Not long after, some pro-soldiers came in and said that there were people outside who claimed to be the head of the Zhang family and the head of the Zhao family, and brought some people to the county government to meet the new county commander, and Zeng Yu asked the pro-soldiers to invite them in.

A group of people, led by their own soldiers, came to the county hall. Zeng Yu didn't get up, he looked at the people who came, almost all of them were elderly, and he could guess that they should be the heads of most of the families in the county. In addition, judging from their positions, they should be divided into two camps, with Zhang Fuguang's Zhang family and the Zhao family of Zhao Kang, the county governor of Anping County.

After they came in, they saw Zeng Yu, who was sitting in the first place, and everyone saluted Zeng Yu, saying that they had accepted Zeng Yu as the new county magistrate of Anping County.

"No courtesy, everyone is a highly respected person in Anping County, and I will count on you in the future." Zeng Yu opened his mouth and said.

"Lord Qiqi, the lower official is resting at home today due to illness, and I was shocked to hear that a subordinate led troops to collide with the adult, and the subordinate was not strict with the lower officer, causing the adult to be frightened, and please punish the adult." Zhao Dang took the lead in standing up and pleading guilty to Zeng Yu, this is also common sense in officialdom, he is Li Gu's top boss, although he was ordered by Cui Yu, but now that he is the king and defeated, Li Gu's behavior is the following crime, murdering the court official, Zhao Dang must come out and take responsibility.

"Lord Zhao is worried a lot, this matter is mainly done by Cui Yu at the instigation of Li Gu, and it has nothing to do with Lord Zhao. Moreover, not all the county soldiers under the command of Lord Zhao participated, so Lord Zhao did not have to worry, I, Zeng Yu, would definitely not wronged anyone who was loyal to me and the court. ”

Zhao Dare heard Zeng Yu's words, not only did he not let go, but he was even more worried. He heard the meaning of Zeng Yu's words, he would not wronged anyone who was loyal to him, and at the same time, he would not let go of anyone who dared to directly oppose him.

"Lord Qiqi, Xia Guan is currently ill, and because of Li Gu's incident, I feel that it is really difficult to continue to serve as the county lieutenant, so I hereby ask for my resignation, and I hope that my lord will approve it." Zhao Dang stepped forward and knelt down, made a big salute, and asked Zeng Yu, his words sounded very sincere, as if he really had to resign because of illness. But only he knows that now that Zeng Yu has his own troops, if he continues to stay in the post of county lieutenant, he will definitely not get a good end.

Some of the Shi family heads who followed behind Zhao Dang were all taken aback when they saw Zhao Dang's move, they originally expected Zhao Dang to continue to protect themselves, but they didn't expect him to resign by himself, and some of the family heads were about to come forward to plead with him, but they were stopped by other people around them who saw the doorway.

When Zeng Yu saw this, he sighed in his heart that Zhao Dang was able to lead the Zhao family to become the head of the three major families in Anping County, this political acumen is really not low. He thought silently for a while, and before Zhao Dang was about to continue speaking, he said to him: "Since Lord Zhao is in poor health, this official will naturally approve it, but the Zhao family, as the representative of the scholar clan in this county, still has to contribute to the people of Anping County. There is no one to hold the position of county warden at present, and this official heard that Lord Zhao's eldest son is good at supervision, so he might as well let him take it, just to make the best use of it. ”

Since Zhao Dang resigned from the post of county lieutenant, it was obviously not appropriate for him to take other positions, so Zeng Yu thought about it, since Zhao Dang was so knowledgeable, he repaid him with a peach and gave the Zhao family an official position as a pawn, which could be regarded as compensation for Zhao Dang's resignation. The position of warden is a very important position, in charge of supervising the prison in a county, and even when the county secretary or the chief bookkeeper is vacant, the warden can also serve as the position.

And Zhao Kang's eldest son, Zhao Hu, was another commander of the county soldiers before, and after Zhao Kang resigned, he was obviously not suitable to continue to serve in the county soldiers, so this warden was just right for him.

Zhao Dare heard Zeng Yu's words, and thought that his choice this time was really not wrong, although he lost the position of county lieutenant, but he gave his son the position of warden, second only to the three heads of the county government, which can be regarded as a guarantee that the Zhao family will not be liquidated in the future. He immediately bowed down and said gratefully: "Lord Xie's love, the old decay will definitely let the dog be the only one to look forward to!" ”

Zeng Yu walked down, helped Zhao Dang up, and said to him: "Lord Zhao is serious, everyone is to let the local people better bathe in the emperor's grace, why not only look forward to me, in the future, everyone will support each other is the right way." ”

Although Zeng Yu said this, Zhao dared to hear from Zeng Yu's personal help and the tone of his words, Zeng Yu accepted his overture. And Zeng Yu also said that they would support each other, if their eldest son can do their best, Zeng Yu will not forget to be promoted in the future.

"Your Excellency is wise!" Everyone said with their hands in their hands.

Zeng Yu came to the Zhang family's advocate Nashan, saw him and said: "When the head of the Zhang family was in a low position as an official, he helped me so that I could have Zeng Yu today." The sage has a cloud 'the grace of a drop of water should be repaid by the spring', today I Zeng Yu is the local county order, and I would like to ask the head of the Zhang family to serve as the head of the county, I don't know what the idea of the Zhang family is. ”

Zhang Nashan knew that this was the agreement between him and Zeng Yu before, and Zeng Yu promised to give him one-third of the Zhang family's officials the right to decide. He asked his subordinates to inquire about the news of the county government today, and knew that after Zeng Yu's victory, he quickly led the heads of small and medium-sized families who were attached to him to come, firstly to show loyalty to Zeng Yu, and on the other hand, to see if Zeng Yu would keep his promise.

