In the winter of the ninth year of Tiance, many small things happened in the Central Plains, several small things, and a big event!

Needless to say, small things, not big or small, the first thing is the small famine in the four prefectures of Ru, Tang, Deng, and Lai.

Laizhou small famine is purely self-seeking, there are of course climate change reasons here, such as the uneven drought in the state in the past year, but also with Dengzhou shipbuilding industry and maritime trade to absorb a large number of labor, the people's heart is not interested in agriculture related, but the harvest is not good but does not affect the livelihood of Laizhou people, Zhang Mai did not even give Laizhou a tax exemption and tax reduction pardon, and Laizhou people are not even shouting, the reason is very simple, those who are willing to work hard to farm, the harvest is okay, all those who are not willing to work and do business, there is surplus money in hand, Dengzhou is the transit station of the North-South Sea Trade, and the grain transported from Wuyue every year bursts up one by one a new warehouse, and Mo said that Laizhou, which is adjacent to Dengzhou, is just a small famine, and it is not enough to starve to death if there is no harvest. Therefore, Zhang Mai of Laizhou left it alone and let the people solve it themselves.

The problem of Ru, Tang and Deng is not small, this is affected by the Luoyang War, it is funny, the real war occurred in Luoyang, Zhengzhou The problem is not big, Fu Yanqing levied hundreds of thousands of people in Kaifeng, Chenzhou, Yingchang did not have a famine year, but the nearby Ru, Tang, and Deng had problems, why? It is precisely because Luoyang and other five places were directly affected by the war that the Tiance regime was afraid of chaos, so its attention was placed here.

The three prefectures of Ru, Tang, and Deng, firstly, were newly acquired after the war, and the policy of the new Tang Dynasty was to calm down, except that the troops were difficult to move, and all the old officials were retained, and secondly, the political forces of Tiance had not yet penetrated into the localities, and the supervision of various lines was not strict. Corrupt officials and corrupt officials took advantage of this opportunity to take action, coupled with the unhealthy weather and the spread of war, several problems occurred at the same time, and the current small famine brewed. When there was an accident in southern Henan, some businessmen bought grain from Jingbei, and as a result, the Jingbei region, which had a poor harvest, was also affected.

Dealing with famine is the most test of a government's administrative ability. The small disaster years in southern Henan and Jingbei only appeared, and before the food shortage appeared, Wei Renpu was ordered to be in danger, but he did not go to Ruzhou, Tangzhou or Dengzhou, and went directly to Xiangyang. Fu Yanqing, the governor of the newly established Jingbei Military Region, hurriedly greeted him, and the civil and military discussed for a long time, and a letter was sent to Jiangling Mansion on the second day.

For more than 20 years, the country of Nanpyeong in Gangneung Province was originally the land of fish and rice, and it was in the north and south. After years of trade accumulation, the treasury was full and the rice was rotten, but the country was rich and weak, since Zhang Mai unified the north, the most worrying thing about the lord of Nanping all day long was when the iron horse would go south - although he repeatedly declared himself a vassal to the north, Zhang Mai never gave him a clear response, and some were just ambiguous appeasements. Therefore, the lord of Nanping is not to say to Zhang Mai, even to the powerful people in the north. Among them, Fu Yanqing, who holds the military power in Jingbei, is the biggest mountain on Nanping's head!

The letter signed by Fu Yanqing and Wei Renpu entered Nanping within three days. It is like a mountain and a sea of grain transported north, and it gets off the dock in Yingzhou. Then the mighty north along the Han River, as soon as the news came out, the grain prices in Jingbei and southern Henan dropped at once, and a small disaster was resolved in less than half a month.

followed Wei Renpu to Dengzhou suddenly and began to wash the officials of Ru, Tang, and Deng.

He Wei Da Inspector is the one who has presided over two exams, and there are countless protégés under him. Someone to be desired; The famine in northern and southern Henan has just been solved, and the prestige in this area is in full swing for a while, and it is going to be powerful; received 3,000 soldiers and horses from the Jingbei Military Region, and asked for soldiers; He also got the power of Zhang Mai to act cheaply, which can be described as the right to power.

