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Zhao Wen is generous and energetic. He entered the officialdom as a son of a public official, and his official career has been smooth sailing, but he has not enough experience in county administration.

Whether it is the prefect or the county magistrate, if there is no cooperation from the local officials, the so-called orders are treated the same as edicts, they can only be hung on the wall, and it is impossible to implement them.

Although Xun Yu had never been a prefect or county magistrate, he had been appointed as the chief book by the prefect of Yingchuan, Yinxiu from Nanyang, and was an official in the county, so he knew the way.

He dared to accept the challenge of the emperor to assist Zhao Wen and act as the governor of Hedong, precisely because of his experience.

"Mr. Zhao, I have a plan, and I may implement it."

"tell me the story."

"Therefore, the prefect Wang Wendu (Wang Yi) was ill and returned home to recuperate from his illness. The journey was far away, and he inevitably needed someone to take care of him on the road. Among these people, there must have been old officials he dismissed. One day as a monarch and minister, he has the righteousness of a monarch and minister. Why not let them send Wang Wendu back to his hometown, for all his loyalty."

Zhao Wen's heart moved, and before he could answer, he saw several people in the lower ranks moved.

"Wen Ruo's words are true, but..." Zhao Wen pondered, and said in a low voice: "So many vacancies, who will fill them? If the people who fill them are not familiar with the situation, I'm afraid they will miss the business."

Xun Yu smiled. "Mr. Zhao, the target of the edict is not the big family, but ordinary people."

Zhao Wen was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly realized, and slapped his forehead hard. "I'm old and confused." He turned around immediately, walked quickly to the front of the steps, and said loudly: "Wang Wendu is spared from illness. Since you are old officials, you must fulfill the righteousness of the monarchs and ministers. From now on, you will all be spared." , send Wang Wendu a ride."

Everyone in the hall was eery, not knowing what to do for a while.

After looking at each other for a while, someone came out, took off the printed ribbon around his waist, and offered it with both hands.

A servant beside Zhao Wen stepped forward to take it.

When someone took the lead, others followed. They had no choice but to return the seal and ribbon, and resigned from office.

Most of the officials in the Taishou's mansion were created by the Taishou themselves, and they have the same righteousness as monarchs and ministers with the Taishou.Wang Yi was exempted because of them, and they should have embraced each other. Even if they did not send Wang Yi back to his hometown, they should voluntarily resign from the official position to show that they would advance and retreat together, and then wait for the successor to take over Lipi.

They did not resign with Wang Yi, and they were already suspected of being in love. Now Zhao Wen asked them to exonerate themselves, which is the last decency.

If you don't resign, you can only be dismissed and ridiculed.

But they knew that after resigning this time, they might not be able to wait for the removal of the new prefect.

This newcomer Xun Yu looks refined and elegant, but his methods are ruthless, just like the emperor, and he draws his salary from the bottom of the pot.

Seeing that the meritorious officials, the chief secretary, etc., resigned one after another, and only ordinary officials were left in the courtyard, Zhao Wen ordered someone to fetch the prefect's seal and ribbon, and hand them over to Xun Yu together with the seal and ribbon handed in by those people.

"Wen Ruo, I will leave the matter of Hedong to you." Zhao Wen patted Xun Yu on the shoulder. "Work hard! Don't fail He Boqiu to appreciate it."

Xun Yu bowed to thank him.

In front of everyone, Zhao Wen asked several big officials to be exempted, and then handed over the prefect's seal and ribbon to him. Naturally, with the honor of Situ, he removed obstacles for him and prevented him from becoming a target of public criticism.

This kind of love is enough to move him.

Zhao Wen turned and left.

Xun Yu walked down the corridor, held up the seal ribbon in his hand, and said in a loud voice: "Xun Yu from Yingchuan, written in Wenruo, will never abandon the imperial court. Mr. Zhao trusts him, and temporarily manages the affairs of the River East. I hope you will support me a lot."

Everyone in the hall chatted politely, but their eyes were fixed on the seal ribbon in the hand of the attendant behind Xun Yu.

Anyone with a little brain knows that the opportunity is coming, but this job is not easy to handle. If it is not done well, it will offend the local big family, and even their own family.

"The emperor's edict is to reward Zhao Qing and his son, and there is absolutely no intention of forcing donations." Xun Yu said unhurriedly: "You don't have to worry about failing to complete the task. Yes. Whether the people donate or not, and whether they come or not will not be used as the basis for evaluation.”

Everyone was relieved, their smiles bloomed, and they suddenly became enthusiastic, and they stepped forward to greet Xun Yu one after another.

