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"Okay!" Liu Shubao was immediately defeated, cleared his throat with a cough, and then ordered the little eunuch outside: "Send it in!"

The little eunuch gave the order, pushed open the door and entered, bowing and delivering a memorial.

You Lihua took it and then told the young eunuch to step back.

The little eunuch immediately bowed and left, closing the door behind him.

On the low couch made of rosewood, Liu Shubao lay on it again, supporting his head with his hands and half-closing his eyes, feeling extremely comfortable.

You Lihua automatically shrank over and half leaned into Liu Shubao's arms.

Liu Shubao's hands naturally wrapped around her water snake-like waist, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

You Lihua unfolded the memorial and flipped through it quickly.

Not long after, You Lihua suddenly said in surprise: "Eh?!"

Liu Shubao asked casually: "What's wrong with my beloved concubine? What did Old Man Yang say?"

You Lihua's face was full of surprise. After hearing Liu Shubao's question, she looked away from the memorial.

He tilted his head slightly and looked at Liu Shubao, with a look of surprise on his face. "Your Majesty, Yang Tingyu, Mr. Yang, said in the memorial that the people of Xuanzhou County in the east of Jiangnan West Road, Pengze County in Jiangzhou and other places have already

All of them died of the plague, and there were only a few hundred survivors..."

The smile on Liu Shubao's face decreased slightly, but it did not completely disappear. "It's normal. Who can survive the outbreak of that kind of plague?"

"But Your Majesty, Yang Tingyu and Mr. Yang also said in the memorial that Jiangzhou..."

"Jiangzhou should be deserted, right?"

"No, there are still more than 200,000 surviving people in Jiangzhou!"

"What!" Liu Shubao was extremely surprised, Wei Mi's eyes suddenly widened, "More than 200,000 people have survived, this... this is impossible, as far as I know, Jiangzhou is not in the middle of a plague outbreak.

Central area?"

Liu Shubao's face gradually turned cold, and he snorted: "Then Mr. Yang is probably going crazy because he wants to take credit. He actually made up such ridiculous reasons. Do you really think that I am that incompetent and stupid king? Humph!"

"Your Majesty, calm down!" You Lihua hurriedly consoled her.

Liu Shubao looked at You Lihua, the cold look on his face suddenly disappeared, and said with a smile: "What will Old Man Yang say next?"

"Yang Tingyu, Mr. Yang said..."

You Lihua eloquently recounted the achievements of Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Cheng.

Especially Zhu Xiuyuan's contribution to the method of preventing and controlling the plague, and Dong Cheng's contribution to shouldering the heavy responsibility and leading the people of Jiangzhou to defeat the plague.

In fact, when You Lihua saw the words "Zhu Xiuyuan", her heart moved slightly.

Last time when King Poyang offered new tea, she sent someone to secretly inquire about Zhu Xiuyuan.

According to the information from that inquiry, Zhu Xiuyuan's creation of new tea was done accidentally, because the previous Zhu Xiuyuan was too ordinary, just a rural farmer with nothing to show for it.

Therefore, Yu Lihua gradually forgot about the incident.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Xiuyuan would emerge in this rare plague disaster again, and save the lives of more than 200,000 people with plague prevention and control methods...

After hearing this, Liu Shubao was completely shocked and asked: "Then the method of preventing and controlling the plague is really effective?"

"Your Majesty, Yang Tingyu, Mr. Yang, and King Poyang have seen it with their own eyes, and 200,000 people in Jiangzhou are in the city. I think... it must be true?"

Liu Shubao nodded slightly and suddenly asked: "My beloved concubine just said, who came up with the method to prevent and control the plague?"

"Your Majesty, this is Zhu Xiuyuan from Jiangzhou."

"Zhu Xiuyuan? This name sounds familiar."

"Your Majesty, the sobering tea you like to drink when you sober up was made by this person."

"Oh, yes, I remembered it! Zhu Xiuyuan is really a talent. I like to drink his new tea tightly, and now he has come up with a method to prevent and control the plague... By the way, didn't Old Man Yang say that he would

Will the method of preventing and controlling plague be spread throughout the world?"

"I did say that."

"Well... let's see. I'll meet this person first... My dear concubine, I'll send someone to Jiangzhou to summon Zhu Xiuyuan and find out what's true in Jiangzhou." Liu Shubao finally gave the order.

"Your Majesty, Holy Ming!"

"Haha, okay, Master Aifei, now that this matter is over, let's..."

…

The next day.

Jiangzhou.

More than half a month has passed since the heavy rains and floods, the threat of rising water levels in the Yangtze River, and the plague.

The heavy rains and floods have long since stopped, and the water level of the Yangtze River has returned to normal in the past two days. The waves on the river are calm, and boats can now be sailed.

Jiangzhou Pier has also been repaired.

In the afternoon of that day, an official ship sailed upstream along the Yangtze River from the direction of Runzhou and docked at Jiangzhou Wharf.

The person in the boat is a young eunuch.

This was the envoy sent by Yu Lihua to summon Zhu Xiuyuan to the palace to meet the saint, and to secretly find out the reality of Jiangzhou.

Naturally, the people at the dock did not dare to neglect the arrival of people from the palace, and immediately sent people to the state government office to inform the newly appointed Governor Dong Cheng.

After Dong Cheng was promoted to governor, he moved from the recording room to the governor's duty room. Zhu Xiuyuan also moved from Cangcao to the Sima signing room.

In addition, Li Linzhou, the magistrate of Xunyang County, is already the governor of the state government.

Through this incident, Zhu Xiuyuan learned that there was currently a popular method of selecting officials called "Zhengpi".

The so-called "Zhengpi" means that the chief recommends someone to be his subordinate.

This method of selecting officials can easily lead to the negative impact of nepotism. For example, Li Linzhou, a long-time official, is actually Dong Cheng's brother-in-law and the husband of Dong Shuzhen's aunt.

Therefore, "conquest" has been abolished in later generations.

Since the Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination has gradually become the main way to select officials.

It is also the only right path.

But for now, Chen State has no imperial examination system at all... This is what Zhu Xiuyuan only learned later.

As for Dong Cheng's original position of military recorder and military officer, it was given to one of the six former military officers, who was regarded as Dong Cheng's confidant.

The governor is on duty.

Dong Cheng, the governor of Jiangzhou, convened Li Linzhou, the governor of Jiangzhou, Zhu Xiuyuan, the Sima of Jiangzhou, and others who recorded affairs and joined the army to discuss the post-disaster reconstruction work in Jiangzhou.

Throughout the entire negotiation process, the atmosphere in the check-in room was always very harmonious, without any intrigue.

Compared with the previous "first team" in Jiangzhou, the current "first team" is completely different.

Chief Shi Li Linzhou was Dong Cheng's brother-in-law, and Sima Zhu Xiuyuan was Dong Cheng's son-in-law. As for recording affairs and joining the army, he was Dong Cheng's confidant.

This is nepotism by Dong Cheng... Of course, the situation in Jiangzhou is a special case, because Dong Cheng is a great hero, and such "nepotism" will never happen in other states and counties.

While everyone was discussing, a government officer suddenly came to report that an official ship had arrived at Jiangzhou Pier, and there was a young eunuch on board who came from the palace and wanted to see Dong Cheng and Zhu Xiuyuan.
Chapter completed!