soon.
Through the narrations of Wang Wenru, Li Daosheng, and Mo Wenyuan, Bai Yuxian also had a general understanding of Zhangchou Jianqiong's situation in the past few years when he was the governor of Jiannan.
From a policy perspective alone, Zhangchou Jianqiong is undoubtedly a good official who cares about the people and wants to do good things.
Politically, Zhangchou Jianqiong served as the Jiedushi of Jiannan. Over the years, he encouraged people to work hard in farming, reduced various excessive taxes and severely punished corrupt officials.
Militaryly, the daily training of the Jiannan Army is strengthened to strictly guard the southern border. At the same time, troops are dispatched from time to time to clean up bandits and gangsters in Jiannan to ensure the safety of the people in Jiannan.
Judging from these policies, Zhangchou Jianqiong is obviously a good official who wants to do things for the benefit of the people.
And five years ago in Tianbao, the entire Jiannan was indeed in good order under the governance of Zhangchou Jianqiong, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.
But since five years after Tianbao, natural disasters have continued all over the country in the Tang Dynasty.
Jiannan is not immune either.
In the past few years, droughts, floods, earthquakes, locusts, plagues, and many other disasters have taken turns in Jiannan.
As a result, the people in Jiannan today are almost in dire straits.
In terms of bandits, the current situation in Jiannan is not bad, because Zhangchou Jianqiong sends large troops to sweep away the bandits in the entire Jiannan territory from time to time.
But in terms of people's lives, there is really nothing that can be done.
Because this kind of natural disaster cannot be solved by Zhangchou Jianqiong.
After listening to Wang Wenru, Li Daosheng, and Mo Wenyuan's comments on Zhangchou Jianqiong's governance in Jiannan over the years, Bai Yuxian couldn't help but feel some respect for Zhangchou Jianqiong.
Although the two have never met, Zhangchou Jianqiong, a good official who truly cares about the people of the world, still deserves his respect.
He couldn't help but say so.
"Master Zhangqiu has the world in mind and is devoted to the people. Bai admires him."
Wang Wenru, Li Daosheng, and Mo Wenyuan could not help but show respect on their faces.
As the superior officers under Zhangchou Jianqiong, the three of them have followed Zhangchou Jianqiong and assisted Zhangchou Jianqiong in handling Jiannan government affairs over the years. Naturally, they are all aware of Zhangchou Jianqiong's character and performance over the years, and they have deep feelings for Zhangchou Jianqiong. Zhangchou Jianqiong also respected him very much.
At the same time, after hearing Bai Yuxian's words, I couldn't help but feel a little more favorable toward Bai Yuxian.
Originally, the three of them were a little worried about Bai Yuxian, their new boss. After all, they had never met before and they didn't know whether they would continue to be employed after taking office. They also didn't know what Bai Yuxian's specific personality was.
But now it seems.
They thought Bai Yuxian would be a good person.
Because from the beginning to now, Bai Yuxian has always given them the feeling of being as gentle as jade, giving them the feeling of a jade gentleman.
As the saying goes, appearance comes from the heart.
"In this case, the general direction of Jiannan's political management will be temporarily suspended and continue to follow Lord Zhangqiu's original governance direction. Now you can tell me about the current situation of Jiannan Army."
Bai Yuxian asked again.
After having a general understanding of the current governance situation in Jiannan, and feeling that there were no problems in the general direction of Zhang Chou Jianqiong, Bai Yuxian decided not to make any changes for the time being, and first take a look at the situation of the Jiannan Army.
Bai Yuxian's first step in taking over Jiannan is to completely control Jiannan's military power.
As the saying goes, boxing is power.
As long as the military power in Jiannan is completely controlled first, will there still be problems with the subsequent political power?
Bai Yuxian has always believed that political power is based on military power.
Without military power, there is no political power.
"promise."
The three of them immediately started talking again.
"Currently, in the army, after Lord Zhangchou resigned, he is led by Senior General Tian Haotian."
Then through the three people's narration, Bai Yuxian gradually learned about the current situation of the Jiannan Army.
