"Why don't you believe it?" Mo Qian asked.

Li Banghua said: "The king, as the president of the Advisory Council, Weichen can be regarded as the prime minister of the dynasty, and the old minister still knows some about the temperament of the subordinate prefecture and county first-level flying officials.

This person is not afraid of the powerful, upright, although the temper is not good, but can be regarded as a good official, the elder brother Bang Mei is now in Jiangxi to serve as the director of the Jiangxi Criminal Law Department of the National Development Institute, is performing his duties in Nanchang, last month, Bang Mei wrote to the old minister, telling the old minister that a large number of White Lotus disciples suddenly emerged in Nanchang City, they set up altars in Nanchang, recruiting disciples. ”

As soon as Mo Qian heard the White Lotus Sect, he immediately became alert.

"The White Lotus Sect is a cult, why didn't the Nanchang officials report this matter to me?"

"Don't worry, the second day of the White Lotus Sect's opening in Nanchang City, Guo Yunchang led people to arrest all of them, and arrested more than 70 members of the sect.

"Well, Gong Li did the right thing, this matter of the White Lotus Sect is not a trivial matter, I am a little relieved, in this way, you can arrange it, I will go back to Nanchang in a few days, let's have a private visit to Weifu, and see what the hell this White Lotus Sect is doing!"

When Li Banghua heard this, he immediately became nervous.

He persuaded Mo Qian: "As the lord of a country, the king should sit in the capital and take care of the world's affairs, how can he personally go out for a small cult, the king can give an order, or appoint a competent official to go to Nanchang to thoroughly investigate the matter of the White Lotus Sect, and this matter can be found out in less than a month or two."

Now the north is in chaos into a pot of porridge, the old minister got the news from the secret agent of the Beijing Division, Lu Xiangsheng has been arrested and imprisoned by Chongzhen because of the ineffective suppression of bandits, and now Li Zicheng is in Henan again, Zhang Xianzhong is the king and hegemon in Sichuan, the king should sit in Nanjing, command the army to prepare to sweep the Huai River, stabilize the foundation of the southern Zhili, and wait for the time to be ripe, wave the army to the Northern Expedition! ”

Li Banghua's words made Mo Qiangang's heart go out again.

Maybe it's been a long time in the palace, Mo Qian feels that it's very boring in the palace, it's really better to be chic outside.

But now that he is the head of a country, he naturally has to put state affairs first.

He asked Li Banghua: "Who does Gong Li say can be sent?" ”

Li Banghua thought about it and thought of someone in his heart.

"Among the six departments of Nanjing, Liu Chengzhi, the former head of the household department, is Huang Duanbo's best friend, this person has seen an old minister, is a usable talent, the king, now my Han country is newly established, urgently need talents, although there are many people in the six departments of Nanjing, but there are also some capable and depressed talents, these people, if the king can make reasonable use of it, he will definitely be able to contribute to the new dynasty!"

"Li Gong is right, at the moment we are too short of talents, especially those who can be officials, in this way, you organize some people to specifically check the former Ming officials in the six departments of Nanjing, to see which ones are available talents, and if they can be used, please invite them out of the mountain, I will give them official positions to serve my new dynasty, but there is a premise to remember, that is, corruption is absolutely not allowed, and the most hated thing is corruption!"

"The old minister obeys!"

On the second day, an order was issued from the imperial palace, and Liu Chengzhi, the former head of the household department in Nanjing, was appointed by the king of Han as an inspector to go to Nanchang to secretly investigate the White Lotus Sect.

Liu Chengzhi was overjoyed when he received the order, and immediately expressed his loyalty to the King of Han.

Liu Chengzhi hurriedly went on the road with a group of people holding the secret order of the King of Han, and here Li Banghua also began to sort out the list of officials of the Sixth Department of Nanjing.

These days, Li Banghua has been busy from grass to night every day, the country has been newly established, and many things in the provinces and counties under the bottom have to be decided by the central government, Li Banghua, as the prime minister, has to review a lot of documents, and sometimes when Mo Qian is reading the following chapters, Li Banghua has to put forward opinions on the side.

However, Li Banghua feels that he is very down-to-earth and can contribute to the country, he feels that he is more than ten years younger, and his mental outlook is much better than when he was idle at home.

Although Mo Qian has secured his position as the lord of the country in Nanjing, he is still illegal at present.

Because his lord was not recognized and canonized by the Ming court, the co-lord of the world was still Emperor Chongzhen in Beijing.

