Ma Yu was actually very worried inside.
He was from Yicheng County, in the south of Xiangyang County, and he got the news from Xiangyang even later. At first, Ma Yu scorned the idea of donating land in exchange for an official position under Lu Xuan.
Lu Xuan is a wise master, how could he sell his official position?
However, the news that kept coming from Xiangyang made Ma Yu know that Lu Xuan was really selling his official position.
Cai Mao and Kuai Yue donated their family lands and both went to serve in Shu County.
Of course, Ma Yu also believed that this incident was Lu Xuan's way of weakening the Jingzhou clan. It's just that all the families are willing to cut off the family's flesh in exchange for Lu Xuan's arrangements.
Ma Yu, like others, came even though he knew that donating land would harm the family's interests.
Ma Yu wants to gain a future for himself.
At the same time, Ma Liang is the most stable and smart among all his sons. He has extraordinary vision at a young age, so Ma Yu brought Ma Liang with him.
Ma Yu was very nervous when he saw that Lu Xuan didn't express his position.
However, Lu Xuan did not express his position, and Ma Yu did not dare to speak anymore. If Lu Xuan is angered, a county family like the Ma family will be like ants in front of Lu Xuan.
Lu Xuan withdrew his eyes from Ma Liang and said slowly: "I understand the sincerity of the Ma family. Has the Ma family always been at home, or has he been an official and finally resigned to stay at home?"
Ma Yu bowed and said: "I have little ability, and I was once the county magistrate of Deng County, Nanyang County. Because I couldn't stand the misbehavior of the county magistrate, I simply resigned and returned home to study behind closed doors."
Lu Xuan nodded.
Ma Yu's two sons are the most famous. One is Ma Liang, who has the talent to manage the country; the other is Ma Di, who caused Zhuge Liang misery.
There are not many records of the remaining sons.
But this family is all talented.
Lu Xuan's mind changed, and he suddenly had a plan, and said directly: "Ma Yu, you once served as county magistrate, so now, I will give you a chance to display your talents. You go to Xinye County, Nanyang County to serve as Xinye County Magistrate. You My son, Ma Liang, is only ten years old, and he is at the right age to study at the Five Classics Hall."
"I humble my duty and obey my orders."
Ma Yu bowed respectfully.
He was excited inside.
Coming to Xiangyang this time was indeed the wisest choice. He directly became the magistrate of Xinye County. The key is that my son has also made arrangements to study at the Five Classics Hall.
Ma Yu knew that the Five Classics Museum specially recruited scholars from poor families, and many people from powerful families despised the Five Classics Museum. However, Ma Yu knew that the scholars in the Five Classics Hall would be Lu Xuan's confidants in the future.
In addition, there are also famous scholars such as Zheng Xuan and Guan Ning in the Five Classics Hall. With these people present, it is absolutely correct for Ma Liang to go to the Five Classics Hall to study. As long as Ma Liang studies hard, he will definitely have opportunities to stand out in the future.
Seeing Ma Yu's excitement, Lu Xuan smiled in his heart.
Now it is his only choice to arrange for people from powerful families to serve. Because now we have to select talents, we can only choose from big families. The Five Classics Museum has not yet cultivated talents.
Lu Xuan arranged for Ma Yu. He didn't have much expectations for Ma Yu, but he looked forward to Ma Liang in front of him even more. This time Ma Liang went to the Five Classics Hall, and with the teachings of famous scholars such as Pang Degong, Sima Hui, and Zheng Xuan, the future would definitely be different.
Lu Xuan waved his hands and said: "Since we don't have any objections, let's go make arrangements."
"Here!"
Ma Yu saluted Lu Xuan and left happily with Ma Liang.
Ma Yu and Ma Liang left the military camp together, and Ma Liang said: "Father, my son was stared at by Lu Qiaoqi in the camp earlier. Is there anything my son has done badly?"
Ma Yu replied: "I guess it is Lu Xiuqi who thinks you are talented, otherwise he would not let you go to the Five Classics Hall. Silang, you were directly named by Lu Xiuqi. The prosperity of our Ma family depends on you." I heard that the Five Classics Museum was established by Lu Xiuqi himself. If you stand out, you will definitely have the opportunity to rise rapidly in the future."
Ma Liang said: "A son should remember his father's teachings."
The father and son left directly.
After the two left, Yan Xiang entered the camp, came to the Chinese army tent and saw Lu Xuan, bowed and said: "Lord."
Lu Xuan looked at Yan Xiang, who had a rosy complexion and was quite high-spirited, and asked with a smile: "How do you feel about taking charge of Xiangyang?"
Yan Xiang said respectfully: "Being in a humble position means you are busy. There are too many things to deal with every day. Especially during this period, it is the time of autumn harvest, so it is even busier."
Lu Xuan nodded and said: "It's okay to be busy, and it would be strange not to be busy. However, you should also pay attention to rest when you are busy. Jingzhou currently controls Nanyang County and Nanjun, Jiangxia County, Changsha County and other places. It needs to slowly To subdue. So when you do things, you have to pay attention to your body."
