"Hey......" Wang Xian let out a long sigh, how could he not know the little girl's intentions, but he was already full of love debts, how could he harm this elf-like girl again. Be obedient and go back......"

"I don't care," Lingxiao pouted, and said stubbornly: "How many times, you always leave me behind, and I will follow you this time." ”

"What are you doing with me?" Wang Xian said in a sullen voice.

"If you don't do anything, you just follow you."

"Hey......" Wang Xian stopped speaking depressedly.

"So, you agreed?" Lingxiao was as happy as if he was something, and immediately burst into tears and laughed: "Let them add a bed for me!" ”

"Don't think about it, go live next door!" Wang Xian knew that this girl kicked her nose in the face, and said with a straight face: "I will make an appointment with you for three chapters, and if you don't agree, you will go back!" ”

"Yes, yes, all yes!" Lingxiao's chick nodded like pecking rice, but Wang Xian was deeply skeptical of her integrity, looked at Lingxiao for a long time, and shook his head.

"Forget it, you can do whatever you want...... Wang Xian closed his eyes again, not looking at the proud little......

When the ship docked, Wang Xian advised him to get off the boat and walk around to see the scenery, but the prince was not interested and refused to get off the boat.

Of course, this is not difficult for Wang Xian, he thought about it, and said in another way: "Let's go down and have a look, a rare opportunity to check the people's feelings, I don't know when it will be next time." ”

The prince was indeed moved, and every time he went thereafter, he would disembark and, accompanied by the magistrate, go to the market to check the people's situation. I saw that in every prefecture and county, there were beggars with clean streets, abundant goods, and decent people, not to mention beggars asking for food, and even the poor in ragged clothes could not be seen......

At first, the prince was very happy, feeling that the Ming Dynasty was really rich and strong, but after seeing too much of the same scenery, he couldn't help but mutter. On this day, when inspecting Qinghe County, Huai'an Prefecture, he finally couldn't help but ask the Huai'an prefect beside him: "Chen Futai, there is something I don't understand in this palace, please advise." ”

Governor Chen hurriedly said respectfully: "Your Highness has killed Weichen, what do you have to ask, Weichen must know everything, and he will say everything." ”

"If I'm not mistaken, your mansion has just been hit by floods this year," Zhu Gaochi said slowly: "It seems that the six counties and two prefectures in the whole province have been affected, and this Qinghe County has no harvest, so the people don't seem to be affected at all." ”

"Well...... this is it" Governor Chen pondered for a while, and said with a smile: "That's because the imperial court provides timely relief and local disaster relief is effective." ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Qinghe County Commander hurriedly nodded and agreed: "It's all the people of Futai who have a way to relieve disasters." ”

"Really?" Zhu Gaochi looked at the two officials and said: "Last month's concert also said that tens of thousands of displaced people in Guixian County and the people were hungry, and it was only less than a month before they were all resolved?" ”

"Yes, yes, solved." Governor Chen and Qinghe County Commander nodded while wiping their sweat, "It's hot enough this day......"

"Oh," the prince became interested, "Governor Chen is still a rare official, tell me how to do it?" ”

"This ......" Governor Chen was dumbfounded, unable to answer for a long time.

"Or are you whitewashing the peace and hiding all the victims because I came?" The prince's voice turned cold.

"Don't dare, don't dare!" The two officials hurriedly shook their heads, "Is it really solved......

"Okay then," the prince said lightly: "Since the situation in your county is so good, the tax and grain exempted this autumn and next summer should be paid according to the amount......

"Ahh Governor Chen and Qinghe County have no curse now, with the current situation of Huai'an Mansion and Qinghe County, even if they are sold, they can't afford to pay taxes and grain!

"Your Highness spares your life!" The two of them puffed to the prince's knees and began to slap themselves desperately. "I can't help it, Your Highness!"

"Which one is this singing?" The prince frowned.

"We deserve to die, we deceived Your Highness!" Only then did the two officials tell the truth, and told the prince all kinds of whitewashing deeds, such as how they expelled the victims and beggars, how they dressed the people in the best clothes, and how they gathered all the goods of the whole county into the shops facing the street.

"You guys! You ......" Zhu Gao's blazing face turned white, and he pointed at the two of them and said hatefully: "What a big boldness!" ”

"We don't want that either!" Governor Chen snorted and cried: "But I heard that the prefectures and counties in the south are like this, what if we are too ugly and leave a bad impression on His Highness......

"What?!" Zhu Gaochi was almost dizzy, and said in a trembling voice: "They all do this? ”

"yes, all of them!" Governor Chen nodded categorically and said, "If the lower officials dare to deceive His Highness, let me hit five thunderbolts in the sky!" ”

"You should have hit five thunderbolts a long time ago!" Zhu Gaochi angrily shouted at the two sifting officials: "Wait for the black yarn to land!" After saying that, he stopped inspecting, returned to the ship angrily, and ordered to set off......

On the river, Wang Xian gently knocked on the prince's door, but no one answered, he pushed the door open with a food box and went in.

The crown prince was sitting there sulking, Wang Xian opened the food box and put the food on the table, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, it's time for dinner." "Originally, I was supposed to stay at Qingheyi tonight, but now I can only eat and sleep on the boat.

