Zhang He was training his soldiers in the military camp. When he heard that Liu Xin was looking for him, he rushed to the prefect's house in a hurry because he didn't know what was going on.
When Liu Xin saw Zhang He coming in, she pointed to a chair next to her and motioned for him to sit down. Zhang He carefully sat on this strange piece of furniture, feeling a little uncomfortable.
Liu Xin smiled and said: "Junyi, this is called a chair. Be casual. You will fall in love with it if you sit on it a few times."
Zhang He tried to sit more relaxed like Liu Xin, and he felt a little better. Could it be that your Majesty just wants me to learn to sit in this chair? So he asked: "I wonder what your instructions are when you summon the general to come here?"
Liu Xindao: "Junyi, you are from Hebei. Have you ever heard of any famous scribes? There are a few of you in Hejian now. It can be said that there are so many good generals. You don't have to worry about horse thieves anymore. But to manage a county well, In order for the common people to live a good life, military commanders alone cannot do it, a few capable civil servants are also needed."
Only then did Zhang He understand Liu Xin's purpose for coming to him. He thought about it and said: "There are many famous people in Hebei, but Mo General was just a commoner in the past, and most of them had no chance to get to know each other. There was only one Mr. Jushouju, who had an affair with Mo General back then. I met him once, and I heard that he is a man of great ability. Your Majesty is grateful to me for meeting you, and I am willing to go and invite you on your behalf."
When Liu Xin heard that, I knew Jushu, but he didn't expect Zhang He to know him. It would be great if he could be invited over. He immediately said: "That's very good. Without further ado, please invite Jun Yi to take over immediately." I am going to invite you. As long as Mr. Jushu is willing to come and help Liu, please feel free to ask him if you have any requests."
Zhang He received the order, brought gifts, and went to Guangping County to ask for his advice.
A few days later, Zhang He returned from Guangping, bringing not only Ju Suo but also Tian Feng. It turned out that when Zhang He came to Ju Suo's home, Tian Feng happened to be there too. These two people were county magistrates and were quite famous in their posts. reputation, after the term was over, he should have been promoted. Unexpectedly, Liu Hong began to sell his official position. The two of them had always been honest officials, and they were short of money. Not to mention paying for promotion, they only had money to stay as county magistrate. They couldn't afford to make friends, so they had to make friends and go home. The two of them had the same temperament, and now they share the same illness, so they often interact with each other.
Zhang He met Jushou, gave him a gift, explained his purpose, and listed Liu Xin's many benefits. He said that after arriving in Hejian, he would punish rape and eradicate evil, love the people like a son, live a frugal life, select talents and appoint talents, and praised Liu Xin as a Tian Feng didn’t believe it when he heard this, but Jushu knew that Zhang He was a powerful martial artist and a hero. It would be difficult to make him willingly obey orders, so he agreed to come to Hejian with Zhang He to have a look. Tian Feng left I had nothing to do, so I followed him.
Of course Liu Xin knew the names of the two of them. They were both Yuan Shao's best counselors. Unfortunately, Yuan Shao was stubborn and refused to listen to their plans. He was defeated by Cao Cao, and the two of them also died unexpectedly. I heard that Jushou and Tian Feng joined forces to fight against each other. Liu Xin was overjoyed and hurriedly ran out of the house to welcome them in. Liu Xin knew that the literati at this time had a bad temper and paid attention to etiquette, so he did not dare to invite them to sit on the chairs, but let them in In the front hall, the guest and the host sat kneeling in the back.
Liu Xin waited for everyone to sit down, then stood up and faced Jushou. Tian Feng and Tian Feng each gave a salute and said: "Liu has admired the names of these two gentlemen for a long time. It is a great comfort to meet him today. Having these two gentlemen helping me is really a river." What a blessing to the people here! Liu has thanked these two gentlemen for hundreds of thousands of people across the river."
Seeing that Liu Xin treated them so politely, Jushou had a favorable impression of him, but he said: "Master Liu, Brother Yuan Hao and I were just invited by Jun Yi to come and have a look, and we didn't agree to anything." . ”
Tian Feng looked at the young man in front of him, who was only in his early twenties, but he had already become the prefect of a county. Thinking about himself, he couldn't help but said: "I wonder how much Mr. Liu spent to buy this position?"
Liu Xin didn't know what happened to the two of them. He always thought that they were just elegant scholars who retired to the mountains and forests. Who knew that they were living at home because they had no money to buy an official position. After listening to Tian Feng's question, he thought he had heard something. After hearing the news, I suddenly thought that only I, Zhang Rang, Liu Zhong and Emperor Liu Hong knew about buying an official position, and no fifth person knew about it. Who was Liu Xin? He was an elite among thieves and his reaction was surprisingly quick. His face soon changed to one of surprise: "Sir, where do you start with this? Liu is a member of the Han clan, how could he do such a villainous thing as buying and selling an official position."
Hearing that Liu Xin was still a clan member of the Han Dynasty, not only Jushou, Tian Feng, and even Zhang He were surprised. Jushou felt relieved and said, "I see. It's no wonder that you can hold a high position at such a young age."
Liu Xin looked at Tian Feng, who still seemed a little unconvinced, and said: "Liu is originally a descendant of Juchaohou. In order to comply with his father's last wish, my grandfather gave up the title of marquis to his brother and fled abroad. These things I have been living with my father in the mountains and countryside for 20 years. Before his death, my father asked me to go to Juchao to recognize my ancestors and return to the clan. The emperor thought of my grandfather's filial piety and pitied me for my lack of security, so he specially appointed me as the chief minister of Hejian. Prefect."