Although Huang Taiji outside the gate also ascended the throne and became the emperor, his strength was actually not as good as Mo Qian.

In today's situation, if it is a comparison of strength, Mo Qian occupies the area south of the Yangtze River, and his strength can be said to be comparable to that of the Ming Dynasty in the north.

Time passed quickly, and on the eighth day of August, the envoy to Fujian returned from Fuzhou.

The envoy returned to Nanjing to restore his life and brought Mo Qian a piece of news that Zheng Zhilong had agreed to join the Han State and had also agreed to send his eldest son Zheng Sen to Nanjing to study.

However, before that, Zheng Zhilong hoped to meet Mo Qian, and the two sides made a bloody alliance, made an oath, and asked Mo Qian to protect the glory and wealth of his Zheng family for generations.

After some consideration, Mo Qian agreed to this condition, and the two sides agreed to meet in Hangzhou on the first day of September.

The time was very close, and Mo Qian began to leave for Hangzhou on August 20.

On the 23rd, Mo Qian, who was walking slowly, came to Hangzhou with a cadre of the Consultative Yuan.

After entering the boundary of Hangzhou, Mo Qian saw a city that was even more prosperous than Nanjing.

At this time, outside the city of Hangzhou, it can be described as a sea of people, a city with millions of people, in this era, it is simply an international metropolis.

Mo Qian didn't expect Hangzhou to be so rich and prosperous, and after entering the city, Huang Duanbo, the new governor of Zhejiang, personally led the officials of Hangzhou out of the city to greet him.

Seeing Huang Duanbo, Mo Qian first praised his affirmation of ruling Zhejiang.

He said to Huang Duanbo: "Lord Huang, after I entered Zhejiang, I saw that Zhejiang was digging canals and digging wells everywhere, and Zhejiang's drought-fighting work was impressive. ”

"This is what should be done as a courtier, the people of Zhejiang have been suffering from drought for nearly two years, if it were not for the king from Jiangxi Lake to transport grain to rescue, I am afraid that the people of Zhejiang will have to starve to death a lot of people this year, the king has rebuilt the people of Zhejiang, the people are grateful for the kindness of the king, the king please see, the people have come to the city to welcome the king."

Mo Qian looked around, and sure enough, there were a sea of people outside the city, and some people knelt on the ground and shouted long live.

After a long time, Mo Qian has gradually become accustomed to this situation, and ordinary people still can't help but kneel down first when they see an official.

Although there is a signboard at the entrance of the yamen that prohibits kneeling, the class ideology that has been ingrained for thousands of years still makes it impossible for the common people to adapt in a short period of time.

"The importance of human rights is still not enough!" Mo Qian sighed secretly in his heart.

When entering the city, Mo Qian was supporting the people kneeling on the ground all the way, shouting that they were not allowed to kneel.

But there were too many people, and he couldn't help them at all.

Several elderly white-haired old men still trembled and walked over to see Mo Qian, but the soldiers around Mo Qian did not dare to stop them, so they could only let them go.

After seeing Mo Qian, several old men cried and said: "The king is really a god in the sky, a bodhisattva heart, we Zhejiang people can live, it all depends on the food that the king provides us with for free, without food, we will starve to death early!" ”

"Yes, yes, the king is really a bodhisattva!"

A few praises made Mo Qian very embarrassed.

He could only hold the old man and said: "Old man, these are nothing, this is what we should do, you have worked hard to farm the land and collect grain, pay taxes for us, and now in a disaster year, if we can't save you with food, then where will we have the face to eat your grain in the future!" ”

"But the king, you didn't come to Zhejiang last year!"

"This has nothing to do with whether I have fought in Zhejiang, my greatest wish in my heart is that there will be no hungry and cold people in the whole world in the future, you are all the food and clothing parents of our people, without you, I am fighting no matter how big the territory, no matter how many soldiers I train, what is the use?"

"Well said, King Han is very right, King Han is really a benevolent man!"

A scholar suddenly sang a hymn in the crowd.

After Mo Qian heard the voice, he followed the sound and looked at it, only to see a young man with a vegetable face looking at him with a smile.

"This little brother is falsely praised, I don't deserve this praise!"

"Deserved, in this world, only the King of Han is really for the people, I think the Emperor Chongzhen in the Beijing Division, it is really not as good as the King of Han, how do you love the people, I heard that Chongzhen is relevying and suppressing the sound, if the world continues like this, I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty will perish in a few years, and in the future, the world will definitely be the King of Han!"

