Zhu Lingyue is famous in the northwest, when Yu Buqu was still there, Zhu Lingyue was the second in command in the northwest, and after Yu Buqu's death, Zhu Lingyue is naturally undoubtedly the leader of the northwest.

Although the territory of Tianshan Road is the smallest, Zhu Lingyue stepped forward to resist the invasion of Xiliang, and the Praetorian Guards under his command rose to the occasion, which not only satisfied the imperial court, but also left an excellent reputation in the northwest.

Compared with Zhu Lingyue, Xiguan and Beishan Erdao's performance is really unsatisfactory, Xiguan Dao, including the governor Lu Xuan, including the governor of the country, not only did not organize a rebellion when it was in danger, but abandoned the city and fled, and the imperial court was even more painful, and the officials in Xiguan were purged, and four or five out of ten were miserable.

Although Chu Huan didn't know the performance of Beishan Dao during the war, he rarely heard Xiao Huanzhang's name before, which means that Xiao Huanzhang did not do anything convincing.

After settling accounts after the autumn, the imperial court is naturally merciless to those who are stupid and cowardly, although Xiao Huanzhang was not convicted, but the prestige and power in the northwest naturally cannot be compared with Zhu Lingyue, Chu Huan understands that in the most difficult time in the northwest, the imperial court even handed over the military and political power of the three provinces in the northwest to Zhu Lingyue's hands, and Xiao Huanzhang was naturally under Zhu Lingyue's jurisdiction for a period of time.

Just like Xiao Huanzhang himself said, Zhu Lingyue impeached the officials of Beishan, many of Xiao Huanzhang's officials were implicated, and when the war was in turmoil, Xiao Huanzhang may be able to swallow his anger, but now that the northwest is rebuilt and the power is reorganized, Xiao Huanzhang is naturally very dissatisfied with Zhu Lingyue's hands and feet into the Beishan Road, but with his current power and prestige, he himself knows that he can't compete with Zhu Lingyue, and now that Chu Huan has come to the northwest to take office, Xiao Huanzhang naturally saw the opportunity, and did not hesitate to deign to come to this small county town, attributing to its reasons, It was also when Chu Huan met and formed an alliance, so that after the war in the northwest, the power was reorganized, and the two provinces of Xiguan and Beishan joined forces, and Zhu Lingyue could not cover the sky with one hand.

This is the key, Chu Huan can figure it out with a slight turn of his mind.

Xiao Huanzhang saw Chu Huan with a slight smile on his face, he was noncommittal, he couldn't see through Chu Huan's mind for a while, he was also silent, sighed lightly, and said: "Brother Chu, the reconstruction of Xiguan has a long way to go, and if you can't say something that shouldn't be said, if you can't give orders to go down, it is not easy to govern the Xiguan side." ”

Chu Huan let out an "oh" and asked softly, "Why did Lord Xiao say this?" ”

"It's not like I'm stirring things up behind my back." Xiao Huanzhang said softly: "Brother Chu doesn't know, when Zhu Lingyue impeached the officials to the imperial court, there was another copy of the guarantee, and on this list, it is said that they are all meritorious officials who fought against the Western Liang and virtuous people in the northwest...... More than half of these people have been approved by the Ministry of Officials and have taken up posts in various places in the northwest, and I have arranged some of them in Beishan, but you have arranged more in Xiguan, and I am just worried that Brother Chu will face the officials in the future, and he cannot order them to go down. ”

Chu Huan said with a smile: "Lord Xiao is saying that most of the officials in Xiguan are recommended by Governor Zhu, and in the future, when the Governor takes office, these officials will not obey the Governor's dispatch?" ”

Xiao Huanzhang thought for a while before he said, "There are some things that shouldn't be said, but ...... Since I came to meet Brother Chu, I came with sincerity, if I don't explain the situation in the northwest to Brother Chu clearly, I'm afraid that Brother Chu will be controlled everywhere, although Brother Chu is young and promising, but after all, he is not a member of the Northwest Gang, Xiao is a native of the Northwest Gang, and he has to be restrained in many ways, Brother Chu is an outsider, even if Zhu Lingyue does not do things behind his back, he may not be able to make the officials of the Northwest Gang obey the order......! ”

Chu Huan sighed: "Lord Xiao's words, that's heart-pushing. In fact, I have long heard that the northwest is an impregnable wall, and the officials in the northwest are quite attentive, and it is difficult for foreign officials to integrate into it. ”

"That's why I said that Brother Chu's situation is not optimistic." Xiao Huanzhang said solemnly: "Don't talk about anything else, let's just say that the four battalions of the Pingxi Army outside Shuoquan City in Yuezhou are led by Dongfang Xin, Dongfang Xin was previously under the command of Zhu Lingyue's Praetorian Guard, that is Zhu Lingyue's henchman, think about it, can this Dongfang Xin easily obey your dispatch?" Dongfang Xin is in the northwest, and he is also a very famous guy, not a good one. ”

Chu Huan bowed his head and said, "Thank you Lord Xiao for your advice, the junior brother should be cautious." After a pause, he asked, "By the way, since Lord Xiao regards the little brother as his own person, the little brother really has something to ask the old brother for help!" ”

"You say, but it's okay to talk!"

"The reconstruction of Xiguan is the first thing to resume production." Chu Huan said: "But the old brother also knows that today's Xiguan is poor and white, and there is nothing, and the imperial court is ready to allocate a batch of grain seeds for autumn planting, which should come soon, in addition, the imperial court also promised to requisition and transfer cattle and farm tools from the customs to enter Xiguan, but the younger brother has calculated that the cattle and farm tools must be insufficient, so ......!" ”

"I understand what Brother Chu means." Xiao Huanzhang said: "After I returned to Beishan, I immediately requisitioned cattle and farm tools to help Brother Chu get through this difficulty as much as possible. ”

Chu Huan didn't care what other plans Xiao Huanzhang had for him, but since the other party agreed to requisition cattle and farm tools, he really helped himself, and immediately thanked him.

