Chen Yuan thought for a while and someone invited Guo Yong over.
Although Guo Yong's ability is average, he has been the chief governor of Nanjun for some time, and he still understands the county magistrates under his command.
You can get some information from him.
As soon as Guo Yong walked out of the government office, he was invited back by Chen Yuan's people. When the other county magistrates saw this scene, they couldn't help but make some guesses in their hearts.
Governor Guo has surrendered to the Prefectural Mufu?
Guo Yong was invited back to the government office by Chen Yuan.
Chen Yuan did not talk nonsense and went straight to the topic.
"Prefect Guo, you have been in Nanjun for a long time, right?"
Guo Yong nodded: "It's been more than a year."
That's good.
Chen Yuan asked directly: "Then you should know something about the county magistrates of the seventeen cities in Nanjun. Do you know Li Zheng?"
Guo Yong smiled when he heard this: "Don't you just want to know who is behind Li Zheng?"
Chen Yuan nodded: "You have a keen eye. That's exactly what happened. Please teach me, Mr. Guo."
Guo Yong thought for a moment: "Do you know which wealthy families are closest to Yicheng?"
Chen Yuan's thoughts raced in his mind, and the information went through his mind: "The Kuai family and the Cai family!"
Guo Yong nodded first, then shook his head: "Not only these two families, but also the Xi family in Xiangyang and the Ma family in Yicheng."
Chen Yuan frowned.
This powerful family in Jingzhou is really intertwined and can be found everywhere.
"So, if you want to know who is behind Li Zheng, the Ma family in Yicheng should know best. I suggest you don't drive to visit the Ma family."
Chen Yuan was thoughtful, thanked Guo Yong, and then had someone escort him away.
Yicheng Majia.
horse?
Suddenly an idea flashed in Chen Yuan's mind, maybe it was the Ma family where Ma Liang and Ma Di lived.
Yes, Ma Liang was recorded as being from Yicheng, Xiangyang.
At that time, Xiangyang was already a county, and now he should be a native of Yicheng, Nanjun.
However, if I remember correctly, Ma Liang should be a little kid like Zhuge Liang now, only three or four years old.
Good guy, Chen Yuan suddenly realized that it was not unreasonable for his eldest brother to have a miserable life in the early stage.
His important civil servants are basically still playing in the mud at this time. Where are you going to rise?
Zhuge Liang was like that, Ma Liang was like that, Pang Tong was like that, and Fa Zheng was only seven or eight years old at this time.
Xu Shu may have grown up now, but now Xu Shu is still a knight-errant, carrying a sword to fight for justice.
It would take four or five years for Xu Shu to study hard. It wasn't until Liu Bei took over Xinye that Xu Shu had a brief moment of glory.
Thinking of this, Chen Yuan suddenly had an idea in his mind.
If we bring all these gifted children here and build a school to train them, there should be very interesting reactions.
Fazheng, Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang, Ma Liang, Ma Su.
Let me think about who else, by the way, Zhou Yu was only about ten years old at this time, and see if there is any hope of getting over it.
Gathering together such a group of gifted children and instilling your own ideas into them, wouldn't it be a lot easier for you in the future?
After all, if something happens, the disciple will do his duty!
Well, but before that, you have to find a highly respected teacher, such as Mr. Shui Jing, Sima Hui.
It should be possible to let him be the headmaster, that is, the principal, to attract the parents of these children.
It’s really no longer possible to ask his teacher Cai Yong to name himself.
Cai Yong's role as Imperial College's sacrificial wine must have been sufficiently attractive to these people.
If the plan works, just do it.
Invite Sima Hui to bring the teacher to Xiangyang as soon as possible. Li Zheng will take care of these two matters after they are dealt with.
Now, let’s go to Yicheng to visit the Ma family.
Chen Yuan was a man of action and did not delay at all. He immediately called Dian Wei and Zhou Tai over and took dozens of people to Yicheng.
Chen Yuan didn't dare to be careless now. Someone was doing something behind his back. If he couldn't save the situation, he would carry out a beheading operation and cut himself off directly. There would be no excuse for that.
So, get Dian Wei and Zhou Tai together, double insurance.
Xiangyang was actually safe at this time. Basically all the clan bandits in Nanjun had been wiped out. Guan Yu was also clearing out water bandits in the Han River and the Yangtze River, so it was very safe.
Therefore, there is no need for any generals to be left to guard the city.
Yicheng is not far from Xiangyang. Before Chen Yuan set off, he sent someone to deliver the greeting card quickly.
To be honest, Chen Yuan was doing this a little bit as a courtesy.
Usually greeting cards are sent one or two days in advance so that the host can be prepared.
However, things are a bit urgent now, and some common etiquette can no longer be taken care of.
The current patriarch of the Ma family in Yicheng is Ma Liang's father, Ma Min, also known as Changjie.
Ma Min was a little surprised to receive Chen Yuan's invitation.
Although the Ma family can be regarded as the leading family in Yicheng, it is not considered first-class in the entire Nanjun and Jingzhou.
Chen Yuan came to visit the Ma family at this time, why did he come?
Ma Min had some doubts in her heart.
However, no matter how doubtful he was, Ma Min would not and did not dare to neglect Chen Yuan.
Chen Yuan's deeds of trapping and killing hundreds of thieves in one fell swoop really gave Nanjun a lot of power.
Who dares to neglect such a decisive person?
Therefore, Ma Min quickly ordered his servants to prepare for the banquet, while he solemnly led others to open the door and prepared to welcome Chen Yuan outside the mansion.
Without waiting too long, Chen Yuan arrived under the protection of Dian Wei and Zhou Tai.
From a distance, Chen Yuan saw a man dressed in fine clothes outside the house, seemingly waiting for him.
Chen Yuan did not do anything arrogant. He dismounted his horse from a long distance away and led the horse to Ma Min on foot.
Seeing this, Ma Min felt slightly relieved.
With such a gentle attitude, it seems that it is probably not a bad thing.
Ma Min stepped forward and said: "Ma's family, Ma Min, has seen Biejia on Ma Changjie. Biejia has come to my Ma's house with his great chariot. My Ma's family has flourished. It's a great honor."
Chen Yuan quickly returned the gift and apologized: "Brother Changjie said something serious. Yuan came here today because he has something important to ask for advice. I hope Brother Changjie can forgive me for my rudeness."
Ma Min was confused as to why he was so anxious about something.
However, Ma Min didn't show anything on his face. Instead, he stepped aside and said, "Please don't drive into the house to have a chat."
Chen Yuan did not refuse and followed Ma Min into Ma Mansion.
"Brother Changjie, the matter is urgent. Can you please talk to me in the study?"
Ma Min was even more confused. You must know that the study is a place where only close friends will not be allowed to enter.
Chen Yuan should understand this truth, but since he made this request, it shows that the matter is not trivial.
As a prefecture official, Chen Yuan still has some respect.
Ma Min did not refuse, waving for the others to go down, and took Chen Yuan to the study. Dian Wei and Zhou Tai stood guard outside the door, like two door gods.
Entering the study, Chen Yuan did not exchange too many pleasantries and went straight to the topic: "Brother Changjie, are you familiar with County Magistrate Li Zheng?"