Fan Li explained: "Sir, the people of Huang County are not tricky or cause trouble. In fact, the people of Huang County are just disappointed with the government. The previous county magistrate encountered three attacks during his tenure. Every time, he abandoned the city and fled, regardless of the lives and deaths of the people. When the last pirate attack came, he abandoned his official position and fled, and never came back."

"Another county magistrate was rich and unkind, and he exploited the people everywhere. He set up checkpoints at the city gate to collect taxes for entering and leaving the city; after the grain harvest, the taxes he set were high... As long as he could make money, he would make a name for him to grab money. In the end, the people and merchants couldn't help but resist and killed the county magistrate."

"After the previous county magistrate, he was relaxed to the people, but he ignored government affairs, drank and had fun all day, and died of drunkenness, and finally died of drunkenness in office."

Fan Li sighed: "I have met many county magistrates in the county government all my life. In recent years, no county magistrate has ever cared for the people and has never really benefited the people."

"Although the people hate officials and are hostile to the government, they are full of enthusiasm."

"Every time a pirate attack comes, the people in the city will spontaneously pick up knives, guns, sticks, and sticks to resist the pirates. As for the merchants in the city, they will spontaneously prepare food, weapons, etc. to provide assistance to the people."

"Even if you can't resist it, some merchants will give out food, etc., and let the pirates leave."

"In addition, there are some heroes who have fallen into the world around Huang County, and they will also take the initiative to help."

Fan Li's face was covered with wind and frosty, with a hint of helplessness and a hint of admiration, and said: "There is no county magistrate in Huang County and no county magistrate in Donglai County. However, the people and businessmen can work together and share the same hatred of the enemy. This is very difficult."

After a few words, the situation in Huang County was fully explained.

Wang Yan thought carefully for a moment and said, "Every time he resisted a pirate, a capable person must emerge. After so many battles, isn't there a single leader of Qunlun? No one is willing to stand up to help the people?"

Fan Li thought about it and replied: "There is indeed one person whose name is Taishici."

"Every time a bandit attacks, he will bring people when he gets the news. When the bandits are defeated, Taishici will take people away. In fact, some people have asked Taishici to manage Huang County, but Taishici offended the aristocratic family in Qingzhou when he was young. He said that once he became the county magistrate of Huang County, it may cause disaster to Huang County, so he refused."

Fan Li said regretfully: "Taishici is not an official, and the rest of them feel that they are not capable enough, so the officials have been hanging in the air. To this day, Taishici has been hiding outside. If the adults ask the people about Taishici's whereabouts, the people may tell you that Taishici is far away in Liaodong, or in Jingxiang and other places, it is impossible to tell you the truth.

After hearing this, Wang Yan understood and had the idea of ​​recruiting Taishi Ci in his heart.

In history, after Taishi Ci was loyal to Sun Ce, he died young, like a meteor, crossing the long river of history, and then disappeared after a brilliant burst. Such a person with ability, martial arts and virtues naturally moved Wang Yan.

But at the moment, Wang Yan had no time to recruit him, so he could only temporarily suppress him.

After Fan Li's explanation, Wang Yan also had a general understanding of the situation in Huang County and even Donglai County. The poverty of Donglai County is not how remote Donglai County is, or how clever the people are, or how incompetent the officials are.

Wang Yan changed his mind and asked again: "Does the county government still have any money or expenses?"

Fan Li shook his head, looking helpless and affectionate. If the county government had the rest of his money, he would not have been worn out. The money and food of the county government treasury had long been taken away by the previous county magistrate.

Wang Yan ordered: "After you come down, you can ask Hu Zhao for money, buy commonly used items, and then order someone to clean the wing room of the county government."

"Understand" Fan Li nodded and responded.

Immediately, Wang Yan introduced Hu Zhao and asked Fan Li to find the person he looked for after he got up.

After Fan Li met Hu Zhao, he took the initiative to leave.

