After walking along the city wall for most of the way, in a corridor pavilion not far from the 24th Bridge in the western suburbs of the city, after Tao Qian and Fang Fei, who were full of reluctance, drove the carriage and moved the picnic cooking utensils and other things, Yang Huaizhi, Chen Cishan, and Xin Qiji rushed over.

Tao Qian, who had just come back yesterday, was tidying up those cooking utensils and other things, and whispered in the ear of Ye Qing, who was indifferent: "The hand that moved in Lin'an died on the woman's belly. ”

"That's it, it's almost the same, I finally got out of Yangzhou Prison, and I should enjoy it when I get to Lin'an." Ye Qing nodded with satisfaction, still with a smile on his face as warm as the warm winter sun.

In the eyes of others, it was just Ye Qing chatting with Tao Qian, and no one would have thought that what the two of them were talking about was a human life case.

"But your subordinates are also hateful, if I hadn't seen the opportunity early, I'm afraid I would have been blocked by Li Heng in the alley and couldn't get out. Are you sure he really didn't apostatize? Tao Qian told Li Heng.

"He's full?" Ye Qing replied, then looked at Yang Huaizhi and the three of them smiled and nodded, and motioned for the three of them to sit down and talk.

The repair of the Yangzhou city wall has always been thanks to Yang Huaizhi and Chen Cishan, so Ye Qing's appearance here today is also quite a sense of inspecting the city wall.

Perhaps because of the gloomy weather for several days, the people who did not wait for the snow finally had a good mood after the weather cleared, so this place with mountains, rivers and pavilions naturally became a place for literati, nobles and wealthy people in Yangzhou to relax.

Xin Qiji looked at the crowd passing by in the distance from time to time, and then looked at Ye Qing and said, "It seems that Chongguo Gong is late again." ”

"When was he not late? I'm waiting for him every time, so after a while, you should let him have a few more drinks. Ye Qing sat in the right seat, on the left was Zhong Qing wearing a shallow dew, and the vacant seat on the right was reserved for Zhao Shichun, the prince of Chongguo, who had not yet come.

Yang Huaizhi and Chen Cishan looked at Ye Qing with satisfaction at the city wall in the distance, and introduced them to Ye Qing softly from time to time, but in the past few months, all kinds of things to repair the city wall, naturally, including the role that the entire moat will play in the city defense after the silting up of the moat is completely dredged and the entire moat becomes living water.

didn't wait for Zhao Shichun's arrival, but saw Bai Bingzhong, Ye Heng and Liu Keshi appear in the field of vision from a distance.

Without Ye Qing to speak, after reminding Ye Qing to see who was coming to Tao Qian, he immediately led Zhong Qing and Fang Fei to the carriage.

Suddenly, Zhong Qing and Fang Fei left suddenly, whether it was Xin Qiji, Yang Huaizhi, Chen Cishan and others, they didn't notice anything abnormal.

"Your Excellency......." Yang Huaizhi, whose psychological quality was slightly worse, said with some uneasiness in an instant.

With the outbreak of Liu Keshi's incident in Lin'an, no one paid attention to it in Yangzhou, but because of the rumors in the Lin'an court, the situation in the officialdom on Huainan East Road became tense.

The appeasement of Ye Qing, who was also the prefect, was a faction, Ye Heng and Bai Bingzhong were their own faction, and Liu Dexiu and others were not originally in the same way, so they could also be regarded as a faction, which also made the officialdom of Huainan East Road become clear after Liu Keshi's incident.

As the three of them came over, Liu Keshi, who had not seen him for many days, was much more decent today than when Ye Qing met for the first time, although the clothes on his body were still very old, they were very clean and tidy, and his hair was also meticulously combed.

Yang Huaizhi, Chen Cishan, and Xin Qiji all got up to greet Ye Heng and Bai Bingzhong, but Ye Qing sat motionless, with a smile on his face, looking at Liu Keshi, who was somewhat restrained in front of him.

Bai Bingzhong frowned, and glanced at the back of Zhong Qing, who walked to the carriage and left, although the man's three wives and four concubines were really romantic, but there were two wives who were like flowers and jade, which were still messing with flowers and grass outside, Bai Bingzhong always felt that something was wrong.

"Today is good, literati, there should be a teacher, a sloppy look all day long, no one will be in a good mood when they see it, or it looks good today, I hope it is not because I went out of the city today, so I dress up like this." Ye Qing rarely took the initiative to evaluate Liu Keshi.

Compared with the arrogance of a scholar all over his body that day, today's Liu Keshi can be said to be a lot more restrained, and the many edges and corners on his body that day seem to fall at home, which is somewhat humble.

"Why are you here today?" After Ye Heng sat down, the others sat down together, but Liu Keshi was still standing in place, not knowing whether to sit or stand.

Ye Qing also ignored Bai Bingzhong's signal, Liu Keshi, who had been standing all the time, saluted Ye Heng and said, "Now that the Yangzhou city wall has been repaired, the people are willing to go out of the city to relax. In the past, when the city wall was opened, the people liked to nest in the city, fearing that it would not be safe outside the city. Uncle Ye, Uncle Bai, what kind of mentality do you say the people of Yangzhou have such a mentality? ”

Ye Heng and Bai Bingzhong were both stunned, they couldn't imagine that Ye Qing's angle of looking at the problem was so tricky, but after thinking about it carefully, what Ye Qing said was indeed true.

