Great Blue Night Watchman

King Lu Yang is the brother of His Majesty, and naturally he is also the brother of the late Emperor.

When the late emperor came to the throne, he was named King of Luyang.

His fiefdom at that time did not have Yanghu, but only Lushan and Yangjiang. After he arrived, he reported to His Majesty the late emperor that the river below was affected by disasters every year. Since he was fiefdomed here, he should benefit the people and requested the imperial court to allocate special funds to build the fiefdom. A flood control dam, His Majesty the late Emperor issued an imperial edict to commend it, and he donated a million taels of silver to rectify the disaster.

What did King Lu Yang do?

He hired a spiritual master at a high price to move mountains and turn them into dams with one sword.

This incident alarmed His Majesty at the time, but His Majesty just laughed it off.

After all, using migrant workers to build a dam is essentially the same as asking a spiritual master to move mountains with his sword, and no one is pursuing this matter.

During the reign of the late emperor, Yanghu Lake really brought blessings to the local people.

There is no such thing as a choke or water bill.

But after the death of the late emperor, King Lu Yang changed his face. His majesty turned a blind eye to this, which led to the current situation...

Lin Su's heart was filled with waves...

There is a saying that goes well, things in the world often have their roots in the court.

King Lu Yang caused trouble to Nanshan Mansion, and the root cause was the royal family.

He dared to do such nonsense, and he must have been one of the contributors to His Majesty's seizure of the throne. As a prince, he helped His Majesty ascend the throne, and His Majesty reciprocated his kindness and acquiesced in his misbehavior.

Your Majesty has done too many such things.

Ohsumi helped him seize the throne, and he tacitly allowed Ohsumi to occupy the four towns. No, I'm afraid it wasn't tacit approval on Ohsumi's part, but an explicit promise!

Ding Jiye made suggestions for him to seize the throne, and he tacitly allowed Ding Jiye to enclose land in Sanping County, and his family would monopolize 40% of it!

King Lu Yang probably helped him, so he acquiesced in King Lu Yang's collection of water bills, which stuck Nanshan Mansion's neck for nearly ten years!

"Your Excellency is watching Yang Lake today. I must have used some brains." He Xingong said: "But please forgive me for speaking inappropriately. King Luyang's tree has deep roots and he has the support of the prince behind him. Your Excellency wants to deal with him. almost impossible."

"Almost impossible? Isn't there still a chance?" Lin Su laughed: "Sir He, it is quite rare for you to have such confidence in me!"

He Xingong's expression was very complicated. Do I have confidence in you?

To be honest, it’s not okay at all?

That was just a polite word from me...

The two of them took off into the air and went to Qingtian County.

In a moment, we entered a small village.

This small village, with hundreds of households, has an antique and original appearance.

Fields surround the perimeter, thatched huts are built into the hillside, and chickens crow and dogs bark, which is quite peaceful.

When asked about Cao Li, the villagers were very enthusiastic, and several old people took the initiative to take them there.

Along the way, they also enthusiastically introduced Magistrate Cao to the two literati - the former magistrate (Lin Su and He Xingong did not wear official uniforms, only ordinary scribes' clothes. Even ordinary literati were still in the eyes of the villagers. Big shot).

In their mouths, it was a different Cao Li.

What they emphasized was that the Cao Daru who came from their village had a noble character, did not collude with the government, had a dark officialdom, resigned from office and retired to the countryside, and was a famous person in the world.

In their dictionary, celebrities in the world are actually very simple. They have no greed, no evil deeds, and do not bully the people. They are celebrities in the eyes of the people and deserve to be respected.

It was always a matter of character over and over again, and Lin Su would naturally interpret it differently.

These villagers listed his deeds, and they all stopped at the moment when he resigned, or the time when he was the prefect. They didn't mention anything about what happened after he resigned and went into seclusion.

The villagers did not mention this, and there was only one explanation: he did nothing after he retired to seclusion.

He has no talents except being an official and learning.

Now that he has lost his official position, and no one has asked him about his knowledge, he really means nothing.

There is a hillside in front, a small courtyard, and a hut, which is close to the mountain at the back and close to the mountain spring. It is very elegant. This may be the difference between this great scholar and ordinary villagers.

"Madam, is Mr. Cao here?" The old man who was traveling with him raised his neck and shouted upwards.

This formal tone made Lin Su uncomfortable.

An old woman above stuck her head out from the fence: "Who is it... ah, congratulations... congratulations!"

Her voice suddenly rose, obviously surprised.

She was the former wife of the prefect, and she had naturally met the high-ranking officials in the prefect's office several times. He Xingong was one of the people she was most familiar with, because He Xingong was originally the prefect's most trusted subordinate.

When her husband resigned and went into seclusion, there were only seven or eight people in the entire Nanshan officialdom to send him off, and the leader among them was He Xingong.

Therefore, in the eyes of the former magistrate's wife, as long as He Xingong comes here, he will be a distinguished guest.

She personally welcomed her out, and she also brought a girl who was about fourteen or fifteen years old. The two of them ran downhill in coarse clothes, and they had to kneel down...

He Xingong quickly waved his hand and stopped it with his mighty literary power: "Old madam, I regard Mr. Cao as my official mentor, and you are my master's wife. Don't be too polite. Xin Gong pays his respects to his master!"

In turn, he bowed first.

The old woman's eyes suddenly became hot: "Master He is so polite, how can I bear it? This..."

Her eyes moved to Lin Su.

"This is the new Nanshan Magistrate, Mr. Lin!"

When He Xingong introduced him like this, everyone was stunned...

For such a young scribe, everyone always thought he was a disciple or follower of He Xingong, but they didn't expect that he turned out to be the newly appointed prefect.

