Wait, please don't call me Emperor Zhaolie

Chapter 347 Sima family is in danger!
In the second year of Jian'an, in early November, the weather changed suddenly.

Low dark clouds covered the sky in the north of Youzhou, and it was raining and snowing heavily. Strong winds swept over the mountains, making a shrill cry.

The Huben cavalry, scout cavalry, Ruichongying cavalry, horses sent by the Youzhou nobles, foals sent by the Wuhuan and Xianbei, and cattle and sheep sent as compensation, all the war horses, military horses, pack horses, and draft horses, totaled 26,723 horses, plus more than 3,000 cattle and sheep.

Since August, in order to allow the horses to fatten quickly and survive the winter in Youzhou, the consumption of concentrated feed, soybeans and fodder transported from the rear has been increased. Now there are more and more horses in the army, but the weather is getting colder.

The rivers are now frozen to avoid excessive consumption of land transportation and to avoid placing a heavy burden on the laborers.

After arranging the affairs of Youzhou, Liu Bei had no choice but to lead his troops to withdraw to Qingzhou.

An army of more than 10,000 people can retreat at will without any complications.

Since the five months since the expedition, the Han army under Liu Bei had almost circled Jizhou, so the horses and men were a little tired. When the people outside Jixian heard that the Han army was going to retreat, many people braved the cold wind to come and see them off.

Not to mention the officials, nobles, and elders who had been waiting outside the city early in the morning.

Liu Bei ordered Bu Zhi, Wei Jing, Liu Ye, Cao Hong and Sima Lang to be transferred to Youzhou as state officials.

Faced with the windy and snowy weather in the north, Cao Hong and Sima Lang could still bear it a little, but Bu Zhi, Wei Jing and Liu Ye, who had never seen such cold before, wrapped themselves tightly in their clothes and stood in the crowd, not daring to move, using the heat from the crowd to resist the cold.

Liu Bei appointed Cao Hong as the Inspector of Dai County, Liu Ye as the Chief Clerk of Shanggu County, Sima Lang as the Gongcao of Zhuo County, Bu Zhi as the Five Officials Official of Guangyang County, Wei Jing as the Inspector of Yuyang County, Tian Yu as the Chief Clerk of Yuyang County, and Yan Rou as the Gongcao of Youbeiping County.

After all the prefects in Youzhou were changed to trial appointments and the rebellions in various counties were rectified, the power of the prefects was reduced, and the officials sent by Liu Bei had greater real power.

Then Liu Bei ordered the abolition of the county soldiers in Youzhou and Jizhou, and instead set up a military office in three counties to recruit soldiers for service, and the counties and prefectures were not allowed to interfere.

All the Youzhou soldiers who had defected to the Liu family during the pacification of Hebei were sent back to their hometowns, and the military officers and legal officers transferred from Qingzhou were assigned to various counties to reorganize the military roster.

The original plan was to withdraw the troops in mid-October, but due to busy schedule, they stayed for more than 20 days.

Liu Bei stopped the officials of Ji County from seeing him off with drums and music. Looking at the officials who were already extremely cold, he felt the cold instinctively even though they were wearing cloaks.

Especially Liu Ye and other officials who were from Jianghuai, they did not expect that the king would directly transfer them to the northernmost part.

Even though they were complaining in their hearts, the lord had given the order and how could they disobey it? The worst that could happen was that they gritted their teeth and persevered. They would not freeze to death in Youzhou.

After Liu Bei gave the cloak to Kong Rong, the Prime Minister of Beihai, Kong Rong would take it out to show off to many Confucian scholars whenever the weather got cold. From then on, the cloak became popular between Qing and Xu. It could be worn alone in autumn and paired with a fur robe in winter, which was particularly warm.

Also, when Emperor Gaozu was a village head, he wore a crown made of bamboo skin from time to time, which became known as the "Liu family crown".

So a Confucian scholar in Beihai said with a smile that Lord Xuande had the style of Emperor Gaozu, so he elegantly called the cloak "Liu's robe."

Many scholars would wear Liu's robes and turbans on their heads when they gathered together to show their elegance, which invisibly made the cloak all the rage.

