It wasn't until Empress Song gently reminded him that Fang Hongtian came back to his senses and instructed the eunuch beside him: "Go and bring up the fold that I didn't finish last night." ”

The eunuch bowed and retreated, and it didn't take long for a large stack of folds to be brought up with a few eunuchs.

Fang Hongtian casually picked up a piece of music and looked at it, Empress Song glanced at it on the side, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, this is very good." ”

Fang Hongtian nodded and said, "If you want to be the king of the fief, you must know how to govern the fiefdom, you can answer me a question, Chaozhou and Hengzhou know, right?"

Fang Ling Lisuo replied: "Chaoheng two states are located in the south of our country, the two states are adjacent, located in the plain area, many rivers and few mountains, the largest river is called Wujiang, the river road derives many ports, since ancient times the land is fertile and abundant, is the trading and distribution center of grain, cotton, aquatic products and various native products. At the same time, the two states have produced more talents since ancient times, and the literary style is very strong, since the founding of our country, there are many scholars and scholars from the land of Chaoheng, and there are also many places of interest and historic sites there......"

Fang Ling talked eloquently, and the courtiers nodded secretly when they heard it, they didn't expect that the eldest prince who had never been out of the cold palace actually knew so much about all the states in the country.

Xue Zhiqiu and the others also lit up when they heard this, and their worries couldn't help but be less, while Queen Song's face became even more gloomy.

Fang Hongtian didn't expect that Fang Ling was quite knowledgeable, so he continued: "The governors of Chaozhou and Hengzhou wrote at the same time, saying that there are a large number of river thieves on the river recently, these people are familiar with the water, familiar with the terrain, and they steal the cargo of civilian ships every time, but it is not easy to capture, if this is your territory, how should you solve this solution?"

Xue Zhiqiu and the others were secretly shocked when they heard this, this question seemed ordinary, but in fact it was a great test of ability, because many river thieves in the two states of Chaoheng had heard of it over the years, and they were not wiped out every time, and there were many river thieves who occupied the lake and lived in the lake, set it up as a water village, although the two states had troops, but the helpless river thieves knew how to retreat, and the water quality was excellent, it was not easy to completely solve this problem.

The foreign envoys listened to it and saw that the test that Emperor Chu said was by no means a formality, but a real test.

Fang Ce's brows furrowed when he heard this, obviously knowing that this question was very difficult, and the courtiers were also whispering, guessing the answer of the eldest prince.

Su Guifei was born in everyone, she was known as a talented woman in her early years, not only familiar with poetry and books, but also dabbled in local customs and customs, Fang Ling grew up under his teaching since childhood, and Dong Canghai, as the deputy commander of the imperial front, often stayed outside the palace when he came back, and every time he came back, he would tell him what he had heard in the court, so Fang Ling knew everything that had happened in the court over the years, and he was also familiar with the situation in various places.

Hearing Fang Hongtian's question, he only thought about it for a moment, and then replied loudly: "There have been river thieves in the two states of Chaoheng since ancient times, and they are inexhaustible, and they are reborn, but as long as you pay a little attention, you will find that every time the river thieves are prosperous, it is a drought season. ”

As soon as these words were said, the courtiers couldn't help but whisper, and some even began to recall whether the trouble of the river thieves every few years was related to the drought.