After the palace maid had served tea, the emperor waved all the people around to go out before he spoke to the queen.
"We are here because of Yun'er's affairs. Look at the son you gave birth to, and he actually ordered a folk woman to suck his dragon root in front of so many ministers."
Then the emperor explained the prince's mischief in the East Palace.
Queen Li said sadly after hearing this.
"What can I do, my concubine? Can we control him when he is so old? If he doesn't say a few words, he will break the bowl and smash the basin."
Empress Li has long heard of her son's misbehavior.
Yu Wenyun has become the crown prince, and his heart has gradually begun to expand. As a mother, he can't discipline him, so he is worried.
"The maid and concubine can only worry."
"When your child gets older, it's time to find someone who can win his heart."
"There are quite a few matchmakers, but when it came to the table, the emperor rejected them all. A few days ago, Duke Wei's wife also came to talk to someone, saying that he was extremely beautiful, had a gentle personality, and could read and write. "
"Whose daughter are you referring to?"
Queen Mother Li said.
"She is the eldest daughter of Yang Jian's family, the current governor of Suizhou. It is said that she comes from a scholarly family and has very strict control over her children."
"Have you seen that woman?"
"Nope."
Queen Li explained.
"After Wei Guogong's wife left, the maids and concubines discussed it with several empresses. Everyone felt that it would be better for the prince's wife to be a queen in the future or to choose a Xianbei woman."
Yu Wenyong said with a smile.
"Which former emperor established this charter? Aren't you also a Han woman? Yang Jian is a Han and his wife Dugu is also from Xianbei. Mrs. Dugu's father, Dugu Xin, was both a general of the Western Wei Dynasty with Taizu. Isn’t it right for the child to get married, as long as the woman is virtuous?”
Yu Wenyong thought for a while and continued.
"How about this? You ask Madam Dugu to bring your daughter to the Queen Mother Chinu and let our mother make the decision."
"Can the old lady take charge of this?"
"Why not?"
The emperor said.
"Don't look at the fact that my mother is old and is actually not confused. As long as she didn't drink alcohol that day, she can make decisions and be smarter than anyone else."
When the emperor and Empress Li were considering whether to marry Yang Jian's eldest daughter as the crown prince, Yang Jian, who was far away in Suizhou as the governor, was very busy with various matters in his office.
As time went by, the prefectural government office, which was originally sparse, had more and more things to do. Yang Jian had to find time to go to court to investigate cases and resolve various disputes and conflicts.
When it was learned that Yu Wenzhi's position as general manager of Xiangzhou had been removed and Pang Huang took over as general manager, a thorough investigation of Shan Yutong's accomplices to occupy the property was carried out in a tight secrecy.
Seeing that winter was coming, Yang Jian worked hard to get rid of the heavy affairs of the state government. He took two locally recruited followers and rode to the foot of Dahong Mountain. Yi and Fan Wei, who were in charge of post-disaster reconstruction, stood at the intersection waiting for a long time.
A few months ago, this place was flooded and turned into a vast expanse of white land. Now it has become an oasis with no end in sight. In late autumn, Yang Jian's eyes were filled with a vibrant scene of March, which made Yang Jian feel a little relaxed and happy.
According to Fan Wei.
"After the water recedes, rapeseed will be the most cultivated, followed by broad beans, peas, buckwheat, and some other miscellaneous grain crops."
There are some seasonal vegetables grown around the sloping barracks. Yang Jian and Fan Wei walked side by side. Fan Wei pointed at the farmland on his horse and said.
"The existing grain in the warehouse plus the miscellaneous grains harvested in late spring and early summer next year will not be a problem if we plan carefully and eat people and horses to survive the severe winter and spring famine. If we buy enough by early summer, if we still have something to fall short of, we can also exchange it for the harvested rapeseeds." Here comes a lot of food and necessities for daily life."
"You seem to be doing well these past few months."
Yang Jian was even more convinced that Fan Wei was a practical character. Fan Wei was inspired to use his riding crop to point at a pea field in the distance and said.
"Lord Governor, do you know why we plant so many beans? The beans do not need to be fertilized and are easy to manage. In addition to being eaten by humans, grinding the beans into powdered ginseng and adding them to the horse feed will make the horses run particularly vigorously."
"good."
Yang Jian seemed to be infected too.
"Well done. Only when the horse is full and strong can he win the battle."
"Another advantage of planting beans is that you don't have to pull out the pods and put them into the field after harvesting the beans. They are good fertilizers. What we ultimately bet on is a good harvest next autumn. When you look at it this time next year, it will not be a green field but a green field." There is a vast expanse of yellow millet as far as the eye can see.”
