Ouchi Taming the Cat, starting with the Ten Tiger Forms!

Chapter 679 It’s up to you

Three days later, the southern tour team arrived at Luodong City smoothly.

In the whole Daxing, this city ranks among the top five in terms of prosperity.

If we only talk about the north, Luodong City ranks second after the capital.

From afar, they saw the majestic outline of Luodong City on the official road.

The official road near Luodong City was paved with bluestone, and the carriages ran on it very smoothly.

Officials from Luodong City began to welcome the southern tour team ten miles away.

Emperor Yongyuan personally stepped down from the imperial carriage, expressed his condolences to the officials, and then they continued to head towards Luodong City together.

There were quite a few officials in Luodong City, and dozens of them came to welcome them, which was much more than that in Jiaozhou City.

The three little ones sat in the carriage, observing what was happening outside through the window.

"There are so many officials in Luodong City, meow."

Li Xuan complained softly.

"Ah Xuan, you don't know this." Princess Ankang explained to Li Xuan with a smile.

"Luodong City was originally planned to be built into a new capital, but the previous emperor who decided on this matter passed away before Luodong City was completed, and the matter of moving the capital was never mentioned again."

At this point, Princess Ankang lowered her voice and said, "Everyone thinks it's not auspicious."

After saying this, the little girl regained her voice:

"But in order to build Luodong City, countless manpower and resources had been consumed at that time, and it was not easy to just rush it, so it was managed with the specifications of a large-scale prefecture city."

"But for some reason, Luodong City developed very smoothly from the beginning. In less than three years, it became a famous and prosperous city in the north."

"Everyone thinks that this place has good feng shui. Although it may not bring prosperity to the late emperor, it can bring prosperity to others."

"From then until now, the development has been more and more smooth, and the city has been expanded several times. If you add them up, the scale has long exceeded that of the capital."

Li Xuan's eyes turned after hearing this.

It sounds like the capital city only occupies the title of capital, but in fact, from the perspective of the city, Luodong City has long been the largest city in Daxing.

"Why did the late emperor move the capital for no reason?"

"Is this really a Feng Shui treasure land?"

Li Xuan looked at Luodong City in the distance with confusion.

The majestic city gate gradually opened up in his sight.

The three big characters "Luodong City" were carved on it in huge fonts.

The city gate had received the news long ago, and it was cleared. There were also garrisons guarding both sides of the road, creating a wide road into the city for the southern tour team.

This was also the first time that Emperor Yongyuan came to Luodong City.

He was also very curious about this city.

Emperor Yongyuan witnessed with his own eyes how obsessed the late emperor was with this new capital.

Various signs later showed that the late emperor’s vision was indeed unique, and Luodong City has developed smoothly to this day.

If Luodong City could be completed earlier before the death of the late emperor and be named the new capital, it would probably be much more prosperous than it is now.

More importantly, Luodong City will become an important node in this southern tour.

Starting from Luodong City, the southern tour team will travel south by water.

Luodong City is located along a Grand Canal that runs through Daxing from north to south, which is the foundation for the prosperity and development of this place to this day.

It took ten years and tens of millions of laborers to build this Grand Canal, which is of great significance to Daxing.

When the late emperor was determined to build the Grand Canal, all the civil and military officials in the court were opposed to it. However, with the economic benefits brought about by the completion of the canal, everyone shut up.

Those who called the previous emperor a tyrant were not as confident later on.

Unfortunately, the late emperor did not see all this.

The late emperor passed away a few days after the Grand Canal was completed, so naturally he was unable to see the achievements brought by the canal.

As the southern tour team entered the city, both sides of the road were filled with people who came to watch the excitement.

The local people did not show much awe towards the southern touring team, but were more curious.

Moreover, the people here were in high spirits and did not look oppressed at all, which was very different from many places they had visited before.

"Could it be that the local official is an honest official?"

Li Xuan was more sensitive to the emotions in the crowd and did not notice anything unusual.

But the profits and losses in such a large and prosperous city are hard to imagine.

Isn't it strange that no one is greedy in a place like this?

Even if the chief officer of Luodong City is an upright person, are all his subordinates clean?

Li Xuan raised his eyebrows, thinking that those who came to watch the fun were not the ones being bullied.

There is a specially built palace in Luodong City, so the team on the southern tour does not need to stay in the government office to rest, but can go directly to the palace.

