"You Chu, since you have surrendered to Shu Han, let me ask you, what official position do you want to hold?" Jiang Tuo said with a smile.
You Chu, who was forced into prostitution, felt resentful and silent at the moment.
Jiang Tuo didn't mind and asked, "It's okay. Just say it boldly. You can be whatever official you want!"
You Chu thought for a moment and said, "If I tell you, I'm afraid the adults will beat me."
"Don't worry, I will definitely meet your request!"
With a wave of his hand, Jiang Tuo gave full play to his advantage of not being suspicious of people when he was employed.
"Then I want to be the governor of Liangzhou." You Chu raised his head and said confidently.
Jiang Tuo was stunned for a moment, then said angrily: "You have become the governor, what should I do? I still want to be the governor, why don't I give you the position of prime minister?"
"That's not impossible!"
"What a beautiful idea!" Jiang Tuo snorted and asked again: "Let me ask you, now the people in Longxi are poor and powerful and powerful are everywhere. I want to suppress the powerful and powerful, improve the treatment of the people, and also want to trade with the Western Regions, what can you do? "
You Chu immediately said: "Appease the people, revise the laws, and send caravans to the Western Regions."
Jiang Tuo stared, waited for a while, and asked, "No more?"
"Gone."
"Can't we talk about something practical and something that can achieve immediate results? It would be best to eliminate the wealthy families in Longxi within a year, restore the people's production, and get in touch with the Western Regions..."
You Chu spread his hands and said simply: "No."
"Do you not want to say it, or do you really not know how to do it?"
"Whatever your lord thinks is what it is." You Chu said, pretending to be a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water, "I am not a minister of the Shu Han, so why should I make suggestions for the Shu Han?"
Jiang Tuo was furious. He was about to scold You Chu, but suddenly his mind changed and he ordered: "Lu Qing, go catch two common people on the street and bring them here immediately!"
"What are you arresting people for?" You Chu asked in shock.
"Oh, I don't want to do anything. I just want you to appreciate how to behead someone."
"How can this be so?! What mistakes did the people make?"
"Oh, you can't cut them without making a mistake?"
Hearing this, You Chu was furious and cursed: "It is absolutely impossible to do what the adults say within one year!"
"Then one year and one month?"
You Chu: "..."
He finally figured it out. The guy in front of him had a violent personality, was moody, and was very interested in success... I really don't know what Zhuge Liang did to make him the governor of Liangzhou.
This is even more outrageous than Liu Chan becoming emperor!
If he and Liu Chan stand together, they will really be like a nest of snakes and rats!
You Chu thought: "What we have to do now is to stabilize the wealthy families in Longxi County... Even if you want to restrict them, you have to show your kindness first. After all, they can't get things done unless the strong dragon suppresses the local snakes, but they still have the ability to do bad things. of."
"That's right." Jiang Tuo nodded and asked, "Then you are very familiar with them?"
"I can't say I'm familiar with him, I just know him."
"Oh, then you can find the patriarchs of these families and I will discuss some matters with them."
"What to discuss?"
"Didn't you say you want to please them? I'm the best at doing this kind of thing."
"yes."
After You Chu left, Jiang Tuo squinted his eyes slightly and thought about things.
In fact, the power of the powerful families in the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu was constantly expanding. However, in the Shu Han Dynasty, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang relied on his personal prestige to strongly combine the noble families of Yizhou and Jingzhou.
In Wei State, when Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, in order to gain the support of aristocratic families, he implemented the "nine-grade Zhongzheng" official selection system. That is to say, the scholars were asked to rate the scholars into nine grades according to their moral character and talents, and the court appointed them to official positions according to their grades.
Since the implementation of this system, the moral character of Wei's scholars has skyrocketed, and all of them have received perfect marks.
In this way, the power of the aristocratic family developed into a behemoth.
Of course, Jiang Tuo did not intend to rely on You Chu. After all, he was a reduced general and was still forced to do so.
There was only one reason why he recruited You Chu to surrender, and that was because You Chu had a high prestige here and people believed in him. If he surrenders to Shu Han, the resistance of the common people and wealthy families to Shu Han will be reduced a lot.
If you want to handle things in Liangzhou well, you still have to rely on your own strength.
