The storm above the court could not reach Chen Kan for the time being. At this time, Chen Kan was leading his team on the steep mountain roads in Guizhou.
Xuanwei Prefecture in Guizhou is governed by Guiyang Prefecture.
Of course, the current Guizhou is not theoretically a separate Chief Secretary. Historically, Guizhou was completely separated from Yunnan. In the 11th year of Yongle, Zhu Di established a separate Chief Secretary for Guizhou. From then until the founding of New China in later generations, Guizhou has always been an independent provincial administrative unit.
Now, due to the fact that Gu Cheng, the Marquis of Zhenyuan, is in Guizhou, Guizhou is nominally under the jurisdiction of Yunnan, but in fact it is in harmony with Yunnan, and it is like listening to the tune but not the propaganda.
Gu Cheng, the Marquis of Zhenyuan, had great power in Guizhou. Like Mu Sheng, he belonged to the military and political power.
Passing by Guiyang Mansion, it seemed unreasonable not to pay a visit to Uncle Gu, whom he had just met last year. After much thought, Chen Kan decided to enter Guiyang City.
However, this time Chen Kan came to the place as an imperial envoy. Although it was not necessary for Gu Cheng to go out of the city to greet him in person, it was still necessary to send someone to say hello in advance.
This task naturally fell on Fang Xu.
When they were still thirty miles away from Guiyang City, Chen Kan ordered the imperial team to rest on the spot.
It was said that he was resting, but in fact he was just waiting here for a group of officials from Guiyang City to come and greet him. After all, although the main purpose of this trip to Yunnan was Yunnan, Zhu Di still saw the whole south through Chen Kan's eyes.
Turning over and dismounting, Chen Kan took a piece of dry biscuit from the saddle and nibbled it slowly with water.
The noodles are dead and you will feel like you are choking in your chest after taking a few bites, so you must drink water before eating dry biscuits.
Chen Kan was chewing the pancake while admiring the mountain in front of him that reached straight into the sky.
There are big differences between the mountains in Guizhou and the mountains in Yunnan. The mountains in Yunnan stretch into a vast expanse and cannot be seen at a glance. The mountains in Guizhou are somewhat similar to those in Guangxi. Each mountain is an independent individual, like a Bamboo shoots rise from the ground, and the typical karst landform gives Guizhou a unique charm.
After eating a pancake, the feeling of being hungry and panicking dissipated a little. Chen Kan didn't plan to continue eating. He was too full now. How could he eat and drink so much when he entered the city later?
After almost resting, Chen Kan and Chen An started talking quietly.
Along the way, Chen Kan was always in charge of dealing with local officials, while Chen An was responsible for sending a daily memorial to the central government.
At first, Chen Kan would exchange opinions with him, but as time went by, seeing that Chen An was doing a good job, Chen Kan was too lazy to continue taking care of these trivial matters.
Now Chen Kan suddenly started chatting with Chen An, and of course he was preparing to poach him.
He patted Chen An on the shoulder and asked, "You should all know what Chen Ying did in the capital, right?"
"Sir, I heard something about it."
Chen An nodded, a look of worry appeared on his face when he mentioned the matter in the capital.
When he first met Chen Ying, he thought he was just a person who had risen through the ranks thanks to his qualifications. When he first entered the capital, he had no foundation and no party members, so he probably couldn't make any big waves.
Unexpectedly, he misjudged Chen Ying. He was so vicious that he was not afraid of wolves, tigers and leopards.
As soon as he entered the capital, he turned the entire court upside down, and he established a firm foothold in the capital in a very short period of time.
In the letters sent to them by their colleagues in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, every line showed their fear of him.
Chen An couldn't help but look bitter when he thought of the conflict he had with Chen Ying outside Chuzhou City.
With Chen Ying's skills, they didn't know what kind of thunderous methods were waiting for them when they returned to the capital.
Seeing the worry on Chen An's face, Chen Kan twitched the corner of his mouth and said lightly: "We all made a mistake. This Chen Ying is not a good person. I heard that he has set his sights on me."
Chen Kan shook his head and said: "The person has been offended, so what can I do?"
"hehe!"
Chen Kan chuckled lightly, with a look of gloating on his face, and asked nonchalantly: "What are Chen Yushi's plans after returning to Beijing?"
After being together for such a long time, Chen An already knew Chen Kan very well. One look at his gloating expression showed that he was not holding anything back.
He simply asked: "What are the plans, the imperial envoy?"
"What plan can I have? The soldiers will come to cover up the water and earth."
Chen Kan spread his hands and spoke in a very relaxed tone.
To put it bluntly, people like Chen Ying are just a piece of toilet paper, and they will naturally give up when Zhu Di uses it up.
