Chapter 326 The General of Shanxi

Taiyuan, Wang Pu's temporary headquarters.

Under the leadership of Lu Liu, Zhao Liujin entered Wang Pu's temporary headquarters. Before he saw Wang Pu, Zhao Liujin was uneasy. No matter what, after Wang Pu left Datong, he had several repetitions, including surrendering to the thief, surrendering to Jiannu. If Wang Pu crossed the river and destroyed the bridge and settled the accounts after the autumn, Zhao Liujin could only admit that he was unlucky.

However, after seeing Wang Pu, Zhao Liujin finally felt relieved.

When they met, before Zhao Liujin could salute, Wang Pu stepped forward and took Zhao Liujin's arm intimately and forced him to sit on the chair. Zhao Liushou was flattered and struggled to stand up from the chair again, bowed to Wang Pu to the end, and then stood respectfully on the side.

Seeing Zhao Liujin's restrained look, Wang Pu smiled and said, "Liujin, stop standing, sit, and talk."

Zhao Liujin said respectfully: "I dare not, there is no seat for a humble position in front of the prince."

Wang Pu smiled and stopped forcing Zhao Liujin to change the topic: "Liujin, if I remember correctly, you and I haven't seen each other for more than three years, right?"

"Isn't that true?" Zhao Liujin said hurriedly, "When the prince left Datong, it was like yesterday, but it was more than three years in a blink of an eye."

Wang Pu Sifei smiled and said, "A lot of things have happened in the past three years."

Zhao Liujin's heart was thrilled and he said with some worries: "Yes, a lot of things have happened in the past three years."

"Don't be nervous." Wang Pu waved his hand and said, "I don't mean to settle accounts in the autumn."

The stone hanging in Zhao Liujin's heart finally fell to the ground and said relievedly: "With this words from the prince, I will feel at ease."

Wang Pu said: "Where are Liujin? What are your plans in the future?"

"Plan?" Zhao Liujin said, "If the prince allows him, Bei Zhi wants to be a rich man in Nanjing. I don't know if it's okay?"

"Go to Nanjing to be an apartment man?" Wang Pu frowned, "This is not possible, I cannot agree."

Zhao Liujin didn't expect Wang Pu to reject him so bluntly, and said in surprise: "Prince, this..."

Wang Pu smiled slightly and continued, "Because I have a difficult task to hand over to you."

Zhao Liujin hurriedly said, "It's a shameful person to be guilty. If the prince has any words, just give him instructions."

Wang Pu stood up, walked back and forth with his hands behind his back for a few steps, suddenly turned around and looked at Zhao Liujin, and said bluntly: "I want to appoint you as the governor of Shanxi!"

"As long as it is the prince's order, I will do it as I want..." Zhao Liujin responded casually at first, but immediately came to his senses, widened his eyes in surprise, and said with a voice, "What, what did the prince just say!?"

"Governor of Shanxi." Wang Pu said calmly, "I want to appoint you as Governor of Shanxi."

Zhao Liujin swallowed a mouthful of saliva and whispered: "Prince, you are not kidding Bei Zhi, are you?"

No wonder Zhao Liujin couldn't believe it. The Governor was a first-rank official and a rank-level official of the Ming Dynasty. He had a high position and a powerful position. He had the power to kill and seize life and death for the people in his dream. Zhao Liujin never dreamed of becoming the Governor of Shanxi! You must know that before surrendering to the bandits, he was just a small deputy general of the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Pu frowned and said, "I seem to be joking with you?"

"But, but..." Zhao Liujin said with a sniff, "After all, in the past three years, a humble past has had a disgraceful past..."

"This is nothing." Wang Pu said disapprovingly, "Whoever is not a sage? Besides, you have made great contributions to capturing Wu Sangui Liujin this time. Moreover, I only have one principle of using people, that is, only talent is to raise! Liujin is capable and skilled, and is familiar with the situation in Shanxi, so the governor of Shanxi is the one who must be the one who belongs to you."

After a moment of silence, Zhao Liujin suddenly knelt down at Wang Pu's feet and cried bitterly, "Your Majesty, even if you are so stupid, it is difficult to guarantee the prince's favor for his support. You are a humble person..."

"Hey, get up quickly." Wang Pu quickly said, "Liujin, hurry up and don't have to do this."

