Li Qinzai didn’t even know that he had become a worry for His Highness Prince Teng.
The relationship between the two is very delicate. If there is no conflict of interest, the two can work together and form a temporary alliance.
Once interests were brought up, Li Qinzai seemed to become King Teng's nemesis, extorting money again and again.
Interests aside, Prince Teng was most afraid of Li Qinzai suddenly mentioning his daughter. He always felt that this guy had been thinking about the Lord of Jinxiang County, and often used his daughter to manipulate him very despicably.
Seeing that Prince Teng was about to be transferred to other places to supervise road construction projects, Jinxiang was really worried about staying alone in Chang'an, but he couldn't bear to have Jinxiang accompany him to eat and sleep outdoors.
I could only turn around and tell her sternly to stay away from this guy, and she was not allowed to visit a married best friend without the company of her parents.
After King Teng left, Li Qinzai felt lost. He walked away so free and easy. With a wave of his sleeves, not only did he not take away a single cloud, he also didn't take away his daughter. He was so heartbroken.
The next day, the palace issued a decree and selected the pilot city as Bingzhou. After the autumn harvest, the construction of kilns and road construction would begin on a day selected.
Li Qinzai was not surprised at all by Li Zhi's decision.
If it were him, he would also designate Bingzhou as a pilot city, no one else.
Li Qinzai served as governor in Bingzhou. During his tenure, in order to help the people survive the drought, he mobilized more than 30,000 officers and soldiers of the Ningshuo Governor's Office to dig canals and repair warehouses in the local area. In other words, Bingzhou's implementation of relief-for-work actually had a popular base.
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Secondly, Bingzhou was the place where the Li Tang Dynasty flourished. The support of the local people, officials, and businessmen for the Li Tang Dynasty was stronger than that of other prefectures and counties, and the only big family in the area was the Wang family of Taiyuan.
After repeated blows from Li Qinzai and intentional or unintentional beatings from Li Zhi, the Wang family in Taiyuan has become as honest as a quail. The power of the family has been greatly weakened in the past two years, and they no longer dare to disobey the imperial decrees, otherwise they may be destroyed.
disaster.
In the pilot project of road construction in Bingzhou, even if the interests of the Wang family in Taiyuan were occasionally violated, I believe the Wang family would swallow their anger and not dare to take any action. The implementation of the decree can be said to be smooth and unimpeded.
The location was chosen very well, and Li Qinzai expressed his satisfaction.
There was another thing in Li Zhi's decree. He knew that Li Qinzai had no intention of getting involved in government affairs, so he asked Li Qinzai to recommend an official who could take charge of road construction.
Li Qinzai thought for a while and decided to recommend Di Renjie.
Di Renjie's expertise is in solving cases, but he is proficient in more than just solving cases. In fact, he is a talented person who will become the prime minister in the future.
In the future, he will be able to take over the political affairs of an entire country. Now, if he is asked to handle the affairs of a city, he should be able to handle it.
This matter caused quite a stir, and countless pairs of eyes from both the government and the public were watching. If the matter was successful, it would definitely be a dazzling qualification for Di Renjie's future career.
So Li Qinzai decisively sent a letter to the palace, recommending Di Renjie as a Bingzhou farewell driver to take charge of road construction.
Not long after, Li Zhi in the palace replied to the letter and agreed to Li Qinzai's recommendation.
Finally, Li Qinzai sent troops to urgently summon Di Renjie from Ganjingzhuang back to Beijing.
As for the group of free-range students in Zhuangzi... After Di Renjie left, I'm afraid there will be no one to control them. Let Cui Jie take care of them as the master's wife. With Cui Jie's weak temperament, I'm afraid that the more they control, the more chaos they will become.
Li Qinzai simply didn't care. After finishing the matter at hand, he was relieved and went back to Zhuangzi to give those free-range little beasts a hard slap.
On the third day, Di Renjie hurried back to Chang'an. After arriving in Chang'an, he first went to the British government to meet Li Qinzai.
To Li Qinzai's surprise, Li Sujie actually followed Di Renjie back to Chang'an.
This evil beast is really a firework of different colors. He is not free-range at all. He is clearly on the run.
In the Duke's Mansion, after Li Qinzai and Di Renjie met, they stared at Li Sujie unkindly.
"Why are you going back to Chang'an? Are you planning to drop out of school?"
Li Sujie's expression was a bit abnormal. His eyes were red and his expression was sad, but he forced himself to smile in front of Li Qinzai.
"This disciple misses his father and wants to go back to the palace to see him."
Li Qinzai looked him over and said, "Your expression doesn't look like you are missing, but it looks like your beloved woman has moved on. What happened?"
Li Sujie shook his head: "Nothing, this disciple really went back to the palace to see his father."
Seeing that he didn't want to talk, Li Qinzai stopped meddling.
Li Sujie was a prince, and if there was anything he didn't want to say, it must be related to the palace, and Li Qinzai didn't want to ask more about it.
After meeting Li Qinzai, Li Sujie said goodbye and hurried to Tai Chi Palace.
Di Renjie said softly: "Before I left, the fourth prince begged me to take him back to Chang'an. He seemed to have cried at that time. I asked again and again, but he didn't want to tell me, so I had to take him back."
Li Qinzai hummed and said, "It's okay. Maybe he was dumped by a beloved woman. Men have to go through this after all..."
Looking at the sky above his head, Li Qinzai sighed and said: "I remember when I was dumped..."
Di Renjie's ears immediately stood up, and he leaned forward slightly, as if he was listening attentively.
Unexpectedly, Li Qinzai suddenly stopped mid-sentence, and then there was a long silence.
When Di Renjie was waiting impatiently, Li Qinzai slapped his thigh suddenly: "Oh, I suddenly remembered that I haven't been dumped by anyone before, this damn charm."
Di Renjie: "…………"
If your officer wasn't older than me, I would be on the receiving end of a guillotine right now. How cheap!
After waving, Li Qinzai motioned Di Renjie to go into the hall.
"Does Huaiying know why he called you back to the capital this time?"
Di Renjie said: "I don't know, so I would like to ask Mr. Li County to tell me."
"Huai Ying is a talented person. It would be unworthy of his talent to stay in school for a long time and do trivial things. Your Majesty wants to select Bingzhou as a pilot site for road construction. I recommend to Your Majesty that you be appointed as Bingzhou Bijia, specializing in road construction. You must not disappoint Your Majesty. "
Di Renjie was startled, then overjoyed, and immediately bowed and said, "Thank you very much, Uncle Li, for your consideration. I will definitely live up to the high expectations of Uncle Li."
Li Qinzai said seriously: "What you said is wrong. If you fail me, the most I can do is put a sack on you and beat you up, but you can't fail His Majesty. The road construction issue has caused a lot of commotion, with both the government and the public discussing it, and countless pairs of eyes are staring at you.
If there is even the slightest mistake, you and I, including His Majesty, will all be to blame."
"Yes, I am determined to act impartially. No matter how much it costs, I must complete the road construction to perfection and give credit to His Majesty."
Li Qinzai sighed leisurely and said: "Bingzhou is the place where I once served as governor. On the day I was transferred to Chang'an, all the people in Bingzhou sent me off and took off my boots. I am particularly moved when I think about it."
"I want to do something for the people of Bingzhou and repay their great gift. Huaiying, after taking office, you should treat the people well and practice benevolent government. Don't let them discredit my gift of taking off my boots."