On the second day, Chen Xin and Wang Tingqian arrived in Laizhou, and the government of Laizhou was Ye County. To say that this prefect is very powerful, his name is Zhu Wannian, and this place was not captured by Kong Youde's department, because Zhu Wannian has a very good set of organizational skills.

He demanded that according to the streets and alleys of the whole city as a unit, the whole city should investigate the spies, and every ten families should be a card, and the gentry and village elders in the neighborhood should take the lead in making an inventory of the households, and one person should sit in ten houses in a row. Liaodong accentists were either arrested or sent out of the city. Even a fierce man like Wu Jianzhong could only flee in the end.

Compared with Dengzhou, Zhu Wannian's organizational ability is stronger, and he is by no means a random fight, not only the city defense materials are sufficient, but even the spy fire prevention has been taken into account, each household must set up a large water tank, each card ten households prepare hemp to build five fire hooks and five fires, no license fire can only save each other with this card, and the rest of the rescuers will be punished according to the spies. After the whole city is compiled, each household has a strong man, and then the city disc is numbered, and the strong man is divided into the corresponding city disc to be kept, and the record is made, and the responsibilities are very clear.

Large households contributed grain and money, because of the tragic situation in Xincheng and other places, large households and gentry enthusiastically donated. The prefect raised enough money and food. With the incentive of materials and the defense of their homeland, Laizhou is united, and Li Jiucheng passed outside the city twice after the chaos, but he could only retreat in the face of difficulties.

In this Zhu Wannian in history, in the face of tens of thousands of Dengzhou rebels, he held on for several months, and Kong Youde also transported a few Hongyi cannons, and he was helpless against Laizhou. The city was not only well guarded, but also constantly attacked the city with people, inflicting a lot of casualties on the rebels.

Li Jiucheng didn't learn well, so he followed Jiannu to learn to besiege the city. The siege was not fought until July 7. In the end, Li Jiucheng played the trick of appeasement again, and Governor Xie Lian was greedy. took Zhu Wannian out of the city to be surrendered, and as soon as he went out, he was arrested, and the rebels escorted Zhu Wannian to the city to shout and coerce the city to open the door, but Zhu Wannian instead asked those people to guard the city well, not to be fooled, and was finally killed.

The people felt the kindness of this man and kept the city. In the end, the rebels failed to capture the state of Clay and withdrew after the arrival of the imperial army, and the siege lasted for six and a half months. Later, it left the saying of "Laizhou of iron and Dengzhou of paper paste".

Zhu Wannian is not a well-known person, Chen Xin has never heard of his deeds in his previous life, and he does not know that he actually saved Zhu Wannian's life. What Chen Xin knows is that the vicinity of Laizhou Mansion is still the territory of the gentry, and it is the most stable stronghold of the gentry.

Chen Xin was not very active in Laizhou before, and his relationship with this prefect was mediocre. This time, because the city of Laizhou is strong. Li Jiucheng and the others tried a little, and they knew that they could not be conquered, so they plundered the nearby countryside instead, most of the big families and gentry escaped, the local ecology was no different from before, and the Wendeng camp could not find many loopholes to drill. Although Laizhou's offense and defense are far less tragic than in history. However, Zhu Wannian's appearance in the crisis this time was not bad, and he was also considered to have meritorious service in defending the city, and his prestige in Laizhou was in full swing, which offset the guilt and demerits of Pingdu's loss, and he stayed in his original post.

The Department for Foreign Affairs paid a visit in March. Zhu Wannian also saw it, but he didn't take Chen Xin's people too seriously. It's just a politeness in accordance with the rules of officialdom.

After the large-scale establishment of Tunpu began in April, many gentry in the countryside of Dengzhou were attacked, and many of them had in-laws or family friends with Laizhou, and they went to Laizhou to seek refuge with relatives and friends to avoid the limelight.

More and more Wendeng tunhu arrived in Pingdu Prefecture, and the first batch of tunbao began to absorb local tenants into the fort, and there was a great posture of annexing Pingdu, and there was a feeling that the mountain rain was about to come in the countryside of Laizhou.

