Killing system of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 55 Fan Zhongyan governs five counties together

Zhang Yi led his troops to the south and stopped at Xiacai. While Wang Jian was stationed here in Jiancheng, he was still in the shipyard and was short of manpower. He stayed to see if he could help.

As a result, when he arrived in Xiacai, he found that Wang Jian had managed Xiacai in an orderly manner. Zhang Yi was very curious. Is Wang Jian's ability to govern so powerful?
Wang Jian was invited to ask, but it was not the case. It turned out that Wang Jian recruited a scribe to be the county magistrate, and this scribe was Fan Zhongyan.

Zhang Yi wanted to scold his mother very much. He finally summoned an upright person who was going to accept his fate as the postmaster, but he didn't expect to be cut off by Wang Jian.

Zhang Yi lacks talents, and all the places under his rule are lacking.There are more than ten counties in Jiujiang County, so there need to be more than ten county magistrates, more than ten county magistrates, more than ten county lieutenants, plus county officials, no matter how big or small, more than 50 people are needed.This is not counting the officers in the army!
He did summon a lot of people, but these people were all military officers, and there were too few civil servants.

Wang Jian ransacked the counties before and killed many powerful families. These are actually the main source of lower-level officials of the Han Dynasty. Without these powerful families, Zhang Yi's government orders are smooth, but there is no one to govern the place!
Now Di Qing, Li Hongzhang, and Liu Ye are all in charge of two or three counties, and the remaining county affairs are basically handled by Zhang Yi himself.

So he said to Wang Jian: "This Fan Zhongyan is very capable, and I want to transfer him for reuse. I will leave Zhu Wu to you to help you deal with these matters."

Zhu Wu is indeed very good, at least it is more than enough to handle the affairs of a county.But compared with the name Fan Zhongyan, it is still far behind!But Wang Jian had no choice, since the lord said so, he couldn't object.

The moment Zhang Yi saw Fan Zhongyan, he felt very excited.Although Fan Zhongyan also has a lot of black history, for example, "Yueyang Tower" was written to help people praise their merits.

But it is undeniable that Fan Zhongyan's character is definitely one of the best in history.He and Song Renzong can be called the most noble pair of monarchs and ministers in history.

"Fan Wen has met my lord!"

Zhang Yi hurriedly helped him up, and said, "I see Mr. Cai Youfang governing, what's the trick?"

Fan Zhongyan replied with a smile: "there is no trick in the text, just treat the people under the rule with sincerity, handle affairs fairly and justly, severely punish the criminals, praise the good people, think of the people's thoughts, worry about the lord's needs, and not take the lord's benefit. Infringe on the interests of the common people, and do not use the interests of the common people to infringe on the interests of the lord."

After Zhang Yi heard it, he immediately became emotional, this Fan Zhongyan was a good balancer.But only in this way can the people really be convinced!However, he has a certain weakness in the fact that he hates evil like hatred. In history, he eliminated redundant staff and offended too many officials, resulting in the failure of his reform. Otherwise, his reputation would definitely be comparable to Zhuge Liang.

However, there should be no problem now.Jiujiang County is still short of people!There is no problem of redundant staff at all, so Zhang Yi asked: "I intend to accept you as the county magistrate, and also lead the five counties of Yicheng, Quyang, Ping'a, Dangxu, and Zhongli."

"I don't know if you have the confidence to manage it well?"

Fan Zhongyan clasped his hands and replied: "My lord orders, I will die a hundred times!"

Zhang Yi was very satisfied with Fan Zhongyan's statement. He didn't brag about himself. He was a prudent person, at least he was very prudent in governing the place.

So Zhang Yi said: "I will appoint Han Tao as the captain of the bandits, and I will accompany you to the five counties to help you prevent bandits."

Speaking of which, there is also a reason why Zhang Yi asked Fan Zhongyan to govern the five counties together.Yicheng, Ping'a, Dangxu, Quyang, and Zhongli are all five counties in Xiacai Dongfang, which belong to five counties in the Huaihe River Basin (Quyang is a country). There are two in the North of Huaihe River and three in the South of Huaihe River. The distance is very close. Moreover, the fertile land is fertile and can become an important land for grain production.

There must be a good internal affairs expert here to manage and become the purse bag of Jiujiang County.Whether Zhang Yi can compete for hegemony in the future depends on how the governance here is.So he desperately wants to find a capable person to manage the place, and agrees not to set up a postal supervisor.

Originally, Zhang Yi intentionally asked Lu Su to manage it, but it was a pity that Lu Su did not come to him.So Fan Zhongyan became the best candidate to govern here.

Zhang Yi and Fan Zhongyan talked about his expectations for the five counties: "In recent years, there will be no wars in these five counties, but after you arrive in these five counties, you must give priority to the development of Quyang, Zhongli, and Zhongli. When Xu County, the other two counties are bounded by the Huai River, the south of the Huai River can be given priority for development, and the north of the Huai River should be properly developed."

Fan Zhongyan didn't ask why, he is also a smart person, and he can see that Zhang Yi is definitely not the generation who has lived under others for a long time.However, he didn't think that Zhang Yi was unfaithful. In this troubled world, everyone has the idea of ​​self-reliance, and it's not surprising that Zhang Yi does.And Zhang Yi is much better than Cao Cao, at least Zhang Yi will not slaughter the city.Fan Zhongyan, who was born in a poor family, still hates the massacre of the city.

When Cao Cao conquered Xuzhou eastward, he slaughtered several cities, and immediately became famous and slaughtered many enemies.

The most famous is Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang followed his uncle to Jingzhou because of Cao Cao Tucheng.It was precisely because of the massacre that Liu Bei could easily occupy Xiapi and Xiaopei this time.

Zhang Yi has a good reputation in Huainan area. Under his governance, there are basically no bandits in Jiujiang County.Moreover, Zhang Yi did not kill those captives, but let them build dams and build cities to serve as labor force. In this era, they are considered benevolent.

Therefore, Liu Ye was willing to stay and assist him, so the summoned historical celebrities were willing to follow him.

When Fan Zhongyan arrived in the five counties, he first began to rectify the officialdom, taking down all the incompetent and guilty subordinate officials, punishing those who should be punished, and removing those who should be dismissed.

Then Fan Zhongyan was worried about many poor scholars, and some virtuous and powerful children who were spared, and asked them to act as county officials.

After finishing the appointment of county officials, Fan Zhongyan began to lead people to build water conservancy projects. Although it was difficult to do it in winter, it could be surveyed first. He planned to build canals in each county to avoid the recurrence of the severe drought of the year before last.

In addition to building water conservancy, Fan Zhongyan also found a group of good farmers, and then took them to various counties to spread farming skills, measure the land, and distribute part of the land that Zhang Yi had reclaimed as public land to the landless.

Fan Zhongyan kept himself clean, and soon received the favor of the people of the five counties.In everything, when Fan Zhongyan visited a county, he would immediately be welcomed by the local believers.

Fan Zhongyan will not forget his identity, and he will emphasize Zhang Yi's benevolence wherever he goes, and publicize the decrees issued by Zhang Yi.

(End of this chapter)