However, no matter how reluctant he was, it was time for Li Yaonan to leave.He brought twenty guards with him, and before leaving, Li Yaonan gave her husband and son a big hug and kissed their cheeks, seeing Lin's mother blushing and her heart pounding, she secretly scolded her brother-in-law for not being ashamed, but seeing Their husband and wife have a good relationship, and she felt relieved again.

Yang Yi blushed a long time ago, and hid behind Mother Lin, pretending not to see it.

Li Yaonan didn't care what other people thought, and looked at Fu Lang tenderly, conveying his heart: "Take care of yourself, eat more, you know, Husband will miss you."

Lin Yixuan smiled lightly, looked at him reluctantly, and nodded heavily: "Don't worry, I will take care of myself. Be careful on the way, I miss you too."

Li Yaonan smiled softly, he knew that Fu Lang liked his sweet talk and his attention, he would try his best to make Fu Lang feel at ease, it was really hard to part with someone who was so attached to him!

After taking a deep look at his husband, Li Yaonan no longer missed it, turned around and walked to the front of the team, mounted his horse, turned his head and waved at his husband, turned the horse's head, and rode away, he was afraid that he would take another look, and the feeling in his heart Sadly, there will be more.

"Father, father, wow..." Xiao Xu'er burst into tears, ran forward a few steps with her little arms and legs, and cried out with a wow.

"Good boy!" Lin Yixuan hugged his son, looked at the front in a daze, until her husband gradually drifted away and was no longer seen, and then she came back to her senses sullenly.

"I miss my father." Xiao Xu'er pursed her mouth aggrievedly.

Lin Yixuan smiled softly, I think too, obviously my husband has just left, and he is already missing him now.Wiping his son's tears, he said softly: "Good boy, father misses you too, we will reunite with father in a few days, Xu'er must be obedient and take good care of younger brother, you know?"

Little Xu'er nodded, choked a few times, and assured: "Xu'er is a man, Xu'er won't cry, Xu'er has to take care of my younger brother."

Lin Yixuan patted his son's head: "You are so good, Xu'er will definitely be a good brother in the future."

Xiao Xu'er smiled, stopped crying immediately, and said happily: "Xu'er is an older brother."

Children are easy to coax and quickly divert attention. Seeing his son's happy smile, Lin Yixuan's heart didn't seem so heavy, and a smile slowly bloomed on his face.

Mother Lin was a little worried at first, but now seeing her son's smiling face and giving her grandson an appreciative glance, Xiao Xu'er is the one with the most skills.

Li Yaonan and his group traveled day and night, so they simply abandoned the carriage and chose to ride on horseback. Although riding a horse was hard work, Li Yaonan couldn't get bored after sitting in the carriage for a month. Now that he has no family members, he prefers to arrive in Yunnan as soon as possible.

This is a game between him and Mr. Liao. It is now May. If taxes cannot be increased this autumn, Mr. Liao will not give up this opportunity to suppress him. He has already let go of his big words before, and he must make achievements no matter what. The emperor took a look, not only to gain confidence for himself, but also to show his strength.

Only after a good start can we talk about the future. This is the first stroke of his political achievements, and only success is not allowed to fail.

It's a pity that the time for spring plowing has passed, and the increase in agricultural taxation must be crossed out first. It is not easy to start with other aspects. Generally speaking, what he lacks most now is time.

The one and a half month's journey was shortened to one month. When they arrived in Yuxi, the whole group was full of travel and dust. Li Yaonan didn't have any new blood and did some private visits in microservices, but went directly to the Yamen to report.

Now he is only fortunate that Yuxi is the government office of the state government, and he has climbed several mountains to enter Yizhou, and what he heard and seen on the road is prosperous, not the kind of poor mountain valley where birds do not lay eggs.

The magistrate of Yuxi congratulated him, and when he heard that the general judge was coming, he hurriedly sent someone to greet him. Although the official position of the magistrate is high, he is the emperor's confidant compared to him, and I heard that the current general judge is still the Xinke Tanhua from last year. In less than a year, Lord Li can become a sixth-rank official. As a veteran in the officialdom, Zhifu He will naturally not neglect.

After entering the magistrate's yamen, Li Yaonan went to visit the Shangguan first, and when he saw Mrs. He, he felt that something was wrong all over his body.

"Xiaoguan has seen adults."

"Master Li, don't be so polite." Master He is in his fifties, with a kind smile on his face, he looks sincere and considerate, and said: "Master Li has had a rough journey, and the Tongju Mansion has been tidied up. To freshen up?"

Li Yaonan had a weird expression on his face, and he became vigilant in his heart. The magistrate's attitude was too good, and he said respectfully: "Master Xie, let's go through the formalities first, and I will go to rest later."

"Yes, yes, look at my memory." Zhifu He said angrily, and hurriedly ordered the master to get the copy, and there was a bit of flattery in his words.

Li Yaonan looked at his nose and nose and looked at his heart, and tentatively said: "I have been traveling all the way, but I saw the beautiful scenery in Yunnan and the prosperous farms. Why can't the tax be raised?"

Master He's face turned cold: "What does Master Li mean by this?"

