When Hsu Fengnian's figure appeared outside the gate of the Provincial Governor's Mansion, the officials were scared witless. They hurriedly opened the gate to welcome the King of Beiliang. Hsu Fengnian walked in quickly. Soon, he saw 20 to 30 officials from the Provincial Governor's Mansion surrounding Lu Dongjiang who was wearing a purple robe. Hsu Fengnian dismissed them with a smile. According to the law, the Provincial Governor of Liyang was a Grade 3 official. His official patch should be embroidered peacock. However, the Provincial Governor of Liangzhou of Beiliang had always been half a grade higher than that of Youzhou and Lingzhou, which was a Grade 2 official. This had long been reported and filed by the Ministry of Personnel of the Liyang imperial court. However, none of the Provincial Governors of Liangzhou of Beiliang dared to openly wear the official robe embroidered with a Grade 2 golden pheasant. This was the rule of the Liyang officialdom. Therefore, there was an insurmountable gap between the purple-robed official robe and the red-robed official robe. In the Grand Peace City, taking the Minister of Shangshu Province as an example, the Minister of the Six Ministries was a Grade 2 official. However, most of the Left and Right Assistant Ministers of the Six Ministries were Grade 3 officials and were still not allowed to wear the purple robe. During the reign of Yonghui, only the Left Assistant Ministers of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Army were Grade 2 officials. After the Xiangfu Incident, not only were the Right Assistant Ministers of the two ministries promoted to Grade 2, even the Left Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Rites promoted to Grade 2 this year. Lu Dongjiang could be regarded as the first Provincial Governor of Beiliang to wear the purple robe official robe. He was also one of the few high-grade Provincial Governors in the territory of Liyang. If Hsu Fengnian remembered correctly, in today's world, only the top officials of Liangzhou of Beiliang, Qingzhou of Jingan, Tangzhou of Nanjiang, and Yuezhou of the southern border of the capital region were Grade 2 officials. Therefore, it was reasonable to say that Lu Dongjiang was the third person of the civil officials of Beiliang, only under the Minister of War and the Deputy Minister of War.
The sudden meeting was full of laughter and joy. Whether it was the old faces in the Liangzhou Provincial Governor's Office or the dozen new faces with the surname Lu, they were all relieved to see the young vassal king with a gentle smile. If Great Peace City was the foot of the Zhao Family, then Liangzhou was the door of the Xu Family. The position of Provincial Governor of Liangzhou had been vacant for many years. The position of Provincial Governor of Liangzhou was actually equivalent to Provincial Governor. The position of General of Liangzhou had always been held by the Protector General of Beiliang. After Tian Peifang was promoted from Provincial Governor of Youzhou to Provincial Governor of Liangzhou, she did not make any changes. She advocated non-interference governance. Lu Dongjiang changed the previous position and pushed out dozens of Lu Family members at once. In addition, Shi Fu, who had been silent for many years, became the General of Liangzhou. Fortunately, after the Wangye's conversation today, both the new and old officials of the Provincial Governor's Manor expressed his affirmation. He named seven or eight people and praised them. He had high hopes for the new people and had an appreciative attitude towards the old people. As for the two sides that were at daggers drawn, there was no stick, only dates, and there was no favoritism. This made the old people of the Provincial Governor's Manor shed tears of gratitude. They were really worried that after Lu Dongjiang became the Head of the Manor, it would not be enough to stuff a dozen people of the Lu family into the Manor. He would not stop until they were all on the cold bench. Once the Wangye tacitly approved of this, then even the gods would not be able to save their official careers.
For some reason, after seeing the King with their own eyes today, they were angry at the Lu Family. As a result, the old officials of the Provincial Governor's Office, who also had a lot of silent criticism of Mount Qing Liang, suddenly felt their anger vanish.
It was probably because the young King's appearance as he sat on the chair and talked cheerfully and wittily made people involuntarily revere him.
In the end, Hsu Fengnian had a private chat with his father-in-law, Lu Dongjiang. Outsiders did not know what the young King said, but they only saw that the Provincial Governor's face, which was full of smiles, was becoming more and more radiant. Afterwards, Lu Dongjiang took the initiative to retract a few of the illegal orders and comforted the clansmen. He promised that in less than three years, each of them would have great wealth. Not only that, for the first time, Lu Dongjiang sternly warned everyone that they had to be more restrained in this period of time and not bring disgrace to the Lu family's reputation. Other than giving the clan a reassurance, Lu Dongjiang also removed three members of the Lu family from the genealogy overnight. From that moment on, Lu Dongjiang finally had some of the air of the head of the Lu family.