The squires of Laizhou Mansion, who found out that something was wrong, got together and collectively petitioned the prefect to ask the prefect to make decisions for the people of Laizhou. Although Zhu Wannian fought a good war and was very loyal, he should be collected as it should be, and he had to do things after he finished collecting it.

He also knew the relationship between Wang Tingqian and Chen Xin, and Chen Xin had made great contributions. did not come up to do it, first to Wang Tingtry to write a book, ask Wang Tingtry to restrain Wen Dengying and Geng Zhongming's Liao soldiers, and hinted that they would be directly impeached.

Today, Chen Xin and Wang Tingqian passed here, Zhu Wannian is a subordinate of Wang Tingqian, reception is necessary, and Wang Tingqian also needs to stay for a while, so as not to mistakenly think that he is dissatisfied with this subordinate.

Wang Tingtry and his entourage met Zhu Wannian in Wulipu in the north of Ye County, he was wearing a four-grade civil official uniform, Si Siwenwen's appearance, and made a special trip to greet Shangguan in the pavilion of Wulipu, accompanied by a group of gentlemen, many of whom were officials at all levels, and now retired to the countryside, some of whom know Wang Tingtry.

After Chen Xin arrived at the group of officials, he dismounted early, handed over the horse to the fur seal, and avoided it to the side of the road. Leaving Wang Tingtry alone to greet the group of officials.

Standing in place with Zhu Wannian, he bowed down and said, "Zhu Wannian, the prefect of Laizhou, Xiaguan, see Duye." ”

Zhu Wannian did not kneel, the kneeling ceremony in the Ming Dynasty was not done casually, and the subordinates of the ministry and department needed to kneel when they saw their superiors. But between officials who do not have a subordinate relationship, there is a difference of four levels in rank before you need to kneel, if you have nothing to do, you can not kneel, you can bow a little, unless you happen to have something to say, you need to kneel.

According to the system of the Ming Huidian, the official who guards the patrol and the imperial history do not kneel, and in the eighth year of Jiajing, he specially issued an order, and the prefect saw the patrol and the imperial history shall not kneel, although the royal court is the governor, the actual official is the imperial history of the Inspectorate. Therefore, Zhu Wannian does not kneel, he is completely reasonable, and it is also in line with the order of the imperial court.

Of course, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, any system could be changed beyond recognition, the same grade in the early Ming Dynasty, the same civil and military peers, when the salute was in the middle, not to mention the middle, not even worthy of parallel. And the same is true among civil officials, the low-grade imperial history and the three or four civil officials who have seen them in the matter should not arrive, because these low-grade officials have a lot of power in their hands, and ordinary officials do not dare to pursue it. The etiquette is more in line with the real power, even if it is a prince of a good grade, the cabinet can only avoid it.

Therefore, Zhu Wannian's style is in line with customization, but it is not in line with today's trend. It was quite unhappy for Wang Tingqian, of course, he didn't show it on his face at all, and he returned the salute very kindly. Then there is Zhu Wannian's entourage, which has the same governor of the government, the general judgment, the promotion of officials, experience, the governor, the Zhaoma, the inspection of the school, the prison, the professor, the government school instructor and so on, and then the prefect of Ye County, the county Cheng, the main book, the history, the county school teaching, the discipline and others. At the end are the local gentry.

Zhu Wannian introduced Wang Tingtry one by one, and many of them worked with Wang Tingtry in Dengzhou. At that time, Wang Tingqian was still on Denglai Road, and the two sides had a warm greeting. Zhu Wannian completely threw aside the officers behind him.

After a long time of greetings, Wang Tingtry introduced Chen Xin and others to Zhu Wannian, first of all, Chen Xin, Chen Xinzheng is a second-grade military position, and he does not bow down to Zhu Wannian, a fourth-grade official, just bowing his hand, Zhu Wannian returned the salute and glanced at the solemn Chinese army guards behind him, and said lightly to Chen Xin: "General Chen's subordinates are really solemn in military discipline." This time to take up the post of the chief soldier of Dengzhen, the official first congratulated Chen on his promotion, but in the future, he also hopes that the general will use this strong army to benefit the people, and do not be as fierce and lawless as Li Jiucheng Kong Youde. ”

Chen Xin knew what he meant, but he had long been impatient with these peripheral constraints, and the government could not effectively deploy them despite the vast territory and sufficient manpower. Form an advantage over Jiannu. This Zhu Wannian must be a capable person, but he is not all the way with Chen Xin.