Li Yaonan didn't care about it, he took some eye drops for Mr. Liao, and said worriedly: "It's not the Minister of the Household Department. A month ago, there was a quarrel in the imperial study room. The only reason is that there is less taxation in Yunnan, so the emperor sent his officials here to investigate. after all."

Master He sighed, and explained: "Master Li doesn't know something. Yunnan farms are good, but there are many mountains, and there are few places that can be farmed. How can the tax be raised?"

Li Yaonan was even more puzzled, he didn't doubt what Mr. He said, he believed that the magistrate He didn't lie to him, but Mr. He's attitude was really good, and he was not angry at all when he tried this way, as if he was the Shangguan.

The more Mr. He is like this, the more cautious Li Yaonan is. To the prefect, no prefect will welcome it.

Li Yaonan handed over the official transfer document, and Magistrate He quickly completed his formalities, and said with a smile: "It's time to cleanse the dust at night, I have already arranged a banquet, and the rest of the adults will also be there, Lord Li must remember to come."

Li Yaonan smiled respectfully: "Thank you, my lord."

Zhifu He nodded in satisfaction, and summoned the master to lead the way: "You take Master Li back to the mansion, and take a look at what is missing." Turning to look at Li Yaonan: "Yuxi's environment is not as good as the capital, Master Li, please take care of it, what is missing is not enough. Whatever you order."

Li Yaonan bowed and saluted: "My lord is so kind, I am ashamed to be an official."

"Your Majesty Li, you are being polite. You and I are colleagues, and we both came from the imperial examination. It is only natural for us to help each other." Master He said with a smile, his attitude couldn't be better.

Li Yaonan was confused when he heard it, and always felt that Mr. He had something to say, but at this time he was not in the mood to think too much. After driving for a month, he was already exhausted. After following the master to the mansion, he was called directly When the water came, I took a comfortable bath, fell on the bed and fell asleep.

On the other end, after the master replied to the magistrate, he looked at him with a puzzled expression: "Why should your lord be so polite to the judge?"

Magistrate He smiled faintly: "You don't understand, the relationship in Yunnan is complicated, Master Li came just in time."

Master frowned: "It's still too young."

Prefect He raised his eyebrows: "So what? He is the emperor's general judge, and he will be responsible for any accidents. It's better to be young."

The master sighed and did not speak again. He understood the difficulties of the adults. There are many Yi people in Yunnan, and the mountains are full of miasma. It is not easy for the adults to be the magistrate. Even if troops were sent, which of the officials in the government office would dare to go there, not to mention that even if the Yi people were not educated, they were still citizens of the Jin Dynasty, so they couldn't really be suppressed as mountain bandits.

As for being seconded to the local general army, Zhifu He never even thought about it, not to mention that he has no friendship with the military officer, most of the general soldiers' subordinates are local soldiers, borrowing troops from him is not courting death.

Back then, Prefect He was also an aspiring young man, who would have thought that time had passed and turned into the current Jiji camp, mixed with the old fritters in the officialdom, as long as he can keep his official position, he can climb up. Lord Li is the emperor's confidant, with him, If you do well, you will be honored, but if you do not do well, Master Li can also bear most of the blame. It is true that I have treated him well.

When Li Yaonan woke up, it was already in the afternoon, remembering that there was a reception banquet in the evening, so he didn't delay, and immediately got up from the bed.

After washing up and changing clothes, I was in the mood to look at the new mansion.

The layout of the Sanjin University's courtyard is exquisite, and it can be seen that the prefect He has put in a lot of thought, but it is precisely because of this that Li Yaonan can't understand why Master He, as a superior, treats him so courteously.

However, he didn't struggle for too long, Li Yaonan soon knew the answer, this answer made him very irritable, his heart was like ten thousand mud horses galloping wildly, and he wanted to point fingers at the sky and scold him.

Li Yaonan's dust-cleaning banquet was very lively, except for officials, everyone with status in the local area participated.

There was a lot of traffic in He's house that night, Li Yaonan received a lot of congratulatory gifts, looking at the expensive jade pieces, if anyone said that Yunnan was poor, he would be in a hurry with anyone!

Prefect He introduced him one by one. Li Yaonan once again witnessed the darkness of the officialdom. Among the eight county magistrates, five of them were local villagers. .

Tongzhi's wife is the daughter of the chieftain of the Yi tribe, the governor's concubine is inextricably related to the local snake in Yuxi, the agricultural department is Leng Yamen, an old man in his 60s, Li Yaonan doubts whether he can still walk the mountain road, needless to say the tax official Naturally, they are also local villagers. Li Yaonan has counted and counted, including the magistrate, and his family is also closely related to local wealthy households.

Emma!Li Yaonan just felt that the whole person was not good, and the position of the general judge was equivalent to the deputy of the magistrate.

However, when the power of the magistrate was emptied and became an empty shelf, how could his general sentence be messed up...

No wonder Magistrate He treated him so favorably. He clearly used him as a scapegoat and wanted him to go to the front line.

Li Yaonan's teeth were sore and his stomach ached, and his face was stiff from laughing all night.

The county magistrates are all poor, but the local snakes are filthy rich. Sure enough, no matter where they are, there is a gap between the rich and the poor.

Li Yaonan fully understood that Yunnan is really a mess, no wonder the management is still not good after several prefects, the local residents have too much power, the prefect is a polished commander, what can he do if he doesn't agree with others.

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