Chapter 801: Southern Tour - To Qiongzhou

(Chapter 799 has been changed)

Qian Minglin stood on the high platform, looked at the people who were returning to the city in the distance, and whispered to himself: "I don't know if Your Majesty will be satisfied with my actions after he finds out." ”

Yes, Yun Xi was not in Guangzhou City at this time.

On the day of Xu Boyuan's trial, Yun Xi had already left Guangzhou the next day, that is, the day before the public execution, after disposing of everything in Guangzhou City and instructing Qian Minglin to take care of the culprits in the witch Gu case.

Yun Xi has not forgotten what he came to Guangdong for. The purpose of his visit was to tour the south, not to interrogate these two cases in the city of Guangzhou. Although the witch Gu case has not yet been closed, and the Samarkand State of Shanghu City has not yet been caught, these are all details, and there is no need for me to stay in Guangzhou now, it is time to leave Guangzhou to inspect other places. If he doesn't leave, he won't be able to complete the inspection goal he set for himself before the Chinese New Year. Of course, when his inspection is over and Annan's battle is over, he will return to Guangzhou to completely end the witch Gu case.

Besides, even if he doesn't rush back to the capital for the New Year, he must go back before the exam next year. Except for the questions of the Four Books and the Five Classics, the rest of the examination questions must be made by him personally, and the final list of tributes and the order of the palace examination must also be decided by him himself.

And one of the preparations he has made in the past few years after he succeeded to the throne will also be launched after the end of the examination. He had been preparing for that event for several years, and it would not be impossible to postpone it until the next meeting; But if you don't have to postpone it, it's better not to postpone it.

After Yun Xi left the city of Guangzhou, he rested that night in Haojing, the Pearl River Estuary, which was later known as the Macao Peninsula. However, at this time, there was nothing here except for an inspection department set up by the Ming Dynasty, and this inspection department was later revoked for some reasons in history, so the Portuguese were able to take advantage of the situation and lease it at a price of several hundred taels of silver per year, and also obtained the privilege of going to Guangzhou twice a year to do business, which is the only one in Western countries.

The next day, on the fourth day of November, Yunxi came to Hailang, on the fifth day of Shendianwei, and on the sixth day of Leizhou. On the seventh day of the first lunar month, Yun Xi came to the capital city of Qiongzhou on Hainan Island.

"Li Xuliang, the prefect of Qiongzhou (Li Jiqian, the commander of Jinghaiwei), has seen Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!" As soon as Yun Xi got off the boat, the two people led by the officials who were greeting Yun Xi on the shore immediately knelt down and said; As the two of them knelt down, the rest of the officials, big and small, also shouted in unison and knelt down. Soon, there was no one standing on the entire dock except for the soldiers who were guarding them.

Yun Xi got off the boat, immediately helped up Li Xuliang and Li Jiqian, who were kneeling on the ground, and said with a smile: "Two Aiqing don't have to be polite, get up quickly." ”

The two of them said a few more humble words before they stood up. Then the kneeling people present also stood up in turn.

Yun Xi held a person in one hand, and talked to them casually while walking towards Qiongzhou City. Usually this time is a good time for Yun Xi to get closer to his subordinates, but Li Xuliang is very rigid, and he doesn't seem to have the intention of getting closer to Yun Xi, just answering Yun Xi's words with a glance; Under his influence, Li Jiqian didn't dare to be too casual, and talked to Yunxi rigidly.

Yun Hee was bored. But that's what he did for himself. When the prefect of Qiongzhou was vacant in the second year of Jianye, Yun Xi thought carefully and felt that although Li Shuli was not his cronies, he was old-fashioned and serious, although such a person was not close to people, but at that time he had already considered the future war against Annan, and thought that Qiongzhou, as one of the places closest to Annan, would play a role in the war against Annan; And even if you don't consider the war against Annan, Qiongzhou is also one of the most important sea bases, so if he wants to choose a person who works solidly, he chose Li Shuli.

And Yun Xi specially called him into the palace before Li Shuli left Beijing to take up his post, and instructed him to cooperate with the military generals of the guard to expand the barracks and port wharves, and even let him build a shipyard in the Haikou area no matter what method he used, not to be able to build large ships, as long as he could build small ships and repair large ships.

Li Shuli, whether it was when he was appointed as the prefect of Qiongzhou before, or when he was called into the palace by Yunxi to tell him personally, was very calm, and there was no emotional fluctuation of sadness or joy.

It's not easy. At the beginning, when he was appointed as the prefect of Qiongzhou, countless people gloated: at that time, Li Shuli was in the Ministry of Rites in front of Langzhong, although it was the fifth grade and the prefect was the fourth grade, but everyone tacitly assumed that the officials in the capital were more valuable than the locality, and he went to the poor and remote land of Qiongzhou, which was equivalent to depreciation; Even some famous ministers in history would complain a few words when they encountered such a thing when their official position was not high - even if they were demoted as a big official, they did not dare to complain - but he was willing to do it.

After he was called into the palace by the emperor and instructed, everyone was full of envy for him. The emperor personally instructed him to do things, so it can be seen that this is not a derogatory but a saint who wants to be of great use, how can he not be envious?

Therefore, Li Shuli's performance is very rare. Yun Xi looked at Li Shuli's expression that had remained unchanged for almost 10,000 years at this time, and while talking to the two of them, he recalled the reports he had seen before from the Jinyi Wei of Qiongzhou Mansion and the local health office, thinking that Li Shuli had completed the task he had assigned more perfectly, and secretly made a decision: "When the matter here is over, I will promote him to the official position of Zheng Sanpin." ’

Soon, their group had already walked to the gate of Guangzhou, and Yun Xi pulled the two of them into a carriage to the palace in the city.

After a while, he arrived at the palace, because it was already late, Yun Xi didn't say anything to Li Shuli and let him go down; But Yunxi left Li Jiqian.

When Li Shuli walked out of the house, Li Jiqian immediately sighed, and at this time, Yunxi also sighed, and the two of them spoke in unison. Hearing the boo sound in front of them, the two looked up, looked at each other and smiled.

This small move completely resolved the embarrassment between the two of them, Li Jiqian half-squatted down and saluted Yun Xi, and said: "Your Majesty, Qiongzhou Governor Li is actually a very good person, and he does things unambiguously. Although the money is all paid by the guards, these artificial guards do not have it. ”

"But Governor Li is just too rigid, and the ministers are not adaptable."

Yun Xi smiled and said, "It's not just you, I'm not very comfortable with it." When he said this, they looked at each other and smiled.