Fenghou

The air was extremely tense, the two looked at each other coldly, and neither of them spoke.

The county government office was right next to the governor's mansion, and after a while, the soldiers came back to report, "To the governor, Chiang's staff did not come to the county government office today."

"Did you go to his house to look for it?"

"Go, his family said, he went to the county government early in the morning, but the county government didn't come, and Jiang's staff disappeared."

Zhe Yanzhi narrowed his eyes and said to Yelu Qiyan: "I have a suggestion for the prefect of Yelu, you go and catch Jiang Qing first and ask for a confession, without a confession, you can't testify against anyone!"

Yelu Qiyan put away the receipt, and said coldly: "Just cover it up, one day, you will fall into his hands."

After speaking, Yelu Qiyan turned around and walked away.

Zhe Yanzhi stared at Yelv Qiyan as he walked away, his eyes spewed fire with hatred, he drew out his sword and slammed it on the table fiercely.

……

Chen Qing's [-] cavalry had arrived in Shanyang County, Shuozhou, surrounded by ice and snow, and the official road was very difficult, so they had to walk slowly to the city.

Cheng Zhu, the magistrate of Shuozhou, the judge of Wu Xuan, Sima Yangdong, and a group of officials from Shanyang County, the magistrate and the county magistrate, came to greet him outside the city.

Chen Qing said a few words to appease everyone, and said with a smile to Zhizhou Cheng Zhu: "I heard that Shuozhou Huyang Soup is very famous. It is spicy and thick, and it is very good at warding off the cold. Can you prepare three thousand bowls of Huyang Soup for my subordinates to drive away the cold? Pay as you go!"

Cheng Zhu hurriedly said: "Just a few bowls of Huyang soup..."

He originally wanted to say what money he had to pay, but the judge Wu Xuan stabbed him in the back, he reacted very quickly, and quickly changed his words, "The state government can afford it, and there is no need for your Highness to pay additional money."

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "Then I will trouble everyone!"

Cheng Zhu said to the county magistrate Li Xiuyuan: "Magistrate Li, this matter is entrusted to you. Organize more than a dozen restaurants to make soup, hurry up, and the state government will bear the necessary expenses!"

"The humble job will be arranged immediately!"

Several officials from the county government went to arrange Huyang Tang. Chen Qing led his army into the city, and was greeted by countless people on both sides. They saw King Yong's banner and knew that King Yong was coming, and they were very enthusiastic.

At this moment, two people ran out suddenly, a man and a woman, both young, the woman knelt down and shouted: "His Royal Highness, we have been wronged!"

Beads of sweat dripped from Zhizhou Cheng Zhu's forehead. At this critical moment, someone actually blocked the way and shouted for grievances. He quickly ordered the archers, "Drag them down!"

Archers stepped forward to drag them, and the woman shouted sadly and angrily: "His Royal Highness, we are your people, and our grievances are higher than the mountains. Do you just ignore the lives of your own people?"

Chen Qing's heart was shocked, this sentence was too powerful, he waved his hand, stopped the archer, and said to the soldiers: "Go up and have a look!"

Several personal soldiers stepped forward to check, and came back to report after a while, "His Royal Highness, the man has a knife wound on his back, which has deteriorated, his whole body is hot, and he is about to faint. He must be treated immediately, otherwise he will not survive."

Chen Qing nodded, "Take them to the barracks and treat his injuries first!"

At this time, an archer whispered to Cheng Zhu: "Zhizhou, they sued the county government before, it seems that they are suing Datong Mansion, and it has nothing to do with us."

Cheng Zhu breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly said, "Your Highness, there is a famous wound doctor in this city. He is very famous. I can arrange for him to treat wounds."

"Yes! Hurry up and send someone to invite you."

Needless to say, the men and women who filed the complaint were the Yao brothers and sisters. They fled to Shuozhou and hid for a while. Then the two brothers and sisters went to the county government to file a complaint, but the county government refused to accept it. At this time, Yao Song's back injury worsened , They have no money for medical treatment.

Yao Mei was helpless, and just when she was desperate, someone shouted outside, "His Royal Highness is here."

She was heartbroken, and immediately blocked her brother behind her back to file a complaint. Although Yao Mei was only 15 years old and was usually silent, at critical moments, she was more courageous than anyone else.

