Jiangnan is rich and rich, and Yangzhou, as the capital of Jiangzhou, is needless to say, which is why Xu Zhengye chose to start from Yangzhou.

In fact, long before Chang Suining recovered Yangzhou, there were many officials who had secretly begun to plan the next distribution of official positions and power in Jiangnan for their own forces, and among these official positions waiting to be "divided", the position of the assassin of Shujiang was particularly eye-catching, which was really the most important, and everyone wanted to fight for it-

In the eyes of these officials, this matter has not really been put on the agenda, and at this time, a Chang Sui Ning Lai was suddenly killed, in a vain attempt to intercept the post of Jiangdu assassin Shi!

And in such a domineering posture!

Yes, today's Yangzhou is not as good as before, it has just been trampled by the Xu army, and it will take a while to rebuild and recover, and even at this moment it is facing the danger of being a widow, no matter who goes to take office, to do the history of the Jiangdu assassination, it will inevitably face unprecedented pressure-

But personal pressure is pressure, the imperial court always has to go to protect Jiangdu at any cost, this is a major matter of the country, how did she come here, but it has become the home of personal ability?

In such a situation, who would be a normal person to say the big thing that "with me for a day, I can ensure that no one dares to violate Jiangdu, and I will never let the Japanese invade the land for half a step"?

Does she know how much weight this sentence weighs? Can she afford it alone?

She has always been good at creating gimmicks, and has never followed the principle of "don't talk too much", on the contrary, she always has to speak to the fullest, go to the most extreme road, and how to attract people's attention......

But she had a precedent for making big words come true, so that when the big words that came out of her mouth, there would always be fools who were willing to believe them—

It is conceivable that with her words pressed on her head, if someone else is replaced to do this Jiangdu assassination history, if you come to Jiangdu, oh, not only Jiangdu, but the entire Huainan Province, the entire Yellow Sea and East China Sea...... If there is really something wrong in the future, then the assassin candidate who "replaces" her will become the sinner of the ages who hinders her "salvation" and is deeply sinful!

With such a shadow, can others sit in peace in this position of assassination?

And what she forced others to put on was not as simple as a human head, this was clearly to string together the net worth and life of the competing people, the reputation of the officials, the reputation of the descendants, and even the face of the ancestral grave of the family, and roast them together on the fire!

Who is this diaphragm?

has been an official for half a lifetime, and everyone has also jumped out of countless open and secret battles, but such a grandiose way to fight for power...... But it's only seen in my life!

Uncle Wei was stunned for a while, pondering the ways under this move, and then he also appreciated the beauty of the lack of virtue contained in it [if I can't do it, others will not want to live in peace].

Listening to the extremely dissatisfied analysis and conversation of his colleagues beside him, Wei Shuyi also lowered his voice to join them, and said in a tone of solving problems: "General Ning Yuan's move is indeed a little ill-intentioned, but it is not difficult to make her calculations come to naught......

Several colleagues looked at the always wise Wei Shilang.

I only heard him say: "This candidate for the history of Jiangdu Assassin, as long as he can keep the land south of the Yangtze River safe and sound, why be afraid? Whatever she says, just let the breeze pass through her ears."

The expressions of the officials in the "......" were more ugly than swallowing a hundred flies.

A general Ning Yuan, who was far away in Jiangdu, was already full of people, and there was someone in front of him who helped them respond to them!

"As long as" can keep the land south of the Yangtze River safe and sound?

An honest man lowered his voice and asked Wei Shuyi angrily, "When Wei Shilang said this, didn't he know what the situation of Jiangnan is now? Is this a guarantee by the strength of one man?"

Wei Shuyi's expression was slightly solemn, and his voice was a little higher: "Your Excellency, you should know that it is precisely because of the current worrying situation in Jiangnan that there is more need for capable people to live in...... It's not an ornament that wants to occupy an important position, but doesn't dare to take responsibility."

An official said, "But 'the power of the capable is not made by big words!'"

"Killing Xu Zhengye on the seventy-third day, at first you also thought it was a big talk, didn't it?" Wei Shuyi said, "And no matter whether General Ning Yuan is talking big or not this time, her name itself is already a deterrent at this time-

No matter how big or small this deterrent is, it is a fact that no one else can do or replace it at the moment."

"At the moment of the overall situation, you are not the kind of people who take advantage of the opportunity, so why should you insist on the careful thinking and methods that a girl is forced to do because of her inconvenience, so as to give birth to prejudices, so as to ignore the real benefits she can bring to the overall situation of the country and the dynasty?"

Hearing this, some officials who really took the overall situation into account wrinkled their eyebrows and pondered, and were silent for a while.

