Better to live forever [Rebirth]

The news of Ma Chao and Liu Feifei's disappearance really worried Zhu Dingbei for a while, and the Ning family also stepped up efforts to search for Ma Chao.

If Zhen Feihe caught Ma Chao, there would be no better place to house Ma Chao other than Luo Jing and the Xiongnu. After all, Ma Chao was shrewd, and he would focus on training him so that he would not be too far away from himself or the Hun King.However, no matter how much Zhu Dingbei's elite soldiers and Ning's family searched in these two places, they could not find any trace of Ma Chao.

It wasn't until two months later that Zhu Dingbei found out about Ma Chao's whereabouts by accident when he received a letter from Jia Jiaming's family.

March [-]rd is Jia Jiaming's birthday, Zhu Dingbei has always been careful with his internal affairs, so in February he prepared a congratulatory gift and sent it. Jia Jiaming's reply was not only to thank the gift, but also to repay his safety.No one would have expected that the young champion Lang, who was well-known in Luojing, used Tibetan characters in his letter to tell Zhu Dingbei that Ma Chao and Liu Feifei were in the main county of Xianbei Mansion.

After Zhu Dingbei was sure, he laughed happily, "Ma Chao is really a ghost, Zhen Feihe sent him to the Huns and let him escape, and he can take Liu Feifei away if he escapes, tsk tsk, before. I really underestimated this little bastard."

Ning Heng breathed a sigh of relief, no matter what, Ma Chao did not fall into Zhen Feihe's hands, and he alluded to them through Jia Shiyi about his position without revealing the secrets of the two of them, which was a big change.Seeing that the prefects of various states are about to arrive in Beijing, now is the most important juncture, and they must not just make mistakes here.

"Since Ma Chaoneng was able to get the second place in the exam at the age of [-] among thousands of students, you should know his ability. Now that he has the ability to protect himself in Xianbei Prefecture, we don't need to ask your father to take care of them, so as not to attract people's attention. .”

Zhu Dingbei nodded, "I just thought about letting him live in my commander-in-chief's mansion, but thinking about it, this kid has a lot of tricks, and if he keeps him, he might be taken as a hostage by me. More things are worse than less things." For one thing, since he can find Shi Yi, no matter how Shi Yi helps to take care of them, they won’t starve to death in Xianbei. Well, by the way, Ah Heng, how is the food and grass in Nanman’s side going now?”

During the autumn harvest last year, the Ning family brought a batch of grain and grass to Nanman, but soon after the year, Ning Heng asked those barefoot doctors to collect grain directly from the farmers.In Nanban, the grain output is high, and the exorbitant taxes are mostly collected on grain, but even so, the peasant households can leave some surplus grain, which is nothing if it falls on each family, but it is not a small amount collected by each household.

The Ning family slaughtered the Nanman countries this year because of the doctor's affairs, but if the Nanman wants to join the war, it is inevitable that they will ask the people to collect food, and the Ning family will first use a trick to draw their salaries without anyone noticing, and then we will see them What to take and Dajing consumption.

Ning Heng smiled slightly, "Don't worry about Changsheng, they have already set off to send to the grain stores in the four states in the western region. Liangzhou accounts for half of them, and the rest is divided equally among Ningzhou, Qinzhou, and Yizhou."

"Then you have to be careful, don't let those people rush into the store and rob them."

"The Marquis of Zhenbei is worrying too much. The Ning family has always shared the country's worries. If there is a war, they will naturally be the first to donate food and money. Even if foreign enemies come in, it will be nothing."

"Changxinhou is indeed rich and powerful, I admire him."

Seeing his earnest appearance, Ning Heng laughed out loud, "Not to mention the Ning family, even Chang Xinhou is yours now, so I have to admire Zhenbei Hou Huiyan."

"Hahaha!"

The two flattered each other, and couldn't help laughing as they looked at each other.

After Xie Yonglin was arrested, the emperor thoughtfully appointed Gao Mingfei, the only son of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, to take over the post of Liangzhou State Shepherd.Gao Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, was accompanied by the late emperor, so his feelings were naturally different from those of others. The emperor was really scared by the people of the Ning family, and Gao Yi was not involved because he was sent to Yangzhou to be a state pastor. During the Jinqi Fengshan Incident, even though he had only one son, his children and grandchildren lived together happily.He has always been shrewd. Before his death, the first emperor transferred him back to Beijing to serve as Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and took care of the officials for Emperor Zhenyuan.Many years have passed now, and he is already old, but with him in the Ministry of Officials, such bribery is rare.

Originally, his son, the emperor planned to let him inherit his father's business. After all, Gao Yi was really old, but he really couldn't find a suitable candidate for the post of Liangzhou State Shepherd, so he could only ask Gao Mingfei to stabilize the overall situation.

Gao Mingfei is a bold and careful person, he was radical when he was young, and now he is still in his middle age. He still dares to do things that others dare not do.From people's point of view, the post of Liangzhou State Shepherd is a hot potato and extremely unlucky, but Gao Mingfei is not afraid. There is no more challenging position than Liangzhou Zhoumu.

