Three Kingdoms: Cao Ying's mastermind, from nine to five

He was bored for a while, and then he immediately laughed and comforted him: "Actually, it's quite normal. Just think about it, your lord, this battle is so big, we don't have much background, and it's already considered that we can't move the people to collect food." Winning soon."

"It was almost empty, and now it has just recovered, so naturally we can't give it all to Jizhou."

Xu Zhen nodded, but still didn't want to understand, but when Jia Xu was about to persuade him, he suddenly realized, patted the inner wall of the carriage, and said, "Oh! Am I too anxious? Although Yecheng is a fiefdom, He gave up, but it may take a long time to really get the huge sum of money from the lord, because the first time he refuses, he has to be straightforward."

"If I refuse, spend money on repairs, and give me Jizhou money and food in front of civil and military officials, will it become self-deceiving hypocrisy?"

"Yes, yes," Jia Xu nodded hastily, "That's the reason, Junhou is a little anxious, since this is the case, if we want money now, we can start from the family."

"A lot of gentry have actually been collecting money when they have been victorious in the past few years. They are not like you. They are honest and honest and don't want foreign money. Their methods of collecting money are not as dark as they used to be, but they also have a lot of tricks."

"If these gentry can see the situation clearly, they must understand that now is the best time to choose a position. Monarchs don't need the support of gentry, but Jizhou does."

Jia Xu smiled leisurely.

"Our money must come from here, and the gentry from all over the world will definitely contribute to the construction, so the Lord asked the emperor to issue this order and let you solve it yourself."

"Oh……"

Xu Zhen stroked his chin and nodded again and again. It was still an old guy like Jia Xu who could see clearly. He had [99] intelligence and didn't immediately figure out these reasons. The main reason was that he knew too little about the living situation of the gentry.

Usually, I basically don't read all the information about the gentry. If these people want to survive, they will definitely come to support Jizhou.

If they don't come to support, it means that there is no gentry to support the lord to enter Wei Gong, then there is no need to continue to discuss this matter in a short period of time. After a wave of great achievements, after a few years of peace, the identity and name will slowly change .

This is where Cao Cao is, and what should be considered.

Thinking of this, Xu Zhen couldn't help bowing seriously, "Thank you sir, I have been taught."

"Aiyo, aiyo, dare not..." Jia Xu quickly helped him up, but now he really dare not take this sentence seriously, maybe he will be tricked one day.

Although Junhou is self-disciplined and hard-working, both civil and military, he is a rare all-rounder in the world, but in fact, sometimes he is very weird and childlike.

Maybe one day he will be tricked.

"I'm afraid they won't come," Xu Zhen sighed, "Jizhou's money and food stocks involve military expenses and internal affairs expenses, and Xudu has to pay taxes every year."

"Aside from other things, we have to prepare a sum of money to deal with various disasters in two seasons every year, as well as other unforeseen natural disasters, and in Jizhou...hehe, the black mountain bandits that Yuan Shao hasn't wiped out for so many years, are they still alive? exist?"

"If these people hide in the mountains, it will also have an impact on public security. It is said that those who ran into Jizhou were all robbed."

"There are more than [-] people on horseback who have become caravans and are no longer walking around. Yu Fuluo is still alive this year, and he still made meritorious service in Guandu. Since he surrendered, he must be resettled. , I want to put him in Youzhou or Bingzhou, but I also need to give him a sum of money."

"In addition to this, there are repairs to the post-war pension..."

Xu Zhen closed his eyes, like a few treasures, these things are closely related to his future self-discipline.

The more dilapidated Jizhou is, the more time-limited missions can be triggered if you do everything yourself, and you will get a lot of rewards.

Then accumulate self-discipline points to improve existing characteristics.

Or to see if there are any brand-new characteristics and abilities that can be created. In the eyes of others, Jizhou may be a mess that is difficult to recover from, but in the eyes of Xu Zhen now, this is definitely a shining mission map.

Jia Xu had never heard of some of the plans that Xu Zhen mentioned. He only said it with Zhuge Liang during the long talk late at night. Jia Xu was mostly responsible for the military and political self-confidence in the army.

He is a real military adviser, while Xu Zhen has always focused on Zhuge Liang's internal affairs ability. The division of labor between the two is different, and the officials they come into contact with are naturally different.

Hearing this, Jia Xu's face was pensive. There are many problems to deal with. In the final analysis, the main problem is money.

While speaking, the carriage continued towards the barracks where Xu Zhen's soldiers and horses were stationed.

At this moment, in Yang Biao's mansion in the inner city, Yang Biao, who had returned home in the morning meeting, happened to bump into Yang Xiu who was about to go out.

He stopped him with a smile on his face, "Dezu, there is something in the court today, I have to tell you."

Yang Xiu stepped forward immediately, bowed his hands and said, "Father, please tell me."

