Chapter 58: Suspected of being driven away (3000 words)
Chapter 58: People feel killed by others (three thousand words)
This kind of appetite almost shocked everyone, and their chins were about to fall off. Everyone was civilized. Have you ever seen such a person with such appetite? Even Fang Yiai, who claimed to be able to eat, was so sorry when he saw Li Zhen's appetite. At the same time, he felt a little aggrieved. I just ate a little, and you called me a rice bucket. What should His Royal Highness call this? Is it a rice jar? And I haven't eaten with His Royal Highness before, nor have I seen him have such a large appetite? Why did he eat so much today?
"Your Highness, is it really okay to eat so much?" Lin Fa asked worriedly: "Do you want the doctor to check it?"
Li Zhen drank two more glasses of juice and stuffed the gap. He felt even more comfortable and waved his hand lazily: "No, I'm fine, I just haven't eaten meat for a long time and I'm just greedy, so I'm just a little lose my composure."
It’s also lingering in fear. God knows how Li Zhen got through this period?
You are not allowed to eat delicious food, it’s okay to just eat white porridge, but it’s a bit too much for you to not even fill me with white porridge.
Li Zhen traveled through the Tang Dynasty for twenty years and grew up in the royal family. He did not say how his quality of life was, but when did he get hungry?
This time I was hungry for so long.
If I hadn't known that you did this for my own good, I would have been furious.
When Li Zhen came out, his eyes were all blue, and when he saw a living person, he wanted to pounce on him and take a bite.
Li Zhen swears that he will never endure it in his life. Thinking about those who starved to death in history, Li Zhen sighs that their perseverance is simply inhumane.
"Why are you looking at me like this?" Li Zhen then noticed everyone's eyes and said helplessly: "I haven't eaten delicious food for a long time. Today I just ate a little more. As for such a big reaction?"
"Your Highness, do you call these a little?" Fang Yiai pointed at the leftover remains of Li Zhen - a pile of half a human-high bones and another pile of plates that were about the same height...
"Uh... it seems that there are a little too many, but compared with those rice buckets, it's normal." Li Zhen was a little embarrassed, just now he was just consuming, but now it seems that there are a little too many.
"You are just a bucket of food yourself." Everyone complained at the same time. Of course, this is in the heart, but it is another saying in terms of face.
"It's indeed normal... Haha..." Realizing Li Zhen's embarrassment, Fang Yiai laughed dryly: "At least your highness's appetite is still a little worse than Xue Rengui."
"That's right, Xue Rengui is a famous big-bellied man." The others also realized their incompetence, which made Li Zhen become angry and embarrassed. He quickly followed the situation and then naturally shifted the topic to Xue Rengui.
"I have heard of Xue Rengui's name that he can eat for a long time. It's a super bucket."
"Yes, it is said that before he met His Highness, he was a famous local foodie. At that time, it was rumored that he could eat the food of five people alone."
"It is said that his family was poor because he ended up having to make a living by working for others."
"It seems that's right. After all, the Xue family in Hedong is also known as one of the six major clans in Hedong. Even if he comes from a distant family, he shouldn't have cut off his food."
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For a time, all kinds of rumors were rumored to be smeared by Xue Rengui. If Xue Rengui knew about it, he would not know if he would turn over the table and fight with everyone. I have a lot of appetite, and I eat the meal of five people alone, but I can do the work of ten people alone, why didn’t you tell me?
Fortunately, everyone is all their own people, and this is just a joke. The reason why they did this was just to save Li Zhen. They did not mean to take it seriously, and they would not spread it.
After talking nonsense, this matter was finally fooled, and everyone began to discuss another thing, which was also a serious matter - when will Li Zhen go back?
"What does it mean? I'm in a good health, so you're rushing to send me away?" Li Zhen was unhappy. Am I so unpopular? Are you still afraid that I'll be poor?
"Of course not, your highness, don't get me wrong." Fang Yiai quickly explained: "The main reason is that the news of Your Highness's serious illness has been spread. Although Your Majesty is located in Chang'an, if you use special channels to convey the news, you may have learned about this matter at this time. It is estimated that his reprimand will arrive soon. At the same time, the imperial edict to summon Your Highness, you will be back to Chang'an... So Your Highness, you have to prepare early."
"Yes, Your Highness, it's almost a month since we've come out." Cheng Chuliang also said when he saw this: "It's already mid-March, and there will be some time when the typhoon season will be coming. If we take advantage of this time, we will be trapped here by the typhoon... So Your Highness, we must prepare early."
