At this time, the two senior and three juniors in the massage room were all first, second and third ranks of the current dynasty. While enjoying the back, a group of people also discussed some court affairs or interesting topics from all over the world.

"Mr. Jiang, you used to be a county magistrate in Taiyuan County. I think you are more familiar with the folk customs of Zhao?" Chen Xu asked during the chat.

"Yes, the Xiaguan served as the county magistrate in Taiyuan County for more than ten years. Although he had no achievements, he did know a lot about the local customs and customs. The Zuo Prime Minister suddenly asked about this. Do you want to go to the northwest for a trip?" Jiang Pu quickly answered.

"Haha, I do have this idea. I heard that Zhao people are so tough, I wonder if it is true?"

"Indeed, the customs of the people in Yan and Zhao are indeed fierce, and fighting and fighting in the streets is common..." Jiang Pu replied.

"Mr. Jiang is right. He has also been to Yunzhong, Yanmen. The closer he is to the border, the more fierce the people are, and they are all unruly!" Lu Xiao also sat next to him and spoke.

"Yanzhao is bounded by the Xiongnu Donghu, and fighting is common. If there is no such fierce folk custom, how can we resist the barbarians of the Huns and Hu? My Qin is still like this. It has been hard to open up the huge territory of Guanzhong for hundreds of years, relying on blood and courage. The folk customs of Yanzhao are three more than our Qin, and it is reasonable to be rebellious. Lord Jiang has been in Taiyuan for many years. Although he has not made much achievements, it is a great contribution to being able to properly appease the local people. The county magistrates and magistrates of the northwest counties are like a carousel. Only Lord Jiang has been as steady as Mount Tai for more than ten years. In fact, it is a miracle... On the left... a little more... here... a few more... Shutai..." Meng Yi lay on the massage table while commanding the maid on the back while talking.

"Does my father-in-law mean that the northwest counties are not easy to manage?" Chen Xu asked in confusion.

"Master Jiang has a deep understanding, you can tell if you ask him!" Meng Yi hummed.

"It's not just difficult to manage, it's really difficult..." Jiang Pu sighed, "The Left Prime Minister doesn't know that the people in the northwest counties are fierce, but there are still laws and lieutenants, so they can't make a big fuss. Only the collection of grain tax is a huge problem..."

Just as Jiang Pu was talking, the door was pushed open again. Everyone thought that another acquaintance came in, but when they looked up, they found that it was Chen Xu's guard leader.

"Mr. Marquis, the manager of the Marquis's mansion has just come to report that the master and the old lady have arrived in Xianyang and have gone to Qinghe Villa!"

Chen Xu was stunned for a moment and got up. After putting on two clothes, he tidied up his clothes while walking out. "My father-in-law and you guys enjoy it slowly. I will say goodbye and take a step first!"

"Please invite me!"

"The son-in-law walked slowly and greeted Brother Chen and Lingtang for me. I will have a banquet for me to have a drink next day!"

"Thank you, thank you, goodbye!" Chen Xu bowed and strode out of the room.

"That's great, come and step on me too!" Lu Xiao took off his shirt and leaned on the massage table in excitement. Fang Sheng had to ask another girl to go up and help step on the back.

"Strange, how could Zuo Prime Minister suddenly ask about Zhao Di?" Jiang Pu muttered in his heart with confusion, then closed his eyes and began to ponder it in his heart.

Indeed, as he said, since Wang Jian defeated Zhao, he has been a county magistrate in Taiyuan County. He has made no achievements over the past ten years. It is not that he is inaction, but that he is very powerful. The county magistrates of the northwest counties will inevitably be replaced within three or five years at most, and some are even abolished in less than a year of office. The main reason is that the people in Zhao are too tough and difficult to manage. What Jiang Pu feels most deeply is that the people in Zhao are hostile to the Qin Dynasty, and the local people are also very united, and the middle and low-level officials are also locals. This has formed a very complex whole, which has restricted the county magistrates sent by the court everywhere, and many government orders cannot be pushed away at all.

The Jiang family believed in Confucianism, so they were relatively relaxed in local management and were not particularly harsh in terms of laws. Middle and low-level officials still agreed with Jiang Pu's ruling philosophy, so they cooperated well. There was no big conflict in the past few years.

This is why Jiang Pu was able to stay in the position of Taiyuan County Magistrate for more than ten years. Many officials who were transferred to the northwest counties and had to implement the strict management of the court laws as soon as they took office were basically transferred or replaced in the end, because many people from Zhao did not take this trick at all, and gathered people to cause trouble sometimes, and resisting taxes and labor was common. In fact, this phenomenon is similar in other six countries except Zhao. The laws of the Qin Dynasty were actually not very smart as soon as they came out of Guanzhong, and they were subject to resistance everywhere. In addition, the local tyrants and officials were intricate, so many officials could not do anything after going there.

Just like Jiang Heng was transferred to Kuaiji County as the county magistrate, if the county magistrate police did not cooperate, it would be a decoration. Local tyrants like the Xiang family would not miss him.

In fact, this is a microcosm of the entire Daqin.

After the harmony between blood and fire, the return of the six kingdoms is not what the human heart wants.

In this situation, from the emperor to the court, all civil and military officials knew about it, so the emperor could only go on inspection again and again, constantly promoting his merits to make the people of the six countries surrender. However, the previous inspection process and results were not very beautiful.

With Chen Xu's continuous reforms in recent years, many new laws have been implemented, and severe laws that have been relaxed and relieved on merchants and civilians, and taxes have been continuously reduced. Some corvee labor in various places have also begun to be replaced by paid helpers. Various hostility and resistance among the people have calmed down a lot.

