In July of the first year of Han Guanghe, Gongsun Xun led a few horses straight into Xiangping City, the largest city outside the Great Wall of Liaodong County. Then, he handed over documents and ribbons to the left-behind county magistrate in the county official temple in Xiangping City, and officially became
A new Xiangping order was appointed.
One more thing, the county magistrate's surname is Tian Shao, and he is the largest family in the local area after the Gongsun family.
In fact, the Tian family is one of the few big surnames in Youzhou that can be compared with the Gongsun family in terms of scale. However, the main settlement areas of this surname are in Guangyang, Yuyang and other core areas of Youzhou, and then extend to the two wings, forming a
Long strip shape; but the Gongsun family is based in western Liaoning and then distributed along the Bohai Sea. The distribution image is like an unclosed circle.
As for Gongsun Xun's former colleague Tian Kai in western Liaoning, and his current subordinate Tian Shao, in fact, like his local brother Gongsun Yu who he has not yet met, they both left their hometown to take official positions in other places. After leaving office, they gained financial connections, and
As a result, I was too lazy to go home and settled near my office... In fact, this is also the main means of spreading surnames these days.
But back in front of me, facing such a powerful local figure and dozens of county officials, Gongsun Xun, who had just hung up his seal and stood in the lobby of the county temple, had a somewhat gloomy look on his face. He neither sat down nor sat down.
He didn't say anything, just turned his head and looked at the other person up and down.
Tian Shao was in his thirties this year. He had a rich complexion and outstanding appearance. He was from a wealthy family and had served as a county magistrate. He naturally had good eyesight, so he immediately leaned down and bowed down: "Do you have any other orders from the county magistrate? You have just arrived.
As we take office, it is our turn to serve the county king."
Gongsun Xun nodded slightly, but his face was expressionless, making it difficult for people to understand his thoughts for a moment: "There is a difficult matter that I need Mr. Tian to share my worries with."
"It doesn't matter what the county king said." Tian Shao couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. "In the land of Xiangping, if the county king issues an order and then asks his subordinates to do it, there is nothing that cannot be done!"
As soon as these words came out, dozens of county officials below all nodded... After all, these words were indeed too much.
"That's it." Gongsun Xun said without commenting, but frowned slightly. "Before I took office, I happened to meet the eunuch of the dynasty in Luozhong, Cao Jie, the minister of the Great Changqiu, where he framed the dynasty's Zhongliang and the former Sikong Chen.
Not only was Mr. Chen charged with treason, but his family was also implicated! Out of righteous indignation, I confronted Cao Jie at the Shangshutai and saved Mr. Chen's family." That's it.
, Gongsun Xun paused for a moment, and then glanced at Tian Xian Cheng, who looked a little dull, and the county officials below. "Do you understand, Mr. Tian?"
"Hey," Tian Shao replied blankly. "I seem to understand, but I am still a little confused. It is actually this Shangshu Ling, Dachangqiu, Sikong, who conspired to rebel... this, this... and then what? County?
What do you want from your subordinates?"
"Go on and listen to me." Gongsun Xun said unconcernedly. "Since I saved Chen Gong's family, the then head of his family, Shen Zhengnan, a famous scholar in Hebei Province, was very grateful to me. And I received the news that day.
I was appointed, but I didn't know how to administer it, and my lord Chen Gong was bound to die unjustly in prison, so I invited him to come to Xiangping to manage the government for me, maybe in a month or two. The county magistrate has been in office for a long time,
Can you help me arrange the position of Shen Zhengnan? It must be arranged well, and I must not let me get the reputation of treating famous people harshly."
"Oh!" After hearing this, Tian Shao suddenly responded. "I understand, this Sikong Prefecture family leader, a famous scholar from Hebei, wants to come to our Xiangping County to serve? The county master wants me to help him arrange a suitable position.
, and then we must not let you bear the reputation of being treated harshly..."
As soon as he was halfway through repeating these words, Tian Shaotian County Magistrate turned pale, but couldn't finish the sentence... as if he understood it completely.
By the way, why should we say that we treat famous people harshly? Are famous people and famous people the same thing? Mingshi refers to the judge, but what about famous people? The descendants of the Gongsun family in western Liaoning came to Xiangping Order, which is the largest in the country.
The clan Gongsun of Liaodong must avoid suspicion and cannot be used, so the so-called famous local clan is nothing more than the Tian clan.
