Chapter 381 Meeting an Old Friend Again

Zhao State.

The capital of the country.

Li Nuo waved to the girls, including Zhao Zhiyi, and a 'giant bird' rose into the sky and quickly disappeared into the clouds.

This first aircraft on the mainland has the advantages of both a helicopter and a passenger plane. It can take off and land vertically, and it is extremely fast. It only consumes Li Yun's energy for thousands of miles, and it is environmentally friendly and pollution-free.

During these few days in Zhao Kingdom, the Queen arranged everything for them.

In order for the beauty to become a master as soon as possible, she held a martial arts conference in the name of the court and invited the masters of the major martial arts sects in the Zhao Kingdom to come to the capital. It was called for exchanges and exchanges, but in fact it was for the beauty to practice as a sparring partner.

She also gave An Ning a token that allowed her to enter and exit Zhao Guo's Criminal Department and Dali Temple at any time to investigate the case.

Her Majesty the Queen has thought so carefully, Li Nuo can go out to practice with peace of mind.

Although the Phoenix did not come with him, to a certain extent, the Queen took her place.

Yi and An Ning have a relationship where they can sleep in the same bed. Although Jia and An Ning are not as close to her as Phoenix, Li Nuo believes that it is only a matter of time before they become as close as sisters.

After seeing Li Nuo off, the four girls went to the backyard of the palace together.

A huge amusement park was built here, and several palace ladies were taking four little guys to play on the slides.

Yiren looked at Li Yan, Li Nian, Li Zhi and Zhao Che and felt speechless. Among the four little guys, the one who looked most like Li Nuo turned out to be Zhao Che, who was not related by blood.

However, they are still too young now, and their facial features have not grown. Maybe they won’t look like them when they grow up...

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A certain state in Daxia.

Inside the government office, several officials were talking.

"According to the information disclosed by Zhongshu Sheng, the imperial court may cancel the tax-free privileges of officials in the future, and we will have to pay taxes together with ordinary people."

"Alas, this official position is becoming increasingly difficult. Not only is the head unsteady on the neck, the court is also constantly restricting our power."

"It's not worthwhile to spend more than ten or twenty years in poverty just to be an official like this."

"I heard that Li Nuo has started to inspect local areas again. He has captured sixty-seven out of ten officials in Qingzhou from the government office to the county office. I wonder if he will inspect our Huangzhou..."

"Huangzhou is so far away from Qingzhou, so it shouldn't be so fast, right?"

"Maybe, Qingzhou is not close to Changzhou. After he inspected Changzhou, he showed up in Qingzhou the next day. The local officials in Qingzhou were caught off guard by him and had no time to prepare. That's why it was so miserable..."

"You still have to prepare in advance. Don't let him find out anything. Those unscrupulous people should be warned and dealt with. Don't let them cause trouble at this time..."

While several people were discussing, a Yamen servant suddenly ran in in a hurry and said loudly: "My lords, the inspection censor Li Nuo has arrived. Please go to the front Yamen to meet up!"

When everyone heard this, their faces suddenly turned pale.

"So fast!"

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Three days later, Li Nuo left Huangzhou.

Ever since he discovered that when patrolling one state after another in sequence, officials in some states would prepare in advance or find an excuse to leave the area before he went so that he could not catch anyone, Li Nuo stopped patrolling according to routine.

After inspecting one state, he did not go to the neighboring state next, but chose another state thousands of miles away.

As his Confucian cultivation continues to improve, he has become more and more skilled in controlling the cloud of righteousness, and it only takes a few hours to cross a distance of thousands of miles.

Above the official road, a map of Daxia slowly floated in the void.

Li Nuo held a dart between his middle and index fingers. He closed his eyes and threw the dart out. The place where the dart hit was the place he would inspect next.

Li Nuo opened his eyes, stepped forward, took off the dart, and put it under the dart.

There are two prominent characters - Bingzhou.

There are more than a hundred states in Daxia. On the map, the characters of some states are enlarged and bold.

