Chapter 901 Private Interview in Pingxi Weifu
Zheng Fan is holding a bowl of soup in his left hand and a piece of pancake in his right hand. He takes one mouthful of soup and two mouthfuls of pancake. His body is half-side facing the market in front of him.
The market is extremely lively, mostly merchants are doing business, and the noise of selling is endless, but it is not retail sales;
Sellers are all putting out samples, and there will be a lot of goods later;
Buyer, weigh the quality of the sample, then hold your finger in your sleeve to negotiate the price;
During the Situ family period, Ming'an County was a land for sale connected to Xuehaiguan. Although it experienced several wars and when the barbarians retreated, it almost became an empty city. However, with the Pingxi Palace's governance of the Jin region and the redevelopment of commerce, Ming'an County, which is located in a prime location, soon recovered again, and the prosperity of the market was even more prosperous than in the past.
Zheng Fan likes this lively and noisy feeling very much. The hustle and bustle in the world is beneficial. This kind of prosperity and liveliness will soon attract more people to settle in as time goes by.
Last time during his triumphant return, he discussed this matter with Xu Wenzu and bluntly stated that Yingdu must not stop the migration of people to the east of Shanxi.
At the same time, the huge population demand gap in eastern Shanxi will produce a siphon effect, recruiting Chu people to the Chu land, and recruiting savage "nobles" and savage slaves to the snow plains;
When I think of the war back then At that time, this place was still a piece of white land, but now the construction is quite effective, and the prince feels a great sense of satisfaction in his heart.
Although the planning and design are all attributed to the blind man and Siniang, it does not prevent me, the mascot, from taking the time to feel good about myself.
“How?”
Zheng Fan asked.
Beside the table, not only were Chen Daole and He Chunlai standing, not only were the sword master and sword maid master and apprentice sitting, there were also two little guys.
Yes,
Prince Jingnan and Prince Yan were also brought over by Zheng Fan.
Prince Pingxi wanted to train Prince Jingnan, which was almost an open secret of the palace. From the moment the prince held Prince Jingnan and announced to the world at the ceremony, everything was already in place. Foreshadowing.
But it is not good to have a prince who is not with you every day;
It is impossible to really treat your friend’s child as your own, but at least you understand You have to put a bowl of water on top of the noodles and don't overdo it.
Ji Chuanye answered first; "Godfather, my father once said that the world thinks that you are the most brave and good at fighting, and that you are the contemporary military god of our country, but few people know that your godfather is the most powerful person in the world. Talent is not inferior to him
After Chuanye entered Shanxi Province, he had never traveled eastward. The bustle of Fengxin City was because the royal family was in Fengxin City. But this time traveling eastwards, Chuanye really understood what his godfather could do.
My godfather is not only the military god of Dayan. After my godfather is dismounted, he can also serve as my assistant as the chief minister of Dayan! "
Da Zaifu is a cabinet ranking created by Ji Laoliu. After this guy raised the level of the cabinet, in order to check and balance, he ranked the senior officials in the cabinet based on their seniority to prevent them from clumping together.
Chen Daole smiled in his heart and said: Let Jindong be loyal to his own army, let alone He didn't want to go to Beijing to be a great minister because of the territory he had already managed, unless his prince was crazy.
He Chunlai thought further. According to the prince's caution, he couldn't go to Beijing alone. Yes, it will not be a light cavalry entering the capital, it is very likely that it will enter the capital with a large army;
When that time comes, it would actually be pretty good to go to Beijing and become a prime minister or prime minister.
Zheng Fan just smiled slightly and turned to look at Tiantian;
Tiantian replied; "Mr. Bei once said that the most important thing for goods and money is circulation. Only when it circulates can it It will generate value. I saw the development of commerce and circulation."
Zheng Fan nodded and did not comment.
At this time, a group of soldiers patrolled the street outside and saw a group of people sitting here. The leader frowned slightly.
Ming'an County, no, to be precise, is to the east of Fengxin City. There are basically no such things as "tourists". They are completely in the shape of a caravan, but the people in front of them are obviously not.
This group of soldiers immediately made a move to come in for interrogation. He Chunlai took the initiative and took out the waistband of the Jinyi Guards.
When the leader saw the badge, his face became solemn at first, and then when he looked at the table, the prince happened to also turn around.
"King..."
The leading captain wanted to kneel down;
He Chunlai stretched out his hand, supported him, and winked at him.
The captain nodded, indicating that he understood, and immediately turned around and left with his men.
