The first general of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 81
When they left Luoyang, only three or five people came to see them off.

After all, he is not a real prefect. In the hearts of many people, even if Wei Tao is talented, he doesn't know how long it will take to reach the top.

Of course, with 300 people and the help of Zhang Liao and Dian Wei, in Wei Tao's view, his team has been initially established, and now it is a new foundation, which is naturally different from the past.

"It's easy to ask God to send God away, let alone this position of prefect? ​​Now that I have this opportunity, I will naturally not let it go. The background of each family is indeed strong, but I have the upper hand, and I will not be far behind. "

For some reason, Wei Tao suddenly felt a special emotion surge in his heart.

Changshan, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was just an ordinary place name, but it is an extremely important place in the eyes of later generations.

Because there is a person in this place.

Changshan Zhao Zilong, an almost perfect "ever victorious general" Zhao Yun in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

Wei Tao doesn't have too many heroic plots, but Wei Tao needs talents most at this time.

Although Chen Liuwei's family is rich, they only provide some support. Although he has repeatedly made military exploits and gained a wide reputation, he is nothing more than a rising generation in the eyes of the world.

It is simply impossible to get others to take the initiative to seek refuge.

Even if he took the initiative to invite people, those with great abilities would not become officials. If Zhang Liao hadn't been abandoned by Ding Yuan, if Dian Wei hadn't been killed in the street and had nowhere to go, it would have been so easy to apply.

As for recruiting talents based on the analysis of the general trend of the world, it is ridiculous.

Real talents all have their own ideas and will not be easily swayed by others. They can be recruited with just a few words.

Even if he agrees with his words, at most he thinks that Wei Tao is a genius and needs to be taken seriously.

If this is the case, it is even more impossible for Wei Tao to let go of any opportunity to get talents.

"I heard that Mr. Tong Yuan, the gun king of a generation, lived in seclusion in Changshan, Jizhou. This time, I will be the prefect of Changshan. I should visit him."

Wei Tao vaguely remembered that Zhao Yun was apprenticed to Tong Yuan, now Zhao Yun is only an ordinary boy, even though he is talented, but if he really pursued it, it would be really surprising.

But it's normal to look for Tong Yuan.

Tong Yuan is a generation of gun kings, recognized by the world and famous, although he is not valued by the court officials, but seeing him is very normal.

"Mr. Tong Yuantong, the king of guns? It is said that the old man's marksmanship is superb. A set of marksmanship is neither magnificent nor sharp. ask to see."

Zhang Liao had also heard of Tong Yuan's name before, so he immediately said excitedly.

"Since my lord wants to find the gun king, I will leave this matter to the last general."

"So I'm asking Wen Yuan. Wen Yuan also knows that I don't have a famous teacher to guide me. Even if I have the old overlord's halberd technique in my hand, I still can't understand the essence, but I want to see Mr. Tong for guidance."

Wei Tao smiled slightly, this was also one of his main goals.

"Then Tong Yuan is really that powerful? If there is an opportunity like this, I, Dian Wei, must learn from it!"

Dian Wei's martial prowess was a combination of innate divine power and a gift from another person. Hearing Wei Tao and Zhang Liao's admiration, his heart suddenly felt eager to win.

Wei Tao and Zhang Liao just smiled at this. Tong Yuan has been famous for many years and has experienced countless battles. Although he is old, I am afraid that Dian Wei is also a formidable opponent.

But both Wei Tao and Zhang Liao knew that although Dian Wei was rough, he was not a bullying person, but he would not use such rogue methods.

There were no twists and turns in Wei Tao's appointment as prefect, at most it was just that the former subordinates were worried about their positions.

After all, Wei Tao was appointed by the imperial court, and he led 300 people here. He obviously wanted to prevent the resurgence of the Yellow Turban, but in fact he was trying to establish his prestige. Naturally, no one dared to come out and stab him.

The matter of searching for Tong Yuan was left to Zhang Liao. Although Tong Yuan was very famous, he had retired after all and not many people knew about it. It would take a lot of time and effort to find Tong Yuan.

Wei Tao will not focus his energy here.

After becoming the prefect of a county, Wei Tao realized that things were not as easy as imagined.

There are all kinds of complicated and trivial matters in civil affairs and military affairs in a county. Wei Tao couldn't sort out how he arrived when he first arrived.

"Everyone says it's easy to be an official, but it's actually not easy. If you really want to take charge of all the affairs in this county, I'm afraid it won't take three months. No wonder both He Jin and Wang Shishu have clearly stated to me that they are only interim. It's not them Reluctant, but they probably don’t think they can manage it at all.”

Wei Tao secretly smiled wryly, as if he understood what He Jin, Wang Yun and the others were thinking.

In fact, even Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others just envied Wei Tao for having such experience at such a young age, even they would not think that Wei Tao could really handle the affairs of a county well.

