Jia Xu stared at Hengling on the map and sighed: "In the first year of the Yuanfeng period, Emperor Wu returned to the east from Mount Tai to the sea, to Jieshi, from the northern part of Liaoxi, and returned to Ganquan. He walked the straight road. Sima Qian once followed this tour, so he was able to clearly record the starting and ending locations of the straight road. He also said that when Meng Tian built the Great Wall pavilions, the barriers, the valleys, and the straight roads were built, which was very weak to the people, and summarized the pros and cons of the Qin people's opening straight roads.

The former Han Dynasty not only actively used the straight roads built during the Qin Dynasty to defend against the southern invasion of the Huns, but also focused on the maintenance of straight roads. It added new straight road counties and short road counties in Beidi County. These two counties were respectively located at the north and south ends of the straight roads of Ziwuling section, strengthening control of straight roads.

On the other hand, today, passive defense, inaction, and great straightforwardness have fallen to this point, which makes people sigh.

Looking back at that time, General Dou Xian, who took Jinwu Geng Bing as his deputy, sent more than 10,000 cavalry to defeat the Northern Xiongnu at Jiluo Mountain. The Northern Shanyu fled. General Dou Xian pursued the Northern Xiongnu, went out for three thousand miles, climbed Yanran Mountain, carved stones to record the merits, and ordered the guard Ban Gu to make an inscription. Then General Dou Xian sent the left school commander Geng Kui and others to go out to Yansai, defeating the Northern Xiongnu at Jinwei Mountain. The Northern Shanyu fled, and his whereabouts were unknown. The Northern Xiongnu were then disbanded. How might the Han Dynasty at that time!

Why did the decline come to this point later was because Yuan An and other ministers of aristocratic families controlled the government and provoked the struggle between the foreign relatives and the inner court. Later, Liang Ji, He Jin and the eunuchs of the inner court were originally the right-hand men of the emperor to fight against foreign officials, but the ministers of aristocratic families used tricks to provoke them to kill each other. The aristocratic families took the opportunity to become bigger and bigger, but they could not get rid of them. Later, although Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling realized that the aristocratic families were threatening the imperial power, they were unable to eradicate them.

Because the Yuan family in Runan, Yang family in Hongnong and other aristocratic families controlled the government and spread the trouble, provoked foreign relatives and internal supervisors to fight, the Han Dynasty was busy with internal struggles and was unable to do anything outside. The active defense during the reign of General Dou Xian was gone forever, and gradually became the later passive defense. The Southern Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Qiang and Hu, who originally joined the Senei, did not dare to act rashly, turned to rely on the Xianbei border to cause trouble, and even invaded Sili Guanzhong. The Han Dynasty fell to this point. If it weren't for your lord, you would have turned the tide, the fate of the Han Dynasty would be worrying!"

Lu Bu smiled faintly and said, "You and I are both passionate men of the frontier, and those ministers of aristocratic families are full of food and never walk on the frontier all day. Naturally, they don't know the sufferings of our frontier people."

When Jia Xu heard what his lord said, he felt warm and glad that he had chosen. He was born in Wuwei and lived in Beidi County all year round. Under the rebellion and plunder of the Qiang and Hu people every year, although he had a way to protect himself. However, many of his relatives and friends were killed by the Qiang and Hu people, and he hated the Hu people to the core. But if he found a figure in aristocratic family as his lord, he would probably never avenge those relatives and friends who died at the hands of the Hu people in this life. Fortunately, he followed General Lu Bu as his lord, and the lord was like himself. They were all frontiers and had suffered poison from the Hu people. His relatives and friends died at the hands of the Qiang and Hu people, and his parents died at the hands of the Xianbei people. The lord's strong attitude towards the Hu people and completely sinicized him. He could follow a lord who was like-minded with him in this life and run for him, and this life would be worthwhile!

