Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 250 Unspoken
  After a miserable New Year's Eve, on the first day of the fourth year of Xianqing's reign, Chen Qingsi led Di Renjie and Cheng Boxian out of Zhongshoujiang City, and headed straight for Lingzhou with the guards of the Cheng family.

Chen Qingsi's first stop was not Xiazhou, but Huang Heshou in Lingzhou.

It took a day and a half to travel and arrived at Lingzhou City on the third day of the first lunar month.

When I learned that Chen Qingsi was visiting, Huanghe's birthday came before the man arrived, but his voice came first.

"Mr. Chen, Huang is preparing a big gift to greet you in the New Year. Huang is flattered by your sudden visit."

Huang Heshou has reached this status, so it is impossible for him to lower his body and do something that is beneath his status like smuggling.

Therefore, Xu Kai's smuggling had no direct relationship with him, but he, the governor of Liangzhou, knew nothing about it.

Not to mention Chen Qingsi didn't believe it, even Li Zhi who was far away in Chang'an didn't believe it.

Therefore, the imperial court also gave corresponding punishments. However, Huang Heshou showed great bravery in retreating from the enemy this time, and his merits and demerits were balanced.

This is also the best result Huang Heshou desires, and he is grateful to Chen Qingsi.

Chen Qingsi said: "Captain Huang, as the governor of Lingzhou and Xiazhou, why does he stay in Lingzhou and not go to Xiazhou?"

Huang Heshou didn't react for a while. He was about to reply, but he stopped talking.

There are two states, Lingzhou and Xia, with Lingzhou taking the lead. The Governor's Mansion is built in Lingzhou, so of course he is permanently stationed in Lingzhou.

Isn't this something obvious?
  Who is Chen Qingsi?
  Why would you ask such an almost stupid question?
  Huang Heshou thought for a while and said, "Sir, what you said makes sense. I haven't been to Xiazhou for a while..."

He paused and said, "Well, when does Mr. Chen think it would be good to go and have a look?"

Chen Qingsi smiled and said: "Tomorrow will be great. The fifth day of the lunar month is an auspicious day, so don't miss it."

Huang Heshou said: "Okay, let me make some preparations and leave for Xiazhou today."

He bowed and said goodbye to Chen Qingsi, and then went to the military camp to mobilize troops without looking back.

Chen Qingsi smiled knowingly when he saw Huang Heshou's cooperation.

He still did not leave for Xiazhou, but instead went to the governor's office.

Cheng Boxian did not inherit the talent of the old Cheng family, so he looked confused. He wanted to ask aloud, but felt a little embarrassed, so he pulled Di Renjie beside him and said, "Sir, what are you doing?"

Di Renjie smiled and said: "Just in case, Xiazhou is not as powerful as other places. Xiazhou is remote, and the people in its territory are a mixture of Hu and Han people, including Xianbei, Qiang, and Turks. Take the Yuan family, for example. Descendants of the royal family of the Northern Wei Dynasty, one of them migrated to Xiazhou after the demise of Zhu Yan. People like them pay more attention to the clan rather than the imperial power. If they are pushed to the extreme, the situation may not be controllable. With Governor Huang personally leading the troops, the situation is different. No matter how strong the clan is, can it still compare to the army?"

Cheng Boxian rolled his eyes and said, "Then just say it straight away, why bother with meandering around."

Di Renjie said: "This is the master's brilliance. Now that he has resigned as the envoy and marching commander, he has no right to transfer Governor Huang. If he does transfer him, it will be an overstep, which can be big or small. Now Governor Huang is If I patrol Xiazhou by myself, it has nothing to do with Mr. Chen."

Cheng Boxian complained: "It's so troublesome!"

Di Renjie understood, however, that this was officialdom, and military commanders were fine with it, but civil servants had to pay attention to such details.

Even if it is just a show, it must be done.

