Chapter 278

No matter how well prepared Mei Changsu was, he never expected that a freak like Shen Qingzhou would emerge and become the leader of the power center just one year after arriving in Jinling City.

This is not easy. Not only do you need courage, but most importantly, you need the ability to do the job.

If you become the prime minister today and the world is in chaos tomorrow, this is not called ability. You must have the ability to resist counterattack, otherwise, everyone will be your enemy.

What Shen Qingzhou did when he came to Jinling was based on the great construction of Jinling City. Various national policies made the people stand on his side, and there were no messy taxes. We have to thank Shen Qingzhou for that.

Although it is not implemented properly in many places, there is a law to follow, which is the best. The rest can be done slowly. Everyone knows that his things are good for them.

But on the other hand, he offended a large number of vested interests, including scholars, officials, dignitaries, and princes. They were all his enemies. They were few in number, but they had great power.

Looking back, Mei Changsu looked at Shen Qingzhou's plan and felt emotional. His purpose was just to overturn the verdict, but what was his purpose? To become a powerful official?

In fact, Shen Qingzhou had no plans. He just wanted to do good things, but he needed to move step by step to the most powerful place to implement it.

After the Battle of Nanjing, Shen Qingzhou intervened in the Ministry of War and deployed troops. The major military forces did not need to undergo a major reshuffle, but a change of defense was inevitable.

Outsiders don't know, but people in the Ministry of War were quite surprised. Is there really such a thing as knowledge that one is born with? Some jobs require proficiency, but this guy can get the job right away, as if he doesn't need to learn anything. Is he really not afraid of anything going wrong?

Except for the Imperial Guards and Prince Mu's Palace in the southern border, the rest of the legions have undergone more or less changes. Daliang is no pushover either. For fear of the army becoming too powerful, the management of the military marquises is very strict.

The Prince Mu’s Palace has been guarded for generations. No one else can do anything. The Southern Territory also recognizes them. It’s that simple.

However, the temporary rotation of the army was still discovered by many people from various countries. It was just that Shen Qingzhou acted too quickly. War was no trivial matter, and the dust settled before a decision was made.

However, a lot of information has been spreading to all directions in Jinling City. The Crown Prince and Prince Yu will not give up. Now, if they continue like this, the one who will ascend to the throne will definitely be Prince Huai.

After the battle of Nanjing, many neutral parties have begun to defect to Prince Huai. Many people know that the reason why the Jicheng army appeared outside the city is closely related to His Majesty, but after overcoming this crisis, Prince Huai may be able to ascend to the throne.

However, he did not dare to bet all his money. Although Nanjing was a place where the powerful and wealthy gathered, the emperor was far away and there would inevitably be some local officials who caused trouble. Those provincial governors might not do anything when Emperor Liang was around, because Emperor Liang was a righteous man.

But now, with the Jicheng army approaching the city, many ambitious people have ambitions that they shouldn't have. There is another main reason. Shen Qingzhou has touched the interests of the aristocratic families. The common people and the gentry have now become one camp.

The gentry was in trouble because the land investigation harmed their own interests, and the poor were in trouble because they wanted to collect taxes. The poor were not ordinary people, it's all relative.

There is movement on Ye Qin's side. The provincial government that originally suppressed Ye Qin may have some thoughts, which were also instructed by Emperor Liang.

In the palace.

"Eunuch Gao, tell me, when I asked Nihuang to return to the southern border, did Shen Zheng know that we were going to deal with him? If Nihuang had not left, he might not have taken the initiative to take action." Emperor Liang has been awake for longer and longer periods of time recently. Now that they have already fallen out and he has ascended to the top of the cabinet, there is no need to keep Emperor Liang sleeping and wasting his talent.

Of course, it was not completely removed. Emperor Liang himself was well versed in the psychology of emperors, and he did not want to engage in a battle of wits and courage with the other party in just a short period of time. As for Prince Huai, he was definitely not a match for Emperor Liang.

"I don't know, but I think it should be possible."

"I am getting old and confused. How can I give up the opportunity to control the whole thing, for a woman?

Clouds resemble clothes and flowers resemble appearance, haha. But if it is Shen Zheng, it is really possible. He is already thirty years old and has never had any sexual intercourse, which is unprecedented."

Emperor Liang was helpless now, but he could only do this to Shen Zheng. He only hated why he had let Prince Huai take charge of the court in the first place. If it weren't for him, Prince Yu and the Crown Prince, they would never have allowed Shen Qingzhou to easily control the three ministries and go further.

"However, he is still too young. I am the Son of Heaven and the orthodox one. No matter how powerful he is, he will not be able to stop those provincial governors. What's more, the surrounding countries are already preparing for war." Emperor Liang said to himself.

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"The governor of Binzhou resisted the land inventory. The original land annexation by Duke Qing was related to him, but he was clean and Your Majesty never wanted to make it bigger and never implicated him. Now he is directly ordered to come to the capital to be punished. Isn't it a bit disturbing for everyone?" Cai Quan was reporting the situation to Shen Qingzhou.

