In the city of Yangzhou, Jingwu Bo Courtyard.

Sun Yingyuan was reading a book in the study, and saw the housekeeper coming in a panic with an official errand.

As soon as the official saw Sun Yingyuan, he kowtowed and said: "Tell Uncle Jing Wu, the big thing is not good, the governor Lord Zhu has been assassinated!" ”

Sun Yingyuan gasped after hearing this, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" ”

With sweat on his face, the official replied: "The governor was assassinated by a man named Li Dahai at the Caoyun Wharf in Huai'an Mansion, and the Marquis of Funing went to Nanjing, and now the Caoyun Governor Yamen has no one in charge. ”

Sun Yingyuan knew that the matter was important, and there might be chaos in Caoyun, so he shouted outside: "Pass the order, the first brigade of the Tianwu Army will immediately enter Huai'an Mansion and control the Caoyun Wharf separately, and all the horses of the Tianwu Army will cancel all holidays, return to the team immediately, and wait for orders at any time!" ”

After the arrangement, he stopped talking nonsense and immediately rushed to Huai'an City with the personal guard battalion.

Sun Yingyuan knew very well that Cao Yun was the power of the nobles of Nanjing, and Zhu Dadian had a problem in their territory, and it must have nothing to do with them, maybe they were ready to start acting.

On the evening of the second day, Sun Yingyuan entered Huai'an City and rushed straight to Caoyun Yamen.

At this time, the officials of all sizes in the Caoyun Yamen were like headless flies, and there was chaos everywhere, Sun Yingyuan frowned, and said to the general of his subordinates: "Immediately control the Caoyun Governor Yamen, and the assassin, no one is allowed to approach the assassin without Benbo's warrant!" ”

Then he turned his head and asked an official, "Where is Lord Zhu's body?" ”

A Lang Zhong of the Caoyun Yamen was frightened by his might, and said a little nervously: "Zhu ...... Lord Zhu is in the courtyard of Zhu's Mansion in the city. ”

Sun Yingyuan knew that Zhu Da had been the governor of Caoyun for several years, and most of his family assets were in Huai'an Mansion, except for his wife and eldest son Zhu Wanhua in Nanjing City, two of the other four sons were in Huai'an Mansion and two were in Fengyang Mansion, and the third son Zhu Wanwu was still serving as the battalion chief in the Tianwu Army.

Sun Yingyuan shouted at the famous Lang Zhong; "Lead the way!"

When Sun Yingyuan came to Zhu's mansion, he saw that the spiritual shed had been built inside, and there were Zhu Dadian's children and grandchildren crying around.

There was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy kneeling in front of the spiritual shed, his eyes were red, and when he saw Sun Yingyuan in a military uniform walking in, the young man immediately knelt in front of Sun Yingyuan, crying: "Uncle Sun, you must avenge my grandfather!" ”

Sun Yingyuan looked down and recognized this young man, this young man was Zhu Dadian's eldest grandson, named Zhu Yu, who was able to write and martial arts, had been training by Zhu Dadian's side, and was praised by the crown prince when he was in Fengyang Mansion.

He helped this Zhu Yu up and said: "This matter is very important, and I can't be the master for my uncle, but you have to believe His Royal Highness the Prince, he will definitely be the master for your grandfather." ”

Sun Yingyuan said again: "Your father is not in Huai'an, you have to be like a man, take more responsibility for family affairs, Uncle Wei will be stationed in Huai'an City for a period of time, and tell Uncle Wei if you have anything." ”

Zhu Yu wiped his tears and nodded again and again, but he couldn't bear to look at Zhu Dadian's body again.

Sun Yingyuan walked into the mourning shed, and saw that Zhu Dadian's body was stabbed by the assassin at the center of the mouth, and this knife was grasped very accurately, and at first glance it was a practitioner.

He didn't say anything after reading it, and walked out of the back house, after all, there are many female dependents here, and it is inconvenient.

Sun Yingyuan came to the front hall and said to Zhu Wanwen, the second son of Zhu Dadian: "Before the will of His Royal Highness, Sun can only help him, so he can only stabilize the situation here, after all, Sun is a martial artist, and some things cannot be overstepped in his authority." ”

Zhu Wanwen is seven years old today, Chinese New Year's Eve as a county magistrate in Andong County, Huai'an Prefecture, he looks weak and weak, he bowed down and said: "Xiaguan is provincial, Jingwu Bo is already grateful to be able to stabilize Huai'an, and everything should be decided when His Highness's will arrives." ”

In the past two days, some workers at the Caoyun Wharf have come to Zhu's mansion from time to time to make trouble, which has caused panic in Zhu's mansion, if it weren't for Zhu Dadian's old subordinates in Caoyun Yamen to send troops to protect him, I am afraid that Zhu Dadian's body will be snatched away by them to vent their anger.

Zhu Dadian's sons also know that there must be someone behind this, but they are afraid that it is not only Zhu Dadian who is targeted, but the crown prince's new policy.

......

In Huizhou Mansion, Zhu Cihong inspected Qimen County under Li Dingguo with a group of personal guards and micro-clothes.

In the eleventh year of Chongzhen, Zhu Cihong and Li Dingguo came to a three-year appointment, Li Dingguo served as the county magistrate in Qimen County, the poorest county in Huizhou Prefecture, and if there was no bad deeds within three years, Zhu Cihong would let him go.

