Chapter 157: Court Proposal (Part 1)

Li Jue Mansion has a deep courtyard and a wide courtyard. The gate tower is towering. There is a pair of stone lions standing on the front door.

The two armored soldiers stood solemnly, wearing armored clothes and long swords on their waists. At this time, it was the moment before dawn, but the two armored soldiers could not patrol.

During the fifth update, it was four o'clock in the morning, and the curfew in the city was opened. It took three minutes to enter the outer city, but the people living in the city had already gotten up early and there were mule carts and trolleys everywhere.

At this time, the sound of chickens also rose and fell. At this time, Fang Xin woke up from Li Rui. Now he could only project one place. Therefore, after comprehension, he immediately withdrew from the plane of Xia Yubing and projected here instead.

There is a merit body here, and it is very easy to connect. Therefore, after a moment, the memory is digested. Fang Xin squinted his eyes and smiled before getting up. He was moved and heard outside whispering: "Master, are you awake?"

As he said that, the door opened and a candle lit up.

Fang Xin glanced at him and saw a pretty maid wearing a thin inner skirt, as if she had just gotten up from the bed, but her buns had two beads on her buns. She was about fifteen or sixteen years old, and her figure had been developed, with a melon-shaped face, bright eyes and white teeth, and even cute.

The candles she lit were all big candles. The maid lit five of them in one breath before she could stop. The candlelight shone suddenly. Fang Xin said casually: "Zisha? When is it now?"

"Master, it's only the fourth update now!" Zisha replied. She stepped forward and dressed him generously without any pretentiousness: "But the eldest master, he has already gotten up to study."

The eldest son Li Ningwen is now fourteen years old, and his body is thirty-three years old. Yes, it has been more than ten years in a daze.

However, this body is considered a member of the party.

In March of the 19th year of Mingwen, the year name was Yong'an, which was the first year of Yong'an. In June, he became the magistrate of Nanyun County, Yanyang Province. Until the seventh year of Yong'an, he served as the magistrate of two six years.

In the past six years, the prefect set up a project, blocked streams and built ponds, and opened 130,000 mu of fertile land to absorb refugees, causing the Han people in the county to change from 34,000 households to 52,000 households.

He also severely punished those natives who did not obey orders, trained 3,000 rural soldiers, and made fifty-six chieftains in the county surrender.

Then, the army banned and the prison was cleared, and the territory was in a state of solemnity, providing relief to the victims, teaching the people to raise silkworms, weaving, planting, and breeding... In six years, a backward county turned into a very prosperous county.

This is indeed a great event that benefits all people. Local people in Namyun County are very respected and loved.

This incident even attracted the attention of the court

Secret records

"... I followed the order to check it out. I saw that the county was erected in the dam and led it with dozens of stem and branch canals, so that it irrigated 100,000 mu of rice and made its land fat... The gentry and people here respected it and called it publicly, and they also had a lot of discussions to create a temple on it. This matter is very large and I need to ask for an order to handle it. I hope my emperor's sage..."

A temple is a temple for ghosts, gods, ancestors, and sages. In other words, if there is a temple in this way, it is equivalent to enthroning the gods in this world and enjoying the incense and worship of the people. It naturally has unexplainable benefits.

Generally speaking, the ancestral temple is established with great virtues and rule by the people, so that the people can establish it.

The court ordered Xu Zhinanyun County to build a ancestral temple, and Li Rui from the Jin Dynasty was promoted to the fourth-rank Hanlin Academy. This position was composed of articles, school managers, and lectures on papers and history. However, in fact, he was promoted to the public and secretly and was leisurely in the Hanlin Academy. During this leisure, he served as a two-year bachelor of Hanlin Academy for six years. According to his normal qualifications, he was promoted to the first level and was a fourth-rank Wenyuan Pavilion bachelor, but he was still a noble position.

The merit body endures patience, has worked diligently for six years, and has been in harmony with loneliness, and has never participated in the government affairs at all. It even means that thunder, rain and dew are all kindness.

Moreover, it is not without benefits. Over the past six years, I have been in contact with the Qing literati and gradually gained fame. Many students in the court and the country have read the six books of Li, and the influence is spreading silently.

But until now, he got the opportunity and put his clothes on. He said, "Please invite the imperial edict and put it on the table. Also, please come in with the gentlemen in the mansion."

The maid Zisha immediately looked solemn and replied: "Yes!"

