Thief Emperor

Chapter 809 Remote Control Thousands of Miles Away
Jinling City.

Compared with the wars in the Central Plains and Cangzhou, the city of Jinling seemed peaceful.

The winds of war did not disturb this thriving city at all.

It was March at that time. Although the city of Jinling was not bustling with people, pedestrians could be seen everywhere, and many of them were walking on the road, chatting and laughing as they walked.

Compared to when Li Yun just took over, Jinling City is now a completely different city.

Of course, it's not entirely without disadvantages.

The Jinling New City was completed quite some time ago, and during this period of time after its completion, the land prices in the new city have been rising again and again, which has caused many people to complain.

However, precisely because of this, and because this is a city that is on the rise, a large number of people, with a large amount of capital, flow into Jinling every day, and land prices are still rising at a rate visible to the naked eye.

However, at this time, the most concerned thing in Jinling City was not the land price of the new city, nor the spring scenery in March, but this year's Jinling imperial examination.

At this time, this year's Jinling imperial examination has ended, but there are still thousands of candidates stranded in Jinling, waiting for the announcement of the results, causing the room prices of inns in Jinling city to remain high.

To this end, Lord Zhuo of Jinling Prefecture brought people from the yamen to temporarily build tents for the candidates to stay in so that these candidates would not be left homeless.

In the Jinling government office, Zhang Sui, who had been busy for most of the day, came to the door of Zhuo Guangrui's study and bowed to him, saying, "Sir, I have borrowed some tents from the garrison outside the city today. I have already set them up and arranged for the corresponding candidates to live in them."

At this point, Zhang Sui could not help but whispered, "My Lord, it's not that I'm lazy. If it were me, since they are candidates coming to take the exam, they should be allowed to prepare their own accommodation. How can the government prepare it for them? Today, I have prepared tents for them, but some candidates disliked the military tents and were unwilling to stay there. They insisted that we prepare a hotel for them."

"It's really infuriating."

After Zhang Sui came back from the Central Plains, he now has a proper job, which is serving as a county magistrate in Jinling Prefecture.

As the magistrate of a county, his job was basically to be responsible for all the major and minor events in the entire Jinling city. He was also restricted by the Jinling Yin and did not have much power, but there were a lot of major and small events to deal with. Zhang Sui was still considered capable, but he was already overwhelmed after more than a month in office.

However, although this job is hard, the starting point is quite high and he would not trade it for a position as a governor. If Zhang Sui was not a student of Prime Minister Du and had not followed the king for thousands of miles, this job would never have fallen on a young man like him.

You know, less than two months after he took office, countless people wanted to invite him, the county magistrate, to dinner because of the affairs of Xincheng.

After hearing Zhang Sui's complaint, Zhuo Guangrui just glanced at him and said with a smile: "It will only be busy for a few months. After the results are announced, there will be nothing left for us in Jinling Prefecture."

"and."

Zhuo Guangrui stood up and stretched his body. "Mr. Du and his team are already setting up the Ministry of Rites. These tasks will be handed over in the future. After this year's imperial examination is over, it may not be held again next year."

"When we do it again, there will be nothing for us in Jinling Prefecture to do."

Zhang Sui heard this and said with a smile: "By the time the next imperial examination is held, the Lord will probably have been promoted."

"I don't have much ability, so I don't expect to be promoted to a high position."

Zhuo Guangrui stood up and said with a smile: "It would be great if I could work hard in this job until I retire. My dear brother, you have worked hard today. Go home and take a rest first. I will go to the palace to see the emperor."

"Report to him about the scientific expedition."

Zhang Sui lowered his head quickly and said, "My Lord, please forgive me. You are of the same generation as the King and my master. How can I be worthy of your address as my brother..."

"How can there be so many rules when serving in the same government office?"

Zhuo Guangrui had already walked to the door and smiled at Zhang Sui, "Let's talk about our own affairs."

After saying this, Lord Zhuo left Zhang Sui, put his hands behind his back, left his study, walked to the gate of the government office, got on the sedan chair, and was soon carried to the gate of the palace.

After a round of announcements, Zhuo Guangrui quickly entered the palace. A palace servant came forward with his head bowed and said, "Master Zhuo, please wait a moment. The emperor is meeting guests."

Zhuo Guangrui looked at the sky. It was already afternoon. He was a little curious and asked with a smile, "Who is the superior meeting?"

The palace maid hesitated and bowed, saying, "Master Zhuo, your servant..."

"That's all."

Zhuo Guangrui shook his head slightly and said, "Just pretend I didn't ask."

He waited for about half an hour before he was led by a palace servant to the study in the palace and brought before Li Yun. After seeing Li Yun, he immediately bowed his head and saluted: "Your Highness, I am Zhuo Guangrui. I pay my respects to you, Your Highness."

