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Chapter 1622: Great Wise Ruo Fool

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    Through his capricious strategies, Yuan Bao Bao used the heads of his former ally Zhao Junshi and countless bandits and clan thieves in Wuyang County to help the Sui army pacify the bandits in the county and stabilize the situation in Wuyang County. Yuan Bao Bao himself  He also changed from a target to be purged to a hero of the Sui army.

    Yuan Bao Bao solved the most troublesome problem of the Sui army. It would be a bit ugly to dispose of Yuan Bao Bao after the war.

    "However, Huang Mingyuan also had a way. Since he couldn't be removed from office, he could be promoted openly and secretly, so he transferred Yuan Baobao to the general and shogunate.  From the magistrate of Wuyang County to the vassal of the shogunate, it is considered a high promotion in any case.  Although the level has been lowered, it has entered the heart of the heart, which can be regarded as reaching the sky in one step.

    But it¡¯s hard to say whether Yuan Baobao thinks so.  An official responsible for directing etiquette, receiving guests, and taking charge of business trips and school inspections may not be as good as the local emperor.

    After Yuan Baobao left, Huang Mingyuan appointed Zhang Zhi as the prefect of Wuyang County, and Hu Lusheng was relieved of his post as prefect.  If it is not necessary, Huang Mingyuan is not willing to let the leading generals concurrently serve as local chief executives in the hinterland of the Central Plains, with both civil and military positions.  Therefore, even if there are some special cases, they will be eliminated afterwards.

    Soon after, Huang Mingyuan separated another county from the two counties and established Dongchang County on the grounds that Qinghe and Wuyang counties were too large.  There are two counties and fourteen counties each. The combined original population exceeds one-twentieth of the country's population, which is too much.

    The newly established Dongchang County, with Liaocheng County as its seat, governs the four counties of Boping, Qingping (i.e. Beiqiu County, today's Daiwan Town, Linqing City, Shandong Province), Gaotang, and Chiping, which were drawn from Qinghe County.  The three counties of Liaocheng, Wushui and Tangyi (today's Tangyi Town, Liaocheng City, Shandong Province) were drawn from Wuyang.

    It was not Huang Mingyuan¡¯s decision to establish new counties, but since this was in Hebei, the emperor had no control over it, so his decision was comparable to an imperial edict.

    He also transferred the shogunate to engage in the work of Zhong Lang Qi Shanxing and serve as the chief minister of Dongchang County.

    Qi Shanxing is Dou Jiande's old subordinate. He is a bandit, but he is civilized and capable.  As the governor of Dongchang County, he can not only win over the scholars among the bandits, offset the impact of the previous Zhao Junde incident, but also divide Dou Jiande's power.  After all, Dou Jiande's army had a lot of available talents, and they were almost completely surrendered to the Sui army. No matter how much Huang Mingyuan valued Dou Jiande, differentiation was inevitable.

    After taking Wuyang County, Huang Mingyuan ordered Hu Lusheng to lead the Longxiang Guards to garrison Wuyang County, and Wang Bian to garrison Dongchang County. They aimed at one east and one south, and made preparations for crossing the river separately.

    Hu Lusheng took over Wuyang County, and Li Jing also led his army to capture Wei County and half of Ji County.

    "Compared with Wuyang County, the situation in Wei County and Ji County is much better.  Especially Jijun, because there are Liyangcang and Yongji Canal in the county, there are many troops stationed there.

    The only large-scale bandit in the two counties is the Linli bandit Wang Deren in the remaining mountains of the Taihang Mountains in the west.

    Li Jing went south and immediately ordered Huang Mingxu to lead three thousand cavalry, rush forward quickly, pass through prefectures and counties without entering, and drive towards Liyangcang.  At this time, Li Mi defeated Zhang Xutuo and expanded in all directions. Li Jing was afraid that Li Mi would attack Li Yangcang.

    Chen En, the guard of Liyangcang, was originally the general left by Huang Mingyuan when he suppressed the rebellion.  So Huang Mingxu's army arrived, and Chen En immediately opened the city to respond.

    Although Liyangcang was on Jijun's territory, Meng Shanyi, the governor of Jijun, had no way to interfere with Liyangcang.