In other words, the county magistrate in front of him had just entered the official temple and hung up his official seal less than half a quarter of an hour ago, and he wanted to evict himself to make room for his cronies... Moreover, he also wanted to resign on his own initiative, so as to save him from the burden of "treating the local people harshly".
Mingzu's bad reputation!
This is really, really overbearing!
However, Tian Shao stood in the hall, thinking about it, but he really didn't know how to deal with the other party... He was really reluctant to agree to the other party directly. After all, the position of county magistrate is a serious deputy with real power in the county, and the so-called taking over the county affairs is also
, Xiangping is the first city outside the Great Wall and a large county with ten thousand households; but if he does not agree, is this Gongsun Xun a county magistrate with no foundation, no backing, and no ability? Not to mention the dizzy Cao Jie just now
, Wang Fu, only talking about the local power of the Gongsun family, if he really wants to support him, he will die in an ugly way. But he really agrees, but he is really reluctant to give up?
Just when Tian Shao was hesitating, unexpectedly, Gongsun Xun, who was standing at the top, had already changed his face slightly and looked a little impatient.
You know, no matter how ridiculous Lou Zibo's eight policies were when they were adapted to local conditions in Liaodong, the single "exclusion of dissenters" is an unbreakable official truth wherever it is placed.
If we don’t exclude dissenters, what can be accomplished?
Just like this, in a large county with 10,000 households, according to the rules, there are one county magistrate and two county lieutenants... If we don’t drive out the county magistrate in front of us, how will we deal with the judge who will submit to him after a while?
? He was originally a famous scholar in Hebei, and he was also the shogunate general of the Sangong Mansion. When he went to Wang Yun's Mansion, the prince's division had to personally greet him. Now when he comes to your county, he doesn't even have a county magistrate?
And not only the county magistrate, but also the two county lieutenants, Gongsun Xun, were ready to evict them all to make room for Lu Fan and Han Dang.
Thinking about it, Lu Ziheng followed him around, east and west. Although he didn't say it with his mouth, according to his character of wanting to get ahead, he was probably longing for a decent position in his heart, right? The county magistrate gave it to him.
During the matchmaking process, wouldn’t he even be able to retain a county captain for his true confidant?
And Han Dang, who was the first to follow him and resigned from his official position many times for him, must also express his gratitude.
These two people, plus Lou Gui who suffered a serious psychological shock the day before, Wei Yue who escorted Yang Qiu's family back home after a long journey of thousands of miles, and Wang Xiu who defected to him not long ago... These people have no merit but no hard work.
There is also personal affection, but even if there is no personal affection, if someone comes across the sea with you, you have to explain something, right?
Therefore, unless they suddenly change their names to Zhuge Liang or Jia Wenhe and no longer call them Tian Shao, they will definitely not be able to stay! Even the remaining middle-level officials, if
If they can't express their position before Lu Fan and other troops arrive, then there is no need for them to stay... You must know that there are quite a few people who come from the Yanmen family, have meritorious service, and can read.
of!
Of course, Gongsun Xun originally didn't want to be so eager. After all, the big team hadn't arrived yet, so the best way was to pretend to be a snake for now, take a small notebook and write it down, and wait until everyone was ready before taking action.
So why did you worry so much in the end?
The answer is simple - Anli has been operating outside the Great Wall for 20 years, and the tree has deep roots. Under the sudden exertion, he naturally has nothing to say; but in this Xiangping County official temple, Gongsun Xun couldn't help but wonder whether his wife could still survive.
The arrangements for yourself are clear?!
You must know that human nature is like this. It is human nature to be greedy for power and position. Can your mother really arrange to move these people?
Gongsun Xun really doesn’t believe in evil!
It's actually unreasonable, unsmart, and even unnecessary to start a direct attack when you first arrive, but you just want to vent your anger once!
"What are Tian Jun thinking?" Gongsun Xun's evil thoughts suddenly rose, but he suddenly shouted loudly. "Are you trying to avoid doing such a small thing?! Who do you think you are?!"
"Your Majesty, I have long been prepared to abdicate in favor of someone more worthy!" With a plop, Tian County Prime Minister was so frightened that he knelt down and apologized. After all, he felt that there was no possibility of a successful confrontation, and a forced confrontation might really lead to the destruction of the family. "I'm just worried.