This is not something that can be easily done with talent.

As for handing things over to other people, wouldn't that mean giving power to others?

If the position is really stable, it's fine, like Wei Tao, the power is not stable after all, and those 'old' officials will bully Wei Tao when he is young.

"But it's troublesome."

Knowing that these affairs are in his own hands, and that various officials are looking to see if he can control the power of a county, Wei Tao naturally cannot ignore it.

If so, after dealing with it for five days in a row, Wei Tao finally managed to sort out a clue.

After all, they are not really teenagers. If they are teenagers, no matter how talented they are, it is impossible to figure out the clues so quickly from the copybook.

It doesn't mean that Wei Tao has to deal with it himself if he figured out the clues, but if he sorts out the clues, he can rest assured that those subordinates will follow the rules in the past without being bullied by them.

But other things are nothing more than that, only one thing has attracted Wei Tao's attention.

"All the county towns in Changshan have been infested by Yellow Turban bandits, or they were temporarily requisitioned, or were robbed by Yellow Turban bandits. Every storehouse is dead or fled. Today's Changshan County is almost empty?"

Cangcao is in charge of money and food in the counties. Once the Cangcao people were lost, and through the theory of the Yellow Turban banditry, the account books of the counties were even burned. It is impossible to know how much they lost.

Now that the losses reported by the various counties are extremely large, I am afraid that they have calculated all the deficits over the years, and even Wei Tao doubts whether they were directly bribed by the county magistrate.

"There must be emotional disadvantages in it, even if the matter is reported to the court, it can only be like this. All counties are the same, but the county magistrates in Changshan County bullied me when I was young, and the situation is very severe."

Wei Tao thought to himself, but he knew it very well.

"However, if I do this, although I will not be questioned by the court, I will definitely be looked down upon by the court officials, and I am afraid that the officials of all counties in Changshan will not take me seriously. "

Wei Tao is not willing to really be a passer-by prefect, the world is in chaos, and only with soldiers and food in his hands can he have the right to speak.

Even if you want to assist Cao Cao, if you don't have soldiers and food in your hands, you must be inferior to everyone.

Assisting Cao Cao is to end the war that will happen in the world as soon as possible, in order to prevent chaos from happening in the future, not for the purpose of fooling around.

"These money and food must be recovered."

After thinking for a while, Wei Tao already had a plan.

"Come here, invite the chief officials of all counties in Changshan County."

Wei Tao is the prefect, in charge of a county's affairs, so naturally he has the right to summon officials from all over the country.

However, the location of officials in various places may be far or near, and the time to get Wei Tao's order is also different. In addition, they have some contempt for Wei Tao. Although they dare not miss it, procrastination is inevitable.

It only took Wei Tao three days to travel slowly from Luoyang to Changshan, but officials from all over the place gathered together, and it took a full ten days since Wei Tao gave the order.

Among them, the official who arrived the fastest also took five days, but in fact, the county town is only a few hours away.

After he arrived, he just made a confession, saying that it took a lot of effort to talk about the handover of the county affairs, and he didn't say anything else.

This is the prestige given to Wei Tao by the county magistrates.

Even though you are a prefect appointed by the imperial court, you will not be able to play as a prefect without us!
Wei Tao has been silent about this, no matter what the reason is, he just nodded his head lightly, expressing that he already knew and didn't say anything, which made some people look more contemptuous.

Only a few people have a bad feeling in their hearts. A young man has such a strong determination. Can such a person really be able to bully at will?

"See your lord."

Many county chief officials gathered together, there were also dozens of people, after bowing their hands to Wei Tao, they immediately sat down according to the size of their official positions.

This is still only the chief official, if the officials of Liucao are added, it will still be several times more.

However, no matter how big the scene is, Wei Tao has experienced it before, and this small scene is naturally rare for Wei Tao.

"You are all subordinates of the prefect. This is the first time we have met. Even if there is a little disrespect, I don't want to pay attention to it."

Hearing Wei Tao's words, a sneer flashed across many people's faces. In their opinion, Wei Tao's words were nothing alarmist, even a joke.

But Wei Tao's next sentence immediately caused many people's complexions to change slightly.

"The official checked the accounts roughly and found that all the counties are in a big deficit, especially the Cao warehouses, which are almost empty."

"My lord! This matter has nothing to do with us. It is all the work of the Yellow Turban Bandits. It is already a struggle for my little soldiers to keep the people under their command from being intruded. I want to do more, but I am powerless." Arrest, and please see clearly, my lord."

"My lord, our county has tried its best to resist, but how can we resist the Yellow Turban?"

Sure enough, as soon as Wei Tao opened his mouth, several people stood up and said angrily one after another, and the faces of other people also had expressions of injustice.

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