Therefore, when he received the appointment of the emperor's secret guard, he was extremely excited.

Xie Yonglin, although the outside world thinks that he was dismissed by the world because of his lack of personal morality, but Gao Mingfei is better than blue under the guidance of his old father. You can see how His Majesty the Emperor treats Xie Yonglin. Not because of personal morality.It's just that he never expected that Xie Yonglin would collude with the Huns to treason the country!

Such heinous crimes are really heinous.

To be the first to report that all his henchmen were sent away, Gao Mingfei only felt happy in his heart without any hesitation.He is not afraid of causing trouble, nor is he afraid of revenge, at worst, he can serve his father for a few more years after resigning from office and returning to his hometown!

Liangzhou's new state herdsman stepped back to the land of Luojing with such arrogance. On April 23, when all the [-] prefectures and state herds arrived in Beijing to report on their duties, they did not wait for the joy of the increase in Liangzhou's tax revenue from Yangguang. When he withdrew from the middle, he went out without hesitation and knelt down and said, "Master, Gao Mingfei, Mu Gaomingfei of Liangzhou Prefecture, please speak to Your Majesty!"

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At the same time, Zhenbeihou Mansion.

Old Hou Ye, Gu Chao'an, and Ning Heng gathered in the study in Zhu Dingbei's small courtyard.

Gu Chao'an felt uneasy, "I don't know what's going on in the early court now."

Old Hou Ye said: "I know Gao Yi. He has always been cautious, but he has raised a son who is bold and reckless. I just don't know if the early court can bear the pressure of the officials and help the emperor."

Zhu Dingbei was not worried about Gao Mingfei's failure, because His Majesty the Emperor had to do this matter, and no one could shake his determination at this most critical step.What he was worried about was: "I'm just afraid that Zhen Feihe will let people escape first when he hears the news."

The old Hou Ye was surprised and said: "Didn't you get a letter from Dong Minghe yesterday, saying that His Majesty has ordered the imperial army to take over the city gate early this morning and prohibit entry and exit? When the emperor gives an order, this Luo Jing will not even be able to fly out." , even if he is the right minister, he doesn't have that ability, right?"

Ning Heng understood Zhu Dingbei's worries: "The people outside the city gathered outside the city gate and refused to leave. It is not impossible to use Zhen Feihe's method to take the opportunity to drive these bearers and peddlers to make a fuss. What's more, it is forbidden In and out, it is difficult to protect people without him in the imperial army, and now that his face is torn, if he only wants to save his life, we may not be able to stop him."

"Then what should we do now?"

Several people looked at Zhu Dingbei, who said with a faint smile, "Zhen Feihe's defeat is set. Even if he struggles to the death, he can only save one life. Could it be that the world's wars can be turned around because of him alone? I'm just afraid ...he died at the hands of others."

Zhu Dingbei looked at his palm quietly, and after a while, he closed his palm and narrowed his eyes.

Zhen Feihe, his life must be ruined by him.

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Morning above.

"Your Majesty trusts me as the Governor of Liangzhou, and I have been working hard to clean up the corruption and bribery of the former Governor Xie Yonglin for His Majesty, and cooperate with the new ministries to stabilize people's hearts, deal with backlogs, and correct unjust, false and wrong cases. , clearing Liangzhou taxation. Now it has achieved results, and I submitted a memorial to His Majesty yesterday, and I implore the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Punishment to cooperate with the supervision."

In addition to reporting the major events in the state and the taxation and civil construction matters in the past three years, the state pastor's report is the public opinion and military situation.After the prefect submits the submission, it is natural that the six ministries of the imperial court will cooperate to verify it. If there is too much discrepancy between the two, then one party must be held accountable.Although there have been crimes committed by state shepherds and important ministers of the inner court over the years, none of them have succeeded. At that time, they knew that the emperor had never relaxed the investigation of the government and the opposition. How could the facts be clear to him? Therefore, no smart person would dare to do such a stupid thing again.

Liangzhou is located in a military fortress, and the report of the military situation was originally the most important thing, but the situation is different this year. Instead, the government has become the key to everyone's attention.

It has to be said that this Gaozhou Mu Leifeng was extremely powerful, and with an extremely tough attitude, he twisted the scattered Liangzhou officials into a single rope in just a few months.

Even if everyone understands that he acts without any taboos because of the backing of His Majesty the Emperor, but not everyone can do this.Even the emperor rarely showed satisfaction, and praised without hesitation: "Aiqing has done a very good job!"

Even Yang and Guangzhou have added a large sum of money to the national treasury this year, but the emperor has an unpredictable smile. Who doesn't know that the emperor is not only telling the truth, but also trying to make a fool of Gao Mingfei? , making him more confident in Liangzhou.

But who knows, not only was Gao Ming not happy at all, but he suddenly kowtowed to His Majesty the Emperor, and said loudly: "I am terrified! Your Majesty, I should not be praised by your Majesty. I have failed to live up to the grace, and I am guilty!"

As soon as this remark came out, the whole court was shocked.