How can I bow my head and serve the powerful officials?

"Okay, tell me, what are you doing here?" The loser clears the chessboard. Emperor Jian raised his sleeves and resignedly picked up the chess pieces and cleaned up the chessboard.

"I heard that my father intends to arrange for Minister Shen to go to Yizhou, and I also want to go." Xie Chengze stated his purpose directly.

"Oh?" Emperor Jian did not look up and continued to pick up chess pieces. "Yizhou is remote. You have never left the capital since you were a child. I am afraid you don't know that the world outside is not as prosperous and harmonious as the capital..."

Before the Jian'an Dynasty, countless dynasties had collapsed, mostly because natural disasters and heavy taxes made people's lives miserable. When the famine was severe, people even had to sell their children. The desperate people rose up in rebellion, which eventually led to the collapse of these corrupt dynasties.

The previous emperor was born a beggar. After ascending the throne, he learned from the experience of the collapse of previous dynasties and worked diligently to benefit the people.

However, the territory of the Jian'an Dynasty was too vast, so vast that the emperor was far away and could not obey his orders, and so vast that the empty treasury could not benefit the people at all. The huge lions were already hungry and skinny, but the rainstorms were still falling, the snow was still pouring, the greedy hyenas were watching covetously, and the young lions were in their cradles, unaware that the storm was coming and death was approaching.

A lion could intimidate the hyenas, but it could not resist the deliberate difficulties of natural disasters. Emperor Jian knew very well that what the Minister of Revenue said was right. If the Minjiang River embankment was not improved, Yizhou might really become a wasteland in the future. Once the precedent of abandoning the city was set, officials from all over the country would follow suit, and the hyenas would take advantage of the opportunity to sneak in. The Jian'an Dynasty would embark on the road of self-destruction and cease to exist.

The matter of Yizhou must be accomplished. Even if it takes ten to five years, we must not let it become a ruined city!

The best solution now is that someone in this world can figure out a way to completely solve the flood disaster of the Minjiang River, so that the 10 million acres of fertile soil in the Jiangdu Plain can all become arable land, providing abundant food for the entire south, filling the treasury of the court, and then benefiting the poor areas in the north, allowing the Jian'an Dynasty to survive for another 500 years!

"Chengze, regarding the Yizhou matter, only success is allowed, failure is not allowed. You have never suffered hardship, and I am worried about you going." Emperor Jian packed up the chess pieces, then looked up and looked deeply at Xie Chengze.

His second son was smart and studious when he was young. He respected his older brothers and loved his younger brothers. But for some reason, he suddenly grew up in a wrong direction.

He once wondered if the servants in Ze'er's mansion were too stupid and led him astray, and he also considered whether to kill them forcefully, but he was worried that Ze'er was too smart and would really block the prince's way, so he did not touch them.

Ke Ze'er's performance in the past few days seemed to have brought him back to his senses. He sent people to investigate secretly, but found out that there were no new retainers in Chenghuan Palace recently.

It was as if the clever Ze'er had suddenly come back again.

Then could he feel at ease and let Chengze go south to Yizhou?

Emperor Jian couldn't make up his mind.

Xie Chengze stood up and saluted, "Father, I know that what I did in the past seemed very stupid, but..."

He glanced at Emperor Jian and said in a loud voice, "The Crown Prince has been polished to a mature level now. It is time for me, a polishing stone, to change my job and become his assistant, contributing to the Jian'an Dynasty and clearing out the pests in the court."

Emperor Jian was startled. He never expected him to say this. "Chengze, do you already know..."

Xie Chengze lowered his waist and did not answer.

"Do you blame your father?" Emperor Jian secretly glanced at Xie Chengze's face. He didn't expect that Chengze had already seen through that he was using him to polish the prince.

"Father has always doted on me. If I am not willing, will you force me?" Xie Chengze smiled. "Whether it is for father, for my third brother or for the Jian'an Dynasty, I am willing to become a grinding stone. It's just a loss of face, but it's worth it."

"So, when did you know?" Emperor Jian sighed.

"I knew it a long time ago." Xie Chengze gave a universal answer.

It turned out that he had known it for a long time.

He said, his son is obviously very smart, how could he suddenly become stupid? It turns out that he has been deliberately hiding his incompetence in the past few years, just to make the prince grow faster...

Now he suddenly adjourned the court session, which seemed to indicate that the situation was ripe and it was time to change his status and help the crown prince.

As a father, he didn't realize his son's good intentions, but took advantage of him as a matter of course...

Emperor Jian couldn't help but hold Xie Chengze's hands tightly, with a look of heartache and guilt on his face, "My child, I'm sorry for you. It's your father who has let you down."

Seeing Emperor Jian's expression, Xie Chengze knew that he had fooled another person.

However, he was also very curious. Was he too naive and self-righteous, or was Emperor Jian and the Crown Prince too easy to fool, and actually believed his words of whitewashing?

Are all villains so easy to whitewash?

Xie Chengze was just wondering when he heard Emperor Jian excitedly say, "Ze'er, go to Yizhou boldly. I grant you the imperial sword, which allows you to execute first and report later!"

Xie Chengze:?

Is there such a good thing?

Xie Zimiao, who was standing by, came over quickly and said, "Father, I want to go too!"

Emperor Jian waved his hand and said, "Yes!"

Xie Chengze turned his head:?

No? Are you kidding me? I just said I was going and you were in a dilemma, but when Xie Zimiao said I was going, you readily agreed?

Besides, do you want to think about it again? This is not a trip. If I take Xie Zimiao to Yizhou, wouldn't that be like bringing an extra burden? Father? Father, don't run away!

Father! ! !

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The next day, the emperor appointed Shen Yuan as Privy Councilor and ordered him to go south to Yizhou with the second and fourth princes to supervise the disaster relief. The ministers in the court discussed the matter a lot, and finally Emperor Jian made the final decision, and the matter was a foregone conclusion.

Outside the city gate, Xie Jinyu, who came to see him off, looked worried, "Second brother, how about I send you some people? There are many evil bandits during the famine, and one more person means a little more safety."

Xie Chengze nodded, "Okay."

Xie Jinyu was stunned for a moment, not yet accustomed to Xie Chengze's straightforward appearance. After all, according to past experience, his second brother was very worried that his people would assassinate him, so it was impossible for him to let his people get close to him.

Seeing that he readily agreed this time, Xie Jinyu was afraid that he would go back on his word, so he quickly stuffed a few more skilled men into the convoy, "Second brother, they are all good fighters, hardworking and willing to work. If you have any instructions, just order them."

After saying that, he turned to Shen Yuan beside him. The gentle smile on his face just now disappeared in an instant, leaving only a serious reminder, "Remember to protect the second brother. His life is much more valuable than yours."

Shen Yuan: "...Yes, I know what's going on."

Xie Chengze stuck his head out of the carriage and watched with gloating eyes: Tsk tsk, a loyal employee who was backstabbed by the boss, Xiao Yuanyuan, why are you so pitiful?

It's okay~ The prince doesn't love you, but I love you on the road~

The carriage heading to Yizhou finally set off in a grand manner.