Let you be a good grandson, you raise a group of banshees?

"Uh……"

Hun Jianglong scratched his head, obviously his brain cells were a little exhausted by Lu Yuan's words.

"Your Majesty, if you are not rebelling, then why are you training so many dead soldiers and secret guards?"

"Does cultivating secret guards have to do with rebellion?"

Lu Yuan said helplessly, "Back then, Lord Hongwu secretly ordered people to form the Qingcang Guard, but after the founding of the Kaiyuan Kingdom."

"Is it possible that he wants to rebel against himself?"

Hun Jianglong shook his head, obviously still half-understanding.

Lu Yuan said meaningfully, "The reason why Lord Hongwu established the Qingcang Guard was to investigate corrupt officials and illegal nobles, and to eliminate the corruption left by the previous dynasty."

"And the reason why I asked you to train secret guards is purely for self-protection."

"Self-protection..."

Hun Jianglong asked cautiously, "Then I dare to ask the prince, who are you guarding against?"

"You'll know this later."

Lu Yuan waved his hand and explained too much without too early.

Hun Jianglong continued to ask, "How dare I ask the prince, what name will this team have?"

Lu Yuan touched his chin and thought for a moment, then smiled lightly and said, "Just call me Hu Yuanwei."

"Guardians..."

Hun Jianglong was slightly startled, and couldn't help but exclaimed excitedly, "Your Majesty, what a good name!"

"Protect the mountains and rivers, protect the country for a long time, and defend the frontier thousands of miles away."

"Qingcang, protecting the distance, is a catchy saying that will last forever."

"Your Majesty, you must want to protect Liegan's mountains and rivers for thousands of miles, so you gave us such a name, right?"

"no."

Lu Yuan shook his head innocently, "My name is Lu Yuan, and this team is responsible for protecting me. Is it so difficult to understand?"

Hun Jianglong: "..."

OK, simple, rough and direct, this is the prince's consistent style.

Immediately, Hun Jianglong stayed at the dock and began to read and understand the contents of this "Eyeliner".

Lu Yuan wandered back to the county town to visit his good brother Lu Ji.

When he arrived at the gate of the county government office, he frowned suspiciously.

"Ok?"

"What's happening here?"

The county government office has undergone a round of renovations, nearly doubling its size.

The four characters "Liaocheng County Government" on the door were also changed to "Liaocheng Government Government Office".

What's going on?

Just over a month after he left, Liaocheng was directly upgraded from a county to a prefecture?

Walking into the Yamen, the scene in front of him confirmed Lu Yuan's suspicion.

The number of yamen servants, policemen, and civil servants in the government offices has been doubled or doubled.

In addition, two additional assistant officers and three general judges were added.

You should know that assistant officers and general judges are both official positions assigned to the prefect.

Auxiliary officers hold official positions of the sixth rank, and are responsible for overseeing grain, poaching, coastal defense, river defense, and water conservancy. Wait for everything big and small.

Tongfan is a seventh-grade title, and is arranged in each state capital to strengthen local control.

Responsible for assisting the prefect or magistrate, handling government affairs, and constraining each other.

All state government affairs such as military and civilian affairs, money and grain, household registration, taxes and servitude, prison litigation, etc., require the joint signature of the government's general judgment to be effective, and have the power to supervise officials.

The problem is, Liaocheng is just one county.

In the past, Su Liyan had always been in charge, and he didn't even have a master.

Why are there so many more five high-ranking officials now?

While Lu Yuan was puzzled, a middle-aged man walked out of the room with a smile, and nodded respectfully with his fists clasped.

"Are you the prince?"

"The prefect is reviewing the petition for bridge repair in the inner hall, please wait a moment."

This middle-aged man looked to be around thirty, with a thin and dry build, and a gentle manner, a bit like a teacher.

Lu Yuan asked in confusion, "Are you...?"

"Your Majesty, Huang Chengjun, is the general judge of the Liaocheng Prefecture. I have been specially ordered by you to wait here for the Crown Prince."

Huang Chengjun waved his hand and said calmly, "Come on, serve tea to the prince!"

A maid whom he didn't know placed a cup of tea next to Lu Yuan and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, please."

Seeing a group of people treating him so warmly and politely, Lu Yuan looked strange for a moment, and his heart was extremely complicated.

If I remember correctly, this place in Liaocheng seems to be his territory.

How come I haven't been here for more than a month and yet I feel like an outsider?

