Wuchuan, Dongtai.
The sky was dark and not yet completely bright.
The east platform is empty, and the officials have not arrived yet.
Suddenly, a warrior rushed in quickly and ran towards the back room. The warrior walked in a hurry and looked tired. The chaotic footsteps interrupted the silence in the official office.
Suddenly a candle lighted up in the back room.
When the door was opened, Zu Jue hurriedly poked his head out and breathed a sigh of relief when he found the warrior coming towards him.
The warrior hurriedly saluted and said, "Grandpa, there are urgent documents coming. One is from Yecheng, and the other two are from General Kou Liu."
Zu Jue took those and nodded casually.
"Okay, I get it."
"You go and rest first."
He searched his body, then got into the house again. When he came out, he took some money in his hand and handed it to the warrior.
The warrior did not dare to accept it, but Zu Jue said with a smile: "You post riders are the most difficult. Did you walk at night? Take it back and buy some things to replenish your body!"
"Thank you Grandpa!!"
The warrior then took the things, saluted repeatedly, and then left.
Zu Jue watched the other party leave with a smile, and then quickly looked into the house, "Come out!"
The next moment, I saw an elderly woman walking out of the house in a hurry. The old woman was disheveled and looked around nervously, "Is there anyone there?"
"What are you afraid of? Your beloved has been dead for many years. Come on, I'll take you away."
"Bah! You ugly guy coaxed me to come here last night, and you are rushing to chase me away at dawn today?"
"Hahaha, if you don't want to leave, you can stay."
"Don't tell me a joke and send me to the car quickly."
Zu Jue hurriedly led the woman away secretly and sent her away. Then Zu Jue returned to the inner room with the letters in hand.
Sitting in front of the case, he opened the document from Yecheng.
This letter was obtained through private channels.
Grandfather had many friends in Yecheng. In many cases, others would not get the news yet, but Zu Jue would know it in advance.
Zu Jue lowered his head and read the contents of the letter. After reading it once, he frowned.
Couldn't help but watch it again.
Looked over and over again.
Zu Jue read this document countless times, looking back and forth.
Suddenly, he put down the letter and said, "Bang~~"
Zu Jue gave himself a crisp slap in the face, and then picked up the letter to read again.
"Hehe. Hahahaha~~~"
Zu Jue's laughter gradually turned from low to high.
In the end, he laughed so exaggeratedly that he couldn't sit still and looked excited. He took a deep breath, opened the letter from Kou Liu, and read it a few more times. He laughed even louder.
"Someone is coming!!"
"Someone is coming!!!"
Zu Jue rushed out of the study and shouted loudly.
The next moment, the soldiers guarding the official office rushed in, holding weapons and looking around vigilantly. They saw a disheveled Zu Jue with bare feet. Zu Jue shouted: "Quickly summon us.
Officials!!”
"Let them come to Dongtai now!! Quickly! Quickly!!"
For a time, the soldiers were running around, and the officials had their own residences. They did not live directly in the official offices like Zu Jue.
The soldiers went to report one by one. Many of them were not awake yet. They were woken up by the soldiers. When they learned that it was Zu Jue who had urgently summoned them, everyone believed that something serious had happened. No one dared to delay and rushed to the scene one after another.
The official office.
When the officials gathered in Dongtai, each one looked more sloppy than the last.
Some people have messy hair, some are wearing the wrong shoes, and some are depressed.
Everyone was noisy and rushed into the Dongtai lobby.
As soon as he came in, he saw Zu Jue sitting in high spirits, wearing brand new clothes, and his whole body was in high spirits.
"Everyone, please sit down!!"
Everyone didn't hesitate to ask questions at the moment and hurriedly took their seats.
Zu Jue looked at them and grinned.
"Everyone."
"Hahahaha~~"
As soon as Zu Jue opened his mouth, he couldn't help but burst out laughing again.
Everyone was confused. Could this guy be crazy?
Zu Jue laughed for a long time, and then calmed down again, "Everyone, what a great happy event!!"
"The temple has established a North Road Daxingtai!!"
When Zu Jue said this, everyone was in an uproar. Everyone's faces lit up and they also chuckled.
