Author: Glorious Little Rabbit

After hearing this, Yuan Xi immediately bowed and said, "Thank you, Lord."

At this time, Yuan Shao was giving orders as a state shepherd, and Yuan Xi was taking orders as a subordinate.

Although this was considered an overstep of authority because it conflicted with the official positions sent by the Han court.

But at this time, the Han Dynasty was weak, and the princes were actually rebelling, and the official positions they were granted were actually unfair.

However, no one cares. Whoever has the big fist has the final say, whoever takes control of a place, and whoever can get actual benefits is the winner.

At this point, the officials appointed by the Han court were almost completely defeated, because they had no soldiers and could not take office to subdue the local powerful.

Except for Liu Biao, a fierce man who rode into Jingzhou alone, everyone else could only stare.

Yuan Xi secretly sighed in his heart, having a good father is really worth the efforts of others for decades or even a lifetime.

From the county magistrate of Beixincheng with 600 shi to the county magistrate with 2000 shi, it was a big step.

The official system of the Han Dynasty, from top to bottom in terms of salary, was the Sangong of Ten Thousand Stones (350 Dendrobium per month, 1 Dendrobium = 1 stone = 10 dou, 4200 stones per year), the middle one was 2000 Stone (180 Dendrobium per month, 2160 per year)

The Jiuqing of Shi), the princes of the real two thousand Shi (150 Dendrobium in the moon valley, 1800 Shi in a year).

Further down, there is the county guard of two thousand dan, with a monthly grain of 120 hu and a year of 1,440 dan.

Next there are Zhonglang, General, Xiaowei, etc., whose weight is more than two thousand stones, and Prime Minister Chang Shi, whose weight is more than two thousand stones. Those with more than one thousand stones are considered high-ranking officials.

At this time, the Han court was in turmoil and various places were in chaos. It was common for Han court officials to be unable to pay their salaries.

It is very ironic that various places are occupied by princes, and fake officials who rely on the princes are paid salaries.

Therefore, the Han Court at this time was almost in name only.

Although Yuan Shao did not give Yuan Xi a righteous position, the salary was real. Jizhou was rich in money and food, which was why Yuan Shao was so confident.

However, according to the salary of a soldier, which is about two dan per month, Yuan Xi still has to find a way to raise most of it by himself. A salary of 2,000 dan is the limit for supporting a thousand soldiers.

If you have no money, no food, and no pay, who among the soldiers will listen to you?

This is why Yuan Xi kept an eye on Cao Song's property and never let go.

Yuan Shao nodded with satisfaction and said: "In the past few days, you can select soldiers and raise money and food."

"Since you have become a county guard, your civil and military positions are complicated. I will ask Yuan Hao to help you clarify them. You can decide on your own."

Yuan Xi and Tian Feng bowed and said, "Here."

Yuan Shang gritted his teeth. If the eldest brother and the second brother captured Qingzhou, they would build up their power first and leave him behind!

No, the alliance between the two must be broken up!

Yuan Xi and Tian Feng came out of Yuan Shao's house and went to the clerk's room. Seeing no one around, Yuan Xi said to Tian Feng: "I don't know anything about official positions. I rely on Mr. Yuan Hao to send some close people to help me."

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Tian Feng knew that this was Yuan Xi's friendship with him. When the water is clear, there will be no fish. He is not a rigid person. He nodded and said: "Don't worry, sir, I will do my best."

"But in the next few days, the young master will have a headache. The young master's threshold may be broken by someone."

Tian Feng was indeed right. That night, there was a steady stream of people coming to visit Yuan Xi.

Because there are hundreds of official positions under the county governor, although Yuan Xi only actually occupies three counties in Zhuojun now, there are at least a hundred positions. This is what the gentry is coveted.

Yuan Xi's head was pounding. He didn't recognize most of the people inside, so he had to write down their names temporarily and wait to ask Tian Feng the next day.

There was even Xu You among them, which gave Yuan Xi an even greater headache.

Xu You was a man of average personal ethics and very greedy for money. His family members were also corrupt officials. He did some bad things just because he was on good terms with Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shu: "Xu Ziyuan is a vicious and promiscuous person with impure sexual behavior."

Xun Yu: "Xu You was greedy and refused to rule."

With this kind of evaluation, Yuan Xi would definitely stay away from Xu You.

Thinking of the great contribution he made to Cao Cao in later generations, Cao Cao still found an excuse to kill him after he captured Yecheng, which shows that this man was really unpopular.

If Xu You's family goes to work in Youzhou, I'm afraid the officialdom will become a mess within a few years.

After seeing off the last group of guests, he leaned on the couch to take a breath and sighed to Wu Zhao, who was holding his shoulders: "This officialdom and personnel affairs are more tiring than fighting."

Wu Zhaoshen felt the same way: "The nobles think highly of themselves. It would be a bad idea for a young master to reject them directly, as it would only lead to private criticism."

"What should we do?" Yuan Xi asked.

Wu Zhao smiled: "Isn't there going to be a war soon?"

"Let those who pretend to be fake take up military positions. "Let them make it clear first, and then everything will be handled according to military law."

"Nine times out of ten, they will back down. If they really dare to go, let them go. At the worst, let them hang out their posts, as long as they don't miss anything."

Yuan Xi nodded and said: "What a great idea. I will open a government office tomorrow and allocate official positions."

