The first step Zheng Xiaoming took was to return Hedong and other salt ponds to the imperial court. This step was already the simplest.

Because iron smelting is distributed all over the country, and the salt pond is in the east of Hedong, the hometown of Guan Yu and Guan Yunchang!

This is the easiest to do!

However, despite this, when Zheng Xiaoming took this step, he immediately sparked a rebellion in Hedong and other places.

A rebellion led by the Hedong Wei family quickly spread to Hedong County, and even to neighboring Hanoi and Shangdang, and spread to Runan, Chen County, Jiyin, Dongping, Changshan, Zhao County and other places in Yuzhou and Jizhou.

.

Because these are the main producing areas of Hedong salt, these places have a large number of stakeholders involved in salt trading.

And in these places, there are still many remnant forces of the Yuan clan in Runan.

In particular, the Wei family in Hedong is a famous family in the world and the leader of the salt industry. Its wealth has been accumulated beyond measure. Its power is also quite huge.

However, Zheng Xiaoming had already made preparations before launching the attack and sent Guan Yu over to suppress it.

Guan Yu and Guan Yunchang had already made meritorious service in the war, and were now promoted to captains, with the qualifications to lead an army on their own.

Moreover, he had a blood feud with the Hedong Wei family. It was because he offended the Hedong Wei family that he killed members of the Wei family, and finally had no choice but to flee to a border place like Youzhou!

This time, it was considered a chance for him to take revenge.

As for the unrest in Jizhou, Zheng Xiaoming has not yet made arrangements. Originally, Zang Ba, Tai Shici and others who were left behind in Xuzhou were planning to send troops to suppress it.

But he didn't expect that Gongsun Zan had already taken action in advance, leading his white horse followers to wipe out the rebellion in Jizhou and other places.

Zheng Xiaoming was very happy and worshiped Gongsun Zan as the Zhenxi General among the important generals. He was in charge of Bingzhou and was responsible for suppressing the Qiang Hu and Southern Xiongnu in Bingzhou.

Gongsun Zan and Liu Yan, the shepherd of Youzhou, had always been at odds with each other, and their attitudes towards the nomads outside the Great Wall were completely different.

Gongsun Zan had always advocated suppression, while Liu Yan, the shepherd of Youzhou, advocated pacification. The conflict between the two became increasingly fierce, and at this time they also took the opportunity to divert Gongsun Zan away.

After the reform of the military system, Zheng Xiaoming set all generals with heavy titles as permanent generals. In particular, the generals of the four towns had the power to open the government and were responsible for the military in the four directions of the Han Dynasty.

The general garrison is divided into four towns, and the active large-scale attack is called four expeditions.

Therefore, the current four general towns are equivalent to the four major war zones of the Han Dynasty.

This makes rights and responsibilities more clear!

I have to say that the official system of the Eastern Han Dynasty was a bit too chaotic and had too few levels. It was the same whether it was the army or the government.

For example, after a thousand stones, there are two thousand stones. After the army commander, there is a school captain...

A military commander commanded a thousand men, but he was only at the level of a county magistrate. However, a school captain only had two thousand dan, and he was at the level of a county guard or nine ministers.

You must know that according to the system of the Han Dynasty, the three public officials and nine ministers were already the core officials of the central government.

The captain who commands thousands of troops is almost comparable to Jiu Qing in terms of hierarchy.

And a local prefect, in terms of hierarchy, can also be compared with the central minister Jiu Qing, which is unreasonable.

Although there is a level of Bi Qian Shi among a thousand stones, and there is a level of Bi Qian Shi among two thousand stones, but it is still not clear enough.

Therefore, Zheng Xiaoming began to introduce the nine-grade system in his reforms.

The general is the first rank, the three ministers are the second rank, the nine ministers are the third rank, the governor is the fourth rank, the county governor is the fifth rank, and the county magistrate is the sixth rank.

