Xu Guan, courtesy name Yuanyi, was born in Chun'an, Zhejiang. He was a Jinshi in the first year of Tianshun. He successively served as the director of the Ministry of War, the right counselor of Fujian, and the governor of Liaodong. Before flood control, his main work achievement was only one-fighting.
Xu Guanzu was originally a blacksmith and was known as "Blacksmith Xu". As the saying goes, "To make iron, you need to be hard yourself." Xu Guan is hard enough, but he is hard with softness, rough with finesse. This was first revealed when he was the Right Senator of Fujian.
If Wang Shu is not afraid of power and is an upright and ruthless person, then Xu Guan is a ruthless person who is full of tricks, speaks his mind and acts resolutely. First of all, Xu Guanren only does ruthless things. When he was in Fujian, he distributed grain from the official warehouse to the victims without the leadership's approval, and almost killed the officer in charge of the warehouse. At this time, when Xu Guan entered Liao, he had to face Bingyouzi who had been living on the front line in eastern Liaoning for a long time.
When Xu Guan, who was the right counselor of Fujian at that time, received the imperial edict from the imperial court that he would be promoted to the right deputy censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and patrol Liaodong, Xu Guan was dealing with the matter of Fujian soldiers and generals trampling on the people's fertile land.
When those soldiers and generals who had violated the law learned that Xu Guan was about to leave Fujian and go to Liaodong, they were all overjoyed to tell each other. After several years, they were finally going to send this living king of hell away. In the past few years, as long as Xu Guan was around, they couldn't exploit Mudleg at all. At first, they thought Xu Guan was just an embroidered pillow. Later I discovered that this is a human Tai Sui God who doesn’t care who is behind you. How tough is your background? As long as you dare to touch the law, I will kill you.
When Xu Guan was preparing to take office in Liaodong, he also killed all the soldiers and generals who had violated the law. This method of killing them all completely shocked the corrupt officials in Fujian.
"Master, we are about to arrive in Liaodong. The people in Liaodong are fierce and fierce, and it is one of the important towns on the nine sides. When you go back there, you have to get along well with the generals. There are some things that you can just turn a blind eye to. , Liaodong is no better than Fujian." The person speaking was Xu Guan's wife, and the two of them were on their way to Liaodong in an official car. Mrs. Xu Guan was afraid that he would make some mischief again. The soldiers in the border areas were all licking blood on their swords and would not dare to do anything in a hurry.
Xu Guan slightly closed his eyes and was resting his mind. He had heard about the military style of Liaodong when he was in Fujian.
"Madam, don't worry. I will definitely not start a war again when I return to Liaodong, but only if they obey my orders and do not break the law."
When Mrs. Xu heard the first half of the sentence, "There will be no more violent wars," she thought her husband's mind had finally turned around, and she was overjoyed. But when she heard the second premise, her joy instantly disappeared, and her face turned down.
"Sir, why are you so serious? There are a lot of corrupt officials in the world. Can you kill them all by yourself? Liaodong is a border gate. All the people under your command were killed on the battlefield. What if you If you piss them off and something happens, how will my children and I live in the future?" Mrs. Xu started to cry complainingly as she spoke.
Xu Guan quickly hugged Mrs. Xu and comforted her: "Look, why are you crying again? I promise you, can't you?"
After hearing this, Mrs. Xu wiped her tears and said, "You are a man, you must keep your word!"
Xu Guan nodded, but began to make various calculations in his heart. Liaodong was indeed a pit of fire. Not only did he have to defend the capital, he also had to control the cunning Jurchen tribes to defend against Mongolian attacks. Especially in the past few days, there was a major event that shocked the world. All the envoys of the Li Dynasty were killed and all the tributes were lost. This troublesome matter should have been handled by Ma Wensheng. But His Majesty ordered Ma Wensheng to be transferred to the capital, leaving this hot potato in his own hands...
Ma Wensheng had just left Liaodong. When the generals in Liaodong heard that the next governor was Xu Guan, they were all shocked and quickly gathered together to hold an impromptu meeting.
They had long heard of Xu Guan's reputation as a ruthless man, even worse than Ma Wensheng.
"Brothers, you all know that the next governor of Liaodong is Xu Guan. You should all know who he is, and there is no need for me to introduce him." This temporary meeting was convened at the initiative of the commander-in-chief Li Gao, and the governor Ma Wensheng was not present. , he has the highest official position, so he should convene the generals to discuss it.
Guard Huo Si had a sad face and said sadly: "Xu Guan is nicknamed "Iron Xu". This man has a tough temper and tough methods. When he comes to Liaodong, the good days of our brothers will come to an end."
"What are you afraid of? He, Xu Guan, carries one brain on his two shoulders, and so do we. We are afraid of what he will do. Brothers should eat meat and drink wine. He will be his governor, and we will do ours."
Li Gao's face changed drastically when he heard this. Just when he was about to yell and scold him, when he saw that it was General Tong Yu, he lost his temper instantly and said with a slight smile:
"General Tong Shen should not be careless. In the second year of Chenghua, Xu Guan inspected the Gyeonggi Guard Station as usual and found many illegal activities in a thousand households. This thousand households had an official rank of fifth rank, one level higher than Xu Guan. Normally People just turn a blind eye or close an eye. But Xu Guan dared to order a search, found out the bribery account book, and captured him in one fell swoop. Afterwards, this fifth-grade thousand household was beheaded. "
"What's wrong with that fifth-grade thousand households? Do you know what the West Factory was like back then?" said General Lu Chang.