Therefore, Liu Bei was not surprised when he saw that many officials transferred from the south were almost all wearing cloaks.

Just thinking in his heart, when it is cold, the officials still have fur robes and cloaks, but what kind of clothes can the common people in Youzhou who are short of clothes use to keep warm? Before leaving, Liu Bei once again reminded everyone: "Whenever there is a heavy snow, there will be a cold disaster. The state department must send a document to the counties, towns and villages, and let the minor officials visit each household and select the servants to make up for the lack of firewood and grass." Cao Hong, Liu Ye, Bu Zhi, Wei Jing, Sima Lang and others all nodded in agreement, clasped their hands and responded in unison: "We will obey the king's order to stabilize Youzhou and provide relief to the people."

Liu Bei nodded slightly to them, bowed, then jumped on the horse, raised the whip, waved it, and galloped away.

The cavalry of the Ruichong Camp followed closely behind, and the neighing of horses was endless.

Then, the wooden wheels of the baggage carts one after another on the road made a sound of wheels, and the army set out to return to the Qingzhou Plain. After resting for several months, in the spring of the following year, the relatives of the soldiers were moved to Sili, and the arable land distributed in Qingzhou was also changed to Henei and Henan according to the quantity.

Now that Jizhou and Youzhou in Hebei Province have been almost completely taken, Pingyuan County, once an important county in the conquest of Hebei Province, is no longer so important.

In order to pacify the world more quickly and pacify Guanzhong, Bingzhou, Yongzhou, Liangzhou, Yizhou, Jingzhou, Yangzhou, and Jiaozhou, it is imperative to move the focus to the vicinity of Luoyang.

The remaining task of stabilizing Hebei will be handed over to Xun Yu and officials from various counties in Qingzhou.

While on the march, Liu Bei sent a letter to Pingyuan, appointing Xun Yu as the governor of Jizhou and Guan Yu as the commander of the military affairs of Ji and You provinces. Lu Su made several contributions and was appointed as the military advisor and colonel to assist him.

Sun Bofu hesitated again and again about taking Han Dang and Cheng Pu from Sun Ce and transferring them to Youzhou as military officers, but finally he chose to give up the two with great reluctance.

The generals who had made military achievements in the conquest of Hebei were rewarded and appointed to positions: Zhao Zhen was appointed as the prefect of Anping, Han Mu was appointed as the prefect of Julu, Yu Jin was temporarily appointed as the prefect of Yingchuan, and Zhang Liao was transferred to be the prefect of Lujiang.

Everything had been arranged for everyone else, except for Lu Bu, for which Liu Bei didn't know how to make proper arrangements, which gave him a bit of a headache.

Seeing this, Guo Jia smiled and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. I have a plan to make Lü Fengxian grateful. Although Lü Bu is a powerful general and is named Marquis of Wen, the court was weak at that time and Henei County was in Zhang Yang's hands. How could he be given a fief? Your Majesty, why don't you just grant Lü Bu Marquis of Wen a fief? He will be grateful to you."

"Lü Fengxian will remember that he is the first marquis under the king, surpassing the governors Guan and Zhang. He will be willing to sacrifice his life to repay the king."

"In this way, we can avoid things that will not be rewarded and prevent them from rebelling. Why not do it?"

Guo Jia's words instantly made the tall young man who was riding a horse with the army stunned for a moment, and he looked at Guo Fengxiao a few more times.

It's simply empty talk. Yingchuan's Guo Fengxiao is indeed good at understanding people's minds and is very cunning.

When Lu Bu saw that others were promoted to higher positions but he alone had made contributions but received no reward, he was feeling disappointed. Suddenly, a document arrived, conferring upon him the title of Marquis of Wen.

From this moment on, wherever Lü Bu went to in the Guandong provinces, people would bow and respectfully address him as "Lord".

With the king personally standing up for Lu Fengxian, who would dare to mock Lu Bu with past events?

But Hanoi...Wen County, isn’t that where my Sima family is located?

When the young man thought of this, he was shocked. Oh no!

Given Lü Bu's character, wouldn't the Sima family be in trouble in the future? !
The Sima family of Wen County is in danger!
(End of this chapter)