At noon on the third day of Yang Guang's return to Jiankang from Niushou Mountain, Zhuge Ying rushed to the Jiankang Governor's Mansion to see Yang Guang as promised.

When he came to the gate of the Jiankang Governor's Office, he found that the atmosphere here seemed to be a little wrong: two columns of hussar battalion sergeants were neatly arranged outside the door of the Bureau, and from time to time some subordinates and servants of the palace came in and out, busy with something.

Zhuge Ying reported his name to the sergeant guarding the door, claiming to ask to see the king of Jin, only to see that the sergeant rolled his eyes at him and reprimanded him: "How can the prince have time to see you?" Get out of here quickly, or be careful that you will be questioned by the government! ”

"This military master, please pass it on behalf of the next generation, it was the king of Jin who invited him to come into the city to see him today......" Zhuge Ying asked the sergeant with a smiling face.

The sergeant looked Zhuge Ying up and down, shook the halberd in his hand, and was about to drive him away from the front of the government office, when he heard someone behind him scolding him: "Be bold, don't retreat yet." ”

When the sergeant heard the sound, he turned to look, and his face turned pale with fright, and he honestly stepped aside.

It turned out that it was none other than Yang Guang, the king of Jin, who came out of the government office.

Zhuge Ying raised his eyes and saw Yang Guang's outfit going out, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said, "Zhuge Ying, the grass people, has seen His Royal Highness the King of Jin. ”

Yang Guang stepped forward with a smile and helped Zhuge Ying up, and said, "If Mr. comes late again, Xiao Wang is afraid that he will send someone to invite Mr. to meet him in Guangling." Please ask Mr. and Xiao Wang to return to Guangling on the same boat. ”

When Yang Guang's personal guard Guo Yan heard this, he immediately ordered the sergeant of the hussar battalion to bring Zhuge Ying a war horse.

Zhuge Ying wanted to ask Yang Guang why he was in a hurry to return to Guangling, but when the words came to his lips, he remembered that with his identity, it seemed inappropriate to ask about it, so he had to arch his hand at Yang Guang and said, "Zhuge Ying obeys." He and Yang Guangyi turned over their horses outside the gate of the government office, and walked towards the north gate of Jiankang under the escort of the two teams of hussar battalion sergeants.

When the group went out of the city and rushed to the riverside, Zhuge Ying saw that there was already a building boat and several "Yellow Dragon" warships moored on the riverside, Yang Guang dismounted by the river, said goodbye to Zhang Heng, Pei Yun and others who came to see them off, took Zhuge Ying's hand and boarded the building boat together, sat down at the bow of the boat, and explained to him: "I got a report yesterday that the Qin messenger sent by the imperial court has arrived in Guangling, so Xiao Wang left in a hurry today, and he can only return to Guangling with Xiao Wang." ”

Zhuge Ying heard Yang Guang talk about it three days ago, and this time he invited himself to join the shogunate of the Jin Dynasty in order to better implement the Juntian system in Jiangnan, and at this time he heard that Yang Guang returned to Guangling with him to meet the imperial court's Qincha, and couldn't help asking: "The imperial court sent Qincha to Jiangnan, but in order to implement the Juntian system in Jiangnan?" ”

"Exactly. The reason why Xiao Wang specially invited Mr. to cross the same boat today is that he wants to ask Mr. for advice in person, about how to implement the uniform field system in various parts of the Yangtze River, I don't know what Mr. has to say? Yang Guang personally brought Zhuge Ying a bowl of tea and asked.

Zhuge Ying hurriedly got up and thanked him, respectfully took the tea bowl from Yang Guang's hand, and said: "I have been blessed by the prince before, and the people of the grass people have been grateful. Now how dare you move the door and get an axe in front of the prince, and talk about the country in vain? The prince has orders, and the grass people must do their best to do so. ”

"Hey, Xiao Wang invited Mr. to join the shogunate, one of which is that Mr. understands things well and is righteous and destroys his relatives, and the other is that he has admired Mr. Zhuge Wuhou for a long time, and wants to invite Mr. to Xiao Wang's side to give advice and counsel for official duties. The gentleman doesn't have to excuse himself, but it doesn't hurt to say it. Yang Guang asked Zhuge Ying to sit down under his head and said sincerely.

