There are considerable reasons why Duhou and Cao cannot control Xia Di alone.
On the one hand, with his military prowess and his cultivation of Taoism, it was easy for the Chu State to be on guard, and all Cao Cao to suppress Xia, making the surrounding neighbors uneasy. Secondly, with the huge prestige of destroying Xia in one battle, it is easy to separate the country and establish a country.
"You Sheng Bi Tan" said, "Jade should not be placed in a fragile place, and how can the name be given lightly to the person holding the weapon!
The truth has been explained thoroughly.
This has nothing to do with whether Cao Jie is loyal or whether Emperor Qi trusts him.
But any emperor should avoid such problems and avoid giving his ministers undue space.
The governor of Xia Di was not Chongxuan Chu Liang, not Li Zhengyan, not Chen Zeqing, for the same reason.
Jiang Wang, as a great hero in the war against Xia and a person with great prestige in Xia, was actually no exception, even though his current cultivation level was not even threatening.
Su Guanying said that she was waiting for tea, which was of course the master of the place, but in her words, she attributed Jiang Wang to Southern Xinjiang and classified her as one of her own. The heat in this is just right.
Jiang Wang only replied, "I can't help myself." I will listen to the emperor in everything, which can be regarded as a measured answer.
Through these two greetings, the two parties established a preliminary consensus and gained a little understanding of each other beyond rumors.
The emperor forced Jiang Wang to memorize the book, and he memorized "The Sword of History Cuts the Sea" precisely because time flies, the years roll by, and there is nothing new in the world for thousands of years. Everything happening today can be reflected in history. Reading history can make you wise.
The two parties entered the Governor's Mansion and sat opposite each other in the main hall, with no prioritization.
Su Guanying said with a smile: "The candidate Wu'an came here at this time to support our construction of southern Xinjiang with actions." At this moment, her posture became more cordial.
"Jiang is a martial artist who only knows how to use his fists and feet. He doesn't know anything about national construction." Jiang Wang smiled bitterly and said: "To be honest with Su Du, Linzi is too noisy. I just found a place to practice quietly."
"Marquis Wu An was granted the title of Marquis for his martial arts. Unexpectedly, he turned out to be a quiet person."
“I just know how much I weigh.
"Isn't it a purple golden beam?" Su Guanying said with a smile: "I see in this vast country, among the younger generation, no one is heavier than you.
"Don't say that." Jiang Wang waved his hands repeatedly: "Bowang Hou Shisun is much more important than me!"
There's an attitude among the jokes.
Seeing that he was so unwilling to do anything, Su Guanying pondered for a moment and said: "Actually, before you came here, a governor's meeting was being held here. I think Marquis Wu'an didn't like the excitement, so he didn't let them come to see the ceremony. Jiang Wang quickly stood up: " How dare you mislead the governor from his business? Please continue. It is a blessing to see the Governor today, so I will take my leave first. "
Su Guanying raised her hand and motioned for him to sit down: "We've almost finished what we should talk about. I just want to talk to Marquis Wu An."
She slowly took a sip of tea and said, "At that time, Southern Xinjiang was just settled, and there was a shortage of people everywhere. I was just building the Governor's Mansion. In order to avoid the rebellion of the people, and because it was inconvenient to recruit too many Qi people to govern, I had to use the old Xia Dynasty first. Officer. But it is difficult to respond to the title, and it is easy to have the desire to return to the summer. In the end, it will not last forever, it can only be temporary.
Jiang Wang felt troubled when he heard this, and was thinking of finding an excuse to avoid it.
But Su Guanying spoke very quickly. Before he could think of something to say, he got straight to the point: "Now the situation is basically stable in southern Xinjiang and all wastes are prospering. Mountains and rivers have changed, and old things must be changed. I have reported to the emperor that the Xia Di Examination will be held today to restore the throne. Since the title, title, and title of Marquis of Luwu'an coincides with this meeting, how about becoming an examiner?"
Jiang Wang immediately refused: "Jiang himself is ignorant and has no knowledge of political affairs. How can he be qualified to be the examiner? Southern Xinjiang covers thousands of miles, and the official examination is not a trivial matter. It is related to the welfare of hundreds of millions of people. People with high moral standards should be the examiners. I Don’t dare to mislead others.”
