Attaboy. The emperor rolled up Chen Sheng's recitals sent back to Xianyang, picked up Han Dongqing and sent them back to Mibao, and read and compared them by himself.

Less than two months after Chen Sheng took office, he sent back nearly 100 concerts in a row, which was more than any county in the same period, and several times more.

Chen Sheng's report is no matter how big or small. When it comes to all kinds of changes in Minyue, he reports them to the emperor at a very fast speed. Of course, before receiving Chen Sheng's report, Han Dongqing's secret report had already appeared on the emperor's desk. Even the guards and eunuchs walking in the study knew the emperor's recent habits, and moved the bookshelves with the three big characters "Minzhong County" written on them in the study to move them closer to the emperor.

It can be seen that the emperor pays great attention to this place.

"In the first two months of my tenure, so many things have been done. Even if it's me, I'm afraid I can't do it. The Emperor thought to himself. Judging from the laws and regulations implemented by Chen Sheng, almost all of them have been carefully considered. Every bill is enforced with minimal resistance. In the emperor's opinion, this was almost impossible. As the emperor of the empire, he naturally understands what kind of price it takes to make a little change in a backward and barbaric place. The more than 1,000 people killed by Chen Sheng have already shown the bloodiness that accompanies this process.

Chen Sheng had a good reason for killing himself, and the emperor also admired his fortitude and iron blood, and even thought that Chen Sheng's methods were not bloody enough. According to the emperor's wishes, there were more than a few people who died.

The emperor couldn't help but compare himself with Chen Sheng, what would he do and how to do better when he was in Chen Sheng's position. The result of the comparison is, of course, that the emperor did better. However, the emperor also knew that this was not a matter of Chen Sheng's ability, but that he was the emperor. When you are doing things yourself, you can have no more worries.

"Heavy agriculture does not suppress business. Hey, interesting. It's up to you kid to weigh both. The emperor recalled Chen Sheng's recent recital, his face was full of playfulness, and after a while, he said, "I'll see how far you can go." After saying this, the corner of the emperor's eyes skimmed the latest recital played by Chen Sheng on the desk. The content of that cantata is about the construction of the salt works. The distribution of income is delineated in detail. The Emperor was very satisfied with the benefits of this piece. Because the income of the salt field was divided into the imperial court, the income of the inner government also accounted for a large proportion. If the emperor wants to build a palace, he needs amusement, and this amount of money is very large. The income of the inner government was not low, but compared to the emperor's expenses, it was always beyond its means.

The emperor thought for a while, and suddenly remembered something. summoned a waiter to come in and asked, "Li Le, have Li Shen and Ying Huo arrived in Fujian?" ”

The guard named Li Le bowed down and replied, "Tell the emperor, not yet." ”

A faint look of anger appeared on the emperor's face. The voice was as calm as water, "Where are you?" ”

"According to the latest information from Heishui Pavilion, I arrived in Changsha County, where I stayed for several days and did not leave, it is said that Li Shengongzi was infected with wind and cold, so he was in a hurry." Li Le's face was expressionless, and his face was calm.

"Where's Tian Peng?" After a moment of silence, the Emperor asked again.

Li Le was slightly shocked in his heart, he didn't expect the emperor to remember the name of a small official in the Heishui Pavilion, he hurriedly replied: "Tian Peng was ordered to go to Surabaya County to track down the clues left behind by the traitor Zhang Liang, according to the information he sent, he also rushed to Changsha County in the near future, accompanied by Yang Yan, the youngest daughter of Yang Duanhe, the county guard of Surabaya County. ”

The emperor frowned slightly: "That girl from Yanzi seems to be also the deacon of the Black Water Pavilion?" ”

"Yes." Li Le replied respectfully: "Yang Yan is fifteen years old this year, but she is already the yellow-clothed deacon of the Black Water Pavilion. ”

"Give them a decree, hand over the matter of tracking down the anti-party to others, and let them go to Fujian to establish a new stronghold of Heishui Pavilion, responsible for infiltrating the Lingnan area and spying on intelligence for the army." The Emperor said thoughtfully.

Although the war in Ouyue was won, the southern expeditionary army was still not optimistic. The four armies of the Southern Expedition are now stuck in the quagmire of war and cannot be extricated. Although the reinforcements led by Zhao Tuo arrived, it was difficult to change the entire battle situation. Tu Ju, the commander of the three armies, not long ago, because of the heavy casualties of the army, angrily slaughtered many local barbarians, which provoked a greater wave of resistance, Tu Ju was killed by the Tu Ju people, and the army was defeated, which brought a huge shadow to the southern expeditionary army. Now several armies are guarding the key points of the pass and have not taken the initiative to attack. Wait for the Emperor's will before acting.

The emperor was also shocked by Tu Ju's fiasco, and realized that Lingnan was not a hard bone that was easy to gnaw, so he was more cautious in his attitude. However, the emperor who couldn't leave his son would naturally not withdraw his troops. New soldiers are being recruited, and Ren Huan has also taken over the position of Tu Ju's commander, cautiously testing the enemy. What the Southern Expeditionary Army needs most now is a military intelligence report to all parts of Lingnan. But the spies of the Central Plains people have been almost cleaned up by all the ethnic groups in Lingnan, and this matter has become a blank. At this time, people were sent to Fujian to carry out this mission, obviously to solve the urgent need of lack of intelligence.

Li Le frowned, whether it was Tian Peng or Yang Yan, they were still too young and inexperienced, and it was really difficult for them to do such a thing. But after thinking about it, he still didn't say anything, and took the order to go. The emperor remembered Ying Huo and Li Shen again. Thinking of the two of them, a look of disappointment appeared in his eyes.

"Two idiots. I thought that you would soon go to Minzhong to confront Chen Sheng head-to-head for a while, but I didn't expect that you didn't even have the courage and bearing to go head-to-head. Could it be that if you are not in Fujian, Chen Sheng can't govern Fujian well? After you arrive in Minzhong, where is the possibility of competing with Chen Sheng? The Emperor shook his head and let out a sneer. Pick up a roll of bamboo slips engraved with people's names from the desk, pick up a pen knife, and gently scrape off the two names somewhere at the end.

No one except the emperor himself knew what the name on the scroll represented. After a moment of silence, the Emperor carved two new names in the gap between scratching off the names.

"Yawn......" Tian Peng finished sneezing, rubbed his sour nose, and said to himself: "Is the teacher or the senior brother thinking about me?" Tian Peng rode on horseback, put his feet on the horse, and said to a girl walking side by side: "This thing under our feet is called a horse pedal." It was invented by my brother. You see that with horse pedals, it is not much more convenient to ride a horse, and with a place to borrow strength, the combat effectiveness of knights can be at least doubled. ”

The girl next to her listened to Tian Peng's words of praise for her senior brother, and her eyebrows showed a little impatience.