When the county magistrate saw the person from the central government, he knelt down tremblingly in his official uniform and burst into tears.

Wei Lingxi hurriedly helped the person up and asked the county order to sit down, and then he should condolence work, the county order was a little embarrassed, and he couldn't sit still with a teacup.

stood up and knelt down again: "The old minister is ashamed of Your Majesty." ”

This county magistrate, surnamed Chen Mingxian, was demoted to Qiongzhou because of party disputes a few decades ago, because there was no one in the central government, and he stayed in Qiongzhou for more than 20 years.

A few years ago, he complained, wrote poems to express his loyalty, expressed his regret that he could not be loyal to the country, and finally came to an impassioned and open-minded and optimistic ending.

But it didn't work very well.

There are more officials who have been demoted, and there are more talented people than him.

People haven't been able to be recalled to the central government because of a poem, so where is he going.

Therefore, these poems did not make much splash except for the local circulation in Qiongzhou.

Later, I wrote a lot of poems and a lot of prose, but I didn't get a response, and I gradually gave up.

With peace of mind, the county system is repaired in the local area, the academy is opened, and education is promoted.

But there is a saying that Cangli knows etiquette and etiquette, Qiongzhou has been remote since ancient times, far away from the center, and can be regarded as a poor mountain and bad water. The people are poor and can't eat enough, so how can they have the heart to send their children to school.

Therefore, Lord Chen has been here for 20 years, and he has not accomplished anything except for a name close to the people.

Lord Chen was flattered when he heard that the princess had come here to offer condolences, and His Majesty actually sent the princess, which was heavier than any Qincha.

Your Majesty has not forgotten these frontier officials!

Lord Chen was grateful for Jun's grace, and he couldn't wait to shed all his blood for His Majesty, but when he thought that he had achieved nothing, he was ashamed.

"Lord Chen, hurry up, the scenery of Qiongzhou is very different from other places, and there are few poetry books left for study. In the past few hundred years, how many ministers and virtuous ministers could not change the situation in Qiongzhou, so why should adults blame themselves. ”

Wei Lingxi smiled and comforted.

This is said at a high level, so that he does not have to blame himself, and it is normal to say that he cannot change the local situation. However, if an official is promoted, he will be demoted if he is incompetent in three evaluations. Lord Chen has been here for more than 20 years, and he has not achieved anything at all, that is, no one in Qiongzhou came, or according to the normal promotion process, he would have been turned into a white body.

Sure enough, Chen Xian was even more ashamed when he heard this.

Maybe it's because of the sadness and resentment, Lord Chen thinks that as a princess, all he hears in the center is the voice of praise and virtue. I saw talented young officials being snare into the central government like fish and shrimp. I thought that all the courtiers in the world should make meritorious contributions and become famous all over the world.

Qiongzhou is poor and bad, the mountains are rugged and not conducive to farming, the people rely on fish and shrimp for their lives, the sea is high and the waves are fast, and every time they go to sea, they have to leave a few lives.

There are many small islands in the sea, and countless pirates inhabit the islands, who come to plunder from time to time, and the guards are always not timely, and the pirates are also like spring grass, cutting one stubble and one stubble, endlessly.

In the distance, the imperial court also demanded tribute to the pearl clams, and how many pearl girls died because of this.

Men go to sea, women go pearl diving, both of which have a very high mortality rate.

As a result, the local population has not been able to grow.

The people's lives are in dire straits, but the people are really struggling to make a living.

In this case, I didn't go wrong and reported to the Central Committee that "there was a great hunger in a certain place in such and such a year, and people cannibalized" is thank God, and you still want me to make amazing political achievements?

Why don't you come?

There are countless grievances and complaints in my heart, but thinking that the princess doesn't understand the situation when she first arrives, what if he reports the situation in detail, and the princess thinks he is making excuses, and even more thinks he is incompetent?

