Taiyuan, Wang Pu temporarily traveled.

Zhao Liujin entered Wang Pu's temporary line under the guidance of Lu Liu, before he saw Wang Pu, Zhao Liujin's mood was uneasy, anyway, after Wang Pu left Datong, he had several repetitions, including surrendering to thieves, including surrendering to Jiannu, if Wang Pu crossed the river and demolished the bridge, and settled accounts after the autumn, Zhao Liujin could only admit that he was unlucky.

However, after seeing Wang Pu, Zhao Liujin was finally relieved.

When they met, without waiting for Zhao Liujin to salute, Wang Pu stepped forward and grabbed Zhao Liujin's arm affectionately, and forcibly pulled him to the chair.

Seeing Zhao Liujin's restrained appearance, Wang Pu smiled and said: "Liujin, don't stand, sit, sit and talk." ”

Zhao Liujin said respectfully: "Don't dare, how can there be a lowly seat in front of the prince." ”

Wang Pu smiled, and no longer forced Zhao Liujin, and changed the topic: "Liujin, if this king is not mistaken, you and I haven't seen each other for more than three years, right?" ”

"Isn't it?" Zhao Liujin hurriedly said, "When the prince left Datong, it was like yesterday, but it has been more than three years in a blink of an eye. ”

Wang Pufei said with a smile: "A lot of things have happened in the past three years. ”

Zhao Liujin's heart jumped, and he said with some trepidation: "Yes, a lot of things have happened in the past three years. ”

"Don't be nervous." Wang Pu waved his hand and said, "This king has no intention of settling accounts after the autumn. ”

The stone hanging in Zhao Liujin's heart finally fell to the ground, and he said with relief: "With the words of the prince, you can rest assured." ”

Wang Pu said: "Six catties, what are your plans in the future?" ”

"Intended?" Zhao Liujin said, "If the prince allows, I want to go to Nanjing to be a rich man, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

"Go to Nanjing to be a public servant?" Wang Pu frowned and said, "This can't be done, this king can't agree." ”

Zhao Liujin didn't expect Wang Pu to reject him so bluntly, and said in amazement: "Lord Wang, this ......"

Wang Pu smiled slightly, and then said, "Because I have a difficult task to be entrusted to you. ”

Zhao Liujin hurriedly said: "Speaking of lowly duties, it is a sinful body, and the prince has anything to say, just ask." ”

Wang Pu stood up, paced back and forth a few steps with his hands in his hands, suddenly looked back at Zhao Liujin, and said bluntly: "This king wants to appoint you as the governor of Shanxi!" ”

"As long as it is what the prince orders, you should do it...... "Zhao Liujin first responded casually, but immediately came back to his senses, his eyes widened in surprise, and he hissed, "What, what did the prince say just now!?" ”

"Governor of Shanxi." Wang Pu said indifferently, "This king wants to appoint you as the governor of Shanxi." ”

Zhao Liujin swallowed a mouthful of saliva fiercely, and said in a low voice: "Lord Wang, you won't be joking with your humble position, right?" ”

It's no wonder that Zhao Liujin can't believe it, the governor is a first-class official, a feudal official of the Ming Dynasty, a high and powerful position, and has the power of life and death for the people, Zhao Liujin never dreamed that he would become the governor of Shanxi! You must know that before surrendering to the thieves, he was just a small deputy general soldier of the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Pu frowned and said, "Does this king seem to be joking with you?" ”

"But, it's ......," Zhao Liujin said in a swallowed voice, "After all, there has been a disgraceful past in the past three years......

"It's nothing." Wang Pu said disapprerovingly, "Who can be without fault if a person is not a sage?" What's more, you have made a great contribution to capturing Wu Sangui six catties this time, and there is only one criterion for this king's employment, and that is meritocracy! Six catties, you have the ability and skill, and you are also familiar with the situation in Shanxi, so you are the governor of Shanxi. ”

After being stunned for a moment, Zhao Liujin suddenly knelt at Wang Pu's feet, and wept bitterly: "Lord Wang, although the humble position is full of liver and brains, it is difficult to guarantee the grace of the prince, and the humble position is ......."

"Hey, hurry up." Wang Pu hurriedly said, "Six catties, you don't have to be like this." ”

Zhao Liujin insisted on kowtowing to Wang Pu three times before he was willing to get up.

