Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

However, after Gu Yong left the government office, the atmosphere in the government office not only did not ease, but under the gaze of Li Ji, who seemed to be in his weakest years, every county magistrate felt heavy pressure, and even the atmosphere became tense. Not daring to take a breath, the atmosphere was so quiet that one could hear the beating of the heart.

Previously, Liu Bei and Li Ji's reputation in Wu County was at its peak, and Zhang Fei, the postal supervisor who patrolled everywhere, also gave many county magistrates a lot of fright.

There was even an unlucky county magistrate who was tied up and whipped in public because he was caught on the spot by Zhang Fei for bullying the people.

However, many county magistrates soon discovered that Zhang Fei was reckless and without any plan. They just had to try their best to show off and prevent Zhang Fei, the supervisor, from seeing anything he shouldn't have seen.

In addition, wealthy families in various parts of Wu County died or moved, which in turn further amplified the power and importance of the county magistrate. Liu Bei, the self-reliant county governor, also needed the support of local magistrates to stabilize people's hearts.

Even though many people were in awe and fear of the Wujun government officials, many county magistrates who were already acting unscrupulously gradually became more and more unscrupulous.

Some county magistrates even felt that Liu Bei was the leader of benevolence and Li Ji was a gentleman and could be bullied. As long as they didn't have any excuses, Liu Bei and Li Ji had no excuse to deal with them.

However, what these county magistrates do not know is that since Jinyi Division began to be established in Wu County, their every word, every move, and every move has been recorded.

Liu Bei and Li Ji knew each county magistrate's behavior very well.

However, it is one thing that Li Ji still needed these county magistrates to stabilize the hearts of the local people. What is more important is that Li Ji has not yet spared the energy to deal with these corrupt officials, so he can only let these corrupt officials stumble around for a while.

But now that these county magistrates have directly bumped into Li Ji's muzzle, Li Ji will naturally not hesitate to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, and also teach them, the magistrates, to know that times are different.

As for the unstable public sentiment?

What rebellion even occurred?
Not to mention that all the county soldiers in various places have been firmly controlled by Liu Bei, the Jinyi Division has been completely established throughout Wu Commandery.

Guan Yu, who led his troops and was stationed in the Fuchun Mountain area in the south of Wu County, could reach Yuhang County and Qiantang County in just one day's march.

If you dare to rebel, the nine tribes will be wiped out.

When there was a major disaster, Li Ji had no intention of playing tricks with these county magistrates.

It is a bit difficult to find a prime minister's talent to replace Gu Yong, but those who want to become county magistrates and those who have the talent of county magistrates can kill them both by throwing a brick at the scholars studying outside Rende Academy.

That is to say, the implementation of "relief for work" to construct water conservancy projects in various places still requires the support of each county. These county magistrates still have their own value, and it will take some time to adapt to being temporarily replaced by other scholars.

Otherwise, Li Ji couldn't settle the accounts now, and directly took off the heads of the county magistrates who were the majority of the people.

And under Li Ji's naked example, almost all the other county magistrates shrank suddenly. Even though they were sitting in the government office, they still felt a chill on their necks.

As if he was afraid that he would be like Qiantang County Magistrate in the next moment, his head would still be a guest in Wuxian County, and his body would go home first.

Immediately, Li Ji raised his hand slightly.

A county official filed in holding roll after roll of bamboo slips and distributed them to each county magistrate, and the number of bamboo slips in front of each county magistrate was also more or less.

The few are no more than three or five volumes; the ones that are large are as many as ten volumes.

The county magistrates could not help but quietly make eye contact with each other, trying to find some useful information or answers from their colleagues, but their big eyes and small eyes were all confused.

But before Li Ji spoke, the county magistrates were doubtful and curious, but no one dared to open the bamboo slips in front of them.

In fact, these are copies of Wu County's water conservancy planning plan that Li Ji led a group of petty officials to copy overnight. They were copied according to the area of ​​each county, and copies of the corresponding areas were distributed to each county magistrate. .

As for the original Wujun water conservancy planning plan, Li Ji specially set aside a house in the government office for safekeeping. Naturally, it was impossible to hand over the original plan to the county magistrate below.

It was only then that Li Ji showed a gentle smile and said.

"My colleagues can now read the bamboo slips in front of me. I will explain the specific matters to my colleagues in detail after the new Qiantang County Magistrate arrives."

After saying that, Li Ji stood up and saluted the county magistrates present, which frightened many magistrates and stood up to return the salute.

Immediately, Li Ji left a small official here to serve the county magistrates with tea, melons and fruits, etc., while he turned around and left, heading to the side hall where Liu Bei usually worked to continue handling official duties.

Nowadays, even though Gu Yong is in charge of various internal chores in Wu County, the settlement of the refugees who are constantly flowing into Wu County is still complicated.

Li Ji naturally had no extra time to waste with the other county magistrates. While they were reading the bamboo slips, Li Ji was still squeezing in time to coordinate and arrange everything.