"Everyone is equal under the law. If you go against the national policy, you are going against the court. Too many people are watching. He is a typical example." Shen Qingzhou said. Although Cai Quan himself is a member of a noble family, deep down in his heart, he still wants to be a good official. Now, he has no idea and just follows orders.

"But the Binzhou governor has 10,000 Binzhou troops under his command." Cai Quan's hint was obvious that the other party might resist.

Before, a governor might not dare to do so, and the surrounding areas were not without counter-force, and several other states could be mobilized to suppress him. But now, he has many supporters behind him, even in Jinling, most of them support him.

Even if we don't confront them openly, it will only take a few days. Who knows what the situation will be? Shen Qingzhou is not the emperor, and their interests are not in line with each other, so he naturally won't give us face.

"I have a plan for this matter."

At this moment in the Binzhou military camp, some soldiers were driving away some civilians, but they did not notice that some strange tokens had been buried next to the Binzhou military camp.

Half a month later, news came that the Ministry of Justice was sending people to take him to Nanjing, but only a few hundred people showed up.

"If you really dare to come, order the Binzhou army to welcome you ten miles outside the city. Let them know who has the final say in Binzhou. Take my horse." A middle-aged man said gloomily. If he didn't have so many supporters behind him and even the Emperor Liang had received the news, he really didn't want to be the first to come out.

One day later.

"Who are you and why are you blocking our way?" a man dressed in the uniform of the Ministry of Justice asked the hundreds of people blocking the official road ahead.

"Aren't you here to look for me? I, the governor, am right here." said the middle-aged man on a horse in the middle.

He wanted to curse in his heart, thinking that this was just a way of testing the waters. Along the way, they passed through so many states, but no one had done anything to secretly attack them.

He was wrong. It's not that there were no ones to ambush them, but that they could not be ambush them. With hundreds of people, all of them armed with swords, and a tight net, who could stop them? There were many soldiers pretending to be bandits on the road, but they were all defeated. Without the premise of sending out a large army, these hundreds or even thousands of people would not be a big problem, although they were all external forces.

"What a coincidence! The imperial court has issued an order that the governor of Binzhou has neglected his duties and has not come to the capital despite being summoned several times. The order is for us to bring you to the capital."

"You are ignorant and dare to pretend to be an angel. Wait until I catch you and see who you really are." The governor of Binzhou was not stupid, so he would naturally not say to my face that he would not go.

"No, why hasn't the army arrived yet?" After saying a few words, the governor felt something was wrong.

"Catch him." Then, as the sound of the fifty strings of the harp sounded, the two nets merged into one, directly covering the Binzhou governor. Although he knew that the man must be a powerful martial artist, the Binzhou governor did not expect that this was a fantasy.

All I can say is that without fighting with Shen Qingzhou, you will never have a correct understanding of his methods.

"You take the imperial edict and continue to Binzhou. I will take him back to report first."

Overnight, the situation in Binzhou changed. The Binzhou army received the military order and had to take people out. However, as soon as they walked out of the camp gate, they felt fog everywhere and finally did not go out. When they saw people again, someone had brought the imperial decree saying that the Binzhou governor had been arrested for treason. Did they want to rebel too?

The Binzhou governor had been captured, but the Binzhou soldiers were not stupid and had no intention of rebelling, so they returned to the camp.

This was just an episode. Shen Qingzhou was fully prepared, but this Bagua Formation consumed a lot of his talent. Trapping 10,000 people took up more than half of his talent. This was just a trapping formation. If it was a killing formation, he would not have enough talent. However, it was all worth it.

His own talent is insignificant compared to the talent storage of the entire Jinling City. Now, he can recover four and a half times a day, and the speed has been increased. It is stored in Jinling City all the time. He himself does not know how long his endurance can reach. Time is his friend.

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"The governor of Binzhou behaved improperly and took the lead in resisting the imperial court." In the hall of the Ministry of Justice, Shen Qingzhou personally presided over the trial. All the evil deeds of the governor were exposed.

Again, at his position, even if he was innocent, his family would use him as a backer and madly oppress others, not to mention that he was not innocent either.

Shen Qingzhou finally understood why many people in TV dramas were found to have letters. If they were clearly destroyed, there would be no evidence. It could only be said that they were not on guard against the enemy, but their allies.

As for Binzhou, a group of people were cleaned up from top to bottom, and officials were transferred from other places to take up posts in Binzhou. As I said before, what they lack the least is people, especially those who are officials.

Coincidentally, the prefect of Dongyang Prefecture was promoted to a higher level. Okay, this is the executor of Shen Qingzhou's ideas. It's not that Shen Qingzhou wants to control Binzhou, but he simply wants to do something. The prefect of Dongyang has experience and can implement it.

The prefect of Dongyang was also very happy. He was not actually Shen Qingzhou's man before, but in Dongyang Prefecture, he had no place to use his talents. With Shenjia Village and Shenjia Business, Dongyang Prefecture was extremely prosperous.

