In fact, when returning to Nanyang, Deng Zhi is definitely the one who most wants to display his talents. He is from Nanyang, and he is eager to make a career in Nanyang and let those who underestimated him back then take a good look. But
The more this happened, the more cautious and calm Deng Zhi became.
All in all, nearly ten years of experience have made Deng Zhi grow remarkably.
He is no longer the arrogant spearhead boy he was before, and he has become more comprehensive in thinking about things.
Guangwu Zhongxing, the Eastern Han Dynasty was founded.
There are ten powerful men in Nanyang County...
But now, the top ten tycoons of the past have basically declined. However, the strength of the township party formed over the years has allowed the top ten tycoons to still occupy leadership positions among the powerful powers in various places. This is especially true in Jiyang Deng Village. Back then, Deng Deng
There was still Deng Ji in the village who was Liu Biao's lieutenant general, so Deng Cun tried his best to support him. However, at the end of the second year of Jian'an, when Cao Cao conquered Wancheng for the second time, Deng Ji was defeated by Wei Yan in Huyang, causing Deng Cun in Jiyang to be defeated again.
There are no outstanding figures. It is not that there are no outstanding people, such as Deng Ji, who is now very powerful. But when Deng Ji left his hometown and fled Nanyang, he never had any contact with Deng Village.
This also made Jiyang Dengcun feel very embarrassed.
Deng Zhi returned to Dengcun to convince the elders of the Deng clan that the problem was not too big.
It may not be possible to convince Dengcun to sincerely join, but they still need someone who can stabilize their military morale.
After thinking about it, Deng Ai is really the most suitable person.
But Cao Peng was not particularly willing!
Jiyang is separated from Ninyang by a river, close to Xinye and Chaoyang.
A war could break out there at any time, so Cao Peng was not at ease when Deng Ai went to Jiyang.
But the problem is, he can't find a more suitable candidate...
If Deng Fan were here, he would be a suitable person, and Cao Peng would not worry about Deng Fan's safety. Deng Ai is too young! Deng Ai, who is only ten years old, has to take on such a dangerous task.
If something goes wrong, how will Cao Peng explain it to his sister?
Seeing that Cao Peng was silent, Deng Zhi did not say any more.
He knew that Cao Peng would make the most correct choice in the end.
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On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Cao Peng made his official appearance and summoned Nanyang officials.
Now, the situation in Nanyang is very bad. Not only has Wancheng fallen, Liu Bei is gradually becoming more powerful, but there are also troubles with officials and other aspects.
Among the several counties under Cao Peng's direct control, except for Wuyin, Huyang, Ye County, Duyang, Zhi County, and Luyang County, the rest of the counties have no chief officials. Several counties basically rely on
With some officials struggling to support themselves, the situation seemed extremely bad. Especially Jiyang, which is now almost in a state of anarchy. The previous Jiyang order was killed by Liu Bei, and all the officials in the county had already fled. Later, Jia
Xu took back Jiyang, but couldn't find a suitable person to make arrangements... In desperation, he had to let Fu Wei temporarily take over the post of Jiyang county captain, which barely stabilized the situation. But Fu Wei seemed to be better at running the army.
In terms of domestic affairs, he was obviously not particularly suitable. After he took over Jiyang, he clashed with Liu Beijun several times, and they were evenly matched. However, Jiyang's situation was still chaotic.
Who can take over Jiyang?
This is also a question that Cao Peng has been considering.
In his heart, he did have a suitable candidate.
But when he summoned the officials, he didn't see that person...
"Li Yan, why didn't you come?"
Cao Peng held the roster and counted the personnel, then he couldn't help but frown and asked in a deep voice.
Lu Chang said with some embarrassment: "Zhengfang is feeling unwell and has not improved. Therefore, he was unable to be summoned. Please forgive me, Governor."
Feeling unwell again!
Four days ago, he felt unwell and did not even go to greet Cao Peng.
But now, Cao Peng summoned officials for the first time after taking office, and Li Yan felt unwell again.
If Cao Peng hadn't paid too much attention to this matter before, now he was sure that Li Yan was not feeling well physically, but mentally. I'm afraid he was a little unconvinced or harbored some doubts about his appointment as Nanyang Prefect.
Be dissatisfied.
Thinking of this, Cao Peng put down the file in his hand, his eyes flashed, and he showed a thoughtful expression.
"Since Li Zhengfang is not feeling well, he should rest at home and don't let him take care of official duties anymore.
Let's see, Zizhang will temporarily take over Li Yan's affairs. When he gets well, we can arrange things for him."
"But……"
Lu Chang was startled and showed a hint of worry.
"Zi Heng, don't say any more words.
Is it possible that our Nanyang County cannot function without him, Li Zhengfang? He is now the chief clerk, and he needs to handle all kinds of documents. Every day of backlog will cause a lot of losses. It is impossible for me to wait.
After he recovers, we can start arranging things.
Zizhang was outstanding in talent and learning. He studied in Taixue, was familiar with classics, and was good at handling documents.
From now on, he will be responsible for the bookkeeping. As for Li Zhengfang, when his health recovers, it will not be too late to entrust him with important responsibilities. This matter has been decided! I will hold a banquet in the mansion in the evening to entertain guests from all over the world. Then I will return
Please trouble Lao Ziheng and pay more attention to the situation in the city."
Cao Peng's words settled the matter, causing Lu Chang to immediately shut his mouth.