But when used, this toilet paper can block gods and kill gods and Buddhas.
So Chen Kan never thought about fighting him. As long as he didn't cause any real harm to himself or the people around him, Chen Kan could tolerate it.
Chen Kan said it was easy, but Chen An couldn't be as relaxed as Chen Kan.
He smiled bitterly: "My lord, it's quite simple."
Chen Kan has the ability to protect himself, but if a seventh-grade official like him has no backing or skills and offends a ruthless person like Chen Ying, he will be eliminated sooner or later.
How could this make him relax?
Chen Kan raised his eyebrows and said casually: "Why don't you come to the Five Cities Military and Horse Division? Now that Chen Ying is in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he can single-handedly challenge hundreds of officials, and the court will be unable to fight back. , if you continue to stay in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, it will not make any difference, you might as well change places and continue to shine for the Ming Dynasty."
In just a few sentences, Chen Kan analyzed the pros and cons very thoroughly.
Chen An was stunned for a moment, then looked thoughtful.
The young imperial envoy said it very humorously, and it sounded like he was joking, but the amount of information contained in his words was terrifying.
Was this a hint to him that the Metropolitan Procuratorate was about to be isolated by the court, or even abandoned?
Seeing that he was deep in thought, Chen Kan stopped talking. His words were very straightforward.
Although it is easy for someone to get a handle by talking like this, but with the enmity between him and Chen Ying, it doesn't matter what he gets.
He stepped back a few steps, breathed in the fresh air of Guizhou, and left the place to Chen An. After getting along with him for so long, Chen Kan thought that Chen An was a smart person, and he would be able to figure out some things sooner or later.
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The distance of thirty miles would take less than two hours to go back and forth on a fast horse.
Chen Kanzheng was bored and split the petals of the camellia into pieces one by one. He planned to go home and make some scented tea, when suddenly there was the sound of horse hooves in the distance.
"drive!"
The sound of horse hooves came closer and closer, and everyone couldn't help but look up.
A young man who looked younger than Chen Kan led a group of officials and rushed straight towards where Chen Kan was.
Seeing this, Chen An quickly ordered the knights beside him: "Show the imperial envoy's dragon flag!"
"Wow~"
The dragon flag and the banner rose instantly, rustling in the spring breeze.
When approaching Chen Kan's imperial envoy team, the young man led a group of officials to get off their horses, identify them among the crowd, and then went straight to Chen Kan.
"My nephew has met Uncle Shi."
As soon as the young man bowed his hand to Chen Kan, a scarlet-robed official standing behind the young man led a group of officials to kneel in front of Chen Kan: "Your Majesty, Wang San, the magistrate of Guiyang Prefecture in Xuanwei Prefecture, Guizhou, led the officials of Guiyang Prefecture to greet the imperial envoy. Long live our emperor. Long live long live!”
The young man's words were interrupted by the scarlet-robed official, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed on his face.
Wang San's move meant that it was not necessary to kneel down or not. Kneel down. He was just here to greet Chen Kan. If he didn't kneel down, it would seem disrespectful to the imperial power.
Chen Kan looked at the interesting scene in front of him with a smile.
It seems that Guizhou's officialdom is not as harmonious as he imagined. Could it be that Gu Cheng is too old to control Guizhou?
After seeing a joke, Chen Kan decided to help this wise nephew he had never met before. After all, he was born to be close to the Gu family.
"Master Wang, you are kneeling wrong!"
Chen Kan kindly reminded him, and pointed in the direction of the dragon flag while Wang San was in a daze.
Then he came to the young man's side, helped him up, and said with a smile: "Nephew Gu Xian, there is no need to be polite."
The young man is Gu Xingzu, the eldest grandson of Zhenyuan Hou Gu Cheng.
As Chen Kan's junior, Gu Cheng naturally would not go out of the city to greet him in person, but from the relationship between the generals and the generals, Gu Cheng should have sent a nephew with a similar status to Chen Kan to pick up Chen Kan. However, what happened? His sons have all been killed by Emperor Jianwen's regiment.
Gu Xingzu, who was not yet an adult, had no choice but to take over this important task.
However, it seems that Gu Xingzu, a third generation general, does not seem to understand the rules of officialdom.
Gu Xingzu was helped up by Chen Kan, a hint of gratitude flashed in his eyes, but his expression when looking at Wang San was a little unpredictable.
Wang San raised his head and couldn't help but feel a little annoyed when he saw Chen Kan's smiling expression.
He was dissatisfied with Gu Xingzu speaking before him. He originally thought that since the imperial envoy was Master Fang's disciple, he should be naturally close to their civil servants, but unexpectedly he suffered a hidden disadvantage.
