The Three Kingdoms

"My subordinates understand!"

Li Nie's heart moved slightly. He understood that he had only just entered Jinyiwei. Jinyiwei had been established for several years, how many spies had been deployed, and Sun Quan was eliminated. Perhaps only Han Tao, Sun Quan's loyal confidant, knew.

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In the fifth year of Chuping, April [-].

On this day, Jiangdong Academy offered wine, and the great Confucian Cai Yong personally honored Sun Quan, the second son of the Sun family. Afterwards, General Zhengdong issued a letter of appointment, directly appointing Sun Quan as the magistrate of Moling County, and took office immediately.

[Chapter 236 of the new county magistrate]

Moling County, affiliated to Danyang County, is located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, near the river and the sea.

This place first belonged to the Western Zhou Dynasty, the fief of Zhouzhang. The earliest city was built in the first year of King Ling of Zhou. The earliest origin of the name.

After Qin Shihuang ruled the world, he went on tour five times. When he returned from his fifth tour, when he arrived at Jinling, several qi-watching magicians around him said: Jinling is full of dragons and tigers, and it has the spirit of the emperor.When Qin Shihuang heard the words, he was furious, and directly ordered people to excavate Fangshan Mountain, so that the Huai River could pass through Jinling to vent the king's spirit, and then renamed Jinling as Moling.

Mo means fodder, and what Qin Shihuang meant was that this is not Jinling, but just a horse ranch.

A year ago, Moling had more than 3 households and a population of only about 10. Although it was a large county, it could not be compared with Yuanling and Shanyin, let alone Wu County.

However, in just one year, because of the Jiujiang War and the Xuzhou Rebellion, many refugees crossed the river and flocked to the east of the river. , the current population of the entire Moling is close to Wu County, the first capital of Jiangdong.

Of course, Moling is still Moling, just because of the increase in population and the continuous expansion of the city wall, but it still cannot be compared with the prosperity of Wu County.

And because of the influx of a large number of refugees, unable to resettle, the entire county is in a mess.

In the east of the city, the county government.

The county magistrate Fan Lin had resigned three days ago and went to the Danyang County Governor's Mansion. At this moment, in the lobby, there were only three family members, the county magistrate Xu Shu, the county magistrate Xu Mu, and the chief secretary Zhao Hong.

The three of them are considered to be the three with the highest official positions in the Moling county government office, leading Moling. The three of them kneel and sit on the bamboo mat, forming a triangle, looking at each other and sitting.

In the quiet lobby of the county government office, the atmosphere seemed a little depressing.

"Xu Xiancheng, it is rumored that the new county magistrate is appointed by the general's mansion, not from the county magistrate's mansion. Who is the new county magistrate?" Xu Mu is in his forties, and his face looks a little thin , looking a little feminine, looked at Xu Shu who was wearing a white robe, and asked lightly.

The Xu family is the largest local power in Moling. In the past, when Sun Ce crusaded against Moling, the Xu family also contributed a little bit. Xu Mu was the head of the Xu family, and he became the county captain of Moling.

"Lieutenant Xu, how do you know about the new county magistrate in Moling?" Xu Shu calmly shook his head and advised, "After three days, the new county magistrate will take office, and we will know when the time comes." , why worry."

"Xu Xiancheng, you are Cai Jijiu's high-ranking apprentice. With your master's relationship, can't you find out this information from the general's residence?" Xu Mu narrowed his eyes and asked with a cold breath.

In the year that Xu Shu entered the Moling County Government, he appeared to be extremely powerful. He settled the people's livelihood, collected refugees, and built cities. Even the county magistrate Fan Lin obeyed him, which made Xu Mu, the county lieutenant, a little angry and jealous.

Xu Mu believes that Xu Shu is young and tall, and he can become the magistrate of Moling only because of the reputation of his teacher Cai Yong, so he has always been dissatisfied with Xu Shu.

Therefore, he kept holding back Xu Shu's efforts to recruit the refugees, and united with the bad local gentry and local tyrants in the city to resist the entry of the refugees.

"My teacher has a strong personality, how can I bother you for such a trivial matter!" Hearing this, Xu Shu stared at Xu Mu, with a hint of contempt chilling at the corner of his mouth.

"Okay, okay, both of you are officials in Moling, and you should make money with harmony."

The director Zhao Hong is already in his fifties this year. He has risen step by step from a small official to the position of the director of Moling. He is talented, but gentle and undisputed. Peace is the most important thing. He often reconciles the conflicts between Xu Shu and Xu Mu.

"Hmph, the new county magistrate is about to take office. If you see a messy Moling, you will definitely blame us, Xu Shu. In three days, the Moling granary will be exhausted. If you can't get any food, don't blame the county captain for being cruel." , immediately lead the troops to drive the refugees out of the city." A cold light flashed across Xu Mu's eyes.

