The last snow of the first winter in the imperial capital.

Just after the New Year, Lu Fan didn't try to receive gifts, but he tasted the busyness of gift-giving, and he had to give gifts everywhere in his busy schedule.

A neat team of personnel is patrolling at the gate of the west city, the ice and snow are melting, the earth is recovering, the willow branches are accumulating strength for the spring buds, everything is recovering, and the melting ice water flows into the moat outside the inner city along the grooves on both sides of the street, and the river water rises.

At the top of the mountains in the southwest, thousands of miles away from the capital of the Great Shang Emperor, an ordinary mountain farmer looked at the east and said, "Heaven and earth have changed, and the five elements are chaotic. The sky kills the machine, the stars move, the earth kills, the dragon and the snake rise to land, the man kills the machine, and the heaven and the earth repeat. The way to observe the sky, the trip to the sky, all the way. ”

Another Taoist priest said: "Haojiesheng, troubled times." Observe the changes of heaven, earth and man, born to kill, the principle of the Tao"

A scholar-like man sighed: "Xing, the people are suffering." Death, the people suffer. The sky is open but not born, and the sky is galloping but not dead. Is the Heavenly Dao reversible?"

After speaking, the figures of the three of them disappeared faintly between the mountains, slowly dissipating like clouds and mist, as if they had never existed.

The imperial capital, the heavenly city, the imperial palace

Everyone is slowly busy, the palace internal affairs staff are preparing a family banquet in the palace, the whole palace is also full of lights, the inner city has sunset, the sunset can not be seen, only the fiery sunset can be seen, but the last sunset is shining on the palace, especially the cloud palace to see the most real.

In the entire Celestial City, only the Imperial Palace can see this beautiful scenery.

It's night.

The imperial palace and the imperial garden are brightly lit, the emperor's concubines are in front, and the princes stand on both sides of the emperor, like the stars and the moon, slowly enjoying the lights and flowers in the imperial garden, and the emperor Yixing said: "The empire is flourishing, and the many princes of the emperor are brave and witty, and they can be the pillars of the empire. When you are older, you should also worry about the country, you must set a good example for the other princes, and don't let the emperor down."

"Emperor, the fifth prince is still young, can you let him be in the imperial capital to supervise the country, so that the two are correct, and the concubines can rest assured" Concubine Hua, one of the four concubines of the emperor, said softly to the emperor.

The emperor's face changed and said: "It's still young, when Emperor Ben ascended the throne at the age of seventeen, he was the emperor of the Great Shang, and he was already the prime minister of the empire's military administration, and now the fifth prince is eighteen years old, just let him sharpen it a little, you don't actively support it, but stop it, it's really disappointing to Bendi." If the fifth prince is overwhelmed, then the eighth prince can do it, although he is only sixteen years old, but he is calm and steady..."

Before the emperor finished speaking, the five princes already knelt on the ground: "My father is the true son of heaven, and at the age of seventeen, he became the emperor of the empire and the emperor was the king, and the sons and ministers must not be able to reach it, but they must also follow the great achievements of their father, take their father as an example for the rest of their lives, and do their best for the empire!"

Concubine Hua on the side also knelt on the ground when she saw that the emperor was angry, and the pear blossoms trembled with rain, which was really pitiful.

The emperor on the side looked at everything expressionlessly, and when he saw that Concubine Hua's intention could not be realized, he said: "The emperor is too majestic, making the princes panic, it is normal for Concubine Hua to feel sorry for the five princes, and the emperor's love for the princes and princesses is too deep, if you don't know that the emperor is for the good of the princes, the concubines will definitely be like Concubine Hua who feels sorry for the princes and pleads."

The emperor's words not only came at the right time, which not only frustrated Concubine Hua, but also interceded for Concubine Hua.

It not only shows that he is considerate of the emperor's intentions, but also points out the emperor's beloved son to the princes, and wins the emperor's heart.

The emperor's face was slightly pale, and he nodded to excuse everyone's courtesy, and the emperor said slightly tiredly: "You all disperse."

After everyone dispersed, Concubine Hua wanted to speak and stopped, and finally left.

Only the emperor stayed by the emperor's side, the eunuch picked up the lamp to open the way, the emperor continued to play and looked at the night scene in the garden accompanied by the emperor, I don't know whether it was too devoted, or the ground was too slippery, the emperor accidentally slipped to, the emperor picked up the emperor and walked to the palace Luanfeng Hall of the emperor, while ordering the eunuch to summon the best doctor in the hospital to see the emperor.

This is a rare move by the emperor, the emperor seems to be in everyone's hearts, always so majestic, unapproachable, but this time it makes people see clearly, it turns out that the emperor values the emperor so much...

Spring

has received the notice of the ministry, and he is still prepared for his transfer, but what Lu Fan didn't expect was that Huo Qi was also transferred to various states and counties in the southwest of the empire with Lu Fan, and Huo Qi was the main bookkeeper of Qinggang Mansion, Jiujiang County, Miaojiang.

Although this was just a sentence from the four princes, it still made the two of them grateful, and they heard that it was still a very large mansion with a county area.

It's not that I feel that the four princes are very fond of themselves, but they responded to the sentence 'I'd rather be the head of the chicken than the tail of the phoenix'.

Lu Fan was ready, packed up his own books and a small amount of money in the mansion, took two maids and a feather wolf, and went to Qinggang Mansion in Jiujiang County with Huo Qi to take up his post.

On the way, Lu Fan sat in the carriage and thought, what the county lord said to him before leaving, the emperor did not use his knighthood because his surname was Lu, and the old ministers of the previous dynasty were still the most loyal old ministers, and the second prince did not use himself This is also the reason.

The four princes did the opposite, and you should know the trick of this.

Passing through Youzhou along the way, Lu Fan wanted to go to find Lin Yu, but he didn't know where his family lived, and he was worried that he would miss the time. I just wrote a letter and sent it to someone, and continued to go directly to Qinggang Mansion from the official road in Youzhou.

It took nearly two months all the way, and when he arrived at Qinggang Mansion, Lu Fan's heart only wanted to scold his mother, the area was large, but it was all inaccessible swamps, or steep mountains and forests, and there was an extinct volcano in its territory, which was often infested by wild beasts, and it was also near the southwest frontier.

According to statistics, the number of households in the whole province does not exceed 60,000, which sounds like a lot of people, but Aooka Province is five times the size of the general prefecture, and the area of a county is almost the size of a county.

In order to prevent wild beasts and brute beasts, there are 800 soldiers in the county, which is twice as many as the general soldiers, but it is scattered in nearly 600 places, and there are only 200 in this province.

Lu Fan, the lord of the mansion, is a poor jingling, and he still relies on the local overlord in all aspects to do it safely and without causing trouble.

In order to get acquainted with the big and small affairs of Qinggang Mansion as soon as possible, Lu Fan and Huo Qi must see more than 100 prefecture registrations every day within half a month to understand the affairs of various places.

One day, Lu Fan came to Huo Qi and asked, "Do you know all the things about Qinggang Mansion?"

"Isn't it clear?" Huo Qi said with a bitter shake of his head. Then he said, "But there are quite a few people who come to my place of residence to 'visit'."

"I am too, I have to abide by the way of an official on one side. Today I would like to consult with you, inspect the current situation in various parts of the prefecture, and then implement the emperor's new policy as appropriate. Lu Fan said solemnly

"Yes, it's better to have a preparation in advance, even if you can't implement it, it's better to have a countermeasure. Huo Qi agreed

The two of them first inspected the city, then inspected the residents in various places, and finally inspected the wealthy Johnson in various places.