Originally, according to the trajectory of history, there was a governor and then a governor, and the governor was the highest local official position established by the Ming court in order to coordinate the interests between the two provinces, and was above the governor.

However, because Li Yuntian served as the governor of Guangxi and Jiaozhi when he quelled the rebellion in Jiaozhi, Emperor Xuande specially set up the post of governor of Guangxi and Jiaozhi for him in order to stabilize Jiaozhi, and set up the governor's yamen in Jiaozhi.

Therefore, the time when the governor became a feudal official was earlier than the governor, which also invisibly promoted the process of the governor's actual work and accelerated the speed at which the governor became a local official.

It is worth mentioning that Li Yuntian did not serve as the governor of Guangxi and Jiaozhi with the rank of civilian official, but sat on the throne of the governor in the name of Zhenwuhou, creating a precedent in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.

It stands to reason that the governance of local government affairs must be done by civilian officials, but Li Yuntian's civilian official rank is too low, and one of his two current civil positions is a bachelor from the fifth grade of the Hanlin Academy, and the other is the Zuo Yushi of the fourth rank of the Metropolitan Inspection Academy.

From the point of view of rank, his official rank is the same as that of the prefects of Jiaozhi and Guangxi, and the rank of the chief official of the political envoy department and the chief official of the inspection department is higher than him, so that the following situation has been formed.

Although Emperor Xuande can give Li Yuntian a title, for example, like Yu Qian, who served as the supervisor of the Imperial History of the Imperial Procuratorate, he will be given the title of the right attendant of the military department, so that Yu Qian can suppress the head of the local three divisions in the rank of officialdom.

However, the governor of Yu Qian and others was only a temporary position, and Li Yuntian's governor was a real post established by Emperor Xuande in Guangxi and Jiaozhi, so it was not appropriate to add a false title.

The promotion of civil and military officials in the Ming officialdom must follow a certain customization, and the emphasis is on seniority and gradually, especially the promotion of civilian officials is carried out step by step, otherwise it will be difficult to serve the public in the officialdom, and it will be disgusted by the scholar class.

Generally speaking, if a Ming official's rank is suddenly greatly improved, it is not his actual position that has been promoted, but that he has been promoted.

Taking Yu Qian as an example, Yu Qian's ability to supervise the local area as a supervisor of the imperial history relied on the addition of his right attendant in the military department, which does not mean that he really held the position of the right attendant in the military department, but only a workaround to improve his rank and act cheaply in the local area.

Moreover, this kind of title is not something that any official is fortunate enough to get, and under normal circumstances, only officials from the two ranks of Jinshi have this opportunity, among which Hanlin, Yushi and Liuke are the most important.

Once you have the experience of being promoted, it means that the official concerned has a good resume in the officialdom, and it will undoubtedly be much easier to be promoted in the future.

Since Li Yuntian's civil rank could not intimidate the chief officials of Jiaozhi and the three divisions of Guangxi, Emperor Xuande asked Li Yuntian to serve as the governor of Guangxi and Jiaozhi as a town commander.

In the face of Emperor Xuande's decision, the nobles in the hall were secretly happy, didn't this mean that they suppressed those civil officials.

Secretly, those cabinet members and the officials of the six ministries in the Taihe Hall should oppose letting a noble ruler manage local government affairs, but Li Yuntian's situation is very special, which makes them also agree with Emperor Xuande's approach.

The reason why Li Yuntian's situation is special is because Li Yuntian stepped into the official career as a two-rank jinshi, and at the root he is an out-and-out civil official, and he is also a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, which can be described as an elite member of the Daming scholar class.

Moreover, the remote and barbaric place of Jiaozhi is probably only able to be governed by Li Yuntian, and no one in the court except Li Yuntian can deter the local barbarians who have not yet been civilized.

In fact, to put it bluntly, Jiaozhi and Guangxi are both barbarian places in the eyes of Ming officials, and whoever wants to go to those two places as officials when they are full of food and support will not only not be able to reap the benefits, but will also lose their lives because of the rebellion of those barbarians.

After all, there are very few Ming officials like Li Yuntian who can sweep away the Tusi in Jiaozhi with a thunderous force in more than three years, and in terms of the means of dealing with those local barbarians, I am afraid that no one in the DPRK can be on the right side of Li Yuntian.

Therefore, under various circumstances, Li Yuntian was able to sit in Guangxi and Jiaozhi Governor's Mansion with the dignity of Zhenwu Hou, and ruled over the military and civilian officials of Guangxi and Jiaozhi.

Emperor Xuande's second decree is related to the Nano Atonement Case, a Ming law formulated in the second year of Xuande, which stipulates that if officials, soldiers and civilians commit miscellaneous capital crimes to 40 flogging, they can be divided into 10 nanometers, ranging from 100 stones to 2 stones, and those who are nanometers are reduced to death, and all those below are exempted. Those who are powerless to nano, although the cane is still tied for a long time.

According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, officials can continue to be officials as long as they have atoned for their sins, which makes some officials not have to be punished at all after committing crimes, and they continue to be officials in a grand manner after paying rice and grain.

This is not that Emperor Xuande adopted a lenient attitude towards those officials who committed crimes, but that this system of atonement was formulated by Ming Taizu.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there was a shortage of officials, so Ming Taizu adopted this method to maintain the operation of local government affairs, as long as the officials were allowed to continue to be officials after they had atoned for their crimes.

However, Ming Taizu hated those corrupt officials very much, so he also punished them severely, such as the famous peeling of the skin and grass, in order to deter those officials who tried to embezzle.