This is indeed a great thing.
Daxingtai, Beidao, then they will become a court in their own right, and they can formally confer court ministers, which is of great significance. After taking this step, they are no longer ordinary ministers. They are basically a country within a country, an independent country.
Wei Shou clapped his hands excitedly.
"Okay! Okay! This is all because of my grandfather!"
No wonder this guy gathered everyone early in the morning and was smiling so happily.
Zu Jue looked at everyone congratulating and celebrating, and said again: "It's not just these!!"
"Everyone! That Longdong King in the temple in Yecheng! He is a real talent! A great talent! A great pillar of Qi!!"
"King Hu Xian feels that Xingtai alone is not enough to govern the North!"
"He sent the ministers, doctors, Yilang, servants, left and right ministers, Sanqi, Lingshi, etc., who were doing nothing in the court, a total of fifty-eight people, to the frontier fortress to serve as officials!"
"I just looked at the list, hahahaha~~"
Zu Jue couldn't help but laugh again. He suppressed his ecstasy and said tremblingly: "Come on, pass this list on so that everyone can see it!"
The scribe on the side handed the list to Lu Qubing. Lu Qubing glanced at it and was stunned.
Oh my god!!!
If Zu Jue hadn't said that this was the list of people coming to the frontier fortress, Lu Qubing would have thought that this was the list of ministers from Santai. Looking at it this way, all the famous and capable ministers from the hard-working faction of the court were on the list! Not one of them was missing.
!
Is this the establishment of a platform? Is this a direct move of the three stations?
Lu Qubing passed the list to the people around him, and the officials rushed to see it.
Wherever the list went, there was silence.
When Wei Shou saw the list, he panicked, "Grandpa?! Is this true??"
"How can it be false?"
"Why?!"
Wei Shou was a little confused at the moment. He didn't understand. If the temple took away these people, what would be left?
A polished Gao Jun??A Zhao Yanshen who only knows how to save his life??
"Hu Changren has no foundation in the temple. He cannot let these people surrender, so he is preparing to form his own team."
At this moment, all the ministers in the hall were talking in disbelief.
Zu Jue saw that they were almost finished discussing, and finally said: "Well, there is one more thing."
"The Shangshu Ling of Xinxingtai is appointed by Gao Jun, the king of Pengcheng. He has already passed through Bingzhou and is about to arrive at Sixian."
Zu Jue divided the good news into three parts, and the officials were a little numb at the moment.
Wei Shou froze on the spot and muttered to himself:
"Gao Jun has come here? Is Yecheng still a temple?"
At this moment, Lu Qubing finally understood Zu Jue's ecstasy, because Lu Qubing was also very excited now. He was so excited that he was speechless.
"That's a good thing, that's a good thing."
"King Pengcheng has great talent in governing the country, and he has so many capable ministers to help him, so why not worry about it?!"
Zu Jue gave everyone time to digest the news. After waiting for a moment, he stood up and said, "Mr. Lu, the affairs of General Wei's Mansion will be left to you for the time being. I have to go to Shuozhou immediately to meet Pengcheng.
The king and many other ministers."
"I have sent someone to inform the king. The king is on the way and will be back soon."
Zu Jue left the matter to Lu Qubing for the time being and quickly left the official office. There was a carriage waiting for him outside. Zu Jue did not hesitate and quickly got into the carriage. Surrounded by many knights, he ran towards the city gate.
And go.
At this moment, the officials in the government office came out in twos and threes.
Wei Shou looked a little frustrated. He smiled bitterly and said, "I'm still thinking about setting up the office and restoring the official position. If these people come, how can I fight for it?"
Cui Gang heard what he said and said seriously: "In the past, among these people, you were able to control one without falling behind. What do you have to worry about now?"
Wei Shou reacted suddenly. He took Cui Gang's hand and asked, "When will you come?"
"My grandfather has been demoted from the temple a long time ago. Now he is in the local area, but I don't know when he will come."
"Let him come earlier so that he can be with me!"
"What do you do as a local official? Come here to be a minister!"
Liu, Shuozhou.
On the official road leading to Sizhou, Zu Jue stood excitedly among the crowd, walking back and forth.
