"Damn it, what the hell, is it possible that you, Jianning, don't have women, and you actually came to rob me of my territory?"
"The censor is still in Fu'an County, aren't you looking for trouble for me?"
"Hurry up and return the girl to her, and then make a proper apology to her parents."
When Gu Chen arrived, he saw that Prince Consort Wang Kegong had already arrived.
He was currently cursing with his hands on his hips, while the soldiers on Jianning's left guard nodded and bowed one by one, without any temper at all.
Seeing Gu Chen coming, Wang Kegong, who was wearing a black cloak, immediately raised his hands and came forward to say hello.
"Hey, Mr. Gu, it's so late, isn't it disturbing your dream?"
"It's all because these bastards are ignorant. Let's help you teach them a lesson."
The left guard of Jianning is based on Guo, and is under the jurisdiction of the Fujian Xingdu Commandery Division. If it is necessary to take charge, it should be managed by the Xingdu Commandery, and Zhang He should take charge of it.
Why did he come here to take the mouse?
He was from the royal family, so Gu Chen had to bow first even if he felt unhappy.
"The Prince Consort is too polite. Since I have official duties, I can't go to the princess's house to see her. I wonder if the princess is still in good health recently?"
Wang Kegong married Princess Fucheng, who was Lao Zhu's niece.
Her father, Zhu Xinglong, whose real name is Zhu Chongsi, is Lao Zhu's eldest brother.
Well, her father starved to death, which is very tragic to say.
Zhu Wenzheng and this princess in the Battle of Hongdu are brothers and sisters with the same father and mother.
"Thank you for your concern, sir. Everything is fine, princess." Wang Kegong cupped his hands and said with a smile: "It's late at night here, so why don't you leave it to us to handle it? How about you please go back and have a rest?"
Seeing that Gu Chen didn't move, he added, "I promise that I will give you a satisfactory answer and will never let that girl suffer in vain."
"Sir, maybe you can give me some face?"
Wang Kegong is still full of confidence. After all, he is half royal.
What's more, since ancient times, soldiers have been working hard, so it is not a big mistake to capture a woman.
It's just that your Majesty and your empress don't want to see this kind of thing, so he doesn't want the censor to bring this kind of thing to the court.
"It's not that the lower officials don't give face to the prince-in-law."
Gu Chen said soft words, but directly gave Xu Zengshou a look.
"It's just that I am on patrol in Fujian under His Majesty's orders. I have to do some things. I would like to ask my consort to forgive me. I will make amends to my consort someday when I have the opportunity."
Xu Zengshou led his men forward and put the shackles on Liu Qianhu within a few seconds.
Then he took the girl, whose clothes were in messy clothes and was crying and frightened, into an empty house alone for questioning and to record a confession.
"After all, Master Gu still refuses to give my Zhu family face?"
My Zhu family?
The villain in Gu Chen's heart beat the ground and laughed, maybe he didn't know this.
Lao Zhu was so ruthless in killing his son-in-law, let alone your nephew?
The hand holding the knife will only cut faster.
"Forgive me, Prince Consort."
Gu Chen's attitude was neither humble nor arrogant. In the Hongwu Dynasty, he was afraid of Lao Zhu.
For others, he really didn't show any weakness.
"Xu~"
At this time, Zhou Dexing's adopted son Zhou Chengfa also arrived with 500 people.
He first greeted the consort and then began to introduce himself.
"Captain Prince Consort, Master Yushi, I am a Qianhu under the command of the Marquis of Jiangxia. The Marquis said that these brothers and I are at the mercy of the Master Yushi."
Newcomers like them also heard about the uncleanness of Jianning Guard and Fuzhou Guard.
Seeing the undercurrent surging between the Prince Consort and the Censor, he understood that this matter was not simple.
"Well, I'll trouble Zhou Qianhu to surround the entire Qianhu Station, and then ask the commander of Jianzhou Zuowei, Hu Yan, to come over."
Such a big thing happened, the prince-in-law came forward, but the real commander did not come.
Is this reasonable?
Hu Yan is the nephew of Hu Mei, who is the Marquis of Yuzhang and Linchuan.
His eldest daughter is Zhu Yuanzhang's concubine Hu Shun, and the grandfather of the younger Zhu Bai.
Hu Mei and his good son-in-law took advantage of the fact that their eldest daughter was a concubine in the palace, and they were sentenced to death in the 23rd year of Hongwu.
