At present, the top poor families in the Wei Empire are constantly growing and growing with their in-law relationships with Guo Peng.

It is constantly occupying positions in the Staff, the Secretariat, the Censorate and the Cabinet, and its momentum is quite good.

In the central government, the number of officials from poor families is increasing, and it is no less than that in the local area. In the entire Liangzhou Prefecture, most of the subordinates are held by poor families, including very important positions in the position of law.

As Mao Jie knew, scholars and officials mostly served as landlords, while positions other than the chiefs were mostly held by poor families, which was very common in the officialdom of Wei.

Some scholars believe that this is Guo Peng's measure to restrict scholars' power, but this view is not common.

Mao Jie didn't think so, and he was unable to change the situation.

Besides, compared to this situation, he cared more about whether he could return from the local government to the central government, hold a position he valued, and began to take over the world's authority.

He has already achieved the ultimate goal of local officials. Going further, he must be a central position.

Only when the central government holds power can it turn over. Most of the power of the Wei Empire is in the central government. Only when the central government is in charge of the central government can they truly hold power, rather than dancing in shackles on the local area.

If Mao Jie wants to be a real boss, he must go to the central government.

Once this matter breaks out without his knowledge, it will seriously affect his career prospects. For this reason, he must take the lead and seize the initiative.

So while Mao Jie sent his confidants to learn about this matter, he also found Zhao Xian, the head of the law caucus, and had a secret discussion with him to explain the matter clearly.

"What? This is actually happening?!"

Zhao Xian was shocked.

He was busy with other cases, but he never expected that there was a mine buried deep in the ground and he was not discovered.

"If someone hadn't told me, I would have never imagined that such a thing would have happened."

Mao Jie looked nervous: "I haven't told Chen Gongtai about this yet. If Chen Gongtai knew about it, he would probably be angry to death."

Zhao Xian took a breath.

"The most critical thing now seems to be not this matter. The most critical thing now should be Zhuge Liang, right?"

Mao Jie was surprised that Zhao Xian found the key point of this matter so quickly.

This matter takes time to deal with it, and it takes even more time to press it down.

If Zhuge Liang exposed this matter to Luoyang during this period and was found out by Sansi, they would all face some serious consequences.

Mao Jie's subordinates and Zhao Xian's subordinates have the possibility of being involved in the case, but coincidentally, both of them are currently fighting to enter the central government.

Mao Jie wanted to enter a department of the Shangshutai to hold a main position.

Zhao County also wants to join the Central Ministry of Justice to hold an important position, or in the Sili School Officer's Office or the Censorate, anyway, he is good at it.

Both of them belong to the kind of people who like power but not money.

There are two types of corrupt officials, one is greedy for money, which belongs to relatively low-level corrupt officials, and the other is greedy for power, which belongs to relatively high-level corrupt officials.

The two of them are relatively high-level corrupt officials.

When they were already interested in money, they had already escaped from the boring and low-level interest, and what they were greedy for was more advanced power and status.

The feeling of standing on the top to call the wind and rain.

That kind of pleasure to guide the country.

Only those who have experienced it will understand the wonderful feeling of mastering authority.

So why do men pursue money?

Are you afraid that you don’t have enough material enjoyment with power?

In the Great Wei Empire, money was a slave to power.

If you don’t enter Luoyang City to be a high-ranking official, you cannot be considered a real high-ranking official.

Even bureaucrats who are higher-level in the local area than in the central government are not counted.

Both of them have clear goals.

So I can't tolerate such things happening even more.

Once this kind of thing happens, doesn’t it mean they are incompetent?

If the emperor remembers this kind of thing, it will be difficult to say whether they can enter the central government in the future, and it will be difficult to say whether they can maintain their current position.

In the future, you may not be asked to retire early and give way to the virtuous as a punishment.

How can this be accepted?

So Zhao Xian’s idea is Mao Jie’s idea.

"You are right. The most troublesome thing now is not those bastards, but Zhuge Liang. This matter can be suppressed by arresting and severely punishing a few excessive bastards. However, once Zhuge Liang stabbed him to Luoyang, it will be troublesome."

Mao Jie pursed his lips: "I don't know what kind of person Zhuge Liang is yet to be. I plan to summon him once to find out his words and see how he views this matter."

"He has a backstage?"

Zhao Xian narrowed his eyes and asked, "Are there any person in the court who is embarrassed by Xiaoxian?"

"Zhuge Jin, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, was his brother. Zhang Zhao, the Minister of Personnel, had a close relationship with Zhuge Jin. Zhuge Jin was able to achieve this position was promoted by Zhang Zhao.

Zhuge Liang himself is a cabinet member and his majesty’s old official. When he came to Liangzhou to be a county magistrate, he was also released from the cabinet. It can be said that he has attracted much attention and some private methods may not be convenient to use."

Zhao Xian became even more worried when Mao Jie said this.

"This person cannot be solved simply. If his goal is to make meritorious and be rewarded for returning to Luoyang...then the problem will be big, and he can also connect the links of the Minister of Personnel. Xiaoxian, your future will inevitably be the opinions of the Minister of Personnel."

Mao Jie nodded.

"I know, that's why I have to explore his words first. If nothing else, I will at least give you some time. If Zhuge Liang has a view of the overall situation, it would be fine. If not, you can also deal with the problem as soon as possible.

Not to mention that everything is done, at least we must strive for one initiative. We must take the initiative to separate our relationship with them. The most important thing at the moment is that Zhuge Liang cannot expand the problem.

If those Xuzhou people were asked to grab the handle, the consequences would be unpredictable. The incident that happened in the court before was caused by Cheng Lingjun and Tian Pushe, but these Xuzhou people took a big advantage!”

Zhao Xian nodded too.

"Okay, I will deal with it as soon as possible. Why do I have to fight for the initiative...Those bastards! Let me know who did it, and I will never forgive them!"

Zhao Xian was very angry, angry that these bastards did not abide by national laws, which would implicate him and affect his future.

Of course, Zhuge Liang was also angry that he was looking for trouble for nothing, and he was meddling with other people's business with rats.

If a person who came to Luoyang to experience his experience, he would be in trouble if he was ignorant of his good deeds and earned meritorious service and rewarded.

Because no means can be used casually, otherwise they will be more problematic and make the central government notice.

After some discussion, Mao Jie decided to work separately with Zhao Xian, work together, and use his advantages in resources and personnel to start competing for time with Zhuge Liang.

Zhao Xian returned to the Dharma Cave and began to gather people, show his shrewd and capable work character, and began to conduct a comprehensive investigation into this matter.

While Mao Jie sent his confidants to bring a large number of files to support Zhao Xian's work, he also sent people to Dunhuang County to summon Zhuge Liang and asked Zhuge Liang to come to Guzang County to pay homage to Mao Jie.

When Zhuge Liang learned about this, he was sorting out the information in his hands and preparing to make the matter clear before reporting it to the central government, letting the three departments know, participate in it, and punish corrupt officials.

He didn't know why Mao Jie suddenly summoned him.

Mao Jie is the governor of a state and a high-ranking official of 3,500 stones. If he wants to summon him, he will also summon the county prefect. It should have nothing to do with him, right?

But when they thought that there might be some other problems, they had to go there. They had to entrust government affairs to the county magistrate, and let the county magistrate manage the county magistrate on his own. They stood up and went to Guzang County, Wuwei County, which is the capital of Liangzhou.
Chapter completed!