Happy Little Scholar

"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, his hair stood on end.

"The Chen family was once prominent and ranked among the princes of the country. Mr. Chen, you also worship Shi Zhong, with unlimited glory and a bright future..." Li Yi shook his head and sighed: "Now you can only clean the courtyard with a broom. You Have you ever thought about..."

"Of course I have thought about it." Chen Chong glanced at him and said, "This is all because of you."

"ah?"

"The reason why the Chen family is in this state, and the reason why I am sweeping the courtyard with a broom, is all your fault."

Li Yi picked up the tea cup and put it down again, thought for a while, and said: "I'm not talking about anyone's fault, I'm talking about... Are you really willing to be reduced from being a servant to cleaning the courtyard? "

"Willingly."

Chen Chong poured a cup of hot tea for Miss Chen San and said calmly: "As you get 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, cleaning the courtyard is better. Be more relaxed."

If you don’t want to make progress, you simply don’t want to make progress!

After all, he came from the Duke's palace and sat in one of the most sought-after positions in the court. At his age, it was also the time when his official career was most accessible, his future was brightest, and he should be most ambitious. Dong Wenyun has already reached the position of prime minister at his age, but he only wants to clean the courtyard? Just want some leisure time?

Fallen!

"Although life is always full of ups and downs, we can't forget the hard work. The old man is struggling but aims for a thousand miles. The martyrs are ambitious in their old age. Jiang Ziya became the prime minister when he was eighty years old. Sun Wukong went to the west to learn Buddhist scriptures when he was five hundred years old. Bai Suzhen did not go down the mountain until he was one thousand years old. fall in love……"

Li Yi shook his head and said: "Mr. Chen, you have just turned forty and 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. No Do you know if you are interested?"

Although he is given a lot of power and can directly participate in national affairs, his official position is not high, only the fifth rank. The governor of Shuzhou has an official rank below the fourth rank, which is three levels higher than him. When the state is promoted to Shangzhou, the official rank is not high enough.

"Not interested." Chen Chong shook his head, expressionless, and walked towards the yard with a broom in hand.

Li Yi stood up and said, "Think about it..."

"I won't consider it." Chen Chong said firmly.

"Just think of it as helping me..."

"No, I prefer sweeping the yard to being the governor."

"We are all friends, please give me some face..."

"His Royal Highness King Jing still needs others to give him face?"

…

This was a very unintentional statement. When Li Yi mentioned this matter just now, he clearly saw the twinkling light in Chen Chong's eyes.

How could a person who had been famous all his life, a person who controlled everything in the court, degenerate to like sweeping the yard?

Chen Chong is undoubtedly the most suitable person for this position. He has the ability and qualifications. His only shortcoming is that he has made serious political mistakes. But that doesn't matter. He is a dignified king, broad-minded and magnanimous. How can he even do this? There is no room for people?

The problem is that Chen Guizhong doesn't seem to give much face.

Li Yi looked at him and asked: "Let me ask one last question, do you want to be the governor?"

"Don't do it!"

Chen Chong turned around with a sarcastic smile on his face, so what about King Jing, King Jing also begged for him sometimes...

Li Yi shook his head and said calmly: "Then don't blame me for being rude."

Chen Chong dismissed this. He didn't want to be the governor, so how could he suppress him?

Li Yi ignored Chen Chong, turned around, looked at Miss Chen San, and said, "Mother..."

Miss Chen San smiled and nodded, looked up at Chen Chong, and said softly: "Second brother..."

…

"Master Chen, Governor Chen, I will go back and issue an order, and you will be able to take office tomorrow."

Regarding the issue of Shuzhou, Li Xuan gave him a lot of freedom, including the appointment and dismissal of local officials from the provincial governor to the local officials. He did not need to go through the procedures of the official department. He looked at the broom in Chen Chong's hand and said: "Of course, if you like sweeping floors, you can continue this hobby after becoming the governor. No one will stop you..."

"See you later!" Li Yi waved to him again and walked out of the yard.

Chen Chong dropped the broom, walked to sit down next to Miss Chen San, poured himself a cup of tea, drank it down, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Miaoyu, you are too spoiled to him..."

Miss Chen San smiled and said, "If I didn't speak, how could the second brother find the steps?"

Chen Chong's old face turned red, "Miaoyu, what do you mean by this?"

"It's not interesting. I will take office tomorrow. Second brother should prepare for it..." She smiled and stood up and said, "I'm going to see my precious grandson. The Li family is still not prosperous. If It would be great if Ruoqing and Zuimo could add two more people to their family sometime..."

She quickly walked out of the yard, leaving Chen Chong sitting there with his face alternately red and white.

…

In just half a month, the banditry in Shuzhou was fundamentally controlled.

If you say something like this, not to mention that others don't believe it, even the local people in Shuzhou don't believe it.

Shuzhou has been plagued by bandits for decades. The previous governor, the previous governor, the previous governor, and the previous governor, even the worthless King of Shu, symbolically dealt with it twice.

But for decades, no matter how the government acted or what measures it took, it was only a temporary success with little effect, far from the effect of His Royal Highness King Jing's suppression of bandits.

His Royal Highness King Jing has ordered that all losses of property suffered by the people due to bandits and robbers shall be paid in advance by the local government.

Everyone knows that the government office is a den of thieves these days. With this one order alone, half of the banditry in Shuzhou has been eliminated.

Of course, there are also those who take advantage of the opportunity to extort money. A few people with ill intentions took the opportunity to falsely report losses to the government. After being found out, they were severely beaten with dozens of boards and were unanimously despised by the people. Such things rarely happen again.

The situation in Shuzhou has really changed a lot recently.

In the past, in Shuzhou, not to mention walking at night, even walking on the official road in broad daylight, there was a risk of encountering bandits and robbers.

In Shuzhou today, bandits walking on the mountain road have to worry about whether there are soldiers ambushing in the bushes next to them. When they see pedestrians traveling alone, they have to think carefully about whether this is a bait thrown by the government, or a martial arts master who uses himself as bait and waits for them to fall into the trap...

For a time, the bandits and robbers roaming in Shuzhou were panicked and everyone was in danger...

This life is almost unbearable...

Ji County, a mountain stronghold somewhere.

A thin man rushed into a room and said to the one-eyed man sitting in a panic: "Brother, it's bad, we are surrounded!"

"What!" The one-eyed man immediately stood up and said angrily: "We haven't opened for several months. The government is full and bored, so they come to trouble us?"

The thin man panted and said: "No, it's not the government!"

"Not the government?" The one-eyed man sat down again and asked: "Is it Wang Ermaizi or Li Ergouzi who came to grab our territory? Are these two bastards so bold?"

The thin man patted his chest and said: "No, it's not..."

The one-eyed man He slammed the table and said angrily: "It's not this, it's not that, who is coming, tell me all at 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, and quickly fell back, asking: "You, what did you say?"

The thin man said sadly: "Brother, those bald heads are here again!"

At this time, outside the mountain village, dozens of people blocked the door, and a strong bald man held a cone-shaped paper tube in his hand and shouted loudly inside: "Listen, people inside, you have been surrounded, put down your weapons, surrender immediately, don't resist, and strive for leniency..."