When Li Ye returned, the first person to receive the news was Shangguan Qingcheng. It was already late at night, and she still came to the outside of the yard in a uniform armor and looked up at the attic where Li Ye was. However, she did not invite her to see her. After a moment of looking, she turned around and stood outside the yard. She was already a fourth-rank general, and she took on the role of duty like a soldier.

The next day, all officials in the royal palace learned about Li Ye’s return and garrisoning with Shangguan Qingcheng late at night. Whether it was the fourth-rank chief official or the ninth-rank small official, they all praised Shangguan Qingcheng’s loyalty, which was a beautiful story for a while and set an example for the soldiers of the Pinglu Army.

Of course, this is a later story.

Now Li Ye is meditating in the room. On the one hand, he continues to digest the gains of the secret realm of the Heavenly Dao and deepens his understanding of the Great Dao; on the other hand, he also carefully understands the speed of the people's fortunes gathering and judges the situation of the people's hearts returning to the north.

The speed of the gathering of luck in the people is the direct reaction of Li Ye's return to Li Ye, and also reflects the effect of Li Ye's civil servants governing the local area. With this standard, Li Ye knows whether the civil servants under him have devoted themselves to political affairs without leaving home, and carefully manages the prefectures and counties for him.

Wherever the luck of the people gathers quickly, it goes without saying that there must be political harmony. If the people get the benefits of the government, they can live and work in peace and life better, then officials should be rewarded.

On the contrary, if the luck of the people is gathering slowly, and even if there is no luck at all, Li Ye has to send important officials in the royal palace to inspect, and find out the officials who are in corpses and eat without food, and then select capable officials to take over the charge.

This is really the only weapon for Li Ye to manage the team of officials under his command. It is both inconvenient and powerful.

The most taboo thing for the leader is to be deceived by the officials under his command. There are always some people who are good at it. On the one hand, they can understand the leader's temper and personality, please the leader and gain trust, and on the other hand, they can make good friends with the officials in charge, and they are among the top in the performance appraisal. Such people are undoubtedly a country-like worm.

After all, Li Ye is busy with everything he has, and he cannot accurately distinguish every official. Now, by examining the gathering of the people's fortunes, he can be very clear.

After meditating all night, at dawn, Li Ye opened his eyes and stood up, went to the window to open the window. Seeing the dark light appearing behind the Qingzhou city wall and breathing in the fresh air, he had a rough understanding and planning of various matters in his heart.

Li Ye stood with his hands behind his back, thinking in his heart: "The fortunes of the people in the northern prefectures and counties have gathered to varying degrees. Among them, Wei Bo and Hedong are directly under my jurisdiction, so the fortunes of the people gather the fastest and most thoroughly, but other vassal states are much worse... If the depth of the fortunes of the people in the northern vassal states meet the standard of Pinglu, it is enough for me to be promoted to the True Fairyland, or even to touch the threshold of the Taiyi True Fairyland. But now there is still a little bit of difference."

It's time to find a way to solve this problem.

The solution is very simple. The various policies of Li Ye's governance of Pinglu were fully implemented in various vassal states, which is the "new policy" that Li Ye's civil servants often talked about.

However, the implementation of the "New Policy" will affect the interests of some people, and the resistance will not be small, and the affairs will be complicated, so it is not possible for ordinary officials from prefectures and counties to handle. This requires Li Ye to send a team of civil servants to preside over it, and the governors of each town need to completely bow to Li Ye and accept the authority of the officials sent by Li Ye.

Although the governors of the northern vassal states were very awe of Li Ye, it was not so easy to ask them to give up the power of prefectures and counties and turn from princes to pure ministers.

But Li Ye has a way.

This only takes one opportunity.

An opportunity that the governors of each town cannot refuse.

This opportunity is to send troops to the Central Plains.

Li Ye thought: "When I attack Zhu Wen, I can ask the governors of various towns to lead troops to fight and follow me to obey orders. Once these governors lead their troops to leave the vassal states, their control over their respective jurisdictions will be much weaker. At that time, I will find some suitable excuses and can easily send officials into the vassal states to take over the authority, implement new policies, and speed up the return of the people in various places."

"Even if these governors disagree, they can't make any waves under my nose. When the new policy is almost implemented, everything is a foregone conclusion. I will let them go back. Unless they rebel, they can only accept reality... Besides, the new policy is a good thing after all. It can increase local wealth and they will also benefit. Even if they are still a little dissatisfied, at worst I will put back some of the authority afterwards, which is enough to appease them."

"Of course, if anyone is not good at ignorance and dares to rebel, I don't mind killing the chicken to warn the monkey and erase the organization of the vassal state! Should I live with some interests or die with all interests? I believe they know what to choose."

Thinking of this, Li Ye's eyes gradually became iron-blooded and a confident smile, and began to conceive corresponding arrangements and layouts.

Gradually, Li Ye in front of the window had a momentum that looked down on the world all his life.

After sorting out some major matters in his mind, Li Ye withdrew his gaze and restrained his thoughts and prepared to go downstairs to have breakfast. At this time, he saw Shangguan Qingcheng, who was guarding directly with several soldiers outside the courtyard wall.

Li Ye of course knew when Shangguan Qingcheng came, but he didn't pay much attention later. He thought it was not easy for her to take a look at her late at night, but he didn't expect that he would stand here all night.

