Chapter 66 The third winner of the title "My Zifang"

The third year of Zhongping.

Elsewhere, things are not so peaceful.

In February, Zhao Ci, a soldier from Jiangxia, rebelled, attacked and killed Qin Jie, the prefect of Nanyang County, and captured six county towns in one go.

In Liangzhou, government troops and rebels were in a standoff.

The Black Mountain Army of Jizhou was derived from the Yellow Turban Army. It gathered a million people, invaded Henei County, and approached the capital. Emperor Liu Hong was terrified and appointed Zhu Jun, who had just returned, as the prefect of Henei to force back the Black Mountain Army.

Time goes back to the 18th day of the first lunar month.

Zhang'an County Sea Salt Workshop.

After several months, Jinmao finally returned here.

He came to pay his last respects to Grandpa Jingao and Grandpa Liu Ye.

The dinner was full of joy.

When Jin Gao learned that Jin Mao was going to be promoted to the position of Southern Commander, he burst into tears and kowtowed to the west several times, shouting, "The ancestor has appeared!"

That’s right. Since the time of Prince Wushang, the Jin and Liu families have never produced an official with a rank above 1,000 stones.

Liu Ye standing by looked even older, but he was happy to drink a few more bottles of wine.

The drunk Liu Ye couldn't help feeling sad again; he missed Liu An.

Jin Mao said on the spot: "Uncle, come back to Wushang with me this year, and I will take you to cook Jiao Jiao!"

Liu Ye thought Jin Mao was comforting him, and said with relief: "Mao'er has grown up."

"Master, I'm serious!" Jin Mao explained, "I am now half a disciple of Qiantang Marquis (Zhu Jun), and the acting commander was recommended by Qiantang Marquis. The Zhu family of Shangyu is no longer the backer of Jiao Laogou!"

At this moment, Liu Ye burst into tears and sobbed, and Jin Gao also covered his face and wiped his tears.

It was really not easy for Liu Ye. He looked forward to it day and night, and finally the day came.

A huge weight was lifted off his chest, and Liu Ye couldn't help but feel in a good mood, with his face seeming to be radiant.

Liu Ye raised the wine cup, filled it up, and raised his hands above his head to toast.

"My lord, you can't do that!" Jin Mao left the table in a hurry.

Jin Gao held Jin Mao back and said, "Mao'er, just accept it. Otherwise, when your master leaves, I'm afraid you will die with regrets."

This time, Liu Ye did not respond to his old brother's teasing. He completed his thank you ceremony and then said, "I'm not going back."

"I believe Maoer will avenge me."

"And I'm going to hold on for a few more years before I leave."

Liu Ye's face was no longer sad, and his face wrinkled together with a smile: "Didn't Maoer say that he wanted to dry salt in Yongning County as well?"

"I won't be buried with you in Zhang'an County with my old bones. I want you to bury me in Yongning County!"

In the past few months, Liu Ye rarely teased Jin Gao.

Jin Gao burst into tears: "Brother!"

"You still don't believe me?" Liu Ye smiled a lot tonight. "Are you afraid that I'll be old and forget how to remove the poison from the sea salt?"

Jin Gao burst into laughter and said, "You still know that you are old-fashioned."

The two elders returned to the past and the dinner reached its climax.

The next day, Jinmao led his men back.

Later, the territory became larger and there were more things to do, but there was no time to waste.

The last day of the first lunar month.

Jinmao finally arrived at its old nest, Jinyun Mountain in Wushang County.

Jin Yun, Yu Fan, He Wei, Jin Shan, Liu Gan, Liu Fang, Liu Ping, Liu Hua, Jin Yang, Jin Niu, Liu Kui, Wu Tian.

There are also Bai Shi, Liu Mu, Huang Xing and Yang Lin in the Jinmao army.

All the members of the team who could arrive have arrived, and those who couldn’t will have to wait until next time.

These people were called back by Jinmao from various places in preparation for a formal annual meeting.

As for Xi Zhicai, since Jinmao did not receive his resume, he could only sit in as a consultant.

First, everyone began to discuss their own annual summary.

Then, Jin Mao announced an important matter: "With your support, I was successfully promoted to the Southern Commander of Kuaiji during this rebellion."

"Next..."

