The rise of the prince

Chapter 370 Jiangzhou Stubborn Illness
On the big river, the shadow of the boat swayed, and the sound of waves came from the darkness on both sides from time to time, which was endless. A large official ship over four feet long was floating in the river. Two officers and soldiers with knives sat on the bow, chatting and watching the river from time to time. The cabin lights flickered.

In the cabin, Wang Tong frowned, and there was still a thick file on the table beside him. It was pitch black outside the cabin window, only the sound of the waves was heard, but no light was seen.

He squeezed the sore eye sockets again, feeling dizzy and dizzy, and wanted to continue reading, but the dense black characters on the white paper also became blurred, beating restlessly, and he couldn't see clearly for a while.
"Master, let's rest first." The sound of footsteps came from behind, and the voice of his accompanying wife.

Wang Tong raised his head and forced a smile: "You rest first, I will come right away."

He and his beloved wife have not returned to Kaiyuan for the Mid-Autumn Festival for three years, and they feel really guilty towards their father, so they have to rush back this year no matter what.

Besides, Gillian's wedding is coming soon, so he has no choice but to go south. Now that Gillian and Li Xingzhou have become a gift of acceptance, the deal is done, and it is useless for him to object any more. He only blames himself for being too slow at the beginning.

The reason why they rushed all night was simply because Ningjiang Mansion had a lot of business recently. Last time, because of the war in the south, Jiangzhou raised taxes and urgently collected food and money, which caused dissatisfaction among the people.

Later, the Liao people went south, and the Jiangxian army stationed in Jiangzhou was transferred to the north. When the black mountain bandits learned about it, they became even more arrogant.

Unexpectedly, the black bandits were suppressed by the Xiang army who had been powerless against them as soon as they became arrogant.

Although the thieves have dissipated, but the atmosphere is together, and it will not subside for a long time.Jiangzhou city is now full of looting and killing every day, and it is in chaos. He has repeatedly sent government servants, and even mobilized Xiang troops into the city to maintain law and order, but it still has little effect.

The law and order in Jiangzhou is getting worse and worse, and now it has reached the point where people dare not open their homes during the day and have to be careful when going out.

He also thought of various measures, rewarding the whistleblowers, offering rewards to the culprits, and even obeying the judge's order to execute several villains. In his opinion, these villains should not be guilty of death, but the situation is too serious. There is no room for so many people.

In the first few days, the situation was fine, and indeed some people were frightened and restrained.

But I didn't expect to rebound immediately after more than ten days, and the number of offenders increased. Now even the judge was helpless, and everyone in the government office was completely dumbfounded.

These days, Wang Tong has been devastated by this, even he, the magistrate, has to bring his guards with him when he goes out.

He wanted to break his head, but he didn't have the slightest solution, and the officials in the yamen couldn't think of a feasible solution. He went to consult several scholars in Ningjiang Mansion, hermits, or old officials. He has asked all the talented people, but in the end, he still didn't get any feasible solution.

Someone told him the words of a sage who didn't make sense, but some senior officials shook their heads and told him that there was no solution to this matter, and that he could only procrastinate, and that nothing major would be a blessing.
Either way, it's disappointing.

Seeing that he was still frowning and thinking, his wife couldn't help shaking her head: "You, I've never seen you worry about family affairs so much." She went into the inner warehouse and took a cotton cloak to put on him.

"I can tell you, I know that you don't like Li Xingzhou, but now he is the king of Pingnan County, the champion general, and A-Jiao's husband. , you can see that she likes King Pingnan very much, when we meet tomorrow, you must take care of your stubborn temper."

Wang Tong said helplessly: "I know, I know."

The wife is still worried, "I'm afraid you just talk about it and don't understand it in your heart!

In the future, it will be A-Jiao who will live peacefully with King Nan, not you. If you offend others regardless of the severity, you will be fine, and you can leave when you feel comfortable, but it will be A-Jiao who suffers. A-Jiao will always be a member of the palace from now on. "

The more the wife spoke, the more serious she said: "You men talk about benevolence and morality, family and country righteousness, but you never think about others, that's all in the past. If you dare to harm your daughter this time, I will never stop with you!"

"Okay, okay, I know, I know, I will pay attention." Wang Tong promised again and again.

Only then did the wife give up: "Okay, let's take a rest early. If you can figure out a solution, it will not take a day or two. If you can figure it out, you will have thought of it a long time ago. It's not too late."

Wang Tong sighed and had no choice but to put down the Chinese book in his hand.

The sound of the waves on the river was still there, and the boat drifted southward in the darkness.

"What happened next?" He Qian leaned over and asked.

"Later...later I will tell you tomorrow, and we agreed to only talk for half an hour every day." Li Xingzhou said with a smirk, and stood up as he spoke.

He Qian stuck out her tongue, "Stingy!"

Li Xingzhou put away the pen and paper amusedly, "You still have the face to criticize me, look at yourself, you are the only idler here, do you have the nerve?"

On the table a few steps away, Gillian and Yue'er are sewing a cloak together, and Qiu'er is helping Shiyu with the accounts of the Wangfu.

And he was telling He Qian the story of Journey to the West while designing the new palace. In the entire small courtyard, He Qian was the only one doing nothing.

But she didn't blush at all, she jumped up and said triumphantly: "Why are you so embarrassed, you are all from the palace, busy with the affairs of the palace, and I am not, it is reasonable and reasonable to be idle, if I am not idle, you will be bullied by the palace people."

"Then what do you count if you come to the palace every now and then to make a living?" Li Xingzhou asked her back.

"That's. You did it voluntarily." He Qian said with a guilty conscience, and then quickly ran to A-Jiao's side: "A-Jiao, Yue'er, I'll help you untangle your threads."

Li Xingzhou laughed: "You can only straighten threads at your level!"

"I want you to take care of it!"

Li Xingzhou shook his head, and when he left the small courtyard, he saw Qifang was already waiting.

"The lord is surrounded by a lot of beauty, and the beauty is not shallow." She joked.

"Hahahaha, so-so, let's go." He wants Qifang to be familiar with all the management of the palace today, so that he can cooperate better in the future, especially Shiyu and Yan Kun, because Yan Kun is responsible for the specific handover with her, and Shiyu will be Qiyu in the future. Superior Fang.

When they left the palace, both of them rode horses and brought four nursing homes with them. Because the day after tomorrow was the Mid-Autumn Festival, the streets were extremely lively with people coming and going. Bringing people is to prevent accidents. There are everyone in these days.

"I heard that the prince has been added as the Minister of Honghe Temple again, is it okay not to entertain the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin?" Qi Fang asked.

Li Xingzhou shook his head: "Don't worry, let's let it go first, it's irrational to talk about it at a time like this."

Qi Fang shook his head: "I don't understand those methods, but the prince is sure to win, and you are always like this."

"Hahaha, it would be great if this is the case." Li Xingzhou also shook his head and smiled.

"Sometimes I also want to believe that there are gods and immortals in this world. As long as you are sincere and sincere, kneel down and worship, you can get what you want. You don't have to work hard, don't have to suffer and be tired, and don't have to worry about whether it can be done or not." Li Xingzhou rode Meixue.

"But the prince didn't worship God in the end, did he?"

Li Xingzhou nodded: "Yes, that's when I gradually discovered that it is better to be sincere to myself than to be sincere to gods. Does anyone know if there are gods? But people are always alive, and the more sincere people are, The more you can realize that you are alive, the better you will be.”

Qi Fang was stunned for a long time before saying: "According to what you said, living is quite difficult."

(End of this chapter)