The army passed through the Bajun Chengguan and arrived at the city of Jiangzhou, Yan Yan and Jiangzhou Wenwu went out of the city to greet them, Liu Zhang immediately saw that the attitude of these officials was quite respectful, aroused Yan Yan, and asked in a deep voice: "Who are the people here?" ”

Yan Yan arched his hand and replied: "All the civil and military officials above two hundred stones in Jiangzhou have arrived, but they are just ......" Yan Yan paused for a moment, and said hesitantly: "It's just that the famous families in Jiangzhou, except for the Fei family, all the others did not come." ”

"They are not obligated to come." Liu Zhang said lightly, made a gesture to the civil and military officials, and stepped into the city. Zhang Ren looked at the streets of Jiangzhou and said to Liu Zhang: "Lord, as the largest city in southern Shuzhou, how can this Jiangzhou look even more dilapidated than Fucheng?" Zhao Wei's looting of people's fat and people's ointment was too unscrupulous. ”

Fa Zhengdao on the side: "General Zhang doesn't know, the prosperous places in our Xichuan are mainly concentrated around Chengdu, and the north, south and east are relatively barren, especially the north and south, the back and Zhang Lumi thieves fight from time to time, and there are barbarians in the south to make trouble, so the economy is withering, which can't be completely blamed on Zhao Wei." ”

After Fa Zheng finished speaking, he glanced at Liu Zhang, and was a little apprehensive in his heart, the Battle of Fucheng made him identify Liu Zhang, the lord, and pursued Zhao Yun and pacified Wuximan, which began to make Fa Zheng awe of this lord, and now saying these words that are obviously biased towards Zhao Wei, although it is a fact, it is inevitable that Liu Zhang will be angry, especially since he told Liu Zhang what the Jiangzhou clan had done, Fa Zheng has always felt that Liu Zhang is suppressing anger.

But Liu Zhang's expression was indifferent, from time to time to look at the streets on both sides, Shu is relatively peaceful, although these people are not rich, but they still live and work in peace and contentment, only occasionally poke out their heads from the crack in the door, their eyes are full of numbness, Liu Zhang looked ahead and said to Fa Zheng: "Xiaozhi, you said that you have an idea to rectify the government of Jiangzhou, let's listen to it." ”

Fa Zhengdao: "The reason why Jiangzhou officials are helpless is nothing more than that they have the support of a strong clan behind them, and the clan is the biggest obstacle for us to rectify Jiangzhou, so as long as we appease the clan, it will be easy to rectify Jiangzhou......"

"Getting to the point." Liu Zhang interrupted Fa Zheng's words.

"Have you heard of the recruitment order?"

Liu Zhang sighed slightly: "Cao Cao's recruitment order, do you want to recruit the children of the Han Sect to replace these clan officials?" ”

Fa Zheng shook his head and said: "No, if we recruit the children of the Han family to replace the children of the Shi clan, it will definitely cause a backlash from the Shi clan, my method is to issue a recruitment order, recruit the children of the Shi clan, and replace the old Shi clan children with new ones, so that we can not only achieve the goal of punishing illegal officials, but also give grace to the new officials." Jiangzhou's government will inevitably take on a new look. ”

The sound of the horse's hooves stepping on the bluestone floor rattled, Liu Zhang lowered his head and pondered, and after a long time, he sighed and said to Fazheng: "Filial piety, treating the symptoms but not the root cause, you said that the children of the world clan are lawless because of the support of the clan behind them, you replace the old clan with the new clan, does the new clan not have the support of the clan?"

It is true that we have punished a group of officials, this is Wei, and a group of officials have been promoted, this is En, Enwei is the same, and the government of the officials will inevitably be renewed, but that is temporary, because those newly appointed officials will eventually have to serve the family and obey the will of the family, and their nature has not changed. ”

"The cooperation of the family, the lord doesn't have to worry, only the Fei family came to welcome the lord today, we can promote the children of the Fei family, and cause the clans in Jiangzhou to fight, no one wants their family to decline, they will inevitably rush to the lord's recruitment order, and in the future, we can use strict laws to restrain officials."

Fa Zheng really didn't feel that there was anything wrong with his methods, and he didn't understand why Liu Zhang was involved in the level of officials obeying the will of his family, and this is indeed a fact, in this era, family interests are often greater than their own interests, but the entire Han Dynasty is like this, and the court will not blame individuals for serving the interests of the family, at most they are only bound by strict laws.