At the moment, he also replied lightly: "Thank you Lord Zhu for your false praise, when Lord Wang was Denglai Dao, he taught the last general Chunchun, and since then." The last general is like Lord Wang, and he has always thought of the people in his heart, and everyone in the Wendeng military household now lives and works in peace and contentment, and no one freezes and starves to death in winter. When I go to Dengzhou in the future, I will also follow Lord Wang's advice. Let more people be blessed. ”

There were a few soft snorts from the gentlemen behind Zhu Wannian, but Chen Xin just didn't hear it. Wang Tingqian was quite useful, and said to Zhu Wannian: "When this official saw General Chen, he was still a subordinate of the Zhou garrison of Wendeng Battalion, and he was promoted here step by step by relying on real military exploits. ”

Zhu Wannian bowed to Wang Ting and said, "Lord Wang, since General Chen will immediately be appointed as the chief soldier of Dengzhen, the lower officials have something to ask General Chen to work together. ”

Chen Xin listened to the estimate that this person was going to say about fighting for land, and hurriedly prepared the wording in his heart, who knew that Zhu Wannian said: "Pingdu Prefecture was originally calm, but after the rebellion, there were suddenly countless bandits in Beidaze Mountain, and there were many Confucian rebels to join, and many people have fled out of the mountains to trouble the countryside in recent days. ”

Chen Xin knew that most of those gentlemen had caught some clues, and guessed that some of the bandits in Daze were obeying the orders of the Wendeng camp, so he smiled at the moment: "It is the duty of my generation of warriors to exterminate the bandits, and I will do my best." However, Zhu Zhifu has been in Laizhou Mansion for a long time, and when Zhipingdu bandits are not only today, it will not be completely eradicated. Lord Zhu guarded Laizhou's dispatch method, it can be seen that he is proficient in the art of war, and even Lord Zhu has been in charge of Laizhou for a long time, but he has not been able to extinguish the bandits in Pingdu, and it will take some time for the general to introduce martial arts. ”

Zhu Wannian heard Chen Xin sarcastically mocking himself, and said quietly: "So Lord Wang said that he wants us to work together in harmony, that's it, when General Chen comes back, this official is willing to go into the mountains with Dengzhou Town to suppress bandits." ”

"It would be a blessing to have Lord Zhu with me."

Zhu Wannian stared at Chen Xin after listening, and met Lu Chuanzong and others one by one, and finally arrived in front of Geng Zhongming. Geng Zhongming originally planned to pay a good salute, but he didn't salute like this, so he stared at Zhu Wannian in a daze.

Geng Zhongming has seen a lot of civil officials in Dengzhou, and the original deep-rooted fear of civil officials has long been gone, and now he may not even obey Wang Tingxuan and Lu Zhi, the only thing he is afraid of is Chen Xin, such a four-grade prefect pretending, and his heart is extremely unhappy.

"It turns out that this is the general Geng of Poping Duzhou......"

Chen Xin interrupted him lightly and said: "General Geng is not breaking Pingduzhou, he is sneaking in the thief camp and opening the door to welcome Wang Shiguang to restore Pingdu. ”

Geng Zhongming heard that Chen Xin came out for him, and he was more confident in his heart, and said with a big grin: "The general was coerced by the rebels in Dengzhou, and after arriving in Pingdu, he felt that Lord Wang and General Chen had a mind, and Li Jiucheng Kong Youde killed the people indiscriminately, and he repented and welcomed the king into the city. ”

A shoe suddenly flew out from the side, Geng Zhongming had been on the battlefield for a long time, reacted sensitively, and his head was just let go, and the shoe slapped on Wang Ting's face, which scared Wang Tingtry and screamed. Before everyone could react, a student rushed up from behind to beat Geng Zhongming, and there was a sudden chaos in the field, and he scolded while scolding: "You butcher, you have killed countless people in Pingdu, and you have killed more than ten people in Anxiangbao, and you will ...... today."

