Chen Jun, the commander of Dayong Guard, rescued Dayong County Magistrate Li Yulong, who had a layer of sweat on his forehead.
When Li Yulong faced Zhang Hui's questioning, he was speechless and began to think about whether he should be executed on the spot or escorted back to the capital.
Chen Jun, the commander of the Dayong Guard, who was short but strong and with a dark complexion, was already wearing armor and a sword on his waist, and entered the Dayong County Yamen with two soldiers.
Chen Jun's skin color is very dark, not only his cheeks, but also his exposed neck and palms.
This commander in charge of thousands of soldiers and horses had some weird movements when walking with his legs, as if he had some hidden disease or old injury on his legs.
But Chen Jun's eyes were piercing, and his face was expressionless, but it made people feel calm and intimidating. Leaving the two soldiers outside the hall, Chen Jun walked into the main hall alone, first stood in front of the hall and looked around.
At the top is Dayong County Magistrate Li Yulong, who is almost unable to sit still. On the right is a group of county government officials who are accompanying him and look equally nervous and ugly.
On the left are Zhang Hui wearing the flying fish suit and several deputy Qianhu and Suo Zhenfu.
"The general will see you. Because the general left the city yesterday and went out to inspect the Dayong Palace, he was late to greet you. Please forgive me for being late." Chen Jun stood in front of the hall and explained in a loud voice, neither humble nor overbearing.
He is the commander of the First Guard of the third rank of the Zhengyi Guards. Zhang Hui is only a Qianhu official of the fifth rank of the Jinyi Guard. Even if he is also serving as the Fusi of Beizhen, he cannot compare with him in terms of official rank.
But because Zhang Hui was born in Jinyiwei and had received the emperor's order to leave the capital, Chen Jun gave Zhang Hui a bit of respect.
Zhang Hui stood up with a smile on his face and cupped his hands towards Chen Jun.
"General, you have worked hard. When I came here this time, I heard that the general was a veteran of the army in the early days of the country. If he had not been injured in the founding battle of the country in the past and missed several subsequent major battles, he would have been knighted long ago." Before coming to Dayong County, Zhang Hui obtained detailed records from civil and military officials in Yuezhou Prefecture.
They knew that Chen Jun, who was walking around in a weird posture just now, was injured on the battlefield before the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Because the military situation was urgent at that time, the time for radical treatment was delayed, and he has suffered from a hidden disease since then.
Then the Governor's Office transferred him back from the front line, and he has been wandering around Huguang Road since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
So what Zhang Hui said, if Chen Jun was not injured and could participate in the great battles at the founding of the People's Republic of China, it is really possible that he would be knighted in the early days of the People's Republic of China.
Chen Jun was calm, waved his hand and said: "It's just luck. Now that the general is injured, he can still gain the trust of His Majesty and the court and take charge of the Dayong Guard. The general is already frightened." Zhang Hui nodded, Chen What Jun said is true.
It seems that because of the original injury, which involved his private parts, Chen Jun has not been able to give birth to an heir for so many years.
Therefore, many children from military families who were orphaned in the early days of the country were adopted as adopted sons in the army.
If others had done this, officials in the DPRK would have long accused the other party of being treasonous. But even the emperor knew what happened to Chen Jun. Naturally, no one could comment on the adoption of orphans from military households.
It is absolutely impossible to say that Chen Jun is loyal to the Ming Dynasty and only works for the court. Zhang Hui said directly: "I am going south with the order this time to find out the cause of the Southwest Chieftain Rebellion for the imperial court and your majesty. Previously, Mr. Li County has already explained a lot, but the imperial court still has to continue to investigate the case. Be more detailed. I believe that most of the officers and soldiers under the general are natives of the southwest, and there are even many natives who have joined the army. So I would like to discuss something with the general. Can I use the brothers under the general's command?" said As he spoke, Zhang Hui glanced at Li Yulong lightly.
He believed that what the other party said to him would not be false. But what is the situation in the southwest, you have to see it with your own eyes for the court and His Majesty before you can really feel at ease.
This is all due to his experience in prison. No matter how much others say, it's not as good as digging it out yourself and seeing the truth with your own eyes.
Chen Jun had a smile on his face and laughed heartily a few times. And his eyes had already scanned the faces of everyone in the county government office, and he had a rough idea of what had happened here before he came.
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the imperial court has considered that local military and political affairs cannot be concentrated on one person, so the three local bureaus have emerged.
