Li Jue's mansion, the courtyard is deep, the gate tower is towering, and there is a pair of stone lions at the gate.

The two armorers stood solemnly, wearing armor and wearing long knives at their waists, at this time, it was the moment before dawn, but the two armorers did not move.

In the fifth watch, that is, at four o'clock in the morning, the curfew in the city will open, and it will take three o'clock to enter the outer city, but the people living in the city have already gotten up early to plan, and there are mule carts and carts everywhere.

At this time, the sound of chickens also came and went, at this time, Fang Xin woke up from Li Rui's body, he was projecting now, and there could only be one place, so after comprehending the mystery, he immediately withdrew from Xia Yubing's plane, and instead projected here.

There was already a merit body here, and it was very easy to connect, so after a while, the memory was digested, Fang Xin squinted his eyes and smiled, and then he got up, and there was some movement, and he heard a whisper outside: "Master, are you awake?" ”

So saying, the door opened, and a candle was lit.

Fang Xin glanced at it, and saw only a pretty maid, wearing a thin inner skirt, as if she had just gotten up from the bed, but the double maid bun had already been colored with two beaded garlands, about fifteen or sixteen years old, and her figure had been developed, with a melon seed face, bright eyes and bright teeth, and even cute.

The candles she lit were all big candles, and the maid lit five in one breath before she was willing to stop, and suddenly the candlelight shone brightly, and Fang Xin said casually: "Zisha? What time is it? ”

"Master, it's only the fourth watch now!" Zisha replied, she stepped forward to dress him generously, without pretentiousness: "But the eldest young master, he has already gotten up to study." ”

The eldest son, Li Ningwen, is now fourteen years old. And this body is also thirty-three years old, yes, in a trance, it has been more than ten years.

However, this body is also considered a big member.

March of the 19th year of the plain text. The year name was changed to Yong'an, which was the first year of Yong'an, and he was promoted to the prefect of Nanyun County, Yanyang Province in June, and served as the prefect for two six years until the seventh year of Yong'an.

In the past six years, the prefect has set up projects and built a barrage. 130,000 acres of fertile land were opened, and the displaced people were sucked into the county, so that the Han people in the county grew from 34,000 households. It became fifty-two thousand.

He also severely punished those natives who did not obey orders, and trained 3,000 village soldiers, so that the fifty-six Tusi in the county were subjugated.

Then ban armed fighting, clear the prison, calm the territory, give relief to the victims, teach the people to raise silkworms, weave, plant, breed...... In six years, a backward county has been turned into a fairly prosperous county.

This is indeed a great event for the benefit of all people, the local people of Nanyun County. So very much love.

This matter even attracted the attention of the imperial court

Secrets are there

“…… The minister went to inspect the order, and saw that the county was set up in a dam, and dozens of trunk and branch canals led to it, which was to irrigate 100,000 acres of rice and many kinds of rice. and make the land fertile...... The gentry and people here, respect it, to the public name, and quite discussed, for its ancestral hall, this matter is big, but also need to ask for a decree to handle, hope that the emperor will ......"

Shrines, temples dedicated to ghosts, ancestors, and sages. Other words. If there is an ancestral hall, it is equivalent to being a god in this world. Enjoying the people's incense and offerings naturally has inexplicable benefits.

Generally speaking, the ancestral hall is established by the people with great virtue and government, so that the people can establish it.

The imperial court instructed that Xu Zhi Nanyun County built a shrine by himself, and Jin Li Rui lectured on bachelors from the Sipin Hanlin Academy, and this function wrote a collection of articles and scriptures and lectures on the history of papers, but in fact, it was a bright rise and a secret fall, and he was idle in the Hanlin Academy all of a sudden.

In the end, the meritorious body lived patiently, worked diligently for six years, mixed with loneliness, did not participate in the government at all, and even thunder and rain were all the meaning of heaven's grace.

Moreover, it is not without benefits, in the past six years, he has been in contact with the Qing noble literati, and since he has gradually become famous, many students in the government and the opposition have read his six books of the Li family, and the influence of the power is spreading silently.

