Wang Yuan's hometown of Black Mountain Ridge, at the foot of the mountain is Zazosi.

The former Zazuo Division has been renamed Zazuo County, and now belongs to Guiyang Prefecture.

Guiyang Mansion was formerly known as Chengfan Mansion, and its seat of governance is dozens of miles south of Guiyang.

In the eighth year of Zhengde, the governor Wei Ying and the political envoy He Chen requested to change the land and return to the stream, and moved the seat of Chengfanfu north to Guizhou City. Emperor Xu Zhi, the Ministry of Rites suggested changing the name, because "Cheng Fan" has the meaning of "regulating barbarians", and it is not suitable for reuse after changing the land and returning to the stream.

As a local, Wang Yuan suggested changing the name to "Guiyang Mansion", which was immediately approved by the emperor.

As one of the subordinate counties of Guiyang Prefecture, the magistrate of Zazuo County is Han Chinese, but a local official position has been established. The local officials were supposed to be held by ethnic minorities, but Wang Yuan's father, Wang Quan, was unanimously recommended as the local official of Zazuo County.

Just after the Lantern Festival, Chen Yong, the political envoy of Guizhou, personally went to the western mountainous area of Zazuo County to inspect and formulate a plan for the construction of the canal.

Lin Maoda, the left senator of Guizhou, Hu Ren, the prefect of Guiyang, and Liao Zhi of Zazuozhi County, accompanied the political envoys one after another, and Wang Quan, the local official of Zazuo, also rushed to help.

Seeing that Wang Quan was coming, Chen Yong, the political envoy, bowed his hand and said: "Guan Zhigong, I still have to ask you to run away, it's really annoying." ”

Wang Quan originally had no words, but his son won the top prize, so he asked someone to take one, and the words were consistent, and the allusion came from "Xunzi Persuasion".

Wang Quan smiled: "I'm a rough person, I don't know anything else." To build a reservoir and benefit the villagers, I will definitely help. This is the owner of the village in the Black Mountain Ridge, he organized the mountain people to repair the canal, and also assisted Song Xuanwei (Song Gongzi) to repair the canal, and he is very good at the technology of making Sanhe soil. ”

"Master Fangzhai, there is labor!" Chen Yong arched his hand.

Fang Ayuan hurriedly said, "Don't dare." ”

Chen Yong led the officials and the people to personally measure in the mountains, preliminarily draw up the route of the canal, and then returned to Zazuo County to rest - there is no city wall in the county, only Tusi Village, anyway, Zazuo Tusi has been killed by the rebels, and now it is directly requisitioned to be the county government.

The Wang family also moved from Black Mountain Ridge to Zazuo County, and lived not far from the county office.

Chen Yong, the political envoy, did not go to the county government for dinner, but came to Wang's house to visit the door. When they saw Wang Yuan's mother and sister, they also greeted each other warmly, obviously they had already become acquainted.

Wang Quan took the initiative to pour wine for Chen Yong and asked, "Brother Xiran, when will this canal be repaired?" ”

Chen Yong said: "This canal project is quite large, and there are a lot of people to be recruited. After the beginning of spring, we must not start work, and agricultural affairs are important, and we will talk about it in the slack season. ”

Wang Quan said with emotion: "Xiran is really a good official, he thinks about the people in everything. ”

Chen Yong said with a smile: "Thanks to the help of Guan Zhigong, otherwise in this Guizhou, I would not dare to easily recruit people." ”

Chen Yong, the word Xiran, Yuyao people, Wang Yangming's hometown.

The largest granary in the north, Tongzhou Warehouse, was built by Chen Yong, who was only the head of the Ministry of Industry at that time.

Chen Yong participated in the preliminary revision of the "Regulations on Questioning Punishment", which is still one of the bases for the Criminal Department's judgment.

Since then, the localities have made outstanding political achievements.

Liu Jin's hometown was also copied by Chen Yong.

When he was an envoy in Guangdong, Chen Yong offended the governor of Guangdong and the cabinet minister Liang Chu at the same time. for he had abolished the excesses of the governor's taxes and burned the tax books in public; The son of Prince Liang killed 300 people, and the three central law divisions went to investigate, but they wanted to suppress the case, but Chen Yong forcibly stabbed him, and the cabinet could only let the three law divisions meet in the capital.

Later, the governor of Yunyang, there was a great famine in the local area, Chen Yong forced the prefect to take out all the money and grain in the treasury for disaster relief. This was not enough, so he embezzled the incense tax money from Wudang Mountain, and personally went to the scene to inquire during the disaster relief to prevent some disaster relief officials from filling their pockets.

