In the grand banquet hall of the Hunan Hotel in Changsha Prefecture, Hunan military and political officials, businessmen and celebrities gathered to wash the dust for the regent who had just arrived in Changsha.

Hunan Hotel is actually the original Changsha City's first restaurant "Desheng Building", was bought by Jiner's grandmother to expand, added guest rooms welcome building, Western food department, banquet living room, etc., just resumed business, is a new hotel full of oriental charm, after tonight, I think it will become the new favorite of Hunan celebrities.

In the Southern Dynasties, which was in the process of improving the taxation system and the system of examining and approving state expenditures, the administrative expenses, or public expenditures, were limited to about 10 percent of the state's expenditures, which was the highest proportion among the Western countries in later generations, equivalent to about one-third of the public expenditures of the Republic.

China has always been a society of personal feelings, eating and drinking officials reception style from the Ming and Qing dynasties to develop a tradition, to say that one size fits all is impossible, but must be restricted, to form a perfect reception system, can not improve the people's living standards, officials with the rise of the boat, four dishes and one soup into the Manchu and Han full feast.

What's more, Ye Zhao also knows that under the current conditions, if officials are really limited to "public servants", he is afraid that he will collapse quickly, and many things can only be done slowly.

It is not the public servant who makes him slowly do the things of a public servant under a perfect system, this is the solution to the problem, and just shouting slogans will only be a castle in the air.

Ye Zhao was wearing civilian clothes and a yellow satin jacket, but he showed the spirit of a dragon and a tiger.

"Let's toast to the rejuvenation of Changsha and Hunan." Ye Zhao raised his wine glass high, and the civil and military officials, businessmen and gentlemen immediately stood up with their brushes, all raised their wine glasses, and shouted: "The prince is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old." ”

It's just not related to Ye Zhao's impassioned toast, although Ye Zhao feels funny, but there is no way, it's just such a society, isn't it? This is not full of people trembling and kowtowing to listen to their own lectures, which is already a great progress.

The Hengzhou to Changsha section of the railway was opened to traffic, that is, the southern railway network from Changsha to Guangzhou has been through, and the Hengzhou to Changsha section is all used in Guangzhou-made steel rails.

What's more, this coming to Changsha is to further appease the Hunan people, especially the Miao people and Tujia in Xiangxi, the people are fierce, and they are the main force of the Hunan army.

When the various corps were fighting fiercely with the Taiping Army, the anti-bandit campaign of the Southern Dynasties was also in full swing, and the bandits were mainly concentrated in the Yunnan-Guizhou area, and the land of Xiangxi, which borders Guizhou and Sichuan, was also chaotic.

There is no way, many times the rebel army and the party become bandits just a thought, Yungui is not peaceful, there are many local armed forces, and now there are many more remnants of the green battalion who are not subject to the rule of the Southern Dynasty and land as the king, and there are even more bandit leaders in the king of the mountain, but it is a place in Guangxi, which has been operated by the matchmaker for several years, and it is still stable, but there are many robbers and bandits who rob houses at the junction with Yunnan and Guizhou and in the deep mountains and dense forests.

Pacifying the bandits in the provinces is a strict order given by Ye Zhao to the commanders of the provinces, and it is also the primary task of the patrol army in Yunnan, Guizhou, Xianggui and other places at present.

The Southern Dynasties downplayed the role of military attachés in local political affairs, and the provincial patrol battalions were under the jurisdiction of the chief military officers, and the general military officers directly obeyed the orders of the generals' palaces and had no subordinate relationship with the provincial governors.

The civil officials present today include Guo Jingzhi, the governor of Hunan, Tian Yinong, the political envoy, Gu Jingzhong, the envoy of the procuratorate, Du Wenquan, the envoy to the university, Liang Chongming, the salt transport envoy, Kong Mingshi, the chief of the Supervision Bureau, and Guan Yunwen, the director of the Patrol and Arrest Department.

