After Chen Bangyan resigned, he did not dare to delay along the road, did not stop, set off at dawn every day, stopped after sunset, hurried to the road, passed through Deqing Prefecture, Wuzhou, Pingle Mansion along the road, and arrived at Guilin, the capital of Guangxi Province, in less than six days, and the Chinese army of 3,000 Fubiao went up the river by boat, followed closely. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Guilin City was founded in 621 A.D., when Li Jing, a general of the Tang Dynasty, served as the pacification ambassador of Lingnan Province and inspected the general manager of Guilin, he believed that Guilin was located "south of Xiangshui and west of Guangdong...... Remote control of the sea frontier, side control of the river, the army to give commanders", the status is very important, so they began to build Guilin City.

At the beginning of the city's construction, there were only three miles around the city, and there were only four doors, which could only be regarded as a small blockhouse in Guangxi, a small stronghold, and a resident of the Tang Dynasty.

After thousands of years of changes, Tang, Song, Mengyuan, Guilin gradually developed, Hongwu eight years, the imperial court added the southern city, the city greatly expanded, only the inner city of Jingjiang Palace, exceeded this range.

During the Ming Dynasty, Guilin, as the seat of the governor of Guangxi, was not only the political center of the southwest, but also a place where merchants gathered, and the transportation station was also very developed. The distribution of grain and salt is the largest commercial activity. Hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were stored in the treasury to purchase grain, and the government transported the purchased grain to Guangdong to make huge profits. At that time, Shuidong Street was also known as Salt Street, and the commercial houses dealing in salt were one by one, and there was a poem to describe it: "When the merchants in Guangnan arrived, the salt factory was full of snow." In addition, various handicraft workshops have sprung up. In the eighth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, the southern city was added, forming a rectangular town that was narrow from east to west and long from north to south. "Like a flowing car in front of the door, like a water fence of the people's house", it is a portrayal of Guilin's dense residents and economic prosperity in those years.

However, the Guilin City that Chen Bangyan saw at this time was not like this. Due to the impact of the war in Huguang and Guangdong, commerce was sluggish, the city was not prosperous, and the number of displaced people in the city surged. Guilin, once prosperous and beautiful, has become like a beggar begging for food, and the streets are full of refugees and dirty.

Outside the city of Guilin, the flag is displayed, and the honor guard is excellent.

Yu Chaoxiang, the prefect of Guilin, and the official gentry of Zhishi, and the former household servant Guan Shouzhen came in advance, led the gentry in the city, and greeted Chen Bangyan and his party ten miles away from the south gate.

Chen Bangyan grabbed the reins of the horse, looked up at the word Guilin on the city tower, and seemed to have a lot of emotion.

Under the greeting of everyone, Chen Bangyan rode into the city, and he drove lightly all the way, and there was no honor guard to clear the road.

When he entered the city, Chen Bangyan saw many homeless beggars lying in the corners on both sides of the street, with knotted clothes and children's hungry cries. or the voice is mournful, or the strength is weak, and the state is so miserable that people can't bear to see it.

Chen Bangyan frowned lightly, and said to Yu Chaoxiang, the prefect of Guilin beside him: "Chen remembers, don't all the mansions and cities in the Ming Dynasty have Yangji courtyards and canteens?" Why are there still so many homeless beggars? ”

Yu Chaoxiang bowed and explained in a low voice: "Lord Futai doesn't know, most of these displaced people are victims of Huguang, these years the Tatars have ravaged Huguang, many people have run into Guangxi, and there are also many victims who have flowed into Guilin. ”

"Hey, whose fault is it that the state affairs have been so rotten?" Chen Bangyan sighed softly. From the Bell and Drum Tower to the governor's yamen, the streets were again full of homeless people and beggars, who had to sleep under the eaves on both sides because there was no one to shelter them, and it seemed that many of them had become stiff and apparently starved to death.

"Uncle, okay, just give me a stutter."

"Give my granddaughter a bite to eat, and when the year is good, the old decay will set up an immortal tablet for you, and it will be fragrant every day!"

"Uncle, I have the strength to give you the strength to keep working, so I will ask for a full meal."

Those who have strength are still kneeling and begging on the side.

In contrast to the miserable homeless beggars lining the streets, he was greeted by well-dressed gentry and magnates, who embraced each other, and wore and wore luxurious goods.

Looking at those gentry and heroes, some of the homeless beggars on the street are numb, some envious, and some serious are full of hatred. This situation fell in Chen Bangyan's eyes, and there was a sigh in his heart, he really responded to that sentence, Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there were frozen bones on the road.

On the one hand, the rich have continuous land and vast houses, but on the other hand, the poor have no land to stand. This is the case even in the capital of a province that has not been affected by the army. No wonder Li Chuang made such a big fuss in the north back then, he had to admit that Da Ming was indeed riddled with scabies at this time, and he was sick to the bone marrow, and only by being in it could he feel that helplessness and pain!

Unconsciously, Chen Bangyan and his entourage approached the vicinity of Xida City, where there are many Taoist temples and temples, many shops, and the ditches on the side of the street are full of garbage and filth, blocking the ditches and stinking and stinking.

Most of the houses on both sides are two-story or single-storey wooden houses, and there are many unique bamboo houses in Guangxi.

The roads are full of traffic and excrement, and many streets are collapsed and potholed, perhaps in disrepair.

Wait until the front of the yamen, a new photo wall in front of the department, the stone lion is majestic, the left and right gate are in the column, the three arches are said to be "Fusui Quangui" from east to west, "the three passes of the Admiralty", "the civil and military danger constitution", the gate, the second gate, the west corner of the Emperor Temple, the Hou Temple, one side of the east and west column of the scribe's room. Due north is the hanging mountain lobby five rooms, and then there are through the hall, the second hall and the internal office. Chen Bangyan settled in the governor's yamen with a heavy heart.

On the second day, in the west of Guilin, the official gentry guarded the main hall of the Zhenfu Hall.

On a table outside the screen, there are various gift boxes piled up like a hill, and the names of the squires are pasted on them, and there are constantly squires with their families to put down the gift boxes.

The sound of silk bamboo orchestras and staggered chips in the screen.

In the huge hall, several tables were held, and on the stage in the background, the people were working hard.

At the main table among them, Guan Shouzhen, the former household servant, was taking several official gentry and local tyrants to toast Chen Bangyan.

Because it was a private banquet, Chen Bangyan did not wear official clothes, but civilian clothes. He wore a pure yang scarf on his head, a green silk straight shirt, and a piece of beautiful jade, which was held with silk silk, pure and elegant.

"Today is the first day of the new official of Lord Futai, the old man and the nephews have the courage to set up a private banquet for the adults to pick up the wind and wash the dust, this scene is almost all the people who are present, and the old man comes to introduce it to the adults."

Guan Shouzhen pointed to a short, fat, bloated middle-aged gentleman beside him and said, "This nephew is the steward of the Jingjiang Palace. ”

The middle-aged gentleman nodded flatteringly to Chen Bangyan.