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Chapter 74 Dingshu

Half a month after Liu Yan left, with Jianwei occupied by Zhang Liao, the game between Ye Zhao and Liu Yan came to an end. Ye Zhao began to work on post-war reconstruction. Most of the past year has passed since Chuping. Ye Zhao, who had just obtained a foundation, has focused his main energy on the development plan for Shu in the next few years or even decades.

The road to Shu is difficult to move, difficult to enter and exit. Any princes who have gained a foothold here will face the dilemma of having enough defense but not attacking. However, for Ye Zhao, it was his natural closed transportation when the princes fought and gained their foundation. This allowed Ye Zhao not to worry about the bad diplomatic environment for a long time in the future, and could farm with peace of mind and develop people's livelihood in Shu.

After Liu Yan entered Shu and Ye Zhao entered Shu twice, the influence of the Shu soldiers on Shu was weakened to the limit by these two monarchs. If the scholars led by Zhao Wei and Ren Qi were entangled with Ye Zhao for the glory of the Shu people and the status of the Shu soldiers, then Jia Long's surrender now, and the soldiers offered most of the land for survival.

Because after occupying the three counties, Ye Zhao had already begun to use the Dongzhou scholars in large numbers. The more famous ones were Fei Guan, Wu Yi, Deng Xian, and Liu Xu. Moreover, Man Chong, who was transferred from Hanzhong, had very strict enforcement of the law, and Xiahou Lan formed a criminal guard to cooperate with the law enforcement.

Moreover, the land of the gentry who died in the war was also taken over by Ye Zhao, and the government and the criminal guards were responsible for supervising the distribution of land. The people only need to pay 20% of the tax every year to have the right to use the land. The most important thing is that the land issued by the government will eventually belong to the government, and no one can embezzle in any form. The government has the right to take back the land at any time, which has also caused the family in Shu to lose the possibility of annexation of the land, but also the people's hearts are all returned to Ye Zhao.

Moreover, Ye Zhao also established academies in Chengdu, Luo County and Jianwei, and invited poor scholars from Shu to study in the county. He even invited Cai Yong to preside over the professor. In addition, he also established schools in various counties, even poor families or children of the people could study.

The poor family and even the poor... plus the land, Ye Zhao is digging his roots! If he did this in the Central Plains, he would have been criticized by scholars all over the world in minutes. But this is Shu. The scholars in Shu had just been severely damaged, and the bloody massacre of Jianwei's battle was even more courageous. Who dared to jump out and oppose Ye Zhao at this time?

It doesn't exist to attract outsiders to surrender. Hanzhong is the throat of Shuzhong, and now Ye Zhao is firmly controlled by him. Moreover, the current situation in Chang'an may not be taken into account.

If he did not bow to Ye Zhao, he would probably have to fall into the past glory in a few years. Therefore, after joining Ye Zhao's command, Jia Long actively recommended talents to Ye Zhao, the Zhang brothers in Shu, Zhang Su, Zhang Song, the famous scholar Qin Mi in Mianzhu, Huang Quan, the famous scholar in Langzhong, and the King of Guanghan Lei were all lobbyed by Jia Long and worshipped under Ye Zhao's disciple. Within ten months, Ye Zhao had all the talents in Shu. In addition to the previous Wu Yi, Fei Guan and others, Ye Zhao now has a lot of talents under Ye Zhao's tent, so there is no need to worry about the lack of anyone under the tent.

However, the two major factions of Dongguan scholars and famous scholars in Shu have gradually formed. In addition, the long-standing Xi Zhicai, Man Chong, Qiu Chi, Huang Shao and others, now the counselors and officials under Ye Zhao have formed three major factions.

However, in the army, the generals under Ye Zhao were mainly under Ye Zhao. Ji Ling returned to Hanzhong, in exchange for Zhao Yun and Xiahou Lan, plus Zhang Liao, Ding Li, Fang Yue, and Guan Hai. These people were enough to control the army for Ye Zhao. As long as the army was in hand, Ye Zhao would not worry about what could happen to these people.

"Please avenge your revenge on Dong Xiang!" Half a month later, Hua Xiong rushed to Chengdu with great utmost care. After seeing Ye Zhao, he knelt on the ground and bowed without saying a word.

It can be seen that Hua Xiong had not closed his eyes for many days, and his eyes were covered with bloodshot.

"Wen Kai knows what he will say?" Ye Zhao looked at Hua Xiong and frowned.

Chang'an is far from Chengdu, even if the straight line is more than a thousand miles away, he is thousands of miles away. Not to mention that Ye Zhao cannot take care of things that are so far away at this moment, even if he can take care of it, he is now mainly focused on managing Chengdu. Shuzhong is not stable yet, so he cannot send troops to Chang'an to avenge Dong Zhuo just because of Hua Xiong's words.

"The general knows that this matter is a bit difficult. The general only begs the lord to only need three thousand soldiers. The general goes to Guanzhong, gathers the Xiliang soldiers and conquers Chang'an for the lord!" Hua Xiong said loudly.

When Hua Xiong was under Dong Zhuo's command, his official title was not as good as Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, Hu Zhen and others. However, before Lu Bu joined, he was a veritable No. 1 general in the Western Liang army and had prestige. Now that Dong Zhuo died, Hua Xiong could really attract a large number of Western Liang army. If Ye Zhao took action, it would not be a problem to take Chang'an.

But the problem is that this is not Ye Zhao's policy. Now that Shu is not determined, even if he takes Chang'an, Ye Zhao will lose sight of it. It is not that the larger the territory, the more beneficial it is. Blind expansion before his foundation is insufficient will only consume his own potential and make wedding clothes for others.