I am leaving today, and I don’t know when Shen Zhengnan will arrive. It will be detrimental to official duties, so I am hesitant..."
"In Xiangping County," Gongsun Xun couldn't help but raise his head and laugh when he saw the other party kneeling down. "I'm afraid it's safe and peaceful without a county magistrate, let alone you as a county magistrate?"
Tian Shao was confused and confused.
"Forget it," seeing the other party being so honest, Gongsun Xun suddenly felt bored again. "Get up and still take care of the miscellaneous affairs in the county. We will talk about abdicating the throne in favor of talents after the trial match arrives."
Tian Shao couldn't help but be overjoyed... The county magistrate for one or two months was also the county magistrate, which was enough for him to make arrangements.
"You can free up the position of Hu Cao in the county," Gongsun Xun continued to order. "Shuzhi!"
Although Wang Xiu, who was standing aside, was a little stunned, he still hurried forward.
"Shuzhi will take over Hu Cao." Gongsun Xun casually ordered. "Are both county captains also present?"
When the county officials below heard this, they lowered their heads again.
"Yes." Tian Shao quickly replied.
"Point to a bad one." Gongsun Xun ordered calmly.
Tian Shao was speechless for a moment, but he finally raised his hand and pointed at the person behind him. The person he was pointed at also looked pale, but he did not dare to say anything.
"Resign, and Duke Yi will do it." Gongsun Xun waved his hand casually. "Then Duke Yi and Zibo can discuss the matter of 'group prevention and group governance' in the countryside..."
Lou Gui and Han Dang looked stunned, and the former cheered up a little.
"That's where the personnel matters end." Gongsun Xun still stood in the hall with a straight face, but his words made all the county officials except the hall official who had just lost his job breathe a sigh of relief. "When I came here, I heard that the locals
It is said that Liaodong is vast and sparsely populated, so it is most in need of manpower, isn’t that true?”
"The county king has a clear warning!" Tian Shao said quickly.
"Then go to the Anli Store in the city to find the local shopkeepers and ask them to buy as many Sanhan slaves as possible from Sanhan... I will pay for it. All the officials in the county will work from top to bottom, from the county magistrate to the pavilion chief, regardless of official position.
, one for each family. Those who are rich in the family should not be too few. You must know that the life of the lower-level officials is extremely hard. A little kindness can help them work less."
"The County Lord is so kind!" Tian Shao was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then immediately bowed down again.
The county officials behind him also bowed down one after another and expressed their gratitude.
"Just maybe it's not enough!" After temporarily evading the purge and suddenly receiving rewards, these county officials have become a lot more active, and since it is related to their own vital interests, some people actually had the courage to raise their heads and remind the other party.
"How can it not be enough?" Gongsun Xun sneered. "As long as there are five bahts, those three Han chiefs are willing to sell their mothers! It is really not enough..." At this point, Gongsun Xun pointed at Han Dang and Lou again.
Gui. "I asked these two people to carry out the task of 'group defense and group governance'. The purpose is to train the civil defense. If the public security in the village is good, let them lead the civil defense and follow the caravan of the Amway to Sanhanshanwozi."
Just capture some of them! I, Gongsun Xun, have kept my promise and I will definitely be with you!"
The officials in the hall became more and more excited.
"Okay!" Gongsun Xun just sighed and said. "The handover has been done, and we have met in person. We will get along with each other for a long time in the future. Don't let your minds wander. Just keep doing your duties... Tian County Cheng
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"I'm here!" Tian Shao bowed his head again.
"If there are any pending cases in prison, just bring them in. If there is no backlog of lawsuits at this time, you can bring all the people in prison to me and I will retry them one by one!"
"If the county prince doesn't go to see the governor, is there still the former prefect Xuantu Gongsun who is living at home?" Tian Shao was stunned again. "And the gentleman from the school in the city?"
"The day the lawsuit prison is clear, the day I won't see these people!" Gongsun Xun waved his hand and told the other party to go away and do something. "Hurry up and let the thief Cao bring the files, and then let the jailer mention the person. I will be working here today.
I don’t want to delay either!”
The county officials immediately dispersed, and for a while, only three confidants were left in the hall.
"Uncle, please work harder. Go and check the county's money and food." Gongsun Xun became much kinder to his own people, and finally sat down... There was actually a Taifu chair behind him. "Yi.