However, Wang San has been in the officialdom for many years, so he doesn't show his joy and anger on his face.
He stood up, looked in the direction of Chen An, and bowed to the imperial envoy Long Qi again.
Chen An was silent just now. He is above the court and has never seen any kind of struggle. Wang San's scheming is not enough in front of him.
However, this Wang San actually used the imperial envoy to win over Gu's parents and grandchildren. He didn't know how to evaluate Wang San. Didn't he inquire about the relationship between Chen Kan and Jiang Men?
"Get flat!"
Chen An said lightly.
Looking at the current situation, Chen Kan probably won't go to the magistrate's office, so he, the deputy envoy, will have no choice but to take on this job whether he is willing or not.
The fact was just as Chen An expected, Chen Kan had no intention of going to the government office at all. To deal with civil servants, it was better to let Chen An, a civil servant with a good foundation, go. They had similar odors.
After calling Chen An to explain, Chen Kan and his personal guards left the imperial envoy team and followed Gu Xingzu straight to Guiyang City.
Guiyang City is located in the south of Guishan Mountain, with Yang to the south, hence the name Guiyang, and it is also the center of Guizhou.
Today's Guiyang is naturally incomparable with the international metropolises of later generations, but after all, Guiyang is closer to the Central Plains. The Tusi Mansion under Guizhou Prefecture, like Huguang and Sichuan, is naturally closer to the Han people, so the corresponding public security is also Much better than Yunnan.
At least in Guiyang, you can't see so many Han soldiers who are ready to face the enemy at any time. The city construction and the population composition of the city are not much different from those in Jiangnan in the Central Plains.
Zhenyuan Hou Mansion occupies the most prosperous prime location in Guiyang City. Although it is not large in scale, it is carefully crafted. The entire mansion exudes a sense of simplicity and elegance.
Gu Cheng, with gray beard and hair, stood at the door of the mansion and looked into the distance, his old face full of smiles.
The youngest daughter Gu Tao was by her side, her little face full of confusion.
"Dad, isn't he just Chen Kan? How can he be worthy of you going out to greet him in person?"
Gu Tao had been impatient for a long time. Seeing that Chen Kan hadn't come yet, he couldn't help holding Gu Cheng's arm and started complaining.
Hearing this, Gu Cheng couldn't help but shook his head and said, "It's worth it."
After defending himself, Gu Cheng stopped talking.
"snort!"
Gu Tao couldn't help but snorted: "You can wait here by yourself, my daughter has to go back to her room first."
After saying that, he let go of Gu Cheng's sleeves and left.
When Gu Cheng saw this, he couldn't help but his face darkened, and he scolded: "Tao'er, don't be so petty. I'm just here waiting for you, Brother Chen, with my father."
Gu Tao was unhappy and couldn't help but retort: "Why should I wait for him?"
Seeing his daughter acting out of temper, Gu Cheng also had a headache. He knew his own family affairs, but this little daughter's head was just a bag of paste and she had no political wisdom at all. Even if he broke it into pieces and told her, She won't understand either.
He simply didn't bother to explain, and just said in a stern tone: "Just wait when your father tells you to wait. Why, don't you even listen to my father now?"
"I......"
Gu Tao stamped his feet dissatisfied, but in the end he still did not dare to disobey his father's order.
But he still couldn't help complaining: "Father, after all, you are the Marquis of Zhenyuan conferred by His Majesty. No matter how noble Chen Kan is, you don't need to wait at the door to greet him in person, right? Besides, he is still a junior!"
Gu Cheng said angrily: "It's true that your brother Chen is a junior, and it's true that your father is a marquis, but I'm not doing this for you."
"For us?"
Gu Tao's face wrinkled slightly: "What does this have to do with us?"
Hearing Gu Tao's words, Gu Cheng couldn't help but sigh. This daughter's behavior really made him anxious.
If she is just simple, it would be a virtue. The key is her temper...
But she is her biological daughter after all.
Gu Cheng still planned to tell her.
"Of course it's for you. Our Gu family is now withering away. Several of your brothers died at Jianwen's hands. I am left with you as my daughter and Xingzu as my grandson."
"If I don't find a good supporter for you while I'm still alive, what will you do after I die?"
As soon as Gu Cheng finished speaking, Gu Tao retorted: "In the future, Xingzu will inherit your title. Our Gu family will still be the first-class princely family in the Ming Dynasty. Why do we need others as our backers?"
"I......"
"I..."
For a moment, Gu Cheng suddenly doubted himself. What kind of mentality did he have to analyze the pros and cons for his stupid daughter?
