Thief Emperor

Chapter 189: The family’s attempt to win over!
Zheng Yu, the governor of the East Circuit of Jiangnan.

The Zheng family is also a prominent family.

Otherwise, with such a big rebellion happening in the eastern part of Jiangnan, it is impossible that Zheng Wei would remain unscathed and still serve as the governor of Jiangdong safe and sound.

Li Yun had met this man when he was in General Su's army. At that time, this Zheng Guancha behaved quite kindly and modestly, but Li Yun did not know what kind of character this man had.

After all, he was facing Su Jing, a great general who had a large army and controlled the local area. Under the circumstances at that time, Su Jing was his superior.

In addition, Zheng Wei had done something wrong at that time, so he was naturally calm and humble.

But now, Su Jing has left, and Zheng Wei, at least for now, has not been punished by the court. He is still the observer and disposal envoy of Jiangdong.

It is difficult to tell what he looks like now.

After reading the document, Li Yun thought about it for a while, put it aside, and then sat in the main seat. Looking at the documents on the table, he asked, "How many documents have you handled in this government office these days?"

Liu Bo blinked, looked at the official document placed aside, and said, "Second brother, this Zheng... Zheng Wei, should be our superior, right? Why don't you make some arrangements?"

Li Yun curled his lips: "Whether to make arrangements or not, isn't Yuezhou like this? We don't have the money to decorate Yuezhou now. He can come if he wants. Besides, I may not be completely his subordinate."

If Li Yun was only the Sima of Yuezhou, or even if he became the Beijia or the Governor, he would be a subordinate of Zheng Guancha. But now he also has the job of suppressing rebellions and garrisoning, and it is directly issued by the Political Affairs Hall. This position has little to do with Zheng Yu.

In other words, the most Zheng Wei could do was to suspend his position as Sima and then write a letter to report him, but there was nothing else he could do.

Therefore, there was no need for Li Yun to be too afraid of him.

Liu Bo scratched his head and simply stopped caring about Zheng Guancha's affairs. Instead, he started talking about the affairs in the governor's office. He took a piece of paperwork and placed it in front of Li Yun. He said, "Look, second brother, these are what I found in this office these days. I spent two days sorting them out and picked out some of them."

Li Yun was stunned, then asked: "Search? These are..."

"Files left behind by the former governor's office of Yuezhou."

Liu Bo grinned and said, "We used to be bandits, so how can we understand these complicated documents of the government? You don't understand, and neither do I, so I was thinking about whether I could look up the old documents and have a look."

"This governor's office was occupied by Qiu Dian and his gang, and they burned a lot of documents. I found these from the remaining documents. You can take a look at them, and at least you will know how the previous governor's office handled things."

"We are not completely in the dark."

Li Yun's eyes lit up, he looked up at Liu Bo, and said with a smile: "You are good, you are quite smart."

He praised: "You should also read more books, they may be of great use in the future."

"How can I do that?"

Liu Bo smiled and said, "I'll just follow my second brother and help him."

At this point, he paused and said, "Second brother, you don't have to worry too much about money and food. There is a large amount of food on Shiwang Mountain. If it is transported to Yuezhou, it will be enough for more than a thousand people to eat for a few years."

"As long as there's food, there won't be any chaos. Money and other things can come slowly."

"I'll send someone to greet the Ten Kings Camp right away. In less than a month, the food will be delivered to Yuezhou City."

When they occupied the Ten Kings Camp, Li Yun and others found a large amount of grain on the Ten Kings Mountain. Some of this grain was stored in the old Ten Kings Camp, but most of it was stored by wealthy families in Xuanzhou.

After the fall of the Ten Kings Camp, the wealthy families in Xuanzhou did not dare to come and claim their grain, so this was a good deal for Li Yun.

The quantity of grain was too large, and it was not easy to transport it down the mountain, so Li Yun did not move the grain before. Now it finally came in handy.

Liu Bo was right. Although Li Yun now manages hundreds of thousands of people, in fact only one thousand of them need him to support, and the rest of the people will support him in the future.

Therefore, Li Yun currently only needs to solve the problem of money and food for more than a thousand people.

Moreover, these one thousand people, in theory, are all on the court's payroll and need to be supported by the court. Even if the court does not have enough money and food, Li Yun can subsidize some of them himself, and the subsidy will not be much.

After hearing what Liu Bo said, Li Yun's anxiety finally subsided a little. After he exhaled a breath of foul air, he said softly: "Old Nine, you are right."

