Qin Official

As early as June, Fengfei changed hands and Peng Yue's attack on Pengcheng did bring great changes to the stalemate between Chen and Song in the early summer.

Xiang Liang was strategically stronger than his nephew. After the news came that Fengfei had changed hands, the Chu army could no longer hold on in Suiyang, so they withdrew to Mang and Dang in the west, relying on Mangdang Mountain to block the Qin army for a while. .

Captain Li Bi and Sima Yang Xi, as the vanguard of the Hei army, were ordered to pursue Xiang Liang to Dang County. They had just captured Wei Bao and arrived at Guan Ying in Xiangyi with the success of "destroying Wei". Only then did they know that they had been promoted to the rank of Right update, and was appointed as "Dangjun Lieutenant"!

Guan Ying said that he did not dare, and bowed to Hei Fu: "A year ago, I was just a cavalry general with only two hundred soldiers under his command. How dare you take such an important position? What's more, Guan Ying used to be a silk merchant in Suiyang. For example, county magistrates always have to serve in other places, and local scholars are not allowed to serve as local magistrates."

It is indeed a rule of the Qin Dynasty to serve as an official in a different place, and it is an important avoidance clause for holding office. As in later generations, regardless of counties and counties, party and government leaders are generally outsiders, in order to avoid nepotism and prevent the relationship network from being exploited. In the end, the end will not be lost. .

It is not feasible to copy the gourd and draw the scoop. The current situation is not as good as in the past, and Liangdi is not as good as Guanzhong. This system originally uses officials to represent the court and compete with local forces, asking them to be wary of each other and fight against each other. But now, what Heifu needs is to ease the anxiety of the people in the occupied areas as much as possible and encourage more leading parties to appear.

Heifu saw clearly: "In extraordinary times, extraordinary things should be done!" "The people of Wei have ulterior motives and suspect that after our army enters Suiyang, old crimes will be raised."

They were afraid that the Qin people would retaliate like the Homecoming Regiment, re-implement harsh laws, and bring all Song people who had resisted the imperial court to justice, or that they would engage in bloody massacres in Liang like the Chu army did.

"Therefore, people from the Liang and Song Dynasties must be taken as the forerunners and appointed as senior officials, so that their suspicions can be cleared, and the local young people can be recruited for my use. I regard you as a county captain, not only because of your outstanding military exploits, but also because you are sharp and careful. Also because you are from Dangjun..."

In these days, the relationship between the township and the party is very important. Fellow townspeople can refer to the same li, or the same county or the same county. They rely on their place of origin and dialect to identify and unite with each other. The whole world includes fourteen major dialect areas, among which the Wei dialect is divided into Song, Wei, Liang, etc., and fellow townspeople are the objects of cultural identity and emotional belonging.

It is better to parachute a Qin or Nanjun person who does not know the local area than to recruit officers and soldiers from all over the Central Plains.

For example, Li Shiqi was appointed by Heifu as the governor of Dang County because of his ability to persuade him to surrender, but the real power was in the hands of the magistrate of Dang County.

As a native of Suiyang, Guan Ying, who had made great military exploits in recent times, was naturally the best candidate for Dang Commandery.

Heifu has his own strategic demands for Suiyang. It used to be called Shangqiu and was the capital of the Song Dynasty. During the Warring States Period, Qi destroyed the Song Dynasty. This area was acquired by the Wei Dynasty and established the Song Dynasty. After the Qin Dynasty destroyed the Wei Dynasty, it established Dang. The county, because the beams were damaged, took Suiyang as its capital.

Suiyang leads the river, shields the Huai River, and controls the Suishui River. Going east along the water, you can enter the hinterland of the Chu Kingdom. The place where boats and chariots meet has been competing in the Central Plains since ancient times. There is no one who does not regard Suiyang as the land of the waist.

Therefore, this place is an extremely important road for Heifu to encircle Chu.

After explaining his official reasons, Hei Fu helped Guan Ying up again and smiled at him:

"There is another reason. People say that if you don't return wealth to your hometown, you will be like walking in brocade at night. Now that you are worth two thousand stones, you should go back to your hometown to see it!"

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Guan Ying knew that the task was arduous and did not rest for a moment. He immediately led his troops to Suiyang. He also got two helpers, both from Dangjun who surrendered to Heifu two months ago. One was Li Shang from Chenliu and the other was from Hengyang. Fu Kuan, who was born in Hengyang, was next to Suiyang, and both of them were captains.

This army was called the "Dangjun Army" by Heifu, totaling more than 20,000 people. It was basically composed of Dangjun's leading party, plus Guan Ying's chariots, and entered Suiyang in early July.

The people of Suiyang were indeed a little panicked and feared the revenge of the Qin people, but when they heard that several Qin officials who entered the city actually spoke the dialects of Song and Wei, and saw that most of the people coming were from the same hometown, they couldn't help but feel reassured.

According to the understanding of the relationship between the township and party, a local official will most likely not harm the township where his ancestors' tombs are located. It is more uncomfortable to be reviled by the villagers for generations.