Plus long before he arrived in Xiangyang. There are already protégés who have infiltrated Sanzhou to find out, so Wei Renpu has not yet arrived, and he already knows the situation in Sanzhou well, and as soon as he arrives in Dengzhou, he will start immediately, and in just one month, the three prefectures of Ru, Tang, and Deng have been cleaned up, and ninety percent of the state and county officials have been replaced, and even the three prefectures of Xiang, Deng, and Jun with Jingbei have also replaced a large number of old officials.

If the previous Nanping grain transfer action was like rain and dew, this action was like a thunder bombardment, after this action, the Tiance regime's control over southern Henan and Jingbei was greatly enhanced, and instead of being shocked and uneasy, the people clapped their hands one by one - it was a great joy to get rid of the corrupt officials in the local area who had become a disaster year!

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After Wei Renpu completed these few things, his prestige soared, but he himself did not fall in love with the stack again, so he immediately relieved himself and returned to Yedu, where Zhang Mai is now.

On the way, I heard that Zhang Mai went to Yanjing, and received countless letters from Shilin Channel, all of which said the same thing - to dissuade Zhang Mai from touring the west after Wei Renpu arrived in Yedu!

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In the past year, whether it is the famine in Sizhou or the turmoil in Jingbei, it is really not a big deal for Shilin in the Central Plains!

The impression of the invincibility of the Tiance Iron Horse has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and they used to be in awe of their power when they were opposed to each other, but now the position under the ass has changed, and Zhang Mai is the main one, then this force is their own! As long as you hug your nervous thighs, there is nothing to be afraid of in the world! Don't say that it's just a small turmoil in Jingbei, even if the Quartet changes together, the scholars and doctors also feel that it is not a big deal with the current national situation of the New Tang Dynasty.

But just when the situation was good, news suddenly came out that Zhang Mai was going to tour the west!

At first, everyone thought it was nothing, but Zhang Mai has not stopped in the past year! After Luoyang was pacified, he first went to Kaifeng, lived for a few months and then went to Yanjing, and then suddenly took thousands of people to Dingliao to visit Yang Yi who was recuperating from his illness, stayed for a few days and returned to Yanjing, followed and ran around, and the people were in Yedu during the autumn harvest, because Guo Fen took a large family to the east, and Zhang Mai ran to Yanjing again.

Although it is said that this son of heaven is not very "stable", it is really nothing like this for the founding emperor. Look at Liu Bang and Li Shimin, aren't they going all day long? The same is true of the legendary Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor. Many people are still wondering if the marshal is going to Chang'an on his western tour this time, passing by Taiyuan, and solving An Chongrong and Liu Zhiyuan with ease - in the eyes of most people, these two things are just "handy" for the current Zhang Longxiang.

But then news came out from Li Fang, saying that Zhang Mai's western tour this time was not to Luoyang, not to Guanzhong - not even to Liangzhou!

Where is that?

Ganzhou?

And that's not all!

Could it be that Shazhou?

And that's not all!

All right. Finally, I finally inquired that Zhang Mai was going to the Western Regions!

Yanqi? Turtles?

Neither!

Li Fang said that Generalissimo Zhang was going to find Guo Luo!

The scholars and doctors of the Central Plains jumped up all at once!

Marshal Xià (this title is a bit weird), don't mess around!

Where is that in the middle of the river?

The Yumen Pass, where the spring breeze is not excessive, is thousands of miles west before reaching Gaochang, and Gaochang is thousands of miles west before reaching Qiuzi. Qiuzi went thousands of miles west to Shule, to Shule, to Shule, over the green ridge covered with snow all year round, and then to walk thousands of miles to reach the river!

Although Hezhong is now an autonomous region under the banner of the Tang Dynasty, it is so far away that it is like another world in terms of distance! Although the river is the territory that Zhang Mai personally conquered westward, but running so far and wide, the chance of missing on the road is very great!

All right. Even if the road is safe, but the east and west are thousands of miles apart, what if something happens here in the Central Plains? Even if you ride a sweaty BMW day and night, you can't come back in time!

All in all, when Zhongyuan Shilin heard that Zhang Mai was going to see Guo Luo, he felt that the marshal was going to another world - if the marshal really wanted to see Guo Dadu, then he would rather let Guo Dadu come back from the river.

As soon as the news came out, all kinds of exhortations flew in, and Li Nuan directly came to ask Zhang Mai if the news was true.

