Zhang Yixing arrived outside the Xuanfu Town Administration on May 27.

After hearing the news, Ma Zhongxi, the governor of Xuanfu, took people out of the city in advance to greet him, and at the same time summoned thousands of officials and soldiers and civilians in the city to come out to greet him.

Zhang Heling looked up at the gate of the city, and said with a sneering expression: "This surnamed Ma looks quite good." ”

Behind Zhang Zhou, on the left and right sides, were the new chief soldier Zhu Hui, the deputy chief soldier Zhang Heling, and the other deputy chief soldier Ma Yi hid in the army and did not dare to show his head.

The people around listened to it and understood what Zhang Heling was referring to, the so-called "upper way" is to be able to stammer people.

Xuanfu is different from the general state capital, here is a military fortress, there is no county in the Ming Dynasty, here is headed by the chief military officer, but after the establishment of the governor, it is the governor as the highest official, of course, Zhang Zhou as the general system of Xuanda, the official position is above the governor.

Ma Zhongxi, as the former chief official in the city, came out to welcome the new boss, and also mobilized the army and civilians to welcome him, which seemed to be quite good at things.

"The comer is not good......"

Zhu Hui has been in the officialdom for a long time, and he has heard of Ma Zhongxi's character, so he naturally doesn't believe that Ma Zhongxi will engage in any battle to meet Zhang Zhou.

"Huh." Zhang Zhou was just laughing.

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At the gate of the city, Zhang Zhouxing dismounted, but saw a civil official in his fifties dressed in an official uniform, with a righteous face and a very difficult face, and walked over head-on.

"In the next week." Zhang Zhou greeted first.

The other party also reported his name, it was Ma Zhongxi, and then the current generals of Xuanfu Town also came to report their names one by one.

Except for Ma Zhongxi who shook Zhang Zhou's face, the rest of the people were still very polite to Zhang Zhou.

"Zhang Zhou, I heard that on the way here, you saw Ma Yi, a fugitive from Xuanfu Town, can you hand him over and let the official deal with him strictly?"

After the ceremony, Ma Zhongxi was very unceremonious to ask Zhang Zhou.

Ma Yi went to "defect" to Zhang Zhou, Zhang Zhou neither escorted people to the capital, nor handed them over to him, nor even greeted him, in his opinion, it was obvious that Zhang Zhou was ready to shelter Ma Yi.

In this case, it is an enemy, and there is no need to leave any mercy.

When Zhang Heling heard this, he sneered: "Call Shangguan by name, it turns out that Confucian officials also have such ignorance of the rules." ”

Obviously, Zhang Heling has never seen the wind and rudder, and when he sees interesting things, he can say them through his mouth, which has no other effect than to fan the flames.

Or in his opinion, he is afraid that things are too small and not lively enough.

was said by him, and the two sides really had a bit of tension.

Zhang Zhou smiled: "What is this called?" Has Commander Ma been convicted? ”

"Although he has not been convicted, the evidence is conclusive, embezzlement and deduction of food and salary, exploitation of the people, private placement of soldiers, private use of public weapons, and even more bad deeds of taking credit and concealment, Zhang, you are a Jinshi, you should understand the rules of the Ming officialdom, the guilty must be dealt with strictly, if you cover up, it is equivalent to complicity!"

Ma Zhongxi looked unruly and unruly, and fired directly at Zhang Zhou.

As soon as these words came out, the people around him were embarrassed.

The person who met with the boss like this, not to mention that Zhang Zhou had never seen it, and the people present had never seen it.

Zhang Zhou thought to himself, you Ma Zhongxi is a mad dog, right?

However, based on Zhang Zhou's understanding of Ma Zhongxi in history, with his past experience and what he has done, he probably understands why this person can be so "jealous and hateful", or unacquainted.

