Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 564 Good News

Although the houses here have been simply repaired, the dilapidation of the post station cannot be changed. Unless it is overthrown and rebuilt, no matter how it is repaired, it will be difficult to change the current environment.

Mujing is desperate to save face and suffer.

But as the leader of one side, since he has made this decision, he can only endure it. He endured the wind blowing everywhere in this house, and he also endured the nowhere to stay, but the strange smell that keeps coming, He couldn't stand it.

Waking up early in the morning, there was a stench coming from nowhere. He was very uncomfortable, but he still held back.

"Zhongheng, what has Zhang Liao been doing these two days?" Mu Jing asked.

"My lord, he is suppressing bandits!"

"Suppress bandits?"

A cold light flashed across Mu Jing's eyes: "The people in the city didn't respond?"

"Have!"

Huo Yu said: "General Zhang invited the county captain Yu Yue to help suppress the bandits!"

"It seems that Wen Yuan's methods are becoming more and more tactful!"

Mu Jing smiled.

"But my subordinates are a bit confused. If he does this, isn't it the same as giving people a tip-off?" Huo Yu said, "This is obviously a collusion between officials and bandits. How can he suppress the bandits if he asks the county soldiers to help?"

"This is where your eyes are inferior to his!"

Mu Jing said: "Zhang Wenyuan borrowed the county soldiers to suppress the bandits for two purposes. First, he wanted to tell the people in the county that there should be no water bandits on this waterway. One of them should be wiped out and the other should be wiped out without any discussion. He told the people in the county. , It is equivalent to telling the water bandits that this is a prestige. Second, he wants his men to have no one who is good at water warfare. The water bandits are also sailors. Although they are not close, they must be familiar with water. The navy!"

"Then what if those water bandits don't throw themselves into the city?"

"In this case……"

Mu Jing thought for a while: "Zhang Liao can only start from the beginning, but the day he completes his navy training will be the end of all the water bandits on the river. Zhang Wenyuan, who is decisive in killing, will not leave any lying enemies for himself of!"

"But I think those big families in this city are used to being arrogant and domineering, so they may not be so easy to obey!"

"Not necessarily!"

Mujing shook his head and disagreed: "Few people do the thing of mantis as a car, if they know life and death, many things they don't want to do, they will do it.

As he spoke, he took another breath of turbid air, almost coughing out his lungs.

He finally couldn't help it, and asked: "Zhongheng, what is the area around this station?".

"My lord, this station is facing the street from north to south, but to the north is indeed the stinky ditch that drains sewage from the entire Xi County, so as long as there is a north wind here, the whole station will have a strange smell!"

Huo Yu said with a wry smile.

He also suffered for a few days, and the smell almost didn't drive him crazy.

"It's really a good place!" Hearing this, Mu Jing gritted his teeth and pinched his nose, and said, "It seems that the people in the Xi county government don't think anyone will take this post road at all, otherwise they wouldn't Put the station in such a place!"

"That's true!"

Huo Yu said: "I checked the file and found that Xi County is hanging out. Even when Su Gu was the prefect, he would rarely send anyone here. Even if he sent someone, the city would arrange a mansion to meet him. It is good to drink offerings, send money and cloth, bribe them, and let them speak for them. This has led to the situation that Xi County has not been searched by outsiders for decades. For them, this post station is dispensable. "

He thought for a while, and suggested, "My lord, this smell is really unpleasant, why don't we move to the military camp!"

"If I move out now, it will be a bit anticlimactic to deter those people in Xi County!"

Mu Jing shook his head, even though he felt that the smell made him sick, the layout of Xi County should not be messed up.

"so!"

He pondered for a while, and said: "You go to pass the order. Today, I will hold a banquet at the post station to meet the officials of the government office in person. Everyone must come. It is above the lobby of this post station. Everyone must not be absent!"

"it is good!"

Huo Yu nodded, and immediately turned around to make some arrangements.

Under the shroud of this strange smell, Mu Jing had no choice but to deal with some official duties with his nose plugged. It was not easy to be a prince. No matter when he was fighting or going out for inspection, there would be many memorials for him to read later.

"My lord, this is Nanzheng sending it, and it's [-] miles away!" A clerk reported.

"Hand it up!"

"promise!"

The clerk handed over the playbook.

Mujing opened it, looked at it, and couldn't help but smile: "Su Xin is back?"

This is the memorandum sent by Ye Ru, which reports some government orders issued, and also mentions some county government personnel transfers, but the most important news is that the prefect Su Xin has returned to Nanzheng.

The news is the key.

Su Xin came back, which represented Liu Yan's recognition of the position of Hanzhong prefect.

This is of course good news.

"Great!"

Mu Jing patted his chest: "I'm relieved!"

Hanzhong is surrounded by enemies on all sides.

His most worried enemy is Liu Yan.

The relationship between him and Liu Yan is too complicated. Hanzhong and Bashu are both Yizhou, and they should complement each other, but they are enemies. As the saying goes, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. Mujing is very clear that he and Liu Yan will fight sooner or later.

Liu Yan was reluctant to leave Hanzhong.

And Mujing's own goal was originally Yizhou.

