While several people were talking, Li Ce came to the door and said respectfully: "Queen Qi, Ji Huaizhang, the governor of Tanzhou, and officials from the state have already greeted you outside the inn."
"Quick announcement."
Chu Nanzhi immediately walked out of the room, preparing to meet the governor of Tanzhou who had long heard of cocoon in his ears.
Just as he walked out of the door of the inn, he saw a slightly thin middle-aged man wearing red official robes and leading a group of people walking in quickly from the courtyard.
All of them were well-dressed and solemn in appearance. If she had not heard those things in advance, as the current queen, Chu Nanzhi would have wanted to get closer to these local officials.
But they so quietly want the evil things they have committed to go away under their noses. If they don't alert the snake, I don't know how long they will have to play it out with them.
After some calculations in his mind, Chu Nanzhi decided to use the incident in Dangyang County as a pathfinder to explore the depth of the water in Tanzhou.
When Chu Nanzhi arrived, the middle-aged man didn't care about the thick snow piled on the ground. He knelt down directly in fear, clasped his fists and apologized: "Ji Huaizhang, the governor of Tanzhou, came late to greet the queen, which caused the queen to be in trouble."
I am guilty of settling down in this desolate place, and I ask the queen to punish me."
After he finished speaking, a fat official in purple clothes looked at the desolate scenery everywhere, and immediately rebuked angrily: "This Ruyang County prefect is really bullying people. He knows that the queen has entered the territory, but he
Not coming to welcome her in person, despising the imperial majesty, and disrespecting the queen are unforgivable crimes."
After saying that, he angrily ordered the soldiers behind him: "Immediately go to Ruyang County Mansion to arrest Han Ping and punish him, so that the Queen can vent this bad breath."
What was originally meant to be a flattery made Ji Huaizhang very dissatisfied.
In front of the queen, he couldn't scold him, so he just coughed a few times, and the fat official immediately stopped talking.
"It's not a deserted place."
Chu Nanzhi pretended to be indifferent and said with a smile: "In a small inn, there are all kinds of bear paws, fresh fish, and delicacies from the mountains and seas. It is really rare. Compared with the scene when I settled in Anhe County, Langzhou, it is very different."
After a pause, she deliberately lowered her head and looked at Ji Huaizhang: "I heard that Tanzhou is going to be very difficult this year. A few days ago, my uncle even sent a memorial to your majesty for help. It is said that Ruyang County and Tanzhou are only a short distance apart, but right now
It seems that the situation is quite different.”
"Tanzhou is the hinterland of Qinghe. It has suffered from wars in the past two years. Although it is very close to Binzhou, the lives of the people are miserable."
Ji Huaizhang sighed weakly.
"So my uncle just keeps to himself and won't even allow those refugees who have fled to seek survival to leave Tanzhou City?"
Thinking about several things he heard yesterday, Chu Nanzhi began to ask questions deliberately.
"There is absolutely no such thing, there is absolutely no such thing."
Ji Huaizhang listened with fear on his face and his body was already trembling: "I have never given this order before."
At this time, the official in purple clothes said in fear: "This matter is indeed not the fault of the governor. It is just because Dangyang County is in a bad year this year. All counties have ten houses and nine empty houses. The official knows that the nearby states are not doing it."
The situation in the county is also not optimistic. In order not to cause panic to our brother counties, we ordered county officials to actively encourage the fleeing people to return."
After he finished speaking, he immediately added: "But the official has ordered people to truthfully report the situation in the county to the state capital, and has also organized county officials to do their best to provide disaster relief."
"What a great persuasion to return."
Chu Nanzhi sneered and shook his head: "Does this gentleman have any idea of his official position?"
The woman was insulted in public and her father was forced to die. This method of persuading her to return was really thought-provoking.
Everyone around Ji Huaizhang was silent. Only this fat official kept interjecting, which also made Chu Nanzhi interested.
