Hello Chang’an

During the day, the door of the front office of the governor's office was wide open, and it was guarded by official officers. The back door is closed most of the time, but there are people on duty inside the door. Since it belongs to the inner courtyard, Chang Sui Ning's personal guards are usually responsible for it in rotation.

At this moment, when a knock on the door was heard, a guard from Wuhu Mountain opened the door and glanced at the visitor: "...Who are you?"

Meng Lie, who was accompanied by a domestic servant, raised his hand: "My surname is Meng, and I am here to see the governor."

The guard asked warily: "Where are you from? Why do you come to see our governor?"

"I have to come here as invited by the governor's letter." Meng Lie was always cautious and did not want to reveal too much about his identity to a guard: "This trip is secret and should not be publicized. All you need to do is go and tell me that your surname is Meng Zhi." If someone asks for a meeting, the governor will definitely know about it.”

The guard frowned. If he was really an acquaintance of the Governor, why didn't he know that the Governor was not in the Governor's Mansion at the moment?

He also knew how to be cautious and didn't say much about his master's affairs. He only looked at Meng Lie who spoke vaguely with a wary look.

It's not that he is deliberately making things difficult, but that there are too many people who want to see the governor of his family, and he has seen too many excuses in various ways. There were even people who thought they were handsome before, chanting poems and showing off where the governor passed by, making excuses. A chance encounter or something—

There is no way. Although their governor's office now has a very complete policy on recruiting talents, there are always people who want to take shortcuts.

Seeing how strict the guard was, Meng Lie, who was anxious, could only say: "...I came from the capital, and I often serve as half of the governor. I will go and spread the news as soon as I can, but there is no need to make it public."

Although he has seemingly had no contact with Chang Kuo and others over the years, he also hugged the baby girl when His Highness picked it up. In terms of seniority, this expedient half-father's statement is not the same. That's too much.

Meng Lie knew how to manipulate people's hearts. When the guard heard this, he couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise, and his expression was indeed much more polite. He had heard many excuses, but he was the first one to dare to call himself "half-father". As expected, No one has the guts to lie about this kind of thing, right?

"Then wait a moment, I'll go and pass the message!" After the guard finished speaking, he closed the door with a bang.

"..." The servants beside Meng Lie were shocked. Even though he was half-father of the governor, why couldn't he get the treatment of being invited in to drink tea and wait for the announcement?

Although Meng Lie was impatient, he could also understand the actions of the guard. There were countless eyes watching the Jiangdu Governor's Mansion, so it was a good thing to be more heavily guarded.

It can also be seen from this that the Chang family girl is good at governing.

While Meng Lie waited anxiously, the guard found the outer study room where Wang Changshi and others were and explained the matter.

"...Half father?" Wang Changshi was startled, what is this?

As far as he knew, the governor had four fathers in total. One of them had passed away not long ago, and now there were still three alive, but who were these half-fathers?

Luo Guanlin showed a look of disdain under his mask.

"You claim your surname is Meng, are you from the capital?" Yao Ran put down his pen and asked seriously.

The guard nodded hurriedly.

Yao Ran thought for a moment, stood up, and said to Wang Changshi: "Changshi, I just need to go see this person. The governor had an explanation before he left -"

Yao Ran didn't say much about the specific explanation, but Wang Changshi knew that she had the trust of the governor, so he didn't ask much at this moment.

Yao Ran left the study and said to the guard: "Please go to the side hall."

The guard should be there soon.

Yao Ran went to the side hall, thinking about it. The governor had told her alone before leaving. In addition to the urgent and important matters in the governor's house, there were two other things that needed to be paid attention to in time. One was that Chang Ren and others brought back The second was the reply from Meng Dong's family in Dengtai Tower, the capital.

So, now I didn’t wait for a reply, but the person came to the door in person?

Yao Ran soon met Meng Lie.

When she was in Beijing, although she didn't have many opportunities to go out because of her birth mother's strict control, she still went to Dengtai Tower and met Meng Dong's family by chance.

But the person she saw now was far different from what she remembered.

He is dressed simply and has been worn by a lot of work. He is thin and has frost-white temples.

Meng Lie didn't recognize Yao Ran. On the one hand, he couldn't remember every guest who went to Dengtai Tower, and they were girls from his boudoir, rather than those powerful officials who deserved his special attention. Secondly, at this moment, Yao Ran is wearing a scholar's robe and the attire of a female historian. She looks completely different from her previous image.

Yao Ran raised his hand to return the salute and said, "You should be Meng Dong's family from Dengtai Tower. The governor had an explanation with me before he left."

"Exactly." Meng Lie revealed his identity at this moment and asked hurriedly: "What the female historian means is that Chang Jishi is not in the house?"

