In May of the thirteenth year of the Apocalypse, the Jingxiao Railway was finally completed. The end point is near the military city of the Far Northern Army. It was named Haixi Mansion by the emperor, and it belonged to the direct management of the North Zhili, and the prefect was the former Xi'an Mansion Governor Shi Kefa.

Shi Kefa was a disciple of Zuo Guangdou, the minister of water resources, who was selected through the imperial examination, and the comments given by the officials were "diligent in the king's affairs, loving the people and honest, and doing things steadily". The meaning of this comment is that there is no talent for organic change, and the courage is not big enough.

Zhu Youxiao admired Shi Kefa's national integrity very much in his previous life, and also regretted that he could not establish a Ming monarch at the top and govern the fierce generals under him, so that he failed in success. So he decided to send Shi Kefa to the Far North to see if he could train him to become a real generation of capable ministers, not famous ministers.

He asked Zuo Guangdou and Shi Kefa to be called, and said to Shi Kefa: "Xianzhi, you and the queen are fellow villagers, equivalent to the uncle of the country, so the queen has high hopes for you, a fellow villager, and hopes that your hometown can produce a capable talent." ”

Zuo Guangdou's face was dark red, and he was a little ashamed of his father's inappropriate words and deeds, and he even took out the word "uncle", and now Shi Kefa, a stupid boy, was still so grateful that he burst into tears. And if the word Uncle Guo spreads, firstly, Zhang Cheng will be angry, and secondly, some people are afraid that they will think that Shi Kefa is reused because of the relationship between the queen and the queen, but this kid is afraid that he can't think of so much.

Sure enough, Shi Kefa's tears had already come out, and he knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "The minister has thanked the queen for taking care of her, and the minister must have done his best for the big tomorrow, and he will die." ”

Zhu Youxiao smiled: "Get up." The reason why I came to you was not because of the queen's words, but because of your diligence, I summoned you to entrust you with important tasks, and the queen knew that you were her little countryman, so she was moved to cherish her talents and said those words to me. ”

After waiting for Shi Kefa to get up, Zhu Youxiao said: "Because of the recommendation of the ministry, I am going to let you go to the Far North to serve as the prefect, which is the newly opened Haixi Mansion, located in the west of the small sea. This place is very different from Xi'an, where you are an official, except for a few officials you can bring with you, the people under your jurisdiction are all foreigners, so you have to be mentally prepared. ”

Shi Kefa wiped his eyes and said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the minister will definitely do his best, love the people like sons, and treat this foreigner as a citizen of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but be big, what I want to say is not what I mean, can you think about it a little, why do I want you to love the people like a son.

He thought for a while and said: "Sima Xianggong once said that Yidi, birds and beasts, fear power but not virtue. Of course, now the Tile Thorn people on the other side of Xiaohai are already the people of the Ming Dynasty, and we can't say that they are beasts. But I think that Yidi is very different from my Huaxia, and it is natural to fear power and not be virtuous, so you are over there, and it is not enough to just love the people like a son. ”

Shi Kefa said: "Since you are the people of the Ming Dynasty, you must treat the people of the Watts with the same standards as the people of the Ming Dynasty." As long as we treat them with sincerity, they will also treat me with sincerity. Yidi enters Huaxia and Huaxia, so they are now Huaxia people, no longer Yidi, then they will also be afraid of Weihuaide. ”

Zhu Youxiao is now very skeptical that it was a wise decision for him to send Shi Kefa to Xiaohai, this guy has memorized the scriptures very well and knows how to apply them, but the actual situation is only afraid that it will not be as he wishes. But he had no way to change his mind temporarily, so he could only think about it in his heart, let Shi Kefa try it first, and if it didn't work, he would quickly transfer him back to the mainland.

So after encouraging Shi Kefa a few words, he waved his hand and said, "You go and prepare first, don't bring your family when you go there now, wait until you get used to it." ”

Shi Kefa said goodbye and went out of the palace gate, and asked Zuo Guangdou: "Teacher, what do you think of the student's performance?" ”

Zuo Guangdou's eyes flashed, and he looked at no one on the left and right, so he said softly: "Go back to the place where you live first, and I want to talk to you for the teacher." ”

Returning to Shi Kefa's temporary residence, Zuo Guangdou said angrily: "Do you not understand what Your Majesty means or do you want to go against Your Majesty?" ”

Shi Kefa said: "What Your Majesty said is not in line with the sage's reasoning, and the students dare not agree with it at will because of this. ”

Zuo Guangdou roared angrily: "I don't know what Your Majesty likes about you, is it your stupidity or your stupidity." They all moved out of the friendship of the queen's fellow villagers and regarded you as an uncle, although this is not something to show off, but don't you feel that Your Majesty values you? I know that you read well, and I remember the words of the sage, but it was the Tile Thorn people, who once captured the Tumu Fort and captured the Ming Emperor, not an ordinary foreign race. If it weren't for the fact that we are far more powerful than them now, do you think the Mongols and Waspurs would be so quiet? Will they obediently let us occupy their heartland? If you want to treat the beast-like Watt Thorn people with the love of the people like a son, then I am afraid that you will not know how you will die. ”

Shi Kefa saluted again: "The teacher once taught me how you treat others, and others will treat you as they do, because people have the same heart and the same heart. Why can't this be the case for the Varspurs now? The people of the Tile Thorn are also people, and they are still the people of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Zuo Guangdou reprimanded: "I don't have a war of words with you, you should understand why Your Majesty summoned our master and apprentice to go together, you are not my subordinate, our Ministry of Water Resources has no plan to develop Xiaohai now, Your Majesty wants me to give you some advice." You first put aside your unrealistic fantasies, after going to Haixi Mansion, first go to visit Zhang Zongling, establish a good cooperative relationship with the Far North Military Region, and understand the basic situation of the local area, I believe that Zhang Zongling will tell you whether those Tile Thorn people are people or not. ”

"Maintain contact with the Far Northern Military District at all times, and in the event of a disagreement, immediately contact the army to dispatch. You have to remember that in Haixi Mansion, only the Ming army of the Far Northern Military Region is your reliance, Zhang Zongling, I know, he is a very good person, he himself is both civil and military, so there is no prejudice against scholars. As long as you don't put your scholar in front of him, you'll get along very well. ”

"Yi Di is afraid of power but not virtue, this is the words of Jun Shigong, it is a wise saying, you don't have to doubt it. Even if you want to love the people like sons, it will only be after you kill some Yidi who hinder you from loving the people like sons. Remember, those who are not of my race will have different hearts. ”

Shi Kefa was unconvinced, but he also knew that the teacher was already very angry, so it was better not to argue with him at this time. As for what he wanted to do when he got there, the teacher was far away, and he couldn't run over to teach him a lesson. So he bowed his head and said, "The student knows." ”