    Li Jing was relieved when he heard that Huang Mingxu had occupied Liyangcang.  For the Hebei Army, Ji County does not have to intervene, or even falls into the hands of bandits, as long as Liyangcang does not fall into the hands of bandits.  The two are of vastly different importance.

    After landing in Liyangcang, Li Jing went south to Wei County step by step and took over the land.

    The governor of Wei County is Zhang Ke, the father-in-law of the emperor.  Zhang Ke was the uncle and adoptive father of Empress Xiao. He was the son of Pushe Zhang Zan, Minister of Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty. His mother was Princess Fuyang, the fourth daughter of Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty.  Originally, Xiao was born in February. Due to the Jiangnan custom that children born in February are unlucky, she was adopted by Xiao Kui's sixth brother, Xiao Qian, the king of Dongping.  Less than a year after Xiao Wei and his wife adopted Xiao, they both died, and Xiao was adopted by her uncle Zhang Ke.  At that time, Zhang Ke was a member of the staff of Xiao Yan, the king of Anping. His family was poor, so Xiao, who was a princess, also took care of the housework.

    Later, Yang Jian and his wife chose a concubine for Yang Guang in the Liang Kingdom. Because the divination results of the Liang Kingdom's princesses were all unlucky, the Xiao family welcomed Xiao back from Zhang Ke's mansion. The divination was auspicious, and Xiao became the princess of Jin.

    Zhang Ke also became an official in the Jin Dynasty.  After Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, Zhang Ke successively moved to Shangshu Temple Bu Lang, Yitong Sansi, Yanchuan County Prefect, Wei County Prefect, and became a senior official.

    Because of Zhang Ke¡¯s special status, Huang Mingyuan is considered a junior in front of him.  And because of Empress Xiao, Huang Mingyuan even had to bow as a junior in front of Zhang Ke.

    However, at this time, Zhang Ke was seventy-one years old and was in poor health. Most affairs in the county were handled by his assistant officials.

      Li Jing led his army southward and entered Anyang County, a prefecture.

    At that time, Zhang Ke was in poor health and had a high status, but he still went out of the city to greet him in person.

    Although Zhang Ke was born into a noble family and had Empress Xiao as his support, at this age, he had heard and seen too much.  Since his youth, he has experienced the changes of many dynasties such as Liang, Chen, Houliang, Northern Zhou, and Sui, and has experienced more than ten emperors.  He knows very well that the world is currently in chaos, and it is the end of the world. All heroes have risen together, and the emperor has settled in Jiangdu. It is hard to say what the outcome will be.  At this time of year, the past reliance may no longer count.

    When Huang Mingyuan was in the Jin Palace, he was also familiar with Zhang Ke.  Now Li Jing was ordered to go south. Although he said nothing, Zhang Ke understood that his intention was Wei County.

    So Zhang Ke said to Li Jing at the reception banquet: "I am old and frail, and I don't have much energy to deal with the affairs in the county, which has led to the proliferation of bandits. It can be said that I have wasted my kindness. Now the general is leading the army to fight against the bandits.  The old man also breathed a sigh of relief, and is willing to entrust all matters in the county to the general to eliminate bandits and protect the country and the people."

    Li Jing quickly declined, but Zhang Ke was firm.

    The next day, Zhang Ke asked his subordinate officials to go to Li Jing's office to report everything, while he himself, in the name of recuperating from illness, stayed behind closed doors and no longer paid attention to matters.

    When Li Jingnan came, because of Zhang Ke's identity, he originally thought a lot about Zhang Ke's confrontation with him, and even planned how to seize power, but he didn't expect that his arrival would go so smoothly. It was unexpected.

    So Li Jing hurriedly reported Zhang Ke¡¯s incident to Huang Mingyuan.

    After hearing this, Huang Mingyuan couldn't help but sigh.

    When he was a child in the palace of the Prince of Jin, Zhang Ke was a kind-hearted person and seldom spoke, giving people a dull feeling.  Now it seems that he is truly wise and foolish.

    So Huang Mingyuan sent a letter to Li Jing, asking him to treat Zhang Ke with courtesy and never be disrespectful.  He also ordered Deng Yi to select a member of the Zhang Ke clan and recruit him into the shogunate.  Zhang Ke handed over his power so smoothly, so he thought he was reciprocating the kindness and treating the Zhang family favorably.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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