"There is nothing more virtuous than being able to suppress disasters, and there is nothing more prestigious than saving the people." Su Guanying looked at him: "In this southern Xinjiang, among all the officials in Da Qi, you, the Marquis of Wu'an, are the most virtuous and prestigious! If you don't come here, who else will?" ?”
Jiang Wang said with a bitter face: "Others don't know, how can Su Du not know? Why do I suppress disasters and save all people? It's just my luck to get a great name. Duhou uses his troops like a god and knows every plan. In fact, he has already Get ready. Even without me, we would not be able to reach the Jiangyin Plain in the disaster. You are making fun of me by talking about this!" Not to mention the strategic significance of Duhou saving a trump card. For the people of southern Xinjiang, the person who suppressed the disaster was Jiang Wangye, the Marquis of Wu'an. This is an established fact and a truth they recognize. Controlled by others, it doesn't matter. A consensus has been formed that your prestige in southern Xinjiang is unmatched. Su Guanying said: "Or is it that Marquis Wu'an is in his position but unwilling to take responsibility?" "
This guy is really awesome.
Before today, Jiang Wang only had a rough understanding of Su Guanying's resume.
The Su family used to be considered a wealthy family, but it has declined since her grandfather's generation. Her father even died in the battle at Haijiang, and the building collapsed.
Su Guanying has been pampered and cared for since she was a child. It can be said that she has never touched the spring water with her fingers. She is longer than female red, likes to plant flowers, is good at poems, lyrics, and beautiful jade.
After her father died in the war, everything changed.
Good times and beautiful scenery all come to nothing.
She put down her flower scissors and needlework, picked up her old armor and sword, and has been stationed overseas ever since.
He said, “Before the age of twenty, you don’t know the human heart. After the age of twenty, you know everything about the human heart.”
At the age of twenty-five, he became famous in the Battle of Ju Ming Island.
Later, he successively served as the official of the Ministry of Personnel, the governor of Jinghai County, and the lord of Pinglu City behind the Gate of Ten Thousand Demons. He had outstanding achievements in each of his posts.
At the age of forty-three, he went to the Mysterious Realm again and killed the true king of the Sea Clan with his own hands to avenge his father.
Although she followed the official path, she became a court official after becoming a real person in the world, rather than becoming a real person after becoming a court official.
Although there is not much difference in combat performance between the two, and she is also subject to official regulations. But this is enough to prove that she has amazing talents in both government affairs and practice itself.
After today, Su Guanying changed from a beautiful resume to a real person here in Jiang Wang.
A person with a soft face and a strong will in essence, who is very capable of implementing his own will and achieving his set goals. For officialdom, the political platform is the path, and government affairs are the political resources for spiritual practice, as well as the material for spiritual practice.
In the early days of Southern Xia, who can remain unmoved?
There are nine officials in the Imperial Court of Qi and nine commanders-in-chief of the Military Hall. In addition to those who failed to make up the two main halls but still have great influence and talents, such as Li Zhengshu, a scholar from Donghua, there are more than ten people who are qualified to compete. number. In the end, it was Su Guanying who was the governor of Nanxia and took control of this huge political resource.
Faced with such a person, what can you do to resist?
Jiang Wang had a headache, but he could only ask: "I wonder what the southern Xinjiang official examination is about?"
Su Guanying said with satisfaction: "The literary and martial arts examinations are carried out in parallel, the literary examinations are strategic and the martial arts examinations are practice. Unless there is a certain subject that is particularly outstanding, you must pass both the civil and military examinations to be considered a pass. Evaluate the excellent, determine the quality, and eliminate the mediocre. These eight Chinese characters are the core of this official examination."
"I don't know anything about strategy. I can still understand a little bit about practice. Otherwise, I will be responsible for the martial arts exam." Jiang Wangqing knew that he couldn't shirk it, so he took the initiative to choose one, cutting off half of his authority.
Su Guanying looked at him and smiled: "That's fine."
After paying a visit to the Governor of Southern Xia, he took on an errand. Jiang Wang felt that something was very wrong.
