Youzhou, Ji County.
In the Prefecture Overseer's Mansion.
In a quaint hall, an elderly man was waving a brush on the table in front of him.
There was a stick of incense burning on the table in the room, and it was gradually burning out.
After a while, the old man wrote a stroke on the paper.
Then, he put down the brush and heaved a sigh of relief.
Looking at the calligraphy that he had just finished writing, a smile appeared on his face.
Ta! Ta!
At this moment, footsteps could be heard from the corridor outside the house.
"Thump! Thump!"
"Come in!"
The old man shouted. Then, a middle-aged man in an official robe walked in.
"Milord, Zhuo County has sent a document.”
"Oh? Let me see."
"Yes, sir!"
The middle-aged man handed the document to the old man.
After the old man took it and looked at it carefully, he couldn't help but laugh.
"Good! Good! Good!"
He said 'good' three times in a row, which showed how happy he was at the moment.
"Milord, what happened? Why are you so happy?"
The middle-aged man could not help but ask in confusion.
"Take a look for yourself, Wei You." The old man handed the document over. Wei You took it and read it carefully.
A moment later, he said in surprise,"This is good news, my lord! Great victory!"
"Haha, that's right. I also didn't expect that Su Yan would actually give me such a big surprise.”
Liu Yu laughed.
"Milord, are you very familiar with the county magistrate of Zhuo County, Su Yan?”
Wei You couldn't help but ask.
"Of course I am. I was the one who made the decision for him to be the county magistrate of Zhuo County!”"Besides, he's the eldest son of Su Ping." Liu Yu added after a pause.”
"Ah?"
Wei You was shocked.
"Sir, he is Su Ping's eldest son. Doesn't that mean…"
"No worries." "I know what you're worried about. I've already thought of this." Liu Yu waved her hand.”
He waved his hand and dismissed the attendants in the room. Then, he said,"Su Ping used to be the governor of Youzhou Province. He controlled the entire Youzhou Province.”
"It's just that he didn't expect that His Majesty would suddenly implement the Prefecture Overseer system and send us members of the imperial clan to other places, snatching his position in an instant.”
"Therefore, he has always been dissatisfied with me and always wants to ostracize me.”
"Then why did you appoint his son to such an important position?" Wei You asked in confusion.”
"Because Su Yan can be used by me!”
" I sent someone to spy on him," Liu Yu said." Su Yan is Su Ping's eldest son, but his mother died early. He is not favored. He is always bullied by his stepmother, Madam Xu, and his cousin, Su Ze.”
"That Su Ping couldn't stand the Xu family's pillow talk. He gradually distanced himself from Su Yan, which caused him to be ostracized in the family.”
"So in his heart, he must hate his father and stepmother very much.”
Wei You said.
"That's right!"
Liu Yu said," Su Yan was not favored, so he naturally wanted to leave the clan. Coincidentally, I met him by chance once and saw that he was a benevolent person. Moreover, his personality was firm and unyielding, so I wanted to use him.”
"Su Ping was planning to send him out, so I sent him to Zhuo County.”
At this point, Liu Yu's words gradually became a little excited.
"Originally, I was just casually testing this Su Yan. I didn't expect him to be so courageous. First, he punished the corrupt officials, then he won over the hearts of the people, then he eliminated the bandits and took control of Zhuo County.”
"Now that he's defeated the Wuhuan cavalry, he's saved me a lot of trouble.”
"I didn't expect that my unintentional action that day would have such an effect. It really surprised me.”
At this moment, Liu Yu's tone gradually softened.
"Now that Su Yan has proven his ability, we can rely on him to restrain Su Ping!”
"Sir, what do you plan to do?"
Wei You asked.
Liu Yu thought for a moment and then said," Su Yan is very capable. His talent is not something that can be restrained by a county. I plan to let him be the prefect of Zhuo County!"”
"What?!"
Wei You was shocked." Sir, Su Yan is so young. He has been a county magistrate for less than a year and he has already been promoted. Furthermore, he is the prefect of a county. Isn't this too fast?”
He knew about the situation in Zhuo County.
Zhuo Prefecture used to be the hinterland of Youzhou Province. The economic and political center of Youzhou Province was there.
Later, with the previous emperor, Youzhou's administrative office was moved to Ji County, and Zhuo County slowly declined.
However, Zhuo County had always been an important hinterland of Youzhou.
The position of Zhuo County Mayor was not something that other county mayors could compare to.
Gongsun Zan's father-in-law was the former governor of Zhuo County, but he was killed because of Zhang Chun's rebellion.
The reason why Gongsun Zan fought so fiercely against them was not only because he hated outsiders, but also because he wanted to avenge his father-in-law.
Previously, when his father-in-law was still around, as his backer, he could do whatever he wanted in Zhuo County.
However, with the death of his father-in-law, all of this disappeared.
Therefore, Gongsun Zan hated the rebellion of Zhang Chun and the others very much.
Cutting off his future was equivalent to killing his biological parents.
Therefore, Gongsun Zan did not give up after defeating the rebel army at Shimen. Instead, he continued to attack, vowing to destroy them all.
But no matter what, Gongsun Zan had made a great contribution.
After he defeated all the rebel soldiers and drove them away, the imperial court would probably reward him.
Logically speaking, he might take over his father-in-law and become the new Zhuo County Mayor.
After all, some of his previous forces and acquaintances were also in Zhuo County, so it was more convenient to arrange it this way.
However, now that Liu Yu was planning to let Su Yan be the Mayor of Zhuo County, wasn't this the same as offending Gongsun Zan?
Now that Gongsun Zan was in the limelight, was it really appropriate for Liu Yu to do this?
Liu Yu shook his head." I don't think it's fast at all. Now that there are rebellions everywhere in the world, it's really chaotic. We can't use the methods of the heyday. We should promote talents at the right time and use heavy punishment!”
"Only by doing this can we stop the signs of chaos as soon as possible. Then, we can recuperate, appease the people, and slowly restore the Great Han Dynasty!”
There was a hint of hope in his tone.
That was the hope that the Han Dynasty had yet to exhaust.
Wei You cupped his hands and asked,"Then, do you really intend to offend Gongsun Zan because of this?"”
"Humph!"
" Hmph!" Liu Yu harrumphed coldly." Although Gongsun Zan is brave and has defeated the Hu many times, he is lax in his management of the army. He often allows his subordinates to plunder the people.”
"In order to boost morale, he even agreed that after the soldiers captured the city, they could plunder wantonly for a day. Do you think this is the awareness a general should have?”
The more Liu Yu spoke, the angrier she became. Her eyes were filled with monstrous anger.
"For the sake of battle achievements, he disregarded the lives of the people and even killed the innocent. Such a person is not worthy of being a general of our Great Han Dynasty.”
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