Today's Jiannan Army has a total of 40,000 people, headed by Tian Hao after Zhangchou Jianqiong resigned.
Tian Haoguan is a fourth-grade general. He is now in his fifties and is a veteran general. His martial arts cultivation has also reached the level of martial arts spiritual acuity.
Secondly, there are six people under Tian Hao, namely Jiang Wu, Guan Sheng, Zhou Quan, Zhao Wuzhou, Ximen Yan, and Dongfang Shuo. These six people are also the main generals in the Jiannan Army today, and their status in the Jiannan Army is second only to Yu Tianhao is also a master in the Xuangang realm of martial arts.
These seven people are now the main senior leaders of the Jiannan Army.
Bai Yuxian nodded, and suddenly had a clear understanding of the situation of Jiannan Army.
Finally asked.
"How is the situation in Nanzhao now?"
Speaking of Nanzhao, Wang Wenru, Li Daosheng, and Mo Wenyuan couldn't help but feel relieved when they saw Bai Yuxian arriving in front of them.
The current situation in Nanzhao is very unfavorable for them in Jiannan.
Nanzhao General Ye Wushuang rebelled and seized power and became the Queen of Nanzhao. With the support of the Moon Worship Cult, he quickly and smoothly took charge of the entire Nanzhao. The entire Nanzhao royal family was almost wiped out, and only the Nanzhao royal family remained. A princess and the original Queen of Nanzhao are on the run.
Especially the leader of the Moon Worshiping Cult, he is a powerful man who is suspected to be at the level of supernatural powers. If Bai Yuxian had not arrived and Nanzhao was unwilling to continue to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, there would have been a war with Jiannan. They Jiannan would not have A person can withstand a powerful being at the level of divine powers.
Fortunately, now Bai Yuxian has arrived and has become their new Jiedushi envoy to Jiannan.
With Bai Yuxian, a powerful being at the level of divine and human powers, sitting in charge, and a powerful being with a great reputation who is still invincible in the level of heaven and human supernatural powers, sitting in charge, they feel too safe.
"Reporting to the envoy, Nanzhao is now under the control of Nanzhao's former general Ye Wushuang. He proclaimed himself the king of Nanzhao, and appointed the leader of the Moon Worship Sect as the national teacher, and the Moon Worship Sect as the state religion. In this way, there is no one in the entire Nanzhao Kingdom. If they can resist, the original Nanzhao royal family has basically been slaughtered, leaving only Nanzhao Princess Huo Ling'er and Nanzhao Queen Yanfei at large, and the two fugitives Nanzhao Princess and Nanzhao Queen are also mother and daughter."
"It is reported that the two fugitive Nanzhao princesses and queens are still monks, so the mother and daughter took advantage of the chaos to break out of the siege when Ye Wushuang rebelled and massacred the Nanzhao royal family."
"Now that Ye Wushuang has succeeded in usurping the throne and becoming the new Queen of Nanzhao, she is also mobilizing the power of the entire Nanzhao Kingdom to hunt down these two people."
"However, according to the news, Ye Wushuang is currently pursuing the two Nanzhao princesses and queen not to directly kill Yongjie, but to marry the Nanzhao princess, so that he can become the king of Nanzhao more smoothly and more legitimately. .”
Now the Nanzhao royal family has been almost completely slaughtered by Ye Wushuang, leaving only the Nanzhao princess and the queen.
Under such circumstances, if Ye Wushuang marries Princess Nanzhao again, wouldn't it be justifiable?
"Furthermore, it is reported that the Princess of Nanzhao and the Queen of Nanzhao are both great beauties who have attracted the attention of the whole country. They are naturally charming and have special skills. I am afraid that Ye Wushuang wants to have both mother and daughter."
At this time, Mo Wenyuan suddenly interrupted.
Wang Wenru and Li Daosheng couldn't help but looked at Mo Wenyuan speechlessly with the corners of their mouths twitching.
