Chapter 19 Jiaozhou Chaos Zhu Fu died. The previous mage was assassinated 1

Jiaozhou, including today's Guangdong, Guangxi and northern Vietnam. Guangdong can be called an economic prosperity today, but at that time it was just a southern border state of the Eastern Han Dynasty. In terms of transportation, it is not an important point, and in terms of economy, it is not a rich country, and there are mountains separated from the outside world. In the eyes of many Central Plains people, it is just a remote place and remote land hanging from the imperial court.

In the Western Han Dynasty, Jiaozhou had nine counties in Nanhai, Cangwu, Yulin, Hepu, Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, Rinan, Zhuya and Dan'er, among which Zhuya and Dan'er are today's Hainan. Because the location of Hainan Island is far away from the mainland and it is inconvenient to manage, the officials stationed on Hainan Island embezzled and bribed and searched for treasures to become the local emperor. Therefore, the people were unable to serve and the resistance struggle was continuous for years, which led to the abolition of the two counties of Pearl Cliff and Dan'er. By the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were only seven counties left in Jiaozhou.

Two fast horses from Luoyang, one rode to the governor of Jiaozhi County, and the other to Panyu, the governor of Nanhai County. One of them is the messenger of the imperial court. His mission is to convey the news of Nan Ye's upcoming appointment as the governor of Jiaozhou to the current assassin Zhu Fu and convey the new appointment decree of the imperial court.

Zhu Fu was overjoyed as soon as he received the imperial edict, because he was not dismissed because of Nan Ye's appointment, but was appointed as the governor of Yizhou and could go to office after handing over with Nan Ye. This made Zhu Fu very happy. Although it is also a state assassin, Yizhou is much richer than Jiaozhou.

To be honest, Zhu Fu has long been tired of this state assassin. At the beginning, when he bought the position of assassin, he felt that the emperor of Jiaozhou was far away and could conquer and do whatever he wanted, but when he came here, he knew that there were no soldiers in his hands and no one in the court, so he could not be the local emperor of Jiaozhou at all. Because the local emperor here has another person, that is, the scholar family.

The assassin of Jiaozhou before Zhu Fu was Ding Gong, and now he is Guang Luxun in the court. The assassin of Jiaozhou before Ding Palace was Zhu Jun, and now he is a right-hand riding general. These two assassins are both incommenable. One is in the court and the other has soldiers. The scholar does not dare to be too presumptuous under these two.

Zhu Fu is not as good as his two predecessors. As soon as he took office, he was in constant trouble. There were either artificial rebellions or pirates. At first, Zhu Fu thought that this Jiaozhou was a remote country of unruly people, and he also made great efforts to rectify it. But I didn't expect that the more he ruled, the more chaotic the counties below. Later, the old man in the Assassin's Mansion reminded him that he knew that all this was caused by the Shi family behind his back. Although the Assassin and the Taishou of Jiaozhou were all appointed by the imperial court, half of the county magistrates were from the Shi family, so only the Shi family could make Jiaozhou so chaotic.

Knowing the reason, the first thing Zhu Fu did was to prepare gifts to worship the master of the Huishi family. Although Shici is nearly 70 years old, he is still energetic and has a loud voice. He saw that Zhu Fu, the assassin's visit, was very respectful and courteous and prepared a good banquet to entertain Zhu Fu.

When Zhu Fu saw that Shici was so respectful and muttered, he thought that he had misunderstood the Shi family, because Shici with a smile on his face looked like a thick elder, and could not manipulate the villain of rebellion and pirates behind his back at all. Because of this, Zhu Fu had no intention to say what he meant from the beginning of the banquet to the withdrawal. He is not sure that all these events were given by scholars, so naturally there is no way to start.

After a banquet, it can be said that the guests were happy. Zhu Fu did not mention business, so he naturally did not ask. Before Zhu Fu left, Shici also prepared a return gift for Zhu Fu to bring back, saying that it was a specialty of Jiaozhou, and told Zhu Fu to try it.

Zhu Fu didn't care at that time. After thanking him, he went back home and thought that he would ask the old man in the house at dawn. However, when he returned home, he opened the specialty and was dumbfounded, because the gift box was not only containing dried fruits, but also an unsigned letter. The general idea of the letter is to advise Zhu Fu that if you want to do a stable position of assassins, don't care about the four counties of Hepu, Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen and Rinan, just be an assassin of three counties.

