Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1036 Entering Hanzhong
No matter what you want to do, having a good opening is half the battle.

Winning Hou Yue is a good start for the Minghou Mansion to govern Nanxiang.

As the county magistrate of Nanxiang, Hou Yue is currently the most famous person in Nanxiang County. He chose to stand on the side of the Minghou Mansion. The people felt it, so they would consider it and continue to stand opposite the Minghou Mansion. unwise thing.

Not to mention letting them directly accept the rule of Minghou Mansion again, but at least it can dissipate some of their hostility towards Minghou Mansion.

Of course, this alone is not enough.

So next, there is a second step.

Before entering Nanxiang, Mu Jing already had a systematic plan on how to sort out Nanxiang. The first step was to capture the county government. The county government serves as a central nervous system to rule Nanxiang. The direction of the wind blowing.

And the second step is naturally to directly capture the local gentry and wealthy family.

A snake can't do without a head.

Nanxiang County, as the main city in the west of Nanyang, has a large population and mixed fish and dragons. If there is a leader, it is a county government on the surface, but in fact it is these local gentry and wealthy families. They are huge, and countless people trust them because they know the basics. In many cases, they actually fully represent a county's attitude towards the ruler.

Why do many history books say that the era of the end of the Han Dynasty was dominated by aristocratic families.

It is nothing more than that these aristocratic families, gentry and wealthy families can represent the people. The reputation they have built for many years is a weapon that can be trusted by the people. Many princes dare not provoke them, but return them to encourage the people to resist the rule.

Therefore, in the current troubled times, the general lords who ruled the area will choose to make friends with these aristocratic families, gentry and wealthy families, and let them support themselves as much as possible, so as to win the greatest trust.

However, compared with the regimes of other vassals, the Mu clan's regime was just the opposite administratively.

From the very beginning, the father and son Mushan and Mujing have stood on the opposite side of the gentry, and Mujing would never do the thing of putting a hot face on a cold butt, whether it is in Nanxiang, Hanzhong Nanzheng, or today. In Jiangzhou, Mujing didn't deliberately try to curry favor with the nobles, gentry and wealthy families.

His governance policies have always been soft to the local people, but they have always been tough to the local gentry and nobles, ruling the mighty with the mighty.

However, the Minghou Mansion has a way of governing the people, and it is strong enough that many people have a lot of trust in the Minghou Mansion, so they can even forget where these local gentry and aristocratic families are. Therefore, the Minghou Mansion has been very persistent until now. This notion.

But now, Mu Jing thinks that he himself is about to confess to the gentry and aristocrats in Nanxiang once.

This place in Nanxiang County is different from other places. Because I came back with guilt, it must not be as strong as other places. If it continues to be forced like this, it will easily collapse, and the people in the city will become turbulent and cause resentment. , enough to break out a chaos.

He can only do it slowly, slowly, and the best way is to use the local strength to win back the hearts of the people bit by bit. No matter what, he can't get around these country gentry and aristocrats.

So Hou Yue from Mujingrang personally came to build the bridge and pave the road, and then held a banquet in the post station.

For this banquet, Song Shan arranged it at the post station, and basically invited the big and small gentry and aristocrats of Nanxiang to the banquet. It was considered a low profile, and he put down his superior dignity to communicate with them and discuss with them.

At the beginning, the Minghou Mansion ruled Nanxiang. Because of unity and focus, it developed faster and faster. In fact, these gentry and wealthy families were also oppressed by Mujing. So much resistance to the Mu family.

After all, although the Mu clan is strong, the Mu clan can guarantee their safety enough. No matter how big the family is, life is just trying to survive.

But later the herdsmen withdrew their troops, and they also suffered heavy casualties.

New and old grudges, and even more remorse, so even now, these aristocratic families, their resentment towards the Minghou Mansion is actually greater than that of ordinary people.

But Mujing's gesture this time has done enough.

First of all, he asked Hou Yue to come forward to arrange the banquet. In the hearts of many people in Nanxiang, Hou Yue is the savior. When the Minghou Mansion abandoned Nanxiang, most of the officials withdrew, but Hou Yue stayed .

Hou Yue used his own wisdom and ability to keep a family in the past few years under constant struggle and power. In the hearts of many people, he is a benefactor.

Therefore, his face is in Nanxiang, and few people have to give it to him.

In addition, Hou Yue is still the county magistrate of Nanxiang, holding great power, and his attitude can also determine the living environment of many families, so apart from respect, even some people with ulterior motives fear him to go crazy.

Therefore, more than [-]% of the people who attended the banquet were the gentry and wealthy families in Nanxiang.

