The officials of Dingnan City still have a half-understanding of the current situation, but they have judgments that Hong Zhao's current situation in Shendu is likely to be bad.

is in the loyalty to the Great Jin Dynasty, no matter what, everyone still takes the Shendu Imperial Court, and the dispute between the court and the government has nothing to do with them, but what they are most afraid of is that once this kind of struggle expands, they will be implicated, so most of them are cautious.

When Sedum informed everyone of the current situation, this group of people was terrified!

Wouldn't fighting a war with the Shence army of the Great Jin Dynasty be a rebellion? How could this be good? If they didn't express their position, they would be considered by the imperial court to be a rebellion of the king of Dingnan, and Jiangai would inevitably be purged by the imperial court.

The important thing is that if you express your stance now, and declare that you will not stand with the king of Dingnan, then His Royal Highness the prince will definitely turn his face on the spot, his net worth and life are in Dingnan City, and he will face a disaster soon!

How is this good? Everyone was worried.

So many people set their eyes on one person! This person is Lord Shi, the Shoushi Nullah of Dingnancheng County!

The mentality of conformity is probably a bit of a herd mentality, but this Lord Shi Mingqu Shi is the highest administrative governor in the city below the king of Dingnan! His decision largely determines the direction of the behavior of all administrative officials.

Originally, there was no county guard in Dingnan City, but because of this city, it didn't exist at all, it was a new city that Hong Zhao had built rapidly in the past twenty or thirty years, and soon there were more than one million residents!

As this new city became bigger and bigger, the Shendu Imperial Court gradually became more and more important, and specially sent a county guard! That is this Lord Shi.

This is the embodiment of the strong will of the imperial court, and the king of Dingnan accepts it or not, but it is arranged like this.

Dingnan City is so special, it is equivalent to the personal private city of Dingnan Wang Hongzhao, if you shoehorn in such an official, don't you want to snatch control of the entire city?

Everyone knows that this official is very difficult to be, and Shi Mingqu knows even more, but fortunately, Hong Zhao did not embarrass Lord Shi, and he was indeed very cooperative with his duties as a county guard, but Shi Mingqu couldn't let go of his hands and feet.

Speaking of the management of a city, it is cumbersome and fatal, and if the real master of the city does not cooperate, the county keeper wants to do something, it is basically delusional.

Whether it is the expenditure of urban defense, public security, infrastructure construction, management and service departments at all levels, the dredging of rivers, the cleaning of sanitation, the establishment of schools and medical centers, or even the number of shared toilets to be built in the city?

The reason is that for some reason, the right to the entire financial revenue of Dingnan City has not yet been handed over to him for the time being.

That is, if you don't have financial power in your hands, then you don't want to do anything! If you don't have financial power, you will naturally be far from personnel power, and if others are not afraid of you, you will have no authority, even if you have a big official position?

Master Shi also knew that this was the status quo, how could the king of Dingnan put the financial power of the city in his hands? You can't fight for this matter, so it's better not to fight.

His mentality is very good, when things are not as he thinks, the financial power is not that Hong Zhao will not give it to him, but that he will slowly hand over part by part and throw it to him all at once, I am afraid that Shi Mingqu himself will not be able to figure it out.

What's more, that Han Bobo in the Dingnan Palace's mansion is not easy to mess with! It turns out that the financial power is all in his hands.

Lord Shi himself didn't expect that the king of Dingnan was actually quite supportive of his work, and during this time, he gradually transferred some tax income and related account books, and even the balance of the city wall infrastructure, which was a very complicated part of the account books.

The financial power is being transferred slowly, at least in the future, he will have to distribute the monthly gifts of officials at all levels under him, and there is no need to let those people go to the Dingnan Palace to line up, which is good for establishing his prestige.

Before Hong Zhao left Dingnan City, basically except for the military expenses of the Dingnan Army and the account books related to the city defense and ordnance, most of the financial rights had been transferred to the county guard!

Lord Shi didn't say anything on the surface, but he knew very well in his heart that at present, he was tantamount to truly controlling the financial power of the entire Dingnan City, and at first he thought that Han Bobo would be very unhappy and might find trouble with himself.

Later, I learned that the Dingnan Palace's own specific expense account books, coupled with other messy things, had long made Han Bobo extremely annoyed, and he was able to separate the financial and power account books of the Finalized City, not to mention how happy Han Bobo was.

In this way, Shi Mingqu was relieved, so he began to really take over all the administrative work of the entire Dingnan City, and in a short period of time, everything was on the right track, and Dingnan City naturally became more and more prosperous.

This is Shi Mingqu's political achievements, he has invested a lot of energy and hard work, and his feelings for this Dingnan City are not deep.

This is also the reason why he did not choose a side when he learned that the Shendu Imperial Court was going to deal with Hong Zhao of the Dingnan Army, at least as a courtier of the Great Jin, he could not oppose the Great Jin Immortal Dynasty, and he was still loyal to the Shendu Imperial Court.

But now it's different, the Dingnan Army completely tore its face with the Great Jin, and went to war directly with the Shence Army, and captured tens of thousands of prisoners, isn't this equivalent to Dingnan King Hongzhao rebelling?

