Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 118: Great Governance County
Others did not know the relationship between County Magistrate Yang and Yan Chi, but they knew it clearly. They were absolutely like brothers, so they would never believe that Yan Chi murdered County Magistrate Yang.

However, when they arrived at the county government and saw the tall and mighty Liu He and the other two, they immediately stopped talking about what they had been saying on the road.

Although these people are not very smart, they know how to read people's expressions and the current situation is very clear.

No matter who killed County Magistrate Yang, Liu He and his two companions actually controlled the county government.

With the strength of the Anmin Army, even if they could find a way to invite the county soldiers from Jinyang City, they might not be able to get any benefits. After all, this Anmin Army has been attacking everywhere and cleaning up dozens of bandits in the past few years. Liu He and his brothers are also very brave, and they are not comparable to those good-for-nothings in Jinyang City.

And when Liu He promised that everyone would continue to perform their duties until the new county magistrate was appointed, everyone felt more at ease. Some even hoped that the new county magistrate would not come, otherwise a total stranger would come and make a lot of trouble for them.

Since they can keep their official positions and family interests, these people will not risk their lives to go against Liu He and the other two. Anyway, they don't have a very close relationship with County Magistrate Yang, so it doesn't matter to them who is the county magistrate.

After Liu He used both kindness and force, Langtiao County was temporarily stabilized.

Liu He asked Guan Yu to deal with the bodies of County Magistrate Yang and his wife, and ordered Guan Yu to immediately dispatch troops from Huangshui Township. At the same time, he controlled the county soldiers in the city, and asked Zhang Yong to call Qian Tingzhang and his son, and asked them to assist Zhang Yong in temporarily handling the affairs of the county.

Although the two were surprised as to why County Magistrate Yang died suddenly, they always obeyed Liu He's words and trusted him absolutely, so they did not ask any more questions.

After an inventory, the entire Langtiao County, including the official treasury and County Magistrate Yang's own property, had a total of more than 2.36 million coins, more than 2,000 dan of grain, hundreds of dan of fodder, 650 county soldiers, nearly 1,000 sets of military equipment, and a large number of various sundries and livestock.

"That's great. With these things, we don't have to worry about providing relief to the disaster victims or the food expenses of our militia for a while!"

Zhang Yong looked at the account book and was overjoyed.

However, what Liu He is concerned about now is not the issues of food and money, but how to report this matter to the prefectural government.

The reason why he killed County Magistrate Yang at that time was not only because he was angry at the moment, but he also had his own considerations.

Now the hidden mission is under time pressure, and the Yellow Turbans outbreak is getting closer and closer. He must seize a county town as a base as soon as possible, otherwise he will not be able to gain a foothold in this chaos, and will also be punished by the system. This County Magistrate Yang was delivered to his own hands.

But after doing all this, Liu He was a little confused. It was not easy to get an appointment from the court. Although he was already a county thief supervisor, he had to get a recommendation from his superiors to become a county magistrate.

Zhang Yong then suggested that a lack of patience would ruin a great plan, so it would be better to use some money to show goodwill to the prefect, and then prove Liu He's royal bloodline, and perhaps do something with this to get the position of county magistrate.

But whether based on Liu He's thinking in his previous life or his thoughts in this life, he was unwilling to do such a thing. To put it bluntly, this matter was not much different from buying an official position.

But after thinking about it, there was really no other way.

Now is not the time to be a saint. He must fight for the position of county magistrate. Otherwise, if someone else is sent as the county magistrate, the people will continue to suffer and he will definitely have many troubles. Finally, Liu He took out 50,000 yuan and gave it to Zhang Yong, asking him to arrange a reliable person to meet the governor. At the same time, he asked the three elders in the county to recommend him.

Fortunately, since Langdiao County was experiencing a severe drought and the relief grain had been completely gobbled up, there was no benefit at all. Some of the children of aristocratic families in Jinyang City were unwilling to come here, and no one competed with Liu He.

In addition, Liu He was originally the thief supervisor of the county, and his promotion to county magistrate was considered an exception, but it was completely reasonable. Under such circumstances, the governor of Taiyuan County went with the flow and recommended Liu He to be the county magistrate.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, in principle, people under the age of 20 were not allowed to serve as officials at the level of county magistrate. However, by the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the administration of officials was lax, and during the reign of Emperor Ling, the court openly sold official positions and titles, so this rule had almost become a dead letter.

For example, the famous Jiangdong Tiger Sun Jian was appointed as the magistrate of Yandu County when he was seventeen years old.

On the day the letter of appointment arrived at the county government, everyone had no time to be happy, because at Liu He's request, they immediately started to carry out disaster relief work in various parts of Langtiao County, clearing canals, digging wells, and opening warehouses to release grain. For a time, not only did the villagers of other townships support it very much, but refugees from surrounding areas also flocked to Langtiao County.

Zhang Yong and the Qian father and son brought some officials of all ranks with them. They had to guide drought control, provide relief to disaster victims, and register refugees. They were really busy for a while.

Guan Yu was naturally sent by Liu He to recruit and train the 650-strong county army. Although this team was a county army, they lacked training for many years, had lax military discipline, and their combat effectiveness was very low.

However, these people basically come from poor common people. Children of aristocratic families rarely come to serve themselves, but pay others to replace them.

As for Liu He, he dared not say anything else, but his prestige among the poor people in Langtiao County in the past two years was absolutely unparalleled. When they heard that they would be trained by them, these county soldiers not only had no complaints, but were extremely happy, because at least their food and wages could be guaranteed.

In just one month, thousands of refugees poured into Langtiao County, and there were even more wandering around in the townships and receiving relief. Among them, many young and strong people had lost their families. Hearing that Liu He was strict in military management, they entered the county town or went to Huangshui Township to request to join the Anmin Army.

This time Liu He and his group finally realized what hardship, fatigue, and the difficulty of governing a country meant. None of them could even get time to rest until midnight every day, and within a few days, they all had dark circles under their eyes. It was both physically and mentally taxing, and much more tiring than farming or fighting in wars.

After completing the registration, Zhang Yong and his two companions were busy building houses and reclaiming and distributing land to the many refugees. However, this made some families in the city unhappy.

Many family heads and some officials in the city came to find Liu He and said that the land reclaimed by these refugees must be divided into the names of their families according to certain rules and scopes, and they must collect rent every year. There is no reason to let them cultivate the land for free.

Liu He had backed down before, and they thought that Liu He was afraid of the power of their family and wanted Liu He to help them. They worked hard to reclaim the wasteland, and in the end it would belong to them.

As a result, Liu He said directly, "My parents, wife and children have only less than a hundred acres of land at home. It's very miserable. The new land reclaimed by these people will belong to me and my brothers." After hearing this, everyone was speechless.

Some of these families owned at least a thousand acres of land, while some owned seven or eight thousand acres. Liu He was a county magistrate and a descendant of the royal family, but he only had a hundred acres of land, which was indeed a bit shabby. When he and his brothers wanted to take this "property", no one could say anything.

(End of this chapter)