Prince Consort

When Xie Zean returned to Liangzhou, there was another person beside him: Liu Shenxing.

Liu Sansi became Yao Dingyan's confidant, but Liu Shenxing was silent. No one knew what he was doing for the past two years.

On the day Xie Zean was on his way back, Liu Shenxing followed him on horseback.

Liu Shenxing was younger than Liu Sansi, with a youthful face, he looked only in his twenties.

Xie Ze'an had heard about Liu Shenxing. When the Liu family was exiled to the south, the Liu family was already in despair, but Liu Shenxing got the permission of the local county magistrate to run the local semi-abandoned county school.Later, when the imperial court established newspaper offices in various places, Liu Shenxing and Liu Sansi single-handedly took care of the preparations for the newspaper offices there.They performed very well, and soon caught Yao Dingyan's eyes—that's why Yao Dingyan asked Zhao Chongzhao for a pardon for them.

Xie Ze'an was a little surprised by Liu Shenxing's defection, but he was not too surprised, after all, there are many capable people living in his small county office.

Xie Ze'an and Liu Shenxing talked happily along the way.

When he arrived in Liangzhou, Xie Zean first went to see Zhizhou.Zhizhou is extremely satisfied with Xie Zean, it's not that there were no people from the capital before, it's just that those families have their eyes above the top and never take them seriously.In fact, they don't need to look at his face. Once the term of office is over, he left his bad debts and was promoted. He boasted about his political achievements and did not do any serious business.

Xie Ze'an is completely different from them!

Zhizhou took Xie Ze'an's hand and said, "I will retire after this year's assessment is over. Ze'an, I have already recommended you to the Ministry of Officials."

Thanks again and again, Xie Zean left the city and returned to Tianling County.

Liu Shenxing followed Xie Zean all the way, the more he looked at him, the more he felt that Xie Zean didn't look like a boy, let alone a boy raised by a woman.

Even the children of real aristocratic families may not be able to do things as comprehensively as Xie Ze'an.

Liu Shenxing put his legs between the horse's belly and followed Xie Zean: "Don't you feel tired living like this?"

Xie Ze'an said, "Why are you tired?" He replied with a light smile, "I'm used to it."

Liu Shenxing was startled, and said, "I've heard a lot about you, and thought that following you would lead to a happier life."

Xie Ze'an paused for a moment, then turned his head and said, "Then you are late, it would have been better if you had come a few years earlier, you would have been very happy then."

Liu Shenxing sighed: "It seems that I always miss good opportunities."

Xie Ze'an said: "It's not all." He looked forward, "No matter when, there are always some things that are happy. Facing difficulties, riding the wind and waves, isn't it also a happy life."

Liu Shenxing said, "That's true."

The two walked while talking, and soon arrived in Tianling County.The Tianling county government office has been renovated, and it looks much larger than the average county government office. The main reason is that the rear office building is particularly large. After all, it was expanded according to the specifications of the Princess Mansion.As soon as he entered the county, more and more people greeted Xie Zean, until he entered the county office with the people behind him, he was considered clean.

Of course, there are other troubles in the county government.For example, when Du Qing and Du Xing asked for wine at Sapo, Xie Dalang stood guard in front of the wine cellar with his sword in his arms, not moving a single step, regardless of Du Qing and Du Xing's coercion and temptation.

Liu Shenxing: "...Who is this?"

Xie Ze'an said, "Two drunkards."

Du Xing jumped up: "Who do you say is a drunkard? Who is! Who is! Who will stay by your side while you leave?"

Xie Ze'an said, "Dai Shi?"

Du Qing resolutely joined the condemnation: "You ungrateful bastard! Go away, there is no alcohol here!"

Du Xing said: "Yes, yes, there is no alcohol here, let's go!"

Xie Ze'an said: "Oh, goodbye." He greeted Liu Shenxing, "Let's go, it seems that we have to drink the new wine brought back this time."

Du Xing: "..."

Du Qing: "..."

Du Qing and Du Xing followed Xie Zean into the house without changing his expression.

Xie Ze'an can't drink alcohol, so he can only drink tea with them instead of wine.

Du Qing and Du Xing didn't care whether he lost his face or not, his eyes narrowed from drinking, and he happily enjoyed the taste of good wine.