Soon, Uncle Wei came out of the queue and advocated agreeing to this matter from the pros and cons of the current situation.

When there is too much opposition to a thing, and the emperor does not take a stand, as a close minister of the Son of Heaven, he needs to make different voices and seek balance from it.

But what he said at this time was also from the heart.

After thinking about it seriously, many officials also said relatively euphemistically, "The current situation is special, so we can't blindly stick to normality" and "The matter of making General Ning Yuan assassinate the history of Jiangdu is worth careful discussion."

There are also many people who still oppose it, but they are only opposed, and no specific candidate has been put forward for a while...... If there is that diaphragm in the first place, who should not weigh it first?

Looking at those courtiers with different thoughts, the Holy Emperor finally said, "The words of the princes have their own reasons, this matter is related to the stability of Jiangnan, and I will carefully weigh and think about it."

Without a clear statement from the emperor, those officials who opposed it, although dissatisfied, could only respond "yes".

At the time of the next dynasty, the faces of many officials are not very good-looking, but what is more worthy of their anger is still to come-

Historically, women's grandiose ambition to seek real power has always been taboo in the eyes of the world and most men, and this point, even if the emperor of the dynasty is a woman, has not completely changed. On the contrary, in the eyes of many officials who selfishly oppose the empress's power and have never given up on returning the empress to the crown prince, women want power, these four words are really an ominous omen.

In this way, the conflict of interests of all parties led to more and more voices discussing or crusading against the matter, and these voices were transmitted from the mouths of the officials to the inner house, and then through the mouths of the women and servants of the inner house to the high walls of the powerful mansions.

According to common sense, this kind of court turmoil and dispute is not noticed by ordinary people on weekdays. First, the threshold is too high and not easy to understand. Second, if you accidentally commit any taboos, it is easy to get into trouble.

But this incident has broken this barrier, because the four words "General Ning Yuan" in the limelight are too close to ordinary people, and after tea and dinner in the streets and alleys, it is comparable to "whose sow has ten piglets in a litter", "which man secretly ***, and the man who bought it is also a man" and so on.

Therefore, it didn't take long for an official to sit in the official sedan chair after going down to the court, and he could already hear the people on the street talking about this matter.

And it's just a serious discussion, these foolish people don't know what kind of news they heard, and under the false rumors, they have become ......

"Have you heard that the sage gave General Ning Yuan the title of Jiangdu Assassin History, and stayed in Jiangdu to fight against the Japanese invaders!"

"Is it just the history of Jiangdu Thorn? How did I hear that he was appointed as the Governor of Yangzhou?"

When the official in the sedan chair heard this, a mouthful of blood choked on his throat - ignorant fools! Ignorant fools!

However, when these people are "arguing in vain", they always have to attach the phrase "the wisdom of the saints", which is full of praise at a glance, even if some officials want to intervene, they have no name.

Every few days, the storytellers of the teahouses, according to this matter, the books created by them have also come out one after another - it's not that they only stare at General Ning Yuan to write, in fact, the books about General Ning Yuan can bring their own audience, and there are even jokes in the industry, even if you let your own dog ghostwrite a scribble, as long as you bring the name of General Ning Yuan, there is no shortage of people to listen!

Looking at this momentum, as long as General Ning Yuan's deeds continue, they will chase and write in the back, maybe they will be able to eat and drink for the rest of their lives!

On this day, the servant of Mr. Storyteller, the most sought-after in Beijing, quietly left Beijing with his baggage and ventured to Jiangdu, just to bring back the latest material of General Ning Yuan's violent beating of the Japanese Invaders.

This matter spread more and more widely, so that Song Xian and others, who had just returned to Beijing from Luoyang, were a little unable to distinguish between the true and the false.

Although there were thrills in this disaster relief, fortunately, a group of seedlings also came back with all their tails, and Mrs. Chu was very pleased with this.

After Zhan Shilang, who urgently needed to be alone to heal his body and mind, entered Beijing, he asked Tan Li and the others to go home and change their clothes first, and enter the palace alone to face the saint.

After Xingli and Zhan Shilang parted, the young and tireless Miao Miao couldn't help but discuss the rumors they heard on the road about the "Jiangdu Thorn History".

"Now that we are officials in the court, it is not appropriate for us to discuss this matter outside like ordinary people." Song Xian opened his mouth to interrupt the whispers of his colleagues.

Everyone was awakened, so they stopped the topic in time, bowed to each other, and went home.

Tan Li and Song Xianshang walked together for a while, and on the way, Tan Li whispered curiously, "...... Yangzhi, speaking of which, what did you and Chang Niangzi say when you were in Bianzhou that day?"