Chapter 204

Xun Yu took over as governor of Hedong before lunch, and received the first batch of donated grain an hour later.

The grain came from Ma Shi, a Cao official in the original warehouse, and he donated a hundred stones of grain.

Xun Yu ordered people to record his donation, and at the same time appointed him to succeed Cang Cao.

Yuancang Cao Yu was still locked in the big prison, and he didn't speak up, so he didn't have a chance to escape.

Ma Shi happily accepted Cangcao's seal, but refused to leave his name and donation amount under the donation book.

He sincerely told Xun Yu that half of the grain was originally stored in the county warehouse.The big officials headed by Gongcao Weigu divided up the food stored in the county. In order to prevent others from gossiping, everyone divided some.

He doesn't know how much others share.

He divided fifty stone among himself.

But he never dared to touch the fifty shi of grain, and kept it at home, waiting to be returned to the county warehouse.

As for the other fifty shi, it was not a donation, but a fine he voluntarily paid.

Xun Yu didn't insist, and gave a comment of "If there is a mistake, it can be corrected", encouraging Ma Shi to do things well and not to have a psychological burden.The number of donations can not be recorded, but the credits are recorded, and they will be rewarded together in the future, with each child as a man.

Ma Shi was elated, and immediately took office.

With Ma Shi as an example, the officials of the prefect's mansion finally unloaded their psychological burdens and went to work with great enthusiasm.

In just half a day, the prefect's mansion was running again, and it was more efficient.

By dinner time, there were already more than 1000 shi of grain in the empty county warehouse.

Hearing the news, they rushed to the Juncang and looked at the golden wheat. Situ Zhao Wen and Sikong Zhang Xi were so happy that they couldn't keep their mouths open, a big stone finally fell from their hearts.

Finally don't have to worry about breakfast tomorrow morning.

"This is Wang Zuo's talent." Zhang Xi said triumphantly.

Zhao Wen glanced at him. "Don't mention these words. Yin Jian is in front of you. Your Majesty will remember it. Besides, Wen Ruo went to Jizhou first, then to Yanzhou, and finally returned to the court. If you say that the emperor has no idea at all, do you believe it? ?”

Zhang Xi's smile froze, and then he closed his mouth embarrassingly.

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Weiss Manor.

Taking advantage of the darkness, Guo Tu boarded the watchtower of Wubao and looked towards the camp outside the manor.

Wei Gu followed closely behind, looking uneasy.

Guo Tu once confidently said that if the court was short of food, as long as it lasted for three to five days, once the court ran out of food, it would collapse without a fight.

In the blink of an eye, five days passed, but the camp outside the manor showed no signs of retreating. On the contrary, the scouts came in and out more frequently, and the smell of imminent war became stronger and stronger.

Wei Gu felt more and more uncertain, so he had to ask Guo Tu to have a look.

What if the other party is bluffing?

If he doesn't understand, Guo Tu must be able to understand.

After all, he is Leader Yuan's confidant and think tank, he has assisted Leader Yuan in battles for many years, and he hits every trick, and no tricks can be hidden from his eyes.

Guo Tu stood still, gritted his teeth, and felt that the night wind was a little cold, so he poured it into his mouth.

"Just these people?" Guo Tu saw at a glance that the size of the camp outside the manor was wrong, at best it was no more than [-] people.

"Ah?" Wei Gu was taken aback for a moment, and then he came to his senses. "I walked a few days ago, the exact number is unknown, probably five or six thousand."

Guo Tu stared at Wei Gu. "Five or six thousand?"

Wei Gu wasn't sure, so he kept silent.

Guo Tu was suspicious at first, but seeing Wei Gu's expression, he became more and more uneasy.

The more he thought about it, the more wrong he felt.

When he left Huayin, although he didn't know how many soldiers and horses there were under the emperor's command, the overall scale was still there.The original northern and southern armies, plus the troops of Yang Ding, Yang Feng, and Duan Yan, plus the remnants of Li Jue and Guo Si who surrendered, had a total strength of at least 3.

There are only about 1 people in front of us. Even if Wei Gu is not sure, not only five or six thousand people evacuated a few days ago, but at most 2 people.

What about 1 people?

"Are there any other places?" Guo Tu asked, his heart beating a little faster.

He realized that he might have made a big mistake.

Wei Gu thought about it. "There is Yang Fengbu in Yanchi, they came here before, you know it."

Guo Tu nodded repeatedly.He did forget about Yang Feng.

But even if Yang Feng is added, the number is still wrong.