Xie Ze'an then said solemnly: "Thank you two gentlemen for helping to stay behind, otherwise I would definitely be worried about leaving."

Xie Ze'an said this, but Du Xing felt uncomfortable: "It's nothing, Dai Shi is very capable, and we have nothing to do. We didn't do anything, at most we helped you keep a few old friends Seeing Xie Ze'an's happy face, he waved his hands, "They have gone out, and you won't know if they are happy to stay in your small temple until you see them."

Xie Ze'an said: "No matter what the result is, the two gentlemen have worked hard."

Du Qing couldn't take it anymore: "I'm really not used to you like this, it's better to be the same as before."

Xie Ze'an said: "That's fine, you can't drink anymore after drinking these two cups." With a tiger's face, "Mr. Yang said that you can't drink like before!"

Du Qing and Du Xing: "..."

The two big and small people started to splatter shamelessly again.When they said harshly, "Do I, Du Qing (Du Xing), want any wine?", the wine that Liu Shenxing had poured into his mouth spurted out.

Du Qing and Du Xing Qiqi stared at him: "Young man, is this a waste of wine for you? You don't have to drink for the next round!"

Liu Shenxing: "..."

This is the prelude to Liu Shenxing's road of broken three views.

He couldn't even imagine that these two guys who were addicted to alcohol were Du Qing and Du Xing!

Xie Ze'an never took care of newcomers, Liu Shenxing followed him, and he immediately asked Liu Shenxing to be his deputy.County affairs are so simple, so of course there is nothing to be busy about. What he is thinking about is how to completely turn Liangzhou into a base for "raiding" Xixia.

The "Cotton Plan" has been rolled out, and the cotton harvest in Xixia's first year is very high.Many merchants who sneaked into Xixia early heard the news and began to go to various places to buy cotton enthusiastically, completing processing, publicity, sales and other tasks as quickly as possible. Nursery rhymes praising cotton flew all over Xixia like snowflakes.Of course, there are some voices of losers, but unfortunately, the small risk can't resist the temptation of money.

There is a person beside the Xixia Emperor, who is still young, but looks mighty and tall, full of Xixia blood.This man is capable of writing and martial arts, and he is favored by the Xixia Emperor.This day the little emperor finished riding and shooting, and quickly threw himself into the opponent's arms: "What do you think of my shooting?"

The other party boasted: "Your Majesty, you are really amazing."

The little emperor said: "It's worse than you, but I will definitely beat you in the future."

The other party said: "Of course I am not as good as Your Majesty."

The little emperor snorted, then turned his head after a while and said, "Are the Green Crop Law and the Market Change Law really that good?"

The other party said: "I'm not too sure, after all, it's a new thing, no one knows if it can really become..."

The little emperor said: "It doesn't matter, how can we be behind in what Daqing wants to promote!" He boasted happily, "This time we will not only not be behind, but also be one step ahead of them! Ah Ying, I will leave this matter to You are in charge!"

The other party let out a "hmm", stretched out his arms and carried the half-grown boy in his arms back to the bedroom.

This kind of intimacy seems a bit excessive to others, but they themselves are used to it, especially the little emperor. When he was in trouble, everyone ran away, only this big man was still protecting him all the way.The little emperor has always felt guilty that he couldn't even pronounce the other party's name. After taking over the throne, he always regarded "A Ying" as the closest person.

When the Xixia Emperor was asleep, a flying slave flew out of the Xixia Palace without a sound, headed east, and landed in Tianling County near Liangzhou.

After reading the letter, Xie Ze'an burned it, and sat under the lamp watching the erratic shadow of the lamp.It's not that he hasn't done "big things" before, but it's just playing economics, no matter how big he is, it's just like playing a numbers game-that's his specialty, so he will always enjoy it.

But it is different now, a careless move will involve many lives.There are Xixia people, and there are also "insiders" lurking in Xixia. No one can guarantee that all the people they meet will be fools—even if they meet fools, there is no guarantee that the other party will not gradually learn to be smart.

Be careful and careful every step of the way.

Xie Ze'an plans to turn Xixia into a "testing ground" for the new law.

