The Three Kingdoms

"Your Majesty has any doubts, I know everything, and I can't stop talking!"

Cui Zhou's face was solemn, and he bowed his hands respectfully.

"Come and see, the people below are all my people. Although they think they are far away from the war, they are obviously living a tight life, with thin clothes and pale faces!"

Sun Quan patted him on the shoulder and pointed at the people passing by in the streets and alleys under the city wall: "I want them to live a better life, do you have a solution?"

This question is very vague, has a wide range, and involves a lot of layers, but it can test the ability of an official.

Hearing this, Cui Zhouping was taken aback for a moment, and after thinking for a long time, he answered cautiously: "Your Majesty, I cannot answer this question!"

"Can't answer? You don't dare to answer, or do you answer if you don't understand?"

Sun Quan narrowed his eyes slightly and asked back.

"I don't dare!" Cui Zhou said flatly: "The people are as important as Mount Tai, and the humble minister is weak, so he dare not shoulder such a heavy responsibility!"

"Ha ha!"

Sun Quan smiled and didn't say anything. He was not very satisfied with the answer, so his feelings towards Cui Zhouping became a little complicated. He was a little relieved and a little disappointed.

"Xun Zhan, what do you think?"

Sun Quan turned his head and looked at the other deputy governor.

Vice Governor Xun Zhan was a bit cautious in front of Sun Quan, the young but majestic Emperor of Soochow Wu. He gritted his teeth, thought for a long time, and finally shook his head: "Your Majesty, I can't even answer this question!"

"Uncle, tell me!" Sun Quan continued to look at Zhu Zhi.

"Your Majesty, the questions about the people can only be answered by the king, and the questions about the people can only be answered by your Majesty, and none of us can answer them!" Zhu Zhi said solemnly.

"Uncle, how come you have learned how to flatter!" Sun Quan chuckled.

"My minister speaks the truth!" Zhu Zhi looked serious.

"I never manage the people, but you. You are the ones who manage the people. The people of Jizhou are under your direct management. You are the parents and officials of Jizhou. Whether you want the lives of the people in Jizhou to be better or worse, I don't care. It all depends on how you do it!"

Sun Quan waved his hand, full of demeanor.

"Your Majesty is wise!" All the ministers bowed their hands flatteringly and said.

"Xun Zhan, Cui Zhouping!"

"Yes!" The two each took a step forward.

Sun Quan's eyes were sharp, and Xun Zhan and Cui Zhou said in a low voice: "I have always been a person who only sees the results. After all, Zhu Zhi is the second assistant of the cabinet and will not waste too much time in Jizhou. He will be transferred back to the cabinet at the end of the year. The position of Governor of Jizhou Hui Xuankong, Cui Zhouping, Xun Zhan, I will give you half a year, I don’t care what method you use, I want the people here to improve their lives, whoever does the best will be the governor of Jizhou!"

"Yes!"

When Cui Zhouping and Xun Zhan heard the words, their eyes suddenly brightened, and they almost didn't issue a military order on the spot.

Zhu Zhi was originally the second assistant of the cabinet, the tycoon of the court, and he was a bit of a loser to be the governor of Jizhou. He came to Jizhou to use his status as the second assistant of the cabinet to stabilize the situation in Jizhou, and he would return to the cabinet sooner or later.

So both of them have been jealous of the position of governor of Jizhou for a long time.

A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier, and for the same reason, a deputy governor who doesn't want to be a governor is definitely not a good deputy governor.

This is different from ambition, which is self-motivated.

"Gu Yong, come and watch this matter yourself!" Sun Quan said.

"Yes!"

Gu Yong, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, was originally good at personnel issues. He also considered the issue of the governor of Jizhou for a long time, but there was no result. Sun Quan's rhetoric, he naturally followed suit.

A group of people continued to walk along the city wall, looking at the scene inside and outside the city.

"His Majesty!"

At this moment, Lei Ding, the commander-in-chief of the imperial guards, suddenly strode up, and sacrificed himself in Sun Quan's ear, "I just sent a secret letter in brocade clothes, it's Wuzhang!"

"Wuzhangyuan?"

Sun Quan suddenly calmed down, looked at the ministers and said, "I'm here today, you all go to your own business, I'll take a look around myself!"

"promise!"

The officials of Jizhou Governor's Mansion took orders and dispersed one by one.

Sun Quan hastily opened a secret letter and looked at it. On it was a post-war report written by Zhuge Liang himself. His expression was sometimes joyful and sometimes frowning.

"Your Majesty, what's the situation in Wuzhangyuan?"

Seeing Sun Quan's expression, Zhao Yun's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly asked in a low voice, "Did something happen?"

"We won the battle, a complete victory, and wiped out the entire Wei army. The result of the battle was even more brilliant than we expected!"

Sun Quan handed him the letter, and said with some displeasure: "However, Zhuge Kongming has created two big problems for me. This is to make him turn against me!"

"Two big problems?"

Zhao Yun looked at the letter carefully, saw a name, knew that the first big problem was above, his eyes narrowed slightly: "Ma Chao?"

"Zilong, do you think I should kill or keep?"

Sun Quan was also a little bit embarrassed about this hot sweet potato. Was it a surrender, or did it just snap together?

"Keep!"

Zhao Yun thought for a while, and said decisively: "Your Majesty, this man is a rare and powerful general in the world. If we use it properly, it will have a lot of effect on our Western Expedition to Rome in the future. Your Majesty also said that our Soochow has not yet To a point where the horse has not reached Nanshan!"

"But he killed Gan Ning after all, and he killed many of our sons, if I force him to keep him, I'm afraid the soldiers will be a little bit dissatisfied!" Sun Quan said.

"Your Majesty, as the so-called two armies are at war, no one can predict life and death!"

Zhao Yundao: "On the battlefield, whether it is a matter of course for a soldier to behead the enemy or be beheaded by the enemy!"

"Zilong, you're pleading so hard for Ma Chao, isn't it because he's your brother-in-law?"

Sun Quan squinted his amber eyes and said calmly.

"Hehe, I'm dissatisfied with His Majesty. There are some reasons for this part. After all, he is the only remaining brother of Yunjiao. Yunjiao doesn't have many family members. I don't want her to be alone without any relatives!" Zhao Yun replied frankly.

"You are really honest, your shamelessness is becoming more and more my demeanor!" Sun Quan curled his lips.

"Your Majesty, as the saying goes: Near the vermilion, one will be red!"

"It seems that you are shameless, and you are better than blue than blue, and your skin is thicker than mine!" Sun Quan was speechless.