The current governor of Shanxi, Governor Hou Suihou, is a native of Baishui, Shaanxi, a second-year jinshi in Chenghua, and is 58 years old this year, belonging to the same age group as Xie Shen's father-in-law Xu Guan. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The age of 60 is very important for civil servants. Whether or not you can go one step further and cross that hurdle to become an official of the ministry and even enter the cabinet mainly depends on this stage.

This governor-in-waiting is quite a bit of a young prodigy, he has been talented since he was a child, and he was also very young when he was admitted to the Jinshi, only twenty-seven years old. Of course, there is no advantage compared to Xie Shen at this age.

Hou Sui is not only a prodigy, but also quite a bit of political talent, after the election of the official Dengke, successively served as the head of the household department, the secretary of the Shandong Inspectorate, the superintendent of the Gyeonggi Military Prince, the deputy envoy of Huguang, and the envoy of Shandong.

After that, Hou Sui seized the opportunity to be promoted to the right of the Imperial History of the Imperial Palace, and was sent by Emperor Hongzhi to Datong, Shanxi Province to inspect military and civil affairs.

If it is said that the official position of the imperial court is the most confusing, it must be the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

All official positions in the Imperial Court are called Imperial History, but the prefix is different.

When a layman sees that this person is a royal history, they think it is very popular, but in fact, the difference is still very big. The chief official of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is the imperial envoy of the left and right capitals, and the adjutant is the deputy envoy of the left and right, and the third rank. The more important thing is the imperial history of the left and right, and the grade is the fourth grade.

The above are all sitting officials, that is, commonly known as Beijing officials.

As for the thirteen supervising imperial histories, there are a total of 110 people, in addition to the patrol imperial history, which is commonly known as the eight palace patrols.

Therefore, there are many imperial histories of the Imperial Procuratorate, and it is not impossible to duplicate the name, and it is even more common to have the same surname.

This Hou Sui went to Datong, Shanxi Province to inspect it, straightened out the army and the rule of officials, and won a good reputation. After that, he was transferred to the deputy capital envoy, and in October of the ninth year of Hongzhi, Gengzi was temporarily transferred to Shanxi as the governor.

It can be said that the governor-elect has a set of rules, and Shanxi has a thriving momentum under his supervision and governance.

However, this person's luck was really not very good, first caught up with a natural disaster, and a series of earthquakes occurred in Shanxi. Immediately afterwards, the little prince led the Tatars to repeatedly harass the border. As an important town, Datong Mansion is facing pressure that can be imagined.

Fortunately, the Yamen station of the Chief Political Secretary and the residence of the governor's yamen are both in Taiyuan Mansion, so there is no need to be on guard against Tatar attacks at all times like Datong Mansion, leaving sufficient time for the governor-waiting to deploy and reserve logistics.

The seat of Taiyuan Prefecture is in Yangqu County. Thinking about this Yangqu County Decree is sad enough, there are not only the Taiyuan prefect at the head, but also the political envoys, governors and other officials.

None of them can be provoked by him as a seven-grade sesame function.

However, it was said that in the governor's yamen, Shanxi Governor Hou Sui was handling official business, and when he saw the housekeeper Hou Ren standing beside him and wanted to speak, he frowned and said, "Is there something wrong?" ”

"Master, here's a letter from Lu'an Mansion, do you always read it or not?"

Serving Hou Sui all the year round, the old housekeeper Hou Ren knows his master's character very well. The master is a person who has a clear distinction between public and private, and he is the most taboo to deal with private affairs when he is working.

However, this letter came from Lu'an Hanfu, and he really didn't dare to suppress it, so he had to let the master decide whether to read it or not.

Hou Sui was obviously in a good mood today, and immediately waved his hand and said, "Take it." ”

Hou Ren immediately put his family on the throne with both hands.

Governor Hou took out the letter paper and unfolded it, and after reading it, his face was naturally like ashes.

"My nephew was sentenced to beheading......"

Hou Sui closed his eyes, shook his head again and again, and said: "On weekdays, my nephew is used to being domineering, and the old man always advises him to be more restrained, but he doesn't listen. Now it's okay, it's a big disaster, and his Han family thinks of the old man. ”

Hou Ren didn't know what to say, so he smiled bitterly and said, "Madame, I'm afraid it's difficult." ”

Hou Sui suddenly opened his eyes and said angrily: "What's so difficult, she just said that she can't turn black into white!" ”

After a pause, calmed down a bit, and Hou Sui continued: "Yan Mo, the old man wants to write a song." ”

The old housekeeper didn't dare to say more, so he had to study the ink for Hou Xun and wait respectfully on the side.

After thinking for a moment, he dipped his pen in ink and began to write a note.

He read through it again, and after confirming that there was no improper wording, he instructed the old butler: "Seal this letter and send it to the capital quickly." ”

The old butler didn't dare to say anything, and respectfully took the order.

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But he said that more than a month had passed in a blink of an eye, and on May 17, Xie Shen's recital was approved.

This still surprised Xie Shen.

You must know that although the Jingshi is not far from Shanxi, it is still a bit complicated to submit a letter to the General Administration Department for classification, then to the cabinet for drafting, the secretary of ceremonies for approval, and finally to the Son of Heaven before the decision.

Of course, for such matters as reporting death row prisoners, the cabinet and the celebrant usually do not dare to intervene, and most of them are directly dealt with by the criminal department, and then directly decided by the Son of Heaven, and the process is simplified a lot.

Xie Shen's prediction was good, with such a bad case, the Criminal Department had no doubts, and immediately attached the opinion of agreeing to the decision to be executed to the palace after Song Shu.

Hongzhi Tianzi also directly decided, which can be regarded as the completion of the process.

What made Xie Shen even more puzzled was that Han Yang's uncle, the current governor of Shanxi, Hou Sui, had not spoken out, as if his nephew's life or death had nothing to do with him.

Could this really be an iron-faced and selfless lord?

Xie Shen actually had the intention of visiting the governor.

But there is really no reason at the moment, if Xie Shen forcibly goes to Taiyuan Mansion City, it will be too hypocritical.

Han Yuan's case is over, and he only needs to be imprisoned in the government prison and wait for the autumn queen to be beheaded.

The following days were very peaceful, and Xie Shen sat in the court every day as usual to try cases and handle official business.

It was not until May 27 that a major event occurred that shook Shanxi.

The little prince invaded Datong and feigned defeat after World War I. At that time, Wang Yu, the commander of the Datong avant-garde, led the army to pursue, but was ambushed, and countless soldiers died tragically, and the sole commander Wang Yu was spared. The next day, the little prince led his army to attack Datong, and the camp was twenty miles long.

As usual, the governor Hou Sui wrote a report to the imperial court to ask for reinforcements. At the same time, the governor-in-waiting also ordered the prefects of each prefecture to enter Taiyuan Mansion to discuss the deployment of defense.

What Xie Shen least wanted to happen still happened, and the Tatars still launched a fierce attack on Datong Mansion in the tenth year of Hongzhi. The defense line of Datong Xuanfu seems to be strong, but it is a static defense, and it is very difficult to face the Tatars who come and go like the wind.

Although, according to the established trajectory of history, the Tatars did not deal a devastating blow to Datong. But since some historical details have changed due to Xie Shen's arrival, Xie Shen can't guarantee that Datong Mansion will still be impregnable in this time and space.

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