After taking back the half of the tiger talisman and exchanging the two official seals at the same time, Cao Zhengchun had no intention of continuing to stay in the Youyu County Ya.

First, Zhou Chen will definitely be busy packing his bags next, and I'm afraid there will be no time to entertain him at all, so Cao Zhengchun is naturally unwilling to continue to bother Zhou Chen here.

As for the second reason, it is because before Cao Zhengchun left the capital, the crown prince Zhu Houzhao once mentioned to him, saying that when he returned to the capital, it would be the day when he took over as the governor of Dongchang.

Now that the position of the powerful governor of Dongchang is in front of him, where does Cao Zhengchun have the heart to stay more in Youyu County, a small frontier place?

After saying goodbye to Zhou Chen, Cao Zhengchun led a group of Dongchang fans to walk out of the Youyu County Ya, and rode straight towards the direction where the capital was located.

Looking at Cao Zhengchun, who was in a hurry to come and go, and other people in Dongchang, Zhou Chen stopped at the gate of the county government for a while, and the thoughts in his heart gradually surged.

"It seems that Emperor Hongzhi's body is getting worse day by day, and he is starting to prepare for the enthronement of Prince Zhu Houzhao!"

His brows furrowed slightly, and Zhou Chen murmured in his heart.

Whether it was Emperor Hongzhi's will to him, or Cao Zhengchun's performance, all of them made Zhou Chen guess like this.

Compared with when Cao Zhengchun came to deliver the decree more than two years ago, although the guards around Cao Zhengchun have not changed, they are still the elite black-clothed arrow team in the East Factory.

But in the process of transmitting the decree before and after, the attitude of those Dongchang fans towards Cao Zhengchun was completely different.

Two years ago, those Dongchang fans just showed their respect for Cao Zhengchun.

In fact, this is not because of how those Dongchang fans respect Cao Zhengchun, but because Cao Zhengchun represents Emperor Hongzhi, and what these Dongchang fans respect is just the holy decree of Emperor Hongzhi.

But this time the situation was completely different, Zhou Chen not only saw respect in the eyes of those Dongchang fans, but also an extremely deep fear.

I am afraid that there are few people who can make the elite forces of the Dongchang violent organization so fearful, except for the high-level people who are also born in the Dongchang.

Although Zhou Chen didn't know that Cao Zhengchun was about to take charge of the East Factory, according to his guess, Cao Zhengchun was afraid that he was about to enter the upper echelons of the East Factory.

Because only in this way can these most elite black-clothed arrow teams in Dongchang be afraid of Cao Zhengchun, a eunuch.

In addition to Cao Zhengchun's situation, the two decrees given to Zhou Chen by Emperor Hongzhi were also one of the inducements for Zhou Chen to speculate so much.

You must know that Emperor Hongzhi not only promoted Zhou Chen's official position, honor, and loose rank, but he also increased Zhou Chen's real power in Jinyiwei.

Originally, Zhou Chen was promoted to the prefect of Guangyang Mansion, and his status was already extraordinary.

The prefect of the Ming Dynasty is an out-and-out official position.

If it is placed in the capital, this official of the fourth grade may not be an important person.

However, in this place, the official position of Zheng Sipin is a complete important member of the imperial court.

Not to mention that Zhou Chen also served as the commander of the Jinyi Guards at the same time, with this level of identity, he could directly dispatch all the Jinyi Guards in the local area without the permission of the Yamen of the Jinyi Guard Headquarters in the capital.

At least within the vast Shanxi boundary, all the Jinyi guards would never disobey Zhou Chen's orders.

What did Emperor Hongzhi do when he gave Zhou Chen such a huge amount of power? It can't be that Zhou Chen will be his own soil emperor on the ground.

According to the speculation in Zhou Chen's heart, the reason why Emperor Hongzhi would promote his status and power in Jinyiwei was to prepare him for taking over Jinyiwei in the future.

As for why Emperor Hongzhi didn't directly transfer Zhou Chen back to the capital to take up his post, Zhou Chen was promoted to the position of a prefect and temporarily placed Zhou Chen outside the capital.

It is very likely that Emperor Hongzhi did not want Zhou Chen to be involved in the court's turmoil too early, lest the sharp blade he prepared for the new emperor in the future be worn out prematurely.

Therefore, Zhou Chen's stay in the local area will definitely not last long, and it is impossible to even reach the term of office of a prefect.

And this time must be the time when Emperor Hongzhi dies and the crown prince Zhu Houzhao succeeds to the throne.

After all, the reason why Emperor Hongzhi cultivated Zhou Chen back then was to leave a group of talents worthy of reuse to his son Zhu Houzhao.

When Emperor Hongzhi dies, Zhou Chen may also be directly transferred back to the capital to take charge of the Jinyi Guard, becoming a sharp blade in the hands of the new monarch, so as to deter the court.

After vaguely guessing Emperor Hongzhi's plan, Zhou Chen didn't have any other thoughts in his heart.

After all, Zhou Chen's purpose at the beginning was to ascend to a high position and gather luck, and Emperor Hongzhi's plan just provided him with a step to climb the ladder, so he naturally had no place to resist.

After standing quietly in front of the county yamen for a while, Zhou Chen smiled, he didn't continue to delay and hesitate for anything, he returned directly to the county yamen hall, and called the sword to pack his bags together.

At the same time, after getting the news of Zhou Chen's imminent transfer, a group of officials under his command also came to see him off.

The two of them, Su Tong and Wang Yan, the chief bookkeeper, are the two who came the fastest, and Zhou Chen, the top boss, is leaving, so it is natural for him to come to see him off as a subordinate.

Immediately afterwards, those who rushed to the Ya of Youyu County were Chen Yun and Xu Yan, two hundred households in brocade clothes.

It's just that Chen Yun and Xu Yan didn't come to see Zhou Chen off, but the two of them were going to accompany Zhou Chen to Guangyang Mansion to take office.

The news of Zhou Chen's promotion to the commander of the Jinyi Guard has already spread throughout the world through the Jinyi Guard's intelligence channels.

This news spread even earlier than Zhou Chen received the secret order.

Now the Jinyi Guards in the entire Shanxi territory are all under Zhou Chen's dispatch envoys, and the hundreds of Jinyi Guards stationed in the place will naturally move to Zhou Chen's side.

Originally, each prefecture would be stationed in two Jinyiwei hundred households, and these hundred households were each their own master, and they were unified under the management of the Yamen of Jingchen Jinyiwei Headquarters.

However, since Zhou Chen arrived in Youyu County, Chen Yun and Xu Yan have all owned the hundred households under Zhou Chen's command, and even the secret prison has been relocated to the territory of Youyu County.

Now that Zhou Chen's rights have been promoted, so is the Jinyi Wei in the entire Shanxi territory, and the core of all the hundred households has begun to move towards the territory of Guangyang Mansion.