Liu Zhang let out a long breath and said to Fa Zheng in a cold voice: "Xiaozhi, did you ask your heart about these words?" I'll just ask you two questions, first, are you from a family or from a poor family? Second, why didn't you reuse it in the first place? ”

Fa Zheng was stunned for a moment before he said: "Although Fa Zheng was born in a poor family, but in order for the lord to be able to support the Han family, Fa Zheng did not dare to hate the wealthy family as a cold family, no matter what, in the entire Han world, the strength of the wealthy family is very important, and it must not be ignored, as for why it was not reused in the first place......

Fa Zheng hesitated for a moment and didn't continue, Liu Zhang smiled softly and said, "Do you want to say that the official is stupid, he doesn't know people, and he can't act on merit?" If you say it, the official won't blame you, because this is the truth, but filial piety, you ignored the most important point, the official was stupid at the beginning, but why are those wealthy children still reused? Isn't it because these wealthy families hold power and oppress the poor? ”

Fa Zheng was shocked, he really didn't expect this layer before, but he didn't meet it because of resentment, but now after Liu Zhang's words, he suddenly woke up.

Liu Zhang continued: "Xiaozhi, you are talented, I dare to say that your talent is not much better than Cao Cao's first strategist Guo Jia, but why can't you see through the essence of some things, you said that the strength of the wealthy family is very important, why they are important, it is because the world, the people, the officials, the rulers, including you who are oppressed by the poor people, are afraid of their strength, and accommodate them everywhere, so that the world can expand infinitely, and the more they swell, the more accommodating you are, the more fearful, So much so that it is not great at the end of this day. ”

Liu Zhang remembered that in history, there were many clans in Jiangdong, and Sun Quan balanced the interests of all parties and stabilized the Jiangdong regime, but in the end, the interests were balanced, and the influence of the clans became greater and greater, so that Dongwu was finally kidnapped by the clan, and the Sun clan could only be trapped in Jiangdong and wait for destruction.

And later, the Eastern Jin Dynasty was completely controlled by the clan gatekeeper, so that the repeated Northern Expeditions were futile, and after the fall, it opened the darkest two hundred years of chaos in Chinese history of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

"No need to persuade anymore, this group of officials and officials are killed, and those officials of the clan will not let go, the officials do not believe that there is anything absolute in this world, if the Shu army goes out of Sichuan in the future and encounters resistance from the clan, either I will flatten them one by one, or die under their siege, and the officials will not regret today's decision."

Fa Zheng was stunned on the ground, speechless, but his heart was uneasy.

Liu Zhang ordered in a calm tone: "Yang Huai, take someone to check the Jiangzhou treasury to see if there is less than a few thousand yuan, and check the income and expenditure of Jiangzhou, and follow the civil officials to check the problems that those Jiangzhou officials have responded to one by one, whether it is true or not, and report them to me."

Zhang Ren, you are steady, you go to check the family property of those officials, as well as the source of the property, and secretly visit the family to do illegal things, Yan Yan, you are familiar with the affairs of Jiangzhou, and make a list of the main officials who colluded with Zhao Wei, no need for definite evidence, give you ten days. ”

"The lord ......" Zhang Ren and others have to persuade again.

Liu Zhang said coldly: "This is a military order, if you are unwilling to obey, you can all resign and return to your hometown." ”

The civil and military forces couldn't say a word more, Liu Zhang snorted and walked out of the door, but at this moment, Wang Lei suddenly knelt down and rushed over, hugged Liu Zhang's thigh and shouted: "The lord must not, this order, Shunan will inevitably be in chaos, and the lord's reputation will be ruined, Wang Lei would rather die than let the lord do such a foolish thing." ”

Liu Zhang shouted in a deep voice: "Zhang Ren, pull him away." ”

Zhang Ren paused for a moment, when Liu Zhang was talking to Fa Zheng, Zhang Ren had already gone through a fierce struggle in his heart, compared to loyalty, what was it to kill a few children of the clan? If he encounters the resistance of the world in the future, what is it even if the blood is splashed on the battlefield? What Liu Zhang is doing now is not a faint act, but he is disregarding his own interests, and he also wants to change the actions of a clear political king, what reason does he have to resist as a military general?

"Yes, my lord." Zhang Ren finally decided to follow Liu Zhang's order, stepped forward and dragged Wang Lei away, handed it over to Leng Bao, and followed Liu Zhang out, and Wang Lei's heart-rending shouts came from behind.

Liu Zhang drilled his ears, and for the first time felt that the words of loyalty were really against his ears, especially Wang Lei, if he didn't already know that he was a great loyal minister, he really wanted to kill him.

"Zhang Ren, you sent someone to invite the patriarchs of the wealthy families in Jiangzhou to come to the county government, and said that the official wanted to invite them."

"Isn't the lord ......?"

"I'm not that violent yet." Liu Zhang knew what Zhang Ren was going to say.

"Yes." Zhang Ren took the order and left.

In the evening, the county government held a feast, and the patriarchs of the wealthy clans in Jiangzhou had already received news from the officials, although the governor won the two battles of Fucheng and Wuxi, he was a master with a confused head, so he came to the banquet.

But when I saw the dishes on the table, I couldn't help frowning, everyone had a small table, a meat and a vegetable, a small bowl of egg soup, a plate of pickles, meat vegetables or fatty meat and fried mushrooms, no fancy, this is not as good as a home-cooked meal for these rich people at home, everyone has no appetite.

Liu Zhang sat on the main seat, raised his wine glass and stood up and said: "This official is deeply sorry, because the treasury Ling Han said that Jiangzhou's finances are embarrassed, so it is not easy to be extravagant, and please don't blame the gentry, you are all the pillars of Shunan, and have made outstanding contributions to the livelihood of the people in Shunan and the government. ”

Liu Zhang drank the wine on the head, and the patriarchs of the family in the hall also bowed their hands to Liu Zhang, drank all the glasses of wine, and the waitress carried the wine jug and poured it one by one, Liu Zhang took a bite of the dish, saw that all the patriarchs did not move their chopsticks, raised his head and said suspiciously: "Everyone eats, I heard that the people's livelihood in Jiangzhou is withering, the finances are not making ends meet, and the taxes are pitiful, are you eating better at home than here?" ”

A group of gate valves, you look at me, I look at you, everyone looks down on the food in front of them, but how dare they say it clearly, in order to fool Liu Zhang, they can only cry poor.

"Everywhere, my family usually only has one vegetarian dish." The patriarch of the Han family picked up a large piece of fat and put it in his mouth, not to mention how fragrant it was, but the fat oil flowed into his mouth, causing gastric juice churning only he knew.

"My family is even more miserable, there is only one pickle per meal, and I can only eat fresh vegetables during the holidays." The patriarch of the Yuan family also picked up the chopsticks, but after thinking about it, he still drank a big mouthful of soup and blinked his mouth, as if it was dragon bone soup.

Liu Zhang saw that the patriarchs moved their chopsticks, and they didn't speak, just cared about pulling rice, ate the food in front of him by dividing it by two, and then looked at everyone.

The patriarchs also stopped, and Liu Zhang hurriedly said: "Patriarchs continue to eat, the people's livelihood in Jiangzhou is withering, and the waste is really great, you should finish the dishes." ”

"Yes, yes." The patriarchs of all ethnic groups reluctantly agreed, and could only stubbornly pick up the fat that seemed to have been blistered, and complained in their hearts, they had never seen a state pastor who invited the local heroes to eat and not speak.