asked the calm Li Xiuning to drag the two away to prevent them from drinking too much.

Li Xiuning came with a few women's soldiers, ready to take Xia Xia Liang and Hua Mulan.

"My lord, let your subordinates be the master bookkeeper, and the chancellor of Xiapi will give Chen Gui?"

Xia Xia Liang grabbed the corner of Chu Tian's clothes, weeping, and wanted to change his position with Chen Gui.

"Nonsense, how can the official position be changed. Li Xiuning, take them away."

Chutian will not easily adjust the already arranged official positions.

Replacing the official positions of two people is not a joke, it will affect the entire system of governance in Xuzhou.

Chen Deng has already served as the prime minister of the East China Sea, and it is impossible for Chen Gui to serve as the prime minister of Xiapi.

It is difficult to change what is announced in public.

Xia Xia Liang hugged Li Xiuning, Pear Blossom burst into tears.

Chutian has seen people who cried with joy because of their promotion, but never saw people who cried because of their sadness...

as big as World, nothing is nonexistent.

The two of them were taken to the side house by the Women's Army.

The fierce generals of Langya Kingdom feasted, not paying attention to the situation here, especially Hua Xiong directly grabbed the pig's trotter and devoured it with great pride.

Fang Xuanling, Mi Zhu, Chen Gui, Chen Deng and other civil officials saw it in their eyes and knew it well.

Mi Zhu was relieved: "So it is."

Fang Xuanling shook the wine bowl thoughtfully.

There are many ways to make merit.

It is credit for marching and fighting, credit for outstanding political performance, credit for contributing money to the army, and...

"interesting."

Chen Gui and Chen Deng looked at each other. They were both shrewd and quickly understood.

However, as the newly joined courtiers, it is inconvenient to talk about some things, and they are only suitable for acting as spectators.

Chu Tian returned to the throne and respected all the subordinate officials. After thinking about it for a while, he said to Fang Xuanling: "Give Miss Xia a post of secretary under the door, and give Hua Mulan a false position of superintendent."

Shuzuo, that is, the assistant official who assists the state shepherd or the county governor to organize documents, has a low status. Compared with the prime minister of Xiapi and the captain of the military governor, it can be said that there is no sense of existence.

The subordinate governor is an officer of General An Dong, and he has no sense of existence.

Fang Xuanling had no objection to such a small official position.

The entire Xuzhou belonged to Chutian. As long as Chutian was satisfied, he could appoint any official position, especially some insignificant official positions.

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