However, Zhao Liujin insisted on knocking to Wang Pu three times before he was willing to get up.

Wang Pu finally said, "Six jin, after peeling Wu Sangui alive at Caishikou tomorrow, I will lead the Central Army to fight in Shaanxi. I will give this to you by Shanxi. I won't say much else. I only have one word to remind you."

Zhao Liujin said respectfully: "I am humble and listen carefully."

Wang Pu said solemnly: "Since Jiannu and the Tartars invaded the Central Plains, Shanxi has suffered from wars. In addition, the repeated rampages of bandits have caused revenge. Shanxi Province can be regarded as the province with the worst military disaster among the provinces of the Ming Dynasty. Shanxi can only be described in one word, that is, it is full of scars."

Zhao Liujin nodded repeatedly. As Wang Pu said, Shanxi is indeed full of scars. The farmland is destroyed and the houses are burned. Let’s talk about this population. During the Wanli period, the population of Shanxi is nearly 10 million, but now? The total number of prefectures and states is less than 2 million!

Wang Pu said again: "So after you take over Shanxi, the most urgent task is to restore production in Shanxi, so that the people of Shanxi can have food, clothes, and houses to live in. What I want to tell you is that the finances of the court are very tight, and the Ministry of Revenue cannot allocate too much money to Shanxi. You have to find more solutions to yourself."

Zhao Liujin also said solemnly: "Your Majesty, don't worry, even if you sell your 100 kilograms of meat into pieces, you will definitely let the people of Shanxi have food, clothes, and houses to live in!"

"Liujin, I'll be relieved with you, do it well and achieve something!" Wang Pu finally patted Zhao Liujin on the shoulder and said, "It's almost noon. You can go back early and prepare. You will peel Wu Sangui at Caishikou in the afternoon. This drama will make you the new governor of Shanxi play the leading role."

Zhao Liujin sighed and said, "That's the humble position."

After saying that, Zhao Liujin bowed to Wang Pu again, and then turned around and left.

As soon as Zhao Liujin left, a crisp cunch sounded from behind the screen. Wang Pu turned around and saw Liu Qingyan, Liu Rushi, Hongmai and Kou Baimen. The young ladies had already emerged from behind the screen. All the girls were wearing Central Army women's uniforms. Even Hongmai, who usually never leaves her body, changed into light green women's uniforms. Wang Pu almost got confused for a moment.

"Prince." Liu Qingyan, who was walking in the front, threw a charming look at Wang Pu before he could speak, "Your skills of controlling people are becoming more and more skilled."

Liu Rushi also said, "Looking at Zhao Liujin's crying just now, I really want to take out his heart and give it to you."

"Spit." Liu Qingyanjiao spat and cursed with a smile, "Lishe, you are wrong. What the prince wants Zhao Liujin's heart to do? What the prince wants is your heart, and your delicate flower heart, hehehe."

"Sister Qingyan, you hate it."

Liu Rushi's face turned red in an instant.

Wang Pu's heart was like a cat's claws. It was so itchy that he wanted to push the girls down on the spot and rectify the Dharma on the spot. What's wrong, this guy really has the physical strength and energy now. With the help of Dad Li's conditioning and Liu Qingyan's Jiuzhushishishi, this guy's room skills are getting more and more powerful.

The Hongniangzi kindly reminded: "Master, there is a saying that I don't know if I should say it?"

Wang Pu reached out and gently hugged Hong Niangzi's slender waist, forced her to sit on her lap, and asked with a low smile: "Baby, just say anything."

In front of the sisters, Hong Madam was obviously not used to Wang Pu's frivolity. She struggled gently for a few seconds but found that Wang Pu's arm was like an iron slap. Seeing that Hong Madam stopped struggling, Wang Pu's big hand became more and more unrestrained, so she simply reached on Hong Madam's plump buttocks and rubbed it gently, and smiled while rubbing, "It's all my sisters, what's so shy about?"

"That's right, Hongmei, why are you shy?" Liu Rushi hugged Hongmei's plump and hot body from behind, and laughed, "Tonight, the sisters will have to take off all their bodies and serve the prince on the same bed. At that time, you will have to let the sisters see enough of every inch of skin on your body, hehe."

Madam Hong said ashamed: "Sister Yan, you really dare to say anything."

