The Lujiang Rebellion was quickly pacified. Jiang Qin led 3,000 troops into the city. A few days later, Lu Peng entered the county city under Zhou Tai's protection.
What surprised him was that the streets were crowded with people who came to welcome him. He looked at the county government officials beside him and said,"It couldn't be arranged by you, right?"
"Of course not." One of them hurriedly said,"Manor Lord's reputation in this county is extremely high. The people naturally have great expectations for you.”
In fact, Lu Kang himself was a capable official, and his ability to govern was not bad. He was also very good to the people. However, they could not compare to Lu Peng. Moreover, the productivity in this era was too low. Coupled with the years of disasters, the lives of the people were naturally not much better.
Lu Peng had such outstanding achievements in Yangquan City, so the people would naturally support him. If it wasn't for the fact that Yangquan City couldn't accommodate all of them, everyone in Lujiang would have wanted to run over.
Lu Peng kept nodding his head in greeting to the cheers of the commoners. It took him a long time to reach the prefecture.
When he sat down in the hall, all the officials of Lujiang came to pay their respects to the new prefect. Jiang Qin brought Li Shu and the others up. Last night, Li Shu wanted to escape from the city in a panic, but he was intercepted by Zhou Yi and his men. He confessed all the people who were plotting, except Zheng Xu.
After Lu Peng's interrogation, he didn't say much and waved his hand to order Jiang Qin to drag them all out and execute them.
In ancient times, it was normal for one person to rebel and implicate the entire family. Being soft-hearted would only attract more ambitious people.
After the punishment, it was time to reward them. Zhou Yi and his son went forward to pay their respects. Lu Peng encouraged Zhou Yi before looking at Zhou Yu.
"Zhou Yu (Gong Jin)
Wu: 72.
92.
Intelligence: 93.
83.
Charm: 91."
Hmm…Lu Peng's eyes lit up as he watched. Zhou Yu was indeed an underage boy, but his five measurements were already so high. In a few more years, he would definitely grow even higher.
Sun Ce and Zhou Yu had both made their mark at a young age. Sun Ce seemed to be only 25 years old when he died, and Zhou Yu was only in his thirties. The two brothers were the classic examples of how the heavens envied geniuses.
He smiled and said,"I've often heard people say that 'Qu You is wrong, Zhou Lang is Gu.' Seeing you today, you are indeed a talented young man." Gongjin, are you willing to work for me?”
Zhou Yu was stunned and hesitated for a moment. He ignored his father's meaningful glances and cupped his hands."Official, Zhou Yu is still young and has not completed his studies. I'm afraid he is unable to take on such a heavy responsibility.”
Lu Peng nodded. Zhou Yu and Sun Ce were like brothers. It seemed that he could not subdue them for the time being. However, there was no need to be anxious. Sun Ce still had five years before he could start his army.
In addition, although Lu Peng admired these strategists and generals and wanted to subdue them as much as possible, he would not put on a posture of being too attentive.
Since ancient times, although talents were rare, a platform for people to display their abilities was even rarer. Lu Peng would naturally let the intelligent people understand what was worthy of their service. If he wanted them to take the initiative to join him, there was no need for him to lower himself too much.
He didn't say much and gave Zhou Yu a few words of encouragement. He gave the Zhou family a large sum of food and money as a reward and recruited Zhou Yu's cousin, Zhou Ling, as the chief secretary.
After sending the group away, the civil servant replaced them with a thick stack of official documents. Lu Kangbei had been in the north for several months, and then he was seriously injured. There was already a large number of matters in the county.
Lu Peng took a few glances and muttered,""Pass these administrative matters to Yangquan Hongxue Hall and let them try to deal with it.”
Liu Ye and Lu Su had been in Hongxue Hall for more than ten days. He wanted to see the effect.
After the civil servant left with the document, Lu Peng looked at the terrified officials in the county and first comforted them. Then, he directly made Jiang Yan the county magistrate, Jiang Qin the commandant, and Xie Qi responsible for the security of the entire Lujiang County.
It was normal for Zheng Xu, Li Shu, and the others to rebel against him. Everyone knew that he would definitely promote his own people. Now was the perfect time to directly take over.
He changed the county to Yangquan, which was within everyone's expectations. In fact, the development of Yangquan City had far surpassed that of Zhishu County in Lujiang Prefecture. The only disadvantage was that it was too remote and too close to Runan.
Within a short period of time, Lu Peng had taken complete control of Lujiang County's military and political power. Although he spoke calmly and kindly, none of the officials in the hall dared to shout. Although he had only been a county magistrate for the past two years, he had been in charge of more than 100,000 people and had long formed the temperament of a superior.
"Prefect Lord, although Zheng Xu has been killed, his younger brother Zheng Bao has gathered a crowd in Chaohu to cause trouble. If we don't do anything, it will definitely cause chaos for the people.”One of them cupped his hands.
Lu Peng nodded. He was not familiar with the name Zheng Xu, but Zheng Bao from Chaohu Lake vaguely remembered it. Before Lu Su voted for Sun Quan, he even wanted to vote for this guy. It could be seen that in history, this person was no longer as simple as a bandit. He had probably developed into a small force that ruled a region.
It's a pity that you met me this time. There won't be a future.
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