"Wang Xiangguo, Xiao Jie has already left Luoyang for Xiangyang this morning."

In the palace, a soldier dressed as a Jinwu guard knelt in front of Wang Chong to report.

Wang Chong picked up the tea in his hand, blew it lightly a few times, took a few sips leisurely, then nodded slightly and said: "Well, the old man knows, you go to the cashier to receive the reward."

The soldiers of the Jinwu Guard who reported the letter stepped back with great gratitude, and Chen Chi, a member of Zhongshushe, went forward and presented a memorial with both hands, saying: "Prince Wang, this is the memorial sent by the emperor to Zhongshu Province yesterday. Regarding the plan about how to eradicate the plague of locusts, the emperor wants us to draw up a decree and make it known to the world."

Although Wang Chong is no longer the prime minister in name, anyone who sees him still has to call him "Wang Xiangguo" or "Wang Xiang".

After all, there are still many followers of Wang Chong in the court. Even if he is in the prime minister's mansion, he can always know the situation in the court, and there will always be someone who will promptly inform him of all kinds of news, large and small.

Hearing that it was Xiao Jie's memorial about He's extermination of the locust plague, Wang Chong became interested for a while, put down the teacup, took the memorial in Chen Chi's hand, and slowly looked through it.

The memorial wrote seven plans eloquently. Wang Chongchu still thought it was a cliché. It was nothing more than the old methods of lighting a fire and culling them. The last few methods are simply unheard of.

"Unexpectedly, the grandson of this old man has some knowledge, and actually knows some ingenious skills to control locust plagues."

Wang Chong closed the memorial, his tone could not tell whether it was emotion or sarcasm.

"According to the king's opinion, whether these methods are multi-pronged can really put out the plague of locusts."

Chen Chi's tone was a little anxious, which was also the reason why he came to see Wang Chong early this morning. If Xiao Jie's methods really worked and the locust plague disappeared, Wang Chong would no longer have the possibility of returning to his post. The day when Wang Chong, the backbone, falls apart is not far away.

However, Wang Chong picked up his teacup again, took another sip, and then said slowly: "It doesn't matter if these methods are really effective. Everything depends on human effort. No matter how good the method is, if the local officials don't implement it well, how can we extinguish it?" Got a plague of locusts."

Chen Chi heard Wang Chong's implication all of a sudden, the royal party also has a huge influence in the local area, if they make the local party members all act obediently and secretly, without the cooperation of the local government, even if Xiao Jie has all-powerful abilities, he will not be able to extinguish it Got a plague of locusts.

Chen Chi smiled sadly: "Prime Minister Wang, I understand what you mean, I will send someone to give orders, and the local colleagues will understand what Prime Minister Wang means and what they should do."

Wang Chong nodded lightly, stroked his beard and said, "Remember! Send someone you can trust to go down in person, don't put pen and paper, and leave evidence, so as not to fall into the trap."

Chen Chi nodded in agreement, and then hastily left.

As soon as Chen Chi resigned, Wang Chong immediately wrote a letter to his nephew Jingzhou Inspector Wang Dan, telling him that Xiao Jie had gone to the south of the Yangtze River to control the locust plague as an envoy of the imperial court. He believed that his nephew knew how to treat Xiao Jie well. of.

Xiao Jie refused to go to Yangzhou and Jiaozhou, but insisted on entering Jingzhou under the rule of their Wang family, so don't blame his grandfather for being unkind.

Xiao Jie asked for everything by himself, even if he broke with the Wang family, he actually helped Xiao Ji deal with the Wang family, and he must make him pay the most painful price!

……

The big ship slowly set sail and headed south.Xiao Jie stood at the stern of the ship, and the pier gradually moved away, slowly turning into a small black spot until it completely disappeared from sight.

The big ship had to cross the Yangtze River to reach Xiangyang. Xiao Jie couldn't stand at the stern all the time, turned around and was about to return to the cabin to rest, but his eyes unconsciously looked at another cabin, which was Tao Han's cabin. The Tao family sent her Come to help me deal with the transfer of more than 100 million shi of grain.

Xiao Jie is not stupid. There are so many men in the Tao family, but he sent Tao Han a woman to help him. Of course, he understands what the Tao family means. Han can successfully marry into Prince Qi's Mansion, and the Tao family can also take advantage of the opportunity to establish a deeper connection and relationship with him through marriage.

As a time traveler from later generations, Xiao Jie doesn't like political marriage, but he also understands that he must accept it. Only when he marries Tao Han and becomes the son-in-law of the Tao family, can the Tao family wholeheartedly support him and support him. Own.

He also knows that such a political marriage is very unfair to Tao Han, a girl, but it is impossible for him to soften his heart because of this. After all, if he does not marry Tao Han, according to the plot, Tao Han is likely to be with Xiao Huang, which will affect her From the point of view of the Tao family, no matter what, he would not allow this kind of thing to happen.

Whether the twisted melon is sweet or not is not important to Xiao Jie, as long as this political marriage is helpful to his great cause of seizing the heir apparent, that's enough.

Anyway, Xiao Huang is not a serious lover, he is also a scumbag who loves each other, Tao Han may not be happier with him than with himself, he just needs to treat Tao Han better in the future.

It's just that now is definitely not a good time. The concubine Su Yao is just pregnant. If she takes a concubine at this time, even if Su Yao doesn't say anything, what will the Su family think of her, what will her father think of her, and what will the court officials think of her? Look at yourself, how people in the world will see yourself.

Once he is labeled as morally corrupt by the people of the world, he will be completely out of touch with the throne.

Xiao Jie shook his head, decided not to think about it anymore, and went back to his cabin.

He needs to be alone now, thinking about what to do next.

Leaving Jiaozhou and Yangzhou behind, he insisted on going to Jingzhou under the rule of Jingzhou Governor Wang Dan. Xiao Jie naturally had other plans. He knew that Wang Dan would find ways to target him, and he also wanted to take this opportunity to deal with Wang Dan in one fell swoop. Pull out the power of the royal party in Jingzhou.

Xiao Jie was in the cabin thinking about how to deal with Wang Dan, but in the other cabin, Tao Han was also silently looking in the direction of his cabin.

The night before leaving Luoyang, his grandfather and father specially asked him to have a conversation, and told her bluntly that this time she was sent to the south of the Yangtze River, nominally to assist Qi Wang Xiaojie in handling the transfer of more than 100 million shi of grain, but in fact The Tao family just hoped that she and King Qi would take this opportunity to deepen their relationship and prepare for their formal marriage into Prince Qi's mansion in the future.

Tao Han was very confused at the moment, she didn't hate Xiao Jie, she even admired Xiao Jie in some respects, although she herself couldn't tell if this kind of appreciation counted as liking, but she very minded it as a political marriage victim of.

But she also understands that marriage is not something she can decide on her own. Several of her cousins ​​are married to the sons of other merchants. The purpose is to strengthen the relationship between the Tao family and other families. In contrast, she can marry a For the prince to be a concubine is already enough to make other women of the Tao family envious.

Tao Han does not reject marrying Xiao Jie, but how much she hopes that Xiao Jie will marry her because he likes her, not to win over the Tao family, so she will feel that she is just a cheap commodity, not a living people.

Your Highness King Qi, what are you thinking in your heart.

Tao Han looked in the direction of Xiao Jie's cabin, and couldn't help biting his lip lightly.

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