Before the city wall was repaired, there was a gap on the left, another gap, a section on the east side was broken, and a section on the west side was missing, and even some places had been trampled into city gates by the people who liked to take shortcuts, but even so, there were still very few people who were willing to go out of the city to relax and play, and they always felt unsafe.

But now that there is no easy way to get out of the city, people are more willing to go out of the city, and Ye Heng and Bai Bingzhong naturally can't understand this mentality.

"So you're here today to find the answer to why the people of Yangzhou are willing to go out of the city?" Ye Heng shook his head and signaled that he didn't understand.

"That's not it, I asked a few people to talk about something." Ye Qing smiled and said frankly, playing with the teacup with his fingers, casually glanced at Liu Keshi, and then asked lightly, "Why do you think this is?" ”

"It's ......." Liu Keshi was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Ye Qing to take the initiative to ask him, and he became a little nervous for a while.

Not only him, Liu Keshi, but also Yang Huaizhi, Chen Cishan, even Bai Bingzhong and Ye Heng, they can see it clearly and clearly, Ye Qing has the intention of taking the school examination.

Following the last unpleasantness, it is obvious that at least Ye An, who is in a good mood today, still intends to give Liu Keshi's career a glimmer of life.

On the side, there was a kind of Xin Qiji, who was not in a hurry for the eunuchs, and he looked at Liu Keshi again and again, signaling him to answer well, but the more Xin Qiji urged him so much, the more nervous Liu Keshi's heart became.

After squeaking nervously a few times, Liu Keshi saluted Ye Qing with some embarrassment: "I am stupid, I don't know why I am willing to go out of the city after the city wall is repaired." ”

"A sense of security can also be said to be confidence." Ye Qing said calmly: "When the city wall is not repaired, the people can't see the hope and determination of the court and the people to advance and retreat together and fight against the Jin, so no matter how impassioned and sworn you are to say that the court has a strong will to resist the Jin, but when it is not implemented into action, the people obviously will not believe a word, they will think that the court is always ready when the Jin people go south, and the officials of Huainan East Road will leave them to cross the river as soon as possible." So naturally, they will not have the determination to take root in Yangzhou, and they will also be ready to leave their hometown at any time. ”

After finishing speaking, Ye Qing looked at Liu Keshi and the others who were silent, paused and continued: "So, if you want the people to settle down in Yangzhou, then you should conform to the will of the people and do something that can make the people happy." If you want to make Shangguan happy, you can only do what you like and do something to make Shangguan happy. The people do not have so many demands, as long as they can support themselves with their own hands, and they cannot straighten their waists and breathe without the pressure of taxes, they are extremely kind and brave people. There are 30,000 hungry people in Yangzhou, do you know where they are? ”

"Back to my lord, it is the most important in Taiping and Horse Washing." Liu Keshi replied decisively this time.

Ye Qing's words just now, he, a literati who has read poetry and books and has also mixed in officialdom, can still hear it, and what he said just now is not so much to him alone, but to include everyone.

And these seemingly simple words, if you think about it carefully, you will find that it completely reveals what Ye Qing wanted to do after he was appointed as the pacification envoy and prefect of Huainan East Road, that is, to let the people of Huainan East Road take root here with peace of mind.

Similarly, it is also to tell Bai Bingzhong, Ye Heng and others that if they want to please themselves and get along with Shangguan, then there is only one way, that is, to benefit one party for the first term of office, and do things that can make the people happy and at ease.

After all, they are all officials who are mixed in the officialdom, and they naturally know that this is Ye Qing taking the opportunity to express his purpose as an official, but if he only relies on a section of the city wall, he thinks that he has benefited the people, which is obviously unrealistic.

Bai Bingzhong looked at the majestic and heavy city wall in the distance, and sighed: "Huainan East Road borders Jin, and it has been trampled by Jin's iron cavalry many times over the years. ”

"So the official of Huainan East Road is not me Ye Qing, the official, you should know the difficulties, if you can't even do this, then it's better to change someone else." Ye Qing said as he took the pen in Xin Qiji's hand, sketched back and forth on a piece of rice paper, and after a while, a simple and clear map of Huainan East Road was drawn.

"Do the two squares of Taiping and Xima belong to Guangling or Jiangdu?" Ye Qing asked again without raising his head.

Bai Bingzhong, Ye Heng, and Xin Qiji glanced at Ye Qing, who lowered his head and continued to draw the map, and then set his eyes on Liu Keshi, obviously, Ye Qing now intends to let Liu Keshi embark on his career again.

"Lord Hui, it belongs to Guangling County." Liu Keshi replied.

Ye Qing finally finished drawing the map, and then seemed to be very satisfied with his dog-like map lines, and sighed that it was really everyone's demeanor, which naturally attracted Xin Qiji and the others to roll their eyes.

Although Liu Keshi is far away, he can also see that the few strokes that appease the adults are not even as good as enlightening children.

"Guangling lacks a master book, you will go to work after the first day, Taiping, Xima two squares of Guangrenxi, as for how to settle, whether it can stabilize the people's hearts, half a year is limited, it is easy to say if it is done, if it is not good, continue to go home and read your sage book, how about it?" Ye Qing looked into the distance, and Zhao Shichun was followed by more than ten or twenty people, who were trotting all the way to him.