"Ba, did you find it?" General Luo urged on his camel. As soon as he entered Samarkand, he found that the white turtle that had been raised all the way was gone, and Gong Qianbai had to come back to look for it, but he didn't see the penumbra.

"Master, it seems that there is still no fate! But that was our lucky turtle, suddenly disappeared, and the apprentice always felt unlucky! Gong Qianbai was still a little unwilling.

Hearing Gong Qianbai like this, General Luo was silent, because he also thought so in his heart.

But now is not the time to leave Samarkand, he still has some things to do.

This time he went to hunt the young talent in the east, he got the order, but the whole army was wiped out before he succeeded, and his cultivation also dropped to the internal force realm; In this case, if he doesn't do something, he himself feels that he can't explain it.

"Ba! We can't leave now, if we can't make meritorious service in Samarkand, we won't be able to get attention when we return to Daqin like this, and we may even be left out in the cold and punished! ”

Gong Qianbai nodded and said, "Understood!" Let's stay in Samarkand for the time being, and then look for an opportunity to make a big contribution, so that no one in Daqin will dare to do anything more! ”

"You're smart! Exactly! ”

……

Shencheng, also known as Songjiang, was originally just a seaside town, but under the strong recommendation of Gong Qianbai, it became the capital of the Ministry of Commerce.

At the same time, it is also close to Fan Li's hometown, and Fan Li is extremely familiar with this place. But one or two thousand years later, the prosperity of Suzhou and Hangzhou greatly exceeded Fan Li's imagination. Yes, there is no more wealth than Jiangnan, and this is Jiangnan after the Inner Mongolians have been exploiting for decades.

In addition to the south of the Yangtze River, the west can go up the river, the north is the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and the east can go to Korea, Dongyingzhou, Luzon, Thang Long City, Tianjin, and even take a sea boat to reach further places.

Now, Fan Li is also vigorously developing and manufacturing large sea ships to ensure that he can sail east at the end of the year to find sweet potatoes, corn and potatoes from Gong Qianbai, and at the same time closely connect Nanzhou with the mainland.

Da Da Da –

A sound of horses' hooves sounded, and thousands of majestic silver-armored and white-robed knights roared along the official road, in order to avoid affecting other pedestrians and chariots and horses on the official road, these thousands of knights formed a neat single column, making this team of not many people stretched for more than ten miles.

All the pedestrians on the road were shocked by the strict military discipline of this cavalry. The Mongols can't compare, and the current court army, which has always been known for its strict military discipline, is also incomparable.

Especially the seven generals led by Li Cunxiao, Yu Liyan, Yang Kan, Jing Si, Lu Bu, Wang Yanzhang, and Yang Youji, each holding an identical lance, against the backdrop of the mighty body, not only full of solemnity, but also full of evil spirit.

Now the fourteen people of the guard hall are also divided into two waves, one is these seven people leading the army, and the other wave of seven people is guarding the palace Qianbai.

The thousands of cavalry are too conspicuous, and Gong Qianbai's main purpose now is to inspect, of course he will not be with these cavalry.

At the same time, on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, a hundred miles to the east, a passenger ship is slowly moving south. On the bow of the boat stood two teenagers, one of whom had been staring at both sides of the canal, her frown furrowed to show her inner worry and dissatisfaction.

"Zhao Gao! I thought that if I took the land, the people would be treated fairly. But you see that on the Grand Canal and outside the Grand Canal, there are many painting boats on the Grand Canal, and there are rich and golden caves, but outside the Grand Canal are all hard-working slender men! Gong Qianbai said coldly, "Zhao Gao! You should know very well how we dealt with the powerful in the first place, and besides, there is also a monopoly on commerce by the Ministry of Commerce, and I don't believe that they will recover after only one year! ”

"What does Childe mean?"

Zhao Gao suddenly realized that the land and wealth had been collected, the land was owned by the imperial court, and the management rights of wealth were monopolized by the Ministry of Commerce, so there was only one way to gather wealth - power!

Yes! The middle and lower-level officials of the imperial court can only be elected by ordinary people, and the grassroots personnel of the Ministry of Commerce can also only be elected by ordinary people, and ordinary people have seven emotions and six desires, they will be selfish, and they will violate the rules.

"The ministries have investigated so strictly, it's only been a year, and they dare to break the rules, it seems that there are still few people killed!"

Zhao Gao said hatefully, "The Ministry of Commerce has a solid view of the people below, which may not be the Ministry of Commerce; But the Ministry of Administration is now busy with the summer harvest and immigration, and presumably lacks the energy to control the underneath, which must be officials or officials' families! ”

"Zhao Gao is right, I also think this is an official under this one!"

Li Mi poked his head out of the cabin, walked to Gong Qianbai's side and said, "It's just that I don't think we need to meddle in this matter!" ”

Zhao Gao was a little puzzled: "Why?" We have seen that if we don't care about it, wouldn't these people be more unscrupulous over time? ”

"Because we have to trust the Ministry of Administration!" Li Mi replied.

"There are a total of twenty-six people in the left and right political departments, all of whom are heroes of the ancient ages, and their eyes can be turned up to know the rotation of the sun and the moon, and their eyes can be turned down to explore the Nine Secluded Yellow Springs; And although the two ministries have less than 20,000 subordinates in total, they are more than enough to supervise, at least far more than the number of imperial historians in the imperial court. In this case, if the two ministries do not know about these conditions on the Grand Canal, I do not believe it; Not only that, but I guess that Jiangnan, Sichuan, and Hebei must have similar situations to some extent, and perhaps more serious and uncertain. But now is not the time to strictly rectify the rule of officials. ”

"Why?" Zhao Gao listened to Li Yu's explanation and became more and more confused, "Even if it is forbidden in this situation, it is forbidden endlessly, and indulgence is indispensable?" ”

"It's not that it's indulgence, it's that there is a lack of people under auxiliary governance now!" Li Mi said helplessly.

"Oh! I understand! Zhao Gao's anger suddenly subsided, and he said unwillingly, "The time we have obtained is still too short, and we have to compromise in some aspects, so that there are a lot of black sheep mixed in!" ”

Li Mi said: "Exactly! ”

The two looked at Gong Qianbai together, but Gong Qianbai shook his head: "The rule of officials is our bottom line, and the rule of officials is the red line!" If the first wave of officials we select compromises in quality, then it will become a bad example, and the second and third waves will definitely be worse than the first! After the ship docks, you have to find a way to find the people from the Ministry of Administration, and if there is any trouble with the immigrants or other aspects, let them send the army to deal with it compulsorily, and all those who touch the red line of the government will be counted as one and all of them will be disposed of......"

"Whose ship is this! Hurry up and get out of the way, I don't want to die, dare to stand in the way of the master......"

A rough voice sounded on the boat behind Gong Qianbai, and then the hull shook violently.

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