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Volume 4 Hu Han Cang Qiong Chapter 307 The Eve of the Western Inspection

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    In the winter of the ninth year of Tiance, many small things happened in the Central Plains, a few medium-sized things, and one big thing!

    There is no need to go into details about small things, neither big nor small. The first one is Xiaohuang in the four states of Ru, Tang, Deng and Lai.

    The drought in Laizhou is purely self-inflicted. There are certainly reasons for this, such as climate change, such as uneven floods and droughts in the state in the past year, but it is also related to the fact that Dengzhou's shipbuilding industry and maritime trade have absorbed a large number of laborers, and the public's lack of interest in agriculture.  However, the poor harvest did not affect the livelihood of the people of Laizhou very much. Zhang Mai did not even issue an amnesty order to Laizhou to exempt taxes and reduce taxes, but the people of Laizhou did not complain. The reason is very simple. Those who are willing to work hard to farm the land will  The harvest is not bad, and those who do not work or do business have enough money on hand. Dengzhou is a transfer station for north-south sea trade. The grain shipped from Wuyue every year fills up the newly built warehouses, not to mention Dengzhou.  Laizhou, which is next door to the state, is just a small wasteland. Even if there is no harvest, it will not starve to death.  Therefore, Zhang Mai in Laizhou let go and let the people solve the problem on their own.

    The problems in the three states of Ru, Tang and Deng are not small. They were affected by the Luoyang War. It¡¯s funny to say that the real war took place in Luoyang and Zhengzhou. The problems were not big. Fu Yanqing conscripted hundreds of thousands of civilians in Kaifeng, Chenzhou and Yingzhou.  There was no famine in Chang, but there was a problem in nearby Ru, Tang, and Deng. Why?  Precisely because Luoyang and other five places were directly affected by the war, the Tiance regime was afraid of trouble, so it focused its attention here. During the war, the crops were not damaged, and the people were recruited without missing the farming season. Officials at all levels monitored closely and took precautions before they happened.  .

    The three states of Ru, Tang, and Deng were firstly newly acquired after the war. The New Tang Dynasty's policy was to keep them quiet. Except for the difficulty of moving the troops, all the old officials were retained. Secondly, Tiance's political power had not yet been established.  Going deep into the local area, the supervision of various lines is not strict.  Corrupt officials took advantage of this opportunity to get involved, coupled with the unhealthy climate and war, several problems occurred at the same time, brewing the current small disaster.  When something happened in southern Henan, some merchants bought grain from northern Jing. As a result, the area in northern Jing, which had a poor harvest, was also affected.

    Responding to famine is the greatest test of a government¡¯s administrative capabilities.  The small disasters in southern Henan and northern Jing had just begun to show signs of food shortages. Wei Renpu was ordered to do so at the critical moment. However, he did not go to Ruzhou, Tangzhou or Dengzhou, but went directly to Xiangyang.  The newly established Jingbei Military Region Commander Fu Yanqing rushed to greet him. The civil and military officials discussed it for a long time, and a letter was delivered to Jiangling Mansion the next day.

    The Nanping State in Jiangling Prefecture has been in existence for more than 20 years. It is located in a land of plenty and is at the crossroads between the north and the south.  After years of trade accumulation, the treasury was full and the rice was rotten into warehouses. However, the country was rich but weak. Since Zhang Mai unified the north, what the Nanping ruler was most worried about all day long was when the iron horse would march south. Although he had repeatedly surrendered to the north,  Zhang Mai never gave him a clear response, only vague comfort.  Therefore, the leader of Nanping was wary of the powerful people in the Northern Kingdom, not to mention Zhang Mai.  Among them, Fu Yanqing, who controls the military power in northern Jingbei, is the biggest mountain weighing on Nanping!

    The letter signed by Fu Yanqing and Wei Renpu arrived in Nanping within three days.  Just like the mountains and seas of grain shipped north, they disembarked at the dock in Yingzhou.  Then they headed north along the Han River. As soon as the news came out, food prices in northern Jingbei and southern Henan suddenly dropped. A small disaster was eliminated in less than half a month.

    Following Wei Renpu, he suddenly arrived in Dengzhou and began to clean up the official administration of Ru, Tang and Dengzhou.

    He, Inspector Wei, has presided over two examinations and has countless disciples under his command.  The important people are there; the famine in northern Jingbei and southern Henan has just been solved, and the prestige in this area is at its peak for a while, and the important people are powerful; three thousand troops and horses have been received from the Jingbei Military Region, and the necessary troops are strong; and Zhang Mai has been given the power to act expediently.  , it can be said that you want power and have power.