These states are often strategic or economically important places, such as Chang'an, or several important military states.

Bingzhou is both an important economic place and an important military state. This is not because of Bingzhou itself, but because of Jinyang County under Bingzhou.

Nominally, Jinyang County is under the jurisdiction of Bingzhou, but the power of the governor of Bingzhou is far less than that of the magistrate of Jinyang County. Not only Bingzhou, but also several nearby states are deeply influenced by Jinyang County, just because Jinyang County belongs to the Wang family. location.

Dongfang Xuan glanced at Li Nuo and asked, "Do you want another one? I can only hold down one of the sixth realms even if I fight to the death. There are two martial arts half-sages in the Jinyang Wang family..."

Li Nuo smiled slightly and said, "It's okay."

He can contain one person, and Li Nuo himself can also contain one person.

It just consumes a lot of his lifespan. In the past, Li Nuo couldn't exchange for the sixth level of cultivation even if he was drained of it. But now he is different from what he used to be. The accumulation in the past few months is enough for him to redeem it several times. .

Legalism and Confucianism are originally about controlling ordinary people and not daring to control them, and killing others without daring to kill them.

The higher the difficulty, the greater the reward.

An invisible cloud appeared at the feet of the two of them. The two of them rose into the sky, and their figures quickly disappeared...

Bingzhou.

Among the states in Daxia, Bingzhou was one of the most stable states. No matter how the imperial decree changed, it could not affect Bingzhou.

The imperial court restricted the tax-free land for officials, and Bingzhou officials were not included in this. The imperial court imposed strict restrictions on the prices of medicinal materials. The prices of medicinal materials in various pharmacies in Bingzhou were actually higher. The imperial court had just implemented a nationwide minimum of 20 taels per month. Even some shops with strong backgrounds in Bingzhou did not abide by the payment of silver...

Even the inspection of the censor could not inspect Bingzhou.

But this time was an exception. No one expected that after the inspection censor Li Nuo rectified the local officialdom in Huangzhou, he arrived at the Bingzhou government office in less than a day.

The officials of the Bingzhou government office warmly received Li Nuo, and opened the office door as usual, allowing people to come to redress their grievances. However, only a few people came, and they were all involved in trivial cases.

Li Nuo looked at the government prison and found that every prisoner held in the cell had a well-documented record and detailed records.

On the surface, Bingzhou has the best security among the states Li Nuo inspected.

Not only are there very few thefts and criminal cases, but even civil disputes are much less common than in other states.

Li Nuo read through Bingzhou's various files in detail. No matter in terms of format or process, these files were impeccable and did not seem to be fake.

But experience tells Li Nuo that the more perfect it is, the more likely it is that there will be problems.

However, even if Senior Dongfang calculated that they were not good officials, he could not do anything to others without substantial evidence.

Walking on the streets of Bingzhou, Li Nuo didn't find anything strange.

The streets here are very clean and everything is in order. Judging from the appearance of the people, it doesn't look like a place where public order has collapsed.

In front of a cloth shop, several clerks were unloading goods. Li Nuo walked up to one of the clerks and asked, "Brother, it's inconvenient for me to ask, how much wages do you get every month for working here?"

The guy was stunned for a moment and then said, "Two taels of silver."

As if he was afraid that Li Nuo would ask again, after speaking, he lowered his head and walked into the shop carrying a piece of cloth.

In fact, his monthly salary is only one tael. The shopkeeper will give him two taels of silver every month and then ask him to give back one tael. If outsiders ask, he must tell them that his salary is two taels of silver.

I heard that people who work in Chang'an can't earn less than two taels of silver per month, otherwise the shopkeeper will be severely punished. If he doesn't change his attitude many times, the shopkeeper will be imprisoned.

Although he also wanted the salary of two taels per month, if the shopkeeper was caught, he would not even have one tael per month. By then, their whole family would starve to death.

Dongfang Xuandao: "He is lying."

