Zhang Ju Zheng had finally arrived. He had been summoned together with Luo Cheng. Luo Cheng had been here for a day and a night, while Zhang Ju Zheng had just arrived outside the city.
"It seems that when summoning civil officials, they are slower and not as fast as generals. Perhaps civil officials think too much.”Zhang Xuan thought in his heart, but he pretended to be thinking.
Pausing for a moment, Zhang Xuan clapped his hands and said with a smile," I remember now. There is indeed a clansman in my clan called Zhang Juzheng. He went out to travel the world many years ago. I can't remember for a moment.”
Zhang Xuan immediately said to everyone,"I'll first enter my divine soul into my body. Everyone, come with me to see this clan brother in a moment."”
With that, Zhang Xuan's divine soul flashed and turned into an afterimage that returned to his body.
When Liu Bowen heard Zhang Juzheng's name, his eyes lit up and he muttered,"Zhang Juzheng, I don't know if it's him."”
Liu Bowen had heard of this name in the past, but he only knew the person and never saw his face.
In a moment, Zhang Xuan arrived. The soldier who had come to deliver the message was still on standby. After thinking about it, Zhang Xuan asked him to bring Zhang Ju Zheng in instead of personally welcoming him like Liu Bowen and Xue Rengui.
Zhang Xuan wasn't sure what kind of person Zhang Juzheng was in this life, but in his previous life, Zhang Juzheng had the power to bully his master. If Zhang Xuan wanted to use Zhang Juzheng, he naturally had to suppress him.
Not long after, a blue-robed scholar followed behind the messenger soldier and entered the hall leisurely. His bearing was extraordinary.
Zhang Xuan took a few steps forward and said,"I greet my brother."”
Zhang Juzheng hurriedly returned the greeting." Chief, etiquette cannot be abandoned. I am here to join the Road of Peace, not to visit my relatives. Chief, you can call me Juzheng or Taiyue."”
Zhang Xuan was stunned. He thought to himself that this person was really born to be an official. He immediately helped him up and sat down. Zhang Xuan said," When I was still studying in Julu, I heard that my brother had made great achievements in his studies and went to travel the world. Why did you come back to Julu?”
Zhang Juzheng sat up straight and replied seriously," At that time, there were many people who were ostracized by the clan members. Thanks to the help of the great and virtuous teacher, I heard about the uprising of the Road of Peace in Qingzhou not long ago, so I quickly rode back to Julu. Although I am not talented, I have been studying for many years and have seen many things. I am quite good at government affairs, so I recommended myself.”
Zhang Xuan nodded. He had already made plans and was waiting for Zhang Ju Zheng to arrive. He immediately ordered the soldiers in the hall to leave, leaving only Liu Bowen, Xue Rengui, Luo Cheng, and Zhang Ju Zheng.
" We've basically conquered the entire Julu Prefecture, but no one is managing it. According to my calculations, the imperial court's military forces will be ready soon, so the stability of Julu Prefecture is very important. However, the Path of Peace lacks scholars to manage the fifteen counties of this prefecture. Now that my elder brother has come, he can fill the gap in our aspect. I've heard my father talk about the talent of Taiyue, so I've decided to appoint my elder brother as the Julu Token to manage the political affairs of the fifteen counties of Julu.”
At this time, the business was just starting, and there was no need to worry about many things. The Lord could appoint and dismiss officials with a word, and there would be no such thing as merit and hard work. When the system was complete, there would be more to consider.
Liu Bowen was the military advisor, so he naturally wouldn't take up the post of governor. Yue Fei, Xue Rengui, and Luo Cheng were all generals. In the future, when the imperial court's army attacked, they would still need to lead troops to resist, so they wouldn't dismount and manage the people.
Everyone had no objections. The great cause had just been established, and everyone knew that there were no scholars from the aristocratic families who had joined the Road of Peace. Therefore, there was no need to be too rigid when someone came to join. However, Zhang Xuan only had one county now, and he could not be appointed as the prefect of Julu County. That would be too much power.
Seeing this, Zhang Xuan immediately shouted," Zhang Juzheng, I have appointed you as the Commander of Julu. You are in charge of the fifteen counties of Julu. Tell me, how do you want to govern?"”
Zhang Juzheng stood up and bowed. He was obviously confident. Without thinking, he said," When I was traveling the world, I saw aristocratic families annexing land and colluding with petty officials to pay less grain tax. Therefore, I have some ideas. Now, I will try them out for my lord.”
" Ever since the Han Dynasty was established, the aristocratic families have been extremely powerful and developed to the point where the court can no longer control them. As a result, the annexation of land has become more and more intense. The court has no choice but to trust the eunuchs and regard them as enemies of the aristocratic families. However, eunuchs also have families, but they don't have the bearing of the aristocratic families. They don't even try to hide it. Once they take power, they become even more greedy. Now that the Han family is coming to an end, it is the best time to attack the aristocratic families. Therefore, we must first attack the aristocratic families and rely on our military strength to suppress them.”
Zhang Xuan nodded, indicating for him to continue.
Zhang Juzheng took a sip of water and said," The second is to crack down on petty officials. We can't appoint the children of wealthy families as petty officials. We must strictly set the standards for the promotion and punishment of officials. We must test their achievements and conduct so that the officials won't dare to do evil to the people.”
" The third is for the people. First, we must build irrigation works. In the past few years, the world has been suffering from continuous droughts, and it has been many years before it has declined. Therefore, the people's livelihood is extremely important. In addition, we must encourage rural schools so that the poor people can also enter schools and get rid of the situation where no one can be used except for the scholars of the aristocratic families.”
There was no need to mention attacking the aristocratic families, but the assessment official Zhang Xuan had not had the time to think about it. Firstly, it was too early for him to think about this. The most important thing now was to stabilize Julu and train the soldiers. Building irrigation works and education were also long-term plans, but they were not urgent.
Zhang Xuan thought for a moment and said," Julu is now my main camp. There are three most important things to do. One is to recruit soldiers, the second is to provide military supplies, and the third is to prevent the aristocratic families from defecting to the enemy. As long as we grasp these three points, we can slowly plan for the rest.”
Zhang Juzheng nodded and promised,"Don't worry, my lord. I'll do my best to ensure the supply of rations, armaments, conscription, and the return of the aristocratic families."”
Zhang Xuan encouraged Zhang Juzheng once more, and then he got people to hold a banquet to celebrate and welcome Zhang Juzheng.
In the next few days, with Zhang Juzheng, the political expert, Liu Bowen and Xue Rengui were much more relaxed. Zhang Juzheng was able to do everything in order, whether it was conscription or rations, and Zhang Xuan didn't have to worry about it at all.
Therefore, Zhang Xuan had been busy cultivating his divine soul these few days. Not only did he strengthen his divine soul, but he also cultivated divine soul techniques, such as Liu Bowen's Dragon Slaying Secret Art and Tian Feng's Haoran Ruler.
If the soul did not have the combination of spells, it would be like a martial artist who had earth-shattering brute force but could not train his blood essence and condense his will.
Zhang Xuan chose a spiritual spell called the Yellow Heaven Seal from the Yellow Heaven Peace Scripture.
After these few days of cultivation, he could already condense the mudra technique, which could be considered to have improved at a rapid speed.
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