"I'm leaving Huai'an!"

Su Hao rode on horseback, looked back at Huai'an City behind him, and couldn't help but feel a little stunned. At the head of the city, there was a large umbrella, and under the umbrella sat an official, who was the prefect of Huai'an. However, the object of Su Hao's attention was not Han Wen, but the girl who was standing behind Han Wen and holding a telescope to look this way, needless to say, it was naturally Han Qian. Seeing the way she raised her hand to wipe her face from time to time, she should be shedding tears.

"I really don't understand, why don't you bring Miss Han with you?" Cheng Yi, who was dressed in military uniform, glared at Su Hao dissatisfiedly and said to him.

Cheng Yi has now been officially incorporated into the survey battalion and served as a bookkeeper with the army, brackets, and does not enjoy grade treatment. However, with such an identity, coupled with the close relationship between her and Su Hao's two wives, Deng Kui still managed to get her a horse to ride, saving her the hardship of marching with the soldiers.

Su Hao waved his hand to Han Qian from afar, and secretly made a kissing action that only Han Qian could understand in the whole Ming Dynasty, and then turned his head and urged the horse to move forward with the team. Regarding Cheng Yi's questioning, he just sighed and said: "Alas, there is no way, my old father-in-law has to say that before they get married, girls can't go out with their husbands, so I have to give up." ”

"Why don't you marry Miss Han yet?" Cheng Yi asked again.

Su Hao said: "Everyone is still young, isn't Qian'er only 17 years old?" ”

"Eighteen!" Cheng Yi said.

Su Hao said: "I mean ...... year old"

"Who knows what you think, how can you wait until you are 18 years old to get married. People say that maybe you are thinking about going to Runing to find some confidante, and you are afraid that it will be inconvenient for your wife to be around. Cheng Yi said hatefully.

On issues involving feelings, Cheng Yi is firmly on the side of Lu Xiuer and Han Qian, so she dares to speak disrespectfully to her superiors. If it was something else, Cheng Yi would definitely be a "Master Su" and be humble.

"In my last life...... Uh, at best, I've only been to Runing in my previous life, so what confidantes can be there? Besides, I didn't bring my wife with me, didn't my wife send an eyeliner to follow me? Su Hao shouted aggrieved, he originally wanted to say that he had never been to Runing Mansion in his previous life, but after thinking about it, he had really been there in his previous life, and he had to be honest.

The destination of Su Hao's trip was Runing Mansion in Henan Province, which was equivalent to the later Zhumadian City, and also included part of Xinyang City, as well as some places in Fuyang, Anhui Province. However, in this era, the city of Zhumadian did not exist at all, and the government of Runing Mansion was located in Ruyang County, which was later known as Runan County.

Runing Prefecture has a total of 7 directly administered counties, 2 prefectures, and 5 prefecture-administered counties, northwest to Xiping, southwest to Xinyang, east to Yingshang, south to Mall, the management of the boundary is located between Tongbai Mountain and Dabie Mountain, the west and south are mountains, and the northeast, that is, where the government is located, is a plain and hilly area.

The area under the jurisdiction of Runing Province was extremely impoverished at the time. Even in later generations, there were several national-level poverty-stricken counties. Located in the upper reaches of the Huai River, the area is prone to flooding during the rainy season, but if it does not rain for several months, it immediately turns into a severe drought. In the history books, there are records such as "great drought, famine, cannibalism" and so on.

Last year, Runing province had just experienced a major drought, and the local government was ineffective in providing relief efforts, resulting in a large number of starving deaths. At the beginning of this year, desperate hungry people, instigated by some strongmen, launched a popular uprising and killed some landlords and officials. Although the popular rebellion was quickly suppressed, this incident still had a great impact on the imperial court, and the cabinet began to think about who to arrange to coordinate the affairs of Runing.

Since Su Hao showed his face in Huai'an, Wanli, who had a lot of face because he knew people and was good at his duties, finally began to recover to the court to a limited extent. As he expected, after meeting the long-lost emperor, the first sentence of the officials was no longer to question the country's foundation, but to condemn him for his bad behavior of giving marriage to favored ministers and allowing one man to marry two wives.

Wanli is naturally happy to see Su Hao blocking the gun for him. He happily rubbed his tongue with the officials, discussing how appropriate it would be for a man to marry several wives, and at the same time praying in his heart that the courtiers would never think of such a troublesome matter as the establishment of a prince.

When it was said that Su Hao was outstanding and talented, so it was understandable to marry a second wife, Wu Boxing, the head of the household, suddenly stepped forward and said:

"Holy Lord, this incident of Su Haoping is purely accidental. Although the battle of Pingyu was led by the Kanyu Battalion, it was helped by 2 thousand households from Huai'an Mansion and Hedao Mansion, and this group of Japanese Invaders was just old, weak, sick and disabled, so it was not surprising that Su Hao won a battle. Shengshang and Wang Cifu both said that Su Hao had an extraordinary endowment, and the old minister thought that this matter still needed to be verified. ”

"Verify?" Wanli said dissatisfiedly, "Wu Shilang, in addition to the merits of this Su Hao, he also has the merit of repairing the river. Governor Pan played, saying that Su Hao's strategy for him to control the river is quite effective, this year's flood season, he is sure that the Huai River will no longer flood, and this is mainly Su Hao's work, isn't this a verification? ”

Wu Boxing said: "The old minister has also inquired about the control of the river, and the main credit must be recorded on Governor Pan, followed by Ma Yu from the river camp sent by the Ministry of Industry." Ma Yuqi had repaired a reservoir in Jiangxi, and the Huai River crossing project was also commanded by him and his deputy Jiang Yida and Tan Qi on the spot, while Su Hao only participated in a few discussions and had no practical work. ”

"I've heard the name Ma Yu." Wanli said, "Pan Jitao also asked for credit for them in the compromise, Zeng Shangshu ......"