This was also the most comfortable place they stayed during their southern tour.

The place has already been cleaned and all supplies have been prepared, they just need to move in.

Luodong City is the provincial capital, so the largest government office here is the provincial government office.

The government office arranged servants to wait for orders in the palace, but they were all sent back by Emperor Yongyuan.

There were already servants in the southern tour team, so there was no need to use people from the government office.

But from this move, it can be seen that Emperor Yongyuan was wary of the officials in Luodong City.

Compared with his previous tough attitude, Emperor Yongyuan became obviously much gentler after arriving in Luodong City.

Not only did they fail to produce any evidence, they also had no intention of arresting any corrupt officials.

I don’t know if he doesn’t have enough evidence or if he has other ideas.

After the temporary palace was settled, the local government immediately prepared a grand banquet to welcome Emperor Yongyuan, as well as gorgeous singing and dancing performances, and invited several well-known figures from Luodong City.

They had arrived in the afternoon, and after they settled in, it was just dinner time. The arrangement was so reasonable.

The banquet was arranged just right, and Emperor Yongyuan also had a pleasant conversation with the local officials.

Whenever Emperor Yongyuan gave a word of encouragement, the local officials would shout "Long live the emperor". This was the harmony between the monarch and his subjects.

"Hey, are the officials here the people of Emperor Yongyuan?"

Li Xuan saw that the atmosphere at the banquet was good and couldn't help feeling puzzled.

But King Zheng, who had been silent for a long time, also became active today.

He led a group of Beijing officials and communicated frequently with local officials, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

But they all knew their limits, and no one dared to steal the limelight from Emperor Yongyuan. No matter what topic they were discussing, they would eventually come back to Emperor Yongyuan and praise him a few words.

Emperor Yongyuan nodded with a smile, always pretending to blame others.

The banquet looked harmonious, but there was something amiss with both Emperor Yongyuan and Prince Zheng.

But if you ask Li Xuan to explain why, he can't tell you exactly where it is.

"Strange, logically these two shouldn't be happy all the time."

Li Xuan muttered and couldn't help turning his gaze to the stage.

He has always been proficient in this and is considered an expert in appreciating singing and dancing.

When it comes to singing and dancing, Li Xuan has considerable experience in appreciating both the dignified ones in the palace and the passionate ones in the brothels.

Therefore, he wanted to see what the differences were between the singing and dancing masters in Luodong City.

Li Xuan watched the performance on the stage intently. He didn't know where these girls came from, but they were all multi-talented. Moreover, they were both dignified and hot, which made Li Xuan highly praise them.

Li Xuan could see that it was probably due to the restrictions of the occasion, otherwise these girls would have had more room to perform.

"such a pity."

He couldn't help but secretly thought.

This is the restriction when watching a song and dance performance with the emperor.

Emperor Yongyuan estimated that he would hardly see a style like Hu Yulou's in public again in his lifetime.

Unlike him, the little kitten, whenever he missed girls, he would just go to Hu Yulou to take a look. He could even invite the courtesan to dance for him alone.

Just then, a eunuch in flowery clothes brought them a note.

After Yu'er took it, she handed it to Princess Ankang for inspection.

After reading it, Princess Ankang immediately put the note into her Bingyue bracelet, then pulled Li Xuan's ear and wrote on his butt:
"Don't look at it. Father asked you to keep an eye on Prince Zheng's movements."

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Li Xuan showed a helpless expression, but his eyes were still fixed on the stage. Only his little ear that was grabbed by Princess Ankang moved, broke free from Princess Ankang's evil hand, and then rushed towards the direction of King Zheng.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Luodong City can be prosperous today thanks to your diligence and integrity."

"This cup is for you all!"

"Your Majesty is so complimentary."

"Your humble servants and others have the audacity to drink from this cup with His Majesty."

King Zheng's words were all meaningless and formal, and Li Xuan found them quite boring.

"The officialdom in Luodong City seems to be harmonious..."

“But this is too weird in Daxing!”

Li Xuan frowned slightly.

After all, after he left the capital, all he saw were bad scenes. It was rare for Luodong City to have such a good situation, which made Li Xuan feel unreal.

The officials of Luodong City were extremely respectful to both Emperor Yongyuan and Prince Zheng, and did not offend anyone openly.

But this is impossible in the current situation of Daxing.

Either Emperor Yongyuan or Prince Zheng, you have to take a stand.

