Chapter 11 Self-Strategy Prepare a horse for this Lord.
After Du Hui cut off his gradually diverging thoughts, he quickly got into the state. He began to think about the specific deployment according to Liu Ziye's ideas.
He analyzed, "According to the young marquis, our Xiguan Marquisate must provide warmth for the people of Xiguan during the coming harsh winter. When I, Du, served as the Chief Clerk of the Royal Palace, I participated in the management of the fiefdom's affairs at the behest of the King of Xiguan. Whether in Yucheng and Qingcheng, where our Xiguan Royal Palace and the Governor's Office are stationed, or in the thirteen border towns, we have interacted with the local officials and clan leaders. If our Xiguan Marquisate wishes to act in this manner, the Governor's Office and the local officials are unlikely to be the ones we can rely on. Furthermore, we are no longer a fiefdom of Xiguan County, and we no longer have the authority to control the officials of the fiefdom..."
"In my humble opinion, it would be better to discuss this matter directly with the clan leaders of the two cities and thirteen towns. This way, not only will we be able to accomplish what we want without any hindrance, but it will also be easier to accomplish and we can also avoid the exploitation of several layers of officials in the Governor's Office."
In her previous life, Liu Ziye was just a high school girl who had just reached adulthood. Based on some basic common sense knowledge of society during her growth process and the world line information provided by the system, she was driven by the extremely urgent life value and came up with some quick wits. She planned for herself step by step and earned precious points that temporarily saved her life for half a month.
But when it comes to this, when it comes to actual practical implementation, there is really no experience at all.
He listened to Du Hui's words carefully, just like he did in high school class, and heard how he clearly designed how to put his simple idea into practice in just a few minutes.
He paid attention to the details in Du Hui's words about the people's conditions and government affairs in Xiguan County, and asked questions in a timely manner like a student listening to a lecture.
"Then Mr. Du, do you think that if we want to accomplish this, the first thing we need to do is to connect with and unite the masses?"
Du Hui: "Group, masses? Unity?"
Liu Ziye explained: "Oh, the masses refer to the common people. Unity probably means gathering the hearts and strength of the common people and standing with our Marquisate."
I memorized too much politics in high school, and every time I speak I use the jargon from the political textbook...
Looking at Du Hui's back, he watched him stay up all night, listen to his nonsense, and then get full of energy to continue working.
Liu Ziye couldn't help but feel a little bit of urge to believe what the system said at the beginning for the first time.
Could it be that I am really the chosen one with the potential to become emperor?
Everything was under the command of Du Hui, who negotiated with the Governor's Mansion in an orderly manner. Under the instruction of Liu Ziye and with the assistance of Du Hui, the old steward Liu Biao, after the palace was downgraded to a marquis's, gathered together in waves the former officials and guards of the palace who had nowhere to go, as well as the managers, servants, and maids who were still in the palace, and rearranged and redeployed them.
Use what is available, stay if you want, and leave if you want to.
The whole Marquis' Mansion was in an uproar.
Even the imperial guards and palace soldiers who surrounded the mansion were not spared.
Because they had to transport supplies successively from the treasury of the governor's mansion and the private treasury of Governor Yi, these people were simply transformed into the best porters by Liu Ziye with just a few words.
Captain Pan Yi of the imperial guard looked reluctant, but he had already said that he led the troops to surround the mansion to protect Marquis Xiguan's arrangement. So since Marquis Xiguan had made such a reasonable assignment, he had to accept it.
Moreover, no matter who is from the Xiguan Marquis’ Mansion and leaves this gate, their imperial guards and palace soldiers will follow.
It would be even harder to refuse if they offered to help with moving or transporting supplies.
Pan Yi grunted and carried a box of charcoal, and amid the admiring glances of the servants in the marquis's mansion, who said, "You're so strong!" and "You're so amazing!", he unloaded the box on the ground with a "bang".
Humph, I'll tolerate you for another month!
When His Majesty's decree arrives, even if you're a direct descendant of the royal family, your good days will be over! When that happens, I'll see if you can still show off your power to me!
Pan Yi took a quick look at the goods that had already filled up the entire row of warehouses, and thought to himself that once the imperial edict arrived, all these things that had been moved to the Xiguan Marquis Mansion would be divided up by the imperial guards.
At most, 20% to 30% would be left for the soldiers of the governor's mansion.
Come to think of it, this hard work of moving things around isn't done in vain!
Captain Pan, who had successfully completed his self-strategy, felt better and went to move the things again.
Liu Ziye went to see it twice. Both the inside and the outside were bustling but orderly.
She returned to her main courtyard with peace of mind and continued to think about her plan to increase her points.
Although the total number of households in this northwestern border area is less than 10,000, there are two cities and thirteen towns.
For example, Yucheng, home to the Governor's Mansion and the Marquis of Xiguan's Mansion, was the largest city within the thousand-mile border of Xiguan Commandery, with a total registered population of 2,500 households. Among the tasks Liu Ziye assigned to Du Hui, the most crucial one was a deadline, so he had to start with Yucheng itself.
She is not a savior, nor does she have the ability to be a savior.
She was just a laborer whose life was only given sixteen days to live, whose labor was cruelly exploited by the capitalists.
She could only earn as much as she could, and use the points she had saved by sacrificing her life points to exchange for supplies that could bring her as much profit as possible.
