The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 535: The Bravest Warrior

Liangzhou.

Hanzhong.

Officials gathered on both sides of the road, looking anxiously at the road in the distance.

Today, the new county magistrate is coming.

The current administrative system in Shu has not yet been fully established. The candidate for the governor has just been announced, and the candidate for the county magistrate has not even been announced.

The situation in many areas within Jiange was relatively good. As long as the local officials were willing to surrender with Liu Chan, they basically retained their original official positions and continued to govern the local area for the emperor.

However, areas such as Hanzhong refused to surrender due to previous wars, resulting in heavy casualties among officials and almost no one to govern many places.

Chen Tai, who was in charge of the temporary aftermath, chose to promote local prestigious people and officials, pardoned a group of officials who had offended Huang Hao and were exiled here, and finally summoned talents from Yongliang, and barely established the basic framework.

At this moment Chen Tai had already left.

But the temporary framework he built has been preserved.

The new county magistrate has been appointed and will come here to begin normal governance work.

As for who the new county magistrate is, the officials here don't know.

In order to resume production as soon as possible, all arrangements in the temple were made very quickly.

The government was also worried that a famine would occur in Shu.

If any disaster occurred in the newly conquered Shu area and caused the local people to rebel, the impact would be enormous.

Just like in history, when the Shu Kingdom was destroyed, the Chengdu Rebellion broke out and Shu was in chaos, while the Eastern Wu was laughing happily.

But no matter who the visitor is, he will be the ruler of Hanzhong area in the future and the lord of many officials.

Just as the officials were anxiously waiting for the arrival of the new county magistrate, a prison van suddenly drove over from a distance.

The county magistrate was Xun Zou, the son of the former Yellow Gate Minister Xun Hong and the grandson of Xun Chen, Xun Yu's elder brother.

When he saw the prison van, he suddenly became angry.

On the day the county magistrate arrived, a prison van was seen on the road. What omen did this indicate?

He hurried forward and shouted, "Take another road!"

But when I got closer, I saw that there was no one in the prison van.

There are dozens of soldiers around.

Xun Zou's color changed immediately.

What is scary is not the prison van with people in it, but the empty prison van!

Could it be that my counting of public lands was discovered?
But I didn't take up much, just a little bit. Do we need to send a prison van?
Just when Xun Zou was thinking about how to get on the prison van decently, he saw a disheveled man walking out from the armored soldiers.

This person was even wearing prison clothes. He was very dirty and looked like he had just stepped out of a prison van. No, it looked like he had just been released from a prison van.

He is not young, but his face looks very serious.

"Is there any water? Bring me some!"

The man spoke, his tone leaving no room for doubt.

Xun Zou didn't know why he had to listen to a prisoner, but he still asked someone to bring some clean water. The man washed his face, and in front of everyone, he took off his prisoner uniform and put on new official uniform.

Under the astonished eyes of the officials, he tidied himself up and looked at everyone.

"I am the new county governor, Liu Yin."

"You."

Xun Zou was suddenly possessed by Deng Ai and stammered. Liu Yin was not polite and directly took out his seal and other "documents".

At this moment, everyone finally believed it and hurriedly bowed to greet him.

Xun Zou didn't know this man at all, and had no idea how he was transported here in a prison cart to serve as the county magistrate.

But the local people behind him obviously knew him.

Everyone gathered around the county magistrate and followed him back to the city. Xun Zou didn't dare to go too far forward, so he grabbed a local official.

"You all know him?"

The man nodded and said, "Lord Xun, this Governor Liu is a famous scholar in Shu!"

"In his youth, he was known as one of the Three Friends of Chengdu, along with Du Zhen and Liu Shen. He was a man of integrity and high moral character, admired by many. Later, he served as an official, and his outstanding achievements earned him the respect of the great general Jiang Wei. He was a brave and formidable man, unrivaled in his strength and military strategy, and fought in battles for Jiang Wei, achieving remarkable military success."

When this person spoke of Liu Yin in an admiring tone, Xun Zou was stunned.

What a cruel person this is.

A famous scholar, but the bravest among the three armies?

Xun Zou secretly looked at the famous scholar walking in front, and seeing his strong arms, Xun Zou believed this in his heart.

This guy looked like he could beat at least ten of him.

"Then how did he get out of the prison van?"

The official hesitated for a moment before speaking, "He was originally assigned to guard the Golden City, responsible for guarding the pass. Wherever Lord Zhuge's army went, they were victorious, except for this place, which was thwarted for a long time. It was not until His Majesty, Lord Anle, ordered him to surrender that he was forced to leave the city and surrender."

"You won't get caught then."

“I don’t know what happened afterwards.”

The official said.

"I was arrested because I insulted His Majesty." At this moment, Liu Yin suddenly looked at them and spoke.

Xun Zou was startled and said hurriedly, "Prefect."