"That's it, that's it!" A group of people chimed in.

Mo Qian listened to the praise of these people, and could only call Huang Duanbo over and ask, "This is what you arranged?" ”

Huang Duanbo hurriedly shook his head and explained: "No, no, how could Weichen arrange these people, these are all the people in Hangzhou who have received your disaster relief food from the king and come spontaneously." ”

"Really?" Mo Qian was still a little unconvinced.

"Really, Wechen vouched for his life, Wechen never did these deceitful things!"

Hearing this answer, Mo Qian felt a little more at ease.

He hated singing hymns the most, and although he really wanted to be good to the people, he also hated singing hymns.

Praise songs, singing too much, it is easy to make people sing problems, and if you can't hear praise songs one day, it is easy to be in a bad mood.

As the ruler, he just wants to be good to the people, let the people live a prosperous life, and let the country smoothly enter a new era.

Today's Hangzhou, with prosperous commerce and trade, has already shown signs of capitalism, and if it can be well guided, it will definitely be able to create a complete system.

What he hates the most is to deceive and arrange for actors to sing praises.

That looks like some of the previous welcomes, warm welcomes, let a group of children shout welcome in the rain holding flowers, and then a group of well-dressed beasts pass by calmly with umbrellas, what is this called? It's called a wolf's heart and a dog's lungs!

After watching too many disgusting fake hymns, Mo Qian didn't like them in his heart.

He made up his mind that when he went out in the future, he would never engage in any more big battles, so he would bring a few people around him, and the more secretive the better.

Entering the city, Mo Qian was arranged by Huang Duanbo to stay in the governor's yamen.

Mo Qian did not refuse this, and directly occupied the governor's yamen as his office.

On the first day, he hurriedly lay down to rest, and the next morning, Mo Qian, who got up early in the morning, took a few relatives out of the governor's yamen and came to the street, ready to feel the prosperity of Hangzhou.

There is heaven above, there is Suzhou and Hangzhou below, and when you come to Hangzhou, you naturally want to visit the beautiful scenery of West Lake.

spent a little money, found a boat, and asked the boatman to row around the West Lake, and early in the morning to cruise the lake, Mo Qian was also the first time.

In the morning, the West Lake was still floating with mist, and he breathed some fresh air, and Mo Qian was in a good mood.

When the sun came out of the lake, the city gradually began to liven up, and when I walked into the city, I saw a sea of people on the streets, and the sound of selling and bargaining was everywhere.

Occasionally, you can see a few foreign faces, dressed in Ming costumes, and communicating in the local dialect of Hangzhou.

Mo Qian didn't understand Hangzhou dialect very well, so he could only communicate with them in Mandarin, but fortunately, the local people could understand some of them, so they used gestures and language to communicate on both sides.

After some investigation, I found that there are really a lot of goods in Hangzhou, and there are all kinds of things, which can be said to be very complete.

When I came to a bridge, I happened to see two characters dressed in rivers and lakes preparing to set up stalls, and I knew that these people were performing martial arts.

There are two people performing, a middle-aged man about forty years old, and a woman under twenty, and the two are father and daughter at first glance.

"Ladies and gentlemen, our father and daughter have just arrived in Hangzhou, and now they are exhausted, and they are shy, we will not do anything else, we will play knives and guns, I will play a set of sticks for the big guys, if the fathers and villagers think it is good, they will give some reward, thank you fathers and elders!"

With that, the man began to put himself in formation, and took out a long stick and played a trick.

After the performance, the man took a gong and spun around the crowd.

After a circle, there are only three copper plates in the gong, three pennies, which is not enough to buy two steamed buns.

The man's face suddenly frowned.

Mo Qian saw that the man's forehead was frowning, so he asked Yuan Xingdi beside him: "Xingdi, what do you think of this person's stick method?" ”

Yuan Xingdi said: "It's not bad, this person's stick method is like a bit of a road, better than me!" ”

Yuan Xingdi can be said to be a martial artist, but he didn't expect to praise a person who set up a stall to sell his art.

Mo Qian looked at the appearance of the father and daughter, and suddenly had a plan in his heart.

He said to Yuan Xingdi: "Go, throw five taels of silver at them!" ”

"King, give so much?" Yuan Xingdi was a little unhappy.

"If you ask you to give it, when you go out, it is inevitable that there will be difficulties, if you can help, I don't think this person is a bad person!"

"How do you know they're not bad guys?"

"If he is a bad person, with his skills, where can't he rob his house and eat well? Need a busker? ”

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