Yan Xiang was moved and said: "I humble my duty and obey my orders."
Lu Xuan asked: "What do you want to do today?"
Yan Xiang took out a letter from his sleeve, handed it to Lu Xuan, and said: "My lord, I have made an inventory of the land you have accepted during this period. There are twenty-eight families who donated the land."
"The total land received is 194,000 acres. These lands are mainly distributed in Nanjun and Nanyang counties, and some land is distributed in Changsha, Jiangxia, Wuling counties and other places."
"The Cai family donated the most fertile land, with 20,000 acres, followed by the Kuai family with 18,000 acres, and then the powerful families in other places."
"The Lord has taken over these lands, but only arranged some insignificant official positions. This is a great good thing."
Yan Xiang said: "We are close to 200,000 acres of land, and we can do many, many things. The key is to weaken the power of the major families, which is a good thing. Jingzhou has always been home to many powerful families, and the lord has collected a large number of them. After acquiring land, the pressure of menial jobs has become much less stressful.”
Lu Xuan smiled and said: "Just now, the Ma family in Yicheng County donated another 6,000 acres of land, which just made up 200,000 acres of land. Part of all the land is used for military camps to ensure the stability of food. The other part is slowly distributed To the people.”
Yan Xiang said respectfully: "I understand my humble position."
He changed the subject and said directly: "My lord, I still have something to report regarding my humble position, and it is about Huang Zu, the governor of Jiangxia County."
Lu Xuan asked: "What do you think?"
Yan Xiang replied: "Here at Huang Zu, I remember that my lord mentioned that we had an alliance with Huang Zu. It's just that now, my lord has captured Jingzhou. The situation is complete and there is no need for an alliance."
"My Lord, at this time, he should be recruiting Huang Zu to surrender, and there should be a chance."
"In order to ensure success, Huang Zu can continue to serve as the governor of Jiangxia. However, Huang Zu's son Huang She will be transferred from Jiangxia County to serve under the lord. You can give the humble position another year, and the humble position will win over the officials of Jiangxia County. .”
"When the time comes, my lord will promote Huang Zu again and transfer him out of Jiangxia County to serve."
"In this way, the security of Jiangxia County, an important town in Jingzhou, will be completely solved. Or, when the time comes, Huang Zu will be transferred to Wuling County and other places, or he will come to Nan County to serve."
Yan Xiang was quite confident and said: "First stabilize him and ensure the safety of Jingzhou. In order to ensure nothing goes wrong, I humbly suggest that the lord personally recruit and surrender to appease Huang Zu."
Lu Xuan smiled and said, "I will make arrangements when I return to Shu County."
Yan Xiang saluted and thanked him again, got up and left.
Lu Xuan had nothing to do in Xiangyang, so he called Zhou Yu and Tai Shici. He looked at the two of them and said in a deep voice: "The overall situation of Jingzhou has been finalized. The next step is to arrange and adjust the details of Jingzhou. I plan to hand it over to Yan Xiang and Taishi Ci and prepare to return."
Zhou Yu reported: "My lord is going back to Shu County, and Beizhi is also going back to Yuzhou. However, Beizhi is in Xiangyang City. He has taken a fancy to some talents and wants to bring them there. For example, Liu Ba, Yi Ji and Liu Xian from Jingzhou, these three people I want to take him away, but I have contacted them and they are willing to follow me to Yuzhou."
Lu Xuan smiled and said: "No wonder Gong Jin didn't withdraw his troops back to Yuzhou during this period of time. It turned out to be for the sake of talents."
Liu Ba, Yi Ji, and Liu Xian are all talents from Jingzhou. There is absolutely no problem for these people to serve as governors of a county.
Zhou Yu brought him there to govern Yuzhou.
Zhou Yu chuckled and said: "The humble Yuzhou has nothing and relies on itself to recruit talents. If I were not afraid of Yan Xiang's anger, I would also like to take away Han Song, Fu Xun, Li Yan and others. These are all talents from Jingzhou. If Liu Biao can’t be used, these people must be reused by Yan Xiang, and I can’t take away all of them.”
Lu Xuandao: "You just have to figure it out."
Taishi Ci took the words and said seriously: "Lord, there is only one condition for Beizhi, let Wenpin stay. With Wenpin, Beizhi plus Zhang Yun, Cai Zhong, Cai He and others, although they are not particularly outstanding people. , it’s still usable.”
Lu Xuan nodded again in agreement.
He negotiated well with Zhou Yu and Tai Shici, and set off with his people.
Lu Xuan left Xiangyang City, while Zhou Yu took Gao Shun and his troops north to Yuzhou, while Taishi Ci stayed in Jingzhou. Lu Xuan returned with Zhang Liao, Huang Zhong, Chen Dao and others, but Huang Zhong wanted to go back to Xuzhou.
When Lu Xuan left, he had already arranged for someone to send a message to Jiangxia County to make an appointment with Huang Zu. When Lu Xuan took the Han River south to Jiangxia County, he asked Huang Zu to meet on the river.