Of course, just because they went to the banquet does not mean that they are willing to obey all the arrangements of the Minghou Mansion. Just like the so-called loss of trust once, even if the sword of the Minghou Mansion is already on their necks, they are not willing to continue to trust Minghou government.

Mu Jing didn't care too much, it was impossible for them to directly change these people's views on Minghou Mansion all at once.

Mujing has methods to deal with these people.

If you can't say it, then just use the profit directly. The bloodletting preparations he has made have suppressed Nanxiang, which is equivalent to taking back the western part of Nanyang, so he doesn't mind investing more resources here.

These gentry and wealthy families are not excellent merchants, but their weaknesses are also obvious.

At the banquet, Mu Jing went off in person and recommended the children of several families for official careers. This wave of coquettish maneuvers suddenly broke the plan of these gentry and wealthy families to form a group to resist the Minghou Mansion.

The country gentry and aristocrats are a little far away from the aristocratic family. They have great influence in the local area, but they have little influence in Shilin. Even if their family members also study and practice martial arts, the chances of winning a family with a deep heritage are few and far between. few.

If you want a family member to go into an official career, you must first be recommended by someone, and then you must have a position. If you can meet the two conditions, Mu Jing alone is enough. In terms of his current status, he has the right to recommend anyone for an official career.

Moreover, the people he recommends, in the Minghou Mansion, are equivalent to the emperor's disciples, who are trained by the direct line and have a bright future.

Therefore, it is only a momentary matter for these gentry and rich families to change their positions. They are even afraid that it will be too late, and the quota will be given to other people, and the children of their family will not be able to get anything.

The banquet became lively all of a sudden, and the enthusiasm for Mujing instantly rose to a higher level among the local elders, the heads of the gentry and wealthy families.

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The second step has been completed as expected. At present, two-thirds of the progress in the reorganization of Nanxiang has been completed, and the next step is the last step.

This third step requires the joint support of the county government and the local gentry and wealthy families.

That is the mighty action of tax cuts and exemptions.

Nanxiang's annual tax is insignificant compared to the Minghou Mansion, but to the people of Nanxiang, it is a matter of life and death, especially in the past few years of suffering, the family's food and grass are very short.

Of course, since Mujing did the bloodletting and made such an action, he must gain something. This is a very realistic thing, and it is also something that a person in power must consider.

That's why he needed the support of the county government and the gentry and wealthy families to make this situation bigger.

Let the wind from Nanxiang blow towards Minghou Mansion.

Not to mention making these common people forget that the Minghou Mansion failed Nanxiang, at least let them feel the closeness of the Minghou Mansion, and some of the Minghou Mansion's governance will bring vital benefits in the future.

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It took only three days for Mujing to enter Nanxiang. He walked down one, two, and three steps. He was a little exhausted, but the effect was quite good, especially this morning, when the news of tax exemption was announced, it aroused the excitement of the people in the city. .

Mujing doesn't need to pay too much attention to the next thing, local governance is ultimately to be handed over to the local government, as long as he plays a leading role in the middle of the term, that's enough.

The people who came down from the Nanyang Prefect's Mansion have reconnected with the Nanxiang County Government, which means that Nanxiang has returned to the governance of the Minghou Mansion.

At this time, Mujing had already quietly left Nanxiang.

After leaving Nanxiang, the tour of Nanyang was over. In fact, he should go to the rest of the counties in the west, but some news came from Jing Wusi, which made him unable to sit still.

So when he walked out of Nanxiang City, he went directly to Hanzhong.

This time it's a comeback.

Dongshan Chidao, it was an important project of the Minghou Mansion back then, and was contracted to merchants. Later, because the Minghou Mansion lost Nanyang, the impact on this road was not small. After all, if it was contracted out, they would have to collect road taxes. Opportunity, only one card at both ends can collect road tax.

But the Nanyang section lost control, which caused many merchants to suffer losses.

The Minghou Mansion even lost some of its credibility. This part of the sacrifice was not small, and it took a long time to make up for it before it could be regarded as making up for it and regaining the trust of these merchants.

However, now that the Minghou Mansion has taken back Nanyang, the Minghou Mansion has already taken back this section of the road, and does not intend to take it out any longer. What needed to be compensated at the beginning has already been compensated, and this section of the road has been released as a link between Hanzhong and Nanyang. A catalyst for convenient transportation.

Fortunately, Dongshan Chidao and Hanshui Chidao were built at the beginning, which made the time for Mujing to enter Hanzhong from Nanyang only a few days.

In mid-April, Mujing and his party had entered Hanzhong from Dongshan.

At this time, the general trend of the princes of the world to crusade against Xiliang has been established. The world from south to north has been reduced to a battlefield. The soldiers and horses of the major princes have also begun to exert their strength. This battle officially kicked off the stage of bloody battle... …

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