"Master." The lady Hong twisted her waist and said, "Why don't you care about Sister Yan?"

"This slut is just a slut. Let's go back and deal with her." Wang Pu smiled, "Baby, what did you want to say just now?"

The Hongniang then remembered the main topic she was about to talk about. She quickly sorted out her hair scattered on her cheeks and said, "I think this Zhao Liujin is not like a clean official. Will appoint him as the governor of Shanxi harm the people?"

"No." Wang Pu shook his head and said, "My wife, you must know that it is not only corrupt officials who harm the people. Sometimes the innocent officials harm the people more powerful than corrupt officials! By the same token, it is not only the innocent officials who benefit the people. Sometimes corrupt officials can bring benefits to the people more than the innocent officials, especially in places like Shanxi that are tragic in war."

The Hongniang said in surprise: "I have never heard of the prince's words. Can honest officials harm the people, and can corrupt officials benefit the people? This is new."

The other Liu Qingyan and the girls also showed a look of listening on their faces, and it was obvious that they were also very interested in this topic.

"Of course, the clean officials will also harm the people." Wang Pu said, "For example, when the Qiantang River in Zhejiang was flooded, it was necessary to dig the embankment of Jiande County to release floods. In this way, although the people of Jiande County were sacrificed, the people of the other nine counties were saved. However, the magistrate of Jiande County was a clean official who dared to plead for the people. He also defended his duties and lie on the river embankment without anyone digging the embankment of Jiande County. As a result, he saved his reputation and the people of Jiande County were also preserved, but the people of the other nine counties were affected. Do you think this is a harm to the people?"

The Hongniang nodded slightly and said, "What about corrupt officials? How can corrupt officials benefit one?"

Wang Pu said: "The most praised virtue of honest officials is a clean and honesty, and the most dirty stain on corrupt officials is corruption and bribery. But everything should be treated differently. If you are a commoner and have lived a hard life, the court is now preparing to send new parents to your local area to take office. There are two candidates for new parents, one is a clean and honest official, but it cannot bring you a rich life. The other is a corrupt official who embezzles and accepts bribes, but can allow the people of the whole county to live a rich life. Who would you choose to be this parent official?"

After pondering for a moment, the Hongniang said, "The prince's words sound very absurd at first, but when they think about them carefully, they are very reasonable. If the local people can choose, I think they will probably choose the corrupt official who can bring them a wealthy life to be the parent official."

"That's right." Wang Pu said, "Most of the time, honest officials should be loved by people, and corrupt officials should be condemned and punished, but sometimes special matters need to be handled specially, especially for a war-torn area like Shanxi, a corrupt official who has the brain and skill that can allow the people of Shanxi to live a good life in the shortest time is definitely better than a honest official who has no brains and no skills. He can only let the people of Shanxi continue to live a hard life without food and clothes. Of course, it would be better if there was a honest official who could allow the people of Shanxi to live a good life in the shortest time. Unfortunately, there is no such person now, so I can only let Zhao Liujin be the governor of Shanxi."

"But..." Hong Madam thought for a while and asked again, "Your Majesty believes that Zhao Liujin can let the people of Shanxi live a good life in a short period of time?"

A faint smile appeared on the corner of Wang Pu's lips and said, "There is nothing absolute in this world, let's wait and see."

The Governor General of Shanxi.

Zhao Liujin was sitting on the chair of the Grand Master in a daze. Thinking about Wang Pu's summoning not long ago, it was like a dream. Zhao Liujin never expected to be entrusted with the important task of the Governor of Shanxi! But while excited, Zhao Liujin also knew that the Governor of Shanxi was not light, especially Wang Pu's words before leaving were extremely heavy.

It is not easy to get Shanxi out of the war in a short period of time and allow millions of people suffering from war to eat, wear and have a house to live in. This not only requires a lot of work, but also a lot of money!

But these are not difficult for Zhao Liujin, who already had a complete idea in his mind.

Zhao Liujin knew very well that if you want to revitalize Shanxi in a short period of time, you must not be free from the support of Shanxi merchants! Although Shanxi merchants were no longer as powerful as before after the war, as long as the fine traditions of Shanxi merchants remained and the strong support of the government, Shanxi merchants would definitely be able to recover their vitality in a short period of time.
Chapter completed!