Early the next morning, Wang Kefan and Niu Zhongxiao came to the governor's yamen in the south of the city to participate in the ceremony of He Tengjiao's inauguration as the governor of Huguang.

The Ming Dynasty had a tradition of officials not repairing the yamen, and the country was in an extraordinary period, He Tengjiao did not set up another official residence, but only slightly repaired the original governor yamen, only waiting for today's flag, even if it was officially opened.

There is no precedent for the governor of Huguang to control the military affairs of the five southwestern provinces since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and it is a grand event for the Huguang officialdom. Among the generals, Zuo Liangyu's son, Zuo Mengeng, the general of the Ping Thief, is the leader, and there are dozens of generals, deputy generals, and commanders.

He Tengjiao personally stood in front of the gate to greet the guests, and Zuo Mengeng took two steps forward and saluted He Tengjiao with a fist.

"Today is He Junmen's happy day, my father said that he must come, but his old man unfortunately contracted coughing up blood, his body was heavy, and he couldn't go out, so he had to order his little nephew to see it on his behalf, please Junmen Haihan."

This represents his father Zuo Liangyu, Zuo Liangyu was named the Marquis of Ningnan, and belonged to the imperial court, which was enough to fight against the feudal officials, so the two met each other with equal courtesy. After He Tengjiao returned the salute, Zuo Mengeng knelt down to the court to attend the ceremony, which was on behalf of himself, He Tengjiao smiled and accepted the half-salute, and stretched out his hand to help him up.

"Does Ling Zun's illness matter? I have a few famous doctors here, so I might as well let them go and see them. ”

"Thank you Junmen, my father is just a little sick, and it's okay to rest for a few days......"

The two exchanged a few words, turned out from behind Zuo Mengeng, leaned over and bowed to He Tengjiao, as soon as He Tengjiao saw this person, he hurriedly turned sideways and got out of the way half a step, leaned over to worship, and said that he didn't dare to say in his mouth.

"The zodiac chief is a gentleman, don't kill the foolish brother, please accept my worship......"

This person is Huang Shu, who was dismissed by the imperial court, he did not wear an official uniform, he had changed into an ordinary scribe, but he did not see frustration in his demeanor, and he became more and more arrogant.

"Huang has been dismissed from his post by the imperial court, and now he is a grass man under the control of the governor (the honorific title of the governor), and the title of Taoist chief is still dismissed."

"Hey, Huang Daochang was just framed by a traitor, and the recovery will be sooner or later, and he will be the pillar of my Ming Dynasty in the future!" As He Tengjiao spoke, he stepped forward and took Huang Shu's hand and stood side by side with him, with a very respectful attitude.

The governor is in charge of the army on the horse, and the people are in charge of the people, and the power is very large, and the only taboo is a small patrol according to the imperial history. Although the Imperial History of the Inspectorate is only seven grades, it is directly subordinate to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and is not subject to the jurisdiction of the local government, and has the right to supervise and balance the feudal officials.

When He Tengjiao was the governor, he and Huang Shu kept fighting, winning and losing each other, and no one could have an obvious upper hand. However, the two belong to the same vein of the Donglin Party, Huang Shu is now resigned and lost his position, and has become a dead tiger, He Tengjiao's hostility towards him suddenly disappeared, and he is regarded as a pawn that can be used.

What Huang Shu did was just seeking fame, Ma Shiying had become a street rat in Shilin, and if he stepped on his feet, he could also have a good reputation of loyalty, righteousness and integrity. Besides, Huang Shu has Zuo Liangyu as the backstage, and the newly appointed governor of Nanjing, Yu Shi, has not dared to come to Wuchang to take up his post, and He Tengjiao has one less layer of constraints.

The dignified governor treated Yijie cloth so politely, which immediately attracted the praise of the civil and military officials.

"Huang Daochang is not afraid of the powerful, he is outspoken and daring to admonish, and he is my Shilin example!"

"Ma Shiying is a traitor, the zodiac chief plays well, and he is very happy! If I had been here, I'd have cut off his head! ”

"Alas! The court is deaf, traitors are in charge, and the disaster of eunuchs is in the dark again! ”

"It doesn't matter, if there is such a loyal minister as the military gate, Ma Shiying can't cover the sky with one hand......"

Wang Kefan stood behind the crowd and watched all this coldly.

Although Ma Shiying is not a pillar of the country that can turn the tide, he is not a traitor who has brought disaster to the country and the people, and his ruling policy is not much different from that of the Donglin Party. However, the Donglin Party was bent on bringing him down and even Emperor Hongguang, regardless of the internal and external troubles of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and was only keen on internal strife and fighting for power.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Donglin Party had gone mad and became a believer in the ass worship, and when someone met him, he looked at the other party's ass first, and if he did not sit with the Donglin Party, he would definitely be criticized and put to death. In their eyes, there is no cooperation, no compromise and concessions, only success or failure, only life-and-death power struggles......

"Little brother, are you Wang Kefan?" Suddenly, someone came up to say hello, in his forties, wearing a black veil and a flying fish suit, at first glance, he was a high-ranking military attache above the second grade, but his face was quite vicissitudes, with a Shaanxi accent.

Niu Zhongxiao met him, and introduced in the center that this person was Jin Shenghuan under Zuo Liangyu, and there were two people with him, one was Li Guoying and the other was Xu Yong, both of whom were generals at the first level of the general army.

