She is different from the empress in the history books

Chapter 96: Shangyong County 2
This was still in the time of the late emperor.

Shangyong County is an ordinary but not so ordinary county.

It is ordinary because it is like most remote counties with underdeveloped economy and inconvenient transportation. Ordinary people are poor, ordinary people fail to pay taxes every now and then, and ordinary people have a relationship between the government and the people. contradiction.

It is said to be unusual because it also has complex ethnic conflicts and conflicts between locals and outsiders because of its multi-ethnic settlement and strong folk customs.

And because its multi-ethnic gathering is artificially blended in recent decades, the two contradictions are more intense.

This conflict has been brewing for decades, and it was impossible to ignore it when the previous governor was in power. A chaotic fight, several families forged deadly feuds, and even the officials in the county government were unable to Control the situation and flee to Fucheng.

The matter has come to this point, it seems that it can only be reported.Then the first emperor made a somewhat childish decision-let several local ethnic groups take turns to pick one person to be the county magistrate every two official terms.

This was a decision that was criticized by others, and the court officials were afraid that Shangyong County would be plunged into a vortex of mutual revenge.

After all, it's hard to say whether the party in power has enough sense to control hatred.

Of course, Shangyong County is not important enough to make the court officials care so much, but the integration of ethnic groups and the management of the government are not just a county's problem. They are even more afraid that this kind of decision made with a slap in the head will be promoted.

Fortunately, Emperor Xian didn't seem to have such intentions, and the development of Shangyong County did not slip in the worst direction.

Several local ethnic groups and forces have reached a certain tacit understanding, which inevitably leads to a vicious circle of mutual revenge, restricting each other's clansmen and family members, and instead, the situation in Shangyong County has reached a relative balance.

The tradition of local county magistrates being appointed by local people has continued in this way.

For the local area, this is a good development, but it also means that this county is not as easy to integrate into as Chengyang County.

The county magistrate in Chengyang County is not powerful enough, and Pei Peng's identity is needed as a help.

As for the local wealthy family, who have been trapped here for a long time, they also hope to be able to set up a line and send their sons and nephews out so that the family can take further steps.

Even Xiaowei Meng, who held the military power in his hand, was so active in dealing with Xu Shu, and allowed her to enter the barracks to teach her martial arts, maybe he wanted to send his nephew here to be plated with gold.

After all, how many opportunities can the school lieutenant of the county provide his own children?How many corporals and centurions are they?Obviously Captain Meng is not reconciled to this.

And since they wanted something from the Princess Mansion, they naturally gave Pei Peng the opportunity to go deeper.

But Shangyong County is not. They have reached a certain balance internally. Adding weight to any party will destroy the balance in an instant, and any more forces will also destroy the balance.

This is why Pei Peng frowned when he thought that the local county magistrate was a local.

While Pei Peng was telling his daughter these inside stories, it suddenly started raining outside. The rainwater gathered along the flying eaves, and then flowed down overwhelmingly, dripping into a transparent line. After a while, the courtyard There was smoke-like water vapor inside.

Pei Peng heard the sound of rain, stopped talking, put his hand on his daughter's shoulder, and said with a smile:
"Listen, it's raining. It's not too rainy. It's just in time. Let's go to the door to have a look."

Xu Shu was ignorantly led by Pei Peng to stand up, walked to the window casement, and asked someone to prop up half of the window with a pole, and the mother and daughter sat at the table to watch.

"Look at this rain, it's not heavy and it doesn't use much force, but it has been raining for a long time, the land has been wet, and the crops have been soaked. It seems to have done nothing but rain, but nothing has happened. done."

Pei Peng watched the rain splashing on the bluestone bricks with a leisurely attitude, and his heart slowly calmed down.

Yes, what's the hurry?She doesn't want to destroy this balance, as long as she moistens things silently so that they can't do without her, that's enough.
The brewing of jujube wine is a very good opportunity.When many people in a county rely on her to support their families, and the circulation of goods purchased and sold in a county depends on her caravan, it seems... they will naturally change the balance accordingly.

