Chapter 453 Countermeasures
After inspecting the fields and going on a spring outing, Black Bear returned to the shogunate's residence, Nakago.

With the end of spring ploughing, civilian and military forces were mobilized to carry out and promote various projects.

He does not like building cities and currently has no interest in large palaces, gardens, or parks.

The construction sites in various places mainly built and added quadrangular earthen buildings and circular earthen forts, supplemented by dredging rivers and repairing roads, while also planting various types of timber, fruit trees and mulberry fields as much as possible.

Except for the Qinghua Guards from the fifth battalion who were undergoing closed-camp training, all other manpower within the dispatch scope was busy.

In the shogunate residence, the shogunate officials who originally stayed behind decided to build a Ganquan City here.

But after Black Bear returned, he rejected this plan and continued to save manpower by building more square earthen forts, and constructing round earthen forts in corners or places where roads were strategically located and inconvenient to pass.

As a concession, it is also for the convenience of management.

The shogunate headquarters was temporarily divided into three townships and nine pavilions. The shogunate headquarters was Nakago, and to its left and right were Saigo and Togo.

In order to distinguish it from the townships in other counties, it can be called Ganquanzhong Township, Ganquanxi Township, etc.

Each township is responsible for population movement and statistics within its territory, and the kiosks under each township are responsible for public security, night curfews and patrols.

Ganquan was not established as a county, which separated the civil disputes, public security, and investigation powers of the shogunate's headquarters from the various departments and ministries of the shogunate.

In the shogunate residence, Black Bear took off his plain white robe, changed into a pair of refreshing wooden clogs and simply washed his feet before drinking tea and dealing with the accumulated documents.

Perhaps because he dealt with more than twenty county magistrates in one go, the redundant and trivial official documents that harassed him during this period were significantly reduced.

It may also be that during the spring ploughing season, officials are engaged in farming and encouraging agriculture; now manpower is also put into work, so disputes have decreased. In short, the number of meaningless official documents has objectively decreased significantly.

After getting his mind right, he flipped through the most important document on the top, and couldn't help but squint: "Fu Xun really messed it up."

Fa Zheng stood by and raised his eyebrows to observe. He saw that the black bear was calm and not angry at all.

Fa Zheng then carefully explained: "Ever since Fu Xun set up a banquet to lure Cai Yan and her brothers to their deaths, the nobles of Nanjun have been alienated from him. When Liu Jiyu evacuated from Shu, he took away many light crossbows, and Fu Xun was careless in guarding against this, which led to his assassination."

After hearing this explanation, Black Bear just snorted and laughed.

I then looked through other relevant official documents and found that the contents explained from several perspectives were consistent with Fa Zheng's explanation.

Black Bear put the relevant official documents together and said, "When I go in and out of the shogunate, traveling between Dongxiang and Xixiang, Taishi Wengong never leaves my side, and he never takes off his armor. Fu Xun is so reckless. I am not angry that he got hurt because of his own carelessness, but I am angry that the 500,000 men and women in Nanjun have been in trouble since then."

Fa Zheng listened without saying anything. He could understand why Black Bear, who was at such a frivolous age, was so cautious.

The royal family of Chen was assassinated when Prince Chen and Prime Minister Luo Jun were out to comfort the victims, and the country was destroyed. Everything was swallowed up by Yuan Shu with the help of internal and external forces.

So it is reasonable for Da Sima to fall asleep in his armor...

As for the problem in Nanjun, Fa Zheng didn't think it was a big problem.

Whether or not we want Nanjun, even if Nanjun is lost now, it will not affect the foundation at all.

Nanjun has a great influence on the situation in Jingzhou, but for our side, Nanyang is the bottom line.

If we peel off the skin of Nanyang, we will find that the bottom line for sending troops to intervene and counterattack is actually Nanxiang.

But if he really sends troops to counterattack when the bottom line is reached, with the momentum of Sima's past campaigns... can the people of Jingzhou stop him?

Based on such considerations and cognition, Fa Zheng believed that the rebellion in Nanjun was only directed against Fu Xun's personal behavior, rather than against the shogunate or the rebellion launched by the Grand Marshal. Therefore, Fa Zheng's mentality was also peaceful, and he could easily see through the key at a glance.

