On the afternoon of the fourth day after leaving Yanzhou, Shang Cheng rushed to Duanzhou City.

Because the post report issued by the Wei Mansion was only delivered to Duanzhou on the first day, Shang Cheng's arrival did not have much repercussions in the local area. As a matter of fact, because the time between the two was so short, the news that the admiral was going to inspect had not yet spread, and apart from Li Shen's right army command yamen and the commander of the two brigades stationed in Duanzhou, only a very small number of important officials in the yamen of the state capital received the notice.

However, although Duanzhou received a notification from the Wei government, neither Li Shen nor the local state government immediately reacted to the matter. They thought that it would take two and a half to three days for the four-hundred-mile emergency report to spread from Weizhi to Duanzhou, and the blind man would have to walk for at least seven or eight days on the road, right? Besides, the admiral is not as casual as the villagers who can go to their relatives with a blanket on their backs, there must be a lot of messy and trivial matters, and it is unclear when they can get out of Yanzhou City! It is precisely on the basis of these experiences that all the officials who received the notice did not take seriously the expected arrival date of Shangcheng on the notice, let alone make any preparations and arrangements for the greeting in advance.

When the guards at the front station reported Shang Cheng's rollover from the official pavilion outside the city to the right army command yamen, Li Shenzheng and Duanzhou Tongju, who replaced Zhou Xiang, came forward to negotiate with him about the labor army. When they first heard the news, the two of them were a little stunned, and they looked at each other for a long time before they reacted to what had happened. While they quickly sent people to report in all directions, they immediately went out of the city to meet ......

Shang Cheng's arrival immediately disturbed Duanzhou City, which was not very peaceful. Because it was already past the time of Shen, many officials had already gone to the office, and in order to find them, the scribes and officials on duty were all over the streets, and everyone was so anxious that their faces were sweating; This also caused panic among the people in the market. If it weren't for the Yamen's urgent refutation of the rumors, the people in the market, who didn't know what was going on, would almost have thought that the Tuqi people had called again.

Even so, many officials were notified very late. In order not to let the Governor misunderstand that he was a pure "contempt", and they didn't care whether the hour was the second or third watch, they went home and put on their official uniforms and ran away. Some people even forgot to change their official boots, and went to see Shang Cheng with a pair of cloth shoes.

Wave after wave of guests made Shang Cheng, who had been on the road for a few days, unable to rest at all, so he had to ask people to boil some boiling water to drink tea to relieve fatigue. He deliberately explained that he should not put the ingredients such as minced green onions, ginger, and orange peel in the tea, for him, the taste of the tea soup is too strong, more like soup than tea. Not only did he drink it himself, but he also entertained his guests with this bitter tea. He thought that after these people drank bitter tea, they should "retreat in the face of difficulties". However, he clearly underestimated the spirit and perseverance of the guests, and although many people frowned and frowned on their faces when they took the first sip of tea, they quickly adapted and accepted this new taste, and asked him about the origin and practice of this "tea soup" during the conversation. In the end, before the guests were finished, the brewed pot of tea had already been drunk, and he had no choice but to ask people to make some more.

Nor are these guests all here to pay their respects and discuss official business. Some of them had probably heard his story and knew his temperament, and began to complain to him as he spoke, complaining that Li Shen and the guards had made the place unpeaceful, and the common people and officials complained; There are also military generals who complained that the local area of Duanzhou did not understand the difficulties of the garrison at all, and asked the local government to assist in some materials, money and food, either pushing back or shortening the catty, which made the soldiers scold their mothers every day...... Shang Chengqiang pressed his exhaustion and wrote down everything they said. He could not reply to them for the time being. There are some things that he needs to find out about the situation before making a decision, some things are actually local affairs that he is not easy to meddle in, and there are some things that he can't make up his mind alone, and he must return to Yanzhou to get a plan......

It wasn't until the rooster crowed that he sent off the last of the guests, and then dragged his tired footsteps back into the upper room. He fell asleep in a daze almost as soon as he collapsed on the kang, and even the dull pain of his eyes could not stop his thirst.

