Cheng Yin's words are similar to what Zhao Yi thought, the situation in Youzhou is indeed as Cheng Yin said, internal and external troubles. In the eleven counties of Youzhou, except for Zhuo County, which had a better economy under Zhao Yi's governance, the rest of the counties were all poor, and they all bordered the Yi people in the north.

Zhao Yi's domineering strategy is also based on the royal road, if the people are not rich, Zhao Yi has no ability to crusade against the tribes.

"Most of the counties in Youzhou border the Yi people, and the Yi people's harassment has left the northern part of the county uninhabited, and most of the people have fled inland." Cheng Yin pondered for a while, the situation in Youzhou is indeed too bad, "If you want Youzhou to achieve long-term peace and stability, the only way to do it is to educate the people with benevolence and politics, and shock the people by force." In this way, the combination of grace and power is king. ”

"Benevolent government." Zhao Yi nodded secretly, and said in his heart that Cheng Yin's policy was the same as his own, and asked deeply: "According to what Mr. said, what kind of benevolent government should we implement?" ”

When he learned that Zhao Yi was promoted to the pastor of Youzhou, Cheng Yin once envisioned the policy of governing Youzhou. "First, encourage farming, second, gather scattered people, and third, dig rivers."

The three policies mentioned by Cheng Yin are all related to the lives of the people, and there is a lot of waste of land in Youzhou, and if the land can be used in such a wasted way, the economy of Youzhou can be more than doubled.

When he said this, Cheng Yin raised his eyes and glanced at Zhao Yi, and said the prerequisite for the implementation of this policy, "The border areas have been attacked by the Yi people for many years, and the people dare not settle down. If you want the people on the border to regain their confidence, you will have to work the military. ”

In fact, Zhao Yi already has prestige in the hearts of the people of Youzhou, breaking the yellow turban and destroying the Black Mountain, which greatly increased the reverence of the people of Youzhou for Zhao Yi, but in addition to these two internal fights, although Zhao Yi killed the 6,000 cavalry of the Nanlou Division, these were just small victories. For foreign tribes such as the Xianbei tribe, the people are still very afraid in their hearts.

Cheng Yin's meaning Zhao Yi understands, Shuwei. Only by defeating the Xianbei tribe head-on, establishing a strong prestige, and giving the people confidence, then the people dare to cultivate with confidence. Zhao Yi nodded: "Mr. is reasonable, we have to pick a tough battle." "As long as he defeats the powerful Yi tribe head-on, Zhao Yi will not only win the hearts of the people, but also shock the people.

"My lord." Cheng Yin arched his hand and said.

"Youzhou is busy with government affairs, even if the official has the heart to reform, he only has two hands." Zhao Yi muttered to himself, but his eyes kept looking at Cheng Yin when he spoke.

Zhao Yi's words have already reached this point, Cheng Yin naturally knows what Zhao Yi means, Zhao Yi wants to let him stay and help him do things, Cheng Yin bowed down and said: "Cheng Yin is willing to help the adult." ”

"Okay, with the help of Mr., great things can be done." Zhao Yi said happily, then looked at Cheng Yin and said embarrassedly: "In the early stage, Mr. may be a little wronged, and this official will set up a similar idle position with a clerk to ask Mr. to take up the matter of the state pastor." ”

Helping Zhao Yi deal with the affairs of the state pastor is already very powerful, although it is an idle position, but it has real power. Cheng Yin agreed without thinking about it.

Looking at Cheng Yin's hard work, a smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Yi's mouth. With Cheng Yin's help, it will be much easier to deal with political affairs.

Then Zhao Yi summoned Yang Yu over, Zhao Yi and Yang Yu have known each other for many days, and went to Guangzong with Zhao Yi to support Lu Zhi.

There were some surprises and some trepidation at Zhao Yi's herald, the surprise was because Zhao Yi still remembered himself, and the panic was that Yang Yu didn't know what Zhao Yi summoned him about.

came to the mansion with a complicated mood, and raised his eyes to see Zhao Yi sitting with a smile. Yang Yu's heart stabilized, and he bowed to Zhao Yi: "I don't know why my lord summoned my lordship?" ”

"Captain, we have known each other for many days, so we don't need to be polite. When this official first arrived in Youzhou, he was not familiar with the place, so I wanted to find you to learn about the situation in Youzhou. Zhao Yi probed his body and said with a smile.

Yang Yu naturally had a slight understanding of the situation in Youzhou, but he didn't know whether Zhao Yi was asking about the situation of the officials or the people in Youzhou, so he pondered for a while, looked at Zhao Yi with dodgy eyes, and said hesitantly: "The situation in Youzhou is similar to that of the people of Zhuo County, and adults can govern according to the same policy." "Zhao Yi served as the county guard of Zhuo County for less than half a year, and he governed Zhuo County in an orderly manner, Yang Yu believes that if Zhao Yi governs Youzhou according to the same policy, he will definitely receive excellent results.

"The situation of the people in Youzhou, this official already knew a little when he was in Fanyang County. What this official wants to ask is the situation of officials at all levels in Youzhou. Zhao Yi said the question he wanted to ask, although there were many officials who came to the government yesterday, but at that time, Zhao Yi only cared about handling things, and did not ask the names and resumes of the officials. Although I came to Youzhou for a day, I didn't know much about the situation of the government.

