In a blink of an eye, it had entered the winter moon, and Zhu Youxiao and his entourage also came to Lingnan, Zhaoqing, the residence of the governor of Liangguang.

Although in this process, Zhu Youxiao caused a fire in various Tusi in Guizhou because of the beheading of Panshui Tusi Long Yinglin, and even the imperial court was deeply affected by it, but fortunately, the war did not spread to other political divisions, and the overall situation was not hindered.

What makes Zhu Youxiao quite satisfied is that most of these literati who were exiled in the southwest and had fought against him have also been transformed, and the edges and corners have obviously been smoothed out a lot, and these arrogant scholars who used to claim to be the pride of the sky have completely tasted the hardships of the people at the bottom, and they no longer look at the masters, and begin to obey the rules and transfer empty talk to practice.

But there are still some people with a hard-tempered temper who are still very arrogant, Zhu Youxiao must not let them continue to suffer, and for those who are still nostalgic for prosperity and begin to have an epiphany, Zhu Youxiao will also let them go to a better position to exert their residual heat, such as converting into a royal literati.

With the increase of literacy rate and the rise of market culture, public opinion plays an increasingly important role in political society and even cultural society, and they are also one of the weapons used by the people at the bottom to express their political views, and they are also one of the most effective ways for the upper class rulers to operate their political goals.

And Zhu Youxiao, as the emperor, an emperor who wants to dictate this capital empire for a long time, must have a large group of imperial literati, who are responsible for guiding public opinion and leading in the direction that is conducive to Zhu Youxiao's rule of the Ming Dynasty.

As an emperor, it is impossible to let his ass sit on the side of one class, so it is very likely that he will be defeated by another class, and in order to maintain stability and balance, he needs to use public opinion to help him maintain a state of "stepping on two boats" at all times, taking into account the interests of all classes, and trying to blame the losses for the outside world that does not belong to the country.

Since Cao Sicheng was demoted to the new governor of Gansu established by the imperial court, and Shang Zhou Zuo, the first governor of Liangguang to implement the decree of Zhu Youxiao of the imperial court to implement the policy of further opening up the sea and trade, was transferred to the capital to serve as the imperial history of the left capital, the new governor of Liangguang was succeeded by the former governor of Guangxi, Qu Shiyun.

In the original history, Qu Shiyun will shine in the later Southern Ming Yongli period, although it is also a bit pedantic, unrealistic, as Qian Qianyi's students have a lot of Donglin people's problems, but fortunately, he is still a loyal person, and Zhang Tongchang bravely took justice together after the failure of the Qing Dynasty.

Now in this life, Qu Shiyun is still a disciple of Qian Qianyi, and because of Qian Qianyi's relationship, he was able to become the governor of Liangguang, and he is a relatively important official in the old school.

However, although this Qu Shiyun is a conservative figure who has been transformed from the Donglin Party in the past, although he is pedantic, he is not self-enclosed, and he has a lot of contact with Western culture, and even has a good relationship with the missionary Julius, and it is precisely because of this that Zhu Youxiao put a person like him in the post of governor of Liangguang, and now Macao and Guangzhou have the most contacts with the West, and the Pearl River Estuary is also one of the most developed places for maritime trade.

Perhaps it was precisely because Qu Shiyun was a former student of Qian Qianyi and was considered a conservative figure, that Li Mingrui, a cabinet scholar in charge of the general planning of the inspection, deliberately used the power in his hands and did not tell His Majesty Qu Shiyun the specific time when Zhu Youxiao would enter the territory of Liangguang, so that Qu Shiyun did not have time to prepare for the driver.

Because most of the maritime trade is now concentrated in the mouth of the Pearl River, the position of the governor of Liangguang has become a Feishui yamen on a par with the salt department and the copper mine, and the annual tax revenue handled is almost half of the national treasury.

Therefore, any reformist official wants to replace Qu Shiyun all the time, and even some courtiers want to promote him, but Zhu Youxiao disagrees, and the ministers have no choice, and Li Mingrui can only use this matter to give Qu Shiyun some eye medicine.

Because there are countless Dongchang spies distributed all over the world, Zhu Youxiao is well aware of the open and secret battles between these officials, and he also knows what Li Mingrui is planning, but Zhu Youxiao did not debunk it, this kind of competition between the old school and the reformist, he, the emperor, has almost been used to it over the years, as long as it is not too out of line, he will not be too strict.

"Your Majesty, this Qu system is quite shelf-oriented, we have all arrived at the city gate, and none of the officials have come to pick it up."

Looking at the city gate of Zhaoqing, countless people living in the city are constantly entering and exiting the city gate, and the public security (public security force, also known as police 0 inspection) composed of some capable veterans who have been laid off from the original guard guards Liu Ru, who is guarding the city gate and blocking some hawkers and traders to collect some tips, saw that no official appeared at the city gate, and the whole city gate was also a little angry because of too many mixed characters and some dirty and messy scenes, and couldn't help but bury his head in a few words.

Li Mingrui and Wang Chengen both remained silent, in this case, Liu Ru is a woman is suitable for complaining, but the two of them can't express any thoughts, saying bad things about Qu Shiyun will be suspected by His Majesty of deliberate slander, and interceding for Qu Shiyun will also be suspected of collusion by His Majesty, so the older the official, the more you have to learn to be silent.

And Zhu Youxiao smiled slightly, and couldn't help but glance at Li Mingrui, and sighed in his heart that although Li Mingrui is not inferior to Lu Xiangsheng in terms of courage and resourcefulness, and his ability to obey and meet himself is no worse than Qian Qianyi, and even better than Lu Xiangsheng can coordinate the contradictions of interests in all aspects, and knows himself better than Qian Qianyi, but Zhu Youxiao has never let Li Mingrui be the first assistant of the cabinet, not only because he is the leader of the reformists, and his power in the financial world is no less than that of himself and Gong Yonggu, the commander of the horses, but also because he is not right-minded and not pure enough. Likes to calculate others.

Today, Zhu Youxiao didn't know when he would be calculated by this cunning old fox.

"Let's go into the city, I have already said that this inspection does not need to be carried out with great fanfare, and the two governors of Guangzhou, Qu Shiyun, are just acting according to orders", saying, Zhu Youxiao walked over first, and at this time, it was a series of bells, Zhu Youxiao looked back, but saw a group of people riding towards the city gate.

The bikes these men were riding was a bicycle made by the Royal Industries Company recently, but it was now called the Apocalypse.

This kind of bicycle, which was very common in later generations, is an expensive and rare thing at this moment, because even the Ming Dynasty, which has a preliminary industrial foundation, to build such a semi-automatic car is also a project that tests the level of mechanical processing.

However, although this bicycle is expensive, it sold quite amazingly as soon as it came out, and it also made a lot of money for Zhu Youxiao, but now he didn't expect to see this kind of car in distant Lingnan.