It rains heavily during the Qingming Festival, and spring has clearly begun.
On this day, a team consisting of donkey carts and mules arrived in Binzhou. At the same time, there were also some guards wearing brocade clothes and carrying swords, forming teams of people and horses, slowly gathering here.
The people of Longyou Road have long been accustomed to this, because these days, the people have seen too many grand scenes of interrogating corrupt officials on the execution ground, which is very satisfying.
In their words, when the Jin Yiwei comes, it means the blue sky has arrived.
As for this man who was able to get so many donkeys, carts, mules, and attendants at this time of year, he could tell at a glance that he was a serious scholar, and he must be the Prime Minister of the Imperial Censor, one of the Great Qingtians.
After several months of in-depth and large-scale anti-corruption, anti-corruption and anti-exploitation actions to rectify corrupt officials, the prestige established by Yushitai and Jinyiwei in Longyou Road has reached its peak.
After that, probably for a long time, the officials of Longyou Road would feel chilled when they saw the censor and the imperial guard.
Of course, as the saying goes, an upright person is not afraid of a distorted shadow. Many of the officials in Longyou Dao today are upright people who were demoted by Li Linfu. Now they have been exonerated, restored to their posts, and transferred to Longyou Dao. Some of them are Imperial College, Imperial College, and Imperial College officials. Young scholars such as Hongwen Guan were selected and recommended to serve in Longyou Road.
Before leaving, I was taken to a private room by the elders of the family and explained it alone.
Longyou Road is of great significance to the Prince of the Supervisory State. It is the back garden of the capital and the location of the granary of the capital. If the capital will conquer the world in the future, the granary of Longyou Road is of great importance and nothing can happen to it.
Once you do something bad, you will definitely be punished.
With the methods and character of the prison prince, once he is punished, he will definitely not be punished for life.
However, this is also an opportunity. If you do it well, it will definitely reach heaven, and the future will be very bright.
They are not very old, have a long road ahead, and have more opportunities.
When he heard that someone was visiting the post house in Binzhou City, and knowing that it was the local officials who were paying homage to the mountain, Fang Xuan immediately put on a posture of keeping strangers away: "No matter who it is, please tell the people outside that I He is the Censor Zhongcheng, a high-ranking official of the imperial court, and a close official of the government. This trip to the west is based on the order of His Highness to solemnize the Longyou Road and does not interact with anyone in private."
The people from the posthouse went out and told the officials of Binzhou Zhizhou.
Just a moment.
Lu Ming invited Fang Xuan to the private room for a chat.
One of them is Yushi Zhongcheng and the other is Jinyiwei. In fact, they have a relationship of mutual supervision.
And this time on the westward journey to Longyou Road, there was a tacit understanding of cooperation. One was responsible for investigating, one was responsible for writing crime cases, one was responsible for interrogation, one was responsible for convicting, one was responsible for punishment, and one was responsible for reporting.
Of course, Jinyiwei also needs a charter and a file for records, which should be placed in their own Yamen.
When the two met, Lu Ming poured Fang Xuan a cup of green tea. This is the green tea from Sichuan, and it can be considered the best. When Fang Xuan sat down, he said: "After the renovation of Longyou Road is completed, I’m afraid I’m going to Longde Mansion.”
"Your Highness fought in Phoenix Ridge not long ago, and the Li thieves retreated hundreds of miles and hid in Jinyang City without daring to come out."
"The area south of Longde Mansion has now returned to the jurisdiction of the imperial court."
"It's just that His Highness has said that these places will be peaceful under Li Thief's management."
"But it is precisely because of this that the local people and officials actually still support Thief Li in their hearts."
"If you want to completely win back the hearts and minds of these places, you have to do better than Thief Li."
Fang Xuan first bowed his hands to thank him, and then sat down. After listening to Lu Ming's words, he replied: "It all depends on people. No matter how good Li Thief manages, it is just the rule of the governor of Hedong Road, not the rule of the prince of Daqianjian Kingdom." .”
"Commander Lu has also seen the situation on Longyou Road. In such a short period of time, His Highness the Crown Prince managed this poor and chaotic place with clever strategies to restore its livelihood and regain its former peace."
"Longde Mansion is really peaceful over there, so let's put the icing on the cake and make Longde Mansion rich."
"The human heart naturally has it."
Lu Ming smiled slightly and said nothing.
Seeing this, Fang Xuan stopped talking. Lu Ming was a minister promoted by His Majesty, and he can now be regarded as an old minister.
And he is a minister promoted by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so he can be regarded as a new minister.