Xu Shu tilted her head, looked at the rain for a while, then turned to ask A Niang:
"So there's nothing we need to do?"

"I don't need it for the time being. Let someone buy a barren hill suitable for planting fruit trees. It's better to buy another piece of land at the foot of the hill and let it develop slowly."

"Then who should let it go?"

Several figures flashed in front of Pei Peng's eyes. In fact, Xu Zhao was quite suitable. He was used to being a son of a family and bought land with style, so he would not be easily associated with her.

But she quickly gave up. Xu Zhao was restless. She noticed it, thinking that it was the Xu family's problem again.

In fact, even though Pei Peng was still in the capital at the time about the conversation between Xu Zhao and Yang Luo, someone reported it to her after she came back.

She was not surprised by what the Xu family did, nor was she surprised that Xu Zhao would be affected.But she didn't dislike Xu Zhao because of this.

If there was anyone among the children of the Xu family who could be cultivated enough to be her daughter's arm, it would undoubtedly be Xu Zhao.The older ones have already been badly taught by the family, and the younger ones are currently impossible to join her.

Therefore, Pei Peng was very willing to completely pull Xu Zhao over from the Xu family after he began to reflect.

After all, it would be too miserable if her daughter was completely cut off from her father's family.When she is gone and Xu Qing is gone, Ah Shu will be so lonely.

It's good to have a cousin like Xu Zhao by his side.

But Pei Peng inadvertently thought of Yang Luo. He has indeed performed well during this period of time. It would be a waste of talents to blindly keep him in the mansion to do these internal affairs.

Moreover, the success of winemaking is also due to his great contribution, and he proposed the layout in Shangyong County, so he must have a plan.

Pei Peng threw this question to Xu Shu:
"Look, is it more appropriate to let your cousin do this, or is it more appropriate to let Yang Luo do it?"

Xu Shu replied without thinking:
"Yang Luo, he should be better at doing these things, and also better at dealing with officials, how to buy land, how to register, he should be more flexible in doing it."

Yeah.

Pei Peng nodded, she also preferred Yang Luo, but she hesitated because she wanted to give Xu Zhao more opportunities, and also for the sake of her daughter.

Since Xu Shu wants business to be done in an honest manner, Pei Peng won't mind even more.

"Then let's take a look and choose some opportunities for your cousin to exercise. I think he looks gloomy today, and he may not be affected when he is busy."

This influence, of course, refers to the influence of the Xu family.

Xu Shu rested her chin and looked at the rain outside the window, and somehow thought of Xiaoli Village. She had too many things to do during this time, and there were barbarians around, so she never went there again.

In this case, it's better to let her cousin take over this matter.

Originally, Xu Shu regarded this as a way to train herself and wanted to help her mother in this aspect.

However, after a battle, she found a direction that was more suitable for her. She liked it more and seemed to have more talent.

Of course, the current Xu Shu still dare not tell A Niang.

After all, this road is still dangerous. I also know that her mother will never agree.

But since he wants to stay in Taizhou for a long time, he cannot completely leave his troops to others even though he knows there are worries outside.There are still too few people that her mother can use and trust.

Therefore, she, the only daughter, should take the lead both in public and private matters.

Thoughts in Xu Shu's mind swirled, but she only talked about her arrangement for Xu Zhao:
"Aniang, let my cousin take care of the affairs of Xiaoli Village. It just so happens that he can also go to relax and see how ordinary people live. Maybe it can alleviate some of his current troubles."

When Yang Luo and Xu Zhao were given a new assignment, they looked at each other, feeling a little happy in their hearts, and finally they were able to officially accept the order.

These two things don't seem to be too big at the moment, but they will be very important in the long run.

Pei Peng entrusted these two matters to them, and even Xu Zhao, who had been absent-minded recently, unconsciously put those family matters behind him.

　Thanks to Shanhe Manhuai and Yuer Qingqing for their monthly tickets, and thanks to Shanhe Manhuai for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)