In the first year of Jian'an, mid to late March.

Liu Wei appeared outside the city of Pingyuan County, he passed through large and small counties, and looked at the number of deserted and lonely villages.

A group of people rode horses, disguised as ordinary merchants, and prepared to enter the Plains County.

Liu Wei staggered, looked up at the big sun in the sky, wiped his sweat dryly, and said, "Is this about to enter summer?" ”

Lu Yu held a stack of official documents in his hand, and said without looking up: "Your Majesty, Shang Shutai has some doubts about the progress of the 'new policy' in the annexation of the state, and has asked the Imperial History Observatory to send a supervisor to supervise the imperial history inspector, and consider setting up another post superintendent." ”

Liu Wei snorted and said, "Yes." ”

Lu Yu hurriedly took the pen and drew a circle on this notebook, then picked up the next one and said: "Wuyuan reported to the Great Sima Mansion, the Xiongnu seem to have made an abnormality and are investigating. ”

Liu Wei was stunned, looked back at Lu Yu, and said, "Huns? What did Cao Cao say? ”

Lu Yu also raised his head and said, "Cao Sima added a note to the playbook: Don't be afraid, strictly supervise." ”

Liu Wei nodded slightly and said, "Reasonable." ”

When Lu Yu heard this, he hurriedly drew another circle, and was about to turn over the next one, when he hurriedly raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, there is news from the Yushitai that Liu Yuanjun refused to have sex with him on the wedding night, resulting in discord with the Sun family and his wife, and Sun Ce and others were dissatisfied, thinking that Liu Yuanjun treated the Sun family harshly and wanted to take the loss back to Wu County. ”

Liu Bian's first reaction was that Sun Ce was pretending to be aggrieved and asking the court for 'compensation', but after thinking about it, he felt that it was wrong.

Liu Wei pondered for a while, turned his head to look at Sima Fang, Lu Yu and the others behind him, and said, "You say, is Sun Ce hinting at something?" There is a crack in the Sun-Liu alliance? ”

Sima Fang was stunned for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "The minister thinks there is such a possibility. It's just that Liu Yuanjun doesn't have sex with Sun, is there another reason? ”

Liu Wei laughed and said, "One by one, none of them are worry-free, and they want to block me." ”

Sima Fang also shook his head secretly, a little I don't understand what Liu Bei thinks?

On this big wedding night, I left my wife alone and held a political meeting with someone in the main hall?

Even if you don't take into account the Sun family, you don't care about the Wucheng Marquis of Wu County, the attitude of the Luoyang court and the palace, you should always take care of one or two, right?

"By the way, Your Majesty, Liu Yuanjun, I have been a plain minister." Suddenly, Lu Yu reminded.

Liu Wei nodded and said, "I know this." The current plain phase is Cui Jun? ”

"Yes." Lu Yu said.

Liu Wei couldn't help laughing again, and said, "The influence of this eunuch party is really everywhere." ”

Lu Yu and Sima Fang obviously also knew, and their expressions were tense and silent.

This Cui Jun's father, Cui Lie, bought an official like Cao Cao's father Cao Song, and spent five million to buy a Taiwei from the eunuchs, so that he was ranked as the third duke, and he was prominent for a while.

After Liu Wei succeeded to the throne, he tried his best to stabilize in the complicated situation, and he was very restrained in his handling of the eunuchs, and did not punish him in a big way, because the Cui family was not greatly affected.

Cui Lie was dismissed and idle, but his sons were still prosperous, and the second son Cui Jun made it to Pingyuan County, which is equivalent to a county guard.

Even after six years, Liu Wei tried his best to eradicate the maladministration and eradicate the bad influence caused by the eunuchs and the Yuan family, but the 'legacy' left by Emperor Ling still affected the Han court all the time, and affected the national politics of the Han court, like a tarsal insect, which is inexhaustible.

"Your Majesty, Cui Fujun, is still quite useful." Sima Fang hesitated again and again, but still refuted Cui Jun.

Pingyuan County is a county under Qingzhou, and Sima Fang is reasonable, so he has to maintain it.

"I'll find out what the hell is."

Liu Wei didn't pay much attention to Sima Fang's words, and said: "Qing family, Ling Zun's health has not been good recently, so it's better to go back and have a look if you have time." ”

Sima Fang's expression tightened, and he bowed his head and said, "Yes." ”

He didn't know if there were any other metaphors in Liu Wei's words, but his father Sima Jun did have a big limit, and whether he could survive this year was two.

Not long after, they entered the Pingyuan county town, Sima Fang, Jia Heng and others retreated, and Liu Wei and his party lived in an inconspicuous teahouse.