But now, when he had the opportunity to put on his clothes, he said, "Invite the holy decree and put it on the table, and invite all the gentlemen in the house to come in." ”

The maid Zisha suddenly looked solemn and replied: "Yes!" ”

In a short time, first the decree was placed on a plate and invited, and then a group of people came in, and when they got inside, they saluted, saying, "Lord! Or "Tongda Gong!" ”

This is also a very typical situation in this world, for officials, the three products are a key step, reached, can be called a certain Gong, Li Rui's word is Tongda, so it can be called Tongda Gong.

Hearing this title, Fang Xin smiled slightly bitterly, and arched his hand and said: "By the emperor's grace, he is the governor of Anchang Province, but this is not good!" ”

Then he invited them to sit down.

Everyone knows it in their hearts, it has been three days since they received the holy decree, and it is only now that they have summoned everyone in the palace, and this new governor of Anchang Province can be regarded as patient.

"Yes, Lord, this Anchang province has indeed been rotten, the king of Anchang is the king, more imitation of this dynasty, the integration of military and government, the formation of 12 mansions, 10 households set up a Zuo, there is a chief, 100 households set up a battalion, there is a battalion commander, 1,000 households set up a general, there is a general chief, 10000 families have a mansion, set up a governor. And the fallen people, and set up counties, and the management of the Han people, in order to farm, now, Anchang eight counties, only six bow county and five counties remain, so Tongda Gong is actually just a county order, this is the upper Gong Gong Gong, it is really a good plan. Shen Xuan said with a sneer.

Shen Xuan followed Li Rui ten years ago and has been reused for him, and his qualifications in the mansion are getting old.

"Tongda Gong, more than ten years down, the Anchang Wang's government order army began to be full, the existing elite soldiers are 80,000, all of them are soldiers of a hundred battles, and the imperial court guards the three cave passes, only 30,000 soldiers, and, in the past ten years, the imperial court has been dragged on the southwest quagmire to consume, has spent 20 million taels of silver, the court is really difficult, otherwise, it will not be allowed to be the governor of the palace, open the house, take full power, and raise his own soldiers." The person who said this is a middle-aged man in his forties, but this person is Zhang Zhuo, the son-in-law of Wei Nanzhu who he knew back then, and Zhang Zhuo is actually a great talent. It's a pity that his luck in the exam was not good, and he didn't get the Jinshi exam until now, and after Wei Nanzhu died, he also joined the Li family.

The state politics of Great Chu, the three divisions are separated, and the chief executive of a province is the political envoy. The governor, as the name suggests, is to inspect and pacify the place on behalf of the emperor, and is to integrate the power of the three divisions, and it is not set up in this dynasty.

Fang Xin listened. Nodding silently, he looked at a young man in his twenties, who frowned and said, "Lord, and I think." This King Anchang is unfathomable, you see that he is steadily and steadily, gradually encroaching, neither rushing forward, nor doing nothing, as if he intends to drag the court! ”

As soon as he said this, Fang Xin was shocked, knowing that this son was extraordinary.

Great Chu has been established for 160 years and has a deep foundation. If King Anchang rushes forward, he will directly threaten the foundation of the Great Chu, but he is afraid that it will only become a temporary trouble, although it can be vertical and horizontal for a while, it will eventually be destroyed by the Great Chu. Although Da Chu can't please - this is just to open the way for the new master.

But now, he dragged the court to carry out continuous wars, causing the court to lose blood every year, sure enough, only ten years, the court has exhausted its strength, the outside is strong and the middle is dry, and sometimes even natural disasters can not be appeased, and the people's hearts are gradually chaotic. Luck fades - it's like a person. Although he is only middle-aged, if he keeps losing blood. They will also grow weaker and weaker until they die. To be able to say this, to think of this, he is already a national soldier, Fang Xin looked at Jiang Qingbai deeply, his heart moved, but he only knew it with a "grace".

From his memory, he also knew that the situation in the southwest was becoming more and more critical at this time. The first bad is a dangerous situation, then a bad one is a defeat, three bad is an endgame, and as for the four bad ones, there is almost no game to cover! In the past ten years, there have been 41 officials and generals who have died in the southwest in the war.

In particular, Zhang Erhu, Liu An, Li Xuan, Zhao Lin, He Shihe, Fang Ce, Yang Guangning, Qi Bingqi and other eight third-grade or even second-rank high-ranking officials, either died in battle, or were imprisoned due to unfavorable wars.

