Chapter 362: Soldiers from all directions

In order to strengthen the power of the Shangshutai, he thought he was under his control, Cao Cao sent Zhong Yao to serve as Shangshu Pushe to assist Xun Yu in his work. Within a few months, Guanzhong was in a tight spot, so Cao Cao sent Zhong Yao to be in charge of Guanzhong affairs. In addition, Cao Cao also appointed Cheng Yu as Shangshu, but Yanzhou could not live without Cheng Yu, so Cao Cao asked Cheng Yu to be the General of the East Central Army and the Prefect of Jiyin County to preside over all affairs in Yanzhou.

The mastery of the army is naturally the top priority. Cao Cao still appointed his relatives to be responsible for the control of the army. Cao Hong, Cao Ren, Xiahou Dun, and Xiahou Yuan were powerful weapons in Cao Cao's hands, and they could draw their swords at any time. At the same time, Cao Cao also asked them to hold some administrative positions to increase their treatment, and they actually would not manage the local area at all.

Cao Ren also served as the prefect of Guangyang County, Cao Hong also served as the counselor, Xiahou Yuan also served as the prefect of Yingchuan County, and Xiahou Dun also served as the prefect of Chenliu County. Yu Jin, Li Dian, and Le Jin,

After the imperial court moved the capital to Xudu, Xudu was equivalent to Luoyang in the past. The position of Xuduling became very important. Facing various offices of the court, as well as personnel from all over the country, there were even foreigners, and they needed a capable and powerful role. Cao Cao chose Man Chong as Xuduling.

Man Chong, whose courtesy name was Boning, was from Shanyang, Yanzhou. When Man Chong was eighteen years old, he served as the supervisor of the county and later as the magistrate of Gaoping County. He was determined to be resolute, brave and scheming, strictly enforced the law, and did not avoid the powerful and became an important assistant to Cao Cao.

As the former capital, Luoyang still had a certain influence and naturally could not relax its management. Cao Cao was still the lieutenant of the Sili School at this time, so he allowed Dong Zhao, whom he admired, to stay in the old capital as the Luoyang Order.

As the various departments of the Xudu court began to operate normally and the territory controlled by them became larger and larger, Cao Cao deeply felt that the biggest problem he faced at this time was not the army, not the food, but the lack of talents. Because the lack of talents often made some things unable to continue to advance, Cao Cao now hopes that all kinds of professional talents with expertise such as administrative talents, economic talents, military talents, etc. will come to Xudu soon and join his account.

Cao Cao wrote a memorial called "Chen's Profit and Loss Statement", which put forward fourteen reform proposals, mainly measures to enrich the country and strengthen the army, and select talents and appoint talents. These measures were first implemented in Yanzhou, Sili School Office, and most areas of Yuzhou under Cao Cao's actual control.

Especially in selecting talents and appointing talents, Cao Cao spared no effort. After Xun Yu was transferred to Shangshu Ling, Cao Cao felt deeply that he lacked the steady and thoughtful talents of Xun Yu. Once he asked Xun Yu, "Wenruo, who can give me advice in addition to Guo Fengxiao?"

Xun Yu then recommended two people, one was Zhong Yao and the other was Xun You.

Zhong Yao, whose courtesy name is Yuanchang, was from the Changshe River in Yingchuan County. According to legend, when he was a child, he met a fortune teller with his relatives. The prime minister said, "This child has a noble prime minister, but he will suffer from water disasters. Be careful." As a result, he had not walked a few miles. When he crossed the bridge, the horse was shocked. Yao fell into the water and died almost. So his relatives thought that the prime minister's words were correct, so he valued him very much and paid him a fee to concentrate on studying. He was promoted to the filial and honest official and was promoted to the Tingwei Zheng and the Huangmen Assistant Minister.

Zhong Yao was good at calligraphy, and was good at calligraphy, Cao Xi, Cai Yong, and Liu Desheng. He learned from others' strengths and established his own family. He was particularly skilled in official script and regular script. He was like flying geese playing in the sea and dancing cranes traveling around the sky.