The next day, his original plan was to go outside the city to inspect the garrison barracks, but before he had breakfast, the general judge of Duanzhou, who was temporarily in charge of the local affairs of Duanzhou, came over with several heads of important yamen......

He hadn't been able to get out of the inn all morning. While wiping his eyes with a cotton handkerchief steamed with medicinal water, he patiently listened to the civil officials complain about Li Shen's arrogance, the arrogance of the guards, and the nuisance of Li Shen and the guards to the locality. To be honest, listening to the words of the civil official in Duanzhou, his heart was very unhappy. On the one hand, this is because of the indiscretion and imprudence of the old bosses, and on the other hand, because of these civil officials. When he entered the city yesterday evening, he paid attention to the situation in the market: the aftermath of Yanshan had been over for more than half a month, but there were still many closed shops in the city, and there were not many pedestrians in the market, so the market seemed very deserted; The streets and alleys are full of black garbage, and swarms of green-headed flies hover over the garbage; Displaced people in filthy and tattered clothes rummage through the garbage heaps......

And that's just Duanzhou City!

This is the case in Duanzhou, and what is the rest of the place like? He began to doubt the official documents he had read. Is the problem of displaced people returning to their homes really solved? What about their rations? Are there any local deductions? And what about seeds, grains, and farm tools? This is not to say that he has completely overturned the authenticity of the documents sent from the localities. He still believes in the state and county governments of Yanshan, and he also believes that the local officials are trying to do things well. But there is no doubt that their efforts are far from enough, and the official documents sent must be mixed with water!

Whether it's not trying hard enough or exaggerating, he doesn't want to see it!

He can accept a real Yan Shanwei who is full of holes, but he will never allow fraud!

But he did not accuse the civil servants of dereliction of duty. He knew that some problems were far from being as simple as they seemed, just like the garbage in the street market of the state capital, but if he ordered a law to remove the filth, maybe they would disappear from his sight before he left. But who knows how long this superficial appearance will last? Many problems have to be found to solve the root cause to the root!

He pondered as he listened to the officials' briefings. It seems that Yanshan's current situation is far less optimistic than the official document he saw in the Admiral's Palace. Come to think of it, Yanshan has suffered such a big disaster, and it is a pipe dream to completely solve the problem in a short period of time! If you want to completely reverse this situation, you have to really make up your mind and put a lot of effort into it!

Of course, even if he has the determination and perseverance to do these things well, he can't solve all the problems overnight, and the biggest problem is that he, the admiral, is "fake"! Even now, there is still a person around him who is still eyeing this seat. That is, because there is such a person, even if those officials have the idea of doing things seriously, they have to plan for their own future, after all, that person is notoriously narrow-minded......

Seeing off the civil officials of Duanzhou, he turned around in the house, silently thinking about what to do next.

He first established a principle: now is not the time to overturn the "grades"! Even if there is water in this achievement, it is still an achievement, and it is an achievement made by the concerted efforts of the civil and military officials of Yanshan! He can't deny its authenticity just because of the moisture in it!

Second, he should set up a model, and then use this model as a reference for other states and counties, so that they can imitate this model in their every move......

In the end, he decided to set Duanzhou as a model. He was ready to cancel the rest of the trip, so he stayed in Duanzhou until everything was over. Moreover, he also decided to let the surrounding states and counties take turns to send people to come to inspect and study, so that these people can feel something firsthand.

Just do it! After he made up his mind, he immediately ordered someone to go back to Yanzhou immediately and call Huo Shiqi over. In addition, he also gave Huo Shiqi an order to urgently dispatch a group of capable officials from the Health Department and Yanzhou Mansion.

He said to the person sent back to deliver the message: "You remember, you must tell Huo Gong that everything at hand must be put down immediately and rush to Duanzhou immediately!" Act fast, be fast! One by one, I'm waiting for him here! ”