I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 14 The Wisdom of Gongsun Zan
Liu Bei and Liu Jian began to think about being punished at home, but after Jian Yong received Liu Jian's letter, he asked him to publicize what happened to the four of them in Zhuo County.

Jian Yong still has the ability to talk things out. He took the four of them out to meet Gongsun, cleverly caught thieves on the road, and cleared up the dangers of Gongsun Zan on the way to take office.

However, he also followed a piece of advice Liu Jian gave him, that is, it doesn't matter how much you brag, but remember not to mention Taihang bandits and Xianbei, not a single word.

Let's just say that it's ordinary rogues who have been swept away.

Jian Yong has the ability to make up stories, but how to spread the story in Zhuo County is not something he is good at. Even if he is good at it, he must have enough money and people to do it. But Jian Yong didn't.

Therefore, this matter had to fall on Zhang Fei's head.

The House of Haoyou, a butcher in Zhuoxian County, has a lot of money, enough people, and easy work.

With the help of Zhang's family, the story of Liu Jian and others 'welcoming classmates and punishing thieves' quickly spread in Zhuo County.

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In the county office of Zhuo County, Gongsun Zan was discussing various matters in Zhuo County with his confidant Yu Ze brought from Liaodong.

"Mingting, please take a look."

Yu delivered a bamboo slip to Gongsun Zan.

"This is the list delivered to the Ming court by the noble family of Zhuo County through Lord Lu of Zhuo County."

Gongsun Zan reached out to take it, opened it and glanced roughly, frowning deeply.

"so many people?"

"Yes, Zhuojun is not as good as Liaodong. Although it is also a border county, it is still close to Jizhou. There are many scholars, famous families, and powerful people, and the interests involved are very extensive."

"Hmph, how many people can my county office call? There are almost a hundred people listed here. My county magistrate might as well let them do it!"

Yu said helplessly: "All the counties in Hebei have always been like this, especially in Jiyou. Don't take it to heart, but among these people, the nine circled behind were personally ordered by Uncle Fang. No matter what, the county monarch must be promoted to the office."

Gongsun Zan's expression became a little fierce: "Tao Qian's term of office has come to an end, and the governor of Youzhou will appoint another candidate at a certain date. What is his intention of sending people to our Zhuo County now?"

Yu Ze's expression was very indifferent, without the slightest ripple.

"After all, I can't escape the word 'sell for a good profit'. It's just that Tao Qian's relocation has been decided, but the Shangshutai order has not yet arrived, so he is still in office. The governor has a heavy responsibility to monitor the officials in Youzhou. To Zhuojun, it is not appropriate to provoke him."

"It's not a good thing to be afraid that he will bring personal grievances to the county magistrate after he returns to Beijing. It's really not a good thing to make him unhappy because of such a trivial matter."

Gongsun Zan was unwilling, but after all, he was no longer an ignorant young man. The ups and downs of his official career in the past few years have given him extraordinary thoughtfulness and meticulousness.

Gongsun Zan threw the bamboo slips on the table, rubbed his eyebrows, and said displeasedly:
"Those nine people, please ask the county magistrate to help me draw up a position and call it into the government office for use."

"What about the rest?"

"On hold."

"However, these people seem to be in a hurry."

"Hurry? Haha, let's see how they express it. It cost nearly 3000 million yuan to get to this point. Could it be that he became this official just for them? If you are sensible, you will naturally find a way."

"Here."

This matter was temporarily settled, and Yu Ze talked about another matter.

"There is one more thing that the subordinates need to report."

"speak."

"In Zhuoxian County, there are rumors about the county lord. It is related to the two classmates who greeted the county lord on the official road that day."

"Oh?"

Gongsun Zan, who was still a little tired just now, suddenly became interested.

"Tell me."

Yu then roughly narrated to Gongsun Zan what was said in the market that Liu Bei and Liu Jian greeted their classmates a hundred miles away, killed bandits on the road, and were ordered by the elders of the family to contemplate their mistakes behind closed doors after returning to the county.

After hearing this, Gongsun Zan burst into laughter.

"What a hero! You actually played tricks on me... In this way, the ability to take office as scheduled and not be hurt by the thieves is due to the courage and courage of the two junior brothers?"

"Hu Chuan, a commoner in the county, is not credible at all. His subordinates are just telling the county lord to listen to it, and it's just for leisure."

The corner of Gongsun Zan's mouth twitched slightly, as if he had thought of something.

"In the legend of the city, is there any story about Taihang bandits and Xianbei?"