Yao Ran nodded: "Your Excellency went to the army more than ten days ago."

Meng Lie couldn't help but frown: "Then when will she come back?"

"It's possible." Yao Ran didn't reveal much about the war situation. He only said: "If Shopkeeper Meng is anxious, he can write a letter first and send it to the army for your Majesty's review."

Meng Lie said, "I wonder if I can go to the army and meet the governor in person?"

What he wanted to prove couldn't be explained clearly in a letter.

Yao Ran hesitated for a moment, looked at Meng Lie with eager eyes, and nodded after a moment.

Ordinarily, she should have informed the adults first, and then allowed others to go after receiving the adults' permission. But since the Lord made a special trip to explain the matter to her before leaving and gave her the right to act expediently, she should flexibly respond to various events according to the priorities, saving the Lord time and unnecessary trouble. If she just sticks to the old rules and only knows how to do things rigidly, she will not be worthy of your special attention.

"Meng Dong's family can rest in the mansion for one night. We will leave before dawn tomorrow and arrive at the army in the evening."

The army was camped on the bank of the Yellow Sea, three hundred miles away from the governor's office in Jiangdu. The army's fast horses could reach it in one day.

"There is no need to rest, you can start now." Meng Lie raised his hand: "There is a labor woman named Shi who arranged this for Meng."

Hearing this, Yao Ran didn't say much to dissuade him. After nodding, he called someone over.

"Qinghua, you take a group of people and **** this distinguished guest to meet the Lord in the army." Yao Ran glanced at Meng Lie and told Qinghua: "Be careful and don't make any mistakes."

Qinghua understands that Ran Nu Shi's words of "be careful" not only require them to ensure the safety of this distinguished guest, but also to be more vigilant. They also need to do a good job in handover when they arrive in the army, so that this distinguished guest is safe and controllable. Within the scope of—

Qinghua clasped her fists: "Don't worry, female historian!"

Yao Ran nodded and watched Meng Lie leave quickly.

At this moment, in the outer study room, Wang Changshi heard that Hucao officials were coming and hurriedly went to see them.

After Jiangdu's decree to attract talents and encourage them to settle down was implemented, the results were quite good, and Hu Cao suddenly became the busiest among the seven Cao Cao. Hu Cao not only has a large number of tedious paperwork to handle, but also takes care of on-site visits, door-to-door collection of household information, and resettlement matters for new arrivals, etc.

Therefore, more than half of the talents who have passed the assessment of the governor's office have been temporarily assigned to work in Hu Cao, and every response to the government order is being carried out busy and intensively in the practice of everyone.

In the process of implementing many government orders, many new problems that cannot be predicted in advance will inevitably arise. When problems arise, they will be passed to the governor's office step by step, and the governor's office will make decisions and instructions.

Although there are a lot of small problems, fortunately there are only a few big ones, and most of them can be solved by Wang Changshi, Luo Guanlin and officials from various places.

In addition, Yao Ran will make a written summary of various issues and progress every three days and send them to the army to present to Chang Suining.

This is one of the reasons why Chang Suining chose to take Lu Xiucai to work in the army as a clerk, while leaving Yao Ran in the Governor's Mansion.

As far as Chang Suining is concerned, no matter how much she trusts Wang Changshi's position and no matter how much she relies on Luo Guanlin's ability, she still needs a true "one of her own" to balance the situation and indirectly supervise all affairs of the Governor's Mansion.

Moreover, as a woman, Yao Ran is bound to be able to make more keen judgments and responses when faced with problems that may arise during the implementation of special decrees targeting Jiangdu women.

Luo Guanlin was naturally aware of Chang Suining's many motives for keeping Yao Ran, and Chang Suining also gave Shen Sanmao the stewardship of the inner courtyard.

Luo Guanlin sneered at this, criticizing Chang Suining for always saying "use it", but in fact he was always wary. But at the same time, she had to admit that she acted rigorously and seemed to have a natural keen sense for the control of power, and she did not feel any difficulty in strategizing. There were already signs of official checks and balances in the small outer study of the Governor's Mansion.

Even a study room like this, not to mention the various officials under Jiangdu's rule, it is impossible for her not to take care of it. Therefore, although everything is busy nowadays, and even many new faces are unfamiliar, they can still do the work. To create order in chaos, and to maintain just the right balance and mutual restraint.

From Luo Guanlin's perspective, all this depends on the perfect mechanism laid out by Chang Sui Ning early. In the process of allocating the newly recruited talents, she made reductions and additions to the original position framework, and adjusted the positions in various locations according to Jiangdu's existing needs.

The establishment of the mechanism is complete. Even if problems cannot be avoided in the process of moving forward, the big framework will not be scattered. Then, all problems will be controllable -

And if you follow the controllable lines and stroke them upward layer by layer, you will find that these lines slowly converge into one, and the end of this line is only wrapped around the fingertips of the girl sitting high. above, even if she is in the military at the moment.

