"A country cannot be without a king for a day, and a home cannot be without an owner for a day. Since his predecessor assassinated Shi Ding Yuan and died in Luoyang, Bingzhou has been in a state of leaderlessness......"

Cao Xuan shook his head and looked at the information in his hand, in fact, this information from Che Wu was not a secret, but a letter sent by Zhang Yang to Cao Xing, and this letter has been made public.

The words on this are quite gorgeous, but Cao Xing is estimated not to be written by Zhang Yang's old-fashioned soil, it should be someone to ghostwrite, in short, Zhang Yang also expressed a meaning to Cao Xing in the letter, such as today's group of heroes rise together, the princes are divided, they and the state is a bitter cold place, suffering from the baptism of war all the year round, in order to let the people of the state have a peace of mind, so there should be a history of the state and the unified management of the state.

As for his publicized history of merging states, in fact, in the final analysis, it is only self-proclaimed, without the recognition of the imperial court and the recognition of the law.

Now what he is doing is to elect a state pastor, after all, it used to be a thorn history, and now they are all state pastors, and the power of the state pastor is greater, but there must also be an election law for the election.

Everyone can see that the Han Dynasty has long existed in name only. Even the current Emperor Han Xian was played with by Li Dao Guo Yan and two chaotic ministers and thieves, so Emperor Han Xian was almost ignored by everyone.

However, the world still needs to develop, so if you want to elect a governor, the best way is to let the locals elect themselves, of course, not everyone can participate in the election, but those who are respected and recognized by everyone in those places can be appointed.

Just like Cao Cao's current title is Yanzhou Mu, but how did he get this title, it was given to Cao Cao by Liu Dai, the previous Yanzhou assassin, of course, how could someone else Liu Dai give up this position to Cao Cao, the hidden truth can only be guessed by himself, but no matter what, Cao Cao was also recognized by other local officials, so he sat in this position safely.

Perhaps it was because of Cao Xing's arrival that Zhang Yang also felt a little inappropriate, so he had this proposal and asked everyone to nominate a merge state pastor. Only in this way can we better develop the economy and defend against foreign enemies. As for the location of the election, Zhang Yang helped Cao Xing choose it, in the most central city of Bingzhou, this place is a little far from Bianyun County, but it is also some distance from Shangtang, which can be said to be the central location of Bingzhou.

After reading this information, Cao Xuan smiled and threw it to his advisers, let them also take a look, and express their opinions one by one, after Feng Yun read it, he immediately waved his hand to Cao Xuan and said.

This is obviously a big Hongmen banquet, Zhang Yang said it soundly, to elect a merge state pastor, but the election place, but he was chosen, he may have been in a heavy ambush there, just waiting for Cao Xing to enter there, maybe he has not had time to participate in the so-called election, he has been killed by Zhang Yang.

Fengyun's logic is very clear, and what he said is also very reasonable, Zhong Qi and the others nodded unanimously, and then Cao Xing looked at Fazheng, now Fazheng can be described as very low-key, although the last time he also learned that the reason why Cao Xing signed a new armistice agreement was entirely because of Cao Xing's strategy, which had little to do with his Fazheng, but since he saw Xu You and Xun You, the two first-class strategists in history, Fa Zheng has become more and more modest, anyway, the arrogant Fa Zheng in history should not exist.

Cao Xuan asked Fa Zheng's opinion, Fa Zheng frowned, pondered for a long time, and finally didn't say a word, Cao Xuan felt a little magical when he saw this, but at this moment, Jia Xu next to him said at the right time.

"The risks are great, but the benefits are endless!"

As soon as Jia Xu said this, everyone reacted, and his meaning was very simple, if Cao Xuan really took the position of the state pastor, then there would be great benefits.

For example, a very simple question, his Cao Xing's current opponent is Yuan Shao is Cao Cao, but Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, now both of them have reached the position of state minister, and his Cao Xing's official position is just a small county guard, and he is already one level lower than the two of them in terms of rank.

So what Cao Xuan does, there is a kind of problem that he can't use his hands and feet, and now this Zhang Yang can be regarded as a big gift to Cao Xing, it depends on whether Cao Xing is sure to catch it, but Jia Xu is also an old fox, and he seems to be cautious in everything, anyway, after he finished saying this, he had nothing else to say.

Seeing this, Cao Xuan smiled, how great the benefit is, how great the danger is, Cao Xuan finally stared at Che Wu's body, and Che Wu also nodded when he saw Cao Xing's gaze, and then went down to make arrangements.

Two days later, Cao Xuan set off directly with the people and horses, this time because it was more important before, so Cao Xuan brought Jia Xu to protect Hu Che'er Zhou Cang, and of course, Che Wu, who had been lurking in the dark.

