After the Peizhou War, the center of gravity of Fengyun Shang's power shifted to Peizhou, and Liyang Prefecture's proportion decreased accordingly. The most urgent problem facing Fengyun Shang was actually the problem of insufficient manpower.

The nine and seventy-two counties in Peizhou are all in urgent need of sending new manpower.

The positions of county magistrate and county guard will not change. They will still be held by those who have surrendered. Fengyun Shang just needs to send some deputies there to check and balance the original state officials, so as to avoid a situation where they listen to the instructions but not the propaganda.

These surrendered officials know Peizhou better. Now that Fengyun Shang is eager to run Peizhou as a whole, he must rely on their strength. If officials are dispatched from Liyang Prefecture, they will only need to be familiar with the environment and grasp the situation.

It will take several months or even a year, which will inevitably affect Fengyun Shang's overall plan.

Secondly, it is also to appease people's hearts. These officials surrendered not only because of the power of Fengyun Shang, but also because they wanted to be promoted under Fengyun Shang. If Fengyun Shang took away their rights as soon as they came up, it would definitely incite anger.

This will arouse the resistance of these people, and will also affect the subsequent surrender of other state officials to Fengyun Shang.

In fact, under Fengyun Shang, there is a group of very useful people who have outstanding abilities and are familiar enough with the situation in Peizhou. The risk of betrayal is also very small. These people are the Feng family secret agents in Peizhou. It is a pity that these people are now

Except for a few people who have sworn allegiance to Fengyun Shang, everyone else is still waiting and watching.

These people are unwilling to be loyal to Fengyun Shang. In fact, it is because he does not know Fengyun Shang's true identity and was confused by the false identity released by Fengyun Shang.

They still have scruples in their hearts. First, loyal ministers will not harm the two masters, even if the two masters are relatives in the patriarchal clan. Second, they are worried about Feng Yunshang. In their hearts, Feng Yunshang's disappearance does not mean that Feng Yunshang is dead.

Well, if Feng Yun Shang shows up one day, how should they deal with it?

Fengyun Shang and Li Zilai could roughly guess the scruples of these people in their hearts, but they could not say anything because talking too much would easily expose Fengyun Shang's secrets.

It's not that I don't trust these people, it's mainly that a secret is only known by a few people. If one more person knows, the risk of exposure increases. Although the manpower is tight now, we are not at a dead end yet. If you can't tell others, don't tell others.

In fact, if he had not known Fengyun Shang's true identity, Li Zilai would not have been able to join Fengyun Shang's account so happily.

Due to the shortage of manpower, Fengyun Shang could only promote those at the lower level to the higher level. In fact, what Fengyun Shang could really manage was the county level. The imperial power could not reach the county, not to mention that Fengyun Shang was not the emperor yet.

Well. Therefore, the vacancies for positions such as the three elders can be selected by the local residents themselves, without Fengyun Shang having to worry too much.

Just the transfer of officials at all levels took Fengyun Shang half a month, and all other work could only start after that.

Naturally, the original Peizhou Prefect could not stay in his original position, but he also could not be placed on a casual post. After thinking for a long time, Fengyun Shang transferred him to the military system and became the supervisor of Peizhou. The supervisor is in the army.

His status is naturally self-evident. Even the generals are sometimes controlled by the supervisory army. Naturally, he has a real position of power.

It's just that because Fengyun Shang and Li Zilai are both in Peizhou, the supervisory army has been emptied out. Although everyone with a discerning eye knows that the supervisory army has been emptied out, they have nothing to say. Is it possible that Fengyun Shang and Li Zilai are also under control?

Not successful?

As for the governor of Peizhou, Fengyun Shang gave it to Cheng Feng. The chief steward of Dongyu Village suddenly became the chief steward of Peizhou. The position of governor of Peizhou was given to Hu Deshui by Fengyun Shang, which was considered a good move for him.

Feng Yun Shang was not afraid that he had any evil intentions, and he still had Hu Deshui's Achilles heel in his hands.

