Dingsi (28), the first month of the first year of Yuanyou.

Inside the Bao Ci Palace.

Zhao Xu sat in the middle of the two palaces, playing with a letter from Guangxi in his hand, with a smile on his lips.

This letter comes from the Xi Dong Division in Yizhou, Guangxi.

It was Mo Shiren, the governor of Nandan Prefecture below Yizhou, who asked Li An, the official of Yizhou Xi Dong Company, to submit the memorial on his behalf.

The content of the letter was very simple. Mo Shiren heard that the new emperor had ascended the throne and requested to go to the DPRK for pilgrimage.

The Mo family in Nandan Prefecture is the leader of the Xi and Dong people in Yizhou.

Since the early Song Dynasty, he has dominated the area and has inherited the position of governor of Nandan Prefecture. He belongs to one of the oldest chieftain families.

Yizhou was surrounded by the Song Dynasty military states such as Yongzhou, Binzhou, Liuzhou, and Guanzhou, and was probably located in the modern Hechi and Liuzhou cities of Guangxi.

Nandan Prefecture should be Nandan County in Hechi City.

Zhao Xu once visited the area in modern times.

Because, the local area has a tourist feature - the hometown of Zhuang folk songs! The hometown of the famous Liu Sanjie!

As for the Xi Dong people, it is said that they are the descendants of Shan Yue and should be the ancestors of the Miao, Zhuang, Dong and other ethnic minorities.

Therefore, culturally, the Mo family, the Nong family, the Liang family, and the Yang family and Liu family in Jiaozhi all belong to the same genealogy.

"What are Sixth Brother thinking about?" Queen Mother Xiang couldn't help but ask when she saw Zhao Xu's lost look.

Zhao Xu smiled and replied: "Reporting to my mother, I'm thinking... what does this Xi Dong family look like..."

He raised the letter in his hand.

Xiang Empress Dowager smiled and said: "Since Sixth Brother is curious, why not let this Mo Shiren come to Beijing for pilgrimage!"

A chieftain requested to go to Beijing for pilgrimage?

You can agree or refuse.

Since the emperor is curious, let him come to Beijing.

Zhao Xu smiled and nodded.

I'm starting to look forward to Mo Shiren's arrival in Beijing.

"Mo Shiren!" Zhao Xu's mind flashed through the image of the old chieftain who once went to Beijing to pay homage to him during Shaosheng's time.

Zhao Xu was deeply impressed by this person.

It's not because of Mo Shiren's submissiveness.

But it was because of Mo Shiren's request when he went to the capital - a chieftain who came to Beijing for a pilgrimage did not ask for Buddhist scriptures, but asked for Confucian classics!

This was really beyond Zhao Xu's expectation at the time.

Naturally impressed!

But that's all - after all, Mo Shiren was just a local chieftain in distant Guangxi.

It is a great favor from the emperor to allow him to enter the court to pay homage to Tianyan.

But it's different now.

The Mo family is already an important part of Zhao Xu's plan.

Naturally, it was necessary to summon him to the capital and explain some matters in person.

"It's not a good thing for one family to dominate!" Zhao Xu said in his heart.

Nong Zhihui, Nong Desheng and others must be restrained.

The Mo family is the best candidate.

This is the transformation of the system of large and small: if the Mo family participates in the future Youjiang game, as outsiders, they can only serve as Zhao Xu's eyes and ears.

This is the perfect supervisor!

At the same time, Zhao Xu can trust the Mo family.

Not just because he had seen in modern times that the Mo family had been loyal to the family for more than two hundred years.

It is also because the Mo family has been the important thugs of the Zhao family in Yizhou since the time of Taizu of the Song Dynasty, and was the vanguard in assisting the Yizhou government in suppressing local ethnic minorities!

Mo Shiren is even qualified to run for the Chieftain Award for Touching the Song Dynasty!

In the early years of Xining, he led his troops from Yizhou back to Nandan Prefecture, killed his brother Mo Gonghang, and captured Nandan Prefecture. Even if he did not get the canonization of Bianjing, he had no regrets and was always respectful.

, and at the same time, they also pay tribute of one hundred taels of silver to Bianjing every year!

At the same time, it may be because I have studied and lived in Yizhou City, Guizhou City and other places.

Therefore, Mo Shiren knows the role of culture.

So all his children and grandchildren were sent to Yizhou, Guizhou, Liuzhou and other places to study.

According to some modern local unofficial legends, when Huang Tingjian was demoted to Yizhou, some members of the Mo family studied under Huang Tingjian.

Originally, Mo Shiren could not submit a letter, and Zhao Xu had already planned to order him to enter the capital after the war.

Now that he has taken the initiative to write a letter requesting to go to the palace, Zhao Xu naturally gets what he wants.

Zhao Xu was just thinking about it when he heard the Empress Dowager suddenly ask: "The official family, there is a drought and there is no rain. The courtiers prayed for me. The Queen Mother and the official family all chose a day to pray for rain... What do the official family think?"

Zhao Xu looked at the Empress Dowager and said, "Sun Chen doesn't understand this matter. It's fine as long as the Grandmother makes the decision!"

If Zhao Xu remembered correctly, this drought should almost be over.

However, this abnormal climate will continue to occur in the future.

Because this is a global Little Ice Age.

…

Return to Funing Hall.

Feng Jing sent a sealed letter to Zhao Xu: "Everyone, please see Song Ya's class letter just sent by the Secretary!"

Zhao Xu nodded, looked at the untouched paint on the seal, and also checked the mark made by Song Yongchen with a special seal.

Therefore, it was confirmed that no one had touched this letter since Song Yongchen handed it to Ma Di.

Then he took it, walked back to his bed, opened the paint, and took out the letter inside.

Zhao Xu lowered his head and read it carefully.

Then he laughed, clapped his hands and praised: "Good!"

"As expected of Song Yongchen!"

In Zhao Xu's previous life, Li Xian, Shi Deyi, and Liu Weijian were accused of being the four evil culprits by the old party.

He is also the founder of Embankment Division and Qingbian Division.

He was also the founder of the capital hall, Chongwen Academy, martial arts, and Taixue.

He is good at both project management and making money.

Naturally, he works very carefully and seriously.

The task assigned to him by Zhao Xu was almost completed perfectly!

From flood control to dredging to road construction...

In a few months, although the money was spent like water, the speed of making money was also good.

The millions of coins allocated to him by Zhao Xu actually still have a balance of more than 500,000 copper coins and nearly 300,000 pieces of silk cloth!

It’s really amazing!

However, it did cost a lot of money!

Zhao Xu put down the memorandum in his hand. He knew that if he didn't play like this, the money he had given him from his father's sealed treasury would have been spent long ago.

And playing this way is the real market economy!

After all, this is the free choice of heroes and heroes.

Everything is a choice of their own will.

Besides, Zhao Xu gave them a way out.

Whether you go north to Xihe or south to Guangxi, you will always be surrounded by a sea of ​​blue!

This is the place where heroes and heroes can display their talents and courage!

The only pity is that there are no flintlocks now, so they can only rely on bows, arrows, spears, and swords to defend their property.

"More than 3,100 people chose to go south to Guangxi..."

"More than 1,500 people chose to go north to Xihe..."

"It's ok!"

Zhao Xu said.
To be continued...