Shangguan Qingcheng is now in the late stage of military genius. In Pinglu, he holds a considerable part of military power and has a noble status. Only Liu Dazheng can defeat her. He is still willing to take on the role of guard.

Li Ye came downstairs and before entering the hall, he told the maid to add more breakfast, and then called Shangguan Qingcheng in.

Shangguan Qingcheng put his pocket under his armpit, and after entering the room, he held his fists and saluted. Every move was straightforward and neat. He was full of heroic appearance, and his face was white and red lips were still pitying, which added a bit of different charm.

"How have you been recently?" Li Ye signaled the other party to sit down. The tone of the questioning was like an old friend chatting. The easy-going smile from the bottom of his heart was as usual. There was no intention to create closeness, but Shangguan Qingcheng felt a familiar peace of mind.

It was as if time had not passed, and the two were still in the An Palace in Chang'an City.

Li Ye is still the down-and-out prince with no cultivation, Shangguan Qingcheng is still a little head--after playing with the other party for many years and accompanying the other party to study military tactics for many years, she finally grew up with the other party. She can also wear armor and hold sharp edges, standing beside the other party with a tall figure, just like her father following King Lao An, to protect her destined lord.

Shangguan Qingcheng knelt on the side, bent down and put his pony at his feet, and replied to Li Ye's words: "Your Highness told me to work hard to train troops before leaving, and now it has achieved great results. Eight thousand soldiers from Langya are enough to fight against any elite army in the world. Please go to the military camp when you have time."

She said this very modestly.

At first, Langya was only 3,000 people, and they followed the elite soldiers route. After the Battle of Hedong, the army was expanded to 8,000, which was in line with Shangguan Qingcheng's military ranks.

Li Ye looked at Shangguan Qingcheng with a smile, "I'll go and have a look tomorrow."

There is more than 100,000 troops in Pinglu, not everyone is qualified to let Li Ye inspect it. Moreover, Li Ye also said that he would go tomorrow. This is glory, which shows Li Ye's unique confidant to Shangguan Qingcheng. Her eyes lit up immediately, "Thank you, Your Highness!"

Li Ye looked at Shangguan Qingcheng and smiled without saying a word.

Nowadays, Shangguan Qingcheng has become more and more arrogant after being tempered and grown up. Even if he sits properly, he has the power of a golden sword and tiger and wolf. His words and deeds are even more calm and generous, and he does not show his emotions easily.

Since entering the house, Shangguan Qingcheng's expression has not changed particularly. He could not see the joy of reuniting with Li Ye for a long time, nor did he express this joy, as if Li Ye had never left Qingzhou for several months.

However, Li Ye knew that this pretty face was particularly white, red lips, and unique charm of the heroine, actually had a facial paralysis since she was a child. Whether it was furious or happy, it was difficult for others to see the clues from her expression change, because she did not change her face at all.

Moreover, she was calm and composed as a little, even a little restrained and dull. She would never jump like Wu You, nor would she communicate with Li Ye like Su Emei. Even when she was a child, Shangguan Qingcheng always talked quietly. After putting on armor, she became accustomed to standing behind Li Ye silently.

But Li Ye knew very well that the mud soldiers in the mud city produced by Shangguan Qingcheng were the most lifelike of the three, with impeccable details; she often stood behind her and kept silent, but as long as someone dared to violate his dignity, the sound of the sword being unsheathed would explode like a silver bottle.

This is a woman who will not express her emotions, which makes people feel that she has no emotions, but in fact she is more delicate than anyone else's. Just like her face is paralyzed, she still has a beautiful appearance.

The breakfast was soon brought up by the maids. Li Ye and Shangguan Qingcheng each had a meal table, quietly enjoying the delicious and light porridge. It was not Li Ye's habit to eat or sleep, but it was Shangguan Qingcheng's, so Li Ye did not speak at this time.

Chen Yang jumped over the windowsill and spilled into the room, hit Shangguan Qingcheng's side face, and put red makeup on her snow-like skin.

Li Ye accidentally looked up and saw Shangguan Qingcheng's appearance. He was a little stunningly lost and had the illusion of time forever. However, he quickly lowered his head again and did not always appreciate the beautiful face. He understood Shangguan Qingcheng's shy nature and did not want to be shy and helpless, which affected his meals.

Even so, Li Ye's mood became particularly good, and the smile on the corner of his mouth continued to fade when drinking porridge.

Shangguan Qingcheng, whose snow-faced face was painted with red makeup by the dawn, was actually lucky to see him when he was in the An Palace of Chang'an City, and when they were young.

Li Ye feels that he is very lucky in this life he has traveled through time.

In life, the most heartbreaking thing is the change of things and people, and the most affectionate thing is nothing better than everything as before.

After having breakfast, Li Ye asked Shangguan Qingcheng to retreat to rest. After all, the other party stayed motionless outside the yard for the middle of the night. She was not good at speaking and would not change her face, which was paralyzed to convey her emotions, so she could only use actions to express her joy for Li Ye's return. Of course, Li Ye had to think more thoughtful about her.

Six hours later, Li Ye asked someone to send a message to Shangguan Qingcheng and asked her to draft a plan to send troops to the Central Plains.
Chapter completed!