All the people in the army who were surrounded by people were somewhat close to Lao Zhu, and their cultural level was not very good.
Now that there are no battles to fight, wouldn't they just cause trouble?
When Wang Kegong saw that he was ignoring her, he had no shame in staying and asking for trouble, so he waved his hand and left, but he still had a grudge against Gu Chen.
Gu Chen: "..."
Very good, since becoming the censor, this enemy has been rising every day.
Gu Chen inspected the entire Qianhu Station and gathered all the guards.
I found that some guards were white and fat, and their wives and children were also good-looking.
But some of the guards were not only dark and thin, but also had wounds on their bodies, and they looked like whiplash wounds.
Gu Chen knelt down in front of a thin guard, asked Xiao Anzi to bring him some medicine, and personally wiped the whip wounds on his hands.
Seeing the scared look on his face, he even talked to him to calm down.
"What's your name? Are you fifteen this year?"
He was only as tall as his own shoulders, and he looked like a young cub.
"Sir, my name is Fan Zhencai. I am sixteen years old. Hiss~"
The medicine was a little irritating when it touched the wound, and the boy couldn't help but shrink his hand, but Gu Chen held him tightly, so he had to grit his teeth and endure it.
Gu Chen took the opportunity to lift up his clothes and saw the urine marks all over his back.
He frowned and his tone was somewhat pitiful.
"Who inflicted this injury?"
Guards farmed in their spare time and fought in wars when there was war. They were already very miserable, but they had to be enslaved and bullied by their superiors.
Those people are nothing!
"They are several hundred households under Liu Qianhu~"
"Damn boy, what are you talking about, ah..."
As soon as he said these words, several people who looked like hundreds of households were about to get angry.
"Not many words!"
Unexpectedly, Xu Zengshou stepped forward and kicked the man to the ground unceremoniously. He let out bursts of wailing and screaming, and did not dare to speak.
Gu Chen acted as if he didn't hear anything and continued to treat the boy's wounds without looking back.
"Why did they hit you?"
After hearing this, the clerk next to him immediately understood and immediately asked someone to bring a pen and paper to start taking notes.
Fan Zhencai looked at the old man in front of him who was gently applying medicine to him, and then looked at the hundreds of households wailing on the ground.
He seemed to understand that the official in front of him was here to help them.
Fan Zhencai sniffed his sour nose and plucked up the courage to reply: "Because we were slow in working, hundreds of households beat us."
Gu Chen gently guided: "What kind of work are you doing? Is it farming?"
He knew it wasn't, but he just wanted to ask.
The boy shook his head and said aggrievedly: "Both the officials and the officers here like to let us do private work."
"Whether we are building a city tower or building our own house or village, we are not only asked to work, but we are only given one meal a day."
"Those from wealthy families can spend money to be exempted from military service, but those like us who have no money have to work endlessly and never have a good day."
As he spoke, he couldn't help crying.
It was probably due to emotional contagion. Gradually, many of the guards began to cry. They were all the kind of people who seemed to have endured a lot of hardship.
One of them spoke out: "You hundreds of households, thousands of households, commanders and deputy commanders all like to rob women, even the wives of subordinate guards."
"Not only that, the officers also deducted our monthly rations."
"We agreed that the guards would receive one stone per month, those with families would receive two stones, two pounds of salt, and fifteen pounds of horse feed."
"But once it's really in our hands, if it's half as promised, we'll happily go worship Mazu."
This means that when it is good, half of it is deducted, and when it is bad, half of it is deducted.
Do they all have to go hungry?
Gu Chen took a deep breath and simply sat on the floor and talked with everyone all night long to see how many problems this place had.
It turns out that the biggest threat to the people is not the increasingly corrupt military officers.
But the Turkish troops along the coast.
What is the Turkish Army?
It is a private armed force owned by local chieftains or powerful people.
They have also made contributions and achievements in fighting foreign enemies, safeguarding borders, and protecting people's livelihood.
But there are also evils and disasters such as becoming greedy and cruel, plundering wantonly, and becoming enemies of the people.
They were not under the direct jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, but belonged to their respective chieftains or powerful men.
This resulted in the division and separatism of the army.
They often attack each other and compete for interests, and even conflict with the regular army.
After so long, a helpless situation formed here: "The natives serve as soldiers, but they become a nuisance to the countryside."
