Originally, Chen Mo did not plan to let Zuo Lianglun be the prefect of Linzhou again.

After all, after he led the army to attack Linzhou, many counties in Linzhou also resisted.

But Xia Zhining recommended it to him, saying that when his father Xia Liangqing was still alive, he heard his father talk about Zuo Lianglun.

Unlike Liang Song, who was born in a big family, Xia Liangqing also had a good background, and because he stood on the right team, Zuo Lianglun became the prefect of Linzhou completely by merit.

Zuo Lianglun is the best at governance, the first name of the second class Jinshi, in the period of the first emperor, he served as three county commanders in Liuzhou and other places, and when he was a county magistrate in Changxian County, Liuzhou, there was an outbreak of famine and plague.

In order to make the large households willing to relieve the disaster, he set up a monument in the local area, and all the large households who donated grain could engrave their names on the tablet and put their merits on the county annals.

After that, he sold his usual grain at a reduced price, made a lot of thick porridge and decoction, and sent people with doctors to treat the people in the neighborhoods, saving many people.

Then, he managed the water conservancy, personally led people to dredge the river to make it navigable, and then built the embankment and weir gates. Control the accumulation and drainage of lake water, and then pile up the dug silt on the edge of the lake, which is 40 miles long from north to south, and build a long embankment for pedestrians.

Because every time he served as the county commander, he would govern the local area in an orderly manner, and the government was harmonious, and even made a county seat become a county, making the reputation more and more widespread, and the merits were also passed on to the ears of the first emperor.

The first emperor summoned Zuo Lianglun to Beijing to face the saint.

After Zuo Lianglun faced Beijing, the first emperor knew that he was a down-and-out nobleman, that is, from a poor family, and appreciated his talent, so he transferred him to Linzhou as a fellow governor.

It was at this time that Zuo Lianglun met Xia Liangqing, who was still a petty official in Beijing.

Xia Liangqing was also born as a Jinshi, but he was not in the same class as Zuo Lianglun, and after learning about Zuo Lianglun's achievements, he admired him very much.

Later, after Zuo Lianglun came to Linzhou, he was promoted to the prefect of Linzhou by the first emperor within two years, but not long after this time, the first emperor died.

Since then, Zuo Lianglun has been staying in Linzhou until now.

In the yamen, Zuo Lianglun moved all kinds of case files related to the situation in Linzhou, such as household registration files and field records, kept in the case library, to Chen Mo.

Soon, the table in front of Chen Mo was piled up like a mountain.

Of course, these Chen Mo will only briefly flip through them, and then ask the scribe to copy a copy and bring them back to Yuzhou.

Chen Mo flipped through the case file and talked to Zuo Lianglun: "Ben Hou heard that the insider said that the Zuo Prefect had a very dazzling political achievement when he learned that the Zuo Prefect had a very dazzling political achievement, and the three counties governed were all politically connected and harmonious, and they did a lot of practical things for the people, which is not simple." ”

"This little thing of the lower official is not worth mentioning compared to you Hou Ye, Hou Ye, you are the one who does big things." Zuo Lianglun said with a little flattery.

He is also telling the truth, at the age of eighteen, he was made a marquis, and the official worships three products, and the palm is two. The land of three states, since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, has not been compared.

As for the rumored that Chen Mo's strength is only six grades, Zuo Lianglun doesn't believe it at all, after all, even Liang Song was captured by the other party.

Chen Mo put down the case file when he heard this, and said in his heart, no wonder Zuo Lianglun can become a prefect, in addition to his political achievements, he speaks well, such a person, everyone likes to use it.

Zuo Lianglun continued: "I didn't expect the villain to be able to enter Mrs. Liang's eyes, it's really an honor for the lower officials." ”

Zuo Lianglun thought that the insider Chen Mo was talking about was Liang Xue.

After all, Liang Xue's giving Chen Mo as a concubine is now well known.

"The insider Ben Hou is talking about is not Liang Xue, but Xia Zhining." Chen Mo said.

“？？？”

Zuo Lianglun looked at Chen Mo with some doubts.

"Xia Liangqing, the second daughter of Xia Governor's Mansion." Chen Mo said.

Zuo Lianglun was stunned for a moment, and then subconsciously said: "Lord Xia's family is not all"

Halfway through speaking, Zuo Lianglun also understood something, and his heart was shocked, and he secretly said that the young man in front of him was really not an ordinary person.

Chen Mo didn't say much about this issue, thought of something, and said: "According to Ben Hou's understanding, there are at least 10,000 local soldiers in Linzhou, but Ben Hou fought all the way until he entered Xiangfen City, and there were only a few thousand, what about the others?" ”

Chen Mo didn't know much about the officialdom of Linzhou.

The integration of the military and government of Qingyu and the two states made him think that the same was true of Linzhou.

Hearing this, Zuo Lianglun couldn't help but feel bitter in his heart.

Although Linzhou is not as good as Qingdao and Yuzhou, it also has four counties and more than 500,000 people.

After entering Linzhou, Zuo Lianglun, who has experience in the governance of three counties and has achieved excellent results, has the support of the first emperor, and is full of pride in his heart, and plans to do a good job in Linzhou.

But the reality slapped him in the face, the land of a state, after all, is not a county, its internal forces are complicated, his experience in governing the county seat, here is not used at all, if not through the local scholars, his decree can not be implemented at all, and found that there are many resistances.

He wanted to be tougher, like treating the scholars in the county, but these people didn't pestle him at all, when the first emperor was still there, these people still listened to some words, although it was yang and yin, after the first emperor left, these people didn't bird him.