Sir, please go and check the county's arsenal and soldiers as soon as possible. These two matters are extremely important, so don't delay."
Han Dang and Wang Xiu naturally resigned.
"Uncle Zi," after everyone had left, Gongsun Xun looked at Lou Gui and spoke alone. "I see that your expression is unswerving, but you feel dissatisfied that I didn't give you a position?"
"How could it be?" Lou Gui quickly spread his hands and said, "I, Uncle Lou, don't care about the position of a county official. Besides, as I expected, Shaojun will definitely find a mistake to catch the thief when he investigates the case later.
I was also exempted, and then I was asked to take over, so that I could cooperate with Yi Gong in the matter of 'group prevention and group governance'."
Gongsun Xun nodded slightly: "That's right...then why do you still look uncertain?"
"I'm just still ashamed," Lou Gui sighed for a moment. "I have prided myself on my intelligence since I was a child, even to the point of acting absurdly. But since I followed Shaojun back to the north, I have discovered that I am short of wits... Shaojun the day before yesterday
As I said in Wen County, I am grateful to you for taking me as your confidant, but at the same time I feel that I am really incompetent and ridiculous!"
"Uncle Zi!" Gongsun Xun also sighed for a moment. "My mother started to establish an Anli account in Lingzhi when she was still in her infancy. In three years, she accumulated enough funds to join the business outside the Great Wall. It has been twenty years now.
, After twenty years of business, how can you and I be able to match you with just a quick thought? You feel that you are incompetent and frustrated, so what do I do?"
Lou Gui couldn't help but feel moved in his heart.
"It's as good as I expected. I'm afraid I'll have to circle around Liaodong for the next ten years..." Gongsun Xun sat on the Taifu chair and sighed more and more. "I have been the magistrate of Xiangping County for three years, and my performance has been outstanding."
Go ahead, I will be twenty-six or seven by then, and with my previous military exploits, I may be able to be promoted to a border commander, and then in two years I will be promoted to a governor of Lelang or something like that. Finally, we will see the situation.
Let me hurry up and return to Liaodong as the governor! I probably have never told you that my mother and I, Master Lu, have been exchanging letters for more than ten years, and she can really influence my relocation."
Lou Gui lowered his head and thought for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said bluntly: "Looking at the words and deeds of the young master, don't you think you don't want to be trapped here? As the sun is setting in front of your eyes, do you want to enter the fortress and compete with the heroes of the world?"
Gongsun Xun was silent... He didn't acquiesce, but he really didn't know how to reply.
After all, my mother is also a loving mother, and she does everything for her own good...According to the so-called 'historical trend', relying on the five hundred miles of isolation from Lulong fortress to Yangle City, then Gongsun Du is a separatist regime of fifty
Did he die after four lifetimes? No matter how good he is, he is recognized by Qiao Xuan as a 'stronger' man than Cao Mengde. Could it be that he really can't hold on to this inheritance?
Besides, this place can be retreated, defended, or attacked. It is not that there is no hope of fighting out... It's just that the five hundred miles of isolation in western Liaoning and the Bohai Sea, which I have been unconscious for countless days, are in front of me. This place can be advanced or attacked.
'It's just a little difficult.
And it is precisely because of this that despite understanding, Gongsun Xun finally felt a little bit unwilling as Lou Gui guessed. In other words, like all the unscrupulous people in the world, he was unwilling to be arranged like this by his master.
And there is no freedom at all!
In fact, although Gongsun Xun was ambitious before, he was also a little confused. But after he became aware of his mother's arrangement that day, he suddenly had an idea - not to mention Cao Mengde, your son and I, Gongsun Xun, are better than
Is Gongsun Zan, who did not mention Xiaolian and Lianlian, better? How could he not intercept this person's luck and replace him, then discuss Hebei with Yuan Benchu, and then discuss the world with Cao Mengde?!
Perhaps Aunt Gongsun herself didn't know that it was her proper arrangement that gave her son's ambition for the first time an aggressive path that, although it was only fleeting and not necessarily reasonable, was very substantial.
You can replace Gongsun Du, but you can't replace Gongsun Zan? Don't everyone have the compound surname Gongsun?
Of course, after all, his mother is compassionate, and it would be difficult for Gongsun Xun to say no to his mother who raised him as a widow! Therefore, in the face of Lou Gui's inquiry, he could only
'Silent'.
