The state of Chen is much richer than the state of Chu, and the main reason is that the state of Chen occupies the land south of the Yangtze River.

Jiangnan is rich in natural resources, providing a large amount of tax revenue for Chen every year, even if Jiangnan is not close to Beijing, the imperial court's binding force on the local government is weakened, and local officials can still play a lot of tricks in paying taxes, but the imperial court still gets considerable benefits from Jiangnan.

And because the people live a rich life, the ancient capital has been safe and stable, there has never been any chaos, and there are many Jiangnan officials in the court who have a great right to speak, and the court and even the emperor have turned a blind eye to some chaos in Jiangnan.

A state in the south of the Yangtze River.

A tall mansion.

Although Jiangnan is far from the political center of the Chen State, it is rich and wealthy businessmen, and in terms of wealth, even the Jingshi is far from being able to compare with it.

Therefore, luxury mansions can be seen everywhere in the states of Jiangnan, and in Jiangnan, where the people are generally wealthy, the luxury of this mansion is also rare.

The young man in Chinese clothes strode out of the mansion, and an old woman chased him out of the mansion, stopped in front of him, and said a little anxiously: "Son, the prince died of illness for only a few months, it stands to reason that you must keep filial piety for three years, and within these three years, you must wear filial piety clothes, and you must not gather to visit friends......"

"Three years?" The young man in Chinese clothes looked at her and asked, "In a special period, you don't have to care about this, the big event is coming, can we wait for three years?" ”

"The prince shouldn't be in such a hurry, Jiangnan is extremely important to the Chen country, once there is chaos, the imperial army will definitely drive straight in, and when the time comes, our years of arrangement will be ruined......" The old woman looked at him and said: "Take 10,000 steps back and say, the prince's bones are not cold, and the prince should not wear such gorgeous clothes......"

The young man in Chinese clothes looked at her, his face sank, and said, "Bai Jin, you'd better figure out your own identity, just a minion, what qualifications do you have to tell me what I should do?" ”

With that, he glanced at Bai Jin coldly and turned to leave.

An old man with a gloomy face walked out of the mansion, glanced at the old woman, and followed the young man.

Su Mei walked out of the mansion, covered her mouth and yawned, looked at the old woman, and said lazily: "King Qian has passed away, is there any point in what you have done?" ”

The old woman looked at her and said with a solemn face: "Although King Qian unfortunately passed away, there is still a prince, he is the same royal orthodoxy, and there is no difference between supporting the prince or the king of Qian." ”

Su Mei glanced at her and asked, "Will King Qian also speak to you like that?" ”

The old woman looked away and said, "The son is still young, and I will lead him to the right path." ”

"Then you can lead slowly......" Su Mei yawned again and asked, "When are we going back to Jingshi, I haven't slept comfortably for a few months......

"I'll go back when it's time to go." The old woman glanced at her and strode in the direction where the young man had disappeared.

Su Mei glanced at her, turned around lazily, and walked towards the depths of the house.

The two guards at the door slowly turned their heads, their eyes slanted, and in a short period of time, they didn't know how many times they had swallowed their saliva.

……

After traveling for half a month, the climate has gradually become pleasant since I crossed a certain mountain range a few days ago.

The imperial court has a small examination for local officials every year and a major examination every three years, and this time it is the turn of the big examination, which is also the reason why the officials are so busy.

There are two more days of travel, and you will enter Jiangnan West Road, although the purpose of Tangning's trip is Jiangnan East Road, but the superficial examination is also to be done, and when you get there, it is time to slow down.

The content of the imperial court's assessment of officials is very complicated, civil officials and military officials are different, Beijing officials are different from foreign officials, chief officials are different from adjutants, and the direction of assessment is also from personal morality, governing land and people's customs, to agricultural and forestry reclamation, levy and levy, population increase, social security, etc., there are dozens of articles in total, which are very detailed.

Tang Ning naturally couldn't inspect all of these every place he went, and there were many low-level officials accompanying him this time, who specialized in these things, and sent one person to be in charge of each place, and then sent two members of the blade to ensure safety, and the rest could continue to move forward.