"Xiying, prepare the horses and accompany this Lord Marquis for a ride around Yucheng!"
Thinking this way, Liu Ziye called his personal guard Xiying. Since they were going to start from Yucheng, she had to get familiar with this border town with her own eyes.
Xiying had no suspicion of anything, thinking that the young marquis was bored these days and wanted to go out to have some fun, so she prepared the horses and all the things the young marquis would need when he went out as usual.
However, when he led the horse back to the yard.
But he witnessed with his own eyes that their young marquis, who was originally in a good mood, suddenly turned pale in the face and barely managed to steady himself by holding onto the pillar.
"Young Marquis! What's wrong with you, young Marquis?"
Xiying hurriedly let go of the horse's reins, and amid the unbridled neighing of the horses, she rushed over and supported the staggering Liu Ziye.
Liu Ziye seemed unaware of Xiying's arrival.
She felt as if her heart was about to explode from the inside out, as if someone had swung a huge hammer out of thin air and smashed it into her head.
As her sea of consciousness shook violently, anger instantly overwhelmed her reason.
She subconsciously broke free from Xiying's support and squeezed out the few words from between her teeth: "Mr. Du, where are you now?"
"Mr. Du is in the main hall, and he and the old housekeeper are summoning everyone in the mansion to discuss matters!"
"Go to the main hall."
After saying this, Liu Ziye, despite Tiansha's anger, walked towards the front yard.
Just a few minutes ago, Liu Ziye's mind was full of fantasies about how to earn back ten or a hundred times the points he had risked his life to invest.
Reality gave her a head-on blow.
"bite--"
"It has been detected that the host is facing a crisis that is detrimental to the main mission. Please handle the crisis properly, otherwise the system will deduct 100 points from the Emperor's Morality Points."
"It has been detected that the host has less than 100 points remaining after redeeming material rewards. The system will then deduct them from the current health points! Please pay attention, host, and be sure to properly handle the crisis as soon as possible!!"
100 points deducted!
When this message suddenly popped up from his sea of consciousness, Liu Ziye felt as if he was suddenly crushed by Mount Tai.
This broken system can even deduct points?!
And all these, that damn dog system, was never mentioned once before or after the binding!
She had staked her entire fortune on this one game. At this crucial moment, this damn system came over and cut off her remaining sixteen days of life!
A crisis that is detrimental to the main quest?
What kind of crisis is this?! It doesn't even offer a single line of guidance!
Besides preparing to leave, she had already reached an agreement with the Governor's Office, so no unexpected changes should occur at this time. Furthermore, her departure had no specific purpose, and there was no possibility of triggering any crisis...
Apart from these, there were only the people in the palace who were being dealt with by Yu Du Hui and the old housekeeper.
Xiying looked at her master's face, which was so gloomy that it was almost frozen, and didn't dare to breathe all the way.
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On the other side, Du Hui, who was completely unaware of Liu Ziye's situation, and the old steward Liu Biao had just finished discussing the fate of their former officials and the palace's personal guards.
After the grand banquet at the Governor's Mansion yesterday, and from last night to today, carts of cloth, charcoal, grain, oxen, copper, iron, gold and silver, etc., were continuously moved into the Marquis' Mansion treasury.
The people, who had been panicking because of another major change in the palace, finally calmed down a lot.
Some people who were still pessimistic about the future of the Xiguan Marquisate but could find a way out naturally chose to pursue another career. As for other old people from the palace, as long as they were willing to stay, especially the officials and guards, Du Hui chose to keep them all.
There were two former officials of the royal palace who had a good relationship with Du Hui. Seeing such a powerful person like Du Hui, they firmly chose to stay. They immediately changed their wavering position and decided to continue staying in the Xiguan Marquis Mansion.
In the end, three of the original seven officials of the Prince's Mansion, including Du Hui, were left.
Of the five hundred personal soldiers in the Prince's Palace, thirty-six remain, including Jin Jie. After today's discussion, all of them stayed.
Everything was going smoothly according to the plan of Du Hui and Liu Biao.
After the officials and personal guards were assigned, the next group to be detained in the firewood room of the palace were those who had betrayed the Xiguan Palace and wanted to follow Eunuch Liu on the day he announced the decree.
Including Chao Zhao, one of the young marquis's personal guards, and several servants and maids in the palace.
The positions these people took at the time were different. Some of them simply wanted to survive, while others, at the last moment, took the initiative to expose their identities as spies in the palace.
It would be inconvenient to try these people in this lobby in public.
There was no need for the old steward Liu Biao to go to that place. Du Hui called one of the officials who stayed behind, Hao Wenchang, and went to the prison cell in the former palace used for temporary detention.
Although the Xiguan Palace was not often used, Du Hui was already familiar with it from beginning to end.
A row of simple adobe houses. When the palace was built, this place was converted into a storage for the palace's supplies because it was uninhabitable. Later, it was used as a training and detention center for the palace.
However, when Du Hui came to the rooms where people were locked up, he suddenly noticed that the innermost warehouse used for storing goods also had a closed wooden door, and even a large lock with several iron chains fastened around it.
The windows that originally provided ventilation and lighting were also nailed shut with a few wooden boards, as if to prevent someone from escaping from inside.
Du Hui subconsciously stopped his steps to enter the front rooms, pointed to the innermost door, and asked a steward in the marquis' mansion who was in charge of guarding this place.
"Who is imprisoned in this room?"
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