Nothing happened all night.
The next day, Zhu Fu, the chief historian of King Yan, came to the Chief Envoy Office of Beiping Prefecture early.
"The lower official Zhu Fu has met Nie Fantai!"
"Zhu Changshi is too polite!"
Nie Zizhi, who had just been directly promoted from Zuo counselor to Zuo chief envoy, did not dare to have any contempt for Zhu Fu, a long-time history of the Yan king.
"Come here, give Zhu Changshi tea quickly!"
"yes!"
An official responded and hurriedly walked out.
"Nie Fantai is welcome!"
Zhu Fu quickly saluted Nie Zi with a fearful look on his face, and then said: "I have taken the liberty to come here this time. It is on the orders of King Yan that I came here to find all the superior officials!"
"oh?"
Nie Zizhi subconsciously looked at each other with the two remaining political councilors in the Chief Envoy of Peking, and then looked at Zhu Fu with a smile on his face.
"May I ask Zhu Changshi, what orders does His Highness King Yan give to us and the Chief Envoy of Peking?"
“Chang Nie’s words are serious!”
Zhu Fu smiled lightly and said: "His Royal Highness King Yan just feels that Li Yu, the chief envoy of Peiping, Si Qianfantai, colluded with Guo Huan to bring the Peking Mansion, which had finally recovered, back to the miserable state it had been in many years ago.
This incident not only caused His Majesty the King of Yan to rebuke him, but also caused great losses to the King of Yan.
In this regard, His Highness King Yan hopes that you can issue a decree to the seven counties and four states under the jurisdiction of Beiping Prefecture. Each state and county must cultivate 10,000 hectares of fertile land within two years!
Only in this way can we make up for the losses of the Beiping Mansion and His Highness Prince Yan! "
"Ten thousand hectares of fertile land?"
Upon hearing this, Nie Zishi and the other two political councilors widened their eyes.
"Zhu Changshi, every state and county must cultivate 10,000 hectares of fertile land. How is this possible?"
"Exactly, now our Beiping Prefecture has a total of more than 101,000 households, 450,000 people. Excluding those military households and craftsmen households, there are only more than 80,000 households at most. How can we cultivate such a small number of people? 110,000 hectares of fields?"
"King Zhongshan had guarded Beiping for more than ten years, and with the help of hundreds of thousands of people and military households in Beiping, he was able to cultivate more than 10,000 hectares of fertile land. Now, the Guo Huan case has just passed, and the seven counties and four states under Beiping Prefecture have The county magistrates and state magistrates have not yet been filled in, so how can we cultivate good farmland?”
"I don't know where His Highness King Yan is now. I will go find His Highness King Yan right now and make it clear!"
Nie Zishi and the other two political and political councilors all looked anxious.
The seven counties and four states under the jurisdiction of Beiping Prefecture each cultivated 10,000 hectares of fertile land within two years. King Yan really dared to think!
"Three officers, please don't be anxious!"
Zhu Fu stood up quickly to dissuade him.
"The lower officials also know that this matter is something that cannot be done by the superior officials in the Chief Envoy Department, as well as the officials in various states and counties.
However, a few days ago, His Majesty had just issued an order to reprimand His Highness for Guo Huan's incident.
At this moment, His Highness King Yan was very angry with the Chief Envoys and Inspectors of Peiping.
If you go directly to His Highness because of this matter, no matter what your reasons are, His Highness's temperament will definitely not be polite to you.
Moreover, do you think that His Highness, Prince Yan, cannot do anything without knowing this matter? "
As he spoke, a figure could not help but appear in Zhu Fu's mind, and he chuckled: "Maybe, His Highness King Yan just used this matter to express his anger.
You might as well follow His Highness' wishes and step up preparations to reclaim fertile land.
In this way, after one year or two years, when the anger in His Highness's heart dissipates, you can go find His Highness to defend himself.
Perhaps, by then, His Highness will have already forgotten about this matter!
It doesn’t matter if it’s completed or not, it’s okay! "
"well!"
A wry smile appeared on Nie Zizhen's face, he stood up and cupped his hands towards Zhu Fu.
"Nie thanks Zhu Changshi for the reminder!"
"Nie Fantai is too polite!"
Zhu Fu didn't dare to express his gratitude and quickly returned the gift.
As soon as Zhu Fu left, the only two political councilors remaining in the Peking Chief Envoy quickly looked at Nie Zishi with sad faces.
"Fantai, relying only on such a small number of people in Beiping Mansion, wants to cultivate 110,000 hectares of fertile land in two years. How is it possible?"
"Yes, it took the King of Zhongshan more than ten years to cultivate 10,000 hectares of fertile land. If I can cultivate 2,000 hectares of fertile land within two years, it will be considered good!"
"Two thousand hectares of fertile land? Humph..."
Nie Zizhi sneered, "Even if the states and counties can cultivate two thousand hectares of fertile land, it may not satisfy His Highness the King of Yan!"
"So what if he is dissatisfied? I, the Chief Envoy of Peking, am the Chief Envoy of the imperial court, not the Chief Envoy of King Yan!" said a political participant with a dissatisfied face.
"But this is Beiping, the vassal state of King Yan!"
Nie Zizhi gave a bitter smile and turned to look at the two remaining colleagues beside him, "Everyone, the surname in this world is Zhu after all. This Guo Huan case has made His Majesty really angry.
If King Yan uses this matter to attack us, your Majesty may really turn a blind eye. "
"How can this be?"
Thinking of it, the two political counselors couldn't help but look pale.
"So, you two should hurry up and tell the matter to the states and counties to make preparations. As for the magistrates and other officials who are vacant in the states and counties, they must also step up the selection and report to the Ministry of Personnel to fill the positions of state and county officials as soon as possible." Nie Zishi commanded.
"Yes, Fantai!"
The two political councilors quickly responded with their hands raised.
Immediately, the entire Peiping Chief Envoy Department began to be busy again.
…
Yanwang Palace.
"How did Guo An react?"
Seeing Li Wang walking in hastily, Zhu Di asked curiously.
"Reporting to Your Highness, the magistrate of Guo County left the city with his household clerks and workshop clerks early in the morning, but he did not receive the decree from the Chief Envoy!"
"Going out of town?"
Zhu Di's face was stunned, "He is a magistrate of a county, but he doesn't go to court. He doesn't handle official documents honestly, compare money and food, and ask questions about lawsuits. He actually ran out early in the morning with the clerk of the household and the clerk of the workroom? Did you know that? , where did he go?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, I will send someone to find out. It seems that the Guo County magistrate has left with the scribes from the household and workshop, as well as the yellow book and the fish scale book, to inspect Lijia!"
"Um?"
Zhu Di's face became curious again, "What is Guo An going to do?"
"Reporting to your highness, the general is stupid, but the general has sent soldiers from the palace to follow the magistrate Guo!"
Li Wang replied.
"Very good!"
Zhu Di nodded with satisfaction, "Go ahead, I will know every move Guo An makes!"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
…
And what is Guo An doing now?
Naturally, they were inspecting every village under the jurisdiction of Wanping County.
Moreover, they are still passing by according to the yellow book and the fish scale book.
However, not long after leaving the city, the household and workshop officials who had been following Guo An began to sweat from the heat.
"County Lord, County Lord, do we really want to inspect the land like this?"
Ning Deyou, a clerk in the household, and Qinong, a clerk in the workroom, looked at the acres of patchwork fields in front of them, their legs were trembling.
There are more than 10,000 households and more than 800 hectares of fields. If the county leader inspects them like this, they will die from exhaustion?
…
