Yi Province, Shu Commandery.
Having received the imperial court's edict, Deng Ai urgently summoned a number of officials.
Mouqiu Dian, Zhang Shou, and the other officials swiftly came before Deng Ai.
Mouqiu Dian was the inspector of Yi Province, while Zhang Shou was the local governor and the father of Zhang Zai and his brothers.
Zhang Shou was not particularly distinguished in appearance. He had three sons: the eldest took after him, while the other two took after their mother.
But Zhang Shou was quite capable at governance. He was also generous and modest, treating others with courtesy, and for a Wei man, he enjoyed considerable popular support in the Shu lands.
Deng Ai had not summoned all the officials this time. Most of those present were from Wei, or the Central Plains faction, while far fewer belonged to the Native Faction.
The Shu lands differed from Wu territory. Cao Mao had sent officials directly from the Central Plains to govern Wu territory, while in Shu, he used Shu people to govern Shu.
The governors and the many middle- and lower-ranking officials currently serving in the Shu lands were all Shu people.
Of course, under the Three Mutual Prohibitions, officials generally did not serve in their own home regions. Clerks were another matter.
But certain important positions, especially supervisory posts, were filled entirely by Wei people.
Deng Ai sat in the seat of honor, looking gravely at everyone before him.
Of late, the Shu lands had shown considerable improvement. Half the scale of the irrigation works from Zhuge Liang's time had been restored, and the roads and cities had also been improved. They had not rushed to reclaim farmland, however.
But in this era, irrigation works were the greatest weapon in agriculture!
Throughout history, whenever an official governed a region