"Which people's battle flags did you see, let me hear." Guo Tu got a little angry, and his tone became severe.

Wei Gu panicked.

Like Guo Tu, he spent most of his time in Wubao and never went out, so he didn't know what was going on outside.

Even if it was the big camp in front of him, he only knew that the general was Wei Weishi Sun Rui, who should have the Wei Wei Battalion and the Fifth School of the Northern Army under his command, and he couldn't even tell who the fifth school lieutenant was.

Guo Tu was furious, but there was nothing he could do.

Wei Gu is an idiot who can't do anything well.

What he was worried about was not Wei Gu or Fan Xian, but Shangdang and Hanoi.

Zhong Yao went to Shangdang, Zhang Yang was in Hanoi, and what's worse, Dong Zhao might also be in Hanoi.

If those missing people immediately go to Shangdang, Hanoi...

The more Guo Tu thought about it, the more disturbed he became.

This possibility exists. When he left Huayin, he heard that Hussar General Zhang Ji had gone to Nanyang under the imperial edict.

Since the imperial court can think of sending Zhang Ji to Nanyang, it is entirely possible to arrange people to lead troops to Shangdang to assist Zhong Yao.

Even if the emperor couldn't think of it, Xun You could think of it.

Thinking of Xun You, Guo Tu felt even more uneasy.

After Xun You left Chang'an, he never went to Yecheng, and kept a distance from Yuan Shao.Now that he took the initiative to defect to the court, he would naturally not show Yuan Shao any favors, so he would definitely recruit him to hit Yuan Shao where he hurts.

Shangdang is Yuan Shao's weakness.

Occupying Shangdang formed a tendency to swoop down on Yecheng.Not to mention that Yuan Shao went out to fight everywhere, he couldn't even sleep well.

Suddenly, he forgot to remind Yuan Shao.

If he went back to Yecheng, wouldn't he fall into the shoes of others and be ridiculed by Tian Feng, Shen Pei and others?

Guo Tu suddenly felt cold all over, and shivered involuntarily.

"Anyone else's news recently?"

Wei Gu shook his head like a rattle.

Guo Tu's heart sank, but he still didn't give up. "No news at all?"

Wei Gu wants to cry but has no tears. "More than 1 people are guarding the village, and there are thousands of cavalry patrolling. Who can get in except Risheng's wings?" He looked suspiciously at Guo Tu. "Guo Jun, don't you... want to leave?"

Guo Tu really wanted to leave, but after hearing Wei Gu's words, he knew he couldn't.

The cavalry of the Fifth School of the Northern Army is in name only, and the cavalry outside the battalion should all be newly surrendered cavalry from Xiliang.These people are newly attached to the imperial court and are thinking about how to make meritorious service, and they will never give him a chance to escape.

"Where is Taiwei Yang Biao?"

"Naturally in the village." Wei Gu became more and more uneasy, staring at Guo Tu closely. "Guo Jun suddenly wants to see the Taiwei, what is his intention?"

Guo Tu couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, and pointed at the big camp outside the village.

"What do you want? Can you defeat Shi Sun Rui? If not, then only Yang Biao can save your family's lives."

Wei Gu suddenly realized, he quickly laughed along with him, and led Guo Tu down the watchtower.Halfway through the walk, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, stopped his steps again, turned around abruptly, stretched out his hand to hold the handle of the knife, and pulled out half of the long knife.

"Guo Tu, you don't want to save me, you want to save yourself?"

Chapter 205

Guo Tu became furious and shouted sharply: "Justice is no longer humiliated, do you think I'm a person who lives on mediocrity?"

Wei Gu looked at Guo Tu and really wanted to say "yes", but he was inexplicably guilty and couldn't say that word.

Under the light of the torch, Guo Tu's face was distorted, his mouth missing his front teeth was trembling uncontrollably, his breath was heavy, like an enraged beast, without the slightest elegance of the past.

Wei Gu didn't dare to meet Guo Tu's gaze, so he withdrew his gaze and forced a smile, "How dare, how dare. It's just..."

"You don't need to explain." Guo Tu flicked his sleeve, almost hitting Wei Gu's face. "Just take me to see Yang Biao."

Wei Gu had no choice but to lead Guo Tu down the watchtower to the private prison in the manor.

It is said to be a private prison, but it is actually a small remote courtyard, not far from the courtyard where Guo Tu lives.

Yang Biao had just finished his dinner and was taking a walk in the courtyard to digest his food.Seeing Wei Gu and Guo Tu coming in, his lips moved and he laughed.