The next day, Wang Xiao slept until very late before getting up.

He had just finished his meal with Qin Xiaozhu and walked to the front yamen together. He heard a report from servants and maids that Li Xiangjun and Gu Hengbo invited him to go to Kuaizai Pavilion tomorrow.

"Don't go."

"Yes, is it good for me to return their 'busy official business'?"

"I came to Xuzhou, and His Highness King Qi didn't even ask me why I came." Wang Xiao said lightly.

The maid was shocked and quickly bowed and accused him of guilt.

"It's me who talks too much."

Wang Xiao said, "You don't have to pay back the money you have collected them, keep it, and don't have to tell the prefect Du that you spend it yourself."

"Duke free, I'll…"

Wang Xiao has already walked away.

Qin Xiaozhu turned his head and felt that the maid was quite pitiful.

"Why are you scaring me like this?"

She just can't stand the girl crying.

"Although the servants sent by Du Ruohai are not suspicious, they are used to it because of the atmosphere. They can gain a memory if they are scared."

Qin Xiaozhu had just entered the front yamen and saw the pile of official documents placed on Wang Xiao's desk. She found that she was sleepy again.

Alas, if you can’t do official duties today, it would be great to go to the ‘Quick Planting Pavilion’.

Wang Xiaocai ignored these things and threw the part of the military newspaper in front of Qin Xiaozhu.

"See if there is any problem with Xiao Pei and Xia Bei's defense. Help me draw out a thousand troops separately."

"Bah, you said last night that you felt sorry for me the most."

Qin Xiaozhu muttered in a low voice and turned it up listlessly.

Her method of studying these issues is also simple...

"Just like Xiaopei's agency, if I bring three thousand troops over, as long as I get stuck in the road to Weishan County, I can catch it in seven days."

Wang Xiao didn't have to raise his head and said casually: "It's not that you are going to be careful of you fighting from Xuzhou, but that you are going to be afraid of others sending troops from Shangqiu."

"I'm used to it, then I'll take a look..."

The boring official business time passes very slowly...

Wang Xiao yawned.

He found that although he slept late, he got up late.

Therefore, I did not leave the impression of "diligent national affairs in government affairs" to my subordinates, but instead, "the national government is negligent in government affairs and drives us to do anything like a cattle and horse."

It doesn't matter, it's been like this for a long time anyway... No, why did this idea suddenly pop up in my mind?

Wang Xiao looked up and saw Zhang Duan walking into the lobby. He looked respectful on the surface, and people could not see any dissatisfaction in his heart... "But this guy was dissatisfied in his heart. I know, this is the intuition of the superior."

"I call you, why is it late?"

"Report to the Duke of the State, the officials have just met an old friend on the road." Zhang Duan said, pondering for a moment.

Wang Xiao didn't ask, but just buried himself in official business, and was more calm than Zhang Duan.

Zhang Duan had no choice but to continue, "This person's name is Fang Yizhi, from Tongcheng, Nanzhili, with his name Mizhi, his pseudonym Mangong, and his other name is Luqi, and his other name is Longmianyu, the son of Fang Kongzhao, the governor of Huguang..."

Wang Xiao put down the official document in his hand and asked, "He has so many fonts, is it worth remembering?"

Zhang Duan thought about it and first said two words: "It's worth it."

Then he said, "But it's not worth it. Shandong's official spirit is the most important thing. Fang Yizhi also agrees deeply and hopes to be called less in the future. He passed the Jinshi at the age of thirty. At that time, the late emperor summoned him, and he said it was confidential, and the late emperor praised him for his goodness..."

When I heard people talk about my father, I suddenly missed him a little... Wang Xiao handed over a letter of information and asked someone to give it to Zhang Duan.

Zhang Duan looked down and saw that there was Fang Yizhi's information on it, which searched the life of someone else, his great-grandfather, grandfather, father's experience of serving as an official and his books...

Cold sweat came out from Zhang Duan's forehead.

He heard Wang Xiao ask again, "Do you think I'm playing every day, do you?"

Zhang Duan was shocked and exclaimed: "The Duke of the Kingdom is clear! The official is definitely not Fang Yizhi's lobbyist! The official dares not deceive the Duke of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People of the People

"I know." Wang Xiao said lightly.

I'm not scaring you this time, I really want to tell you that I'm very diligent, don't mutter to me in your heart.

"Duke, the emperor swears to the sky and never colludes with the gentry in Jiangnan!"

"Enough, let's continue, what have you talked about?"

Only then did Zhang Duan wipe the cold sweat from his forehead and slowly started talking.

"He said that last night, he saw the officials in front of Jinan Yamen who had left the yamen very late. It seemed that the official style was very diligent... He also asked me how the Zhang family is now, and I asked very carefully. I even asked the salary of the subordinates and how many days to rest. I also asked me what I think of you, Duke..."

He talked for a long time and was all trivial matters, and finally said: "According to what the officials saw, we can only use our wisdom to serve the Duke!"

"How can I see it?"