At this time, Cao Cao had appointed Zhong Yao as the Minister of Shangshu Pushe to assist Xun Yu in his work. Later, he saw that Zhong Yao was indeed excellent in his ability and had the talent to govern the country. Cao Cao asked Zhong Yao to manage the Guanzhong area. After several years of hard work, Zhong Yao made the desolate area rich and wealthy, laying a material foundation for Cao Cao's subsequent conquest of various parts of Guanzhong.

As for Xun You, he was the nephew of Xun Yu, whose courtesy name was Gongda. He was an important member of the Xun family in Yingchuan. Later, he became one of Cao Cao's five subordinate counselors and was called "the master of the plot". He was good at flexible and changeable tactics and military strategies for defeating the enemy. Xun You served as the Minister of the Huangmen during He Jin's time. When Dong Zhuo entered the capital, he was imprisoned for plotting to assassinate Dong Zhuo, and later resigned from office and returned home. After Cao Cao welcomed the emperor into Xudu, Xun You became the prefect of Jinan and later served as the Minister of Shangshu.

After a long talk with Xun You, Cao Cao felt that he was not an ordinary talent and couldn't help but be very happy. He said to Xun Yu and Zhong Yao, "You are a very powerful person. If I have a plan with him, why should the world worry?" Since then, Xun You became Cao Cao's military advisor.

In addition, Cao Cao also recruited talents from many places in the name of the court. During this period, talents came to Xudu from all over the country to seek official positions. Among them, the famous ones were Liu Fu, Du Xi, Zhao Yan, Kong Rong and others.

Fanqin, Pei Qian and others had a very good relationship with Du Xi, and later joined Cao Cao's camp and became important economic and administrative talents.

Cao Cao held up the golden signboard of the imperial court, and later recruited more famous scholars to serve, such as Jia Kui, Xi Lu, Liu Ye, Sima Lang, Xun Yue, Jiang Ji, Liang Xi, Zhang Ji, Xu Yi, etc., all of them came from Cao Cao during the Xudu period. Although many of them were loyal to the Han Dynasty and came with the idea of ​​serving the imperial court, they actually gradually became chess pieces in Cao Cao's hands and served Cao Cao.

Under this sign, scholars came to join in, and some generals came to join, and the important ones were Xu Chu and Li Tong.

Xu Chu, whose courtesy name was Zhongkang, was from Qiao County, Pei State. He was a fellow villager with Cao Cao. He was eight feet tall, with a big waist and ten circumference. He was a famous hero. At that time, the world was in chaos, and powerful people from all over the country organized armed forces to protect themselves. Xu Chu gathered thousands of local men and tribes to build a fort to resist the invasion of foreign enemies. Once the Yellow Turban Army in Gebi, Runan County came to attack them, and more than 10,000 people. Xu Chu led the people to fight to the death. After the arrows were shot, Xu Chu asked someone to pick up many big stones. When the enemy approached, Xu Chu tried his best to fight with flying stones. Many enemy soldiers were smashed to pieces and dared not get close to him again.

Until the food was about to end, Xu Chu pretended to ask for peace with the Yellow Turban Army and discussed using the cattle to exchange for food. After the Yellow Turban Army soldiers moved the cattle away, the cattle ran back by himself. Xu Chu went to the front of the formation and walked more than a hundred steps with the cattle's tail. The enemy soldiers were shocked, and some people were stunned and dared not come to take the cattle again. From then on, they were afraid of hearing the name of Xu Chu in Huai, Ru, Chen, and Liang.

Xu Chu was cautious in nature and obeyed the law, and had little qualities. He felt that this kind of life of occupying mountains and becoming kings could not last long. He heard that Cao Cao, the governor of Yanzhou, welcomed the emperor to Xu County, so he led his troops to Cao Cao. Cao Cao was very happy to see his fellow villagers, so he formed a guard force called the "Wuwei" and appointed Xu Chu as the commander. He and the "Tiger Guard" led by Dian Wei were responsible for protecting Cao Cao's safety.

Later, when Cao Cao went to war, he had two powerful generals, Xu Chu and Dian Wei, guarding him, which was foolproof.

I know what happens next, and listen to the next chapter to explain it.
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