    Plus, it was long before he arrived in Xiangyang.  There were already disciples who had sneaked into the Three Prefectures to find out the situation, so before Wei Renpu arrived, he already knew the situation in the three Prefectures very well. As soon as he arrived in Dengzhou, he immediately started to clean up the Ru, Tang, and Deng Prefectures in just one month. The state and county officials  Ninety percent of them were replaced, and a large number of old officials were also replaced in the three prefectures of Xiang, Deng, and Jun in northern Jing.

    If the previous grain adjustment operation in Nanping was like rain and dew, this operation was like a thunderous bombardment. After this operation, the Tiance regime's control over southern Henan and Jingbei was greatly enhanced. However, southern Henan, Jingbei and Africa were not shaken by this.  Uneasy, the people all clapped their hands and cheered - it would be a great pleasure to get rid of the corrupt officials who had caused disaster in the local area!

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    After completing these things, Wei Renpu's reputation greatly increased, but he himself no longer fell in love with him, so he immediately relieved his power and returned to Yedu - where Zhang Mai currently lives.

    While I was still on the road, I heard that Zhang Mai had gone to Yanjing, and received countless letters from Shilin Pass, all saying the same thing - asking Wei Renpu to dissuade Zhang Mai from patrolling the west after arriving in Yedu!

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    In the past year, both the four statesFamine and turmoil in Northern Jing were really not big events for Shilin in the Central Plains!

    The impression that Tiance's cavalry is invincible has been deeply rooted in people's hearts. In the past, they were in awe of their power when they faced off against each other. Now the position under their buttocks has changed. Since Zhang Mai is the master, then this power is theirs!  As long as you hold your tight thighs, there is nothing to be afraid of in the world!  Not to mention it was just a small turmoil in Jingbei. Even if all directions changed, the scholar-bureaucrats felt that it was not a big deal with the current situation of the New Tang Dynasty.

    But just when the situation was great, news suddenly came out that Zhang Mai was going to patrol the west!

    At first everyone thought it was nothing, but Zhang Mai hasn¡¯t stopped doing this in the past year!  After Luoyang was pacified, he first went to Kaifeng, stayed there for a few months, and then went to Yanjing. Then he suddenly took thousands of people to Dingliao to visit Yang Yi who was recovering from illness. He stayed for a few days and then returned to Yanjing, and then traveled around again.  He ran around and was in Yedu during the autumn harvest. Because Guo Fen took his family eastward, Zhang Mai ran to Yanjing again.

    Although it is said that this emperor is not very "stable", it is really okay for the founding emperor to be like this.  Look at Liu Bang and Li Shimin, didn¡¯t they spend their days conquering things here and there?  The same is true for the legendary Xuanyuan Huangdi.  Many people are still wondering whether the Marshal is going to Chang'an during this western tour, passing by Taiyuan, and killing An Chongrong and Liu Zhiyuan - in the eyes of most people, these two things are very important to Zhang Longxiang now.  , it¡¯s just ¡°easy¡±.

    But then news came from Li Fang that Zhang Mai¡¯s western tour this time was not going to Luoyang, not Guanzhong¡ªnot even to Liangzhou!

    where is that?

    Ganzhou?

    That¡¯s not all!

    Is it Shazhou?

    That¡¯s not all!

    alright.  Finally, I found out that Zhang Mai was going to the Western Regions!

    Yan Qi?  Kucha?

    neither!

    Li Fang said that Marshal Zhang was going to find Guo Luo!

    The scholar-bureaucrats in the Central Plains suddenly jumped up!

    Your Majesty, Marshal (this title is a bit strange), please don¡¯t mess around!

    Where is that in the river?

    ?????????????? Yumen Pass, where the spring breeze does not blow, goes a thousand miles to the west to reach Gaochang, and a thousand miles to the west of Gaochang, to reach Qiuci.  Qiuci went a thousand miles to the west before reaching Shule. When we got to Shule, we crossed the green ridge covered with snow all year round, and then we had to walk thousands of miles more to reach the river!

    Although Hezhong is now an autonomous region under the Tang Dynasty, the distance is so far away that it seems like another world!  Although the river is the territory that Zhang Mai personally conquered in the Western Expedition, but after traveling so far away, the chance of something going wrong on the way is extremely high!

    All right.  Even if the journey is safe, the east and west are thousands of miles apart. What if something happens here in the Central Plains?  Even if you ride a sweaty BMW day and night, you still won't be able to get back in time!