Black Bear thought for a moment and said, "During this turbulent time, Marquis Chengwu cannot stay at home to observe mourning. I will write to the Secretariat to appoint Marquis Chengwu as General Fubo and Governor of Xingnan County, and his responsibilities will remain the same as before."

Only by releasing Liu Qi can the scholars of Nanjun be restrained again.

As he spoke, he was also thinking about the feasibility of this method: "Appoint Wen Pin as General Conquering the Enemy, Huang Zhong as General Suppressing Bandits, and Liu Pan as Governor of Beidi County, granting them the title of Marquis of Guannei and a fief of 100 households."

"Remove Duan Wei from his post as prefect of Nanyang and appoint him as the governor of Nanyang, acting as the general of Zhennan. Order him to recruit elite cavalry from the four prefectures in Hexi, select 2,000 infantry and cavalry, and move them to Nanyang."

Sending Duan Wei to Nanyang as a reserve force can effectively warn Mr. Huang and his son in Jiangxia.

They could ambush Zhou Yu and take advantage of his lack of tactical breakthrough ability.

Send Duan Wei over there. The bad reputations of the two brothers Duan Xing and Duan Wei were actually a disaster like a flood to the people of Jingzhou.

There is no need to talk about Duan Xing's murderous nature. Although Duan Wei was not very successful among the ten generals in Guanzhong, he was the one who personally exterminated the three clans of Li Jue.

Anyone who could fight and survive in Guanzhong was already covered in blood.

Sending Duan Wei was a bloody warning to Huang Zu and the people of Jingzhou.

Duan Wei was essentially a person who was good at organizing military and civilian garrisons and restoring people's strength. Nanyang was very large, and after only one year of careful governance by Liu Bei, many things were about to get on track, but because Liu Bei was eager to have a decisive battle with Cao Cao, they failed to succeed in one fell swoop.

Zhou Yu, who came later, had the same problem: he failed to absorb and organize the idle refugees.

As long as we can calm the situation, maintain peace, and actively pacify the refugees, we can accelerate Nanyang's recovery.

After Black Bear finished speaking, Fa Zheng had already finished taking notes, writing them down on a piece of paper without missing a word, and walked forward with both hands holding it: "Your Majesty?"

Black Bear glanced at the relevant transfer content above, then picked up the cinnabar pen and casually drew a lightning symbol at the end.

He casually and unintentionally drew a lightning symbol, which was the proof of handing over the draft to Lingshi to write the official document.

Fa Zheng immediately handed the order to Wei Kang, the clerk on duty. Wei Kang wrote on the silk. The person in charge of holding the seal also observed that the text on the silk was the same as the draft before taking out the seal and stamping it.

Soon the official document was delivered to Fa Zheng, who checked it and confirmed that there were no omissions or typos before handing it to Hei Xiong.

Black Bear picked up the cinnabar pen and casually wrote a lightning symbol with a slightly long tail at the end. Immediately, the document was sent to the Shangshu Xingtai and handed over to the Shizhong Liu Ai for signature.

The only two remaining legitimate ministers in the Xudu court naturally had to be put to good use. Liu Ai's job was to guard the Secretariat as a minister.

There was no Shangshu Ling or Shangshu Lang in the Shangshu Tai, only two Shangshu who were responsible for copying official documents.

The reason why these two people were appointed as Shangshu was because they had held this position before. Serving as Shangshu of Guanzhong Shangshu Xingtai again would itself have a sense of legitimacy.

After dealing with this thorny matter quickly and decisively, Fa Zheng did not forget to ask, "Your Majesty, what will happen to Fu Xun?"

"After Liu Qi takes office and takes over Nanjun, send Fu Xun back to Guanzhong by public transport to treat his injuries. Also, summon Sun Quan back. Keeping him in Nanyang will not be conducive to Zhou Yu's work."

"Here."

This time, Fa Zheng turned around and conveyed the message orally. This time it did not involve the appointment or transfer of county magistrates or generals, so Fa Zheng only needed to convey it verbally.

(End of this chapter)