After the restoration of Chengdu, it was naturally a complex aftermath. Fortunately, the civil servants and military officials of the Han army were already experienced in this. Civilian officials led by Chen Can, Xue Rang and Yan Ji were responsible for the complex and cumbersome civil affairs. Generals led by Zhao Quan, Cuan Gu and Yang Ji took charge of the recruitment of prisoners, rectified the military's military duties and recruited new recruits, so that Zhang Zhi could free up his hands and concentrate on doing a more important task - appease and win over the old officials of Shu Han, and the wealthy families of Shu who were far stronger than those of the Nanzhong Da surname.

The mission of contacting the old Shu Han officials and the wealthy families in the Shu Han family was handed over by Zhang Zhi to Yan Yu, who had been doing well in the center of Shu Han. As a result, Yan Yu did not disappoint Zhang Zhi. It was just the fourth day after the restoration of Chengdu. It was also the same day that Zhang Zhi drew canned pork with military plum vegetables and a liter of rice wine. Yan Yu led a small group of representatives of Shu families to the Yizhou governor's mansion to pay homage to Zhang Zhi. At the same time, those who came to pay homage to Zhang Zhi were Zhao Yun's eldest son Zhao Tong, Deng Zhi's only son Deng Liang, and Li Fu's son Li Xiang and other former Shu Han officials.

The reason why the second generation of Shu Han officials such as Zhao Tong, Deng Liang and Li Xiang stayed in Chengdu to meet Zhang Zhi was because their fathers were all entrusted to be more innocent and poorer than the other. After Cao Wei destroyed Shu, Sima Zhao forced his disciples to relocate Zong Yu in order to strengthen his control over Shu. Liao Hua and Zhuge Jun and other important civil and military officials of Shu Han moved to Hedong. Together with their families, divisions and slaves, there were more than 30,000 people. Zhao Tong and Deng Liang and others were honest and stupid, and they could not make money and buy property because their fathers were pitifully and stupid, so they were not on the list of relocated disciples, so they were able to stay and had the opportunity to accompany Zhang Zhi to eat junk food.

Of course, the day when he was able to stay and see the Han flag planted back onto the city of Chengdu was a disaster or a blessing for Zhao Tong, Deng Liang and others, no one knew that it was a disaster or a blessing. So when he finally saw the legendary Nanzhong Demon King Zhang Zhi, Zhao Tong, Deng Liang and others were inevitably a little restrained. Even if he forced to laugh, he could not hide his uneasiness. What he was afraid of was that Zhang Zhi forced them to be appointed as officials, and then the Han army was quickly destroyed by the Jin army, dragging them down to their whole family.

Even the second generation of officials from Shu Han, such as Zhao Tong, were not confident in Zhang Zhi, so naturally, there was no need to mention Du Zhen, He Pan, Li Yi, Wen Li and Li Mi, representatives of Shu family members, all bowed to Zhang Zhi and sat down without saying a word, without any joy of returning to their hometown. Zhang Zhi was not surprised by this, but after he finished his symbolic politeness, he suddenly asked this question...

"Dear brothers, how does it feel to have a slave who has lost his country for more than two years? Is it so good?"

Everyone looked up at Zhang Zhi in surprise. Yan Yu, who was sitting beside him, hurriedly said, "You don't have to be restrained, just speak freely. The latter general is so straightforward and speaks straightforward. He doesn't like politeness."

Zhang Zhi smiled and nodded, and said, "General Yan is right. All senior brothers just talk freely. Please tell me what it feels like to be a slave to the country that has been destroyed?"

After all, it was Zhao Yun's eldest son. After hesitating for a while, Zhao Tong was the first to answer: "It is of course not good to report back to the general. Seeing our former enemy Cao Wei thieves in Chengdu, we shouted at our officials and civilians, and saw them raped and plundered in the Chengdu Rebellion and massacred our officials and soldiers. Of course, we old ministers of the Han Dynasty were cut off and we were crying. We deeply hated ourselves for why we did not fight the Wei thieves to die and endured such humiliation?"