In such a struggle, if you want to not line up, you will only offend both sides.

It is impossible for someone who can become an official to not understand this truth.

Not everyone is a military family and has the capital to sit on the mountain and watch tigers fight.

"The officials in Luodong City are acting. I can't even tell who they are trying to be perfunctory with."

Li Xuan couldn't help but frowned.

The banquet came to an end late at night, and Emperor Yongyuan left the banquet hall first because he was tired.

Princess Ankang and others also left.

If Emperor Yongyuan didn't leave, it would be difficult for others to leave the banquet first.

Therefore, after Emperor Yongyuan left, everyone left one after another, and only those who still had some interest stayed at the banquet to drink.

Today, King Zheng seemed to be in a particularly good mood, as if he had been holding back for so many days and finally found a chance to vent.

When leaving the banquet with Princess Ankang, Li Xuan couldn't help but look at Prince Zheng again.

When he saw that he was the last one to stay at the banquet, Li Xuan began to understand the stance of the officials in Luodong City.

After Princess Ankang left the banquet, she was taken directly to Emperor Yongyuan's residence by Chief Steward Shang who had been waiting for a long time.

Emperor Yongyuan drank sobering tea and no longer looked tired as before.

"Be well, Xuan."

"Do you see anything?"

Emperor Yongyuan asked them.

Princess Ankang was just guessing at first, but after Emperor Yongyuan asked this question, she knew who the real guest was at the banquet tonight.

"Father, if we use the previous method, can we not control the officials of Luodong City?"

What Princess Ankang was referring to was naturally the Yongyuan Emperor's strategy of killing the chicken to scare the monkey and cutting the grass at its roots.

Emperor Yongyuan would get rid of all the corrupt officials he could afford to touch, and execute their entire families to intimidate others who were not caught.

Along the way, Emperor Yongyuan replaced all the officials who could be replaced directly, and promoted those young Jinshi to higher positions.

These young scholars are talented, but they are rookies in the officialdom and no one can predict how far they can achieve.

But Emperor Yongyuan had too few talented people at his disposal, so he had to do so.

Moreover, before they arrived at Luodong City, the young Jinshi who were accompanying them had all been allocated, but now they have been used up.

It can be seen that Emperor Yongyuan had made careful calculations. He just happened to bring so many people and used them up before Luodong City.

In response to Princess Ankang's question, Emperor Yongyuan snorted and shook his head:

"The officials in Luodong City are really not corrupt officials. They can even be regarded as the benchmark of clean officials in Daxing."

"It's a pity that the one they are loyal to is King Zheng."

"Apart from this matter, I can't even find any fault with them."

One can hear the helplessness in Emperor Yongyuan's tone.

Li Xuan was also surprised. He didn't expect that Luodong City would be in such a situation.

There is nothing wrong with these officials. On the surface, they can even be said to be rare talents in Daxing.

But he didn't sell this effort for Emperor Yongyuan, but for Prince Zheng.

King Zheng now holds great power in the government and it would be difficult to punish him unless he is overthrown.

The officials in Luodong City did not make any mistakes. Instead, they achieved excellent political results. Not only could Emperor Yongyuan not punish them, he even had to promote them and encourage them.

How can I seek justice for this matter?

No wonder King Zheng was so happy at the banquet today, it turned out that he was at home.

"We have been isolating King Zheng for so many days, so you are not going to continue, meow?"

Li Xuan felt it was a pity.

"It's useless. Luodong City is not like those small counties. The Ministry of Internal Affairs cannot keep an eye on Prince Zheng with its manpower."

"Besides, with the protection of Luodong City's officials, I cannot rudely isolate Prince Zheng."

"Maybe it will get better after we get on the boat in a few days."

Emperor Yongyuan explained.

"In that case, why didn't you get on the boat and leave earlier?" Li Xuan asked puzzledly.

"We need to make some preparations for our ship." Emperor Yongyuan smiled mysteriously, and then continued: "And the latest news should also be let King Zheng know."

"When he finds out, his expression will probably be very interesting."

"More importantly, people only show their flaws when they relax."

"Ah Xuan, before I leave here, I must place people in important positions in Luodong City."

"It's just that there isn't a suitable opportunity right now, so this depends on you."

Upon hearing this, Li Xuan couldn't help but point his tail at himself and said in surprise:
"Meow?"

(End of this chapter)