"Zhengfang is going to enter Shu?" Liu Cong looked at him with a smile and asked. Li Yan's eyes were a little dodgey, but he still nodded.
Liu Cong raised his wine bottle and said, "Both of you are talented in governing the country. No matter what your choice is, I will respect you first."
When Liu Cong spoke like this, the two of them were embarrassed of his face and raised their glasses to clash with him.
After drinking a bottle of wine, the scene became a little quiet. Liu Cong was thinking about how to keep these two talents. As for these two people, Jiang Wan was waiting for Liu Cong to speak, and Li Yan was thinking of a way to escape.
Compared to Li Yan, Jiang Wan really wanted to seek refuge with Liu Cong, and he had also read Ma Liang's letter to him.
As for what happened in Xiangyang today, after all, Liu Cong has just taken over Jingzhou. There are many things that he himself does not know yet, let alone master.
Let's talk about Li Yan, who is nearly thirty years old and is still a mere magistrate of Zigui County. He was a little passionate when he was young. He wasted a few years in Zigui and was mostly pursuing utilitarianism. He cannot have too high a position by joining Cao Cao.
Starting point, after going to Shuzhong, no matter what, you can quietly watch the changes in the world.
"What happened in Xiangyang today made you both laugh." Liu Cong was the first to speak and break the silence.
Li Yan cupped his hands and smiled and said: "My lord has just taken charge of Jingxiang, and there are some things that have not yet been dealt with. It is inevitable that such a thing will happen."
Jiang Wan said: "But this kind of thing must be taken seriously, and people like Fei Tong must also be severely punished!"
You can hear their different attitudes towards life in their different words. Li Yan is a little tactful, while Jiang Wan is like an angry young man who has just entered society. If I use two words to describe it, he is commonly known as a tough guy.
Li Yan continued: "Gong Yan, this kind of thing is related to many people. It cannot be solved with a harsh punishment."
Li Yan has been the magistrate of Zigui County for many years and has a clearer understanding of officialdom and the connections of aristocratic families.
"Brother Zhengfang's words are very misleading." Jiang Wan looked at Li Yan in disbelief. He seemed to have never imagined that the Li Yan who just acted bravely and was not afraid of power could be the same person as the Li Yan who spoke like this.
"You have never been an official, nor have you ever been an official. There are many things that you can't imagine. You are just too young now, and you take some things for granted."
"If you don't punish evil and don't protect the weak, what is the use of the court's laws and decrees? Where is the majesty of the court and the government?"
"Didn't you listen to what Fei Tong said just now? He is the son of Fei Guan, who signed a contract with the State Mufu Government. It means that he has done this kind of thing countless times, and Fei Guan helped him deal with it. Officials protect each other, and the family is connected.
How can you shake them if they are like-minded?"
"Li Zhengfang, it's because all officials are like you that the Han Dynasty is where it is!"
"Jiang Gongyan, when you become an official one day, I hope you can be as good as you are today!"
The two of them had a heated argument, which made Liu Cong on the side a little at a loss.
Jiang Wan suddenly looked at Liu Cong and asked Liu Cong, "I wonder how Liu Jingzhou plans to handle this matter?"
"Fei Tong's confidence shows that Fei Guan has shielded his son more than once. Maybe the Fei family has done other evil things. When I arrest his whole family, I will naturally punish every evildoer in the Fei family." Liu Cong didn't even think about it.
Just said.
As soon as Liu Cong finished speaking, Jiang Wan immediately stood up, knelt down to Liu Cong and said: "Then Jiang Wan is willing to serve Liu Jingzhou as the master, even if he only becomes a Bailihou!"
Bailihou is the county magistrate. In ancient times, the county magistrate held the power of personnel appointment, financial power, and even part of the military power of the county. The life and death of a county were all in his hands. The proper local emperor, therefore, was also called Bailihou.
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Liu Cong was a little surprised. He did not expect Jiang Wan to surrender to him in such a way. However, he immediately stood up, helped Jiang Wan up and said: "How can Gong Yan's talent be compared to a hundred miles away? Gong Yan is a talent thousands of miles away! Gong Yan is willing
Do you want to do the signing job that Fei Guan did first?"