Yang Jian frowned unconsciously as he listened.
"The scenery you painted for next autumn is indeed beautiful and tempting, but we just don't like to listen to any word of bet coming out of your mouth. Last time I came here, you said that your bet was to harvest one season every two years, and only one harvest in two years. One year without flooding, the rice harvested would be enough to feed the soldiers for three years."
Fan Wei continued.
"It's true. Isn't it a good deal?"
Yang Jian said.
"It's not cost-effective. What if there's another flash flood next year?"
"Everything has its own rules. I predict that there will never be another flash flood next year."
Fan Wei continued.
"Last year and this year, there have been two consecutive floods. There is no way it will be like this again next year."
"How dare you, a small official, be the master of God?"
Yang Jian said with a smile.
"I wonder if we can try to stop the flash floods so that we can have a bumper harvest every year so that the people at the foot of the Dahong Mountains can have more food to eat."
"Sir, it's not like we haven't thought about this at all. To control floods, we must first build a high dam between two mountains to stop the mountain torrents. When the dam is full of water, we must build a flood discharge channel to guide the floods into the Shenzhen Lake. Go, build this canal. It will be hundreds of miles long. We have found someone to estimate the manpower, material and financial resources, the purchase of food, drinking tools, and the materials for building the high dam. It will cost 3,000 yuan per foot to build a high dam. My lord, this project is so-called. It took a hundred years to start and a thousand years to complete, so the money needed to build a hundred-mile-long canal would be as high as a golden mountain, so it would cost a lot of money."
Yang Jian said.
"Aren't we cutting wood in the mountains?"
"It's okay to cut down wood for disaster relief and build barracks for emergencies, but if we have to rely on it to build canals, it will be a drop in the bucket. Our soldiers are the ones who cut the trees and build the canals. It's all these soldiers who have to use manpower and financial resources to help. "
"What you said doesn't make sense."
Yang Jian was also stubborn. He heard that the flood was not incurable, so he concentrated on thinking about it.
"Can we take a break every autumn and winter as long as there is no conscription and war?"
"It's not impossible to just be a soldier in a stable camp. I don't know where the young one will be sent next year and the year after that. We are just a deputy and we are so old. How can we think so broadly?" .”
"exactly."
Yang Jian said with a smile.
"You don't want to get rid of the root cause of the flooding."
While talking, they came to the barracks section that was being built. Fan Wei divided and built several areas on higher ground according to the military structure of the army, which was both dispersed and concentrated. Each section had standard living housing and soldiers practicing Changsha. .
In just a few months, some houses have been completed, and some are almost in outline. The few things Yang Jian explained at the beginning and Fan Wei completed them quite beautifully.
That night, Yang Jian rushed back to the prefectural government office from Dahongshan to sort out Shan Yutong's case. Li Shun quickly brought him a cup of hot water. Yang Jian soaked his feet while listening to Li Shun's explanation of the case. Zhu Bo brought a lamp to him. The cozy living room fills the room with brilliance.
"So the evidence of the crimes of Shan Yutong's 12 King Kongs has almost been found."
Yang Jian put his red-soaked feet on the edge of the tub and asked.
"How to fix him next."
Li Shun handed Yang Jian a footcloth and said.
"We can close the net a long time ago. Now we need to quickly turn the case into a solid case and get more evidence to be more complete. The investigation and evidence collection should come to an end here to avoid accidentally alerting the enemy."
Yang Jian, who was sitting with his legs spread out, raised his head and asked Li Shun, who was standing.
"See if you can think of a way to gather these guys in one place so that they can be dealt with in one fell swoop."
Li Shun was still thinking about how to close the net when Zhu Bo walked in and said.
"Sir, Xiao Lezi has brought someone here, saying that he has something urgent to see you."
Li Shun was stunned for a moment and then asked.
"Who did he bring at this late hour?"
"The man was standing behind Xiao Lezi. It was dark outside and we didn't see him clearly."
"You ask them to come in."
Yang Jian said and put on his shoes. Zhu Bo responded and took the footbath out the door. After a while, he heard the sound of footsteps and Xiao Lezi walked through the door and saluted Yang Jian.
As soon as the people who came in later came in, they knelt in the living room and kowtowed to Yang Jian, muttering something in their mouths.
"Please, Lord Governor, please save our daughter and our whole family."
"Don't speak slowly like this."
Li Shun helped him up and said in surprise.
"It's Boss Chen."
Under the light, Yang Jian looked at the frightened Boss Chen and stood up in surprise and asked.
"What happened?"
Li Shun motioned to Boss Chen to sit down on the chair and comforted him.
"Don't be anxious, tell me if you have anything to do."
Yang Jian asked someone to bring tea and sit down.