"I admire Wen's heart as a happy thought of the former master. However, the situation in Guanzhong is complicated at this time. Although Wang Yun and Lu Bu killed Dong Xiang, they may not be able to control the three auxiliary places. Wang Yun is stubborn and Lu Bu has no plans. These two people will not last long. Please be at ease. If these two people are undefeated next year, I will give you three thousand soldiers and let you take revenge in person!" Ye Zhao looked at Hua Xiong and sighed.

"Thank you lord at the end!" Hua Xiong couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this.

"It's just one thing, I hope Wen Kai can remember it in my heart." Ye Zhao looked at Hua Xiong and said, "I tried my best to capture you, because I value Wen Kai's loyalty and courage. Now you are the old master and I admire you, but at this time, you are the general of Ye. If my three armies are tired of being tired of your revenge, how can you talk about loyalty and courage? Dong Zhuo's defeat was planted in Luoyang. Although I am sorry for my defeat, the winner of the battle between the princes is the king. If you can't even understand this, you are only worthy of being a brave general."

"I will remember it in the end!" Hua Xiong took a deep breath and bowed to Ye Zhao.

"Go down, what I said is definitely going to count. I will not deceive my own people. Please wait and see the changes in Chang'an!" Ye Zhao stood up and waved his hand: "Before this, you will lead a battalion of troops to practice. Now, Shu has newly established a new army. I plan to expand 10,000 troops and promise you a battalion."

"Here! I will leave!" Hua Xiong quickly stood up and said.

Seeing Hua Xiong leave, Ye Zhao also got up and went to the inner hall. Now Shuzhong has newly established and has a state of land. It is not an exaggeration to increase troops by 100,000. However, Ye Zhao did not want to increase troops to affect the development of Shuzhong because of the increase. Moreover, the terrain in Shuzhong is difficult, and the troops required are not as many as those in the Central Plains. Most of them are still fighting against the Southern Barbarians and Qiang people. The people Ye Zhao brought before and the surrendered troops in Shuzhong are enough. If he can successfully surrender to Zhang Lu, Ye Zhao will have 80,000 troops under his command. For Shu, there are already many. You must know that he pursues the policy of elite troops.

Ye Zhao was not ready to participate in the Sanfu turmoil, but the few talents he had seen before can now take action. Now Zhang Yue is still in charge of the Secret Guard in Chang'an, and has been dormant for so many days, but it is time to move.

"Master, Zhang Lu has handed over the surrender letter!" The next day, Ye Zhao was handling the official documents, but saw Zhang Su, a new subordinate of the school, come in and handed over a surrender letter to Ye Zhao and said with a smile: "Congratulations to lord, in this way, Ba County can get it!"

Zhang Lu stationed troops in Langzhong, with 20,000 troops. After Ye Zhao captured Chengdu, he cut off Zhang Lu's food and grass supplies, and at the same time increased his troops to the three passes of Mianzhu, Zitong and Jiameng, and locked Zhang Lu firmly. Zhang Lu was originally just as Zhao Wei said at the beginning. After learning that Jiameng Pass was broken, he wanted to attack Jiameng Pass by water, but Ye Zhao sent Fang Yue to guard the station first. During this period, Zhang Lu had several tentative attacks, but they were all repelled by Fang Yue. Now the overall situation in Shu has been settled, and Liu Yan has been sent away by Ye Zhao.

Zhang Lu could not afford to support these 20,000 troops even with Langzhong alone, even if he added the land of Ba County. It is wise to surrender now.

Ye Zhao took over the surrender form and glanced a few times and said, "I want to retain military power and still want to become the prefect of Ba County?"

Turning his head to look at Zhang Su and said, "Why did Junqiao think that Zhang Lu is here to surrender?"

"This..." Zhang Su sweated on his forehead and said a little embarrassedly: "According to the rules, since Zhang Lu surrendered, he should be given the position of prefect of a county, and his soldiers under his command..."

"The military power in Shu must be fully returned to the General's Mansion!" Ye Zhao snorted coldly: "He wants to be the prefect, and I plan to divide Ba County into three eastern and western counties, so I ordered him to be the prefect of Baxi, which will govern Langzhong, Chongxian and Hanchang counties. If he does not agree, he will continue to waste it. The general has no time to attack him, just see how he feeds the military and civilians."

"Here! I will reply to the letter!" Zhang Su could see that his lord was an extremely powerful lord, and Zhang Lu miscalculated this time.

"In addition, go and help me prepare. After the spring of next year, I will choose an auspicious day to marry Cai Weng's daughter, my junior sister Cai Yan, and invite all the princes of the world. At the same time, I will submit a letter to the court. I will also take charge of the position of governor of Yizhou! I will issue an edict to all counties in Yizhou. If this marquis cannot submit a letter to surrender before the wedding, I will regard him as an enemy!" Ye Zhao handed a book to Zhang Su.

"Here!" Zhang Su was stunned when he heard this. He wanted to do something big, and he didn't dare to disobey him. He quickly bowed and took a break.

Marrying Cai Yan was originally a matter that was decided before, but now that Shu has been abandoned, it just happened to spread the news by taking advantage of becoming the lord of Yizhou.

After Zhang Su left, he immediately ordered someone to write an invitation. Although the wedding date was not yet determined, the left and right were next spring. This would spread all over the princes and invite people to watch the ceremony. Not only did they have to send the invitation, but they also had to leave enough time for the princes and envoys to arrive. It is time to post now.

This is also Ye Zhao's announcement to the world that he will join the chessboard of the princes' competition. As for whether the princes will come, it is still unknown, but this etiquette must be done carefully first. However... Ye Zhao already has a wife and is still a princess of the Han Dynasty. Now he is so high-profile to marry Cai Yan, will he...
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