Ma Tan took office as the Taishou of Longxi, officially announcing the end of the good days of the Longxi clan.

On the second day of his inauguration, he sent people to the neighborhood to read the law and the punishment he had set.

Ma Jian did not post notices like the county guards did in the past, but sent people to read them directly to the neighborhood. In this era, the head of the Qianshou couldn't read at all, so he could only show the scholars when he posted notices.

Therefore, it is necessary to send people directly to read it, and the propaganda is relatively high, to ensure that even a deaf person must understand the laws of the Han Dynasty.

At the same time, dozens of five-colored sticks were placed at the entrance of the county office, and Ma Jian would personally supervise the execution. Whether it is a Qianshou or a scholar, Ma Jian will be treated equally.

This posture has the demeanor of Cao Cao in Luoyang.

When the people saw this scene in the past, they talked about it, and ordinary Qianshou was skeptical while being happy. And most of the scholars were either unconvinced, or full of disdain, and did not believe that Ma Jian dared to touch the mold of the family.

And the heads of several families had different expressions, not knowing what they were thinking.

"Zimu, what is the origin of this new county guard? What is your position in the court? ”

Looking at Ma Yan's attitude, the head of the Di Dao Wu family looked solemn and pointed to the direction of the county government and asked.

Sitting in front of him was the county Cheng He Zuo, who was also the head of the He family in Longxi. In the face of this old friend, he couldn't know what the other party was thinking. But He Zuo smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"I don't know much about it, I only know that he used to be a member of the Han army and was sent to persuade You Chu to surrender. As a result, less than a day after You Chu surrendered, he was killed by his own hands. ”

"But even so, he is still safe and sound now, and he has also been appointed as the Taishou of Longxi, and I don't need to say anything more about his background."

"That's ......" The head of the Wu family sighed in disappointment and gave up the idea of going to him in the book.

The most troublesome thing is that the leader of the airborne is a relational household. Not only does the background go to heaven and have a bad relationship with you, but there is nothing you can do to bully you.

"So what to do? It's better for us to ......" The head of the Han family, who was born in the military next to him, made a posture of wiping his neck, and there was a trace of ruthlessness in his eyes.

"Don't be so murderous, there's something that can't be solved by sitting down and talking."

The head of the Wu family glanced at him, shook his head and said earnestly.

"We are scholars, gentlemen! Isn't it a scoundrel, understand? We have to have etiquette, sit down and talk about what can't be solved? Do you have to get bloody? ”

The head of the Wu family is named Wu Yong, although the name is not good, but the ability is very strong. Over the years, he has been able to become the head of the Longxi Shi clan by relying on ability.

Wu Yong spoke, and several family representatives closed their mouths, waiting for him to make a decision.

"Send someone to meet Ma Taishou with a generous gift to the county office, and don't ask for anything to be sent to Taishou. If Taishou asked, he said that this was a gift from the Longxi family to review their own mistakes and give it to Taishou. ”

"By the way, I will send an invitation to Lord Taishou and invite him to come to us for dinner. After all, they are all our parents, and our local talents also have to talk to this adult. ”

"Finally, give the location of the bandits' lair outside the city to this county guard one or two, so that he can feel the sincerity of our family. As long as you are willing to sit down and talk, the door of our family is always open. ”

Wu Yong saw it very clearly, the law court must be implemented, otherwise wouldn't the Han army recover Longxi in vain. But how much to implement and how much to comply with is something that can be discussed.

For example, similar to killing to pay for life, all respect the law of etiquette, and the family will abide by it. However, martial law is not allowed to go out, and it is forbidden to annex the land and money of Qianshou with power, so it is good to sit down and talk.

You pretend not to see it, we pay more money and grain to the court every year, and the matter will pass.

If this county guard is a little greedy for money, it would be better for the two sides to cooperate and play a drama of three or seven points.

The main thing is that there is a policy in one hand and a countermeasure under the other.

Several heads of the family also have no objection to the Wu family's approach, and they are all willing to break the bank and eliminate the disaster.

Soon, the scholars scraped together a large sum of gold and silver and sent envoys to the county government to give gifts.

At this time, Ma Tan was handling the first batch of government affairs in the county office.

As soon as he dealt with government affairs, Ma Jian suddenly felt the pressure come up all of a sudden. The bamboo slips recorded by the crime report officer alone are half a meter high, and they are not all murders.

"Go to NMD You Chu, Lao Tzu really shouldn't have let you eat so well before killing you." Ma Tan gave instructions under great pressure, and at the same time scolded You Chu angrily in his heart for his inaction.

But if you do a little bit of personnel in office, I won't be so tired.

"Lord County Guard, a certain number of Longxi County soldiers have been collected, about 6,000 people, but 3,000 of them are newly recruited militiamen. Moreover, the armor and weapons are old and unbearable, and they are embarrassing and useful. Yao Hu came back after gathering the county soldiers, and his face became very ugly.

"As for the workshop for crafting weapons, there are less than 20 craftsmen, and they are basically novices who simply have no ability to build weapons on a large scale."

Accustomed to the life of the Shu army, where there was no shortage of weapons and arrows, Yao Hu was now uncomfortable when he saw such a stretched logistics.

The few arrows in the government's inventory are not even enough to fight a battle, how can this be done.

"After an inventory, I found that except for the abundant grain, the rest of the war preparations were not good."

"Got it, I'll figure it out." Ma Jian sighed, waved his hand and said to Yao Hu.

"As for the military rations in reserve, it is good to leave enough to eat until the autumn grain harvest. The rest should be returned to the people according to the records, otherwise how many people will starve to death in Longxi when the autumn grain comes down. ”

"And the county soldiers also checked carefully, if they were forcibly recruited, they would be sent home, and now they can't afford to raise so many mouths."

"Yes." Yao Hu nodded.

"County guard, something feels wrong with this household registration." At this time, the county Cheng sent by Zhuge Liang to Ma Jian walked in and said with an ugly face.

He was holding a roll of bamboo slips in his hand, on which the household registration news of Longxi was recorded.

"According to rough estimates, the household registration in Longxi is conservatively estimated to have lost tens of thousands of people, and the specific number is difficult to count."

The records of the Han Dynasty were basically recorded on bamboo slips, and important information such as household registration would be carefully preserved.

But the bamboo slips in Jun Cheng's hand are not like this at all, and they seem to have been eaten by insects. The handwriting on it is blurry and cannot be examined at all.

There were even a few rolls of bamboo slips that were rudely torn, and most of the content was missing, so it was almost written on them "there is a cat greasy".

How important the household registration record is, of course, Ma Jian knows very well. He didn't expect these scholars to be so arrogant and blatantly dig into the corners of the imperial court.

Well...... Theoretically, they dug the corner of Cao Wei, not the corner of Shu Han.

"Good, good, good." The chill in Ma Tan's eyes became more and more obvious.

However, at this time, suddenly the soldiers from outside came in to report.

"The county guard, the Wu family sent a messenger with a lot of gifts and belongings. It is said that there is also a banquet invitation, and I hope you will be invited to the banquet. ”

"Lost your breath so soon?" Ma Tan knew the intention of this scholar clan, and he was just planning to demonstrate to himself. To put it simply, it is to treat a treat, behead and accept him as a dog, so that he can cooperate with him.

However, do you really think that everyone is afraid of death?