Not much time has passed, first the imperial edict was placed on the plate and invited it, and then, a group of people came in. When they got inside, they saluted and said, "Lord!" or "Tongda Gong!"

This is also a very typical situation in this world. For officials, the third rank is a key step. Once they reach it, they can be called a certain master. Li Rui's name is Tongda, so they can be called Tongda Gong.

After hearing this title, Fang Xin smiled a little bitterly and bowed and said, "I am the governor of Anchang Province by the grace of the emperor, but this is not easy to be accused of!"

After saying that, he asked everyone to sit down again.

Everyone knew it well. It had been three days since they received the imperial edict. It was not until now that they summoned everyone in the mansion. This new third-rank governor of Anchang Province was patient.

"Yes, lord, this Anchang Province is indeed indestructible. King Anchang is the king, and most of them imitate the dynasty. The military and political affairs are integrated. Twelve prefectures are organized, ten households are established, one assistant chief, one hundred households are established, one battalion chief, one thousand households are established, one chief chief, one ten households are established, one ten general, one ten households are established, one ten general, and one ten general, and one ten general. The fallen people and counties are established to manage the Han people to farm. Now, there are only six court counties left in Anchang eight counties, and only five counties are left. Therefore, Tongdagong's trip is actually just a commander of one county. The grand dynasty of the court is really good." Shen Xuan said sneeringly.

Shen Xuan followed Li Rui ten years ago and has been valued by him. His qualifications in the mansion are getting older.

"Duke Tongda, over the past decade, the Anchang King Zheng ordered the military to be full of military power. He currently has 80,000 elite soldiers, all of which are all war-making soldiers. The court guarded Sandong Pass, with only 30,000 soldiers. Moreover, over the past decade, the court has consumed 20 million taels of silver in the southwest quagmire. The court has really struggled. Otherwise, it would not have been a lord to be the governor, the shogunate, the shogunate, the full power, and the military pay will be raised." The person who said this was a middle-aged man in his forties. This man was Zhang Zhuo, the son-in-law of Wei Nanzhu, whom he knew back then. Zhang Zhuo was actually a great talent. Unfortunately, he was not lucky enough to pass the Jinshi exam so far. After Wei Nanzhu's death, he also joined the Li family.

The State Administration of the Great Chu State was separated, and the chief administrative officer of a province was the governor, and the governor, as the name suggests, represents the emperor to inspect and appease the local area. It is a combination of power in the three departments and is not set up in this dynasty. It is targeted to be a officials and a semi-in-chief.

After hearing this, Fang Xin nodded silently and looked at a young man in his twenties. The young man frowned and said in a deep thought: "Master, and I think this King Anchang is really unpredictable. Look at him, he is steadily and gradually eroding. He is neither rushing nor inaction, and seems to be trying to drag the court!"

As soon as this sentence was said, Fang Xin was shocked and knew that this son was extraordinary.

The founding of the Great Chu Kingdom for 160 years, with deep foundations. If King Anchang made a rapid advance, he would directly threaten the foundation of the Great Chu Kingdom. He was afraid that it would only be a temporary problem. Although he could be a temporary one, he would eventually be destroyed by using his power to exert his country's strength at all costs. Even though the Great Chu could not help, it would be a good idea. This was just a way for the new master.

But now, he was hard in the southwest, and he dragged the court to carry out a continuous quagmire war in the southwest. He could neither retreat nor advance, so that the court could lose blood every year. Sure enough, in just ten years, the Great Chu court had drained all its strength, and was strong outside and fought at the middle, and sometimes even natural disasters could not be comforted. The people's hearts were gradually chaotic and their luck gradually faded. A small number of rebels had already emerged. This was like a man, although he was middle-aged, if he continued to lose blood, he would become weaker and weaker until he died.

If you can say this and think of this, you are already a national sage. Fang Xin looked at Jiang Qingbai deeply, and his heart moved, but he just said "happy".

From his memory, he also knew that the situation in the southwest was becoming more and more critical at this time. The first deterioration was a crisis, the other deterioration was a failure, the third deterioration was a failure, and the four deterioration was almost no situation to be distributed! Over the past ten years, 41 officials and generals who died in battle in the southwest, just above the fifth rank, have been 41.

In particular, eight third- and even second-rank officials, including Zhang Erhu, Liu An, Li Xuan, Zhao Lin, He Shihe, Fang Ce, Yang Guangning, Qi Bingqi, etc., were either killed in battle or imprisoned due to unfavorable war. The officials in the court and the government were all afraid of the barbarians and said that things about the southwest were all shrunk and dared not take the post. This is why it was Fang Xin's turn to go.

