Chapter 58 Entering the city
Cui Shulin laughed loudly, and did not hide his pride at all. He glanced at Zhou Wuya: "Why, old guy, are you still not convinced? If you have the ability, you will also let your grandson be the governor!"
Zhou Wuya said powerlessly: "I am disrespectful to you!"
Cui Shulin smiled and said, "Those who are looking for the people are united. When Lian arrived in Pinglu, he had not even entered the city gate of Qingzhou. But look at how many people have praised this action on the way? Those unruly monks in the martial arts world have never been subject to the control. Lian is not allowed to do a soldier or a soldier, and the soldiers are not bloody. Who has ever done this before?"
"I dare to assert that it won't take long for the grand occasion before us to spread throughout Pinglu, and Lianzhi will definitely be deeply supported by the people! Lianzhi cares about the people, so that he can do such good deeds. At that time, everyone is united. Pinglu is still worried that it will not flourish? The five prefectures and twenty-nine counties in Pinglu will usher in a great opportunity!"
Seeing that the two got along well, a smile appeared on their faces.
The situation is very clear now, and Penglai is already in a dilemma. If there is no major accident and it is impossible to make trouble again, then Li Ye will only need to get the support of the four major families in Qingzhou.
Among these four major families, the Chen family is undoubtedly a suppressed family and it is impossible for them to continue to exist. The Cui family is naturally a family that has been won over. It will naturally flourish in the future, with many benefits, and it is not impossible to become the leader of the three families. At this time, the situation is basically stable, but stability alone is not enough. If Li Ye wants to show his strength, he must unite all his strength.
If the Zhou family could assist Li Ye like the Cui family, then with the background of these two families, Li Ye would not worry about the lack of talent to govern Pinglu. In addition, Li Ye had achieved the opportunity to serve these two families, and he was not afraid of any strange thoughts in the Wang family. Even if the Wang family dared to cause trouble, Li Ye used his order and divided and disintegrated, and supported the unsuccessful army of the army, the Pinglu army was still firmly controlled.
By stabilizing these civil, military, and martial arts forces, Li Ye can gradually develop with the foundation of Pinglu. If the world is in chaos in the future, Li Ye will not go out, and if he leaves, he will definitely make a splash, which will make the princes in the world look at him with admiration.
Thinking of this, Li Zhen’s smile became more and more intense, and the future was bright and open, and it was hard not to make people feel happy. However, when he thought of the past, Li Zhen suddenly felt like a dream.
In the past, in the pavilion beside the Queqi Bridge in Chang'an, he was lonely and helpless, penniless, not to mention eating, and not even sleeping. How disappointed was he with the status quo at that time. On heavy rainy nights, even his fighting spirit and ambitions were to be extinguished.
However, Li Ye, who was just the young minister of Chang'an Prefecture, suddenly came from Queqi Bridge and gave him a job of resting and making a living. At that time, Li Zhen could not imagine that, but in just a few years, he could follow Li Ye and have a world of great success in Pinglu.
"The envoy Lian is here, and you all follow me to pay my respects." Li Zhen tidied up his clothes and told Cui Shulin, Zhou Wuya and others.
Everyone was in a clean and solemn manner, walked out quickly, and went to the official road to greet Li Ye and others.
Soon, the two sides met on the road.
Everyone said, "Greetings to the governor!"
Li Ye put down the child in his arms, went up to help several people with his own hands to show his affection, and said to everyone: "You guys don't need much politeness, please get up quickly. You guys go out of the city to greet you, and I am ashamed and dare not take it."
"We have prepared a big banquet in the city to welcome Lian Zhi, and please Lian Zhi to enter the city quickly!"
"All the officials are the backbone of Pinglu. They are busy with official duties and work so hard on weekdays. It's so polite..."
“Everywhere, it’s all right…”
So after a long period of polite greetings, he started to blew each other in the officialdom as usual, which caused constant laughter and the atmosphere was very warm. Before this, Cui Shulin had already received news from Cui Keli, knowing that Li Ye was the young master of the mysterious robe that day, so it didn't seem surprising at this time, otherwise Li Ye might have to try some effort to explain.
Li Ye had known the Qingzhou officials in advance. When he met everyone, he could call out many names and official positions, which immediately won Li Ye a lot of favor, so his smile and laughter became much more sincere.
Before entering the city, Li Ye ordered two officials and asked Li Zhen to cooperate with them to resettle refugees first. Be sure to set up a shack before dark to ensure that they have a shelter for wind and rain, and then mobilize food and build a porridge shed. In this way, settle the refugees first. As for what to do in the future, we will make a long-term plan.