Tang Ning sat in the carriage, and at a certain moment, the carriage was knocked on, Chen Zhou lifted the curtain and said, "General, ten miles ahead, you will arrive at Anzhou Prefecture." ”

It's not too late at the moment, but if you pass Anzhou City, and go further, you won't be able to get to the next resting place today, so you can only camp in place.

Tang Ning thought for a while and said, "Then rest in Anzhou City for one night, rest in place for a quarter of an hour, and set off for Anzhou City in a quarter of an hour." ”

He jumped out of the carriage, and the curtain of a carriage behind him was lifted, and Yu Shi Zhongcheng looked at him and asked, "Lord Tang, why did you stop?" ”

Tang Ning said: "I plan to rest for one night in Qianzhou City, what does Lord Qi think?" ”

"It's all up to Lord Tang." After Yu Shi Zhongcheng said a word, he lowered the curtain.

Downing stood on the side of the road and took a few breaths of fresh air, because the fatigue caused by the fatigue of the car and horses suddenly dissipated a lot.

Since the first day he had a discussion with this Imperial Historian about the lack of sharpness of the Shang Fang Treasure Sword given to him by Emperor Chen, along the way, this Qi Master of the Imperial History Observatory has never had a dispute with him, and he himself has been left with a clean ear.

After Anzhou, the road may not be so peaceful, what is the situation in Jiangnan, he doesn't know for the time being, and whether the chaos in Jiangnan is made by Su Mei and them is still uncertain.

Before leaving, he learned Bai Jin's true identity from Gongsun Ying, and Tang Ning also tried to guess their purpose.

The Chen State occupies the Central Plains and Jiangnan, and most of the northeast is occupied by the Chu State, and the Liang State, which has died out, is located in the Yunnan-Guizhou area......

And with food and money, they can also pull up a team in Qiandi at any time, and Jiangnan is the top priority of this link.

Of course, whether they can get their wish or not, the premise is that Chen Guo sits idly by and ignores their actions in Jiangnan, but this is obviously impossible, Jiangnan is Chen Guo's granary and money bag, I am afraid that before they can make any waves in Jiangnan, the imperial court has sent a large army to the south to nip the signs of rebellion in the bud.

It was not easy for the imperial court to fight the grassland barbarians, but it was very simple to go south, and it did not take much effort to quell the rebellion.

Unless Chen Guo encountered something more serious than the Jiangnan Rebellion, such as the invasion of the Su Shen people, such as the invasion of the Western Regions, but the possibility of this incident happening is extremely small, there is chaos in the south, the west, and the north at the same time, at that time, Chen Guo will most likely not be able to survive, and naturally he will not have time to take care of Jiangnan, and at that time, it will be meaningless to take care of Jiangnan.

Tang Ning looked at Gongsun Ying who was standing next to the carriage and asked, "I remember you said that Bai Jin will not rebel?" ”

"Once there is a change in Jiangnan, it will be easy for the Chen court to send troops to pacify it." Gongsun Ying looked over and said, "She's not so stupid, there should be something else hidden in the matter of Jiangnan." ”

Gongsun Ying seems to be very sure about certain things, it seems that this trip to Jiangnan, there is a high probability of meeting Bai Jin, and it is very likely to be an unpleasant meeting.

But this is not what Tang Ning cares about, it doesn't matter if he is unhappy with Bai Jin's bad old woman, just be happy with others......

The ten-mile journey was not long, and it was almost there, and when the convoy arrived at the gate of Anzhou City, it lined up and slowly entered.

Anzhou is just a small state city, and they still have to queue up to enter the city, Tang Ning lifted the curtain and looked at it, and found that they happened to meet two caravans, and the three convoys entered the city at the same time, so it seemed a little congested.

The accompanying members of the Blades looked at a group of rugged giants with interested expressions, while the officials of the ministry, including Yushi Zhongcheng and his retinue, looked straight at several exotic women in the other team with their arms and navels exposed......