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After careful consideration, Liu Xie asked Huan Jie to write, drafted an imperial edict, and sent someone to Nanyang, ordering Situ Mansion to be responsible for the preparation of the Changsha ship officer. It would be best to send a long history-level official to Changsha to handle the matter .

The matter of the ship officer came to an end for the time being, Liu Xie asked Huan Jie, what should be done next?

Huan Jie didn't think about it. "Lingnan is isolated, and I haven't heard news from the Han family for a long time. Your Majesty should go to the front-line army to boost morale, and make an emergency landing on Shixie, so that the Lingnan people will know the majesty of the Han family, and non-Shixie brothers can usurp it."

Liu Xie thinks so. "good."

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Situ and Sikong received imperial edicts one after another.Within a few days, Yang Biao and Zhou Zhong met successively to discuss the performance of their duties under the imperial edict.

Zhou Zhong had a headache.

The emperor said that he had handed over the government affairs to Situ and Sikong, but he was not idle.Every time he went to a place, but he saw something, he issued an imperial edict, ordering Situ and Sikong to handle it, but they still had to do it.

This way, he will be busier than before the emperor returned to power.

At least before the emperor returned to power, he seldom went out and didn't see so many things.

Fortunately, he has plenty of time now.

"Wen Xian, if it's really like what Jia Wenhe said, the emperor patrols all over the world all year round. I'm afraid the officials of Situ and Sikong's mansion are far from enough. At least double it." Zhou Zhong raised his hand and shook it, weakly. Said.

Yang Biao was very calm. "Could it be that you also want to do nothing?"

Zhou Zhong was startled and shook his hands again and again. "Wen Xian, don't talk nonsense. I don't mean that. I just think that the emperor is too young and has too much energy. We old officials really can't keep up."

"You might as well learn from my Situ Mansion and set up a few more long histories." Yang Biao grinned. "To tell you the truth, since the establishment of Liufu Changshi and the four Changshi of Southeast and Northwest, I have become much more relaxed. On weekdays, I can not only take a lunch break, but also drink tea every now and then. Not only the two prefectures, but several I have tasted all the tea from Qing Temple, but the tea from your Sikong Mansion is the best."

Zhou Zhong glared at Yang Biao. "Don't talk nonsense, I also said that the tea in your Situ Mansion is the best."

Yang Biao laughed out loud.

Zhou Zhong thought for a while, and said again: "I'm not saying that the emperor is troublesome, and he doesn't dare. It's just that if this expansion continues, the salary will also increase exponentially, and the court's expenditure will increase. Can it afford it? Administration still focuses on tranquility. It is important not to have too many things, otherwise the people will be overstaffed, and it will inevitably become bloated, and the court will be overwhelmed sooner or later. It is easy to increase manpower now, but it will be difficult to abolish it in the future."

Yang Biao nodded in agreement. He also had the same worry, but not as strongly as Zhou Zhong.

Now that the economy is developing rapidly, it is not surprising that the fiscal revenue of the imperial court will double or twice in the future. It is also necessary for the government and the temple to increase a little manpower, but it is necessary to control the scale.

"Jiamou, do you have any impression of Huan Jie?"

Zhou Zhong snorted. "I know a thing or two. He was promoted by Sun Jian as Xiaolian. He entered the palace as Shang Shulang. He is decisive and talented, but he has a small temper and is not a pure-hearted person, that is..."

Yang Biao coughed and interrupted Zhou Zhong. "He has just been appointed by the emperor as a servant, and he is quite valued."

Zhou Zhong was startled, and closed his mouth embarrassingly.

He didn't have a good impression of Huan Jie, and the document he received said that Huan Jie was the leader of the trouble, and he filed a lawsuit against Zhang Ji when he picked up the driver, which made him, Sikong, go to Changsha to investigate the case in person, so he inevitably felt a little resentful and wanted to complain Huan Jie said a few words.

But the emperor attaches great importance to Huanjie, so he can't talk nonsense, otherwise, wouldn't it be a way to say that the emperor is ignorant of people?

That is to be scolded.

Chapter 1203

Knowing that Huan Jie was worshiped as a servant, Zhou Zhong couldn't help asking a few more questions.

As an old minister who has always followed the emperor, he is aware of the emperor's caution in promoting his close ministers.In the past few years, the few servants he promoted were not ordinary people.How did this Huan Jie fall into the eyes of the emperor, and he was worshiped as a servant as soon as he met?

To say that the emperor was forced to do it, Zhou Zhong couldn't believe it.

Yang Biao was also a little strange, so he asked Zhou Zhong his impression of Huan Jie.He didn't have much contact with Huan Jie, and he didn't know this person's ability and character.Zhou Zhong served as a Wei Wei around the first year of Chuping, and he was familiar with Shang Shulang in the palace.

But he was not as surprised as Zhou Zhong, he believed in the eyesight of the emperor.

Since the emperor did this, Huan Jie was worth it.