Lu Yu followed him like a shadow, holding a large number of notebooks in his hand, put them on Liu Wei's desk, and said: "Your Majesty, these are transferred from the palace, and Shang Shutai is urging me to do so, please review them as soon as possible." ”

Liu Wei snorted, took a sip of tea, looked out the window, and said, "Second son, there are not many people in Pingyuan County who know me, right?" ”

Huangfu Jian immediately stepped forward and said, "Back to Your Majesty, there should be none." Cui Jun has not been summoned in recent years, and other officials rarely have Luoyang's resume. ”

Liu Wei groaned and said, "Okay, let's do it according to the plan." ”

Huangfu Jian's face was condensed, but he still advised: "Your Majesty, this time is too risky, whether to consider it again." ”

Liu Wei sat down, picked up the notebook and read it, and said, "It's all ready, what are you worried about?" Okay, you sit here, pay attention to the movements in Yanzhou, Jizhou, and Xuzhou. Calculating the time, Cao Cao estimated that he would soon go to Yanzhou. ”

Huangfu Jian was still worried in his heart, and seeing Liu Wei's resolute attitude, he didn't dare to persuade again, but he was a little surprised and said: "Your Majesty, Cao Sima, are you going to Yanzhou so soon?" And the state was dealt with so quickly? ”

After reading the notebook in his hand, Liu Wei approved a few words, picked up the next one, and said with a smile: "You underestimate Cao Cao's methods, on the surface, they are for the court to see, and in secret, you may not be able to find out." It was relatively easy to deal with the most difficult part of the state, and the rest was left to the Great Sima Mansion to follow up. Yanzhou is good to say, the most important thing is Jizhou. ”

Yanzhou is the third state in Liu Wei's hands, and it is close to Si Li, so it has always been important, and most of the soldiers and horses are in the hands of Huang Zhong, but in theory, Liu Dai, the state pastor, still has military power, and no one knows how much he has.

But with Huang Zhong's checks and balances, and Liu Dai is not ambitious, there will be no big mess when it comes to dealing with it.

The most difficult is Jizhou.

Jizhou has been in turmoil all year round, and it took a lot of effort to gain a firm foothold, and then it was strongly impacted by the Montenegrin army, and almost the whole state fell, with the help of Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao and others, it could be defended.

Afterwards, Ying Shao rightfully grasped all the power in Jizhou, soldiers and horses, taxes, money and grain, and the appointment and dismissal of officials.

Ying Shao has always been calm and powerful, silent, rarely asks the court, and completely copes with all difficulties by himself.

While receiving continuous praise from the imperial court, he also confirmed his prestige and power in Jizhou.

In addition, Jizhou holds the only salt place in the imperial court, so the importance of Jizhou has reached a new level.

"Weichen Command!" Huangfu replied in a long and deep voice.

Liu Wei snorted and said, "Go ahead." ”

Huangfu insisted on speaking for a long time, and finally said: "Weichen retreats." ”

Lu Yu stood aside, even more daring to speak, silently watching Liu Wei review the transcript.

On the other side, Sima Fang had not yet left Pingyuan County when he received a tipping message.

"Envoy,"

A little old man dressed as an old farmer came to Sima Fang's carriage and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty's Luan is deliberately moving, and it seems that he is preparing to quietly leave the city." ”

Sima Fang sat in the carriage, expressionless, and said to himself: "Is it another sound?" ”

The old peasant said in a low voice: "Your Majesty came to Pingyuan County so obviously, and brought the envoy, I am afraid that the purpose is not here, maybe he will kill the horse gun and return to Yanzhou." ”

"It could also be Jizhou." Sima Fang's eyes flickered, and he said thoughtfully.

The old farmer quietly glanced around and said, "The villain can be sure that he is not an envoy, otherwise he would not have summoned the envoy." Besides, the envoy has no merit in Qingzhou, even if His Majesty sees something dirty, he will not blame the envoy. ”

Sima Fang also thought so, so he was not so worried, he was silent for a while, and said: "Let everyone leave, don't say anything more over there in Pingyuan County, let's pretend that we don't know anything, whoever is unlucky to be bumped into, can only consider himself unlucky, it's not that I, Sima Fang, will not save him when he sees death." ”

"Yes." The old peasant outside the carriage answered.

Sima Fang's carriage continued to move forward, a little fast, as if he was in a hurry to rush back to Jinan, as if he was deliberately avoiding something.

Plains County, County Office.

In the back hall, Cui Jun, who had a square face and thick eyebrows, should have been the prime minister of Pingyuan County, who should have been an upright man, was full of sorrow at the moment, constantly flipping through the account books, and even folding his fingers to calculate.

