No matter how troublesome the problem of officialdom is, the people's hearts in Jizhou have stabilized. The introduction of the new official law naturally caused official turmoil again, but compared to before, this turmoil was much smaller, because this time it mainly targeted

It's an official, and it clearly stipulates the way for officials to be promoted upwards. Whether this is good or bad, not everyone can see it at the same time. We can only wait for time to verify whether this official law can improve the current situation.

After the autumn harvest, Chen Mo did not leave Yecheng, but continued to live in Yecheng and sort out government affairs. He wanted to see whether the new official law could adapt to this era.

After the autumn harvest, after the initial stability in Jizhou, Chen Mo finally turned his attention to Youzhou. After Yuan Shang fled from Jizhou, he defected to Yuan Xi and prepared to retake Jizhou with strong troops and horses.

In fact, when the scholars were at their worst, Yuan Shang led his troops to attack Hejian several times, but was repulsed by Xu Huang who was stationed in Hejian. No matter how powerful his troops were, he still had more than half of Jizhou.

It failed to stop Chen Mo. Now there is only Youzhou, a vast and sparsely populated area. How can it compete with Chen Mo?

The newly recruited troops are far from being able to compete with the battle-hardened Jizhou veterans of the past, but those Jizhou veterans who are now alive have all taken refuge in Chen Mo, and have even begun to become Chen Mo's supporters under Chen Mo's military system.

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The one who went on the expedition this time was Taishi Ci. After Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi fought a decisive battle with Taishi Ci in Jixian, they fled to western Liaoning and defected to Taodun, the leader of Karasuma. The process of pacifying Youzhou was astonishingly easy.

With the fall of Youzhou, the Northern Expedition has come to a complete and successful end. With the harvest of grain in Jizhou the following year, according to statistics, the actual food in the hands of the people has exceeded 50%. The promotion of official laws and the New Deal have achieved phased progress in Jizhou.

Victory, sufficient results were achieved, and the Three Studies were successfully established in Jizhou. In order to prevent those scholars who joined the Three Studies to offset their sins from being able to contribute, Chen Mo and Mi Heng agreed on a set of reward and punishment mechanisms and a monitoring mechanism for academy teachers.

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In August of the fifth year of the Han Dynasty, and in the third month after Youzhou was pacified, Chen Mo returned to the court after arranging the deployment in Jizhou, especially the deployment at the junction with Cao's army.

Beginning in the second half of the second year of Han Dynasty, Chen Mo's eastward journey took three years to completely conquer Jizhou and Youzhou. At this point, Chen Mo had three assistants, Xiliang, and Bingzhou under his rule.

Youzhou and most of Jizhou became the true hegemon of the north.

Cao Cao, on the other hand, occupies the two counties of Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou and Jizhou. He and Chen Mo each have their own advantages and disadvantages. In the Central Plains world, the two heroes are facing each other. There must be a battle between Chen Mo and Cao Cao, and there is no third party to restrain them.

Once the two sides go to war, it will be a battle that determines the hegemony of the Central Plains. However, this battle is very involved. Once the war starts, it will be earth-shattering. Neither Chen Mo nor Cao Cao dare to say that they will win, so both sides are now planning to cut off. At the same time,

He is also waiting for his opponent to reveal his flaws.

When Chen Mo returned to the court, Liu Neng personally led hundreds of officials to greet him.

Outside Luoyang City, looking at Chen Mo's bicycle frame, Liu Neng turned to look at the ministers around him: "Is my smile sincere?"

Chen Mo decided to win Hebei in one battle, and his reputation was so great that even Cao Cao, who had always been tied with Chen Mo, was defeated by Chen Mo this time. Now it was the time when his reputation was at its peak, and no one dared to take charge of him. Liu Neng's attack

Leading hundreds of officials out to welcome him was somewhat intended to please him.

"Your Majesty speaks from the bottom of his heart, and is naturally sincere." When asked, Yang Biao smiled speechlessly. Liu Neng's current posture was quite flattering. It would be quite sad for the emperor to do this.

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Rows of soldiers returning in triumph quickly lined up on both sides outside the city, and Chen Mo's carriage slowly drove towards the city gate.

"General~" Liu Neng greeted him excitedly, and the surrounding officials followed him.

Chen Mo, who was sitting on the carriage, frowned when he saw this scene. He signaled the coachman to stop, stepped down from the carriage, greeted the emperor and saluted him: "Your Majesty, sir!"

"General, you don't have to be so polite, please get up quickly!" Liu Neng was a little helpless. In terms of etiquette, Chen Mo had never deviated from it in the slightest, which made it impossible for him to start from this aspect. Among the major puppet emperors,

In terms of appearance, Liu Neng is definitely number one, but this is not what he wants.

"The etiquette must not be discarded!" Chen Mo saluted again, then stood up, supported Liu Neng and said: "I am so virtuous and capable, but I have to burden Your Majesty and all the ministers to go out of the city to greet me. This is really a disgrace to me."

"The general's achievements in pacifying the land of Hebei are rare in ancient times. If I didn't do this, it would be difficult for me to express my respect for the general." Liu Neng smiled and stroked Chen Mo's hand.

"I am in charge of the three armies, and I am also entrusted by Your Majesty to fight for the country. It is my duty. Your Majesty must not say that." Chen Mo shook his head as he walked and said: "The weather is cold, Your Majesty returns to the palace as soon as possible to avoid being exposed to the cold."

It’s cold.”

"General, please come with me." Liu Neng took Chen Mo's hand and smiled.

"How dare you?" Chen Mo shook his head. After the two of them tried to avoid each other for a while, Liu Neng took Chen Mo's hand and walked back. Chen Mo was half a body behind Liu Neng. He smiled and told Liu Neng some interesting stories about the battle.

