As soon as Li Yu heard this, the parents of his fiefdom also came, so he hurriedly invited him in to inquire about the situation.

Zhou Kuan is a scholar at first glance, a little weak, but his steps are solid, his eyes are not squinting, and he is neither humble nor arrogant.

"Chen Nanyang County Ling Zhou Kuan, see His Royal Highness King De, I have seen the festival marshal, and I have seen Lord Thorn Shi."

"Excuse me, please get up."

Zhao Kuangning and Zhao Kuangming both nodded at him, and they said hello.

"Parent Zhou, how about telling me the details of Nanyang?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

"Ahem." Zhou Kuan cleared his throat, and then arched his hand and said: "Your Highness, Nanyang County, known as Wan in ancient times, is also called Wancheng. ”

"It is said in "Shuo Wen Jie Zi", 'Wan, Qu Cao is self-tracking'.

At the beginning of summer, 'Deng Weiyu capital'. Emperor Shun's son was once sealed in Nanyang.

During the Shang and Zhou periods, there were vassal states such as Shen, Deng, and Xie.

In the Western Zhou Dynasty, Nanyang belonged to Jingzhou, and was called 'Zhou Tu' by the Zhou people because it was in the south of Zhou.

Zhou Tianzi once divided the vassal states of Shen, Lü, Xie, 郦 (zhí), 蓼 (liǎo), Zeng, 鄀 (ruò), and Xu in this place.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Chu set up Wanyi, called Wan, and was based on Qin in the later period.

In the thirty-fifth year of King Qin Zhao, Nanyang County was set up at the beginning.

After Qin unified the world, 'the unscrupulous people moved to Nanyang', so that the wealthy people of the six countries and businessmen and craftsmen who were good at business gathered in Nanyang, becoming the national iron smelting center.

The Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty were still located in Nanyang County.

In the Western Han Dynasty, Nanyang set up engineering officials and iron officials.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu raised troops in Nanyang, which was the 'emperor's hometown'.

Mr. Zhuge ploughed Wollongong in Nanyang, Liu Bei looked at the thatched house, and Zhuge Liang proposed the plan of 'three points of the world'.

Taishou Du Shi repaired the slope pond, expanded the land, and the whole county could irrigate 40,000 hectares of farmland.

With a population of 2.4 million, Nanyang County is the crown of all counties, and the circumference of the county seat is 72 miles, making it the largest city for a while.

At the beginning of the Jin Dynasty, it was the country of Nanyang, with jurisdiction over fourteen counties, all of which were Wan.

Sui County was changed to a state, and later a state was changed to a county.

There is the Tang Dynasty, the world is set into ten provinces, and Nanyang is under the jurisdiction of Shannan Dongdao.

During the 90 years from Gaozu to Xuanzong, Nanyang successively set up Chunzhou, Lizhou, 淅 (xī) Prefecture, Bei Li (lǐ) Prefecture, Wanzhou, 淯 (yù) Prefecture, Xianzhou, Huzhou, Xinzhou, Luzhou and Xianzhou.

In the first year of Xuanzong Tianbao, the state was changed to a county, Dengzhou was called Nanyang County, and Tangzhou was called Huai'an County.

In the first year of Su Zongqian, the county was renamed the prefecture, and the county was merged.

After the rule of Zhenguan and Kaiyuan, Nanyang's Qing Song curbs the flowing clouds, and there is spare time for dancing, inviting Sheng Wanluo to visit, and the crown is returned with the wind. ’”

Zhou Kuan talked eloquently, and talked about the historical evolution of Nanyang County, and Li Yu was stupid. I'll go, talent!

"What about now?"

"Your Highness, Nanyang used to refer to the entire Dengzhou, and now Nanyang County is only one of the six counties in Dengzhou. Before the Anshi Rebellion, there were 10,000 households in Nanyang, with a population of nearly 40,000, which was Shangxian. ”

"And now?"

