Volume 1 The First Entry into the Three Kingdoms Chapter 108 Election of County Officials
After coming back, Liu Yi saw that he had some thoughts in the previous battle and told Blacksmith Li and the others, thinking that he would let everyone help create a more lethal weapon.
After everything was explained, Liu Yi began to discuss with Cheng Yu and the others how to manage the entire Zhuo County.
When Liu Yi was still the magistrate of Zhuo County, it was more than enough to manage the affairs of one county, but at this time, he needed to govern seven counties, and Liu Yi suddenly had a big head.
Originally, the county directly under the jurisdiction of Zhuo County was Liangxiang County, but because Liu Yi's family background was in Zhuo County, since taking office, Liu Yi set up the county guard in Zhuo County.
Liu Yi is not the kind of person who is picky about living and traveling, but as there are more and more people around him, Liu Yi doesn't want them to live outside, so he wants to expand his mansion a little, so that it will be more convenient for everyone to live.
"Sir, now that I am a new official, people say that the new official has three fires, how do you think my three fires are burned better?"
Liu Yi and Cheng Yu were walking on the street in Zhuoxian County at this time, and the guards behind them followed closely behind them.
Hearing Liu Yi's question, Cheng Yu thought for a while and turned his head to Liu Yi and said, "Lord, now that you are the first Taishou, in the entire county, except for the county orders that we used to have business dealings with, we still don't know much about the rest of the county orders, according to the opinions of our subordinates, if you want to put this Zhuo County in the hands of the lord, the lord should arrange his own people in each county!" ”
After speaking, Cheng Yu continued, "At this time, since everyone is not familiar with it, the lord should be ruthless and rectify the officialdom of Zhuo County."
Hearing this, although Liu Yi nodded yes, he was very embarrassed in his heart.
"Don't hide it, sir, in fact, I also have this intention, but when Cheng Zhiyuan came to Fan before, it was thanks to the help of these people, otherwise I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to hold this county seat at that time!"
Cheng Yu knew that Liu Yi was a person who missed the old love, when Cheng Zhiyuan came to Fan, it was these nearby county orders who supported Yao Lie and others with some soldiers and horses, which gave him the ability to come to Liu Yi's aid in time.
"Since the lord thinks of everyone's old kindness, why not send General Cui to inquire about everyone's political achievements, if the political performance is good and can be recognized by the people, then continue to appoint, if it is a mediocre person, the lord can also give him some money as compensation and let him go home to retire!"
Hearing this, Liu Yi felt that this was also a solution, so he returned to the house with Cheng Yu.
After the people called Cui Si to Liu Yi's room, Liu Yi told Cui Si about the matter that he had just discussed with Cheng Yu, and Cui Si went down to arrange it when he heard what he said.
Ten days later, Cui Si brought back two pieces of news, one was about the county magistrate's order that Liu Yi asked him to investigate, and the other was news from outside.
Looking at the charges of the county magistrate's order and the accusations of the people listed in the letter, Liu Yi couldn't help but be annoyed, and after scolding for a while, he asked Cheng Yu to be called for discussion.
Everyone lived in a mansion, and when they called it, they actually greeted it.
Liu Yi had just finished pouring a cup of tea here, and before he could drink it in his mouth, Cheng Yu arrived.
"Lord, what's wrong?"
Seeing that Liu Yi's face was wrong, Cheng Yu couldn't help but ask curiously.
Liu Yi pointed to the briefing sent by Cui Si's people and scolded angrily: "Look at what the hell do these people do? ”
When Cheng Yu heard this, he stepped forward and spread out the briefing letter in front of Liu Yi, all written on it were the evidence of the crimes of those county officials below Zhuo County who looted the people's ointment and oppressed the people.
"Sir, I've decided, I don't think these people can be used, I'm going to give the officialdom of Zhuojun a slow blood!"
This is exactly what Cheng Yu wanted, Cheng Yu originally wanted Liu Yi to do this.
"Lord, this matter is very important, you should make plans early!"
Liu Yi nodded when he heard this.
After the two briefly discussed how to select and use talents in the opposition, Liu Yi also opened another letter with information.
After reading what was written in the letter, Liu Yi and the others had mixed emotions in their hearts.
Three things are written in the Epistle.
The first thing was that the Jingzhou Yellow Turban Army was completely annihilated by reinforcements from all over the city in a place near Wancheng, so that the Yellow Turban Uprising, which lasted for several months, was completely wiped out.
The second thing is that the imperial court rewarded officials who contributed to the counterinsurgency rebellion, including Liu Bei, who was already considered the new commander of Zhongqiu County and ruled Zhongqiu County.
The third thing is related to Liu Yi, and it is also hearsay to inquire about intelligence. The letter said that Liu Yi was also among the officials who were rewarded, but later I don't know why Emperor Ling did not reward Liu Yi.
Seeing this, Liu Yi and the others felt a little lost and doubtful in their hearts, Liu Yi felt that he had not offended any high-ranking officials and dignitaries, and it stands to reason that since he was already in the list of rewards, the court should make some expressions.
What Liu Yi didn't know was that the reason why Emperor Ling did not reward Liu Yi was because Zuo Feng, who had previously asked for the post of county guard for him, said bad things about Liu Yi in front of Emperor Ling.
