The civil officials and generals under Yuan Tan's command were basically all captured. Only Guo Tu escaped.
Bai Xiaowen was secretly amazed. Guo Tu's ability to escape was quite impressive. If Li Shuyi hadn't seen Guo Tu and confirmed that he wasn't an awakened one, Bai Xiaowen would have thought that Guo Tu was an awakened one.
Although Zhang He and Gao Lan hated Guo Tu, they could accept this result. After all, Guo Tu's escape was equivalent to giving up everything and becoming a fugitive.
Bai Xiaowen didn't have to kill Guo Tu.
Soon, Yuan Tan was tied up and brought to Bai Xiaowen.
It was time to test his skills.
Bai Xiaowen got up and personally untied Yuan Tan. He sighed and said, "We're brothers. Why do you have to do this?"
Yuan Tan lowered his head and said, "I was blind and offended you. Please forgive me."
Bai Xiaowen said, "There's a saying in the Book of Songs: Brothers against the wall are insults to the outside. We haven't gotten rid of the traitor and avenged our family. We need to unite and wipe out the traitor Cao. I can't bear to see you end up like this. "
Even if Yuan Tan had a heart of stone, he was still moved. Or rather, he didn't dare to not be moved. He said with tears in his eyes, "It's my fault for being instigated."
Bai Xiaowen then said, "Brother, you've been appointed as a former general by the imperial court. From now on, you'll stay by my side with third brother and take charge of military affairs. Only by working together can we defeat Cao Cao and allow father to rest in peace in the underworld. "
Yuan Tan didn't expect that he would be able to retain the title of former general. He was so moved that he knelt on one knee and thanked him.
Bai Xiaowen stepped aside and said, "Brother, you're kowtowing to the Emperor."
What a joke. He couldn't accept Yuan Tan's kowtow. After all, he wasn't the Emperor. If he accepted Yuan Tan's kowtow, although it might not have a serious impact, it would still make his subordinates feel uncomfortable. After all, this was an era where the concept of filial piety was strong. Bai Xiaowen's foundation wasn't deep.
As for Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, Bai Xiaowen already had an idea. These two brothers on the surface definitely couldn't be sent out.
If they were imprisoned in Yedu, it would be hard to avoid people saying that they were heartless. In addition, the two of them also had a certain foundation in Jizhou. Once Bai Xiaowen went on an expedition and someone with ulterior motives released the two brothers, it would be the root of a disaster.
Therefore, the safest way was to strip them of their military power and let them follow the army. They would be the front general and right general in name only. As long as they did not leave Bai Xiaowen's surveillance range, the two of them would not be able to cause any trouble.
The civil and military officers under Bai Xiaowen would be fools to befriend Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang.
If there were really such fools, Bai Xiaowen wouldn't mind making an example out of them. He couldn't kill his two brothers, but he couldn't kill other people?
As a result, it was inevitable that the two brothers would be isolated in the army.
After Bai Xiaowen won, he personally went to the Tian family of Julu and bestowed them with gold, silver, jewels, and servants to show his favor.
On the way back to Yedu, Bai Xiaowen finally received the notification that he had been waiting for for a long time.
"You have become the only leader of the Yuan family camp. The Yuan family camp has a lot of influence in the Three Kingdoms plane."
"You have obtained the right to unify the plane world."
"You have obtained special authority: Make national policy."
"Make national policy: You can freely make plans for the development of the camp. The bigger the plan, the higher the overall strength of the camp, and the easier it is to trigger the [Grand Unification Main Storyline Mission]. "
It was very obvious that the Grand Unification Main Storyline Mission was a special term.
Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes and checked. "What's the difference between the Grand Unification Main Storyline Mission and normal Main Storyline Missions?"
The Spiritual Realm's laws prompted: "The goal of the Grand Unification Main Storyline Mission is to unify the plane.
"A: It can only be triggered by the only leader of the camp. The difficulty of triggering it increases with each level.
"B: Every Grand Unification Main Storyline Mission will give you 30 days of free time to explore.
"C: If you complete a Grand Unification Main Storyline Mission in advance, the remaining time will automatically be added to the time limit of the next Grand Unification Main Storyline Mission."