Liu Yan had just won a civil war. In terms of military strength, it was difficult to dispatch troops, and he also had to guard against the culling of the Chang'an court, so he would not move Hanzhong easily.

As for Mujing, although he won Hanzhong, he needed to rely on Yizhou Mu's title to stabilize Hanzhong, and he couldn't let Liu Yan come in to plant the flag.

Hence the present situation.

Mu Jing surrendered to Yizhou, but he didn't listen to the announcement or the tune. It is estimated that Liu Yan is also in trouble. He naturally wants to take Hanzhong back, but he doesn't want to send troops.

Under such circumstances, Mu Jing was actually not sure what Liu Yan was thinking.

It would be reasonable for Liu Yan to act forcefully. First, Xi Zhi had just put him on the sidelines. It is not surprising that he wanted to vent his grievances. Second, after all, he is the shepherd of Yizhou, and he is in charge of Yizhou. In other words, for Hanzhong, he can send troops justifiably, and the so-called justifiably, with a shout, the people will respond.

Even if both sides suffer in the end, it must be Mu Jing who dies first. In terms of foundation and background, Mu Jing is far inferior to Liu Yan who now holds the land of Bashu.

Su Xin can make Liu Yan grit his teeth and admit that this already shows that this battle cannot be fought. At least in a short period of time, Liu Yan will not attack Hanzhong. Now Mujing needs time to recuperate, as long as he survives this period , he is not afraid.

"My lord, Magistrate Ning and the others have arrived!" About an hour later, Huo Yu came back to report.

"Please come in!"

"promise!"

Huo Yu nodded and invited them all in.

"The magistrate of Xi County under my command, Ning Sheng, pay my respects to the Lord!"

"The magistrate of Xi County under my command, Tu Hai, pay my respects to the Lord!"

"..."

A total of nine people walked in, bowed their heads and knelt down, saluting respectfully.

In the county government, apart from the county magistrate, county lieutenant, county magistrate, and county master, there are several more important officials, such as the thief Cao, and the history of the various Caos. , although these are all officials, they hold great power in a county.

"Get up!"

Mu Jing waved his hand to make them stand up, and then said to the two rows of seats on the left and right, "You all sit down, I'm talking to you after processing this playbook, okay?"

"promise!"

The nine people were divided into two rows, sitting side by side, in the most formal kneeling posture.

Mujing was processing the notebook quietly, and they naturally didn't dare to speak casually. Although they were a little confused why Mujing was willing to summon them all of a sudden, at this moment they all thought that Mujing was angry because of being attacked by water bandits, and they didn't dare to speak casually. He didn't dare to move around, for fear of becoming the target of Mujing to make an example of others.

At first they were nervous and didn't notice anything.

But as the lobby became quiet and they didn't dare to move quietly, they suddenly felt a strange smell lingering. They are considered giants in the county, pampered and pampered. When will they be covered by this smell, and all of them turned pale It turned white, but didn't dare to move.

About two quarters of an hour passed.

At this time, Mu Jing seemed to have just finished reviewing the memorial, put down the pen in his hand, handed the memorial to Huo Yu, and said softly: "Send someone back to Nanzheng, and hand it over to the Hanzhong Prefect's Mansion!"

"promise!"

Huo Yu nodded, took the secret letter, put on the wax face to face, and then turned and left.

"I'm really sorry to keep everyone waiting!" Mu Jing glanced over and said with a smile.

I have been smoked for a few days, smoked you for half an hour, it is cheap for you.

"Your Majesty has a lot of opportunities every day, we will wait!" Ning Sheng said, cupping his hands.

"I heard that County Magistrate Ning is a Tai student?"

Mujing looked at Ning Sheng and said.

"When I was young, I studied at the Imperial Academy!" Ning Sheng nodded, with a hint of pride in his expression. There are countless scholars in the world, but there are only a few of them who are students of the Imperial Academy. It is a pride for scholars to bear the title of disciple of great Confucianism.

"Good student!"

Mu Jing smiled very kindly, as if he was talking about family matters, and said: "I also studied with the former Emperor and the present Majesty in Taixue, but it's a pity that old man Cai is not very satisfied with me, and he was almost kicked out!"

"Old man Cai?"

Ning Sheng stared.

Cai Yong, who dares to speak out in the world, is old man Cai's scholar, and he is the only one. Of course, the relationship between Mu Jing and Cai Yong is known to scholars, and no one dares to say anything about him.

"Magistrate Ning, as a student of the imperial court, you are well-read in poetry and books, and you are rich in knowledge, so you should have some achievements in governing the local area. But look, this Xi County has not suffered from military chaos for many years, but the people are still poor. Why? "Mu Jing asked indifferently.

Not to blame.

This is beating.

"The subordinate is incompetent, please punish him!"

Ning Sheng didn't dare to argue, he cared more about Mujing's purpose for calling them here today.

Mujing must not stay in Xi County for long.

So if he wants to attack Xi County, this is the best opportunity.

"More importantly, water bandits are rampant on the Han River, but this Xi County ignores it, which really disappoints me!" Mu Jing said coldly.

(End of this chapter)