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Chapter 43 Upright official?

The day before, Li Lingyue was still torturing Li Zhi.

In the blink of an eye, the next day, she began to torment the imperial guards.

Li Lingyue had prepared "three visits to the thatched cottage", but in the end he only went there twice, and the commander of the forbidden army was stunned.

The whole team suddenly seemed to be on the hook. Except for shitting and eating, all the time was spent on the road. In less than three days, the team arrived at the Fuzhou capital ahead of schedule.

On the official road thirty miles outside the city of Fuzhou, a group of officials lined up neatly to welcome Li Zhi's arrival.

Li Lingyue followed behind Li Zhi, accepting the officials' kneeling.

During the Li Zhi period, the national area was divided into 360 prefectures and 550 seven counties in ten provinces.

The ten roads are: Guannei Road, Henan Road, Hedong Road, Hebei Road, Shannan Road, Longyou Road, Huainan Road, Jiangnan Road, Jiannan Road, and Lingnan Road.

Its scale is equivalent to today's super-large provinces. The highest official is not the governor, but the local censor sent by the imperial court.

Different from the supervisory censors of the eighth rank, the Taoist censors are from the third rank and are in charge of local civil affairs, finance, and legal affairs.Its status is similar to that of a senior official.

Each province governs more than a dozen states. The state is equivalent to today's city, and the highest official of the state is the governor, which is equivalent to today's mayor.

"Yang Kuo, the censor of Guannei Dao, welcome Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live!"

A thin, middle-aged man came out first, and bowed to Li Zhixing.

Behind him, a large group of officials knelt down, all of whom were governors of the disaster-stricken state and county magistrates under their jurisdiction.

As soon as the censor Zhongcheng named Yang Kuo appeared, he immediately attracted Li Lingyue's attention.

There is no other reason. The dignified Guannei Dao "top leaders", the "immediate bosses" of 27 states, actually wore patched official uniforms when they met the emperor. Anyone who normally applied for the imperial salary would not be so poor. This is very abnormal.

"Yang Qing, hurry up and get up!"

Li Zhi was very moved, and personally stepped forward to help Yang Yushi up.

The flattered Yang Yushi trembled a little, wiped his tears with his long sleeves, and repeatedly apologized:
"The humble minister is incompetent, causing the people in Guanzhong to suffer from pests year after year. Please punish me for your majesty's crimes!"

Li Zhi patted the back of his hand, smiled and comforted:
"Insect infestation is a natural disaster. Isn't it Yang Qing's fault? Yang Qing has been serving the public for the Great Tang Festival all these years, protecting the environment and the people. I see it in my eyes, don't blame yourself!"

"Your Majesty!" Yang Kuo shouted with tears in his eyes, and knelt down again.

"My minister is ashamed of Sheng'en, and death is not a pity. Now that His Majesty is here in person, the people in my Guanzhong are finally saved!"

Li Zhi smiled awkwardly, and helped Yang Kuo up again.

For some reason, Li Lingyue was always suspicious of Yang Yushi.

In her opinion, it is very difficult for a person to pretend to be rich, but it is very easy to pretend to be poor.

Yang Kuo's behavior, no matter how you look at it, seems to deliberately sell miserably in front of Li Zhi.

Selling miserably is of course beneficial, and it can quickly win Li Zhi's tolerance and understanding.

You must know that the Guanzhong Plain has been infested with insects in recent years. Even if it is considered a natural disaster, Yang Yushi, as the leader of Guannei Tao, is responsible for "poor governance".

Taking a step back, even if he is a good and clean official, besides being clean, what is more important for an official is the ability to govern the local area.

In the current situation, there is an urgent need for some good officials who are really talented and willing to do practical things, rather than the kind of "good officials" who are mediocre and incompetent.

Li Lingyue preconceived and classified Yang Yushi into the second category. She always felt that the "Ai Qing" in Li Zhi's mouth was most likely just an actor who played on the spot.

But soon, she was slapped in the face.

On the way back to the city, Yang Yushi followed Li Zhi all the time, constantly reporting the current situation in the disaster area.

How many fertile fields were destroyed, how many people and livestock starved to death, how many people were displaced... Every data is accurate to the single digit.

During this period, Li Lingyue interrupted and asked the other party several questions, such as the distribution of disaster relief materials, the resettlement of refugees, and the specific measures for governance in the counties of the prefecture.

To her surprise, this Yushi Zhongcheng could give clear answers to all the questions. If he hadn't gone deep into the front line of the disaster, he would definitely not be able to answer in such detail.

Moreover, he not only reported the situation, but while talking to Li Zhi, he raised several difficult problems that needed to be solved at the moment, and his anxious expression could not tell that he was lying.

Especially when walking to the city of Fuzhou, the people along the way knelt down one after another. In addition to shouting "Long Live" to Li Zhi, there were also voices calling "Master Yang".

Yang Yushi's reputation can make people love him from the bottom of his heart, which is not something that can be performed casually.

The team marched into the city of Fuzhou in mighty force. According to the established arrangement, Li Zhi and his daughter would live in a temporary camp.

The emperors of the Tang Dynasty were different from those of the Qing Dynasty. They had palaces all over the country. When Li Zhi traveled, there was a huge team of imperial guards alone. The problem of accommodation for so many people could not be solved by one family.

Li Lingyue took on the important task of controlling the pest infestation, so she didn't have the heart to live in the camp, so she said to Li Zhi immediately:
"Aye, my daughter is going to stay at Yang Yushi's mansion tonight, so that I can learn more about the disaster from him!"

"No!" Li Zhi refused without hesitation: "You are a girl, how can you go to someone else's house!"

"Aye, I'm just telling you, I'm not asking for your consent! You forgot the "Three No's Principles" that we agreed on before? Don't care, don't ask, don't obstruct!"

"That won't work either! In case something happens, how will I explain it to your mother."

"Okay!" Li Lingyue spread her hands and looked at Li Zhi with a smirk: "Then tonight, my daughter can only talk to Aye Bingzhuye!"

Li Zhi's back felt cold, and the eyes that looked at Li Lingyue became like looking at flies again, and cold sweat broke out slightly on his forehead.

"Yes, yes, but you must bring a hundred or ten guards, otherwise Aye is worried!"

"Please, please!"

　Li Zhi didn't go to Hanzhong, but to Guanzhou Prefecture, Guanzhong, which is the headquarters of Guannei Road. There was an error in the previous chapter and it was changed.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)