Liu Zhang and others, led by Su Gu, arrived at the governor's house. The reception room was already full of people.
Seeing Su Gu leading a young man in, everyone immediately understood and stood up to salute.
"Presumably this is my Han's number one general, General Liu Zhang, General Liu, right?"
The number one general of the Han Dynasty?
Liu Zhang couldn't help being slightly startled when he heard this title, and quickly looked towards the voice. It was a man dressed as a middle-aged scribe.
"How dare Liu Zhang deserve this title! Please, sir, please don't say that."
"Hahaha, the general is so humble!"
The middle-aged scribe laughed a few times, not feeling that his description of Liu Zhang was exaggerated at all.
Su Gu quickly introduced young scholars to Liu Zhang.
"General Hou, this is the head of the Pan family of Hanzhong County, Panzhou."
Liu Zhang nodded with some understanding and slightly bowed his hands in greeting.
"It turns out it's Mr. Pan, you're polite."
Panzhou naturally did not dare to neglect and returned the favor.
"It's a great honor to have the honor of meeting General Hou!"
Seeing that Liu Zhang didn't say anything else, Su Gu quickly asked Pan Zhou to find a seat and sit down.
"General Hou, these people on the left are the magistrates of the 12 counties in Hanzhong. They have come specially to greet General Hou."
Liu Zhang looked in the direction Su Gu was pointing and saw that all the county magistrates had stood up and were all bowing to Liu Zhang.
"Meet the general."
"You don't have to be polite. I will rely on you more in the future."
The twelve county magistrates did not quite understand what Liu Zhang meant, and they all showed doubts.
"Everyone, please take your seats first! I will explain it to you later."
Su Gu asked the county magistrates to sit down first and planned to make an announcement after they were all seated. Then he led Liu Zhang to the left hand side.
"General Hou, this is the county magistrate Yan Shan. Yan Shan is originally from Brazil. Because of his friendship with me, he moved his family to Hanzhong."
The surname is Yan? Liu Zhang's eyes lit up, and two words flashed through his mind unconsciously, Yan Pu!
"Meet the general."
Yan Shan has a face with Chinese characters, which gives the impression of being very upright.
When Liu Zhang heard Yan Shan's visit, he also woke up from his distraction.
"Yan Juncheng is so polite."
Yan Shan said nothing more and took a step back with a smile.
"General Hou, this is Yang Lin, the commander-in-chief of the county. The Yang family is also a noble family in Hanzhong."
Su Gu pointed to the person next to him and specifically mentioned Yang Lin's background.
Yang Lin, Yang family!
Liu Zhang nodded slightly. It seemed that the three brothers Yang Song, Yang Bai and Yang Ren came from this Yang family.
"Lieutenant Yang, you are polite."
"Meet the general!"
Contrary to Liu Zhang's expectation, Yang Lin looked upright and showed no treachery at all.
After probably all the introductions to the people in Hanzhong County, Su Gu invited Liu Zhang to sit on the main seat. Liu Zhang declined, but he couldn't resist Su Gu, so he sat down happily.
Then Su Gu raised his hand to everyone. Everyone knew that Su Gu must have something to say, and the room instantly became quiet.
"It just so happens that all the officials of Hanzhong County are here. Su announced the decree issued by His Majesty. From now on, the post of Hanzhong Prefect will be concurrently served by the Hou General Liu Zhang, who will also be in charge of all military affairs of Hanzhong County! The Hou General was granted the power of false festival ax by His Majesty.
, I also hope that all my colleagues will cooperate wholeheartedly, General!"
Su Gu had been the governor of Hanzhong for many years, so he naturally had some feelings for his subordinates. In order to prevent them from going astray, he specifically explained Liu Zhang's imperial power!
The twelve county magistrates also suddenly realized, no wonder Liu Zhang said that before.
Liu Zhang also stood up. Naturally, when a new official takes office, he has to say a few words to his subordinates.
"Colleagues, I believe you have all heard about what happened in Liangzhou. Liu Zhang came here mainly to curb the arrogance of the Liangzhou rebels! In recent years, there have been constant wars in various places, and the imperial court's treasury is empty and unable to carry out further conquests! Therefore, Your Majesty That’s why I was sent to Hanzhong!”
"From now on, all supplies in the 12 counties of Hanzhong County need to be uniformly dispatched by the county governor's office. No one is allowed to own private property, let alone think about corruption. Once discovered by me, don't blame me for the ruthlessness of the ax in my hand!"
Liu Zhang picked up the ax given by Liu Hong and kept shaking it in his hand!
The officials in the 12 counties had different expressions on their faces. Some turned a blind eye, some were on pins and needles, and some were even sweating profusely!
The power of the ax in Liu Zhang's hand is too great! Not to mention their small county magistrates, even the governor of Yizhou, Que Jian, has to weigh it!
"We will obey the orders of the prefect!"
All twelve county magistrates stood up and expressed their stance to Liu Zhang.
"Okay! As long as you can cooperate wholeheartedly, Liu Zhang will never embarrass you!"
The county magistrates temporarily calmed down and sat down, but Pan Zhou on the right was sweating profusely.
Panzhou regretted it to death now. If he had known that Liu Zhang was coming to succeed Hanzhong Prefect, he would not have been so arrogant.
Liu Zhang sat in the main seat, followed by Su Gu. Logically speaking, Yan Shan and Yang Lin should be next, but Pan Zhou unexpectedly took this seat.
Liu Zhang had discovered this a long time ago. From the moment he walked in, Pan Zhou was the first to talk to him. When he took his seat later, Liu Zhang knew that Pan Zhou was definitely not a simple person.
Sure enough, when Pan Zhou knew that he was coming to take over as the governor of Hanzhong, he began to feel very unnatural. When he showed his authority as the axe, Pan Zhou was even more frightened! I'm afraid Pan Zhou's sleeves were soaked with sweat from wiping them off!
"Mr. Pan, are you hot?"
Liu Zhang looked at Pan Zhou with a smile. He had already made up his mind. It seemed that the first sword swing in Hanzhong would fall on the Pan family!
"Ah! Yes! Yes! It's a little hot down there."
Pan Zhou was startled by the sudden sound, and sweat covered his face.
"hehe..."
Liu Zhang ignored Pan Zhou and looked at Su Gu, who was sent to him.
"Prefect Su, today is the reception banquet. Liu Zhang shouldn't talk about official matters! But the situation is urgent now, so I can only ask Prefect Su for advice!"
Su Gu nodded, and felt a little relieved. Liu Zhang was so serious, and he would surely benefit Hanzhong.
"General, please tell me, as long as Su knows about it, he will never deceive him!"
"Okay, I just heard from Prefect Su at the city gate that Hanzhong County now has a population of nearly 300,000?"
Su Gu nodded and gave Liu Zhang a very definite answer.
"Yes, since the beginning of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, refugees from Bajun and Shujun have often poured into Hanzhong. Before Bian Zhang and others invaded Sanfu, many Guanzhong refugees also came to flee. I issued an order to accept it and have properly resettled these refugees. "
Liu Zhang's eyes lit up, he accepted the refugees and resettled them. It seemed that Su Gu was indeed a good governor.
"I heard that the governor of Yizhou, Ji Jian, amassed money wantonly, causing public resentment. I wonder if Prefect Su knows about this?"
"this..."
Su Gu was slightly startled, not expecting Liu Zhang to ask such a question.