Lu Jin's strategy of attacking the east and west was indeed quite successful, and after more than a month of travel, the few of them almost did not encounter any trouble, so they went from Jiangnan to the north and entered the Shanxi territory safely.

In addition, the advantages of his choice of land route are also reflected at this moment, compared to the more comfortable waterway, although the carriage to the north is more bumpy and hard, but the speed is more than double that of the waterway, plus along the way in addition to the necessary supplies, they did not rest much, so they actually arrived at the destination in early October - Shanxi Datong Ulzhou.

Therefore, Lu Zhen is actually not too unfamiliar with this place, because he was the county magistrate in Guangling County under Datong Mansion for nearly a year, and now although he has changed places, this Ulzhou is actually less than 100 miles away from Guangling, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he revisited the old place.

Although this Ulzhou is not as directly threatened by the Mongolian people as Guangling, after all, it is located in the important place of Datong, and its danger is naturally not comparable to other states and counties. In fact, some clues can be seen when you look at its lonely city standing on the plain from a distance.

The city of Ulju is made of rammed earth on all sides, and although its height is not as high as that of a fortified city like Datong, it is much higher than that of Guangling, with five or six zhang. Moreover, each wall did not stand upright, but formed an angle to the ground, at an angle slightly downward, which was obviously a means of defending against enemy climbing.

And when you get close to the city wall, you can clearly feel its history through the vicissitudes of war. The walls of the city are covered with all kinds of wounds, both traces left by the war and damage left by the wind and rain. It was like a veteran who had been stationed at the border for most of his life, covered in wounds but silent.

Seeing this city, Lu Zhen unconsciously admired Wang Zhen, the prince who got up in the capital. Speaking of which, he can be regarded as the most famous person who came out of this small state town, and he can climb to today's high position without relying on his own ability under such a humble background, which shows his strong will, and he is not as useless as the later history books commented on him.

Of course, in a certain way, Wang Zhen is indeed not a person who can read. Because in terms of the atmosphere in Shanxi, the probability of being able to lift at this time is still quite large, but even so, Wang Zhen still can't get into the lifter, and when he can't live because he is a poor talent, he has to cut off the most important thing as a man and devote himself to the promising career of eunuchs.

Of course, it was impossible for Lu Zhen to talk directly to the two girls about this strange idea, so he sighed in his heart, and refocused his attention on the specific situation in the city in front of him.

Compared with Guangling, this Ulju is quite lively, there are many stalls on the streets, and there are many pedestrians coming and going. In particular, there are many of them dressed up in Mongolian people, and the people of the Ming Dynasty who are walking by are trying to sell their own goods, and those things are mostly grassland specialties such as furs.

And the people don't have too many unusual behaviors towards the Mongolian people, and a few of them are also negotiating the price with them, everything seems so harmonious and calm, as if the Mongolian and Han people have already become a family.

When entering the city gate, Lu Zhen deliberately did not let Lin Lie reveal his identity, but paid taxes to enter the city like ordinary people. The city gate tax of less than fifty wen also seems quite reasonable, although some soldiers have searched them, but they have no intention of making things difficult, even if they found that Lin Lie and they were wearing swords, they did not say too much, and soon let them enter the city safely.

It seems that everything in this city seems to be very peaceful, and even the imaginary practice of some people bullying and dominating the market has not appeared in front of him.

All of this made Lu Zhen a little incredulous. Because in his mind, since Hu Hu painstakingly transferred himself here, it must be because he discovered something, so he needed to intervene to deal with the Wang family. But judging from the appearance after coming here today, this Ulju is much more peaceful than other places, and it seems that he can't do anything here.

Of course, this is just the beginning, and Lu Zhen is not in a hurry to really make a judgment. Since I can't see any problems for a while, I will go to the state government first, and after taking over the specific affairs in the yamen, some things hidden under the calm water will be revealed.

Lu Zhen was even prepared in his heart, maybe after he arrived at Yamen, he would be collectively boycotted and ignored by subordinate officials as he had when he first came to Daxing County to take office.

This is almost a major drawback that is common in the government offices of the Ming Dynasty today. Unless it is an official with a very high status or a very famous name, the first magistrate will definitely be troubled by the subordinate officials who have been entrenched here for many years.

Even when he took out his documents and official seals and ordered Qing Gele to hand them in, Lu Zhen was ready to have a good time with those subordinates who had never met.

