Emperor Zetian looked at Yang Qing for a long time before a slight smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Doing something you know cannot be done is what a fool does."
Yang Qing also smiled and said, "In Sacred Emperor's opinion, there is no room for negotiation on this matter?"
"This emperor is just passing on an order to you, not negotiating."
"Then it will be as Sacred Emperor wishes."
After this conversation, Yang Qing became the lord of Xiangyang City.
Gongsun Ru has been following Emperor Zetian ever since he left Upside-Down City, fighting with him in all directions. He is a junior subordinate whom Emperor Zetian trusts most.
The order that Yang Qing was appointed as Xiangyang City Lord was conveyed to Yang Qing by her.
When Gongsun Ru arrived at Xiangyang City, it happened to be raining heavily.
When she got off the extremely gorgeous carriage, she saw Yang Qing and the three of them standing on the porch of the dilapidated house, looking at the sky together, as if what they were watching was not rain, but something precious.
Gongsun Ru had already experienced Yang Qing's calm demeanor before, so without any hesitation, she thrust the appointment document in her hand into Yang Qing's arms.
"If I were you, I should thank Sacred Emperor for your heavenly grace."
After all, if it weren't for Emperor Zetian's talent, how could the three of them, Yang Qing, be alive?
Yang Qing looked at the document that was stuffed into his arms, but he didn't even glance at it.
He raised his eyes and looked at Gongsun Ru: "Perhaps, for you, this is a supreme honor, but for me, it is just a shackles."
He cannot bear to see the suffering of the people in the world, but he also does not want to be used by Emperor Zetian.
Now it's just a stopgap measure, there will eventually be a battle between him and that Emperor Zetian.
Regardless of life or death.
Gongsun Ru, however, twitched his lips. "Young Master Yang, this person has to accept his fate. You and I are both Sacred Emperor's citizens, and you have no final say in life or death."
"I hope Young Master Yang will not let down Sacred Emperor's hard work."
After Gongsun Ru left, silence returned to the small courtyard, and the only sound left in the ears of the three people was the sound of rain.
After a while, Bu Er turned around and looked at the appointment letter in Yang Qing's arms. He couldn't help but chuckled and said, "Master, what does City Lord want to do?"
Yang Qing solemnly stuffed the appointment letter into his arms, and then looked at the rain curtain in front of him.
"At least, what we want to do next will be much more convenient than before."
Emperor Zetian appointed Yang Qing to the position of Xiangyang City Lord. Although it was possible to send the hearts of the people of this city to Yang Qing, he also trapped the three Yang Qing in this Xiangyang City.
With this tie, Yang Qing and the others will not leave Xiangyang City temporarily. What they plan to do can also be seen clearly.
Emperor Zetian thought that if Yang Qing accepted this appointment, he would restrain himself from what he did.
But he didn't expect that Yang Qing couldn't be treated like an ordinary person.
In the eyes of Yang Qing, there is only concern about whether this can be done, but not about whether it is fearful or not.
If he had thought about being afraid of words, he would not have been against Emperor Zetian all the time. He had already followed Yang Clan's destiny and allowed Emperor Zetian to do whatever he wanted.
However, if Yang Qing was just that kind of person, he wouldn't be able to catch Emperor Zetian's eyes.
The three of them stood on the porch for about half an hour, and the rain finally subsided slowly.
Then, Yang Qing saw some Prefectural Soldiers coming at the door of the small courtyard where they were.
Obviously, these people have received orders to pick up Yang Qing and them from the City Lord's Mansion.
Although Xiangyang City lost almost half of the city in the earthquake disaster this time, City Lord's Mansion is located at the highest point of Xiangyang City, and it is also the strongest place.
In addition, the City Lord's Mansion area was not affected by the earthquake, so not only City Lord's Mansion, but also the houses where wealthy people lived in the circle around the City Lord's Mansion were not damaged at all.
Those Prefectural Soldiers obviously did not expect that the new City Lord would be such a young man. Although his face had a trace of dusty appearance, he still could not hide the bookish air on his body.
It would be difficult for such a scholar-like person to survive in Xiangyang City.
Not to mention, now, he has become the lord of this city.
Everyone looked at Yang Qing with a bit of contempt, and at the same time they had already made a judgment in their hearts. I think the new City Lord would not hinder them from continuing to run rampant in this Xiangyang City.
But no one thought that they would encounter a tough problem this time.
This matter must start from the first day when Yang Qing moved into the City Lord's Mansion.
Now Xiangyang City has just suffered a natural disaster. From Yang Qing's point of view, the most important thing right now is to resettle the victims and repair the damaged and destroyed houses.
But if we really want to do these things, there is a very important matter that must be resolved first.
That is, how many Prefectural Treasury Silvers among the City Lord's Mansions can be used for this item?
Prefectural Treasury Silver, it can be said to be a major event that can affect the life and death of the people in this city.
The amount of it directly determines how much Yang Qing can do for the people of Xiangyang City.
Although, no matter how well he does this time, the reputation in the end can only belong to Emperor Zetian, but Yang Qing still cannot bear to see the people suffering.
Furthermore, he also needs some time to think carefully about how to deal with the next ultimate battle between him and Emperor Zetian.
The power disparity between them is too great. If it were an ordinary person, he would have given up long ago, but Yang Qing wants to give it a try.
The problem lies in Prefectural Treasury Silver.
The huge City Lord's Mansion, the Prefectural Treasury Silver in this Prefectural Treasury, is actually less than one million taels.
Perhaps in the eyes of others, this one million amount is a lot, but Yang Qing learned from checking the previous account books that the normal Prefectural Treasury Silver reserve should be more than ten million taels.
But now, only 10% is left.
Obviously, when the earthquake occurred, the original City Lord had taken away all the Prefectural Treasury Silver that could be taken away from the Prefectural Treasury, leaving only the silver ingots that were difficult to take away.
And those Prefectural Soldierss all looked at Yang Qing with expressions on their faces like they were watching the show.
They want to see how the newly appointed Lord City Lord should deal with the people in the city outside?
"It hasn't been long since the earthquake, so Lord City Lord must not have gone too far."
After Yang Qing looked through Prefectural Treasury Silver's accounts, he said to Bu Er, "Besides, the surrounding cities have been more or less affected by the earthquake. Even if he wants to run away, he can't run too far at once."
"It is impossible for City Lord to take away all his confidants before now, find all those people, and determine the whereabouts of City Lord. As for Xiao Zhou, then come with me to beg for alms."
Yang Qing stood up with a smile, without even looking at the Prefectural Soldierss behind him, holding a book of flowers Register, and slowly walked out City Lord's Mansion with Jiang Zhizhou.