Outside the office of the prefect of Lu County.

Countless people knelt on the roadside not to seek justice, but to keep Cui Heng.

At this time, more than ten days have passed since Wang Qinghe and Xie Beixing were hung on the flagpole of the city gate tower.

The letters sent to the prefects of various counties have long been well known to Cui Heng.

The people of Lujun City naturally already know it.

Therefore, starting three days ago, people would gather outside the county magistrate's office to petition, hoping that Cui Heng could remain the prefect of Lu County.

Although when Liu Litao was the county magistrate, the people were considered to live and work in peace, but everything was afraid of comparison.

After Cui Heng came here, he defeated the local tyrants and divided the land, and then purged all the merchants, families, sects and other forces that oppressed the people. The living standards of the people have increased by countless levels.

As long as you are a normal person, you will hope that the place where you live will always be managed by a chief officer like Cui Heng.

In the county magistrate's office.

Liu Litao reported helplessly: "The lord is so kind to the sea, and the people cannot bear to let you leave. How should you deal with this matter?"

Cui Heng was still looking at the map of the Thirteen counties of Fengzhou and smiled and said, "You are the county magistrate, you should have some ideas."

Liu Litao was slightly silent when he heard this, nodded and said, "My gaze is like a torch, and my subordinates have indeed thought of a solution."

Cui Heng said lightly: "Tell me."

Liu Litao said in a deep voice: "Sir, what the people worry about is nothing more than the fact that after you leave, if you change to other county magistrates, those who have been cleansed will counterattack and ruin the hard-won life now.

"As long as the people know, even if you leave Lu County, your eyes will still be focused here. The previous government orders will continue to be implemented here, which should make the people feel at ease."

"You mean..." Cui Heng thought for a moment and chuckled, "Let me not let go of my jurisdiction over Lu County even if I sit in the position of Fengzhou Governor?"

"Sir, this is what the people want." Liu Litao bowed and asked, "When the Lord becomes the governor of Fengzhou, can he follow the governor system at the beginning of the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty and set Lu County as the direct jurisdiction of Changfengzhou Prefecture?"

Changfengzhou Prefecture is Changfeng County, which is the capital of Fengzhou and the location of the Fengzhou Patriarch.

If Lu County is appointed as the prefecture directly under the jurisdiction of the prefecture, there is no need to establish a county magistrate.

Just keep the county magistrate and the chief lieutenant to handle political and military affairs, and send an official directly under the state government to regularly patrol the entire army and report back to the state government.

This situation is similar to the prefectural governor at the beginning of the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, and was also called the prefectural governor at that time.

At that time, the world was decided at first, and in order to divide local powers, the court divided the thirteen states into 241 counties, independent of each other and equally ranks.

The central government will regularly send governors to inspect local government affairs, and then report the inspection results to the court, in order to maintain direct jurisdiction over local government affairs and military affairs.

At that time, the state was only a patrol area. The state governor had no direct administrative or military power, and even had no official office and government office. He could only visit and record the records and had to return to the court to report regularly.

The inspection scope is not fixed, and you have to change places every year.

The mountains are high and the road is long, the boats are exhausted, the power is small, the welfare is different, and the real coolie is a real one.

However, this situation only lasted for a few decades and was interrupted.

Because the counties are independent and the local power is too dispersed, they cannot resist the often aroused rebels and cannot suppress the major sects and families. Therefore, the Dajin court could only change the governor of the state to the prefecture, establish a government office, recruit subordinate officials, and the prime minister to have great military and political power.

"In ancient times, there was a special case of governors patrolling a state, but there was no special case of governors sending governors patrolling a county." Cui Heng smiled, not objecting to this, and thought for a while, "You can set up a governor to the county, which is the 'fu County'. Who can Liu Junzhu think of anyone to be appointed?"

"Of course it's Chenfu County." Liu Litao understood Cui Heng's meaning as soon as he heard the name of the official position.

And it is indeed the most suitable Huishi.