It's not that he has a close relationship with Li Yan, it's just that he feels a little pity.
Lu Changda could roughly guess what Li Yan was thinking. It must be that his arrogance had resurfaced! He was probably not convinced by Cao Peng. Even though Cao Peng had a great reputation, he was still too young after all. Li Yan
As for Yan himself, he was an extremely arrogant person, so he didn't feel particularly comfortable. He just wanted to use this method to give Cao Peng a blow. Unexpectedly, Cao Peng directly asked someone to replace Li Yan's position as chief bookkeeper.
.If this guy could be more sensible, he would have a bright future, right in front of him...
What a pity, what a pity!
Lu Chang was not guilty of offending Li Yan, and even offended Cao Peng.
After all, he will still work under Cao Peng in the future.
How dare a small chief registrar dare to show off and provoke the prefect? If it were someone else, like Xiahou Dun, with a strong temper, it would have killed him. Therefore, Lu Chang could only give a few words of advice.
We will no longer talk about Li Yan.
In his heart, Cao Peng didn't like Li Yan.
In his previous life, he had a very bad impression of Li Yan, especially when Zhuge Liang sent his troops out of Qishan and saw that Sima Yi had run out of supplies and victory was in sight, but Li Yan was afraid of taking responsibility because he was not in a good position to supervise supplies, so he went to his lord Liu Chan.
He slandered and falsely accused Zhuge Liang, causing Zhuge Liang's plan to send troops out of Qishan to fail. From this point of view, Cao Peng did not think highly of Li Yan's character and virtue.
And now Li Yan is actually trying to fight with him again?
There is no way Cao Peng would bow to him...
The so-called "visiting the thatched cottage three times" and the so-called "courtesy of virtuous people" also need to be divided into people.
If it were someone like Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang, Cao Peng wouldn't mind visiting the thatched cottage. But the more polite he was to a self-respecting person like Li Yan, the more arrogant he would be. Therefore, since Li Yan said that he was not in good health, then Cao Peng would
I don't mind, let him have a good rest.
Anyway, he has enough manpower for the time being.
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That night, in the government office, Cao Peng hosted a banquet for the guests who came to congratulate him.
Ma Xuan also came to the banquet. He originally wanted to stir up trouble at the banquet, but when he saw the guests sitting at the banquet, he wisely kept his mouth shut. Because at the banquet, there was someone sent by Liu Biao.
The envoy was none other than Pang Shanmin from Lumen Mountain. The Pang family was not only related to the Cai family, but also had close contact with Zhuge Liang. With Pang Shanmin here, Ma Xuan was really not very good at stirring up trouble.
However, he could see Liu Biao's thoughts from the arrival of Pang Shanmin.
Maybe Liu Biao didn't want to be at odds with the Cao family, so he asked Pang Shanmin to come here just to show goodwill to Cao Peng. The whole Jingzhou knew that Pang was kind to Cao Peng. Now, although Pang Degong has retired, but
The human relationship between Cao Peng and the Pang family still exists. As soon as Ma Xuan saw Pang Shanmin, he immediately felt that something was not going well... Liu Biao, could it be that he wanted to negotiate peace with the Cao family?
He suddenly had no intention of staying in Wuyin any longer, so he hurried to the banquet and then left.
Ma Xuan must return to Wancheng as soon as possible and tell Liu Bei about Pang Shanmin's visit, so that Liu Bei can prepare in advance...
Cao Peng did not try to persuade Ma Xuan to stay.
He only knew that Ma Xuan was the boss of the Wuchang family and the eldest brother of the white-browed Ma Liang.
Although it is recorded in history that Ma Xuan is very talented.
But in Cao Peng's memory, Ma Xuan's name was not even mentioned in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It is not easy to win over this kind of people, and giving him a good look will easily make them more proud. If it is not done well, it will still make them more proud.
It would bring humiliation to oneself. Cao Peng disdained such a thing.
It's just a pity that Zhao Yun left with Ma Xuan.
He didn't even say goodbye to Cao Peng, and left without even greeting him...
Cao Peng knew that he could not recruit Zhao Yun now.
But to be honest, he was a little reluctant to let Zhao Yun go so easily.
That night, Cao Peng had a great time with his guests in his mansion.
Pang Shanmin told Cao Peng that Pang Degong was in Lumen Mountain now, and if he had time, Cao Peng would be invited to visit.
Cao Peng happily agreed.
The next day, Cao Peng sent Pang Shanmin away.
As soon as he returned to the county gate, he saw Du Ji rushing to greet him, "Master, there was someone who claimed to be an old friend of the master just now and was waiting in the hall."
Old friend?
Cao Peng couldn't help but be startled when he heard this.
Does he have any old friends in Nanyang?
It seems that except for Pang Degong, Cao Peng did not have any friends or relatives in Nanyang.
Feeling some doubts in his heart, Cao Peng hurriedly came to the hall. As soon as he walked up the doorstep, he saw two masters and servants in the hall.
One is over thirty years old, looks a bit old, and has white hair on his temples.
The other one is an old man. Judging from his age, he should be almost seventy years old...
When Cao Peng saw these two people, a bright smile suddenly appeared on his face.
He walked quickly into the hall and laughed loudly: "Brother Kuai, old housekeeper, when will you two come to Wuyin? I am a friend who is far away, but I hope you will forgive me."