Chapter 194 Public Land

After everyone had gathered, Master Shu asked, "Governor, it seems that Princess Tianzhen is not here?"

The governor smiled and said, "Master, you don't have to worry about your highness's safety."

"His Highness is fine. He just fell asleep in his room. So she was not invited."

He thought he was smart and gave the teacher a look that said, "I understand. It's hard for you to raise children."

The other teachers were speechless.

However, the governor did not notice the thoughts of the people around him, and said to himself: "I will entertain the princess well during this trip to Pingzhou."

"I won't bother you with these government affairs, Your Highness. Let's get started."

Bei Qin stood up and said, "Governor, Princess Tianzhen is smart and intelligent. She will definitely be of great help here."

"Does the governor think that since Her Highness is young, her presence would only cause trouble, so why not just let her sleep in the room?"

The smile on the governor's face froze, and he couldn't help but curse Bei Qin in his heart: If you see through it, then you see through it. Why say it out loud?

He looks like the youngest one except the little princess.

The child is really unreliable. He can't even read people's expressions or judge the situation.

Of course he couldn't admit it: "Of course I don't think Your Highness is causing trouble."

"It's just that Your Highness is too young, and I can't help you much."

"Instead of working so hard and getting nowhere, it's better to let her sleep a little longer."

Since getting up won’t create any value anyway, why not sleep?

The other teachers nearby knew at a glance that the governor had made the same mistake as them, judging people by their appearance.

Actually, I can understand it.

Before it was their turn, didn’t they also look down on the little princess?

Master You stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Governor, you have miscalculated."

"Since Your Highness has passed the assessment and entered the Botang, you must have some ability."

"Do you think that we, the old guys, can't stand the intimidation of your majesty and turn a blind eye to letting Princess Tianzhen in?"

The governor replied, "Of course not."

Looking at his expression, Master You knew that what this man was thinking was completely opposite to what he said.

He sighed, but insisted: "The governor should go and invite the princess. It's not right to leave a student out."

The governor was somewhat reluctant.

Someone knocked on the door outside: "Governor, Her Royal Highness the Princess has arrived and wants to come in."

The governor hurriedly got up and went to open the door himself.

The child standing at the bottom of the stairs looked even smaller.

The governor asked softly, "Your Highness, did you sleep well last night? This morning, I deliberately did not send anyone to disturb Your Highness."

"This meeting is boring. Would you like to move to the garden, Your Highness?"

"Or, I can find someone to take Your Highness to the market to play."

As he spoke perfunctorily like coaxing a child, Bei Jingchu's brows became more and more wrinkled.

"Do you look down on me?"

This question stunned the governor.

It was interesting that a six-year-old could still tell that he looked down on her.

But rather than believing that she had noticed it herself, the governor would rather believe that someone around her was gossiping about her.

He swept around.

He looked at Lei Nian'er, the oldest one.

Bei Jingchu stood on tiptoe, stretched out her little hands, and tried to wave them in front of his eyes.

Ah...not enough.

So scary.

"Governor, why did you call everyone this morning except me and my companion?"

"This...I just thought that since you have been traveling so long, I would like to ask you and your reading companion to take a break."

Can Bei Jingchu be fooled by such words?

Of course not!

She pointed into the room and said, "Don't you understand that they have to travel so long? You make it sound like I'm the only one who's tired."

"This..." The governor couldn't come out.

Is he going to say that they are unworthy?

Saying this will offend people.

Bei Jingchu was really angry: "You just think I'm a child and useless, right?"

"I dare not."

"Humph~ No matter if I'm useful or not, you can't treat me differently."

Bei Jingchu took Lei Nian'er and Bei Hua and went in, bypassing him.

The governor could only go back in silence.

"Now that everyone is here, here are Pingzhou's recent files."

"Everyone can look through it and summarize all the accumulated problems. It's hard to know where to start."

"The professors at Hongwenguan are all outstanding people."

At this point, the governor paused, because he remembered that there was another little princess who was probably forced into the palace by the emperor to take advantage of the situation.

After finishing his meal, he continued calmly: "See if you, all of you knowledgeable people, can give me some advice."

Bei Jingchu also passed the book around with her classmates, reading it one by one.

Several days later, after they finished browsing, they gathered together to discuss.

Guo Yang said: "I think all the difficulties come from insufficient public funds."

"As long as this problem is solved, most of the problems in Pingzhou county offices, such as the inability to arrest offenders due to lack of manpower, can be easily solved."

Governor: ...How could he not know?

The problem is that there is not enough public funds, and the Ministry of Revenue will not send more money.

Bei Jingchu did point out one thing: "The public fields and public funds of the county governments in Pingzhou seem to have no harvest."

“I even lost money.”

The governor was surprised: "Ah? You can understand it?"

"Ah? Why can't I understand?"

Bei Jingchu was very unhappy about being looked down upon.

He crossed his arms over his chest and said angrily, "Your Majesty has allocated land and money to each state."

"Then you can rent the land to farmers and use the money to lend."

"The rent collected is the government's public funds."

"And now, because of some... poor harvests and other reasons, the rent you collected is missing a lot."

“Once you lend money, you can’t get it back.”

Bei Jingchu pouted in disdain.

[You said it in such a high-sounding way that I thought the kids wouldn’t understand! ]

【I am not an ordinary child! 】

Lei Nian'er agrees with this point.

These are not ordinary children.

These words, coming from a child, are incongruous no matter how you look at them.

The governor recalled what he was doing when he was six years old, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Bei Jingchu suddenly became different.

No wonder she was named Princess Tianzhen at such a young age.

If his daughter had such talent, he would also dote on her!

Then, the talented Princess Tianzhen made a shocking remark: "In fact, this system itself is unreasonable."

"cousin......"

Hearing Bei Qin calling her, Bei Jingchu turned around to look.

He shook his head slightly.

She understood, but she didn't think it was a big deal.

"Don't be nervous, His Majesty is not someone who won't listen to advice."

"There is no disrespect in what we are discussing. Even if it gets to your Majesty's ears, it will be fine."

Crowd: ...You are his daughter, of course you are fine.