Chen Chong looked at him with a broom in his hand. For some reason, when he saw the kind smile on his face, his hair stood on end.
"The Chen family was once prominent and ranked among the Dukes of the country. Mr. Chen, you also worship Shi Zhong, with unlimited glory and a bright future..." Li Yi shook his head and sighed: "Now you can only sweep the courtyard with a broom. You
Have you ever thought about..."
"Of course I have thought about it." Chen Chong glanced at him and said, "This is all because of you."
"ah?"
"The reason why the Chen family is in this state, and the reason why I sweep the courtyard with a broom, is all your fault."
Li Yi picked up the teacup and put it down again, thought for a while, and said: "I'm not talking about anyone's fault, I'm talking about..., are you really willing to be reduced from being a servant to cleaning the courtyard?"
"
"Willingly."
Chen Chong poured a cup of hot tea for Miss Chen San and said calmly: "As I get older, as long as I live a stable life, it doesn't matter whether I am doing things or cleaning the courtyard. In my opinion, I still clean the courtyard.
Be more relaxed."
If you don’t want to make progress, you simply don’t want to make progress!
After all, he came from the Duke's palace, and had sat in one of the most sought-after positions in the court. At his age, it was also the time when his official career was most accessible, his future was brightest, and he should have the most ambitious ambitions.
Dong Wenyun has reached the position of prime minister at his age, but he only wants to clean the courtyard? Just want to have some leisure time?
Fall!
"Although life is always full of ups and downs, we should not forget to fight hard. An old man is struggling but aims for a thousand miles. A martyr is full of ambition in his old age. Jiang Ziya became the prime minister at the age of eighty. Sun Wukong went to the west to learn Buddhist scriptures at the age of five hundred. Bai Suzhen did not go down the mountain until he was a thousand years old.
fall in love……"
Li Yi shook his head and said: "Mr. Chen, you have just turned forty and are less than half of Jiang Taigong. How can you be so depressed? I have a position of governor here, which is three levels higher than your previous official position. No
Do you know if you are interested?"
Although he is given a lot of power and can directly participate in national affairs, his official position is not high, only the fifth rank. The governor of Shuzhou has an official rank below the fourth rank, which is three levels higher than him.
When the state is promoted to Shangzhou, the official rank is not high enough.
"Not interested." Chen Chong shook his head, expressionless, and walked towards the yard with a broom in hand.
Li Yi stood up and said, "Think about it..."
"I won't consider it." Chen Chong said firmly.
"Just think of it as helping me..."
"No, I prefer sweeping the yard to being the governor."
"We are all friends, please give me some face..."
"His Royal Highness King Jing still needs others to give him face?"
…
This was a very unintentional statement. When Li Yi mentioned this matter just now, he clearly saw the twinkling light in Chen Chong's eyes.
How could a person who has been famous all his life, a person who controls everything in the court, degenerate to like sweeping the yard?
Chen Chong is undoubtedly the most suitable person for this position. He has the ability and qualifications. His only shortcoming is that he has made serious political mistakes. But that doesn't matter. He is a dignified king, broad-minded and magnanimous. How can he even do this?
There is no room for people?
The problem is that Chen Geizhong doesn't seem to give much face.
Li Yi looked at him and asked: "Let me ask one last question, do you want to be the governor?"
"No!"
Chen Chong turned around with a sarcastic smile on his face. So what about King Jing? King Jing also begged for him sometimes...
Li Yi shook his head and said calmly: "Then don't blame me for being rude."
Chen Chong dismissed this. He didn't want to be the governor, so how could he still suppress him?
Li Yi ignored Chen Chong, turned around, looked at Miss Chen San, and said, "Mother..."
Miss Chen San smiled and nodded, looked up at Chen Chong, and said softly: "Second brother..."
…
"Master Chen, Governor Chen, I will go back and issue an order, and you will be able to take office tomorrow."