Fang Xuan stayed in Longyou Road for several months, but his contact with the capital was indeed constant.
He is the censor Zhongcheng. He has the local inspection censor and the imperial censor in the capital.
This means that you can see the darkness in the place, and you can also see the fight in the capital's court.
Now the capital's court seems to have changed again.
His Majesty's veterans call themselves a line. Di Yan, Han Shizhong, Di Qing, Xin Qiji, Dai Guang, Yang Zhao, including him, Fang Xuan, are all promoted by His Highness. They are considered to be new ministers in their own line. , that is, Cai Jin, Wang Jiefu and others, walking in the direction of Gu Chen.
There are also some other ministers. Standing behind them are the meritorious deeds of aristocratic families and the older generation. They can also be regarded as the second generation of officials, forming a line of their own.
The two of them were silent. After drinking green tea for a while, Lu Ming twitched his beard and said to each other: "I also know what you mean, but His Highness has great ambitions. Judging from the current situation, there is still a lot to be done."
"That's what I meant." Fang Xuan took over the task of making tea. After making it, he poured a cup for Lu Ming. "The fight against the outside world and the internal affairs has just begun. The Dong thief's side seems to have no results yet, and the Li thief's side has not yet been pacified. Besides... there seems to be the shadow of the prince behind them."
"There is news from the Yushitai that King Kang of Changsha County is also interested in taking over the military power of Jingzhou. However, Zhao Xuanjia of Jingzhou has actually left the court. Both of them have different ideas. .”
"Your Highness has many things to do, and they are also very difficult."
How not difficult.
Think about it, how did His Royal Highness come here all these years?
Before he reached the crown, although he was determined to be the crown prince, but because of this, he was suppressed by His Majesty at all times. The position of crown prince in the East Palace was actually inferior to that of the Prime Minister's Palace.
His Royal Highness, however, could see the situation clearly and chose to hide his clumsiness.
In this way, His Majesty can be reassured and a traitor like Li Linfu can relax his surveillance and despise His Highness the Crown Prince.
It was not until the time when the imperial power of Daqian was in danger that His Highness the Crown Prince became famous.
But he still had to face the court controlled by Li Linfu, and step by step he regained the power belonging to the prince.
But now, we still have to face the rebellion of several governors and several princes with different ideas.
The bigger enemy is the north.
Once Meng Yuan and Bei Yan unite and annex the Golden Thief, their wealth accumulation and military strength will inevitably reach a higher level.
After The Golden Thief, I'm afraid this is the big one.
Now, although the two of them are different, a Yushi Zhongcheng and a Jin Yiwei Commander are enough to support each other.
Above the court, there are also the close ministers and celebrities around the prince.
Of course, they were actually pulled aboard the warship in the East Palace by the prince. They were both prosperous and devastated.
In this way, not to mention how a censor Zhongcheng and a Jinyiwei commander communicated in private, only that early the next morning, the two continued to go southeast, eventually arriving in Chang'an.
Seeing His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, both sides reported on the results of Suzheng Longyou Road.
After Xiao Yi heard this, he said: "Longyou Road has suffered from drought for several years. Looking at it now, the drought is not important. The important thing is man-made disasters."
"Yushitai and Jinyiwei are now responsible for monitoring the world. During this trip to Longyou Road, you should have seen the influence of local corrupt officials on Daqian Guozuo."
"As the saying goes, petty officials are extremely corrupt, the more remote areas are, because the court's ability to control them is weak, and because of the long distance, it may take more than a month to pass the news and the effect of the court's management power. It has an impact.”
"There are even rumors that the sky is high and the emperor is far away."
"So, the focus of the Yushitai and Jinyiwei's supervisory officials is not on the capital, but on the local area."
Fang Xuan certainly knows.
This is His Highness the Crown Prince asking him to be stricter. In the future, he should focus on cultivating inspection censors and strengthen the supervision of local officials to prevent another magistrate from directly controlling the local area. A prefect can even support his own troops. .
Xiao Yi looked at Lu Ming and Fang Xuan, nodded with a smile, and praised: "You two have done a good job on Suzheng Longyou Road. I am also very satisfied. With you two here, I believe that in the future The best thing to do is to ensure that the officials are clear-minded and united."
The two people quickly bowed and saluted to express their gratitude.
In fact, when these two people came back, the officials of the capital were worried for several days. They did everything in a satisfactory manner and absolutely did not dare to make any mistakes.
You know, not long ago, when Li Linfu was beheaded at the execution ground, there were more than a hundred corrupt officials who were escorted over by the Yushitai and Jinyiwei from Longyou Road.