Wang Yan glanced over the people in the hall and said in a deep voice: "You have already understood the situation in Huang County. The situation in Donglai County is roughly different. If you have any ideas, express your opinions."

Huang Zhong took the initiative: "Fan Li mentioned something just now. The general believed that it was necessary to strengthen it. There were not only bandits in Huang County, but also pirates at the sea. The lord controlled a county and still had only more than 1,000 troops, and the troops were too small. The general believed that soldiers should be recruited and strengthened."

"Yes, you can arrange it."

Wang Yan nodded and agreed directly.

At present, more than a thousand elites under Wang Yan are elites who have experienced many battles. Although they are strong, their number is too small.

Hu Zhao continued: "Lord, we brought some food and money from Linzi. In a short period of time, there is no problem with self-sufficiency. But over time, it may be difficult to support it. Especially now, there is a lot of military expansion, and the food problem is even more serious. The lord needs to take care of this matter."

Wang Yan frowned and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Kong Ming, you are fully responsible for government affairs. After seeing the problems of food and money that you are currently facing, you must find a way to solve them as much as possible. You cannot always let me solve them if you have any problems. I hope that what you proposed is a few solutions, and I can directly finalize them and then implement them."

Hu Zhao's face stopped and he immediately focused on the key points. As Wang Yan said, he did say the wrong thing just now. Wang Yan is the master, he is the subordinate, and what he wants to propose is the solution.

In fact, Hu Zhao didn't think of a solution, he just made a mistake for a moment.

Hu Zhao said seriously: "Don't worry, lord, I will solve this problem."

Wang Yan nodded slightly and said, "That's good, I believe in Mr. Kong Ming's ability." But in Wang Yan's opinion, food and money are not the biggest dilemma that Huang County is currently facing.

Guo Jia said, "Analyzing Fan Li's words, I think the biggest problem lies in the prestige of the government."

Wang Yan nodded and said, "Fengxiao has come to the key point. Food and money are our own problems. But the prestige of the government is a mess. Not to mention prestige, the people do not believe in the government at all, or even be hostile to the government. Such an government has no appeal at all. This is the problem that needs to be solved at this stage."

After a pause, Wang Yan said again: "When it comes to prestige, I am also worried about one problem. If the people are hostile to the government, can we recruit soldiers?

Huang Zhong said seriously: "Lord, no matter what the people think, recruitment is imperative. You can't stop recruiting soldiers just because you can't recruit soldiers. This matter must be arranged."

Wang Yan said: "It makes sense, just make arrangements."

Guo Jia continued: "To enhance prestige, the method is actually very simple."

Wang Yan asked: "How to do it?"

Guo Jia said: "Suppressing bandits"

When Wang Yan heard this, he suddenly realized and the thoughts in his mind became clear.

In fact, Wang Yan thought too complicated about improving the credibility of the government. He thought about whether to learn from Shang Yang's tree standing at the gate, and whether to support some typical examples. But in fact, the simplest and easiest thing that makes the people believe is to suppress bandits, and truly eliminate the hidden dangers in Huang County, so that the people can truly feel that the government is doing things.

Wang Yan said in a deep voice: "Huang Zhong, I will give you five days. First, recruit troops; second, find out the situation of the bandits in Huang County; third, determine the time, and then attack with lightning speed and defeat the bandits in Huang County."

Huang Zhong nodded and said, "Don't worry, lord, I will do my best."

Next, Wang Yan made arrangements for many government affairs in Huang County and even Donglai County.

After arranging government affairs one by one, Wang Yan said in a deep voice: "The general matter has been sorted out. Now, we will make unified arrangements for the appointment of Donglai County officials."

As soon as these words came out, the people in the hall lit up.

Whether it is Hu Zhao who has no desires or demands, Jia Xu who protects himself first everywhere, or Huang Zhong who is full of ambitions... everyone in the hall has their own ideas.

To realize their respective ideas, official positions are an important factor.

Now, Wang Yan serves as the prefect of Donglai County and is in charge of the country. They are already mature in serving under Wang Yan.
Chapter completed!