In the Zhuo County Governor's Palace, Li Chongjiu sat opposite Wei Zheng, with a pot of plum wine in the middle, and a reed mat under him. When they met again, in Li Chongjiu's eyes, Wei Zheng still gave him a sense of seriousness, seriousness and a sense of being powerful without anger.

Wei Zheng took the lead and said, "Duke Wei asked me to assist Li Envoy here. If there is anyone in Wei who can be worthy of the envoy's dispatch in the future, please give me the order."

Li Chongjiu smiled and said, "Okay, I have appreciated Brother Wei for a long time. Since that's the case, I would like to ask Brother Wei for advice. Although the land in Youzhou is not big, it is also an important place in the court. Now, thieves such as Wang Xuba, Luo Yi, Gao Kaidao are passing by, and the people are poor. How should they be managed?"

Wei Zheng said, "I envoy, the easy governance of chaos is like the easy food for hungry people. As long as the envoy is loving the people, let the local people cultivate and rest, and do not act in war, you can restore the old view of Youzhou within a few years."

After hearing this, Li Chongjiu smiled and asked again: "It is easy for the people to govern, but it is difficult to clear the rats. The gentry in Zhuo County stole the granary and sold grain and rice to seek personal gain. They set up a dam upstream of the river to cut off the river, which caused the people on both sides to be unable to cultivate the fields, hide the population, reduce the land tax, and lead to the emptiness of our treasury. This is a big disadvantage."

Wei Zheng said, "The envoy, the gentry of Youzhou has been deeply rooted in the local area for hundreds of years since the Han Dynasty. It is connected to the flesh and blood in the texture and cannot be dissected. At present, the wars in Youzhou are as turbulent as a person is infected with a serious illness. It is not easy to apply severe medicines. It needs to be replenished slowly. After the body is healthy, the envoy will plan for the subsequent effect."

Li Chongjiu showed a deep expression of agreement, but said, "After that being said, how can we bear it now?"

Wei Zheng bowed and said, "The ambition of a certain envoy is not a city or a land in Youzhou. Now the gentry of Youzhou cannot rely on it, but the power of an envoy is not enough to convince them. A certain envoy suggests that an envoy can collect food and grass, train elite soldiers, recruit top officials from poor families and merchants, and encourage farming and fighting among the people, and never be called kings until there is no victory."

"After the four battles of land, they were powerful and powerful to subdue the Diyi and accumulate military merits. Qin was a country of barbarians in the past, but he could win the world for six generations. The emperor must not be too hasty."

Li Chongjiu's eyes sterned and said with a smile: "Brother Wei, why do you say that I have the ambition to be the king? I am now under the banner of Duke Wei. You are also a minister of Duke Wei."

Wei Zheng shook his head and said, "To be honest, Duke Wei is a talented person, less than two years. From a down-and-out place, he has been in his hands and one-third of the world. I, Wei, rarely convinced people in my life, but Duke Wei is the only one. Duke Wei is actually a hero like Cao Cao and Sun Zhongmou."

"But the more talented a person is, the more he is unwilling to accept advice. Duke Wei is self-reliant and unwilling to obey others' opinions. When I was in Duke Wei's mansion, I gave Duke Wei ten suggestions. But all of them were refuted by Duke Wei, so I understood that Duke Wei's mansion was not the place where I was the director of Wei Zhengyishi. To be honest, I came to Youzhou and asked Duke Wei for his orders. Because I think that although the envoy Li is not as good as Duke Wei, he is a person who is willing to accept advice humbly, so Wei's talents can be maximized in Youzhou."

I am not as good as Li Mi. Li Chongjiu felt a little uncomfortable after hearing this. No one said this in person, but he was relieved to think about it. Seeing that Wei Zheng was really a person who spoke in a blunt way. It seems that this famous minister in history, although he changed his lord five times, was to find a monarch to display his ambitions in his heart.

Li Chongjiu smiled, threw away the little grudge just now, and said, "I don't know if Brother Wei can be in Youzhou, but Brother Wei is definitely a person who can treat each other honestly. Since that's the case, I will entrust Zhuo County to Brother Wei."

After hearing this, Wei Zheng stood up and bowed to Li Chongjiu with the courtesy of a scholar and a minister.

Li Chongjiu sat on the chair and accepted it calmly. Then he stood up and helped Wei Zheng up, saying, "Brother Wei and I are both from poor families. When you were Taoists, I also entered the Buddhist temple. Now we must work together."

"No." Wei Zheng's old-fashioned face finally showed a strange color.

After the gentry of Zhuo County surrendered to Li Mi, the officials of Zhuo County also began to return to the government office, and the county office was on duty, and Zhuo County resumed its old views.

Li Chongjiu immediately announced to everyone that he was appointed as the chief minister of Zhuo County. The county magistrate had been killed by Luo Yi before, and Li Chongjiu had vacant county magistrate and had two positions in charge. In this way, the chief magistrate became the highest civil servant in the county.

The officials of the gentry in Youzhou asked about Wei Zheng's background. They heard that although the other party was from a minor official, they had been a Taoist priest before and from other poor families. They couldn't help but complain. However, this time they did not expose their resentment on Li Chongjiu, because they all knew that Wei Zheng was from Li Mi, so how could Li Chongjiu not use it to give Li Mi face?

