Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

This was a good opportunity to send a letter to the palace to test how much trust the emperor had in her.

The content of the letter was a request to the emperor to allow the families of the personal soldiers to settle in Beishan County.

As usual, she wrote two pages of praise, praising the emperor himself and his new policies.

Then she said that her personal soldiers missed their families who were far away at the border. She, Meng Changqing, was able to obtain the emperor's grace and allow her family to accompany her, but these personal soldiers could not. When she thought that she would have to stay in Beishan County for many years, and the personal soldiers would have to be separated from their families for many years, she felt very sad.

I wonder if Your Majesty would be merciful and allow the families of your personal soldiers to settle in Beishan County.

Meng Changqing was used to patting horses, so she didn't pause at all when writing the first two pages. Only when she wrote the last part and expressed her request did she stop several times to consider her words.

After writing and revising, I reduced the original three pages to half a page.

Since it is a test, we should be afraid of going too far.

I read all the content again to make sure there was nothing taboo before stuffing it into the envelope.

It was too late to disturb Chu Mufeng. Meng Changqing put away the letter and prepared to continue what she was doing. However, when she lowered her head, she suddenly felt dizzy and had to use the table to support herself in time to avoid falling to the ground.

She sat down quickly, her heart pounding in her chest.

Oh my God, she wouldn’t die from overwork at such a young age!
Fortunately, she was still a little lucky and the physical discomfort soon passed.

Forget it, go back to sleep.

Meng Changqing put away the table and stood up to leave the study. However, when he reached the door, he tripped over something and almost fell.

"What are you putting on the road?"

Before she could finish her words, she realized that it was Bafang who tripped her.

As for Bafang, he was kicked and woke up in a daze. He remembered what he wanted to ask before falling asleep, "Master, Lai Cai prepared a midnight snack. Do you want to eat it?"

"It's too late. Let's not eat anymore. Let's go back to sleep." Meng Changqing led the man up, and Bafang took advantage of the situation to stand up. "I'm so sleepy. I don't know what you were writing just now. You were so engrossed in it that I called out to you twice but you didn't hear me. I wanted to wait until you finished writing before asking you, but you fell asleep as soon as your butt touched the stool."

"Why are you on the ground again?"

Bafang patted the dust off his back and said, "It's sliding down."

Meng Changqing yawned, "There's really no need to stay up so late. From now on, unless it's something extremely important, you must remind me to go to bed at 11:45."

"it is good!"

That night, Meng Changqing put everything aside, didn't think about anything, and slept soundly. He got up early the next day but didn't rush to exercise. If he didn't get enough sleep, exercising would overdraw his body.

I had breakfast with the two mothers, then went out, turned left, and found Chu Mufeng.

"Sir, do you still need help?" Chu Mufeng asked without waiting for Meng Changqing to speak.

"Yes. I am short of manpower here. If the brothers of the Imperial Guards have spare capacity, it would be best if they could help me. Thank you very much." Meng Changqing added: "But I came here this time to ask Lord Bai, are you going to send a letter home to the capital recently?"

"Since your Excellency wants me to deliver it, I have a letter to deliver."

Meng Changqing took out the letter he wrote last night and said, "Master Bai, please send it out as soon as possible."

In this case, Chu Mufeng sent Zhou Qiwen to deliver the letter directly to the posthouse in Liangzhou Prefecture. The two stood outside the west gate and watched Zhou Qiwen leave.

Meng Changqing asked: "I have never mentioned this to Lord Bai before, but you should know that Lord Bai came back to Beijing with me and that I will stay in Beishan County for ten years."

Chu Mufeng hummed, and then said: "Before you left Beijing, there was a faint news."

"Do the other imperial guards know?" Meng Changqing asked again.

"Their sources of information are no less than mine."

"So what do you guys think? Would you rather stay here?"

Chu Mufeng said: "The emperor's order cannot be disobeyed."

Meng Changqing was silent for a long time, and finally uttered two words, "Indeed."

Shortly after Zhou Qiwen entered Liangzhou Prefecture, Mao Chunfang also arrived.

His carriage stopped in front of the government office, but he was not in a hurry to get off.

He held a hot water bottle in his hand, sat firmly on a fur-covered stool, and ordered the people outside the car, "Go to the door and report whether the governor is at home."

"Yes."

Hearing the footsteps coming and going, the servant driving the carriage outside said, "Sir, the governor is right inside."

Mao Chunfang then slowly got down from the car. He found Wei Fangyun and started to complain, "I know that you have taken a liking to Master Meng, and Master Meng has indeed done some things for Daliang, but there must be rules and regulations when doing things."

Wei Fangyun asked directly: "What does Lord Mao want to say?"

"The people under Lord Xiao Meng are arresting people everywhere in my county, which really makes the people feel uneasy."

He deliberately spoke vaguely, causing the misunderstanding that Meng Changqing had captured people from his Yangmen County to fill the population gap.

As expected, Wei Fangyun misunderstood, but he still believed Meng Changqing, "Who did he arrest?"

"I am the head of the village in my county." Mao Chunfang finally spoke in plain words at this time.

After listening to this, Wei Fangyun felt that Meng Changqing had indeed gone too far, but he could also guess that Mao Chunfang must have tripped Meng Changqing up before.

"You two are neighbors, why didn't you come out and warn his men?" Wei Fangyun asked, "Did he ignore your warning and insist on arresting people in your county?"

Wei Fangyun never spoke out about this matter. He knew that even if he warned Meng Changqing, he would still arrest him. Although he was young, his methods would be even more despicable than his.

Furthermore, Wei Fangyun actually turned a blind eye to Meng Changqing's arrest of the village head. What he was concerned about at the moment was not Meng Changqing or his future political achievements.

After this bandit suppression campaign, with only this small reward, he realized clearly that people like them who had no background would have no future even if they devoted their entire lives to studying and gaining fame, and were lucky enough to have a place in officialdom.

Any struggle for power will only be around those who are born with the rights.

Only with this thing in hand can it be used as a sharp blade. Their power can only swing downwards. It is harder to climb up than to climb to the sky. (End of this chapter)