Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 203 Before Returning to Beijing (3)

"What if Yan Ku and the others come, Zhao Lu happens to come from Nanpi, but you go to Nanpi..."

Xu Qing lowered his head and kissed Xiaoyue's mouth, stopped her words, and after a whole daze, he said to her: "They're here, let them wait."

One day, I arrived in Nanpi, and at the same time, Zhao Lu and others also arrived in Cangzhou City.However, they were told that they would have to wait two days before seeing Xu Qing. Although they were puzzled, they stayed obediently.

When Xu Qing arrived in Nanpi, he didn't see anything, but just walked on the street.Looking at the store where I lived when I first came here, the shopkeeper has changed, but the errand runners have not changed, but I no longer recognize Xu Qing.

Look at the wall that says "The night is boundless, the river is the world", it has been repainted.The originally rough streets have become smooth and clean. The crooked houses and wild dogs all over the ground are gone, replaced by rows of small merchants and bustling crowds.

The prosperity of Nanpi seems to be comparable to that of Cangzhou City, Zhao Lu is talented!

She pricked her ears to inquire, but heard the common people say that Zhao Lu imitated the development of Cangzhou City, taking advantage of Nanpi's proximity to the south and being an important traffic road, to create a small Cangzhou.

After looking at the Department of Commerce and Taxation, State School and other places, Xu Qing only had one word in his mind - "good".Even if he did it himself, he would not be able to achieve such a good political performance.After all, the appearance of Cangzhou City is there, and it is not easy for Nanpi to match the prosperity of Cangzhou City as a county.

At this time, the big stone in Xu Qing's heart finally fell to the ground.

The next governor of Cangzhou should be appointed to Zhao Lu!
The thing about reform is that people are most afraid of the death of the government. In Xu Qing's view, Cangzhou at this time most needs a governor who can continue to implement Xu Qing's doctrine, let time promote the business reform, ferment, and then become rich, successful, and become a model.Then it radiates around and drives the entire south of Hebei to carry out commercial transformation, so as to achieve ideological awakening.

As for this candidate, Xu Qing thought for a long time.Although Yan Ku and Qin Shi were also loyal fans of Xu Qingism, judging from the current situation, they were not mature enough or flexible enough to adapt to local conditions.In the future, if the model set by Xu Qing is except for faults, the one who can repair it is probably Zhao Lu.

Back from Nanpi, Xu Qing was thinking about the personnel transfer arrangements in Cangzhou along the way.In addition to considering the development of Cangzhou, Xu Qing also had to consider the development of his disciples, who were all part of Xu Qing's forces.

Yan Ku, magistrate of Haixing County.Although Haixing County is a little poor, after Xu Qing's guidance, the salt cooking industry has flourished.A large amount of high-quality salt is paid to the government and the frontier every year. This is really a great achievement for the Tang Dynasty, which was relatively poor in salt.Yan Ku only needs to work through his qualifications, and when the emperor sees Yan Ku's name on the "Salt Delivery Officer", his promotion is just around the corner.

During the Qin Dynasty, the county magistrate of Cang County, Cang County was attached to Guo County. There was an unwritten rule in the official circles. Governor.It can be said that there is no need to worry about Qin Shi's promotion.

Zhan Zeng, the magistrate of Huanghua County, is not Xu Qing's disciple, but he is the only one left among the former Cangzhou magistrates, and he is also one of Xu Qing's admirers.That being the case, Xu Qing also wanted to help him and develop him into one of his forces.

Zhao Lu can implement Xu Qing's model, but he is a newcomer to the officialdom after all. If there is an old man like Zhan Zeng to assist him, it will just complement each other.

In this way, it is Zhao Lu, governor of Cangzhou, don't drive Zhan Zeng, Yan Ku, magistrate of Haixing County, and Qin Shi, magistrate of Cang County.

There are two vacancies left in Huanghua and Nanpi.Xu Qing thought about it, and let Han Zibang be the magistrate of Nanpi County. He is the head of the Commercial and Taxation Department. He must be able to maintain the prosperity of Nanpi and prevent Nanpi from declining after Zhao Lu left.

There is also Huanghua County, where Xu Qing is most interested in Huanghua Port, the throat of the third commercial route.After searching through everyone in his mind, Xu Qing finally put his heart on one person - Chu Jiang.

Since Chu Jiang is the general manager of the navy and guarding the Huanghua Port, it is better to promote him to the position of county magistrate, so that he will not be restricted by the local government when developing trade and building ports in the future.

The carriage ran quickly and smoothly on the newly built road.Xu Qing, who was sitting in the carriage, was deep in thought, his eyelids gradually clenched. When he woke up, he could already see the city wall of Cangzhou City.

"Are you there?" Xu Qing noticed that the carriage had stopped, and asked the coachman as he opened the curtains.

"Master, Cangzhou City is here, but I can't enter the city!" The coachman steadied his horse and returned.

"What's going on?" Xu Qing looked at Xiaoyue who was still sleeping soundly, put on her clothes, and got out of the car to check.

The coachman walked up to Xu Qing, bowed his body and said, "Master, there are too many people at the gate of the city, our carriage is too big, we can't get in..."