Liu Yin shook his head. "Don't worry too much. I mistakenly thought that Your Majesty had ordered the General's execution after he surrendered, so I complained. Later, I learned that the General had asked for death. Your Majesty did not pursue my disrespect. On the way to Luoyang, he sent someone to pardon my crime and appointed me the governor of Hanzhong."

"Your Majesty, I have no way to repay your kindness. I will order the prison cart to come here at full speed. I dare not delay the time of governing this place."

After hearing his words, everyone suddenly understood.

Liu Yin waved to Xun Zou, motioning him to come over. Xun Zou stood beside Liu Yin and felt even more oppressed.

Liu Yin smiled kindly, "Have you ever counted the unowned lands in Hanzhong?"

"Your Highness, etc."

"I've heard that every county in the Central Plains has annexed public land and lied about the amount. I regret I wasn't there, otherwise I would have torn these bastards into pieces."

Liu Yin sighed.

Xun Zou pursed his lips and said, "Sir, we haven't finished the statistics yet."

"Alright, get this done as soon as possible. His Majesty has issued an edict to first count the public lands, and then arrange for the people to start farming as soon as possible. This will not affect the autumn harvest!"

"only!!"

Because of this war, many unowned lands appeared in Shu. These lands are now counted as public fields and will be distributed as soon as possible to resume cultivation. This is actually a good thing for the people of Shu.

Liu Yin indeed had experience in governance. The first thing he did after arriving in Hanzhong was to re-examine the local officials.

Liu Yin dismissed a large number of officials and appointed many more, but most of those he appointed were from Shu, which made the outsiders feel uncomfortable.

After dealing with the official issues, Liu Yin began to lead local officials to appease the people and deal with the important matter of farming this year.

Liu Yin works very quickly, never procrastinates, and likes to do things personally. This is a habit he developed on the battlefield, where he likes to lead by example.

Under the leadership of such a powerful county magistrate, many counties in Hanzhong began to gradually calm down and return to their original appearance.

Liu Yin went to the mine again and pardoned the local criminals and officials who were imprisoned because of the war.

At this moment, Liu Yin seemed to see a familiar face in the crowd.

He was an elderly man. He was shirtless, revealing his body. He was skinny and had white hair that was tangled together in a mess.

He was also imprisoned here, with those young and strong soldiers.

These people were imprisoned because they were unwilling to surrender, or they were imprisoned after being defeated and having no time to surrender.

Being captured alive and surrendering voluntarily are not the same treatment.

Liu Yin frowned and hesitated for a long time before asking someone to bring the old man up.

"Why imprison such an old man?"

The supervisor nearby reported, "We were planning to release him because of his age, but he openly insulted the court and was disrespectful to Lord Zhuge, so he's being held here."

Liu Yin looked at the old man in front of him again, and felt that this person looked strangely familiar.

Suddenly, Liu Yin remembered who he was, "Pu Gong?"

The old man in front of him was Pu Yuan, the famous craftsman from Shu State.

Pu Yuan raised his head and stared at Liu Yin in front of him without saying a word.

Liu Yin quickly had him brought up and asked, "Why are you here?"

Pu Yuan didn't answer him, but just looked at his waist.

"Is the precious sword I made for you still there?"

Liu Yin shook his head, "Not anymore."

Pu Yuan laughed. "It's no big deal if you're not here. The swords I forged are all made with loyalty and righteousness in mind. A gentleman can use them, but a villain would only harm himself if he used them!"

Liu Yin heard the sarcasm in his words, but didn't care. She pulled him into the car.

"How dare a prisoner from Shu get on the expensive carriage of Wei? Better not get dirty!"

Although Pu Yuan was very strong due to his sword skills, Liu Yin was no ordinary celebrity and he forcibly dragged Pu Yuan onto the carriage.

The carriage left here.

Looking at Pu Yuan who was still struggling, Liu Yin asked seriously, "Are you afraid of the noble Wei?"

After hearing this, Pu Yuan stopped struggling.

Liu Yin didn't say anything either. The two of them sat quietly in the carriage and returned to the mansion together.

Liu Yin pulled him into the study again, pressed him down and forced him to sit down.

Pu Yuan looked at him with contempt.

"Mr. Liu is also a fierce general, leading the troops from the front and being the bravest among the three armies. The general often praises your courage and bravery. How come in just six months, your bravery and bravery have disappeared?"

Liu Yin said nothing and asked someone to bring some wine.

After taking a few sips of wine, Liu Yin finally spoke: "Mr. Pu, your skills should not be wasted. I can recommend you. The Great Wei has the Ministry of Works."

Pu Yuan was furious, "Do you really think all Shu people are as spineless as you?!"

"Peng!"

Liu Yin slammed the wine cup down on the desk in front of him, raised his head and glared angrily.

(End of this chapter)