After entering Suiyang, Guan Ying, who was recruited as a garrison soldier more than ten years ago and never came back after going to Saibei, felt that almost nothing in the city had changed.

Continuing the old system of the Song Dynasty, the north gate of Suiyang is called Tongmen. The terrain here is flat, but slightly tilted from northwest to southeast along the direction of the clear water. Tung trees are planted along the river. It is autumn at this time and the flowers fall early.

The surrounding acres should have been full of golden grains. There is little wheat here, and the main crops are millet, beans, and broomcorn millet, with occasional rice. However, a lot of land was abandoned due to wars, and many small battles broke out between Qin and Chu. , the war destroyed large tracts of fields.

Entering Tongmen, it is the village where Guan Ying's family used to sell silk. His relatives had long heard of Guan Ying's return and were elected by everyone in the city. They gathered in the street to welcome him.

History has made a big joke. As descendants of the Zhou people who focused on agriculture, the people of Zhou Dynasty could only engage in industry and commerce due to the small area and large population. As the descendants of merchants, the Suiyang people had a more conservative attitude towards life, and their customs still had the legacy of the previous kings. There are many gentlemen who are rich and good at farming. Although they don't have mountains and rivers, they can hate food and clothing, which leads to their hoarding.

Therefore, although there are industrial and commercial establishments here, the status of merchants is not high.

In the past, Guan Ying worked as a silk hawker, selling the shoes, clothes and other items knitted by his mother on the street. Because he had no money to rent a stall, he could only push a small cart and shoot to change places. He was often let go by the city officials. catch up.

Now that he is back again, Guan Ying is a county captain. The urban management officer who once chased him away is now kneeling on the side of the street, saying "Guan Jun" one by one. It doesn't feel too good. The pride of returning home in fine clothes wells up in his heart. Be more grateful to Heifu.

But what surprised Guan Ying was that the neighbors in the same village back then were actually different. When I asked the township party, I learned that most of them died in the war between Qin and Chu.

In fact, an old friend who used to carry a sword on his waist and work as a knight on the street is now full of beard and said to Guan Ying with tired eyes: "The corvee tax is unpredictable and soldiers and horses come and go frequently. I only hope that Suiyang can be here soon." install……"

"The one who brought chaos to the world was Xiang Ji, and the one who abused the Liang and Song Dynasties was the Chu State! They are the Yinghuo Star!"

"Therefore, if Liang and Song Dynasties want to be at peace, they must first destroy Chu!"

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The world is at this late stage. Everything is Xiang Ji's fault. If this person is eliminated, the war will stop!

This is a story that Heifu needs officials from all over the country to tell to the local people in Han and Wei. Heifu needs them to serve as the civilian husbands of the army, and even the surrendered army can be put into the battlefield again.

Therefore, he appointed a large number of local officials in the newly captured eastern counties. For example, Gongsun Xin was appointed as the captain of Yingchuan; Chen Ying from Dongyang County was appointed as the defender of the East China Sea, although others were still in the Central Plains. Zhou Yan was appointed as the captain of Sishui.

Only by strengthening your feet can you continue to move forward!

But now, there is also a problem facing Heifu.

"Wu Guang has captured Huaiyang City and killed the Chu general Xiao Gongjiao. The Chu army did not make any more resistance and continued to evacuate eastward."

Not long ago, Xiang Ji made a choice between the front lines in Pengcheng. The result was a large-scale eastward advance of the Qin army, but Xiang Ji had no time to move his troops back.

But for Heifu, Huaiyang, also known as Chen Ying, is a great joy, but it is also a hot potato.

It is true that Chen is indeed the northwest gate of the Chu State. Controlling the suburbs of Cai and Ying and the road of Wanliang and Song are the most convenient ways to enter the hinterland of the Chu State.

This is where Wang Jian destroyed Chu.

But Li Xin's defeat also started from this.

"Chen Di is simply the base camp of the anti-Qin forces..."

Hei Fu has never forgotten the consequences of Changping Jun's rebellion against the Qin Dynasty. You must know that at that time, Changping Jun didn't have a single soldier in his hand. He just drove into Chen City and thousands of people responded.

There was also the hostility and threats he encountered when he was stationed in Huaiyang as a military officer.

Can those Chen children who took out the candy but still looked at him hatefully have grown up to be the backbone of the Chu army? How many such people are hiding in the city?

After the fall of the Chu State, Zhang Er and Chen Yu hid here for a long time. Chen Di was also the third place to raise troops to resist Hu Hai after Nanjun and Huainan.

Although Heifu immediately appointed Wu Guang, a native of Yangxia County, Chen County, as Chen County Lieutenant, the general appeasement policy was useless for such a stronghold.

Some people suggested that they simply massacre the whole thing in one fell swoop to avenge the innocent dead in Xihe, but "Huang Shi", the strategist of the Wing Camp, thought it was inappropriate and wrote to Heifu:

"I have been in Chen for many years and know the likes and dislikes of the local people. I have a strategy to make the Chen people join me!"

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ps: It’s the afternoon before dark, and Chapter 3 is in the evening.

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