After sending these few messages, the Spiritual Realm's laws prompted him with another message:
"Your Main Storyline Mission 2: Heshuo Shows His Might has been completed and forcibly submitted."
"You currently have free time to explore: 12 days, 4 hours, 51 minutes, and 57 seconds."
"Please use the 'Make National Policy' authority to trigger the Grand Unification Main Storyline Mission before the free time is exhausted!"
Bai Xiaowen understood. The 12 days of free time to explore now was the time saved from the first two Main Storyline Missions.
Next, the Spiritual Realm's laws would not give him normal Main Storyline Missions. Because he had already become the leader of the force, he needed to set a goal for himself!
If the goal was too small, the Grand Unification Main Storyline Mission would not be triggered.
But if the goal was too big and could not be completed within the exploration time, it would not work either.
Bai Xiaowen checked again. "After I trigger the first Grand Unification Main Storyline Mission, will the free time to explore be reset to zero?"
The Spiritual Realm's laws: "The free time to explore will be included in the Grand Unification Main Storyline Mission."
Done. Bai Xiaowen began to ponder. Next, he just needed to use the 'Make National Policy' authority to trigger the Grand Unification Main Storyline Mission.
The 'Make National Policy' authority was not something that could be used casually. There had to be a group of high-ranking members of the camp around him to make it.
Therefore, on the second day after Bai Xiaowen returned to Yedu, he held the first high-level military meeting of the Yuan camp at the temporary Grand Sima Residence.
Among the important civil officials, apart from Ju Shou who was temporarily in charge of the Provincial Governor of Qingzhou, the others were all present.
Bai Xiaowen said, "Now that Hebei is basically stable, as the Grand Sima, I have to build up my own residence. The positions of subordinate officials need to be filled one by one in order to properly govern the four prefectures of Hebei."
Then, under Bai Xiaowen's signal, Dong Zhao stepped forward and read out a list of names. There were many unexpected names among them.
Chief Clerk of the Grand Sima Residence: Dong Zhao, in charge of assisting the Grand Sima in handling various government affairs in the residence. His salary is 1,000 dans.
Chief Clerk of the Grand Sima Residence: Examiner, in charge of reporting illegal activities. His salary is 1,000 dans.
Chief Clerk of the Grand Sima Residence: Tian Yu, in charge of military affairs. His salary is 600 dans.
Chief Clerk Sima Yi, in charge of 400 dans.
Below him were the Eastern and Western Secretaries, as well as the Imperial Secretaries, Imperial Secretaries, Imperial Secretaries, and other subordinate officials.
Most of the subordinate officials in the Grand Sima Residence did not have high ranks, but due to special circumstances, they held a lot of power.
What surprised everyone was that the lord boldly recruited many talents from Xudu, such as Dong Zhao, Sima Yi, and others.
If that was all, it would be fine, but the lord actually used the Examiner. These were the people who had previously assisted Yuan Shang.
Actually, Bai Xiaowen wanted to show such magnanimity.
Eryuan was already a thing of the past, and when he used people in the future, he would not care about who this person had assisted before. Furthermore, the Examiner was a chief clerk. With his upright and plainspoken personality, reporting illegal activities was the best use of his talents.
At the same time, this was also a job that would offend people. The key was that the final decision was held by Bai Xiaowen, and the Examiner only had the authority to report.
After that, there were some important appointments in the imperial court.
After pacifying Hebei, Bai Xiaowen did not need to be courteous with the Emperor anymore. The power that should be taken over must be taken over.
Xun Yu was conferred the title of Minister of Guanglu, and concurrently held the position of Minister of Shangshu and the position of Ji Prefecture's Governor. His salary is 2,000 dans.
The Minister of Shangshu was an important department that Bai Xiaowen had to control, and it was in charge of issuing the Emperor's edicts.
Previously, Xun Yu was in the Cao Family's camp with the position of "Chamberlain", guarding the position of Minister of Shangshu. Now that Bai Xiaowen directly promoted him to the rank of one of the Nine Ministers, he did not need to use the word "guard", and could directly hold the position of Minister of Shangshu.
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