Sensing the gazes of the two men, Mo Wenyuan seemed to realize that something was wrong with him, and quickly looked at Bai Yuxian apologetically to explain.
"Forgive me for my sin, but I made a mistake as a subordinate."
Bai Yuxian couldn't help but laugh, but he didn't blame him. After all, some men were not LSPs, so Bai Yuxian could understand.
After all, he himself didn't take it seriously.
"It doesn't matter."
After that, he no longer wanted to talk any more, so he opened his mouth and said.
"Well, let's stop here today. You can inform other civil and military officials later and hold a meeting tomorrow morning to let everyone get to know me. If there is nothing else to do for the time being, you can leave and make arrangements on your own."
"Yes, in that case, I will resign."
Wang Wenru, Li Daosheng, and Mo Wenyuan left immediately.
After the three people left, Bai Yuxian also began to check the environment of the entire Jiedushi mansion.
Not surprisingly, this will be his permanent home from now on.
The entire Jiedushi Mansion is very large, even several times larger than the Jin State Mansion given by the White Jade Immortal Capital Master Li Longji. It is also very well built, with pavilions and pavilions, is antique and even contains a hill in the deepest part of the entire mansion. It was transformed into a landscape garden, and there was a Wangshu Pavilion on the top of the mountain.
At this time, the four girls, Li Mi, Pei Shengnan, Qin Yuniang, and Li Wenjun, had also settled down in the mansion, and each of them had chosen a courtyard.
Now that they have arrived in Jiannan, the four girls have no scruples about whether their relationship with Bai Yuxian will be exposed or not.
"Jade Immortal."
"Husband."
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"We are going to live here from now on, let's walk around together and get familiar with the environment."
Bai Yuxian smiled and looked at the four women.
Now the four girls already know each other and get along very well.
"Um."
In response to Bai Yuxian's proposal, the four girls nodded happily, and then started touring the entire mansion together.
At the same time, it was far away from the border of southern Xinjiang, close to Jiannan.
Two female figures wearing different clothes and black gauze hats, whose faces were also covered with black gauze and could not see their faces, were walking on the mountain path.
"Mother, where are we going now? Nanzhao can't go back. There are people from the Yue Worship Sect and Ye Wushuang everywhere."
One of the women asked, with a hint of unbearable sadness in her voice.
"Go to the Tang Dynasty. When King Qin surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and was pardoned by the Tang Dynasty, we, Nanzhao, are a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty. Now that Wushuang has rebelled and caused chaos, the Tang Dynasty should also help us put things right."
Another woman spoke immediately, her voice relatively mature and calm, but also carrying a bit of undisguised exhaustion.
And the identity of the two people is none other than Nanzhao Princess Huo Ling'er and Nanzhao Queen Yanfei who escaped from Nanzhao Kingdom all the way.
The mother and daughter had been on the run since Ye Wushuang's rebellion, being pursued by the Yue Worship Cult and Ye Wushuang's men. Now, after going through untold hardships, they finally escaped from Nanzhao and came to the border of Datang.
Concubine Yan knew that mother and daughter would definitely not be able to go back to Nanzhao Kingdom at this time.
If they want revenge, then Datang is the only chance for their mother and daughter.
After all, the original King of Nanzhao led the Nanzhao Kingdom to surrender to the Tang Dynasty and receive amnesty from the Tang Dynasty. In theory, they are naturally ministers of the Tang Dynasty. shelter.
Now that there is such a rebellion in Nanzhao Kingdom, and the general Ye Wushuang rebels and massacres their Nanzhao royal family, then naturally the mother and daughter can ask for help from the Tang Dynasty.
"But, will Datang really help us?"
Huo Ling'er raised concerns.
Concubine Yan couldn't guarantee it in her heart, but now, in addition to this, their mother and daughter had other options.
Nanzhao can no longer go back, and the Yue Worshiping Sect and Ye Wushuang are also desperately searching for and arresting their mother and daughter. If they continue like this, they will be caught sooner or later.
Now for their mother and daughter, the only chance now is to seek help from Datang.
(End of chapter)
