Tibet

The governor of Liangzhou is called Cui Chang, a younger brother of the former Jingzhao Yin Cui Guangyuan. He was born as a Jinshi in the seventh year of Tianbao. He has been the governor of Liangzhou for three years. He just sent away the emperor and officials who came to Liangzhou for refuge. Unexpectedly, another Ushered in Qi Wang Li Ye and his army.

Cui Chang has been informed by the court that King Qi's army will use Liangzhou, Fengzhou and Xingzhou for three years as important logistics areas to attack Longyou.

Although the treaty did not involve the right to appoint and remove officials or taxation, but only the right to station troops, Cui Chang knew very well that things were not that simple. If King Qi was offended, a military discipline issue would make him miserable.

Cui Chang had talked with Liu Yan in detail before. Liu Yan told him clearly that although the Jiedushi Palace was located in Qinzhou, all the civil servants of the Jiedu Palace would temporarily stay in Liangzhou. Cui Chang immediately understood what Liu Yan meant. Dufu is actually located in Liangzhou.

Moreover, the total number of officials, family members and troops in Liangzhou was at least 70,000 to 80,000, which put Cui Chang under great pressure.

When King Qi arrived, Cui Chang personally led the state and county officials to the dock to greet him. Liu Yan introduced Cui Chang to Li Ye with a smile, "Your Highness, this is Cui Shijun, the governor of Liangzhou, and the younger brother of Cui Guangyuan!"

Cui Chang quickly bowed and saluted, "Your Majesty, Cui Chang, comes to see His Highness King Qi!"

Li Ye smiled slightly and said: "We will have to trouble Lord Cui in the future. If you have any difficulties, just tell me and we will solve them together!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Li Ye didn't have much greetings. As King Qi, he needed to maintain a high profile. At this time, his family members got on the carriage, and Li Ye immediately got on the carriage and drove towards the city under the escort of hundreds of soldiers. Leave the matter of dealing with Cui Chang and other local officials to Li Mi and others.

Nanzheng County is located on the north bank of the Han River and the east bank of the Bao River. It happens to be the confluence of the two rivers. It has a population of more than 100,000. It used to be crowded to more than 300,000. They are all people who fled from Guanzhong and Chang'an. Now the refugees are basically They all went back, and Nanzheng County returned to its original population.

Nanzheng County is a large county. The city wall is forty miles in circumference. Outside the city are endless wheat fields. The wheat fields to the west of the city are almost all military fields. The wheat fields to the east of the city are civilian fields. On both sides of the Han River, there are huge irrigation windmills. , taking water into the fields.

In addition, there is a beautiful manor fifteen miles southeast of the county. It is Li Linfu's manor. It is now owned by the Dongfu family, which is Li Dai's family. There is a steward in charge of running the manor.

The climate in Nanzheng County is warm and humid, and the mountains and rivers are extremely spiritual, nourishing the people on both sides of the Han River. The emperor's temporary palace is called Nanzheng Palace. It is an official residence covering an area of ​​30 acres. It is currently listed as Prince Qi's Palace.

Nanzheng Palace looks no different from an ordinary official residence. It is divided into three entrances, and then there is the Staff Courtyard and the Guards Courtyard. The front yard is the functional room and the place where the servants live, the atrium lobby, the reception hall, the dining hall, the living room, etc. wait.

"Ye'er!"

Pei Sanniang called him in the east courtyard. Li Ye smiled at Dugu Xinyue and Yang Yuhuan and said, "You go to the back house first and have a look. I'll be here soon!"

More than a dozen maids, wet nurses and Aunt Mu followed the two ladies to the backyard. Li Ye walked over and met Pei Sanniang who was extremely happy.

"Mom, why are you so happy? Did you find a treasure?" Li Ye joked.

"I found a treasure. Come and take a look soon."

Pei Sanniang's biggest concern was to find a place for Li Tengkong and the others. Of course she cared about Qingyu, who was her daughter-in-law. After spending some time together, she found that she was very kind and filial, and she was simply the daughter-in-law assigned to her by God.

When Li Ye came to the east courtyard, he was also shocked. The east courtyard was actually a Taoist temple. It should be a newly built Taoist temple, covering an area of ​​about four to five acres.

"There seems to be a brand!"

Li Ye walked to the front and looked at the top of a main hall. There was indeed a big sign hanging on it, which was the name "Sanqing Palace" written by Emperor Li Heng.

“All the imperial palaces of the Tang Dynasty had Taoist temples!”

