Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Seeing Magistrate Qiantang shouting as if he was grasping a life-saving straw, Gu Yong reminded him like an honest man.

"My lord has already handed over the governor's seal and letter to Li Juncheng before going to Xuzhou. Not to mention a warrant, there is no problem even if it is stamped on my face."

Suddenly, Magistrate Qiantang's voice paused and he murmured in disbelief.

"How... how is it possible? That's a seal. Why would Mr. Fu give all the seals to Li Ji? Aren't Mr. Fu afraid of being ignored by Li Ji?"

It should be noted that in an era of underdeveloped messaging, a seal is the most important token for self-certification of identity, and the seal is also the most important token for exercising power.

With the governor's seal in hand, it is entirely possible for Li Ji to replace all the officials in Wu County with his own when Liu Bei leaves Wu County, and then completely ignore Liu Bei.

"Thank you for reminding me, I almost forgot."

Gu Yong seemed to suddenly remember something, walked up to Magistrate Qiantang, and then reached out to untie the seal tied to Magistrate Qiantang's waist.

Upon seeing this, Magistrate Qiantang struggled wildly.

"Give it back, give it back to me..."

"Why? Even if Li Ji has the seal of Lord Fujun in his hand, why should he take away my official position for no reason and still deal with me?"

Gu Yong repeated Li Ji's reasons and said. "In the year of great calamity, you are ordered to be in the city at all times, but you dare to get drunk and cause trouble. This is enough."

At this moment, Magistrate Qiantang no longer had the slightest bit of harsh words and was just begging for mercy and defending.

"A crime does not lead to death, a crime does not lead to death. I have sobered up now and can rush to the government office immediately to take orders. I will never miss anything."

"You are right. You look so neat and tidy. Even if you are beheaded outside the post house, the people will probably talk about it. Afterwards, the county magistrate will blame me even if he has no choice but to blame me."

Gu Yong murmured something, which made Magistrate Qiantang's eyes shine with hope again.

However, he did not wait for Magistrate Qiantang to say anything more.

Gu Yong's nose moved slightly, as if he could smell the smell of alcohol still coming from the room.

Then, Gu Yong followed the smell of wine and walked to the couch in the house. He opened it and took a look. There was a half-empty bottle of wine inside.

Immediately afterwards, Gu Yong walked to the Qiantang County Magistrate with the half bottle of wine.

Gu Yong still had that honest and dull look on his face, but the bottle of wine in his hand was poured slowly on Magistrate Qiantang in front of everyone.

Suddenly, half of Qiantang County Magistrate's body was wet with the wine, and he began to exude a strong aroma of wine.

As the wine pot was empty, Gu Yong's voice sounded, saying.

"In this case, it will be enough to easily convince the public."

"If you want to impose a crime, I..."

Just as Gu Yong waved his hand, the two county soldiers who controlled the Qiantang County Magistrate directly blocked his mouth, and then directly dragged the Qiantang County Magistrate out.

The next moment, there was a scream outside, and then there was no movement at all.

This made Xu Wen, who had been stunned, suddenly react, with a look of horror on his face.

"Me, how am I going to be dealt with?"

Xu Wenqiang asked Gu Yong with confidence.

There was a smile on Gu Yong's face. He put the Qiantang County Magistrate's seal into Xu Wen's hand and said.

"Congratulations to Mr. Xu. According to the wishes of the county magistrate, Mr. Xu will temporarily serve as the acting magistrate of Qiantang County. As long as the government office reports this appointment to the court, and the court officially issues the appointment, Mr. Xu will be the magistrate of Qiantang County from now on. My parents are official."

"ah??!!"

The surprise came a little too fast, so that Xu Wen was a little hard to understand for a while.

Last night, my boss dragged me to a banquet and drank wine, and I was forced to perform a talent show to entertain him. This morning, I struggled to get out of my hangover and wake up my boss to attend the meeting.

Then, before my late boss could even leave the house, his head was taken off, and I myself got promoted?

"Cough cough..."

Gu Yong coughed lightly to remind Xu Wen, and then said. "The county magistrate is waiting for you to attend the meeting in the government office, so you should leave as soon as possible."

"Yes!"

Xu Wen, who had just woken up from a dream, had no time to slowly understand the complexity in his heart. He held the seal in his hand tightly and almost ran towards the post house towards the government office.

The body of the former county magistrate is still lying outside the post house and has not yet cooled down!

Xu Wen deliberately controlled himself not to look at the body of the former county magistrate, but as he passed by, he still smelled the aroma of wine, and after walking a little further, he vaguely heard Gu Yong announcing the death of the former county magistrate in public. Guilt.

When Xu Wen quickly rushed to the government office and was led by the clerk into the room where the meeting was held.

Xu Wen's appearance attracted the attention of almost all the county magistrates who were reading the bamboo slips.

A series of eyes were cast towards Xu Wen...

However, when the county magistrates saw the seal hanging on Xu Wen's waist, their already chilled hearts almost completely turned cold.

That Li Zikun really wasn't just talking, he was just bluffing.