Naturally, the state pastor of Liyang Prefecture would have to be replaced by someone else. Li Zilai would not be able to manage the affairs of Liyang Prefecture if he stayed in Peizhou. Fortunately, Liyang Prefecture had the foundation laid by Li Zilai, so it would be easier to control it. Fengyun Shang simply decided to do so directly.

He handed over the position of Prefectural Shepherd to Li Chengzhou, who stayed in Liyang Prefecture, and asked Huo Shiyi to serve as Li Chengzhou's assistant and become the Prefecture Lieutenant.

These are all transfers by counties or the army. After conscription, Fengyun Shang's army has expanded to 450,000. Fengyun Shang divided the 450,000 army into seven armies, namely:

The Eastern Imperial Army, the Mangdang Army, the Yunjuan Army, the Liyang Army, the Peijun Army, the Eastern Army, and the Qi and Yu Army.

Liyang Army naturally represents Liyang Prefecture, and Pei Army means Pei Prefecture. The name Dongjun was decided by Fengyun Shang after hesitating for a long time. It represents Feng's surname Dongwang. To outsiders, it seems that Fengyun Shang just wanted to use this name to be associated with

Zhao Tianfeng's old subordinates expressed their goodwill, but they had no idea of ​​Fengyun Shang's true thoughts. The representative of Qi Yu's army was Li Zilai, and Li Zilai's title was King Qi Yu.

The generals of the Dongyu Army, Mangdang Army, and Yunjuan Army have not changed. They are still Feng Qiyang, Hu Defu, and Huo Shiyi. However, Huo Shiyi and Feng Qiyang used pseudonyms and disguised themselves.

Yang Ju resigned from the position of general staff of the Military Aircraft Department and served as general of the Liyang Army. It may be considered a demotion, but Yang Ju was not dissatisfied because it was Li Zilai who took over as general staff.

In addition, half of the soldiers of the Liyang Army were in Liyang Prefecture, assisting the defense of Liyang Prefecture with the Yunjuan Army, and were mobilized by Li Chengzhou. In this way, although Li Chengzhou did not hold the position of general, he actually commanded an army and a half.

The general of the supporting army is Zhuang Lan, the young marshal of Qiannu Battalion, which can be regarded as a sweetener for the soldiers who followed him from Yunni Kingdom. Although there are only 20,000 soldiers, in terms of the current combat strength of Fengyun Shang's armies, this

The combat power of 20,000 people is the strongest. When recruiting people, these 20,000 people were also scattered by Feng Yun Shang. They were everywhere in the Seventh Army and needed to be appeased.

Separating the 20,000 people was a deliberate decision made by Fengyun Shang. Although the temple had not yet been set up, the differences among officials at all levels and partisanships under Fengyun Shang had already emerged.

The old people in Dongyu Village who came out of Mangdang Mountain with Feng Yun Shang are naturally part of a party. They mainly include generals at all levels who are from personal guards such as Feng Qiyang and Mangdang Mountain bandits. They can be called the Dongyu Party.

There is also the Liyang Party, which is naturally composed of officials at all levels who came from Liyang Prefecture. Because of Li Zilai, those officials who were secret agents of the Chaotianfeng clan will also move closer to this party. Because of Li Zilai, these people are slow

Slowly integrated into Fengyun Shang's subordinates, so they would be divided up before forming a party. This can be regarded as letting Fengyun Shang breathe a sigh of relief and no longer form a Feng Yun Shang party.

There is also the Peizhou Party, which is dominated by officials from Peizhou. Officials who defect to Fengyun Shang in the future, either for self-protection or for greater power, should join this party.

Finally, there are the 20,000 soldiers who followed Fengyun Shang from the Yun Ni Kingdom to the Chaotian Kingdom. Relatively speaking, the Yun Ni Party should be the weakest among the four parties, so Fengyun Shang is deliberately supporting the Yun Ni Party.

The 20,000 Yunni Party members were dispersed, and more or less all became officers. The lower one was the leader, and the higher one was naturally the two generals Hu Defu and Zhuang Lan. In this way, the power of the Yunni Party was reduced.