Because Cao Xing has already repaired the road, Cao Xing's road can be said to be very smooth, and it only takes half the usual time to reach the destination, but Cao Xing is not in a hurry about it.

The first few counties, all of which are controlled by Cao County, Cao Xing walked while cruising in these counties, the purpose of Cao Xing's parade is to see how these people live, and as a result, Cao Xing saw the people everywhere they were full of food and clothing, and the pedestrians on the streets every day were busy, everyone had their own things to do, and their faces were all filled with happy smiles. The people all lined up in two groups to cheer.

And Cao Xuan also led everyone to smile and nod to the people, and then finally walked to the destination, this is still a relatively large county seat, which belongs to the jurisdiction of Yunzhong County, and is not within the scope of Cao Xing's governance.

Cao Xing had just stepped into this county, so he went to visit the county guard of Yunzhong County, and saw that the county guard of Yunzhong County was an old man in his fifties.

The old man looked at Cao Xing, and he always maintained a smiling demeanor, and Cao Xing also greeted him with a smile, before that, his brocade guard had already secretly investigated the old man.

This old man is called Zhu Zhai, it is said that when he was young, because of the famine in his hometown, his parents died early, so he joined the army early, and later was appreciated by Ding Yuan, the assassin of Bingzhou, and his career began to become smooth, until Ding Yuan entered Beijing, he has always been the county guard of Yunzhong County.

Under Zhu Zhai's governance, Yunzhong County did not dare to say that the wind and rain were smooth, but whenever there was an invasion of Xianbei, this old man would also show his due backbone, and would never give up any inch of his own land, and resolutely fought to the death with Xianbei to the end, and repelled the attack of the dangerous cup many times.

Therefore, this Zhu Zhai's performance is decent, when he saw Cao Xing, he did not show any malice, and Cao Xuan did not give him verbosity, and directly expressed his intentions.

Cao Xing's coming this time is nothing more than competing with Zhang Yang for the position of the state pastor, and if he wants to win the position of the state pastor, he needs to be recognized by everyone.

And after listening to this, Zhu Zhai said to Cao Xing with a smile: "Cao Junshou, in the four hundred years of my Han Empire, the way to be an official has always been based on the promotion method, if you want to get the position of state minister, then you need to get the approval of the three elders in our county!" ”

"The recognition of the three elders in the county!" Cao Xuan repeated with a smile. In fact, since the founding of the Han Dynasty, there has always been the saying of the three elders, and the three elders, as the name suggests, refer to the three respected old men.

Because they have a reputation, so if the people around them encounter something, they can find the three of them to deal with it, of course, this is only on the surface, in a certain village or a township, the three elders may have a great role, but in the county, it is not necessarily, the three elders are only on the surface, and the real person in charge is the county order and others.

Looking at Cao Xing's expression, Zhu Zhai seemed to understand what Cao Xuan meant, and saw him continue to smile and say: "Little brother Cao Xing, don't underestimate the three elders in our county, I'll take you to get to know them now!" ”

Saying that, Zhu Zhai didn't say much, and walked directly in front to lead the way for Cao Xing, Cao Xuan did not hesitate, and followed, when he saw the three old men, Cao Xuan finally understood why the three of them were elected to the state pastor, not only because of the fame of the three of them, but also because although the three of them had retired, they were also well-known big names in the past.

The real names of these three people are unknown, and Cao Xing did not deliberately investigate. Because others have lived to the age of sixty or seventy, it seems that there is something bad about calling other people's names directly, I only know that the surnames of the three people are Old Man Zhou, one is Old Man Lin, and the other is Old Man Meng.

As for the election process, it is also very simple, that is, those who meet the requirements of the state pastor can come to the three of them to make a discussion, and the three of them can show the exam questions, and if they are approved by the three of them, they can be elected by the three of them as the state pastor.

So Cao Xuan looked at the three of them and saluted with a smile: "Old Zhou, Old Lin, Old Meng, the younger Cao Xuan is polite here!" ”

Cao Xuan can also be said to have done enough courtesy, but what he didn't expect was that these three people didn't seem to be very interested in him, and even Meng Lao and Lin Lao didn't even look at him, which seemed to be a bad sign for Cao Xing.

After visiting the local three elders, Zhu Zhai left here with Cao Xing, and then arranged Cao Xing to the post house, he told Cao Xing that if he had any needs, he would mention it to him, he would definitely do his best to be a landlord, and Cao Xing also responded with a smile, Brother Zhu had arranged all this so properly. He was already very happy.