Xuzhou Prefecture.

"The Duke of the State has a secret letter, and the fastest horse comes from Jinan."

Wang Xiao looked down and put it on the candlelight and burned it.

He picked up the pen and wrote only the word "follow him" under the paper, and ordered: "You can use the fastest horse to return to Commander Chai."

"yes."

After dealing with this small matter, Wang Xiao turned his head and looked at the officials in the seat.

"The matter of dividing the land needs to be as soon as possible. If the matter cannot be done, it is for those big families to listen to. Don't let it go... Especially you, Zhang Duan! The field near Jiuli Lake could be divided yesterday, so why did it be delayed until today? The officials took another trip to the carriage."

After being laughed by Wang Xiao, Zhang Duan was shocked. He didn't expect that such a small thing could be caught.

He hurriedly bowed and said, "The officials knew that they were wrong and would never dare to make the mistake again."

"Your colleague said that you have a ruler in your heart and act the most appropriately. You never go to the yamen or the yamen. If you say this, you will never make any mistakes again. I guess it is true, go down."

"yes."

Zhang Duan respectfully left the government office, looked up at the dark sky, and cursed Wang Xiao in his heart.

I committed a sin in my previous life and I will do my job under you in this life...

He was so angry that he couldn't scold himself, but his face was not visible at all. He turned his head and shouted to his subordinates: "Everyone cheer me up! Show Xuzhou officials the diligence of Shandong!"

"yes!"

The bullshit wind of diligence, you went to Hubu Mountain to visit today.

Damn, I will go to the yamen in the morning tomorrow.

In an inn on the street, Fang Yizhi stood by the window with his hands behind his back, looking at the officials coming and going with interest. He heard Zhang Duan's shout and thoughtful.

"The Shandong official atmosphere is refreshing..."

Pei Min rode his horse across the long street and hurried into the hall.

"Report to the Duke, the man has caught it."

Wang Xiao didn't raise his head and said, "We are talking about governing Xuzhou according to law, so don't catch people randomly."

Pei Min, who was born in a factory guard, smiled knowingly after hearing this, and inexplicably felt like he was like a fish in water. It was better to be a lackey than a general!

"Yes. Bei Zhi waited for him to leave Xuzhou before he took the man. Until now, he still thought he was caught by Zheng Dang."

Wang Xiao nodded, still satisfied with Pei Min's performance.

Pei Min said again: "Fortunately this is the case. After asking about it, Bei Zhi found out that this kid's background is really not simple."

Su Mingxuan looked at the information in his hand and sorted it out for Wang Xiao, saying, "The Mao family was the one who was the king of Zhennan in the Yuan Dynasty. After the fall of Yuan Dynasty, he fled to Rugao and was called Mao. Before Taizu won the world, Zhang Shicheng summoned his ancestors as prime minister and entrusted his illness to refuse to serve. Later, he built a ten thousand bookstore to preserve the books and rituals during the war. After the founding of the Chu Dynasty, the Mao family had been high-ranking officials for generations, and they were all known for their "being honest and considering the people's feelings."

Wang Xiao said, "Has the big families of two dynasties flourished?"

"Yes. Mao Xiang's father Mao Qizong was the deputy envoy of Shandong Censorate and supervised the grain storage roads of seven provinces. Now he serves as the governor of Huguang. He is famous in the world for his 'natural integrity, upright and honest'. He has been an official for decades, and no one dares to bribe him. To this day, there are still people in Shandong who call him Bao Zheng alive."

"As for Mao Xiang, he has always been famous for his talent. He was called the 'Wang Bo' of the times at the age of fourteen. The literati in Jiangnan praised the prosperity of poetry and prose in the prosperous Chu generation and enjoyed reputation in the Fushe."

Speaking of this, Su Mingxuan sighed and said, "Although he has not entered the officialdom, he has been famous in Jiangnan for a long time. Zheng Yuanhua doesn't want to touch him easily. It would be a big trouble if you catch someone. If the matter spreads, I'm afraid that the literary world will be infuriated and have a great impact."

Wang Xiao nodded indifferently and asked Pei Min again: "Has he asked?"

"No tricks, this guy is quite tough, but Bei Zhi has not yet been punished." Pei Min bowed and said, "Bei Zhi blinded him. He thought we were Zheng Party and had been scolding Zheng Party. Therefore, he also received a lot of information... the Duke of the State has seen it."

Wang Xiao glanced at him and compared him with Liu Lanshan's confession. After thinking about it for a moment, he could see that many things were as insightful as if they were not asked.

He shook his head and sniffed, no longer caring about this matter and continued to be in charge of official duties.

Su Mingxuan pondered for a moment, shook his head, and advised: "The family background of the four young masters of Fushe is similar, and Hou Fangyu is even more talented than Mao Xiang, and he is called Li Bai of Chu. Such a famous talent is useless to keep, but it is slandered. In my opinion, it is better to drive it out."

"This matter is not that simple, I haven't seen Zheng Yuanhua's intention yet."

Wang Xiao whispered like this and said to Pei Min again: "Have you found Chen Jingfu, the head of the Dushui Department who wrote to the letter to govern the Yellow River?"

Pei Min bowed and said, "I have sent two groups of people to Jiaxing and Hangzhou to search."

"By the way, where is Ma Shisheng?"

"This... Report to Duke, Ma Shisheng had already left before our army defeated Guan Ming. After inquiring about it, the court in the south did not imprison him to grant him an official position. Now it is probably in Suzhou."

"This is the second time I asked him, not the third time."

Pei Min was shocked and responded hurriedly: "I originally wanted to send people to Suzhou, but Xuzhou City did not have many Jinyiwei, and there were many things to do. I am still seconding people to the army..."

