Day 2.

It was a sunny day, the morning sun, from the eastern sky, rising, countless fog dissipated, the sky was blue, cloudless, the breeze was blowing, there was a refreshing breath in the air.

That's the smell of spring.

Inside the inn, there is a well-furnished lobby that looks a little elegant.

"Dingfang, sit down!" Mu Jing specially asked someone to invite Hou Yue.

If you want to re-govern Nanxiang and win back the influence that belongs to the Ming Hou Mansion, you need to implement it step by step, and the first step is to take Hou Yue down.

Now Hou Yue's reputation in Nanxiang is too high.

Recall is certainly not a no-go.

Can only be reused.

However, his resentment will definitely affect the outcome of the Ming Marquis Mansion's administration of Nanxiang.

Therefore, in any case, it is necessary to obediently obey the call of the Minghou Mansion and let the signboard of the Minghou Mansion be re-established in Nanxiang City, so as to recover the lost people's hearts step by step.

"No!"

Hou Yue was dressed in an official robe, well-behaved, kneeling on the lower side, with an expressionless face and dark pupils, which looked a little deep.

He didn't know what Mu Jing had called him to do, but he had to come when he called him.

"Dingfang, are you still complaining in your heart about me giving up Nanxiang and withdrawing troops from Nanyang?"

Mu Jing asked softly.

"The subordinates don't dare!" Hearing this, Hou Yue gritted his teeth and said in a low voice.

He did resent many times back then, but gradually, he found that he didn't know how to resent, but he seemed a little cold, maybe he thought that without Mujing, without Minghou Mansion, Nanxiang could survive.

"Don't dare?" Mu Jing looked at Hou Yue's complicated eyes and smiled: "That is, there is resentment in my heart, but based on my identity, I don't dare to express it, right?" ”

Hou Yue was silent for a moment.

This can't be denied, and he can't admit it, no matter how dissatisfied he is with Mu Jing and the Minghou Mansion in his heart, he can't admit his resentment against Mu Jing in person, this is a big disrespectful behavior.

"Ningwei Taiping dog, don't leave people for chaos!"

Mu Jing played with the teacup and said softly: "The word troubled times is not just to say, we all live in this troubled times, and sometimes, we can only be forced to do something!" ”

"Even if you know that doing so, countless people will be harmed, and even many families will be ruined!"

"Still going to do it!"

"Because the way of the world does not tolerate our mercy!"

He sighed: "The Minghou Mansion is like a very big ship now, since this ship has already started, no one can stop, even me, I can only keep moving forward, either be broken by the waves, the ship will be destroyed, or ride the wind and waves and kill a road!" ”

"When the lord has the world in mind, have you ever remembered that our people in Nanyang have also supported you to the future!"

Hou Yue listened to Mu Jing's words, the more angry he felt in his heart, he gritted his teeth, and even said some disrespectful words: "I may be able to understand the choice of the lord, but can the people of Nanyang, can the people of Nanxiang, when we can live and die with the lord, the lord gave up on us, can you understand half a point, our feelings!" ”

"Isn't it much more comfortable to say some words?"

Mu Jing looked at Hou Yue's indignant expression, and a smile rose slightly on the corner of his mouth.

"If the subordinates have made a mistake in their words, please punish the lord!"

Hou Yue came to his senses a little, he looked at Mu Jingruo's smiling expression, and hurriedly knelt down and bowed his head to plead guilty, although he was resentful in his heart, but once he said it, it would be big or small.

"No matter what you say today, I won't give you a verdict, no matter how dissatisfied you are with me, you can say it as much as you like today, I have promised the identity of the marquis, leaving this hall, all the voices today will not be heard!"

Mu Jing glanced at him, wanted to speak and stopped, wanted to say that he was afraid, so he gave him some courage: "There are not many opportunities, you have to take advantage of it, after today, if you want to say, I may not want to listen!" ”

Hou Yue raised his head, stared at Mu Jing's pupils, and after half a sound, he grew a little bolder, and said in a low voice: "Lord, do you know how many households there were in Nanxiang back then, and how many households are there now?" ”

"Before the herdsmen withdrew from Nanyang, there were 38,000 households in Nanxiang, close to 100,000!" Mu Jing replied: "Today, there should still be 25,000 households in Nanxiang, less than 50,000!" ”

He could have sent someone to investigate this data.

Nanxiang is the base of the Ming Marquis Mansion in Nanyang in the past, whether it was Yuan Jun or Huangfu Song, they all regarded this place as the biggest target, recruited the young people here to the front line, levied heavy taxes here, and forced countless families to die.

An emperor and a people.

Under the control of Yuan Shu, the taxation seems to be even more heavy, and the taxes of various names that are not understood or not, and they are not enough to eat after a year of hard work.

And Huangfu Song is very powerful, and he has no experience in governing the place.

And in order to maintain the combat effectiveness of the Guanzhong Army, he recruited a lot of young men and women in the periphery, and when fighting, he replaced the Guanzhong Army into the cruel battlefield, consumed a wave, and then put the main force on the field.

Sometimes it even reaches a state of reckless militarism.

The people of Nanxiang bear the brunt, most of the people are living in this dire situation, and the resentment in their hearts has nowhere to release, so it is naturally all transferred to Mu Jing.