    In a word, when Shilin Zhongyuan heard that Zhang Mai was going to see Guo Luo, he felt as if the marshal was going to another world - if the marshal really wanted to see Governor Guo, he would rather have Governor Guo come back from the river.

    As soon as the news came out, all kinds of admonitions came flying in. Li Bo came directly to ask Zhang Mai whether the news was true.

    "What do you think the marshal said?" An official from Yedu said angrily to Wei Renpu: "The marshal's tone. We all saw it with our own eyes, he said. 'Yes, I have this plan, and I will leave after the spring of next year.  '¡ª¡ªWei Zongxian, the marshal's tone at that time was like going to the river to visit!"

    Wei Renpu appeased all the ministers in Yedu, and then set off for Yanjing.

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    Yanjing City is still under construction.  Infrastructure construction such as large-scale sewers and criss-crossing roads is nearing completion, and the first batch of palaces and official residences have taken shape and are expected to be put into use by this time next year. There are also many businesses and families starting construction in the designated commercial and residential areas.  .

    Now that all supporting facilities have not yet been installed, Yanjing New Town is just a big construction site.  Zhang Mai often lived there by himself in a tent, but he couldn't do it when his wife, son, and family came over, so he lived in a villa in Xishan¡ªa garden that Zhao Zan and Fu Yanqing rushed to build last year.  Luxurious and extravagant, but better than simplicity and elegance.  Guo Fen lived here directly after arriving.

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    When Wei Renpu came, Xishan was becoming very lively. At the foot of the mountain were tents, half of which were garrison troops and half of which were officials who came here to listen. When he heard that Wei Renpu was coming, Ma Xiaochun also arranged one for him.

    When we got to the mountain and entered the villa, we saw lanterns hanging everywhere, snow being swept everywhere, and many servants busy, as if they were preparing for the New Year.

    "This has the aura of a powerful family. Although it is still a little far away from the royal family."

      Wei Renpu thought to himself, after all, he still needs a wife to make this life what it is. Looking at Zhang Mai's bachelor life in the past two or three years, Wei Renpu himself felt that it was simply miserable.

    He was led by his servants to the hall. The hall was warm and there were only five people: Zhang Mai, Guo Fen, Ma Xiaochun, Wang Pu and a maid. Zhang Mai was peeling apples for Guo Fen. It was not easy to get apples at this time.  And Zhang Mai's honor was still peeling apples for Guo Fen, and Guo Fen accepted it calmly. If this spreads out, scholars all over the world will surely lament that no one can match the "deepness of the holy love" of the current queen.

    Zhang Mai was not strict about the protection between men and women, not to mention that Wei Renpu and Guo Fen knew each other, so Wei Renpu did not shy away from Guo Fen when he came.

    From Zhang Yi to Fan Zhi and Wei Renpu, from Fan Zhi and Wei Renpu to Li Bo and Li Shen, and then to Feng Dao recently, countless Confucian officials have advised on this issue, at least asking Guo Fen to lower the curtain when meeting foreign ministers. As a result, Zhang Mai  But they all just laughed it off.

    Feng Dao even brought a group of young eunuchs with clean backgrounds and no background from Luoyang, but they were all driven away by Zhang Mai.  However, Guo Fen was kind and found out that most of these young eunuchs were poor people without parents. Even if they had parents, life would not be easy after they returned. Moreover, they had just arrived in Yanjing and needed some manpower around them, so he kept twenty of them.  There were others, but Zhang Mai still issued an edict to reprimand Feng Dao, and then issued an edict to the world.  Abolish the eunuch system forever!

    When Wei Renpu came in, Zhang Maigang cut the apple into four pieces, then peeled the second apple. Guo Fen ate one piece. When he saw Wei Renpu coming, he asked the maid to send two pieces over. This apple was not only a gift from the mistress.  Zhang Mai cut it himself. Even though he had been in Liangzhou for a long time and knew the style of Zhang Mai's family, Wei Renpu couldn't help but be grateful. Wang Pu was even more envious when he saw it.

    Guo Fen saw it from the corner of his eye and thought he wanted to eat it, so he asked the maid to give the remaining petal to Wang Pu. Wang Pu knelt on the ground with a snap, holding the apple like a flat peach from the Queen Mother, and tears flowed out.  Guo Fen shouted: "Ouch! Why are you crying, Xiao Wang!"

    Wang Pu has countless words of gratitude in his heart.  I was choked up for a while but couldn't say a word.

