In fact, things in the world are very simple, and they are not as mysterious as they are said in the book, and many things are forced out. For example, when Yue Yang first arrived in this time and space, his ideal was very simple, that is, to let the old lady in the family, his sister Yue Ying and the Linglong sisters live a good life, and let the people of Yuejiazhuang live a good life, and now Hai Lanzhu and a pair of precious children have been added to this list.

This goal has always remained the same, but later Yue Yang found it too difficult to live a life in peace. Not only do you have to deal with the local heads, but the neighbors who are full of benevolence and morality around you also come to fight the autumn breeze from time to time, and you also have to prevent the surrounding horse bandits from harassing them.

In fact, if it was possible, Yue Yang really wanted to say to Chongzhen: "Boss, don't come to target me again, in fact, I really just want to live a good life." ”

But it is clear that this is not possible, which is why we have today's meeting.

The meeting lasted for a full day, and everyone was discussing things in the hall throughout the day, and the outside of the hall had been surrounded by two hundred soldiers led by Chen Dazhi, and no one could get close to the hall within a hundred steps, and those who violated the order would be killed.

It wasn't until the afternoon that a group of generals walked out of the hall with excited and nervous expressions on their faces.

That night, Yue Yang held a banquet in the General's Mansion and entertained the subordinates, and the next day everyone returned to their own defense areas.

The news of Yueyang's convening of the general gathering naturally could not be concealed from Jiang Xin, the prefect of Hunyuan Prefecture, but when Jiang Xin heard this report, he didn't care, in his opinion, Yueyang, as a general of Shanbei Road, it was normal to convene subordinates to discuss matters, and Jiang Xin didn't want to care about these things, Jiang Xin's prefect in the past two years should be extremely nourishing, and he has been evaluated as a first-class by the Ministry of Officials for two consecutive years. If nothing else, he will definitely have to be promoted one level after his term expires next year. Jiang Xin's evaluation can be continuously rated as a class by the Ministry of Officials, which is due to Yueyang, and now Hunyuan Prefecture is full of vitality and vitality after two years of development and reclamation. In other words, now he doesn't have to do anything, sitting in the yamen with peace of mind, drinking a little wine every day, listening to a little song, he can be promoted to an official and make a fortune, is there anything more happy in this world?

"Don't provoke Yue Yang, let's just do our part." These are the words that Jiang Xin repeatedly instructed officials at all levels in Hunyuan Prefecture and those officials in the yamen. Regarding Jiang Xin's words, although the officials in Hunyuan Prefecture were a little helpless, they could understand it. After all, this Lord Yue is too strong now, although the tradition of the Ming Dynasty has always been to control martial arts with literature, but it also depends on what the situation is. Although those rough embryonic martial artists have always been looked down upon by the literati, and in the past, the food and baggage of the martial artists were in the hands of the literati, and it was the martial artists who naturally knocked down the civil officials, but this Lord Yue is different, people want silver and food, and the methods used by the literati to deal with the martial artists are of no use to him at all, and this person is also extremely strong and easy to kill. I think that when he first came to Hunyuan Prefecture, those troublesome soldiers were killed by him, and hundreds of heads were built into Jingguan on the school field in the north of the city.

"Thinking about the past, I hate it. Divide the mandarin duck into two parts. In the end, if he was drunk or sick, he sat in the smoke cage until the ...... of Ming"

In the backyard of the prefect's yamen, Jiang Xin leaned comfortably on a reclining chair, and on the table of the Eight Immortals next to him was a plate of pumpkin seeds, two plates of dim sum and a pot of tea. was listening to the two female dans in front of him babbling and singing opera with his eyes slightly closed, with an indulgent look on his face, Jiang Xin at this time had already devoted himself to the great cause of appreciating opera.

Just when Jiang Xin was fascinated by what he heard. A voice sounded softly in his ear: "Your Excellency...... Adult ......"

Jiang Xin slowly opened his eyes, turned his head to see that it was Lu Bantou in the yamen, and suddenly shouted a little unhappily: "Lu Bantou, what's going on?" Didn't the official say that he would not do official business after noon? Why are you bothering the official again? ”

Today's Hunyuan Prefecture, although more than 200,000 displaced people have been gathered, but due to the effective resettlement and sufficient food, and Yueyang began to build cement factories, steel mills, and breeding farms and many other factories and mines in Hunyuan Prefecture, as long as people are not too lazy, they can eat with their mouths, and Yueyang has a great crackdown on adulterers, and the public security in Hunyuan Prefecture can be said to be very good, so Jiang Xin set the rule that he will not pay attention to official business after noon.

In the face of Jiang Xin's displeasure, Lu Bantou said with some grievances: "My lord, it's not Yaxing who wants to disturb you listening to the play, but someone outside who wants to look for you, and the little one has to come in." ”

"Oh, someone looking for me?"

