As a large county in Fengzhou, Lulin County has a total of 58 counties. Because of food shortages, the population of each county is about 20,000, which is definitely different from the 200,000 to 300,000 permanent residents in a county in modern times. No comparison.
Among the fifty-eight counties, almost every county has a family driven by the sect. This is why Jiang Beiran said that the sect's influence has almost spread throughout Fengzhou, and there are no people outside the jurisdiction of the sect. .
At noon, the huge hotel was almost filled with visitors from various families, and the four living rooms in the east, west, north, and south were already full of people's voices, because Lu Yinlong invited them to come this time, not coldly asking them to come to the meeting, but It was a party, so many people were with their families, and it was very lively for a while.
"Your Majesty, all the patriarchs on the invitation list have arrived."
After Li Minggao, the head of the Li family, arrived, the middle-aged housekeeper came to the wing room to report to Jiang Beiran.
"understood."
Jiang Beiran nodded, and walked out with two servant girls, Mu Yao and Deng Xianghan.
Before the meeting, he planned to get to know these patriarchs who "dominate one side".
The first one to come is the Chenyou Hall of the West Courtyard.
"The emperor is here~"
The middle-aged butler stood at the door and shouted loudly.
In an instant, the commotion in Chenyou Hall suddenly quieted down, only a few children were still playing around on their own.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty."
The moment Jiang Beiran stepped into the threshold, all the patriarchs saluted together with the family members they brought.
Kneeling is impossible. Many of these family patriarchs are strong in the Xuanshi realm or even the Great Xuanshi realm. Saluting to Jiang Beiran is enough to give Guixinzong face. Of course, if the suzerain personally orders them to kneel, they He would also kneel, but he would definitely record this as a humiliation in his heart.
Nodding his head, Jiang Beiran said, "Welcome all the patriarchs to Cangtao City. It's hard work on the road."
Hearing Jiang Beiran's words, the patriarchs also breathed a sigh of relief. After all, they have heard a lot of rumors about the new emperor. His toughness is one of his characteristics. They were a little worried that the new emperor had just arrived. Just give them a warning, how should they deal with it.
Hard top, who will be the first bird? No, what if the new emperor really treats them like soft persimmons, what should he do
Now seeing that the new emperor's attitude towards them is quite kind, the entanglement in his heart has finally been let go.
Amid waves of compliments, Jiang Beiran slowly walked towards the host.
On the road, I suddenly saw three identical faces sitting there with tense expressions, as if they didn't care about him at all, but the one sitting on the right couldn't help but glance at him from the corner of the eye, and pretended to look at the scenery.
Seeing Jiang Beiran's gaze sweeping towards him, the one sitting in the middle quickly turned the head of the one on the right, and the three of them looked in other directions together.
'Alas~'
Sighing in my heart, it was quite expected that the three sisters of the Yu family would appear here in Jiangbei.
After all, when he went to Tinglan Waterside Pavilion before, he knew from the protector that the five golden flowers had asked for leave together. The reason was that his father was here, so he wanted to visit.
At first, Jiang Beiran was worried that these five would "do nothing" and talk for him, but now seeing how they were trying to avoid suspicion, he felt that they were still worth teaching.
Sitting on the host seat, Jiang Beiran said, "Patriarchs, please sit down."
Facing Jiangbei, all the patriarchs sat down one after another.
Judging from the number of seats, the Yu family is the top seat, just like what was written in the suzerain's list, the towns in the Jiangbei Lingshan area all follow their Yu family's lead.
As a representative of all the families, a middle-aged man from the Yu family stood up and cupped his hands towards Jiang Bei and said, "Your Majesty, Yu Kang'an, I pay my respects to Your Majesty. I admire the policies that Your Majesty has implemented since you ascended the throne. I have been looking for a chance to see the sky." , now I can see that His Majesty is indeed wise and powerful, with an extraordinary bearing."
Hearing Yu Kang'an's flattery, Jiang Beiran naturally knew that his flattery was for the suzerain, because in the eyes of the patriarch, he was the suzerain's spokesperson, after all, it was the suzerain himself who called them over.
But no matter who this flattery is for, it at least means that he, Yu Kang'an, has no intention of provoking trouble, and is absolutely safe.
"It turned out to be Patriarch Yu. I heard about you many times in Chu Baishan, saying that you acted properly. You have contributed a lot to the development of the sect over the years."