After Wang Changshi left the study, Luo Guanlin handed a pile of documents to Luo Ze and a clerk to distribute. Luo Ze left, and Wang Yue came over.

After the guards guarding the door informed Luo Guanlin, Wang Yue was able to enter.

"Wangshan, you came just in time." Luo Guanlin, who was writing, said without raising his head: "You can help me sort these official documents."

Wang Yue: "..."

Here we go again!

Every time he came to Luo Guanlin to discuss whether to stay or leave, the other party would always give him a bunch of official duties!

After half a month, the problem he cared about has not been solved, but there is still a lot of work to do!

What does the official affairs of the governor's office have to do with him, Wang Wangshan!

"I won't do it." Wang Yue sat down next to Luo Guanlin and said angrily.

Luo Guanlin said quietly: "Then you just wait until I finish handling the matters at hand before talking about anything else."

Wang Yue looked at the large piles of official documents and letters in front of him. For a moment, his eyesight went dark. He stood up and walked back and forth in front of Luo Guanlin's desk: "...Yesterday, the Qiantang clan sent someone to deliver a letter. The King of Yue once again As the saying goes, there are only three things to do when sending people to your door, but you..."

Luo Guanlin raised his hand to interrupt him, frowned and said, "Wangshan, I'm busy with official duties, so we'll talk about this later."

Wang Yue gritted his teeth slightly and pointed his hand at him. After a moment, he dropped his hand heavily, sighed angrily, picked up a pile of official business, and sat down behind a small table beside him.

Just when he was finally finishing sorting the official documents, Luo Ze came back from outside and brought back a bunch of new official documents. When he stepped forward to salute Wang Yue, he naturally and respectfully placed the official documents in front of Wang Yue. On the small table.

Wang Yue: "..."

Who taught this kid to be so "sensible"?

But then again, he has seen everything he should and should not see these days...can he really still leave?

Looking at his friend who was deep in thought, Luo Guanlin looked calm.

You can't blame him for being unscrupulous. He has said all the things that should be said and advised before, but his friend is still hesitant. In this case, it is better to use it first and then talk about it.

Wang Yue was in a state of confusion, feeling as if he had become a rat in an oil tank and could not get out.

By the time he and Luo Guanlin left the study together, it was already after dark.

"You can't delay your family affairs in Qiantang. We will make arrangements tomorrow to bring them to Jiangdu as soon as possible." Luo Guanlin said to Wang Yue on the way back to his residence.

"You..." Wang Yue opened his mouth but didn't know what to say. In the end, he just sighed and asked: "Is it really feasible to stay here?"

Luo Guanlin: "Through the official business you have handled these days, Jiangdu should have some understanding of it now."

Wang Yue said nothing, and walked for a while, suddenly stopped, held down one of Luo Guanlin's arms, and asked in a low voice in the night: "... Guanlin, in your opinion, does Chang Guanlin also have a disobedient heart? "

Luo Guanlin looked at him and did not answer directly: "She also has a father and brother -"

After a moment, his voice dropped even lower: "I have some understanding of General Chang's character. He is loyal to His Majesty the late Crown Prince. He will never change his surname unless forced to do so... Therefore, if the Li family reappears as the Ming Dynasty master in the future, There is still a possibility for you and me to persuade General Chang to surrender."

He added: "Now that the Japanese soldiers are approaching, she can't think of doing other things for the time being...Wangshan, you should know that you have no safer choice now."

Having said this, thinking of the situation at home in Qiantang, the last struggle in Wang Yue's heart was on the verge of collapse.

After a long while, he asked the last question: "Then I have been helping you with your official duties every day for the past half month. Do you want to calculate my wages?"

Otherwise, wouldn’t his work have been in vain?

…

Meng Lie, escorted by Qinghua and his party, drove all night and arrived at the military camp at dawn.

Chang Kuo, who drank medicine last night and slept very deeply, just woke up and saw Meng Lie being brought to the tent. He was in a daze for a moment - did he wake up too violently? How could he seem to have seen twenty years? The late Lao Meng?

After another closer look, Chang Kuo was surprised. He raised his hand to retreat to the soldiers in the tent, and then said: "...Old Meng, what happened to you? Why did you suddenly come to Jiangdu in person? And your hair, how can it compare? Am I too white?”

Meng Lie did not answer, but went straight to Chang Kuo, showed the two halves of the token in his hand, lowered his voice and asked seriously: "Before going to Beidi, His Highness split this token into two, and left half of it to me. Half of it is in the hands of His Highness... But how could this thing suddenly appear in Sui Ning's hands after more than ten years?"

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