Li Nuo also knew that the guy was lying, but if the person involved didn't report it, he had no reason to investigate.

More importantly, this is not Chang'an. He cannot fundamentally solve the problem. It is meaningless to check one store and one or two shopkeepers. If he takes action rashly, he may harm these low-level people.

Along the way, Li Nuo found that all the major drug stores in the city were closed.

The door of the drug store was crowded with patients waiting to get medicine.

"Okay, why are all the pharmacies closed?"

"I heard that the censor is here. They are afraid of being investigated and will not open the door until the censor leaves."

"When will the censor leave? I'm still waiting to get some medicine to save my life!"

"The censor is not staying in Chang'an. It's fine. What are you doing in our Bingzhou..."

"I heard that the price of medicinal materials in pharmacies in Chang'an is 10% of what we have here. The court does not allow pharmacies to sell medicines at high prices, so they are afraid of the censor..."

"It's fake. It's so much cheaper at 10%. How can such cheap medicines come from? Don't just believe what you hear!"

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Walking around Bingzhou City, Li Nuo felt that this place was like another court independent of Chang'an.

Many reforms of the imperial court simply could not be implemented here.

From Bingzhou to the government and down to the people, they are all tightly controlled by an invisible force.

Is this a noble family?

When passing a high wall somewhere, Li Nuo's steps paused slightly.

He heard the sound of a group of children reading aloud from within the high wall.

"If you want to cultivate your body, you must first rectify your mind; if you want to rectify your mind, you must first be sincere in your intentions..."

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"If you enjoy the people's happiness, the people will also enjoy their happiness; if you care about the people's worries, the people will also worry about their worries."

"Be anxious when the world is worried first, then be happy when the world is happy."

"Poverty and lowliness cannot be moved, wealth and honor cannot be lascivious, and power cannot bend."

"If you are poor, you can be good for yourself; if you are prosperous, you can help the world..."

The sound of reading was clear and loud, and sounded quite childish, indicating that the owners of the voices were young, and these words were taught by Li Nuo to the students in tutoring classes, or when giving lectures in various states.

When Li Nuo later wrote a book, he included these words, which were sold in major bookstores in Chang'an. What he didn't expect was that these quotations would spread to Bingzhou so quickly.

What surprised Li Nuo even more was that he felt a vague and aura of awe-inspiring power from inside the high wall.

There is actually a true Confucian disciple in this house.

Judging from this breath, the other party has reached the second level of Confucian cultivation.

Li Nuo simply sat at the tea stall opposite, ordered a pot of tea, and slowly tasted it.

About two-quarters of an hour later, several children in luxurious clothes, who looked like they belonged to wealthy families, walked out of the house, turned around and bowed to a figure, and said crisply: "Goodbye, sir!"

A middle-aged man wearing a Confucian shirt looked at them and warned: "Don't forget to complete today's homework..."

"Yes, sir!"

After a few children responded, they scattered and ran away. As they ran, they discussed whether to fly a kite or catch crickets after finishing their homework...

Li Nuo looked at the figure standing in front of the door, a hint of surprise appeared on his face, and murmured: "It's him..."

At the gate of the house, the middle-aged man was about to turn back, but suddenly he felt something and looked up at a place on the opposite street.

Seeing the figure sitting there drinking tea, his body trembled slightly, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses, then he turned around and walked into the yard and closed the gate.

Li Nuo put down the teacup and looked back casually.

A dozen steps behind him, two passers-by leaning against the wall saw Li Nuo looking back, and immediately retracted their gazes, pretending to be chatting.

"I heard that your mother gave birth yesterday?"

"Ah, yes, I have another younger brother."

"Your father is really strong and healthy."

"Who said it wasn't..."

...

As they chatted, the two suddenly became inexplicably dazed at the same time. When they came to their senses, they found that the figure next to the tea stall had disappeared.

"Where is the person!"

"I don't know..."

"Look for him quickly!"

