Zu Ju sighed again and paced back and forth in the hall for a few steps, his expression quite suspicious and dull.

Zu Zhao knew that his grandfather was very thoughtful about this matter, and he looked forward to consolidating the foundation by marrying the grandson family of Xuanwu County. However, he can let go of this kind of unpredictable thing, not to mention that it is against his own wishes. So, he persuaded: "Ah Gong, the Gongsun family may have such a plan because of the rumors that the grandson was guilty before." Now the grandson has been clarified, and he has taken up the post of county governor. I believe that once the news comes out, the Gongsun family will inevitably think carefully. ”

Zu Ju said in a deep voice: "Maybe so. ”

Zu Zhao took the opportunity to say again: "After all, the Gongsun family is a county guard, although the family of our ancestors is not bad, but after all, there is no one in the officialdom." Instead of longing to be able to make friends with these famous families, it is better to struggle and fight for a special honor for the family. ”

Zu Ju glanced at Zu Zhao, of course he understood Zu Zhao's thoughts, and he sighed in his heart. I really didn't expect that a gentle and elegant teenager in a few years would have such ambitions today. Is it ambition? Or ambitious? Although the meaning is similar, the reason is the same. He always felt that Zu Zhao's abrupt performance really made people feel a lot of surprise and uneasiness.

After hesitating for a while, he said: "Zhao'er, Ah Gong knows that you have ambitions in all directions, but there are some things that must not get carried away. Ah Gong is a person from the past, there are always some things that must be done step by step, and must not be too big because of the momentary scenery, understand? ”

Zu Zhao pondered for a moment and realized his grandfather's voice, and then he said solemnly: "Grandson understands. ”

Zu Ju slowly bowed his head: "That's fine." ”

Two days later, Li Xin set off to return to the county government, and before leaving, he met with Zu Zhao, Han Dang, Zu Ling, Zhang Yuan, Zhang Pre and others, and mentioned that the matter of the state capital was a good time for you to show your strength. After sending Li Xin away, several elders of Zujiazhuang have been running around many times in the past few days, and they have also achieved some results. In addition to finding some money and grain qualifications for the three hundred righteous Zhang Luo, he also conveyed the news of the current situation of the state capital in accordance with Zu Zhao's intentions.

Convey the situation of the state capital, even if there is no follow-up, everyone in the county knows it. The state government asked Youbeiping County to transfer troops by name, and the envoy of the county government came to Xu Wu again, which shows that Xu Wu County is difficult to leave. Whether it is sorrow or excitement, there is no such thing as disobedience. Every family is busy.

After this evening, Chen Xianjun also visited several large households in the county. After arriving at Zujiazhuang, he told Zu Ju, Zu Zhao and others what Li Xin had done before he went to the county government. The reason why Li Xin went to the county government first was that there was really an order from the county government, but it was not convenient to inform Zu Zhao directly, after all, Zu Zhao was currently the nominal superintendent of the post, and it would take some time for the official procedures to settle down. Moreover, the news conveyed by Li Xin this time has little to do with Zu Zhao, and it is not even directly related to the affairs of the state capital.

The last time Li Xin visited the county government, it was because the county government wanted to restore the losses caused to the counties in the south of the county in order to restore the losses caused by the previous war against thieves, and he hoped that the counties in the north of the county would donate a sum of money and grain, and it would be apportioned according to the capitation. Taxes are levied almost every year, but this time it was too abrupt. The counties in the north of the county have already exerted tremendous manpower and material resources in order to relieve the siege of the county government, but in the end, not only have they not gained any benefits, but they also have to donate money and grain for the post-war recovery of the counties in the south of the county.

More importantly, the amount of this donation is really not small, how can people afford it?

It is precisely because of the successive droughts, the flooding of the victims, and the hard work of the government that have caused the peasant uprisings in the whole world to this day. At this time, even the big families in the north of the county really don't have too much surplus food.

So, when Chen Xianjun passed the news down, every household was sad. Even the ancestors and the whole family frowned coldly after hearing this.