"Zhubai Fan is really absurd. If it weren't for the support of the sect, my little family would have been on the streets long ago."
"Patriarch Yu is really humble. I will need your help in many places in the future. I hope that Patriarch Yu will spare no effort."
"This is natural. As a citizen of Sheng Kingdom, it is our honor to serve the Emperor."
'Wow... This is really the first time I see such a brother. '
Although the three sisters of the Yu family knew that their senior brother was by no means just a registered disciple as he appeared on the surface, they still treated him as a peer. Now seeing their father, who is usually very tall, flattering him, let them have a moment I feel that the image of the senior brother is much taller.
But as the brothers and father talked more and more, the attention of the three sisters gradually shifted to other places.
For example, Yu Guishui's gaze now quietly came to Mu Yao.
'There are so many beauties in the palace... Even the maids are so beautiful, so how beautiful are the concubines in the harem? '
Mu Yao soon noticed Yu Guishui's gaze, and looked back a little strangely. When the eyes intertwined, Yu Guishui suddenly felt that Mu Yao looked familiar.
'Well... where have you seen it? '
In doubt, Yu Guishui blinked at Yu Guijuan and Yu Guimiao who were next to him, and asked with his eyes: "Do you think the maid behind senior brother looks familiar?"
The two younger sisters instantly understood what their elder sister meant, and looked at Mu Yao at the same time.
Mu Yao, who was stared at by the three eyes at the same time, also looked back, and at the same time wondered: "What's the matter with these three people, don't listen to the emperor's speech well, why are you looking at me?" '
After looking at Mu Yao for a while, Yu Guijuan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he told the other two with his eyes: "I see, isn't she the same Mu Yao who Yingjie was defeated by Senior Brother Wu?"
"Oh~" Yu Guishui and Yu Guimiao responded at the same time. I also remembered that there is indeed such a number one person.
'Why is she by my brother's side? '
Yu Guishui suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in his chest, and always felt that something was wrong.
While the three sisters of the Yu family were discussing with their eyes why Mu Yao worked as a maid for their senior brother here, Jiang Beiran had already greeted the patriarchs of other families under Yu Kang'an's introduction.
Knowing everyone he should know, Jiang Beiran got up and left, taking Mu Yao and Deng Xianghan out of Chenyou Hall.
Then Jiang Beiran went to the other three living rooms, and met Liu Zijin and Fang Qiuyao as expected, except that Lin Yuyan was not present when he met the head of the Lin family.
Another thing that surprised Jiang Beiran was that, apart from Lin Yuyan's identity, which he still didn't know, the three sisters of the Yu family, Liu Zijin of the Liu family and Fang Qiuyao of the Fang family, were all the daughters of the patriarch.
It wasn't a coincidence that Jiang Beiran was surprised. After all, Tiandao "takes care" of him so much. What's the deal with such a small thing
What surprised him was that these five golden flowers were really just the daughters of the three little patriarchs, so how could they cause prefecture-level options
'Hiss... It seems that these five seem to be more troublesome, but they have nothing to do with me. '
When Jiang Beiran was thinking about the five golden flowers, Mu Yao was also thinking about them. After all, in the first three halls, every time she visited, there was a beautiful woman who looked at her carefully, which made her feel that it should not be a coincidence.
'It's weird...'
When Jiang Bei ran away, Liu Zijin quietly walked out of the Changxin hall and came to the garden.
"Sister, sister?" Liu Zijin bent down and called softly.
"I'm here~" A faint voice came from behind the flower bed.
Liu Zijin hurriedly trotted all the way, looked at the people behind the flower bed and said, "Go back, sister, senior brother has already left."
After hearing this, Liu Qinghan immediately grabbed Liu Zijin and asked, "What are you wearing today, brother?"
"It's still the emperor's robe." Liu Zijin replied.
"Is that so?" Liu Qinghan took out a piece of drawing paper and asked Liu Zijin.
The painting is exactly Jiang Beiran's appearance in the emperor's robe, and the painting is lifelike, looking down on the world.
"Well, that's it. Even Dad wants to please the Emperor when he sees him."
"Look carefully, is there anything wrong with the details?" Liu Qinghan asked, pointing at the painting.
"Well, I don't think there's anything wrong with it. Elder sister, why don't you go and see for yourself later. Senior brother won't find you. Even if you do, I believe senior brother won't be so narrow-minded."
