Puzhou City.

This is called the city in the world in the historical records, the east is surrounded by the Zhongtiao Mountain, the southwest is surrounded by the Yellow River, the geographical location is unique, the stork bird tower, the Pufu Temple, the Wangu Temple and other famous holy monuments are located in the city, since ancient times it is the place where the soldiers must fight.

The place of the earth spirit has its own outstanding people, during the Three Kingdoms period, there was a martial saint Guan Yu, and now there are two Simas before and after Yang Bo and Wang Chonggu, and there is also a secondary assistant Zhang Fengpan.

Although Zhang Siwei does not have much authority in the cabinet at present, for the locality, as long as he is a cabinet elder, he is a land fairy-like existence. What's more, even if the Zhang family is not Zhang Siwei, it is also a very powerful local wealthy family. Zhang Siwei's father, Zhang Yunling's uncle, Zhang Yaoling, was a well-known salt merchant in the world, relying on the salt business to accumulate inexhaustible wealth for his family for several lifetimes, and married with giant surnames such as Wang, Ma, and Yang, forming an intertwined network of relationships.

A huge and solid cobweb shrouded the two provinces of Qin and Jin, and the Xuanfu and even the entire nine sides were also within the radiation range. As one of the weavers, the strength and influence of the Puzhou Zhang family in Shanxi are not inferior to the vassal royal family, and the Xiangyuan County Palace, which is located in the same city, is also very respectful to the Zhang family. According to the locals, if the Zhang family sneezes, the Yellow River at the Fengling Ferry will roar for several days.

Whether it is the lawless robbers of Taihang Mountain, the horse thieves on the vertical and horizontal plugs, or the green forest heroes in Zhongtiao Mountain, they are also in awe of the Zhang family in Puzhou and dare not offend in the slightest. During the New Year's holidays, a generous gift will be sent to the door to show filial piety.

On the surface, the Zhang family started with the salt industry, but in fact, the influence of the Zhang family is indispensable in all business operations in Shanxi today. Even the supply of military rations for the entire Nine Frontier Defense Line also had the influence of the Zhang family. The grain market in Shanxi and the Xuanda defense line has always been affected by the Zhang family, no matter where the grain merchants come from, as long as the grain arrives in Shanxi, the price must be controlled by the Zhang family.

If it was a businessman with a background, the Zhang family would naturally send someone to the door to make friends and build relationships to buy those rice grains at a suitable enough price. The operator will not suffer a loss, the market price will not be affected, in order to do business, do not hurt the friendship, everyone to peace is precious.

If it is a businessman who has no background and refuses to cooperate, whether it is a border army or a green forest hero, it is possible to come to the door and make this foolish person who dares to resist the authority of the Zhang family disappear from the world. In this kind of frontier land close to the front line, human life is not as valuable as the hinterland area, and there is no wind and waves.

Although Zhang Siwei once regarded himself as a poor student from a poor family, and made up a story about a god granting money, he was scolded by Yan Shannong, a master of the world's psychology, and became a stinky head, which only increased the laughing stock. On the ground in Shanxi, although no one dares to expose Zhang Siwei's lies in person, no one will believe it. Just look at the Zhang's family located in the east of the city, ten miles of Mengmeng Bridge, and the magnificent mansion that can be called a bright mansion with the palace, no one believes that this is a poor family.

The Jin merchants were still frugal, and when they had money, they either cast silver balls "helplessly", or used them to buy fields. Puzhou has a favorable geographical location and fertile land, and the fields and houses here are the targets of everyone. Nowadays, the land composition of Shanxi is divided into several parts, except for the military tun, which is mainly the land of the clan, and the other part is owned by these big merchants. This also involves the division of the bones and skins of the fields, which makes the work of confirming land rights extremely difficult, and it becomes extremely difficult to establish the ownership of a piece of land.

