Chapter 1183
1183 Chapter 1183-still not too late
It was already the end of November when Gu Hui and the others set off from qulong city. There was no snow in the goddess Kingdom, and the weather was neither hot nor cold. It was quite suitable for their journey.
On the great Zhou side, the Imperial court had already sent officials to take over the southern border.
Now that the Nanjiang Prince and Princess were locked up in the capital, the Nanjiang had been fully incorporated into the great Zhou’s territory. The Emperor named the Nanjiang as Lin Zhou, and the Nanjiang Imperial City was set as the Lin Prefecture. The largest city under his jurisdiction was set as Nanjiang County.
After a few months of discussion, the Imperial court finally decided that Lin Zhou would have a total of nine counties. The towns and villages would be arranged by the newly appointed County Magistrate.
The Emperor sent Xie Chunfeng, who was the top two in Gu shouxin’s exam, to be the head of the Lin Prefecture.
This Xie Chunfeng was the younger brother of Xie Nanfeng, the favorite grandson of the minister of rites, Lord Xie. He was supposed to be a top scholar, but he met Gu shouxin and Huo Junhao.
As for the other county magistrates, four of them were selected directly from the batch of Jinshi, two were from other places, and three were from the southern border.
So far, the Lin Prefecture’s magistrate had been selected, but there was still some handover to be done, so the position was temporarily taken over by Xie Chunfeng. When the new magistrate took office, Xie Chunfeng would take over the position.
From then on, the southern border country would no longer exist, and Lin Prefecture would be added to the great Zhou Empire’s territory.
After Lu Zheng handed over his position to Xie Chunfeng, he planned to bring some people back to kun city. He still had to send some people to help these new officials deal with some things. Among these people, Lu Zheng only left Xie Nanfeng.
Xie Nanfeng had been in kun city for two years. He was no longer the son of the Yuzhou prefect. After Lu Zheng came last year, he had gone on many missions with Lu Zheng. Now, he had changed a lot of bad habits.
Before Lu Zheng left, he said to Xie Nanfeng, ” “Whether the spring wind overpowers the south wind or the south wind overpowers the spring wind, we’ll see in Lin city. Xie Nanfeng, you have to remember that the Peng family is your mother’s family. As long as you don’t break the military rules, the Peng family will support you, and I will also support you. I don’t like the illegitimate son, but if the legitimate son doesn’t live up to expectations, then don’t blame the illegitimate son for replacing the peach!”
“Yes, your humble servant will remember General’s teachings!” Xie Nanfeng bowed respectfully.
“I’ve spoken to general Xue.” Lu Zheng nodded and continued,”here, you just have to follow the habits you’ve had in the Army for the past two years. As long as it’s good for the great Zhou, just do it.” Alright, I’ll leave the brothers to you.”
With that, he mounted his horse and left with his Army.
Xie Nanfeng still had 5000 men under him. Lu Zheng had given him a lot of power.
Xie Nanfeng had also noticed something. General Zhou’s identity was probably not simple. He did not like illegitimate children and probably had the same experience as him.
“Alright, let’s work hard. If these illegitimate sons want to make a comeback and not know their place, then they have to ask for the opinions of us, the legitimate sons. The rules set by the ancestors can not be messed up by these illegitimate sons.
Xie Nanfeng wasn’t born to be a dandy. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have listened to Madam Xie so much. However, he was ignored by his father. During the few years when Madam Xie was injured because of giving birth to Xie Zhiyi, he was taught by Sir Xie’s concubine.
There was still time for him to turn over a new leaf at the age of twenty.
Lu Zheng was willing to help him even when he wanted to steal the Gu family’s prescription. This was because Lu Zheng knew what kind of person he was and also because of Xie Zhiyi and Gu Xin’s relationship.
As long as it was someone who treated Gu Xin well, he was willing to help them. Of course, those who were unrepentant and hopeless could not be saved were out of the question.