"Hahaha," Yang Biao laughed a few times first, put one hand behind his back, stretched out the other hand, put it on his beard again, and said with a full tone, "It's nothing, today Xu Bowen went up to the hall to ask for the transfer of property to Jizhou, but was rejected by the emperor. From this point of view, Xu Zhen did not understand the pain of governance. He had only been in the land of three counties before, and it was easy to appoint talented people from all over the country, but now it is a state. It is still Jizhou, which is fertile and thousands of miles away! It is not easy to find so many prefects in such a huge territory. This is Xu Bowen's weakness, his weak foundation!! There are countless virtuous and upright people, and those with outstanding talents can be appointed to various places to protect the peace of his administration! This shows that what our gentry has been pursuing for many years is to know people well and recommend talents, so that we can have prosperity for 400 years .”

As soon as the words fell, Yang Xiu turned around and was about to run out. The old father chased after him for a few steps and couldn't help but pulled him over to him, staring at him fiercely: "What are you doing? I am not slandering him, I am stating the facts, Xu Junhou is indeed, there is such a weakness, it is not too late to make up for it!"

"Alas!" Yang Xiu threw his arm away immediately, "I'll be the master bookkeeper for him."

"Dezu! What are you doing?!"

"Father, pack up all the money and books at home, and I'm going to take them to Jizhou. On the first day of the month, Xudu should be opened for Jizhou. It's the only one opened in the two places. Someone will be in charge here, either Chen Qun or Ding People from the Wei family."

"Eh, okay, okay."

Yang Biao mostly listens to his son now, but he doesn't refuse. The main reason is that after he said to vote for Cao last time, he would be ridiculed and scolded by his old friends when he went outside, so he had no choice but to vote for Cao.

So in terms of status, although Yang Biao is now a Sangong, but he is about to resign from office, his status is not as high as that of a big hit like his son.

He said just clean it up.

Just seeing him in such a hurry, I am afraid that he is going to vote for Xu Zhen with all his heart, and maybe he will offend the prime minister in the future.

"Oh," thinking of Yang Biao, he became sour again. This Xu Zhen has the ability to make my son give up on him.

What kind of medicine did I feed my son?

……

As soon as the two got out of the carriage, they immediately saw someone trotting over in the distance, a slightly fat Dong Fang in a black robe.

He is already the prefect of Chen Liudai, and now his status can be said to be different from what it used to be. Back then, the two brothers invested "half of the family property" in Xu Zhen and Cao Ang, and exchanged a thousand good horses for war horses. Later, Dong Fangqin Diligently implement the government orders sent by Xu Zhen in office.

It has done very well over the years.

He rushed over and immediately hugged Xu Zhen's hand, kneeling in front of him with an agitated and angry face, as if weeping bitterly.

"Junhou! I finally see you again!!!"

Dong Fang burst into tears, making Xu Zhen look into the distance immediately, and then said helplessly with one hand behind his back: "This is a military camp, please don't be like this."

"Eh,"

Dong Fang quickly let go, then got up quickly, leaned closer and asked, "Why did you suddenly become a Jizhou herder? Why didn't you bring the villain with you!"

"Is it because of the poor performance of the villain in these years?"

Xu Zhen glanced back at Jia Xu, Jia Xu understood immediately, and said in a deep voice: "Dong Fang, if I remember correctly, you used to assassinate the prince several times, and your words were rude, why come here now to pretend to be crying?" deliver."

"Your Majesty has left Chenliu, and the next prefect is very likely to be you. Could it be that you are afraid of being insecure, so you came here to plead for mercy?"

Jia Xu's voice was older and hoarse, and her words were more coherent and full of questioning meaning.

Dong Fang's face turned pale, and he immediately waved his hands, then put both hands on Fu Tai's stomach, and said with a smile: "The villain wants to go to Jizhou with Junhou from Chenliu."

"The villain has done his duty in Chenliuke for several years, implemented the government of the monarch, and created a lot of benefits for the people. The million stones of grain are all preserved in this way. It is such a feat that a county can survive so far."

Xu Zhen laughed directly, and asked, "Didn't you take some from it and fill your own pocket?"

"Me!" Dong Fang was taken aback, and immediately wanted to deny it, but when he saw Xu Zhen's eyes and the unkind expressions of the old generals behind him, he was at a loss, and nodded in his heart: "Take it!" Already!"

"But I didn't take it all. Although the villain is greedy, he is definitely not the kind of pest that gnaws on the hollow of the pillar! So I kept some."

"Boy, you're really a corrupt official, you can tell it yourself without even trying," Dian Wei approached with a ferocious expression on his face, "Come on, I'll take you to settle the score."

"General, general! Tsk, I'm not this kind of person. Now all my family assets are brought into Jizhou."