Li Guoying doesn't like to talk, but Xu Yong is quite talkative, pulling Niu Zhongxiao to chat, but Jin Shenghuan is more interested in Wang Kefan, staring at him up and down.

"It's a five-rank official, is it a garrison?"

"If you go back to Jin Shuai, the last general will just be promoted to the garrison." Wang Kefan made a salute: "The last general was offended a lot, and he always wanted to apologize to Jin Shuai, but he only got the opportunity today." ”

When he rescued Jingliang's family, Wang Kefan arrested a Qian Zong, who was a subordinate of Jin Shenghuan, but Wang Kefan's status was too low and he was not even qualified to make amends, and this public case has been unsolved.

"Don't worry, my old Jin is not a careful person. Those gang of cowards (Shaanxi dialect, villains) are all in arrears, and if they are not whipped for three days, their flesh and skin will itch. Jin Shenghuan said with a grin: "I heard that you fought well. What do you think? Are you willing to do it with me, protect you as a guerrilla general! ”

Niu Zhongxiao and Xu Yong were talking about Zhenghuan, and they didn't notice that someone was digging into his corner.

"Jin Shuai is wrong to love, the last general is ashamed and doesn't dare to be, the Gongyi Battalion is not dispatched by Zuo Dashuai, I'm afraid it's ......"

"Hey, don't want my mother-in-law! It's just a small garrison, as long as Zuo Dashuai opens his mouth and asks He Tengjiao for a person, it's not a matter of holding a handle. Jin Shenghuan pointed at Niu Zhongxiao and said disdainfully: "Lao Niu is a watchdog, he doesn't know how to lead soldiers to fight, and if you follow him, he will be abolished." ”

Niu Zhongxiao felt that someone mentioned him, as if it was not a good word, and turned his head blankly.

"Jin Shuai, what are you talking about? What watchdog does? ”

"Hey, aren't you guys who are guards just housekeepers? Why, the old cow is still not convinced? Jin Shenghuan pouted without scruples, and said to Wang Kefan: "Little brother, leading troops to fight is actually very simple, fair rewards and punishments can make the brothers work hard, those who win the battle will be promoted, promoted to a big official, and those who defeat the battle will cut off his head, Lao Niu can't even do this, what are you messing with him?" ”

Niu Zhongxiao's face turned red, and he wanted to rush up to theorize, but Wang Kefan stood in front of him and hugged Jin Shenghuan with a fist.

"Thank you Jin Shuai, we Huguang people are not used to eating noodles from Shaanxi."

Jin Shenghuan's eyes widened, he looked Wang Kefan up and down, and then hahadaxiao: "Okay, good!" You are a loving and righteous person, when will you not be able to mix in the Gongyi camp, come to me again, Lao Tzu will personally give you three bowls of trouser noodles......"

At this time, the surrounding drums suddenly sounded in unison.

"Angel has arrived!"

With a shout, the Qincha representing Emperor Hongguang arrived.

At the head was a eunuch in his thirties surnamed Du, holding a yellow satin brocade box in both hands, which contained the holy decree. Behind him were twenty or thirty servants and brocade guards, neatly arranged, solemn and solemn.

The incense case had already been placed under the flagpole, He Tengjiao led a group of officials to kneel down to receive the decree, and Eunuch Du took out the holy decree and read it. He Tengjiao added the right attendant of the military department, and was the governor of the military affairs of Huguang, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi.

The governors of the Ming Dynasty had to add the titles of the Imperial Court and the Ministry of War to restrain the local civil and military officials. He Tengjiao originally hung the title of the right imperial history of the Imperial Palace, and all civil officials were controlled by him, and this time he added the title of squire of the military department, and he also had military power, and in theory, even Zuo Liangyu became his subordinate.

Nanming only left half of the Yangtze River south of the country, the location of Huguang is very important, coupled with Zuo Liangyu's self-respect, Emperor Hongguang in order to control the civil and military, He Tengjiao was promoted to the high position of the governor of the five provinces, and Shi Kefa, Yuan Jixian and other important ministers.

But Sichuan is in the hands of Zhang Xianzhong, Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi are also self-contained, He Tengjiao can really control Huguang Province, Zuo Liangyu has always been unruly, and he can't interfere in military power, saying that he is the governor of the five provinces, in fact, it is not much different from the original governor of Huguang.

After Eunuch Du finished announcing the decree, he took out two door flags written by Emperor Hongguang himself, handed them to He Tengjiao together with the holy decree, and bowed down to congratulate him and ask for rewards.

He Tengjiao took out a letter of silver prepared in advance, rewarded Eunuch Du with a smile, and then came to the gate, the gate had already changed the sign, covered with a red cloth, he stretched out his hand to pull off the red cloth, revealing six big characters on the brand.

"Huguang Governor's Ministry"

In the midst of the congratulatory voice, the two Goshimen flags were also raised on the high flagpole, fluttering and shaking in the wind.

"Five Provinces of Dusui"

"Cleaning up the Sichuan Lake"

The flag was set up, and the Yamen of the Governor of Huguang was officially opened.

Lecture, worship, all subordinate officials stepped forward one by one to congratulate him, and when it was Wang Kefan's turn, He Tengjiao deliberately praised him a few words, which attracted a lot of envy and jealousy.

Wang Kefan was just about to retreat, but He Tengjiao stopped him again: "Yuntai, wait a minute, don't be in a hurry to leave, I have something to ask you......"

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the crowd, Wang Kefan looked back, and saw several brocade guards pulling out embroidered spring knives together, and Huang Shu was forced to stop.