A talent of thousands of miles is the governor of a state, and a talent of thousands of miles should be the prime minister of a country. Jiang Wan became the prime minister of the Shu Han Dynasty in history, and he was indeed a talent of thousands of miles.
In Liu Cong's eyes, Fei Guan was already a dead man. Li Yan on the side never imagined that Jiang Wan would obtain such an important position just after joining Liu Cong. Fei Tong looked down upon him as a mere magistrate of Zigui County.
This is because of the huge power of the Fei family, and on the other hand, it is because of Fei Guan's official position.
Signing is in charge of all kinds of document processing in the Prefecture Mu's office. He is a close official around the Prefecture Mu. He knows almost all the affairs and expenses of Jingzhou. He is completely different from the marginal Zigui County Magistrate like Li Yan.
Jiang Wan also didn't expect that Liu Cong valued him so much, "I will definitely try my best."
After Liu Cong took Jiang Wan to his seat again, the atmosphere was a little awkward. At this time, Li Yan no longer knew how to talk to Liu Cong about his resignation. The young man he had just seen was already an important minister of the state. At this time, he
Saying that you are resigning somewhat implies defeat.
"Zhengfang." Suddenly he heard Liu Cong calling him and hurriedly replied: "My subordinate is here."
"How many years have you been the magistrate of Zigui County?" Liu Cong asked after taking a sip of wine.
"Eight years." Li Yan's expression was a little bitter. Eight years later, he was still wasting his time as county magistrate.
"Sigh." Liu Cong sighed, "Eight years is enough to make a passionate young man cool down. I think you were the same as Gong Yan today, determined to do something good and benefit the people. I
Is that right?"
"My lord..." Li Yan's words came to his lips, but he couldn't say anything. He didn't know how to answer. Is there any difference between himself back then and Gong Yan today? There is no difference at all, but now,
He is no longer the passionate young man he was before.
In his third year as county magistrate, Cai Lin, a descendant of Zigui's Cai family, raped a girl. The girl's mother knelt at the door of the mansion and waited, only to find a cold corpse and a bag of corn! A human life is worth nothing.
A bag of corn!
The girl's mother came to report to the police, and he immediately took the government officials to get the person. Just the next day, Cai Lin was released, and the girl's mother was killed in the street!
With no one to accuse the officials and no evidence, Li Yan still wanted to work hard. He wanted to go to Cai's Mansion to get someone, but there was no servant to obey his orders. He went to Cai's Mansion alone, and only waited for Cai Lin's words: In this life
, you can serve as the county magistrate in Zigui until you die!
For five years, Li Yan didn't get a promotion, and Cai Lin continued to dominate Zigui. Today, if he hadn't recalled those years, he himself wouldn't know why he would go out of his way to stop him.
Since then, he knew that to achieve his ambition, he needed enough power to break all power!
As if he had experienced great suffering, Li Yan sighed and slowly told Liu Cong what happened that year.
"Ah!" Liu Cong was so angry that he dropped the wine bottle in his hand to the ground.
Jiang Wan's eyes widened even more angrily, "Such a beast is not worthy of being a human being!"
"Then Cai Lin, is he still in Zigui now?" Liu Cong asked angrily.
"Yes." Li Yan replied.
Liu Cong stood up and said, "Liu Xian was the magistrate of Xiangyang County, which is no longer enough to take on the big responsibility. Zhengfang, I want you to be the magistrate of Xiangyang County. If you are willing to accept it, you can take office today. If you still insist on joining Shu, I will personally serve as the magistrate of Xiangyang County."
Farewell!"
"I would like to be the magistrate of Xiangyang County!" Looking at Liu Cong's fiery eyes, Li Yan seemed to have returned to the beginning.
"Okay, Xu Feng, immediately dispatch five hundred soldiers to accompany Li Yan to Zigui and capture Cai Lin's family! Anyone who dares to resist will be killed without mercy!" Liu Cong said fiercely.
"Lord, I am willing to go with Zheng Fang." Jiang Wan said to Liu Cong.
Xu Feng did not accept the promise, but instead said to Liu Cong: "My lord, Fei Guan is Fei Yi's clan father (the subordinate brother of his father in the clan). In addition, where is the old lady to arrest Cai Lin's family?"