Father can be an enemy to the country

Linhuai County is located at the intersection of Hao River and Huai River, so it was named "Haozhou" in the previous dynasty.

In this dynasty, it had a more prominent identity - Imperial Township!

Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was born and raised in this land of great suffering.

Although this place left him with many painful memories, Zhu Yuanzhang never changed his deep attachment to his hometown. He upgraded Haozhou to a prefecture and built the central capital in the south of Fenghuang Mountain, twenty miles away from the prefecture.

Mountains to the south and water to the north are yang, hence the name Fengyang Mansion. Subsequently, the government office moved to Zhongdu City, which was under construction. It also analyzed that Fengyang County was newly established in the four western townships of Linhuai County, which was the same as Fucheng.

The reason why Linhuai County is not moved directly to Zhongdu is because Linhuai shoulders the important task of embankment. If the embankment of this section of the county town collapses, flooding the county town will be a trivial matter. The key point is that the imperial mausoleum will also be flooded.

Therefore, Linhuai County’s top priority is to protect this section of the river embankment...

This job is not easy, because after the Yellow River took over the Huaihe River, the Huaihe River lost its main channel and flooded almost every year. Otherwise, Boss Zhu’s family would not be so miserable.

If it were another county, it would be flooded if it was flooded, and we could still get some funds and get some tax exemptions and so on. But if the imperial tombs of the Ming Dynasty were flooded, all the heads of the government offices from the magistrate downwards would have to be moved.

Therefore, last winter, the new county magistrate Han Yike led the people to build river embankments. Before the first lunar month of the next year, he led people to inspect inch by inch along the river embankment to check for hidden dangers in order to survive the upcoming spring floods safely.

His inspection of the embankment was not just a casual look, because he knew that the surface of the river embankment was generally of the best quality. It’s hard to say what’s inside that’s invisible. The flood is coming, but regardless of your inner and outer layers, if the quality is not up to par, everything will be washed away.

So he ordered his men to drill holes with iron cones at every other section of the embankment to take samples. Then personally check the soil sample taken out, so that it will be clear at a glance whether the surface layer is solidly tamped and the deep layer is empty, or whether the surface layer is made of good soil and the lower layer is made of poor soil.

He was squatting on the embankment, carefully checking the hardness of the soil with a small hammer, when he heard the rapid sound of horse hooves behind him.

The officials around him looked for fame and couldn't help but gasped.

"The county magistrate is a high official!"

"Oh?" Han Yike then raised his head and saw a crimson-robed military attache, surrounded by more than a dozen soldiers riding tall horses, leaving the avenue and coming toward him with great dignity.

These days, military affairs are valued over literature. Civil servants are worse than Sun Tzu in front of the founding heroes. Anyone who does not serve well will be beaten and scolded.

Han Yike is still demoted, so he has to be even more careful. He quickly asked someone to fetch water and wash his face. But the official robes covered with mud and the boots stained with yellow mud were powerless.

After straightening his clothes, he hurried down to the embankment to greet him, only to find that this third-grade official was very young, and he had seen him before.

"Hahaha! Is this the Kuai Kou Censor appointed by the Emperor?" The military attache dismounted gracefully and helped Han Yike up.

"My subordinate is Han Yike. I'd like to pay my respects to Commander Ping." Han Yike smiled bitterly. ‘Kuaikou Censor’ is not a good nickname.

"Oh, do you know me?" The military attache was Ping'an. After his resignation, he came to Fengyang Guard to take up his post.

"On New Year's Day the year before last, I had a glimpse of Commander Ping's style." Han Yike said with a sincere smile: "I've heard that Commander Ping will take up the new Fengyang Guard. I'm sorry for the delay. .”

"You're welcome. We were just passing by. I saw you here from a distance and wanted to get to know the daring Yushi Han!" Ping An said with a hearty smile: "It's enough to go through all the red tape in a formal setting. Let's do it more casually in private. Okay. My name is Brother Han, how about you call me Brother Ping?"

"As ordered." Han Yike responded respectfully, but he didn't believe in the words of peace in his heart.

This river embankment is more than ten miles away from the official road. How can Ping An see himself? He must have come here specially.

But Shangguan didn't speak, so he couldn't ask, so he had to pretend to be confused and accompany Ping An, talking while walking along the river embankment.

Fortunately, warriors don't make so many twists and turns, they all like to go straight to the point.

After walking for a while, Ping An looked back and saw that his own soldiers had blocked the Linhuai County guards at a distance. He put away his smile and said, "Brother Han, I'm coming back to see you for something important."

"Brother Ping, please give me your instructions." Han Yike bowed.

"It's not me who wants to give the order, it's His Majesty who wants to give the order." Ping An lowered his voice.

"Don't kneel!" As he said this, he supported Han Yike, who subconsciously wanted to kneel down to listen.

"The first oral instruction is that this matter can only be known to you and me, and never to a third party." Ping An explained.

"Understood." Han Yike nodded, as if he was all ears.

Ping An told Han Yike that the five highnesses were going to return to their hometowns as immigrants to gain experience. Then he ordered in a deep voice:

"I am responsible for the safety and arrangements of the five Highnesses in their hometown. We must report on the situation of the five Highnesses every day..."

As he spoke, he thrust a pamphlet into Han Yike's hands. "This is a book of secret words. With Master Han's intelligence, he will definitely know how to use it. Someone will bring you a carrier pigeon later, and the flying pigeon can pass the message directly to Ouchi."

"If there is an emergency and a more reliable communication method is needed, this booklet also contains a Ministry of War survey. You can use eight hundred miles to rush it once. But it is only once, so you must use it with caution." Ping An ordered again.

Han Yike nodded. Once the 800-mile expedited trip was made, the noise would be huge. There would definitely be inquiries from Mr. Han in the mansion, and it would be difficult for His Highnesses to continue to hide their identities.

But he still found it ridiculous. "Brother Ping, why do I feel so confused? Why does the emperor want His Highness to be a farmer?"

"The emperor said it was based on his experience before the feudal lordship, where he experienced the hardships of people's livelihood and learned farming." Ping An said, "We ministers don't dare to ask too many questions. We just follow the orders."

"Then it's not a bad thing." Han Yike smiled bitterly and said, "It's just that our relationship is serious."

"That's not the case." Ping An nodded with deep understanding: "That's why I'm here to talk to you in a hurry. We are a martial artist, rough, and we need the wisdom of you scholars."

"Let me think about it." Han Yike thought for a moment, then stopped and said, "First, as Brother Ping said, it must be kept secret. This matter can only be known to you and me. If it is leaked, the consequences will be disastrous."

"Of course." Ping An nodded.

"The Emperor also specifically ordered that His Highnesses should be kept absolutely secret. If they find out that we know their existence, the effect of our experience will be greatly reduced. If I come to live in your Yamen, will you kick me out or stay in?"

"That's all a big trouble." Han Yike smiled bitterly, what the hell is going on?

He then continued: "But we can't let it go. Without the knowledge of your highnesses, it's enough to give them some help so that they can experience the life of common people. We can't make it too difficult for them. Otherwise, in the future, we will... hehe……"

"Yes, yes." Ping An took a breath and said, "It's still your brother Xi, we can't let them suffer too much, otherwise His Highness will hate us."

"I will arrange these things. As for safety, of course Brother Ping is responsible. But I will also pay attention here and ventilate in time if there is any situation."

"Understood." Ping An nodded.

The two discussed it carefully and finalized the contact information and other matters before parting ways.

ps. This is basically the second update, and I will start adding more updates next.