……

On the other side, Gu Yong led a group of county soldiers straight to the post house.

Before Gu Yong could push open the door of Magistrate Qiantang's room, the door was opened from the inside.

The person who opened the door was a handsome-looking scholar, wearing a scholar's robe that was a little off and white, with many traces of sewing.

The scholar looked at Gu Yong outside the door and quickly saluted respectfully.

"Meet Mr. Gu."

Gu Yong maintained a somewhat dull and honest look on his face, and nodded in return to the scholar.

It was Gu Yong who was responsible for handling the affairs of the county magistrates before, so the scholar Gu Yong in front of him also had some impressions, and Gu Yong had also seen specific records about Xu Wen in the official documents Li Ji gave him. .

Xu Wen, the Prime Minister of Qiantang County. Born into poverty, he was originally just a study boy for the young master of Qiantang County Magistrate's family. However, he was much better at studying than the young master of Qiantang County Magistrate's family, and he gradually revealed his extraordinary talents.

However, due to his background, Xu Wen had no room for advancement.

On the contrary, after Qiantang County Magistrate realized that Xu Wen was a talented person, he put Xu Wen in the position of county magistrate and handed over all government affairs to Xu Wen like a hands-off treasurer.

Therefore, this is why the Qiantang County magistrate often behaves against the common people, but the overall situation of Qiantang County is actually quite good.

And unlike Qiantang County Magistrate who amassed money in various ways, Xu Wen had not secretly accepted any bribes during his years as county magistrate. Instead, he often tried to admonish Qiantang County Magistrate.

However, in the eyes of Qiantang County Magistrate, Xu Wen was still just a servant of his family.

In Gu Yong's opinion, this kind of thing can only be regarded as strange.

But what shocked Gu Yong was that Li Ji had never been to Qiantang County, so why did he know so much about Xu Wen's past.

Moreover, Gu Yong understood that Xu Wen had generally fallen in Li Ji's eyes, so naturally he would not be too arrogant to Xu Wen, but said with a smile.

"Master Xu, congratulations."

"what?"

Xu Wen was slightly startled, but he had no idea where the joy came from, so he continued.

"Please wait a moment, Sir. My lord will sort it out soon."

At this moment, an impatient voice sounded in the house.

"What's the point of urging? Even if it disturbs people's dreams so early in the morning, it's still urging them so urgently."

As the words fell, a pot-bellied magistrate of Qiantang County walked out of the house with a splayed step.

After looking at Gu Yong, Magistrate Qiantang's eyebrows twitched and he scolded. "You are a little record-keeper, don't you know any rules?"

"What rules?" Gu Yong asked in confusion.

"you……"

Qiantang County Magistrate pointed his finger at Gu Yong. Just when he was about to say something, he seemed to have some scruples. He turned to wave his sleeves and said.

"That's all. I won't argue with you as a little note-taker. Let's lead the way."

"Oh, there's no problem with leading the way. I'm here just to send you off to Huangquan Road."

Gu Yong still maintained his seemingly dull and honest expression, and turned to slightly raise his chin towards the county soldier beside him.

Immediately, under the shocked and frightened eyes of Qiantang County Magistrate, several wolf-like county soldiers stepped forward and controlled him.

"What are you going to do! What are you going to do!"

Magistrate Qiantang kept shouting.

Gu Yong took out Li Ji's warrant and said.

"Didn't Shi just now ask me if I understand the rules? I really don't understand Shi's rules very well, but what we talk about in Wu County are the rules set by the lord and the county magistrate. I violated the rules of the county magistrate, so I was ordered to come here. His head was taken and hung at the city gate for seven days, while the body was returned to Qiantang City Gate and hung there."

In an instant, Magistrate Qiantang's face turned completely pale almost in a flash. He no longer had the arrogant official authority before. Instead, he struggled and roared, saying.

"Are you kidding me? I am the magistrate of Qiantang County. Not to mention you, a small clerk, even the county magistrate Li Ji has no right to attack me here."

On this point, Magistrate Qiantang was really right.

In the Han system, a county governor with a rank of two thousand shi commanded the military and political power of a county.

Although the county magistrate is also an official, like the county magistrate, he only has a rank of 600 stones.

In a sense, the county magistrate and the county magistrate are at the same level, and the county magistrate has no direct power over the county magistrate.

However, when Gu Yong opened the warrant, the seal stamped on it not only had the seal of the county magistrate, but also had a large seal belonging to the county governor.

"Is this enough?"

Gu Yong asked again.

"Impossible! Liu Fujun is not in Wu County at all. Liu Fujun has obviously gone to Xuzhou. Why is there Liu Fujun's seal on the warrant?"

Qiantang County Magistrate shouted in shock and confusion, questioning.

"It's fake! It must be fake! Li Ji is so brave. He actually dares to forge the seal and violate the laws of the court. This is a serious crime of confiscating the family and exterminating the clan!"

"Let me go, are you going to respect the hypocritical order?" (End of Chapter)