Regarding the issue of Shuzhou, Li Xuan gave him a lot of freedom, including the appointment and dismissal of local officials from the provincial governor to the local officials. He did not need to go through the procedures of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He looked at the broom in Chen Chong's hand and said:
"Of course, if you like sweeping floors, you can continue this hobby after becoming the governor. No one will stop you..."
"See you later!" Li Yi waved to him again and walked out of the yard.
Chen Chong dropped the broom, walked to sit down next to Miss Chen San, poured himself a cup of tea, drank it down, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Miaoyu, you are too spoiled to him..."
Miss Chen San smiled and said, "If I didn't speak, how could the second brother find the steps?"
Chen Chong's old face turned red, "Miaoyu, what do you mean by this?"
"It's not interesting. I will take office tomorrow. Second brother should prepare for it..." She smiled and stood up and said, "I'm going to see my precious grandson. The Li family is still not prosperous. If
It would be great if Ruoqing and Zuimo could add two more people to their family sometime..."
She quickly walked out of the yard, leaving Chen Chong sitting there with his face alternately red and white.
…
In just half a month, the banditry in Shuzhou was fundamentally controlled.
If you say something like this, not to mention that others don't believe it, even the local people in Shuzhou don't believe it.
Shuzhou has been plagued by banditry for decades. The previous governor had dealt with it, and the previous governor had dealt with it, and the previous governor had also dealt with it. Even the king of Shu, who was not a man of the East and West, had symbolically dealt with it twice.
But over the past few decades, no matter how the government acted or what measures were taken, it was only a temporary success and the effect was very small, far from being comparable to the effect of His Royal Highness King Jing in suppressing the bandits.
His Royal Highness King Jing has issued an order that if the people suffer property losses due to bandits and bandits, the local government must advance the payment.
Everyone knows that government offices are a den of thieves these days. This alone has eliminated half of the banditry in Shuzhou.
Of course, there are also those who take advantage of the opportunity. A few people with evil intentions took the opportunity to lie to the government about their losses. After being found out, they were beaten dozens of times and were unanimously rejected by the people. Such things rarely happen again.
Already.
The situation in Shuzhou has really changed a lot recently.
In the past, in Shuzhou, not to mention walking at night, even walking on the official road in broad daylight was in danger of encountering bandits and bandits.
In Shuzhou now, bandits walking on the mountain road have to worry about whether there are officers and soldiers ambushed in the bushes nearby. When they see a pedestrian traveling alone, they have to think carefully about whether this is a bait thrown by the government or someone.
A hero with unparalleled martial arts skills, using himself as bait, just waiting for them to fall into his trap...
For a time, the bandits and bandits roaming in Shuzhou were in panic and everyone was in danger...
These days are almost unbearable...
Ji County, a cottage somewhere.
A thin man rushed into a room and said in panic to the one-eyed man sitting in the seat: "Brother, it's bad, we are surrounded!"
"What!" The one-eyed man stood up immediately and said angrily: "We haven't opened our doors for several months. The government is so full that they are here to cause trouble for us?"
The thin man panted and said, "No, it's not the government!"
"Not the government?" The one-eyed man sat down again and asked: "Is it Wang Ermazi or Li Ergazi who came to seize our territory? Are these two idiots eating the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard?"
The thin man patted his chest and said, "Yeah, it's not..."
The one-eyed man slammed the table and said angrily: "It's not this, it's not that, who is here? Let's finish it all at once!"
Below, the thin man calmed down and said, "Yes, it's those bald heads!"
"What!"
The one-eyed man stood up from the chair again, then quickly fell back and asked: "You, what did you say?"
The thin man said sadly: "Brother, those bald heads are here again!"
At this time, dozens of people were blocking the door outside the village. A strong bald man held a cone-shaped paper tube in his hand and shouted loudly: "People inside, listen, you have been surrounded, put down
weapons, surrender immediately, do not resist, and seek leniency..."
