The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 116 The Charm of Virtue

"Xi joins the army!" Liu Tai said at this time.

"Here!" When Xi Canjun heard Liu Tai's words, he couldn't help but stood up and straightened his spine to look at Liu Tai.

He instinctively grabbed a charcoal pen in his hand, which was almost always a weapon he never left without.

In practice, the brush was not suitable for recording at any time, so Liu Tai asked the craftsman to make a simple charcoal brush.

And because the output was too small, it could only be supplied to a few people. Xi Jinping took the charcoal pen with him to record it at any time, and when he went back at night, he would write history with a brush.

"Go record his name and the responsible official in his county!" Liu Tai said to Xi Jinjun.

"No!" Xi joined the army and went to record it without any hesitation.

Liu Tai continued, "Are there any others? Who else did not do it from the heart, but was forced and assigned by local officials and had to go to the epidemic area? Now that they all have come forward, I can put past the blame.

Don't be embarrassed, because doctors haven't developed targeted drugs yet, so going to rescue requires risking your life.

And fear of death is not a shameful thing. If you go, you are a righteous man, if you don't go, you are a common people, so there is no need to be ashamed. "

After hearing Liu Tai's words, I saw people coming out one after another. It was obvious that they were forced to come because of the allocation from the bottom. They may not even be the county magistrate or magistrate, or even just the head of a pavilion in a certain place. The rights are arbitrary, and then they are sent here to take a tour of the epidemic area.

"Record everyone's name, place of origin, and job, as well as the names of elected officials!" After Liu Tai finished speaking, he turned to look at these people and said, "You guys, please line up independently first. , I’m afraid I have something to say to you.”

As these people lined up one by one, the strong man who spoke first looked at Liu Tai and said, "Prefect, what do you have to say?

We people are here because local officials are forcing us to use our relatives. Now if you feel that we have offended you, just say so. We have all suffered, so please don’t threaten our relatives again! "

"What a bastard!" Liu Tai sighed as he looked at this man, and then faced everyone and said: "Everyone, first of all, I, the governor of Qingzhou, Liu Tai, have sent out traps for people in the Qingzhou government system, and let you come here to apologize!"

After Liu Tai finished speaking, he bowed to all the people and admitted that it was his mistake.

Everyone present was stunned for a moment when they saw Liu Tai's posture. Not only Liu Tai, but even Xi Canjun, who had been recording this incident, couldn't help but stop writing and looked at Liu Tai, with a look in his eyes. Looking a little confused.

Because, how could Liu Tai admit his mistake? How could Liu Tai be wrong? !
Facing Liu Tai's bow, these singled-out people all knelt down in panic and returned the favor one after another.

They felt extremely unfamiliar with Liu Tai's bow and apology, and they were indescribably excited.

Liu Tai, the governor of Qingzhou, is saluting himself!Doesn't this kind of behavior still make you feel excited?

"Be courteous to others? No, it should be courteous to servants, right?" Xi Jian, who also became a righteous man, was even more confused.

But I don't know what happened. Seeing Liu Tai respectfully saluting these people, Xi Jian suddenly felt that maybe this was his virtue and mind.

After Liu Tai saluted, he raised his head and said, "Now, I will give you two ways.

The first is to go back and continue to be your common people, because now Qingzhou’s main force must be on fighting the epidemic.

Therefore, those officials who violate laws and disciplines will not be dealt with immediately. The plague needs to be stabilized before I can free up my hands.

In other words, after you go back, you need to wait a little longer and suffer a little longer. "

"Then when I go back, won't I be further exploited and abused?!" The big man said, "This is going to force us to death!"

The people who originally had thoughts of going back suddenly became alert when they heard the big man's words.

Yes, Liu Tai didn't deal with them immediately. If these officials saw him returning and even knew that Liu Tai was going to deal with them, what would he do next and what would his family do next?
"So, if you are willing to go to the epidemic area with me to be a righteous man and do your best, I would be very grateful.

I promise that those who hold fire for the people will not be allowed to freeze to death in the wind and snow; those who open the way for the Han people will not be trapped in thorns! "

Liu Tai said to everyone, "If you are willing to believe me, then rejoin the team and prove with actions that you are righteous!"

After hearing Liu Tai's words, these people all showed hesitation, as if everyone wanted to leave, but no one could take the first step.

And the person who spoke for the first time suddenly said, "Liu Governor, are you really going with us?!"

"Yes!" Liu Tai stretched out his fist, squeezed it hard, and answered firmly.