Deng Liang and Li Xiang and other second-generation officials in Shu Han nodded one after another, admitting that it was really bad to be slaves of the country. Zhang Zhi smiled and nodded, and said, "What Zhao led the army said was very true. Although I was lucky enough to have never been slaves of the country, I knew that this taste was definitely bad. Just imagine how much blood feud our prime minister went to Qishan five times and the general attacked the Central Plains nine times, and formed a deep feud with the Cao Wei thief army? How could the Cao Wei thief army gets power by chance? In the face of such revenge, the pain and torture in the hearts of all seniors can be imagined."

"Yesterday, when I went to the imperial city to worship the Great Han Taimiao, I also felt this feeling."

Zhang Zhi said slowly again: "Seeing the spiritual throne of our Han emperors and the spiritual throne of Emperor Zhaolie, I remember the difficulties of our Han Emperor Gaozu, the hard work of Emperor Zhaolie in starting a business during the three-time Yan Han Dynasty, the heroic spirit of the prime minister and general who repeatedly attacked the Central Plains but returned in vain, and the tragic tyranny of countless soldiers of the Han Dynasty who sacrificed their heads and blood. How could the pain in the hearts of the younger generation be described by the four words ""

Speaking of this, Zhang Zhi couldn't help but shed tears and said crying: "Seniors, at that time, I seemed to have seen the fire in Yiling, Emperor Zhaolie led the bloody battle of the Han soldiers in Ma'anshan; I saw the Prime Minister passing away in the bleak autumn wind in Wuzhangyuan, and the army of our Han soldiers cried; and the general's tears were bloody when he received His Majesty's order to surrender, and the Han soldiers drew their swords and cut the stones; those scenes made me cry like a spring, and every scene made me feel in pain..."

He was moved by Zhang Zhi's words and recalled the past. Yan Yu, Zhao Tong, Deng Liang and others were inevitably sore in their noses, tears in their eyes, and then they burst into tears like Zhang Zhi. Although Du Zhen and He Pan and other representatives of the aristocratic families did not feel this way, they also left a few tears in a hypocritical way. Zhang Zhi suddenly glanced at the corner of his eyes, stopped his crying, and choked and said:

"Fortunately, it's dawn, and the sky is endless. Our Han army finally fought back from Nanzhong and took back the former capital of Chengdu, our Han Dynasty, in one fell swoop, to restore the old land and welcome the emperor back. It's just around the corner."

"Restore the old land? Welcome back to the emperor?"

Obedient and listened to Zhang Zhi's words, representatives of the aristocratic families such as Du Zhen, He Pan and Li Yi were immediately moved and had a lot of thoughts. Zhao Tong and Deng Liang and the second generation of Shu Han officials said quickly: "This is all the contribution of the latter general. If the latter general had not been to Wu Jiao and the pillars of the Han Dynasty and the territory of the Han Dynasty in Nanzhong, we Yan Han would have really died in the hands of the Wei thieves."

"This is all the credit of all the soldiers. How dare I live alone?" Zhang Zhi said modestly, and said, "Also, I have a shortage of civil and military affairs in my account. I have to ask you seniors not to be accused of being a little bitchy and be despicable, and come out to help me to recover the old land as soon as possible, welcome you back, and revive my country and country."

At present, there is no way to see the future prospects of the Han army. Even Zhao Yun's son Zhao Tong could not help but hesitate after hearing this. Zhang Zhi waited for a moment without answering, and then cried and said, "Seniors, do you really think that your younger generation is from a humble background and refuse to surrender to your subordinates? Or, you are really willing to be slaves of the country for the rest of your life and do not want to return to the Han court to serve? If this is the case, you will never force yourself to stay. I will send you to Jin and never try to stay."

Seeing that Zhang Zhi had already said this, Zhao Tong, Deng Liang and others who were crying to death just now were embarrassed, so they could only leave the table with their teeth and bow and say, "The latter general does not dislike us for being a little ignorant of our talent and being a little unintentional, so they should serve their own efforts."