The day before Chang Suining left Bianzhou, Song Xian and Tan Li sent each other privately, and in the end, Song Xian "borrowed a step to speak" to Chang Suining.

Tan Li has been curious for a long time, but he has never been able to find the right opportunity to ask.

Seeing that Song Xian was silent for a while, Tan Li smiled and said kindly: "It's okay if it's inconvenient to say, I'm just asking casually!"

"There's nothing inconvenient to say." Song Xian looked at a verdant willow at the entrance of the alley in front of him, and seemed to return to the scene of bidding farewell to Chang Suining under the willow tree that day.

At that time, he gave a deep salute to the other party.

"On that day, I apologized to Mrs. Chang and thanked her." His voice was hoarse from the exhaustion of days of running, but his demeanor and eyes were calm and clear.

Tan Li's face showed a sudden expression, and then asked, "Is that Chang Niangzi acceptable?"

Song Xian said "um", paused for a moment, and then said, "Not only did he accept it gladly, but he also asked me ......."

She also asked seriously, "Then Lord Song wants to apprentice now?"

Song Xian, who was silent for a while, repeated this statement at this moment.

After Tan Li was stunned, he suddenly laughed out loud: "...... How did you answer?"

"I say ......" Thinking of worshipping a little girl as a teacher, although Song Xian has no contempt for a long time, he still has the emotions of a normal person, and his face turned red at the moment: "I said, after she returns to Beijing, she will worship the teacher."

After all, the atmosphere had arrived, and if he refused, it would appear that his apology was insincere.

Tan Li laughed again, as if he was ready to have a banquet, but then he felt sorry again, and patted Song Xian's shoulder: "...... It's a pity that Yangzhi, the teacher, probably wants to stay in Jiangdu for a long time to fight against the Japanese invaders, and I'm afraid that he won't be able to come back for a while...... This apprenticeship wine can only be owed first."

Song Xian reluctantly pulled out a smile that didn't know whether it was happy or worried.

After separating from Song Xian, Tan Li returned to his residence and met his parents, who had been brought from the countryside by the trustee.

The parents of the Tan family burst into tears of joy when they saw the son of Guangzong Yaozu.

The husband and wife took their son to the room to talk, and asked with concern and curiosity about Tan Li's trip to Luoyang for disaster relief.

Tan Li untied the burden at this time, and after opening the burden, he took out a money bag and poured out a pile of silver.

The parents of the Tan family, who had never seen so much money, suddenly changed color, how could they help a disaster, but instead helped themselves to become rich? !

Although...... Although I have also heard that once a person becomes an official, it is easy to lose his heart, but his son is inevitably corrupted too quickly, too urgently!

The strength of the glorious ancestors has not passed, so it will not be able to quickly forward directly to the destruction of the family?!

Father Tan took off his straw sandals in pain, spat on the soles of the shoes, and was about to beat the unfilial son, only to hear the unfilial son shouting while hiding: "...... This is all earned by the son of his own skill."

Mother Tan was already wiping away tears: "Son, which corrupt official doesn't think so!"

"No, it's not......," Tan said, hugging his head, "This is what my son earned from his colleagues!"

On this trip to disaster relief, he copied the manuals all the way up to the topography and down to the way of doing things for officials, which was very detailed, and his colleagues were afraid of falling behind him, so they had to spend money to buy peace of mind.

Such a way to make a fortune was something he himself had never expected before!

On the other hand, after facing the saint, Zhan Shilang found the Ministry of Rites and was able to explain to the Taifu: "The students finally did not live up to the teacher's entrustment and brought them back one by one......

It's just that Zhan Shilang himself is a little tired - what does a woman with more than a dozen milk dolls look like in the confinement, what does he look like at the moment.

This demeanor made the always strict Mrs. Chu no longer bear to speak irritating, urging people to go back to wash the dust and rest.

But if you say something from the heart, Mrs. Chu feels that if people can come back safely, it can't be said that it is all the skills of Zhan Shilang and those Miao Miao......

It has to be his students, if it weren't for his students secretly getting a glimmer of life for those Central Plains scholars, those scholars were driven away, and they didn't know how to go crazy and fight back, and the jade was burned.

Sometimes, when it is appropriate to leave a way for others to live, it is actually for yourself.

Speaking of which, Li Xian, who was not ready to leave any way for those scholars to survive at first, seems to have returned to Beijing today.

At this time, Li Xian was kneeling in front of the emperor to ask for sin.

He "admitted" that he had acted inappropriately when he was in Luoyang, which aroused the dissatisfaction of scholars all over the world, which was really a big mistake.

Finally, he knocked his head to the ground: "...... If you don't act properly, please punish your aunt."