"Say it! What is important to tell me? Zhang Huan sat down, looked at Li Xianling, who looked very nervous, and smiled slightly.

Li Xian Ling lightly added dry lips, he habitually looked left and right, and lowered his voice: "Du Du, Yan County Ling left Hexi during the New Year and went to Kaiyang County. ”

"How do you know?" Zhang Huan still asked quietly.

"He brought a concubine with him, and when he came back, his concubine showed off everywhere, saying that Yan County ordered her to take her to a restaurant in Kaiyang County to eat during the New Year, and bought jewelry at a gold shop in Kaiyang County, so I have also heard about it."

Zhang Huan nodded, during the New Year, Wei Ge was in Chang'an, Yan County Ling could not meet him, but Zhang Huan had already been mentally prepared, although he would not have any major conflicts with Wei Ge, but Wei Ge would not swallow this breath, small actions must continue, such as pulling and dividing his subordinates, etc., now these county orders are dissatisfied, of course he Wei Ge will not let go of this kind of opportunity, Zhang Huan saw that Li County Ling seemed to have something to say, so he smiled and said: "What else is there, let's talk about it together!" ”

"Also, does Governor Li know the real reason why these county commanders are dissatisfied?"

"Say!"

Li Xianling was really a little hesitant, he actually knew a lot of things, but he also knew the consequences of saying it, but if he wanted to climb up, he had to rely on the shoulders of some people, he glanced at Du Mei, and said: "Actually, the problem is that Mr. Du asked everyone to do the land survey in January, Mr. Du still remembers what Mr. Du said when Shenwu County Cheng came to pay New Year's greetings to Mr. Du?" ”

Du Mei was stunned, he raised his head and thought for a long time, and suddenly realized, "You mean the matter of restoring the military system?" ”

"That's it. Mr. Du prematurely leaked the Governor's idea of recovering the land. ”

Zhang Huan turned around and looked at Du Mei and said, "What is the matter?" What ideas were leaked? ”

Du Mei smiled bitterly and said: "On the first day of the first lunar month, Wang County Cheng of Shenwu County came to pay me New Year's greetings, and he and I were the same Jinshi. Knew each other for a long time. That day, I chatted with him about some ideas suitable for the development of Hexi, including the improvement of the military system of the government, but I did not expect that it would arouse the suspicion of these county orders. ”

"In fact, neither the governor nor Mr. Du knows, these county orders and county officials are ten years long in Wuwei County, and five or six years short, everyone has a very complex network of human feelings, most of the rich land in Wuwei County is actually in the hands of them or their families, and in the past, General Xin only considered preventing spit and spread. Regardless of their affairs, they did whatever they wanted, and the Wei family agreed to move their interests in order to obtain Hexi. ”

Speaking of this, Li Xianling sighed slightly, "Then Wang Xiancheng himself has eighty acres of Shangtian. In addition to his two younger brothers and his father-in-law, the land he occupied was at least two or three hundred hectares, so he used his old identity to trap Mr. Du's words, isn't the government military system just to let the peasants have land? ”

Zhang Huan saw him talking eloquently, and all the details were clear. He smiled and asked, "How do you know?" Did they tell you again? ”

Li Xianling's face was red, he couldn't speak for a long time, he was a person who saw the wind and steered, and when he saw Zhang Huan return to Beijing, he was worried that he would not return, so he actively planned with other county orders. can wait for Zhang Huan to come back. I found out that he really had signs of being left for a long time, so he hurriedly reported others. to clear themselves of their guilt.

Zhang Huan didn't mean to pursue it, so he stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder and praised: "You did a good job, I will credit you this time, go first!" ”

As soon as Li Xian Ling left, Du Mei stepped forward and knelt down to Zhang Huan, and said ashamedly: "If you neglect to supervise for a while, please supervise and punish you." ”

Zhang Huan smiled and helped him up, "Who doesn't have a bookish temperament?" Just remember the lesson. ”

He saw Du Mei sit down and said, "But you have to think of a proper way to deal with this matter and see how to deal with it?" ”

Du Mei pondered for a moment and said: "The key is that there is no replaceable person in the hands of the governor, and the shock is too big if he is all dismissed, and the advice of his subordinates is to kill chickens and monkeys, one hand is hard and the other is soft, and then slowly clean up one by one." ”

"And who is this chicken?" Zhang Huan asked slowly with a half-squinted gaze.