When Zhang Zhi was overjoyed, he quickly stood up and helped Zhao Tong, Deng Liang and others one by one. He casually appointed officials and made wishes, and granted some civil and military positions to Zhao Tong, Deng Liang and Li Xiang and others, so that they could stay in the army to listen to them. After confirming their abilities, they would be further promoted. In fact, they should be raised as mascots first. Currently, the Han army only has one city in Chengdu in the Chengdu Plain. There are many civil and military positions, and there are too many monks and few porridges. The elderly in Nanzhong who have real power can't even get a share. What real power can Zhao Tong, Deng Liang and others immediately gain?

After bringing Zhao Tong and others back to their seats, Zhang Zhi was not in a hurry to return to his seat. He just turned directly to Du Zhen, He Pan and others who were sitting opposite Zhao Tong and others, and said with a smile: "Sir, the same thing is true. Zhi is a straightforward person and likes to speak straightforwardly, so he is not polite. Today, I asked General Yan to invite you all the gentlemen, for the same purpose, just to ask all the gentlemen not to be contemptuous and come out to serve in this general's tent."

He quietly exchanged a glance with the corners of his eyes. Li Mi, who was born in the Wuyang family, became a bird of prominence and stood up and bowed and said, "The Later General was forgiven. Perhaps the Later General had also heard that his father had been lost in the second half of the year. When he was four, his mother remarried. He was the grandmother who would raise him and rebuilt his kindness. Now that his grandmother is old, no one can take care of him by the bedside, he can only ask the Later General to forgive him. After he served his grandmother for a hundred years, he would consider whether to become an official."

Li Mi took the lead, and famous scholars from Yizhou families such as Du Zhen and Wen Li also found various reasons to refuse, either saying that they should be filial to their elders, or that they were not talented and had no intention of entering the officialdom. They said that they did not dare to be accomplice to Zhang Zhi when the Han army had only one city in Chengdu, which would implicate their whole family and their clan members in the future. Of course, they would not mobilize their family forces to support the Han army to restore the land and fight against the Central Plains in the north.

He had already experienced the virtues of powerful households in Nanzhong. Of course, Zhang Zhi was not surprised by this and said very readily: "Sir, don't worry, sir, I just invited you to become an official, and I have no intention to force you. Since you have different reasons, I will naturally not force you. Please rest assured, sir, if you change your mind in the future and are willing to help me raise an army to restore the country, I will definitely welcome you."

They are all human beings. When they heard Zhang Zhi's statement, Du Zhen and Li Mi and other representatives of the aristocratic families immediately understood that Zhang Zhi agreed to them to watch the wind and allow them to take the team and place bets after the situation became clear. So, in his heart, he also thanked Zhang Zhi repeatedly.

"Sir, don't be polite, gentlemen." Zhang Zhi smiled and tolerated that the fence-bearing representatives of these aristocratic families fell with the wind. Zhang Zhi suddenly changed his mind and said, "Sirs, taking this opportunity, I would like to ask you something about it - what is the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System? What does this system implemented by the Wei and Jin Dynasties mean?"

"What is the ninth grade Zhongzheng system?"

Du Zhen, Li Mi and others were a little stunned. They couldn't believe that Zhang Zhihui didn't even know what the Nine-rank Zhongzheng system was. Then after Zhang Zhi repeatedly asked him, Du Zhen replied with a tough time: "After reporting, the Nine-rank Zhongzheng system established a Dazhongzheng in each state, and a Xiaozhongzheng was established by Dazhongzheng in each county. He was then responsible for evaluating people locally, selecting officials, dividing the characters into nine levels from top to bottom, and then selecting officials according to the rank."

"Select officials by grade?" Zhang Zhi asked curiously again: "Mr. Chaozong, is that the higher the rank of the person who has the genuine rating, the higher the official position he held in the Wei and Jin court after he became an official?"

Du Zhen, who didn't understand why Zhang Zhi pretended to be confused and called Chaozong, nodded and replied: "Reporting to the post, General, this is the case. The superiors became officials in the Wei and Jin Dynasties and could directly serve as fifth-rank officials. The middle-rank officials could only serve as ninth-rank officials. The middle-rank officials and the lower-rank officials were assigned to poor families and had no right to enter the government."