The governor of this dynasty opened the government office and built a yamen. Outside the gate, he established two archways and calmed down. The layout of government orders and rewards and punishments were all in this way. The generals sent troops, received laws and offered sacrifices, and they were also here. The so-called weight was equivalent to that of the governor, and the court had no choice but to set it up and was not commonly used.

Fang Xin thought silently about Sandong Pass, Liugong County and Five Counties, but had to smile: "Since the emperor has a destiny, then we are ministers, so we can only devote ourselves to our own efforts until we die, but you will not go."

"Where is the Lord's words, I cannot protect you by the Lord's grace. Now is our opportunity." The few people present, all of whom have been in the heart of more than ten years, answered in unison.

Fang Xin scanned the scene and knew that they were all loyal, so he smiled: "Okay, I can open the shogunate and serve as a shogunate official. There is a chief official who will be in charge of the affairs of the government. Shen Xuan, you can serve it."

Shen Xuan was already fifty years old at this time. After hearing this, Qinghuang showed a smile on his face, and he knelt down calmly and said, "Yes, Lord!"

The governor's shogunate chief is also a sixth rank, but he is actually the first official in the shogunate.

"Zhang Zhuo, you can be a consultant in Wenbo."

Zhang Zhuo also stood up, knelt down and said, "Yes, Lord."

Wen Bo is a member of the shogunate, in charge of the general records, and has been a good or evil person, and is involved in political and military affairs. Although he is the seventh rank, he is extraordinary.

"Jiang Qingbai, you can be the counselor of the Cangcao."

Jiang Qingbai also knelt down and thanked him. The custodian of the Warehouse was in charge of all the finances and warehouses of the shogunate, similar to the Ministry of Revenue.

"Go and call Wu Jie in." Fang Xin said at the end.

A moment later, heavy footsteps came from outside. When he arrived at the door, he respectfully asked for instructions. After Fang Xin approved it, Wu Jie came in. Under the candlelight, he was wearing armor and a long sword. When he was in his thirties, his fierce aura was like a wolf or a tiger. When he saw Fang Xin, he knelt down.

"Wu Jie, now I appoint you as the rank of the military captain, the eighth rank. According to the court system, the governor of the shogunate can build a battalion of troops and serve as my personal guard. You can choose more warriors to enter."

Li Rui was the prefect of Nanyun County, Yanyang Province for six years. He naturally had conflicts with indigenous people, and had seven major and large wars. He also collected some warriors who had undergone military training and battlefield tests and brought them back to the Li Mansion in the name of tenants, but was favored. Therefore, although there were only ten formal soldiers in the palace, Wu Jie answered without hesitation: "Yes, thank you, Lord."

After a pause, he said, "Now, we can gather more than 100 warriors, and we can form two teams. The first battalion and five teams are 250, which is not enough."

Fang Xin nodded and said, "I also know that the soldiers are not many, but the elite. Then we will first form three teams and add the rest later. The emperor's imperial edict has been issued and we will set off within ten days. You can do it quickly."

“Yes, Lord.”

Fang Xin was quite relieved about this. There were not many soldiers or reserved soldiers in the mansion, so he must be the elite. Although there were only a hundred people, he could protect his safety.

"Counselor Jiang." Fang Xin thought for a while and said, since he had been appointed, he would be called by his professional title.

"The official is here."

"This time we go to the southwest, food, grass and intelligence are the most important. You have a heavy responsibility. You can go to the southwest first and observe the situation along the way, especially the situation at Sandong Pass, can you?"

Jiang Qingbai immediately smiled and bowed and replied: "Yes, this should be."

Fang Xin Brigade went to take office, and along the way, there were at least 500 family members and shogunate personnel. Of course, it was very slow to walk. It was already good to be able to reach it within two months.

However, when taking office, the first requirement is to be clear about the situation, so it is necessary to send people to come forward with light equipment in advance, investigate and survey.

"There are dangers along the way. You can carry a thousand taels of gold. I will send four soldiers in the palace to protect you, be careful." Fang Xin thought for a while and said again.

This is not only protection, but also supervision.

Jiang Qingbai nodded and said, "I will not be humiliated!"

After discussing some things, the first ray of morning light had been reflected outside the hall, illuminating a clear autumn color. After a moment, everyone was ordered to come out.
Chapter completed!