Zhao Feng looked at Yu Ruhai with some surprise. You know, Zhao Feng actually didn't have any lofty ambitions. He just hoped to save his family.
The reason why he wanted to enter officialdom was because the incident with the bandit made Zhao Feng feel a sense of urgency. If he had no rights, no matter how much money he had, it would be useless.
Now Zhao Feng has become the head of a county. Although he is only a ninth-rank official, Zhao Feng feels that this is enough.
If he could go further, Zhao Feng felt that he could only be a prefect at most, and the position of Zhou Mu was a bit too big for Zhao Feng.
But since Zhou Mu is a feudal official, why does he have so many troubles?
Seeing Zhao Feng's confused expression, Yu Ruhai really wanted to tell Zhao Feng about some of the things he had encountered and see if he could get a solution from Zhao Feng.
But now there was a more important matter that had to be resolved, so Yu Ruhai suppressed the problems in his mind and spoke directly to Zhao Feng.
"My position is not as good as others think, and a lot of things have to be dealt with on my shoulders."
"No, the imperial court just issued an imperial edict to me, saying that banditry is frequent in our state and asking me to lead troops to suppress the bandits!"
Zhao Feng couldn't help but feel a little surprised: "Does the task of suppressing bandits also fall on adults?"
Yu Ruhai nodded. If it were before, there would be no need for civil servants like them to lead troops to suppress bandits. However, since the Zhou Dynasty was currently at war with the Huns in the north, people with a little military ability were put on the battlefield.
Therefore, he could only lead the military affairs as a civilian official.
After hearing Yu Ruhai's explanation, Zhao Feng said with some surprise.
"If that's the case, wouldn't it be enough for your Excellency to just lead the troops to suppress the bandits?"
"I have fought with these bandits before. These bandits are not as difficult to deal with as I thought. If we rely on the strength of some officers and soldiers, we should be able to defeat them easily!"
Yu Ruhai shook his head and said to Zhao Feng very bitterly.
"If there were really officers and soldiers, I wouldn't be so worried!"
With that said, Liu Wei had already walked in with two cups of tea. Yu Ruhai immediately stopped talking and looked at Liu Wei with some confusion.
"Was this Yamen officer formerly in the military?"
Liu Wei's heart suddenly moved. He came directly to Zhao County with the secret order without communicating with the people above him at all. If Yu Ruhai exposed his identity, he would be finished.
So Liu Wei quickly shook his head, with a flattering expression on his face.
"Sir, I'm just an ordinary government servant. At most, I have a lot of strength."
Yu Ruhai was ready to say more, but Zhao Feng couldn't wait to ask.
"Sir, you just said that there are no officers and soldiers. How can we suppress bandits without officers and soldiers?"
Yu Ruhai was interrupted from his train of thought again. He turned his head and took a sip of tea before sighing.
"Yes, there are no officers and soldiers!"
"The order from the imperial court is for me to take the government officials to suppress the bandits, but there are only so many government officials in my state capital. Even if we add all the government officials in all counties, there are only a few hundred people!"
"And there are many forces entrenched in this state, and there are even several copycats with over 10,000 people. These are difficulties!"
Zhao Feng couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. Fighting with hundreds of people against tens of thousands of people, isn't this a joke?
Moreover, those bandits were all capable of licking blood on the tip of their knives, but they were much more powerful than these government servants who had never seen a war scene.
Liu Wei's heart moved and he explained to Zhao Feng.
"This may be because the imperial court is at war with the Huns, so officers and soldiers from all over the country have been transferred to the front line."
"Even in the state capital, there are only a few hundred officers and soldiers left, and these officers and soldiers are to protect the state capital and cannot be moved easily."
Only then did Zhao Feng understand. Yu Ruhai felt even more confused. He always felt that Liu Wei might know a little too much.
Liu Wei saw Yu Ruhai's confused eyes and knew that if he didn't explain it properly, Yu Ruhai would definitely expose himself.
So Liu Wei quickly said to Zhao Feng.
"Sir, something seems to have happened outside. You'd better go take a look first!"
Zhao Feng had some doubts in his heart, but he still nodded to Yu Ruhai and asked Yu Ruhai to wait here for a while before he walked out.
Seeing Zhao Feng leaving, Yu Ruhai asked Liu Wei.
"you…"
Before Yu Ruhai could ask anything, Liu Wei took out a pure gold token from his arms and placed it on the table with a snap.
Yu Ruhai looked at the token and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
"You, are you an imperial envoy sent by the imperial court?"
Liu Wei shook his head and spoke to Yu Ruhai very quickly.
"I was arranged by the Holy One to stay by Zhao Feng's side. Remember, my current identity is just a government servant. My identity must not be exposed!"
"Otherwise, I have the right to kill first and then report later. Even if it is a sixth-grade official, I can kill him directly!"
Yu Ruhai suddenly took a breath of cold air, feeling extremely horrified, but Liu Wei directly stuffed the token back into his arms.
At this time, Zhao Feng had already left and returned, and asked Liu Wei in great confusion.
"No one is looking for me outside. Did you hear wrongly?"
Liu Wei smiled: "I must have heard wrong."
Seeing that Yu Ruhai's expression was a little unnatural, Liu Wei picked up the tea bowl.
"Sir, you have tea."
Yu Ruhai glanced at Liu Wei in great horror. He still had some discernment and knew that the token could only be owned by the people next to the Holy Master.
In other words, this Liu Wei is definitely the person beside His Majesty the Emperor!
When such a person offers me tea, how dare I not accept it?
Yu Ruhai took the tea tremblingly, and was so shocked that the teacup even jingled and shook.
Zhao Feng looked at Yu Ruhai with some confusion, then shook his head and asked Yu Ruhai.
"So Mr. Zhou Mu came here to ask me to give you some advice on how to deal with those bandits?"
Yu Ruhai shook his head and quickly put down the tea.
Now Yu Ruhai has also discovered that His Majesty not only values Zhao Feng very much, but even sends people around him to be by Zhao Feng's side. What does this mean?
This shows that Zhao Feng has already entered into His Majesty's eyes, and it is even possible that Zhao Feng's hidden identity is even more terrifying than he imagined!
"Zhao, Mr. Zhao, this is what I think, let you come and join us to eliminate the bandits!"
"No matter what you say, we will listen to you. What do you think?"
Yu Ruhai said this cautiously, while Zhao Feng looked at Yu Ruhai strangely.
Did Yu Ruhai take the wrong medicine today?
