Fan put forward seven suggestions, and Ma Yun quickly began to implement them. However, on paper, these are all good opinions, but some people will inevitably lose when they gain, and there are people who either disobey or directly oppose the slaves, enter the household, and exchange money.

For this situation, on the one hand, Ma Yun made every effort to open the wind catching room, at this time it was not to chase the wind, but to release the wind, what are the benefits of releasing slaves, what are the benefits of exchanging money, what is the benefit of saying that it is both righteous and awe-inspiring, and it is beneficial to the people and convenient for the people; On the other hand, Ma Yun was ruthless in dealing with diehards, and after some examples of killing chickens and monkeys, there were fewer and fewer people who opposed them, and these measures were implemented smoothly. As for the famine, only the high-level officials of the four prefectures of Jingnan knew that they had unanimously declared that the king of Chu had already brought a large amount of grain, that the price of grain was stable, and that there would be no shortage of grain at all this winter.

For those people who had become penniless due to the exploitation of the king of Nanping, the Jingnan Jiedu embassy also thought of many methods, such as: building the city walls of Guizhou and Xiazhou, digging canals, and expanding the irrigation area of Jingzhou's paddy fields.

However, as far as the repair of the city wall is concerned, the Jiedu envoy has issued a large number of orders, such as: to repair the city wall to require bricks, then the merchants who sell bricks must recruit a number of poor people to work; In addition, the people who participated in the construction of the city wall could only contribute one laborer per family. And wages are iron money, not food. In this way, after the workers have been paid, they will not only sell grain.

A family produces a laborer, and the work done for a day can basically meet the needs of a family of four or five people. The financial resources of the government are limited, and it is only the middle of autumn, so that the people can support themselves and avoid taking risks due to hunger; Second, there is only one laborer in the family, so the work he does in a day is almost enough to eat, so that they don't take the extra money to hoard grain, after all, there is not much grain in the Jiedu Embassy now, and the grain merchants outside have not been attracted in large numbers. If these people all go to buy grain, then the price of grain will rise, and those who are interested may sniff out the truth and hoard grain in large quantities, and then the food shortage will be serious.

At the same time, the Jiedu envoy secretly ordered the local government to collect straw, timber and other items to prepare for the winter.

When the order of the king of Chu reached Jiangling, Ma Yun held a grand welcoming ceremony. Originally, Ma Yun didn't want to make such a big fanfare, in Ma Yun's heart, his father was just a feudal separatist leader, and he didn't have any appeal, let's get the will ourselves behind closed doors.

But Zhao Pu said: "Now Jingnan is rough, and the officials from Yuezhou are easy to say, but the officials who surrendered from Nanping are currently in Gui, Xia, and Jingzhou." These people don't know the policy of my Great Chu, even if the prince appeases more, it is inevitable that the heart will be uneasy, rather than this, it is better for us to welcome the edict of the king of Chu into the city, and display the content of the edict of the king of Chu in front of the public, first, to make the officials feel at ease, and second, to show the people the majesty of my great Chu. The way to govern the people lies in one relaxation. ”

Ma Yun nodded, and asked again: "Brother Zhao, how has your wind catching house been built recently?" ”

Zhao Pu said embarrassedly: "The wind catching house is mainly based on post stations and fast catchers, and after these people heard the news, they passed to the Jiedu Embassy through the post station, and now they are just beginning to take shape. If you want to collect everything, you have to spread the stall wide, and the first thing to survive the famine is now, and there is a shortage of money here in the wind trap. ”

Seeing that Zhao Pu was about to cry out for poverty when he opened his mouth, Ma Yun hurriedly robbed: "This time to stabilize Nanping, the credit of the wind catching room is very great." If it weren't for the proper guidance of public opinion, things such as releasing slaves, entering households, and exchanging money in Nanping would not have been popularized so easily. ”

"So, Brother Zhao's proposal just now gave me a new idea. We received the edict of the king of Chu in Jiangling with great fanfare, and then spread the edict in the four states, accompanied by the edict, ordered to catch the wind room, and publicized our righteous army of Great Chuxing, except for the tyrannical lord, this tyrannical lord refers to Gao Congzhi, Sikong Xun, a small group of greedy outlaws, the people of Nanping are good, some officials are also good, and the bad is bad on the small handful of lawbreakers. ”

Zhao Pu nodded, and suddenly said, "Lord Wang, is it by the way to publicize the will of the Central Plains Imperial Court?" ”

Regarding Fan Zhen's suggestion to ask the imperial court for Jingnan Jiedu envoys, Ma Yun also discussed it privately with Zhao Pu and Li Xiang, and both of them thought it was very necessary. In this year, the emperor's will still has a certain influence in Nanping and Great Chu, at least it is more effective than the edict of the king of Chu. Otherwise, the king of Chu would not have returned to let Fan Zhen go around in a big circle, and finally returned to Changsha.