Having been the prefect for several years, he did not have the ability of Shen Qingzhou, but he had also figured out how to do some of the things Shen Qingzhou left behind, that is, he had new ideas.

This time, he has been appointed as the prefect of Binzhou, which is actually a promotion from the fifth rank to the fourth rank. He also wants to show his talents.

This time, he also brought some people from the Shen family business. After all, he had been an official for many years and had gained experience, so he did not intend to do the opposite. He also knew many local wealthy families, so he brought them here.

He also brought with him Shen Qingzhou's method of economic development, which was demonstrated by Shen Qingzhou himself and issued to him. Shen Qingzhou couldn't do everything by himself.

The people of Shenjia Village are here to be the money bags, and of course, they can also reap huge benefits from it.

Even though Shen Qingzhou in Jinling City made the Shen family business spend countless money, but once the real estate came into being, damn, this is what it means to make money.

Of course, with Shen Qingzhou around, a large part of the money earned goes into development. It's not that there aren't people with ulterior motives, but if they meet someone who doesn't listen, Shen Qingzhou won't give them face.

Binzhou also began to develop. Of course, this was only because the governor of Binzhou was the first to resist, and the second one had not come yet. As a result, they were afraid that all places would open fire, although Shen Qingzhou was not afraid.

He didn't want to start a killing spree, mainly because he knew that many soldiers were just following orders.

After becoming the governor of Binzhou, the governor of Langzhou was demoted. He was still okay because the Jiangzuo League and Langya Pavilion were both here, but he was a bit muddy. He was reprimanded and then transferred to Binzhou as the governor. However, whether he could have military power was another matter.

In fact, Jiangzuo League and Langya Pavilion are also in Shen Qingzhou's plan, but for now, they are allowed to survive for the time being. At a certain point, these gangs have to be disbanded.

The two provincial governors were punished, and some people finally couldn't bear it anymore.

"Your Highness, Duke Heng has an urgent report from eight hundred miles away. Ye Qin has rebelled and set a trap. The garrison is under siege. The state government's garrison troops will not go out and will not deliver food and fodder. The army's food and fodder can only last for half a month at most." On this day, a soldier covered in blood appeared.

Many court officials subconsciously looked at Shen Zheng. You are the one who caused this trouble, so how are you going to deal with it? No one knows about the Binzhou army matter, and they thought the Binzhou governor was too stupid to come to the door directly without the army arriving.

"Ye Qin is in rebellion and the army has no food. I already know about this." Shen Qingzhou did not tell his plan. Although he was not afraid of being exposed, telling it out would also cause unnecessary trouble.

Now, the Qingli Army is trapped. Was it Duke Heng who did it on purpose, or was it the local prefecture that tricked him? As for whether Duke Heng and Ye Qin were colluding, that was impossible, but the local prefecture could not guarantee it, they might have a backup plan.

However, I will not tolerate it. Ye Qin is right in the middle of Daliang and is a time bomb. Now, I will take this opportunity to uproot this small country.

This small country was probably destroyed by a plague in the end. Shen Qingzhou would not use such means, but Ye Qin's wolfish ambitions must be dealt with.

The food and grass problem is easy to solve, but the only thing he is worried about is that Duke Heng does not have the ability or is unwilling to contribute. However, he has already thought of a solution.

However, he cannot go to Ye Qin in person, otherwise, he can destroy him in a backhand. However, it is not that difficult nowadays.

Yeqin is a small country. This time, the other party took the initiative to attack, so don't blame Shen Qingzhou for the thunder attack. Otherwise, since the other party is a vassal state, it would be difficult to take the initiative.

Shen Qingzhou was well prepared. Being in Jinling City, he was confident that he could conquer the world on his own. He was so confident.

On that day, Shen Sanbao led 5,000 Jicheng troops to Yeqin. Many people didn't know what this plan was.

Although Ye Qin is not a big country, it has 100,000 soldiers. Moreover, the country is small and highly mobile. Your 5,000 people can rescue 50,000 people.

However, these things were not something they could imagine. Only Shen Zhui from the Ministry of Revenue was a little strange. Through the incident with Ye Qin, he suddenly discovered a magical place.

Some time ago, due to tax reform, the imperial court's autumn grain harvest this year was not collected into the national treasury, but was stored locally and counted by special personnel so that if a war broke out, local supplies could be provided. Is this a coincidence or is it intentional?

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"General, the Ye Qin army is ahead. They have excellent terrain and a narrow exit. We can block 50,000 people with 30,000 people. We are few in number, so we can ask the provincial government for troops." A general bowed to Shen Sanyang.

"Wait a moment, Lord Shen said there is a brocade bag, let me see it." Shen Sanyang took out a brocade bag.

"Open a scroll and charge at him." Shen Sanyang looked at the note in the brocade bag and thought it was no joke, five thousand against thirty thousand.

(End of this chapter)