Hui Shi has now served as seventeen Fuxian counties. If he had not been sent out by Cui Heng to deliver the letter temporarily, he would have served as twenty-one Fuxian counties in the county at this time.

In order to implement Cui Heng's new policy in various counties, Huishi has offended all the families, sects, and merchants in the county to death. Many landlords have tied villains with Huishi's name in their homes, and they are enough for him secretly every day.

There is absolutely no room for relief.

In fact, if it weren't for knowing that Huishi was the sharpest knife in Cui Heng's hand, Liu Litao would have wanted to persuade Cui Heng to appoint Huishi as the prefect of Lu County.

The people will definitely not object.

After all, Hui Shi had long stood on an irreconcilable opposition with those who wanted to counterattack and remained unrestless.

"Hui Shi is indeed a good candidate." Cui Heng said slightly, "Since Fu County has been decided, there will be a county magistrate. You must choose after the next period of time."

"County Chief?" Liu Litao was stunned when he heard this. Isn't he the county chief? But he quickly reacted and said in surprise, "Sir, are you going to lead your subordinates to Changfengzhou Prefecture?"

"I will take you there if I choose a successor." Cui Heng chuckled, "There must be a different person around Zhou Mu who can help with government affairs. You have done a good job in recent days. By the way, let me tell Chen Tong that he will find a successor too."

"Thank you, sir!" Liu Litao knelt down on the spot excitedly, trembling all over. He never dreamed that he would have the chance to be a state-owned driver in his life.

The provincial governor has many main officials, the most important of which is to engage in history and assist the provincial governor in managing the government affairs of a state, and have extremely high power and status.

If we only consider the territory and authority under the jurisdiction, the current state will not be placed in the melee of the countries a thousand years ago, and even surpassed the prime minister of the kingly kingdom!

"No need to do this. It depends on yourself." Cui Heng waved his hand and asked with a smile, "By the way, where is Huishi delivering the letter now?"

"Sir, Chen Fu County sent someone back to report the process early this morning, saying that it had been sent to the eleven counties." Liu Litao said respectfully, "There are still Luo'an County and Changfengzhou Prefecture that have not been sent."

"So, the one he is going to next should be Luo'an County." Cui Heng thought for a moment, then laughed, "I remember that the Luo'an County Governor is Ren Yuankui, and it is said that he has obtained support from two families of the Qiwang surname?"

There are two necessary conditions for succession as a state governor.

One is to obtain support from two of the Qiwang surnames, or one of the Youdao Yigong and Baolin Zen Temple, and the other is to have another current state pastoral platform to express support.

This means that Ren Yuankui is only left to obtain support from the state governor, and can go through normal procedures to succeed the Fengzhou governor.

"Yes, sir." Liu Litao pointed, "Ren Yuankui is the best at engaging in the camp and has a very good relationship with all major families, sects and merchants. It is said that he has already started to negotiate with several state pastors, hoping to get support from it."

"If you want to obtain support from other state governors, it is probably not without conditions." Cui Heng smiled.

"I heard that I wanted to use the taxes of all the people in Fengzhou as bargaining chips." Liu Litao's news was quite well-informed, "but the allocation ratio was not negotiated, and this time it was delayed."

"Tsk tsk, use the taxes of the people of a state as bargaining chips." Cui Hengzhu turned his head and looked towards Luo'an County, sneering, "This is really a business without a foundation!"

...

Luo'an County was once the richest place in Fengzhou, and even became the capital of Fengzhou during the previous dynasty.

Although there is no longer the glory of the past, it is also the second place among the thirteen counties of Fengzhou to Changfengzhou Prefecture.

When the former governor of the state, Cao Quan, was still alive, the governor of Luo'an County, Ren Yuankui, was somewhat respectful and directly ignored the order of the governor of the state to order him to fight against the Yan bandits' rebel army.

This directly led to the rebel army of Yan thieves who had no one to resist for a long time, causing them to enter a no-man and quickly captured several major counties.