"I am lowered to the post of Sun You, the prefect of Dangyang County."
Hearing the Queen's question about him, Sun You said smugly: "I have admired the Queen's reputation for a long time. When I learned that the Queen was heading west, I looked forward to the Queen's coming to this county as soon as possible, just like waiting for the rain after a long drought."
"Prefect Sun?"
This name is no longer unfamiliar to Chu Nanzhi.
He glanced at the handsome gentleman kneeling next to him and asked with great interest: "Is this your master Sun Li?"
"The queen also knows the names of dogs?"
Sun You raised his head happily, but immediately felt something was wrong and quickly lowered his head again.
"Of course I have heard of it. The prefect is very famous, and the young master is even more arrogant. How could I not have heard of it? I have already heard it like thunder."
Chu Nanzhi was dumbfounded by the governor's repeated actions.
His lazy and tyrannical methods of governing the county were enough to live up to the prestige of a rogue who was born in the city. However, his moral character was not worthy of his reputation. I don't know how Ji Huaizhang dared to recommend him to become the governor of a county.
No wonder people all over the world support the official promotion system. As long as they are powerful, any cat or dog can be inserted into the officialdom and dominate.
"Prefect Sun has such great official power. As a county guard under the jurisdiction of Tanzhou, you dare to question the prefect of Ruyang County, a neighboring state. I would like to know who gave you the courage?"
Thinking about how he had just said so aggressively that he wanted to punish Han Ping, Chu Nanzhi was furious.
This kind of behavior shows that the power of Tanzhou's clan is unusually arrogant.
"Queen, I feel aggrieved for you."
Only then did Sun You realize that the current queen was not someone who was easy to please, and he apologized fearfully: "The queen's mother's deeds to the world are the face of the court. Then Han Ping actually desecrated the queen's majesty. Even if the official is not the prefect of a county, even if he is not the prefect of a county,
Even a common man wants to seek justice for the queen."
"In that case, I have to be grateful to Prefect Sun for this kindness."
Chu Nanzhi looked at him with deep meaning.
Looking at all the people with wilted heads and brains, they seemed to be frightened by his own reprimanding words.
Now that the prey has taken the bait, the person behind it is bent on provoking a conflict between the Ji family, the nobles of Qinghe and the court, but she still doesn't know what Ji Huaizhang is thinking.
How much does he know about these nasty things that happened in Dangyang County?
Now, in order to lure the snake out of the hole and create an opportunity for the people behind the scenes to incite civil strife, we also have to figure out Ji Huaizhang's thoughts.
Thinking of this, Chu Nanzhi suddenly smiled and said to everyone: "Look, what scared you is that I just told some interesting stories from hearsay. My uncle and Grand Administrator Sun are loyal to the court and respect me.
Everyone, please get up, don’t freeze your body in the snow and ice."
After that, he led everyone into the inn.
The shopkeeper let Dr. Jiu add enough charcoal fires in every corner of the house. In the heated room, the shivering bodies of Ji Huaizhang, Sun You and others felt a lot warmer.
Chu Nanzhi immediately asked Ji Rongheng to read out the imperial edict in public. When he learned that the new emperor would urgently call him back to Beijing to report on his duties, Ji Huaizhang and the officials behind him looked at each other and slowly took over the edict, smiling stiffly and saying:
"Your Majesty has just ascended to the throne, and I should have gone to the court to congratulate you. However, in the past few months, disasters have continued in various counties, and murders have occurred frequently, and I have been overwhelmed. Therefore, I thought that I would take care of the affairs in the state capital before I go to the court to congratulate you.
I never thought that I would disturb the Queen's presence and prevent Your Majesty and the Queen from being able to spend the holidays in peace in the capital. I really feel guilty."
"If I don't come here in person, I'm afraid my uncle won't be able to spend this New Year with peace of mind in Tanzhou City."
Chu Nanzhi smiled deeply again, which made Ji Huaizhang's face goosebumps.