Wang Pu finally said: "Six catties, tomorrow after peeling Wu Sangui alive at the entrance of the vegetable market, this king will lead the central army into Shaanxi to fight, and this Shanxi king will be handed over to you, nothing else to say, this king only has one sentence to tell you." ”

Zhao Liujin said respectfully: "Listen to your ears." ”

Wang Pu said solemnly: "Since the construction of slaves and Tatars into the Central Plains, Shanxi has been tired of war, coupled with the repeated ravages of thieves, Shanxi Province can be called the province with the most serious military disasters among the Ming provinces, and the current Shanxi can only be described in one word, that is, it is full of sores." ”

Zhao Liujin nodded again and again, as Wang Pu said, the current Shanxi is indeed full of devastation, not to mention the destruction of farmland and the burning of houses, let's just talk about this population, there were nearly 10 million people in Shanxi during the Wanli period, but now? The provinces and states together are less than two million!

Wang Pu said again: "So after you take over Shanxi, the top priority is to restore Shanxi's production, so that the people of Shanxi have food, clothing, and houses to live in. ”

Zhao Liujin also said solemnly: "Although the prince can rest assured, even if he knocks his hundred catties of meat into pieces and sells them, he will definitely let the people of Shanxi have food, clothes to wear, and a house to live in!" ”

"Six catties, with your words, this king is relieved, do a good job, do a good job!" Wang Pu finally patted Zhao Liujin on the shoulder and said, "It's almost noon, you should go back early to prepare, and in the afternoon, you will peel Wu Sangui alive at the entrance of the vegetable market, and you, the new governor of Shanxi, will play the leading role in this big drama." ”

Zhao Liujin muttered: "Then I will resign." ”

After that, Zhao Liujin bowed to Wang Puchang again, and then turned around.

As soon as Zhao Liujin left, the crisp high-five sounded from behind the screen, Wang Pu turned around when he heard the sound, and saw Liu Qingyan, Liu Ruyi, the Red Lady and Kou Baimen, and the young women had come out from behind the screen, and all the women were wearing the women's military uniforms of the Central Army, and even the Red Lady, who usually wore the red and never left her body, also changed into a light green women's military uniform, Wang Pu was almost dazzled for a while.

"Lord Wang." Liu Qingyan, who was walking in the front, threw a flattering glance at Wang Pu before saying a word, and said, "Your skills of controlling people are becoming more and more proficient." ”

Liu Ru also said: "Seeing Zhao Liujin crying and crying just now, I really can't wait to take out his heart and give it to you." ”

"Scoop." Liu Qingyan snorted and scolded with a smile, "If it's a sister, you can say it wrong, what does the prince want Zhao Liujin's heart to do, what the prince wants is your sister's heart, and yes, your delicate flower heart, hehehe." ”

"Sister Qingyan, you hate it."

Liu Ru blushed for a moment.

Wang Pu's heart is like a cat's paw scratching, it is really itchy, I can't wait to push the girls down on the spot, and correct the Fa on the spot, not to mention, this guy really has such physical strength and energy now, with the help of Daddy Li's conditioning and Liu Qingyan's nine turns, this guy's room technique is getting more and more powerful.

The red lady kindly reminded: "Master, there is a sentence that the slave family doesn't know whether to say or not?" ”

Wang Pu stretched out his hand and gently hugged the red lady's slender waist, forced her to sit on his lap, and asked with a low smile: "Baby, if you have anything to say." ”

In front of the sisters, the red lady was obviously a little unaccustomed to Wang Pu's lightness, and struggled lightly twice but found that Wang Pu's arm was like an iron slap and couldn't break free at all, seeing that the red lady was no longer struggling, Wang Pu's big hand became more and more unbridled, and the surname Suo reached out to the red lady's plump buttocks and rubbed it gently, and smiled while rubbing: "They are all sisters, what is there to be ashamed of." ”

"That's it, Hongmei, why are you shy?" Liu Ru hugged the red lady's plump and angry delicate body from behind, and said with a smile, "Tonight, the sisters will have to strip naked and wait for the prince on the same bed. ”

The red lady was embarrassed and said, "Sister Yan, you really dare to say anything." ”

"Master." The red lady twisted her waist and didn't follow, "Why don't you care about Sister Yan?" ”

"This hoove-scratching is under-pumping, go back and clean her up." Wang Pu smiled, "Baby, what did you want to say just now?" ”

The red lady remembered the topic she was going to talk about just now, and hurriedly combed the scattered hair on her cheeks, and said: "The slave family thinks that this Zhao Liujin does not look like a clean official, will appointing him as the governor of Shanxi harm the people?" ”

"Nope." Wang Pu shook his head and said, "Lady, you must know that it is not only corrupt officials who harm the people, sometimes the clean officials harm the people more than corrupt officials!" In the same way, it is not only the clean officials who benefit the people, and sometimes corrupt officials can bring more benefits to the people than clean officials, especially in war-torn places like Shanxi. ”

The red lady was stunned and said: "The prince has never heard of the slave family, the clean officials can still harm the people, and the corrupt officials can also benefit one party?" It's new. ”

The rest of the Liu Qingyan women also had a contemplative look on their faces, obviously they were also very interested in this topic.

