The Eastern Capital Division of Liaodong is subordinate to the Command and Envoy Department of Shandong Metropolitan Command, which is equivalent to a large military region...... The jurisdiction of the south from the Lushun mouth, north to the Kaiyuan, east of the Yalu River, west of the Shanhaiguan, equivalent to the later Liaoning Province of most of the area, Wangqing Xu, lead the pine desert, control the sea west Jurchen, cut off Mongolia and the dynasty Xian, north of the Nuer gan, like a giant hand, wings to protect the Ming Dynasty's Dong'an

This area, is Hongwu four years when the Yuan Liaoyang Province Pingzhang Liu Yi surrendered to the Ming Dynasty before the Ming Dynasty territory, Kaiyuan has 30,000 guards, Liaohaiwei two guards Rong Ma, the border fortress set up two parallel military and political systems, in the Ming Dynasty is also unique. Moreover, the military strength of these two guards was much greater than that of ordinary guards, which numbered about 5,600 men and horses, divided into 5,000 households.

There are eight of the 30,000 guards and eight of the 1,000 households, and nine of the Liaohai guards. Each has a palm print commander, a member of the Guantun commander, a member of the management bureau, a member of the experience, a member of the town, a warehouse officer, a warehouse officer, a post officer, a delivery officer, and eight members of the palm print. It can be seen that the imperial court attaches great importance to this place.

In fact, there are not only two guards in the garrison here, but also one guard of horses, which is called the Kaiyuan guard. Since Zhu Song was named the king of Han, the imperial court drew elites from the Praetorian Guard to form the Han King's Guard, and set up the Kaiyuan Middle Guard Station in Kaiyuan, and built the Han Wangfu in Kaiyuan to welcome the arrival of the Han King.

In addition, Kaiyuan also has Kaiyuan military preparation road, reorganize military equipment, mainly responsible for Kaiyuan City, Zhonggu City, Fanhe City, Yilu City, Puhe City, Qingyun Fort, Zhenxi Fort and other military affairs. It can be said that there are many yamen, and they are not subordinate to each other, and the situation in the army is very complicated.

Kaiyuan city stationed in Kaiyuan guard, Kaiyuan military road, 30,000 guards of the yamen is located in the southwest corner of Kaiyuan City, self-built a soil city, Liaohaiwei is located in Kaiyuan City not far from Luocheng, two military cities as the Acropolis of Kaiyuan, into a special horn shape, arch guarding this is actually not big, but the military position is very important small city.

Xia Xun arrived in Kaiyuan, few military and political dignitaries in Kaiyuan had to rush to greet him, Kaiyuan City has more than 3,000 households and more than 10,000 people, most of the Han people are military families, a small number are exiled prisoners on the border, and the other is to belong to the Ming Jurchens and Mongolians, most of them actually do not live in the city, and establish villages nearby, it has been convenient for nomadism, but daily transactions, but also to go to the city, so this small city is quite lively.

The military and political dignitaries of Kaiyuan greeted ten miles away, received Xia Xun, beat the gong and drum to the city to welcome, outside the west gate of Kaiyuan City is Luo City, Luo City is the acropolis of Kaiyuan City, and it is also the old city of Kaiyuan City, this is a north and south length of about 500 zhang, the tool length is less than 400 zhang of the earthen city, it is the place where the Liao State attacked the Bohai State in the past when the troops and the prisoners were installed, after the four generations of Liao, Jin, Yuan and Ming dynasties, it was inexhaustibly renovated and solidified.

The whole city is made of adobe, the city is three feet high and five feet high, and the whole city is equipped with four gates: the east is called "Yanghe Gate", the west is called "Qingyun Gate", the south is called "Ying'en Gate", and the north is called "Anyuan Gate". There are four corner towers on top of the city wall, and the city wall is wide enough for horse-drawn carriages. There is a moat around the outside of the city, and a bell and drum tower is built in the center of the city.