"So that's it." Zhang Zhi nodded and asked curiously: "Mr. Chaozong, with the prosperity of our talents in Yizhou, the Wei and Jin thieves must have discovered many top and top-notch figures in our Yizhou in the past two years, right? How many top-notch figures are there? How many top-notch figures are there?"

Du Zhen was speechless, and then after Zhang Zhi repeatedly asked, Du Zhen gritted the bullet and replied: "Reporting to the post, General Yizhou is remote and lacks talent. In the past two years, no famous Yizhou scholars have been rated as the best or the best, and there are not even the best or the best."

"It's outrageous?" Zhang Zhi was furious and said, "It's ridiculous! My Yizhou is a country of Tianfu, with many talents and outstanding both civil and military. How could it be that there was not even a top three rank character? Could it be that the big and small Zhongzheng of the Wei and Jin dynasties were blind?!"

Obedient and listened to the voice, Zhang Zhi said this to this point. Of course, the famous scholars in Shu, such as Du Zhen and Li Mi, understood that Zhang Zhi was pointing out the criticism of the people of Shu and used various methods to point out that the Wei and Jin courts discriminated against Shu people and did not pay any attention to the talents in Shu. At the same time, Du Zhen, Li Mi and others had to admit it with great sadness. With the talent selection mechanism of the Wei and Jin courts, Yizhou students did have almost no chance to make a name for themselves. Even if they were lucky enough to become officials, they would still attack those famous families in the Central Plains.

Seeing that these famous scholars in Shu had already understood their true meaning, Zhang Zhi changed his words and said, "Sir, please rest assured. After I recovered my hometown, I will never use this system to select talents. I will only learn and become an official! Regarding this, I would like to ask you to help me promote this."

"If you are worried about studying, you will be an official?"

When they heard this fresh sentence, they were actually just a middle-aged family in Shu, including Du Zhen, He Pan and others, who were born in a middle-aged family in Shu, were inevitably moved, and immediately realized that Zhang Zhi was hinting that they were hinting that they only looked at their ability to choose and employ people, not their family background. As long as they were loyal and obedient, they could completely squeeze out the children of the top Shu family, the Huang family in Langzhong, the Yang family in Wuyang, and the Chang family in Jiangyuan, and became the top leaders of the Han army.

Observing the reactions of these famous scholars in Shu, Zhang Zhi added: "Sir, there is another small thing. The same thing is the case. I am really scarce under my command now. I would like to ask you all to help me. As long as you find any civil and military talents in Yizhou, please recommend them to me. This general is from Luocheng, Yizhou. Who should I use if we don't value our local talents?"

When he heard this, Du Zhen and He Pan, the local people in Yizhou, suddenly had their eyes lit up again, and they all said in their hearts: "I'm confused, how can I forget the most critical issue? In the past, Liu Bei and Liu Chan were outsiders, and they desperately reused foreigners in order to strengthen their control over Shu, which made it difficult for us Yizhou locals to make a breakthrough. But Zhang Zhi is different. He is our fellow villager in Yizhou. In order to strengthen control over Shu, who else should we use if we don't use them?!"

After finally understanding Zhang Zhi's implicit attitude, Li Mi, Du Zhen and others felt confident. Although they did not immediately agree to be an accomplice to Zhang Zhi as a lackey, their resistance to Zhang Zhi was greatly reduced, and they all promised to recommend local talents to Zhang Zhi. Then Du Zhen could not help but curiosity and simply asked implicitly: "Last General, how can you ask what is the biggest purpose of your trip north this time?"

"Of course, it is to restore the old land and welcome back to you." Zhang Zhi replied with a smile.

Without hearing from Zhang Zhi what to do to restore the Central Plains and restore the capital of Luoyang, Du Zhen and others were even more secretly happy. They quickly praised Zhang Zhi's ambition and ambition. Zhang Zhi bowed and thanked him. Then he ordered his personal soldiers to serve wine and food, and to hold a banquet to thank everyone for their visit. Then he personally sent these famous Yizhou scholars from the governor's mansion without mentioning it.

