Chen Cheng stayed in Ji County for more than ten days. By the time Zhang Heng's soldiers and family members had all moved from Zhangye County to Wudu County, the wounded soldiers who had been recuperating in Ji County were almost recovered.
In the past, there were some rumors in Liangzhou, saying that Chen Shijun was a god, an immortal, or a strange beast or spirit. Anyway, he was the kind of person with great magic power. Not only was he superb in martial arts, but he also had the ability to raise the flesh and bones of the dead. The lower class
Among the common people and Qiang people, there are many who believe this. Among the powerful people and scholars, there are some who are half-convinced, and some who do not believe it at all and sneer at such rumors.
However, in the past ten days, most of the wounded soldiers who were evacuated to Ji County survived. Among those who recovered, some even had their stomachs cut open and their intestines leaked out, and they actually recovered.
Things became more and more mysterious inside and outside the city, so much so that when Chen Cheng was walking his horse outside the city, he often encountered people kowtowing to him, which also made him reduce the number of times he went out.
Lu Fang has been appointed as the prefect of Hanyang. In addition to the captains, chief ministers, and county magistrates who were directly appointed by the prefectural pastorate in advance, there are still many vacancies in the county. Who can be appointed and who can't be appointed is just a word from Lu Fang.
.Even if you are a commoner or a prisoner, as long as the eunuch recruits you, you can immediately become a person above others.
In the political ecology of the Han family, the prefect of a county has almost all rights, from collecting taxes to settling cases, from sending troops to fight thieves to recruiting subordinate officials. Except for a very few things, there is nothing he cannot do. It is because the prefect
With such great power, the Han people developed the tradition of "treating a county as a country".
No matter what the local powerful people and scholars in Hanyang have in mind, since Lu Fang has become the prefect of Hanyang, he has the right to kill and kill the officials and people in the county. Even if Li Jun, Wang Ling and others are appointed by the state pastoral office, they can only
Lu Fang obeyed. This custom of treating the prefecture as a country and treating the prefect as the lord is left over from history. Even if Chen Cheng and Yan Zhong implemented the system of three provinces and six ministries and wanted to strengthen centralization, they could not do it in a short time.
Turn this trend around.
After Lu Fang took office, he immediately used the methods of promotion from the army and recruitment from the local area to complete the civil and military officials under his command, and then began to govern Hanyang. He spent some time, and after sorting out the affairs of the county, he quickly
I encountered a difficult matter.
In the prefect's mansion, Lu Fang was sitting on his knees on a futon. His armor and hair crown were all neat and tidy, without a trace of disorder. He held a roll of bamboo slips in his hand and said in a deep voice to the dozen officials in front of him: "You guys
What means?"
As the captain of Hanyang, Li Jun was a high-ranking official with a rank of two thousand stones. In theory, he could compete with the prefect. But the theory was just a theory. No matter from any aspect, he could not challenge Lu Fang's authority. Seeing the prefect asking questions, Li Jun
He knelt down and worshiped, then straightened up and said: "Long County, Ayang and other places have always been the territory of Hanyang. How can they be brought under the rule of Ma Teng, the prefect of Anding? Please write to the lord to take back the ceded land!"
In order to win over the Liangzhou princes to deal with Han Sui and Li Xiangru, Chen Cheng promised them a lot of benefits. The benefit given to Ma Teng was the territory of Longxian and Ayang counties. At that time, he just wanted to occupy some territory in Hanyang.
, as a base for the future march south. However, the situation developed too fast. Since the heroes of Hanyang had plans to betray Han Sui, Chen Cheng took advantage of the situation and occupied the entire territory of Hanyang.
But this resulted in the current situation of Hanyang being divided into two parts. On one side are the areas such as Ayang in Long County occupied by Ma Teng, and on the other side are places such as Jixian County under the rule of Lu Fang. The people of the Han Dynasty had a strong sense of region and clan.
This kind of thing was not acceptable, so after the affairs in the county were sorted out a little, Li Jun, Yang Fu, Wang Ling and others led the civil and military forces in the county to present such a problem to Lu Fang.
Lu Fang was silent for a while and then asked: "Don't you know that it is the Lord's wish to let Ma Teng occupy Long County and other places?"
Yang Fu came out and said: "At this time, at that time, when Long County and other places were ceded, Hanyang was in the hands of Han Sui. Now that the prefect is in power, it is very different from before. It is time to take back the ceded cities.
Already."
Lu Fang snorted and said, "I understand what you mean, and I will handle this matter. Do you have anything else to do?"
Everyone looked at each other and then said in unison: "Nothing else."
"Since everything is alright, then everyone should step back!"
The civil and military officials bowed down together and said, "No!"
Lu Fang is a typical Han Chinese, with a little knowledge of literature and art, superb martial arts, and a strong desire to achieve success. When he was still the captain of the Yueqi camp, while he was practicing martial arts hard, he was thinking about how to climb up.
After becoming the captain of the Northern Territory, I thought that one day I would be appointed as the governor.
According to the Han family system, the prefect is a very important part of an official's resume. Only those who have served at least one term as prefect can enter the central government and become important figures in the court. Those like Yan Zhong and Zhao Yun who rose to the top in one step and directly entered the central government as chief officials,
This is only possible at the beginning of the establishment. Once the political power stabilizes, it will be difficult for that kind of thing to happen again.
Lu Fang had previously thought about how he would govern if he took the position of governor, but when he actually became the governor of a county, he found that many of his previous ideas could not be implemented at all.
