Chapter 51
[The early birds eat insects. It’s only 1:00 a.m. now, Lao Gao gets up to find insects. Dear brothers, new recommendation votes, that one.
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Just vote for a high man!]
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Liu Jing was stunned and didn't understand what he meant. He was about to ask a few more questions, but at this time they had already arrived at the Youjiao Office.
The official office covers an area of about five acres and has more than twenty rooms, consisting of two yards in front and back. The courtyard in front is a place for soldiers to eat and rest. The yard is large and covered with weeds, and the courtyard behind is an office space.
As soon as he walked into the gate, an official came out with more than a dozen subordinates, lifted up his clothes, knelt down in fear and trepidation, "I am humble to see the county magistrate!"
"Please get up with everyone!"
Wang Jixu asked for a moment and introduced Liu Jing to them with a smile, "This is your new governor, Cao Cao. You should have heard of the reputation of Prince Jing!"
Everyone was overjoyed and knelt down again to salute, "Greetings to the governor!"
"You guys, don't be polite, everyone get up quickly!"
Liu Jing had a very good reputation in his previous life, and he worked as a lawyer, and was very good at dealing with people, so he could easily communicate with these lower-level soldiers. Shortly after Wang Ji left, Liu Jing became a group with his subordinates.
He had three deputy officers, one named Zhang Ping, who served as You Jiao Bishop, who was responsible for arresting the thief, one named Li Jun, who served as You Jiao Jin Cao, who was responsible for inspecting taxes, and another named Lu Sheng, who served as Shu Zuo, who was responsible for internal affairs.
Zhang Ping and Li Jun took their brothers out for inspection. The only officials in the government office were Shu Zuo Lusheng, and there were more than 20 soldiers who were on the resignation. At this time, Liu Jing's official room in the backyard was filled with laughter and loud laughter.
Everyone felt that Mr. Jing was good. Although he was the nephew of the provincial governor, he had no airs. More importantly, he gave them a sense of intimacy in his words and understood the rules very well, just like a fellow practitioner.
Liu Jing took out a five-two ingot of gold from his arms and threw it to a big man and said with a smile: "According to the rules, you should be the one who raises money to treat you, but the new official takes office! You have to give your brothers a little bit of a message. I will treat you tonight. Everyone can drink and eat meat and stay drunk!"
Everyone was overjoyed and felt that the new leader was generous and would be able to follow him in the future. The first impression was very important. If Liu Jing took office, he would be petty, take away everyone's wealth, or put on a high-profile manner and be serious, such a leader would not have a good life.
On the contrary, if you take action, you will be five taels of gold and call yourself brothers and brothers to everyone, only such people will be sympathetic to their subordinates. When everyone heard that Mr. Jing took office, they were very nervous at first, but now everyone feels relieved and becomes unrestrained.
Shuzuo Lusheng waved to everyone, "I want to say a few words to the governor Cao, everyone will go! I will toast the governor Cao to the evening."
Everyone scattered, leaving only Liu Jing and Lu Sheng in the room.
"The governor feels that he is too big! He hangs with these reckless men."
Lu Shengnian was about thirty years old and was a scholar. He looked gentle and innocent. However, after spending time with everyone, he became more generous.
"No, I like these brothers very much. They laugh and scold Yuxin. They are all people with temperament. They feel very comfortable staying with them and don't have much intrigue."
"That's true. In fact, we were all naval soldiers before, but we were only transferred to local government administration last year. Didn't the governor find that everyone's military aura was very strong?"
Liu Jing nodded, and he also felt that they were all tall and burly and moved quickly, obviously after being trained by the army.
He pondered for a while and asked again: "I want to ask, what official position is I, You Jiao Tuo Cao?"
This is what Liu Jing wants to know the most. What rank is his official position and what is his status? He is still confused.
Lu Sheng smiled bitterly, "This is a bit complicated. The court does not have this position. It was established by our Jingzhou. The official name is You Jiao. In fact, it is the same as You Jiao among the township officials. However, the responsibilities are more important than the township officials and their status is slightly higher. I think it is half a level higher than the township officials."
"What about in the army?"
"It should be a military marquis. Our former governor, Ma, is a military marquis."
The Junhou was the commander of Qu, similar to the battalion commander of later generations. Liu Jing nodded and realized that when he followed Liu Bei to Jiangxia to wipe out Zhang Wu, he was temporarily appointed as a general of the garrison. It seemed that he had been promoted to another level.
Lu Xing stood up and closed the door, then whispered: "There is something I want to tell Mr. Jing that our former governor Cao was killed."
Liu Jing was stunned, "Why is this?"
Lu Sheng looked outside and saw that there was no one outside, so he lowered his voice: "Because it is too easy to make a fortune in this position, his former Duke Ma Cao made hundreds of taels of gold in just two years, but was reported. The evidence was conclusive and he lost his head last month."
"Who reported it?" Liu Jing felt a little reminiscent. I'm afraid that only insiders can obtain evidence of such a thing.
Lu Sheng hesitated for a moment and lowered his voice: "Do you know what background is the thief Cao Zhangping?"
Zhang Ping is one of Liu Jing's deputy, serving as the thief Cao, who was still in charge of You Jiao. After he had not returned from the tour, Liu Jing only heard Wang Ji mention that this person is the oldest person in You Jiao. If he had not taken office, he would have promoted him to the governor of Cao. However, he did not expect that Lu Sheng had something to say.
"What you mean is that the former Ma Ducao was told by this person, right!"
Lu Sheng smiled bitterly, as if he had agreed to Liu Jing's question.
"Tell me, who is this Zhang Ping?"
