Chu Tian took control of Xiapi City, collected all Tao Qian's accumulation, and won the East China Sea Kingdom. Xiapi Kingdom surrendered 50,000 soldiers, thousands of war horses, hundreds of thousands of gold and silver, and countless grain and grass.

Chen Gui and Chen Deng presented the city and made the most meritorious service. Chutian appointed Chen Gui as the Prime Minister of the East China Sea, and Chen Deng as the Dian Nong Xiaowei, who was responsible for agriculture at the same time as Li Kui.

After Chen Gui and his son pledged their allegiance, Chutian could already see their faces. The two members of the Chen family were among the few talents in Xiapi Kingdom, and they were both political talents.

【Name】: Chen Gui (also known as Hanyu)

[Talent]: Diamond level civil servant

[Commander]:15 [Force]:5 [Intelligence]:83 [Politics]:78 [Charm]:74

【Character】: Calm

Compared with the already old Chen Gui, his son Chen Deng has better attributes. In history, Chen Deng offered Cao Cao the strategy to destroy Lu Bu and served as the governor of Guangling, general Fubo, and governor of Dongcheng.

Chen Deng was still a commander-in-chief. When he was the governor of Guangling, Sun Ce sent ten times the force to attack Guangling, but Chen Deng defeated the army sent by Sun Ce to attack. After that, Sun Quan attacked Guangling and was also defeated by Chen Deng. If it weren't for Chen Deng,

Maybe Guangling County was owned by Soochow.

【Name】: Chen Deng (character Yuanlong)

[Talent]: Diamond level civil servant

[Commander]:85 [Force]:64 [Intelligence]:81 [Politics]:87 [Charm]:74

【Character】: Calm

[Characteristic 1]: Governing a party (a-level trait, when serving as a prefect, the overall territory development speed will increase slightly, and when serving as a governor, the effect will decrease)

[Characteristic 2]: Diannong (a-level trait, farmers’ satisfaction in the county to which they belong increases, grain output +10%)

[Characteristic 3]: Defend and counterattack (a-level characteristic, when serving as the main general of the city defender, the defense power of the troops in the city +10%; when the enemy comes to the city, when the enemy comes out of the city to attack the enemy, the defense effect disappears, the morale of the troops +15, and the attack power for a certain period of time)

+10%)

When Chu Tian saw Chen Deng's attributes, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. It was Chen Yuanlong who had repeatedly defeated the Sun family of Dong Wu. He had three A-level attributes and was still a guard general!

If Chen Deng is allowed to defend the border counties, the enemy will probably be in trouble.

Fortunately, Chen Deng and his son welcomed him into Xiapi City, otherwise it would have taken some time for Chen Deng to defend Xiapi City and capture Xiapi City.

Seeing Chen Deng's attributes, Chu Tian couldn't help but want to appoint Chen Deng as the governor of one side.

But he had already appointed Chen Gui as the Prime Minister of the East China Sea, and then appointed Chen Deng as the prefect, so the Chen family in Xiapi would have two prefects.

Meritocracy is a good idea, but as a lord, how to decentralize power and check and balance is very important.

In the five counties of Xuzhou, it is impossible for one family to occupy the position of two prefects, otherwise the tail will not be lost. Therefore, Chen Gui, Chen Deng and his son can only have one person as the prime minister or prefect. Chutian temporarily ordered Chen Deng to serve as the captain of Diannong.

, after Chen Gui took the initiative to retire, Chu Tianfang appointed Chen Deng as the prefect.

Chen Gui is a smart man and should know what Chu Tian means.

Chu Tian gathered everyone in Xiapi City to decide on the candidates for Xuzhou's pastoral officials.

"Li Kui will be appointed as Langya Prime Minister, and Chen Gui will be appointed as East China Sea Prime Minister..."

Chutian announced the most important candidate for the governor (prime minister).

Chen Gui took the initiative to stand up and said: "Master Zhoumu values ​​​​his ministers, and he should do his best, but I am old and may not be qualified for the post of Donghai Prime Minister. I also ask Master Zhoumu to choose another talented person."

Is Chen Gui going to give up his position as Prime Minister of the East China Sea so soon?

Chu Tian realized that Chen Gui took the initiative to abdicate in order to promote his son. What they valued was the interests of the family. As long as the position of prefect belonged to the Chen family, there would be no big difference whether Chen Gui or Chen Deng took over.

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"Forget it. Yuan Long will be appointed as the Prime Minister of the East China Sea, and Li Kui will serve as the captain of Diannong. Han Yu will stay with me so that I can listen to the opinions of the Xuzhou family."

Chu Tian acquiesced to Chen Gui's idea of ​​letting his son Chen Yuanlong serve as the Prime Minister of the East China Sea.

Chen Gui also had ulterior motives. He was already old, and the most official position he held in his life was that of Prime Minister of the East China Sea, but his son Chen Yuanlong was less than thirty.

If Chen Yuanlong serves as the governor at this time and accumulates meritorious service, he may become the governor in the future and bring glory to his family.

The family's priority is the family's interests, so Chen Gui's choice is the best solution for him.

Chu Tian had already understood Chen Gui's inner thoughts, but Chen Deng was indeed a good candidate for the prefect, so he deliberately turned a blind eye.

He would be furious if the Chen family fought for the position of two governors.

At the same time, Chu Tian also kept an eye on him and took Chen Gui with him. If Chen Deng rebelled, don't blame Chu Tian for being rude to his father. At present, the aristocratic families in Xuzhou are not that trustworthy.