"Yan County Order!" Du Mei said without hesitation.

Early the next morning, Zhang Huan left Huixi Fort and returned to Wuwei County under the escort of 500 cavalry, accompanied by a group of young soldiers, while Pei Mingyuan stayed at the docks to assist Du Mei in storing and transporting grain.

From Huixi Fort to Wuwei County about 200 miles, is a two-day journey, the next afternoon, everyone passed the pig field, less than 20 miles away from Wuwei County, the local officials resigned to Zhang Huan one by one, each returned to their own county, and finally only left Shenwu County's Yan County Ling and Wang County Cheng, perhaps Du Mei was not in the geography, the two also talked and laughed along the way, to a group of scholars along the road to explain the geography and cultural customs of the mountains and rivers in Hexi, and joked that after they came to Hexi, the people who rushed to give them matchmakers would break their heads, and a group of scholars listened to the leisurely yearning, When he left the capital, the Huns were not destroyed, and the idea of why he was at home was a little shaken.

"Governor! This group of men will be divided into at least six of me. Yan County ordered to speed up the horse and catch up with Zhang Huandao.

Zhang Huan looked back at the group of energetic scholars, he didn't refuse, just smiled at him gently: "Then how are you going to use them?" ”

Yan Xianling thought for a while and said: "I plan to put them in Liucao, the county government is full of old officials, full of twilight, and they need a little energetic young people." ”

"Let's get back to it! There are still many young people who are coming, I plan to let them go to the army to hone for a while, since they want to recover the Western Regions, but let them be small officials, how can they be willing. ”

Zhang Huan said, and smiled again: "Speaking of the old official, I have something I want to discuss with you." "Governor, please."

"Seeing that Huixi Fort is about to be completed, I plan to move 2,000 military households to the fort, and at the same time set up Huixi County, which has jurisdiction over dozens of miles on the west bank of the Yellow River, but I can't find a suitable county order for a while. I want to promote him to the first county magistrate of Huixi County, what do you think? ”

This Yan county order hesitated for a moment, and said in embarrassment: "At the beginning of the new year, there are many miscellaneous things. As soon as he leaves, I'm afraid that many things in the county will be paralyzed. Please consider carefully. ”

Zhang Huan smiled slightly, "Okay, I will arrange a new county to replace him." ”

After that, Zhang Huan whipped his war horse and left the preoccupied Yan County Order far behind.

Soon, the group entered Wuwei City, and in the spring, Wuwei City was covered with vibrant green, with red willow green and purple and red. The smell of spring is everywhere, and it is almost dusk, the streets are full of people, restaurants and restaurants are bustling with business, and merchants who smell the opportunity to lead camels appear on the streets.

Not far from the city gate, there is a large-scale school field, which is full of tents and lives about 1,000 families of immigrants, most of whom are landless farmers in the Longyou area. Hearing that it was possible to get land in Hexi, he quietly moved his family to come, and Zhang Huan did not refuse to come, but it was too late to build a house, so he temporarily placed them in a tent.

Several huge porridge sheds were erected at the entrance of the school grounds. It was dinner time, and there was a long queue in front of the porridge shack to receive porridge, and some beggars were also mixed in.

"Dudu, that's Madame's carriage!" One of the soldiers suddenly pointed to a carriage coming from the porridge shed, followed by several guards. Zhang Huan also recognized it. Isn't it Pei Ying's carriage?

The guards of the carriage also obviously saw Zhang Huan's team, so they immediately turned around and drove quickly. Stopped in front of Zhang Huan with a bang, and the curtain opened, revealing Pei Ying's bright smiling face, "My master is finally home!" ”

Zhang Huan smiled slightly: "Could it be that Ying'er is here to appease these people for me?" ”

Pei Ying nodded with a smile, "You say every day that the biggest problem in Hexi is the lack of population, these people are running to you, although you provide food and lodging, but you don't care about their inner feelings, I went today to find out, many of them are escaped slaves, I am afraid that you will send them back, worry and fear all day long, live like a year, I told them that you will give them freedom, they are grateful!" ”

"It's okay to have you, you're the Governor's wife, I don't expect you to count on anyone?"

