Fenghou

His top priority now is to seize this opportunity, speed up and increase the development of the Hehuang Valley, and firmly control the Hehuang area as soon as possible.

This morning, Chen Qing led a team of cavalry to Anlong City. This is the intersection of Tongshui and Huangshui, where the most fertile land stretches as far as the eye can see.

Anlong City is a small military city located in the east of Huangzhou, not far from Lanzhou. It has been controlled by Xixia before. Tens of thousands of Han slaves were gathered here by Xixia to farm and grow grain.

Before Chen Qing attacked Huangzhou and passed through here, it was still a deserted large wheat field, but now it is different, white tents can be seen everywhere, often dozens or hundreds of tents gather together, this is actually the prototype of a village.

Nearly 11 people left Lanzhou City and came here with their families. Chen Qing’s promise gave them a huge temptation. Each household has [-] acres of land, tax exemption for ten years, and they also got temporary living tents. Of course, they can say goodbye The dilapidated slums came to this fertile land to rebuild their homes.

The seeds of spring wheat have been sown, and the common people have begun to form mutual aid groups to build houses. Basically, a few or a dozen big families gather to form a new village, and the villages are all located by small rivers.

Chen Qing saw a tent two miles away on the official road, about eighty or ninety tents, and a big tree with luxuriant branches. Passing by the village, the river is full of aquatic plants.

Chen Qing smiled and said to more than a hundred soldiers: "Go and see!"

They turned their horses around, got off a field path, and walked along the path towards the big tree.

The arrival of a troop of cavalry had already alarmed the villagers in the village. More than a dozen old men came out to welcome them. The leader of the old man suddenly recognized Chen Qing, and he was so frightened that he immediately knelt down, "Please refer to Lord Jiedushi!"

Hearing that it was Jiedushi, the other elders knelt down one after another.

Chen Qing said with a smile: "Everyone please stand up, I just came to see you and understand the situation!"

"Jedushi, please sit over the tent!"

"Let me take a look at the houses you built first!"

Chen Qing got off his horse and led a dozen soldiers to the hut under construction surrounded by a large group of old people. Dozens of young and strong men came down from the roof one after another and stood aside.

Chen Qing looked at the wall. It was made of mud mixed with wheat straw and wood as the skeleton. This thatched hut has lasted for thousands of years. The south of the Yangtze River is more prone to rain leakage, but it is not a problem in the northwest region where there is not much rain.

Moreover, the common people have a wealth of life experience, especially Han farmers who have a strong concept of coexistence with nature. For example, there must be a little distance between the house and the river. This is also to prevent the pollution of the river by human and animal feces. In the south, facing the sun.

"Is every house the same?" Chen Qing pointed to the courtyard and asked.

The old man at the head said: "It's all the same. We have discussed it in advance. Each household occupies an area of ​​one mu. Basically, each household has four houses."

"When will everything be fixed?"

"Just another month! The whole village will be formed."

Chen Qing nodded, and asked again: "What's the name of the village?"

"I don't have a name yet! I beg the Jiedushi to give our village a name."

Everyone said one after another: "Jiedu envoy give our village a name!"

Chen Qing smiled and pointed to the small river: "This small river is called Xiaotang River. It is estimated that many villages along the river will be called Xiaotang Village. This will definitely not work. I see that the small river turns south of you and goes east. Then Let’s call it Tangwan Village!”

Everyone was overjoyed, the name Tangwan Village sounds nice.

Several old men invited Chen Qing to rest in the big tent. Chen Qing sat down on a bench in the open space surrounded by villagers.

"Do you have any difficulties? If it can be solved, I will try my best to solve it for everyone."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. In fact, there were too many difficulties. They didn't know how to mention it for a while. At this time, the old man in charge said: "Why don't I say a few words first!"

Seeing that the old man was quite prestigious, Chen Qing probably would be the village chief, so he asked with a smile, "May I ask what your name is?"

"Don't dare to be a villain. Your surname is Chen, from Ningzhou, Shaanxi Province."

