Hee Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 122 Lu Zhi's Son, Prefect Chen Ji

In the middle of the night, in the bright inner hall of the county prefect's mansion, Li Ru brought three men to Yuan Xi, two of them were wearing hats and red official uniforms, exuding a trace of official Wei, as for the other one, he was wearing a white scholar's uniform. The clothes were a little worn out, but his eyes were bright and full of spirit.

"My lord, these are the three talents recommended by Liang," Li Ruhui reported.

"Okay." Yuan Xi nodded with a smile, and put down the bamboo slips in his hand.

"Shi Wangshu, Chief of the Prefect, pay homage to the young master"

"Chen Ji, Prime Minister of Liangxiang County, pay homage to the young master"

"Lu Yu from county to county, pay homage to the young master"

After the three saluted, Li Ru pointed to Lu Yu and said, "My lord, your family is the late Lu Zhi, the youngest son of Lu Zhonglang."

"What?" Yuan Xi, who didn't care about it at first, suddenly stood up in surprise, how could Lu Zhi's youngest son be here.

"My lord, Lu Zhonglang is both civil and military, emulating Confucian classics, pacifying the barbarian turmoil in the two countries, and quelling the Yellow Turban Uprising. During the discussion, no one dared to speak out at that time, only Lu Zhonglang stood up against it alone. Dong Zhuo was furious and ordered Lu Zhi to be executed. Luckily, Cai Yong and others interceded for him and pardoned the death penalty, but he was still removed from office and sent back to the farm. Since then, he has not cared about the affairs of the world, and died of illness seven years ago, leaving behind a family of orphans and widows. The Zi family is a young man who is eager to learn, values ​​love and righteousness, and supports the entire Lu family with his own strength. His moral character, his benevolence and filial piety, Let Liang admire him, so Liang brought him here." Li Ru felt a little ashamed in his eyes, and when he mentioned Dong Zhuo, his face became even more strange. Others may not know about this matter, but he was involved, and he was the conspirator. They even sent people to chase and kill Lu Yu later, in an attempt to wipe out the roots. This time, they brought Lu Yu here because the other party was indeed talented, and the second was to make up for what he had done to that loyal minister.

"Mr. Liang, I'm sorry." Lu Yu said modestly. He had been staying in Zhujun since he was a child, and his father passed away when he was young, so he had never met Li Ru, otherwise he would have drawn his sword immediately.

A golden light flashed in Yuan Xi's eyes, and the real longan opened instantly.

"Lu Yu, loyalty value 45, intelligence value 79, force value 61"

Judging from the data, it is actually well-equipped with civil and military skills. This military should have the ability to lead troops. It is no loss that he is a descendant of Lu Zhi, another generation of Confucian generals!

Yuan Xi walked slowly in front of Lu Yu, looked at the shabby clothes, and said with some doubts in his eyes: "Zi family, I remember that Gongsun Zan is Lu Zhonglang's disciple! How can you live so hard?"

Although Yuan Xi didn't know Lu Zhi's specific achievements, he seemed to remember that both Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan were Lu Zhi's disciples. As the governor of Youzhou, why didn't Gongsun Zan take care of Lu Zhi's descendants?

Lu Yu smiled wryly, "This is my father's will. He said that although Gongsun Zan is brave and resolute, he is too easy to kill, short-sighted, and intolerant. He is by no means an opponent of Yuan Gong. Don't participate, Gongsun Zan was very angry because of this, although he didn't make things difficult, but he didn't give him a good face, but now it seems that his father's vision is correct."

Yuan Xi nodded, and said gently, "Zijia, you have suffered."

"My lord is serious," Lu Yu said hastily.

"Don't call me son, Lu Zhonglang has always been admired by Xi, and his father has praised him many times. Even his grandfather and Lu Zhonglang are good friends. From now on, you will call me second brother," Yuan Xi said directly. .

"This!" Lu Yu was startled. Although he was moved, how could the current Lu family be compared with the Yuan family? It was not at the same level at all.

"Zijia, don't be cautious, you know your talent very well, not to mention that you and the son's family are old friends, hurry up!" Li Ru said with a smile, if Lu Zhi hadn't been too loyal to the big man back then, he wouldn't have Will let Dong Zhuo do that.