The south gate of Luocheng Ying'en Gate is adjacent to the avenue, and the wind and rain above the Tucheng City Gate form a soil nest, an unkempt face, wearing a torn sheepskin jacket The veteran of the city guard lazily half lies in the soil nest, while basking in the sun, while rummaging lice in his clothes, he finds one and pinches it with his fingernails, throws it into his mouth, and chews it with a click.

"Grandpa Guo is here! Hey! Look at the grandeur of the team! Tut-tut! ”

"I heard that our grandfather and the emperor are both married to the daughters of General Xu Da, they are a pair of sisters, and they are brothers-in-law with the emperor."

"That's the royal family, the royal relatives have also come to our original city, I have never seen such a big official in my life!"

"You haven't seen it now, don't you just look at the honor guard from afar?"

"Empty words, isn't this counting? Do you have to come to the eye? We deserve it too! That's a nobleman! ”

The unkempt veteran raised his head, buttoned his eyes, and asked blankly, "Guogong?" Which prince is here? ”

A soldier guarding the city said: "Be the prince of the court! Wan Tou'er, have you heard of it? ”

The old soldier's cheeks twitched violently, and he muttered, "Auxiliary ...... Yang Xu?" ”

"Shhh......hhhhhhh I heard that you used to be a scholar, why don't you know the rules? ”

The old soldier smiled gloomily, buried his head, and continued to catch lice seriously, while the soldier next to him stood on the wall, pointing at the imperial army passing in the distance, so excited that he didn't even raise his eyelids.

This veteran's surname is Wan, called Wan Shiyu, he is indeed a scholar, not only a scholar, but also the top Jinshi of the Jiazike in the 23rd year of Hongwu, and he was released to Xinghua County, Fujian, and worked hard from the grassroots level, and was promoted to the prefect of Fuzhou step by step. It was only because when Yang Xu was the governor of the five coastal provinces to suppress the Japanese, he impeached Yang Xu for abusing the cool law and eliminating the good and the bad, resulting in a depression along the coast, and the common people were in trouble, and he was demoted by the Yongle Emperor and exiled to Liaodong.

Today, Wanzhifu is the city gate official of Luocheng and the city gate official of the south gate, that is, the secretary of the Lian branch and the boss of the conveyor room of the south gate of Luocheng.

Mixed with today's situation, all thanks to this auxiliary prince, his life has been up and down, and he has been in such a situation today, but he doesn't even bother to feel hatred. The status of each other was originally extremely different, but now it is even more different, a small god under the land lord, no matter how miserable it is, can you still hate the Jade Emperor and the Great Emperor?

Mourning is greater than dying.

Xia Xun arrived at Kaiyuan City, and was warmly welcomed by the generals of Kaiyuan Zhuwei and Bingbeidao, although the meticulousness of the wine and food is not as good as the diet in the Guan, but the old hen stewed ginseng, flying dragon soup, lion's mane mushroom, and many wild games outside the Guan, they are dozed up in a cauldron, but they also have a unique flavor.

The next day Xia Xun also slept lazily, got up at one o'clock in the day, washed up, and had breakfast, and then met with the local generals in the place where the governor was temporarily set up, and inquired about the opening of the original situation.

Approaching noon, the generals dispersed, Xia Xun had lunch with Shao Yunfeng, the imperial envoy of Liaodong Province who came with him, Shao Yunfeng reminded with some apprehension: "Xia Guan understands that the ministry has received the holy decree to come to the governor of Liaodong for affairs, and he is busy with affairs, so he doesn't go shopping...... Regarding the Shen Yong case, it is the matter that the Liaodong Zhuwei is most concerned about, and it is the matter that the military and civilians of Kaiyuan are most concerned about, and it is better that the trial should be concluded as soon as possible, so that the military law can be strictly enforced and the premises can be comforted, otherwise the people will be resentful and bitter, and it will be a big disaster in the end. You must know that the people outside this pass, the heart of naturalization is not pious enough, once they have grievances, it is inevitable that they will be taken advantage of by the Tartars. ”