After listening to Zhou Zhong's brief introduction to Huan Jie, Yang Biao understood a little bit.

Huan's rank is suddenly expensive, not only because he deserves it, but also because the emperor wants to take this opportunity to support the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, so as to divide the power of the gentry in the Central Plains.To put it simply, it is the same as reusing Yu Fan and other Jiangdong people to check and balance the gentry in the Central Plains.

It seems that in addition to the Yangzhou and Yizhou families, there will be another Jingzhou family.

To be precise, it is the Jingnan Department, or collectively known as the Jiangnan Department.

Yang Biao did not say such a thing to Zhou Zhong.

Zhou Zhong is very concerned about this and is also very anxious. He will soon realize this, and there is no need to deliberately remind him.

Zhou Zhong remembered one thing. "Wen Xian, last time you said you wrote a letter to Liu Tao's son and asked him to persuade Shi Xie to surrender. How is the progress?"

Yang Biao shook his head. "I haven't replied yet, and I can't find anyone. Liu Tao didn't pay much attention to his official career when he was alive. His sons followed suit and were affected by his unjust death. Maybe he gave up his worldly thoughts and went to the mountains to practice Taoism." .”

Zhou Zhong sighed.

Liu Tao had both virtue and talent, was loyal and outspoken, but in the end he was falsely accused of being a traitor and died of holding his breath, which is really embarrassing.

What is even more embarrassing is that Zhang Xi's elder brother, Gu Sikong Zhang Ji, was among the people who falsely accused Liu Tao.

This is also one of the reasons why they lacked confidence when seeking Zhang Xi's posthumous title.

Brothers Zhang Ji and Zhang Xi do have stains on personal morality.

"Liu Tao's descendants can't be found, so it's okay to look for his disciples. With Liu Tao's many disciples, it's impossible to find none of them?"

"It's not that I can't find it, it's that it's useless." Yang Biao pondered: "I was thinking, should I forget it, maybe it would be better to let Shi Xie fend for himself. He has read so many books, and now he still doesn't know current affairs Resist, die as a matter of course.”

Zhou Zhong glanced at Yang Biao, hesitant to speak.

The words are well said, but they sound harsh.

Shouldn't scholars in the world watch over each other? How can they say that Shi Xie is left to fend for himself?

But the matter has come to this point, it is really difficult to save Shi Xie, if he is not saved, he will be burned.

Yang Biao and Zhou Zhong met each other's eyes and sighed in unison.

It's just that the reasons for the two sighing may not be the same.

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Liu Xie went up the Xiangshui River in a warship.

After passing through Ling County, the hills gradually increased, and the rain seemed to be increasing. It never stopped falling, and it was rare to see the sun.From time to time, there will be a heavy rain, the mountain torrents will rise sharply, the water level will rise rapidly, and the turbid current will roll. Even a huge warship has to go to the shore for shelter.

The southerners are fine, but people from Liangzhou like Zhang Ji will inevitably change their faces when they see such a scene.

He told Jia Xu privately that fortunately, the emperor did not let him take charge of the war against Jiaozhou, otherwise he would not be safe at the end of the festival.

In such a terrain, the power of the cavalry cannot be brought into full play, and the superiority of the Xiliang Army is useless at all.

Jia Xu half-jokingly said, if you have such an idea, you will be blessed in the future.

Zhang Ji laughed and didn't think he was disobedient.

By now, he had already accepted his fate.I don't think about anything, and there is only one task left after I go back. While my health is still good, hurry up and have a few more children.

The prosperous age is approaching, and if you don't have a few more children, you will be sorry for this era.

Liu Xie also gained a lot.

If he didn't go there himself, he really didn't know that Jiangnan's economy was so backward.Jiangnan in later generations is already an economically developed area. Even Hunan has highways, and the transportation is very convenient. Most people don't feel the difficulty of the journey, let alone marching.

Strictly speaking, this is not considered a march, it is just a few thousand people traveling by boat, and all the luggage is provided by the counties along the way, so you don't need to bring your own.

Thinking of pushing a cart full of weapons, food and grass in such weather and on such a road, moving forward step by step, Liu Xie felt his scalp tingle.

Given a choice, he would rather suffer the cold on the grassland than march and fight in this environment.

After arriving at Quanling in Lingling County, Liu Xie met Ding Chong who had received the edict and came to greet him.

Ding Chong had a dark complexion, a bamboo hat on his head, a coir raincoat on his body, trouser legs rolled up, and barefoot, standing in the muddy water by the roadside.If it wasn't for someone's guidance, Liu Xie wouldn't have recognized him at all.

"Why are you in such a mess?" Liu Xie jokingly said, "Isn't it because you want to show it in front of me?"

Ding Chong smiled wryly. "Your Majesty's eyes are like lightning, how could I dare to deceive you. On the way here, I encountered a mountain torrent, and my horse stumbled and was sucked into the water by accident. The minister was good enough to get out in time, but the official uniform and seal with him were all Lost, unable to enter the city, so I had to drive more than ten miles to meet His Majesty outside the city."

