A Thousand Hills

Chapter 272

King Jingjiang immediately made a decisive decision, much to the regret of the Fifth Prince.

Although it is a pity, the fifth prince has also started to preside over the New Year in Fujian. Officials from both the military and the government have to give banquets. Anyway, the fifth prince is also a bachelor in Fujian. Everyone gathers together to drink and talk lively.

After two years of struggle on the verge of life and death, the relationship between the fifth prince and these ministers is very unusual, especially in the recent wars, the civil servants are still good, and the military officers are killed and injured. , Pensions are also generous.In addition, war is the most eclectic profession to reduce talents. The fifth prince Liu Fufeng has promoted a group of middle and low-level military officers. The fifth prince has such advantages and is very good at buying people's hearts.It's not about buying people's hearts. Anyway, the fifth prince is very good to the military officers. In the past, the court has been peaceful for a long time. It doesn't matter about education, it just depends on whether you can fight. Of course, you have to be tough, because it's not easy to die in such a war.These people are quite ordinary.The fifth prince treated him very kindly.

The fifth prince didn't try to win people's hearts or anything, he just did it himself, and the rewards and punishments were clearly defined. The ten killing orders he personally issued, the first one is to kill those who pretend to be military exploits!

The fifth prince is well aware that the army is tricky, and it is common to pretend to be a soldier. The term "fake military merit" was a kind of false military merit when the prince said in front of Emperor Mu Yuan that the Marquis of Nan'an killed the people and pretended to be a soldier.But in fact, this kind of killing of people for meritorious deeds is common in border customs, where the border is vast and sparsely populated. Sometimes a village is slaughtered, and no one knows for a long time.But Jiangnan is not good. Jiangnan has always been prosperous. If you really dare to kill people here and pretend to be meritorious, you can't hide it.In the south of the Yangtze River, the most common way to fake military merit is when the superior corrupts the subordinate's military merit.

The disadvantages in the army, if it was a peaceful time, it would be difficult for the fifth prince to do such a thunderous trick, but now the country is in danger, and the law cannot be reassuring.What's more, if the fifth prince wants to promote his talents, he can't let these old-fashioned officials get in the way.

The fifth prince is also very good at dealing with old fried dough sticks. If you have the ability, go to the battlefield to see the truth. If you have the ability to come back alive, you will continue to use you.If you don't have the skills and dare to play fried dough sticks, you don't need the fifth prince to take action, and the battlefield will accept you.Don't worry, I don't want you to die in vain, the Fifth Prince will apply for a generous pension for you.

After cleaning up the useless ones, the useful ones will naturally emerge. The fifth prince promoted a group of capable ministers and generals without any fuss.Thinking back to himself when he offended a half-dynasty person due to a fraud case in the examination room when he was working in the Ministry of Rites, the fifth prince would not be able to help but look at his hands, thinking, this is the method.And when did he learn these methods?

Even the Fifth Prince would have to lament his own changes.

The fifth prince didn't have much time to lament, except for various important military and political affairs, the new year was approaching, and besides giving banquets at the end of the year, the fifth prince took the time to care about Xie Jin, Xie Yun, and Xie Yuan, both of whom were his wife's natal family.To say that the Xie family is also fateful. Earlier, when the fifth prince was in Fujian, Fujian fought a big battle with Jingjiang, and many people died at that time. The Xie family, like Xie Yuan, was in the war zone, and Xie Yuan was also in the war zone. He didn't catch up with the big retreat, but Xie Yuan was clever, he took as many people as he could and hid in the mountains, when Jingjiang retreated, his luck was good, he even brought people out and beat dozens of remnants of Jingjiang soldiers to death.Xie Yuan, a small county magistrate, has made military exploits, and the fifth prince will not wrong him when he is judged on his merits. Xie Yuan was directly appointed by the fifth prince, from Qipin county magistrate to Minzhou prefecture from sixth rank co-prefect, He was promoted two ranks in a row, with such a promotion speed, even if people were jealous, he would not say anything, because Xie Yuan was promoted because of his military merits.

This time, when the Fifth Prince arrived in Fujian, he felt that there was not enough manpower. If it was a low-ranking job, he could find a group of scribes to support him. For a high-ranking official position, the Fifth Prince would not treat people who don't know him lightly. , so, Xie Yuan also got lucky, and directly got the fifth prince to take the post of Gancheng Daifu. As for Xie Jin, he became the acting governor of Jiangxi directly from the prefect of Fujian. Xie Yun was still under Liu Fufeng's command. The logistics department is on duty, and he has experienced well in the past few years.

Of course, it is impossible for the Fifth Prince to support only his Yue family members. If he only supports his Yue family members, then it is not supporting, but putting people on fire.The entire officials in Jiangxi, from the governor to the magistrate, from the Tongzhi to the judge, and then to the county magistrates, were arranged by the fifth prince after consultation with Governor Li and others. To be precise, these people were all supported by the fifth prince.While the fifth prince was doing the work of supporting people, his heart trembled wildly, wondering if he was forming a clique!He didn't do it on purpose, now it's very easy to recover the land of Gan, and it's inconvenient to communicate with his emperor's father, even if there are suitable people from the court, it won't be able to get through for a while Ah, he had no choice but to do it for him.

Of course, the fifth prince also told his father about these things in the memorial.

