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

Xie Chengze does not want to be heaven and earth, nor does he want to be a saint.

He wanted to interfere in the lives of the people of Yizhou, emulate the heaven and earth, imitate nature, and transform nature so that nature could be used by the people.

He wanted to turn these tens of millions of acres of plains into fertile land, make Yizhou the world's land of abundance, let the people of the Jian'an Dynasty create a constructive civilization, and make sure that wherever there were Jian'an people in the Jian'an Dynasty, that place would be the best territory.

"Shen Yuan." He whispered in Shen Yuan's ear, with a rare hint of seriousness in his tone, "Do you dare to bet that I can make the flood of the Minjiang River obey me?"

Shen Yuan thought he was joking and sneered, "Second Prince, are you still asleep? Do you need me to throw you down to wake you up?"

"It seems that Lord Shen doesn't dare?" Xie Chengze raised his eyebrows.

"Of course I dare. What's the bet?" Shen Yuan held his butt with one hand to prevent him from falling, and tapped his waist with the other hand unconsciously. It was a small move he would make when he was planning something. "If the Second Prince cannot make the Minjiang River flood obey you, then promise me three things."

"Okay." Xie Chengze agreed readily, "If the Minjiang River flood can listen to me, then you..."

He narrowed his eyes and chuckled, "Just call me daddy!"

Shen Yuan:?

This bastard! He is not serious again!

Shen Yuan didn't expect Xie Chengze to make Minjiang obedient. He just hoped that while he was investigating corruption, the other party would be obedient and not cause trouble!

When they went down the mountain, Shen Yuan still carried him on his back.

Shen Yuan was naturally unwilling, but he could not stand Xie Chengze's whining, always hinting that he was ungrateful by holding up the account book. Shen Yuan didn't want to listen to his whining, so he simply took him down the mountain as quickly as possible and returned to the county government office where everyone went back to their own rooms.

In the next few days, Shen Yuan was busy with disaster relief.

With the experience of disaster relief in his previous life, Shen Yuan ordered Liang Wanda to compile relevant matters on solving famine into a book, and distribute it to various counties as soon as possible, so that the county magistrates of all parties could carry out disaster relief according to the manual.

However, this cannot solve all the problems. There are always some counties that take the opportunity to plunder the people's wealth and embezzle relief grain, making the situation of the victims in the county even more difficult.

The hungry refugees began to spontaneously organize and flee to other counties.

Other counties are naturally unwilling to accept these refugees. They can’t even fill their stomachs, so how can they have the energy to take care of other people’s messes?

The refugees were making so much noise that someone sent a letter of complaint directly to Shen Yuan.

Shen Yuan needs to go out of the city to sort out these messes. Although he was a powerful official in his previous life, his level has been reset to zero and he has been sent to the Novice Village. He is just a small privy envoy with no one available around him. Before he can train and recruit advisers again, he can only make this trip in person.

Moreover, Xie Chengze must be brought along.

"Your Highness must go with me." Shen Yuan's tone brooked no room for argument. "If the news that the Second Prince is in Jiangdu County spreads, the refugees will surely rush here. Then the people of Jiangdu, students from all over the country, and the Second Prince will all be in danger."

Wherever there is a prince, there is food, but Jiangdu County obviously cannot bear too many people. If those refugees are very hungry, they will not care whether you are a prince or a minister. After all, the law cannot punish the masses. Can you really chop off their heads?

In the previous life, because he and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince pushed Liang Wanda and others too hard, the other party simply gave up and actually tricked more than 20,000 refugees from the nearby area to come to Jiangdu County!

With more than 20,000 mouths crying out for food, he and the Crown Prince were extremely worried and it took them a lot of effort to finally resolve the matter.

In this life, he must never let this happen again, so he must take Xie Chengze with him, and rely on the principle of "where Xie Chengze is, the refugees will go there" to attract local refugees back to the city and let these empty county towns resume disaster relief work.

But Xie Chengze refused.

"No, look at the past dynasties, which prince would follow his subjects around in the disaster area?"

"Your Highness the Crown Prince will!" Shen Yuan couldn't help but say.

What I mean is, if you want to follow the path of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, then just follow me obediently!

"Then let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince go with you." Xie Chengze rolled his eyes and didn't buy it at all. He hugged the bedpost tightly and shouted at the top of his voice, "Anyway, I'm not going!"

"Second Prince!" Shen Yuan's voice sank, and he took a step forward and tightly grasped his wrist. "Don't be willful. Do you know how dangerous it is for you to stay in Jiangdu County? If something happens, Liang Wanda will definitely push you to the front to face the refugees. How will you deal with it then?"

"It's more dangerous to be with you!" Xie Chengze stared at him with wide eyes, questioning him loudly, "Don't you just want me to be your target? As long as I help you, those treacherous people will think that I am in the same group with you. When you return to Beijing in the future, have you thought about my fate?!"

"Or do you not care at all? You only care whether your Crown Prince can secure the position of the future new emperor!"

Xie Chengze's eyes flushed red, and deep in his eyes was a grievance hidden by stubbornness, curled up in the corner and not daring to show it.

Shen Yuan was silent for a moment.

He had to admit that he did have this idea, and even vaguely thought that if Xie Chengze was forced to the opposite side of the treacherous camp, would Xie Chengze move in a good direction?

But looking at Xie Chengze who was like a turtle hiding in his shell, Shen Yuan felt disappointment welling up in his heart.

In the heart of the second prince, the lives of the people are far less important than his power and status.

He was so confused by the illusions of these days that he almost forgot what kind of person Xie Chengze was in his previous life. And how could a person change his nature so easily?

He couldn't force Xie Chengze to make a choice, so he could only let go of his wrist and said coldly, "I'll take my leave."

The man walked away, and the sound of the door slamming was extremely loud, as if he was venting something helplessly.

Xie Chengze raised his left wrist. There were deep red marks where Shen Yuan had just grabbed it. The burning sensation trembled slightly along the red finger marks. The pain made him lower his eyes and curled his lips in anger.

"He has a bad temper and no wife." He cursed quietly.

He really couldn't follow Shen Yuan to other counties.

Once he goes there, his position on the side of the prince will be clear. Those treacherous people will definitely not want to see this scene. After all, he is too favored by Emperor Jian. To make an exaggerated analogy, if Xie Chengze said that he wanted to raid the home of a minister a day, Emperor Jian, who would be happy with it, would certainly agree.

Would those treacherous ministers be willing to see this scene?

Of course not.

They will even try to make him die.

By then, his situation will be more dangerous than the prince's. In Emperor Jian's heart, he is certainly important, but this importance is limited to the fact that he will not hinder the prince's ascension to the throne. He is just a "mascot" who can be doted on. If he dies "accidentally", Emperor Jian will at most be sad and grief-stricken for a while, and then use his death to purge the court.

Didn't Emperor Jian treat him as a living target? If Emperor Jian could really protect the original owner, why did the original owner keep two masters by his side and why was he obsessed with training assassins?

No one can truly protect him, and when Emperor Jian dies, his situation will become even more embarrassing.

Therefore, Xie Chengze had to plan for himself at all times and blur his position in the court. When Emperor Jian died, he would immediately request a fiefdom far away from the capital to live a truly free life.

After taking a deep breath, Xie Chengze stood up, changed his clothes, and strode out of the room.

There were dark clouds outside the house, and only a ray of golden light penetrated through the thick clouds and thunder, gently falling on the man, warm and burning.