After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Ministry of Revenue Department submitted a letter to Tongzhou, Mingzhou, Wenzhou, Hangzhou, Fuzhou, Quanzhou and other places in previous years that there may be omissions in reporting household registrations, and people from the Ministry of Revenue Department need to be sent to each state to check them one by one.

Coincidentally, the Duzhi Department also proposed that there were omissions in tax statistics in these states in previous years, and people from the Duzhi Department needed to be sent to the southern states to re-authorize.

All ten people could see the problem with this surprisingly consistent caliber, but the emperor nodded, and there was nothing that the states could do. The people who came were not good, so they could only concentrate on dealing with it.

Xue Fang and Tang Zhou made this move greatly relieved Li Xingzhou's pressure. Officials of the Ministry of Rites still couldn't get along with him from time to time. They often had quarrels in the court, but as long as the matter was in the court, the emperor would protect him, and Li Xingzhou was not afraid at all.

When Duke De was in the Political Affairs Hall, all the memorials had to pass through his hands, add comments, extract the main content, and then hand them to the emperor. If the memorials that were not good for Li Xingzhou, Duke De can modify and weaken the memorials, but the meaning of the memorials did not change, but the emperor felt different after reading them. This is why Duke De's use of such a great influence, being able to speak to the emperor at any time can also affect the attitude of the emperor to a certain extent.

As for things outside the court, Degong, Xue Fang and Tang Zhou could block him, Li Xingzhou could concentrate on thinking about things in the north.

.........

In my heart, Li Xingzhou was very grateful to Degong, Xue Fang, Tang Zhouwei and others for his team, and he was gradually emerging.

But there is one thing...

It was raining outside the house at night, and the old trees in the yard had already fallen with dead leaves, leaving only bare trunks in the wind. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather began to turn colder.

Li Xingzhou sat in front of the window, with only one gap in the window, and the dim candlelight swaying slightly. Jiao was pregnant and couldn't bear the cold. She gently stroked Jiao's lower abdomen, as if a bloodline was maintained in her heart.

Gillian is very well-behaved. He always says whatever he says. He lies quietly in his arms. It seems that he is her whole world. He used to be a pretty talented woman, but now he has more maternal brilliance.

Now Ah Jiao is going to school to teach the children, and she is busy. Because she is pregnant, he once told Ah Jiao not to go. Ah Jiao is so rare that she didn't listen to him. She said that she was in a good mood with the children.

Li Xingzhou was inexperienced, but Shiyu immediately arranged for someone to invite experienced mothers to take care of Ah Jiao. The prime minister's mansion also sent a doctor to take care of her. Now at least a dozen people are surrounding Ah Jiao every day, and she has become a treasure in the mansion.

However, there is one thing Li Xingzhou hesitating, that is Gillian's father, his father-in-law, the eldest son of Degong, and the governor of Ningjiang, Wang Tong.

His father-in-law could recite poems and essays, but he could not do practical things...

Perhaps because of the children of a noble family, they have never experienced human suffering, do not understand human thoughts and accidents, and are too scholarly and have a far greater tolerance than his father's morality.

Ningjiang Prefecture is a very important prefecture in the north of Kaiyuan, and it is a key point in the north. Because many supplies and grain transfers must be transferred through Ningjiang Prefecture, it is very important for the Northern Expedition, and he is very worried that his father-in-law is in charge of Ningjiang Prefecture.

He privately hinted that De Gong had several times, but De Gong avoided talking and deliberately changed the topic. After all, people are protecting their shortcomings. No matter how incompetent Wang Tong is, he is De Gong's own son and heir.

Li Xingzhou had no choice. In the mood, Duke De was kind and righteous, and Wang Tong was still his father-in-law. Duke De helped him too much.

This was a headache for him. He originally wanted to let Wang Ke and Xie Linjiang from Ningjiang Mansion.

There have been many things that have made him feel relieved recently. Wei Chaoren's victory was the top priority. In addition, the Second Division of the New Army has also begun to receive new equipment.

If the first Navy Division completes its first overseas training, it will be much easier in the future if it has experience.

The good news that Xia State sent back was also heard. The king of Xia State Li Ji agreed to return Tanglong Town unconditionally and take back Tanglong Town, which would inevitably be another news that encouraged the whole country.

The Liao Kingdom was destroyed last year, the Jin Kingdom was defeated this year, and the Tanglong Town was recovered. One inspiring news after another, and one great contribution after another would definitely push the prestige of the crown prince Li Xingzhou to a new level. The people in the world would also be more tilted towards him.

I couldn't help but gently pinch Ajiao's smooth little hand, and when she saw her beautiful side face, her passion arose, and then silently pressed her heart. I couldn't help but slowly chant, "The scenery of the north is frozen thousands of miles away, and snow falls thousands of miles away..."

Gillian looked up at him, Li Xingzhou smiled and kissed her little face. The lights suddenly appeared in the face, which was particularly pink and seductive.

"All have passed, and there are several romantic figures, and I still look at the present day!"

All of them are gone... This has too much extra meaning for him.

"Your Highness, what kind of scattered sentences are these? They sound majestic and grand, but they seem to be intermittent." Gillian's eyes were bright, and she liked the words and sentences the most.

Li Xingzhou didn't say anything and hugged her tightly. The plum rain outside the house was sparse, the cold wind made the cold, and it was already late autumn.

...........

"Dad, when will we go back?" In the inn, Zhe Weizhong was playing with a rifle brought from the New Army carefully. The third son of his fellow travelers asked while sorting out the things he had brought back.

"I actually want to go back too, but Your Highness is too enthusiastic and it's hard to leave early." Zhe Weizhong said and pulled his son's arm: "San'er, come and see what this is called a rifle."

"This thing looks really strange." The third son put down his life and came to see it curiously.

"Don't just look at it's strange. This afternoon, Your Highness and I were at the New Military Academy. Your Highness demonstrated that this thing can easily penetrate iron armor from two or three hundred steps away." Zhe Weizhong said with lingering fear.

"What! Two or three hundred steps, Dad, you won't be dizzy and misread."

"Your father can even penetrate a hundred steps when I open the bow. How could I misread it!" After hearing his son's questioning, Zhe Weizhong was unhappy, "I can see clearly that the first target is to stand at one hundred steps, the second one is at least one hundred and fifty steps, the third one is above two hundred steps, and the farthest one is at least three hundred steps!

With your eyesight, let alone the big and small targets that cannot move, I can even estimate it clearly even if a rabbit is so far away."

His San'er was even more surprised, "It's so far away, even the crossbow may not be able to penetrate through it, let alone such a small thing?"

Zhe Weizhong nodded, "That's why I feel terrible."

"How about the accurate head?"

"The target prince at the farthest also hit three times and then hit it." Zhe Weizhong said: "It's about as fast as stepping on Zhangnu, even faster because it's effortless."

"No effort? Then why can you save so much power?" The third son was even more puzzled. After all, in his mind, long-range weapons must be as powerful as crossbows before they can be released.

"You ask me, who will I ask?" Zhe Weizhong said: "The prince said that in the next one or two years, all 40,000 to 50,000 new troops will be replaced with this thing!"
Chapter completed!