"But it's not easy to transport the food from the Ten Kings Mountain, so we should not move it for now."

"I can still support Yuezhou."

Li Yun narrowed his eyes and said softly: "The entire Yuezhou is a huge test for us. If we can't figure out the land of Yuezhou..."

A state is very large for Li Yun now.

But in fact, there are two or three hundred states and counties in the world, or even more. If Li Yun can't figure out a state, then there is no need to think about it. It is more reliable to just find a big man to rely on.

In this way, Li Yun almost lived in the governor's office for the next few days and did not leave. During these days, he spent a lot of time reading the documents left over from the Yuezhou governor's office and roughly understood the office's operating mechanism.

However, before Li Yun could really start to deal with Yuezhou's current political affairs, it was time for Zheng Kui to arrive. Early that morning, Li Yun changed into black clothes and took Li Zheng and Liu Bo to the official road outside the city to welcome Zheng Kui's arrival.

After waiting for almost half an hour, Zheng Wei's carriage finally arrived at the gate of Yuezhou City. After Zheng Guan got off the carriage, Li Yun and his men saluted him with fists and said, "Your subordinate Li Zhao greets Lord Zheng."

The group of people behind Li Yun also said, "Greetings, Lord Zheng."

Zheng Wei stepped forward, helped Li Yun up, and said with a smile: "General Li, you are too polite."

"I have received the official document from the Political Affairs Hall. I feel relieved to have a young hero like General Li guarding Yuezhou."

Li Yun looked up at this Duke Zheng and felt a little surprised.

The Zheng family is also a large family with hundreds or thousands of years of history. I thought that after Su Jing left, Zheng Wei would become like Cui Shao and Pei Huang, and start to look down on others and be arrogant.

But after this contact, Zheng Wei was quite calm.

Li Yun was stunned for a moment, then turned sideways and said, "Please get in the car, my lord. I have prepared a banquet in the city to entertain you."

"I won't get in the carriage."

Zheng Yu looked Li Yun up and down, and said with a smile: "General Li, will you accompany me for a walk in Yuezhou City?"

"Dare to disobey orders."

In this way, the two of them entered Yuezhou City one after the other, Zheng Wei walked in front and Li Yun followed behind.

At this time, Yuezhou had undergone a round of drastic rectification. Although the population was still far less than before the war, order had basically been restored.

It seems that there is no trace of war anymore.

Zheng Wei looked all the way and couldn't help but sighed and said, "This Yuezhou was the place where the rebellion occurred under my rule, causing tens of thousands of people to die and tens of thousands to become homeless. This is all my responsibility. Now that I see Yuezhou, it seems to have returned to its old state."

"I feel relieved at last."

He turned around and looked at Li Yun, and said with emotion: "General Li is really a talent. It hasn't been long since he arrived in Yuezhou, but he has basically restored Yuezhou to its original appearance."

"I will submit a letter to the imperial court to request credit for General Li."

"Don't dare to take it seriously."

Li Yun was very modest and waved his hand, saying, "I just did what I should do."

Zheng Wei touched his belly and said with a smile, "I am a little hungry after walking all this way. Where is General Li treating us? Take me to dinner."

Li Yun nodded quickly and led the old man into a restaurant in Yuezhou City.

At this time, half of the restaurants in Yuezhou City have reopened. Li Yun ordered a table of banquets here early. After Zheng Wei was seated, the governor praised Li Yun a few more words, and then sighed: "The corruption in the Central Plains has probably reached a point where it is out of control."

Li Yun was stunned when he heard this and asked, "General Su, didn't you go there to suppress the rebellion?"

Zheng Wei still looked worried. He lowered his head and took a sip of wine and said, "The rebel leader Wang Junping is known as the Junping Tianbu General because of his name. I'm afraid that the number of people under his command may exceed 100,000, or even more."

"The occupied states and counties are close to ten, and the momentum is huge, far greater than Qiu Dian's scale."

"General Su alone may not be able to suppress the rebellion in Yuezhou as easily as he did."

At this point, Zheng Wei looked at Li Yun again and asked with a smile: "General Li looks so young, how old are you this year?"

Li Yun replied: "Twenty-one years old."

"You are so young."

Duke Zheng sighed, then clapped his hands and said with a smile, "Are you married?"

Li Yun was stunned. Before he could say anything, the observer from a noble family added with a smile.

"I have many nieces, maybe I can arrange a marriage for General Li."

(End of this chapter)