Chapter 62

"What?"

"The Prime Minister actually handed over the garrison commander position of Sishui Pass to Hu Zhen, and the garrison commander position of Hulao Pass to Zhang Liao?"

"This..."

A few days after Dong Zhuo gave the sword to Gu Yi.

Suddenly, at the grand court meeting, the new garrison commander candidates for Sishui Pass and Hulao Pass were announced.

In this regard, everyone immediately exploded!

These two passes, even if their importance was not as great as before, were still two quite important strategic strongholds.

According to Dong Zhuo's past practice.

Such important positions.

Should be handed over to people from the Xiliang direct line.

But now, they were actually handed over to Hu Zhen of the Luoyang Imperial Guard faction and Zhang Liao of the Bingzhou faction?

The people of the Xiliang direct line stared at each other collectively.

They didn't understand why such a thing happened.

They gathered around high-level Xiliang officials like Hua Xiong, Fan Chou, and Zhang Ji, intending to ask for the truth.

But unfortunately, Hua Xiong and others also had no idea about the reason.

Looking at the Luoyang Imperial Guard faction and the Bingzhou faction, everyone had a look of joy on their faces!

Whether it was Hu Zhen or Zhang Liao.

After being appointed as garrison commanders.

Their positions would be greatly improved on the original basis!

These two were originally just captains.

But now, they had suddenly become generals with miscellaneous titles.

Don't underestimate this general with a miscellaneous title!

Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, and others were also just generals with miscellaneous titles.

The only difference was that these four, as high-level Xiliang officials, held more military power.

At the current stage in the court, the only general with a prestigious title was Hua Xiong.

"Damn it!"

"How could the Prime Minister make such a decision?"

"Look at the smug look on Lu Bu and Xu Rong's faces, it's hateful!"

In sharp contrast to the reaction of the Xiliang direct line.

Naturally, it was the people of the Bingzhou faction and the Luoyang Imperial Guard faction.

Especially Lu Bu and Xu Rong.

A rare smile appeared on their faces.

Zhang Liao and Hu Zhen could be called the number two figures of their respective factions.

But before this, their positions were only captains, which seemed quite awkward.

Every time there was a high-level Dong Zhuo army meeting, Zhang Liao and Hu Zhen often didn't even have the qualifications to participate.

Even if they barely participated, their seats were usually in the most remote corners.

But now it's different!

Sishui Pass and Hulao Pass could be called the two gateways of Luoyang.

Although Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an, it didn't mean these two passes were not important.

In the future, if they sent troops to Guandong, Sishui Pass and Hulao Pass would become the front line!

Moreover, both of their positions were promoted to generals with miscellaneous titles, which was a real benefit.

Actually, if it comes to garrison commanders.

No one understands garrison commanders better than Zhang Liao!

Historically, Zhang Liao, as a garrison commander of a certain place, led eight hundred standard soldiers and beat someone called Sun Ten Thousand until he cried and howled.

As for Hu Zhen.

Although his ability was certainly not as good as Zhang Liao's.

But at least he was the number two figure of the Luoyang Imperial Guard faction.

He should have received the position of a general with a miscellaneous title.

The reactions of the three major factions at this grand court meeting were distinct.

And Dong Zhuo didn't intend to explain too much about this.

Subsequently, he appointed his younger brother Dong Min as Minister of Agriculture, becoming one of the nine ministers, responsible for staying behind in Luoyang.

But everyone knew what kind of person Dong Min was.

This person's personality could be called "weak and incompetent."

To put it bluntly, Dong Min was a mascot and basically had no military power in his hands.

But having him stay behind in Luoyang could be regarded as a symbol of Dong Zhuo himself.

After all, his status was high, and he was Dong Zhuo's own younger brother.

In the future, the military affairs near Luoyang would basically be handed over to Zhang Liao and Hu Zhen to manage.

Administrative affairs were nominally handled by Dong Min.

In reality, they were handed over to the officials Dong Zhuo left behind to assist him.

Such an arrangement was naturally discussed by Dong Zhuo, Li Ru, and Gu Yi.

Of course.

The key role in this still had to be Gu Yi.

Slightly improving the official positions of the number two figures of the Luoyang Imperial Guard faction and the Bingzhou faction was also a necessary prerequisite before formally executing the military system reform!

Otherwise.

If the people with high positions and great power were all from the Xiliang direct line, the military reform would naturally not have the desired effect.

And after the grand court meeting dispersed.

Gu Yi returned to the residence.

He originally planned to go to the Cai residence for a meal at noon and flirt with Cai Zhaoji and Cai Zhenji.

But he didn't expect that a few servants would pull a carriage of gifts and send them to the door of the Gu residence.

"Report to my lord, I am the steward of General Xu Rong's residence."

"On the orders of my master, I specially present these gifts to you as a token of gratitude."

The person who claimed to be Xu Rong's steward ordered the servants under his command to move these gifts into the Gu residence.

"This Xu Rong is really a smart person."

Gu Yi smiled.

Although no one could prove that Gu Yi had a hand in Hu Zhen's promotion to general with a miscellaneous title.

But Xu Rong, relying on his keen intuition, decisively chose to give gifts to Gu Yi to build a good relationship.

Moreover, the smart Xu Rong didn't come to the door himself, but let the steward come secretly on his behalf.

In this way, the gift-giving was carried out without anyone knowing.

And there was no need to worry about causing trouble for Gu Yi because of the gift-giving.

After all, at today's grand court meeting, the only ones whose interests were damaged were the Xiliang direct line.

Gu Yi had always been regarded as a member of the Xiliang direct line.

If that group of Xiliang direct line people knew that Gu Yi had a hand in today's affairs, they would have some complaints.

But under Xu Rong's operation, everything was completed without anyone knowing.

The Xiliang direct line naturally had no way of knowing about this.

Thinking of the achievements of Xu Rong in history, Gu Yi couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

It's just a pity that the historical Xu Rong was born in the wrong place.

If he had been born in Liangzhou and was Dong Zhuo's Xiliang direct line, I'm afraid his official position and status would definitely be far above the "Xiliang Army F4"!

And now.

Because of Gu Yi's butterfly effect, everything was not too late.

If the military system reform could be successfully completed.

Gu Yi believed that with Xu Rong's outstanding ability, he would definitely be able to leave a strong mark of his own in the history books!