Zu Ju asked Chen Xianjun: "Does the county government really have such an official document?" ”

Chen Xianjun sighed and said: "How dare I deceive such a big thing? On that day, Li Xianyan went to the county government to forward this official document. The county government means to pay the money and grain within a month, let's say, what is this called? ”

Zu Ju was silent in thought, and his face became more and more unsightly.

The other people of the ancestral family also looked at each other and discussed with righteous indignation.

"Isn't the county government crossing the river and demolishing the bridge?"

"Why not cross the river and tear down the bridge? It can't be done at all. ”

"That's it, it's just spring, where is there so much surplus grain to hand in, do you want the people below to live?"

Chen Xianjun was naturally very embarrassed at this time, in fact, he was just a messenger, and in the end, these grains could not fall into his hands. However, if this is not done thoroughly, you will blame yourself for not doing well, and you will be under a lot of pressure.

In front of the ancestral family, he naturally wanted to show his intention to the ancestral family, and immediately said: "Yes, yes." Don't talk about our Xu Wuxian, I'm afraid that most of the counties in the north of the county are also so unconvinced. But the official document came down after all, and no matter how troublesome it was, it had to give an explanation to the county government. If not, what can you do about it? ”

At this time, Zu Zhao said in an elusive tone: "When the county government was trapped by thieves earlier, it had already sought a lot of support from the state government. Later, the thieves were cracked, and a lot of thieves were also seized. There should be no shortage of money and food at this time, why is there such an official document for no reason? ”

When everyone heard this, their eyes focused on Zu Zhao.

The voice of the discussion also changed, after all, Zu Zhao had just returned from the county government, and he must be more familiar with the situation of the county government. With his words, the reluctance in everyone's hearts became more and more natural. Everyone chattered and confirmed to Zu Zhao whether this was true, but Zu Zhao was not busy answering, since he could say such a thing, it would definitely not be groundless, but at this time he had to think carefully about another question.

That is, Li Xin privately negotiated this matter with Chen Xianjun, why? Why did the county government collect money and grain from the counties in the north of the county at this time? It will be easy for a person with a little sense in the county government to analyze that this is definitely not the time to create resentment among the people. Is there no counsel about it?

After a while, everyone saw that Zu Zhao didn't have the heart to speak, and they couldn't help but gradually stop again.

Chen Xianjun couldn't help but say: "The eldest prince Zu is now appointed as the superintendent of the post, if he can react to the county government for this matter, he may be able to persuade the county government to think twice." ”

Zu Zhao had long known that Chen Xianjun was coming, and he would definitely be unable to find his help. After pretending to think about it, he said: "In this matter, I will definitely send a letter to the county government to inquire about it on my behalf." ”

Chen Xianjun said angrily: "Then there is the eldest son of Lao Zu." ”

Seeing off Chen Xianjun, Zu Zhao made a special trip to talk privately with his grandfather about this matter.

He told the story of what he saw and came into contact with his son Liu Cheng in the county government, and at the same time brought some of his own subjective opinions. In his opinion, Liu Cheng is by no means a person who does great things, not only the old staff under his hands are unconvinced, but even have the temper of being arbitrary and not caring about the overall situation.

When Zu Ju heard this, he was a little sad in his heart, but he repeatedly emphasized that after all, it was Liu Cheng who helped the Zu family solve the suspicion of the general of the chariot and cavalry before, and this time it was Liu Cheng who promoted him to be the post supervisor, even if Liu Cheng was not a person who made great achievements, he definitely couldn't slander him behind his back. Human grievances must always be comprehensive.

Zu Zhao also considered this relationship, and he said angrily: "I know that this matter is difficult, but if Liu Cheng is still in charge of the county government, I am afraid that Youbeiping County will set off storms sooner or later." We should not slander Liu Cheng, but we must not be implicated because of Liu Cheng's loss. ”

Zu Ju said slowly: "I'm afraid of this matter, we must think about it in the long run!" ”