If he dares to mess around, without the first emperor as a backer, these people can get him off the horse through the relationship of the court.

Although he wanted to reform, he didn't want to lose his position, so he had to compromise with reality.

But as a literati, he still has a backbone and a bottom line, he just turns a blind eye to what he does in various places, and does not go along with them.

After learning about the current situation in Linzhou from Zuo Lianglun's mouth, Chen Mo raised his eyebrows, and secretly said that Zuo Lianglun is really a talent.

In this situation, Zuo Lianglun can control Xiangfen City in his hands, and he can also mobilize thousands of people, ordinary people can't do it, at least Geng Songfu doesn't have this means.

Chen Mo said: "Nearly 5,000 people, it is also a big force, since you can control so many people, there is no reason why you can't control the entire Linzhou?" ”

"Master Hou doesn't know that the reason why the lower officials were able to mobilize so many people to defend the city was because Hou Ye, your entry might damage their interests. Chen said the stakes. But if the lower officials want them to deal with those big families, then the tip of their sword will be directed at me. Zuo Lianglun smiled bitterly.

But even so, there are still two counties that are unwilling to cooperate.

After listening to Zuo Lianglun's narration, Chen Mo's fingers tapped lightly on the table, Zuo Lianglun's current situation, he wants to let Linzhou use it for himself, and it is also what he has to deal with, anyway, it is better to govern

In the past two years, Chen Mo also knows some ways to be an official, he said: "Benhou's army entered Linzhou, and it encountered layers of obstacles, there must be a traitor organization, there must be a traitor party in the state, Zuo Governor is aware of everything, it should know who the same party is, it is better to make a list, Benhou asked Captain Sun to assist you in dealing with it." ”

As soon as these words came out, Zuo Lianglun only felt that his scalp was numb, but he soon felt happy in his heart, the reason why he compromised with reality was nothing more than that he had no soldiers and no backers, but now that there are people to support him, it is not a good time to eradicate the abnormal opportunity.

Some people, Zuo Lianglun's stomach has long been holding back a fire.

Soon, Zuo Lianglun picked up the pen and wrote.

A piece of paper the size of an adult's palm with names written all over it.

Chen Mo handed over the list to Sun Meng and said: "Take three hundred personal soldiers, and then take the warrant of this marquis, and lead two thousand elite soldiers from Shenyongwei and Shenwuwei each, and go with the Zuo prefect." ”

"No." Sun Meng took the list, arched his hand to Chen Mo, and then looked at Zuo Lianglun: "Lord Zuo, please." ”

Zuo Lianglun walked out of the yamen and walked with the wind.

Zuo Lianglun was the first to open the knife to the Tongzhi of the state city, and then the general judgment, implicating hundreds of people for this.

Sun Meng sent someone to report, saying that Zuo Lianglun took the opportunity to eliminate dissidents, and the means were too much, and asked Chen Mo if he wanted to stop it.

Chen Mo replied and let him go.

Anyway, Chen Mo just asked Sun Meng to be responsible for assisting, and it was really infamous because of this, and it was Zuo Lianglun who carried it, and what did it have to do with him.

Fortunately, Zuo Lianglun can govern the three counties well, and he is not a person who loves to kill, in addition to the main leader killed, the other party's family only killed men, female dependents and other involved forces, they were just put in prison, confiscated family property, and they would not even be punished.

After Xiangfen City was disposed of, it spread to the surrounding counties.

Zuo Lianglun's methods are indeed clever, and when he excluded dissidents, he stabilized the people before that, and prevented the family from agitating the people, which led to the occurrence of the people's uprising.

September 10th.

What happened in Linzhou gradually spread to the world and reached the ears of those big power leaders.

Huaizhou.

Today is the time for Princess Huai to return to the Huai Palace.

At the beginning, due to the capture of Huaizhou by the Tianshi army, the army of King Huai left behind in Huaizhou was frightened, and escorted Princess Huai to retreat to Jiangnan for refuge.

After the Huaizhou Rebellion was resolved, King Huai sent someone to Jiangnan to bring Princess Huai back, and she only arrived today.

King Huai took the people of the palace and personally came to the palace to wait for him.

As a member of the royal family, King Huai is also a prince with real power in the army, the reason why this is so is that he has a good relationship with Princess Huai Xiao Yunxi, and second, he can have today, and he is inseparable from the support of the Xiao family, and the third is that Xiao Yunxi's brother went out with him to crusade against Xu Guozhong but died in Hedong, King Huai felt guilty and planned to make up for the Xiao family in other aspects.

Soon, several luxurious carriages appeared at the end of the street, flanked by a group of well-armed, tall and burly cavalry.

The convoy stopped in front of the Huai Wang's Mansion, and the accompanying slaves and maids got out of the carriage first, and then moved out a small wooden step and placed it next to the frame.

Soon, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a beautiful woman with graceful curves and bumps, holding a baby in swaddling clothes, got out of the carriage with the support of the slave maid.

The beautiful woman is dressed in a palace skirt, covered with a shawl, because she has to take care of the child, her long hair is casually draped on her back, she does not apply powder, and she does not wear a jewelry, and her cheeks are a little ruddy under the sun, and the wind is charming, like a gorgeous peony blooming in the wind and snow.

The people below handed the gown to King Huai, and King Huai greeted him with the smock and said: "Yunxi has worked hard all the way, but this king is useless, and he actually let you retreat to Jiangnan for refuge, which frightened you." ”

(End of chapter)