"It's not."

"Hehe, if that's the case, then it's not Xiaomin nonsense."

When Yu heard the words, he didn't respond.

He also knew that it wasn't Xiaomin's random rumors, someone must have done it deliberately, but in front of Gongsun Zan, it was not appropriate to speak ill of his two classmates and juniors.

Only when Gongsun Zan said this, would it be all right.

"Ming Ting, how should we deal with this matter?"

"Haha, this is the step that my senior brother specially left for someone. As a senior brother, I can step down. Besides, knowing how to repay the favor will benefit the reputation of the county. Why not do it?"

"The county lord intends to invite two Liu Shaolang lords to serve in the county office in order to repay their kindness and show their reputation?"

"That's not necessary. If that's the case, won't you fall into the trick of Deran's younger brother?"

Yu frowned, not knowing why.

One Liu Bei, one Liu Jian, why does the county lord think that this trick was done by Liu Jian?
"Little brother wants to use this method to motivate someone to use him, ha ha, but he forgot that the way to repay the favor is not only the county office's personnel... but also property!"

After finishing speaking, Gongsun Zan pointed to Yu Ze: "Prepare the cloth and fine wine I brought from western Liaoning...and five pieces of horseshoe gold, and follow me to Liu's house to pay my respects in person someday."

Yu was shocked when he heard this.

It was set at the beginning of the Han Dynasty that ten thousand yuan was one gold, and it has never changed. But today, five baht coins have depreciated, and one gold can be exchanged for twenty thousand yuan among the people. Making one gold (jin), that is to say, these five pieces of horseshoe gold can be worth [-] yuan.

Although he also knew that Gongsun Zan was doing it for fame, but giving the two surnamed Liu [-] yuan in money alone was a bit too cheap for them, right?

Looking at Yu Ze's rather unwilling expression, Gongsun Zan couldn't help laughing.

"Don't worry, if you send it over, then Liu Jian doesn't dare to take it, you still have to send it back!"

Hearing this, Yu was taken aback.

The magistrate of the county is really clever, he can not only repay the favor, but also can stop the mouths of those two guys, so that they have nothing to say.

The most important thing is... not to suffer!
"By the way, have the Xianbei people been tried again?"

"The subordinates conducted an interrogation yesterday and found out that the fresh slave named Fu Luo was a subordinate of Ke Zuiwei in the central part. This time, the Taihang bandits secretly united with the central part and wanted to join forces with them to sneak into the hinterland of Youzhou from the mountains to serve Disaster, these people were only the first to investigate."

"Taihang Rogue..."

Gongsun Zan pursed his lips, and said, "In the past two years alone, I'm afraid there are thousands of households who have escaped to the head of Guizhou in the Taihang. It seems that many of them are believers in the Taiping Dao?"

"It's just a rumor, it has never been verified."

Gongsun Zan sighed and said, "Alas, nowadays there are many living priests, pagodas, and demon priests, and there are many believers. Even officials in various places have devout believers, which is not good for the country."

Yu didn't seem to take Taiping Dao seriously.

"However, a wanderer, why be afraid of it? The county lord is too worried."

Gongsun Zan was silent for a moment, then said:

"Although Tan Shihuai is a foreigner, he is also a man with a long-term vision. Sending a few spies to cooperate with the Taihang people to invade Zhuodi is just a test. It is impossible for Xianbei to make a large-scale invasion. However, these Taihang rogues and Taipingdao people should be more careful, you send people to report this matter to Fang Bo and Lu Fujun respectively, and see what they think."

"Here!"

Yu Ze immediately took the order, and then said: "However, Taihang Mountain overlooks You and Bing, and it is not a strange thing for bandits to flee to the counties. I am humble and afraid of Fang Bo. The government and the county lords have long known, but they just agreed to each other. If Ming Ting raises this matter, I'm afraid it will provoke public outrage..."

"Of course I know that they have communicated for a long time, but if I don't know it, I don't care. If I know it, if I don't do anything, I will be a son of the border! You and I are both heroes in Liaoxi who are good at riding horses and bows, even if we have entered this turmoil In the officialdom, do you want to join forces with these Central Plains rotten people in everything?"

Yu Ze's heart was overwhelmed by Gongsun Zan's words, and he immediately bowed his hands:

"Willing to be driven by you, even if you die, you will have no regrets!"

"Okay, I'm tired, I'm going to rest first, you prepare money and gifts, I will go to Liu's house to see my two juniors in person in the future."

(End of this chapter)