At the beginning of the sixth year of Xuande, Wang Ao, the superintendent of the imperial history, took the opportunity of building a palace official to fill his own pockets and pervert the law for bribes to advise Emperor Xuande that according to the nano atonement example, those corrupt officials can be reinstated after paying nano grain for forgiveness regardless of the severity of their crimes, which will save the corrupt and derelict people, so that the honest and law-abiding people can not be encouraged, and it is not the way to govern the country.

Emperor Xuande thought so, so he ordered the officials to never use officials who committed corruption crimes.

Soon after Wang Ao's performance, there were civil officials who committed stolen goods and nano atonement, and the officials asked for a lower level of appointment, and Emperor Xuande revealed: Nano atonement is a temporary expedient policy, and punishing corrupt officials is the fundamental law of the country.

Although Emperor Xuande gave instructions at that time, he did not form a decree, so he took advantage of this time Li Yuntian to lead the army to issue a triumphant edict: civil officials who commit stolen goods will be judged according to the law, and they are not allowed to atone.

This means that in the future, all officials who commit corruption crimes will not be able to atone for their crimes, and will directly cut off the careers of those officials, which is a huge deterrent to court officials.

After the court meeting, Emperor Xuande summoned Li Yuntian into the palace to discuss the matter, and he did not leave the Forbidden City until late at night, and rushed home under the escort of many personal guards.

Four years have passed in a hurry, and Li Yuntian naturally misses his wife and children very much in his heart, and he can't wait to fly home immediately to reunite with his wife and children.

The former Zhenwu Bo Mansion has now become the Zhenwu Hou Mansion, and the magnificent gilt plaque on the door is engraved with the four strong characters of "Zhenwu Houfu", which is the ink treasure inscribed by Emperor Xuande himself, which shows the importance of Emperor Xuande to Li Yuntian.

"It's coming, it's coming, Master Hou is back!" Although it was dark now, there were several subordinates standing in front of the gate of Zhenwu Houfu, and after seeing Li Yuntian and his party coming on horseback, one of them had a happy face and hurriedly rushed into the courtyard.

"Xianggong!" When Li Yuntian dismounted in front of the mansion, Zhou Yuting had already led Lu Calyx and Zhu Yuxin and others out of the courtyard with joy, and after seeing him, Zhou Yuting couldn't help but have red circles in her eyes, and shouted affectionately.

"Thank you for your hard work." Li Yuntian stepped forward with a smile, and Zhou Yuting took him into his arms.

"Sir!" At this time, Lu Calyx and Zhu Yuxin, who were following Zhou Yuting, saluted Li Yuntianfu together, and everyone's eyes looked crystal wet.

It is worth mentioning that Zhou Yuting can call Li Yuntian Xianggong, while Lu Cao and Zhu Yuxin can only call him master, and the concubines are different, and they will not change because of the identities of the two.

"You've worked hard, too." Li Yuntian smiled and signaled to the two of them, during the time he left the capital, Lu Cao was in charge of the housekeeping in the mansion, while Zhu Yuxin assisted Zhou Yuting in dealing with the families of the powerful people in the capital, and it can be said that he had worked hard for the Zhenwu Hou Mansion.

"Master, it's not hard at all, this is the duty of concubines." With Li Yuntian's thoughtful greeting, Lu Cao and Zhu Yuxin couldn't help but feel sweet in their hearts, and shook their heads at Li Yuntian again and again.

"Master Hou!" Li Yuntian immediately laughed when he heard this, and just as he was about to greet Zhou Yuting, who was excited, a woman walked out from behind Lu Cao and Zhu Yuxin, smiled and leaned over him, and shouted in a coquettish voice.

"Mercy?" When he saw the woman's appearance clearly, Li Yuntian couldn't help but be slightly stunned, with a look of surprise on his face, he never expected that Lian Xiang would appear here at this time.

Seeing Li Yuntian looking at her in surprise, Lian Xiang couldn't help blushing, revealing the shy look of a little daughter.

"Xianggong, when you were away, Sister Lianxiang often came to visit us in the house and taught us a lot of tunes." Just when Li Yuntian was stunned, Zhou Yuting came out of his arms, looked at him with a smile and said, his eyes were full of a hint of cunning.

"Pity girl, it's hard work." Seeing this, Li Yuntian first felt a little puzzled, and then realized something from Zhou Yuting's cunning eyes, and the expression on his face suddenly became a little embarrassed, and he arched his hand to Lian Xiang and said.

"Hou Ye's words are serious, it is a blessing for a little woman to be able to go to Hou Ye's Mansion to teach all the ladies tunes." Hearing this, Lian Xiang hurriedly returned the salute to Li Yuntian, and said with a red face.

"Xianggong, the concubine has prepared a table for you to receive the wind, let's go in." Perhaps sensing that the atmosphere between Li Yuntian and Lian Xiang was a little awkward, Zhou Yuting started a round with a smile, and entered the courtyard with Li Yuntian with a smile.

Taking advantage of the opportunity for the people to prepare the banquet, Li Yuntian went to visit the children who were already asleep in the courtyards, and the children had grown a lot taller after not seeing them for four years, especially the eldest son Li Anguo, the second son Li Anmin and the eldest daughter Li Yuyao were already six or seven years old at this time, which was far from the appearance in his memory.

Because Chen Ningning and Zheng Wanrou are busy with the business of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce all the year round, Li Anguo and Li Anmin and others are taken care of by the green calyx, and the two of them are very relieved to have the green calyx.

Originally, Li Anguo, Li Anmin and others wanted to wait for Li Yuntian to come back, but then they were too sleepy, so they had to go back to sleep.

Li Yuntian kissed Li Anguo, Li Anmin and other children on the forehead one by one, feeling very guilty about these children in his heart, thinking that he had not fulfilled his father's responsibilities, so he made up his mind in his heart, and planned to take time to accompany them after returning to Beijing this time, so as to enhance the relationship with his children.