After Lu Bu said what he said just now, he suddenly thought that there was an unwritten rule in the training of leaders in later generations, and that all of them had experience in working hard in hard places, preferably in working in the border areas of Hu people. Why did the Han Han lack the understanding of the harm of Hu people in recent decades? It was because almost all the ministers in the ruling family had worked in Youzhou, Bingzhou, Liangzhou and other frontier areas. For example, the three ministers of the Yuan family in Runan all went around in the Central Plains such as Sili, Yuzhou, Jizhou, and Yanzhou.

Lu Bu rode on his horse and turned around to his secretary Ling Lucui, saying: "I wrote a letter to the court and ordered the Ministry of Personnel to set up a system. Children of common people must first release the border for more than five years, and evaluate the level of Chineseization under his rule every year. The better they complete, the earlier they can enter the court to become an official."

As for those children of aristocratic families, it doesn't matter if they are placed in high positions and low powers to raise pigs. However, the children of ordinary families must have grassroots work experience and experience in dealing with the Hu people, and they must also be contaminated with some blood. The best way is to send them to the frontier to do practical work. Within five years, the children of these common people who have experienced the hardships and murderous auras on the frontier will enter the court and will definitely fight most of the children of aristocratic families who have no actual political experience and only know how to sit and discuss. Lu Bu is looking forward to that day.

After Lu Bu returned to Yecheng, he waited for the repair of the Hetao cities to be completed, so he proposed to make Hetao a Shuozhou.

The premise of Lu Bu's motion was that he took back Hetao. In the second year of Yuanshuo (127 BC), Emperor Wu of Han established the "Shuofang Governor's Department" and the prefecture was in Shuofang County. In the 11th year of Jianwu in the Eastern Han Dynasty (45th year), because he abandoned the Hetao area, the Shuofang Governor's Department was in name only, so he took over the Shuofang Governor's Department into Bingzhou. After Lu Bu took back Hetao territory, he had the foundation for establishing Shuozhou.

The reason why Lu Bu named the prefecture established by Hetao was Shuozhou because it was not only the Shuo word of Shuofang, but also because in history this place was set up as Shuozhou. Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty established Shuozhou and governed Shenglecheng. The territory was about the current Hohhot City in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Dongsheng District of Ordos City, and Helinger, Qingshuihe, Tokto and other counties, Junggar, Dalat, Hangjin and other banners. In the fifth year of Zhengguang, the Northern Wei Dynasty established Huaishuo Town.

At that time, the rebel army in Liuzhen had occupied Huaishuo Town, and in Xiaochang, he ruled the Bingzhou border. The Eastern Wei Dynasty was also placed at the boundary of Jiexiu County, also known as Nanshuozhou, and was abolished in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. It was established in the sixth year of Tianbao in the Northern Qi Dynasty and governed Xincheng County, also known as Beishuozhou. In the eighth year of Tianbao, it was moved to Mayi City and Zhaoyuan County, and its jurisdiction was approximately the area of ​​Shuozhou City in Shanxi. At the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, Daye was changed to Dai County, later changed to Mayi County, and in the fourth year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty, it was restored to Shuozhou, and in the first year of Tianbao, it was changed to Mayi County, and at the beginning of Qianyuan, it was still changed to Shuozhou.

The newly established Shuozhou has jurisdiction over Shuofang County, Jiuyuan County, Shang County, Beidi County, and Wuwei County to the east of the Yellow River. Xihe County is in the west of the Yellow River. The new governor of Shuozhou was Guo Xiang, the prefect of Yanmen County. Although Guo Xiang was both talented and civil and military, he was not famous in the Romance, he had a famous son Guo Huai.

Guo Huai is only six years old and looks stupid. Except for Lu Bu, who would have expected that Guo Huai in history could become a general of Cao Wei. Guo Huai was known for his good plan and precise behavior in history. In his early years, he served as Sima of Xiahou Yuan's army. When Xiahou Yuan died in battle, Guo Huai collected remaining troops and promoted Zhang He as the main general to stabilize the situation. Later, he remained in the west of Wei and was responsible for defending the western border and quelling the rebellion of Qiang and Hu many times. In the early days of Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition and Jiang Wei's Northern Expedition, Guo Huai participated in almost all the wars against Shu. When Zhuge Liang attacked Wei, Guo Huai predicted that the enemy was accurate and made military achievements. Later, Guo Huai repelled Jiang Wei and was promoted to the left general and former general. Finally, he was appointed as the military commander of Yong and Liang states. His official position was promoted to General Cheqi and Cavalry. After his death, he was posthumously named General.