Zu Jue rushed to Shuozhou as quickly as possible and came to Guandao in advance to prepare for the work.
At this moment, many officials in Shuozhou stood beside him, lowering their heads and not daring to be rude.
There are soldiers setting up defense around the area to ensure the safety of everyone who comes.
Zu Jue rubbed his hands, and a middle-aged scribe stood beside him with a serious expression, also looking into the distance.
This scribe's name was Hu Changcan. Although it also started with the word "Hu Chang", he was not Hu Changren's brother.
It's not that it doesn't matter at all, but it's just not that close.
Zuopushe, the former Shangshutai, was the first to come to Shuozhou.
The reason why he was the first to arrive was because he was the first to leave Yecheng.
This dear man is an extremely uptight and serious person. When he was on duty at the Chancellery, he would show no mercy no matter who the other party was, and he had offended many ministers including Zhao Yanshen early on.
Hu Changren originally wanted to use him, but it turned out that the two of them had a natural personality incompatibility and were not compatible at all.
After enduring the old-fashioned and paranoid Hu Changcan for a long time, Hu Changren finally waited for the opportunity. On the day when he was preparing to form a platform, the first person he expelled was Hu Changcan.
He didn't give the other party any chance to stay, and forcibly arranged for the soldiers to send him out.
Earlier than anyone else.
This resulted in the other party being the first to come to Shuozhou.
At this moment, it has been a month since Zu Jue left Wuchuan.
This meant that Zu Jue missed the most important decisions of this year such as the autumn harvest, but Zu Jue did not regret it at all.
It's worth it.
Even Zu Jue liked this Hu Changcan very much.
The current frontier fortress model is suitable for such a more serious minister. Hu Changcan is an honest man, has no hobbies, few friends, and is rigorous in doing things. Isn't this a natural minister?
At this moment, Hu Changcan expressed his opinion.
"Grandpa, it stands to reason that when a new platform is built in the temple, and the minister comes, King Pingcheng should come to greet him personally. If King Pingcheng cannot come, the local governor should come. You are the minister of General Wei, and I am here to greet you.
I came to greet you, but I don’t quite follow the rules.”
Zu Jue smiled and nodded, "You're right!"
He is not angry at all.
I even want to hear a few more words.
At present, among King Pingcheng's forces, grassroots officials are the most indispensable, not to mention fierce generals. There are a group of reckless men who can kill people from top to bottom. There are only two things that are lacking.
The first one is an important minister who can manage in a wide range of areas, commonly known as the important minister in the temple.
Managing one place is not the same as managing all the places under your command. This thing requires practice, but there are very few people in the Guard General's Office who have this kind of experience. Most of them are young people. It's not that they don't have talent, but they are too young.
I have never been exposed to this level in the past, so it is inevitable that I will miss some things when doing things.
The second one is the high-level civil servants.
Temple officials are different from local officials. This also requires practice.
But this time, both were completed.
There are almost no shortcomings.
Well, maybe we should consider naval generals next.
There is water in many places on the frontier, so you will inevitably have to deal with southerners in the future, so be prepared.
Zu Jue listened to the other party's advice while planning the future.
On the flat official road, the noise of conversation suddenly came.
Zu Jue came back to his senses and looked into the distance.
I saw a group of people slowly appearing in the distance, with knights protecting them on both sides, running back and forth, with many carriages and people riding horses in the middle.
Zu Jue hurriedly led everyone forward on foot.
They almost bumped into the knight who was opening the way. Zu Jue just stopped, retreated to the side of the road, and saluted.
"Zu Jue pays homage to King Pengcheng!!"
Gao Jun did not ride in a car. He was riding a horse and walking at the front of the team, followed by two scribe-looking people on the left and right. They were chatting animatedly when Zu Jue said something like this, which interrupted them.
Gao Jun looked at Zu Jue calmly, with no wariness or disgust in his eyes.
Gao Jun, who was expelled, seemed twenty years younger. He was originally in his twenties, but he looked like a veteran in his forties.
But now, he is just in his early thirties, wearing a military uniform, with bright eyes and a clean face. He looks like he is in his twenties.