Li Chongjiu was the governor of Youzhou and basically ignored the affairs of Zhuo County. Therefore, as the highest civil servant of Zhuo County, Wei Zheng began to manage all kinds of affairs within a county.

The local officials were dissatisfied and began to bully their lives. Although they thought that Wei Zheng had a big background, Li Mi was far away and had to be embarrassed. He took the official seal official. For these officials who worked in the yamen all their lives, they all had one set of tricks.

At present, the six officials of the county magistrates accumulated the past, hundreds of documents, stacked like a mountain, and placed them in front of Wei Zheng for Wei Zheng to deal with it. This was because Wei Zheng was deliberately watching the joke. As a result, Wei Zheng finished reading all the cases one day and one night, and immediately called the six officials of the capital to deal with it. When he said that, he answered it like a stream, as if he could not forget it. The officials in the county magistrates were stunned.

At that time, all the officials from Zhuo County were shocked, and Wei Zheng's name was also spread throughout the Zhuo County officialdom. Everyone knew that the superior officials were powerful, and Wei Zheng was an absolute capable official. At this moment, all the officials were restrained and no one dared to surpass the rules.

In the county magistrate's mansion, the county Sima Lu Chengqing sat aside and saw that Wei Zheng was so capable of handling copywriting, as if he had been practicing in the yamen for decades, he was also secretly surprised.

As the Sima of the county, Lu Chengqing wanted to be the deputy chief and the second-ranked civil servant in Zhuo County. When Li Chongjiu first appointed him as an official, Lu Chengqing hesitated for a while and then asked his uncle Lu Zixing for advice.

Lu Ziqian just said to him in a light seven words, "Since you come, you will be at ease."

Lu Chengqing got the intention of his uncle, so he went to the county magistrate's office to take office. For the gentry, the stage from white to official position was called Shihuang. The children of the gentry were also divided into three or six levels. For example, Lu Chengqing, a gentry from the Lu family who came from Fanyang, served as a county Sima, for him, he was definitely worthy of the identity of the Lu family.

What Lu Chengqing saw along the way was that in the county magistrate's mansion, officials of Zhuo County were walking like the wind, and they were all so hurrying as if they were looking for fire at home.

When several officials met, they asked, where did you put the file that Wei Changshi asked?

If you can't find it, you will have to pay a salary.

Forget it, it’s okay to have a salary fine, but I’m afraid of being blamed for being beaten.

All the officials kept walking.

When Lu Chengqing saw this, he couldn't help but feel a little afraid of this colleague who would work with in the future. When he arrived at the Changshi's room, he saw more than a dozen officials standing in front of Wei Zheng's table.

Wei Zheng wrote at his desk, and after reading a document, he looked at it at a glance and made a lot of mistakes. He judged it and then threw it all. After reading the approval documents, all the officials who were treated were impressed and not dissatisfied.

In a blink of an eye, more than a dozen officials in the world were immediately sweating and were cleaned by Wei Zheng's way of fighting. At this time, Wei Zheng picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.

Lu Chengqing coughed lightly and bowed to Wei Zheng and said, "I am the county Sima Lu Chengqing, and I have met the chief of Wei."

Wei Zheng raised his head and looked at Lu Chengqing. Lu Chengqing only felt that Wei Zheng's eyes were like swords, as if scraping against him.

Wei Zheng asked immediately: "Okay, the county government is busy with matters. It would be great if Lu Sima had to share my worries. But I don't know what Director Lu Sima is good at? The name of punishment? The tax? The teaching instructions?"

Lu Chengqing was sweating profusely when he heard this. He has been busy studying in the mansion for the past few years, but although he is not ignorant of local management, he is not skilled.

Wei Zheng saw Lu Chengqing's embarrassment and did not reveal it. He pondered for a moment and said, "This year, the local township drinking is coming soon. How about you come forward as the abbot of the county government of Wuzhuo County?"

When Lu Chengqing heard that the village rituals were drinking, he was immediately delighted. The village rituals were the place where the local officials recommended talented people to the court to drink with them in the village school and wait for the guests.

This is a custom of banquets and drinking from the Han people since ancient times. When drinking, sixty people sit and fifty people stand to serve to listen to the government and service, so they are wise to respect elders. This is the most important ceremony of the Han people. Confucius once said that when I looked at the hometown, I knew the easy way of the king. What I mean was drinking from the hometown.

Of course, the so-called rural drinking must be hosted by an official, usually a local official. Lu Chengqing attends such a banquet every year. During the banquet, local celebrities will recommend the children of the aristocratic family who have not yet become officials to the local officials. To be familiar with each other, it can be regarded as a preparation for the ceremony of the rituals of the county and the township.

Lu Chengqing immediately promised and said, "I must do my best."

Wei Zhengyan said: "I have always been a formal and decisive person in my life. Although you are from a famous family and a scholar, in my eyes, the gentry and common people are not the same. You need to do things in a solid manner. If you do well, I will not praise you, but if you do not do well, I will scold you. If you are dissatisfied with me, you can speak to me bluntly or report to the envoy, and I have no objection."

Lu Chengqing felt a little nervous when he heard this. Although Wei Zheng said this, he had a different feeling for him. In the past, others would only regard himself as the eldest son of the Lu family and respect him very much, but now he is also an official in a county.
Chapter completed!