Before Jin Mao could finish, He Wei and Jin Yang jumped up almost at the same time, prostrated themselves, and loudly congratulated:

"Congratulations, Mr. Ming, on your promotion!" "Uncle Mao is awesome!"

The rest of the people finally reacted, quickly stood up, knelt in rows, and kowtowed in greeting.

At this time, Jin Mao's mouth was harder to suppress than a hot weapon, and he said "modestly": "Get up quickly, no need to be polite, haha, no need to be polite."

Hearing this, only the honest Jinniu, Liu Fang and Liu Kui wanted to stand up. The latter two were kicked down by their own father. Only Jinniu stood there stupidly for a few seconds, then lay down hurriedly.

After a quarter of an hour, Jin Mao stopped smiling, and everyone stood up and returned to their original seats.

"Everyone is here today, so I have something to announce."

Jin Mao signaled Yu Fan to explain in detail the reward and punishment system they had previously agreed upon.

"Captain, this is inappropriate!"

No one expected that the first person to jump out and oppose would be Xi Zhicai.

"Sir, please tell me, what's wrong?"

Xi Zhicai started to threaten again: "Captain, you are going to exclude the nobles from the door!"

"From now on, who will dare to come and seek refuge with you?"

Jin Mao thought about it and it made sense. For example, with a talent like Xun Yu, would he really be willing to start as a grassroots clerk?

“There’s still a lack of talent.”

At present, Jinmao cannot ignore the background of the aristocratic families and still needs to recruit talents.

However, Xi Zhicai had selfish motives in saying this.

Jin Mao decided to see what he would say and asked, "What do you think we should do, sir?"

Xi Zhicai talked about a lot of reasons, but it all came down to four words: I want a high position.

Jin Mao smiled playfully, but Yu Fan jumped out first: "You drunkard, you have done nothing, yet you want to take a high position when you first arrive. How are you going to convince the people in the future?"

"Who said I have not made any contribution?" Xi Zhicai said proudly: "The position of captain has made as much contribution as mine. If it weren't for my strategy..."

"Sir!" Jin Mao stopped Xi Zhicai from speaking: "Your plan did work for a while."

Then, Jinmao picked out the dangerous part of this time and explained it.

Yu Fan jumped up, luckily he didn't have a sword on him, otherwise, Xi Zhicai would have been scared to death again.

"Evil warrior! You boast of your wisdom and strategy, but now you have almost killed my master. What else do you have to say?!"

Xi Zhicai stuttered: "This...this..."

"Zhong Xiang, please don't be rude." Jin Mao said calmly, "Sir, you are talented, but you have an eccentric personality, so you may not be able to think things through."

"I admire you very much, sir. If you are willing to hone your skills at the grassroots level, you will definitely be of great use in the future!"

Xi Zhicai was touched for a moment, and immediately realized that Jin Mao was UPAing him.

With a turn of his eyes, Xi Zhicai came up with a plan: "Zhicai is willing to serve you, sir, but I am worried that you will cut off your own path, so I have a plan to offer you."

Jin Mao was overjoyed, and he didn't care about anything else. He stepped forward and held Xi Zhicai's arm, saying happily: "Sir, you are really my Zifang."

There are two "my Zifang" here, each with a different mood.

Jin Mao listened carefully to Xi Zhicai's strategy. Simply put, it was to increase rewards so that talented people could be promoted to higher positions faster.

This is one way to do it, but if the reward is too big, shouldn’t the punishment mechanism also be improved?
That would be a complete disaster for most people.

When Jinmao raised this question, everyone couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Xi Zhicai also realized that this matter was not that simple.

So, put everything aside.

Everyone started to express their opinions.

Some demonstrate it in person, and some quote from classics.

Later, only Jin Yun was able to speak a few words to Yu Fan and Xi Zhicai.

In the end, it turned into a debate between Yu Fan and Xi Zhicai.

The two talked about how the reward and punishment system evolved from the Yao and Shun period to the Eastern Han Dynasty. Yu Fan presented evidence and Xi Zhicai refuted it.

In the end, no useful conclusion was reached.

However, an idea in Jinmao's mind became clearer and clearer, but it was still a little short of being realized.

When his stomach growled with hunger, Jin Mao suddenly shouted, "Got it!"

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