"Why are you in a hurry? Isn't the time still enough?" Li Zhen said indifferently: "On the contrary, I have been in Luzon for so long and have just lying on the hospital bed. I haven't even looked around. I love you, just be my guide."
According to Li Zhen's plan, he planned to do everything in Nanyang within two months (they said to Wang Tingchu earlier, but that was a conservative estimate. In fact, if everything goes well, it will be done in one and a half months). However, he was delayed by almost one month alone in Luzon, and two months was definitely not enough. In addition to Fang Yiai's request and reassurance, Li Zhen also planned to delegate power to the major governors to solve the problem himself. At worst, he would have to wait until he returned to Nanyang to solve the problem. So now, Li Zhen's time has become very sufficient and can be consumed.
But Fang Yiai did not give Li Zhen any face: "Your Highness is sorry, your subordinate's term is about to be over. We will start working on the matter of the Great Protectorate of the Tianzhu in the next period of time. We must not only be familiar with the local situation, but also recruit subordinates again. These require a lot of time and effort. So I'm sorry, my superior, please forgive me for not being able to accompany you."
As mentioned before, Fang Yiai had some complaints about Li Zhen. To be precise, he should have complaints about Li Zhen's "Xiyace". "Xiyace" does fundamentally cut off the situation where officials served in one place for a long time and dominated the other, but it is also not a good thing for the transferred chief officials - for example, Fang Yiai's Luzon Protectorate, if it is done according to "Xiyace", his Protectorate will be split up. Not only will Fang Yiai be transferred to Tianzhu, but his officials will also be split up and transferred to other places.
These subordinates have been partnering with Fang Yiai for four or five years. They know each other well and are very convenient to use. If the situation is possible, Fang Yiai really wants to take all these people away. Of course, this is definitely impossible.
So I can only settle for the second best - since my subordinates cannot take them away, the people from Tianzhu should leave me a little. After all, although the Great Protectorate of the Tianzhu has been controlled by Li Chengqian, to be honest, Li Chengqian cannot control everyone. After all, this is someone who is determined to pay attention to the court. These people have been in Tianzhu for so long and are very familiar with the local situation. As long as Fang Yiai gets the support and help of these people, he can start his work immediately.
However, because of "Xiyace", even this has been rejected. Fang Yiai is now poor and indifferent. Even if the court will draw officials from other places as his subordinates, he has no idea about these people and everyone is new. Not only are they not familiar with each other, but they are also not familiar with the local situation. How can this work be started? If you want to start your work again, you must adapt again. This is destined to be a long time, greatly reducing office efficiency - so no strategy is perfect. Although "Xiyace" is good, it is too extreme. Although it can indeed prevent evil officials from harming people, it does exist to reduce office efficiency.
However, despite this, Li Zhen did not intend to abolish this policy. After all, compared with the evil officials who ruined the country, it is worth delaying a little work efficiency - not to mention that although this "Xiya Ce" has problems, it is a creation itself and needs everyone to improve it together, just like the original "Immigration Ceremony".
"Oh, that's right, then..." Li Zhen didn't care if he was ruthlessly rejected by Fang Yiai, and looked at Lin Fa again.
Lin Fa shook his head directly: "Your Highness, my subordinates are not good either. The term of the throne of the Dugu Master has expired, and his subordinates' term is also over. The subordinates will be ready to go to Borneo to get to know the situation in the next few days. Moreover, the fleet of his subordinates was drawn by Fuchun, so his subordinates also need to get familiar with it in advance."
The navy also imitated Xiyace, but this is much simpler than "Xiyace", because the fleet does not need to be split - taking Lin Fa as an example, after his term of office expired, he was transferred to Borneo, but he did not change defenses to take the entire fleet, but instead transferred Fuchun's fleet to Borneo for him to command.
As for the Coconut Port fleet, it will be sent to the Tang Dynasty, and the new garrison of Coconut Port is the Hangzhou Fleet transferred from Hangzhou. The fleet governor is Xiao Yan, the deputy governor of the fleet from Gundam Prefecture. Although he is a nobleman, he is a distant family. Later, he was admitted to the Naval Academy with his own abilities and graduated successfully. Finally, he relied on his own abilities to climb to the position of Deputy Gundam Prefecture Fleet. The Naval Academy was also a glorious figure at that time. Only under the four kings, he made considerable military achievements because he quelled several rebellions in Gundam Prefecture. Therefore, with this defense change, he appreciated and officially became the overseas naval base of the Tang Dynasty. Another young governor, and the strength of the young naval faction increased again.
Chapter completed!