As the highest-ranking administrative official sent by the Shendu Imperial Court, how should he choose? Not only did everyone below look at him, but even the prince of Dingnan was also looking at him.

Shi Mingqu knew that he had to speak, and he obviously wouldn't be able to pass this level if he didn't speak!

"Ladies and gentlemen, His Royal Highness, and a few generals, you all look at Shi, do you want to hear Shi Mou say your opinion?"

Sedum smiled: "Lord Shi can express his own opinions, of course we are welcome." ”

Guan Shanhai and Wang Zuonong also nodded with a smile, they had already gathered people in the mansion, and today they must purge dissidents, and there must be stability in Dingnan City without any problems.

"Everyone, what is the biggest threat to my Great Jin Nanzhou?" Shi Mingqu asked.

"Yes, of course...... It's the Southern Tang Dynasty!" someone responded.

"That's right, the king of Dingnan is the chief of my Great Jin Dynasty's territory, and he has the right to make military decisions, and any military action he does is to prevent the loss of Dingnan Pass from threatening the land of my Great Jin Nanzhou! As long as the Dingnan army is in the land of Nanzhou for a day, the people of the Great Jin Dynasty can live and work in peace and contentment for a day! This is not an exaggeration, right?"

All the officials nodded yes together, Lord Shi's words seem to be a bit tasteful, if the existence of King Dingnan is the pillar of the entire Great Jin Dynasty, it is a bit excessive, at least the land of Nanzhou is like this.

Without the Dingnan Army to hold Dingnan Pass, the Southern Tang Army would inevitably invade the entire Nanzhou, and I am afraid that the Shence Army of the Imperial Court may not be the opponent of the Southern Tang Army.

"For the Great Jin Dynasty, for the Shendu Imperial Court, as long as Dingnan Pass is defended by the Dingnan Army, it is equal to the greatest merit, and the biggest threat is eliminated.

This time, everyone stopped talking, Shi Mingqu was secretly changing concepts, which everyone could hear, but what he said was not unreasonable.

"As long as the threat to Dingnan Pass is eliminated, even if the Dingnan Army has made contributions to the Great Jin Dynasty, I don't care about who to do military actions with, what I care about is the long-term peace and stability of Dingnan City, the people are happy and worry-free, all industries are prosperous, and taxes are abundant. ”

"Shall we not take a stance on what Lord Ish-sama said?" someone asked.

"We do our part well, we have already stated that the internal affairs of Dingnan City are stable, all industries are prosperous, and all the people live and work in peace and contentment, which is equivalent to stabilizing the land of Nanzhou, relieving the worries of the soldiers on Dingnan Pass, and naturally guarding the border to prevent external troubles.

"Lord Shi means that we just do our own thing, Dingnanguan is unhindered, the people of Nanzhou live in peace, and the land of Nanzhou is stable, as for other things, we are not in charge, right?"

"Of course, that's what the official thinks, and that's what he does!" Shi Mingqu said proudly.

Sedum immediately applauded, clapped his hands and said: "What Lord Shi said is extremely true, for the Great Jin, to ensure that Dingnan Pass is not threatened by the Southern Tang Dynasty, we are all meritorious ministers! As for other things, everything is naturally reasonable! After all, we are all subjects of the Great Jin, aren't we!"

If Shi Mingqu found a political event for all the officials present not to interfere in the battle between the Dingnan Army and the Great Jin Shence Army, then Sedum gave everyone an excuse not to rebel!

That is, everyone still belongs to the subjects of the Great Jin Dynasty, and they didn't say that they would rebel against the Great Jin Dynasty and rebel! Since no one rebelled, there was no need to show their attitude to anyone to show their loyalty, and there was no need to choose sides.

Sedum looked at Shi Ming's channel with a smile: "In this case, the internal affairs of Dingnan City are stable and the status quo of the people's hearts is stable, so there is Lord Lao Shi to bother!"

"That's the responsibility of the official, naturally no matter if you are slack, Your Royal Highness the Prince of the World, please rest assured. ”

Lord Shi Mingqu took the lead, and all the officials below expressed their attitudes, and a mess ended without a hitch, which was an accident for Sedum and others, but this is a good thing, and it is better not to kill people than not to kill people.

Everything in Dingnan City is dull, everything has not changed, not only has it not become tense, but it has become more prosperous, and even the gate of Dingnan City is not closed until night.

In the next few days, Sedum made several trips to Baixiaomen, and in addition to learning some special information, he also explained some detailed information and information that he had mastered, and specially designated to transmit it to Shendu.

Then the battle report of the Erqing Grassland came! The Shenwei Flying Cavalry defeated Zhang Chonghu's Shence Army and captured countless people! Bai Jianzhou's leading army returned victorious!

Such news immediately spread in Dingnan City again, but no one came out to say that there was anything wrong, as if the Divine Guard Army did not win the Great Jin army, but the Southern Tang army.

Sedum was riding a horse towards Dingnanguan at this time, and he was quite unhappy in his heart.