Chapter 17 Yan Mao, who guards the government office
As the New Year approaches, the lively atmosphere in Jiannan Road is somewhat tense.
This is the first year without a governor.
The first Grand Governor Li Fengan passed away and the second Grand Governor Li Mingyu went to Beijing to face the Holy Spirit. This was a critical year for Jiannan Road's smooth transition.
The hall of the Governor's Office in Jiannan Road was brightly lit. Yan Mao sat in front of the case and read documents. He sat here from day to night, just like a wooden man who didn't eat or drink.
Since Li Fengan passed away, he is no longer holding a sword in his hand, nor is he a horse beneath him. He is sitting on a wooden chair, holding a light pen, and is no longer commanding just the soldiers and horses of Jiannan Road.
And the operation of the entire Jiannan Road.
A wooden man holding thousands of threads in his hands, delicate and sensitive without any tangle.
Li Min sat across from him, pinching melon seeds from the plate with his slender fingers deftly, and stared at Yan Mao's thick fingers: "When the Governor tested some of us, the comment he gave you was "delicacy". I was so angry at that time, you
How can I be as delicate as I am?"
He put his hand under Yan Mao's nose.
Yan Mao's gaze passed through his hand, and he moved his pen steadily as if flying.
Li Min could only retract himself and look at these beautiful hands: "But now I understand that the Grand Governor is really right. Now in charge of such a delicate matter as Jiannan Road, only you can do it. If it were me,
I will go crazy."
Yan Mao raised his head and looked at him: "If it were you, you wouldn't go crazy. You don't have the time or opportunity to go crazy."
With a heavy burden of a thousand dollars on his body, all his energy is used to avoid being crushed and unable to let go of the burden. How can he have the strength and time to go crazy? Yan Mao is like this. If it were Li Min, even Guihua, the woman in the inner house, would be like this.
Li Min thought for a while, it might be true, but then he shook his head and made a few noises, that's why he thought so!
"Yuanji is with the eldest lady, Osmanthus is with the young master. As long as you are in Jiannan Road, I will continue to accompany Mr. Li San." He said, "If you have anything to do, don't come to me. Go to Lin Yu. He hides in the house every day.
Enjoy your leisure time.”
Yan Mao didn't care about Li Min's joke and smiled: "It's actually not difficult. The Governor has set so many rules. Everyone just needs to follow the rules. Even without me, as long as the rules are in Jiannan Road, they will be stable."
Our biggest concern is that there are no rules for how things work."
As soon as Li Fengan died, they were all followers. Jiannan Road belonged to the imperial court, and the new governor had the right to destroy everything, but they were powerless to stop it.
It's fine now.
Li Mingyu has already obtained the banner, and the eldest lady...
"Is it reliable for the eldest lady to say that the world will be in chaos? It sounds scary." Li Min said, saying it was scary, but he didn't look scared and didn't lower his voice. When he looked at his nails in front of the lamp, he seemed to have knocked off a piece, and his brows were raised.
Wrinkle up, this is the scary thing.
Although Yan Mao was a military strategist and had fought countless battles, the chaos in the world was still unfamiliar to him. The Great Xia Dynasty had been prosperous for too long, and everyone had forgotten what it meant to be in troubled times.
In troubled times, there are wars everywhere, the world is in ruins, and people are precarious. People's thoughts are no longer about having enough food, clothing, wives and children, studying in the imperial examinations and establishing a career, but living.
Living is not hope, it is not the meaning of human life, it is just the instinct of animals. Humans have become like cows, horses, pigs, sheep and dogs.
In troubled times there is no hope.
Is the prosperous Great Xia going to turn into this?
This is indeed a terrible thing.
"I don't know if this matter is reliable or not," Yan Mao said, "but the eldest lady is very reliable in doing things. Although every move she makes is bold and absurd, it is actually well-organized, secretive and safe. She can attack or retreat, and she can defend.
If there was no rebellion in Ankang Mountain, whether the eldest lady stayed in Dou County, or sent troops in search of a dowry, or the governor led troops to stay across the border, there would all be reasonable reasons, if there was a rebellion."