"No need to be polite, Grandpa please come."
Zu Jue then stood up and looked at the other people around Gao Jun, also wanting to salute. These people did not dare to accept his salute, mainly because Zu Jue was older and older than many of them.
Zu Jue glanced at the number of people and asked, "Is there anyone else on the way?"
Gao Jun nodded, "Many veterans couldn't walk too fast, so they followed behind. We people took the lead."
"I see."
"Your Majesty, I have prepared a banquet in the city. Please come with me."
Zu Jue hurriedly ordered everyone to clear the way, and Gao Jun asked him to ride beside him.
Gao Jun looked around curiously. After walking into Shuozhou, the first thing that caught his eye was the continuous cultivated land on both sides.
"The harvest is very good."
"Yes, thanks to Ruixue this year, the situation everywhere is very good. Even places like Wuchuan are lush this year."
Gao Jun took a few steps forward, then stopped suddenly and looked to his left and right, "Grandpa, why don't we take them to rest first? I want to see the cultivated land over there."
Zu Jue was not surprised. He immediately arranged for the officials to lead the rest of the people to have a rest. He wanted to accompany Gao Jun, but these officials were also curious about this place. Most of them were unwilling to leave and wanted to follow them to see.
Zu Jue led them out of the official road and headed for the farmland and villages in the distance.
There are mostly wheat fields here, and the golden wheat is piled up on the roadside. Gao Jun even squatted down, picked up the wheat and looked at it.
The farmers in the distance did not dare to approach, but an official came forward to answer the question.
No matter what Gao Jun wanted to ask, the corresponding officials came out to answer. He looked at the cultivated land and then went to the countryside.
The donkey cart went back and forth on the path, and the children followed the donkey cart and played endlessly.
Gao Jun wandered around for a whole day, and when he returned to the city, it was already midnight.
The next day, before it was completely dark, Gao Wei went out again.
Zu Jue didn't feel bothered, so he accompanied Gao Jun, and the two of them went to many places, including farmland, villages, mines, horse farms, schools, sad courtyards, school grounds, and everywhere else they could go.
The big trees on both sides shook off their yellow leaves, and the dead leaves piled up on the path, forming a beautiful carpet.
Gao Jun wore a loose robe and led his horse, walking on the fallen leaves. Zu Jue followed him with his horse.
"All those who grant land must undergo training. The fittest ones will join the army, and the rest can play a role in protecting the village to some extent. Many of us officials have received military training. If we encounter thieves and the like, we can summon the villagers
The young and strong people among them carry out defense and capture. There used to be many horse thieves here, but in the past two years, they have been nowhere to be found. I occasionally hear news that the village has been attacked, only two or three times a year."
Zu Jue carefully introduced many local conditions to Gao Jun.
Gao Jun listened very carefully.
After passing this path, we came to a high slope.
Under the high slope, you can see the continuous and increasing cultivated land. The smoke rises. Several teenagers driving donkey carts stand up, laugh and race. The donkey carts make violent noises and rush by.
, as if they were driving chariots.
Gao Jun looked at everything in the distance calmly.
But Zu Jue was cursing. He hurriedly stepped forward and cursed loudly: "Hey!!"
"It's just you little brats!! Drive slower! I'll go find your grandpa later!!"
Upon hearing Zu Jue's scolding, several boys racing donkey carts were so frightened that they quickly slowed down and disappeared from the road with their heads buried.
Zu Jue walked back with a smile and said, "The king is laughing at me. The people here are tough and fierce. These guys are like this. They drive a donkey cart as a chariot!"
Gao Jun laughed and said, "I'm just young and ignorant."
The autumn wind blows slowly, which is very comfortable.
"Where is King Heijo now?"
"Maybe in Wuchuan."
"Then please trouble Grandpa to take me to see him."
"No rush, no rush, your Majesty, it's okay if you want to watch for a few more days."
"I can watch these young people racing donkey carts for several days without getting tired of them. However, I don't want to watch them for now. Let's do things first and wait until everything is done."
"I plan to move here and settle down."
"Hahaha, if there is such a day, I would like to be a neighbor with the king!"
Chapter completed!