It was Shao Yunfeng who impeached Shen Yong, Shao Yunfeng and Temur did not agree, Temur was the head of a clan, and he became a military attache with the power of the clan, even if he and the main seat of the capital were suspicious, others could not easily move him, but Shao Yunfeng did not agree, he was in Liaodong, once Shen Yong came back to death, he would be blackly handed by Shen Yong, and it would be easy for Shen Yong to kill people like him, and there were many ways to do it, seeing that Xia Xun was leisurely and leisurely, he was not very concerned about Shen Yong's case, and Shao Yunfeng was the most anxious.

Xia Xun understood his apprehension, so he smiled and gave him a reassuring pill to eat: "Young imperial envoy, don't worry." Ben Governor told you the truth......"

Xia Xun said, his voice lowered, and he leaned towards Shaoyunfeng, because the two of them each had a small square table, and they ate at separate tables, and the distance was relatively far.

Since the Shang and Zhou dynasties, Han people have eaten at separate tables, and husbands and wives are no exception. At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, Han Xizai feasted on the picture of the painting, that is, one person and one table, to the Ming Dynasty, there began to be two people at a table, and the wine and food were also separated, if it was three or five friends to have a light meal, there were also square tables for four people per table, and most of them were folk and taverns, but that was the limit, if there were more people at the same table, it was very rude.

It's just that many Chinese's good habits are finally carried forward outside, and they are abandoned by themselves. In Europe, where food sharing is popular now, there used to be no food, and the French drank soup, and it used to be a table of people around a big basin, one person picked up and drank a sip, put it back after drinking, and the next one picked it up and drank it, and the big guys took turns to drink, and even the spoon was not eliminated.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the habit of sharing food gradually spread to Europe, so the Europeans followed suit, and after the Han people entered the Qing Dynasty, the composition of the upper class society was mainly the flag people, and the habit of letting people go along the grassland was mainly implemented by the food system, and the food distribution system was gradually forgotten by the Chinese. At this time, it was still the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Xia Xun was the prince of the country, and the rules for eating were still quite big, so he naturally had to share the food.

Xia Xun approached Shaoyun Peak sideways, and said in a low voice: "Young Imperial Envoy An needs to worry, Shen Yong is already a mortal!" ”

Shao Yunfeng was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "What does the ministry mean?" ”

Xia Xun smiled and said, "This is not what I meant, but what the emperor meant!" Shen Yong was cowardly and couldn't fight, and let the Tartars kidnap my border people and plunder my money, the emperor was furious, and he had issued a secret decree to order him to be beheaded, and told the nine sides that in the future, anyone who is cowardly and fearful of the enemy during war and hides the enemy's feelings will be beheaded according to Shen Yong's crime! Ben Governor is sparing him now, just to see what lies beneath the troubled waters, you know? ”

"Ahh Ah...... "Xiaguan understands!" Shao Yunfeng was surprised and delighted.

Xia Xun smiled: "Since that's the case, let's eat with peace of mind." After a short rest after the meal, you and I changed into swallow clothes and went to the city for a walk, since the emperor sent me, I couldn't resist only one Shen Yong and went back to Jinling. Liaodong and my Ming Dynasty are very important, this place is not quiet, enough to swing my Ming foundation, since the governor is here, I have to do something.

"Yes, yes, Xiaguan understands!"

The young envoy originally didn't know the taste of food, but after hearing Xia Xun's words, he immediately put his mind at ease.

He is the imperial envoy of Liaodong Province, who observes everything from the government, criminal names, money valleys, public security, archives, schools, agriculture, water conservancy, and customs and folk secrets. Now that he has let go of his thoughts, he has also calmed down, Xia Xun has asked again, and the answers are also serious and meticulous, and there is no more uncertainty.

The two of them asked and answered, and this lunch was also steady