Xu Zhen waved his hand, pulled Dong Fang closer, and walked to the main tent, "You are my treasurer, I really miss you."

When I was in Chenliu back then, I don't know how many trivial things were paid for Xu Zhenping by relying on money.

"If you want to follow me, you can go to Jizhou with me to be a part-timer. How about being equal to your brother?"

In the main tent, Xu Zhen said directly.

"Really?! Great!"

Dong Fang's face was crying, he thought he could go to a certain county to be a sheriff!That is the real success.

That is the prefect of Jizhou, even the prefect of Bohai is older than Chen Liu and richer.

Both water and land roads can be used for commerce, and the industry will be restored in a few years, and it will be full of oil and water in a few years. It's a pity...

Dong Fang secretly regretted it.

Gradually, night fell.

Yang Xiu also went to the barracks to tell Xu Zhen his thoughts, so Bie Jia was replaced by Yang Xiu, and Dong Fang could be said to be tentatively going to Hejian as the prefect.

In the evening, Xu Zhen received a letter from Xuzhou again, and Chen Deng also wrote a letter. Xuzhou has his father as the shepherd, and the territory is peaceful and smooth, so he can go to Jizhou with him.

I hope Xu Zhen will consider it.

This is the third person.

When Yang Xiu came, he happened to see Xu Zhen reading this letter, and remembered that it was a young man from Xuzhou who was turned against by Xu Zhen in the first few words, so he immediately said: "In the Yuedan review, there are still six people who are quite knowledgeable in the field." Gao, with good conduct, can also be appointed in Jizhou."

This is still Yang Xiu's private list, and he has not commented on it. It is just that the person sent out discovered the talent, visited him, and had a few conversations.

"In addition to these family funding, since the lord has said to solve it by ourselves, then we might as well go back to Jizhou and let the gentry in Jizhou solve it directly. Their house occupies such a large area, and every brick and tile is not money."

"And there might be money buried in the cellar."

Jia Xu and Xu Zhen suggested in a joking tone.

So the next day, after Xu Zhen picked up his family, he asked Xu Chu to store the money and food from the three counties.

Take people to Jizhou first.

I asked Cao Cao for three transfer orders, transferred today's three people, and then met with Cao Ang. Cao Ang will soon set off to live in Yecheng, first buy various houses and other residences, and move the caravan from the south to the north. Come and walk in Guandu.

Haven't returned to Qinghe yet.

While chatting with the wives in the carriage, Xu Zhen received a letter from Zhuge Liang.

Yuan Shao died.

……

Now is the autumn of the sixth year of Jian'an.

After Yuan Shao experienced successive defeats in Guandu, Yecheng, Qinghe and the southern part of Youzhou, he was mentally exhausted and unable to think about things, exhausted and unable to have energy.

Along the way, he was blood stagnated, and the doctors were useless to treat him. He just arrived in Ji County, Youzhou, and died of illness in the government office within a few days.

The mourning was in the hometown of the old official, mourning among the three armies, leaving all the soldiers and horses under the command of Yuan Xi, and the youngest son Yuan Shang followed the arrangement of the second brother to guard the last homeland.

Although there are countless chaos in You and Bing, but fortunately they have a large army, and they can still fight a persistent battle.

However, Xin Ping, the civil official who supported Yuan Shang, suspected that the content of the will had been changed, and was the first to question it.

He refused to hand over the nearly 20 military power that Yuan Shao brought over from Jizhou to him. Yuan Shang's civil servants, such as Guo Tu, Feng Ji, and only Gao Lan as a general, all doubted this will.

Yuan Xi wanted to annex all military power in one go, and abandoned Yuan Shao's favorite child, Yuan Shang, which was an act of betrayal.

The loss of the lord Bensheng is enough to make people sad, but Yuan Xi, who should stand up and take responsibility as the second son at this time, is still fighting for power and profit, which is chilling.

These civil and military forces supported Yuan Shang and wanted him to live in Youzhou, but Yuan Xi naturally refused. After all, he was a solidly established person in Youzhou, so he closed the city gates to prevent Yuan Shang and others from entering.

For a while, there was a stalemate almost infighting.

Yuan Xi thought to himself, since he couldn't get it, he dared not let these people cause chaos in the city, but forced them to Bingzhou, after all, there was chaos in Bingzhou that had not been settled.

The two brothers each occupy one state, but it's just right.

As a result, a small-scale friction war broke out, and the local people suffered untold hardships. Yuan Shang could not go far because the grain and grass were burned, so Yuan Xi asked Yuan Xi to provide food.

Yuan Xi also refused.

The two brothers seemed to be fighting against each other when they were young. Yuan Xi stubbornly refused to take advantage of the younger brother. This kind of stubbornness seemed like revenge.

After all, most of Yuan Shao's preference was given to Yuan Shang.

Therefore, the situation in Youzhou is quite different from that in Jizhou.