Lu Zhendao: "Qin Hao, the former assassin of Shaozhou, his ancestors were the assassins of Shaozhou in the Tang Dynasty, and later the Tang Dynasty was chaotic, and the Qin family has been hereditary, but after Emperor Chu arrived in Shaozhou, Qin Hao made disrespectful remarks several times, and was finally dismissed. ”

Lin Xin: "...... So he sent for us to open the gates? ”

Zhong Ruying rubbed her forehead and said, "You haven't been in the southwest, so you don't know the situation here." Shaozhou is a state of bondage. ”

After a pause, she said: "It should be said that most of the south of Shaozhou are fetters in the state, and the control of these states and counties in the Tang Dynasty was small, basically they chose their own leaders, and the right to assassinate the history was not large, and the Huang family was self-reliant back then, and in order to win over the power, the position of the assassin was given to the Qin family, and the Qin family has always been the head of Shaozhou." Qin Hao is not from the imperial examination, he is also hereditary. ”

"Emperor Chu and Qin Hao, obviously the people of Shaozhou listen to Qin Hao's words more, otherwise ordinary people would not dare to fight with the powerful because of a piece of land," Zhong Ruying said with a smile: "This time we took advantage." ”

"But it won't be necessary after that," Lu Zhen knocked on the table and said, "Emperor Chu has changed his position, and Qin Hao dares to open the city gate and let us enter the city, do you think he will listen to His Majesty's orders?" ”

Zhong Ruying said: "The autonomy of the state has always been large, except for paying a certain amount of taxes to the imperial court every year, the imperial court almost does not care, and it is impossible for you to completely control them now." ”

Lin Xin thought for a moment and said, "Rather than chaotic, it is better to be still than to be still at this time." ”

"That's right," Zhong Ruying said: "I mean, I still hand over Shaozhou to Qin Hao, no matter how unruly he is, we will endure it for the time being." ”

Lu Zhen pursed his lips, although he didn't agree with it, he still didn't object anymore, and it was a tacit acquiescence.

Zhong Ruying comforted him and said: "The Guizhou I fought was also handed over to the local servants, and the assassin is the younger brother of the former assassin, didn't I still blink my eyes?" ”

Lu Zhen twitched the corners of his mouth and said, "I always want to be different." ”

"Then after the world is peaceful," Zhong Ruying said with a smile: "When the world is one, Your Majesty has decreed, and all the people in the world will obey, but now, ......"

At present, foreign officials will only bring trouble and anxiety to the local people, and what the local people and the imperial court need most is stability.

Lin Xin and Lu Zhen didn't know much about the southwest, and General Zhong had been operating in the southwest for a long time, so they asked Zhong Ruying to meet Qin Hao.

Qin Hao was very respectful, at least on the surface, Zhong Ruying was also willing to sell his face, the two talked peacefully and reached a consensus on some matters.

Qin Hao will help persuade other states and counties to surrender, and Da Liang will continue to use him in order to show his sincerity.

Less than a month after he was dismissed, Qin Hao became the assassin of Shaozhou again, and the local people were not surprised and celebrated happily.

That's right, it's a celebration.

Everything is back again, Emperor Chu is gone, the Liang army will slowly retreat, and their lives will settle down as before.

The Qin family is domineering, but everyone is a villager, unlike Emperor Chu, who has to conscript soldiers as soon as he comes to Shaozhou, and he has to pay military taxes, even carriage and horse taxes.

But they have neither horses nor cars at home, so why should they pay for them?

In the month that Emperor Chu came to Shaozhou, their taxes increased again and again, and the price of grain also rose again and again.

Now that everything is back on track, Qin Hao is still in charge of the government, Liang Jun is just passing by, and they don't have to pay more taxes in the future, how good.

Therefore, the people of Shaozhou were overjoyed, and as soon as the Liang army left, they happily prepared for the New Year.

The strong men who were arrested to be soldiers before, those who are still alive are all released, and there is no way to do it if they are dead, they are fighting for Chu and Liang, and Chu is gone, so Liang can't be allowed to pay a pension.

Lu Zhen led the army north to return to Lingzhou, Lin Xin escorted the concubines, princes and ministers of Chu back to the capital, while Zhong Ruying continued to lead the army south to recover other prefectures and counties.

In fact, there are only three counties left, Emperor Chu has killed himself, the county order does not resist at all, Zhong Ruying's army just arrived and opened the city gate to greet her, she went just to replace the garrison, and then investigate the people's feelings.

The county orders have not been changed.

But the north of Shaozhou is not so good, the counties are almost stubborn, most of the county orders are dead in battle, and all the political affairs are piled up in front of Lin Qingwan's case, she has to select the acting county order, arrange the post-war reconstruction and relief, and appease the Chu people, almost when they capture Shaozhou, it is her busiest time.

Some counties have left a master book or county lieutenant, and if there is no great evil, they can be temporarily appointed as the county magistrate.

But some counties were killed in battle from the main book to the county order in order to resist the Liang army, Lin Qingwan wanted to appease the people and their families in the county, and at the same time had to choose a suitable county order, not to mention that she still had an injured hand now, even if she was so busy that her feet did not touch the ground.

So it wasn't until Yi Han reminded her that she remembered that it was almost the New Year.

She couldn't help but rub her forehead, "I thought I would be able to go back in three or two months, but I didn't expect to stay for four months." ”

"Grandma, Your Majesty's edict has arrived, urgently summoning you back to Beijing, Young Master Xin has escorted the captives back to the capital, and even Min Shangshu has returned, you ......"