It has been expanded. Although the scope of influence is limited to the military, it is enough to check and balance the other three parties.

Feng Yunshang thought about nipping these parties in the bud, but he couldn't do it. The forces under his command joined him at different times and had different experiences. Naturally, they are close to each other. Those who are close to each other will instinctively stick together.

, cannot be changed. Unless Fengyun Shang can balance the forces, interests and emotions of his subordinates.

This is obviously impossible.

Fengyun Shang will not deliberately promote the formation of a coalition between the parties, but will deliberately balance the strengths of each other.

Of course, it is not that there is already a party struggle now, it is just that Fengyun Shang, as the person at the helm, must plan ahead and lay the groundwork in advance to prevent the party struggle from getting out of control in the future. All this was seen by Li Zikan, and he felt somewhat comforted in his heart.

Li Zilai would not personally get involved in the party struggle. The Liyang Party itself was somewhat blessed. If he were included, it would be considered a one-party dominance. Therefore, Li Zilai deliberately cooperated with Fengyun Shang to shift the focus to Li Chengzhou.

Finally, there are the Eastern Army and the Qiyu Army. The generals of these two armies were given to the Liyang Party. As a result, among the four parties, the weakest became the Peizhou Party. Fengyun Shang could only find out in the Peizhou Party.

Talents who are capable and loyal should be reserved for reuse in the future.

Fengyun Shang named himself General Chongtian and was the leader of his forces. Li Zilai was named Deputy General Chongtian by him and was the second-in-command, equivalent to the three princes in the court.

Each of the seven armies has 60,000 soldiers, for a total of 420,000 people. The Xiaoqi Battalion directly under Fengyun Shang also took the opportunity to expand. The remaining 30,000 people all entered the Xiaoqi Battalion, enjoying the best treatment and carrying out the most rigorous training.

After rigorous training, he will have to carry out the most dangerous mission in the future. Duan Ling will still be the commander-in-chief, and Wu Bai will be the deputy-general.

The large-scale military expansion has expanded the size of Fengyun Shang's forces, but in fact it is puffy and vulnerable. Therefore, the most important task at the moment is not expansion, but training and improving the military quality of the soldiers. At this stage,

Build various types of ordnance and train officers.

After arranging a series of affairs, Fengyun Shang finally freed up his hands temporarily and went to Peizhou warehouse with Li Zilai.

The Peizhou warehouse stores enough grain to feed an army of 500,000 people for a year. This grain cannot be used easily. If there is a famine in Liyang Prefecture, Peizhou, or the frontline battle becomes stalemate, we will rely on these grains for relief. Speaking of these grains

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the lifeblood of Fengyun Shang, so I don’t feel at ease if I don’t come and see it for myself.

Peizhoucang is about three days' journey from Peicheng, which is why it was not destroyed in the battle of Peicheng and was preserved. Because of Fengyun Shang's military strength at that time, and because of the instigation of spies in Peizhoucang, Peizhoucang was

Zhoucang surrendered without a fight.

The man who managed Peizhou Warehouse was eventually promoted by Fengyun Shang and joined the Military Aircraft Department, so that everyone could get what they needed.

The scale of Peizhou warehouse is very large, and there are various types of walls and outposts around it for protection. As long as Peizhou is not lost, there is no problem in terms of safety. The special structure of the walls and the separation between each warehouse make it as safe as possible.

Reduces the possibility of fire.

At the same time, in order to ensure the freshness of the grain stored in Peizhou warehouse, it is often circulated in the market. The old grain is sold, and then the money is used to buy new grain. Because the government is involved, not only will there be no loss when changing hands, but also

There can be some profit.

Fengyun Shang was not at ease if such a vital place as Peizhoucang was handed over to others, so the tenant camp's young marshal Nuohua personally took charge. By the way, Peizhoucang was used as the core to collect grain, plant spiritual seeds, and breed spiritual animals.
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