There is a large military camp in Shanyang County, which is the place for the training of the township soldiers. It happened to be stationed for [-] cavalry. Zhizhou Cheng Zhu came with the famous doctor Wang Fuchun, and immediately treated Yao Song's wounds.

At this time, the county magistrate took the merchants to pick up dozens of large buckets of hot Huyang soup. Yuhou tested the poison and immediately distributed the soup to the soldiers to keep out the cold.

In the big tent, Chen Qing drank a bowl of Huyang soup, which tasted very similar to the Hu spicy soup of later generations. It tasted very strong, with a lot of pepper added. enjoyable.

Chen Qing smiled and looked at the little girl opposite who was drinking soup from a small bowl. The little lady was about fifteen or sixteen years old. Although she was a little thin, her skin was astonishingly white and greasy. She looked around with big black and white eyes, and she was extremely beautiful.

Chen Qing sighed softly, Gu Yun, beauty is a disaster, a woman is too beautiful, she will be scrambled by countless powerful people, and the family around her will also be affected.

Yao Mei felt a little embarrassed by Chen Qing, put the bowl on the table, and whispered: "Thank you, Your Highness, I'm done drinking."

Chen Qing nodded and smiled and asked, "What's your name, where are you from?"

"The little girl's name is Yao Mei, from Yingxian County, Yingzhou."

"Who is that injured man to you?"

"He is my elder brother, he was hacked by the villain."

"Is it your brother?" Chen Qing asked again.

Yao Mei nodded, "His name is Yao Song, we are brothers and sisters."

Chen Qing smiled and asked again: "So you want to sue the officials in Yingzhou?"

Yao Mei gritted her teeth and said, "No! I want to sue Du Shun, Lieutenant of Datong County, for framing innocent people, forcing them into prostitution, and doing all kinds of evil things!"

The first thousand and 160 chapters five inspections

Everyone's status is different, and the angle and focus of looking at the problem are naturally different. Yao Mei looked up from the bottom up, and what she saw was Du Shunli using power to harm the people and force them into prostitution, while Chen Qing looked down from the top, and what she saw was It was Orihiko who used his wife's family to control the county government and emptied the government government. In the final analysis, it was the fault of the desire for power.

It could be seen that Yao Mei was very tired, Chen Qing comforted her a few words, promised to make decisions for her, and asked the soldiers to take her down to rest.

He immediately came to the side tent, just in time to meet the famous doctor Wang Fuchun coming out from it, Chen Qing asked: "How is his condition?"

Wang Fuchun hurriedly saluted and said: "Reporting to Your Highness, this child is very strong. An ordinary person would have died long ago, but he actually held on."

"Can it be cured?"

"It shouldn't be a big problem. It's actually just a flesh injury. Cut off the carrion, then apply medicine to bandage it, and change the medicine every three days. After about half a month of treatment, he will recover."

"But he was running a fever and had to bring it down."

"I rubbed his body with medicine, and now his body temperature has dropped. I gave him another medicine and got a good night's sleep. He should be back to normal tomorrow. He looks serious, but it's actually not a big problem."

"Thank you, Doctor Wang!"

"Where! Where! It is my honor to be able to serve His Majesty."

Chen Qing asked his soldiers to take the doctor out, and he went into the tent to look at Yao Song, and saw that he was sleeping soundly, so he went back to the tent to rest.

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In the morning of the next day, Chen Qing asked the soldiers to arrange a carriage, let Yao Song lie on the carriage, cover him with a bedding, and let his sister Yao Mei take care of him. The famous doctor Wang Fuchun brought a lot of medicine.

The team continued to march northward in a mighty way. There was a small town called Anping Town, twenty miles away from Datong City. There was an inn in the town. Chen Qing arranged the Yao brothers and sisters to live in the inn, and left Two bodyguards guarded them.

The team continued to march towards Datong City. In the afternoon, the team arrived in Datong City. The governor Zhe Yanzhi, the governor Shi Zhaojun, the deputy governor Yan Jun, and a group of civil and military officials including the prefect Yelu Qiyan and the general judge Liu Dingguang. Go out of the city to welcome the arrival of Yong Wang Chen Qing.

Everyone saluted together, "See His Royal Highness King Yong!"

Chen Qing smiled and nodded, "Datong Mansion is our northern gate. The conditions are harsh and the climate is cold. Everyone can work hard to guard the gate. Thank you for your hard work!"