Later, it was also spread that there were heads of people on Longyou Road.
The current Yushitai and Jinyiwei have notorious reputations, and no one wants to be impeached by the imperial censor and arrested and interrogated by the Jinyiwei.
Fortunately, until mid-April, Yushitai and Jinyiwei did not make any commotion in the capital.
And the end of April.
After more than two months, Jiangdong's Dong Zhuo finally came to an end.
His Highness the King of Yan led the Sixteenth Cavalry of Yanyun to resist Yuan Shao in the north and conquer Dong Zhuo in the south. After a hard battle, he finally reached the capital where the two prefects were.
Bai Qi from the North beheaded Yuan Shao's two generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou one after another, and then headed straight for Jizhou City.
On the east side of the Yangtze River, Xiao Zheng led his troops to defeat several of Dong Zhuo's generals, and pacified the water bandits in the Thirteenth Link Dock, and finally arrived outside Jiankang City.
Because Dong Zhuo's side is a little difficult to defeat.
A few generals were nothing, but there was only one person, which put a lot of pressure on Xiao Zheng.
That is Lu Bu.
This person turned out to be born with divine power and his fighting ability was too strong.
Wang Jian and Meng Tian fought against Lu Bu in the military formation, but in the end they were tied.
Xiao Zheng originally had a love for talents and wanted to conquer such people.
Because he also read the Di newspaper and knew that his eldest brother was in Phoenix Ridge. In just a few moves, he killed Li Xuanba, who also had natural supernatural power and was tied with Yue Hongling.
As for Yue Hongling's strength, Xiao Zheng is naturally very clear about it. Being able to tie with Yue Hongling means that his force value is very high.
However, Xiao Yi easily killed Li Xuanba.
This kind of strength makes him somewhat worried that it may be difficult to defeat him in the future.
Therefore, I have a love for Lu Bu's talents, and I want to get more people like him so that I can block Xiao Yi's bravery in the future.
It's a pity that Lu Bu failed to directly agree to Xiao Zheng's solicitation. Although Lu Bu retreated with Wang Jian and Meng Tian in the battle at Luzhou City, he still failed to hold on and returned to Jiankang, but failed to surrender directly.
Looking at the tall walls of Jiankang City, Xiao Zheng felt a little troubled for a moment.
A few months down.
He fought against Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo all at once, and actually lost a lot of troops.
Moreover, after fighting for several months, he became more and more interested in quelling Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo quickly and with the least loss of troops. In this way, he could not only preserve his troops but also cause the least damage to these two places.
He wants to occupy these places and grow himself quickly.
Rather than destroying such a prosperous place.
Let’s talk about Xiao Yi, the Prince of the Supervisory State. He also knew a little about what Xiao Zheng was doing in Jiangdong. Therefore, as the spring plowing was completely completed and the land conferment was completed, he specially held a banquet in the East Palace and invited all the officials to the banquet, which was considered appropriate. The treacherous Prime Minister Li Linfu was eradicated, the Longyou Road was stabilized, the Li thieves were repelled, and now the celebration banquet of the Dong thieves and Yuan Shao was almost suppressed.
"How is the spring plowing in Longde Mansion completed?"
In the main hall of the East Palace, Xiao Yi, who had gathered a group of close ministers, faced Xu Guangqi, the young minister of Sinong Temple beside him.
"So that Your Highness will know." Xu Guangqi looked at him seriously. "Although there was a war in the Longde Mansion area, His Highness was wise and powerful and quickly put down the Li thieves, so it did not have much impact. The people are still living and working in peace and contentment, and the grain has not been damaged, but it will soon be restored. Spring plowing is fully completed.”
"What about Longyou Road?" Xiao Yi felt relieved and continued to ask. "I have seen the spring plowing on Longyou Road, but are you still worried about the situation of land reclamation in the area?"
Xu Guangqi continued: "Your Highness, please rest assured. Longyou Road can now be regarded as a prosperous place in Guanlong. Even some people from Jingji Road are dragging their families to Longyou Road to open up wasteland."
"The policies given by the imperial court are very benevolent and righteous. Many people who originally abandoned the wasteland and moved to the city are also interested in participating in the land reclamation of Longyou Road."
Xiao Yi nodded and looked at Lu Chong, the commander of the Thousand Niu Sword Guards of the East Palace standing on one side.
Lu Chong understood and immediately raised his hand and said, "Your Highness, both the Yushitai and the Imperial Guards have sent secret letters, and no one has missed them."
In early April of the 24th year of Zhenyuan, this banquet started in a very appropriate manner.