, He is already very eloquent. The Battle of Jizhou actually needs another person to describe it. Although it was a great victory, it may not be anything exciting. But when it fell into Chen Mo's mouth, the people who heard it were filled with passion and the soldiers fought to the death.

, Chen Mo did not deliberately elevate the Guanzhong Army or belittle the Jizhou Army, but a battle in Jizhou was like a reenactment of the battlefield in his mouth, and Liu Neng was fascinated by it.

"I just regretted that I wasted my early years and was unable to join the army and fight for the country. Now that I think about it, it is quite a pity." Liu Neng said with a look of regret.

This is really a pity. Thinking about Chen Mo's rise, he was surrounded by brave warriors in the army, but what about Liu Neng? When he was the emperor, almost all the useful people around him were the friends he made in the market.

He didn't have any, and he was uprooted by Chen Mo before he could do anything. If he could join the army to serve the country like Chen Mo, he would at least be able to share some military power with Chen Mo.

"Your Majesty is the lord of the world. The world still needs your Majesty to be in charge. How can you come to the battlefield in person?" Chen Mo shook his head and smiled. He didn't know if he was wrong. He wanted Liu Neng to know that it was not easy for the lieutenant generals in the army and the battlefield was cruel.

, but when he fell into Liu Neng's place, he actually wanted to join the army.

The battlefield is not a child's play. If Liu Neng is really allowed to lead the army... Chen Mo shook his head helplessly. In fact, there is a commander who does not understand military skills. He is the most deadly on the battlefield. He is ten times more powerful than the enemy and is more deadly.

If he were in the enemy's position and Liu Neng dared to fight in person, he would definitely base his strategy around Liu Neng and focus on capturing and killing Liu Neng. If anything happened to Liu Neng, the entire war situation would probably collapse.

On the same day, Liu Neng had already prepared a banquet in the palace to welcome Chen Mo. All the officials in the court, whether they were from Chen Mo's faction or those who opposed Chen Mo, came. After all, even Chen Mo's political opponents, at least in appearance, could not touch Chen Mo's face.

, not to mention that the emperor himself hosted a banquet.

A banquet at least seemed like a feast for the guests and host. Although Jizhou could not enjoy it, Chen Mo defeated Cao Cao and Yuan Shang in this battle and raised the prestige of the court.

After Liu Xie's death, the emperors established by various families were actually not considered orthodox, so the war between the princes was sometimes called orthodox. Chen Mo's victory this time, overwhelming the two princes, in some ways

, but it also proved to the world that the Luoyang court was orthodox.

Early the next morning, at the morning court, Chen Mo handed a memorial to the emperor. The Battle of Hebei was over. At this time, rewards must be based on merit.

"General, is this merit list..." Looking at the list of awards, Liu Neng still felt a little uncomfortable even though he had been prepared.

In Chen Mo's merit list, Taishi Ci was named General Zhendong and Marquis of Heyang; Xu Huang was named General Zhendong and Marquis of Wuxiang; Wu Yi was named General Zhennan and Marquis of Heyin; Gao Shun was named General Zhennan and Marquis of Heyang.

Zhihou; in addition, Ma Chao, Pang De, Zhang Xiu, Cui Geng, Bao Geng, Yu Sheng, Shi Geng and other generals all had the title of Neihou, and their official positions were promoted, and they were all generals with real power.

In addition, Gao Lan, Zhang He, Han Qiong, Yian Zhao, Zhang Wei, Zhang Nan, Jiao Chu and other surrendered generals also received rewards. In Liu Neng's mind, these Jizhou surrendered generals were prepared to win over, but who knew

Chen Mo didn't bring any of these people back, he just asked the court for rewards for them, which made Liu Neng's plan to win over them aborted.

"Your Majesty, what doubts do you have?" Chen Mo bowed and said, "The things mentioned in this merit list are all facts. Your Majesty can ask someone to check them."

"Of course I believe the words of the general." Liu Neng quickly smiled and said: "It's just that he got a lot of promotions at once, and there is also a pension for the soldiers who died in the battle... The general, now in the treasury..."

"Your Majesty!" Chen Mo's face darkened, and he saluted Liu Neng: "The treasury is empty, but the pensions for the soldiers who died in battle are absolutely indispensable. They went through life and death for my big man, and risked their lives to defend them. What they did was nothing more than depriving their wives and children of food and clothing.

Worry, if we die in battle now, if we ignore their wives and children in vain just because the treasury is empty, it will inevitably chill the hearts of the officers and soldiers of the three armies; if the money and food are gone, we can make more money and farm, but if the hearts of the people are chilled, we can

It will be difficult to get it again! I hope Your Majesty will have the world in mind."

"I hope your majesty will think of the world!" Chen Mo bowed, and most of the ministers behind him bowed down. They rewarded each other based on their merits and boosted morale. At the same time, they also stabilized people's hearts. If merit is not rewarded, as time goes by, the Guanzhong Army may no longer be able to maintain the battle in Jizhou.

The morale at that time was high, but what they had to face next was Cao Cao, who was even more difficult to deal with than the Jizhou army. If the soldiers could not use their lives, the next battle would be difficult to fight.

Liu Neng looked at the ministers who bowed down and felt a little uncomfortable. Among these people, there were also political opponents of Chen Mo! Sometimes Liu Neng was very jealous of Chen Mo. He had a strange power that could even make his enemies identify with him.

"I'm just talking. My dear friends, please rise up. Everything will be according to the general's words." Liu Neng sighed and waved to everyone.
Chapter completed!