"A few days ago, we discussed with Fan Wei that we would take some time to go to your store for a drink. We were so busy that we still haven't been able to do so today."
After the atmosphere calmed down a bit, Boss Chen revealed the whole story. Unexpectedly, it was related to the incident where Li Shun taught Lu Er a lesson in a wine shop when Yang Jian first entered Suizhou.
The local ruffian Lu Er had been brooding on the idea of causing trouble and revenge after being ruthless in Boss Chen's wine shop. However, Lu Er found out the next day that the person he wanted to revenge was the newly appointed governor of the state. Knowing that he could not afford to offend him, he shifted the target of revenge to Chen. On the boss.
One of his little brothers reported not long ago.
"Boss Chen has a little girl who is just 14 and is already blooming like a flower."
Lu Er secretly went to take a look once and felt that there was no one more beautiful than her in Suizhou City, so he told Shan Hu the news of the treasure. Shan Hu was addicted to looking for flowers and willows. After seeing it, Shan Hu became anxious and wanted to do this. The female domination is in hand.
The Chen family was a prominent surname in Suizhou a hundred years ago, and some of their ancestors were officials in the court, so of course Shan Hu couldn't do anything tough, so Shan Hu had no choice but to go wild and threaten his father.
"Oh, I've been suffering from angina recently, and I can't even beat my teeth. If you don't help me, dad, I won't be able to live."
After being persuaded by his son, Shan Yutong posted a message to Boss Chen to invite him to his concubine's birthday banquet. The concubine's surname was also Chen and she was a close relative of Boss Chen, so Boss Chen had no choice but to bring generous gifts to the banquet.
There was a lot of fun at the banquet, and there was no extraneous incident. Today, Shan Yutong sent 100 taels of gold to his son Shan Hu to propose marriage, as well as many gold, silver, jewelry, and many other ornaments.
"The younger daughter will become the second wife after marrying my son. If the eldest wife is still unable to give birth or something unexpected happens, the second wife will be promoted to the main wife."
And the person proposing the marriage also said.
"In three days, it will be an auspicious day and a good day to get married. Three days later, Cen will carry a sedan chair to the Chen family to get married."
Upon hearing this, Boss Chen knelt down, kowtowed, and begged.
"Masters, okay, my daughter is not old enough to get married, please let our family go."
Upon hearing this, the person who proposed marriage immediately changed his face and made harsh words.
"If you dare to disobey this matter, then your family will never even think about living in Suizhou."
Yang Jian was furious after hearing this.
"Boss Wang's wife was killed by Shan Hu, and now this guy has used other methods to harm another little girl who is just waiting to bloom. I'm really angry."
Although Xiao Lezi was a eunuch, what he heard from Boss Chen was terrible, so he slapped the table and roared.
"Master Governor, I don't dare to ask for anything else. I just ask you to take me to the military room to choose a weapon. The Shan family has gone too far to bully others. We can't bear it anymore, so I went to pick him today."
"Sit down, if you cause trouble at this juncture, it will disrupt the deployment of major cases that have been carried out for several months."
Li Shundao.
"Then we just watch another tragedy happen?"
Yang Jian, who had always been decisive in life, was in a state of confusion at this moment. When he raised his head slightly, he saw that Li Shun, who was sitting next to Xiao Lezi, had changed his face and was very lively.
When Yang Jian and Li Shun looked at each other, the guy still arched his mouth frivolously towards him. Based on Yang Jian and Li Shun's many years of experience together, he knew that Li Shun must have something up his sleeve again.
After Boss Chen finished his report, he felt a chill in his heart when he saw Yang Jian was silent. His body went limp and he wanted to kneel down and kowtow.
"Don't be like this, don't be like this."
Yang Jian grabbed Boss Chen and expressed his attitude to him sincerely.
"You and Xiao Lezi go back first. The state government will definitely make the decision for you on this matter. However, we still need to discuss and decide what to do and we will let you know later."
After seeing off Boss Chen and Little Fun Guy, Yang Jian poured cold water on Li Shun.
"Let me say hello to you first. It is not as simple as you think to solve this matter. Don't make things worse and cause more trouble. At present, there are new and old cases that have not yet been solved. Adding this kind of thing to the list will make the success fall short if not done well. .”
Li Shun said proudly.
"The method we are thinking of can not only help Boss Chen save his daughter, but also capture Shan Yutong, Shan Hu and the 12 King Kongs in one fell swoop. It is a clever plan that gets twice the result with half the effort and gets the best of both worlds."
Yang Jian asked in great surprise.
"You have too much ability."
Li Shun seemed to have a well-thought-out plan as he spoke in this way.