As for how Zuo Feng could say bad things about Liu Yi in turn, it was precisely because of those three pills at the beginning.
It is said that after Zuo Feng returned to Luoyang, he couldn't help but take out the pill and brag to the eunuch friends around him after drinking, but one of his friends knew something about the pill, and when he saw the pill in his hand on his nose, he sniffed it and said that it might be poisonous, and persuaded Zuo Feng not to take it again.
Zuo Feng thought that his friend was jealous of him, so he didn't pay attention to it, but after he took the second pill, he gradually felt that his body was uncomfortable.
In the end, Zuo Fengtuo's various relationships finally found a monk in Luoyang North who was also alchemizing for the dignitaries, and the monk concluded that this pill was poisonous as soon as he saw the pill brought by Zuo Feng.
After getting the confirmation, Zuo Feng was annoyed with Liu Yi and the others in his heart, so he said a few bad words when Emperor Ling was about to seal Liu Yi, which led to the result that everyone was rewarded only Liu Yi did not have.
Although it was not sealed, it was an innocuous thing for Liu Yi, after all, he only thought about being a county guard. But Liu Bei's reward still made Liu Yi feel a little uncomfortable.
It's not Liu Yi's small belly and chicken intestines, it's just that Liu Bei is very hypocritical, if he is allowed to develop, I'm afraid he will be Liu Yi's strong enemy in the future. It doesn't matter if you haven't met it, since you have met and dealt with it, how can Liu Yi be willing to let it continue to develop.
The two sighed for a moment.
"Forget it, the road has to be walked step by step, the meal has to be eaten in one bite, let's arrange the things in front of us first and take care of the rest!"
After speaking, Liu Yi no longer thought about Liu Bei's affairs, but concentrated on discussing with Cheng Yu about the things that were chosen by the counties and counties.
Originally, Liu Yi still wanted to ask Cheng Yu to introduce some celebrities, but because Cheng Yu was a foreigner, he had not been in Zhuo County for as long as Liu Yi, so he didn't know any celebrities.
In desperation, Liu Yi remembered the democratic election policy in his previous life, so he told Cheng Yu about his desire to hold democratic elections in various counties.
After hearing this, Cheng Yu thought for a while and said, "Although this move is good, it is easy to be taken advantage of, if someone becomes a county official by bribing the people, wouldn't it be against the original intention of the lord?"
Hearing this, Liu Yi felt deeply.
Thinking of the previous life, when the secretary of the brigade in Liu Yi's hometown was changed, those candidates were mobilized door-to-door, and they invited guests to dinner and promised what you would do in the future, and finally the people couldn't resist the temptation of small favors and voted for one of them, and finally after that person became the secretary of the brigade as he wished, none of the promised road repairs, street lamps and other things were fulfilled, which made the people complain.
With this experience, Liu Yi also felt that democratically elected officials alone may not be reliable, so he proposed two more insurance measures.
The two briefly discussed for a while, and after deciding on specific matters, Liu Yi sent people to the counties and subordinate towns to post notices.
In order to prevent chaos in the counties during the gap period when there were no county officials, before the results of the selection were announced, Liu Yi sent Zhang Fei, Wang San, Cui Si, Yao Lie, Guan Yu, and Lu Duyou, who came to take refuge, to take charge of the political affairs of the counties.
When the people, who have never had human rights, learned that they had the right to decide their parents, they were very excited, and they recommended their favorite people to Zhang Fei and others, who were in charge of political affairs.
Many people have also started to nominate themselves.
Because many celebrities at that time had a habit of not interacting with the world, Liu Yi also said that he could recommend himself and be recommended in order to let these unknown talents also be excavated.
At this time, after nearly a month of busyness, dozens of people who won the hearts of the people were finally elected from various counties.
These people finally gathered in Zhuo County, and Liu Yi began the second round of screening of these people.
The so-called second round of screening is actually an investigation of everyone's political ambitions, because Liu Yi doesn't know which of these dozens of people have real talent and learning, and which ones are confused.
The so-called investigation of political ambitions is actually very simple, Liu Yi asked the question, and everyone gave the answer, which is quite a bit of the imperial examination system.
Liu Yi's topic is very simple, that is, how to manage a county well and suggestions for the future development of the state and county.
Each person has a pen and a piece of cloth, and they only need to write down their thoughts, which Liu Yi came up with based on the scene of the imperial examination he saw on TV. And the invigilators are Liu Yi and Cheng Yu.
The second round of screening starts in the morning and continues until noon, and does not end until the last person submits the paper.
Among the dozens of people, Liu Yi and Cheng Yu selected fifteen candidates who were more satisfied.
One of them suggested that Liu Yi should promote education and education to the people, and the other suggested that Liu Yi should promote the land system promoted in Zhuo County throughout the county, so that the people could have enough food and clothing before finding other things.
The suggestions of these two people are in line with Liu Yi's thoughts, Liu Yi knows the impact of knowledge on people, so since he came back, he has been thinking about how to start a "school", but he has suffered from too many trivial things and has no time to think about it for a while.
The last person surprised Liu Yi the most.
This person's cloth is different from others' swaggering and writing, only a dozen words.
Liu Yi looked at the silk in his hand and read it out to himself.
"Pro-Liu Yu to resist Beiping, wait for the world to change, seek Youzhou and the world!"