Historically, there were two prominent families in Linyi area, one was the Wang family of Langya and the other was the Xiao family of Lanling. The Wang family of Langya was represented by Wang Ji, Wang Dao, Wang Xizhi and others, and there were more than 90 prime ministers. The early years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty were its peak, and there was a saying that "king and horses share the world." During the Southern Dynasties, the Xiao family of Lanling was "the emperors of the two dynasties and the prime minister of the Nine Xiaos". Su Shi once wrote a poem to praise Xiao's "Fuyao wanted to be a sign of clothes and clothes, but he would succeed the eight Xiaos after success."

However, as time passed, the Wang family of Langya gradually declined after the Jin Dynasty, and the Xiao family of Lanling gradually declined after the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. During the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, these two prominent families had no direct influence in the court and were not much different from ordinary large families. However, the foundation accumulated over thousands of years would not be said to be gone. At least in Yizhou, they are still the first and second largest families.

This time, Wang Jun attacked Yizhou. Except for some of Wang and Xiao's tribesmen stayed in place to guard their families, most of them fled into Yizhou City. The governor of Yizhou led his troops to fight, and the entire army was wiped out on the west bank of Yishui. The remaining troops in the city were completely insufficient. Wang Jun was a giant bandit in Shandong and had a bad reputation. The big clans knew that after the city was broken, they were the worst of themselves. Therefore, they changed their former stingy nature, paid money, grain and people, and helped Gao Mingheng defend the city. For example, the four walls of Yizhou were guarded by Zhao Qin, and the east gate was the only judge in the city, and the north and south gates were responsible for the clan members of the Wang and Xiao family.

Zhou Xian swept around the people in the hall and smiled faintly: "Everyone, I said, the money and food are just for you. In four months, not only will the original number be returned, but you will also give you 20% of the profit and silver. If you really don't want to, I won't force you to leave now. You don't say a word like this, what do you want me to think!"

Zhou Xian once mentioned the matter of borrowing money to Gao Mingheng, but he did not expect Zhou Xian to say so directly. He hesitated for a moment, sighed silently in his heart, and stood up first and said, "Everyone, it is a good thing to have wealth in the family, but it may not be necessary in chaotic times. Not to mention it, just say that Wang Jun's rebellion this time, many wealthy businessmen and gentry were robbed by bandits, and their families were destroyed. If Yizhou was not defended, the money and grain in your hands could not be saved either. Zhou General Zhou led his troops to defeat Wang Jun, saved Yizhou, and saved your family property and life. At present, Zhou General Zhou General Zhou's salary was short of food, and the people in the city should contribute their own strength. I will express my opinion here first. My Gao family will take out 20,000 taels of silver for General Zhou as military salary."

The Gao family is also a wealthy family in Yizhou. Although he is not as good as the Wang and Xiao families, he has little wealth. Moreover, Gao Mingheng has been an official for many years, and although he has a lot of 20,000 taels of silver, he can take it out.

Seeing that Gao Mingheng had already expressed his opinion, another person immediately stood up. His name was Wang Fuyuan, who was nearly 60 years old and was the current head of the Wang family in Langya. "Gao Futai is very loyal and righteous. The villain admires it very much. My Wang family is willing to lend 10,000 taels of silver, plus 8,000 stones of rice. But most of the food is in the countryside. Please give me three days to collect it."

Ten thousand taels of silver are nothing, but eight thousand stones of rice are urgently needed by Zhou Xian. At present, the war is endless and food is in short supply. The price of grain in Qingzhou has reached 8 taels per stone. This time the Wang family was equivalent to taking out more than 70,000 taels of silver. Zhou Xian was moved and hurriedly stood up and bowed: "Wang Weng Dayi, Zhou thanked me in his heart."

Xiao Jingyuan, the leader of the Xiao clan, saw Wang Fuyuan taking the lead, and hurriedly stood up and said, "The little man has no extra gold and silver at his home, but he is willing to lend 10,000 stones of rice and grain to the Supervisor. Currently, the Xiao family grain shop in Yizhou has 6,000 stones, and they can be handed over to the Supervisor first."

As both of their leaders expressed their opinions, others also spoke. Some were more, some were less, but everyone present had some expressions.

At the end, Zhou Xian picked up the accounts recorded by the clerk and looked at them. There were 190,000 silver and 40,000 stones of grain. The amount was not much, but it solved Zhou Xian's urgent need. He picked up a glass of wine and said to everyone: "I thank you for the soldiers on behalf of the front line and the people of Yizhou."

During the meal, everyone raised their glasses to respond.

Zhou Xian put his glass on the wine glass and smiled faintly: "As the saying goes, a family that accumulates good deeds will have good fortune. From your current performance, it is enough to show your character and family style. Liu Zeqing is in chaos, and officials from Shandong are in chaos, and from prefectures, to prefectures to counties, all suffered heavy losses. What our army has to do not only defeat Liu Zeqing, but also restore the administration of Shandong prefectures. I will do the previous things, but I need help in the next things."

Wang Fuyuan stood up and said, "The commander has a designation, so we will definitely follow the order."

Zhou Xian waved his hand and gestured to him to sit down, and smiled and said, "It's not as serious as Wang Weng said. You are all famous gentry in Yizhou. I just want you to recommend some talent to me. The chief officials of the prefectures and counties are not something I can do, but from the judges in the prefectures and officials to the county magistrates in the county, the chief ministers, the chief officials, the clerks and Gao Futai and I can do it. Here you have loaned a total of 190,000 taels of silver and 40,000 s of grain here. Let's recommend the number of people according to this! Every five thousand taels of silver is given, and one person is also recommended for every two thousand s of grain. At that time, they will be given official positions according to their talents and credits. As the saying goes, you will not avoid relatives from the outside, and you will not avoid revenge from the outside. I hope you can really recommend some good talents to serve the court."

Everyone dispersed, and only Gao Mingheng and Li Zhongyin were left in the hall. Gao Mingheng was a little angry, "Master Zhou, why do you use them as the official position of the state government? Isn't this equivalent to selling official positions?"

Zhou Xian was a little drunk, waved his hand to let Gao Mingheng sit down, and said with a faint smile: "Gao Futai, Yizhou officials have lost all their losses, and they need to be supplemented as soon as possible to help stabilize the situation. Even if I don't say that, you will not avoid these gentry clans when you choose people. Instead of being forced to do it at that time, it is better to take this opportunity to give favors. Besides, asking them to recommend it does not mean directly recruiting, and I did not say that I will not recruit other people anymore! Also, after they took the initiative to lend money and grain, I announced that I would recommend talented people. Is there anyone who sells official positions like this?"

Gao Mingheng said: "But you can easily mistakenly think of it?"
Chapter completed!