Then he came to this person in a few steps, stretched out his hand and put it in front of this person, and said with a smile on his face:

"This is a war. As the commander-in-chief, there is no reason why I should not go to the front line.

Now, are you willing to follow me, the erring governor of Qingzhou, and go to the epidemic area to rescue the people of Qingzhou? "

When the man heard Liu Tai's words, he didn't take Liu Tai's hand. Instead, he knelt down and said loudly:

"I heard Zhao Zilong said that the world is in chaos and we don't know who is right, so we need to follow the path of benevolent governance.

Now that I, Liu Xia, have finally found benevolent government, I hope the governor will not give up and obey his orders! "

"Get up!" Liu Tai heard this man's words and quickly helped him up. Although he didn't know this guy very well, he felt that this man was discerning and good at talking, and seeing that he was tall and tall, he would be a great choice if he wanted to work here. Good hands.

Liu Tai then said: "Liu Zhuangshi is very rare to have such knowledge. I will join the list for the time being. I will assign positions to Liu Zhuangshi after the epidemic area is over. I hope Liu Zhuangshi will not refuse to work hard at that time!"

"Thank you, Lord, for this gift!" Liu Xia thanked Liu Tai without hesitation at this moment.

After this incident, these people quickly calmed down, and even everyone looked at Liu Xia with more or less envy. It was obvious that this person's behavior had fallen into Liu Tai's eyes.

As for Liu Tai, he immediately investigated the person named Liu Xia, who was originally the dock owner of Guangping Yiyang.

Because of Liu Tai's influence, Shi Le found that robbing dock owners was quite wealthy, and when he was stationed in Yecheng, he also harassed Liu Xia.

With the drought and locust plague, and Liu Xia seeing Liu Gu and Wang Sang defecting to Liu Kun and Liu Tai respectively, he felt that the area around Yecheng was unsafe and might become a place of military contention in the future, so he decisively followed. Wang Sang came to Qingzhou together.

However, the policy here in Qingzhou attaches great importance to the lonely people, but has a slight suppression on the wealthy nobles.

Therefore, after Liu Xia was suppressed, it would be really dangerous if he wanted to move again but had an army accompanying him.

Although Qingzhou has been suppressed, the political stability is relatively stable, and families can stay together and help each other, so they can take root.

This time it wasn't Liu Xia's turn to be assigned. After all, even the petty officials who went to the showdown were not blind. Liu Xia's force was still sufficient, but if he couldn't deal with Liu Xia, why couldn't he deal with his relatives?Liu Xia's tribe was easy to bully, so it was their turn, but Liu Xia just offered to come over for his tribe.

That's why he had a lot of resentment towards Liu Tai and was angry with Liu Tai from the beginning.

"It seems that I need to show a certain degree of goodwill towards the wealthy family!" Liu Tai was thoughtful at this moment.

To be honest, Liu Tai doesn't dislike the wealthy noble families, or in other words, he doesn't dislike them at all.

They are all social classes, and the one being exploited is not me, and there is no direct conflict of interest with me, so why do I hate them.

But he didn't expect that Wang Mi would die so quickly. Liu Tai's original plan was to cultivate a political group from the army for his own use, and at the same time, he would take a stand against the wealthy families.

Then let Wang Mi handle it in the future, and I think that the wealthy family can check and balance myself, and I will feel more at ease with myself.

But Liu Tai didn't expect that Shi Le would directly kill Wang Mi at the Hongmen Banquet, which directly shattered Liu Tai's initial plan.

But he has already made a gesture of supporting the aristocratic family and antagonizing him, so even if he wants to take back this stance, he will not be able to make a 180-degree turn and change his attitude towards the aristocratic family right away.

This will take time after all, and it will also require aristocratic families to surrender to themselves, so that they can make changes along the way.

However, what Liu Tai is most fortunate about is that his fundamental position is not against the noble families, but based on the Han Dynasty.

As long as you are Han Chinese, even if you are spiritually Han Chinese, you can talk to Liu Tai.

This is Liu Tai's position to unite all the forces of the Han nation that can be united, and this naturally includes wealthy families.

Liu Tai knew very well that he couldn't be too proactive with the wealthy family at this time.

Because if you are too proactive, it is easy for the dove to occupy the magpie's nest.

In Liu Tai's view, when he competes with Wang Jun to win and truly relies on his own fundamentals to establish himself in the world, then he will be able to recruit a large number of children from aristocratic families or poor families for his own use.

