The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 137 Before leaving Beijing
The spring breeze is gentle, and the flowers fall and fly.

Although King Jin's question was casual, Su looked at it with extreme caution, and did not answer until he had pondered for a long time.

"The advantages outweigh the disadvantages."

King Jin didn't show any surprise, but continued: "Please ask Mr. Su to clarify."

"I don't know if the prince wants to hear the overall situation of the country first, or whether he wants to hear about us first?"

King Jin was taken aback, he didn't expect Su Tongjian to ask such a sentence, after hesitating for a while, he said, "Let's talk about the general aspect first."

Su Tongkan nodded slightly, and then said: "The Southern Han Dynasty was destroyed, and more than 200 counties in sixty prefectures belonged to the Great Song Dynasty. It's just that when Liu Yu was in power in the Southern Han Dynasty, various taxes were imposed, and the people's lives were miserable. After the war, there was no time to rectify them. At this time, I am afraid that bandits are rampant. Since Lingnan has become the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, the people of Lingnan are the people of our Great Song Dynasty. If we consider the overall situation, only Liu Wei, who can do business and reassure the people, is the most suitable person to go. "

Having said that, Su Tongjian stopped, and the King of Jin nodded slightly: "What you said is very true, now the land of Lingnan must be full of industries, and Liu Wei will be able to do business, and maybe the land will gradually prosper. As long as the people live and work in peace and contentment, Lingnan will be stable."

"Now that we have finished talking about the overall situation of the country, let's talk about us again. The prince has always been unclear about Liu Wei, and he is also a little worried that he will slowly grow in the capital and form his own power. If Liu Wei stays away from the capital In the court, his power will not be able to develop, and at most he will gain some popular support in Lingnan, but popular support is useless in the court, so the prince can test him, and it can also prevent his power from growing. "

After finishing speaking, Su looked at him with a slight smile: "Of course, there are also some disadvantages. For example, Liu Wei is in the capital. It will be easy for us to monitor him, but if he arrives in Lingnan, we will have some troubles if we want to monitor him. But in terms of From my observation of Liu Wei, although this person has great ambitions, he will never do anything that violates morality or damages the interests of the Song court."

King Jin nodded slightly: "Mister's analysis is very correct, but since the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, this king can't care about other things. Why don't you go to see Liu Wei on behalf of this king?"

"Subordinates take orders."

"Call Wei Ping, let Wei Ping go to Lingnan with Liu Wei in the future."

Hearing that King Jin wanted Wei Ping to follow Liu Wei, Su Tong couldn't help being stunned: "My lord, although Wei Ping's martial arts skills are high, but he is too single-handed, I'm afraid it would be inappropriate for him to follow Liu Wei, and Wei Ping is A good man who protects the prince, how will the prince be safe after he leaves?"

Before Su had finished speaking, the King of Jin waved his hands and said, "It's okay, although Wei Ping is a vulgar person, he is the most loyal to this king. I send him to follow Liu Wei, so I don't worry."

At this time, Su Tong saw that he understood King Jin's intentions, so he didn't persuade him any more, and after calling Shang Weiping, he got into the carriage and drove to Princess Ruyi's mansion.
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Ruyi Princess Mansion.

After Zhan Qing delivered the imperial decree to Liu Wei, he stood aside.

Liu Wei was a little surprised and puzzled when he received the emperor's imperial decree suddenly, and he couldn't help but gasp after reading the imperial decree, but he wasn't dissatisfied with the content of the imperial decree, he just found it interesting.

The Holy Majesty asked him to go to the Xingwang Mansion in Lingnan to be the magistrate, and he also assigned Zhan Qing to him. Liu Wei and Zhan Qing had known each other for a long time, and they also admired Zhan Qing's martial arts and character, but Liu Wei knew it very well. , just after the Southern Han Dynasty fell, Zhao Kuangyin didn't trust the officials who went to Lingnan. The imperial decree said that Zhan Qing was his bodyguard who was responsible for protecting him. In fact, it was more appropriate to say that he was monitoring him.

However, Liu Wei didn't care too much. With Zhan Qing around, Zhao Kuangyin felt at ease with him, and the monarch was at ease with his courtiers far away, so that the courtiers could show their hands outside. Otherwise, if the monarch was suspicious, he hadn't let go. The imperial court made another decree.

After submitting the imperial decree to Princess Ruyi, Princess Ruyi couldn't help but frowned slightly: "Your Majesty wants you to go to Xingwang's Mansion?"

Liu Wei nodded with a smile: "The people in Lingnan used to live in the heat of the water, and now they have just experienced the chaos of war. If no one goes to clean up the stalls, the land that General Pan has laid down may not survive for long!"

"Can……"

Although Liu Wei said it calmly, Princess Ruyi's heart was very uneasy. The people in Lingnan had not yet been educated, and they might not agree with the officials of the Song Dynasty. Going to Lingnan would be a very dangerous thing. She was really a little She was worried, and she didn't know when she would be able to come back after this trip, so she was very reluctant to part with Liu Wei.

However, Liu Wei seemed to be able to understand Princess Ruyi's mind, and said with a slight smile: "The imperial decree said that in addition to assigning Zhan Qingzhan's guards to my son-in-law, there are also twenty servants and one hundred guards. These people will accompany my son-in-law." On the way, there will be no dangers on the way, as for the princess... I heard that the scenery in Lingnan is good, if the princess feels that staying in the capital is depressing, why don't you go for a tour with my son-in-law."