"Guess what the marshal said?" An official in Yedu said angrily to Wei Renpu: "Marshal's tone." We all met in person, he said. "Yes, I have this plan, and I will leave after the beginning of spring next year." - Wei Zongxian, the marshal's tone at that time, going to the river is like going to the door! ”

Wei Renpu appeased the ministers of Yedu in Yedu, and then set off for Yanjing.

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Yanjing City is still under construction. Infrastructure construction such as large sewers and roads is nearing completion, and the first palace residences have already taken shape and are expected to be ready for use by this time next year, and many businesses and families are already working on the designated commercial and residential areas.

At present, the supporting facilities have not yet been stationed, and Yanjing New Town is a large construction site. Zhang Mai himself often lived there alone, and his wife and children couldn't do it when the family came, so he lived in a villa in Xishan - a garden that Zhao Zan and Fu Yanqing were ordered to repair last year, although it was not luxurious and luxurious, but it was better than pure and elegant. After Guo Fen came, he lived here directly.

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When Wei Renpu came, Xishan was becoming lively, at the foot of the mountain were tents, half of them were garrisons, half of them were officials who came here to listen to them, I heard that Wei Renpu was coming, Ma Xiaochun also arranged one.

When I arrived at the mountain and entered the villa, I saw lights hanging everywhere, snow sweeping everywhere, and many servants were busy, which was the style of preparing for the New Year.

"This is a bit of the breath of a big family of superiors. Although it is still a bit far from the royal family. ”

Wei Renpu thought to himself, sure enough, there must still be a wife, this life is what it is, looking at Zhang Mai's bachelor life in the past two or three years, Wei Renpu himself felt miserable.

He came to the hall under the guidance of the servants, the hall was warm, only Zhang Mai, Guo Fen, Ma Xiaochun, Wang Pu and a maid five, Zhang Mai was peeling apples for Guo Fen, it is not easy to have apples at this time, and with Zhang Mai's respect, he was still peeling apples for Guo Fen and Guo Fen was calm, if this was spread, the corporal of the world would inevitably feel that the current queen "the depth of the holy family" is unparalleled.

Zhang Mai is not strict about the prevention of men and women, not to mention that Wei Renpu and Guo Fen know each other, so Wei Renpu did not avoid Guo Fen when he came in.

From Zhang Yi to Fan Wei Renpu, from Fan Wei Renpu to Li Nuan and Li Shen, and then to the recent Feng Dao, countless Confucian ministers have advised on this issue, at least asking Guo Fen to hang down the curtain when he sees the foreign ministers, but Zhang Mai just laughed.

Feng Dao even brought a group of young eunuchs from Luoyang with a clean background and no background, but they were all driven away by Zhang Mai. However, Guo Fen was kind, and inquired that most of these little eunuchs were poor people with no father and mother, even if they had parents, they would not have a good time after they went back, and they had only arrived in Yanjing, and they also needed some manpower around them, so they left more than 20 of them, but Zhang Mai still issued an edict to reprimand Feng Dao again, and ordered the world. Abolish the eunuch system forever!

When Wei Renpu came in, Zhang Mai just cut the apple into four petals, followed by the second apple, Guo Fen ate one petal, and when he saw Wei Renpu coming, he asked the maid to send two petals, this apple was not only given by the master's mother. It was cut by Zhang Mai himself, although he knew the style of Zhang Mai's family in Liangzhou for a long time, Wei Renpu couldn't help but be grateful in his heart, and Wang Pu was even more envious in his eyes.

Guo Fen caught a glimpse out of the corner of his eye, thinking that he wanted to eat, so he asked the maid to give the remaining petal to Wang Pu, Wang Pu knelt on the ground with a snap, holding the apple like holding the peach of the queen mother, and tears flowed out. Guo Fen shouted, "Ouch! Xiao Wang, why are you crying! ”

Wang Pu had countless words of gratitude in his heart. I choked up for a while, but I couldn't say a word.