He thought about it, since Qu Yi could not enter Jizhou, he could only let him become a school captain and serve as the county magistrate of Beixincheng.

Qu Yi has always been in poor health, and his specialty lies in military training. In addition, Beixin City is Yuan Xi's hometown, so he can only rest assured if he is handed over to Qu Yi.

As for Zhao Yun, he was finally free to go into battle to kill the enemy for Yuan Xi.

But there are still few generals.

Although Gao Lan had defected to Yuan Shang in private, he was still Yuan Shang's man, and there was no justifiable reason for him to come over directly.

Moreover, Zhang He had a high view of the two men, but Yuan Xi still hadn't figured out how to use them. After all, during the Battle of Guandu, these two men surrendered to Cao Cao before the battle, which sealed Yuan Shao's defeat.

There are actually very few military commanders who are truly loyal.

What Yuan Xi really coveted were Lu Bu's generals, and he had been trying to find ways to poach them.

When Gao Lan was retained, he also had thoughts about one of Lu Bu's generals, just like contacting Dong Fang through Dong Zhao and leveraging Zhang Miao's relationship with Lu Bu.

The next day, as Wu Zhao expected, most of the scholars, after hearing that he had taken office, would immediately follow him to fight in Qingzhou, so they quickly shied away and ran away, running faster than a rabbit.

They want to be comfortable civil servants and enjoy happiness in the rear. Who wants to die on the battlefield!

This is what Yuan Xi wants to do. The officialdom of Youzhou that he wants to see in the future should be dominated by the Han Shiliang family, and should not allow these noble families to collude with each other to seek personal gain and prey on the common people.

Yuan Xi woke up from Wu Zhao in the morning and saw that he was sleeping soundly, with his long hair spread out on the pillow, the marks on his face had faded a lot, and there were still some tears in the corners of his eyes.

Yuan Xi will go to Qingzhou to fight in the near future, and he doesn't know when he will come back.

Yuan Xi remembered that in his previous life, Yuan Xi married Zhen Mi and went to Youzhou to take office. Zhen Mi was left alone to guard the empty boudoir in Yecheng for several years. This Han system of not allowing a head wife to take office was a bit too much.

It's unethical.

While Yuan Xi was punishing Plump for her crimes, she remembered that Wu Zhao had mentioned last night that if she restored her identity as Cai Zhaoji, with Cai Yong's reputation, many of Cai Yong's students and scholars who admired his name would definitely defect to her.

Yuan Xi thought about it again and again, but gave up because the time was not yet ripe.

Cai Zhaoji is still a widow of the Wei family. Her identity is exposed and the Wei family gets involved, which cannot be solved in a short time.

His primary goal now is to capture Qingzhou and Youzhou, and he has no time to deal with these things.

Therefore, the identity of Cai Zhaoji can only be hidden for the time being, and it may not be of greater use in the future.

Wu Zhao opened her eyes. She was used to Yuan Xi's behavior. With her eyes closed, her face became hotter and hotter.

Yuan Xi exerted a little force, and Wu Zhao said angrily: "You are a sanctimonious person, and you don't know where you learned your bad skills."

"I remind you that you need to find a way to settle the hundreds of carts of goods that Cao Song got from him as soon as possible to avoid any complications."

"The only ones who can handle these things in a short time are the Zhen family."

Yuan Xi retracted his hand and nodded: "You are right, I sent someone to notify the Zhen family last night. Mrs. Zhang replied that the arrangements can be made today, and I will go to the Zhen family soon."

After a while, a maid came in and took breakfast out of the wooden tray.

Yuan Xi saw that there were fish and meat on several plates, and even the porridge was made of white rice, which was indeed much better than that of Beixin City.

He picked up the bowl, took a sip, and sighed: "This kind of comfortable life really makes people less enterprising. I'm afraid that if I stay here for a long time, I won't want to go back."

Wu Zhao covered his mouth and said with a smile: "Everyone wants to enjoy happiness, but you only want to endure hardship."

Yuan Xi said with a smile: "Happiness alone is not as good as happiness for everyone."

After hearing this, Wu Zhao thought for a long time and said softly: "Sir, sooner or later you will surpass my father."

After Yuan Xi finished eating, he went out and arrived at the government office. Over there, a hundred soldiers and cart drivers were already waiting for him beside the cart. Following his order, everyone pulled the cart and headed for Zhen's house.

At this time, the genius was bright and there were very few people walking on the street. He got up so early just to hide himself from others and avoid being coveted.

When we arrived at the back door of Zhen's house, the door there was opened, and someone had already been waiting for us, taking everyone in.

The backyard of Zhen's house is huge. Hundreds of large cars have been pulled in, and even half of the space is free.

Mrs. Zhang had already waited with dozens of shopkeepers and clerks to evaluate the goods on the car.

Yuan Xi had no idea how much Cao Song's jewelry and property were worth, and it would be extremely difficult to deal with it if they were left in his hands. Now he could only sell them off quickly with the help of the Zhen family, one of the four wealthy businessmen.

When Yuan Xi saw that the cars had been pulled in, he asked the soldiers to go out and guard the front and rear doors.

When Mrs. Zhang saw it, she smiled and said, "Don't worry, sir, I have many servants in the Zhen family, so I guarantee there won't be any problems."

Yuan Xi thought of the Mi family, who were also wealthy businessmen. It was said that they had tens of thousands of slaves, and thought that being a businessman was really rich.
To be continued...