Nowadays, those who can become local leaders in the eastern part of Shanxi are basically veterans who have retired from the army. And the veterans have basically fought together with Prince Pingxi, so it is not enough to recognize him. Strange.
Zheng Fan stood up, signaled Chen Daole to pay, and then said:
"Okay, let's set off."
Now that I have been recognized here, I have to go to Snow Customs early.
The group got on the carriage, and the two carriages drove out of the county gate. When they just left the city gate, Zheng Fan signaled to stop.
Immediately afterwards,
Zheng Fan got off the bus first, followed by Tiantian and Ji Chuanye.
The prince faced the city gate. On the walls on both sides of the city gate, there were rows of corpses, no less than a hundred.
However, there were only five fresh ones, and the rest were basically dried. In some cases, only one skull was still hanging there.
The corpse has been processed, so there is no need to worry about any plague.
Zheng Fan did not cover the eyes of the two children, but let them stand here and watch openly.
These two children,
one is Prince Lao Nan,
One is Prince Dayan.
It would be really embarrassing if he couldn’t bear to look at this scene.
"Spring is coming."
"Yes."
He Chunlai took two steps forward, pointed at the corpses hanging on the wall and said:
"Your Highnesses, these people are basically divided into three categories;
One category is the stewards of the land;
The other category is the officials in the county who are enriching their own pockets;
One type is the caravan shopkeeper who evades taxes.
According to the laws of the Pingxi Palace, caravans traveling in the east of Shanxi must abide by the laws of the palace. Those who violate the laws will be severely punished!
According to the laws of Pingxi Palace, officials under the palace who are corrupt and violate the law will be killed without mercy! "
Tiantian and the prince nodded together after hearing this.
Zheng Fan asked: "Look at these corpses, the oldest one is several years old, and the latest one has some tender flesh. Well, let me ask you, do you think it is possible to kill all those who are corrupt and pervert the law in this world? "
"My child has always liked eating Shaqima. After eating it, after a while, he still wants to eat it. "
"My father once told Chuanye that those who are superior should be lured with benefits. ”
Zheng Fan reached out and touched Tiantian's head and said to Ji Chuanye:
"Is that what your father said to you when he was still the prince?"
"Yes."
"One time, one time, one time, one time, the situation is different."
"Children need to be taught."
Zheng Fan looked at the corpses and said, "Those who practice cruel methods can do it for a while, but they can't do it for a lifetime. Every spring, weeds regenerate, and this is the same reason.
This weed can never be eradicated. , it seems to have been removed, but after a rain, it must have appeared again
But, because of this. Can we just leave it alone? Anyway, it is useless.
One generation will weed one generation, and one generation will take care of the other.
It is the same as the sword of this king. , I always wiped my knife. If I slacked off and the knife got rusty, I would be the one who died on the battlefield. ”
"Children are taught."
The two children saluted together.
The prince smacked his lips lightly, and after finishing his tutoring experience, he waved his hand:
"Okay, get on the carriage."
......
The carriage team finally arrived at the boundary of Snow Customs.
In the east of Shanxi, there are three places for farming.
The largest one is naturally Fengxin City, which has the largest population;
The Xue Customs and Zhennanguan areas are also reclamation areas, in order to strive to make these two important passes The defenders can be as self-sufficient as possible in food and grass.
Among them, Snow Customs has the foundation laid by the Hou Mansion, so after approaching its boundary, you can clearly see the fertile fields, and the work of autumn harvest has already begun.
The carriage was driving on the official road in the fields, looking at the busy figures on both sides.
There are men, women, old and young, and there is no shortage of strong laborers;
The winning households in the army have to participate in production when farming is busy.
Actually, earlier, Zheng Fan wanted to raise a purely off-the-job army, but as the size of the army needed for his family's great business increased, he found that this was not feasible at all;
Without him, the burden is too great.
It’s not that they can’t afford it. At that time, the whole country of Yan State supported the cavalry of the Zhenbei Army, but now Jindong can totally do it; It's just a collapse. The ambitions of the Pingxi Palace must not stop there.
Now, only the 30,000 most elite cavalry led by Liang Cheng are out of business, and the rest of the troops stationed in various places have to be responsible for farming.
In front, there is a caravan. The caravan is flying the flag of Pingxi Palace and will go to the snowy field through the Snow Customs.
The caravan manager waited respectfully. After the two carriages merged into the caravan, the caravan continued to move forward, passed the checkpoint, and entered the snow customs.