"A young and strong Jinshi like Fang Yizhi should have a bright future, but in the following years it was indeed smooth and was promoted to the Hanlin Academy for review. When the capital was broken, he fled to Nanjing alone, which shows that he was an ambitious and flexible person. Now he was suppressed by Zheng Yuanhua and lost his official position..."

Wang Xiao asked again: "Do you know why Zheng Yuanhua suppressed Fushe?"

"The Reshe wants to fight against the Zheng Party, which also represents the interests of the Jiangnan gentry."

"Zheng Yuanhua has touched the little interests of the Jiangnan gentry. I still despise him and dare not make drastic moves. These people are about to jump up and down." Wang smiled and said, "If they really encounter my Wang's house search, wouldn't it be a death to die?"

He learned the word "despicable" from Liu Lanshan, and he really thought it was useful.

Zhang Duan was silent.

This time, it was rare and reasonable to say that Wang was raiding his home. It was a little bit rare. It was in my heart... Nanjing was gentle in governance, and my Zhang family yearned for it, but those Jiangnan people still wanted to defect to Shandong and were ungrateful.

"The Duke of the Kingdom, although the people who were from the Imperial Examination in Jiangnan, also had enthusiastic people. For example, the wise man supported the new policy of the Duke of the Kingdom."

Wang Xiao said: "Since he has this long-term vision, let him go to Shandong to take my official selection exam."

"this……"

Wang Xiao said, "Zheng Yuanhua can't give them, and I can't give them. For them, I'm worse than Zheng Yuanhua. Since they think I'm better than Zheng Yuanhua, they don't come to work hard with me, but they want to assimilate me? What's the reason?"

Zhang Duan originally wanted to say it again, but then he thought that he was not Fang Yizhi's lobbyist, so why bother to talk about it for him?

"The Duke of the State has a clear understanding! The official has been enlightened!"

...

Wang Xiao thought to himself, you are so enlightened, I am still confused.

Zheng Yuanhua seems to have revealed a flaw at the moment, but from this flaw, the situation in the south is so complex and the forces are intricate, so he doesn't know where to start.

After picking up the information of the "Fourth Young Master Fushe" and looking at it for a while, Wang Xiao said to himself: "I always feel that something is wrong in this matter. Lao Zheng's reaction is too strange, so I won't accept it..."

He was a little annoyed, so he decided to go and see Liu Lanshan who was detained in person.

When he arrived in prison, Wang Xiao said, "I'll tell you only a few truths. First, Hou Fangyu saw the interests behind him clearly, but he still chose to come to me. At least for now, in terms of loyalty and righteousness and wisdom, he is better than you."

Liu Lanshan was stunned, raised his head and stuttered.

Wang Xiao said again: "Second, I read Hou Fangyu's articles. This matter is about talent. It seems that no matter now or in the future, he is far better than you in terms of eight-legged essays, prose, and poetry."

Liu Lanshan murmured: "What do you say... I am not as good as anyone else, how can I be worse than him? I will tell you... Wang Xiao! Come back for me!"

"Come back, you..."

Wang Xiao left after he said that.

When he returned to the government office in the hall, he felt a little better.

Su Mingxuan was already waiting to discuss matters with him.

"The memorial of the Duke of the Kingdom, Nanjing's reply, agreeing to the Duke of the Kingdom, you will kill the generals of Xu Town. I believe that they will be in a dilemma for both sides to make this decision. Once these people's heads fall, the morale of the three towns in Jiangbei will be reduced. The Duke of the Kingdom is too clever..."

"Cousin, look at this... The court in the south has prepared an edict to reduce all lost taxes, including commercial taxes. It seems ridiculous, but in fact it is targeted at Shandong and Xuzhou. Shandong is not bad. This edict cannot be spread to the public, so we still have to collect the taxes that should be collected. But Xuzhou is different. Once the edict arrives, the landlords in Xuzhou may cause chaos."

Su Mingxuan took it and looked at it carefully, sighed: "This is a fight back to us, a very quick reaction."

Wang Xiao said, "Zheng Yuanhua is still so experienced. Haha, the old man can't fight. As soon as I arrived in Xuzhou, he found a chance to play power tricks. I lost to him in this regard."

"What if we also reduce the taxes in Xuzhou?"

"No. At that time, the gentry of Xuzhou is grateful to the southern court rather than us." Wang smiled.

"That's right, I said I would change the commercial tax and local tax. If I take a step back this time, it will be even more difficult to make these people honest in the future..."

This is an open conspiracy, and there is no good idea after two discussions.

Finally, Wang Xiao sneered: "If the power strategy cannot be solved, then it's hard. At worst, I'll let the King of Qi be the emperor, and everyone will part with me! I'm so shameless to maintain the decency of the Chu Dynasty!"

He rarely gets so angry.

Su Mingxuan knew that Wang Xiao was talking anger, and he still planned to threaten Nanjing.

"If Zheng Yuanhua is sure that we dare not? Once Your Highness ascends the throne, we will suffer morally. What's even more troublesome is that the situation of resisting the enemy who has finally fought will take a sharp turn for the worse."
To be continued...