Dugu Xinyue came over and smiled and said: "On the way, I was thinking that there should be a Taoist temple in Nanzheng Palace. This is actually the place where the Li family's ancestor tablets are enshrined in the palace, but I thought it might be in a hurry and there was no time to build it. I didn't expect that there really was a Taoist temple. .”

When it came to enshrining the ancestral tablets, Li Ye finally understood why there were Taoist temples. The Li family regarded Lao Tzu and Li Er as their ancestors.

Li Ye looked at the incense-ash copper tripod in front of him again. It was very clean inside and said with a smile: "It has not been used after repairing it!"

Pei Sanniang said quickly: "Ah Ye, let the female guard live in the west courtyard!"

Li Ye nodded, "Yes, Aunt Gongsun and her disciples can also live in the West Courtyard."

"Then I'll go find Auntie You."

"Do you know where they are?"

Pei Sanniang nodded, "I know, they went to Liu'an Temple. I am familiar with Nanzheng County. Liu'an Temple is too small for them to live there."

Pei Sanniang got into the carriage and hurried away.

Li Ye then followed his wife to the back house, and he was immediately shocked. The back house was centered on a five-acre lake, with twelve small courtyards built around the lake. Each small courtyard occupied an area of ​​about One acre, with the main courtyard in the middle, covering an area of ​​three acres, consisting of a two-story building and an attic.

Each small courtyard is beautifully built and has its own style. All small courtyards are connected by a long corridor with eaves.

This was completely tailor-made for the emperor Li Heng and his concubines. Each concubine lived in a small courtyard, and Li Heng lived in the main courtyard, but so many courtyards were a bit too much for Li Ye.

Dugu Xinyue smiled and said, "We have a lot of things. If you can't accommodate people, just put things there! In fact, the female guards can also live in."

There are twelve female guards in Li Ye's house, who are divided into three shifts to protect Li Ye's family day and night. They were originally allowed to live in the west courtyard, but they can also live in the inner house.

Li Ye nodded, "Let's live here temporarily! When I take over Zhangye, we will move to Zhangye and build a real palace there."

The matters in the inner house were naturally arranged by Dugu Xinyue. Li Ye went to the Marshal's Mansion of the Hou Army. This was the original temporary court. Hundreds of officials crowded into an official office covering an area of ​​20 acres. Now it was changed to the Hou Army. Marshal's Mansion, in charge of logistics.

The government office that is said to be a logistics office is actually the Jiedu Mansion in Longyou, Hexi Province, but another Jiedu Mansion has to be set up in Qinzhou, and the court can also explain it.

Liu Yan, who came earlier, had already arranged the official office, and Li Ye's official room was also set up. In the innermost part of the official office, there was a small courtyard covering an area of ​​one acre. There was a small courtyard with military rooms on the left and right, the main official room, the staff room, etc.

Li Ye had two scribes join the army, one was Ji Guangchen's eldest son Ji Shouchun, and the other was recommended to him by his cousin Li Xun. Wen Jingnian, the chief registrar of Nanzheng County, was the great-great-grandson of Wen Daya, a famous official in the Tang Dynasty, and had the same discipline as Li Xun's Ming Jing. He has a very good relationship with Li Xun.

Two reporters joined the army, Ji Shouchun was in charge of the army, and Wen Jingnian was in charge of politics. Their duty was to sort out documents, prioritize them, and submit the most important and urgent ones to Li Ye in a timely manner.

In addition, he is also responsible for drafting various documents for Li Ye.

The two reporters who joined the army are both in their twenties, Ji Shouchun is twenty-five years old this year, and Wen Jingnian is twenty-seven years old. Both of them are smart and capable, with outstanding literary talent and good character.

In the official room, Li Ye met with his first subordinate, Li Bai. Li Bai followed Zhang Ping back to Xiangyang and happened to encounter the Great Migration. Of course, Li Bai was talented, but because of his proud character, he repeatedly offended people. For more than twenty years, It was a very unsatisfactory life. Now I am fifty years old and still have achieved nothing.

"This is a humble post, Your Highness!"

Li Ye smiled and asked Li Bai to sit down and said to him: "Originally, I wanted to ask your husband to run a newspaper, but now the conditions are not met. Why don't you run a school for me first?"

"Your Highness, do you want me to be a professor?"

"No! No! I am to serve as an academic officer and establish an academy in Liangzhou so that the scholars from Longyou in Hexi Province who are scattered all over the country can have a safe place to study, and then select talents for me."

Li Bai pondered for a moment and asked: "Please forgive me for being presumptuous. Is this academic officer like Taixue Xuezheng?"

Taixue Xuezheng was only an eighth-rank minor official. If King Qi finally gave himself only an eighth-rank official, Li Bai would really not be able to accept it.