Chapter 22 The Attitude of the Aristocratic Family

Chapter 22 The Attitude of the Aristocratic Family

Ma Di took office as the governor of Longxi, officially announcing that the good days of the Longxi clan were over.

On the second day after taking office, Ma Di sent people to the neighbors to read the law and the punishment measures he had set.

Instead of posting notices like the previous county guards, Ma Su sent people to read them directly to the neighbors. In this era, people in Guizhou could not read at all, so they could only post notices for the scholars to read.

Therefore, people must be sent directly to read it, and the publicity intensity is relatively high to ensure that even a deaf person can understand the Han law.

At the same time, dozens of five-color sticks were placed at the gate of the county government office, and Ma Di would personally supervise the execution. Whether he is a leader of Guizhou or a scholar, Ma Su will treat him equally.

This posture is very similar to Cao Cao's demeanor in Luoyang.

When the people in the past saw this scene, they talked a lot. The ordinary Guizhou leaders were happy but also doubtful. Most of the scholars were either unconvinced or full of disdain, and did not believe that Ma Di dared to bring trouble to the family.

The heads of several aristocratic families had different expressions, and they didn't know what they were thinking.

"Zimu, who is this new governor? What is his position in the court?"

Seeing Ma Su's behavior, the head of the Didao Wu family looked solemn and pointed in the direction of the county government office and asked.

Sitting in front of him was He Zuo, the county prime minister and the head of the He family in Longxi. Facing this old friend, it's hard for him not to know what the other person is thinking. But He Zuo smiled bitterly, shook his head and said.

"I don't know much about him. I only know that he was once a member of the Han army and was sent to persuade You Chu to surrender. As a result, he personally killed You Chu within a day of his surrender."

"But even so, he is still safe and sound, and he has also been appointed as the governor of Longxi. I don't need to say anything about his background."

"That's it..." The head of the Wu family sighed in disappointment and gave up the idea of ​​writing to him.

The most troublesome thing is that the leader who is parachuted in is a well-connected person. Not only does he have a great background, he also has a bad relationship with you, and there is nothing he can do to bully you to death.

"Then what should we do? How about we..." The head of the Han family next to him, who was born in the military, made a gesture of wiping his neck, with a hint of cruelty in his eyes.

"Don't be so murderous. There is nothing that can't be solved by sitting down and talking."

The head of the Wu family glanced at him, shook his head and said seriously.

"We are scholars and gentlemen! We are not gangsters, do you understand? We must have etiquette. What can't be solved by sitting down and talking? Do we have to see blood?"

The head of the Wu family is named Wu Yong. Although his name is not pleasant, he is very capable. In recent years, he has become the leader of the Longxi gentry clan because of his ability.

When Wu Yong opened his mouth, several representatives of the aristocratic families kept their mouths shut, waiting for him to make a decision.

"Send someone to bring generous gifts to the county government office to meet the prefect Ma. Just don't ask for anything to be delivered to the prefect. If the prefect asks, just say that this is a gift from the Longxi family to reflect on its own mistakes."

"By the way, I'm sending an invitation to the prefect, asking him to come to our place for a meal. After all, they are our parents, and our local talents have to talk to this gentleman."

"Finally, give the county guard one or two locations of the bandits' lair outside the city, so that he can feel the sincerity of our family. As long as he is willing to sit down and talk, the door of our family will be open at any time."

Wu Yong saw clearly that the legal court must implement it, otherwise the Han army would have recovered Longxi in vain. But how much should be implemented and how much should be observed can be discussed.

For example, if you kill someone to pay for your life, everyone respects the etiquette and laws, and the family will abide by it. However, the martial law prohibits going out, and it is prohibited to use force to annex land and money in the capital of Guizhou. Just sit down and talk.

You pretend not to see it. If we pay more money and food to the court every year, won't the matter be over?

It would be better if the county governor were more greedy for money and the two sides cooperated to play a 30/70 split.

The main thing is to have policies in one hand and countermeasures underneath.

The heads of several aristocratic families also had no objections to the actions of the Wu family, and were willing to spend money to eliminate disasters.

Soon the nobles gathered a large sum of gold and silver and sent envoys to the county government to deliver gifts.

At this time, Ma Su was handling the first batch of government affairs at the county government office.

As soon as he dealt with government affairs, Ma Su suddenly felt a surge of pressure. The bamboo slips recorded by the crime reporting officer alone were half a meter high, and it didn't look like they were all murder cases.

"Go to nmd You Chu, I really shouldn't have let you eat so well before I killed you." Ma Su gave instructions under great pressure while scolding You Chu in his heart for his inaction.

As long as you do some personnel work while in office, I won't be so tired.

"My lord, the county guard, I have gathered about 6,000 soldiers from Longxi County, but 3,000 of them are newly recruited militiamen. Moreover, the armor and weapons are all old and in poor condition, making them difficult to use." Yao Hu came back after gathering the soldiers from the county, with a look on his face It also became very ugly.

"As for the workshop where weapons are made, there are less than twenty craftsmen. They are basically novices who do not have the ability to make weapons on a large scale."

Yao Hu was used to the life of the Shu army, which had no shortage of weapons and arrows. Now Yao Hu felt uncomfortable seeing such stretched logistics.

The few arrows in the government's inventory are not even enough to fight a battle. How can we do this?

"I did some inventory and found that except for the abundant food and fodder, the rest of the war preparations were not adequate."

"I know, I will find a way to deal with these." Ma Su sighed, waved his hand and said to Yao Hu.

"As for the reserved military rations, just keep enough to eat until the autumn grain harvest. The rest should be returned to the people according to the records, otherwise how many people in Longxi will starve to death when the autumn grain comes."

"And the county soldiers will also investigate carefully. If they were forcibly recruited, they should be sent home. We can't afford to feed so many mouths now."

"Yes." Yao Hu nodded.

"Chief, there's something wrong with this household registration." At this time, the county magistrate sent by Zhuge Liang to Ma Su came in and said with an ugly expression.

He held a roll of bamboo slips in his hand, which recorded household registration information in Longxi.

"Based on rough estimates, the number of residents registered in Longxi is conservatively estimated to be in the tens of thousands, and it is difficult to count the specific number of people."

Records in the Han Dynasty were basically recorded on bamboo slips, and important information such as household registration was carefully preserved.

But the bamboo slips in the hands of Jun Cheng were not like this at all. They were tattered and looked like they were eaten by insects. The handwriting on it is blurry and cannot be scrutinized at all.

There were even a few bamboo slips that were roughly torn apart, and most of the contents were missing, except for the words "troublesome" written on them.

Ma Su certainly knows how important household registration records are. He didn't expect these nobles to be so arrogant and blatantly poaching the court.

Well... Theoretically, they are poaching Cao Wei's corner, not Shu Han's corner.

"Okay, okay, okay, very good." The chill in Ma Su's eyes became more and more obvious.

However, at this moment, soldiers from outside suddenly came in to report.

"Sir, the Wu family has sent an envoy with a lot of gifts and property to ask for an audience. It is said that there is also an invitation to a banquet. I hope to invite you to the banquet."

"Have you lost your composure so quickly?" Ma Di knew the purpose of this noble clan's visit, and it was just to demonstrate to him. To put it simply, it's a treat, behead him, accept him as a dog, and make yourself cooperate with him.

However, do you really think that everyone is afraid of death?