Chen Qing chuckled, "We are from the same family! Mr. Chen, please tell me."

"The most difficult problem for us now is the problem of fuel. The government said that cutting down trees is strictly prohibited on the plains. If you cut down a tree, you will be fined ten guan. We think that as long as the trunk does not move, it should be no problem to cut some branches!"

Chen Qing nodded, "Everyone is a passer-by in Shaanxi, and they all know the dangers of sparse trees. Like Qinzhou and Gongzhou, the two sides of the Wei River are better. There is no tree around Ganquanbao in the north, and the middle of Gongzhou is the same. , all bare yellow land, few rivers, it is really difficult to survive.

It is rare that the Hehuang Valley is so rich, and you can see patches of woods, like Jiangnan, so officials want to protect the trees here. Everyone should understand that if there are no trees, there will be no Xiaotang River. I hope all the people will love it. Trees, as for fuel, are easy to solve. In the future, everyone will burn coal, and it will be supplied soon. "

Chapter 487 Supervising the Army

It was just dawn, and there was a huge crowd in front of Beixianren Pass. Thousands of people gathered in front of the pass impatiently waiting for the switch to go north.

At this time, a group of cavalry rushed from the south. They did not expect that the people in front of them were full of people, and they stopped their horses one after another.

There were about a hundred cavalrymen, guarding an official and a dozen of them. The leading official wore a bamboo hat, white and beardless, with a thin face and a pair of triangular eyes that looked particularly cold and shrewd.

As soon as he spoke, his voice was so thin that people immediately guessed that he was an eunuch.

"What's going on in front?" He spoke very slowly, so slowly that it made people itch.

Immediately a follower rushed up to inquire, and came back after a while and said: "The supervisors are all families who go to Longyou to farm. They said that they can divide the land into a hundred acres and enjoy tax exemption for ten years!"

The eunuch raised his thin eyebrows, and said dissatisfiedly: "The government has never promised, what is the division of a hundred acres of land, tax exemption for ten years, who dares to make decisions without authorization?"

None of the attendants said anything, the eunuch snorted, and said coldly: "I don't say anything, I know, Chen Qing must have done it, no wonder the Sichuan-Shaanxi Peace Corps said he was the King of Longyou, it really looks a bit like it."

At this time, the gate of Guancheng slowly opened, and someone shouted at the gate: "Everyone follow me, don't get separated, let's go directly north, not taking the Longzhou Road."

An attendant whispered to the eunuch: "Going directly north is the territory of the Qiang people. I heard it is very dangerous!"

The eunuch said coldly: "These small people are not afraid, but we are still afraid when we have an army."

He immediately ordered: "Follow the brigade!"

This eunuch is called Wang Mi, who was previously promoted by Fujian Road Salt Affairs, and this time he was appointed as the capital supervisor of Xihe Road.

It was very common for eunuchs to serve as military supervisors in the Northern Song Dynasty, but in the Southern Song Dynasty, there were very few eunuchs as military supervisors. Most of them were mine supervisors, salt supervisors, or some government-run weaving, military lifting, etc.

The emperor Zhao Gou even issued a decree to put an end to eunuchs serving as military supervisors, "The servants in the imperial edict are not allowed to meet with the commander of the army, and those who violate it will be suspended as officials and clerks!" '

But this time Wang Mian was appointed as the governor of Xihe Road, which was the result of Empress Dowager Wei's persuasion to the emperor. Zhao Gou originally appointed a civil servant to be in charge of the government affairs of Xihe Road and supervise Chen Qing at the same time.

But Empress Dowager Wei valued eunuchs to supervise the army, so she could intervene. Under her repeated persuasion, Zhao Gou changed the appointment of civil servants and appointed an eunuch as the governor of Xihe Road as an exception.

A large group of people rushed out of the city gate, Wang Mi urged the horses, and followed the people to the outside of the city.

……

Chen Qing's son is four months old. He has a thick head and a thick head, with big black eyes looking around all day long. He is full of curiosity about everything in this world.

"Little guy, bit your finger again!"