In addition to Youzhou City, there are several county towns such as Jixian County and Guangyang, and some of them have good relations with state officials or are related by marriage, which can be described as intertwined. Liu Yan took office, Yang Yu's status in Youzhou City declined sharply, and Yang Yu was not easy to say about some private matters, and when he heard Zhao Yi's inquiry, he could only say hesitantly: "I have always been in the military camp, and I am not very familiar with the affairs of state officials." When he said this, Yang Yu smiled bitterly, "My lord is looking for the wrong person." ”

Seeing Yang Yu like this, Zhao Yi knew in his heart, and instantly knew Yang Yu's unspeakable secrets, and the officials were intertwined, which could be said to affect the whole body. If Yang Yu said that the officials were colluding with each other, Zhao Yi would eradicate it and leave no trouble. However, some officials have a close relationship with the Ten Standing Servants or He Jin in the Central Court, even if Zhao Yi has now become the Youzhou Pastor in charge of the life and death of one party, he still has to take care of the face of the Ten Standing Servants and others. Like Liu Yan in the past, he turned a blind eye to these officials.

Just like the superintendent of the state government, this person is a small man, and last time he took advantage of the convenience of the inspection officials to openly solicit bribes from county officials. Liu Yan is very optimistic about Liu Bei, who is also a member of the royal family and is the governor of Anxi County, after the Battle of the Yellow Turban, he has been looking for an opportunity to transfer Liu Bei to Youzhou to work together, but such a potential county lieutenant was squeezed away by the superintendent. When Liu Yan learned of this incident, although he hated the post supervisor very much, he did not dare to remove the post supervisor from his official position, and coaxed him to let him, so that Yang Yu was very angry when he saw it, but there was nothing he could do.

In Yang Yu's eyes, even if Zhao Yi is a young man with ambition and is on the rise, he is afraid that he will not be able to cure the crimes of the superintendent and others. Since his proposal may not have an effect, why does Yang Yu say it? If those words reached the mouths of those officials, Yang Yu would not have a good life in the future.

If Zhao Yi is still the county guard of Zhuo County, Yang Yu may dare to pour bitter water on Zhao Yi and talk about the ** situation of the state officials. But Zhao Yi was promoted to his top boss, and Yang Yu didn't dare to say it.

Since Yang Yu didn't dare to tell the state officials, Zhao Yi did not force it, but waved Yang Yu down.

Yang Yu left here quickly as if he had been granted amnesty.

After Yang Yu left, Zhao Yi walked back and forth in the hall, the state officials were Zhao Yi's siblings, Zhao Yi hated them, but he had to use them.

Although Zhao Yi has just arrived in Youzhou, he has a slight understanding of the officialdom situation. If a person gets an official position in the state capital, he will definitely make his relatives in the family officials, so intertwined with each other, forming a huge network of relationships, Zhao Yi may fall if he presses one, and Youzhou may be in chaos, which makes Zhao Yi have a headache.

Cheng Yin came to the mansion with a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and was about to do a big job, but when he came to the hall, he saw Zhao Yi's sad appearance, his heart moved, and he hurriedly asked: "What are you worried about?" ”

Zhao Yi told Cheng Yin about the problems he encountered, and did not hide it from Cheng Yin.

After listening to this, Cheng Yin's excited face also showed a sad expression, slowly put the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table, stroked his beard and muttered silently. This is indeed a very important issue, because the government is not clear, and it is difficult for the people to live and work in peace and contentment. Although Cheng Yin also hated these officials, he also knew that he couldn't act rashly: "My lord is determined to clarify that it is a good thing to rule officials, but this matter is not in a hurry. As the shepherd of a state, he has the power to appoint and dismiss officials. In the eyes of the lowly position, offending the forces behind those officials is still a trivial matter, if it is because of the clarification of the rule of officials, the county is chaotic, and the foreigners take advantage of the situation, it is a big thing. ”

Cheng Yin said it well, at this time, the officials of Youzhou were not clear, but fortunately, there was no major turmoil. If most of the officials are dismissed by Zhao Yi, but there are no new officials to quickly add to the past, not only will the people riot, but the foreigners who peep outside will also take advantage of this opportunity to take action. At that time, those officials in the court rely on, as long as they say two words in the court, Zhao Yi will die without a place to be buried.

Some things need to be decisive and arbitrary. But some things can't be done overnight, Cheng Yin suggested that Zhao Yi first slowly observe the officials of Youzhou to distinguish between loyalty and traitor, and then slowly cultivate their own forces, and slowly take Youzhou into their own hands, this time is the way to deal with it.

Zhao Yi's biggest condition is to be young, in Cheng Yin's opinion, if he acts like this, Zhao Yi will be able to govern Youzhou in an orderly manner within ten years.

"Sir's plan is good, but I'm afraid we don't have that time." Time is very important to Zhao Yi now, the battle between the ten permanent servants in the court and He Jin is intensifying, and Empress He in the palace still has the heart to kill the king, and the emperor of Han Ling may die one day. Where is Zhao Yi delayed for ten years.

Zhao Yi's plan was to turn Youzhou into an iron plate within three years, expel the Xianbei tribe who had invaded the territory, and integrate the Wuhuan tribe. With land and a strong army in his hands, he already has very good conditions for the future competition for hegemony.

"Don't have time?" Cheng Yin groped his chin and looked at Zhao Yi strangely, "Adults and teenagers become famous, which can be described as the peak of spring and autumn, how can there be no time." ”

Zhao Yi naturally wouldn't tell Cheng Yin about the chaotic situation in the future, but only said that the threat of the Xianbei tribe outside might not wait for him to govern Youzhou well, and the foreign tribe would have already broken through Youzhou.

Cheng Yin rubbed his aching head lightly, and his eyes suddenly flashed: "My lord, I have thought of a way, but it is a little more vicious." ”