"Now there are 5,000 households and a population of 20,000, which is a central county."

"Why is that?"

Li Yu thought about it, in the past, there were more than 2 million people in Dengzhou alone, but now it is too far behind.

"After the Anshi Rebellion, there was the Huangchao Civil Rebellion, all kinds of war casualties, and now there are these populations after two years of recovery, when Jing Xiang first took over, it was only in Xia County, with 3,000 households, 10,000 people."

"Hiss~~~"

Li Yu took a cool breath.

The population is too small, let alone raising soldiers, even raising a palace is estimated to be enough.

Tang system, more than 4,000 households for the middle county, set up a county order, is seven products; One person in the county, from the eighth grade; The main book is one person, from the nine products; One county lieutenant, from the ninth grade, because there are more than 4,000 households, one county lieutenant can be added.

Zhou Kuan, the county commander of Nanyang County, Gao Shi of the county, Wang Qian, the chief bookkeeper, and Li Huaixian, the county lieutenant.

Today, the main leaders of these counties are here, but except for the county commander Zhou Kuan, the others are too low in grade and are not qualified to meet them, and they are all waiting outside the county office.

"Parent Zhou, since Nanyang is now a fiefdom, how should I deal with it?"

"Your Highness, since Nanyang is the prince's fiefdom, it should be set up as a prince's kingdom."

"Oh? What is that regulation? ”

Li Yu thought that he would have to come to Nanyang to build a palace, who would want to build a country? !

"Your Highness, pro-kingdom, set up a national decree for one person, from the seventh grade; The big farmer is one person, from the eighth grade. In charge of the national division, one national lieutenant, is under the ninth grade; Guocheng is alone, from the ninth grade. One student and one student official, one in charge of teaching insiders; One food official and one food official, who is in charge of the meal; two of the shepherd and the shepherd of the stable, who are in charge of animal husbandry; There are two people each in charge of the house, and they are in charge of the miscellaneous affairs in the house. The length is under the nine products, and the Cheng is from the nine products.

There are eight guards, who are in charge of guarding and accompaniment. There are four people, one secretary, four people, and eight people. ”

Li Yu pondered in his heart, this will cost forty people.

It seems that these people still have to fall on Zhou Kuan.

"Parent Zhou, am I qualified to build a kingdom?"

"Yes. Since Nanyang County is the fief of King De, you can build a pro-kingdom in Nanyang County. ”

"Then does the palace still need to be built?"

"Your Highness, the Prince's Mansion is His Highness's private residence, and it must also be built, and the Prince Kingdom is equivalent to the current county government, which is an indispensable management institution."

"Well, Zhao Tingshi, can Zhou's parents be my national order?"

"This ......" Zhao Kuangming looked at Zhou Kuan, this is a demotion. The county order of Zhongxian is on the seventh grade, and the national decree is from the seventh grade, which is three levels worse, and there is a lot of money and grain.

"Uh, don't get me wrong, the chief of the palace will also give you both, how about it?!"

You must know that the level of the chief of the prince's mansion is high, from the fourth grade, Li Yu is to let Zhou Kuan serve as the chief of the prince's mansion and the state order of the pro-kingdom, it can be said that he is the leader inside and out, and the power is in his hands.

"Thank Your Highness for your grace, and the minister Zhou Kuan swears to serve His Highness with death."

"Well, get up."

Because Li Yu knew that Zhou Kuan was Zhao Kuangming's nephew, this was also a great trust for the Zhao brothers.

"Zhou Changshi, you can submit a list of personnel arrangements for the palace and the kingdom."

The first thing to do is to decentralize.

"It's Your Highness, and the minister will submit it as soon as possible."

"Take a day off and leave tomorrow."

That night, Zhao Kuangning's brothers held a welcome dinner, and all the officials who could be present came, and Li Yu instructed Zhou Kuan to invite the county officials, chief bookkeepers, and county lieutenants from Nanyang to meet together.

