A smile appeared in Fang Wumo's eyes, and when she finished speaking, she said, "We won't go with you, you go first." We'll go later. Xiazhao must be crowded, and everyone from all over the world is gathered here, eyeing you, waiting to fight you, you have to be cautious. It is safe to find out the situation first. ”

Li Hanyao said with a smile: "The younger generation has this intention. ”

At that moment, she ordered Situ Zhao to escort Lao Kui and other fugitives, and sent them to the Xiazhao County Ya to interrogate Luo Wuchen and Huo Huangying, and she took Ling Han, Ling Feng and Cauliflower, as well as the Lei family brothers in Banqiao Village, to make another way.

On board, she changed into men's clothes.

He said to Ling Han and the others: "From now on, you all call me Gongzi." The surname of this son is Mu Ziyu, and the word Fengfei is on the table. ”

Ling Han and the others agreed.

Li Hanyao was worried about the situation in Xiazhao, and only after entering the city did she find that the city was peaceful, showing a peaceful atmosphere of singing and dancing, and literati from all over the world, or enjoying flowers and drinking, or writing poems and essays, were extremely elegant, regardless of whether there was an undercurrent in private or not, at least on the surface they were harmonious and did not provoke incidents.

Li Hanyao was secretly surprised.

Two people have contributed to this matter:

One of them is Huang Xiu, as mentioned above.

The second is Xie Yaohui.

Wang Yan calculated that Xie Yaohui had not yet arrived in Xiazhao, but in fact, he arrived yesterday. As soon as he arrived, he announced the future Emperor Hao's dictation: to ensure the stability of Jiangnan, it is strictly forbidden to provoke a civil war, and to restrain the literati from all over the country, not to gather people to make trouble, no matter what insight you have, you can present it to him, or go to the Half Moon Academy to give a lecture.

Because of his restraint, coupled with Huang Xiu's previous transfer of thousands of pounds, the conflict was resolved invisibly, and the suspicious people were suppressed.

Regardless of the hard work day and night, Xie Yaohui led the delegation to Xiazhao, not in a hurry to speak, but to join the forward team he sent.

This is not to say that he does not attach importance to Li Hanyao.

However, Li Hanyao sent a message to invite people from all over the world to come to Xia to talk about it, and if people don't come to Qi, they won't start, and the new court headed by Wang Yan is Li Hanyao's biggest opponent, so she naturally has to wait for the imperial court delegation to come.

Therefore, Xie Yaohui is not in a hurry.

Not being in a hurry is not the same as arrogance.

Xie Yaohui is very thoughtful.

As early as mid-April, before the mission left Beijing, he selected a group of young scholars who were capable and outstanding in writing as the vanguard, and ordered them to secretly rush to Jiangnan to visit the prefectures, prefectures, and counties in Jiangnan to find out the situation in Jiangnan, as well as Li Hanyao's power and the degree of control over Jiangnan.

For example, Jin Hai, who was demoted out of Beijing, is a disciple of Xie Yaohui.

Another example is Yu Zhen, who resigned from the opposition and is Liang Xinming's protégé.

There are also Tang Yunyao, the son of Tang Jian, the new head of the household department.

Most of these young scholars are Jinshi who have passed the imperial examination in recent years, or they have won his blue eyes, or are valued by Liang Xinming and Wang Heng, and they have excellent character and talent, but they were implicated because the abolished emperor was suspicious of the old ministers, and was deliberately suppressed by political enemies. After Liang Xinming and Wang Heng were martyred, Xie Yaohui also resigned, and in order to prevent these people from being purged by the deposed emperor, he ordered them to keep a low profile and even resign.

After Wang Yan was embraced as the master, Xie Yaohui sent a letter to them, suggesting that their opportunity had come, but they had to seize it on their own.

How can we win the favor of the new Lord?

Xie Yaohui ordered them to go to Jiangnan.

He advised: "The Lord wants to unify the world, and Li Hanyao in Jiangnan is the key. This time, I sent you to Jiangnan to find out the details of Li Hanyao, from the military and political affairs to the people's situation, and create an opportunity for the Lord to ambush Li Hanyao. Remember: the Lord wants to ambush Li Hanyao for his own use, not to eradicate it. ”

Everyone was ordered to secretly sneak into Jiangnan and spread to Lu'an Mansion, Huzhou Mansion, Jingtai Mansion and other places, carefully observing the repercussions of Li Hanyao's rebellion and reform of the new policy among the people, and did not carry out conspiracy and create incidents.