So in the end, he just said with a bitter face: "The minister is ashamed." ”

Wei Lingxi smiled lightly, no matter how much nonsense she talks about now, she can't solve the situation, not to mention that she just came to condole, and His Majesty didn't give her the right to meddle in local government affairs.

Nothing can be done other than to say "please get up" and "Your Majesty knows your loyalty, and you don't have to blame yourself."

After a set of reception etiquette was completed, Wei Lingxi was arranged in the county government's back house, and Lord Chen gave her the best room to live in.

But the roof of this best room is also leaking, maybe it is too poor here, there is no tax for a year, the people are poor, and the government is also poor.

Since she first came to the county office, she has not seen a single servant, and it is estimated that she has no money and cannot afford it.

Only one path in the back house has been cleared, and the rest of the place is very dilapidated, and some wild animals pop up from time to time.

"Princess, this is too unusual, how can you live in such a place?" Zhu Zi covered her nose and said in disgust, the local area was damp, the house exuded a long-lasting musty smell, and there was moss on the pillars, even their subordinates had never lived in such a broken place, let alone the golden princess.

Wei Lingxi gave Zhu Zi a look and told her to shut up, didn't she see that Lord Chen's grievances next to her were about to break through the sky?

"Lord Chen is honest, which is a blessing for the dynasty." Wei Lingxi comforted.

Lord Chen was heartbroken by Zhu Zi's upright words, and bowed: "The old minister is ashamed." ”

"Zhu Zi, arrange for someone to repair Lord Chen's residence." Wei Ling Xi commanded.

"Yes." Zhu Zi took the order.

The maids of the princess's mansion are very capable, some people cut the grass to drive away wild things, some people cut trees on the spot to repair the roof, and the county government house that has been deserted for a long time is finally lively.

Zhu Zi had to arrange the princess, find a slightly clean county government hall, sweep up the surrounding dust, light the incense burner, cover the dilapidated wall with brocade, and then put a vase screen ornament, and the concubine collapsed with thick satin.

It didn't take much effort to decorate the dilapidated main hall with the fragrance and magnificence.

Zhu Zi invited the princess to the main hall to sit down, Lord Chen looked at the rich back house dumbfounded, the maids came and went, and the big boxes brought by the princess were dismantled one after another.

He thought of the torn clothes he was wearing with patches, and thought to himself that today would be a long day of knowledge.

"Lord Chen, it's already in the middle of the day, I don't know how you will eat at noon?" Zhu Zi came over and asked.

Chen Xian was taken aback, and then remembered that he was not prepared at all for the palace where the princess was placed.

Usually I hired an old woman to cook and wash clothes, how could the princess eat this?

He was speechless.

Zhu Zi saw his embarrassment, so he said: "This time I came to Qiongzhou, the queen mother was worried that the princess would not be used to living, so she sent two cooks, if you don't dislike it, it is better to taste the flavor of the capital with the princess and use some food to comfort the homesickness." ”

Lord Chen hurriedly said: "Don't dislike it, don't dislike it." ”

He hadn't tasted the food in the capital for a long time.

At a meal, Mr. Chen was very emotional, and couldn't help but make a poem to thank Jun Enjia for missing the capital.

Wei Lingxi said: "Zhu Zi, write it down and send it back to the capital, so that Your Majesty can understand Lord Chen's loyalty." ”

"No, no, no!" Chen Xian hurriedly knelt down: "By all means, the old minister has been on the frontier for 20 years, and he has not made an inch, what face do he have to see the saint?" ”

"Do you want to go back to Beijing?"

"I want to, but ......"

"Lord Chen, as long as you have an idea, I hope you will support the next action of this princess in Qiongzhou, and if you do a good job, you may not be able to reach the heavens, so that Your Majesty can see your merits and summon you back to Beijing."

Lord Chen didn't believe that a delicate princess could do anything big, but he had only one way to go.

Lord Chen made a five-body bow: "But driven by the princess." ”

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