Lin Qingwan flipped through the edict and said, "Prepare to go back, we won't wait for Ran to observe the envoy." ”

The war in the territory of Chu has basically stopped, because Liang has also occupied a lot of cities along the way, and Shu is very trustworthy in accordance with the previously signed treaty, and the place east of Zishui is assigned to Liang.

The capital of Chu also belonged to the Liang State, and Emperor Liang turned this place into Jingnan County, and the county government was located in the capital of Chu, which is now Changsha Mansion.

The new observer's surname is Ran, and the person is already on the way, Lin Qingwan just has to wait for him to arrive before he leaves, but everyone has been on the journey for seven or eight days, and there is still no one to be seen, and His Majesty has issued two edicts to urgently summon her back to Beijing.

Lin Qingwan didn't want to wait any longer at this time, so she got up and said, "Let's go first, it's just that the New Year is approaching, and I have taken care of all the important things, even if the first official is missing for a few days, it's okay." ”

Yi Han nodded.

Prepare people for what they need to hit the road tomorrow.

At this time, the weather is cold, and it is very hard to travel, so you have to prepare some food and medicinal herbs.

Early the next morning, Lin Qingwan got into the carriage and went out of the city in a low-key manner, but there were still many officials in the Assassin's Mansion who rushed to see him off.

As soon as the car left the city gate, Lin Qingwan lifted the curtain, waved to them and smiled: "Go back, is it possible that you really want to send me to Shili Pavilion?" ”

She smiled and said: "Sending you a thousand miles, there will be a time to part, but it is only sooner or later." I waited for a time together, separated at this time, Lin had a few more words, I am very pleased in the past two months, you are all concerned about the people, people with great ambitions, I hope that in the future, when you are thousands of miles away, don't forget the original intention of today, don't do greedy and violent things. ”

"I can't wait!" Gan Pu, who was the leader, led everyone to salute and said: "The teachings of the county lord in the past two months, I dare not forget, I dare not say that I will be as honest as snow, but I can serve the public and cultivate myself." ”

Lin Qingwan nodded and said with a smile: "You guys stay here, I'll go first, and when Lord Ran comes, I'll say sorry to him for me, and leave first without waiting for him." ”

Gan Pu smiled, "The county wants to go back to the capital, but Lord Ran is from the capital, maybe the two adults can meet each other." ”

Gan Pu's joke was not reassured, but who knew that they had really encountered it.

The group didn't find a post station to rest until the evening, Lin Qingwan's status was high, and the post didn't dare to slack off, it was said that the best room should be given to her, but he went into the post station and walked around, then he came down with a red face and said: "Lord Lin, there are still a few middle rooms in the post station, and the lower officials asked people to replace the bedding in the room with new ones, you, can you ......?"

Yi Han frowned, and Bai Feng was even more angry, although their county lord didn't fight for power, he couldn't be bullied.

"Isn't my county lord still unable to live in your upper room?"

"Of course not," Yi Cheng bent down and said: "With the grade of the county lord, this Jingnan County naturally did not cross your people, but this is really not a coincidence, he was observed by Jingnan two days before going to the room, he is now very sick, he can't blow the wind, and the lower official is not good for him to move the room, the most important thing is that the lower official is also afraid that he will be sick and give you ......."

Lin Qingwan was stunned and asked, "Is the Jingnan Observation Envoy here with you?" ”

"Yes, yes, I arrived two days ago, and I said that I was in a hurry on the road, and I was sick from the cold, and I had a fever for two days in a row, and I am still confused."

Lin Qingwan's face changed slightly, even a modern fever can burn people to death, let alone now?

She hurriedly went upstairs and asked, "Have you hired a doctor?" ”

Yi Cheng saw that she didn't want to ask about the crime, so he hurriedly said: "Please, but the medicine prescribed by doctors in small places like ours is generally slow to work, and now that we have just finished the war, we can't even catch the medicine in the pharmacy, and the adults of Biran have little luggage and no medicine, so ......"

Lin Qingwan had already pushed the door in.

Lord Ran's attendant was changing his towel with his back to them, and when he heard the sound of pushing the door, he couldn't help but say angrily: "Didn't you say it, we can't move now, and with his big officials, we can't let ......."

As soon as he returned and saw Lin Qingwan, he was startled, and stammered and asked, "You, who are you?" ”

Lin Qingwan glanced at him, then looked at the bed, frowned, and said, "I'm Lin Qingwan, how are you in your family?" ”

The attendant's eyes widened, "Lin, Lord Lin?" This, Yi Cheng didn't say that it was the county lord who wanted to change the room, the small, the small, the small......"

"Okay, don't worry about the room," Lin Qingwan eased her face and asked him, "How is the situation of your family?" ”

The attendant's tears were about to fall, and Lord Ran's condition was very bad.

He received the order suddenly, he was an observer of the Guangjin Mansion, he received the order more than a month ago, and immediately handed over the political affairs in his hand to the adjutant, and rushed back to the capital to meet His Majesty after a short half a month.

After seeing the emperor, he set off urgently after taking the new official seal, and brought three attendants with him, but this time was the coldest of the year, and Lord Ran was not in a hurry for some reason, and the road hardly stopped day and night, as early as four days ago, he was uncomfortable, but he still insisted on riding, and as a result, two days ago, as soon as he got on the horse, he fainted and fell off the horse.

Fortunately, the horse hadn't started to run at that time, otherwise if she fell like this on the way, Lin Qingwan probably wouldn't have seen this Lord Ran.

The attendant has no choice, it is important to carry people into the post station to treat the disease first, but there is only one town in this post station, and the pharmacy does not even have medicine, let alone the level of the doctor.