The four hundred guards who followed the guards were also able to eat wine and meat, but Li Yu's one hundred private soldiers did not drink a drop of wine, and the vigilant guards were beside them.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Zhao Kuangning took Li Yu's hand and talked about family life.

"Your Highness is fifteen this year, right?"

"Jieshuai, I'm sixteen years old this year."

"Oh? That's not a young age, why haven't you seen the princess? ”

"Haha, Zhao Jieshuai wants to ask me if I have a wife, right?"

"Hehe, abrupt, abrupt."

Zhao Kuangning was embarrassed for a while, but he was an old fox who was embarrassed for a while, and immediately looked at Li Yu with a kind face, waiting for his answer.

"Alas, speaking of which, my marriage is really delayed."

Zhao Kuangning is an old fox, and he figured it out as soon as his mind turned.

When he was crowned prince, he was too young, he was only thirteen years old when he ascended the throne, and it was not time to marry, so he was deposed in two months.

After being deposed, he was demoted to the king of Germany, which princess would marry his daughter to this abolished emperor? Isn't that the end of this delay?

Oh, God help me!

"Your Highness, I have a daughter-in-law, fourteen years old, who has not yet been married, if I don't dislike it, I want to ask the saint to marry, I don't know what to do?"

The surrounding officials all lowered their heads, they had seen shameless, but they had never seen such shameless, and they were in a hurry to send their daughter!

"Festival handsome love, Yu Shen feels five, thank you for it!"

Li Yu immediately got up and gave a deep salute to Zhao Kuangning, which was a promise. One is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer.

Li Yu has long had the intention of forming an alliance with the Zhao brothers, but he has never found an opportunity, and now Zhao Kuangning has taken the initiative to show goodwill, and he has to continue!

The Zhao family controls the land of Jingxiang Eight Prefectures, and if Zhao Kuangming occupies Jingnan again, it will be the territory of the entire Shannan East Province and the twelve prefectures in his hands.

As long as these territories can be kept, they will have a certain strength to fight with Zhu Quanzhong, Li Keyong, and Wang Jiandou.

As for Yang Xingmi in Huainan, it is better to unite first.

"Haha, good! Your Highness, I will go to the court. ”

Zhao Kuangning was relieved, and the brother Zhao Kuangming next to him looked at him directly.

Zhao Kuangning lowered his head and asked, "Brother Xian, what do you mean?" ”

"Brother, I, my Bi Niang......"

Zhao Kuangning knew that Bi Niang, the pearl of the brother's family, had been in the boudoir, and didn't understand the meaning of the brother for a while.

Seeing that his brother was still confused, Zhao Kuangming pulled his brother's sleeve and said in a low voice: "Brother, it is too thin for Xiuniang to marry into the palace alone, and someone has to help her, Bi Niang has been smart and clever since she was a child, and she has a deep sisterhood with Xiuniang, isn't it good for the two of them to marry into the palace together?" ”

Hiss~~~

Zhao Kuangning, the old fox, rolled his eyes, thought for a while and said, "Brother Xian, are you willing to do this?" ”

"Oh, brother, our Zhao family has been in Jingxiang for many years, relying on the imperial court and the maintenance of the left and right, and now it is indeed a good opportunity for King De to conquer Nanyang, we have to be ruthless, and others have no chance to interfere."

"Well, that makes sense."

He turned his head to Li Yu, who was whispering to Zhou Kuan, and said: "Your Highness, congratulations to Your Highness, Your Highness, I discussed with my brother, I want to follow the story of Empress E's daughter, my sister-in-law Xiuniang and my brother-in-law Mingzhu Biniang married into the palace together, I don't know Your Highness's ......"

This sentence not only confused Li Yu, but even Zhou Kuan on the side opened his mouth wide. Bi Niang is Zhou Kuan's cousin, he knows his sister's situation, her eyes are bright and her teeth are closed, and her embroidery is also average. If His Royal Highness King De really married two younger sisters, it would really be tied to them.