Han Xiang

Chapter 639: No traitor left

When they heard that Long Xiang had been awarded the title of Yangzhou Mu and Zuo General, all the officials close to him in the county felt extremely honored. After receiving the call, they all rushed to Moling to congratulate him.

More than a hundred people, big and small, came, making the small town that had been silent for many years lively.

The dilapidated Moling County government office could barely accommodate the crowd of congratulators.

Long Xiang and Lu Su entered from the back hall and looked up to see that the hall was full of people. There were many familiar faces and some unfamiliar faces, but they all had smiles on their faces.

The lobby of the county government office was not large, and there was only one table for Long Xiang in the main seat. The congratulatory officials had only standing room.

After Lu Su followed Long Xiang into the arena, he also consciously stood on the right side of the table.

Zhang Zhao then took the lead in the ceremony and said loudly: "All the chief officials at the county level from the five counties in the state who can come have arrived on time. Some of the ones who cannot come are really unable to leave. Please give me your instructions."

Long Xiang nodded slightly to Zhang Zhao, then glanced at everyone and said seriously: "Your Majesty is coming to Chang'an to reopen the imperial court. There are serious vacancies for officials at all levels in the central government. Therefore, officials from various places must be selected to come to Beijing. If you are willing, you can nominate yourself."

The officials in the hall looked at each other in confusion. Although serving as an official in the court would help improve one's career, in troubled times, strength is the most important thing.

In the past, when Liu Xie was the emperor in Xudu, the words of the important ministers around him were not as useful as the servants in the prime minister's mansion. It was better to stay where he was and be at ease.

Now that Liu Bei has welcomed back the Emperor and has become the replacement for Cao Cao, everyone does not know what will happen in the future, and because no one has stepped forward to take the lead, everyone is hesitant.

The expressions of everyone in the hall were much more visible to Long Xiang in another world.

The company wants to recruit people from mature projects to work on new projects. Very few people voluntarily raise their hands to sign up. Everyone has their own little ninety-nine.

"Thousands of miles away to be an official in Beijing, you really cannot make an easy decision. Whether you go or stay is entirely voluntary. If you want to go, you can register at Zibu's office. I see it's still early, so I'll let Zijing take you to visit the new city construction site and think about it carefully. "

"Comrades, please come."

After Lu Su finished speaking, he led everyone away, while Long Xiang called Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong and Gu Yong to stop.

Although he came to the capital voluntarily, if it was all done by random people, it would look like Long Xiang was acting perfunctorily, so he had to order a few in person.

Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, and Gu Yong were all exquisite people. They guessed Long Xiang's intention when they were left behind.

"Although Zhao wants to go to the capital to serve His Majesty, after all, he is past the age when he knows his destiny, and he is constantly busy with medicine. Going to the capital may be a burden to the court. The prince can give more opportunities to young people."

Zhang Zhao took the lead and looked at Gu Yong intentionally or unintentionally, thinking that sending the head of the Gu family away might help Long Xiang control Yangzhou.

Long Xiang first asked Zhang Cheng to supervise the construction of warships, and later transferred him to serve as the commander of Hefei.

Hefei is the birthplace of Longxiang and the core of Huainan and even Yangzhou. The importance of the Hefei Order is even higher than that of ordinary county governors.

Long Xiang valued his son so much, so Zhang Zhao reciprocated his kindness.

However, Gu Yong was not a mediocre person, and he immediately followed Zhang Zhao’s words and echoed:

"Mr. Zhang's words are reasonable. Zhang Zhongsi is a talented scholar and has made outstanding achievements in his two years as an official. He will definitely be able to come to the capital to relieve His Majesty's worries."

"This" Zhang Zhao was stunned and quickly responded with raised eyebrows: "Yuan Chan is ridiculous, the dog has little talent and little virtue. If he hadn't been given some advice by Lord Defu, he might not be able to achieve results. He still needs to stay here and practice more. On the contrary, Yuan Tan has studied under everyone, and has been serving as an official for a long time, and he is still in his prime, so why not just go to the capital to accompany him, and it is not known whether he will be granted a title of marquis or minister."

"Become a Marquis and Prime Minister? How dare Gu Yong have such wishful thinking? Mr. Zhang is highly respected, so you are the best candidate."

"I sincerely recommend you, why should Yuan Tan be humble?"

"Yong Yi is sincere."