Zhu Houzhao burned down the Qianqing Palace, and when the palace was rebuilt, Chen Yong happened to be in charge of purchasing wood. In order to save money and reduce the burden on the people, he personally inspected the three provinces of Huguang, Sichuan, and Guizhou, surveyed transportation routes, and calculated working hours and wages. How fast and good it is to save money and try not to disturb the people, and do things properly. Zhu Houzhao was happy, and rewarded him with three sets of unicorn clothes in one go.

It's a pity that Chen Yong offended too many people and was thrown to Guizhou as a political envoy.

As an official in Guizhou, in order to win the hearts of the local people, he must visit the Wang family.

At first, Chen Yong was reluctant, thinking that this was clinging to the powerful. But after being persuaded to reluctantly leave, Chen Yong immediately became friends with Wang Quan.

Because Chen Yong found that although Wang Yuan was hot in the officialdom, the Wang family did not build a large number of buildings, and the house was built almost like an ordinary rich family in Guizhou. Wang Yuan's parents are also honest people, and they also tried their best to alleviate ethnic contradictions, so that the work of changing the land and returning the land to the river in Zazuo County was steadily advanced.

"Dada-da-da!"

As soon as he rode a fast horse, the messenger said in official words: "There is a holy decree!" ”

The servant immediately asked the official to come in and went to the house to report, and soon Chen Yong and the Wang family came out to greet him.

The official arched his hand and said, "The edict of the canonization is also requested to be prepared by Master Wang." ”

"I'm tired," Wang Quan hurriedly entertained, "The future has worked hard all the way, and you haven't eaten yet, right?" Come in and have a few drinks to warm up. ”

The official was very happy, although it was just a meal, he was at the same table with Wang Yuan's father, and he could brag about it when he returned to the capital.

Wang Quan said: "This is the political envoy of Guizhou Zuobu, Chen Zhenyonggong. ”

The official just sat down, and before he could hold the chopsticks steady, he immediately got up and said, "Meet Chen Fantai!" ”

"It's polite," Chen Yong replied with a bow, "Dare to ask the errand officer, what great achievements has Wang Shilang made?" ”

The official hurriedly said, "Don't dare to be." Wang Shilang followed His Majesty to conquer in person, not only did he save the driver, but also beheaded the little Mongolian prince, and now he has been promoted to the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites. His Majesty also personally gave marriage, and Wang Shilang took the daughter of the Song clan in Nashui Dong as his wife. A colleague of mine has gone to the Song family's Northern Ya to announce the holy decree, Master Wang should prepare for the marriage in advance, and it is estimated that Wang Shilang will return to Guizhou in a few days. By the way, this is Wang Shilang's family letter, and I ask Master Wang to accept it. ”

"Thank you." Wang Quan was very happy, although he did not know who the little Mongolian prince was, only that his son had made great achievements.

Chen Yong was shocked inexplicably, the little Mongolian prince was famous, he had been a border trouble for the Ming Dynasty since the Hongzhi Dynasty, and now he was actually cut off by Wang Yuan!

Moreover, the left waiter in his early twenties is still the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites.

Shhh

Chen Yong arched his hand and said: "Guan Zhigong, congratulations!" ”

Wang Quan laughed: "My son is sensible, and he doesn't have to worry about his aunt since he was a child." ”

The official messenger said, "Master Wang, please send someone to report the news to the Thousand Households in Dizhai, so that Ling Gongzi can prepare to meet the holy decree." ”

"Okay, I'll arrange it." Wang Quanzi went out with joy.

Wang Meng and his wife are not in Zazuo County, but in the Qianhu Office of Dizhai further north, they hold the position of Zhengqianhu.

When the decree comes, it cannot be taken immediately. You need to fast and bathe for three days, place incense outside the ancestral hall, and respectfully receive the holy decree.

Chen Yong continued to drink with the officials, kept talking to inquire about the news, and made up his mind to hug Wang Yuan's thigh.

Although Chen Yong does not cling to the powerful, he also hopes to be promoted. Because of the 300 murders, he had offended Liang Chu to death, and he was thrown from Huguang to Guizhou to be an official, which was a good thing for Liang Chu. You have to find another backer, otherwise you have to spend many years in Guizhou, and Wang Yuan is a very suitable target.

From the mouth of the official, Chen Yong has already learned that Wang Yuan was not only promoted to the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, but also in charge of the Zhan Mansion - after the new emperor ascended the throne, he entered the cabinet 100%, and it was also a sure thing to be the first assistant.

Chen Yong has no other ambitions, and before Zhishi, he was satisfied to be the right capital imperial history.