The lord's words moved everyone, and Orihiko bowed and said: "In the cold winter and the snowy moon, Your Highness is not afraid of the wind and cold, and came all the way to visit us. It is our honor and it also puts a heavier burden on our shoulders. Your Highness has worked hard all the way. City rest!"

The crowd surrounded Chen Qing and entered Datong City like stars holding the moon, and three thousand cavalry were stationed in the specially prepared barracks.

Orihiko immediately sent hundreds of sheep and hundreds of jars of wine. The sergeant killed the sheep and roasted the meat, drank heavily, and passed the night happily.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhe Yanzhi, Yan Jun and Yelu Qiyan accompanied Chen Qing to the city wall to inspect the defense of Datong City. This is actually the reason why Chen Qing came to Datong for inspection. The pressure from the grassland nomads has already appeared, and the pressure will increase in the future. Datong, the military status of Datong will be more prominent.

Datong City is the Xijing of the Liao Kingdom. It was rebuilt according to the specifications of the capital city. The city is tall and majestic. It is built with large bluestones and is extremely strong. There are two gates in the north and the south, as well as the urn city. Only [-] troops are enough to defend Datong City as solid as gold. .

"How was the part of the city wall that we attacked and destroyed when we attacked Datong City?"

Orihiko said with a smile: "Your Highness, I remembered wrongly. What we blew up was not the city wall, but the auxiliary gate of the West City. With the city wall being strong, it is really not easy for the iron fire thunder to blow it down!"

Chen Qing said with a smile: "That's right! There are too many cities attacked, so I'm confused. If you say it's strong, then let's talk about its shortcomings. I'm here to understand the shortcomings and then solve the problem."

Orihiko smiled at Yan Jun: "General Yan, let's talk! You have been studying the defense of Datong recently, so you should understand something."

Yan Jun leaned forward and said, "The defense of Datong City is good in all aspects. After a hundred years of construction, it is already very complete. If we must point out the weaknesses, I think the moat is not wide enough. If the moat is wider, it will be more conducive to our concentrated shooting. Moreover, the enemy's large-scale siege weapons, such as nest vehicles, large ladders, etc., can't get through, they can only rely on siege ladders, and kerosene is enough to deal with siege ladders."

Yan Jun's thinking was right, Chen Qing looked at the moat under the city, it was indeed not wide enough, and it was a little inconsistent with the tall and majestic city wall.

Chen Qing turned around and asked Yelu Qiyan, "May I ask Lord Yelu, how many people have escaped from Yingzhou?"

Yelu Qiyan quickly said: "Reporting to Your Highness, there are about [-] people."

"Is no one going back?"

Yelu Qiyan shook his head, "The city of Ying County has been completely burned down, and the city walls have collapsed in many places, and the people are worried about their safety, so they are unwilling to go back."

"How many young adults can be organized among the refugees?"

Yelu Qiyan thought for a while and said, "About ten thousand people!"

"If I let them dig the moat, do you think it will work?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, it's a bit difficult!"

Orihiko next to him sarcastically said: "The prefect of Yelu has always cherished the power of the people, and he is afraid that the refugees will suffer a little bit. Of course there are difficulties in his eyes!"

Yelu Qiyan glared at Zhe Yanzhi, and quickly explained: "His Royal Highness, the difficulty mentioned by the humble officials does not mean that they are unwilling to work, but because the humble officials do not have so much money and food in their hands, and the little food in the hands of the humble officials was brought from Taiyuan Prefecture. , has been supported for several months.”

"Zhe Dudu, how much food is left in the military treasury?"

Orihiko bowed and said, "About [-] shi, can support [-] troops for about half a year."

Chen Qing nodded, "Let's do this! I will allocate [-] shi of grain from the army treasury to the government office. After the spring, I will arrange to send [-] shi of grain from Taiyuan Mansion and Lingxia Road each, and [-] shi from the civilian treasury and the military treasury. , as well as sheep and various other supplies.”

Yelu Qiyan was really moved, there was no food, the refugee camp was difficult to maintain, all kinds of chaos happened one after another, unexpectedly His Royal Highness came and solved the food problem.

Yelu Qiyan choked with sobs and said: "Thank you for your concern, I will definitely arrange for civilian husbands to dig the moat."