    Zhang Mai smiled and said: "Ignore him, he is just being mean."

    Guo Fen just followed her husband's casual attitude, and he didn't know anything about the world. She understood immediately, smiled and said: "It's just a piece of apple, don't think so much. Get up and eat."

    Wang Pu got up after thanking him, but he didn't dare to eat the apple.  Seeing that Wei Renpu was already twirling his beard and chewing, he carefully took a small bite.  The kindness of the king is like a mountain, and the kindness of the queen is like the sea. This small bite of the apple turns into juice and flows into the throat. It is really like the fairy liquid of honey that can nourish the internal organs. For a while, I was moved to tears.

    When Wei Renpu was eating an apple.  There was a loud sound of footsteps outside, and several children ran in. The youngest one jumped into Zhang Mai's arms, and the oldest one shouted: "It's Teacher Wei here." Wei Renpu looked up and said hurriedly: "It turns out that  It¡¯s your highnesses.¡±

    Zhang Mai now has four sons and three daughters.  Among them, the eldest daughter Yunzhao, the second daughter Yunzhen, the second son Yunwu, and the third son Yunyan were born to Guo Fen.  The eldest son Yunwen was born to Princess Fu'an of Khotan, and the youngest son Yun Gong and the still-nursing daughter were born to Xue Fu's sister Xue Shanya.  Yunzhao and Yunzhen were Fan Zhi and Wei Renpu who took turns writing for enlightenment, so Wei Renpu was very familiar with the children of the Zhang family - this experience of Fan and Wei was more envied by scholars in the Central Plains than his high position.  .

    Zhang Mai himself has not officially proclaimed himself emperor, but he has always called his beloved daughter "my little princess" and "my little princess", so Fan Zhi and Wei Renpu followed suit and called Yunzhao and Yunzhen "Her Royal Highness the Princess".  There was no objection, and the title continued.

    This time Guo Fen traveled eastward, and his four children naturally followed him.  The eldest son Zhang Yunwen was as weak as his mother, so he stayed in Liangzhou.  Xue Shanya followed, but today she took her child to see her brother.

    Unknowingly, Zhang Yunzhao, the eldest of the children, was already in his teens. Zhang Yunwu, who was regarded as the heir apparent by the officials, and his twin brother Zhang Yunyan were born in the first month of the third year of Tiance. After the new year, they were already seven years old. Yunyan  Although Yunwu had a babyish voice when she was raised, Zhang Yunzhao, on the other hand, was very parental and generous, like an eldest sister. All her younger siblings were afraid of her.  I just came back from having a snowball fight with my brothers and sisters outside.

    As soon as these children came in, the hall immediately became lively. Zhang Mai was busy talking to his children and could not even care about Wei Renpu. However, Zhang Yunzhao was able to take care of Wei Renpu's emotions and face, and sat next to him to chat with him.

    Wei Renpu responded politely and suddenly asked: "Your Highness, I have heard in Ye that the Marshal intends to patrol the west. Your Highness, have you ever heard the Marshal mention it?"

    "Yes, dad said he wanted to meet his uncle. He plans to set off after next spring when the road is better. Teacher Fan has told dad about this several times, but he has always stopped him.Yeah, but I think daddy wants to go.  "

    Wei Renpu's heart trembled. Hearing Zhang Yunchao's tone, Zhang Mai seemed to have really decided on this matter. He was about to give Zhang Mai advice when Yunyan, who was lying in Zhang Mai's arms, screamed: "I don't want it, I don't want it!"  We've only been here a few days, and daddy is leaving again! I don't want it!"

    His twin brother Yunwu coughed, and a seven-year-old child said seriously in the tone of an old Confucian: "Third brother, don't do this. When my father goes to the Western Regions, he must have some national affairs to discuss with his uncle. You can't be willful."  Also, a gentleman puts his country first and then his family. This is the style of a sage king. The third brother must not delay his father or hinder the world's major events."

    When Wang Pu saw it, he couldn't help praising the prince for his gentlemanly demeanor.  Zhang Yunyan pouted and glared at his brother, but Zhang Mai spat out a mouthful of water and scolded Yunwu: "You are a seven-year-old child who has only been weaned for a few years. National affairs are none of your business!  I haven¡¯t taken you with me for several years, and you don¡¯t know how to speak!¡±

    Zhang Yunwu stuck out his tongue, extremely embarrassed. Zhang Mai turned to Guo Fen and said, "How have you taught your children in the past two years!"

    Guo Fen smiled bitterly and said: "This kid is a little older, but he doesn't usually talk like this. Someone must have taught him."