But the result was greatly beyond his expectations. Not long after the things were delivered, several officials had already greeted them with smiles, and it could be seen from their sincere smiles that this was not a false trick: "Xiaguan Ulzhou and Zhitian Tao have met Lord Zhizhou!" ”

As a forty-year-old official led by him bent down with his fists folded and saluted, the other officials also respectfully met Lu Jin, the new boss, at the entrance of the yamen.

They all seemed quite polite and low-key, as if Lu Zhen had been their old boss for many years, full of prestige and made them respectful.

This made Lu Jin unconsciously a little distracted, stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly took two steps forward with a smile, and helped the Tian Tongzhi in the front to help him up: "Lord Tian is polite, you and I will be colleagues of Tongya in the future, so you don't need to be so polite." Everyone, please also ask for a waiver, this official is only young, but he can't afford such a big gift. ”

Only then did everyone straighten up, and then invited Lu Zhen into the somewhat old yamen. As for the other people in the carriage, the miscellaneous servants from their own yamen led them to the corner gate next to them, and sent them to the back yali specially set up for Lord Zhizhou to settle down.

Surrounded by several people, Lu Jin quickly entered the second hall. Because the rules and regulations of the Ming Dynasty are the same, they are also familiar with it after entering it, and they quickly found their own public housing, and after sitting down, the other officials said their official positions and names one by one.

They are Xu Wentao, the magistrate, and Hao Guang is sentenced...... In a sense, the configuration of the state government is similar to that of the government office. The only difference is that in terms of rank, the officials in the state government are one level lower than the officials with the same name in the government office. Therefore, Lu Jin, the governor of the state, only has six grades, and his subordinates only have seven grades.

After some politeness, Lu Jincai finally led the topic to the business a little: "I wonder if I am still peaceful in Ulzhou City now?" ”

"Taiping, of course Taiping." Tian Tao hurriedly answered: "In recent years, the Mongolian people have been quite peaceful, and I heard that they have been fighting endlessly internally, so they are no longer able to harass my Ming borderlands. In addition, the city was quite stable, and the people were quite obedient. ”

"Oh? Really? Lu Zhen smiled: "Is there really no problem at all?" ”

"Well...... this" Hao Guang obviously hesitated, but some words were a little difficult to tell the truth for a while.

However, Xu Wentao laughed at this time: "Actually, to put it mildly, our Shanxi border has been so calm in the past few years, thanks to you, Lord Zhizhou." ”

"Huh? What do you mean by that? Lu Jin couldn't help but be stunned. And the other party hurriedly explained: "A few years ago, didn't the Mongolian people send troops to invade several cities in Datong, China? Among them, the battle of Guangling, wasn't it Lord Lu who was still in Guanglingzhi County that day, and you led the troops to defeat them? It is precisely because of the power of this war that the Mongolian people have not dared to go south easily for several years, and they have changed the peace of Shanxi for many years. ”

"It turned out that this was the case, and I almost forgot if you didn't say it." Lu Zhen smiled, and he didn't have too much modesty. When the others saw this, they naturally had another wave of gossip, and they patted Lu Zhizhou well.

It wasn't until they had talked for a long time that Lu Zhen waved his hand: "That's it, there is no need to mention the past." Since we are in Ulju, everything should be forward. ”

"My lord is really humble and humble, and I admire him so much." Everyone hurriedly touted it again, and then said that they would definitely follow the instructions of Lord Zhizhou in the future, do good things, and govern Ulzhou better.

Because he first arrived today, Lu Zhen didn't want to be too eager, so after some superficial exchanges, they let them disperse.

Although the attitude of these subordinates is very upright, and they even look a little too low, Lu Zhen still does not dare to take it lightly. Because of this kind of smile hidden in the sword, he has not heard of the subordinates of the honey-bellied sword, maybe when he goes back at this time, they are already calculating how to deal with themselves behind their backs.

Especially that Tian Tao, when Lu Zhen thought that he would take away most of his power as soon as he arrived, would he really be willing, and would he really be as low-key and talkative as he showed just now? I'm afraid that tomorrow, when I want to meddle in some things in the yamen, the other party's true nature will be exposed, right?

But the subsequent facts proved that Lu Zhen really seemed to be a little bit of a villain. Soon after they left, several servants brought over stacks of yamen documents, which were quite important and could control the execution power of the state government. But these officials actually handed over everything so quickly, and they didn't even need Lu Jin, who was the boss, to send someone to urge, which was too unexpected and unreasonable.

Am I really wronging them? Lu Zhen looked at the documents in front of him and couldn't help muttering in his heart.