Before he finished speaking, Geng Zhongming had already knocked him over with one punch, Geng Zhongming was so angry that he wanted to kick and beat, and the gentlemen behind him rushed up, grabbing Geng Zhongming's official uniform, and wanted to beat Geng Zhongming in a group.

"Stop!" Zhu Wannian noticed that Wang Ting tried to take a shoe, and hurriedly dissuaded everyone, the group of students had sex, where to pay attention to him. There was a big chaos in the field, Chen Xin accepted Geng Zhongming as his younger brother, at this time naturally he couldn't hide next to him, Chen Xin yelled, beckoned Wendeng generals to help, Dai Zhenggang, Lu Chuanzong, Wang Changfu and others rushed into the middle, and became a group beating of the military attaché to the gentry. A small number of officials from Laizhou Prefecture also joined in, while others were anxiously persuaded by the side.

The guards behind did not receive the order, and they could not advance or retreat for a while, but fortunately, a group of military attachés were so strong that they overturned seven or eight students in just a short effort, forcing the rest of the students to retreat one after another.

"Stop!" Wang Tingxian walked to the middle in a hurry, one hand was still wiping the shoe prints on his face, he pointed to a group of students and said, "In vain, you are all meritorious people, it's just ...... It's insulting. ”

Chen Xin's face was also scratched a few bloody wounds, he always knew that the students of the Ming Dynasty liked to fight, back then Jiang Nanshi not only beat the magistrates, but even Dongchang and Jinyiwei dared to fight, but they didn't expect that they would dare to be so arrogant when Wang Tingqian was present today. He hurriedly went up and tried to say to Wang Ting: "The guards of the lower officials are not effective, are you injured?" ”

Wang Ting tried to wave his hand, and Zhu Wannian hurriedly came over to apologize, "Lord Wang, forgive me, these soldiers have relatives and friends who have suffered in the rebellion, and today they originally came to plead with the adults, but the lower officials really didn't expect them to be so reckless, please don't mind." ”

Geng Zhongming said angrily: "What do they care about me, they are still scholars." ”

Zhu Wannian also said unceremoniously: "Li Jiucheng and other Liao soldiers and Liao people have made countless killings in Denglai, you dare to say that you are not one of them!" ”

"Then you have arrested thousands of Liao people in Laizhou Mansion, and how many of them have died, and now there are still people in your prison......"

Wang Tingqian interrupted them, "Don't say anything, just now I asked you to work together, did you listen to what the official said." ”

Zhu Wannian wanted to say more, Wang Tingqian waved his hand and said: "Zhu Governor's Mansion, don't say it, today's matter is over, the official will rest for one night, and tomorrow will continue to hurry, don't catch the wind, you lead the official to rest first." ”

After he finished speaking, he walked first, Zhu Wannian and other officials hurriedly chased behind, leaving a group of military attaches and gentry, and they didn't dare to continue fighting, but just looked at each other viciously.

Chen Xin was too lazy to entangle with them, and said lightly to them: "It was Wang Bingzhong who killed indiscriminately in Pingdu, and it was Geng Shen who was corrected, and An Xiang Bao suppressed the Wenxiang Sect. ”

There was another low shouting and scolding from the gentry, Chen Xin ignored them anymore, and led the military attache and the guards to chase after Wang Ting. Geng Zhongming caught up with Chen Xin and said, "Thank you Lord Chen for your help." These bastards still want to bully my Liaomin. ”

Chen Xin touched the blood on his face, but there was no anger in his heart, he and Geng Zhongming were robbing their interests, the contradiction was irreconcilable, and sooner or later it would have to be made clear, Denglai was the place where the traditional power of Laizhou Mansion was the strongest, and it would be dealt with slowly in the future.

However, Geng Zhongming's recent appearance has been good, and today's matter can also make Geng Zhongming clear, and he turned his head to Geng Zhongming and said: "General Geng doesn't have to be polite, they are not only to you, that martial artist will be placed in their eyes, and this official is also a Liao citizen, so he will naturally help you." If you do things well, the official will not treat you badly. ”

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