    Zhang Mai asked Yunwu Dao: "Who is it?"

    Zhang Yunwu looked aggrieved.  Nuonuo said: "It's not who taught me, but I've been reading "Mencius" recently and I have quite a lot of experience"

    Zhang Mai thought about it. The person who could teach Yun Wu to speak like this must be a Confucian official. However, the Confucian officials were all opposed to his western tour, but he scolded: "You are only a few years old. Why do you read such a deep book! What are you still calling it?"  What bullshit! You are not allowed to talk like that in the future!"

    Zhang Yunzhao stood up and said: "Father, don't scold your second brother like that. At his age, he can study whatever he wants, and it has no other meaning. But if you scold him like this, if word spreads, our family will be okay, but it will change after word spreads."  Something has to happen."

    She is Zhang Mai¡¯s eldest daughter. She was born in a time of sorrow and grew up in a chaotic world.  Zhang Mai loved her heroic appearance but did not restrain her temperament, so Zhang Yunzhao was able to go in and out of the military camp and among people. Even when Zhang Mai was in Qinxi, she even rode hundreds of miles to meet Zhang Mai, so she knew the world affairs well.  , although Zhang Mai does not want his family to become a harem in palace fighting movies.  But since he has established such a huge empire, various chains of interests will naturally become intertwined and extend to his family.  Even though no one can shake Guo Fen's position and no one dares to touch it, no matter how bright the general direction is, there will always be shadows in the small cracks in the corners.  Under Zhang Yunzhao's influence, he gained insights into her character - she was not pretending to be an adult like Yunwu, but was really precocious.

    Zhang Mai said: "What can happen!"

    These years, Zhang Mai has been traveling around all the time, and as the eldest sister, Yunzhao has to help her mother take care of her younger siblings.  As the eldest princess, she also had to help stabilize Lianglan's people, so her dignity was naturally formed. Unknowingly, even Zhang Mai had some respect for his daughter's words.

    Zhang Yunzhao said: "The second brother is the eldest son of our family! You can spank him behind closed doors, but if the matter gets out, I'm afraid someone will have wild ideas."

    Zhang Mai was stunned for a moment.  Random smiled and said: "Okay, okay, don't be so serious." Then he said to Yunwu: "Go play more in the future, play whatever you like, and study less in the past two years."

    Yunyan said: "Yes, I listen to daddy!"

    Zhang Mai spanked him and said, "I'm talking about your brother! I'm not talking about you! On your side, I'll ask Li Fang to teach you how to write tomorrow!"

    Yunyan screamed in pain and cried: "I don't want others to teach me, I want you to teach me!"

    Yunwu also came over and hugged Zhang Mai's thigh and said, "Daddy wants me to play, then you play with me."

    Zhang Mai felt soft as he was hugged by the two children and said: "Okay, okay, in the next few months, I will do nothing but write and play with you."

    The two children broke into tears and laughed.

    Zhang Mai asked his second daughter again: "My second princess, what do you want your father to do with you?"

    Yunzhen had been sitting quietly next to her mother. At this time, she just said: "Daughters listen to their fathers."

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    The hall was noisy again, and Wei Renpu had no chance to talk to Zhang Mai about anything serious. The quarrel continued until dinner time.  Seeing Zhang Mai in the west, there is something wrong with "accidentally".

    Before dinner started, Zhang Mai took some time to ask about things in northern Jingbei and southern Henan. Wei Renpu saw that Guo Fen was rushing to eat. Zhang Mai had no intention of leaving food, so he couldn't say too much, so he briefly told the story.  Zhang Mai praised him and said nothing more.

    In the next few months, Zhang Mai really stayed with his family all day long.??, from the winter of the ninth year of Tiance, after the New Year to the beginning of the spring of the tenth year of Tiance, today I went to see the new capital city, let a few children plan the houses and gardens they want, and tomorrow I will take them to go hiking in the snow.  , we had a snowball fight on the snow, and then we took them to dig ice for fishing. It was a rich program and tiring every day.  As for government affairs, they are all on the sidelines.

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    At this time, Tiance Datang had implemented three-level management of military affairs - military town - military government. A Privy Council was established above the military region to take charge of the overall situation. Currently, there are two deputies to the Privy Council, one is Lu Jialing and the other is Cao Cao.  Yuan Zhong.