Xu Qing frowned when he heard this, and looked at the gate of the city where people were indeed crowded, whether there were any carts and horses, and he didn't know what they were doing.So he said to the coachman, "Go and find out what's wrong."

"Here!"

"Master, what's the matter?" Xiaoyue rubbed her sleepy eyes and got out of the car, leaning into Xu Qing's arms and asked.

"I don't know, I asked the coachman to ask." Xu Qing returned softly.

At this time, three people came by, apparently a family of three, and they said as they walked, "Go, go, Lord Governor is going back to Beijing!"

Xu Qing didn't understand why, and turned around to see that there were several old people walking on the other side with their stomachs supported, and they seemed to be exhausted.Xu Qing walked over to support him and said, "Old man, what are you doing in such a hurry?"

"Oh, baby, don't stand in the way of the old man, I'm going to see the governor!"

"Don't be in such a hurry, take a break..."

"Alright, baby, you don't know..." The old men said: "Old man, in my whole life, this is the first time I've seen such a good official as Mr. Xu, and it's the first time in more than ten years that I've seen him for a whole year." eat enough!"

"Unexpectedly, Governor Xu will leave in just two years..." Another old man said: "Before I die, I must go to see the governor's dharma body, even if the next governor is a bastard, I will recognize it! "

The last old man said with tears: "I will be willing to go to Jiuyou Hell once I meet the governor!"

Seeing that Xu Qing was not moved but laughed a little, the old men said angrily:
"Little baby, you young people don't understand, we the older generation know what a good official the governor is. The widow Liu of Donghe Village can't be hungry or cold by herself. The world is good!"

"Let me tell you, little boy, the bridge we cross is longer than the road you have traveled. It is just next to the county, [-] miles away from our village. There is a sky and a land. Hmph, you still have to come to our village to beg for rice!"

The three old men had a good rest and started on their way again, leaving behind Xu Qing who was complacent in the autumn wind.

This is what I do!
At this time, Xiaoyue also looked at Xu Qing with admiration: "Master, you are really amazing. When I was still at home, I was often hungry. It would be great if I met an official like Master."

"Xiaoyue, do you think it's really my fault? I'm just an ordinary person, and I can't create something out of nothing, and I can't turn stone into gold. How can I feed so many people?"

Xiaoyue was puzzled: "Young master, I don't understand, I think this is the most powerful thing about young master."

"Hehehe..." Xu Qing just laughed, he can't say that I have thousands of years of successful experience.

The coachman came back, and what he heard was the same as what Xu Qing knew. The people heard the news that the governor was going to leave, and they were all excited, and they wanted to come over to see the truth.

In ancient times, good officials were hard to come by. Once the common people met and were happier than winning the 500 million grand prize, they would spontaneously "beg to stay" when the official left.

It's just that the number of people is a bit too much. There are seven or eight thousand people waiting for Xu Qing to show up at each gate.The guard of Cangzhou City didn't dare to put all of them in, so he closed the city gate, causing congestion at the gate of the city.The people are not in a hurry, anyway, they are here to ask the governor, not to complain, so let's go outside.

In the city of Cangzhou, there was another scene.

The people outside the city surrounded the city of Cangzhou, and the people inside the city surrounded the governor's mansion into an iron bucket.

At this time, the governor's mansion was in chaos.The four county magistrates, co-author Niu Grass and others were all running around in the governor's mansion in a hurry.They didn't dare to open the door to let outsiders in. If they bumped into "Master" and "Madam", it would be a serious crime.

Fortunately, although the people outside are lively, they are not radical. Up to now, they have never photographed the gate, but the discussion outside the gate is heated.

After listening through the gate, the people inside knew that they were all here to see the governor.The reason was found, and the people inside became even more anxious, because the governor had been gone for a day!

How to pay the job of the common people outside?
Could it be that he made a fake out to fool him?

Who is going out?If someone sees it, can you come back intact?

In the end, all the people gathered together and decided to tell the truth.First of all, Qin Shi was the magistrate of Cang County, and the people in the city knew him, so he was the one to persuade the people outside the Governor's Mansion.

As soon as Qin Shi went out, he was recognized by the common people and knelt down outside the governor's mansion.Qin Shi explained the situation and offered both kindness and power. The people struggled for half an hour and left reluctantly.

Everyone in the governor's mansion was overjoyed, so they discussed the countermeasures again and decided to divide the troops into four groups, one person from each of the southeast and northwest gates, and go out to persuade the people to go home.The people outside the city, in addition to the people from Cang County, there are also people from the other three counties.Fortunately, Yan Ku and others are also good officials who are close to the people. When the three county magistrates came out, many people recognized them.

Now that they recognized him, Yan Ku and the others put on airs of the county magistrate and claimed to be Xu Qing's disciples, protégés.When the people heard it, oh, he is the true disciple of Mr. Xu, that's amazing, and he is also a good official!
So, taking advantage of Xu Qing's reputation, he persuaded many people at the gates to return.But there were still many people who expressed that they wanted to go to the city and wait for the governor to come back.

Several people weighed the pros and cons, and felt that there were not many people outside the city, and the people had no malicious intentions, so they opened the gate and let people in.

Xu Qing has just entered the city.

(End of this chapter)