"In addition, I will also help Brother Chu send back the people in your jurisdiction." Xiao Huanzhang said with a smile: "Now in my Beishan Road, there are still many refugees in Xiguan, Xiguan is to be rebuilt, manpower is indispensable, I will send my subordinates as soon as possible to send the refugees in Xiguan back to their hometown, so that Brother Chu will not be worried that there is no one available." ”

Chu Huan nodded with a smile, the people are manpower, manpower represents productivity at this time, in Xiguan, there are piles of ruins, and the fields are barren, if there is no manpower, even if there is grain and farming tools, it will not be possible.

Xiao Huanzhang finished what he had to say, knowing that Chu Huan still had business to do, but he didn't continue to bother, Chu Huan also knew that Xiao Huanzhang was unwilling to stay in such a small county for a long time, so he personally sent Xiao Huanzhang away.

After Xiao Huanzhang left, Chu Huan immediately called a cadre of officials in Qingtang County, including the county lord Bo, over to come, and after more than a dozen major officials from the county town came, Chu Huan went straight to the point and directly told them that Zhou Renkang colluded with the mountain bandits with the intention of rebellion, and now he has absconded, and the position of the Qingtang County Commander is naturally vacant.

All the officials were taken aback when they heard that Zhou Renkang was plotting rebellion, Chu Huan looked at the faces of these people, and could see that these officials were really surprised, knowing that Zhou Renkang's rebellion was done by a person, but it had nothing to do with these people, and when they heard this, these officials immediately condemned Zhou Renkang's lawlessness, Chu Huan was not interested in listening, and said directly: "The county is the second-in-command in the county, Zhou Renkang is gone, but the things arranged before will continue, from now on, Qingtang County will succeed him as the Qingtang County Commander, Resume the previous transaction. ”

Qingtang County Cheng was overjoyed, he was really worried that the governor would be angry and would implicate himself because of Zhou Renkang's rebellion, who knew that it was a blessing in disguise, so he naturally kowtowed and thanked him.

Since Chu Huan is a governor, he naturally will not stay in Qingtang County to deal with the affairs of a county, and after explaining, Xuanyuan Shengcai's side has also been prepared, and he will set off immediately to continue to Beiyuan County.

Although it was a day later, Su Niang only looked a lot haggard, and the epidemic had not completely broken out for a while, although Chu Huan was worried, there was nothing she could do for a while.

Lang Sun Boliu packed up and followed Chu Huan's team on the road, but on the way, he often checked Su Niang's symptoms and informed Chu Huan of Su Niang's illness at all times.

Lin Dai'er, who was disguised as Lin Gongzi, was mysterious, knowing that she was going to leave, she got into the carriage early, and Chu Huan didn't even see when she got into the carriage.

Beiyuan County is not far from Qingtang County, but two days away, but the family is with them, walking is not fast, Chu Huan is worried that the epidemic is about to spread, must implement their own isolation measures to Xiguan Road as soon as possible, if you follow the team slowly, you have to delay a lot of time, called Xuanyuan Shengcai, and asked him to lead the team to follow the family members slowly, but he brought thirty guards and a few relatives such as the white blind man, and went to Beiyuan County.

Xuanyuan Shengcai also knew that the disaster was fiercer than fire, and Chu Huan hurriedly wanted to go to the Northern Plains, which naturally made sense.

When Chu Huan arrived at Beiyuan County, it was before noon, he was no stranger to Beiyuan County, he knew where the Beiyuan County Government was, Zhu Lingyue was not in Beiyuan County now, and he didn't know who was handling government affairs here.

Before he got closer, he heard the screams of "ouch" and "ouch", and he was even more puzzled in his heart, and he wanted to understand it, so he handed over the horse to the white blind man to lead, and squeezed into the crowd, and squeezed to the front, and saw a vacant lot in front of him, and several wolf-like servants were pressing an old man in brocade clothes, who was pressed to the ground, and a messenger was hitting the old man's ass with a stick, and the old man screamed again and again, not far away, a young man in an official robe was sitting on a chair, holding a cup of tea in his hand, Pointing to that year, he said: "I really think that Beiyuan County has no Wang Fa, so I will let you taste what Wang Fa is like." ”

In that year, the clothes of the people who were beaten on the ground were torn, and even had blood stains, but they screamed one after another, and they could not speak, and the people around them pointed and pointed, but they did not dare to speak loudly, but only dared to talk in a low voice.

Chu Huan felt strange in his heart, and asked a person beside him, "Old man, what's going on?" How do you beat people on the street in broad daylight? ”

The man glanced at Chu Huan, who was not wearing an official uniform, but an ordinary brocade robe, and said in a low voice: "You still don't know?" It was the shopkeeper Lin who was beaten up, who owed taxes, and was approached by the official today...... That's Zhao Jingcheng personally came out to find him......! ”

"Taxes?" Chu Huan frowned, and was about to ask, when he suddenly heard a voice say loudly: "Don't fight anymore, the royal law is the royal law, but it is not such an abuse, if you continue to fight like this, you will die, I think you are lawless!" ”

Everyone was taken aback, but they saw a man in his early thirties standing out of the crowd, dressed in coarse cloth, looking a little thick, and his face turned red at this time, and he didn't know whether he was nervous or afraid.