    In terms of government affairs, it is divided into east and west hubs. Zheng Wei is in charge of the west hub, with Zhang Yi as his deputy. Fan Zhi is in charge of the east hub, with Li Bo as his deputy.  With the opening of Guanzhong and Luoyang, the merger of the east and west hubs has become a general trend, and the relevant issues are now being put on the agenda.

    In terms of supervision, two systems gradually formed: the censor for correction and review and the censor for supervision.  The censor of correction and evaluation was a person selected from below, and his supervision was from the bottom up. Yang Dingguo was in charge of the correction and evaluation station.  The supervisory censor was a person sent from above, and supervision was from top to bottom. Wei Renpu was in charge of the supervision station.

    In addition, a new advisory body was established - the school's cultural and academic system. This system consists of schools at all levels to cultivate talents, and a top advisory group as the emperor's think tank. This highest advisory group finally followed Feng Dao's suggestion and adopted the system.  The name of the Hanlin Academy was directly prepared for the emperor's inquiries and the drafting of the imperial edict. The first bachelor in charge of the Hanlin Academy was Feng Dao.

    In the judiciary, a basically independent judicial line has been formed, forming a county judge-state judge-official system, with the chief prosecutor Zhang De.  For legal matters, if the subordinates cannot decide, report it to the superior, and if the superior cannot decide, report it to the official. If the official cannot decide, all the officials will deliberate and decide. If it can no longer be decided, the emperor will hold a public meeting to establish a constitution.

    Generally speaking, there are few major events that require the emperor to convene a public meeting to establish a constitution. Therefore, the key to judicial matters is to continuously promote and improve the system, and there is no need for Zhang Mai to handle specific matters.

    In terms of government affairs, the operation of the East and West Privy Councils has already been on track; in terms of military affairs, after Lu Jialing came to Yanjing, he and Cao Yuanzhong discussed the division of Privy Council powers, and various affairs were gradually carried out; in terms of supervision, Yang Dingguo was still strong and was doing his best.  Promote the construction of rectification and evaluation stations at all levels in various places, and gentry from all over the country are very enthusiastic about participating in this.

    Daily government and military affairs are all handled by the above agencies. Only when major military and national affairs are encountered, the emperor will convene the government, military government (Privy Council) and academic institutions (Hanlin Academy) for consultation. If major national affairs are encountered, outside the three governments,  In addition to the two stations, it was put into national discussion on the Capital Correctional Forum.

    During Zhang Mai's outing with his wife and children, no major national events occurred, and only a few major military affairs were sidelined. The military and government governments sent messages, Zhang Mai approved the reply, and asked the three governments to discuss it first, and Feng Dao accepted it.  After receiving the reply, they convened Fan Zhi, Li Bo, Cao Yuanzhong, and Lu Jialing for a discussion and decided on a charter. After Zhang Mai approved it, he asked Li Fang to stamp it with a jade seal, and it was settled.

    So he played for several months, with few affairs and simple affairs, and nothing went wrong in the world.

    Seeing that Zhang Mai was having a good time, the ministers no longer mentioned the Western Tour, thinking that he had forgotten it. Unexpectedly, Zhang Mai returned to Xishan at the end of March and suddenly mentioned the matter again. Everyone was shocked and hurriedly tried to persuade Zhang Mai.  But he didn't care what others said, he just issued one order after another.

    The goal of this "Western Tour" is very clear, which is to go to the Western Regions to summon the heads of various countries and clans. Even Guo Luo will come to meet him. As for the final point of the Western Tour, Zhang Mai did not say,  But from what he said, Qiuci Yanqi shouldn't even think about it. If Zhang Mai could stop at Shule and not go over the green hills to India in the middle of the river, the officials would be thankful.

    In addition, the accompanying personnel are also surprising. The leader of the accompanying generals was actually appointed Xue Fu. The core of the escort was the Modao Battle Ax Formation. Moreover, there were also members of Zhang Mai's family on this trip to the west - the third son Yunyan,  The second daughter Yunzhen will accompany her. What is even more surprising is that Mrs. Xue can cruelly leave her son and daughter to her sister-in-law Zheng Xiang, and she wants to accompany Zhang Mai to the west to take care of his food and daily life.

    No matter how you look at this Western Inspection, there are problems of one kind or another. The officials all thought it was wrong but had no choice but to complain secretly - the current system of Tiance Datang seems to have checks and balances in every procedure, except that there is no  A level can check and balance Zhang Mai.

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    Make up for yesterday¡¯s.  .  .

    Well, it seems that I owed two updates a long time ago.  .  .

    Let¡¯s talk about the old debts later and pay off the new debts first.  .  .  (To be continued)
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