At that time, Liu Kai took the initiative to give up his position, and it became a good story for a while. Tian Feng had heard of this story, and he was in awe at the moment: "It turns out that you are a descendant of Liu Kai. I am disrespectful. My words just now were offensive, but Please forgive me, sir."
Liu Xin smiled nonchalantly and said, "Don't blame those who don't know. Although Liu became a prefect, he was fearful and always in awe, fearing that he would do something inappropriate and ruin the reputation of his ancestors. It's a pity that Liu I grew up in the mountains and fields since childhood, and have little knowledge and knowledge, and I know only a little about how to govern the county. I would like to ask you two gentlemen to stay and help me no matter what."
Jushou glanced at Tian Feng, turned to Liu Xin and asked, "This year is a good harvest year. What do you think of this, sir?"
Liu Xin thought to herself, this is the time for me to be interviewed. Thinking of the short story "Collected Three or Five Dou More" written by Mr. Ye Shengtao, his eyes rolled and he had an idea, so he cleared his throat and said: "This question costs one point." Let’s look at it from the second point of view. On the one hand, food is the most important thing for the people. A good harvest is a good thing. People don’t have to worry about starvation and can have enough to eat. On the other hand, a good harvest can also attract thieves. Since the autumn harvest, there have been many cases of robberies of people’s food. At the same time, a bumper harvest often brings about a sharp drop in grain prices, and people’s income from selling grain is reduced."
Liu Xin now knew that the so-called horse thieves robbing grain was just Zhang Jiao's fault, but he would not tell Ju Shou and Tian Feng what he knew, otherwise they would definitely regard him as a monster.
After listening to Liu Xin's analysis, Jushou and Tian Feng nodded secretly, deeply agreeing with it. Tian Feng said again: "What you said is very reasonable. May I ask if you have any countermeasures?"
Liu Xin said confidently: "I have arranged two things. The first is to organize the army and Minzhuang to patrol everywhere to strictly prevent thieves from causing trouble. In the past five days, there has not been another incident of food theft in Hejian County.
The second thing is to organize counties to purchase large amounts of grain from the people at the original price to ensure that the people can increase their production and increase their income. However, our county's ability is limited, and the purchase of grain is limited to the county's own production."
Ju Shou and Tian Feng are both ambitious and good at strategy. They are both in their prime at this time and are at the age to do big things. They have no choice but to stay at home. They are still willing to serve as officials if they have the opportunity, otherwise they would not follow Zhang He.
When they arrived at Hejian, they saw that Liu Xin was not only sincere in her words, but also handled the problem in an orderly manner. The two looked at each other, stood up together and said, "Since you sincerely invite me, I will wait for your orders."
Liu Xin was overjoyed and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. With the help of these two people, she could really relax now.
Liu Xin knew that Jushou and Tian Feng were both men of noble character, so he immediately gave them full authority to handle the affairs of the county and sent people to take over their children. After Li Cheng's house was raided, that house
The big house was still empty and had not been sold, so it was just allocated to the two of them to live in. From then on, Wen Jushou, Tian Feng, and Wu had Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, Xu Huang, and Zhang He. It can be said that there were a lot of talents to govern Hejian County.
The government must be open to people and people must be harmonious.
Time flies so fast, and it is already October in the blink of an eye. The horse thieves who were rampant in the northern counties have disappeared in the river. The people live and work in peace and contentment, showing a prosperous scene. People are praising the merits of the prefect. Ma Yun's pregnancy
It has been more than three months, and her originally smooth belly has bulged slightly. Although she had a very strong reaction during pregnancy and often suffered from acidosis and vomiting, she could not conceal her joy of becoming a mother.
However, Liu Xin was not happy at all. Not only was he worried about Ma Yun's pregnancy, there was another thing that also affected his heart. Because he found that since the autumn harvest, there had been no rain in the entire river.
After a drop of rain, Liu Xin thought of a terrible word - drought! You must know that this was still the farming era, and agriculture played an important role in the social economy. The level of science and technology at that time determined that agriculture could only rely on the sky for food. That's why
The emperor has to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth every spring to pray for good weather. If this drought continues into next spring, the consequences will be disastrous.
What is even more frightening is why in this year of great harvest, Zhang Jiao organized people to rob and even burn the villagers' food. This illustrates a problem. Zhang Jiao has foreseen that a major drought may occur. Once a drought occurs, it will
Zhang Jiao's purpose in causing widespread famine was obviously to accelerate the occurrence of famine and intensify its severity.
Thinking of this, Liu Xin couldn't help but take a breath, what an insidious guy! Legend has it that Zhang Jiao learned the "Essential Art of Taiping" and had the ability to summon wind and rain, and spread beans to make soldiers. Of course, Liu Xin, who came from later generations, would not believe this.
, but Zhang Jiao is definitely a capable person, at least he has made considerable achievements in weather forecasting. Liu Xin does not think that he has the ability to prevent the Yellow Turban Uprising. All he wants to do is to try to protect his Hejian from these
It would be nice to be able to live a peaceful life due to the impact of the peasant uprising. Regarding this matter, the best person to discuss this matter is Ma Yun, because she has the same knowledge as him. But Liu Xin cannot do this because he does not want to affect
Ma Yun's emotions.
My subordinates are now full of talents, but how to talk to them about this matter? It seems a bit difficult!