"You two, stay here." When Long Xiang saw the quarrel between the two getting more intense, he immediately thought that people in Jiangdong love fighting among themselves, and thought to himself, could you be natural enemies?
After speaking to stop him, Long Xiang tried to smooth things over:
"What Mr. Zhang said is absolutely true, and what Yuan Tan said is also reasonable, but now that the imperial court is rebuilt, the opportunity is really rare. I can't choose mediocre people to perfunctory, and the number can't be too small, so..."

Although the words are not finished, the meaning has been reached.

Zhang Zhao and Gu Yong frowned at the same time. They looked at Long Xiang with strange eyes and thought to themselves, do you want to serve him all at once?

When the atmosphere was awkward, Zhang Hong, who had been silent next to him, suddenly raised his hand to edit and said solemnly: "Xiaguan once served as censor in Xudu, how about I take the lead?"

"Very good."

Long Xiang held Zhang Hong's hand and said with a smile: "Zigang is an old minister of His Majesty. It suits my heart to have you take over. I wonder what Zigang wants?"

"Shi Cai Zi Bu's words are not unreasonable. The younger ones in my family are not amazing talents. My family is used to living in Yangzhou. I hope that I can stay here and share the worries of the emperor. Hong can go to Beijing alone."

"It was voluntary in the first place, so Zi Gang can be relieved."

Faced with Zhang Hong's request, Long Xiang had no reason to refuse. After he gave birth to children, he also knew that his parents were mostly worried about their children.

The situation in the Chang'an court was unclear, and Cao Cao had established a new king in Yecheng. Zhang Hong stepped forward to take the lead at this time, hoping that Long Xiang would treat him well.

After long-term observation of Long Xiang, Zhang Hong admired his character and methods.

Long Xiang is so young, but he has frustrated Cao Cao many times. At this time, he is already a pastor. Being with such a person is not necessarily worse than entering the capital as an official.

What Zhang Hong could think of was also what Zhang Zhao and Gu Yong were thinking.

With Zhang Hong taking the lead, Zhang Zhao and Gu Yong had to make compromises.

The next day Zhang Zhao completed the personnel statistics. In addition to his second son Zhang Xiu and Gu Yong's second son Gu Mu, there were also many famous people such as Yan Zhen, Lu Ji, Quan Rou, etc. on the list, totaling more than [-] people.

Dozens of people were transferred to the capital, and Yangzhou officials also faced adjustments.

Yangzhou shoulders the important military tasks of containing Sun Quan in the north and pacifying Sun Quan in the west, and internal chaos cannot be caused by adjustments.

For the sake of local harmony and stability, Long Xiang boldly used the old ministers of the Sun family. He appointed Zhang Zhao as the chief official, Gu Yong as the governor, and Lu Xun as the biejia.
With the reasonable personnel transfer, those who were originally loyal to the Sun family were forced to surrender, and they were all willing to serve Long Xiang.

Long Xiang made a shocking move to besiege Xudu, and Liu Xie officially appointed him as Yangzhou Shepherd. The Shanyue tribe, which was originally funded by Sun Quan, suddenly hid in the south.

The situation in Yangzhou at this time is like the foundation of Moling New City. After concrete was poured, it quickly became hard and solidified.

After the New Year, Lu Su led his fleet to set sail again.

In addition to escorting Jian Yong, Zhang Hong and others back to Beijing, they also took brothers Sun Kuang and Sun Lang with them.

Lu Fan and Quan Cong accompanied Sun Kuang to Yuzhang to persuade Sun Quan to surrender, while Zhuge Jin accompanied Sun Lang, Bao and Xu to Jiangxia to persuade Cheng Pu to surrender.

Files, victims, investigators, and children of the Sun family.
Long Xiang's buffs for persuading surrender were almost full, and Cheng Pu could no longer deceive himself in the face of irrefutable evidence.

Thinking that Guan Yu and Long Xiang had dominated the Han River and the Yangtze River, and that Jiangxia could not defend itself from being attacked from two sides, and thinking of the miserable fate of their colleagues Han Dang and Huang Gai, they led the people of Jiangxia to surrender to the imperial court.

By surrendering to the imperial court instead of Long Xiang, Cheng Pu felt that he was worthy of both the Sun family and his comrades who died in vain. However, after handing over the defense to Lu Su's people, he was disheartened and chose to leave the country.

On the other side of the team trying to persuade them to surrender, Sun Kuang heard Sun Quan blowing his purple beard and roaring before he saw Sun Quan.

"I don't want to see a traitor, so go out with me."

(End of this chapter)