A few months ago, Cao Quan was assassinated and the Yan bandits were defeated and destroyed. Ren Yuankui became interested and began to contact major forces desperately. After paying a considerable price, he finally gained the support of the Ye clan of Jiangnan and Jiang clan of Nanhe.

Next, as long as he obtains the support of a current state governor, he can become the Fengzhou governor as he wishes.

In order to realize his dream, Ren Yuankui now has the opportunity to hold a banquet at home every day, to entertain envoys from major forces, or to welcome people sent by other state governors.

Of course, the most grand banquet must be when we invite other state patriarchs sent by other state patriarchs or even the state patriarch himself.

For example today.

The Youzhou Muslim Guard Wei Xiong came to discuss the election of the Fengzhou Muslim Guard with Ren Yuankui.

This is the third negotiation.

According to convention, as long as the results of this negotiation make both parties almost satisfied, the matter can be basically settled.

Therefore, Ren Yuankui attached great importance to it.

At the banquet, three cattle and sheep were prepared, twelve types of candied fruits, sixteen types of melons and fruits, nine types of wild birds, and various native wild game such as monkeys, snakes, rabbits, etc., and countless wines were aged.

The entire banquet hall was filled with the aroma of wine and meat.

Even if you invite more than 100 people to eat this kind of banquet, it is more than enough and may not be able to finish it.

But in fact, the only ones who "go to the banquet" were the magistrate of Luo'an County Ren Yuankui and Youzhou Biejiaweixiong.

Of course, there was also a musician composed of seventy-two people playing music aside, and twenty-four young girls in tulle swaying and dancing in the table.

However, they are not qualified to taste the delicacies at the banquet.

Wei Xiong has been over 60 years old, but his physique is still strong. He is a man nearly nine feet tall with a beard.

Not like an official, but more like a general.

He narrowed his eyes and admired the graceful body of the girl dancer, pointed at two of them casually, and said with a smile, "Prince Ren, these two are good, I will send them to my room to have fun in the evening."

"Haha, as long as you think, even if you want all of these, it's OK!" Ren Yuankui laughed, "These are all carefully selected young people. They are all 28 years old and have never been exposed to rain."

"No, no, I'll stop showing off when I'm older." Wei Xiong's eyes swept over the girls' half-covered bodies, shook his head and said, "If I were ten years younger, I would definitely fight happily, haha!"

"Don't say anything, you are still as old as the dragon spirit and tiger." Ren Yuankui poured Wei Xiong a glass of wine and flattered him, "It must be that his majesty is still the same as before."

"Haha, I just like to listen to you, so I'll add two more girls." Wei Xiong laughed and called out two more girl dancers. Suddenly he changed his mind, "But, no matter how much fun you are, don't think about relying on these things to let me help you bargain with the Lord of Chenzhou."

The Lord of Chenzhou is the Lord of Youzhou Chen Yu.

"This is nature, this is nature." Ren Yuankui nodded repeatedly, then lowered his voice and asked, "Don't let go, what does the Shenzhou Mu mean? Is it a matter of?"

"Hey, I'm waiting for you to ask." Wei Xiong took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "The 12 counties in Fengzhou have 30% of the taxes in ten years, and the wealth of Lu County is an extra 20%. How about it?"

"This..." Ren Yuankui immediately jumped up and said with a wry smile, "Don't do it, you know. In order to win the support of the Ye family and the Jiang family, I have already divided Fengzhou taxes by 40%. If this is another 30%..."

"Haha, Ren Tai, don't hide it with me." Wei Xiong sneered, "I don't believe that you will not increase the tax rate after taking office. Now we have to settle the tax at this time!

"Even if you get 100% off, as long as you double the tax rate of these mud legs after serving as the governor of Fengzhou, you will make all profits?"

"Don't do it, the taxes are too heavy, I'm afraid the officials will force the people to rebel!" Ren Yuankui still looked bitter.
To be continued...