Outside Datong City, under the sun, which was gradually slanting westward, thousands of people knelt on the ground, only Zhong Yu and Yang Zhen were standing, as the chief and deputy ministers, and only they could still stand when the holy decree was read, and the others, regardless of their official position, had to kneel down to listen to the will. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although Zhong Yu was very tired because of the more than ten miles he had walked, his voice was still loud and full of spirit when he unfolded the reading of the holy decree: "Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: I have heard that there is no greater state affairs than military and political affairs, and no military and political affairs are greater than border affairs." Shanxi is the gateway of my Ming Dynasty, and Datong is also the gateway to Shanxi, which is the so-called ......"

In Zhong Yu's recitation, this will written in a standard and gorgeous style of pun script continued to sound in the sky outside Datong City. Don't look at those officials who are holding their breath one by one, looking like they are listening, in fact, they are just making a show, just thinking about quickly reading out the will and completing it, and then taking the Qincha team into the city to talk. After all, there was no such purpose, and they knew very well what the purpose of these two Qin sent to Shanxi was to come.

But as if to embarrass them, this time the holy decree was very long, and Yang Zhen, who was standing behind Zhong Yu, was a little impatient later. He couldn't help but look at the colorful holy decree, and saw that the silk silk was densely filled with words, and this volume of wills and wills was afraid that there were not thousands of words.

Generally speaking, although the holy decree will say some empty words in the first half, it is not too long, and it is often enough to point to the meaning of the emperor or the cabinet, and it is really rare to have a holy decree of thousands of words like this. Generally, only when ministers write to the emperor, they will write tens of thousands of words so freely, and the emperor will not give such a verbose will. But it is clear that this time the will is so non-mainstream.

In fact, this also has a deep meaning. Therefore, when promulgating such a long decree, the cabinet had two thoughts. The first is to let the Datong officials who received the order understand the importance of the imperial court to this matter, so that they can be more obedient; Second, it is to help Zhong Yu grow his momentum.

The situation in Shanxi is that the people in the court and the central government know a little bit about it, and the officials here, especially the military attachés, have already laid a deep foundation here, and it is not a chincha who can shake it at will. And Zhong Yu is doing the work of offending people and digging up people's guilt, so it is inevitable that he will be hostile to others, and those military attachés may even stumble behind their backs and cause sabotage. So the cabinet came up with this trick to take the lead and give the officials of Datong a feeling of being pressed under the feet of the chincha.

However, no matter how long the holy decree was, there was a time to read it, and after a long time of recitation, Zhong Yu finally read out two words that made everyone breathe a sigh of relief - "Qin this!" In fact, in addition to quoting many scriptures, the rhetoric of this decree is more ornate than that of ordinary holy decrees, and the content is no different from what everyone thinks. It is nothing more than a show that the imperial court attaches great importance to Datong, and the incomprehension and anger of the mutiny, so that the officials of Datong must reflect on their own mistakes and help each other carefully when they are on a mission.

Although they were a little dissatisfied with this unimaginable will, the etiquette that should have been had could not be abolished at all, and everyone bowed to Zhong Yu again, saying that they obeyed the will. Only then did Zhong Yu close the holy decree that was quite long in his hand and send it to the hands of Governor Liu Yingji. After the latter received the holy decree, he changed his serious expression just now, and helped the other party up with a smile: "Senior Liu, please hurry up, Zhong Yu, a junior of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, has seen his senior." ”

Now that the will has been announced, although Zhong Yu still has the status of a chaplain, it is no higher than the status of the governor in front of him. You must know that the governor himself can also be regarded as the imperial court's chaplain, but he is a resident of the imperial court, and his power is greater. And this Governor Liu is the right of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Court in the court, and he is at the same level as Zhong Yu, but because he became an official earlier and is a local governor with real power, he has a higher status than Zhong Yu, and it is naturally correct to be called a senior.

To be honest, if it weren't for Zhong Yu's support, Liu Yingji, who had been kneeling on the ground for a long time, might not have been able to stand up for a while. He is fifty-three years old this year, and he has been staying in a border place like Datong, so his body and bones are naturally not very good, and it is really difficult to adapt to suddenly kneeling for so long when he has never had to kneel and worship.

After being helped up by Zhong Yu, even if Liu Yingji was a little unhappy in his heart, it was not easy to show it at the moment, so he smiled and said: "Lord Zhong is too polite, you and I are ministers of the same dynasty, how can we distinguish between seniors and juniors." Come, and go to the city, and it's not too late to talk about other things after the banquet. The old man has ordered someone to vacate a house for you next to the governor's yamen, and we have to be closer to each other in the days of Datong. The old man has been away from the capital for a long time, and he misses it very much. ”

As he spoke, the other local civil and military officials of Datong behind him also came over one by one to greet Zhong Yu and Yang Zhen. Among them, there are not only civil officials like Shen Nian, the prefect of Datong, but also military generals like Guo Rong, the chief military officer of Datong Town, as for the other officials, because there were too many people at once, and they were a little messy, Yang Zhen couldn't fully remember their appearance and names for a while.