"Then, the grass people will be bold." Zhuge Ying couldn't refuse, sat down with his clothes, and asked Yang Guang with his hand, "I don't know what the prince thinks is the first thing that needs to be solved if the Juntian system is implemented in Jiangnan?" ”

"Three days ago, when I was in Niuer Village, Xiao Wang heard Mr. Xu Gonghe say that it was to remove silverfish that colluded with officials and bandits and secretly forcibly expropriated grain from the people? I've already ordered someone to work on it. ”

Zhuge Ying shook his head slightly and said: "It is important to get rid of the silverfish hidden in the people, but if the people of Jiangnan cannot be convinced of the sincerity of the imperial court to implement the uniform field system, the grass people think that it is still difficult to implement the uniform field system smoothly. ”

"In Mr.'s opinion, how can we show the sincerity of the imperial court to implement the Juntian system to the people of Jiangnan?" Yang Guang leaned forward and asked with concern.

"In order to make the imperial court's edict to implement the uniform land system in Jiangnan truly be implemented in all parts of Jiangnan, the grass people think that the most important thing is to employ people." Zhuge Ying had repeatedly discussed this matter with Xu Deyan before coming to enlist, and at this time she explained to Yang Guang, "Only by employing a group of loyal people who are truly with the same heart and mind with the imperial court, not afraid of difficulties, and not afraid of death, can we ensure the smooth implementation of the Juntian system and show the determination and sincerity of the imperial court to implement the Juntian system to the people of Jiangnan." ”

"Oh? Mr. thinks that the loyal people who can serve the imperial court should first be selected from among the Confucian scholars who were born in Jiangnan? ”

"The grass people have also heard in Niuer Village that the prince recruits talents and pays tribute to the deeds of the Jiangnan sages, but in the implementation of the uniform field system, the grass people think that they cannot appoint Jiangnan Confucian scholars to supervise the implementation of the uniform field system." Zhuge Ying saw that Yang Guang was puzzled, so he patiently explained to him, "The Confucian scholars in Jiangnan have always been divided into high-born and poor-born, among which those who are high-born, their families often have thousands of hectares of fertile land, and the imperial court implements the equalization of the field system is to distribute the land that belongs to his family to the common people, and it is not appropriate to appoint this part of the people to supervise the implementation of the equalization system; If these people are appointed to work for the imperial court, it is difficult to ensure that they will not retaliate and correct the wrongdoing, so the loyal people mentioned by the grass people should first be recruited from Hebei and the Central Plains, rather than the Jiangnan locality. ”

Yang Guang listened to Zhuge Ying's words, and it seemed that it was not quite consistent with his previous advice to the imperial court to use Jiangnan people to govern Jiangnan, and asked in a deep voice: "As Mr. Yi said, then Xiao Wang's previous suggestion to the imperial court to appoint the generals of Nanchen and Jiangnan Confucian scholars to govern Jiangnan, isn't it wrong?" ”

"No, the prince's suggestion to appoint the generals of Nanchen and the Confucian scholars of Jiangnan to govern Jiangnan is nothing more than to appease the hearts of the people in Jiangnan, and only in terms of the implementation of the Juntian system, because it is related to the adjustment of the vital interests of all parties in the people, it seems that it is appropriate to appoint other scholars, and the reason is not to wait for the grass people to explain in detail."

"As Mr. Yi said, wouldn't it be necessary to use the method of mixing sand in the prefecture and county government offices in various parts of the Yangtze River, one is to continue to appoint the old ministers of the south to come to Fusui in the future, and the other is to select a group of loyal people from Hebei, the Central Plains and other places, and be responsible for supervising the implementation of the uniform field system?" Yang Guang stared at Zhuge Ying half-believing and said to himself.