For those who are dedicated to officialdom, it is probably a dream. Being in charge of the official examination in southern Xinjiang, how many disciples can you get, and how huge the official network can be established.
It will be of great benefit to establish your own political platform and implement your own political opinions in the future.
Su Guanying is simply giving away benefits!
But for Jiang Wang, although he is in the officialdom, he does not rely on officialdom. So far, all his cultivation has been achieved by his own hard work.
Now that you fully devote yourself to the official path, you can certainly get quite amazing help in spiritual practice, which will greatly increase the possibility of becoming a disciple. When he wants to escape in the future, he will definitely have to take great pains. He doesn't take it.
On the other hand, Marquis Wu'an's spiritual help in improving his title does not need to rely on government affairs to maintain it. As long as you don't lose your title for a day, you can use the power of the country to practice for a day.
Of course, borrowing the power of a country to practice this kind of thing will also produce certain cause and effect. Connect the monk's own path with the destiny of the country.
At the beginning of the Qi-Xia war, Wu King Sijiao asked the Changsheng Lord of Nandou Hall to take action. It is said that one of the conditions was to use the country's power for ten years to help him practice. In fact, it is to use the power of the Xia Kingdom to support the powerful True Lord and let a Yan Dao monk suck the blood for ten years.
I don't know if Lord Changsheng has any unique method of cutting off the cause and effect of the country's power. He can only enjoy the benefits and not bear the responsibilities. It should also require Xia Ting's cooperation. If it hadn't been for the survival of the country, Sijiao would never have been able to offer such conditions.
Back to the matter of the official examination in southern Xinjiang, Jiang Wang has no intention of managing any disciples and former officials. Even if the world is spinning a net and moving towards Wu'an, what is the use if he does not follow the official path to practice? Those were all Chong Xuan Sheng's strengths, but he just felt that it was too troublesome and that he lost a lot of time for his own practice.
But the matter has been settled. As he said himself, selecting officials is not a trivial matter. It is related to the welfare of hundreds of millions of people and he cannot ignore it.
On the way to Chitan, he had been studying the requirements of the Southern Xia Governor's Mansion for official positions at all levels, as well as the list of examiners given to him by Su Guanying.
As the examiner, he can decide the examination questions, and at the same time, he can also adjust the list of examiners to a limited extent. He has great power.
The first important thing about the official examination is fairness. As long as we grasp this fundamental point, no matter how bad this official exam is, it won't be any worse. If this fundamental point is lost, the official examination itself will lose its meaning, and the credibility of the Southern Xia Governor's Office will suffer a major blow. To put it more seriously, it will even shake Qi Ting's rule over southern Xinjiang.
From this perspective, Su Guanying's strong grasp of Jiang Wanglai as the examiner was a masterstroke.
He directly jumped out of the interference of the military and political environment in southern Xinjiang and found a candidate who could best enforce fairness.
With Jiang Wang's huge influence in southern Xinjiang, no one would be dissatisfied with him being the examiner. Jiang Wang himself does not work in southern Xinjiang, and he is also known to focus on practice itself, so there is no need to worry about him forming cliques for personal gain. Coupled with Jiang Wang's good reputation in the past, it is really safe to use.
As the first Southern Xinjiang official examination that was publicly promoted by the Governor-General of Southern Xia, it could almost be regarded as the seat of Su Guanying's political power. I don't know how many people wanted to cause trouble openly or covertly, but Jiang Wang came and solved it easily.
The more Jiang Wang thought about it, the more he wanted to stay away from these people in Zhengshitang. Getting along with them is too brain-consuming and not enjoyable at all.
He now very much doubted that the time for the Southern Xinjiang official examination was temporarily set by Su Guanying after seeing him. Otherwise, why are there no other preparations except a large-scale list of examiners and the eight-word official examination policy? It would be too much of a coincidence to say that we just started planning this today.
"Daxia Fangzhi" says: Chitan is seven hundred paces away, hidden in the old mountains, where clouds accumulate all the year round, and thunder snakes touch the water.
It is said that Chitan is hidden in the old mountains, with dark clouds always hanging in the sky, and thunder and lightning occasionally hitting the water.
