Dongye Hongji hurriedly reminded: "Sir, although the new official has three things to do when he takes office, you have just come to Yanzhou and your foundation is not stable. You must not offend those rice merchants, let alone kill easily..."
Liang Xiao smiled and said: "Master Dongye misunderstood what I meant!"
Dongye Hongji was stunned: "Please give me some advice, Mr. Liang!"
Liang Xiao said: "The reason I said they must cooperate is not that I am going to force them to lower their prices by force, but that if they dare to maliciously raise prices and evacuate food from Yanzhou, then I will make them pay ten times the price!"
Dongye Hongji was silent, with disapproval in his eyes.
He found that he seemed to think highly of the Lanling Marquis.
"Has he stayed in the capital for a long time and been taken care of by His Majesty and the Prime Minister for a long time, so he doesn't understand the daily necessities and the darkness of officialdom?"
Dongye Hongji remembered that Liang Xiao had helped refugees before he became rich and had greatly reduced Lanling's food tax after his title was restored. Dongye Hongji had an initial impression of Liang Xiao.
"This Marquis of Lanling may be a passionate and reckless young man..."
With this judgment in his mind, Higashino Hiroki couldn't help but laugh at himself secretly.
Wasn't it the same for me once?
Only after he encountered obstacles at every turn and was even pushed out of the capital did he see clearly the darkness of officialdom and learn to behave diplomatically.
For those who can emerge from the mire without staining like Prime Minister Zhuge, their time is numbered. Liang Xiao is still young, can he stop the trend?
Dongye Hongji looked at Liang Xiao again and had already made up his mind.
Please help this passionate young man!
Just think of it as... a tribute to myself who was once full of passion.
Dongye Hongji talked about the recent public security in Yanzhou again.
"Because Yanzhou is located to the north of Youzhou, directly facing Beihu, there are many spies in the city, so it is difficult to guard against them. Moreover, bullies often disturb the people, and it is most likely caused by the Beihu people..."
Liang Xiao frowned and said: "Master Dongye, no matter who provokes it, any bully who disturbs the people should be dealt with strictly. Have you dealt with it?"
Higashiye Hongji replied: "Of course we have to deal with it, but sometimes there are too many vicious incidents, and we may not be able to catch them, so we can only take our time..."
Liang Xiao understood and nodded: "It doesn't matter. Since I have taken office as the governor of Yanzhou, I should be responsible for this matter. After I have arranged the errands of the accompanying civil servants, I will personally inspect various places in Yanzhou."
Dongye Hongji felt inexplicably worried and just nodded.
This is an ominous premonition.
After delivering the seal, ribbon and documents to the prefect, Dongye Hongji said goodbye to Liang Xiao and hurried back home.
"Where's Moonfaller?"
Dongye Hongji couldn't be found everywhere, so he asked the maid urgently.
The maid said: "Miss, she went to the academy to have a look at Miss Duanmu's invitation."
"Duanmuyan?" Dongye Hongji frowned.
The beloved daughter of Duanmu Festival, the cousin of Duanmu Yuncheng, and a famous talented woman in Yanzhou.
Of course, he didn't recognize this talented woman's reputation.
But the Duanmu family is so powerful!
Duanmu Yuncheng, who was once the most talented person in the capital, was praised by those big families.
For those big families, as long as the backing is strong enough, it is not impossible to become an emperor.
Dongye Xuanji came over after hearing the news and looked at his brother in confusion.
"Hongji, what makes you so anxious to find her?"
Dongye Hongji said: "I'm worried that she will follow the literati from the academy and slander Liang Xiao..."
"Oh? What do you think of Liang Xiao?" Dongye Xuanji was confused.
Dongye Hongji said: "I'm not sure yet, but a person who can be praised highly by Prime Minister Zhuge, no matter how miserable he is, will be a hero, right?"
Dongye Xuanji disagreed.
"If the Prime Minister is discerning, he should recruit more reliable talents to support him. How can he let those aristocratic families run rampant?"
Dongye Hongji knew his brother's grievances and curled his lips and said: "Anyway, be optimistic about Luoyue and don't let her ruin the Dongye clan. Liang Xiao is a famous person of the emperor, and he still has the right to kill first and then show off. You are already a white body, and I am just a young man." It’s just the fourth rank who has resigned.”
"Even if he wants to kill someone, he has to be reasonable, right?" Higashikata frowned.
Dongye Hongji said impatiently: "Anyway, please be careful, at least don't put your wealth and life on other people's morals! Have you forgotten how we were squeezed out of the capital in the first place? Can you not let our father do it again? Higashikata is heartbroken!"
Looking at his brother who left in depression, Higashikata was thoughtful.
"I should go and greet him today to see who he is..."
After a while, grandma came over and reported: "Master, the lady is back."
Dongye Luoyue returned home with a disappointed look on his face, and even brought back a pretty girl.
"Dad, Liang Xiao is really good at buying people's hearts as Ning Ning and Yanyan said. After all, he is a hypocrite!"
Hearing this, Dongye Xuanji was shocked and looked at the girl next to Dongye Luoyue.
Duanmuyan!
"Miss Duanmu, my son and I have something urgent to discuss..."
Duanmuyan smiled shyly, nodded and said, "Then I won't disturb you two!"
"Yanyan, have a meal before you leave~"
"No need, I'll be satisfied if you have this intention~"
Duanmuyan said goodbye hastily, and after turning around, there was a bit of chill in her eyes.
"Dad, why do you always chase Yanyan away!" Dongye Luoyue complained.
Dongye Xuanji said in a deep voice: "Keep a distance from the Duanmu family from now on. The Dongye family has problems with them!"
"That's just different political opinions. Yanyan and the others are very nice people..." Dongye Luoyue refused to accept it.
Dongye Xuanji said: "In short, you have to listen to your uncle and don't slander Liang Xiao!"
"I know~ I thought it was something big~" Dongye Luoyue became sulky.
Yanzhou in the Great Zhou Dynasty was equivalent to a county town and was subordinate to Youzhou.
After Liang Xiao took over the prefect's mansion, he assigned positions to the accompanying civil servants.
The county magistrate Qin Baili, the chief secretary Lin Xiu, the chief clerk Qin Xun, and other important civil posts such as the Shaofu were filled by people selected by Zhuge Hui for him.
Lei Hong, Gu Pingxiu and others held military positions such as captain.
After the assignment, Liang Xiao immediately sent someone to post a notice announcing that he was officially in office.
Mr. Zhan and Zhan Huo were also placed in the prefect's mansion and became Gu Pingxiu's neighbors.
The old man sat opposite Liang Xiao. He was flattered and couldn't believe it for a moment. He suspected that he was dreaming. He pinched his calf and gritted his teeth in pain.
Gu Pingxiu hugged Zhan Huo and went to work elsewhere.
"Mr. Zhan, you also experienced the disaster of moving the capital and came to Yanzhou?"
Mr. Zhan nodded repeatedly and sighed: "During the disaster of moving the capital, Huo'er's father died at the hands of the Beihu people in order to protect the grassroots and their mother and son. Recently, we were robbed by the Beihu people in the northern border of Yanzhou. , the child was injured, so he committed suicide on the spot for fear of dragging us down. Fortunately, there were officers and soldiers collecting their bodies..."
As he spoke, Mr. Zhan looked full of reverence and sighed: "We escaped halfway and almost fell into the hands of Beihu again. Fortunately, a group of knights took action at that time, led by a female knight named Scarlet Blood Sword..."