In the case of the Zhang family's field in Puzhou, no one knows the exact number. I only know that if you run on a fast horse from Fengling Ferry for a day, you may still be in the Zhang family's field. Even the imperial fields of the Xiangyuan Palace, a large part of the fields are held in the hands of the Zhang family. The wealth of the Zhang family is like the city wall of Puzhou, and it is difficult to lose any of it even if it is stormy.

When the season changes, the weather always changes, and now in Puzhou City, a storm is gradually brewing. The original Zhizhou of Puzhou did not come back after entering Beijing to report on his work last year, and a young Zhizhou who was less than 30 years old took office and took over the Great Seal.

It was normal to beat the Yamen Flowing Officer, but after the parent official took office, he did not follow the rules of officialdom to ask the Zhang family for an official talisman, but instead aimed at this behemoth, and openly demanded the implementation of the new Jiangling law, the land was cleared, and the yellow book was re-compiled.

The people of Shanxi have heard of the new Jiangling law but have never seen it. The steward of the Zhang family had already told everyone in private that the whip law was for the south, and Shanxi would never do it, otherwise everyone would starve to death. Therefore, the old lady of the Zhang family stood in front of her, not letting the whip hit the heads of the Puzhou villagers, and she had to save food for everyone even if she fought for her life.

For this merit, the tenants of the Zhang family also paid an extra cent of rent every year to express their gratitude to Mrs. Zhang, and donated money to rebuild the Guandi Temple, asking the Emperor Fumo to bless Mrs. Zhang with a long life and good health, and bless the villagers in Puzhou for a few more years.

The residents of Puzhou are very clear that what law is implemented in Puzhou, it is useless for the imperial court to say it, and only the nod of several famous families such as Zhang, Yang, and Wang can the law be implemented. This newcomer Zhizhou didn't ask the old lady what he meant, and it was already a big rebellion to implement the whip law first, and he dared to clear the fields, which simply didn't want to live. Who doesn't know that the fields in Puzhou are either surnamed Zhu, or surnamed Zhang, Yang, or Wang, no matter which surname they have, they are not something that a small Zhizhou can afford.

The people just waited and watched, and the officials in the yamen refused to move, so the Zhang family sent a housekeeper to the yamen to reason with Zhizhou and introduce the situation in Puzhou. However, the newcomer didn't seem to understand Shanxi, and these actions didn't work. Seeing that the officials did not move, Zhizhou, named Huang Yili, was impatient for a while and actually took his servants to inspect the land, and finally made trouble out of control.

The countrymen are rude, not to mention the people in the border areas, and the folk customs are more fierce than the belly, and a few descendants who don't know the height of the sky actually offended the official authority and injured Huang Zhizhou's companion, it is said that even Zhizhou was bleeding on his head, and the matter was a bit big. Later, someone heard that the relatives brought by Zhizhou were actually missing, which made people feel even more incredible.

Puzhou is Emperor Guan's hometown, and the Sangzi folk customs of several bigwigs are the most simple, when did you kidnap women? Even if some ignorant women are pulled into the Zhang Mansion or the Xiangyuan Mansion crying, it is also the blessing accumulated in the previous life, and those who go to enjoy the blessings inside, it is rare for the Yamen to lose their dependents.

Teahouses and wine shops, fields, merchants with carts, dusty clothes and farmers with deep ploughing, are talking about everything that happens. Some rumors began to spread in the city, and it was said that the inner family had an affair with a chief next to Huang Yili, otherwise how could the two of them disappear together? It must be a woman's water-based poplar, the servant is ungrateful, and it has nothing to do with the conflict. As for the descendants who injured Huang Yili, they have all surrendered themselves in the yamen.

The gentlemen of Puzhou, if they don't have this bit of pride, how can they be worthy of being Emperor Guan's folks? According to themselves, they haven't seen Zhizhou at all, how do they know? It's just that he came to the field to steal things, and he didn't let the dog bite it, and he was already kind-hearted.

The locals are known as heroes, and since a few descendants dare to be a good man, they can't be wronged, and people are supplied with good wine and meat every day in the class room, and Mrs. Zhang is said to have sighed in private that it is not strange that those who don't know it, it is estimated that people can be released in a few days.

