Groups of cavalry came on horseback. When the king's flag appeared, they gathered together, slowed down at the same time, and marched together with the king's flag.
Being so familiar with such a scene, Zhang Lun felt slightly agitated. He smiled and said to Pei Shiqing, "It seems that the anger in your Majesty's heart has not subsided. You and I should be more careful."
Pei Shiqing replied: "Not necessarily. You and I are doing our best to occupy this position and pursue our political affairs. Why should we worry about this?"
Zhang Lun scratched his beard and laughed, and said nothing, but he said in his heart, I am a Yanmen barbarian, so it doesn't matter. You are the head of the Pei family in Hedong, and maybe anything will happen to your family.
The natural social network between the two Shangdang military and political leaders separates them. They will almost certainly not be too close, but they will not undermine each other.
In fact, their ambitions are not in the position of Shangdang County Sheriff or County Lieutenant...
The rumbling sound of horse hoofs stopped, the king's flag was in sight, Li Po stood under it, Pei Shiqing immediately stepped forward, bowed and saluted, "Shangdang, Changping Prefect Pei Shiqing led the county's civil and military forces to pay homage to His Highness the King of Han."
Everyone bowed and bowed.
Li Po turned over and dismounted, smiled and supported Pei Shiqing, "No need to be polite, thank you for your hard work, if you have anything to say, I'll talk to you when I get back. Along the way, the most grand things were done here by Governor Pei. Haha, I got the news from Jinyang, I'm afraid
It's you and I can't even keep our ears quiet."
Pei Shiqing straightened up, smiling, with a respectful posture, but he thought in his heart, if I don't lead the crowd to welcome him, then I will be blamed...
"My lord has come from afar, and I have been tired all the way. I have prepared a banquet to wash my lord's dust..."
Li Po responded casually, "There are a lot of mountains here, and the journey is indeed a bit difficult, but I'm not tired at all... I had a good rest in Xiangyuan."
Pei Shiqing has a headache. He carries a gun and a stick every time. How did those bastards in Xiangyuan offend you?
Over there, Li Po had already patted Zhang Lun on the shoulder, "Thank you for your hard work. People say that Shangdang is the backbone of the world. It is not easy to lead troops here. Can we still support it with food and grass?"
Zhang Lun's beard stood up, he hammered his chest hard, and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, everything is fine here. With me here, the thieves will definitely not be rampant."
Li Po immediately became happy. Why did these words sound familiar?
Although the people who said this before and after all have big beards, the effect is different. Think of what the Xiangyuan County Lieutenant said, it is just a big talk. You, a little county captain, are domineering in the county. Who can do it?
When you come here, you will open the city and surrender, and your talk of protecting the country and the people will be eaten up by you. You still dare to speak big words in front of the king of Jin. You really don't know how to write the word "death".
Yes, the Xiangyuan County Lieutenant's head was chopped off and it was not unjust at all. The final analysis was that not only did he lose etiquette in front of the King of Han, but he also had no achievements. In this way, he wanted to interrupt in front of Li Po, which was really a death plan.
way.
Just like when Li Ponan returned, the few small city gate guards actually didn't put him in his eyes, but he still wanted to accommodate them and did not show off his tricks to others in exchange for equal friendship.
Opportunity.
Why? Because you don’t understand your own identity and situation, in the eyes of others, the things you do will appear to be unreasonable, and the results you get will most of the time not be what you want, and may even be completely opposite.
And now that Li Pogui is the King of Han, let alone a small county captain, even Pei Shiqing and Zhang Lun in front of him have to be careful. How can he allow a county captain to be presumptuous in front of him?
This is etiquette. Anyone who exceeds the etiquette will be punished, and in the officialdom, this punishment becomes more serious.
Li Po understood this truth very well, but County Captain Sun obviously didn't understand it well, so he was killed and implicated many others. The huge identity gap caused him to be crushed like an ant.
In troubled times, there are many such stupid people who neither know themselves nor the enemy, so they go to see the King of Hell in a daze.
This has nothing to do with killing people to establish authority, because the head of a county captain is simply not worth enough.
Of course, if Xiangyuan County can be displayed in front of Li Po with vitality, he can tolerate the offense of the people in the county. Unfortunately, Xiangyuan County is lifeless and the people's livelihood is poor, so you still have to be complacent and pride yourself on being upright, okay?
, you are really a character.
When Zhang Lun mentioned this, it sounded different.
"Okay, with you and Commander Pei here, what can I worry about?"
After exchanging pleasantries and acknowledging a few county magistrates, he said goodbye and spoke a few more words to Changsun Jingde. He had done his homework before. There were not many wealthy families in Shangdang, and Changsun was undoubtedly the leader among them.
Li Po also thought it was a bit strange that he and Dongdu's eldest grandson were from the same family at the time. In that case, Shangdang eldest son Sun and Li Yuan were still related by marriage.
Li Shimin married the daughter of the eldest son's family, and despite his poor historical knowledge, the famous one was actually Li Shimin's brother-in-law, Sun Wuji.
This man had been making waves for a long time, and his end was quite miserable. As the most staunch royalist, it seemed that he was destroyed by Wu Zetian.