Jack Ma nodded.

Gao Jin, who rushed to Jiangling to deliver the decree, never thought that he would receive such a grand reception. As soon as I crossed the Yangtze River and went ashore, there was a burst of gongs and drums on the shore, followed by a firecracker. The people who greeted him on the shore were not low in official rank, and Wu Ban, the secretary of the Jiedu Embassy, personally greeted him, invited him to a sedan chair, beat gongs and drums, and sent him to Gangneung City.

After getting off the sedan chair, Gao Jin looked up, hungry God, the fifth prince personally greeted him outside the city gate, and the avenue inside the door was paved with a long red felt, and he didn't know where it would continue.

Gao Jin gathered his heart, hurriedly greeted him with a smile, knelt down and thanked: "The slave and maid have seen the prince, and the prince welcomes him in vain, and the slave and maid will never dare to be it." ”

Seeing that Gao had saluted, Ma Yun helped him up and said with a smile: "Father-in-law Gao, you have worked hard all the way." Since knowing that Gonggong Gao was coming to Jiangling, Xiao Wang and the people of Jiangling were also looking forward to it day and night, hoping to see his father-in-law as soon as possible, and to listen to the edict of King Chu. ”

Gao Jin is busy and humble, although the two had some friendship in Changsha, but time has passed, and now the fifth prince has made such a contribution, and he is in the hands of the military power seal, he will never dare to make a second time.

Ma Yun smiled and let him come into Jiangling City, and took a sedan chair along the main road to the center of the city.

Gao Jin looked at the scene, a little **. It was also the first time he had seen such a large battle of the ceremonies. At the moment, he was a little cringe, and he didn't know what to do, but Ma Yun turned over and knelt down and said: "Minister Ma Yun, listen to the king's decree." ”

Ma Yun knelt like this, hula the surrounding onlookers, and the sergeants who maintained order all knelt on the ground. Gao Jin was suddenly busy unfolding the scroll and announcing the decree.

After inviting Gao Jin to the dinner that night, Ma Yun left Wu Ban, Zhao Pu, Fan Zhen, and Li Xiang behind. Ma Yun shook the edict in his hand, and said with a pout: "I've been busy for a long time, and I've got an agent." ”

Li Xiang said with a smile: "The prince has made this great achievement, and it is natural that some people in Changsha are jealous." ”

Ma Yun had already read the secret letter sent by Peng Shuang, the turmoil in Lichun Courtyard, and even the content of the edict, he had long known it clearly. Otherwise, he would not have taken the liberty of accepting the edict in front of the public.

Ma Yun said hatefully: "Xiao Wang doesn't know how he offended Li Gao, this person just doesn't like me." ”

Zhao Pu said with a smile on the side: "Lord Wang, although Li Gao is fierce, he has nothing to find." Although the prince is an acting Jingnan festival envoy, this Jianghu festival envoy is not necessarily useless. No matter how you say it, it's also a festival envoy, and in my opinion, you are still in charge of Langzhou. ”

Ma Yun was stunned for a moment and didn't understand.

Li Xiang on the side said with a smile: "This river refers to the Yangtze River, and doesn't the lake refer to Dongting Lake?" Langzhou is on the edge of Dongting Lake, isn't this under your control? ”

Wu Ban next to him asked: "But in the edict, it didn't say that this Jianghu Festival envoy is in charge, where is it?" ”

Zhao Pu smiled: "Mr. Wu, it's because I didn't say it that it's easy to do." ”

Wu Ban looked at the smiling thief Zhao Pu and understood. I didn't write it, so I filled it in by myself, and one day I turned my face, and we said that he was in charge of the states and counties along the Yangtze River and Dongting Lake, at least nominally, he had the upper hand.

A few people were chatting just right, when they heard someone arguing outside, and one of them shouted loudly: "Lord, you have to call the shots for me." ”