Liu Zhang and others, led by Su Gu, arrived at the governor's mansion. The reception room was already full of people.
Seeing Su Gu leading a young man in, everyone immediately understood and stood up to salute.
"Presumably this is our number one general, General Liu Zhang, General Liu, right?"
The number one general of the Han Dynasty?
Liu Zhang couldn't help being slightly startled when he heard this title, and quickly looked towards the sound. He is a middle-aged scholar dressed as a man.
"How dare Liu Zhang deserve this title! Please, sir, please don't say that."
"Hahaha, the general is so humble!"
The middle-aged scribe laughed a few times, not feeling that his description of Liu Zhang was exaggerated at all.
Su Gu quickly introduced young scholars to Liu Zhang.
"General Hou, this is the head of the Pan family of Hanzhong County, Panzhou."
Liu Zhang nodded with some understanding and slightly cupped his hands in greeting.
"It turns out to be Mr. Pan, so polite."
Panzhou naturally did not dare to neglect and returned the favor.
"It's a great honor to have the honor of meeting the General Hou!"
Seeing that Liu Zhang didn't say anything else, Su Gu quickly asked Pan Zhou to find a seat and sit down.
"General Hou, these people on the left are the magistrates of nine counties in Hanzhong. They came specially to greet General Hou."
Liu Zhang looked in the direction Su Gu pointed and saw that all the county magistrates had stood up and were all paying homage to Liu Zhang.
"Meet the general."
"You don't have to be polite. I will rely on you a lot in the future."
The nine county magistrates didn't quite understand what Liu Zhang meant, and they all showed doubts.
"Everyone, please take your seats first! I will explain to everyone later."
Su Gu asked the county magistrates to sit down first and planned to make an announcement after they were all seated. Then he led Liu Zhang to the left hand side.
"General Hou, this is the county magistrate Yan Shan. Yan Shan is originally from Brazil. Because of his friendship with me, he moved his family to Hanzhong."
Your surname is Yan? Liu Zhang's eyes lit up, and two words flashed through his mind unconsciously, Yan Pu!
"Meet the general."
Yan Shan has a Chinese character face, which gives the impression of being very upright.
Liu Zhang woke up from his distraction when he heard Yan Shan's visit.
"Yan Juncheng is so polite."
Yan Shan said nothing more and took a step back with a smile.
"General Hou, this is Yang Lin, the county captain, and the Yang family is also a noble family in Hanzhong."
Su Gu pointed to the person next to him and specifically mentioned Yang Lin's background.
Yang Lin, Yang family!
Liu Zhang nodded slightly. It seemed that the three brothers Yang Song, Yang Bai, and Yang Ren came from this Yang family.
"Lieutenant Yang, you are polite."
"Meet the general!"
Contrary to Liu Zhang's expectation, Yang Lin looked upright and showed no treachery at all.
After probably all the introductions to the people from Hanzhong County, Su Gu invited Liu Zhang to sit on the main seat. Liu Zhang declined, but he couldn't resist Su Gu, so he sat down happily.
Then Su Gu raised his hand to everyone. Everyone knew that Su Gu must have something to say, and the room instantly became quiet.
"It just so happens that all the officials of Hanzhong County are here. Su announced the decree issued by His Majesty. From now on, the post of Hanzhong Prefect will be concurrently served by the Hou General Liu Zhang, who will also be in charge of all military and political affairs of Hanzhong County! The Hou General was granted the power of false festival ax by His Majesty. , I also hope that all my colleagues will cooperate wholeheartedly, General!"
Su Gu had been the governor of Hanzhong for many years, so he naturally had some feelings for his subordinates. In order to prevent them from going astray, he specifically explained Liu Zhang's imperial power!
The nine county magistrates also suddenly realized, no wonder Liu Zhang said that before.
Liu Zhang also stood up. When a new official takes office, he naturally has to say a few words to his subordinates.
"Colleagues, I believe you have all heard about what happened in Liangzhou. Liu Zhang came here mainly to curb the arrogance of the Liangzhou rebels! In recent years, conquests have continued in various places, and the imperial court's treasury is empty and unable to carry out further conquests! Therefore, Your Majesty That’s why I was sent to Hanzhong!”
"From now on, all supplies in the nine counties of Hanzhong County need to be coordinated by the county governor's office. No one is allowed to own private property, let alone think about corruption. Once I find out, don't blame me for the ruthlessness of the ax in my hand!"
Liu Zhang picked up the ax given by Liu Hong and kept shaking it in his hand!
The officials from the nine counties had different expressions on their faces. Some turned a blind eye, some were on pins and needles, and some were even sweating profusely!
The power of the ax in Liu Zhang's hand is too great! Not to mention these small county magistrates, even the governor of Yizhou, Que Jian, has to weigh it!
"I will obey the command of the prefect!"
All nine county magistrates stood up and expressed their stance to Liu Zhang.
"Okay! As long as you can cooperate wholeheartedly, Liu Zhang will never embarrass you!"
The county magistrates temporarily calmed down and sat down, but Pan Zhou on the right was sweating profusely.
Panzhou regretted it to death now. If he had known that Liu Zhang was coming to succeed Hanzhong Prefect, he would not have been so arrogant.
Liu Zhang sat in the main seat, followed by Su Gu. Logically speaking, Yan Shan and Yang Lin should be next in line. Unexpectedly, Pan Zhou grabbed this seat.
Liu Zhang had discovered this a long time ago. From the moment he entered the room, Pan Zhou was the first to talk to him. When he took his seat later, Liu Zhang knew that Pan Zhou was definitely not a simple person.
Sure enough, when Panzhou knew that he was coming to take over as the governor of Hanzhong, he began to feel very unnatural. When he showed his power, Panzhou was even more frightened!
"Mr. Pan, are you hot?"
Pan Zhou kept wiping off the sweat, and his sleeves were probably soaked from wiping off the sweat!
Liu Zhang looked at Pan Zhou with a smile. He had already made up his mind. It seemed that the first sword swing in Hanzhong would fall on the Pan family!
"Ah! Yes! Yes! It's a little hot down there."
Pan Zhou was startled by the sudden sound, and sweat covered his face.
"hehe..."
Liu Zhang ignored Pan Zhou and looked at Su Gu below him.
"Prefect Su, today is the reception banquet. Liu Zhang shouldn't talk about official matters! But the situation is urgent now, so I can only ask Prefect Su for advice!"
Su Gu nodded, feeling a little relieved. Liu Zhang's seriousness will surely benefit Hanzhong.
"General, please tell me, as long as Su knows about it, he will never lie to me!"
"Okay, I just heard from Prefect Su at the city gate that Hanzhong County now has a population of nearly 300,000?"
Su Gu nodded and gave Liu Zhang a definite answer.
"Yes, since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, refugees from Bajun and Shujun have often poured into Hanzhong. Previously, Bian Zhang and others invaded Sanfu, and many Guanzhong refugees also came to flee. I have issued an order to accept and have properly resettled these refugees. "
Liu Zhang's eyes lit up, he accepted the refugees and then resettled them. It seems that Su Gu is indeed a good prefect.
"I heard that the governor of Yizhou, Ji Jian, amassed money wantonly, causing public resentment. I wonder if Prefect Su knows about this?"
"this..."
Su Gu was slightly startled, not expecting Liu Zhang to ask such a question.