Compared to the behemoth of the Zhang family, Huang Yili is too small. Even if he studied in a certain school in Beijing, it is said that the Xianggong of Jiangling spoke to him in person before leaving Beijing, but it is still not enough to see compared to the Zhang family.

Fengpan Xianggong is a friend who is on the same list as Jiangling Xianggong, and when it comes to the relationship, Fengpan Xianggong is closer. This Huang Zhizhou is said to have no Olympic aid, and he has been sitting on a cold bench in Beijing for several years, and if he didn't enter the Beijing Normal School to study, he wouldn't even be able to make up for Zhizhou. Such a person is facing the Zhang family, just afraid that the old lady will be able to knock off his black yarn if he throws a clip on it.

If such a character dares to touch Mrs. Zhang, the ending is already doomed, and he should be prepared. It is said that this Huang Zhizhou's injuries are not light, and he can't get off the ground for a few days, and then he talks about eloped all day long, and his relatives don't even have much business, according to the people, most of them should get out of the house in a short time.

The only variable is the patrol lord sent by the imperial court, the white bread prince Fan Qingtian. This patrolman who came with Shang Fang's sword gave the people unlimited space for reverie. The story of Fan Jin has also spread in Shanxi, in the story, this white bread man is the reincarnation of the Shangtian Xingxing Bao to be reincarnated as a disciple of Hai Qingtian, who has obtained the three volumes of the Hai Qingtian military book, and is good at judging yin and yang and has the unpredictable ability of gods and ghosts......

In short, Fan Jin, who is infinitely mythical, has become an ardent hope in the hearts of some people, even the government. Whenever the sun goes down and the night envelops Puzhou, in the back house of the Zhizhou Yamen, Zhizhou Huang Yili, who has a haggard face with a cape, will whisper to a beautiful picture, "Xuemei...... You wait for me, as long as Childe arrives, I can rescue you and reunite us...... Wait for me! ”

As the other pole of this turmoil, the Zhang family took an attitude of ignoring and not reacting to the rumors from the outside world, and the wind and waves passed by I don't know how much, this small scene is nothing. No matter how many grievances there are, they can't penetrate the tall and sturdy courtyard wall of the Zhang family. For Huang Yili, what he lost was his career and family, but for the Zhang family, it was just a nonsense between young people.

In the Zhang family's study, Zhang Yunling, the old lady of the Zhang Mansion, looked at the young scholar opposite with a smile and gently twisted his beard. He was born with a vision, although he was old, but there was no gray in his hair, his eyes were like electricity, and at a glance he was an extremely shrewd and capable person, and his speech was full of anger and deep accent.

"The border land is different, once the northern captives break the border wall, they will have to fight, and then the imperial court will have to recruit the people on the spot to go into battle. It is because in this place, people can't be too kind, and a man without blood can't go into battle, and then he will miss a big thing. Puzhou is the hometown of Emperor Guan after all, and the people are martial and violent, and it is inevitable that they will behave inappropriately for a while. But no matter what, it also hurt the official, and the matter can't just be settled, even if the yamen is lightly sentenced, the elders of the Li clan will not spare them lightly, if they don't teach them a good lesson, it's just going against the sky! However, it is not easy to handle the affairs of the inner family in Zhizhou, the little prince is young, and he does not know the depth of his work, so he actually ran to the yamen to rob people and hurt people's lives. The old man knew that this matter was already in the boat, and now it is not easy to end it. ”

The man opposite the old man was less than thirty years old, with an extraordinary appearance, dressed as a scholar, but there was a bit of nobility in his demeanor. Listening to the old man's words, the scholar also smiled,