Just as the two hurriedly looked forward, in the house opposite the tea stall, the middle-aged man had just poured two cups of tea, and a figure walked in from outside.

Li Nuo looked at the middle-aged man in front of him and said, "Lord Wang, how are you?"

The man in front of him was Wang Duo, the former official in the Ministry of Personnel.

Not long after Li Nuo came to this world, when he was investigating a case in the Chang'an County Office, Wang Duo's son was sentenced to three years in prison for defiling a woman.

After that, Wang Duo resigned from the position of official in the Ministry of Personnel and moved his family out of Chang'an.

At first, Li Nuo thought that he felt guilty and felt ashamed to continue to be an official. Later, he realized that he was afraid that his father would investigate and chose to abandon his official position to save his life.

Li Nuo was deeply impressed by Wang Duo because he and his father were both Jinshi in the same year and ranked fifth in the imperial examination that year.

The imperial examination at that time was much more competitive than it is now.

And that imperial examination was even more star-studded. Not only was there his father who won the top prize in six subjects, but also Lin Fuzhi, the former Jingzhao Yin. If he hadn't met them, Wang Duo would have a great chance of winning the top prize in any imperial examination.

The last person on the list of Jinshi is the absolute protagonist in their own stories.

The top five in the imperial examination are the protagonists among the protagonists.

Of course, even such people may not even be considered supporting roles in other people's stories.

He worked hard for half his life, but in the end, he resigned because he was afraid of someone, and the person he feared may have never thought of dealing with him from the beginning to the end.

What Li Nuo didn't expect was that Wang Duo didn't cultivate the spirit of righteousness when he was an official. Less than three years after resigning, he had reached the second realm of Confucianism.

Those who can fight out of thousands of students are indeed not ordinary people.

Wang Duo looked at Li Nuo, shook his head slightly, and said: "Wang has no official body for a long time. Now he is just a teacher and can't be called an adult."

Li Nuo said: "The court is in need of people. If you are interested, you can return to the court at any time."

Wang Duo resigned voluntarily, not by the court. If he wants to enter the court again, he doesn't need to take the imperial examination. He only needs Li Nuo to hand over a memorial to the left prime minister.

He can return to the court and even hold a higher position than before.

Although he had made mistakes before, his current Confucian second realm cultivation is worthy of Li Nuo's doing so.

There is no need to doubt among Confucians.

The noble spirit will not appear in treacherous people.

Wang Duo once tried desperately to make further progress in the officialdom, but he could not get it.

Now, what he once dreamed of is within his reach, but it is no longer what he wants.

Facing Li Nuo's invitation, Wang Duo just smiled and said: "Thank you for your kindness, Lord Li, but Wang Mouzhi is no longer in the officialdom. Teaching and educating people is also a good thing. The future of Daxia does not lie with us, but with these children..."

Hearing him say this, Li Nuo stopped persuading him.

Perhaps, this is why he has the second realm of Confucian cultivation.

Li Nuo asked, "Why are you in Bingzhou?"

Wang Duo said, "In my early years, I was blessed by the Wang family and was able to learn the six arts. After resigning from office, I was recalled by the Wang family and became a teacher in the academy. Only then did I understand the true meaning of the classics that the teacher taught me back then..."

The noble spirit really nourishes people. After more than two years of not seeing each other, Wang Duo gave Li Nuo a completely different feeling.

Li Nuo did not plan to stay here for long. After drinking a cup of tea, he stood up and said, "I'll leave first. There are many people watching me outside. Staying a little longer will cause you trouble..."

Wang Duo did not keep him, but took out a thin book from his sleeve and handed it to Li Nuo.

Li Nuo reached out to take it, glanced at him, and asked, "This is..."

Wang Duo said, "In the past two years, Wang has recorded the crimes committed by Bingzhou officials and Wang's children. These cases cannot be found by the government office because cases involving them will not be filed. All those who know about it will be silenced every time. Lord Li will handle it at your discretion. Remember to put your own safety first..."