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During the time when he was resting at home, Wu Fanhui kept getting a lot of news from the county government. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Changgeng, the former left servant of the Ministry of Officials, served as the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Zhang Tingdeng, the former secretary of the Ministry of Works, served as the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Imperial Palace, Zhou Shipu, the left attendant of the former Ministry of Works, served as the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and Chen Qiyu, the former political envoy of Shaanxi Zuobu, was enshrined as the Imperial History of the Right Servant, and the governor of Yansui, Hong Chengchou stepped down from the post of governor of Yansui, and concurrently served as the governor of the three sides as the left attendant of the Ministry of War, and continued to be fully responsible for the northwest border pass and the extermination of the Liukou.

Cao Wenzhao's great exploits in exterminating the Liukou, Shanxi Patrol according to the imperial history Zhang Jiao extremely sparse the imperial court, said that Cao Wenzhao was brave, should enter Shanxi to exterminate the Liukou, the emperor enshrined Cao Wenzhao as the general army of Shanxi, controlled the armies of Shaanxi and Shanxi, and specialized in crusading against the Liukou.

All these things have nothing to do with Wu Fanhui, but he needs to care about and know.

Wu Fanhui knew that it would not take long for the first assistant of the cabinet to be replaced, and the old and spicy Wen Tiren would squeeze out Zhou Yanru and ascend to the post of chief assistant of the cabinet, and with the resignation of Zhou Yanru, many Donglin party members in the court and central government would suffer a heavy blow.

Wu Fanhui used the limited time in his hometown to vigorously expand the power of the Wu family's nursing home, and his vision was no longer limited to Ma'anshan Village, but to the entire Mizhi County.

After careful analysis, Wu Fanhui found that all parts of Yan'an Prefecture are under the jurisdiction of land annexation, land annexation is not the most serious problem, at this moment is to return the land to the people, and there is not much effect, years of famine, so that the population of Yan'an Prefecture has decreased sharply, uncultivated land abounds, the price of cultivated land has been pitifully low, five taels of silver can buy an acre of good arable land, as for those not very good arable land, You can buy it for as little as two taels of silver.

The loss of a large number of population, so that the Yan'an Prefecture under the jurisdiction of the land to make matters worse, four years and five years, it should be said that there will still be some harvest in the cultivated land, but as the birthplace of the Liukou Yan'an Mansion, people who join the Liukou team, and people who have fallen into bandits abound, even if these people are encircled and suppressed by the imperial army, after being forced to return to their hometowns, few people are willing to really go to the farmland, and the local governments also look at these people differently, which leads them to join the ranks of the displaced people again, Become a constant source of troops.

The land was uncultivated, resulting in the scholars and squires in all parts of the Yan'an Prefecture also complaining, no one cultivated the land, they naturally could not receive food, and the wanton plundering of the rogues made these scholars and squires as cowardly, they did not even dare to show their teeth against the tenants, for fear of encountering the revenge of the rogues.

The scholars and squires could only turn their anger to the government at all levels.

It was in this atmosphere that Wu Fanhui boldly expanded the power of the Wu family to more places in Mizhi County.

Ma'anshan Village has some fame in the entire Yan'an Mansion, and the Wu family, in just a few years, has become the leading scholar family in the entire Yan'an Mansion, and its strength continues to grow, and there are many gentry and wealthy households who are attached to the Wu family.

Rumors about Wu Fanhui, the champion of the Wu family, gradually extended to more places in Shaanxi, although Wu Fanhui was young, he had an extraordinary ability, not only to exterminate the Liukou who invaded Mizhi County, but also to go to Shandong by order to exterminate tens of thousands of rebels, you must know that those rebels are very powerful, I don't know how many imperial reinforcements have been defeated.

The magic of the Wu family's nursing home, like wings, spread in various places, some of the displaced people who really can't support it, all come to Mizhi County, hoping to survive, and the vast majority of the displaced people, after arriving in Mizhi County, can go to Ma'anshan Village, and can also be placed nearby, at least they will not starve to death.

By March of the sixth year, the radiation scope of Ma'anshan Village had expanded to Taohua Town, which was more than 50 miles away from the county seat.

The militia in Mizhi County was also established on this basis.

The expenses of the famous regiment, the county government naturally has to bear some of it, but it is mainly borne by Ma'anshan Village, and some of the rich squires that the Wu family promised to protect, the silver and grain of filial piety, Wu Mianqing also took out some and handed it over to Ma'anshan Village.

In March, the third aunt in the south of the city came to the door again, this time specifically for the Sun family and Sun Jianbo from Yan'an Mansion to propose marriage.

Wu Mingli is sixteen years old, and the matchmaker came to the door this time to ask for a date, and the date is set for June, that is to say, the time for Wu Mingli to get married is in August, and the Sun family will come to marry at that time.

The Sun family in Yan'an Mansion is also a scholar family.

Sun Jianbo is eighteen years old, a member of Shaanxi Province, who participated in a township examination, and his name fell to Sun Shan, and he is stepping up his review to prepare to participate in the township examination held in Xi'an Fucheng in September, that is to say, after Sun Jianbo married Wu Mingli, he will immediately set off to Xi'an Fucheng to participate in the township examination.

