August 7th.
When high officials came to Chang'an, Zhang Xiu specially ordered Liu Ye, the right minister of Shangcheng Pavilion, to lead civil and military officials to greet him ten miles away from Chang'an city. The high standard of this reception surprised even senior officials.
He was even afraid that he was going to kill him.
He was just the governor of Bingzhou who had surrendered. According to his status, he would not have been welcomed by the Prime Minister of Jingguo in person!
With a certain degree of panic in his heart, he cautiously entered the Jing Palace under the leadership of Liu Ye.
In order to show his affinity, Zhang Xiu did not wear royal clothes, but wore easy-going clothes, and met with senior officials in the study pavilion.
Liu Ye led the senior officials into the study pavilion, where Zhang Xiu sat drinking tea.
Seeing Zhang Xiu's majestic back from a distance gives people an invisible pressure, as if the surrounding air contains the supreme kingly aura, looking down upon the world.
This is the aura.
With such an aura, senior officials would know it was Prince Jing without having to guess.
Sure enough, he watched Liu Ye respectfully walk up to this person, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Gao Gan, the governor of Bingzhou, Gao Yuancai is here."
Walking to the front, Gao Gan looked at Zhang Xiu in surprise. He thought to himself: "The world-famous Prince Jing, Zhang Xiu, is so young?"
Zhang Xiu looked up at Gao Gan.
Gao Gan immediately bowed his head and knelt down in panic: "General Gao Gan, please pay homage to the King!"
Zhang Xiu's tone was calm: "Yuan Cai doesn't need to be polite, Ping Shen!" Then he asked with a concerned smile, "It's been a long journey, and the road was bumpy. I let you enter the palace without giving you time to rest. Don't you have any resentment?"
Gao Gan quickly said: "I don't dare! I also want to meet the king as soon as possible."
Zhang Xiu asked Gao Gan to sit down. Gao Gan made half of his buttocks with fear and deliberation. He felt uneasy and stared at the steaming tea cup on the table.
Seeing that he was uneasy, Zhang Xiu said: "Before I came to join King Gu, I must have heard about King Gu's attitude towards the surrendered generals. Bingzhou is of great importance to Jingguo, and there must be no room for any mistakes. You are serving in Bingzhou I have been the governor for several years, and you know the situation there best, so I decided to let you continue to serve as the governor of Bingzhou and serve Dajing for life. I wonder if Yuancai is willing?"
Gao Gan stared at Zhang Xiu in disbelief. Due to excessive surprise, his mouth was half-opened inadvertently and could not be closed for a long time, and his heart trembled in his sleeves.
Zhang Xiu took a sip of tea and asked with a smile: "How come! Yuan Cai doesn't want to?"
Gao Gan woke up with a start and hurriedly knelt down and said: "I am a surrendered general of the Jin Kingdom. I am suspected of betraying the Lord of Jin. How dare I take on this important task again? Please take back the king's order. I am willing to start from a small official again."
In fact, Zhang Xiu thought carefully about the decision to reuse senior cadres.
The most important point is the powerful gentry in Bingzhou. The powerful nobles in Yizhou have been beaten to pieces. They have no ability to resist and can only make small moves behind their backs. Bingzhou was different. It had not experienced a battle, and the strength of the gentry still existed. If Jingguo officials were sent directly, it would be difficult to implement the policy of nationalizing the land. The only choice was to find locals or Bingzhou officials.
Gao Gan has been in Bingzhou for many years, and he has great intelligence and outstanding civil and military skills. He is a rare political talent. If used properly, Bingzhou can improve its economy in a short period of time.
Zhang Xiu asked him to stand up and sit down.
"You don't need to refuse. You must be aware of Jingguo's attitude towards the gentry. Letting you serve as the governor of Bingzhou is also a hot potato." As he said this, Zhang Xiu stared at the senior officials with electric eyes, "I didn't know you Gao Yuancai Do you have the guts to take on this errand that offends all the nobles in Bingzhou!"
Gao Gan straightened his back and looked at Zhang Xiu solemnly.