"Hongu has no appetite." The prince shook his head, looked at Wang Xian who was full of spring breeze, and said angrily: "Why aren't you angry?" ”

"It's commonplace." Wang Xian smiled and said: "You forgot that I was born as a small official, and I made a living by cheating, and I didn't do anything less." ”

"Why deceive?!" The crown prince said hatefully: "Do they think that this palace will not understand their difficulties when they see the real situation?!" ”

"You may be sympathetic to their difficulties, but you may also look down on them." Wang Xian said with a smile: "If they want to be promoted, they must make a good impression on you." ”

"So it's a lie?!" The prince said angrily: "This is a deception! Even if they are allowed to get away with it, it will be a misfortune for the country! ”

"As long as you can be promoted, you don't care about that." Wang Xian said softly.

"......" The prince was silent for a while, and then said in a low voice: "Then why do you say that the situation is so miserable in the recital?" ”

"If it's not miserable, how can the imperial court reduce taxes and grain, and how can it distribute relief." Wang Xian replied: "The reason for being miserable in the fold is to reach out and ask for money, and the fat man in front of His Highness is for the official hat, in fact, the purpose is the same." ”

"But he treats Lone as a fool and plays around!" Zhu Gaochi's decision to provide relief to Huai'an Prefecture and reduce taxes and grain was a decision he made with great difficulty under the financial situation. Naturally, he was furious at the moment.

"It's not just the officialdom of our dynasty that is like this," Wang Xian said with a wry smile: "This has been the case in all dynasties, Your Highness has a lot of knowledge of the people's feelings, and if you know a lot about civil affairs, the people below will be much more restrained." ”

"Aware of the people's feelings?" Zhu Gao snorted angrily: "What can you see when you look at it like this?" It's just a waste of money and labor! ”

"We can do it another way." Wang Xian said with a smile.

"How?" Zhu Gaochi asked.

"We're privately visiting." Wang Xian said in a low voice.

"A private interview with Weifu?" Zhu Gaochi's eyes lit up.

"Yes." Wang Xian nodded......

The next day, the boat arrived at Xuzhou Mansion. On the wharf, the flags are like a forest, the gentry gather, the prefect of Xuzhou led a cadre of officials, early in anticipation, as soon as the ship docked, the gongs and drums sounded, everyone knelt down with brushes, and said loudly: "The ministers welcome His Royal Highness the prince to Xuzhou!" His Royal Highness Chitose Chitose Chitose! ”

After shouting, there was no movement. The prefect of Xuzhou and others peeked in, and there was no prince on the boat, and it took a while to hear a question: "Bah! Where is Xuzhou Mansion? ”

The prefect of Xuzhou hurriedly got up and said respectfully to the military attache who asked the question: "The lower official is, I don't know where this lord, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is?" ”

"Didn't you receive your Highness's order?!" The military attache didn't pay any attention to him at all, and asked in a cold voice: "Your Highness does not allow local officials to greet him, accept banquets, or perform any ceremonies!" ”

"This, it did."

"Then why don't you obey?!" The military attache asked.

"The prince has a decree, how dare the officials disobey," the prefect of Xuzhou hurriedly smiled: "It's just that everything today is spontaneously made by the gentry and people in Xuzhou, and they have admired His Royal Highness for a long time, otherwise it is not enough to express their filial piety!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Those gentry hurriedly nodded in agreement: "It was spontaneous to us, and it has nothing to do with the government." ”

"Humph!" The military attache disdained to argue with them, and coldly dropped a sentence: "Your Highness will not get off the ship, nor will you be a guest, so wait to go back." After speaking, his figure disappeared from the bow of the ship, leaving behind a bunch of Xuzhou officials and gentry who looked at each other.

"My lord, what should I do?" The subordinate officials asked the Xuzhou prefect in a low voice.

"Cold salad!" The prefect of Xuzhou was depressed and wanted to vomit blood......

On the official road outside Xuzhou City, more than ten elite warriors escorted a carriage to Xiao County, which was forty miles away from Fucheng.

There were three people sitting in the carriage, Wang Xian and Lingxiao, who were dressed as servants, and His Royal Highness the Prince, who was dressed as a wealthy businessman. Before they arrived at the wharf, they got off the boat early and rushed to the nearest county seat.

"Why don't you go to Xuzhou City to have a look?" Not to mention, Zhu Gaochi is dressed in brown silk and wears a six-hat hat, and he really looks like a fat man with a rich state.

"Although His Royal Highness decreed that he would not get off the ship, Xuzhou Mansion would still prepare carefully." Wang Xian was dressed in a green shirt and wrapped in a cloth scarf, but the beautiful short beard with neatly trimmed lips made him look like a servant. Not to mention the picturesque Lingxiao on the side, how can there be such a handsome servant?

"Hey." Zhu Gaochi nodded, and said in his heart that he was fortunate to be accompanied by Wang Xian, who was familiar with the affairs of the officials, otherwise it would be too difficult to see the people's feelings.

Along the way, looking at the prince's obvious nervousness, Lingxiao comforted him and said, "Uncle Prince, don't worry, I am very skilled in martial arts, and I will protect you!" ”

"I'm relieved." The prince smiled at Lingxiao, obviously the little girl had something to do.

"Your Highness," Wang Xian finally spoke, "No matter what, Xuzhou is still rich, and the situation will not be too bad." ”

"Hmm." The prince nodded, his expression relaxed.