Hanyang was still the territory of the imperial court more than ten years ago. It was later captured by the Xiliang army and then fell into the hands of Han Sui. There were many strong locals. Because there were many Qiang people in the territory and there were frequent wars, the martial arts was strong.
The powerful men and scholars gathered together, built forts, occupied thousands of fertile fields, and raised hundreds of servants. Even when Han Sui's military power was at its peak, they could not completely overwhelm the county.
He is so powerful, how can he, Lu Fang, rely on him to make people obey him?
There is no overt confrontation yet, but he has encountered many soft nails. Today, the civil and military officials in the county have written a letter to challenge. It seems that they want to regain Longxian and other places, but they are also challenging his authority as the prefect.
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No matter where you are, there are conflicts of factions and interests. Because of origin, region, ideas, and compatibility, people will be divided into various factions, with all kinds of conflicts, big or small, overt or covert.
But in the final analysis, it is essentially a conflict of interests.
Lu Fang had been a Cavalry Commander in command of 500 men a long time ago. He had spent a long time in the Northern Army and served as a Commander in the North for a year. He had already understood the things in this world.
, either the east wind overwhelms the west wind, or the west wind overpowers the east wind. If you want to live in harmony, it can only be possible when one of the parties completely bows its head and admits defeat.
After these days, he finally figured it out. Yes, the lord can pull out hundreds of thousands of troops, but if he really has to gather so many troops, he will not be far from financial bankruptcy. Unless it is an emergency
At that time, no one would make this determination.
Moreover, if everything depends on the Prefectural Mufu, is it necessary to keep him as the Hanyang Prefect? But since the Lord is still in Ji County, it is also a sign of respect to ask him for advice on some matters.
While Lu Fang was thinking, he got on his horse and rode towards the place where Chen Cheng was staying. The autumn wind gradually picked up, blowing on people's bodies, which would bring a bit of coolness. The clouds in the sky thickened, blocking out the brilliance of the sun.
It was covered. It seemed that within a day or two, there would be an autumn rain.
Fortunately, the crops in the fields have been harvested, so there is no need to worry about a loss of production due to rain.
He raised his head and looked at the sky, then jumped off his horse and said to the four tooth soldiers guarding the gate: "Please let me know and tell Lu Fang, the prefect of Hanyang, to see my lord."
Seeing Lu Fang coming with more than a dozen cavalry, Ya Bing had long recognized his identity and immediately said: "Prefect Lu, please wait a moment."
After a while, Ya Bing came out and said: "My lord, please invite the prefect to come in."
Lu Fang straightened his clothes and walked in with his head held high. He was now the prefect of Zhenliangshi, and his rank was only lower than that of Yan Zhong and Yang Qiu. Even the fang soldiers who were more eye-catching than others were much more polite to him.
Not to mention that Lu Fang has a long-standing reputation in the army, and many Ya soldiers have even served under him before.
Chen Cheng took dozens of horses out of the city for a ride in the morning, and in the afternoon he was compiling the diary of the Eastern Expedition at the resting place. When he heard Lu Fang coming, he put down what he was doing and met him in the lobby.
Lu Fang followed Ya Bing to the hall, took off his shoes, stepped on the wooden floor and saluted, and said: "My lord, Lu Fang, the governor of Hanyang, pays homage to the lord."
His movements and attitude are impeccable, and his style is obviously different from that of Li Kan, Liang Xing and others. As his status gets higher and higher, Lu Fang's requirements for himself have also increased. The little jealousy he had towards Zhao Yun in the past has long since disappeared.
At that moment, Hanyang Governor disappeared. In the past, he was jealous of Zhao Yun's closer relationship with Chen Cheng, but now that his reputation is above Zhao Yun, and it is something that can be seen even further, what reason is there for him to go to Hanyang?
What about jealousy?
Chen Cheng saw that the other party's behavior was more rigorous than before, and thought to himself: After all, he came from the Northern Army, which is very different from the arrogance of Xiliang. He also saw that Lu Fang's temperament was a little different from the past, and secretly said: "Residence Qi"
,Nurture the transplanted body, what you say is sincere!
"Prefect Lu came here today, what's the matter?"
We were discussing business today, so Chen Cheng's attitude was not so casual, nor did he pretend to be relaxed.
Lu Fang told the whole story, and then said: "Ma Teng is the prefect of An Ding, but he occupies the city of Hanyang. I think this is inappropriate."
Long County and other places were captured by Lu Fang with Ma Teng's help. Although there was no real fighting, if he hadn't sent troops to threaten and pretended that Chen Cheng and Ma Teng were joining forces, how could Long County and other places have been captured so easily?
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Lu Fang knew very well how and why Ma Teng obtained Longxian and other places, but as Li Jun and others said, at this time and at that time, he was not the prefect of Hanyang at that time, so he did not have to worry about the ownership of the city.
Now that he has reached the position of prefect, he cannot ignore it.
Chen Cheng pondered for a moment and said: "I also know that this is inappropriate, but the matter has come to this, what can I do?"
I also know that there are problems with the previous handling methods, but when things have reached this point, what can I do?
Lu Fang said in a deep voice: "Please, my lord, issue an edict to order Ma Teng to withdraw the soldiers and horses stationed in the four counties of Hanyang."
Chen Cheng snorted and said, "Are you trying to make me renege on my promise?"
"I don't dare," Lu Fang said: "The discussion in the county is fierce, and I don't know how to deal with it, so I reported it to the lord and asked the lord to make a decision."