"I understand." Hearing the sound of hurried footsteps suddenly coming from outside the hall, Lou Zibo continued to grit his teeth. "I, Lou Gui, have been entrusted by Shaojun's confidant, and I always want to think of an upright and just way for Shaojun that does not harm mother and son.
Love is the way to break the situation.”
"If there really is such a way," Gongsun Xun, who also heard the footsteps, couldn't help but sigh. "That would be the best! The time is long, and Zibo must take the long term."
The feeling of helplessness in his words was still there, which made Lou Gui even more determined.
At this moment, two people suddenly turned around outside the hall. The leader was a county official who was leading the way. Not to mention, the person behind him made Gongsun Xun put aside his unnecessary thoughts for a moment, and then he said with great joy:
"Wei Yue, how come you are here so fast? Are Madam and Ziheng arriving soon?"
The visitor turned out to be Wei Yue, who was escorting Yang Qiu’s family straight to Quanzhou (today’s Tianjin) that day!
When Wei Yue heard this, he hurriedly bowed down and replied: "I have met Mr. Young Madam. They have arrived in western Liaoning. They just want to visit various places and stop for a while. Then Mrs. Bian also arrived...because I arrived
It’s the earliest, so in compliance with my old mistress’ wishes, I’ll hurry up to report that I’m safe and deliver the letter.”
Gongsun Xun had a look of surprise on his face, and he also laughed out of embarrassment: "Yes, at most it's that matter. It's unlikely that a large group of people will arrive so soon."
However, just when the newly appointed Xiang Pingling received the family letter, he suddenly reacted: "You call my mother your mistress and you call me your young master. Could it be that you also want to be my retainer? You were there because of
I don’t want to be a member of a wealthy family and become my enemy…why are you so straightforward today?”
"Report to Young Master!" Wei Yue couldn't help but blush slightly. "My old mistress granted me a marriage. I burst into tears with gratitude, so I bowed down immediately..."
"Whose children?" Lou Gui also asked curiously. "What makes you so straightforward?"
"It's..." Wei Yue felt a little embarrassed for a moment.
"Who is it?" Gongsun Xun asked while opening the letter.
"It's the person Shaojun asked me to escort that day, Yang Qiu's widow, Mrs. Cheng." Wei Yue gritted his teeth and replied.
Gongsun Xun and Lou Zibo looked at each other, speechless for a moment.
"With your temperament, could it be that you were bullied on the road and then raped someone directly?!" Gongsun Xun suddenly slapped the case. "You are making cooked rice out of raw rice, and then you are repaying the Yang family with a favor?!
"
"Please rest assured, Shaojun, it's not that I was oppressed or forced to repay any favors." Wei Yue quickly knelt down and explained. "In fact, after arriving in Quanzhou, although the Yang clan was very grateful to Shaojun, they
I disliked Mrs. Cheng so much that I wouldn't even let her in. Seeing how pitiful she was, I took her to Liaoxi. When the old mistress saw us, she directly asked me if I wanted to marry someone else, and also asked about my wife.
Are you willing to marry me... I live in a poor state in a border county, why wouldn't I want to marry such a beautiful woman? It's rare that my wife doesn't dislike me..."
Gongsun Xun understood it halfway through, and didn't bother to pay attention to the other party, so he just lowered his head and read the letter.
However, this letter is extremely simple, with only a few words: "Gongsun Wenqi, you scared your mother again and caused a lot of trouble to your mother. After I deal with it in western Liaoning, we will meet to settle the accounts."
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The letter was not clear and it read very strangely, as if it was written by his wife. After reading it, Gongsun Xun couldn't help but shook his head in disappointment. The arrangements in Liaodong were so clear that Bian Yu frightened her and she didn't dare to
Guaranteed to appease Zhao Yun...it's also frustrating.
However, this kind of thing was something that neither Wei Yue nor Lou Gui could discuss.
But with no choice, Gongsun Xun could only stand up and shouted at the county official who was leading the way at the door: "What are you doing standing there? Please hurry up and remind Tian Shao, why haven't the files and criminals arrived yet?"
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——————I am the new arrival at the dividing line——————
"(Xiangping) the chief officials were greedy and relied on their power, but failed to carry out previous orders. When Taizu arrived, they were all gone in one day. Political and religious affairs flourished, and the county was peaceful." - "Old Book of Yan".
Volume 1. The Chronicles of Emperor Taizu Wu
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