Li Yun put down the brush in his hand, looked up at Zhuo Guangrui, quickly put down the brush, and said, "Brother Zhuo is here."

"Sit down and talk, sit down and talk."

Zhuo Guangrui replied yes and sat on a chair nearby.

Normally, there are no extra chairs in the study of an emperor or a king. If one wants to sit down, one needs to be "granted a seat". However, Li Yun's place is crowded with people, so he prepared five or six chairs and placed them in his study.

After Zhuo Guangrui sat down, he immediately bowed his head and said, "My Lord, the Jinling exam has basically been settled, and most of the candidates have found a place to live."

“There will be no problem until the results are announced.”

Li Yun hummed, then smiled and said, "This shouldn't be a job for the government office. Thank you for your hard work, Brother Zhuo."

Zhuo Guangrui smiled and said, "Your Highness, I am waiting to take the throne to set up the Ministry of Rites."

"The Ministry of Rites..."

Mentioning this, Li Yun felt a headache. He rubbed his head and shook his head slightly, saying, "There is too little people." In Jiangdong now, the grassroots officials and reserve officials are not particularly scarce, but there are too few senior officials.

After all, he has only been in office for a few years, and the officials in his team have not yet grown up.

Zhuo Guangrui came here just to talk about this matter. He bowed his head and said, "I know that you are short of people to form a court. I have a solution."

Li Yun looked at him.

"You said."

"A great scholar will be executed."

Zhuo Guangrui bowed his head and said, "I feel that Jiangdong is now basically mature. The important positions in the Secretariat are held by Du Xianggong and others, the Ministry of Rites also has Mr. Tao, the Ministry of Punishments has Mr. Fei, and the Censorate also has Xu Ziwang."

"We already have the framework. We can recruit those local great scholars and celebrities to serve in the Jiangdong court. These people are not only great scholars, many of them have served as officials in the old Zhou court."

Li Yun touched his chin and said, "That's indeed the way to do it."

"Brother Zhuo."

He looked at Zhuo Guangrui and said with a smile: "Then I'll leave this matter to you. Start with Jiangnan East Road and Jiangnan West Road. Gather all the famous people from these places to Jinling. I'll find time to meet them."

Zhuo Guangrui nodded his head and said, "Sir, if these people are unwilling to serve..."

Li Yun's smile faded: "If you don't want to serve in the government, you must be nostalgic for the old Zhou Dynasty. No matter what the reason is, bring him to Jinling first. I will talk to you after I see him."

Zhuo Guangrui bowed his head deeply.

"My minister obeys."

.........

After seeing Zhuo Guangrui off, Li Yun looked through several battle reports on the table, and then turned a few pages until he came to the one sent by Jiusi, which was about Zhao Cheng's family.

He was frowning as he watched.

After finally finishing reading it, Li Yun picked up the brush and wrote two lines of words on the document.

"We will collect evidence and investigate, and deal with it strictly according to the law."

These eight words are for Jiusi.

The people from Jiusi are Li Yun’s right-hand men, and they can clearly understand what Li Yun means.

With these eight words, the evidence of that family's illegal activities will surely come to light. When the time comes, we will get the evidence and hand it over to Zhao Cheng for severe punishment according to the law.

It would not undermine the laws of Li Yun's new dynasty, and it also brought this twenty-year feud to a conclusion.

After approving Zhao Cheng's matter, Li Yun was about to get up to rest and go to the harem to reunite with his family when he heard the voice of a palace servant outside the door again.

"Mr. Du wants to see you."

Li Yun could only sit back in his seat, feeling somewhat helpless: "Come in, come in."

Soon, Du Qian walked into the study, bowed, and said to Li Yun, "Take the seat."

He whispered, "There is news from Guanzhong that Wei Quanzhong has sent his son Wei Yao to Sichuan."

Hearing this, Li Yun narrowed his eyes, then sneered: "These people are really good at letting go."

After saying this, he waved his hand and said, "Let them toss around. We will take them down sooner or later."

Mr. Li looked up at Du Qian and said with a smile, "Brother Shouyi, you came at the right time. I have something to tell you."

"Zhao Chenggang has just received the documents. I guess tomorrow..."

"He will march from Huaizhou to Hebei Province."

"The battle in Hebei Province will officially begin tomorrow."

Du Qian smiled and said, "With the leadership of the higher-ups, I believe that Hebei Province will soon have a result."

As he spoke, he took out a few documents from his arms and whispered, "Sir, some people in Guanzhong handed me these documents."

Li Yun reached out to take it and put it on the table.

Du Qian was a little surprised: "Don't you want to take a look before you get promoted?"

"It's no use looking at it now."

Li Yun shook his head and smiled freely.

"It won't be too late to wait until we get into Guanzhong someday."

(End of this chapter)