"The minister is here!" Zeng Tongheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, hurriedly stepped forward to agree.

"Ma Yu and a few others, who have made meritorious contributions to the management of the river, should be promoted, and your Ministry of Industry should draw up a charter." Wanli commanded.

"The minister's decree, the Ministry of Industry is preparing to report to the Ministry of Officials for approval, and Ma Yu will be promoted to the head of the six products, and Jiang Yida and Tan Qiju will be the seven products." Zeng Tongheng said.

Wanli nodded: "I'm ready, let's do it quickly." ”

"Yes!" Song Qi, the secretary of the ministry, responded. Ma Yu and these people were all standard scholars and were not labeled as eunuchs, so the courtiers did not refuse their promotion.

After talking about Ma Yu and others, Wanli brought the topic back to Su Hao, and he asked Wu Boxing: "Wu Shilang, you can't see Su Hao's talent when you talk about governing the river." So in your opinion, how can you verify whether this Su Hao is a talent? ”

Wu Boxing said: "Saint, there is one thing right now, which needs a competent official to do it, I don't know if this Su Hao can bear it." ”

"What?" Wanli asked.

Wu Boxing said: "Today, there is a report from the Guangdong Provincial Imperial History King and the vassal ministers of the Henan Runing Mansion that the land has been annexed by the powerful people, resulting in the displacement of the people, which is the root cause of the civil rebellion in Runing Mansion. The minister heard that Su Hao had assisted the prefect Han Wenqing in Huai'an Mansion, and Haoqiang all gave in. Why not send Su Hao to lead the survey camp to Runing Mansion, raise the length of his clear fields, and return the people of Runing Mansion to Lang Lang Qingtian. If this matter can be done, it can not only relieve the misfortune of the imperial court, but also give Su Hao experience, so that young people can grow up as soon as possible to take on great responsibilities. ”

"This ......" Wanli was a little embarrassed.

As the emperor, Wanli still knows a little about those things in the whole country. The affairs of Runing Mansion are very complicated, not only the annexation of land by the powerful and powerful, but also the collusion of officials and gentry, banditry and other problems. In the past, the imperial court also sent commissioners to inspect and intend to solve local problems, but all of them returned in vain. Su Hao was in Huai'an Mansion Qingzhang Tianmu, with the support of Hanwen behind him, and he also borrowed the residual power of Ping Wakou, which was successfully completed. Let him go to Runing Mansion, if he wants to repeat his old tricks and create brilliance again, I'm afraid it will not be so easy.

Wanli was just about to find a reason to veto Wu Boxing's proposal, and more than a dozen second-grade and third-grade officials stood up below, and said in unison: "The minister seconded the proposal!" ”

Attach your sister's head!

Wanli scolded secretly in his heart, he knew that these officials would run out to second, purely to see his jokes. Between his hesitation just now, the officials saw it and knew that this matter made Wanli very embarrassed. The unspoken rule in the Ming Dynasty is that as long as it is something that the emperor is embarrassed by, the courtiers must support it.

Seeing that everyone was coaxing, Wanli had nothing to say, he looked at Wang Xijue, who had been standing on his side, and Wang Xijue also cast a helpless look at him, saying that the matter was irreparable. Wanli nodded and said, "Since everyone expects it, then I agreed to Wu Shilang's proposal." However, if Su Hao is sent to Runing Mansion to preside over the affairs of Qingzhang, it is not appropriate to go in the name of the head of the Liupin Ministry of Works, right? If the name is not right, it is not good. ”

Wu Boxing said: "The emperor is sage, and the old minister also thinks that Su Hao should no longer go to Runing as the Ministry of Industry. The imperial court sent Su Hao to Runing, named Qingzhang, but in fact, he also had the responsibility of supervising hundreds of officials and punishing officials who colluded with Haoqiang, so he should go in the name of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The old minister recommended Su Hao as the capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, what do you think? ”

Wu Boxing said and threw a beam of meaningful eyes at everyone, and the gaze was clearly saying: Ask for fans, ask for top, ask for praise!

The dozen or so officials who had just "seconded" hurriedly ran out again, but this time, Wanli moved faster than them. As soon as the figures of these officials moved, Wanli broke off and shouted: "Confused! ”

This voice shocked everyone, and those officials just raised their hands, and hurriedly put them down again, not knowing what Wanli wanted to say.

Wanli looked at Wu Boxing, frowned and said, "Wu Shilang, are you mistaken?" Everything is seventh, and Su Hao's current grade is already sixth. You change a sixth-rank official to a seventh-rank official, is this a recommendation, or an impeachment? ”

"Uh......" Wu Boxing knew that he had gone a little too far, and couldn't help but be embarrassed, he said: "Holy forgiveness, the old minister just lost his words, in fact, the old minister wants to recommend Su Hao to experience the Metropolitan Procuratorate, this is a six-rank rank, and it will not insult Su Hao's merits." ”

"Everyone, what do you think?" Wanli looked at the courtiers and asked in a deep voice.