Chen Gui understood Chutian's intention. For the sake of his son's future, there was nothing wrong with being a hostage here. Chutian would definitely give him a sinecure, and maybe it could help his son's future.

"As for the candidate for Prime Minister Xia Pi..."

Chu Tian glanced among his subordinates.

Mi Zhu contributed so much that he thought he would be named Xia Pi Prime Minister.

He is from Donghai, and Chen Deng is from Xiapi. It is very likely that Chutian will exchange the positions of the two people, with Chen Deng as the Prime Minister of Donghai and Mi Zhu as the Prime Minister of Xiapi.

However, to Mi Zhu's surprise, Chu Tian's eyes fell on Xia Liang: "Miss Xia will be the Prime Minister of Xia Pi."

Everyone present was in an uproar privately. No one thought that Chu Tian would appoint a female prime minister. It was simply unbelievable.

Even Xia Liang was a little surprised. She thought she could only be a county magistrate, but she didn't expect that the position of Xiang Pi Xiang, who needed to deal with complex situations, would fall into her hands.

"Miss Xia defended Xia City twice and defeated more than 10,000 Taishan bandits and more than 100,000 Xuzhou troops, and conquered three counties in the East China Sea. Once she led troops to support and defeated 200,000 Xuzhou troops. Is there anyone who refuses to accept it?"

In troubled times, fists are spoken, and whoever has made the most contributions can be in a high position. After Chu Tian counted her contributions, the officials in Xuzhou were greatly frightened.

The only thing that can suppress aristocratic families is their illustrious military exploits!

Unlike the Xuzhou family, the generals of Langya Kingdom had no objections to this appointment.

As the lord, Chu Tian needs to appease his subordinates who have made great contributions.

"In addition, Miss Xia moved to supervise the military school to supervise the transportation of grain and defense to each county."

Chutian's decision caused quite a stir. The military governor, under the leadership of Prime Minister Pi, was already one of the unshakable top officials in Xuzhou!

"Chen Gui is appointed as the chief secretary."

"Zhou Yafu stuck to his own formation and made great achievements, so he moved to the side of the general."

"Hua Mulan attacks the enemy formation, accumulates previous achievements, and becomes a captain."

"Xue Rengui conquered several counties in the East China Sea and moved to Fenfen as a military commander."

"Zhao Yunqian Li Feng Colonel."

"Li Guangqian Xiaoqi Xiaowei."

"Li Xiuning moved to Zhaowu as captain."

"Mi Fang has meritorious service, and I would like to express my gratitude to Chong Xiaowei."

"Zang Ba was seriously injured in the battle, and he was appointed as the Cavalry Commander."

"Sun Guan sacrificed his life and fought hard to worship the captain of the enemy."

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Chutian only gave General Zhou Yafu, and the rest were basically promoted to captains, captains, and county magistrates. Some of the captains were still miscellaneous captains established by himself.

After Chu Tian calmed down, he suppressed the idea of ​​conferring generals on a large scale. There will be many opportunities to fight in the future. If a group of generals are conferred now, how will they be rewarded if they make military exploits again?

If you do not suppress the official positions of your subordinates, I am afraid that in the future, they will conquer various civilizations. Only by making them kings can these generals be satisfied.

In fact, in the Han Dynasty, the rank of lieutenant was already a very high official position. It was precisely because at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, various princes continued to promote their subordinates who had made military exploits, that there were many generals everywhere.

Chu Tian must control the promotion progress of his subordinates, neither too fast nor too slow. If it is too fast, there will be no other options in the future besides the title of king, and even the title of king will not be enough. If it is too slow, his subordinates will be dissatisfied.

"Mi Zhu is in charge of driving, and Fang Qiao is in charge of governing."

Chu Tian ordered Mi Zhu and Fang Xuanling to assist him, one providing economic advice and the other providing administrative advice.

Mi Zhu can replace the importance of Xia Liang to a certain extent. Chutian cannot always rely on one person to manage finances.

"Xia Pixiang, the military governor..."

Although Xia Liang got two important official positions, he was a little disappointed. The two official positions not only had real power, but also had high status, but they had to be independent.

The scholars around Chu Tian became Fang Xuanling and Mi Zhu.

Mi Zhu's own ability was not bad, and he had made contributions to the army. Chu Tian appointed him as a separate commander, and he also wanted to continue to gain Mi Zhu's support.

Chu Tian appointed officials to all meritorious officials, while taking into account the interests of the old generals of Langya Kingdom and the Xuzhou family.

Mi Zhu was already a different person when Tao Qian was the shepherd of Xuzhou, and could not be promoted except as the prefect. In order to repay the Mi family, Chu Tian named Mi Fang the school captain, the same status as Hua Mulan, Xue Rengui, Zhao Yun and others.

Who asked Mi Zhu to give too much money...

Mi Zhu's gold and silver helped Chu Tian quickly cheer up, sweep across Xuzhou, win over the Chen family, take Xiapi, and make Mi Fang the captain.

In the future, the opportunity for Mi Fang to lead troops alone will be reduced.

"Do you think we should take Pengcheng State first or Guangling County first?"

Chu Tian took this opportunity to ask Xuzhou officials for their opinions.

Donghai Kingdom and Xiapi Kingdom were basically controlled by Chutian, leaving only two counties, Pengcheng Kingdom and Guangling County.
To be continued...