Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 299
The emperor drove slowly to Youzhou. During the period, people's heads rolled and countless officials died. When the emperor was furious, he could not be persuaded by just one attack. , and no one can protect them. Among the officials killed, there are corrupt officials, and there are also mediocre officials who don't think about making progress and drink and have fun all day long.

When entering Youzhou, the situation gradually improved. On the one hand, it was because the Son of Heaven was still in Jizhou to kill and kill, which really frightened the officials in Youzhou. Some officials fled, and some officials began to make changes in a hurry. On the other hand, most of the officials in Youzhou are young officials, and many of these officials have been seen by the emperor in the book of heaven.

Their performance is mentioned in the heavenly scriptures. They are the famous ministers of the world. These famous ministers are not as capable as they will be in the future at this moment, and they are only officials like county captains. In the temple, there will be an unprecedented abundance of talents, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Xun You, Xun Yu, etc. can be the three princes, and Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi and others will succeed them.

And the rest of the famous ministers will burst out with the brightest light. The emperor is looking forward to this very much. Looking at the seedlings of these famous ministers, he feels like a gardener. He not only wants to create an unprecedented prosperity, He also left a strong team for the prince, so that the great man's prosperity will continue for thousands of generations!
Thinking about this, the Son of Heaven became happier again, and the previous anger slowly disappeared. When he arrived in Youzhou, the Son of Heaven ordered the Governor Tao Qian to stay in the Youzhou Government Office. He did not need to come, he had to personally Take a look at the situation in Youzhou. There are a lot of young talents in Youzhou. This is also a characteristic of the big man today. Because every time these young officials are arranged, the resistance in the Central Plains is huge.

They can only be arranged in these remote areas, and with the emergence of these officials, the development of these remote areas is faintly overshadowing the appearance of the Central Plains. Yangzhou is the best example. The Son of Heaven has lost confidence in those aristocratic families, or famous scholars and scholars. After all, people like Zheng Xuan are still in the minority, and there are more fools like Wang Fen!
It is necessary to use a large number of officials selected by the assessment system.

However, although Chidao has been built, the disadvantages of remote areas still restrict his development. That is the troublesome natural environment. Youzhou is better, and Hezhou, Xinzhou and other places have extremely harsh natural environments. , especially in the recent cold winter, which caused a large number of livestock to starve to death and the people to suffer. The emperor also understood in his heart why those nomads outside the Great Wall always went south to plunder.

To overcome such a predicament, it is still a bit difficult for this rich and powerful man, let alone them?
To solve the problems in these areas, the emperor is also somewhat powerless now.

Looking at the plowing fields all over Youzhou and the people on the road, the emperor looked at it very seriously. The little fat man was brought to his side, and he followed his father's gaze, looking outside, the cold wind was still blowing, and there were bursts of wind The cold wind made the little fat man tremble slightly. The emperor looked at the people on both sides of the road and asked, "How do you think the people here are doing?"

The little fat man looked at it for a while, and said, "It's going well."

"Why?"

"They were laughing and cheering"

"No, look at their faces. Their complexions are not as yellow as those of the people in Jizhou. Few of them are skinny. Remember, only those who can feed the people in the world are wise emperors. Expanding the soil and revitalizing the style of writing are useless.”

The little fat man nodded seriously, seeing his shivering appearance, the emperor lowered the curtain of the car.

The emperor is quite satisfied with everything in Youzhou. Of course, there are some shortcomings. For example, the roads in some areas have been damaged, but the local officials did not immediately repair them. When the emperor arrived, they were repairing them. It turns out that they are making temporary preparations, but these officials did not lose their heads, they were just dismissed.

The emperor didn't even meet Tao Qian, so he set off directly towards Xinzhou. When he heard that the emperor was coming, Yang Qiu didn't panic at all. It could be seen that he had complete trust in Xinzhou, because Initially, the emperor had not yet ordered the collection of taxes here, and the taxes in Xinzhou were all used by Yang Qiu for the construction of Xinzhou itself.

When the emperor arrived in Xinzhou, several officials came to greet him, but Yang Qiu did not come. The officials who came to greet him were all local low-level officials. They explained the situation in Xinzhou to the emperor. Today, Xinzhou has a total of more than 60 people.

Most of them are Xianbei, Xiongnu, Wuhuan, etc. However, they are all Han people now, and they have all been recorded in the government. When treating the emperor, their behavior is no different from that of the people in Youzhou and Jizhou. Xinzhou There are four counties in total, among which Antai County is the most severely affected area, and the remaining three counties have also suffered different blows.

Fortunately, even if Yang Qiu used the manpower of the entire Xinzhou to relocate the people and protect the livestock, this newly established state did not collapse because of this. Now, Yang Qiu is in Antai County and personally leads people to rush to repair it. The houses and roads destroyed by the snowstorm, the biting cold wind, even the emperor could not bear it, but he still got out of the car from time to time to talk to the people.

Yang Qiu did a very good job, bringing the cruel official style to the extreme here, the whole Xinzhou was tightly screwed by him, and any orders from Yang Qiu would be coordinated and quickly executed in Xinzhou. Human power is brought into full play here, and the same houses along the road, and even the same buildings and structures, are all the result of continuous construction by Yangqiu people.

Yang Qiu, alone, governs almost all the power in the entire Xinzhou, without any decentralization. Even so, it can't arouse the emperor's fear. After all, this place is really too bad. The emperor is very satisfied with Xinzhou , The emperor also rewarded the officials here, and finally rushed to the last place, Hezhou under the jurisdiction of Lu Zhi.

Lu Zhi and Yang Qiu are simply two extremes. As a disciple of the Great Confucian Manan County, Lu Zhi has always been an extremely upright Confucian scholar. He has all the noble morals of a Confucian scholar. In some respects, he is much better than Zheng Xuan. , He is proficient in the six arts of a gentleman, whether it is personal cultivation, learning, politics, or military affairs, it seems that there is nothing he is not good at.

In the heart of the emperor, this one is the best choice to succeed Wang Fu in the future.

Hezhou has also suffered a big blow, but compared to Xinzhou, it is still a little bit milder, and the whole county has not become empty. Lu Zhi's ability is also outstanding, and he has appointed a lot of outstanding people. His disciples made disaster relief soon available in various places. In some respects, he did better than Yang Qiu, but when the emperor saw Lu Zhi, Lu Zhi was a little listless and skinny.

(End of this chapter)