Magistrate Qiantang is probably dead at this moment! Suddenly, Xu Wen, who had just entered the house, seemed to hear a lot of swallowing sounds, and the atmosphere in the house seemed to become much tense all of a sudden.

It's just that Xu Wenlai didn't pay much attention and was led to his position by a small official.

Immediately, Xu Wen had just opened a bamboo slip, and before he could read the contents carefully, Li Ji also entered the house again.

Immediately, the anxious county magistrates present, who had different thoughts and fears, all looked solemn and cheered up.

And Li Ji felt the different reactions of the county magistrates who entered the house twice, and couldn't help but chuckle in his heart.

Kill the chicken to scare the monkey...

It is always the fastest way to establish your authority.

Among them, Li Ji's eyes stayed on Xu Wen for a moment, making Xu Wen's face visibly nervous.

However, Li Ji didn't show any special expression to Xu Wen, and looked away from him the next moment.

For Li Ji, Xu Wen is relatively special, but still quite ordinary.

Generally speaking, Xu Wen's ability is not too outstanding at present. What is special is that Xu Wen's background is not even considered poor, he is even from a slave background, and Xu Wen's character and character are not bad.

If Xu Wen is a talent that can be developed, Li Ji will provide considerable support to Xu Wen in order to send some signals to many scholars from humble backgrounds.

More importantly, Li Ji wanted to set a benchmark for poor people through Xu Wen, so that poor people can support their children's education as much as possible.

In this era where there are no imperial examinations or schools, the literacy rate is horribly low!
Writing and learning were almost entirely in the hands of wealthy families, while the people at the bottom were neither literate nor had the means to become literate.

Therefore, many emperors in the Han Dynasty did not want to rely on aristocratic families to maintain their rule, but had to do so.

After all, how can one govern a party if he doesn't even know his words?
Without literacy, it would be impossible to even become a clerk.

The "Rende Academy" does not ask about the rules of origin. On the surface, it seems to benefit the poor people, and it is praised by countless poor people. In fact, it is an opportunity that Li Ji secretly gives to the common people.

However, no scholars have noticed it yet.

Because no matter in the eyes of aristocratic families or scholars, they are not on the same track as ordinary people.

Therefore, Xu Wen can be regarded as a rare special case in this era.

He was born as a scholar, showed his abilities step by step, and was promoted to the position of county magistrate by the former Qiantang County Magistrate as a retainer.

This can be regarded as the only administrative achievement of the former Qiantang County Magistrate. Knowing that he was not capable, he made Xu Wen the county magistrate.

Of course, Li Ji prefers that the former Qiantang County Magistrate just wanted to spare more time for fun.

These thoughts only passed through Li Ji's mind for a moment. On the surface, Li Ji's expression did not change at all and he sat down on the main seat.

"I would like to thank you all colleagues for being invited here."

Immediately, the county magistrates below all humbly expressed "dare not".

"You must have read part of the bamboo slips just distributed to you. That is the next step for your colleagues to plan the water network that needs to be dredged, excavated, or filled in their respective areas."

Although many county magistrates who had read part of the content had expected it, they were still shocked when they actually heard this, and some of the county magistrates showed obvious bitterness on their faces.

"No!"

The magistrate of Lou County, who had a rather upright personality, couldn't help but stand up and speak.

"I would like to ask your Lord Commander to think twice! From what I see, this water network plan will indeed be a great benefit for all generations!"

"However, if each county recruits labor on its own basis, not to mention the consumption of money and food, it will probably arouse the anger and resentment of the people, and it is not impossible for them to flee their hometowns one after another."

"Could it be that the Lord Commander wants to make the people of Wu County become like the refugees from the north?"

In a nutshell!

That is, the sin is in the present time, but the merit is in the future!

Moreover, the counties do not have the ability to implement such a huge plan, and the county government has limited money and food.

If you are a county magistrate with a relatively clean official position, the money and food in the county town are a bit tight to maintain the operation and expenses of the county government. The most you can have left over a year is to recruit three to five hundred laborers to repair the city walls and clean up the rivers, and that can be considered. It’s about diligence and peace of mind.

If you want to carry out some big actions such as revising the doctrine, in the past, you have to ask the county magistrate to ask for donations from the local wealthy families and get the support of the local wealthy families.

One word - poor, miserable!

Therefore, when the Lou County magistrate saw the water network planning plan distributed by Li Ji, he couldn't help but worry.

I am afraid that Li Ji will force labor to carry out water network planning, which is tyranny!

The life of the common people is already quite difficult. Each household usually only has one or two laborers. Once they are forced to dig river channels, and the laborers are even required to bring their own dry food, how will the remaining old, weak, women and children survive?
Can laborers survive under heavy labor?

I'm afraid that before long, even if the river channel is repaired, the area will become empty.

Li Ji looked at the Lou County magistrate's neck, looking like he was not afraid of killing me, and couldn't help but admire him.

"We in Wu County have virtuous officials who care about the people. They are great benefactors!" (End of Chapter)