When Bai Yu drunkenly walked out of a secluded mansion, he suddenly saw a carriage lift the curtain. He paused and then strode over. Getting on the carriage, he sat in the carriage. Facing the young man, Sir White Lotus was calm and composed.
Hsu Fengnian, who had come to Beiliang's Deputy Provincial Governor's mansion to pick him up, joked, "Sir White Lotus, are you not afraid of provoking public anger?"
Because of his eyesight problem, Bai Yu habitually squinted to look at people. He smiled and said, "I can't do anything to the hot stove, but Prince won't allow me to do anything to the cold stove?"
Hsu Fengnian laughed involuntarily and changed the topic, "Li Gongde said that he wants to resign from the position of Administrator, and Youzhou Provincial Governor Hu Kui also wants to enter the border army. Does Sir White Lotus have any thoughts? If you do, you can say it directly. "
Bai Yu was not afraid and said directly, "Prince, tell me your thoughts first, and of course, Deputy Administrator Song's thoughts."
Hsu Fengnian also said bluntly, "My original intention was to let Sir Song be promoted to Administrator and you fill in the position of Deputy Administrator. But Sir Song said that there are already too many 'foreign Provincial Governors' in Beiliang, so there should not be another Administrator."
Bai Yu leaned lazily against the wall of the carriage and sneered, "Oh? That's simple. After Administrator Li resigns, Sir Song will be his official Administrator, and the new Provincial Governor of Liangzhou, Lu Dongjiang, will be the Deputy Administrator. Then, Lingzhou's Song Yan, who is from Beiliang, will be the Provincial Governor of Youzhou. As for the Provincial Governor of Liangzhou … "
At this point, Bai Yu extended his finger and pointed at himself.
If not me, then who?
Hsu Fengnian was silent. Bai Yu smiled and said, "Beiliang's arrangement is to make things difficult for Sir Song. But if I ask for a smaller position and run to Youzhou to be the Provincial Governor and no longer be an official under Sir Song's eyes, it will make things difficult for Prince."
Bai Yu stopped smiling. "In fact, the most suitable candidate to be the Provincial Governor of Liangzhou is not me, but the former Provincial Governor of Lingzhou, Xu Beizhi. Rest assured, Prince, no matter what, I will not be the Deputy Administrator or the Provincial Governor. "
Hsu Fengnian was puzzled. "Then what will Sir do?"
Bai Yu raised a corner of the curtain and hung it on the hook. A cool breeze blew against his face and brought some coolness to the carriage. Bai Yu sighed. "The key is not what I think, but how bold Prince is."
Hsu Fengnian was even more puzzled. "Sir, what do you mean?"
Bai Yu said in a low voice, "Beiliang's land is narrow and is old history. Right now, it has the vast Western Regions, including the fourth province, Liuzhou. Adding on a fifth province outside Liangzhou, with Fengbei City as the fulcrum, it will be enough to accomplish great things."
Hsu Fengnian's heart trembled. He said calmly, "The Imperial Court will not agree to Beiliang occupying five provinces."
Bai Yu smiled. "Now that things have come to this, do we still need the Imperial Court to agree? I inadvertently saw some hastily changed border army deployments. Youzhou, which was originally destined to be a spectator in the second battle of Liang Mang, suddenly became important again. Why? Dare I ask the two Huai's Cai, Nan, Han Lin, the Northern Mang's Wang Sui, and the two Liao's Gu Jiantang, how many of these three groups of people did Wangye see when he led his troops out of the border? How many people did you negotiate with? And how many people did Prince negotiate with in the north and south of Beimang? "
The string of questions caused Hsu Fengnian's expression to change slightly.
Bai Yu did not expect to get an answer. He seemed to be talking to himself. "A certain person is the Emperor. I, Bai Yu, will be an official no matter where I am. It is all good."
Hsu Fengnian did not answer the question. "Our scholars in Beiliang want to be an official, and they want it so righteously. I am very happy. "
Bai Yu's eyes widened slightly. He looked at the still blurry face and smiled slightly. "If Prince wants all the scholars in the world to not have to bow and scrape, I will be happy." "I am also very happy."
Hsu Fengnian said emotionally, "I am afraid the people of the world will not be happy."
Bai Yu sneered and said, "Just one family will not be happy."
Hsu Fengnian was shocked.
Bai Yu said, "Maybe Prince will find it strange why I, Bai Yu, have changed my mind. It is actually very simple. I recently understood something. A certain person may be the Emperor for thirty to forty years, at most fifty to sixty years. But it may be enough for the world to have two hundred years of peace and good weather. It is very impressive."
Hsu Fengnian looked at this elegant scholar in white robes.
Just like when Xu Xiao saw Zhao Changling in the past.
Both of them wanted to support the dragon.
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