The current situation is that the descendants of the Changsun family are divided into three branches. The main branch is in Shangdang, Changsun Sheng's lineage has settled in Dongdu, Changsun Shunde, and Changsun Wuji's uncles and nephews are in Chang'an. As time goes by, the Changsun family will undoubtedly
He will integrate into the Kansai clan and become a representative figure of the Kansai clan.
As for the main branch of the Changsun family, it can be said that there are only a few people now, and it is a joy to go downhill.
In the early years of their reign, many of their descendants were implicated in the rebellion of King Yang Liang of Han Dynasty, and the entire Shangdang Changsun family was almost wiped out. Otherwise, it would not have been Yan Zong's turn to suppress them.
Now another King of Han stood in front of Changsun Jingde. His future was also uncertain. Changsun Jingde was so frightened that he didn't even dare to think about taking a chance. He just wanted to go with the flow and give them the reservation of the Changsun lineage.
Bloodline.
Because what happened back then was so tragic, and it had only been more than ten years, it was far from time to forget the lessons. Moreover, what worried him the most was that his brothers and nephews in Dongdu were not idle either.
His cousin, eldest Sun Shunde, took his two nephews, eldest Sun Wuji and eldest Sun Wuyi, to join Li Yuan, and even became in-laws with Li Yuan.
The Dongdu branch is controlled by Changsun Anye, who should be working for Wang Shichong.
In this way, they have to be more careful when they go to the main branch of the Shangdang. Once someone catches someone, His Highness the King of Han thinks that the eldest grandson of the Shangdang has different intentions. I am afraid that what happened to Yan Zonghe in Xiangyuan County not long ago
Is a scene about to happen in the county town?
Li Po was lamenting the connections of these wealthy families and the messy nepotism, but within a few words, the cautious Changsun County Cheng was sweating.
He also "deliberately" talked about the story of the Shangdang King, which made Sun Jingde wish he could tell him immediately. It all happened in the Year of the Monkey and the Horse.
When it was the turn of Changping County Magistrate Fan Wenjin, Li Po looked at it carefully and said with a smile: "I heard from Grand Administrator Lu that Fan Juncheng is knowledgeable and intelligent. When we meet him today, it seems that he will have to ask for advice."
Fan Wenjin is a middle-aged man with a sallow complexion. He is not bad looking, but he looks wilted and lacks energy.
After hearing this, he was not surprised. Lu Haoran went to Jinyang, which was the result of his persuasion. The leader of the Pei family came to Shangdang, and with the help of eldest son Jingde and others, it can be said that it is the general trend, just like Li Yuan originally
Just like going south, Changping County has no choice.
Putting it this way, it becomes clear that the person in front of him is Lu Haoran's think tank. Lu Haoran, who is swaying around like a wallflower, actually only listened to this person's suggestions.
This man also had a strange family background. His father was a famous doctor in Changping, and his family was relatively well off, so he sent his eldest son Fan Wenjin to study. He became a Jinshi in the fourth year of Daye, freeing the family from hard labor.
In the sixth year of Daye's reign, Fan Wenjin joined the army of Sima, the prefect of Qinzhou, and offended Shangguan, so he was dismissed and returned to his hometown. He and Niu Xingyuan met Niu Xingyuan.
After Lu Haoran came to power in Changping, he appointed him as the Sima of the Tongshou Prefecture. He was quickly regarded as a confidant by Lu Haoran, and then he became the governor of Changping County like a rocket.
This is nothing. In the chaotic times of the late Sui Dynasty, there were many people who soared to the sky. His leap was far behind others.
The strange thing is that his two younger brothers, the second brother Fan Wenxuan inherited the ancestral business and became a famous doctor in Changping, and the third brother Fan Wen was strong and strong. Instead of joining the army, he followed his father's orders and picked up a hammer and became a blacksmith.
of craftsmen.
His eldest sister married a businessman, his second sister became the mother-in-law of the great landowner Qu in Changping, and his third sister was even better.
The third sister has become the mistress of the Eighteen Villages in Changping.
With his entire family including scholars, farmers, merchants, and mountain residents, it made perfect sense for Lu Haoran to rely on him. With Fan Wenjin by his side, Changping quickly settled down.
"The king is so complimentary, and the ministers are really frightened."
Li Po smiled, said no more, waved his hand and said: "This is not the place to talk, so let's go into the city first."
While talking, the two sides gathered together and walked towards the county town.
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The large army of soldiers accompanying them, the horses hooves rumbling, the strong and fierce Daizhou cavalry elite made the county officials have different thoughts, but they all felt that they matched well with the king's flag fluttering in the wind, but it was flying over Shangdang, slightly tinged with blood.
"Master, do you still want to go to Changping during this trip?" Pei Shiqing asked during the trip.
Li Po shook his head, "It is said that Lu Haoran has a very well-organized way of governing Changping. I don't know if it is true or not. I just want to take a look, but along the way, hehe, no matter how bad he is, he should not be worse than the party, so that's it."
Never mind……"
"It is said that there is no sun and moon in the mountains, and the years are unknown in the cold and heat. There are many unsatisfactory things about the water and soil here. But if you think about it carefully, it is also a blessing for people in this area. It is just that between blessings and disasters, you have to know it in your heart.
It's done, so Governor Pei needs to take the trouble to make the people under his rule more blessed."
This chapter has been completed!