"He is not a simple person. His brother is Zhang Yun, the nephew of the governor of the state, and he is appointed as the captain of the Jingbei Naval Army. His sister married Cai Zhong. Zhang Ping himself is also very skilled in martial arts, especially the master of water kung fu, and is nicknamed Jianglang."
Liu Jing was a little stunned. Why is it Cai Zhong again? It’s really a enemy. It turns out that Zhang Ping is Cai Zhong’s brother-in-law.
After pondering for a while, Liu Jing asked again: "Since his back is so deep, why are he just a little thief Cao?"
Lu Sheng shook his head in his heart. It turned out that Mr. Jing didn't know what position he had obtained. He didn't know whether he should say something, but when he thought that Zhang Ping's next person to deal with him was himself, Lu Sheng no longer hesitated.
"There are three escort houses in the Han River, and only the second escort house is in charge of Fancheng and Xiangyang. The benefits can be imagined. Therefore, the second escort house is also known as the No. 1 Feique in Jingzhou. Haven't Master Jing heard of it?"
Liu Jing shook his head, "I know nothing."
After pausing, he asked again: "What else?"
Lu Sheng also took the initiative and continued: "Prince Jing may not know that Zhang Ping was the first Youjiao Supervisor. He was transferred half a year ago and was demoted to become a thief Cao. It is surprising!"
"snort!"
Liu Jing sneered, "I guess he will plan to kill his former governor Cao at that time."
"Yes, we all thought he was demoted at the time. He was very low-key. But three months later, Ma Ducao was arrested for taking stolen goods and was beheaded soon. Only then did we realize that Zhang Ping had already planned."
Only then did Liu Jing understand the profound meaning of what Wang Ji said, "Speak less and take more attention." It seems that although the sparrow is small, it is complete with all internal organs, and a small hotel also has so many struggles.
It should be Zhang Ping's successor to the position of governor Cao and enjoying the delicious food of Jingzhou's No. 1 fatty food, but he did not expect that he would fall from the sky, causing his hope to fail. Zhang Ping now doesn't know how to hate himself.
Then who put himself in this position? What kind of inside story is hidden behind this? Liu Jing only felt that the mist was heavy and he couldn't see through it for a while.
Wang Ji's meaningful words made him feel that the water in Jingzhou's officialdom was deeper than the Yangtze River. He could not understand it before. Only by stepping into this threshold could he slowly feel it.
At this moment, a loud noise suddenly came from the yard, and then someone cursed: "You gangsters dare to close the door and lick the new master's feet one by one, thinking that I'm already out of here?"
The voice was thick and fierce, as if it was a broken gong, extremely harsh. Lu Sheng smiled bitterly, "He is back."
Liu Jing didn't expect that Zhang Ping would be such a vulgar and shallow person, but he had such a deep background, but he only had a long song, which shows how unbearable he was.
"Lu Shuzuo goes and check it out first! See what he says."
Seeing that Liu Jing refused to accept the challenge, Lu Sheng had to bite the bullet and go out.
At this time, a burly man had already walked into the backyard quickly. The man had a fat face, his eyes were protruding like a crab, and his eyebrows were thicker than a brush, like a ball of hair directly hitting his face, with an extremely ferocious appearance.
This person is the thief Cao Zhangping, the clan brother-in-law of Zhang Yun, the naval officer Zhang Yun, and the brother-in-law of Cai Zhong. He was about the early twenties and was also a well-known figure in Xiangyang. Perhaps the name Zhang Ping is not well-known, but when it comes to the evil name of "Shui Wolf", it is well-known.
Zhang Ping was determined to plan for the number one fat in Jingzhou, and he was relegated to demotion to himself. Just when he had just killed his ex-Du Cao, he thought he was almost certain to be promoted, but in the end, Liu Jing came out and picked the peaches he had planted through hardships.
This made his chest burst into anger. He had just learned about this matter. He heard that the new governor Cao had taken office, so he rushed back furiously.
Behind him was more than thirty soldiers watching the fun, and immediately filled the courtyard with a lot of tension and expectation in everyone's eyes.
"Thief Cao, why are you doing so angry?"
Seeing Zhang Ping's face was purple and red, Lu Sheng was angry and angry, showing his fierce look. He had never seen him get so angry, Lu Sheng couldn't help but feel upset.
Lu Sheng was the former Ma Ducao. After Ma Ducao was killed, he was the next person Zhang Ping wanted to deal with. Zhang Ping had already hated him very much, and all his anger was pointed at Lu Sheng.
Zhang Ping didn't say a word, rushed up and punched Lu Sheng in the face. Lu Sheng was just a weak scholar, and he could not hide. With a scream, he flew out a hundred feet away, covering his face and rolling in pain on the ground.
There was a burst of exclamation in the yard, and then there was a silence. This was so surprising that he actually started to hit Shu Zuo.
"I'm the one I beat, you, the slave dog!" Zhang Ping pointed at Lu Sheng and cursed.
At this time, the door of the room opened, and Liu Jing stood at the door and looked at him coldly. Zhang Ping did not take Liu Jing seriously at all. A sixteen-year-old kid actually snatched his fat que. So what if he was Liu Biao's nephew?
"I forgot that beating a dog depends on the owner, Lu Gou, do you want me to apologize to your new owner?" Zhang Ping glanced at Liu Jing coldly, and then continued to curse Lu Sheng viciously.
Liu Jing snorted heavily, "Are you Zhang Zhecao?"
"I'm just, what do you want!" Zhang Ping opened his mouth and tore his face apart without any shame.
"Since you are a thief, why don't you kneel down when you see your boss?"
Zhang Ping looked up and down at Liu Jing and grinned, "Boy, don't think you have a backstage, but the rules in the army are that the strong are the master. If you want me to kneel down, you can, show your skills!"
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Chapter completed!