The Sword Master opened the curtain, looked at the scene outside, and said:
“I thought it would become a little cooler here, but it looks like it is even more lively than before.”
After all, the palace moved from Xuehaiguan to Fengxin City.
“This is in line with the law of development.” Zheng Fan said with a smile, “Regardless of whether there is a war or not, and regardless of whether the palace is here or not, this level cannot be cooled down.”
< br>The Sword Master glanced at Zheng Fan and asked, "Why do you want to enter the city like this?"
Not only entering the city like this, but also the obvious hidden traces on the road made the sword master a little curious.
The Jinyi guards also kept a distance and did not follow closely.
“If you want to see something real, you have to be low-key.”
“So, what do you want to see?”
“Not sure yet.”
The sword maid interrupted at this time: "Master, don't ask, our prince just likes the feeling of this white dragon fish suit."
Then the sword maid added:
"Master The more you ask, the better the prince feels."
"Hahahaha."
Zheng Fan laughed and threw a peanut in his hand at the sword maid.
He laughed and scolded:
“You are so smart, don’t you know that you are your master?”
The sword master had no words;
But in fact, in the past few years, as neighbors at home, They often visit each other, and they are almost inseparable when they are on the road. In fact, they have already understood each other's temperaments.
The sword maid was a little dissatisfied and said:
"Then, my lord, what are you doing knowingly? Are you here to seize the opportunity?"
"No, it would be embarrassing if you have to grab the opportunity temporarily."
"Then my lord, Since you have the clue, why don’t you just kill him?”
“That’s a good question.”
Zheng Fan looked at Tiantian and Ji Chuanye beside him.
In particular, he asked Ji Chuanye;
“Pass the industry.”
“The child is here.”
“Has your father ever taught you how to deal with someone you are very fond of? An annoying person? "
"My father taught me that whether a person is annoying or not is secondary. The main thing is whether the person is useful."
"Go on."
"If you are a useful person, even if you make mistakes, as long as the mistakes he makes are not as useful as he does, you can let go."
"Well, listen, listen. "Are you there?"
Zheng Fan threw another peanut at the sword maid,
said:
"Catch what needs to be caught. Do you want to stay here alone to help me guard this city?"
"I..."
"No child is knowledgeable, Bai Bai I’ve been eating for the past few years.”
Hearing this, the Sword Master turned to look at Zheng Fan.
“Learn more from your master, be a good person, and look at people. This also contains the true meaning of swordsmanship.”
"Ha." The sword master was too lazy to speak.
The sword maid looked puzzled and said unconvinced:
"My lord, do you know swordsmanship?"
"Ask your master."
The sword master had no choice but to say, "Listen more, it will be useful."
"Oh."
The sword maid had to agree, she believed in the master.
......
Long after entering the city, when the caravan was about to leave the north gate of Xue Customs, the carriage in which the prince was sitting broke away from the caravan.
There are rumors in the world that when Prince Pingxi was still the Marquis of Pingxi, in order to show his determination to defend the Snow Customs for Dayan to the death against the savages, he built his Marquis Mansion close to the North City Gate.
In fact, the real reason is that the Sword Master served as a guard at the North Gate.
The carriage stopped in front of the gate of the Marquis Mansion, and two rows of soldiers at the gate immediately stepped forward to investigate.
"How dare you, is this a place where you can park at will!"
He Chunlai got off the carriage first, took out his token, and scolded:
"Wang Jia is here Here, kneel down to see the prince!”
Zheng Fan also opened the curtain at this time and walked out of the carriage.
"Your Majesty..."
The Wang Mansion has long been moved from Xue Customs to Fengxin City. Now the person who is assigned to guard the gate of the old Hou Mansion at Xue Customs cannot be too mixed up. Good soldiers, so they did not remember the appearance of Prince Pingxi.
But firstly, the token cannot be faked, and secondly, by pretending to be a prince in the snow customs, isn’t it obvious that he is seeking death?
Most importantly,
When Zheng Fan glanced at them,
the kind of aura that a military person could feel directly made them put aside all doubts and immediately knelt down:
"I pay my respects in this humble position. Your Majesty, Your Majesty Fukang!"
Zheng Fan ignored them, but stood at the door and looked at the sign of Hou Mansion for a while.
At the back, Tiantian helped Ji Chuanye out of the carriage and said to the prince:
"Brother, this is where I used to live."
The sword master and the sword maid also came down, and they habitually looked at the alley next to the palace.
“Go home.”