He glanced at Li Min and said nothing more.
If there really is a rebellion, then they in Jiannan Road can cast a big net and catch big fish.
Li Min blew her nails with satisfaction: "The eldest lady is indeed an extraordinary lady."
When the eldest lady was mentioned, a smile appeared on Yan Mao's serious face: "The eldest lady is better than we expected."
They didn't have much interaction with these two siblings. No one would have thought that Li Fengan would die so suddenly. As his daughter, Li Minglou was raised like a fairy by Li Fengan, not eating the fireworks of the world.
"Of course there are extraordinary things about immortals. She just doesn't eat the fireworks of the world. If she wants to step into the human world, she will naturally show her power." Li Min's voice became longer and longer like a poem, and he sat up straighter with interest, "I should find someone
Someone comes and writes a poem for the eldest lady."
This is the fun of idlers. Yan Mao did not object or pay attention to it. With his pen, he deployed soldiers and horses from far and near in Jiannan Road one by one.
The candlelight flickered, and there were urgent footsteps. A guard came in and said, "Here comes Governor Xiang."
Yan Mao and Li Min were a little surprised. According to the instructions in Li Minglou's letter, Xiang Yun and Longyou soldiers and horses were arranged to guard Nanyi. Although Yan Mao felt that Xiang Yun had more important arrangements at this time, he still obeyed the order.
Xiang Yun had no objection to the arrangement and mobilized all Longyou soldiers and horses to go to Nanyi. Xiang Yun's hard-and-soft alliance with Ji successfully pacified Nanyi. The letter reported that Nanyi had returned to its previous state after experiencing rebellion.
Although for many people in Jiannan Road, it has nothing to do with the continued chaos of Nanyi, and it is even okay to take the opportunity to completely eliminate them. Li Fengan died because of the rebellion of the Yi people, although the murderer has been captured and the rebels have been killed.
The main conspirators are the powerful Yi people, but their hatred has never gone away.
Before leaving, Li Min gave Xiang Yun a suggestion to mess up Nanyi, but Xiang Yun rejected it: "Don't mess around. The chaos in Nanyi now is not good for the governor. The stability of Nanyi can better demonstrate the majesty of the governor."
Of course the Grand Governor was talking about Li Mingyu. Li Mingyu was a baby Jiedushi, and now the world was in a fuss about it. Before the people of the world got familiar with and accepted the fact that the baby Jiedushi was known, it would be best for Jiannan Road to be stable.
Of course Li Min also knew this truth and curled his lips: "Xiang Yun is too honest."
The honest Xiang Yun comforted Nan Yi very well. Although it was not a big deal, he still did it seriously and did it so well that everyone forgot about Nan Yi.
Why did Xiang Yun suddenly come without any request or news?
Xiang Yun is not someone who would do such a thing. He must have something extremely important.
Yan Mao stood up to greet him, and Xiang Yun walked in quickly, dressed in wind and frost: "We have captured the orphan of the Heijing family. He is the eldest grandson of Heisei Zhou."
The Ping clan is a large tribe of Yi people, and they were the ones who led the previous rebellion. After the rebellion was suppressed, the Ping clan was executed by the whole clan, but one descendant of the Ping family escaped.
This fish that slipped through the net can no longer stir up trouble. Yan Mao looked coldly: "The Ping clan has been executed together, and there are no orphans left."
They had already reached a consensus on this kind of thing, so Xiang Yun didn't have to make a trip for it.
Li Min smiled and said: "Master Xiang is still running and sneaking here. This orphan of the Ping family will be very dignified if he dies."
There was a smile on his face, and his eyebrows were slightly frowned.
A person doesn't know until he leaves a certain place in Jiannan Road. It has nothing to do with whether the person coming is an enemy or a friend. This matter itself is very dangerous.
Is there a problem with any link? He should check it out.
Xiang Yun answered his question: "I got a piece of news from the eldest grandson of the Ping family."
So it wasn't the orphan of the Ping family who made him sneak up at night like this.
Yan Mao and Li Min both looked at Xiang Yun: "What news?"
Xiang Yun said: "The Ping clan's rebellion is related to Ankang Mountain."