"Everyone in the world knows that Xichang has a vicious reputation."
"Yes, the West Factory was a smash hit back then!"
Lv Chang chuckled and continued: "Back then, Xichang really had all the power in the world. Even Yang Ye, the commander of Jianning Guards who reached the third rank, took it as soon as he said it would be taken. Yang Shiwei, the sixth rank official of the capital, was also implicated. At that time The Jinyiwei Official School was on its way to Fujian. As long as the Jinyiwei arrived, all the more than a hundred members of the Yang family would lose their heads. Guess what happened in the end? Mr. Xu took action decisively and ordered his men to kill all Yang Ye's family members. Burning it down, the Yang family members could dispatch as many as they could, and all the land they belonged to was confiscated and used as taxes. This incident saved the lives of more than a hundred members of the Yang family."
"It seems like Master Xu is still a good official!"
"What a good official, he is a good official because of Qingliu, and the brothers' financial path will be cut off. He has sacrificed the future of the brothers to fulfill his Qingliu name. I will not do this!" Tong Yu, the general, scolded. .
Seeing this, Li Gao had no choice but to say patiently: "The purpose of calling everyone here today is that you all should restrain yourself, and let those who work privately as servants be released as they should, and those who occupy land privately should be returned to the people. , Xu Guan is not like Governor Ma and Governor Liu. If something happens, I can’t protect you! According to time, Xu Guan will arrive in Liaodong tomorrow. By then, you and I will go ten miles out of the city to greet you. It just so happens that Xu Guan can The governor looked at the majesty of our Liaodong generals.
"I want you to go, but I won't go. Who is Xu Guan? He deserves to be sent ten miles out of the city to meet him. Lord Commander, when you go tomorrow, ask for leave for me." General Tong Yu crossed his legs and said coldly Hum.
When the generals who accompanied Tong Yu saw it, they all followed suit and shouted, "If General Tong doesn't go, we won't go either. The people named Xu will be shut out."
Li Gao knew that Tong Yu was very powerful in the army and was very popular among the generals. If he didn't go, he might not have many people willing to go out with him to meet Xu Guan.
However, Xu Guannai was a border official appointed by the Holy Emperor. It was his first time to take office. If he was not given face, his brothers would not have a good life in the future, and he, the commander-in-chief, would not be able to show off his face.
Li Gao spread his hands and smiled and said: "General Tong, why do you do this? You can go with me tomorrow to show Xu Guan some face. After all, it's your first time. You have to leave a good impression on others."
Tong Yu stood up and declined: "Commander, I, Tong, won't give you face. I really don't want to see Xu Guan's face. I have been in poor health recently, so I will leave first."
When the other generals saw Tong Yu getting up and leaving, they all clasped their fists and saluted before leaving. Seeing that there were only a few people left in the lobby, Li Gao felt complicated. He had always been a mere commander, with only the title of commander-in-chief.
On May 17, Xu Guan, the right censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the governor of Liaodong, came to Liaoyang, the Liaodong administrative seat. The commander-in-chief Li Gao led a group of generals ten miles out of the city to greet him.
As soon as Xu Guan led his wife out of the carriage with a smile, he heard, "The last general has met the governor and met his wife." All the generals except Li Gao saluted in unison. "
When Mrs. Xu saw so many people coming to greet Xu Guan and herself, she immediately felt a little better about Liao Di. She smiled and said, "Get up, everyone. I didn't expect you to come so far. Thank you for your hard work. I'll do this for Xu." General thanks everyone!"
Xu Guan glanced around and saw that the number of people who came was much smaller. He couldn't help but ask: "Xu just went to his post according to the order, but he actually bothered General Li to come out of the city to greet him in person. Thank you for your hard work! All the generals are here." Yet?"
Li Gao looked embarrassed when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Brother Xu, there are still some brothers who have caught the cold and have not recovered yet, so they did not come with me."
"Oh~ It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Today we still need you all to work together to manage Liaodi."
"Brother Xu, please come into the city. We have prepared a banquet for you." Li Gao turned sideways and made an invitation gesture.
Xu Guan touched his belly and laughed loudly: "Listening to what you said, I'm really hungry. Please..."
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When the people of Liaoyang heard that the new governor had taken office today, they were all curious and wanted to see what the new governor looked like. After all, the quality of one parent's official position could determine whether the people would live a good life or a hard life. At this time, the streets in Liaoyang City were already crowded with people. Seeing that the people were so enthusiastic, Xu Guan could not avoid them, so he got off the carriage and came out in person to thank many people.
"This is the governor. He has kind eyebrows and kind eyes. You can tell he is a good official at first sight!"
"Yes, this is the same as the previous Governor Ma. They are both amiable and have no official airs at all!"
In the crowd, one person sneered and spat and cursed: "Is this Xu Guan fucking sick? What's the point of talking to these mud-legged people?"
At this moment, a miserable cry echoed through the sky.
"Daughter, you died so miserably!"
“These dog officials are all corrupt and perverting the law, and they eat their conscience...
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