Thinking of this, Fa Zheng suddenly thought of a terrible possibility, he remembered Liu Zhang's eyes outside Bajun City, that kind of chill had only been seen once in Fucheng, and that time, Yu An and more than a dozen other heads fell to the ground, could it be that Liu Zhang wanted to attack the Jiangzhou clan this time?

As soon as Fa Zheng thought of this possibility, his back was cold, if Liu Zhang really attacked the world, it would not only destroy the heart of the Xichuan family, but also the trust of the world, and in the future, if he went out of Xichuan to dominate the world, he would inevitably be resisted by the worlds everywhere, and this result was too terrible.

Fa Zheng was about to admonish, but Liu Zhang waved his hand and said indifferently: "It's useless to talk about this now, let's wait until I meet those parents and officials, maybe they are not as bad as I imagined." ”

The army was stationed outside the city, and 3,000 soldiers followed Liu Zhang into the city, and Liu Zhang arrived at the county government, but did not go to the lobby, and summoned the chief officials of Jiangzhou in a small room.

The room is not big, there are soldiers on both sides, the officials are standing a little cramped, Liu Zhang didn't want to sit on the cushion, sat straight on the coffee table, rubbed the leg that was worn out by the horse's back, and said casually: "This official is looking for you to come today, firstly, to reward you for your diligence in political affairs and for the benefit of the people, and secondly, to ask Jiangzhou what is suffering and what needs this official to do." ”

A group of officials immediately bowed and said, "This is all within the minister's responsibility." ”

Hu Cao Shi Zhang He stepped forward and said: "Lord, when it comes to Jiangzhou's suffering, there is really one, we are here every year by the Nanzhong barbarians and Wuxi barbarians infestation, the people are miserable, and it has been rainy recently, I am afraid that the rice will not be harvested, it will rot in the field, so the harvest may be reduced, and the lord is also asked to reduce the taxes in Jiangzhou as appropriate." ”

Liu Zhang sneered in his heart, did this group of officials still think that they were the puppets who guarded the state pastoral mansion before? No matter how powerful Wuxi Man and Nanzhong Man are, can they hit Jiangzhou? If it rains to make the rice rotten is a big joke, if it is autumn, it is still possible, it is only midsummer, the rice is still green, it can absorb a lot of rainwater, where does the mildew come from, if he is really Liu Zhang, he grew up with a golden spoon in his mouth, and he became a state pastor and did not leave the state pastor's mansion, he would really be deceived by this group of people.

Liu Zhang rubbed his temples, closed his eyes and said: "Lord Zhang is really sympathetic to the people's feelings, petition for the people, okay, the issue of tax reduction and exemption, this official will consider it, what are the difficulties, continue." ”

When the other officials heard that Liu Zhang promised so quickly, they all smiled in their hearts, they originally thought that the dim state pastor had changed, but they didn't expect it to be the same, and they couldn't help but step forward to "petition for the people".

Gong Cao Shi hurriedly stepped forward and said: "The barbarians invade every year, but the traitor Zhao Wei has unknown rewards and punishments, so that many meritorious civil and military officials in Jiangzhou are not promoted, including the thief Cao Shi Jiang Qi, and Feng Xu in the five official lang...... (omitting two dozen names) ......"

As soon as Gong Cao Shi finished speaking, his facial features stepped forward and said: "Lord, Zhao Wei is in chaos, the etiquette is not raised, and the sacrifices of the sages of heaven and earth are abandoned. ”

Bing Cao Shi: "Zhao Wei conscripted troops, regardless of the local garrison, and asked the lord to allocate military expenses to rectify the defense of Jiangzhou. ”

Jin Cao Shi: "Zhao Wei is so happy, he has been fighting all the year round, the treasury is empty, and he can't make ends meet......"

Cao Yuan: "The roads leading to the counties and townships in Jiangzhou were washed away by heavy rain......"

Playing Cao History, Fu Treasury Order, Fa Cao History, Wei Cao History, Five Postal Supervisors, Thief Cao History, and Decisive Cao History, every official who arrived in Jiangzhou spat and told about his difficulties, as if he did not complain about his hardships, and finally even the county and county chroniclers stepped forward to say that the bamboo slips were not enough.

Fa Zheng frowned secretly, and was very worried, don't look at Liu Zhang's smiling face now, approachable, but Fa Zheng knew that Liu Zhang was already angry.