Zhang Huan said, and asked his soldiers to take the soldiers to the barracks to arrange food and lodging for them first, but he himself turned over and dismounted, and also sat in Pei Ying's carriage, and the carriage immediately started slowly and drove towards the governor's mansion.

"Why, but what didn't go well?" Zhang Huan saw that Pei Ying's face was a little unnatural, so he asked her with a smile.

Pei Ying shook her head and smiled bitterly: "On the school ground just now, none of them believed that I was Mrs. Dudu, in their imagination, Mrs. Dudu should be a graceful and luxurious middle-aged lady, how could she be a yellow-haired girl, many people still think that I am the daughter of Dudu." ”

Zhang Huan couldn't help laughing dumbly, he was about to jokingly call her a good daughter, but suddenly saw Pei Ying's face with disgust, he immediately bit his tongue and changed the topic: "Your fifth brother is here!" ”

Pei Ying was stunned, the anger on her face immediately turned into joy, and she hurriedly pulled the curtain and looked back.

"Don't look at it, he is at the wharf of the Yellow River, staying to assist Mr. Du in carrying grain." Zhang Huan put his arm around her waist, kissed her on the cherry lips, and said with an ambiguous smile: "Thanks to you as a lady, my father-in-law was able to make a generous move, and actually gave us 100,000 stone of grain in Hexi, so that I can last until the wheat harvest." ”

While pulling down the curtain, her hand reached into her clothes and kneaded it unscrupulously, Pei Ying's face reflected a touch of crimson, and she fell into Zhang Huan's arms with a sour body, and couldn't help but gasp slightly.

The carriage went faster and faster, and in a moment it disappeared into the drizzle

Due to the arrival of Cui Ning and his mother, the Governor's Mansion made some slight changes, Zhang Huan first bought a courtyard next to the mansion and rebuilt it into a Taoist temple, allowing his mother to recuperate in it, and then renovated the single courtyard where Yang Feiyu lived, let Cui Ning live, and connected it with the courtyard where Pei Ying lived, Zhang Huan ordered someone to buy more than a dozen beautiful maids to enrich the inner house.

Although Cui Ning has already followed him to Hexi, she is very principled, before her father does not let go, it is impossible for the two of them to make any substantial progress, Zhang Huan is not reluctant Cui Ning, as long as she is by her side and there is no worry about getting married, then he will rest assured, Cui Ning will marry him only sooner or later.

Cui Ning has a docile temperament, and at the same time she is also a very smart woman, in order to stay in Hexi for a long time, she is also careful everywhere, usually only talks to Pei Ying, and rarely gets along alone with Zhang Huan, so as not to make Pei Ying unhappy, the three of them live together in such an unknown way, they know each other in their hearts, but no one refuses to say it.

After dinner, Cui and Pei Ernu made an appointment to go to the inner room to play chess, and Zhang Huan came to his study, his study is located in the easternmost part of the inner house, there are three rooms, one large, two small and one in total, one of which is a huge sand table, which is the whole picture of the Hexi region made by hundreds of people in a few months, and the other room is where he rests when he is sleepy.

At this moment, the light in the study was soft, and the charcoal fire was burning, making the room very warm, Zhang Huan was lying alone on his circle chair, closing his eyes and thinking about the layout of Hexi officialdom.

Along the way, his plan has gradually matured, cleaning up Hexi officialdom and recovering the land are two closely related things, although he has mastered Hexi, but he can't openly eradicate dissidents, after all, these officials are appointed by the imperial court, and doing too ostentatious will damage his reputation, and secondly, some people in the court who hate him will find an excuse to obstruct his assistance, at least try to keep a low profile until he becomes stronger.

But in any case, the land problem must be resolved before the summer harvest.

At this moment, there was the sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, and then there was a gentle knock on the door.

"Come in!"

The door opened, and Chen Ping, the deputy general of the army, walked into the study quickly, he half-knelt and bowed, and said in a deep voice: "The last general is here to obey orders!" ”