After Lu Yu calmed down, he looked at Yuan Xi and said, "Second brother"

"Haha, good." Yuan Xi laughed happily. Chen Ji and Wang Shu next to him looked a little gloomy. Yuan Xi attached so much importance to Lu Yu, it seemed that they had no hope for the position of prefect.

"Zijia, this eunuch, you don't want to participate," Yuan Xi said suddenly.

"Ah!" Lu Yu was startled, but the other two were indeed excited.

"Second brother, I..." Lu Yu was a little anxious.

"Listen to me, it's a waste of your talent to be a mere prefect. You should follow me to Su County, and in the Governor's Mansion, to lead the ten counties of Youzhou," Yuan Xi smiled.

Lu Yu was taken aback for a moment, then knelt down on the ground moved, "Mr. Xie"

"Get up, didn't you say it? Call your second brother." After Yuan Xi helped Lu Yu up with a smile, he said softly, "Zijia, I will start it tomorrow. Time is a little tight. Go back and prepare."

"promise!"

"Liu Quan," Yuan Xi called out.

"Young Master" Liu Quan ran in.

"Go and get one hundred gold to Zi's family and let him take it back," Yuan Xi ordered.

"Second brother, this is impossible!" Lu Yu said anxiously.

"The family is not stable, how can we make a decision with peace of mind, you don't need to say too much, I will treat you as the second brother as a greeting gift" Yuan Xi said seriously.

Tears welled up in Lu Yu's eyes. Since Lu Zhi's death, their Lu family has completely declined, and no one has ever treated him so well.

"Second brother Xie" Lu Yu thanked him deeply, and his loyalty value was almost 76 in an instant.

Yuan Xi smiled in satisfaction. After Liu Quan took Lu Yu away, he looked at Wang Shu and Chen Ji again. The intelligence and loyalty of these two people were above [-], and there was no winner. .

"You are all selected by your husband from the officials at all levels in the county. I just want to ask you a question. How do you plan to govern the county? Wang Shu, you are a long history, No. 1 under the prefect, you tell me first"

"Yes, son." Wang Shu stood up calmly and said, "Zhujun is adjacent to Jizhou, and separated from foreigners by Shanggu County and Dai County. There are few foreigners, and the lives of the people are quite stable. In the battle between the lord and Gongsun Zan, we should adopt a policy of recuperating with the people, encouraging farming, encouraging business, and reducing taxes at the same time, streamlining the county's institutions, reducing financial expenditures, and saving capital for the future use of the prince."

Yuan Xi nodded and said with a smile, "Okay, not bad."

A flash of excitement flashed in Wang Shu's eyes, and he retreated slowly. Yuan Xi looked at Liangxiang County Chancellor Chen Ji again, and said gently, "Chen County Chancellor, tell me."

After Chen Ji stood up, he gave a salute first, and then said seriously: "Master Chang Shi is right, but Ji thinks that besides these, there are two more important points."

Yuan Xi's eyes flashed brightly, and he said, "Which two points?"

"First, going from county to county really needs to cultivate with the people, but the lower officials think that they need to hoard food, grass, and weapons in Liangxiang to prevent changes."

"Why?" Yuan Xi didn't have any expression on his face, but Li Ru did show a faint smile on the side.

"Because the Xiaguan's Liangxiang County happened to be close to Shanggu County, the people who came from there seemed to only care about Xian Yufu Taishou and Tian Yu Changshi in their hearts." Chen Ji stopped short, without saying much.

A look of surprise flashed across Yuan Xi's face, this Chen Ji actually still had such eyesight, and continued: "Then what about the second point?"

"Secondly, the lower officials think that Youzhou belongs to the young master, and it is necessary to spread this point, so that the common people will appreciate the young master's virtue and completely agree with the young master," Chen Ji said softly.

Yuan Xi finally laughed out, looked at Chen Ji and said, "You are good, very good, hahaha"

Li Ru also nodded in satisfaction. Even though Wang Shu's face was gloomy, a trace of admiration flashed in his eyes, because Chen Ji's words not only pointed out the place to guard against for Yuan Xi, but also put his own position in the right place. Very low, and attributed all the credit to Yuan Xi.

Who doesn't love such a talented courtier who knows how to advance and retreat!

(End of this chapter)