The function here is too powerful, isn’t it? Is it still over?
Of course, Shen Wuhua didn't use any force. He wanted to save face for His Majesty the Emperor. There were so many people watching from behind.
Li Xingchen was not angry, and put his arms around her slender waist softly.
He had to admit that youth was good after all. Shen Wuhua, who was only twenty-four or five years old, recovered quickly after giving birth. Of course, the ladies who came out of this era also had strong self-control ability. .
Li Xingchen is not a villain who always wants revenge, but today's revenge must be avenged tonight.
Shen Wuhua didn't notice the flash of smile in His Majesty's eyes. She leaned on his shoulder, the wind blowing her hair.
With this beautiful scenery of lakes and mountains, I really want to live in seclusion here with my beloved until the end of our lives.
It's a pity that this is unrealistic. Not only him, but also himself has an unshirkable responsibility now and cannot just let go.
Shen Wuhua was very pleased to think that those children living on the streets could go to school and even take exams with their peers and become officials of the Han Dynasty.
And Li Xingchen lowered his head slightly and looked at her with a smile on her face, and he felt happy in his heart.
From the depressed and resentful woman in the cold palace to the open-minded person she is now, Li Xingchen has no way of saying who changed Shen Wuhua. He can only say that he has done some work, and what really changed her should be this era that is moving forward.
Even I am just following the trend and doing my duty.
There were already ships coming to greet them on the horizon in front of them. Wu County officials did not dare to let His Majesty wait until outside the city gate to greet them. According to etiquette and law, they needed to greet the ships at the border of the state capital, and the border between Wu County and Jinling County was on Taihu Lake.
"Xu Chang, the governor of Wu County, welcomes your Majesty!" A young man neatly jumped onto Li Xingchen's dragon boat along the pedals.
"I haven't seen you in years, how thin you are!" Li Xingchen smiled and helped him up, but Shen Wuhua had already wisely avoided it.
Li Xingchen's former secretary-supervisor, now the prefect of Wu County, said seriously: "Your Majesty, I am aware of my responsibilities when I am in office, and I never dare to take it lightly."
Xu Chang's name is the Xu family, but he is from the Xu family in Anlu, not the Xu family in Wu County. He is not related to the Jiangnan gentry in Wu County, so he will naturally show no mercy when he governs Wu County.
Within two years, Wujun not only became one of the most important food suppliers for the Han Dynasty, but the scene where aristocratic families once ran rampant no longer existed. The scattered mountains and rivers around Wujun that had been divided by aristocratic families had all been nationalized. Otherwise, it would be impossible to organize such efficient farming.
Looking at Xu Chang's dark and thin appearance, one can tell that he probably spent most of his time in the fields in the past two years.
Farming is not just about having enough time, not to mention that big men never have much time.
"I originally thought I loved Qing as the prefect of Wu County because I wanted to gild the Qing family," Li Xingchen took Xu Chang's hand and said happily, "I just found out today that you can blow all the sand to gold. The Qing family itself, that is, It’s real gold.”
"I'm terrified!" Xu Chang didn't expect that Li Xinchen would give him such a high evaluation. He immediately got excited and a surge of motivation seemed to rush to his head, making him want to show his heart to Li Xinchen.
"Come, let's go into the cabin. I want to hear about today's Wu County and today's Jiangnan." Li Xingchen walked straight to the cabin.
Qin Sizu, who was following Li Xinchen, looked at Xu Chang with an envious expression. He wondered when he could become such a powerful man?
However, this also made Qin Sizu muster up his fighting spirit. His predecessor Xu Chang had made well-known political achievements in Wu County, and his promotion was inevitable. And his former predecessor Huang Qi, who is now also the prefect of Huayin, followed Xiao Shilian in Guanzhong
The front line is also the backbone of the ministers.
As long as you work hard, you will definitely have such opportunities in the future.
Passing by Qin Sizu, Xu Chang gave him an encouraging look.
Qin Sizu nodded solemnly.
Because they, who were from the Secretariat Prison, have the same background and the same painful experience of being trained by His Majesty, it is naturally easier for them to find common topics, and they will naturally support each other in the officialdom.
Li Xingchen paused and turned his head slightly. He felt the silent eye contact between the two people behind him. It is reasonable for officials to form cliques in the officialdom. Even if they form cliques, it is not officialdom, and these themselves
It is reasonable for the ministers who are going out to look after each other.
What they have in common is that they have all been inspired by themselves, and they are out-and-out close ministers of the emperor. They will naturally tend to stand with the emperor ideologically, which is not a bad thing for the royal family.
"Wu County is no longer the original Wu County." Qin Sizu whispered beside Li Xingchen, "According to the statistics at the beginning of the year, there were twenty aristocratic families in Wu County that could be called wealthy families, and other families from poor families and above were also included.
There are about thirty families, and now the only big families in Wu County are the Xu family, the Gu family, and only three or four families, and the families from poor families and above have disappeared."
After a pause, Qin Sizu continued: "Instead, there are a large number of shops and places of sensuality. After the canal and Jiangnan Avenue were opened, the goods transferred from Kuaiji and even further by sea, as well as the grain from Jiangnan, all gathered.
In Wu County, it was transferred to the north through here, so it naturally became a gathering place for merchants and scholars."
As the carriage passed through the street, Li Xingchen slightly raised the curtain and looked at the scene on the street.
He has never been to Wu County in this life, but fortunately he has been to Suzhou in his last life. This city, which has not changed its location for 2,500 years, seems to have frozen in time, especially when seeing the towering tower in the center of the city.
The Baoen Temple Pagoda and the lively street scene made Li Xingchen feel filled with emotions.
The rows of pavilions and shops on both sides of the street, as well as the vehicles and ships coming and going, undoubtedly corroborate Qin Sizu's words.
This historically important commercial and trade town in the south of the Yangtze River was only fully formed during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It appeared thousands of years earlier in this time and space.
As you can imagine, Wujun is just a representative along the long stretch of the Grand Canal. Kuaiji to the south, Jingkou and Guangling to the north all have such prosperous scenery.
After so many generations of hard work, Jiangnan has finally recovered from the devastation caused by the Hou Jing Rebellion and has unleashed its huge potential.
After entering Wu County, the first thing Li Xinchen visited was not the government office of Wu County, but the granary. Food was the top priority of his trip to Jiangnan this time.
The huge granary is located in the south of the city, close to the Xu River outside the city, which facilitates the transportation of grain through the canal.
When the door of the granary opened and he looked at the mountains of rice, which were as white as snow, Li Xingchen suddenly knew a feeling called happiness.