Although the palace built by Yang Guang in Hedong is not large, it still looks extremely luxurious, but with the decline of the former Sui and the demise of Li Zhao, Li Xin does not like to build luxurious places, so that the palace in Hedong has not been repaired for many years, and now it is only slightly cleaned up. It doesn't feel refreshing. Even the people of Hedong are at most curious about this palace.

However, today, the entire clan in Hedong is paying attention to this palace, not only because His Majesty the Emperor lives in it, but more importantly, because Zheng Renji's daughter is kneeling outside the palace now.

The struggle between Zheng Renji and Xue Chenggui is known from top to bottom, but Zheng Renji is too strong in doing things, and he is also a failure, and there are not many real allies.

Now, Zheng Liwan, known as the first beauty in Hedong, has come forward, and this beauty is kneeling outside the palace, waiting for Li Xin's summons so that she can rescue her father. The big and small families in Hedong suddenly had a bad feeling. They know that it is difficult for anyone to resist Zheng Liwan's appearance, not to mention the legendary son of heaven, who likes beauty even more, how can they not eat the food delivered to their door? Once Zheng Liwan said one or two things in front of Li Xin, the last unlucky one was still up and down Hedong.

"Hmph, this Zheng Renji is really shameless, he actually used this trick." After Xue Chenggui received the news, he was immediately furious, and said coldly: "It is really shameless to dedicate your daughter to Your Majesty. "Li Xin is a beautiful woman, everyone in the world knows this kind of thing, but his self-restraint ability is better, so he has not drafted girls in the private sector until now. But for a beauty like Zheng Liwan, even Xue Chenggui covets three points, and Xue Chenggui thinks that Li Xin can't resist this temptation.

"Brother Xue, although Zheng Liwan is good-looking, there are many beauties around Your Majesty, and she may not necessarily fall in love with Zheng Liwan. What's more, this matter is a kind of management, and the imperial court manages the place, and in the end, it doesn't rely on us squires? If Zheng Renji is really a member of the Zheng family, it will be fine, but since he is not, how can the emperor stand up for him? A middle-aged man in a light green official robe next to him said nonchalantly.

"Yes! Oh, yes! Lord Xue, these are conventions, and the emperor will not break this kind of rule. Then Zheng has a problem with himself. Even if the emperor is beautiful, it is impossible to delay state affairs. Soon the crowd persuaded together.

"I hope so!" Xue Chenggui sighed. He couldn't say the bitterness in his heart, in fact, although the traces of this matter had been erased, if Jin Yiwei really checked it, he could still find out something. What's more, will His Majesty the Emperor really recognize this practice? According to Xue Chenggui's understanding of Li Xin, this is a person who is quite obsessed with power, how can he allow the power of the imperial court to be controlled by the local government. His employment rule is that the capable are on the top, that is, the ordinary officials. As long as you have outstanding ability and a lot of credit, you can also be promoted to an official. Once he is promoted to an official, he will change places in three years, and the so-called Haoqiang is not an official unless he doesn't want to be an official. The forces that have worked hard to manage will fall apart as soon as the three years are up. This can also show that Li Xin actually does not want a situation in which the powerful squire controls the local area at all. Zheng Liwan is just a woman, how can a person like Li Xin care about a beautiful woman? As long as the power is there. Are you still afraid that you don't have a beautiful woman to accompany you?

"Find someone to keep an eye on the palace and see if Zheng Liwan has really entered the palace?" Xue Chenggui thought about it, or ordered his subordinates to take a look. Once Li Xin really intervenes in this matter, he must also be prepared to make the matter an ironclad case in order to protect his own interests.

In front of the palace, Zheng Liwan knelt on the ground, and in front of her, countless soldiers were looking at the beauties in front of them, and there was a trace of pity in their eyes, and beauties would be treated preferentially at any time. These soldiers loyally guarded the master in the palace, but they hoped in their hearts that someone would come to the palace and bring this weak woman in.

In fact, Li Xin had long known that Zheng Liwan was kneeling in front of the palace gate, but he didn't let her in. Because he knew that once Zheng Liwan was allowed to enter the palace, it would be announced that His Majesty the Emperor would intervene in the affairs of Hedong. the relationship between the court, the locality, and the gentry; Li Xin is not unaware. It is exactly as Xue Chenggui speculated. In many cases, the imperial court relied on the gentry to govern the place. Local officials will definitely leave the place after a certain term, but those squires have lived in the local area for generations or even generations, and their reputation is very high, and the court will rely on these squires to control the place. The relationship between the two is complex.

"Your Majesty, isn't it what you think about the imperial court's complete control of the place?" Cen Wenwen broke the calm in the hall and spoke.