After exchanging a few words with these officials, Zhong Yucai arched his hand towards Liu Yingji with a look of guilt and embarrassment: "Please forgive me Lord Liu, this official can't promise you a piece of kindness." ”

"Huh? What does this mean, Lord Chung? Liu Yingji's smile on his face froze when he heard him say this, and he asked a little strangely. Not only him, but the officials on the side also stopped talking, and then looked at Zhong Yu, I don't know why he wanted to refuse Lord Liu's arrangement, could he be so ignorant?

"To tell you the truth, before the official arrived in Datong, he had sent people to the Huayan Temple in the city, and ordered several courtyards with the abbot Master Sanjie as a place to live. Therefore, for Lord Liu's good intentions, this official is unblessed. Zhong Yu said the reason with a look of embarrassment.

This time, the Datong officials below Liu Yingji could only swallow their dissatisfaction back, since the other party had already made arrangements, it was not considered that they would not give them face. But these people know in their hearts that this is clearly the officialdom rules that Zhong Yu deliberately avoided in order to avoid interference from others when investigating the case. If he came according to the general rules, Qin sent to Datong, and his own Datong officials were responsible for entertaining, so how could he find a place to stay in advance.

But if you really want to say that Zhong Yu broke the rules, he can also find a valid reason, that is, he was bitten by a snake once and was afraid of grass ropes for ten years. He had just been assassinated in Xin County for accepting the retention and hospitality of local officials, and it was normal for him to take precautions after being frightened.

It was precisely because of this consideration that even if they were unhappy with this result, the Datong officials could not get angry, so they had to hold this breath in their hearts, and then continue to respectfully welcome the Qincha team into the city.

Before entering Datong City, Yang Zhen imagined that this place must be very backward, after all, this is a border area, and along the way, he found that Shanxi is indeed not richer than those southern provinces, and it is acceptable to be shabby here.

But when he walked through the deep city gate cave and saw the lively market, the endless flow of people, and the tall or exquisite mansions everywhere, Yang Zhen knew that he was a little too taken for granted and underestimated the people of this era.

Yang Zhen only judged the appearance of Datong City by what he had seen and heard before, but obviously ignored the fact that there were more than 100,000 garrisons in this city all year round. Even if half of the army would be stationed in various garrisons and fortresses outside Datong because of necessity, there would have to be more than 100,000 people here just to serve the remaining half of the army.

Moreover, many of the sergeants will take root in Datong City, and those tens of thousands of people will become tens of thousands of families. And with the advent of women and children, the corresponding business is indispensable, so merchants will also rush to Datong from other places. With the continuous rise of the population, all kinds of entertainment are inevitable, and green buildings, gambling halls, etc. are the favorites of the big soldiers.

The 200-year-long struggle between Datong and the Mongols is also a 200-year period of continuous development and change in the city. Today's Datong, as early as the beginning of the founding of the country was only the Ming Gateway Fortress of the military town is completely different, this is a population of hundreds of thousands, all the elements of life are complete, not inferior to the vast majority of the Ming Dynasty big cities.

There is also the last point that Yang Zhen does not know, that is, the Jin merchant family that is now praised by later generations has begun to see the scale, although most of Shanxi is still poor, but the wealth of some big businessmen has long been able to make Datong, an important town in Shanxi, the largest city in the northwest.

Yang Zhen and the other soldiers of the Beijing camp and the Jinyi guards were all looking left and right on the street as if they had entered a big city from a small place, and everything felt fresh. And Zhong Yu, who is from Shanxi, does not have this feeling, he has been to Datong several times before becoming an official, and he knows how prosperous it is. It is precisely because he knows how important this place is to the entire Shanxi and the entire Ming Dynasty that he will resolutely take up this burden this time.

Looking at the prosperous scene in front of him, thinking of what kind of disaster this important town would suffer if these Datong officials around him were so corrupt and exploited, Zhong Yu was even more determined to take advantage of this mutiny to rectify the evils of Datong.

Although Liu Yingji and other officials on the side explained a few words to Zhong Yu from time to time, they were also a little apprehensive in their hearts, it seemed that this Lord Qincha was not easy to entertain. But I don't know what step he will find out about this mutiny. With some concerns, they naturally spoke less, and the whole team became dull.

Fortunately, this situation did not have to last long, because soon after entering the south of the city, they had already arrived at the destination of this trip, the governor's yamen!