Sun Jianbo's father is also a student, but unfortunately he has not been able to participate in the township examination many times, and this time he is also ready to participate in the township examination with Sun Jianbo after completing the family affairs, Sun Jianbo's grandfather Sun Shisong, is the two lists of Jinshi in the Wanli period, the official to Shanxi political envoy right political envoy, Chongzhen returned home in the first year.

Wu Mingli's marriage, Wu Fanhui is of course concerned, one of the goals he struggled for was to let his family live a good life, and now the effect is fully revealed, Wu Mingli married to the Sun family, which is obviously good, plus Wu Mingli's back, with the support of the Wu family, after the Sun family went, the status was very good.

Every time the third aunt comes to the door, Wang Hecui is going to cry, seeing that her daughter is about to get married, there will definitely be a lot fewer days to meet in the future, Yan'an Fucheng is far away from Mizhi County, how to say that there are also four hundred miles, and it is not particularly convenient to go back and forth.

Wu Mingfang, who is thirteen years old, also understands these things, she must be unhappy that her sister is about to get married, but fortunately, with Qiu Ju by her side, she will not be particularly lonely in the future.

When Sun Jianbo saw Wu Fanhui, he was very respectful.

Wu Fanhui's impression of Sun Jianbo is still good, after all, he is a child of the scholar family, his family upbringing is still good, and he is measured in what he says and does, but I don't know if Sun Jianbo was able to achieve something in this township examination, but in terms of age, it is still very difficult.

Wu Fanhui is also about to prepare to set off, Mizhi County to Nanjing, more than 2,600 miles, the road is long.

All this is nothing, the key is that the situation in Shanxi has become very bad.

In November of the fifth year, Gao Yingxiang got his wish, captured the city of Liaozhou in Shanxi, many officials of the state government were killed, Zijin Liang, Zhang Xianzhong and other rogues, forced Fenzhou, under such a situation, the imperial court dispatched He Renlong, Li Bei and Ai Wannian to lead nearly 20,000 troops, into Shanxi to exterminate the Liukou, but Shanxi governor Xu Dingchen and Xuanfu governor Zhang Zongheng were not in harmony, they all wanted to control He Renlong and others and the army led by them, so that He Renlong, Li Bei and Ai Wannian did not know what to do.

Although the imperial court has issued an order to appoint Cao Wenzhao as the commander-in-chief of Shanxi, control all the armies in Shaanxi and Shanxi, and exterminate the Liukou, but this is just wishful thinking, Cao Wenzhao is a military minister, there is no Shangfang sword in his hand, sometimes it is very difficult to mobilize the army, only rely on his own strength to exterminate the Liukou, and Xu Dingchen and Zhang Zongheng and others are Wenchen, the status is much higher than Cao Wenzhao, although the imperial court has taken into account the problem of their own affairs, has ordered Zhang Zongheng to return to Xuanfu, but Xu Dingchen is still the governor of Shanxi, can still meddle in the matter of exterminating the rogue, and his Cao Wenzhao does not dare to publicly refute it.

Under such circumstances, the force to exterminate the Liukou cannot form a joint force at all, and relying only on the army led by Cao Wenzhao, even if it has great ability, it will not be able to completely exterminate the Liukou.

Fortunately, Cao Wenzhao's prestige is too great, when he exterminated the Liukou in Shaanxi, he killed countless Liukou's Zhanpan, and his prestige was already like a god among the Liukou, even Zijinliang and others felt a headache, and the combat effectiveness of He Renlong and others was also very good, after all, these general soldiers used to fight in Liaodong.

The Liukou entrenched in Shanxi began to shrink their formation, no longer attacking everywhere, they were almost all concentrated in Pingyangfu, Fenzhou, Qinzhou, Zezhou and Liaozhou, and had infiltrated Huguang, Henan and Sichuan and other places, probably many of the leaders of the Liukou also understood that they were completely concentrated in Shanxi It is definitely not possible, only by attacking in the direction of not using it, can they ensure their own safety.

This also forced Wu Fanhui to enter Henan from Shanxi, so he had to choose to enter Henan from Tongguan, enter Nanzhili from Henan, and then go to Nanjing to take office.

Wu Fanhui also saved a trouble, that is, he did not need to go to the capital to meet the emperor before taking office, he could start directly from Mizhi County and go to Nanjing to take office, otherwise Wu Fanhui would need to go nearly a thousand miles more.

Wu Mingli's marriage, Wu Fanhui is impossible to be at home, he can't delay the time to take office, according to the holiday calculation, he should go to Nanjing Guozijian on the fourth day of the fifth month to take office, not a day can be delayed, otherwise he will be impeached.

There is one thing Wu Fanhui is very clear, that is, he went to Nanjing Guozijian this time, there are no special circumstances, and it is easy not to think about returning to his hometown, there is almost no peaceful time in the Central Plains, and there are many dangers along the way, and the distance between Nanjing and Mizhi County is too far, and a trip back and forth consumes too much time, and there is a taste of labor and money.

Of course, Wu Fanhui also vaguely felt that it was impossible for him to stay in Nanjing for a long time, and when some big changes appeared, the emperor or the court would think of him.