Zhang Mai smiled: "Don't pay attention to him, he's just cheap." ”

Guo Fen just because her husband was casual, she followed casually, not ignorant of the world, she immediately understood, smiled and said: "It's just a piece of apple, don't think about it so much." Get up and eat. ”

Wang Pu got up after thanking him, but he didn't dare to eat the apple. Seeing that Wei Renpu was already chewing with his beard, he took a small bite carefully. Jun Grace is like a mountain, Hou Grace is like the sea, this small bite of apple, turned into juice and flowed into the throat, really like the Qiong juice fairy liquid can moisturize the internal organs, and for a while I was moved to tears.

Wei Renpu when eating apples. There was a sound of footsteps outside, and several children ran in, the youngest of them threw himself into Zhang Mai's arms, and the oldest one shouted, "It's Teacher Wei here." Wei Renpu looked up and hurriedly said, "It turned out to be Your Highness." ”

Zhang Mai now has four sons and three daughters. Among them, the eldest daughter Yunzhao, the second daughter Yunzhen, the second son Yunwu, and the third son Yunyan were born to Guo Fen. The eldest son Yunwen was born to Princess Fu'an of Khotan, and the youngest son Yungong and the young daughter who was still nursing were born to Xue Shanya, the sister of Xue Fu. Yunzhao and Yunzhen took turns to write enlightenment by Fan Zhen and Wei Renpu, so Wei Renpu and the children of the Zhang family are very familiar with each other - this experience of Fan Wei and Wei is more envied by the Central Plains Confucianism than he is in a high position.

Zhang Mai himself has not yet officially called the emperor, but he has always called his beloved daughter "my little princess" and "my little princess", so Fan Zhen Wei Renpu called Yunzhao Yunzhen "Her Royal Highness the Princess", and Zhang Mai did not object, and this title continued.

This time, Guo Fen traveled eastward, and his four children naturally followed. The eldest son, Zhang Yunwen, is like his mother, and his body is relatively weak, so he stays in Liangzhou. Xue Shanya came along, but today she took the child to see her brother.

Unconsciously, Zhang Yunzhao, the eldest of the children, is already in his teens, Zhang Yunwu and his twin brother Zhang Yunyan, who are regarded as the sons of the world, were born in the first month of the third year of Tiance, and they are seven years old after the New Year. I just came back from a snowball fight outside with my younger siblings.

As soon as this group of children came in, the hall became lively, Zhang Mai was busy talking to the children, and he couldn't care about Wei Renpu, but Zhang Yunzhao was able to take care of Wei Renpu's love and face, and sat next to him and chatted with him.

Wei Renpu replied with a courtesy and suddenly asked: "Your Highness, the minister heard that the marshal intends to tour the west in Yedu, has Your Highness ever heard the marshal mention it?" ”

"Yes, my father said that he was going to see his uncle, and he planned to set off after the spring next year. Teacher Fan has told my father about this several times, and he has stopped his father, but I think my father means that he will probably still go. ”

Wei Renpu's heart froze, listening to Zhang Yunzhao's tone, Zhang Mai really decided on this matter, he was about to make a suggestion to Zhang Mai, Yun Yan, who was in Zhang Mai's arms, shouted: "I don't want it, I don't want it!" We've only been here for a few days, and Daddy is leaving again! I don't want it! ”

His twin brother Yunwu coughed, and a seven-year-old child said in a serious tone of old Confucianism: "The third brother can't be like this, my father is going to the Western Regions, there must be a major national event to discuss with my uncle, you can't be willful, the gentleman comes first to the country and then the family, this is the style of the holy monarch, the third brother must not delay his father and hinder the world's major affairs." ”

When Wang Pu saw it, he couldn't help but praise the prince for having a gentleman's style. Zhang Yunyan pursed his mouth and glared at his brother, but Zhang Mai squirted out a mouthful of water, but scolded Yunwu: "You are a seven-year-old child, you have only been weaned for a few years, national affairs, it's your business!" I haven't taken you with me for a few years, and you won't be able to speak! ”

Zhang Yunwu stuck out his tongue, extremely embarrassed, Zhang Mai turned his head to Guo Fen and said, "How have you taught your children in the past two years!" ”

Guo Fen smiled bitterly: "This kid is a little old, but he doesn't usually speak like this, someone must have taught him." ”

Zhang Mai asked Yun Wudao: "Who is it?" ”

Zhang Yunwu looked aggrieved. Nuo Nuo said: "It's not who taught it, it's just that Erchen has been reading "Mencius" recently, and he has a lot of experience......

