The day after Qin Liang met the Queen Mother Guo, he heard these four words. His heart immediately rose to his throat.
However, things have just begun to take shape. Wang Ling sent people to Luoyang, hoping to unite with Yangzhou Governor Zhuge Dan to remove the current Lujiang Governor Wen Qin and let Qin Liang take over as the Lujiang County Governor. The matter is still under Wang Ling's planning and discussion
stage.
However, just mentioning the governor, Qin Liang couldn't calm down.
Although Yangzhou was divided into two, with Wei and Wu each occupying one, there were only two counties in Yangzhou in the Wei state; but to the county governor, Yangzhou was simply the best territory in the Wei Dynasty today.
There are two reasons. First, in the Chinese and foreign armies in various parts of the Wei State, their families were separated as hostages in the military camps, and strict laws were implemented. Once the soldiers fled or rebelled, the family members of the soldiers would be captured and executed or made into slaves.
Therefore, when Wu and Shu were at war, it was not the focus to criticize Cao Wei for usurping the throne. The focus was to criticize Cao Wei for causing the soldiers and civilians to be separated from each other, which was referring to the wrongful service system.
However, this system slipped through the net and was not implemented in Yangzhou. Therefore, the local military and political officials had great control over the officers and soldiers, and they had no worries.
Secondly, Qin Liang checked the documents and found that the recent statistics of the Wei Dynasty had only more than 600,000 households, less than 4 million. The most amazing thing is that the household registration slips from ten years ago still stated that there were more than 700,000 households.
, the population is actually experiencing negative growth?
Of course, the actual population has more than doubled. There are gentry and wealthy families in various places hiding a large number of people. These people have connections in the government and the public. Maybe the connections are so strong that a prefect would not dare to touch them.
The Wei court was in a complete mess. It looked like there were as many as nine states. However, the power of the court was decentralized, and various gentry and powerful men took away most of the benefits. It was impossible to fully mobilize the power of the whole country.
Therefore, those in Sizhou and Yuzhou may seem to have a large and flat territory, but in fact the interests have been almost divided for a long time, and there are very few things that the prefect can take advantage of.
Yangzhou was only occupied by the Wei State later, and it was the front line of Wei and Wu's campaigns. The estates and property of the nobles were not guaranteed. Therefore, although the territory was small and the population was small, in fact, almost all the government officials could mobilize it.
Qin Liang had previously served as a military governor under Sun Li's sect, and he had roughly estimated that if the Wu Kingdom had not suddenly attacked during the Shaopi Battle, Wang Ling would have summoned the military garrison and gathered an army of sixty or seventy thousand troops without any problems.
Lujiang County is a little smaller than Huainan County. It's not a big problem to call 20,000 people directly according to the military roster.
In addition to the current gentry officials raising private soldiers, some county guards have an upright establishment of two to three thousand infantry and cavalry. By then, Qin Liang's total of 20,000 to 30,000 people will still be veterans who often fight on the front line, and his strength will take off!
Qin Liang took Wang Ling's autographed letter and read it three times before returning it to Lao Kun, the sender.
Lao Kun glanced at Qin Liang, took the bamboo slip with both hands, and then gave it to Wang Guang.
Qin Liang was almost so anxious that he wanted to spin around, but he still took a deep breath and calmed down.
He wants the governor of Lujiang so much, this is the best place!
As for other places, Guanzhong is the worst. There are many Sima Yi's old troops there, and finally there is Guo Huai, who is an in-law of the Wang family, and a man of both snake and rat. Sima Yi has won some battles in Jingzhou and Youzhou, and is quite prestigious.
People have been promoted locally. Among the four directions, only Yangzhou is not subject to restrictions and surveillance. After all, it is Wang Ling's territory.
There are only two counties in Yangzhou, and one of them, Huainan County, is the state government. Lujiang County is a place that is only one in a million. Grandfather's thoughts simply came to Qin Liang's heart.
