The God of War in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 346 Lu Kang's Visit
It was nearly September.

Emperor Ling's will has been delivered, so there is not much deviation from what Chen Ran thought, it is nothing more than to ask Chen Ran to punish the bandits strictly.

Chen Ran took all the rebels headed by him into custody, and dispatched a confidant to lead 1000 troops to escort them to Luoyang.

Chen Ran still stayed in Wucheng County, and did not leave in a hurry.

He waited for the prefect of Wujun and Lu Kang, the head of the Lu family.

The prefect of Wujun met Chen Ran again at this moment, but he was not as arrogant as before, instead he looked extremely depressed, and he looked much thinner.

In the hall, Chen Ran looked at the prefect of Wu Jun. Although he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he didn't take it too seriously.Although he did not collude with Yan Baihu, the two are indirectly related.

Chen Ran didn't directly question him, but I'm afraid that the imperial court will issue an order to punish him soon.After all, he lost the city, and the land of Wujun was occupied by Yan Baihu, and it was all his fault!
"Sinner, it's really shameless to meet your envoy, shameless to see your majesty!" Wu Jun's prefect's wrinkles were high, his face was full of regret and helplessness, his eyes were dim, and he was almost on the verge of tears.

Chen Ran just said indifferently: "Yan Baihu's wolf ambition is to seek skin from the tiger. At this point, it is still up to you to choose."

The prefect of Wujun nodded and said: "I understand. It is my fault that I failed His Majesty's trust and let the thief Yan Baihu take advantage of the opportunity to run rampant. As the prefect of Wujun, I will present myself to Your Majesty later and ask for my appointment. I just want to reduce my mistakes a little bit.”

Chen Ran nodded lightly, and did not express any other meanings. In fact, in Chen Ran's opinion, this is already the best solution.

The prefect of Wu County is obviously not to his liking. If there is a vacancy, he will naturally be able to support his own people to take the position, and it will be much easier for him to do things by then.

With a few more simple words, the prefect of Wu Jun obviously made up his mind, so he bid farewell and left.

Then came Lu Kang, the Patriarch of the Lu family.

Chen Ran looked at the man in front of him, he looked a little old, and now Lu Kang was 60 years old.He has heard a little about Lu Kang's deeds, so he can be called a loyal minister. Although he is facing a crisis, he is also righteous and not afraid of thieves.

The most important thing is that there are many talents in the Lu family!If we talk about it, I am afraid that Lu Kang is also one of them.

"Lu Kang met Chen Shijun!" Lu Kang was neither humble nor overbearing, and cupped his hands towards Chen Ran.

Chen Ran asked with a smile: "Is the person here Ji Ninggong who angrily reprimanded Yan Yu?"

Lu Kang replied: "It's just not talented."

"I don't know why Mr. Ji Ning came to visit today?" Chen Ran asked thoughtfully.

"Wu County suffered heavy losses from the severe white tiger disaster. I don't want the people of Wu County to be in danger, so I want to meet you." Lu Kang's tone was flat, but he stood quite straight.

"Mr. Ji Ning came here today for this purpose?" Chen Ran nodded and said, "I don't know what Duke Ning is thinking?"

Lu Kang is also true, he just expressed his thoughts directly and calmly.Chen Ran nodded while listening, appearing quite satisfied.

After Lu Kang finished speaking, Chen Ran asked with a smile: "Mr. Ji Ning is indeed a great talent. Since Mr. Ji Ning cares so much about the people of Wu County, I don't know if he would like to be the prefect of Wu County. If he doesn't give up, I will I recommend Ji Ninggong to be the prefect of Wujun."

Lu Kang was taken aback for a moment, but his expression was a bit astonished. He asked in puzzlement, "The eunuch is still in office, why did your envoy say such a thing?"

Chen Ran explained the matter with a smile, and Lu Kang suddenly realized. Looking at his appearance, he was obviously quite emotional, but he didn't have any regrets, after all, he was not very cold about the prefect of Wu County.

After a slight pause, he began to think about Chen Ran's proposal just now.After weighing the pros and cons, Lu Kang finally made up his mind, cupped his hands at Chen Ran and said, "Chen Shijun is righteous, and I will do my part."

Chen Ran was overjoyed at the moment, smiled and shouted: "It's a good one to do my part, today I will host a banquet in honor of Ji Ninggong, I only hope that Ji Ninggong will make the people of Wu County better in the future."

As he said that, Lu Kang was also a little excited. Although he was not young, when talking about these things, he naturally had some emotional fluctuations.

Chen Ran stayed with Lu Kang and entertained him for a few days. Lu Kang went back to Wu County with the Lu family. Naturally, Chen Ran's letter of recommendation was also sent to Luoyang.

As September passed, the weather became cooler and autumn became more intense.

Chen Ran rectifies the army, and prepares to retreat back to Shouchun first.Unexpectedly, an unexpected guest came and gave Chen Ran some surprises.

Not far in front of Chen Ran was a young man about 30 years old, with a refined appearance, wearing a Confucian robe, with an extraordinary temperament.

And this person is Zhang Zhao who recommended himself to visit Chen Ran and wanted to become Chen Ran's aide.

When Chen Ran heard the name, he couldn't help being a little confused. Zhang Zhao naturally knew about it. As an important minister of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, his reputation was not insignificant.

But unexpectedly, Chen Ran would meet Zhang Zhao here, and Zhang Zhao would come to him so resolutely.

Chen Ran looked at Zhang Zhao with interest, and said with a smile, "You want to be my assistant, so what are your abilities?"

Chen Ran half-truthfully asked, he still had doubts in his heart, and wanted to test whether this Zhao was that Zhang Zhao.

Zhang Zhao didn't show too much arrogance, but just cupped his hands and bowed, and replied: "I report to you, Yangzhou has a vast land, and internal affairs are not unimportant..."

All in all, I have said a lot, anyway, Chen Ran believed it, this is Zhang Zhao, Zhang Zhao, who is like a fake, has his own unique views on the handling of government affairs in Yangzhou.

After all, Zhang Zhao in history was a talent in internal affairs. Although he was not as good as a super talent like Xun Yu, he was not far behind.

Zhang Zhao was not originally from Yangzhou, but came to Yangzhou after fleeing from disaster, and now he was able to come to Chen Ran so calmly and recommend himself, which undoubtedly showed that Zhang Zhao not only had internal affairs ability, but also had courage.

Naturally, Chen Ran would not let such a talent go, and would send them all to his door. If he didn't accept them, wouldn't Chen Ran become an idiot?

So Chen Ran agreed decisively: "What Zibu said is true, I am lucky to have Zibu!"

In any case, the newly recruited subordinates should not be able to dampen their enthusiasm, but should be encouraged.

Zhang Zhao's face also showed a smile at this moment, obviously he was approved by Chen Ran, and he was also extremely happy.

But the happiest thing is obviously Chen Ran. He was worried before that there is only one Jia Xu, and there is no problem with the war strategy, but when it comes to governing internal affairs, Jia Xu is very weak.

Chen Ran is also helpless about this, he is not a professional internal affairs talent, Huangfusong and others wiped his ass before, but now it is really difficult for him to do it alone.

Now with Zhang Zhao, many of these problems can be easily solved.

(End of this chapter)