Zheng Fan turned around and smiled at everyone.
Then,
Step through the door.
After taking over Xueguan, the Hou Mansion was actually renovated later. From a purely architectural point of view, it is still very new;
But as for the house, once no one lives in it, there is no such thing as If you raise a popular house, it will easily look "old";
And the more likely it is to be in a house where people have lived in it.
Zheng Fan and a group of people were walking around at home;
At the same time,
the news of the prince's return to the mansion was immediately spread.
Soon, the first group of civil servants and generals from Xue Customs who received the news gathered at the gate of the Hou Mansion;
The soldiers guarding the gate did not stop them, because the prince did not let the Jinyi guards Take over here.
But even if no one stopped them, after learning that the prince was inside, no one among the first batch of civil and military officers who arrived dared to go in first.
The prince came incognito and entered the mansion directly. What was his purpose?
The power of God is unpredictable. The power of God is unpredictable.
Big guy, look at me and I look at you. Just wait. If the sky falls, the taller one will bear down first.
Slowly, more and more people began to gather here.
But Brother Keyandong finally came on horseback. He himself was not in the pass today, but was patrolling Suibao in the west. After getting the news, he came back immediately.
He is the commander-in-chief of Xuehuan Customs. In eastern Shanxi, the military takes precedence in military administration;
The prefect of Xuehuan Customs is surnamed Wen. He is a member of the Wen family, that is, the blind man’s daughter-in-law’s family. He came early. But the man kept his hands hanging down, waiting.
Brother Ke Yandong looked at him, and he also rolled his eyelids and smiled slightly.
The two of them usually work together to manage matters in the Xue Customs area. It is impossible to say that there is no conflict;
"Is it really the prince who is here?"
Brother Ke Yandong asked the gatekeeper.
“Yes, it’s the prince.”
Brother Ke Yandong adjusted his armor and walked up the steps. The people behind seemed to have found the backbone and lined up to follow.
Unexpectedly, after Brother Ke Yandong climbed up the steps, he suddenly stopped and took two deep breaths.
Everyone in the back staggered, and Magistrate Wen, who was second in line, was pushed to the ground. .
Brother Ke Yandong looked back at him and walked into the Hou Mansion without any further delay.
The people behind him immediately helped Magistrate Wen up, and everyone followed him in.
There will be people cleaning the palace every once in a while, but it is not like the emperor's residence where there are maids and eunuchs even if the emperor is not around, because even when the prince lives here, there are very few servants in the palace. .
Brother Ke Yandong walked directly to the back house.
On the threshold in front of the back house, two children were sitting.
Each of the two children had a thick pile of foldable papers in front of them, as if they were sorting them out. When they saw a group of people approaching, the two children did not show any signs of panic.
“This is a piece of information about a barbarian general who embezzled farmland from a designated household. Put it here.”
“This is a piece of information about suppressing dissidents and promoting relatives. Put it here.”
"This is a piece of information to extort the Hailan tribe, put it here."
"Brother, this is a piece of information to provoke and ambush the Gesang tribe's caravan without authorization, it should be put here."
"Yes, yes, this is disrespectful after drinking. You should leave it to your brother."
Brother Ke Yandong opened his mouth and his breathing started to become shaky.
The generals and civil servants at the back also looked at each other, feeling that a terrible pressure had come on.
Tian Tian raised his head and seemed to have discovered this large group of people standing in front of him. He was a little surprised and said;
"Uncles, why are you standing here? Go in."
Although the children's appearance has changed rapidly as they grow up, many people present have actually vaguely guessed the identities of these two children.
I was just waiting for Brother Ke Yandong to take the lead in saluting so that everyone could follow.
Who knew that Brother Ke Yandong staggered a little, as if he had lost his soul, so he just nodded numbly and left. Got in.
The people behind them had no choice but to follow them in, but they did not forget to give the two dolls attentive smiles.
The two children looked harmless and did not greet anyone. They continued to sit down and sort the folds in front of them.
The big guy finally entered the back garden of the palace.
At this time,
there was a man wearing a white python robe standing there. There was a chair beside the man.
When everyone came in, the man turned around.
After not seeing each other for a long time, everyone’s minds immediately paused when they saw the prince’s majestic appearance again.
Immediately, the prince's actions and words
Xue Customs General Ke Yandong made a "bang" sound and collapsed to his knees on the ground, shaking like chaff.
The prince patted the chair next to him,
said:
"Come, Brother Dong, I will give you the throne to sit on." (End of Chapter)