Zhang Xiu said: "I know that you, a senior official, are also from the gentry. I am not saying that the gentry does not have good people, but the gentry occupy the land and do great harm to the people. I will not tolerate the cancer of the gentry in Dajing's world. I will let Gu let Gu Every family of our people has land to grow, and every household has a surplus of food. For the sake of the world, for the sake of all people, and for the sake of the foundation of great peace for eternity, do you, a high-ranking official, dare to go?"
Zhang Xiu's impassioned tone instantly aroused the emotions of senior officials.
For the sake of the world, for the sake of all the people, for the sake of the great peace of the world, the high-ranking official immediately got up, and knelt down on the ground with excitement: "I wish that my liver and brain would be wiped out, for my great peace, and for the sake of all the people of the world, even if my body is broken to pieces, No matter what!"
"good!"
Zhang Xiu applauded and poured a cup of tea, "I'll take tea instead of wine. I wish Yuancai success in Bingzhou!"
Gao Gan was so excited that he took the tea with respectful hands and drank it in one gulp.
"It's been a bumpy journey for you. Thank you for your hard work. Your accommodation has been arranged. You go down and rest first. Your Prime Minister Liu Ye will take care of you tonight at Hualin Garden." Zhang Xiu said.
"I resign!"
Gao Gan withdrew respectfully.
After Gao Qian left, Zhang Xiu sighed slowly. It is a helpless move to reuse high-ranking officials. It is not that Jingguo has no one available, but that there is a deeper reason for this.
Letting him govern Bingzhou will definitely offend all the nobles in Bingzhou. At that time, the nobles in Bingzhou will definitely hate Gao Gan to the bone, but the hatred of the nobles in Bingzhou will only be concentrated on Gao Gan, not Zhang Xiu, not Jingguo .
When the policy of merging states is successfully implemented, another official can be replaced to govern with a soft attitude. This is equivalent to letting a high-ranking cadre play the red face and then bring in another official to play the bad side. At that time, the hatred of the Bingzhou gentry was on Quan Gaogan, but he could easily accept the flattery.
Of course, Zhang Xiu would not chill the heroes of Jingguo.
If under the governance of senior cadres, national policies are successfully implemented in Bingzhou, it is enough to show that the talents of senior cadres are outstanding, and such talents cannot but be reused.
With random thoughts in mind, Su Jin came over.
He leaned over and said softly: "Your Majesty, Lord Zhongcheng wants to see you!"
Zhang Xiu nodded.
Not long after, Li Ru was introduced by Su Jin. After saluting, he said: "Your Majesty, there is news from the Shadow Guards that Cao Wei's army has gone to Youzhou. Lebat wrote a letter asking whether to intercept. Xu Shu has fully taken over Bingzhou and the eight fortresses of Taihang. Daodu has arranged for each camp leader to defend himself."
Zhang Xiu said: "Don't attack! The soldiers have been lucky enough to fight. The purpose of acquiring Bingzhou by peaceful means is to cultivate the soldiers and ask them to defend the passes well. King Wu Gu has ordered that troops are not allowed to send troops without permission. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed." !”
"Here!"
Li Ru bowed.
Zhang Xiu picked up a cup of tea and looked sideways at Li Ru standing there with his head lowered and not leaving, his face a little unnatural, and his eyes looking at the ground a little vacant, so he asked, "Wen You, is there anything else?"
Li Ru took a deep breath obviously, and said thoughtfully: "Reporting to the king, I was assassinated by Cao Wei's hidden guard in Nanyang before, and I learned that there is a larger hidden guard hidden inside."
Zhang Xiu was suddenly startled and stared at Li Ru with piercing eyes: "Has it been found out?"
Li Ru nodded: "Yes."
"Who is it?" Zhang Xiu asked.
Li Ru fell to his knees and said anxiously, "I dare not say anything."
Zhang Xiu's head buzzed for a moment. It seemed that the person hiding behind was so high-ranking and powerful that even Li Ru didn't dare to speak out. Zhang Xiu stood up suddenly, looked at Li Ruhan and shouted, "Say! Gu Sheng, you are not guilty."