It’s just that I don’t know anyone in this government office, and it was changed directly from the county to the prefecture.

What happened during the time when I went to Tianzhu?

After a cup of tea, Lu Qing walked out wearing the robe of a fifth-grade magistrate.

"Oh, my distant brother!"

Lu Qing's face was red and full of energy. After meeting Lu Yuan, he immediately gave him a big and warm hug.

"I haven't seen you for more than a month. My brother misses you so much!"

"I miss my brother too."

Lu Yuan asked with a complex expression, "Brother, what happened this month?"

"How come Liaocheng has undergone so many earth-shaking changes?"

"Hahaha, brother, listen to me and tell you slowly."

Lu Qing grinned and said quite proudly, "Brother, since I personally helped the people select grain seeds and measure the farming season, I have become more comfortable managing the affairs of the county."

"The people all praised me and said that Magistrate Lu has the ability to be a prefect, but it is too unfair to only govern one county."

"When I think about it, what the people said makes sense. With my ability, being a prefect is indeed more than enough."

"However, this three-acre land in Liaocheng was entrusted to me by you, Yuandi, with your own hands."

"How could I betray your trust by walking away without even saying hello?"

"So, brother, I thought of a way to get the best of both worlds!"

"What solution?" Lu Yuan asked in confusion.

"I wrote a letter to my father and asked him to report to the emperor to merge the five nearby counties into Liaocheng and promote Liaocheng from a county to a prefecture."

"In this case, wouldn't it be natural for me, the Liaocheng County Magistrate, to become the prefect?"

"My father was very appreciative of my idea, and the emperor immediately agreed."

"That's it, six counties will be merged into one prefecture, and I, my brother, will become the prefect!"

Seeing Lu Qing's rather complacent look, Lu Yuan couldn't help but feel speechless.

The prefectures, prefectures, and counties of the Lieqian Dynasty were all handed down from the previous dynasty and were negotiated by Lord Hongwu and his ministers.

How could it be such a childish thing to just change it at the drop of a hat?

The prince probably agreed to Lu Qing's innocent request.

I totally feel that it would be more honorable for my son to be a magistrate than to be a county magistrate.

"Brother, you are really good."

Lu Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I've just been working for two months and you want to get promoted by yourself?"

"Hey, that's natural!"

Lu Qing didn't hear the hidden meaning of Lu Yuan's words at all, and thought he was praising himself, still with a proud smile on his face.

"If your brother and I become an official, it is certainly extraordinary and unprecedented."

"That's not what I meant..." Lu Yuan said with a grimace, "You brought all five counties under your control, but what about the original county magistrates?"

"Hey, there's nothing to worry about."

Lu Qing waved his hand and said disapprovingly, "The original county magistrates have all come under my command to serve as assistant officers and general judges."

"Did you see that Huang Chengjun just now? He used to be the county magistrate of Echeng."

"When he heard that I wanted to merge six counties, he was the first to agree with it with both hands and immediately took the initiative to work under me as a general judge."

Lu Yuan thought secretly in his heart that Huang Chengjun was indeed smart.

The general magistrate, like the county magistrate, is a seventh-grade official.

And there is no need to worry about the affairs of a county. You only need to drink tea, sign signatures, and clock out every day.

The status is the same as before, and the salary is increasing instead of decreasing.

Who wouldn't want to give such a good job to someone?

"Brother, although there is only one word difference between magistrate and county magistrate, they are completely different things."

Lu Yuan said sincerely, "The magistrate is in charge of the people of a state, which is a million people."

“Every family has difficult household chores to deal with, and every county has troubles to deal with without asking.”

"With your energy and experience, can you handle it?"

Lu Qing waved his hand disapprovingly: "Brother, what are you talking about?"

"Don't worry, with my ability, I can more than manage an entire city."

"After I become more familiar with the specific government affairs, I will let my father make the decision to combine the entire Liaozhou and Huizhou together and make me the governor of the two states!"

"I will step by step, relying on my own ability, from the seventh-grade county magistrate to the first-grade official, so that the eyes of those who look down on me will be opened!"

Lu Yuan originally wanted to dissuade him, but when he heard this, his heart suddenly moved.

He immediately changed his tune and said with approval, "Yes, yes, brother, you are able to become the prefect because of your own ability, not your father."

"You have to work harder, work hard, and strive to be a first-grade governor this morning!"

No matter how hard Lu Qing tried, Liaoxian County was his fiefdom.

