Ever since Cui Hu, the prefect of Yunyang City, escaped, Ling Xue has taken control of the administrative agencies of Yunyang City.
The prefects were gone, and the remaining officials, both large and small, were left idle by Ling Xue, who used her own people. Some were capable officials brought from her hometown, and some were members of the Shen family from Yunyang Prefecture.
It’s not that those idle officials cannot be used, but Ling Xue didn’t know them well at the beginning, so she could only leave them idle for the time being.
Now Ling Xue is short of people, so these idle officials can be selectively used.
When Ling Xue thought of this, she told Shen Zhen about this idea and asked him to select some suitable people to use first.
"It's a waste of resources to leave those officials idle. You should first select suitable candidates and use them first."
Shen Zhen also wanted to use those idle officials. Ling Xue's words just happened to coincide with his thoughts, so he naturally had no objection: "Okay, I also want to pick some people to use. If nothing else, they do have more management experience than the average person."
Ling Xue also thought so. The two reached an agreement and temporarily solved the problem of lack of manpower.
"Any other questions?"
Seeing that Shen Zhen seemed to be hesitant to speak, Ling Xue asked him directly.
Shen Zhen thought for a moment and then said to Ling Xue, "This is what happened. A rebellion broke out in Hedong Prefecture, west of Yunyang Prefecture. The leader of the rebellion was General Zhao Weiqing, who was guarding Hedong Prefecture."
Ling Xue thought about it and found Zhao Weiqing's resume in her memory: Zhao Weiqing was the guard general of Hedong Prefecture at the time. He was born in the Yongping Marquis Mansion and was the eldest son of the former Yongping Marquis Zhao Lian. He was a famous general of the time.
Ling Xue was a little puzzled as to why such a promising general would rebel?
"What's going on? Zhao Weiqing shouldn't be the type to rebel, right?"
Shen Zhen was a little depressed when he heard Ling Xue's question and said, "This has something to do with the Shen family in the capital. Their family angered the emperor and was executed. When Zhao Weiqing heard the news, he simply rebelled. This matter is also related to the eldest lady!"
Ling Xue was surprised and said, "It's related to Shen Lin? Shen Lin has been very active recently!"
Shen Zhen touched his nose and felt helpless. This young lady had developed lofty ambitions, and it was inevitable that someone would run into trouble.
"The eldest young lady wanted the Yongping Marquisate to take the team, but the Yongping Marquisate looked down on her. So, in a fit of rage, she framed Tian Fei, a relatively favored concubine of the Yongping Marquisate. The emperor discovered that Tian Fei was involved in the death of a young prince, and in a rage, he ordered her death, and even executed the entire Yongping Marquisate."
Ling Xue didn't know what to say when she heard this. It wasn't wrong for Shen Lin to be ambitious, but it was not good to kill others just because they didn't take her side. Who could really submit to her like that?
Ling Xue also understood what Shen Zhen meant. If Shen Lin did this, it would be fine if she failed, but if she succeeded, she would sooner or later have to confront Ling Xue.
Ling Xue also felt a headache. She had not started a rebellion openly yet, and Shen Lin had not yet taken office. It was too early to consider what they would do.
"Don't worry, we may not meet each other. It's too early to worry about such things now."
Shen Zhen thought about it and realized that since they hadn't made any progress yet, it was really too early for him to consider confronting Shen Lin.
After figuring it out, Shen Zhen's worried look disappeared.
After the two discussed some more things, Shen Zhen left with a relaxed look.
Ling Xue shook her head and started dealing with the documents on the desk again.