At present, the provincial-level structure has basically taken shape of modern society, such as the political envoy, which is roughly equivalent to the vice governor and the director of the personnel department, the president of the provincial high court according to the inspection envoy, and the director of the provincial taxation bureau of the salt transportation envoy.

The military attaches present at the scene included Shen Bao, chief officer of the town guard of the first town of the Pingyuan Army, Liu Quxiang, deputy general of the first town of the Pingyuan Army, Zheng Kui, chief of staff of the first town of the Pingyuan army, and Zhao Puyu, chief officer of the land patrol of Hunan Province.

At the banquet, Ye Zhao talked about the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces and his expectations for the Hunan officials and squires, and Wen Yan encouraged everyone.

All the civil officials and military generals sat awe-inspiringly, although the wine and meat on this table were abundant, but who could enjoy it calmly?

"If a gentleman is devoted to his relatives, the people will prosper in benevolence; If the old is not left behind, the people will not steal. And if you are brave and rude, you will be chaotic, Lord Fantai, but you said that? Ye Zhao looked at Tian Yinong, the political envoy of Hunan Province at the same table.

The official at the same table with the regent has the highest status, and he is afraid that it is also the most uncomfortable group in the banquet hall, Tian Yinong bowed down, not daring to look at the regent, at this time listening to the regent's question, the sleeves of his robe shook, and he almost knocked down the wine glass in front of him, he suddenly stood up, his face was pale, and he knelt down and kowtowed: "Guilty of despicable duty, guilty of guilt!" ”

Tian Yinong went to Xiangxi to appease the Miao people, but it inspired the people to revolt, the patrol battalion has been transferred to 3,000 men and horses, and the first town of the Pingyuan Army is also ready to rush.

Ye Zhao glanced at him a few times and said, "Get up, I can't blame you all for this, this flood is not channeled, there is always catharsis, you are just a cause, and you don't have to bear such a big deal." ”

"Yes, yes, Lord Shengming......" Tian Yinong kowtowed again and again, and then felt that this was a bastard, as if he was justifying himself, and hurriedly said: "Death is a death to a humble position!" Death to death! ”

"Get up." Ye Zhao waved his hand, turned his gaze to the officials in the hall, and said in a clear voice: "Love the people like a son, this word has been passed down through the ages, and it is not right, if you really regard yourself as a parent official, as the people's food and clothing, then you can't help but flutter, if you want me to say, as an official, you should be trembling, the people are our food and clothing parents." ”

"Yes!" A full house of officials agreed.

…… Ye Zhao lived in a luxurious suite on the third floor of the backyard of the Hunan Hotel, the entire building was contracted, and several businessmen were kicked out, which made Ye Zhao helpless, as the regent, was much more arrogant than the officials of later generations.

However, in the current wartime, coupled with the initial determination of Hunan, and the place where the Hunan army has been operating for many years, Zeng Guofan and the entire Hunan army group have a deep influence in Hunan, and there is no way to be careful.

The sofa made in Guangzhou, like a soft couch in general, one end can be supported to sit on the seat, some similar to the French chaise longue sofa, but the workmanship is complicated, the feet are carved with carved beasts, the ingenuity is unique, not as simple and bright as the French sofa, but it is a little more thick in the simplicity.

Sitting on the sofa and drinking coffee, on the soft pier opposite the coffee table, Du Wenquan, the old master of Hunan, recounted the progress of running primary schools in Changsha.

The old master didn't expect that he would become an important member of a province when he was old, and he could only say that it was unpredictable when he was a child, and he felt that the regent was very unusual since he was a child, didn't he? It's only been a few years, and a huge river and mountain have been laid.

At this time, the regent doesn't seem to have changed much compared to a few years ago, and his eyes are still so clear, but you can't guess what he's thinking.

"Old master, I haven't seen you for a while, how is my big brother Du? Don't gamble, right? Ye Zhao asked with a smile.