After reading the letter, Zhu Fu was furious, but there was nothing he could do, because he knew that he had no ability to compete with the scholar at all. Finally, Zhu Fuzhi moved out of the Jiaozhi Assassin House and ran to Panyu, Nanhai to be his three-county assassin.

Since Zhu Fu ceded four counties, the ground of the state was indeed peaceful, but Zhu Fu's life was not easy, because he had to use the taxes of the three counties to pay the taxes of one state, so he could only levy heavy taxes on the three counties, which made the people of the three counties boil.

Zhu Fu also knew that the people hated him to the bone, but he still felt wronged. If the scholar hadn't forced him to do this, he wouldn't have been so aggressive. What angered Zhu Fu most was that he became a villain, but the reputation of the Shi family in Jiaozhou rose. The people thought that the four counties governed by the Shi family were the happy land.

The angry Zhu Fu did not dare to collect taxes in the four counties controlled by the Shi family, but vented his anger on the ignorant people, broke a can, and more unscrupulously raided the people's oil. His idea is very extreme. Since everyone says that Zhu Fu is a corrupt official, why not really be a corrupt official than being wronged by the world?

In the past two years, Zhu Fu has also been a blessing in the three counties of Jiaozhou, but he has been uncomfortable. After all, no one can feel comfortable after becoming the three county assassins. Now that he has the will of the court, he can finally get out of the sea of suffering. Naturally, he is ecstatic and immediately begins to pack his bags. The reason why he prepared so early is that he has seized a lot of property from the three counties. If he doesn't start packing early, I'm afraid he won't have time to take it away.

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While Zhu Fu received the imperial edict, another fast horse also arrived at the Jiaozhi Taishou Mansion and reported Nan Ye's appointment as the governor of Jiaozhou to the Taishou Shixie.

Shi Xie is the eldest son given by a scholar. He is very talented and has the style of a father. A few years ago, he served as the magistrate of Wu County, and it was not until the beginning of this year that he took the position of cross-toed governor. In fact, all this is secretly arranged by Shizhi. Because Shizhi is old, he has always felt that he is not energetic enough, so he has the intention to pass on the position of the head of the family to his most appreciated eldest son Shi Xie. This is why the activity relationship made Shi Xie return to his hometown to be a Jiaozhi Taishou.

Although Shi Xie is now the head of the family and the highest official of the scholar family, he still has to discuss with his father when he encounters the big event of changing the assassin. So as soon as he got the news, he notified his father and brother to discuss countermeasures together.

After a while, the heads of the Shi family gathered together. Sitting on the throne was Shi Shi Shi Shi, who was nearly 70 years old. Shi Xie sat at Shi Shi Shi Shi, and his three younger brothers Shi Yi, Shi Huang You, and Shi Wu also sat in turn.

As soon as Shi Xie brought back the news that Detective Luoyang came back, Shi Ci immediately narrowed his eyes and looked thoughtful. Shi Yi and Shi Huang also frowned.

Shiwu was the youngest and the most calm of the four brothers. Seeing his father and brother's faces with sadness, he said disapprovingly, "Brother called me to come, what's the big deal? Isn't it just a change of assassins! How can I deal with Zhu Fu before? How can I deal with Nan Ye? What's there to discuss?

Shi Yi shook his head when he heard the words and said, "Fourth brother, don't be careless. How can Master Nanye's magical power be compared with Zhu Fu? I'm afraid that even Ding Gong and Zhu Jun are not as good as them, and how can they be easily dealt with?

Shi Huang is usually close to Shiwu. At this time, he also said to Shiwu, "Second brother, this is not good! What if Nan Ye is stronger than Zhu Fu? Don't forget that our family is much stronger than before. Now even if Ding Gong and Zhu Jun come back to be the assassin's position, I'm afraid they will rely on us. There is a saying that soldiers come to block, and the water comes to cover up. Nanye is more powerful than Zhu Fu, so we will use more powerful means to deal with him.

Seeing that all three sons expressed their opinions, Shici knocked on the table in front of him with his finger, and the room became silent for a moment. Shici nodded with satisfaction and said, "Weiyan, what do you think?"

Weiyan is Shi Xie's word. As soon as he heard his father ask himself, Shi Xie knew that there was an element of the school examination. As the head of the family, he must have the ability to deal with all big things alone. Making the right judgment and choice will strengthen the family, and vice versa. In front of him is the first major choice he made after becoming the head of the family.