He was transferred back to the capital to serve for several years. The supervisor of the assessment of officials from various places can clearly see the changes in the six countries. Now the local officials are transferred from another place every five years, and the officials in the northwest counties have served longer than when he was in charge of Taiyuan. This shows that the local people's sense of identity with the Qin Dynasty is getting stronger and stronger, and the attitude of violent resistance is greatly weakening.

But today, why did Qinghe Hou suddenly ask about the folk customs of Zhao?

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that there was other information in Chen Xu's words, so I began to search through my mind for some things that happened in the northwest areas, and even some things about the court about the northwest counties, especially Zhao areas. After a long time, Jiang Pu suddenly remembered something, and then sat up from the massage table as soon as he grunted. The maid who was stepping on his back had no time to react, and a white and tender little foot stepped on Jiang Pu's face.

"Mr. Jiang forgive me for your crime, I will spare me~" The little girl was so scared that she was pale and knelt on the side and kowtowed and begged for mercy.

Jiang Pu didn't care, so he jumped out of bed and put on his boots. After putting on his clothes in a few seconds, he bowed to a group of people in the room and said, "Everyone, Jiang has a step ahead!" After that, he left the room in a hurry while tidying up his clothes.

"What's wrong with Lord Jiang?" Lu Xiao and Qi Dang looked up at Jiang Pu's departure back in surprise.

Meng Yi's eyelids shook slightly, and soon buried his head again.

Jiang Pu hurriedly left Jishantang National Medical Center. After returning home, he rummaged through the cabinets in the study room. Finally, he finally found a letter from a corner. After opening it and reading it, he finally showed a sense of qualities on his face. Then his face gradually became serious and cold. He grabbed his beard and began to stare at the desk in a daze.

At the end of April last year, Jiang Chutian, a nephew who was a captain in the northern military camp, asked the postmen to bring back a letter, which mentioned something. In mid-March, Wucheng Hou inspected Yanmen Pass and happened to meet many people from Zhao who went out for a walk and tomb on Shangsi Festival to worship Zhao's general Li Mu in a temple near Yanmen Pass. Wang Li instructed the guards and soldiers to destroy the temple, and clashed with the local people, killing dozens of people on the spot!

The letter was not very clear, but just mentioned it casually like a common saying. Jiang Pu naturally didn't take it too seriously. Wang Li, the Marquis of Wucheng, was the grandson of General Wang Jian, and the legitimate son of King Ben of Tongwu. The destruction of a mere temple had no effect on Wang Li. Even if there were casualties and injuries among the people in Zhao, no one would care too much, because the three generations of the Wang family were all pillars of the Qin Dynasty, who controlled hundreds of thousands of troops for the emperor, destroyed the Donghu and swept the Baiyue, let alone the meritorious service of sweeping the six kingdoms before, and the emperor would not even have the idea of ​​reprimanding this little thing.

Jiang Pu repeatedly thought that this is the only thing that can interest Qinghe Hou in the entire northwest counties, and he also specifically asked about the local customs and customs, which shows that it is of some significance.

As a qualified bureaucratic family, the Jiang family is also considered an old aristocrat in the Qin Dynasty, so they are very clear about the many ways of dealing with the court and the officialdom. The Hou of Qinghe will definitely not suddenly talk to him about this issue bored. Because of the relationship between Jiang Chuyue and Jiang Beiting, the Hou of Qinghe was very fond of the Jiang family, and the two of them also went to the palace to discuss government affairs, but they did not have much contact on weekdays, and they just met each other every day, just bowing to each other to greet each other.

Maybe something new happened to this incident, which has attracted the attention of Qinghe Hou.

After thinking for a long time, Jiang Pu picked up the paper and pen and quickly wrote a letter, packed it with a bamboo tube and sealed it with a mud seal, stamped it with his own seal, and then ordered the housekeeper to arrange for someone to send it to the post house and to the military camp as quickly as possible.

After the letter was sent away, Jiang Pu still felt a little nervous, so he wrote three letters one after another, and sent them to the post house to give them to his elder brother Jiang Heng, third brother Jiang Hu and fourth brother Jiang Beiting.

Nowadays, the four brothers of the Jiang clan are all high-ranking officials of the Qin Dynasty, but they are all scattered from all over the country and separated by thousands of miles. Jiang Heng is still in Wuzhong, while Jiang Hu is in the Western Regions. It takes months for letters to be communicated alone. It is already the late winter season, so it is even more inconvenient to deliver letters.

But if the Qinghe Hou intervened in this matter, it is very likely that the court and the army will have a great turmoil. The Jiang family must have its own position. The Qinghe Hou has always played according to common sense and cannot guess anyone's mind.

Whether Wang Li’s matter is big or small depends on who will operate it.

In the eyes of civil and military officials and emperors, this matter is similar to mung beans and sesame seeds. The deaths and injuries of dozens of civilians cannot be compared with the contributions of the three generations of the Wang family.

But if the Queen of Qinghe wants to intervene, the problem will be very complicated. In the world, except for the emperor who can control the Wang family, only Chen Xu, a disciple of the immortal family and left prime minister, is the only one who has the ability to fight against the Wang family.

What exactly does Qinghehou want to do?

Provoke a confrontation with Wang?

What are the benefits for him?

And the general had just passed away.

He was not so aggressive in the past because it could be big or small, and he would lose both ways in the battle. What exactly happened?

Jiang Pu locked himself in the study and thought about it repeatedly, constantly measuring the pros and cons of it and what should the Jiang family do if the Hou of Qinghe really takes action?

Because this is not a win-win situation, and one side will definitely be greatly suppressed. The final outcome is to see who can get more support from the emperor.
Chapter completed!