Boo! For a moment, the villagers behind Lin Su knelt on the ground.

"Master Prefect!"

"Master Prefect!"

"I have met the prefect..." The old lady immediately bowed down, but Lin Su also stretched out her hand, and she still could not bow down.

Lin Su raised his eyes: "Madam, please do not be too polite, and fellow villagers, please do not be too polite. I, Lin Su, admire Mr. Cao's official character and character, and I am here today to pay my respects in a private capacity."

As soon as these words came out, an old man lying on his side on the stone in the courtyard above suddenly opened his eyes.

Lin Su walked into the small courtyard and saw Cao Li.

Cao Li, about half a hundred years old, wearing a long coat of coarse cloth with white beard and hair, stood under the acacia tree in the courtyard.

Lin Su took three steps forward, and Cao Li also took three steps.

"Cao Li, Tianyuan Kuchiki, has met the prefect!"

"Haining Linsu, I have met Mr. Cao!"

"But the first grandmaster of Qinglian and the champion of Da Cang, Lang Linsu?"

"Don't dare! It's me!"

Cao Li's eyes flashed: "When I left office, I also thought about who would come to take over this mess in Nanshan. I never thought that it would be Mr. Lin who would come."

"You probably wouldn't have thought that the new prefect would come to ask you to come out on the second day after he takes office!"

When Lin Su said this, not only Cao Li, not Cao Li's wife and daughter, even He Xingong was shocked.

At the beginning of the trip, Lin Su only said that he was visiting Cao Li, but he never said that he would ask Cao Li to come out!

In his understanding, there is no way that Cao Li would come out of the mountain.

How could he take up other positions in the prefecture again if he just quits when the prefect says he doesn't want to do it?

Once he comes out, the wave of literary dividends brought by his resignation (being indifferent to fame and fortune is an excellent literary name, and literary names are dividends for literary people) will immediately turn into a joke.

Everyone in the literary world or the political world would laugh to death. Don’t you, Cao Li, claim to be indifferent to fame and fortune? After a few months of poverty at home, you can no longer live in poverty? Are you begging for a new prefect and looking for another job?

In this case, if you really don’t need money to buy it, how can he, a noble scholar, afford it?

Cao Li's expression immediately changed: "Why did Mr. Lin say this? How can I come out of the mountain again if I have retired to the countryside?"

Lin Su smiled faintly: "Mr. Cao, when you retired to your countryside, didn't you leave behind a famous saying that shocked the world? Do you still remember how you said it?"

There was a black air on Cao Li's face. As the saying goes, "expose people but don't expose shortcomings." You know that my famous saying has become a joke. No one dares to come to me to learn from me, but you just mention it to my face. What do you mean?

"You want to devote your life's study to teaching the disciples of Nanshan, and in the future you will step into the officialdom and quell the chaos in Nanshan!" Lin Su said: "But by now, you should also understand that your grand plan will always be a mirror of the mirror!"

Cao Li's face suddenly darkened: "Master Magistrate came here today just to laugh at the old man?"

The voice was deep and depressing.

The hand of the girl who had just crossed the threshold with tea trembled suddenly, and the tea almost spilled over.

Lin Sudao: "How dare you! I'm here today just to tell Mr. Cao that you don't have to wait for the children of Nanshan to grow up. The great changes in Nanshan have already begun."

Cao Li's eyes were firmly locked on Lin Su, and the air seemed completely frozen: "Has it started?"

"Exactly! Now that Lin Su is appointed as the magistrate of Nanshan, Nanshan will definitely be turned upside down. If Mr. Cao is willing to come out, it will be the icing on the cake for Lin. If Mr. Cao is not willing to come out, it will not change the situation of Nanshan. However, Mr. Cao I will regret missing this wonderful event.”

Cao Li stared at Lin Su: "Nanshan is turned upside down... How can we turn it around?"

"The first step has been completed. Last night, all 48 Nanshan bureaucrats headed by Du Tiangao were dismissed from their posts, and all seven county magistrates were dismissed from their posts!"

Cao Li's whole body was shaken...

Staring at Lin Su, his eyes were full of disbelief...

is this real?

When he was appointed as the prefect, the biggest difficulty was that he was firmly locked in this layer of officialdom. His orders were changed beyond recognition before leaving the prefect's office. People like Du Tiangao controlled Nanshan Prefecture and completely ignored him. It was in their interests. They get things done faster than anyone else, and they won't implement things that are not in their interests. If you push them, they will rebound, which led to him being the prefect for more than two years without achieving anything.

He hated these people, but there was no way he could deal with them.

Because there is Zhizhou Cao Fang behind them! And King Lu Yang was covering them overtly and covertly.

Their black hands are everywhere, in the whole government, in every county, in all lines, their people are in charge. Even in the government office, he always feels the threat of death.

Although he was forced to withdraw from officialdom by hundreds of clan elders, the bigger reason was that he never went well with anything he did in officialdom.

Now, the new prefect told him that as soon as he took office, he stabbed the most sensitive part of the officialdom. No, this was not a knife, this was a direct overthrow of the entire Nanshan officialdom.

"Master Cao, don't doubt it!" He Xingong stepped forward, took the tea from the girl's hand, and sent it to the two adults who looked like fighting cocks. He added: "What Master Lin said is absolutely true. Last night, Nanshan officialdom had It’s a big earthquake!”

Cao Li took a deep breath and slowly stretched his eyes to the sky: "Master Lin's skill and courage are beyond compare to me! What do you want me to do?"

"After an earthquake, the officialdom has been emptied. I don't know who else is available in Nanshan. I would like Mr. Cao to come out and serve as the master to guide me."