"What you say is kind of interesting. It's just that the will of the imperial court can only be transmitted to the localities, and the people who really carry it out are the local officials, and who do the local officials rely on? Is it the local family and the powerful? Li Xin said very calmly: "That's why I let the powerful families who are local officials also be officials." It only takes two or three years to pass the inspection, and they can be dismissed, promoted, or transferred. ”

"Your Majesty, that's all, it's very difficult to change this situation, those officials or local powers, they will think that Your Majesty will not interfere in this matter, although Your Majesty has transferred these people, but in fact, it is impossible for these officials to disappear, and the same is true for local heroes, they will continue to hold local power." Cen Wenwen thought for a while and said, "Only at this time, the imperial court's involvement in the battle between the local officials and the powerful is enough to explain His Majesty's thoughts. ”

"What Cen Wenwen said is very much, Your Majesty, this is not only related to Zheng Renji's official position, but more importantly, the imperial court needs to show its attitude, everything in the Tang Dynasty, whether it is a place or a squire, must be under the management of the Tang Dynasty." Ma Zhou also spoke.

"Well, since the two of you said so, let's pass on Zheng Liwan!" Li Xin nodded.

For thousands of years, whether in the past or future generations, at the local level, especially at the county level, the local power is certainly in the hands of the prefect or the prefect, but in fact, it is the local powerful who do things below, so it is the local powerful who really control the local power. Cen Wenwen is right, Li Xin does not need the imperial court to really control the local power, but he must show his attitude to the people of the world.

After half a ring, I saw a beautiful woman who I saw pity walking over slowly, Rao is Li Xin has seen a lot of beauties, and when he saw Zheng Liwan, he also took a deep breath, this Zheng Liwan is worthy of being the first beauty in Hedong.

"Zheng Liwan, the daughter of Zheng Renji, the prefect of Hedong, visited Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live." Zheng Liwan boldly looked at the man sitting on the throne, his face was heroic, but he was only thirty, with a short beard, but only a pair of eyes, and the dark eyes seemed to contain countless secrets, so that people couldn't see through what he was thinking. Looking at herself at the moment, as if she could see through her own heart, Zheng Liwan, who was frightened, hurriedly lowered her head, although she was bold, but thinking of Li Xin's prestige, she instantly became cautious.

"I am very young, this courage is not small, and at such a young age, I actually dare to go to the palace to complain to me." Li Xin looked at the girl in front of him, but said with a smile: "Come, sit down." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zheng Liwan's heart was relieved, and she suddenly showed joy, at least Li Xin was not angry.

"Are you trying to tell me that your father was wronged?" Li Xin looked at the girl in front of her, the light green long skirt made her figure tall, the bandeau in front not only did not cover the scenery, but made the twin peaks stand up, looking more attractive, plus the complexion was pale, like warm jade, the cherry mouth was extremely attractive, only a pair of eyes, showing a trace of perseverance from time to time, and a trace of ambition.

"Your Majesty, the father of the people's daughter will be retaliated against because of a thorough investigation of the population of Hedong and a crackdown on the powerful family to conceal the land and conceal the population, please Your Majesty will be the master of the people's daughter." Zheng Liwan said loudly.

"Is there no mistake in Jung In-ki? Your family is showing off their power in Hedong City, and there are also bullies and dominants, isn't he guilty? If you don't sweep a house, how can you sweep the world? Li Xin said dissatisfied.

"But he didn't kill anyone." Zheng Liwan thought for a while and objected: "Although the family of the people's daughter is at fault, and they are also guilty, but Xue Chenggui and others framed their father and instructed their subordinates to kill people, and the people's daughter did not dare to agree." As a subordinate official framed a superior official and conspired to take revenge on the meritorious officials of the imperial court, the people thought that this kind of thing should be investigated in detail. If Your Majesty is unwilling to meddle in the affairs of local powers, how many officials of the imperial court will be willing to do things for the imperial court in the future? Will the imperial court still rely on those places to control the places? The people heard that His Majesty was weakening the family, and if this continued, the strength of the family would not only not weaken, but would increase. "How did the family come about, basically they all came out of the local Haoqiang class.

"Did Jung In-ki tell you these words?" Li Xin glanced at Zheng Liwan deeply, and his voice was very calm, but everyone in the hall who was not a human spirit suddenly heard the meaning, and they all sweated for Zheng Liwan at once.

"My father didn't say this, it was the people's daughter who guessed it herself." Zheng Liwan didn't think about it and said: "My father often said that Your Majesty is holy in front of the people's daughters, so the people's daughters will collect the palace newspaper and Tang Feng, look for the holy oracles about Your Majesty on them, and infer them, so that you can know Your Majesty's policy of governance." ”

"Well, I know what you said, so let's retreat first!" Li Xin waved his hand and asked Zheng Liwan to be sent out. (To be continued.) )