"What power?"
Chen Chong looked at him with a broom in his hand. For some reason, when he saw the kind smile on his face, he couldn't help but shudder.
"The Chen family used to be prominent and ranked among the princes of the state. Mr. Chen, you are also an official worshiper. The scenery is boundless and the future is bright..." Li Yi shook his head, sighed and said: "Now I can only clean the courtyard with a broom, what do you have to do?" never thought about… "
"Of course I have thought about it." Chen Chong glanced at him and said, "It's all because of you."
"ah?"
"The reason why the Chen family fell to this point, and the reason why I sweep the courtyard with a broom, is all because of you."
Li Yi picked up the teacup and put it down again, thought for a while, and said, "I'm not talking about who is not because of who, I mean..., are you really willing to go from the affairs of the dynasty to cleaning the courtyard?"
"Willing."
Chen Chong poured a cup of hot tea for Ms. Chen San, and said calmly: "As long as you are older, as long as you live a stable life, it doesn't matter whether you are doing things or cleaning the courtyard. In my opinion, it is better to clean the courtyard." Take it easy."
If you don't think about making progress, you simply don't think about making progress!
At any rate, he also came from the Duke's Mansion, and once sat in one of the most sought-after positions in the court. At his age, it is also the time when his official career is the most proficient, the future is the brightest, and he should have the most ambitious and great ambitions. Dong Wenyun has already achieved the position of prime minister at his age, but he only wants to clean the courtyard? Just want to relax
Fall!
"Although life is always ups and downs, but we must not forget to work hard. The old man is standing still, with aspirations for thousands of miles. The martyr is old, and his ambition is endless. Jiang Ziya is the prime minister at the age of eighty, Sun Wukong is five hundred years old. fall in love… "
Li Yi shook his head and said, "Master Chen, you have just passed forty, and you 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. Do you know if you are interested?"
Although he has a lot of power in the matter and can directly participate in major national affairs, his official position is not high. When the state is promoted to Shangzhou, the official rank, but I don't know how high it is.
"Not interested." Chen Chong shook his head, expressionless, and walked towards the yard with a broom.
Li Yi stood up and said, "Think about it..."
"Don't think about it." Chen Chong was decisive.
"Just do me a favor..."
"No, I prefer sweeping the yard to being an assassin."
"We're all friends, let's save face..."
"His Royal Highness King Jing still needs others to give face?"
…
This was a remark against his will. When Li Yi mentioned this matter just now, he clearly saw the light flickering in Chen Chong's eyes.
How could a person who had been in glory all his life, a person who called the wind and rain in the court, degenerate to like sweeping the yard
Chen Chong is undoubtedly the most suitable person for this position. He has ability and qualifications. The only shortcoming is that he has made serious political mistakes. No room for people
The problem is that Chen Ji doesn't seem to give much face to the matter.
Li Yi looked at him and asked, "Let me ask one last thing, do you want to be the governor?"
"Don't do it!"
Chen Chong turned his head back, with a sarcastic smile on his face, so what about King Jing, King Jing sometimes begs himself...
Li Yi shook his head, and said lightly: "Then don't blame me for being rude."
Chen Chong dismissed this, he didn't want to be the governor, so could he still suppress himself
Li Yi ignored Chen Chong, turned around, looked at Miss Chen San, and said, "Mother..."
Miss Chen San nodded with a smile, looked up at Chen Chong, and said softly: "Second Brother..."
…
"Master Chen, Inspector Chen, I will go back and make an order, and you will be able to take office tomorrow."
On the issue of Shuzhou, Li Xuan gave him a lot of freedom, including the appointment and dismissal of local officials. He did not need to go through the procedures of the Ministry of Officials. He looked at the broom in Chen Chong's hand and said: "Of course, if you like sweeping the floor, you can continue to do so after becoming the governor. No one will stop you..."
"See you!" Li Yi waved to him again and walked out of the yard.
Chen Chong dropped the broom, walked to Miss Chen San and sat down, poured himself a cup of tea, poured it down, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Miaoyu, you are too used to him..."
Miss Chen San smiled and said, "If I don't open my mouth, how can Second Brother find the way down the steps?"
Chen Chong blushed, "Miaoyu, you, what do you mean by that?"
"It's nothing interesting. I'm going to take office tomorrow. Second brother, let's prepare..." She smiled and stood up, and said, "I'm going to see my precious grandson. The Li family is still not busy. It would be great if Qing and Zui Mo could add two more people to the family..."
She quickly walked out of the courtyard, only Chen Chong was sitting there, his face alternately red and white.
…
In just half a month, the banditry in Shuzhou was fundamentally brought under control.
When this kind of thing is said, let alone others don't believe it, even the local people in Shuzhou don't believe it.
There has been banditry in Shuzhou for decades. The previous governor had ruled it, the previous governor had ruled it, and the previous governor had ruled it. Even the king of Shu, who was not a thing, had been ruled twice symbolically.
But for decades, no matter what actions the government took or what measures it took, it was only a short-term success, and the effect was very small, far from being comparable to the effect of His Royal Highness King Jing's suppression of bandits.
His Royal Highness King Jing has an order that all people who suffer property losses due to bandits and robbers will be paid in advance by the local government.
Everyone knows that the yamen is a den of thieves these days, and with this alone, half of the banditry in Shuzhou has been wiped out.
Of course, there are also those who took the opportunity to beat the autumn wind. Very few people with unruly intentions took the opportunity to lie and report losses to the government. After being found out, they beat dozens of boards severely and were unanimously cast aside by the people. up.
The situation in Shuzhou has really changed a lot recently.
In the past in Shuzhou, not to mention walking at night, even walking on official roads in broad daylight was in danger of encountering bandits and bandits.
In Shuzhou now, bandits are walking on the mountain roads, and they still have to worry about whether there are officers and soldiers ambushing in the nearby bushes. When they see pedestrians traveling alone, they have to think carefully whether this is a bait thrown by the government, or someone else. A hero with unrivaled martial arts, using himself as a bait, just waiting for them to throw themselves into the trap...
For a while, the bandits and bandits running around in Shuzhou were panicked, and everyone was in danger...
These days are almost unbearable...
Ji County, a cottage somewhere.
A thin man rushed into a room, and said to the one-eyed man sitting in panic, "Brother, it's not good, we are surrounded!"
"What!" The one-eyed man stood up immediately, and said angrily, "We haven't opened for several months. The government is full and full. Come here to trouble us?"
The thin man said out of breath, "No, not the government!"
"Isn't it the government?" The one-eyed man sat down again and asked, "Was it Wang Ermazi or Li Ergouzi who came to grab our territory, these two bastards, did they eat the heart of a bear and the guts of a leopard?"
The thin man patted his chest and said, "Yeah, it's not..."
The one-eyed man patted the table violently, and said angrily: "This is not true, and that is not true. Who is here? Let's finish it 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, fell back quickly, and asked, "You, what did you say?"
The thin man said sadly: "Brother, those bald heads are here again!"
At this time, outside the cottage, dozens of people blocked the door, and a strong bald man held a cone-shaped paper tube in his hand and shouted inside: "Listen up, people inside, you are surrounded, put down!" arms, surrender immediately, do not resist, seek clemency..."