Xiaoyao Xiaojunhou

Chapter 171 Palace Envoy
[I have been thinking about merging chapters in the past two days. Four chapters per day may be merged into two chapters per day]

"it is good!"

Chen Huang was immediately defeated, coughed, cleared his throat, and then ordered the little eunuch outside: "Send it in!"

The little eunuch gave the order, pushed the door open, and bowed to deliver a memorial.

You Lihua took it and then told the little eunuch to step back.

The little eunuch immediately bowed and left, closing the door behind him.

On the low couch made of rosewood, Chen Huang lay on it again, supporting his head with his hands and half-closing his eyes, feeling extremely comfortable.

You Lihua automatically shrank over and half leaned into Chen Huang's arms.

Chen Huang's hands naturally wrapped around her water snake-like waist, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

You Lihua unfolded the memorial and flipped through it quickly.

Not long after, You Lihua suddenly let out a surprised voice: "Eh?!"

Emperor Chen asked casually: "What's wrong with my beloved concubine? What did Old Man Yang say?"

You Lihua's face was full of surprise. After hearing Huang Chen's question, she looked away from the memorial.

Then he tilted his head slightly and looked at Chen Huang.

The look of surprise on his face increased instead of decreasing.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Yang Tingyu and Mr. Yang said in the memorial that all the people in Dongzhi County of Xuanzhou in Jiangnan West Road, Pengze County in Jiangzhou and other places have been infected and died of the plague, and there are only a few hundred survivors..."

Concubine You looked calm and read slowly.

The smile on Chen Huang's face decreased slightly, but it did not completely disappear. He said casually: "It's normal. Who can survive the outbreak of that kind of plague?"

"But Your Majesty, Yang Tingyu and Mr. Yang also said in the memorial that Jiangzhou..." Concubine You looked surprised.

"Jiangzhou should be deserted, right?"

"No, there are still more than 20 surviving people in Jiangzhou!"

"what!"

Chen Huang was extremely surprised, and Wei Mi's eyes suddenly widened.

"There are still more than 20 people surviving. This... this is impossible. As far as I know, isn't Jiangzhou at the center of the plague outbreak?"

Chen Huang's face gradually turned cold, and he snorted: "Well, Mr. Yang, I'm afraid he's crazy about trying to get credit. He actually made up such ridiculous reasons. Do you really think that I am that incompetent and stupid emperor? Humph!"

"Your Majesty, calm down!" You Lihua hurriedly consoled her.

Chen Huang looked at You Lihua, the cold look on his face disappeared immediately, and he smiled and said, "What will Old Man Yang say next?"

"Yang Tingyu, Mr. Yang said..."

You Lihua eloquently recounted the achievements of Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Cheng.

In particular, Zhu Xiuyuan contributed the method of preventing and controlling the plague, and Dong Cheng took on the important task of leading the people of Jiangzhou to defeat the plague.

In fact, when You Lihua saw the words "Zhu Xiuyuan", her heart moved slightly.

Last time when King Poyang offered fried tea, she sent someone to secretly inquire about Zhu Xiuyuan.

According to the information from that inquiry, Zhu Xiuyuan came up with fried tea by accident, because the previous Zhu Xiuyuan was too ordinary, just a rural farmer with nothing to show for it.

Therefore, Yu Lihua gradually forgot about the matter.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Xiuyuan would emerge in this rare plague disaster again, and save the lives of more than 20 people with plague prevention and control methods...

After hearing this, Emperor Chen was completely shocked and asked: "Then the method of preventing and controlling the plague is really effective?"

"Your Majesty, Yang Tingyu, Mr. Yang, and King Poyang have seen it with their own eyes, and 20 people in Jiangzhou are in the city. I think... it must be true?"

Chen Huang nodded slightly and suddenly asked: "My beloved concubine just said, who came up with the method to prevent and control the plague?"

"Your Majesty, this is Zhu Xiuyuan from Jiangzhou."

"Zhu Xiuyuan? This name sounds familiar."

"Your Majesty, the sobering tea you like to drink when you sober up was made by this person."

"Oh, yes, I remembered it! Zhu Xiuyuan is really a talent. I love to drink his fried tea. Now he has come up with a method to prevent and cure the plague... By the way, didn't Old Man Yang say that? Do you want to promote the method of preventing and controlling plague throughout the world?" "Indeed, I have said that."

"Well... let's do this. I want to meet this person first... My beloved concubine, I will send someone to Jiangzhou to summon Zhu Xiuyuan and find out the reality of Jiangzhou." Emperor Chen finally gave the order.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

"Haha, okay, Master Aifei, now that this matter is over, we..."

……

The next day.

Jiangzhou.

More than half a month has passed since the heavy rains and floods, the threat of rising water levels in the Yangtze River, and the plague.

The torrential rain and floods have long since stopped.

The water level of the Yangtze River has also returned to normal in the past two days. The waves on the river are calm and it is now navigable.

Jiangzhou Pier has also been repaired.

In the afternoon of that day, an official ship sailed upstream along the Yangtze River from the direction of Runzhou and docked at Jiangzhou Wharf.

The person in the boat is a young eunuch.

This was the envoy sent by You Lihua to summon Zhu Xiuyuan to the palace to meet the saint, and to secretly find out the reality of Jiangzhou.

People from the palace, the people at the dock naturally dare not neglect.

Immediately send someone to the state government office to inform the newly appointed Governor Dong.

After Dong Cheng was promoted to governor, he moved from the recording room to the governor's duty room.

Zhu Xiuyuan also moved from Cangcao to Sima's custody room.

In addition, Li Linzhou, the magistrate of Xunyang County, is already the governor of the state government.

Through this incident, Zhu Xiuyuan learned that there was a popular method of selecting officials called "Zhengpi".

The so-called "Zhengpi" means that the chief recommends someone to be his subordinate.

This method of selecting officials can easily lead to the negative impact of nepotism. For example, Li Linzhou, the long history official, is actually Dong Cheng's brother-in-law, the husband of Dong Shuzhen's aunt.

Therefore, "Zhengpi" has been abolished in later generations.

Since the Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination has gradually become the main way to select officials.

It is also the only right way.

But for now, Chen State has no imperial examination system at all... This is what Zhu Xiuyuan only learned later.

As for Dong Cheng's original position of military recorder and military officer, it was given to one of the six former military officers, who was regarded as Dong Cheng's confidant.

The governor is on duty.

Dong Cheng, the governor of Jiangzhou, convened Li Linzhou, the governor of Jiangzhou, Zhu Xiuyuan, the Sima of Jiangzhou, and others who recorded affairs and joined the army to discuss the post-disaster reconstruction work in Jiangzhou.

During the entire negotiation process, the atmosphere in the value room was always very harmonious, without any intrigue.

Compared with the previous "first team", the current "first team" in Jiangzhou is completely different.

Chief Shi Li Linzhou was Dong Cheng's brother-in-law, and Sima Zhu Xiuyuan was Dong Cheng's son-in-law. As for recording affairs and joining the army, he was Dong Cheng's confidant.

Dong Cheng is nepotism...

Of course, the situation in Jiangzhou is a special case, because Dong Cheng is a great hero.

In other states and counties, such "nepotism" would never happen.

While everyone was discussing, a yamen servant suddenly came to report that an official ship had arrived at the pier, and there was a young eunuch on board, who was from the palace.

Call to see Dong Cheng and Zhu Xiuyuan.

Dong Cheng stood up immediately after hearing the words. After careful confirmation, he immediately set off with all the state government officials, including Zhu Xiuyuan, to the dock to greet the palace envoys.

(End of this chapter)