Jiang Xin was slightly stunned, he could let Lu Bantou come in and disturb himself at the risk of being instructed by himself, the people outside either had a special identity or gave Lu Bantou enough filial piety, thinking of this, Jiang Xin slowly sat up straight, and then asked slowly: "Anyway, who is here?" ”

Lu Bantou said in a low voice: "My lord, the person who came claimed to be surnamed Zuo, and said that he was the staff of the new governor of Xuanda!" ”

"What? Did he really say that? ”

As soon as he heard this, Jiang Xin's originally groggy sleepiness immediately disappeared without a trace.

Lu Bantou was so anxious that he almost swore an oath: "It's true, my lord, that's what people said, the little one thinks, this kind of thing is rather credible than not, so the little one will come in and report to you." ”

Hearing this, Jiang Xin's forehead immediately burst out of a layer of white hairy sweat, this year or so because Lu Xiangsheng has been suppressing bandits outside all the year round, the post of governor of Xuanda has been vacant for a long time, and there were rumors earlier that the imperial court sent a new governor to take over Lu Xiangsheng's position, but this rumor is just a rumor, I didn't expect that now someone claims to be the new governor of Xuanda to come to him, there are too many articles here.

Jiang Xin took a few deep breaths and forcibly calmed down, and then said to Lu Bantou: "Well, you did a good job in this matter, you quickly take him to the side hall in the backyard to serve tea, and go to see him as soon as the official changes his clothes!" ”

"Yes!"

Seeing that Jiang Xin was not to blame, Lu Bantou also secretly breathed a sigh of relief and retreated, touched his sleeve with his left hand, and when he touched the heavy piece of silver, his mood became happy again.

Soon, Jiang Xin came to the side hall after changing into his regular clothes, and saw the person who claimed to be the staff of the rookie governor.

This person is about thirty-five or sixteen years old, with a short beard, and he is slightly fat, as soon as he met Jiang Xin, he made a deep snort at Jiang Xin, and said: "Student Zuo Ting has seen Master Jiang!" ”

Jiang Xin didn't talk nonsense with him, and asked bluntly: "You claim to be the staff of the new Governor of Xuanda, I don't know which adult you are, and you have a certificate?" ”

Zuo Ting smiled slightly, took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Jiang Xin with both hands, "Your Excellency will know at a glance!" ”

Jiang Xin opened the letter and looked at it, and immediately gasped, and his face couldn't help but change greatly. There was nothing out of the ordinary in the content of this letter, but he just greeted Jiang Xin and said a polite word, and finally said that the person holding this letter was his confidant and staff, and he had something to discuss with Jiang Xin. But the final signature almost blinded Jiang Xin's eyes, because the signature on the letter was written in three neat italics.

Jiang Xin looked at the letter over and over again, if it wasn't for Chen Xinjia's personal seal printed on it, it was unlikely to be faked, Jiang Xin almost had to ask someone to arrest this guy, and after a while he put the letter on the table, and then asked suspiciously: "Hasn't Lord Chen been dismissed by the emperor?" How did it get enabled again? ”

"You don't have to worry about Lord Jiang." Zuo Ting sat next to Jiang Xin with a smug smile on his face: "Lord Chen Ji has his own nobles to help him, and now he has been reactivated by the emperor." ”

Jiang Xin took a deep breath, stared at Zuo Ting and said, "It's a good thing that Lord Chen was reactivated, but I don't know why I sent Mr. Zuo to see this official?" ”

Zuo Ting picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip and said, "Without him, I only came here for the tax of Hunyuan Prefecture!" ”

"Taxes?"

As soon as he heard this, Jiang Xin's heart suddenly swelled up with a bad premonition, and he said: "The taxes in this state have always been paid on time in the past two years, and the taxes paid every year are the crown of the Ming Dynasty, is there anything wrong?" ”

In the past two years, Hunyuan Prefecture has paid not less taxes and grain, but too much, to the point of shocking, and the household department has also issued official documents to commend Jiang Xin, the prefect, otherwise the Ministry of Officials would not have given Jiang Xin two first-class evaluations for two consecutive years. But both Jiang Xin and the imperial court knew that these taxes actually had nothing to do with the Hunyuan Prefecture government, and those things were all paid by the military fields reclaimed by Yue Yang.

"Of course, there's nothing wrong with that." Zuo Ting said lightly: "It's just that both the imperial court and adults know that the taxes paid to the imperial court in Hunyuan Prefecture in the past two years are the latest farmland reclaimed in the past two years, but these farmlands are not under the control of the yamen, and those agricultural taxes are also collected by the general's mansion and then handed over to the imperial court. ”

"So what?" Jiang Xin is also the prefect of Yizhou, he was immediately annoyed by Zuo Ting's aggressive tone, even if you are Chen Xinjia's confidant, Lao Tzu is the prefect of Hunyuan Prefecture, no matter how long your hand is in the governor of Xuanda, you can't interfere in local affairs.

Seeing Jiang Xin's somewhat angry expression, Zuo Ting also noticed that his attitude was a little excessive, and he wanted to ease the atmosphere, he smiled and said: "Of course, Lord Jiang's ability is also known to the imperial court, and it is a matter of time for students to believe that with Lord Jiang's ability to stay until the end of the term of office, it will be just around the corner!" (To be continued......)