"Senior brother is of course not narrow-minded." Liu Qinghan said while admiring the senior brother on the painting, and couldn't help showing an obsessive smile when he looked at it, "This is my punishment for myself, I will never appear in front of senior brother of."
"Oh...it's all my fault." Liu Zijin sighed.
"You don't need to blame yourself, I am the one who will tell you. If you feel sorry for me, just tell me what details are wrong with this imperial robe."
"Well, let me take a look." Liu Zijin took the painting and looked at it seriously.
After seeing all the patriarchs, the time soon came to Shen Shi. In the huge meeting hall, fifty-two patriarchs took their seats. After sitting down, they immediately found that there were several books with special names besides hot tea on the table. book of.
"Lulin County's Future Three-Year Plan", "Lulin County Land Reform Measures", "Lulin County Economic Planning"
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Yu Kang'an picked up one of the books and opened it. After a while, he frowned and said to the other patriarchs around him, "Now I finally understand what the new emperor asked us to do."
A patriarch who also read a few pages nodded and said: "I heard that the new emperor had conflicts with the Tao family, and it seems that it is because of these."
"This new emperor can't deal with those families outside, so he intends to use the coercion of the suzerain to attack us?"
"Shh, keep your voice down."
"Why are you so quiet? Look at what's written on it, and how we will do this in the future."
"At least the new emperor didn't use the name of the suzerain to directly issue orders to us, and even called us all over, which means that he doesn't intend to be tough."
"Is this a hard question? He..."
"The emperor is here~"
When there was an uproar in the conference hall, the door of the conference hall was opened, and Jiang Beiran walked in slowly.
After coming to the host seat and sitting down, Jiang Beiran looked at the patriarchs in the audience and said with a smile: "Looking at the expressions of everyone, you should have read the plan written by me.
There was silence, these patriarchs had completely lost the enthusiasm they had just greeted, and each of them seemed to be silently protesting the upcoming things.
"Hahaha, it seems that the patriarchs are not very satisfied with my proposal."
"Don't dare, the emperor's words are serious." Liu Sicun, the head of the Liu family sitting in front, spoke first.
Someone took the lead, and other patriarchs also said: "The emperor is serious."
"How about this, I will give you two hours to read these proposals first, and then we can talk about business, how about it?"
Dozens of patriarchs first looked at each other in blank dismay, and then quickly reached a unified answer: "Follow the order."
Listening to the "shua, shua, shua" sound of flipping books in the conference hall, Jiang Beiran suddenly felt like he had turned into an invigilator, and felt the urge to go down and take a look.
Two hours passed quickly, and some of the patriarchs in the conference hall had already "handed in the papers in advance" as if they were outstanding students, sitting in their seats and contemplating something.
The ones that were close were just finished watching it, and haven't even had time to finish it.
Of course, there are quite a few who intend to "hand in blank papers" directly.
These small details let Jiang Beiran know more about these patriarchs. They are of different standards like officials. If necessary, Jiang Beiran will also clean up these patriarchs just like sorting out the government and the opposition.
"Patriarch Yu, you seem to have a question you want to ask me."
When the time came, Jiang Beiran looked at Yu Kang'an who had already finished the plan and asked.
Although Yu Kang'an didn't want to be such an early bird, but since the emperor called him by name, he could only bite the bullet and say: "Your Majesty, I have already read all the proposals you mentioned. It is very exciting and eye-opening." , is indeed worthy of being an ancient Mingjun who can issue those new decrees."
Jiang Beiran didn't listen to any of these compliments, because he knew there must be "just..."
Sure enough, after some flattery, Yu Kang'an hesitated and said, "Is the change too big? If you follow your Majesty's wishes, it will take incalculable manpower and financial resources."
"Don't worry about this, everyone here should know that besides being the emperor, I am also a disciple of Guixinzong, and Lulin County is the foundation of Guixinzong, so I will only bring benefits to everyone, otherwise Lu The suzerain will not agree, right?"
When the patriarch below heard this, he immediately felt that it was right. Since the suzerain summoned them, it meant that the suzerain of these so-called proposals should have read them personally, and their being called meant that the suzerain had agreed to this matter.
Since the suzerain can agree, it means that this matter must be good for their county.
However, they were not completely relieved. After all, what was good for Lulin County did not mean that it was also good for them.