And local health centers have never been under the jurisdiction of local governments. Above the Dayong Guard is the Si Yamen, the commander of Huguang Daodu, and above that are the former military governor's office and the chief governor's office in Yingtian City.
Chen Jun glanced at Li Yulong, the magistrate of Dayong County who looked nervous, and said with a smile to Zhang Hui: "It's just a matter of borrowing some people. They are all working for the imperial court, not to mention that the superior has received the emperor's order this time. , please feel free to take away the brothers in the camp to do some work." Zhang Hui stood up, nodded towards Chen Jun, then turned to look at Dayong County Magistrate: "I have been harassing the county magistrate for a long time, I still have important matters. , We need to discuss with General Chen in the camp." He did not come to the southwest to investigate political and ecological issues in the government counties. What kind of official Li Yulong was was not part of Zhang Hui's mission this time.
When Li Yulong saw that Zhang Hui did not pursue the previous problem, but wanted to go to the camp with Chen Jun, he immediately felt at ease.
He stood up quickly, with a smile on his face, and said attentively: "The official duties of the superior official and the emperor are very important, and the inferior official dare not delay them. It's just a subordinate of the county government..." Zhang Hui waved his hand and said with a smile: "Thank you, the county magistrate. It's just that your Majesty and the court are still waiting for news. After I investigate a little, if I have time, I will come to your county to trouble you." After that, Zhang Hui had already made a gesture to Chen Jun and left together. gesture.
Li Yulong quickly followed the two of them, saying nice things from time to time. …
"Actually, Li Zhixian is a good person. Although I don't know whether he has committed corruption or fraud, Li Zhixian still handles the matters that the imperial court has always handed down without compromise." After leaving Dayong County Yamen, he went to On the way to the Dayongwei barracks, the commander Chen Jun was riding on horseback, and Zhang Hui, who was walking beside him, explained in a low voice.
Zhang Hui smiled: "I have checked his past before coming here. If he is really not an official, I would have captured him just now." Chen Jun smiled silently and looked at the street. Because of the appearance of the Jin Yiwei, the common people began to avoid it from a distance, and said softly: "Although the general dare not comment on the court's new policy, the chaos that occurred in the southwest this time is ultimately due to the court not treating everyone equally. If the new policy had been implemented in the first place, in the Tusi Prefectures and Counties are also implemented. Even if there is resistance and Tusi Prefecture and County officials resist the imperial court, we can send troops to kill them. In the early years when the Ming Dynasty was just founded, it was not that we often fought with chieftains. On the contrary, I feel that the New Deal cannot cause chaos in the chieftain's prefecture and make it like this now." Zhang Hui glanced at Chen Jun lightly.
He believed that Chen Jun did not express his dissatisfaction with the court's decision-making on the implementation of the New Deal. Chen Jun was completely acting from the perspective of a military general.
Zhang Hui suddenly chuckled and asked: "I have one more thing, which I still don't understand. Why are the natives so dissatisfied and causing chaos this time that they only go after the native officials, and even fight to clean up the traitors for the court?" Flag? This matter would probably be impossible if there were no outsiders to provide advice." It is impossible for the natives to spontaneously feel that only the native officials are squeezing them.
The natives would only believe that the reason why the imperial court did not implement the New Deal equally in the chieftains' counties was to squeeze them together with the native officials.
Zhang Hui was even sure that when the chaos first broke out, the local officials must have explained to the locals that all this was a decree of the imperial court.
Chen Jun was stunned for a moment, then smiled silently, but did not speak. to here. On the contrary, Zhang Hui really understood the cause and effect of the matter.
Do you want to report all these things truthfully after returning to Beijing? Zhang Hui thought about it and felt that in this matter, the natives must be able to distinguish right from wrong, and they burst out all their anger after the native officials continued to squeeze them in the past.
"I will stay in the southwest for a few days, go to the Tusi Prefecture in person, and then return to the capital immediately. But the Jinyiwei will leave manpower here, and then the brothers under General Chen will need to cooperate. Once the court decides what to do, Military strategy, when the time comes, the DPRK and the Central Government will be able to deal with it calmly and know the situation in the southwest in advance." Seeing Zhang Hui explain the next arrangements, Chen Jun replied: "The Dayong Guards will be stationed on the grounds of supervising the construction of Dayong's first-line barracks. Three thousand-household camps. The general thinks that the guard camps in many places in the southwest have become aging in recent years. I think many places will be preparing to repair the camps in the near future." After speaking, Chen Jun looked at it with a deep look. Xiang Zhang Hui.