As long as he deceives him, won't the bigger his official position become, the bigger his territory will be?

It would be best for Lu Qing to directly take charge of the entire Liegan Dynasty in central China.

However, after proving himself, he returned to the imperial city to continue being a good grandson.

When the time comes, I can find someone else to take over this place in central China. Doesn’t that mean I have the final say?

"By the way, brother, I have something to ask for your help with."

Lu Yuan suddenly thought of something and said solemnly: "Can you please help me find a group of smart and reliable manpower in the entire county... no, the entire government, about a thousand people."

"It is best that these people have no roots, no children, and are preferably over 18 years old and under 35 years old."

"The requirements must be smart, and the appearance should not be too eye-catching, just an ordinary person's appearance."

Lu Qing looked confused and asked, "Brother, I can help with this..."

"But why do you recruit so many people?"

Lu Yuan said with a smile without thinking, "Wu Yue and others have something to return to the imperial city, and the dock is in urgent need of manpower."

"You help me find all these people, and I will give them a little training. Then I can take over Wu Yue's class, right?"

"I see."

Lu Qing nodded seriously, "No problem, I'll take care of it!"

"Brother, give me two or three days, and I promise to recruit everyone for you!"

"Someone is coming!"

Lu Qing shouted, and immediately two middle-aged men walked in from outside.

These two people looked familiar to Lu Yuan. They were the county magistrates of nearby Lincheng and Bocheng, and Lu Qingzheng was appointed as an assistant officer.

Lu Qing told the two of them exactly what Lu Yuan had just requested, and asked them to go and gather men.

"Brother, I will go back and rest first."

Lu Yuan smiled lightly and said, "Come on, work hard, and strive to sit on the throne of governor as soon as possible."

……

In the evening, we had dinner.

Lingju took Ushima to the night market for shopping.

Lu Yuan was sitting alone in the room, drinking tea and thinking about protecting the Yuan guards.

Suddenly, a servant walked in from outside and said cautiously, "Your Majesty, someone is looking for you."

"Who?" Lu Yuan asked calmly without raising his head.

The servant's face was complicated. He held it in for a long time before he said bravely, "You..."

"What?"

Lu Yuan was suddenly confused and asked with interest, "I've been sitting here, why are you looking for me?"

"Tell him to come in and let me see what's going on."

"Yes……"

The servant nodded, turned and left.

After about half a minute, a young man walked in from outside.

After seeing this person, Lu Yuan was stunned for a moment.

This man looked exactly like me.

Eyebrows, facial features, hairstyle, body...

It's almost like he was carved from the same mold.

But his clothes were in rags, his face was stained with grease, and he looked sloppy.

If you wash it well and put on the same clothes as yourself.

Even if they stand in front of their father and mother, they may not be able to recognize which one is their son.

"Who are you?"

Lu Yuan asked with interest, "Why do you pretend to be me?"

"I never pretended to be you."

The other party was expressionless and said coldly, "You, on the other hand, have done a lot of things in Tianzhu country in my name."

Speaking of Tianzhu Kingdom, Lu Yuan was slightly startled, and suddenly realized.

"I know."

"Are you the remains of Weiyuan Houfu, Lan Lin?"

"Exactly."

Lan Lin nodded and said calmly, "Everyone knows that there cannot be two identical snowflakes in the world, nor can they have the same appearance."

"But I am lucky enough to have the same face as Prince Lu. It is really fate."

Lu Yuan touched his chin with deep interest in his heart.

No wonder, on the street, Ushima took him away directly after admitting his mistake, and she had no doubt about his identity until he confessed.

None of them, including Emperor Shah Jahan and High Priest Conlan Dante, had any clues.

This Lan Lin really looks exactly like me.

Even if Weiyuan Hou Lanhua climbed out of the coffin, he might not recognize which one was his son.

"Lan Lin, speaking of which, I still want to thank you."

Lu Yuan smiled lightly and said, "If you hadn't escaped from the marriage without saying goodbye, I wouldn't have been able to get such a treasure-like woman as Princess Xiaoma and accomplish so many great things in Tianzhu Kingdom."

"You're welcome."

Lan Lin shrugged and said, "Those are the things I don't want, so it doesn't hurt to give them to you."

"Something you don't want?"

Lu Yuan felt a little unhappy after hearing this.

His voice was a little colder, and he asked in a deep voice, "So you came to me, what's the matter?" (End of Chapter)