The old master smiled and said: "Don't say that, the prince has killed the old man, he, he has quit gambling, and now he has made a mistake in the steel mill, and the prince is still thinking about him, where did this kid come from?" ”

Ye Zhao laughed, and was about to speak again, when he suddenly heard a noise outside, and the two blue-armored guards behind the red sandalwood door looked out of the cat's eye, and then someone outside said loudly and respectfully: "Master, you caught two assassins, and the minions sent them to the patrol room?" ”

Ye Zhao was stunned, assassin? He made a gesture, and the blue guard immediately opened the door and whispered a few words outside.

The work was not large, several guards pushed and shoved a man and a woman tied up with flowers, the male tower-like man, his face was like the bottom of a black pot, his body was obviously half a head taller than the guards, wearing a blue cloth robe, burly and hard; The woman's petite, the hotel waiter's red uniform, turned pale with fright and trembled.

The big man came in and didn't wait for the guards to push him, so he fell to his knees, and his voice was as loud as a bell: "Lord Wang, the grass people are not assassins, the grass people are from Qianzhou, named Bai Laoheng." ”

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, this name is like a Han name, but since it is a Qianzhou person, it should be a Miao descendant, the Qing Dynasty adopted policies such as changing the land and returning to the stream, and the Miao people were naturalized, so that many Tujia Miao people have changed and transplanted Han surnames, and with the passage of time, many Miao people are actually no different from Han people. Because the Manchu Qing Dynasty invaded and occupied the world of Han civilization, it was to try its best to bleaching its illegal surname, and the policies adopted by the various ethnic minorities were also completely different from those of the Han Dynasty, and from an objective point of view, to a certain extent, they promoted the integration of ethnic groups and promoted the sense of identity of ethnic minorities with the Central Plains Dynasty, because the Han Dynasty had obvious contempt for foreign races.

Bai Laoheng kowtowed, and said loudly: "Prince, please take back your life, we will never dare to resist the Heavenly Master, please take back your life and spare the little clansmen!" ”

Ye Zhao: "Oh? "A sound, it turned out to be the Miao people of Qizhanggou, the Miao people of more than a dozen villages in Qizhanggou rebelled, the patrol battalion has sent 3,000 men and horses to suppress, and now the patrol battalion is equipped with rifles, 3,000 military horses, about 1,000 firearms, plus the Hunan border patrol, most of them have been trained in the battle formation, even if there is no first town soldiers and horses galloping to help, it is not a problem to destroy a few Miao villages.

"Tell me, what's going on?" Ye Zhao looked at this big man, and he didn't look like a cunning person.

Bai Laoheng kowtowed again, "Yes!" The grass people are the head of the first village of the eighteen villages, and the things are known very clearly, the lord of the Qianzhou Siwei came down, saying that there are many thieves in the grass people village, and they want to rob the pigs and sheep in the village, and there are a few young men in the village who do not understand the rules, and the old men have moved and injured people. When the old men left Siwei, they put down their cruel words, saying that they would kill all the men and women in the village, and the grass people came back to hear about it, and knew that they had caused a big disaster, so they hurriedly went to Qianzhou to inquire, and they heard that the grass people and other more than a dozen villages were convicted of rebellion, and the grass people were almost caught in Qianzhou, and they had no choice but to come to Changsha to complain. ”

"It just happened that I knew that the prince came to Changsha, and the Bai Ling sister came out of our cottage again, so I asked her to secretly take me to see the prince, but I was caught by the guards, the grass people should die, damn, but the grass people's clansmen really didn't want to rebel, the prince Mingjian, Mingjian!"

Ye Zhao said lightly: "Your courage is quite big!" ”

Bai Laoheng immediately kowtowed vigorously and said: "The grass people rushed into the prince, and it is appropriate to be cut off by the head, I just ask the prince to be merciful and spare the eighteen Miao people, the prince is a Buddha is a saint, and the Miao people are also the people of the prince, please be gracious!" As he spoke, he kowtowed.

(To be continued)