Thinking of this, Jiang Tuo told Lu Qing: "Lü Qing, let someone send a message to the generals who are leaving the pass, instructing the bandits and bandits who are following us to come here, but their identities must not be exposed."
Lu Qing was stunned and asked, "Sir, why is this so?"
Jiang Tuo explained: "Thieves are rampant in Longxi County. I want to find out the truth and let those people do these things. It is most suitable."
Geng Bin said dissatisfied: "Sir, why don't you let me go?"
"Of course you will be of great use!" Jiang Tuo laughed and said, "I want to give you weapons and food, let you lead the bandits we have conquered, and then let you go into the mountains and become a mountain king. How about that?"
Geng Bin was stunned and asked, "What are you doing, sir?"
"Nothing. I only have one request for you, which is to become the biggest bandit in Longxi County as soon as possible. Can you do it?"
Geng Bin said proudly: "It's not a piece of cake to accomplish this. When I was in Qishan, I had the largest territory with a radius of fifty miles. Which leader wouldn't give me a thumbs up when he mentioned me?!"
"Okay, if you can do it!"
Jiang Tuo made simple arrangements and held a banquet in the backyard of the government office, preparing to welcome the wealthy families of Longxi.
There are only three wealthy families in Longxi County, namely the Bai family, Wang family, and Yang family. These three families monopolize 60% of the land in Longxi County, as well as tea, medicine, and fur industries.
When they learned that the new governor was going to entertain them, their hearts suddenly trembled.
Everyone knows that the war in Liangzhou has just ended and the Shu army has won a great victory. Now it is time to settle the rear. What is most needed to settle the rear? Of course it’s silver and food!
Whoever comes from the money and food must naturally let them contribute part of it.
Before going to the banquet, these three wealthy families quickly contacted each other and met in secret to discuss what to say and what to do when they saw the new governor.
A united front to avoid being passive.
"You said that the governor wants to entertain us, why?"
The royal family leader was a cautious man. He looked at the three people in front of him and asked in a low voice.
"Hey, aren't you squatting in the latrine and asking about the smell, knowingly asking? You don't want to make friends with us, and want our gold, silver, food and grass." Chief Bai simply rolled his eyes and said angrily.
"Well, then what do you think, should we give it or not?"
"Why should we give it? This is our hard-earned family property. I have a large family and three to four hundred servants. Don't they all have to spend money on eating, drinking and eating every day?"
Patriarch Yang was very angry and said: "We are also an ordinary family, it's just that the house is a bit bigger."
"No? Do you want to die?" The royal family leader shook his head and said: "He is also the newly appointed governor after all. If he insults his face like this, what should we do if he gets angry and is not good for us? Let me tell you, people are under the eaves. , I have to bow my head!”
"What are you afraid of? We are a wealthy family! If we advance and retreat together, bite the bullet! What can he do to us? You know, Longxi County will not be able to operate without us!"
Listening to the quarrel between the two, Patriarch Bai said with finality: "Okay, why should we fight to the death with the governor? Let me tell you, let's just give you some food and grass as a token to save face!"
"If the governor doesn't know what's good and what's good, then the three of us will form an alliance, and one will fight against the outside world. No matter how powerful he is, he can't do anything to us!"
The three people discussed for a while, finally reached an agreement, and then went to the banquet with confidence.
They arrived at the backyard of the government office and sat at the seats arranged. Not long after, they saw Jiang Tuo.
They looked at Jiang Tuo in surprise. They didn't expect the new governor to be so young. He looked less than twenty years old... Can such an inexperienced young man really be a good governor?
"Haha, you're welcome, sit down and sit down!"
Jiang Tuo was very enthusiastic and invited the three of them to sit at the dinner table. He said with a smile: "I have heard a long time ago that in Longxi County, your three families are wealthy families with considerable wealth. The people in Longxi County The shop industry is basically owned by the three of you..."
Hearing this, Chief Bai hurriedly said: "Sir, although we have family capital, we still have to support so many people. There are also shops on the street, which are mainly to provide services to the people and not make money..."
Jiang Tuo waved his hands and said without any scruples: "Why are you nervous? Ahem... I have a friend who just came to Longxi County. He is very bored on weekdays and wants to go to a brothel to experience it. I just don't know which one is better. OK, do you have any recommendations..."
"Ah?" The three of them raised their heads and looked at Jiang Tuo in surprise.