Chen Qingsi arrived at the Governor's Mansion. During the rare long vacation, Lingzhou Governor Xue Xiao was still sleeping.

The third day of junior high school was not a day for visitors. Xue Xiao was still a little angry when he was disturbed, but when he learned that the visitor was Chen Qingsi, he did not dare to neglect him in the slightest.

Chen Qingsi, the comfort envoy, could not control the military attachés, but he had great restraint on civilian officials such as the governor.

"Ambassador Chen!"

Xue Xiao suppressed his dissatisfaction and saluted and said hello.

Chen Qingsi helped Xue Xiao up, but without being polite to him, said: "Prince Xue, please cancel the leave of all officers and let them gather at the post house tomorrow."

A simple sentence made Xue Xiao's unhappiness at being disturbed disappear. Xue Xiao has been an official for many years and naturally understands that the simpler the words, the greater the impact of the matter.

He is in Lingzhou, but he doesn't know what happened in Lingzhou. There is only one explanation for the need for such labor and force: cross-state law enforcement.

The state capitals belong to different states, and only Chen Qingsi has this right as the pacification ambassador.

In order not to get angry, Xue Xiao ignored the fact that he had just gotten up and said in a loud voice: "Don't worry, please don't worry. Tomorrow morning, there will be eighty-seven police officers in the state. Not one of them is missing. All of them will gather to obey orders."

"Okay!" Chen Qingsi nodded and said, "Let them gather at the city posthouse tomorrow morning."

He said something pointedly: "The envoy will take him away first. The governor must take good care of Lingzhou and don't cause any trouble."

Xue Xiao's expression tightened and he said, "Don't worry, I understand."

He personally sent Chen Qingsi away.

Back in the house, Xue Xiao took a few steps back and forth. It was freezing cold and there were some beads of sweat on his forehead.

Chen Qingsi's method of punishing Xu Kai and Feng Yang was too overbearing.

Suddenly he was appointed as the pacifier, in charge of the government affairs of Ling, Yan and Xia prefectures. Before announcing his resignation, the three of them communicated with each other. If anything unusual happened, they would help each other and work together to send Chen Qingsi away.

Something must have happened now, is it Yanzhou or Xiazhou?
  Do you want to notify them?

Chen Qingsi's final words of taking care of Lingzhou came to Xue Xiao's mind and he shuddered.

Forget it, just pretend you don’t know.

Chen Qingsi, Di Renjie and Cheng Boxian were walking on the way to the post house.

Chen Qingsi suddenly turned around and asked, "Huaiying, tell me, will Governor Xue notify the Governors of Yan and Xia Prefectures to make preparations in advance?"

Di Renjie said: "I shouldn't dare, unless he has to say..."

Chen Qingsi is a bit boring, this guy is so awesome, he always understands his own thoughts and intentions.

Sometimes you can't help yourself when you are in officialdom, especially in Ling, Xia, and Yan, where the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and they are borderlands.

The local powerful forces in these places are very powerful, the imperial power is only a mediocre deterrent, and the officials who come from far away to take office are unable to support themselves. If you want to govern the local area well, you must rely on them.

Not all local powerful people are bad people, but who doesn't have a few mice droppings?

As the governor of a state, it is difficult to weigh the pros and cons.

Not everyone has the courage and determination to kill powerful people.

It's understandable that he acts more aggressively and is a little crooked in details.

But if it's too crooked, it's cover-up.

Just like the governor of Xiazhou, if Zuoqiu didn't make a false accusation, his butt would be tilted to the sky.

I just took the opportunity to see if Xue Xiao's butt was straight.

When they arrived at the post house, Chen Qingsi asked Di Renjie, Cheng Boxian and the guards to have a good rest.

After running for more than a hundred miles in this cold weather, I felt tired.

"Let's take a rest, and then we can get down to business the next day."

Chen Qingsi was indeed tired and fell asleep in the room without even bothering to wash up.

(End of this chapter)