On the appointed day, everyone gathered in Xiazhao, met Xie Yaohui, and replied to the results of the unannounced visit, including military and political and popular feelings:

"Li Hanyao established a military fortress in Tiangui Peak in Jingtai Mansion to guard the main water and land transportation routes. The general of the town guard was Hu Qiya, and all the prisoners of the Jinghai Sea Army and the prisoners of the local forbidden army were ambushed; Young and strong workers were also selected from various workshops to join the army, and the military salaries were rich, and although the army was built for a short time, it was extremely popular with the army. ”

"Fang Mian built an army in Xiazhao......"

"Jiang Rucheng returned domineeringly, helped Li Hanyao to exterminate Zhennanhou, and now leads tens of thousands of naval troops stationed at the mouth of the Jingjiang River......"

"Li Hanyao sealed Wuchen as the right minister, on the grounds of tracking down the murder of Jiangnan officials, rectified the officialdom, and the officials everywhere followed suit, Jiangnan officials ruled Qingming, the people's hearts were stable, and the people praised the virtue of the Moon Emperor, which shows that Li Hanyao has controlled the Jiangnan officialdom and is the real overlord of Jiangnan."

"The Li family, the Liu family, and the Ouyang family took the lead in actively dispersing shares to workers, increasing the monthly salary of employees, and attracting millions of workers in Jiangnan."

"Li Hanyao announced that he would be exempted from agricultural taxes for three years, and he gained the hearts of countless people."

"Xia Guan is from Linhu Prefecture. In the East China Sea War, Li Hanyao rescued more than a dozen merchants who were held hostage by the Marquis of Zhennan, but they were not favored, and only let them fund the government to run a school in their hometown, solve the government's dilemma, and promote women's education. ”

Li Hanyao gathered all the major merchants to form a sea caravan, and wanted to send out naval escorts, operate maritime commerce, and make money to make up for the shortfall caused by the civil war and tax exemption. The lower officials also heard that Li Hanyao wanted to benefit the people through this plan, and persuaded the merchants to subsidize the people first, encourage farming and farming, so as to promote the development of commerce and trade......"

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Xie Yaohui knew Li Hanyao's ability and foresaw that she was a bad star who would cause trouble in the world, but he was still shocked to hear it at this moment: Li Hanyao strengthened the army to expand his power, rectify the rule of officials, reform the imperial examination, disperse equity and reform the employment system, exempt agricultural taxes, set up women's schools to appoint female officials, and organize commerce and trade to make up for the deficit in the government treasury...... Which one was placed in the Dajing Dynasty in the past, it was shocking, and she realized it one by one, and won the support and support of the people and businessmen under her rule, seeing that she was going to be the emperor, how could it not be shocking!

Although this has attracted criticism from the literati, looking at the current situation, the outcome is not yet known - since Li Hanyao dared to send an essay to challenge the people of the world, it can be seen that she is not afraid, and she has already thought of a countermeasure.

This girl is so good!

The lord is right, Li Hanyao has become a trend, if it is to be conquered by force, I am afraid it will be difficult to distinguish the winner in three or two years, and it is best to marry.

Xie Xiang has been an official for many years, and he has already practiced the ability to be invisible, and after listening to everyone's reply, he asked rhetorically: "You have been secretly visiting Jiangnan for these days, and you have seen and heard a lot, according to your opinion, how is Li Hanyao and his person?" ”

Jin Hai and the others listened and looked at each other.

Jin Haixian said: "It is indeed a strange woman." ”

Yu Zhenrong said: "Talent is not inferior to Lord Liang." ”

In fact, in his heart, Li Hanyao's courage is better than Liang Xinming, but he has always respected Liang Xinming and refused to give Li Hanyao more praise than Liang Xinming; Moreover, you can't grow the enemy's morale to destroy your own prestige.

Others also commented.

Xie Yaohui saw that their evaluation was quite realistic, and he was not prejudiced, or looked down on women and underestimated the enemy, and was secretly satisfied.

He continued to ask: "In this case, how can we ambush Li Hanyao?" ”