Now that the Chinese New Year is approaching, officials from all over the country cannot leave their posts without permission, and the fifth prince will also be rewarded. At the same time, he also needs to ask about the people's customs and social security under their rule, and whether there is anyone colluding in rebellion.

The year is sad, and the fifth prince is not exempt.

The fifth prince's New Year's Eve can only be busy, but Xie Moru's New Year's Eve is full of flowers. Since the fifth prince went to the south of the Yangtze River, the palace's New Year's Day rewards, the fifth prince's mansion is the most important one, even the East Palace can't match it. compared with.This is also incomparable.Did the Fifth Prince go to Jiangnan to be born and die without seeing so many princes? It can be said that the glory of the Fifth Prince's Mansion was earned by the Fifth Prince with his life.No one can be jealous.

Not only the rewards given to the fifth prince in the palace surpassed those in the East Palace, but in this Chinese New Year, the annual gifts given to Xie Moru by the various mansions in the imperial capital were not comparable to those in previous years.

Xie Moru has also developed a habit, when she has nothing to do, she likes to listen to orders from various governments to come to her to flatter her. These orders are like to talk about things in the south of the Yangtze River, and the expressions are full of joy, as if she has been there in person.Even in the market place, there are more than a dozen books praising the extraordinary military exploits of the fifth prince. The book raps and sings in the teahouse theater every day. Shi smiled, "Look at your joy."

Xie Moru smiled, "I don't know who made it up, but it doesn't sound like my Highness, it's like a fairy in the sky."

The fourth concubine Hu said, "Don't you think so, there is a play in the Xifu class, saying that His Highness Fifth is the reincarnation of a god."

Hearing the name of Ruixi's troupe, Xie Moru knew something, and said, "His family's troupe has always liked Fengyue opera, why did they switch to this way of singing praises this time?"

Mrs. Hu whispered to Xie Moru, "The Ruixi team is the capital of Duke Wu's mansion, please be careful." Mrs. Hu can't say that it's not good for all the emperors to praise the fifth prince, after all, who doesn't like to listen to good things, However, her friendship with Xie Moru is not ordinary, so she reminded Xie Moru quite blatantly: It is not necessarily all good intentions.

Xie Moru smiled, "I've always looked down on this kind of killing."

Mrs. Hu smiled, "It's good that you know it in your heart." Mrs. Hu's own father's whereabouts are unknown. In fact, when her father was famous, Mrs. Hu didn't think about going any further.The main reason is that Hu's self-knowledge, she is willing to live a small life with her husband behind closed doors.Of course, there is no willingness to fight for the position, but the Hu family and the fourth prince also have a clear tendency to reserve the position.The fourth prince didn't have a mother family, his father still took care of him, married him a prominent daughter-in-law, and his father-in-law took care of him on weekdays. With such a good father-in-law, Dong Gong didn't know his life or death. Does the prince have any objections?The fourth prince's opinion is big!Even the fourth prince secretly thought to himself more than once, if his fifth younger brother becomes the prince, he will be a vassal in the future, and his life will be easy.If Donggong is allowed to gain power, it's not only that the father-in-law's family will not be able to do well, but with Donggong's narrow-mindedness, I am afraid that he will not be able to do well either.

Therefore, when the fifth prince was not in the imperial capital, the fourth prince and his wife would often exchange news with Xie Moru. For example, someone in the imperial capital was propagandizing the fifth prince.The fourth concubine reminded Xie Moru once while listening to the play.

Seeing that Xie Moru understood everything, she said to her husband in private, "It's just the fifth sibling's anger, I need to change someone, listen to these good words inside and out, I'm afraid I'll get dizzy, how can I look like the fifth sibling..." After a pause, Hu Fang said, "Fifth brother and sister are not ordinary Qingming."

The fourth prince and his wife have a very good relationship, and these years, the fourth prince has always been casual in front of his wife, and said softly, "There is such a person who has an imperial capital, and the fifth child can work in Jiangnan with peace of mind. Hey, otherwise I will work hard in Jiangnan , narrowly escaped death, but there are so many people here in the imperial capital working together to trip him up, it should be a cold heart."

The Hu family and the East Palace family had a lot of grudges, and sneered, "If you want me to say, if you have this heart to think about these crooked ways, if you put your heart on the business, you can do a few serious errands steadily. Last time I went to In the palace, I saw Princess Yongfu and the Empress Dowager crying about the matter of Wu Shizi’s attacking the nobleman. This Wu Shizi is also very strange. What? A sage like father, would he pay the title lightly just because the princess cried out?"

"Don't worry about it." When it comes to Duke Wu's mansion, the fourth prince will also have a bad face.

Leaving aside the private affairs of the fourth prince and his wife, Xie Moru mentioned in the family letter to the fifth prince that the emperor praised the fifth prince. Xie Moru wrote, "Inside and outside the imperial capital, everyone talks about the supernatural powers of the emperor. What's more Teahouse theater, folk art and rap, singing praises for the king. I occasionally listen to it, and I feel that you are not like ordinary people. Gossip or two, for you to laugh."

The fifth prince received his daughter-in-law's family letter, and he was not scared to death. The fifth prince's IQ has improved a lot compared to before. From his daughter-in-law's family letter, there is too much that can be interpreted.

The fifth prince deeply felt that this is not a family letter, this is a living history of Uncle Zheng and his uncle!
As for the role of the Fifth Prince himself, it is not Zheng Bo who thinks about it.Holding his wife's family letter, the fifth prince couldn't help shivering.

(End of this chapter)