In front of him stood the head of the house, and he said even more bitterly: "Fujun, don't forget it, the lower officials have been calculating all night, and they really can't squeeze out the money." It's better to think of a way and ask the court to allocate it. ”

Cui Jun didn't hear it, and continued to calculate, while twisting his eyebrows and said: "You also know the situation in the imperial court, even if you can give it, don't expect much." Before the summer harvest, we have to suppress bandits and give relief to the victims, and the money owed in previous years must also be repaid......

The head of the house couldn't laugh, so he could only sigh in his heart.

The imperial court has no money, and Pingyuan County also has no money, but no money does not mean that nothing is done, but more needs to be done.

So many people are waiting for dinner with their mouths open, and they can't be left alone as officials.

After a long while, Cui Jun let out a long breath, and suddenly said: "Bing Cao's money, can you not send it for the time being, or send it a little less?" ”

"Never,"

The head of the house was startled, and said urgently: "Mansion Jun, this can't be!" If they are forced to be in a hurry, let alone make some trouble, even if they don't do anything and let the bandits run rampant, the prince will also be in big trouble. ”

The corners of Cui Jun's face moved, his expression was helpless, he looked out of the door, his eyes gradually firmed, and said, "I'll be cheeky and invite them to a banquet." ”

The corners of the editor-in-chief hesitated, but he didn't make a sound.

He knew who the 'they' in Cui Jun's words were, the big families of the Shi clan in Pingyuan County.

In the past, when the government was short of money, they all borrowed from them, not to mention the interest, but also attached to various conditions.

Such as their buying and selling, the people they recommend, such as what to do for them, such as what not to do to them.

Under the perennial accumulation, the government is already at an absolute disadvantage to the big families, so they are almost obedient.

Cui Jun knows the consequences of this situation continuing, but he has no way, the court doesn't give money, taxes can't be collected, so many people are waiting to be fed, he, a parent official, gives up a little face, what's nothing? !

Cui Jun packed up the account books, and was just about to get up, when he suddenly said: "By the way, who is the new head of the house, have you inquired clearly?" ”

The master bookkeeper hurriedly said: "I heard some, and said that it was surnamed Liu, and it was the relationship of Shang Shutai, which may be a clan relative." ”

Cui Jun shook his head and said, "It's another living ancestor, you keep an eye on it, don't let him cause trouble, stay up for half a year, and if you can't say it, you will have to release the county order, which has nothing to do with us." ”

In the context of the imperial court's continuous recommendation of the reform of the office, the scholars who passed the 'big examination' were often the first to serve as the head of the six cao of the state and county, and only those who had a good assessment would be promoted.

Obviously, Cui Jun regarded this new head of the household as a gold-plated disciple of a certain clan, and he would be promoted to other places in half a year at most.

"Xia Guan understands." The head of the house should answer and say, "At night, do you want to be accompanied by the lower officials?" ”

Cui Jun stood up, walked out, and said, "I'll just come alone for the shameful thing." By the way, the two villages are fighting again, and I still have to go there, so you ask Bingcao to prepare more people. ”

"Okay, I'll go." Principal.

Cui Jun didn't say anything more, and hurried out of the mansion, he now had to stop Qingzhuang and prepare to open a canal to prepare for spring ploughing.

The government of Pingyuan County is quite busy, and no one is idle, and it is all the leading role of Minister Cui Jun.

Early the next morning.

A young man dressed gorgeously, wearing warm jade at his waist, with a gentle face and an approachable face, but also noble, swaggered into the government office with the appointment documents of the official Cao.

When the busy people in the government saw him, they just thought that the son of a family was doing something, and they couldn't avoid it, and no one paid attention to it at all.

Liu Wei stood at the door for a while, saw that no one cared about him, looked back and forth, laughed, and swaggered even more swaggering around the mansion of this plain county.

I don't know how many years this mansion is, it's quite old, there is nothing flashy, it's just relatively tidy.

After Liu Wei wandered around for half an hour, he was a little thirsty, so he looked at the door of the 'household room' not far away, walked over directly, walked in, walked in, and glanced at the somewhat empty duty room, only three or two cats, saw the teapot on the table, poured a cup directly, and drank it as if no one was around.

The three people who were doing things were stunned, looked at each other, and after confirming that they didn't know each other, a small official came over and scolded: "Who are you?" This is the government office, get out quickly! ”

Liu Wei only drank tea and handed over the appointment document in his hand.

The little official took it suspiciously, hurriedly swept it, and hurriedly saluted: "The villain has seen Master Liu." ”

The others didn't know why, so they followed, and when they saw the documents, they followed suit, quite panicked.

Liu Wei put down the teacup and said with a smile: "You're welcome, I, Liu Bo, have just arrived, and everyone is kind, and they make money with harmony." ”

(End of chapter)