Orihiko felt very uncomfortable and unwilling. He wanted to find 1 reasons to refuse, but he still dared not refuse. Besides, King Yong used digging a moat as an excuse, which was related to the defense plan, so he couldn't refuse.

"The humble job will arrange for the distribution of food!" Since he couldn't refuse, Orihiko readily agreed.

……

Chen Qing then inspected the warehouse, the city gate and the city wall. He suddenly found a large open space between the houses and the city wall, with a width of [-] paces. Although he knew it was necessary for defense, it was usually around [-] paces. , [-] steps is too wide, how many houses will be demolished?

Chen Qing frowned and asked: "Zhe Dudu, why did you demolish the [-]-step open space?"

Orihiko quickly explained: "Reporting to Your Highness, the low position is based on two considerations. One is the need to defend the city. Defending the city is not only a matter on the top of the city, but also requires the cooperation of large weapons below the city, such as heavy trebuchets, the city If the head cannot be put down, it must be placed under the city and thrown from under the city to the outside of the city."

"If it's a heavy trebuchet, a hundred steps is enough."

"Your Highness, I have another idea. That is to build another wall, called the inner city wall. If the enemy breaks through the city wall, we can retreat to the inner city wall and continue to defend."

Chen Qing didn't take the idea of ​​the inner city wall seriously. If the tall and strong outer city wall couldn't be defended, how could the mere inner city wall be able to hold it?

Chen Qing only smiled and did not continue to comment.

Yelu Qiyan's heart was pounding with nervousness, and he could tell that His Royal Highness King Yong did not agree with the demolition of the [-]-step dwelling.

The first thousand and 160 six chapters of inquiry

After lunch, Chen Qing met Yan Jun alone. Everyone knew that Yan Jun had been the leader of Chen Qing's soldiers for many years and was the confidant of King Yong. It was understandable for King Yong to meet him alone.

"Sit down and talk!" Chen Qing pointed to a stool and laughed.

Yan Jun was a little embarrassed and said: "Let's just stand up and talk about the humble job! I'm used to it."

Chen Qing said with a smile: "I brought you a few letters from home, I'll give them to you later, don't worry! The family is very good, the princess often sends people to visit them."

Yan Jun was moved in his heart, bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness!"

"Tell me about the current situation!"

Chen Qing waved his hand and said: "I came to Datong Mansion this time to solve the problem. I want to know what is the problem in Datong City? It will affect the defense, or even become a hidden danger. Datong Mansion is the most important thing. If we lose Datong Mansion, we will If there is a huge crisis, the Eastern Expedition will become a luxury, and it is precisely because it is so important that I personally came to Datong to inspect it."

"The humble official understands, because Zhe Dudu and the prefect of Yelu are here this morning, so there are some things that are difficult for the humble official to say!"

"Is it because Orihiko and Yelv Qiyan have deep conflicts?"

"Yes! Their conflicts are indeed deep, and recently they have turned their faces publicly because of a case."

"Whose responsibility is it?" Chen Qing asked again.

Yan Jun shook his head, "I can't talk about whose responsibility it is. I think it's because some problems haven't been clarified. The main reason is that the power boundary of Zhe Dudu is not clear."

"What do you mean, be more specific."

"Your Highness, I have talked with Zhe Dudu. He thinks that the concept of Dudu is military and political. Because Liangzhou Governor and Ganzhou Governor are like this, so he always intervenes in government affairs, but the prefect of Yelu is very resistant. He thinks that Zheyan The quality hand stretched too far, the two often had conflicts over some trivial matters, Zhe Dudu was very stubborn, he would not give up easily, and in the end he used his brother-in-law to control the Datong county government and emptied the Datong government government."

"Then did you tell him that Datong Prefecture is different from Liangzhou. Liangzhou is a governor's state and there is no prefecture, while Datong Prefecture is a normal administrative state with separate military and government administration?"

Yan Jun smiled wryly and said: "I said it in a humble position, but it doesn't make sense. Orihiko is very stubborn. He thinks that he used to be a privy secretary, and he served as the governor of Datong as a civil servant. He is in charge of both military and government affairs. Moreover, he has another identity." He is the Defense Envoy of Northeast Hebei Road, so he believes that government affairs are also a part of defense, and all government affairs should be done around defense, and defense is the sky!"

"Defense is heaven!"

Chen Qing agreed with this sentence very much, and he laughed again: "So they just have a conflict of ideas."