After Li Ye entered the city that day, he did nothing. He ate a banquet from afternoon to night. When Li Ye came out of the banquet, it had been dark for a long time and he was basically familiar with the important officials in Qingzhou.
When he arrived at the gate of the Jieduan's mansion, Li Ye stopped for a moment, raised his head outside the door, and looked at it. The Jieduan built it quite grandly, with rich doors, high eaves, green bricks and green tiles, and the pavilions and temples inside were stacked, with groups of other courtyards, and rockery and lakes.
But Li Ye entered the Cui family mansion and saw the houses of the other three major families during the days they were in Qingzhou. Compared to them, the residence of the Jiedushi did not appear outstanding. On the contrary, it was not as majestic and profound as the other party.
It is no wonder that the Jiedushi was only an official position, and the four major families were rooted here. Of course, this also reflects from the side that the power of the Jiedushi in Qingzhou was actually subject to a lot of constraints from the four major families.
Li Ye did not rush to arrange the matter, but went around the mansion first. After all, he had to be familiar with the place he lived in first. If something unexpected happened, he would not even know which direction to run.
After Li Zhen handled the refugee, he came to the Jiedushi waiting for the summons. Li Ye did not delay too long and met Li Zhen in the East Study Room.
Li Zhen first reported the affairs of Qizhou. Although Qizhou had been controlled and there would be no trouble, Li Zhen still arranged a lot of people to take care of him, all of whom were officials from the An Prince's Mansion. This time he followed him to Qingzhou, and the Qingyi Yamen also left people there, so he was not afraid of any accidents.
Li Zhen was a talented mansion and had been working hard in Prince An for several years. Li Ye would not question his ability. He first expressed his appreciation and asked some questions. They were all ordinary matters. After asking, Li Zhen retreated. After all, it was not too early. It was not too late to manage Qingzhou to deal with various important matters. There was no rush to do this. After Li Ye took office seriously tomorrow, he would have some planning arrangements.
After Li Zhen left, Shangguan Qingcheng and Song Jiao walked in together. Now they were responsible for the guards of the governor. How to make specific arrangements depends on Li Ye's arrangements.
"The eight hundred guards are in the open, and the Qingyi yamen is in the dark." Li Ye only gave this purpose, and finally added: "The eight hundred guards are mainly to assist Wang Hanshan in seizing the Chen family's mansion, and later they are woven into inner teeth, expanding to three thousand people."
The inner teeth, a type of Jiedushi, is stationed next to the Jiedushi's mansion and an absolute trusted force.
After a rough arrangement of everything, Li Ye did not plan to stay in the East Study Room, so he led him to his residence.
In fact, Li Ye had plans with Li Zhen and others before leaving Chang'an, and had made careful plans. Now he was just to modify the details. Li Zhen is the specific person in charge. Li Ye doesn't have to worry about everything, he just needs to be in charge of the big picture. Of course, if he takes office tomorrow, he will have to issue the order, and officials at all levels will only recognize his arrangements.
Li Ye took Shao Siming back to his residence and let her sleep on the bed of the close maid in the outer room. She couldn't always let her stand beside her crib, but she wouldn't do it if she wanted to keep her away.
In fact, Li Ye didn't know what Shao Siming was thinking now. There was no possibility of assassination. She always followed her like a shadow, and was destined to be thankless.
To be fair, Li Ye and Penglai are rivals, but they are fighting for the general trend and have no selfless grudges. He and Shao Siming cannot have a deep hatred. Isn’t it just to catch her back? It is inevitable that they are very angry, but since they are angry, there will be a time when the anger is gone. If the anger is gone, there will be basically no reason to live to the death.
Li Ye only slept for two hours that night, and he was awakened by the gathered luck.
Li Ye looked at the window, and wisps of mist and white air invaded the room, constantly gathering towards him. Of course, he knew that it was not mist, but the luck of the people, and it was also ordinary people without cultivation. There were not many, only a few hundred.
When Li Zhen was in the East Study, he told him that after the shed for refugees to be placed outside the city was built, the refugees would kneel beside the road and kowtowed to the direction of Qingzhou City to thank him.
For those who have been displaced, it is certain that they will be in danger. Whether they can survive is unknown, and the possibility is very small. Not only did Li Ye take care of them all the way, he also placed them outside Qingzhou City. Although the matter of arable land has not been finalized, it is enough to make many people feel grateful to Li Ye from the bottom of their hearts and believe that they will be treated well and solve their livelihood problems.
At this time, it is natural that luck gathers.
Because of luck, Li Ye couldn't help but think of his future governance arrangements. He lost his sleepiness for a while and then got up after lying down and preparing to find some water to drink.
Chapter completed!