Although Guo Xiang was the son of Guo Quan, a senior citizen, and was considered a child of a noble family, he lived in the frontier for a long time and was not close to the aristocratic family figures who had been hiding in Sili Luoyang for many years. Instead, he was extremely impressed by Lu Bu, the Dahu people. When Guo Xiang came to Yecheng to pay homage to the emperor, he learned that Lu Bu was preparing to recommend him as the newly established governor of Shuozhou. He was happy to accept the order and voluntarily proposed to send his son to the General's Mansion to accompany the General's daughter. This was naturally a disguised proton in order to gain Lu Bu's trust in him.

Lu Bu smiled and refused. Guo Feng insisted repeatedly and said sincerely: "I heard for a long time that there were Zhuge Liang, Lu Xun, Lu Meng, and Wu Ban in the mansion of the General. They were all extremely intelligent young men. They all followed Mr. Shui Jing and Mr. Kong Ming learned his civil and military strategies. It is said that those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to Mo are black. If Huai'er can live with those four young men and be influenced by them, Huai'er will definitely become a useful pillar of the Han Dynasty in the future."

Since Guo Xiang had already said this, Lu Bu was inconvenient to refuse, so he had to keep Guo Huai in his mansion.

Zhuge Liang led Guo Huai straight to the base of their Boy Scouts.

Lu Bu looked at Zhuge Liang and pulled Guo Huai, and couldn't help but laugh. Who would have thought that in history they were the mortal enemies of the two armies.

Guo Hu took the initiative to send his son to the General's Mansion, which was trusted by the General. This news spread wildly. The generals of Lu Bu also considered further closer to their lords. At the same time, they also took their children over five years old to the Boy Scouts behind the General's Mansion, and were with the young masters Lu Lingqi, Zhuge Liang, Lu Xun, Lu Meng, and Wu Ban. Like Ju Su, he sent his eleven-year-old son Ju Hu to the General's Mansion, Jia Xu sent his twelve-year-old son Jia Mu to the General's Mansion, Lu Dai sent his seven-year-old son Lu Kai to the General's Mansion, and Dian Wei sent his six-year-old son Dianman to the General's Mansion. With these people as examples, other direct generals with children also sent their children over five years old to the General's Mansion. Some direct generals now have no children. After they get married and have children, their children will be sent to the General's Mansion after they reach the age of five.

Those generals who were not direct-minded, such as Zhang Yan, Guan Hai, etc., such as those who were born in Han and did not want to defect to Lu Bu as their lords for the time being, saw that Lu Bu had decided, and considering the future of their own and their children, they sent their children to the General's Mansion to study and train at the Boy Scouts' garrison.

The Boy Scouts recruit children aged five to fifteen, and the Boy Scouts’ headquarters behind the General’s Mansion are all children of fifth-rank officials. Many children’s fathers or grandfathers are even first-rank officials and second-rank officials. In this way, the Boy Scouts here are actually all--children.

If these children do not teach well, they may become children of aristocratic families in the Wei and Jin Dynasties or playboys like children of the Eight Banners in the Qing Dynasty. If they teach well, because they are beyond ordinary people’s genetic talents and good tutors, plus famous teachers like Sima Hui and Hu Zhao, as well as Central Army generals with practical military and political experience, taking turns teaching on time, these children will definitely become pillars of tomorrow.

In addition, the older Zhuge Jin and Fa Zheng also followed Mr. Shui Jing Sima Hui and Mr. Kong Ming and Hu Zhao to study. The general's mansion was full of young talents. It can be imagined that the Central Army will not have a talent gap in a 10 or 20 years later.
Chapter completed!