This is due to the fact that he placed several cronies beside the Emperor Xixia in his early years.These people fled with the little Xixia emperor, and belonged to the little Xixia emperor's friends in need, and had a high status in the Xixia court.The little Xixia emperor was young, a little naive, and very easy to fool. He never realized that Yan Chong had designed him to ascend to the throne.

Xixia has a high degree of "sinicization", which is a good soil for the trial of the new law. Xie Ze'an buried the thread early, just waiting to find a good time to officially try it out.

It turns out that all is well.

It's just that "remote control execution" is much more difficult than executing it in person. Many things are blinded, and it is too difficult to judge the degree of execution based on the letter from Xixia.

So Xie Ze'an needs more people to help.

Du Qing and Du Xing helped Xie Zean a lot and found many helpers for him.Most of these guys are a bit weird, and they don't seem to obey the imperial court at all. The reason why they are willing to come to Xie Ze'an's side is because they think it is fun.

Yes, it was fun.This kind of plan is really crazy, so crazy that people can't imagine it, and it's so exciting that people can't stop it.After all, their own court is their own, no matter how much they don’t like them, they can’t let go and play it to pieces. Xixia is different. They all think that Xixia used to be the land of Daqing, and it was the Xixia people who rebelled against Daqing.For such a "traitor", there is no need to be merciful when playing, and there is no need to consider what the people are like and what the consequences will be. It couldn't be more enjoyable!

So they began to divide and cooperate. Some people control the merchant line, some control the court line, and some control the "rebel" line-after choosing a position, they all regard the other side's line as an enemy to bite, and you come and I fight more. How happy you are.

With such a group of lunatics around, Xie Zhean reckoned that Xixia would be finished by them soon.

As soon as Liu Shenxing, a strong man, arrived, Xie Zean reassuredly left the county affairs to him, and asked Dai Shi to come back and help him.Liu Shenxing originally wanted to wait and see, but was suddenly given the highest authority to "manage the whole county". He didn't know whether to cry or laugh, so he could only scramble to adapt to his new "position".

Xie Ze'an felt relaxed, and finally freed his hands to torment Duan Wang.

So Duan Wang has been very aggrieved recently, he never took Xie Ze'an seriously, he never thought that Xie Ze'an would poach the strange man he had worked so hard to win over.What made him even more unacceptable was that Xie Ze'an had found a master who didn't know where to dig up most of the hidden piles he had buried, almost making him deaf and blind, and couldn't receive any news!

He just wanted to maintain his demeanor as a "king of idleness", so he couldn't pursue this matter at all.

Xie Zean dared to act so recklessly because he saw that King Zhunduan had a lot of scruples.Duan Wang is a talented person, but unfortunately he doesn't know where to put his mind, thinking about this and that all day long, and he doesn't know what he is thinking about.Say he wants to rebel, but he doesn't dare to stand out—he doesn't even dare to stand up to protect his own eyes and ears; say he wants to be a king of leisure, and he does a lot of petty tricks.

With Yan Ning gone, Xie Ze'an didn't have so many scruples in doing things.

Xie Ze'an was so weak that he asked Dai Shi to find Zhang Xinqin and send it over. The workmanship is very good and the materials used are very good.

When Duan Wang received the piano, his face turned green, and he turned around and dealt with a group of people around him.

Within a few days, Qin was smashed by him again.

Xie Ze'an turned around and asked someone to deliver another qin, and this time someone sent a message: "I heard that the emperor's uncle is a person who loves the qin, why are you so careless?"

Duan Wang: "..."

King Duan sent someone to invite Xie Ze'an to come over to the mansion.

Xie Ze'an came to the door solemnly, following the etiquette of meeting elders in every word and deed.

Duan Wang felt even more depressed when he saw it, he was obviously a bloody bastard, how could he be allowed to do this in just two years?

Duan Wang said helplessly, "What do you want to do?"

Xie Ze'an smiled slightly: "Uncle Huang has been holding back for so long, I'm afraid he's about to die..." He pointed out King Duan's ambition without hesitation, "The situation in the court is very stable now, Uncle Huang, you will be sure soon. You can’t wait for the opportunity. Instead of wasting time, why not come and have fun with me.”

Duan Wang frowned: "What are you playing?"

Xie Ze'an spat out two words: "Xi Xia."

Duan Wang: "..."