Qin Liang's thinking speed was very fast. After thinking for a while, he said solemnly: "Uncle Mingjian, in terms of specific strategy, this should not be successful."
Wang Guang turned to look at Qin Liang.
Thanks to Qin Liang working in Cao Shuang's Mansion and the School Affairs Office for a long time, he still knows a lot of relationships.
He then said: "Wen Qin, the prefect of Lujiang, is a fellow countryman of the general, and he is regarded as one of his own by the general. Wen Qin should have been punished during the early Jingchu period, but the general spared him, and later he became the prefect of Lujiang County. Now my grandfather
Joining forces with General Zhuge, the governor, to report Wen Qin's crimes did put pressure on him, but I'm afraid the general still won't agree.
Lao Kun said: "Wen Qin lied about his military exploits and it has been verified. There are both witnesses and physical evidence."
Qin Liang thought to himself: As far as the Wei Dynasty is concerned, it all depends on the relationship. What evidence is useful?
Wang Ling has been serving as the governor of Yangzhou since the second year of Taihe. He has been running Yangzhou for more than fifteen years. In the middle of the process, he only served as governor of Yuzhou for more than one year, and he has been in Huainan for the rest of the time.
In the past, Wang Ling wanted to get Man Chong away, but failed. In the end, he kept Man Chong away by competing with others. Now this Wen Qin is obviously not Wang Ling's person, so Wang Ling also wants to get him away.
Qin Liang advised: "We have to show merit and be promoted, because our purpose is not to take revenge, but to transfer Wen Qin away! The general was defeated in the battle against Shu this time, and he will definitely reward many people when he comes back.
It would be feasible to take the opportunity to let the general promote fellow countryman Wen Qin as well."
Lao Kun was confused when he heard this and said confusedly: "What you said is a reward for a great defeat?"
"Yes!" Qin Liang looked at him and said, "Your Excellency, you heard it right."
At this time, Wang Guang said in deep thought: "What Zhong Ming said makes sense. The general transferred Wen Qin to Yangzhou, which was exactly Ding Mi's plan and was done deliberately."
Is it Ding Mi again? In front of Qin Liang's eyes, he immediately seemed to see a dog-headed military advisor with a mustache. Qin Liang had made great achievements in Shaopi before, but was brought to the school affairs office. It was Ding Mi who came up with the idea.
Qin Liang said: "So as long as the general strongly opposes it, the matter will definitely not be done. In addition, I thought that I could not jointly submit the petition with Zhuge Dan. Since Zhuge Dan did not want to work with Wen Qin, I asked Zhuge Dan to submit the petition alone."
He thought for a while and then said: "Ding Mi came up with the idea, but the one who was holding him back was his grandfather. Although his grandfather was the governor of Yangzhou, he couldn't speak up on this matter.
Zhuge Dan and Xia Houxuan were friends and confidants of each other; the general trusted Xia Houxuan very much. Therefore, Zhuge Dan's attitude was more effective in the general's mansion.
Grandfather, if you don't get involved, you can lower the wariness of the princes of the General's Office. Zhuge Dan's memorial, in the eyes of the General's Office, is just an internal matter."
Wang Guang nodded and said: "I also think Zhong Ming's approach is more likely to succeed. I will write to my father to change my strategy."
Qin Liang glanced at his father-in-law with relief and said, "You can ask Zhuge Dan to send a message to Xia Houxuan, and ask Xia Houxuan to help write a letter."
Wang Guang immediately agreed with Qin Liang's strategy.
Qin Liang finally sighed and said: "After such actions, it should not be difficult to transfer Wen Qin, but I still may not be able to take over as the governor of Lujiang County."
However, Qin Liang did not give up easily. He wanted to continue to try and fight for it. In addition to asking the Queen Mother Guo to come forward, his cousin Linghuyu did a good job in Cao Shuang's mansion and seemed to be very popular with Cao Shuang. He could also go to Linghuyu and Master Sima.