Lu Xiu smiled and took out her son's hand from the small mouth, and the little guy grinned and began to cry.

"Ma'am, he is hungry, give me the child!"

Lu Xiu handed her son to the wet nurse, who opened her clothes and began to breastfeed the baby. The little guy immediately calmed down, and the wet nurse gently coaxed him and carried him back to the house.

Next to her, Li Mei stared at the series of arrangements without blinking. She was also six months pregnant, so she was naturally very interested in breastfeeding her child.

"The little guy can really eat! I remember you just fed him not long ago."

"It's all like this. I don't have enough milk. Fortunately, I have a wet nurse to help."

Lu Xiu accompanied his sister-in-law Li Mei to walk slowly in the corridor, and asked in surprise: "What did you just say, Jiang Zhizhou will be suspended?"

Li Mei sighed, "Isn't that the new overseer doing something wrong? He said that Jiang Zhizhou was an official of the puppet Qi. Without the consent of the court and the emperor, he was not qualified to be the magistrate, so he was suspended. He also said that Xihe Road The problem is serious and must be rectified thoroughly, Jiedu Shifu was also suspended by him, and Zhang Canjun was injured by his subordinates."

Lu Xiu said coldly: "Is Commander Yang tolerating his recklessness?"

"He seems to have the double gold medals of the emperor and the queen mother, so he is confident. It is said that he is the third fire of the new official. I don't know who his third fire will be directed at?"

"Needless to say, his goal must be his husband!"

……

In front of the guest house in Chengji County, Zheng Ping pointed his sword at a group of soldiers and said angrily: "I repeat, report to the eunuch immediately. If I want to see him, report immediately, otherwise don't blame me for being cruel."

Several soldiers had already been beaten to the ground, and a group of soldiers behind them stood in front of the gate with spears and shields in their hands, as if they were facing an enemy.

They also looked angry. The gates of the military supervisors in other places were crowded with gift-giving people. Why did they meet such ignorant people in Chengji County, who kept calling eunuchs and beating them.

At this time, a group of cavalry came rushing forward, and the leading general was Yang Yuanqing, and Yang Yuanqing was also sullen about the supervising army.He suddenly heard that Zheng Ping had brought people to the door, he was so frightened that he turned pale with fright, and hurriedly led people to stop him.

"Fatty Zheng, don't act recklessly!" Yang Yuanqing dismounted from his horse, went up to stop him and said, "Hurry up, you will cause trouble for the governor."

"I don't want to mess around, but you don't know that Jiang Zhizhou is leaving, right?"

Yang Yuanqing was stunned, "Why did Jiang Zhizhou leave?"

"This eunuch wanted to use Jiang Zhizhou's affairs to impeach Dutong. Jiang Zhizhou didn't want to implicate Dutong, so he decided to leave."

"Let's go to persuade Mr. Jiang."

"I can't persuade him, and neither can you. The only way is to let this damned eunuch reinstate Mr. Jiang."

At this time, a follower of the supervising army came to the door and said: "The supervising army has an order, if you mess around here, it will be regarded as a rebellion!"

"Bastard! If I rebel, I will kill you first!"

Zheng Ping's face was full of ferociousness, and he swung his sword to kill. Yang Yuanqing was so scared that he hugged Zheng Ping's waist tightly, "Fatty Zheng, don't mess around, calm down! Calm down!"

Seeing Zheng Ping's murderous intent, the attendants also ran back in fright.Yang Yuanqing said in a low voice: "We can't persuade Zhizhou, but we can ask his wife to come forward, and Zhizhou will definitely give this face."

Zheng Ping nodded, it would be a good idea to ask his wife to come forward.

……

There was a big problem with Jiang Yanxian's identity. Although Zhang Xiao was also an official of the puppet Qi, he was unknown before he became an official of the puppet Qi.

However, Jiang Yanxian had previously served as an official in Yingzhou, served as the Minister of the Puppet Qi Military Department, and served as the commander of the army capital.