Now, two and a half years later, Qimen County has taken on a new look under Li Dingguo's governance, full of vitality, proper irrigation of farmland, new official roads, and a large amount of newly cultivated land.

Zhu Cihong has checked Li Dingguo's political achievements, he is the first in the six counties of Huizhou Prefecture in this Beijing inspection, but his reputation among officials is very bad, and many officials say that he does not respect the governor and is arrogant.

Zhu Cihong specially asked some local people what the reputation of this new county magistrate was, and whether he had done anything hurtful, but he didn't expect Li Dingguo's reputation in Qimen County to be very good, and the people praised him, and some people called him Master Qingtian.

After listening to the stories of several old men, Zhu Cihong suddenly understood that some of the things Li Dingguo did here were very unpopular with officials.

As soon as he came, he stipulated: Officials under the rule of Qimen County are not allowed to collect fire consumption, and surplus grain is not allowed to collect, in short, all money outside the imperial court is not allowed to collect.

At first, the people below didn't think so, thinking that this kind of similar slogan of being an official shouted too much, and believed that after burning the three fires of the new official, the young county lord would come back to his senses and start to make money.

Even if they really meet a clean official like Hai Rui, they also have the means to clean up, and there are many ways in the officialdom, and they can't stand the two sets of officials, and they obediently cooperate to make a fortune together.

Li Dingguo is worthy of being a rebel, he does not follow the rules of officialdom at all when he becomes an official, and he will be serious as soon as he comes, and if a junior official dares to be disobedient, he will order him to be beaten to the death, and even cripple the master who embarrassed him on the spot.

Seeing that the young county lord had not recovered for a long time, the officials in the Qimen County government began to rebel together, and the county magistrate asked for leave, the main book asked for leave, and the history of the canon asked for leave, and everyone asked for leave to demonstrate, suggesting that if you don't go to the Tao, see if you can have fun alone.

However, within a few days, these officials were collectively dumbfounded, this county lord surnamed Li is not a fuel-efficient lamp at all, he actually learned from Hai Rui, he did everyone's business alone, without a master, he thought of his own strategy, without a paperwork, he took a pen to write, no one took care of public security, he actually ran out to patrol the streets by himself!

What's even more amazing is that when he tried the case, he actually checked the law of Da Ming by himself, tried it by himself, and judged it by himself, and even the prisoners who needed to play the board were copied by himself!

A cadre of officials in Qimen County was convinced by the young and energetic county lord, and one by one they shrugged their heads and came back to work honestly, after all, if they don't work, they will have no salary, and I wonder if this county lord will take everyone's salary......

Li Dingguo is not only ruthless in front of his subordinates, but also very well-behaved in front of the prefect and other officials, the prefect of Huizhou Mansion is very depressed, and this hairy boy in his twenties doesn't seem to be going to do anything!

Later, he learned that this kid didn't eat hard and soft at all, neither wanted to be promoted nor rich, and he couldn't do anything about him!

After Zhu Cihong heard this, he couldn't help but be impressed by Li Dingguo, and he decided to meet Li Dingguo in advance.

In the county government of Qimen County, Li Dingguo was buried in the case file, he was very surprised by Zhu Cihong's arrival, but he didn't expect that the young prince would still remember himself.

Zhu Cihong had a serious conversation with Li Dingguo, first affirming his political achievements, and then suggesting that he join the Tianwu Army and become a general to kill the enemy.

Li Dingguo has been paying attention to the news of Zhu Cihong and the Tianwu Army in the past few years, hearing that they have fought so many happy battles in the northern Xinjiang and killed so many Tartars, and seeing that the people in the south of the Yangtze River worship the Tianwu Army, he has long longed for it in his heart.

It's just that he has been holding on to his face, and now that the crown prince has come in person, Li Dingguo said that he didn't want to miss the opportunity, and was ready to take the steps to express himself.

At this moment, Wu Zhong came in a hurry, interrupted their conversation, and said, "Master, the slave has something to report. ”

Zhu Cihong was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and said in his heart Wu Zhong is not a person who does not know the seriousness, and he knows that when he talks to people, he is most taboo to be disturbed, and it should be a big deal to see this situation.

Zhu Cihong saw that Li Dingguo was about to retire, and said directly: "Wu Daban, there are no outsiders here, you can just say something directly." ”

Wu Zhong hurriedly said: "Master, the slave maid just got the news that Lord Zhu Dadian, the governor of Nanzhili, was assassinated at the Caoyun Wharf in Huai'an, this was already four days ago, and Jing Wubo is now leading a brigade of men and horses to sit in Huai'an City. ”

After Zhu Cihong and Li Dingguo heard this, they were all surprised, Zhu Dadian was the governor of Nanzhili and a loyal backbone of the princelings, and someone dared to assassinate him, is this still possible?

Zhu Cihong did not continue to ask Wu Zhong, but smiled at Li Dingguo: "Think about what this palace said, if you want to join the army, go to the Huangming Military Academy for a few years, and after you come out, you can directly enter the Tianwu Army." ”

After speaking, he took Wu Zhong to his own line.

Li Dingguo looked at Zhu Cihong's back, sighed secretly in his heart, and muttered: "I've had enough of being this bird officer, or is life in the army suitable for me......"