In fact, it was not only Du Zhen, Li Mi and others who heard Zhang Zhi's implicit voice, but Yan Yu, who was far more prosperous than Jiang Wei in the Shu Han court, also heard it. So after seeing everyone off, Yan Yu couldn't help but ask Zhang Zhi curiously: "Last General, today, why didn't you mention the recovery of the Central Plains in front of those famous scholars in Shu in a word? Is it still the capital of Luoyang?"

"Of course I'm afraid of scaring them away."

Zhang Zhi sighed and replied helplessly: "The general's years of northern expeditions have caused complaints from these Shu families, and has also made the people of Yizhou miserable and overwhelmed. In addition, the "On the Evil Kingdom" by the old thief Qiao Zhou completely disintegrated the morale of the Shu people, making all the soldiers, civilians and officials in Shu tired of the northern expedition. If I were anxious to shout the slogan of rescuing the Central Plains and returning to the capital of Luoyang, it would not only scare them away, but the officials and people in Shu must also be afraid and dare not have no choice."

"So I have no choice but to pretend to be a grandson first." Zhang Zhi said with a wry smile: "Precaution I have no ambitions and just want to be a local emperor in Shu. Only these famous Shu people who are not worthy of being the Jin thief will choose to support me, and the officials and people in Shu will not be too resistant to us."

"What about the future? If you decide to launch the Northern Expedition in the future, will these famous scholars from Shu think you are lying to them?" Yan Yu asked curiously again.

"Why did I lie to them?" Zhang Zhi asked in confusion: "I have clearly said that I want to restore the old land. Is our Han territory only in Yizhou?"

Yan Yu laughed loudly, and had to admire Zhang Zhi's meticulous thoughts. Even when he was lying, he did not forget to leave room for anything. Zhang Zhi also smiled and asked again: "Elder General, why are there no members of the Jiangyuan Chang family today? Jiangyuan is close to Chengdu, and the Jiangyuan Chang family is also a top wealthy family in Yizhou. It is impossible that no one is in Chengdu?"

"Run away." Yan Yu said helplessly: "Originally, Chang Hong's nephew Chang Wei worked in Chengdu, but when he was about to send someone to find his residence yesterday, he realized that the man had run away secretly. If nothing unexpected happens, he should be afraid that you will pursue the past, General."

"Immediately send someone to contact the Jiangyuan Chang family and invite Chang Hong to Chengdu to meet me. By the way, I told them that I have never killed Chang Ji. Chang Ji is still eating instant noodles in Wei County." Zhang Zhi ordered casually and said: "The Jiangyuan Chang family is a top family in Yizhou. Strictly speaking, I have no deep hatred and cannot be overcome with their Chang family. Even if I can't fight for it immediately, I must not force them to the Jin thief."

Yan Yu agreed, and it turned out that Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrived. At this moment, a personal soldier suddenly came to report to Zhang Zhi, "Report to the Empress General, General Wang Su, who was stationed at Wanliqiao, sent someone to report to him, saying that a former Han official claimed to be Chang's name, Xu, and led more than a hundred Tiankes (tenants hired farmers) to join our army from Jiang, the former Chengdu. Chang Xu also claimed that he had served as the magistrate of Luocheng County and was the former boss of the Empress General's father. His cousin Chang Ji once betrayed the Empress General's father. General Wang asked for instructions on how to deal with it."

"Huh? He came on the initiative? He also brought hundreds of Tianke to join the army?" Zhang Zhi was slightly stunned.

"Hou General, good things." Yan Yu hurriedly said: "The Mo General has seen this Chang Xu. When Deng Ai went south to Luocheng, he was indeed the county magistrate in Luocheng, and he was indeed your father's old boss. Moreover, the Mo General also knew that this Chang Xu was Chang Hong's nephew. As long as he was wining him over, through his line, we will soon get along with the Chang family."
Chapter completed!