Chapter 606: Control the Crane Mansion?
"Duke Yun!"
"Godmother!"
"Great General!"
Lord Chen couldn't help but stand up and ran to the door, his sleeve knocking over the wine glass.
He took a few quick steps and stopped three or four steps away from Gu Nanxi, his eyes gradually turning red.
In the years that Gu Nanxi was away from Kyoto, he, Censor Jiang, and Lord Li had an extremely difficult life.
Everyone knows that they have a close relationship with Gu Nanxi.
In order to please the emperor and Lord Li, many people always make things difficult for them at work.
Those little tricks don't have much impact, but they are very annoying.
Lord Chen and Gu Nanxi looked at each other.
Feeling the joy in Gu Nanxi's eyes, Lord Chen's nose became more sore.
Lord Chen took a step back and bowed deeply to Gu Nanxi: "I failed to protect Su Dalang. Please punish me, Lord Yun."
Gu Nanxi was silent for a moment, then sighed slightly, took a few steps forward, and helped Master Chen up: "I know that Dalang didn't suffer in prison because of your arrangements. You took the trouble."
Lord Chen felt extremely guilty.
That year, when Gu Nanxi set out for Yunzhou, he and others patted their chests and said that they could protect Su Dalang.
But when it really came to the critical moment, I couldn’t even send people out!
"Godmother, why are you here?" Li Mingde hurriedly invited Gu Nanxi to sit down.
Gu Nanxi and Lord Chen returned to their seats together: "I wanted to hold a welcoming banquet for Lord Chen and Alechuan, but I heard that you had an appointment in the evening, so I came to join in the fun."
In fact, it was Gu Nanxi who got the news that Lord Chen and Li Mingde had an appointment in the middle of the night.
Gu Nanxi came to inquire with a curious heart, but she didn't expect that the one who was bitten by the cricket was herself.
Seeing that Gu Nanxi was not angry, Lord Chen said directly: "Sir, you have taken over Hezhong County and intimidated the emperor. The emperor dared not conflict with you, so he asked Lord Li to find someone to negotiate peace with you."
Mr. Chen curled his lips and said with some mockery: "The emperor means that you write a memorial to the emperor, admit your fault, and he will generously forgive you, and the matter will be over."
Worried that Gu Nanxi would be embarrassed, Lord Chen hurriedly added: "Sir, you should focus on the great cause and don't worry about what others think."
Lord Chen's subtext was to tell Gu Nanxi to do whatever she should do, without having to consider his face or save face for the emperor.
Gu Nanxi was not embarrassed, not at all: "That's great, it suits my heart. Mingde, you should finish writing this memorial tomorrow and send it to Kyoto as soon as possible."
Lord Chen was surprised. How could Duke Yun, who was coming with such great momentum and unstoppable force, agree to stop?
Li Mingde explained: "Although we have taken over Hezhong County, we still need to arrange a lot of trusted people to manage a county."
If they still use the original team, they can surrender to Duke Yun today and surrender to the Great Zhou court tomorrow.
Li Mingde had been in Hezhong County for several years and had some understanding of the forces in the county.
“Once we deploy personnel, it will definitely harm the interests of those people.”
Just like the Hong family who were as obedient as little lambs in front of him, they were only so well-behaved because their godmother was in charge of Hezhong Prefecture.
As soon as the godmother leaves Hezhong Prefecture, they will definitely jump up again!
Therefore, the task ahead in winter will be very arduous.
They want to take advantage of this winter to resolve the complex network of interests of the aristocratic families in Hezhong County.
Because Gu Nanxi's prestige was too high and the county magistrates surrendered too quickly, Hezhong County changed hands before this group of people had time to make any small moves. This was a disguised form of protection for them.
It is impossible for Gu Nanxi to stay in Hezhong County forever. This group of people will jump out sooner or later.
Lord Chen understood that Duke Yun had no intention of cooperating with the local nobles in Hezhong County.
"In Hezhong County, even a small official can make a lot of money. Cutting off someone's money is like killing his parents. I'm afraid it will be difficult to get through this winter."
Gu Nanxi said frankly, "The task is indeed arduous. Yunzhou and the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun are our base camps, and post-war reconstruction and next year's spring ploughing are our key tasks. In the Shuozhou area, there are no local tyrants, and a large number of refugees have been absorbed. If we want to stabilize this wave of refugees, it depends on how the spring ploughing goes next year."
"So, my goal is to resolve Hezhong County before the spring plowing season and to deploy defenses in Hezhong County."
Given how much the young emperor fears him, he will definitely attack him again once the Great Zhou recovers from the disaster.
But Gu Nanxi also needs time to digest the results of the battle.
The worst outcome is that in May or June of next year, the young emperor will send troops to attack Hezhong County again.
Then the time left for Gu Nanxi and others is less than half a year.
During this half year, not only did they have to deal with the original aristocratic forces in Hezhong County, but they also had to lead the spring plowing in Hezhong County and build military defense projects in Hezhong County.
Thinking about how there are so many things to do, Gu Nanxi's scalp starts to tingle.
People! People! People!
Gu Nanxi is in great need of talents!
The Baichuan Academy in the three counties has already withdrawn all the students that can be transferred, leaving only the children from the Mongolian Department.
Even so, there are still not enough grassroots managers in Yunzhou and Shuozhou.
Currently, the government of the six counties in Hezhong County did not make any personnel changes, but only airdropped representatives from Yunzhou.
This can only ensure that the six counties will not jump back and forth, but it cannot ensure that the government orders are implemented from top to bottom like in Shuozhou and Yunzhou.
Master Chen's eyes sparkled, and he clapped his hands, "I understand! No wonder Prefect Song asked me to bring so many Xiangzhou scholars here! He must have known about your predicament a long time ago, so he sent people to you!"
Regardless of their character, these scholars have at least read books and read books, and their general cultural level is much higher than that of ordinary people.
Especially among them, Cui Letian, Wen Deyuan and Liu Guangxi are all young people who are highly valued in the family.
Mr. Chen's thoughts diverged a lot more.
Just now, Duke Yun said that the forest is so big and she wants it all. Could this be what he meant?
There was an empress in the previous dynasty who set up the Konghe Palace, which was later renamed Fengchen Palace, specifically for recruiting male favorites.
The Control Crane Office is divided into the Left Control Crane Office and the Right Control Crane Office, each with twenty people.
In addition to providing male warmth to the Queen, the Konghe Mansion is also responsible for providing music and banquets.
The officials in the Control Crane Palace were of the fifth rank, all of them were favored people, and most of them were talented literary men.
The head of the Konghe Palace was the Konghe Supervisor, who was a third-rank official.
From this point of view, Duke Yun could completely imitate the empress of the previous dynasty and set up the Control Crane Palace!
Firstly, it can prevent external relatives from interfering in government affairs.
Secondly, with the title of Control Crane Bureau hanging around, wouldn't the officials in Control Crane Palace be scrambling to find ways to coax Yun Guo to be open about his heart?
Thirdly, without a harem, these male favorites would have no way to interfere with the government from the perspective of etiquette and law! Even if the Duke of Yun passed the throne to a woman in the future, there would be no so-called Grand Empress Dowager, and there would be no taking the husband's surname after three generations!
High! Really high!
The empress of the previous dynasty used this group of male favorites to ridicule ministers at banquets, but Duke Yun wanted to use this group of male favorites to handle government affairs.
Wouldn’t the scholars be fighting over it?
Except for Hezhong County, other noble families would not oppose Duke Yun as they opposed the empress of the previous dynasty.
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