Zhang Hui nodded, everything was clear to him. ... Ying Tiancheng has become a bit chillier. In early winter, everything is about to fall into a deep sleep, and even the people in the capital have begun to reduce their farm work.
In addition to the fields, there are occasionally some government officials with Li Zheng summoning the people to dredge ditches and clean ponds, so it is rare to see farm work nearby.
On the contrary, the workshops accumulated in Yingtian City over the years began to be in full swing the year before.
Workshop owners need to produce a batch of goods before the end of the year to fill the capital's supply of supplies.
People who had no farm work left their homes and went into workshops to try to earn more money for their families so that the whole family could wear new clothes and eat hot meals and meat in the New Year.
Among them, Yingtian Mansion's work of hiring corvees was the most popular among the people, and everyone was proud to be hired by Yingtian Mansion.
It's really because the wages offered by the government are on average 10% higher than those in private workshops, and they also provide three meals a day!
Under the influence of the government, the workshop could only guarantee one lunch. And Yingtianfu's three meals a day can save a lot of money for the families of the employed people.
It's just that the manpower needed by the government is small after all, and more people still enter private workshops.
It’s just that no matter how much you earn or how little you earn, nowadays big guys always have more ways to make money to support their families. This is another kind of fun.
Under the watchful eyes of several people who were hired to clean Longwan Wharf, Zhang Hui led several Jin Yiwei officers and soldiers, got off the river boat, set foot on Longwan Wharf, which had been completely used by the government, and rode on the horses that were always carried on the wharf.
Adhere to the city wall of Yingtian City, go all the way east, and enter Yingtian City from the Taiping Gate on the north side of the Imperial City. After all, before Zou Xueyu left the post of Yingtian magistrate and took office as the governor-general of Zhili, he took the route of the imperial army and horse messengers sent to the capital from Yingtian City to the base of the city wall in the north of the city.
For this reason, the people around Yingtian City have gained another income in their families. Zhang Hui entered the imperial city all the way and entered the palace.
Wenhua Hall. Zhang Hui did not see His Majesty the Emperor, but was reminded by the royal troops in the palace to go to the Wenhua Hall to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
He has been here for a long time and explained in detail what happened in the southwest. Zhu Biao hardly spoke, but asked about a few key points from time to time.
After receiving further explanation from Zhang Hui, he continued to let the other party talk.
"So, this is what happened. Your Highness, please clarify." Finally, Zhang Hui ended all reports.
Only then did he have a chance to look around quietly. Probably because the Wenhua Palace is closest to the East Palace and the Cabinet, and due to its past uses, it gradually became the place where the prince handled state affairs.
Several North Korean and Chinese officials working in the cabinet were busy sorting out piles of memorials and documents.
Zhu Biao sat cross-legged in front of the desk, with countless papers piled up in front of him. Zhang Hui has brought things back to Southwest.
The truth is so simple, yet so dramatic, which Zhu Biao did not expect.
He gently turned the lever on his thumb, his eyes lowered slightly, and his eyelids narrowed, as if he was thinking about the final verdict on the unrest in the Southwest Tusi territory.
After a while, Zhang Hui was already a little tired and sleepy. Zhu Biao finally spoke slowly: "The rebellion among the chieftains in the southwest, Gu Wei had never imagined that it would be like this. But now that it is what the people want, the imperial court cannot ignore it. It should give top priority to the people of the world, whether it is the people of the Central Plains or the chieftains. The common people are all my subjects of the Ming Dynasty." Zhang Hui blinked and grasped the key point of the prince's words.
What the people want. It's just that he is a royal guard and a minion of the royal family. He can only have executive power but no suggestion power.
The prince just spoke without asking, and he didn't let himself retreat, so he pretended that he didn't hear anything. Zhang Hui thought so.
Zhu Biao raised his head: "Do you think if a war starts against the Southwest Chieftains at this time, and the imperial court sends a large army to wipe out the Southwest Chieftains, completely change the situation and conform to the will of the people, how will the war proceed?" Is the prince asking himself?
Zhang Hui raised his head in confusion and blinked. Zhu Biao raised his eyebrows as if he thought of something.
"It's just that I asked the wrong person. How do you know how to organize the troops and make decisions about several chieftains? You should be allowed to stay in Jinyiwei and get some good things for the Taiyuan Hospital." Zhang Hui was stunned. .
The prince's words are too confusing to understand. But at this time, Zhu Biao smiled and said softly: "Go and call the grandson over. I want to talk to him about something."...