In Liu Wei's heart, he was also reluctant to part with Princess Ruyi.

Originally, according to the rules, court officials were generally not allowed to bring their family members with them when they were officials in other places, but Liu Wei and Princess Ruyi had unusual identities, as long as they made it clear to the emperor, there would definitely be no problem.

After Liu Wei finished speaking, Princess Ruyi's cheeks turned slightly red, but she still nodded shyly.And her shyness made Liu Wei look even more distracted, and she was madly in love. She was about to reach out to hug her in her arms, but was suddenly pushed away by Princess Ruyi: "The imperial decree said that the son-in-law will leave tomorrow. The Lord ordered Xiaoyu in green to pack up, I really don't know why the Holy One is in such a hurry."

Although Princess Ruyi said so, she still turned around and went to work. Although what she said just now seemed to be a complaint, it was not a complaint.

Because it was the first time to travel far, Princess Ruyi was afraid that the preparations were not complete enough, so she asked Lvyi and Xiaoyu to pack up all the things they could think of and take them away. move away.

And while Princess Ruyi was packing up her things, Su Tongkan brought Wei Ping to Princess Ruyi's mansion.

After the few people met in the living room, Su Tongkan immediately smiled and said, "Congratulations, Master Liu, congratulations, Master Liu, now you are going to be the magistrate of Prince Xing's Mansion, you really have been promoted to multiple levels!"

Hearing what Su Jiaokan said, Liu Wei showed a look of surprise: "I have just received the imperial decree, so why does Mr. Su know?"

Su looked at it but didn't panic: "Liu Concubine is the official of my Kaifeng mansion. The Holy Majesty wants to send you to Xingwang's mansion. Naturally, he has to send someone to notify the people in Kaifeng mansion. This change of position is not a trivial matter."

Liu Wei snorted, and then said with a smile: "I will leave Beijing tomorrow, I am going to bid farewell to the prince and my husband, now that my husband comes first, I am a little embarrassed."

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, in fact, I came down to send a helper to Concubine Liu under the order of the prince."

Liu Wei had noticed Wei Ping early on, but he saw Wei Ping's expressionless face, which was a bit scary, so he didn't ask. Now that Su looked at it first, he already knew a little bit, but he still asked with a smile: " I don't know what kind of help the prince will send me?"

Su Tongkan pointed to Wei Ping: "This man's name is Wei Ping. He is the prince's bodyguard. He is skilled in martial arts. Having him by your side will ensure your safe journey."

Liu Wei thought to himself, another one came to monitor him, Jin Wang and Zhao Kuangyin would like to go together, but one is accepted, and the other is also accepted, he has absolutely no reason to refuse.

After looking at Weiping carefully, Liu Wei thought to himself, this Weiping is even more rigid than that Zhanqing, with a face that seems to have no expression, I wonder if he is feeling happy, angry, sad or happy?
What Liu Wei can be sure of is that this Wei Ping is even more boring than that Zhan Qing.

Therefore, Liu Wei didn't say much to Wei Ping, but only slightly bowed his hands: "I will trouble the guards more in the future."

"Wei Ping is the bodyguard of the son-in-law, please give orders to the son-in-law."

Wei Ping's words were also dull, and after he finished speaking, Su looked at him and said with a smile: "Although Wei Ping is the prince's bodyguard, the prince gave it to you, and he will be your bodyguard from now on. Say it."

Seeing this, Liu Wei naturally responded again and again.
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Because the matter in Lingnan was more urgent, he had to leave early, but Liu Wei still had to arrange a lot of things, so he didn't talk to Su Tong too much.

After Su Tongkan left, Liu Wei hurried to the Liu Family Winery by himself. When he told the story, everyone was stunned. Liu Wei wanted to leave the capital, what was the Liu Family Winery going to do?
Liu Wei was as calm as ever.

"My son-in-law will leave the capital tomorrow, and the winery will be handed over to Uncle Liu as soon as it is settled. You must listen to Uncle Liu's arrangements. From now on, Uncle Liu's words will be my son-in-law's words."

After the servants listened to Liu Wei's words, they finally felt relieved that the Liu Family Winery was where they lived and lived. If Liu Wei left the capital and the Liu Family Winery didn't continue to open, they might be starving, and they couldn't help it. Now that they are supporting their family, although Liu Wei is going to be the magistrate, he doesn't mean to close the winery, so they will naturally have a place to go in the future.

After all this was over, Liu Wei found Liu Yi.

"My son-in-law is going to open a winery in Prince Xing's Mansion, so go and tidy it up, and I will go to Prince Xing's Mansion with me tomorrow."

Liu Yi had long admired Liu Wei extremely, and when he heard that Liu Wei wanted him to follow, he was even more excited, and took orders again and again: "From now on, wherever the young master goes, the young one will follow."

"Okay, I will not leave you behind, go get ready."

Liu Yi ran away in a hurry, but Liu Quan's eyes were wet. He knew that his young master was capable, but he also knew that his young master had never traveled far, and he had never left his young master. Now his young master He felt a little sad when he thought about going to a place as far away as Xingwang's mansion.

Liu Wei seemed to understand Liu Quan's parting melancholy, so he forced a smile and said, "Master, I'll be back after a while, Uncle Liu, don't worry about it." At this point, Liu Wei suddenly realized that he hadn't seen Zhang Qixian all this time, so he asked Said: "Where is Brother Zhang?"

(End of this chapter)