"Can't enter the city without a seal?" Liu Xie looked at Quanling not far away.

"Lingling is already the front line. Just in case, the rules set by the minister himself can be regarded as a cocoon."

Liu Xie couldn't help but pull Ding Chong into the cabin, and then reached out to pick off his coir raincoat.

Ding Chong was startled, thanked him quickly, took off his bamboo hat and coir raincoat, and bowed to salute.

Liu Xie returned the gift, and ordered Daqiao, who was driving with him, to bring hot tea for Ding Chong to warm up.

Ding Chong was so grateful, he held the tea in his hand, bit his lip, hesitated to speak, but his eyes were wet.

"Your Majesty, the minister's lax management of the army has caused the people of Changsha to suffer, and it has affected His Majesty's wisdom. Please punish him."

Liu Xie waved his hand, signaling to Ding Chong not to rush to plead guilty, but to drink tea first.

He came here not to punish Ding Chong, but to see the soldiers fighting on the front line.Seeing Ding Chong's appearance, he knew that although Shi Xie hadn't surrendered yet, Ding Chong had put his heart into it, so he didn't need to be harsh.

As for the nuisance case in Changsha, to be honest, he was not surprised.

He is still clear about the virtues of Xiliang soldiers.Not to mention Zhang Ji's department, which has been wandering outside, even the various departments under his direct control, such disturbances to the people are unavoidable.

If you want to turn them into real soldiers, you can't do it without the efforts of a generation.

"I'm asking you alone."

"Your Majesty, please inquire."

"Dou Wu's grandson, Dou Fu."

Ding Chong froze for a moment, showing a bit of hesitation. "What would your Majesty want to ask him?"

"I just want to know how he has lived in Lingling these years, what are his talents and conduct, and whether he deserves the reputation of Xiaolian."

Ding Chong blinked his eyes. "Your Majesty's question is a coincidence. Dou Fu himself is in Quanling. Your Majesty might as well meet in person. With your majesty's knowledge of people, you can tell when you see it."

"Dou Fu is in Quanling?"

"Yes, he has just been appointed by the minister to guard the order of Quanling and preside over the affairs of Quanling."

"What about the previous Quanling Order?"

"Half a month ago, bandits attacked the city, and Quanling ordered to abandon the city. It was Dou Fu who stepped forward and commanded the people in the city to defend the city. This saved the minister's way out."

Chapter 1204

Liu Xie was surprised.

He always thought that Dou Fu had returned to the Central Plains, but he did not expect that Dou Fu not only did not return to the Central Plains, but was in Quanling.

Of course, he was even more surprised that when Ding Chong led his troops to conquer Jiaozhou and the army was stationed nearby, Quanling, as the county government of Lingling, would be attacked by a group of bandits. Solved.

If there are not many bandits, how did they break through Quanling?

If there were so many bandits, how did Dou Fu get out of the siege?

Liu Xie was puzzled, but didn't show much expression on his face, he just took a deep look at Ding Chong.

Ding Chong showed a trace of helplessness. "Your Majesty, when General Hussars was in command of Changsha, I thought it was not an exaggeration. Only when I took responsibility for myself did I realize that the burden was too heavy to bear, and such a big mistake happened, and I was in a mess. I ask Your Majesty to punish the crime and choose another wise man. .”

Liu Xie snorted, but before he could speak, Jia Xu on the side said calmly: "General Ding, Quanling City was attacked half a month ago?"

Ding Chong bowed to salute. "Back to the captain, yes."

"Since it happened half a month ago, why didn't you inform me?"

Ding Chong sighed and bowed to Liu Xie again. "It's the minister's dereliction of duty. Your Majesty, please punish him and give him a canonical punishment."

Liu Xie waved his hand and interrupted Ding Chong. "You'd better go wash and change your clothes first, don't catch cold."

Ding Chong was slightly startled, then his nose was sore, he saluted and backed out.

Liu Xie looked at Jia Xu. "What do you think sir?"

Jia Xu stroked his beard, and said calmly: "After all, I am a scholar, and I will inevitably have some omissions. Fortunately, I dare to take responsibility, don't shirk, and with experience, I can still use it in the future."

Liu Xie nodded slightly.

Jia Xu pointed out his dereliction of duty in front of Ding Chong, but defended Ding Chong when Ding Chong was away, and acted as a villain himself, leaving him the opportunity to be kind to the emperor, which is considered well-intentioned.

He also felt that Ding Chong would not be playing tricks behind his back—although he was also from Yuzhou, he was out of tune with those famous scholars Qingliu, and he had worked with Hussar General Zhang Ji for many years, so his reputation had long been ruined—but Quanling came out. Such a thing should not be taken lightly.

There are only tigers and habayashi around him, and the terrain and climate are not suitable for cavalry combat. If there is a conflict, he will be very embarrassed.

Of course, so far, there has been no mutation, and the possibility of someone taking a risk is not high.

At best, it's just a brush with the sense of presence.