The deputy county magistrate under the county magistrate is the seventh rank, up to the eighth or ninth rank Baishi Li, Dou Shi Li.

Each level is divided into upper, middle and lower levels, which is equivalent to nine levels and twenty-seven levels.

Generals like Gongsun Zan who suppressed the west belonged to the third rank, in the same category as Jiuqing.

However, Jiuqing is in the third rank, while General Zhenxi is equivalent to the middle rank in the third rank.

As for the generals with heavy titles, the front, rear, left, and right generals are of the third rank.

The general of the Four Expeditions is the third grade.

The General of Guards is the lower rank of the second rank, the General of the Chariot and Cavalry is of the second rank and the General of the Hussars is of the upper rank of the second rank.

So everything is clear.

In the next step, Zheng Xiaoming will also give real power to San Gong so that San Gong can recover from the state of decoration.

However, they dispersed their power, for example, abolishing the Grand Sima who was created by Emperor Ling.

The authority of the Taiwei was combined with that of the Central Secretary, and one person was responsible for it, instead of being responsible for many Central Secretaries.

The Prime Minister is responsible for leading the Shangshu Desk, which is also divided into many Shangshu.

The final Yushitai is also average.

Drawing on the rich experience of later generations, the name and reality were unified, eliminating so many cumbersome official positions. At the same time, the power that was originally easily controlled by one person was distributed to many people.

Of course, these reforms will definitely happen in the future!

After the rebellion caused by the salt monopoly was quickly suppressed, Zheng Xiaoming's financial situation was greatly relieved and he began to disband the redundant troops in an orderly manner.

And establish a standing army, etc.

And reward the meritorious officials one by one in this war.

This battle at Shangluo was actually not too fierce. There were not too many people who made meritorious deeds, but there were still many talented people who came forward.

This work of discussing merit and giving rewards was carried out one after another for three or four months, and it was not completed until the spring of the next year, the second year of Guangxi.

In the end, only about 50,000 troops were retained as a standing army.

The situation in the Eastern Han Dynasty with too few standing armies was really too dangerous!

We just don't have money now. After we have money, the number of these standing armies will still be greatly increased, at least until the world reaches a standing army of more than 200,000.

After this work was completed, Zheng Xiaoming began to solve local problems.

Some local governors who were disobedient and had centrifugal tendencies, Zhou Mu became Zheng Xiaoming's target.

The first person to bear the brunt of disobedience was Han Fu, the governor of Jizhou.

He is an old official of Yuan Wei and has always been against Zheng Xiaoming in various ways.

However, this king was only a scholar and a governor, and he lacked troops. He could be replaced with only an order from the court.

In addition, a large number of people including Yuan Yi, the governor of Shanyang, Wang Kuang, the governor of Hanoi, Zhang Yang, the governor of Shangdang, etc. were directly removed.

He was replaced by one of Zheng Xiaoming's men as the prefect!

For example, Wang Lang was sent by Zheng Xiaoming to Shanyang as the prefect, Chen Deng as the prefect of Hanoi, Chen Gong as the prefect of Shangdang, etc.

When the center is stable, these people are easy to deal with, and a court edict can be removed directly.

Of course, there are also those who are difficult to deal with, such as the disloyal Yizhou Shepherd Liu Yan.

This gentleman was originally a member of the royal family, but he had harbored ulterior motives very early on. It was this person who initially persuaded Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty to depose Shi Li Mu and do such a thing that would bring endless disasters.

And early on, he took a fancy to Yizhou, a prosperous and prosperous country with mountains and rivers, as his base. He even secretly served as a guard of honor for the emperor.

Two royal family members in the late Han Dynasty, Liu Yan, a shepherd in Yizhou, and Liu Biao, a shepherd in Jingzhou, seemed to have done this kind of thing... If you like "There is a blessed field in my heart, please collect it: (https://www.aisiluke.com)" There is a blessed field in my heart.
Chapter completed!