"Of course, the Qing officials will also harm the people." Wang Pudao, "For example, the Qiantang River in Zhejiang has a big flood, and it is necessary to dig the embankment in Jiande County to discharge the flood, so that although the people of Jiande County are sacrificed, the people of the remaining nine counties are preserved, but the magistrate of Jiande County is a Qing official who dares to ask for his life for the people, and he abides by his duties, lying on the embankment at the risk of death, and does not let people dig the embankment of Jiande County, as a result, he has preserved his own reputation, and the people of Jiande County have also been preserved, but the people of the remaining nine counties have suffered, do you think this is a disaster for the people?" ”

The red lady bowed her head lightly, and said: "So what about corrupt officials, how can corrupt officials benefit one party?" ”

Wang Pu said: "The most praised virtue of the Qing official is the clean breeze on the sleeves, and the most dirty stain of the corrupt official is corruption and bribery, but everything should be treated differently, if you are a common people, and enough of the hard work, now the court is ready to send a new parent official to your place to take office, the new parent official has two candidates, one is a clean official with clean sleeves, but can not bring you a rich life, one is a corrupt official who is corrupt and bribery, but can make the people of the county live a rich life, who will you choose to be this parent official?" ”

The red lady pondered for a moment and said: "The prince's words sound very ridiculous at first glance, but after thinking about it carefully, it is very reasonable, if the local people can choose, I think most of them will choose the corrupt official who can bring them a rich life to be the parent official." ”

"That's right." Wang Pujie said, "Most of the time, clean officials should indeed be loved by the people, and corrupt officials should indeed be condemned and punished, but sometimes special things also need to be done, especially for a war-torn area like Shanxi, a corrupt official with brains and skills who can make the people of Shanxi live a good life in the shortest possible time is definitely better than a clean official who has no brains and no skills, and can only let the people of Shanxi continue to live a bitter life without food and clothing, of course, It would be great if there were Qing officials who could make the people of Shanxi live a good life in the shortest possible time, but unfortunately there are no such people now, so I can only let Zhao Liujin be the governor of Shanxi. ”

"But ......" the red lady thought for a while, and then asked, "The prince believes that Zhao Liujin can make the people of Shanxi live a good life in a short time?" ”

A faint smile bloomed at the corner of Wang Pu's mouth, and he said: "There is no absolute thing in this world, let's wait and see." ”

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The governor of Shanxi.

Zhao Liujin was sitting on the Taishi chair in a daze, thinking back to Wang Pu's summons not long ago, it was like a dream, Zhao Liujin never thought that he would be entrusted with the important task of the governor of Shanxi! In addition to being excited, Zhao Liujin also knew that the burden of the governor of Shanxi was not light, especially Wang Pu's words before leaving were extremely heavy.

It is not an easy task to get Shanxi out of the war in a short period of time, so that millions of people who have suffered from the war have food, clothing, and houses to live in, which not only requires a lot of work, but also a lot of silver!

But these are not difficult for Zhao Liujin, Zhao Liujin already has a comprehensive idea in his mind.

Zhao Liujin knows that if you want to revitalize Shanxi in a short period of time, you must definitely not be able to do without the support of Jin merchants! Although the power of the Jin merchants has been greatly reduced after the war, as long as the fine traditions of the Jin merchants are still there, coupled with the strong support of the government, the Jin merchants will definitely be able to recover in a short time.

With the support of Jin merchants, Shanxi's Fenzhou, grains, wine, aged vinegar and other local specialties can be sold to the south of the Yangtze River in a steady stream, and the grain, cloth, silk, tea, porcelain, ironware and other necessities of production and life that are urgently needed in Shanxi can be continuously sold from the south of the Yangtze River to Shanxi, so that Shanxi's agricultural production can be restored, and the people of Shanxi can live a good life of abundant food and clothing again......

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(To be continued)