Xu Shu gathered a lot of refugees in Moling this year, and opened granaries to release grain, which has caused the deficit of Moling's granary. Fan Lin, who was in office, supported him. Now that Fan Lin is not here, he does not believe that the new county magistrate can support him unconditionally. His wasteful behavior.

"How dare you?"

Xu Shu's face was ashen, and he exuded evil spirits. During this year, with the support of the county magistrate Fan Lin, he had already controlled most of Moling.

Although he was not used to many things in and out of the officialdom, but with his wisdom, not to mention Xu Mu, even the county magistrate Fan Lin couldn't suppress him at all.

"Look if I dare!" Xu Mu stood up suddenly, his eyes widened, this time he also became tougher, without Fan Lin's support for Xu Shu, he didn't mind a fight.

"Master Zhao, what do you think?" Xu Shu took a deep breath and calmed down. For the construction of Moling, the Xu family still has a lot to offer. Now is not the time to turn his face. He squinted his eyes and looked at the master beside him. Zhao Hong, Zhao Hong is a good old man, but he has been working in the Moling County Government all his life. After experiencing several turmoil, he still stands tall. His influence in Moling is no less than that of the most powerful Xu family in Moling.

"Xu Xiancheng, this year, you have recruited nearly [-] refugees in total. The moling you built to the stone city wall has exhausted all the finances of Moling. The finances for these three months are still supported by the county government. You have no way to supplement Moling’s granary and finances, we can’t keep this group of refugees, if we don’t drive them out, we can only send them to Zhisuo Yuanling.”

Zhao Hong pondered for a while, stretched out his hand to caress the goatee under his chin, and then expressed his opinion, said.

He didn't want to offend the two of them, but the current turmoil in Moling had spread to the Sheriff's Mansion, and it was impossible for the Moling tyrants and squires to take out the land, so they had to send the refugees out.

"Hmph, I'm going to tell you one thing today. Whether it's gathering refugees or building a city wall, it's an arrangement given to me by the new county magistrate before. Whoever dares to destroy it will just make things difficult for the new county magistrate. You can think about it yourself Do."

Xu Shu pondered for a moment, a cold smile formed on the corner of his mouth, he left a few words, and then walked away directly.

At this time, the two people who stayed in the hall heard the words, their complexions suddenly changed, and they looked at each other, especially Xu Mu, whose face was ashen, and murmured: "How is this possible?"

"Nothing is impossible, don't forget, everything that Xu Shu did this year seems absurd, but the county magistrate he got was the support of the county magistrate."

Zhao Hong thought for a while and reminded: "Now I understand that he is here to scout for the new county magistrate, and the new county magistrate probably has a lot of backgrounds."

"Humph!"

Xu Mu gritted his teeth, and said, "Moling is our Xu family's territory, even if it is a dragon, as long as Moling comes, he will take it!"

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A young man in Tsing Yi, with a long sword on his waist and his hair in a bun, was walking along the streets of Moling City with two young guards in civilian clothes.

"Why is Moling in such a mess?"

This boy was Sun Quan, the county magistrate of Moling who arrived ahead of time. After Sun Quan entered the city, he did not go directly to the county government office. Instead, he walked around the city and found that Moling City looked messy, with three or four groups of refugees crowded together in the streets and alleys. .

"Uncle, why does Moling look like a chaotic market?" Sun Quan walked to a sesame seed stall, took out a few copper coins, bought a sesame seed cake, and chatted casually with the uncle selling sesame seed cakes up.

"Is the young master a foreigner?" The uncle who sells sesame seed cakes is also very talkative.

"Well, I came from Wu County to visit relatives. I came here a year ago. At that time, Moling was quite good. How did it become like this now?" Sun Quan took a big bite of sesame seed cakes and asked with a smile .

"Well, it's not a good thing that our county government has done. They fight, but we ordinary people are hurt."

The uncle selling sesame seeds sighed, and looked around cautiously. When there was no one there, he reassuredly said, "Let me tell you secretly, the county magistrate of our county government is also a good person, and he took in a lot of cross-river The refugees who passed by wanted to let them settle down in Moling, but most of the land in Moling was controlled by the local tyrants headed by the Xu family. The overlord, if he doesn't let go, these refugees will naturally have no land to cultivate, and it will naturally become what it is now."

"I see!"

A gleam of coldness flashed across Sun Quan's amber eyes.

"Untouchables, go away!"

At this time, a young man's arrogant voice suddenly came from a distant street. Sun Quan looked up and saw that he was surrounded by a circle.

"Young master, you must not go there. This voice is the voice of Xu Ming, the son of the Xu family. Xu Ming relies on the power of the Xu family. No one dares to provoke him in Moling City. He has always been arrogant, and he is very aggressive towards these refugees. If you scold him, we people in Moling will take a detour when we see him." Uncle Shaobing saw that Sun Quan wanted to go to join in the fun, so he kindly reminded him.

"Oh, there are people who are more arrogant than me, I want to take a look."