According to the new regulations of the imperial court, he must go to Lin'an to accept the review, and a high-ranking official like him must be specially approved by the emperor before he can be reintroduced into the scope of appointment by the Ministry of Officials.

Now he is acting as the governor of Qinzhou in a grand manner, which is considered to be a serious violation of the court rules.

The military supervisor Wang Mi firmly grasped this handle, and was about to force Chen Qing to submit.

Jiang Yanxian didn't want to implicate Chen Qing, before the other party imprisoned him, leaving was his only choice.

Jiang Yan first packed the books in the room, feeling quite sad in his heart, he finally found a goal to fight for, and now he had to stop again.

I'm already in my forties, and that's what I've been doing all my life.

At this time, a gust of wind came to report, "Master, Mrs. Jiedushi is here."

Jiang Yanxian was taken aback, and rushed out to greet him.When I came to the door, I saw Lu Wei, the county magistrate, accompanied by Mrs. Lu, the Jiedu envoy.

He hastily stepped forward and bowed to salute, "See Madam for your humble position!"

Lu Xiu said lightly: "This is not a place to talk, let's talk in the lobby."

"Madam please!"

Jiang Yan first invited the wife of the Jiedu envoy, Lu Xiu and Lu Wei, into the mansion, and came to the lobby, where the three of them sat down as guests and hosts.

Lu Xiu said: "We all know that a troublesome person has come, but it is not enough to let Mr. Jiang return home!"

"My wife may not know that it is a big matter to appoint a high-ranking puppet Qi official without authorization. Once the supervising army is impeached, the imperial court is likely to dismiss Jiedu envoy."

Lu Wei smiled and said, "But from the news I got, the supervisor may not impeach him."

"I know that Wang Jianjun will not impeach, but he will definitely use this incident as an excuse for Jiedushi. If I leave, he will have no key evidence, and he will be unable to focus on it."

Lu Xiu shook her head and said: "My husband told me that he has a lot of tricks! Silver mines, iron mines, appointing officials by himself, setting taxes by himself, negotiating with Xixia on his own initiative, everything is enough to make him dismissed from office, but He doesn't care at all, Mister Jiang, if the Jiedushi was someone who was afraid of the court, he wouldn't go to mine silver mines and settle his military salary by himself."

Lu Wei also persuaded: "Wang Jianjun also asked the county government to put Jiang Zhizhou under house arrest, and I didn't pay any attention to him at all. Xihe didn't take him seriously all the way up and down the road. I just treated him politely. Why should Zhizhou do this?" care?"

Jiang Yanxian sighed, "Now that Supervisor Wang is watching me, it would be inappropriate for me to stay in Chengji County."

"That's easy. Zhizhou will go to Ganquanbao or Jichuan County first, and wait for the Jiedu envoy to come back."

Jiang Yan nodded first, then asked Lu Xiu, "Is there any news from the Jiedu envoy?"

Lu Xiu smiled and said: "I received a letter from home the day before yesterday, and he is already on his way back. If Mr. Jiang leaves, there will be no one to advise him."

"Okay! Since even my wife persuaded me, I'll go to Ganquan Castle to stay for a while."

Chapter 488 On the Way

Although Wang Mi was approved by the left-behind general Yang Yuanqing and stayed in the expensive hotel, he felt that he was being treated coldly.

There were neither officials to visit nor local gentry to curry favor, which was very different from his treatment on Fujian Road.

He just got two pieces of news. One is that the false official Jiang Yanxian, who was previously dismissed by him with the emperor's gold medal, actually ran away.

This made him really annoyed, Lu Zhixian clearly promised to put him under house arrest, but in the end he ran away.This is clearly perfunctory to myself, if it wasn't for Lu Xianggong's sake, I would have dismissed him too.

What kind of magistrate is he who has not passed the appointment of the Ministry of Officials?

What made Wang Mian even more angry was that he used the emperor's gold medal to seal the official office of Jiedushi, because the official office structure was operated without the approval of the court and officials, which is absolutely not allowed.

But just after he got the news, the original team of Jiedu Mansion was transferred to the state school to continue to operate.