"The so-called inner family is just a woman in the courtyard, Huang Yili is said to have been funded by her to gain fame when he was not a career, and later took out of the courtyard as a concubine, after all, it is not a woman from a good family and not a main room. Now that the rice has become a cook, not to mention that this is always an ugly thing, and it is not good for anyone to make a big fuss. The little prince was on the side because Huang Yili was doing things absurdly and moved his liver fire, and his work was a little extreme, so the old man found time to persuade a few words and try to deal with the aftermath. As for Huang Yuli's dignified husband, who is also an official of the imperial court, he doesn't think about the general affairs for the sake of a woman in the courtyard, so he is a little indiscriminate. Since the student is patrolling Shanxi, he has the responsibility of checking and correcting the locality, so he can't watch him mess around like this. has already written a chapter and sent it to the Beijing Division, and asked the Ministry of Officials to send someone to re-send someone to receive the seal, and also gave an order to the Zhizhou Yamen, and the Zhou Zuo temporarily protected the seal, as for Huang Yili, let him sober up first. ”

Zhang Yunling sighed, "The two of you are about the same age, and Huang Yili's seniority is still before you, but in terms of acting, he is much worse than Ru Pei." I hope he can learn a lesson this time and be more stable in the future. Being so frizzy is really not a blessing for the people. ”

Opposite Zhang Yunling was the new Shanxi Governor Li Zhi. He and Fan Jin are on the same list and are both second-class, so they are naturally Zhang Siwei's protégés. Unlike Fan Jin, Li Zhi was originally from Datong and later changed to Yangzhou, but he still regarded himself as a native of Shanxi in his bones, and he had a relationship with Zhang Siwei and was a teacher and student, so the relationship was particularly close, and he was regarded as a cadre under Zhang Siwei.

Zhang Siwei acted introverted and thoughtful, and since he promoted Fan Jin to be the Xuanda Patrol, he naturally had to be a backup. Theoretically, Xuanda belongs to the war zone, and the power of the Xuanda Patrol may not be able to interfere with Shanxi, but in terms of administrative division, Shanxi and Datong are in a large theater system, and it is not an exaggeration if he wants to stretch out his hand to Shanxi. What's more, there is also Zhang Shunqing's card, and I really want to reach out and no one stops me. arranging his own doorman Li Zhi to be the Shanxi patrol is a one-handed move he arranged, using Li Zhi to contain Fan Jin and prevent Fan Jin from really causing trouble in his own Sangzi.

Now that the governor's power is getting heavier, he can fight against the governor, Huang Yili has no Austrian aid in the court, and if he does not have the experience of studying in the new academy of Beijing Normal School, he may not even be able to deserve Zhizhou. Therefore, between the old and the young talking and laughing, they have actually knocked a Zhizhou's gauze hat to the ground.

At this moment, suddenly a few women's terrible screams came in through the window paper, Zhang Yunling looked at Li Zhi, and saw that the latter was like an old Buddha who had no reaction at all, shook his head and said, "The old man has been neglecting the housekeeper of the Buddha all these years, and the people below have become lazy, and they are becoming more and more careless about doing things. Look back at how I cleaned them up. ”

While he was talking, there was a knock on the door, and then Zhang Sijiao, the third young man of the Zhang family, pushed the door in with a smile, "I really never thought that Wang Cheng's poor family would have such a water spirit lady, if you didn't see it with your own eyes, you wouldn't believe it." It's just that this woman is too uneducated, she kicked and scratched, and she also bit a subordinate, and it took a lot of effort to stop her, so she didn't scare Ru Pei with that voice, right? ”

Li Zhi hurriedly said: "The third uncle is too worried, although the little nephew is a civil official, he still has some guts, so he will not be frightened by the cry of a village girl." ”

Zhang Yunling was very partial to the third son, and waved at him and said: "I am also a housekeeper, how can I still act so frizzy, the older I get, the less I grow." What is poor acid? That's a scholar, insulting Sven, Emperor Wenchang won't agree. Go down quickly, don't let Ru Pei laugh at you as an elder. That woman is the famous Kasaka Yizhihua, how can she not be handsome? It was a delicious green plum at the beginning, but now it is naturally a ripe fruit. You are so good that you settle her and don't care about it, and her etiquette is taught by her father. ”