"It turns out that the lord knows so well!" Hou Yue gritted his teeth, and there was a trace of blood in his pupils: "Every dead soul here, they are all the people of the Ming Hou Mansion, they have countless people who have been to the city back then, guarding the city for the princess and mother, but until death, they don't understand why the lord said to give up on them, he can give up them, and let them be ruined by others and killed by others!" ”

Mu Jing was listening, listening quietly, his expression was very calm, calm and a little gloomy.

There are many things that can be analyzed from a standpoint.

But what happened, the position cannot be used as a reason, the damage has already happened, who can make amends, the dead, can they come back, and the corrupted family, can they be restored?

The sad mood can't last long in Mu Jing's heart.

After all, he is a generation of princes, and the person who is in charge of the country will never allow himself to be affected by some sentimentality.

So his mood quickly became cold.

"There are some things that I have already done, and no amount of reasons will help!"

A sincere smile appeared on Mu Jing's face, his eyes were hunting, he looked at Hou Yue, and said: "I don't deny that I am sorry for the people of Nanxiang, you resent me and hated me, it is all right, but I want to say that people can't look at the past, they have to think about the future, I hope that the future of Nanxiang can be more prosperous and rich, and the people can live better!" ”

"I know, you're not going to trust me!"

"But I will use my actions to make up for the mistakes I have made!"

He stared at Hou Yue and said sincerely: "I hope you can put aside your resentment and hatred for me for the time being, and help me rebuild Nanxiang, I hope to see the power of the former Nanxiang, the first city in the west of Nanyang!" ”

"Can I ask my lord one more question?" Hou Yue suddenly raised his head, his eyes became sharp, he looked directly at Mu Jing, and said word by word.

"Yes!"

Mu Jing made a gesture of please.

"If you do it again and let the lord choose like this, will the lord give up Nanxiang and Nanyang?" Hou Yue asked.

"Hypothetical questions, I rarely answer!"

Mu Jing thought for a while: "But since you asked, I think I should give you an answer, it may disappoint you!" ”

"Yes!"

Mu Jing said categorically.

"Why?" Hou Yue gritted his teeth and said.

"If I can't live in Nanxiang, it's better than not living in the entire Minghou Mansion, I Mujing, being the Ming Marquis, in charge of the Minghou Mansion, commanding the soldiers and horses, and governing the people, are all my responsibilities, but the responsibility is big and small!"

Mu Jing replied to him calmly: "Sitting in my entire position, I can only make myself more calm, even cold, there must be damage, then the score is severe, and I can't be swayed by feelings!" ”

"The Tao is different, and they don't conspire with each other!" The more Hou looked forward to it, the more disappointed he became: "My subordinates are willing to resign and return to their hometowns, and I also ask Lord Minghou to promise!" ”

Somewhat disappointed.

But I can't say how disappointed I am.

"How do you know that you and I are different!" The corners of Mu Jing's mouth raised a slight smile, and said: "You are Nanxiang, I am Minghou Mansion, a reason, you have a bowl of water, and you have to be leveled, so that someone can serve you!" ”

Click!

Hou Yue's fists clenched, and his eyes became more gloomy.

"Zhinan Township is inseparable from you, and now the people believe in you more, because you have shared hardships with them!" Mu Jing asked Hou Yue: "You don't want Nanxiang to become the enemy of the Ming Hou Mansion!" ”

"Is the lord still ready to deal with these people?" Hou Yue was furious.

"Anyone who becomes an enemy of the Minghou Mansion, I will not show mercy, you can be angry or disdainful, but if you want to think about Nanxiang, you can only sit in this position peacefully!"

Mu Jing said: "Whether it is for Nanxiang or for our Minghou Mansion, there is no one more suitable than you to become the county commander of Nanxiang!" ”

"Isn't the lord afraid of losing the hearts of the people when he acts like this?"

Hou Yue gritted his teeth and asked.

"I'm afraid!"

Mu Jing smiled and said: "So I have to work harder, I can lose your hearts, but as long as I can make the people live well, their hearts, I will win them back after all, the means are not important, the result is the key!" ”

Hou Yue looked at the current pastoral scene, and felt a little terrible.

"You can not recognize the Hou Mansion and not recognize me as the lord, but for the sake of Nanxiang, there is some disgust, you have to be patient!" Mu Jing said indifferently: "You just regard this as a cooperation, you can live a better life for the people of Nanxiang, and I will kill two birds with one stone for the reputation of Minghou Mansion, why not!" ”

"If you let me know that the Minghou Mansion is exploiting the people of Nanxiang, the lord will not blame me for hitting the stone with an egg!" Hou Yue took a deep breath, there are some things that can't be avoided, he can only bear it, after so many years, he can't let Nanxiang fall into turmoil, so it is inevitable to accept the rule of the Ming Hou Mansion again.

"Feel free to do it!"

Mu Jing is not worried about this, this time he came with a sense of compensation, not to talk about exploitation.

"Then I don't know what the lord is going to do, let me do it?"

Hou Yue asked.

"Tomorrow I will announce in the city that in the next two years, Nanxiang will be tax-free, and you have to help me get this momentum!" Mu Jing got it softly.

If you want to regain the hearts and minds of the people, you have to have some blood.

"Are you sure it's tax-free?"

Hou Yue's eyes lit up and asked.

"It's hard to chase a horse if you say it!" Mu Jing said: "I won't deceive the people about these things!" ”

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