Zhang Mai thought about it, it must be the Confucian ministers who would teach Yunwu to speak like this, but the Confucian ministers were all against his western tour, but he scolded: "How old are you?" What to do with reading such a deep book! What kind of bullshit is called! You are not allowed to talk like that in the future! ”

Zhang Yunzhao stood up and said, "Father, don't scold the second brother like this." At his age, what he reads and what he learns, there is no other meaning. But if you scold him like this and spread it, our family will be fine, and it will become something after it is spread. ”

She is Zhang Mai's eldest daughter, born in times of distress and grew up in a chaotic world. Zhang Mai not only loves her heroic appearance, but also does not restrain her temperament, so Zhang Yunzhao was able to go in and out of the barracks, go back and forth to the people, and even when Zhang Mai was in Qinxi, she also rode a horse for hundreds of miles to meet each other, so she knew the world affairs, although Zhang Mai did not want her family to become a harem in the palace fighting film. But since he has built a huge empire, it is natural that various chains of interests will be intertwined and continue into his family. Even if Guo Fen's status is unshakeable and no one dares to touch it, no matter how bright the general direction is, there will be shadows in the corners of the wall. Zhang Yunzhao was exposed to the ears and eyes, and her mental insight was trained - she was not a pretending adult like Yunwu, but she was really precocious.

Zhang Mai said: "What can happen!" ”

Over the years, Zhang Mai has been running around all the year round, and Yunzhao, as the eldest sister, has to help her mother take care of her younger siblings. As the eldest princess, she has to help stabilize the hearts of the people of Lianglan, and the majesty is naturally formed, and unconsciously even Zhang Mai has some respect for this daughter's words.

Zhang Yunzhao said: "The second brother is the eldest son of our family!" You can spank him behind closed doors, but if the matter gets out, I'm afraid that someone with a heart will want to get into trouble. ”

Zhang Mai was stunned for a moment. Random laughter: "Okay, okay, don't be so strict." He said to Yun Wu: "Play more in the future, play whatever you like, and read less in the past two years." ”

Yun Yan said: "Yes, I listen to my father!" ”

Zhang Mai slapped his ass and said, "I said your brother!" It's not about you! On your side, I'll let Li Fang teach you to write tomorrow! ”

Yun Yan wawa cried bitterly: "I don't want others to teach me, I want to teach you!" ”

Yunwu also came over and hugged Zhang Mai's thigh and said, "Daddy wants me to play, then you play with me." ”

Zhang Mai was hugged by the two children, and said: "Okay, okay, in the next few months, I won't do anything, just write and play with you." ”

The two children burst into tears and laughed.

Zhang Mai asked the second daughter again: "My second princess, what do you want your father to accompany you?" ”

Yunzhen has been sitting quietly next to her mother, and at this time she just said: "My daughter listens to my father." ”

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The hall was noisy again, and Wei Renpu didn't have a chance to say anything serious to Zhang Mai at all, until dinner, Xue Shanya came back with her son, still holding her daughter in her arms - this daughter was she secretly ran to Qinxi to see Zhang Mai that day, and "accidentally" got there.

Before the meal, Zhang Mai took some time to ask about the affairs of Jingbei and Henan, Wei Renpu saw that Guo Fen was urging food, Zhang Mai had no intention of keeping food, and it was not easy to say too much, so he briefly talked about the experience, Zhang Mai praised it, and did not say anything more.

In the next few months, Zhang Mai really accompanied his family all day long, from the winter of the ninth year of Tiance, to the beginning of the spring of the tenth year of Tiance, today to see the new capital, let a few children plan the house and garden they want, tomorrow take them to step on the snow, by the way to fight a snowball fight on the snow, and then take them to chisel ice fishing, but the program is rich, every day is tiring. As for government affairs, they are all on the sidelines.

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At this time, the Tiance Tang Dynasty, military affairs have been implemented in military affairs, the military region - the military town - the military government of the three-level management, the military region set up a privy council, in charge of the overall situation, the current set up two privy deputy envoys, one is Lu Jialing, the other is Cao Yuanzhong.