Because by that time, even with the help of veterans, he would have the foundation to restrain the wealthy families.

Again, the training of a political group is shaped in units of ten years at least.

However, now in the war, military merit has become a special resource that is more important than other resources, and this is why self-centered governance groups have emerged.

Otherwise, unless you are the son of the emperor, it will take you more than ten to twenty years to cultivate your own political group.

Of course, these things are still a bit too far away. What Liu Tai needs to do most is to solve the plague in front of him.

As these people returned to the team, Liu Tai immediately began to assign his tasks.

Teams one after another began to go to counties one by one to provide support.

And he took the volunteers with Liu Xia and Xi Jian to Qi County, where the plague was most severely affected.

The reason he brought Liu Xia with him was because Liu Tai felt that this guy had a good eye for people and he should be the best of this era. Even if he was not the best of this era, he would train him to be the best of this era.

All in all, the organization has decided that as long as you work hard, the next step will be the Avenue to Heaven.

As for Xi Jian, Cao Yi recommended him to him when he left Linzi.

Cao Yi said that Xi Jian's handwriting was very good and he was very humble. People around him praised him. The most important thing was that he had two children waiting for him at home, so please take care of him.

How could Liu Tai refuse to give Cao Yi's face? He immediately pulled Xi Jian to work to prevent him from getting sick when he went to the epidemic area.

Liu Tai also discovered that Xijian's handwriting was indeed as Cao Yi said, and it was very beautifully written.

Of course, it really doesn't matter to Liu Tai how well he writes, because even if Liu Tai spent the rest of his life practicing calligraphy, he would only be able to write like a doggy style.

So Liu Tai really doesn't appreciate the calligraphy of this era. At most, this guy's calligraphy is indeed better than his own.

What really made Liu Tai notice Xi Jian and feel that Xi Jian was a talented person was that Liu Tai found out that Xi Jian would carefully check the incoming and outgoing supplies every time, and he would have to personally tally each account, but he felt relieved. After coming down, almost every day, Liu Tai's civil servants who accompanied the army were the last to go to bed.

Liu Tai was in awe as he watched him get up earlier than a chicken, go to bed later than a cat, and calculate financial data conscientiously every day.

Regardless of whether he did it for her to see, at least he saw his efforts and the dark circles under his eyes, especially his thinning body. How could Liu Tai not notice this?

Therefore, Liu Tai took the initiative to find Xi Jian and said, "Mr. Xi, I heard that you have been staying up late recently!"

"Maybe it's because I was lonely and poor when I was young, so I pay more attention to money. Nowadays, a lot of materials come in and out. If I don't calculate it clearly, I will still feel a little worried!" Xi Jian said to Liu Tai.

"Sir, you are so diligent, you should be a role model for our generation!" Liu Tai looked at Xi Jian's willingness to be a cow and a horse, and couldn't help but feel in his heart that if he didn't keep such a person, how would he achieve greater glory in the future.

However, he did not say any nonsense, but said to Xi Jian:

"Sir, I see that all materials come in and out, and what comes in must come out, and what goes in must come out. If the relationship between the coming in and out of borrowing is clarified, it will be clear when the accounts are recalculated, and there is no need to calculate from scratch like this. .”

Liu Tai briefly explained the basic principles of accounting and property to Xi Jian, and gave Xi Jian his own ideas.

Xi Jian also saluted Liu Tai when he heard what Liu Tai said, and then started to do what Liu Tai said.

In about a week, Xi Jian actually came up with the prototype of double-entry accounting. He even asked Liu Tai for two literate clerks, one responsible for managing income and one responsible for managing expenses. With a pair of accounts, the daily accounts will be clear at a glance.

Liu Tai saw that with Xi Jian here, materials were coming in and out, and the accounts were clear. Especially Xi Jian's mathematical skills seemed to be good. This confirmed that Xi Jian was a talent, and treated Xi Jian better. .

Because Xi Jian came up with the prototype of double-entry accounting, his work efficiency greatly increased, which actually made Xi Jian free.

After being free, Xi Jian found that he could run anytime if he wanted to, but now he hesitated.

Liu Tai seems to be a true descendant of the Liu family, and he truly values ​​the people within his jurisdiction.

This is completely different from those coquettish bitches from the Sima family who don't care about the lives and deaths of the people!

For Xi Jian, who comes from a poor family and has experienced the hardships of the bottom class, it seems that it is not so difficult to accept that he really came into contact with Liu Tai and now works with Liu Tai.

(End of this chapter)