Zhang Yi led his troops south, and stopped at Xia Cai, where Wang Jian was stationed in Jiancheng at the same time, he was still in the shipyard, and there was a shortage of manpower, so he stayed to see if there was anything to help.

As a result, when Xia Cai found that Wang Jian governed Xia Cai in an orderly manner, Zhang Yi was very curious, could it be that Wang Jian's ability to govern was so strong?

attracted Wang Jian to ask, but it was not the case, it turned out that Wang Jian recruited a scribe as a county magistrate, and this scribe was Fan Zhongyan.

Zhang Yi wanted to scold his mother very much, he finally summoned an upright person, and he was about to accept his fate as the post supervisor, but he didn't expect to be cut off by Wang Jian.

Zhang Yi lacks talents, and all the places under his rule are lacking. There are more than 10 counties in Jiujiang County, so there are more than 10 county commanders, more than 10 county officials, more than 10 county lieutenants, plus county officials, and more than 50 people. And that's not even counting the officers in the army!

He summoned a lot of people, but these people were military attachés, and there were too few civilian officials.

Before Wang Jian ransacked the counties and killed a lot of powerful families, these are actually the main sources of lower-level officials in the Han Dynasty, without these powerful families, Zhang Yi's decree is unblocked, but there is no one to govern the place!

Now Di Qing, Li Hongzhang, and Liu Ye are all in charge of two or three counties, and the rest of the county affairs are basically handled by Zhang Yi himself.

So he said to Wang Jian: "This Fan Zhongyan is very capable, I want to transfer and reuse, I will leave Zhu Wu for you to assist you in dealing with these things." ”

Zhu Wu is indeed very good, and it is definitely more than enough to deal with the affairs of at least one county. But compared with the name Fan Zhongyan, it is still far worse! But Wang Jian had no choice, the lord said so, and he couldn't object.

The moment Zhang Yi saw Fan Zhongyan, he felt quite excited. Although Fan Zhongyan also has a lot of black history, such as "The Story of Yueyang Tower" was written to help people boast of their achievements.

But it is undeniable that Fan Zhongyan's character is definitely one of the best in history. He and Song Renzong can be called the two noblest pairs of monarchs and ministers in history.

"Fan Wen has seen the lord!"

Zhang Yi hurriedly helped him up and said, "I Guan Guan governs Cai Youfang, I don't know what the trick is?" ”

Fan Zhongyan replied with a smile: "Wen has no tricks, just sincerely treats the people under his rule, handles affairs fairly and justly, severely punishes the evildoers, praises the good people, thinks what the people think, is anxious about what the lord is anxious about, and does not invade the interests of the people with the interests of the lord, nor invades the interests of the lord with the interests of the people." ”

After Zhang Yi heard it, he immediately sighed, this Fan Zhongyan is a good balance to play. But only in this way can the people be truly convinced! However, he has a certain weakness in the matter of jealousy and hatred, in history, he eliminated redundancy and offended too many officials, causing his reform to fail, otherwise his reputation would definitely be comparable to Zhuge Liang.

Now, though, there should be no problem. Jiujiang County is still short of people! There was no problem of redundancy at all, so Zhang Yi asked: "I would like to appoint you as the county leader, and also lead the five counties of Yicheng, Quyang, Ping'a, Dangxu, and Zhongli." ”

"I wonder if you have the confidence to govern well?"

Fan Zhongyan replied: "The lord is ordered, and he will die without giving up!" ”

Zhang Yi was very satisfied with Fan Zhongyan's statement, he did not brag about how he was, he was a stable person, at least in governing the local area.

So Zhang Yi said: "I will appoint Han Tao as the captain of the thief school, and go with you to the five counties to help you prevent bandits." ”

Speaking of which, there is also a reason why Zhang Yi will let Fan Zhongyan govern the five counties together. Yicheng, Ping'a, Dangxu, Quyang, Zhongli five counties are all in the east of Xiacai, belonging to the five counties of the Huai River basin (Quyang is the country), there are two in the north of the Huai River, there are three in the south of the Huai River, the distance is very close, and the fertile land can become an important place for grain production.

It is necessary to put an internal affairs expert here to manage and become the money bag of Jiujiang County. Whether Zhang Yi can dominate the world in the future depends on how well it is governed. So he was eager to find a capable person to govern here, and agreed that there would be no postal superintendent first.

Originally, Zhang Yi intended to let Lu Su manage it, but unfortunately Lu Su did not come to him. So Fan Zhongyan became the best person to govern here.

Zhang Yi and Fan Zhongyan also expressed his expectations for the five counties: "In recent years, there will be no war in these five counties, but after you arrive in these five counties, you must give priority to the development of Quyang County, Zhongli County, and Dangxu County, and the other two counties are bounded by Huaishui, and the south of Huaishui can be given priority to development, and the north of Huaishui must be appropriately developed." ”

Fan Zhongyan didn't ask why, he is also a smart person, and it can be seen that Zhang Yi is by no means a person who has lived below people for a long time. However, he didn't feel that Zhang Yi was disloyal, everyone has the idea of self-reliance in this troubled world, and it is not surprising that Zhang Yi has it. And Zhang Yi is much better than Cao Cao, at least Zhang Yi will not slaughter the city. As a poor family, Fan Zhongyan still hates the slaughter of the city.

When Cao Cao went east to conquer Xuzhou, he slaughtered several cities, and suddenly slaughtered fame and many enemies.

The most famous is Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang was because Cao Cao slaughtered the city and followed his uncle to Jingzhou. It was precisely because of the massacre of the city that Liu Bei could easily occupy Xiapi and Xiaopei this time.

Zhang Yi had enough fame in the Huainan area, and under his rule, there were basically no bandits in Jiujiang County. And those captives, Zhang Yi did not kill, but let them build dams and repair the city and serve as laborers, which is already considered benevolent in this era.

Therefore, Liu Ye is willing to stay and assist him, so those summoned historical celebrities are willing to follow him.

Fan Zhongyan went to the five counties, and first began to rectify the rule of officials, taking down all the incompetent and guilty officials, and those who should be punished were punished, and those who should be removed from office were dismissed.

Then Fan Zhongyan was anxious about a lot of Han scholars, and some virtuous sons of wealthy families who were spared, and let them serve as county officials.

After the county officials were killed, Fan Zhongyan began to lead people to build water conservancy, although it was not easy to get it in winter, but it could be surveyed first, and he was ready to build canals in all counties, so as to avoid the recurrence of the drought the year before.

In addition to building water conservancy, Fan Zhongyan also found a group of good farmers, and then took them to various counties to spread the skills of farming, and measured the land, and distributed part of the land that Zhang Yi had collected to the landless.

Fan Zhongyan cleaned himself and soon received the love of the people of the five counties. When Fan Zhongyan inspected a county, he would immediately be welcomed by the local Baixin.

Fan Zhongyan will not forget his identity, and he will emphasize Zhang Yi's benevolence and publicize the decree issued by Zhang Yi when he goes anywhere.