The governor of this dynasty, the opening of the government to build a government, outside the gate, set up two arches to calm and calm. The distribution of government decrees, rewards and punishments are all here, and the generals send troops, receive discipline, and sacrifice rest, which are also here, but the so-called weight is equivalent to the temperance envoy, and the court is a last resort, and it is not commonly used.

Sandongguan, Liugong County and five counties, Fang Xin thought silently, but he could only smile: "Since the emperor has a life, then we will be courtiers, and we can only do our best and die for ourselves, but you can not go." ”

"Where the Lord goes, there is no guarantee of the Lord's grace, and this is our opportunity." Several people present, all of whom have been in the center for more than ten years, answered in unison.

Fang Xin glanced at it, knowing that they were all loyal, so he smiled: "Okay, I can open the mansion, I can be an official of the shogunate, there is a chief, in charge of the affairs of the mansion, Shen Xuan, you can let it." ”

At this time, Shen Xuan was already fifty years old, and when he heard this, a smile appeared on his face, and he knelt down calmly and said, "Yes, Lord!" ”

The governor of the shogunate is also the sixth grade, and he is actually the first subordinate official in the shogunate.

"Zhang Zhuo, you can be Wen Bo's counselor."

Zhang Zhuo also stood up, knelt down and said, "Yes, Lord." ”

Wen Bo Counselor, a member of the shogunate, is in charge of recording the book, playing good and evil, and participating in the affairs of the political and military.

"Jiang Qingbai, you can be Counselor Cangcao."

Jiang Qingbai also knelt down to thank him, and Cangcao Counselor was in charge of all the finances and warehouses of the shogunate, similar to the household department.

"Go and call Wu Jie in." Fang Xin finally commanded.

After a while, there was a heavy sound of footsteps outside, and when he arrived at the door, he respectfully asked for instructions, and waited for Fang Xin's approval, Wu Jie came in, under the candlelight, he was wearing armor and a long knife, and when he acted, although he was already in his thirties, that fierce spirit, like a wolf and a tiger, saw Fang Xin, and knelt down.

"Wu Jie, today I appoint you as the captain of the military academy, Zheng Bapin, according to the imperial court system, the governor of the shogunate, you can build a battalion of soldiers, for my personal guard, you can choose more warriors to enter."

Li Rui has been the prefect of Nanyun County in Yanyang Province for six years, and there have been seven conflicts between nature and the natives, and there have been seven large and small wars, and he has also collected some warriors who have undergone military training and battlefield tests, and brought them back to the Li Mansion in the name of tenants, but he has been gracious, so although there are only ten soldiers in the official government, Wu Jie listened to it, but replied without hesitation: "Yes, thank you, Lord." ”

After a pause, he said: "Now you can gather more than 100 warriors, and it is more than enough to form two teams, and two hundred and fifty people in five teams in one battalion is not enough." ”

Fang Xin nodded and said: "I also know this, there are not many soldiers, but in the fine, then first form three teams, and the rest will be supplemented later, the emperor's holy decree has been issued, and you will set off within ten days, you can do it quickly." ”

"Yes, Lord."

Fang Xin was still quite relieved about this, there were not many armor soldiers or reserve armor soldiers in the house, and the selection must be elite, although there were only a hundred people, they could also protect their safety.

"Counselor Jiang." Fang Xin thought for a while and said, since he has been appointed, he will call it by his title.

"The subordinate is here."

"This is going to the southwest, grain, grass and intelligence are important, you have a heavy responsibility, you can go to the southwest first, and observe the situation all the way, especially the situation in the Sandong Pass, can you?"

Jiang Qingbai immediately smiled and replied, "Yes, this should have been." ”

Fang Xin's brigade went to take office, and along the way, plus family members and shogunate personnel, there were at least 500 people, which was of course very slow, and it was already good to be able to reach it in two months.

However, when taking office, the first requirement is to have a clear understanding of the situation, so it is necessary to investigate and find out.

"It's dangerous along the way, you can carry a thousand taels of gold, and I will send four soldiers to protect you, be careful." Fang Xin thought for a moment and said again.

This is not only protection, but also oversight.

Jiang Qingbai nodded and said, "I will not disgrace my life!" ”

After discussing some more matters, the first rays of morning light were already reflected outside the hall, shining a clear autumn color, and after a while, everyone was ordered to come out.

Fang Xin held the Abyss Sword in his hand and stared at the rising sun.