The military situation was urgent. After Zhuge Liang made military arrangements, he hurried to Sanguan without staying in Shanggui for a long time.
Liangzhou is very large, with a total of four counties and 46 counties under its jurisdiction. The geographical scope includes the entire Hexi Corridor and some areas in today's Gansu, Ningxia, and Qinghai.
It can be said that Jiang Tuo has now become the most powerful governor of the Shu Han Dynasty, controlling the four counties of Hexi, from Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan, and Dunhuang. This two thousand-mile strategic passage is in Jiang Tuo's hands.
Therefore, Liangzhou must be stable and Liangzhou must develop.
"Meet Governor Jiang."
Ma Dai saluted Jiang Tuo, feeling unspeakably uncomfortable in his heart. The boy in front of him just relied on delivering food and grass to the Shu army, and finally won the praise of the prime minister and got the position of prefect.
Bah, being rich is a big deal, isn’t it? !
nausea!
Jiang Tuo looked at Ma Dai with interest. This was Ma Chao's disciple. In his early years, he fought with Ma Chao against Cao Cao and counterattacked Longshang, but after the defeat, he took refuge with Zhang Lu in Hanzhong.
Because Zhang Lu was jealous of his talents, he later defected to Shu Han and was highly used by Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang. Before his death, Zhuge Liang privately ordered Ma Dai to kill Wei Yan.
"General Ma, I've heard of you for a long time!"
Jiang Tuo took Ma Dai's hand enthusiastically and said with a smile: "I have heard about General Ma's deeds a long time ago. He is really a man! Haha, after all, we are from the same clan!"
Ma Dai’s head is full of black lines, who is from the same clan as you?
"I am from Yongzhou, and General Ma is from Liangzhou. Yongliang has not been separated since ancient times, so we are fellow villagers. As the saying goes, we are in Yongliang together, so we were one family five hundred years ago. What is it if we are not from the same clan?"
Ma Dai was confused. If calculated this way, all people in the world would be from the same clan.
There is no need to fight Liu Chan and Cao Rui, everyone can simply recognize their ancestors and return to their clan.
"Chief Jiang, how do you plan to conquer Liangzhou?"
"Aren't we separated? Since we are partners, there is no need to be so polite. I have thought about it. From now on, we will talk about our own affairs. I will call you brother, and you will call me governor, okay?"
Ma Dai: "..."
Jiang Tuo rubbed his chin and said, "I plan to go to Longxi County first to find out the situation in Liangzhou. What do you think?"
Ma Dai frowned and reminded: "Prefect Jiang, the original governor of Longxi County was named You Chu. This man was a die-hard who refused to surrender and led the people of Longxi to resist our Shu army, causing a lot of casualties."
"Originally, after we captured Longxi County, we wanted to kill this man to offer sacrifices to heaven. But the Prime Minister thought he was a wise man, so he was thrown into prison without any treatment. The people in Longxi were very angry. If you expose your identity, I'm afraid It will cause riots.”
Jiang Tuo nodded.
In fact, the ethnic composition of the counties in Liangzhou is complex. In the past few decades, they have changed hands several times. For the people, no matter who captured Liangzhou, it has little to do with them.
Therefore, when Zhuge Liang first entered Longxi, the three counties of Tianshui and Anding surrendered without much resistance.
But this Longxi County is very difficult to handle.
Because this You Chu served as the prefect of Longxi County, he was generous and charitable, and did not like to use criminal law and killing, so he was quite popular among the people.
When Tianshui and Anding surrendered to the Shu army, he summoned the people and said sincerely to the people, "All counties in Liangzhou have gone to join the Shu army. If you want to go too, I won't stop you." But I am the governor of Longxi County, and I will die defending Longxi. If you want to take my head and surrender to the Shu army, I will have no objection.
After hearing these words, the officials and the people cried bitterly and were willing to share life and death with him without any second thoughts!
Later, the officials and people of Longxi County closed the city to guard.
If we follow the trajectory of history, this You Chu leader led the officials and people to hold on for a month until the Wei army arrived, and then defeated the Shu army. He also received a commendation from the Wei court.
Unfortunately, the trajectory of history has changed, and he is now a prisoner.
"It doesn't matter, I will go with only a few soldiers."
"Isn't this... I'm afraid this is inappropriate?" Ma Dai frowned and said, "Sir, if you go to Longxi, who will handle the political affairs? There are more than three hundred memorials in total, involving food and pay, training of soldiers, appeasement of the people, etc. All matters need to be decided by adults!"
Jiang Tuo was stunned for a moment, then looked at the pile of memorials on the table and stared.
"Can't you just wait until I get back and deal with it?"
Ma Dai shook his head seriously: "Sir, you have just taken over the affairs of Liangzhou. Now you don't understand the situation. You have to do everything yourself. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, how should you explain it to the prime minister?"
"That's quite true."
"Besides, you used to be a county magistrate and have also dealt with political affairs. You must be very comfortable with these things and won't be able to trouble you at all."
"Of course!"
Jiang Tuo shook his head, then opened the memorials on the table and began to deal with the affairs seriously. After dealing with it for most of the day, Jiang Tuo raised his head and looked at the pile of memorials, feeling worried.
Why is it more difficult to deal with this thing than math in the previous life?
Forget it, I have been promoted at least, so I should do more.
In the next few days, Jiang Tuo gave full play to the advantages of diligence. Through his unremitting efforts and perseverance, finally, the memorial changed from two hundred copies to... four hundred copies.
There are really memorials from all over the place... falling like snowflakes, and there is no way to finish them!
Jiang Tuo pursed his lips, and the fists in his sleeves made a crunching sound. Nowadays, all matters in Liangzhou are not on track, so Jiang Tuo needs to make decisions on many things. Even the appointment of the corps commander was left to Jiang Tuo's decision.
In just a few days, Jiang Tuo had deep dark circles under his eyes, just like the time management master in his previous life. It's a pity that I don't have the ability of a master of time management, so I don't miss any time doing business day or night.
