"...With so much high-interest loan money, you just say no?"

So generous! So bold!

Local tyrants: ... Of course Zhao Qingyun is "generous", because most of the high-interest loans he lends out are paid for by wealthy families and rich businessmen.

Zhao Qingyun’s biological mother and wife are just names in name only!

"What a cunning Zhao Qingyun!"

"He is indeed a decisive and ruthless person. We underestimated him!"

A group of local tyrants were angry and helpless.

They have deeper concerns—

This should just be the beginning.

Zhao Qingyun should have another big move up his sleeve!

Soon, the "big move" came.

Zhao Qingyun has to re-register his household registration and the amount of land he owns in the county.

Hide the households and fields!

This is an inevitable situation in every feudal dynasty.

This dynasty had been established for fifty or sixty years. After the initial wars and recuperation, the land began to show signs of re-annexation.

The gentry took advantage of their privileges, while the farmers were overwhelmed by taxes and corvee labor. The two sides hit it off, and the practice of hiding households and fields came into being.

Zhao Qingyun took out the household registration booklet and the fish scale booklet and began to check every village and every village!

The local tyrants: ...This is going to wipe out our roots, we absolutely cannot tolerate this.

But what if I can’t bear it?

Zhao Qingyun is not greedy for money, and he has a princess wife, so he is not afraid of the powerful people in the capital.

Moreover, he has a close relationship with the General of the Central Army of Qingzhou Zhechoufu.

As long as there is any unusual movement in the county, send someone to Qingzhou to deliver a message, and the soldiers of Zhechoufu will come to attack.

A large bribe becomes a voluntary donation;

You can’t suppress others by using your power;

Even if he wanted to use the force of the local bullies to threaten them, he couldn't do it!

The local tyrants were completely helpless and could only watch Zhao Qingyun make drastic changes and show his strength in the county.

By the end of the year, Zhao Qingyun presented a perfect answer -

Seventy-nine bandits who were causing trouble in the area were eliminated;

Repair the government office, revive two official roads, and build a post station attached to the county seat;

The population increased by 691 households and more than 3,200 acres of fertile land.

The sage was overjoyed, and King Kang was also secretly happy.

This time, it was not the glory of winning the top six places in the imperial examination, but the fact that his name was remembered by the court and the elders for his good governance of the local area.

In the next two years, Zhao Qingyun built water conservancy projects, controlled floods, constructed bridges and roads, and improved agricultural tools...

Every year, Zhao Qingyun has brilliant political achievements.

After three years in office, the prefect of Qingzhou Prefecture was promoted and returned to Beijing, and his vacancy was filled by Zhao Qingyun.

Zhao Qingyun was less than 25 years old and a prefect of the fourth rank. This was the official start of his career.

After Zhao Qingyun arrived in Qingzhou, he performed another amazing operation.

The local tyrants no longer dared to confront him head-on and had to think of other ways.

Not greedy for money, not afraid of power, but what about women?

We are all men, who doesn’t know the bad nature of men?

"Yes! Send him some stunning beauties."

This would not only win over Zhao Qingyun, but also create a rift between him and his wife.

The reason why Zhao Qingyun is not afraid of power is because he has a princess as his wife.

Moreover, the reason why General Hu of Qingzhou Zhechoufu is on good terms with Zhao Qingyun is because General Hu is a direct descendant of the Huo family.

Only because of the fact that Princess Nanping is the granddaughter of the Huo family, will she look at Zhao Qingyun differently!

If I succeed in getting a woman for Zhao Qingyun, then, that would be killing two birds with one stone!

Zhao Qingyun: ...Haha, do I look so lascivious? So stupid?

Is there any stunning beauty who can surpass my mother?

Having watched his stunningly beautiful mother since childhood, Zhao Qingyun has become somewhat immune to beauty.

Zhao Qingyun had only one goal, to hold a high position, be able to control the country, and personally create a "Heyin Zhao Family".

He didn't care about anything else.

He has feelings for his wife and has a deep and clear understanding of what he wants.

Compared with his lofty goals, money and sex are really nothing.

Zhao Qingyun sternly rejected the "honey trap" of the local tyrants.

When the local tyrants see that the right way doesn't work, they try a "devious way"!

Ahem, they found Zhao Qingyun’s biological mother.

This person is famous for being timid and playful.

Gu Qingcheng: ...Yes! You are all right!

I'm a top-notch person, so of course I can't play by the rules.

The women said to Gu Qingcheng in a tone of sowing discord, "Princess Nanping is indeed of noble birth, but she has already married into the Zhao family, so she is the daughter-in-law of the Zhao family."

"As a wife, I should be virtuous and kind. How can I be jealous?"

Gu Qingcheng blinked her innocent eyes and said, "I'm not jealous! My Jiaojiao has never stopped Dalang from taking a concubine."

The woman choked and continued, "The princess certainly didn't stop it, but she didn't take the initiative to arrange it either."

Gu Qingcheng looked puzzled, "Why do you have to take the initiative? Isn't this just being a jerk?"

The women who are suspected of being implied: ...