In terms of government affairs, it is divided into two hubs, Zheng Wei is in charge of the west hub, with Zhang Yi as the deputy, Fan Zhen is in charge of the east hub, and Li Nuan is the deputy. With the opening of Guanzhong and Luoyang, the merger of the east and west hubs has become the general trend, and the relevant ones are gradually being put on the agenda.

In terms of supervision, two sets of systems have gradually formed: correcting and evaluating the imperial history and supervising the imperial history. The correction of the imperial history is a person selected from below, and its supervision is from the bottom up, and Yang Dingguo is in charge of the correction and evaluation platform. The supervisor of the imperial history is a person sent down from above, and the supervision is from the top down, with Wei Renpu in charge of the monitoring platform.

In addition, a new cultural and academic system of consultant-school was established, which consisted of schools at all levels to cultivate talents, and set up a supreme advisory group as the think tank of the Son of Heaven, and this supreme advisory group finally obeyed Feng Dao's Jianyì, followed the name of the Hanlin Academy, and directly prepared for the question of the Son of Heaven and the drafting of the edict, and the first bachelor in charge of the Hanlin Academy was Feng Dao.

Judicially, a basically independent judicial line has been formed, and a system of county judges, state judges, and chief justices has been formed, with Chief Justice Zhang De. In matters of legal affairs, those who cannot be decided by the lower level shall be reported to the superiors, those who cannot be decided by the superior shall be reported to the justices, and if the justices cannot make a decision, the justices will deliberate and decide, and if they cannot make a decision, the Son of Heaven shall convene a public meeting to decide the constitution.

Generally speaking, it is rare for the Son of Heaven to convene a public agreement to decide on the constitution, so the key to judicial matters at present is to continuously promote and improve the system, and there is no need for Zhang Mai to deal with specific affairs.

In terms of government affairs, the operation of the East and West Privy Council has long been on track; In terms of military affairs, after Lu Jialing came to Yanjing, he and Cao Yuanzhong discussed the privy power, and various affairs were gradually unfolded; In terms of supervision, Yang Dingguo is old and strong, and he is making great efforts to promote the construction of correction and evaluation stations at all levels in various places, and the gentry from all over the country are very enthusiastic about participating in this.

Only when encountering major military affairs, the Son of Heaven will convene the government, the military government (Privy Council) and the school (Hanlin Academy) to discuss.

Zhang Mai accompanied his wife and children to go out to play, there was no major national event, and there were only a few major military events, the military and government sent a message, Zhang Mai approved the reply, let the three governments agree first, Feng Dao received the reply, then convened Fan Zhen, Li Nuan, Cao Yuanzhong, Lu Jialing five people to discuss, set a charter, Zhang Mai approved and let Li Fang add the jade seal, and it became a decision.

Therefore, he played for a few months, and there was little government and no mischief in the world.

The ministers saw that Zhang Mai was having a good time, and no longer mentioned the matter of the West Tour, thinking that he had forgotten about it, but at the end of March, Zhang Mai returned to Xishan, and suddenly mentioned the matter again, everyone was shocked, busy and admonished, but Zhang Mai didn't care what others said, just sent one order after another.

The goal of this "Western Tour" has been very clear, that is, to summon the lords of various countries and the patriarchs of all ethnic groups to the Western Regions, and even Guo Luo will come to meet at that time, as for the final point of the Western Tour, Zhang Mai did not say, but listening to his tone, Guizi Yanqi is not to think about it, if Zhang Mai can go to Shule and stop, and do not go over the green ridge to India in the river, the ministers will be thankful.

In addition, the entourage is also surprising, the head of the accompanying generals, actually handpicked Xue Fu, the core of the guard, is the Modao battle axe array, and this time there are Zhang Mai's family members - the third son Yunyan and the second daughter Yunzhen will accompany them, what is even more surprising is that Mrs. Xue can ruthlessly throw a pair of children to her sister-in-law Zheng Xiang, and want to accompany Zhang Mai to take care of his diet and daily life.

No matter how you look at this Western Tour, there are such and such problems, the ministers all think it is inappropriate but have no choice but to secretly complain - at present, the entire system of Tiance Datang, all procedures seem to have checks and balances, but there is no checkpoint that can balance Zhang Mai.

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Make up for yesterday's ......

Well, I seem to owe two more from a long time ago......

Let's talk about the old debts, and pay off the new debts first...... (To be continued......)