"The adults are loved, and the old decay is really ashamed. Besides, the old man didn't give him any help before, but the adults knew Cui Yu's party this time and gave us these small families a way to live, and the old man was too late to be grateful, how dare he take the position of the chief bookkeeper. ”

"Mr. Zhang is polite, without Fuguang's previous care, there would be no place for me and my brothers. Moreover, the head of the Zhang family is highly respected and enjoys a great reputation in this county, and it is more than enough to serve as the chief bookkeeper. Zeng Yu thought that Zhang Nashan was pretending to excuse himself, so he continued to speak.

"The old man is grateful for the love of the adults, but he feels that his talent is shallow and not enough to take on the big responsibility. The old man has the courage to recommend a person to the adult, and he must be able to take on the big responsibility, he is Cui Yu's staff - Yin Zhuo, this person is really a great talent, and he must be able to take on the position of the chief bookkeeper. "Zhang Nashan has always been very respectful to Yin Zhuo since he talked to him a long time ago, so he recommended it to Zeng Yu.

"I know this person, since Zhang Lao recommended it, I will investigate it. However, the head of the Zhang family has no intention of taking the position of the main bookkeeper, there are currently some vacancies in the county office, and Zhang Lao knows the major scholars in Anping County very well, and please recommend some children of the family with both ability and political integrity, which can also make the county government operate better. Zeng Yu saw that Zhang Nashan really had no intention of taking the position of chief bookkeeper, so he didn't force it, but just gave him some recommended places, which was regarded as completing some previous promises.

"I will pay attention to this matter, if my lord is free tonight, you can come to my Zhang family to sit and celebrate my lordship but let Anping County order." Zhang Nashan sent an invitation to Zeng Yu.

Zeng Yu looked at Zhang Nashan, saw that he really invited himself, and then thought that he refused to serve as the chief bookkeeper before, guessed that he should have other plans, and he really needed to talk to the Zhang family, so he said: "There are many things in the county government today, I am afraid that it will be difficult to find time, and Fuguang will return to Zhang's house today, I will not disturb Zhang Lao's family fun today, I will visit tomorrow night." ”

Today they have just entered the county office, although there are not many things, and there are Liu Neng and others who will deal with it, but Zeng Yu still plans to stay in the county government today, and after Liu Neng, Guo Jia and others come, he needs to discuss with everyone how to develop next, so he said that the time to go to Zhang's house was postponed to tomorrow.

Speaking of Liu Neng, after Zeng Yu set off, they sent people to follow them to the county government to inquire about the news, and also sent people to wait at the city gate. Until noon, the waiting at the city gate saw the wounded soldiers of the Ruishi battalion A group of soldiers escorted out of the city gate, they recognized that these black-clothed and black-armored soldiers were stationed in Lingyunzhuang, so they showed their identities forward, knowing that Zeng Yu's unclothed army had defeated Cui Yu's men and horses, and the overall situation had been decided, so they returned to Lingyunzhuang with the wounded soldiers one step ahead to report to Liu Neng and them.

Liu Neng and the others were anxiously waiting for the news in the manor, this was their first step in the real sense, everyone was nervous and excited to talk to each other, hoping to know the result as soon as possible. It seems that the only exception is Guo Jia, he is sitting on the chair, and his expression is not too obvious, but from his eyes that are not looking at the door, it can be guessed that he is also worried.

However, he is different from Liu Neng and others, Liu Neng and others have been in Anping County since they left Qianlong Village, although they are all well-educated people, but they have not experienced much reality. And Guo Jia began to travel around earlier, and he studied at Yingchuan College for many years, and he has a more thorough understanding of the situation of the grassroots counties in the Han Dynasty, knowing that although these grassroots counties eat people and do not spit out bones, almost all of them are controlled by the local nobles and powerful people with their intertwined relationships, but if they really meet a ruthless person, they will shrink up first and obey the new master.

The only thing he was worried about was whether the strength of the Rui Shi battalion was enough, because he had only seen the combat effectiveness of Zeng Yu's own soldiers, and the last time he encountered robbers, he would not be defeated by one enemy or three, but once there were more people and horses, this advantage might not necessarily be reflected in the overall combat effectiveness.

After three poles, it was already noon, according to the calculations of Liu Neng and others, his lord should be in the county office, even if there was a fight, according to Good's description of the Ruishi battalion, the battle should have ended.

Liu Neng asked people to go outside to see if the people who had been arranged to wait for news at the city gate had returned, and if not, they would go to the county seat to inquire. As a result, before the people sent out of the manor, they saw the person they had been waiting for, and brought back news that cheered everyone.

Liu Neng immediately suggested that everyone pack up and enter Anping County, Zeng Yu only brought Zhu Wen, Wang Qing and Wu Ming into the city before, things must be too busy, they need to go into the city to help sort out all the affairs of Anping County.

After agreement, they left He Yan to stay in Lingyunzhuang, and all the others went to the county office. As soon as they said go, a few people packed up a little, and set off directly to the first starting point of their brilliant life.