The brush in Wang Xiao stopped and said, "Commander Chai will arrive at the Ritian. If you can't do it well, I can just ask him to do it."

Pei Min felt a stern, held his fists and replied loudly: "If you do a good job, you will definitely take advantage of the cost of the job, so that you can see clearly the consequences of the rebels who dare to sacrifice to the city!"

"Just understand, go down."

Finally, Wang Xiao yawned, waved the last group of officials away, and returned to the Houya.

In the room, Qin Xiaozhu was lying on the table and sleeping soundly.

"cough."

Qin Xiaozhu woke up, with some ink marks on his face. Wang smiled over and raised his hand to wipe it off gently.

"If you are sleepy, go to bed first."

"The information has not been finished yet... Chunning said that Jinan has nothing to do, but he just misses us very much."

"Is that so? Let's take a look..."

"Well, here... there is something so interesting!" Qin Xiaozhu said: "The court in the south wants to issue an edict saying that it is pitiful that the people of Northern Zhili, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong and Sichuan are suffering from wars and will be exempted from their taxes for three years."

"Mom Xipi, I can't figure it out for these guys! How do you have a brain? They are not under their control, they can really pretend to be generous. Instead, they actually charge an additional salary for the place they govern."

"Why didn't they waive the taxes in Liaodong? Anyway, it's better to waive the taxes in North Korea."

After Qin Xiaozhu finished speaking, he held his head and was happy for a while.

Wang Xiao also smiled and took the information and took a look, but his opinion was different.

The other party is not stupid, it is raising questions for yourself and responding to your memorials... Let's discuss it with my cousin tomorrow.

The information was handed over from Nanjing. These spies were smart and brave, but unfortunately, they had typos in copying edicts, and in some places they were completely black ink.

The main reason is that the literary style is prosperous there, and the rare words in the edicts that the world have also made people scary, "Super, Urgent, Worm, Yao... Well? Forget it, I will analyze the details tomorrow."

"Wang Xiao, the prostitute is very interesting." Qin Xiaozhu suddenly said.

"You mean...are you? And you're not called accomplice."

Qin Xiaozhu said: "Well, they speak nicely, and their words and deeds are pleasing to the eye. They know a lot, and they are not the kind of people who entertain people, like making friends and having fun."

Wang Xiao sighed: "My Xiao Zhu can still say words like 'pleasant and pleasing', and he speaks much more elegantly."

"Well? I think so too! Actually, I could have been a talented woman, mainly because my fourth uncle and others brought me away. You see, Qin Xuance is okay to study, right?"

"Xuance can only be considered a new enlightenment in front of others." Wang Xiao said casually, "It is the most time-consuming and expensive thing to praise famous prostitutes. I admire them very much if the literati in Jiangnan can praise them to this point and also study a good article."

"You don't understand this." Qin Xiaozhu said: "It's the fastest to learn articles while holding famous prostitutes. Look, I'm much more elegant today."

Wang Xiao looked at the information in his hand and said carelessly: "What is left in the end? At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, Wen Tianxiang's "a piece of loyalty shines through history" left a memory for future generations. If the Chu Dynasty dies one day, these people's eyes will probably be on those famous prostitutes and discuss which of them is the most heroic.

At that point, the Chu Dynasty is worthy of talking about the word... It seems that there are not many more men, so they can only stare at a few women who are wandering around. Or, they must compare them with their famous husbands all over the world to see if the water is cold, so that people at that time can feel... enough to ridicule these men."

Qin Xiaozhu was puzzled and asked, "What are you talking about?"

"I've just been feeling a little emotional. I've always known that the situation in the south is corrupt, but every time I stay one more day, I feel even more corrupt. The Chu Dynasty was founded for nearly three hundred years, and there was no talented person before? Why is it that now, the famous prostitutes in Qinhuai are the most famous in Jiangnan?"

“Why?”

"Every time the national affairs are corrupted, the wind of enjoyment is more than twice as good as the world. These people should be content to enjoy the blessings of their lifetime as soon as possible."

After two lifetimes, it is admirable that these women with the best appearance and talent are still being selected.

Qin Xiaozhu thought for a while and asked, "Wang Xiao, are you saying that those famous prostitutes ruined the Jiangnan atmosphere? I don't think they look like those bad women..."

Wang Xiao shook his head. He didn't know what to say. He gave it to Qin Xiaozhu briefly and explained: "They are just products, not so much as the cause, but rather as the result."

"Now the character of our Chu literati... how can we say that they like these talented and beautiful people and famous. So in order to please them, people in this industry will rob, rob, and bring their qualified daughters to raise them. After becoming famous, they will be in line with the literati and their poems and increase their fame.

If the Chu Dynasty is destroyed, they will probably turn around and point at them and say, 'The beauty is in trouble, and the country is destroyed because of you'; or take it out and say, 'I didn't want to surrender, but my concubines at home can't bear to die'; or use them to add a few romantic stories to make people in the future praise themselves as a romantic talent..."

Qin Xiaozhu frowned and felt a little depressed for no reason.

I want to teach someone a lesson, but I feel that it is so big in Jiangnan, and I really don’t know who to teach me a lesson.

But she didn't say anything cursing today. In the end, she just asked Wang Xiao for help, "Then let's overturn the court in the south, what are you going to do?"

This time, Wang Xiao was silent for a moment.

"The time is not yet here. In addition, I haven't thought about how to do it... I really started fighting, but I'm not likely to be defeated, but I'm afraid that if a decision is made wrong, many innocent people will die."

"oh."

"Take it slow..."

Qin Xiaozhu no longer talked to Wang Xiao and asked him to read the last few messages, but she went to ask his maid to fetch water.

When the two of them got on the couch, she hugged Wang Xiao, but still couldn't help asking: "Am I not as beautiful as them?"
To be continued...