It's quite a sight.
"Laoshan" is not a description of the mountain, but the name of a mountain. To the west of Guiyi City, there are few people.
When the Emperor of Qi granted Marquis Wu'an the title of Chitan, he certainly did not just give him an ancient pool for him to fish in.
Jiang Wang's fiefdom included this old mountain and nine towns near it.
Judging from the household registration book, the nine towns together have a total population of nearly 300,000 people, which can be classified as an independent city. Of course, because these towns are all built on old mountains and are scattered and difficult to communicate with, it is not realistic to unite them together.
When Dugu Xiao took over the management of this place, the affairs he had to face were naturally much more complicated than those in Qingyang Town. Correspondingly, the power in his hands has also expanded much - it is worth mentioning that the post of pavilion chief in Qingyang Town was given to a Zhou Tianjing monk who later defected to Dugu Xiao. The monk was down-to-earth, diligent and quick in his work, and he became the number two figure in Qingyang Town early on. However, Zhang Hai, who was determined to refine the divine elixir, still held the position of worshiper and ordered him to eat and wait for death. Wu'anhou Mansion is built at the foot of Laoshan. The full name engraved on the door plaque is "Wu'anhou Laoshan Villa".
Emperor Qi specially appointed master craftsmen to come to Xia to supervise the construction, and the site was carefully selected and completed. It costs a lot of money and is unique. This house sits on a mountain and overlooks the water, which is very majestic.
The mansion has some servants, but it is running smoothly. For the time being, all the money comes from the Nanxia Governor's Mansion.
Jiang Wang came back this time and brought Dugu Xiao to manage the fiefdom. Naturally, he had to recruit other people, and he would have to pay for it himself in the future. But these are things that Dugu Xiao needs to worry about.
By the time Jiang Wang came over from Guiyi City, Dugu Xiao had already ordered people to clean up inside and outside.
She is a person who is used to the world and has a good government. She has already tempered herself in the past few years of running the business in Qingyang Town. Although she is new here, she handles all the trivial tasks smoothly, and there are no servants who are indifferent or disobedient. Stupid things. "Where's Chu?" Jiang Wang walked in the door and walked around for a while, then asked. "I went into Laoshan with Lord Lian and said I was going to Chitan to have a look." Duguxiao replied.
Jiang Wang was surprised: "Isn't he quite afraid of Lian Que? Why did he still follow him?"
The Dugu thief laughed and said, "Master Lian shouted, and he followed. I think he didn't dare to follow, and he didn't dare not to follow."
Jiang Wang also smiled and handed the list he brought to Dugu Xiao: "Governor Su forced me to do a job and asked me to be in charge of the official examination in Southern Xinjiang. It was very tiring. Here is the list of examiners. You can investigate it as soon as possible. , pick out a few reliable ones.”
This matter is easy to say, but it is not a simple project, especially since they are new here. When it comes to investigation, it is difficult to find a way.
Dugu Xiao accepted it happily: "I'll do it now.
What better way to prove the meaning of one's existence than to be needed by the master?
Jiang Wang then ordered: "By the way, collect the folklore and legends of the towns under our rule, and summarize them for me when the time comes. Don't be in a hurry. Let's deal with the examiner's affairs first."
"My subordinates know." Dugu Xiao nodded vigorously.
There are exactly nine towns surrounding Laoshan Chitan. It is easy to think of the nine towns in the Changhe River. There may be some hidden existence among them.
However, the entire Chitan is his fiefdom, so there is no need to rush.
After leaving all the tedious matters to Dugu Xiao, Mr. Jiang inspected his mansion in Nanxia with his hands behind his back. He originally wanted to give some advice on the layout, but Dugu Xiao did everything according to his preferences. In fact, Can't fault it. Finally, they gave up by forcing someone to move the lotus tank from the front yard to the backyard.
Then he took a leisurely stroll, picked up a fishing rod, and headed for the old mountain.
I think there is a couplet on the mountain gate of Diaohai Tower. It is so grand that it is said to be "removing the hook and turning it into the moon".
Mr. Jiang has a good week today, so he might as well go fishing in the empty mountain!