Ma Zhongxi's father, Ma Wei, was the chief historian of the Tang Dynasty's mansion, and because he offended the Tang Dynasty because of his direct advice, he was imprisoned and escorted to the capital, along with the Ma family's family.

Only at that time, Ma Zhongxi was not taken into custody because he was young.

Then Ma Zhongxi ran for his father and family at a young age, first interceded with the governor according to the imperial history, and let the family release, and then went to the capital to avenge his father's grievances on the orders of his mother, so that his father Zhaoxue.

His childhood gave him this character.

In the Zhengde years, when Liu Liu and Liu Qi rebelled, Ma Zhongxi thought that the rebels were born because of the officials' expropriation and extortion, and they actually took wine and food to appease the rebels, and the rebels really felt that he was a clean official, and they did not plunder his hometown...... The final result was that after the counterinsurgency, Ma Zhongxi was considered a fellow party of the rebels, and finally died unjustly in prison......

Zhang Zhou was also pondering in his heart.

You said that you will be an official when you are an official, and you don't even understand your position, so you are embarrassed to accuse others?

"Oops." Zhang Zhouxiao looked at the soldiers and civilians around him, and said with emotion, "Speaking of which, it is rare that so many local officials and gentry and ordinary people have come out to greet this official. ”

Ma Zhongxi smiled coldly at Zhang Zhouheng.

Probably saying, are you shameless? Can't you see that I'm looking for someone to greet you just to put pressure on you in front of people? Let you hand over people? Do you even think it's an honor?

Ma Zhongxi emphasized: "Zhang, this official is asking you to commit the crime.

Zhu Hui walked over and said, "Zhang Zhitai has just arrived, can't he wait until he enters the city?" ”

Ma Zhongxi said: "How can you tolerate the merits?" There are so many people present, they are all waiting for the court to uphold justice, do you want to go against the will of God? ”

I rub!

Zhang Zhou thought to himself, what kind of providence is only I telling people these days, you are a bad old man, you dare to use the will of heaven to suppress me?

Zhang Zhoudao: "Speaking of providence, this official walked along the way, the drought around Xuanfu is serious, even if it is not thousands of miles of red land, I think the crops along the way are about to die!" ”

Ma Zhongxi sneered: "It is precisely because there are parents and officials who do not think about the emperor's grace, do not follow the way of heaven, and bring disaster to the country and the people, so that they are punished by God!" ”

Zhang Zhouxin said, what I want is your sentence.

Zhang Zhoudao: "When the official first arrived, there was nothing to give to the people, but he learned a little bit of Taoist work, and two days later, the official was ready to open an altar outside the Xuanfu to pray for rain." Why don't we wait for the rain and then talk about the will of God? ”

"You ......"

Ma Zhongxi glared at Zhang Zhou.

Obviously, after he knew that Zhang Zhou accepted Ma Yi, he had already decided to tear his face with Zhang Zhou.

In history, Ma Zhongxi was the governor of Xuanfu for three years, and he also returned to the field in the twelfth year of Hongzhi, obviously he was ready to retire, so he would not give Zhang Zhou any more face.

I don't plan to mix in officialdom in the future, and I still need to see the face of an emperor and a former minister?

You can show off your power in the capital, and even compete with the ministers and ministers in the court.

But when it comes to my horse, I won't leave you with any affection!

Otherwise, wouldn't I be ashamed of my official reputation?

When Zhu Hui heard Zhang Zhou's proposal, he deliberately said loudly with a look of surprise: "Mr. Zhang is the immortal master of the Ming Dynasty, and the immortal law is unmatched, and the immortal master is willing to pray for rain for the people of Xuanfu, what kind of bearing?" It's going to be a good story! ”

Even when Guogong patted Zhang Zhou's ass, he could do it without blushing and heartbeat, and the little words were slippery.

This made Ma Zhongxi gnash his teeth even more.

Zhang Zhou also smiled and announced to the onlookers: "Ladies and gentlemen, this official will open the altar here the day after tomorrow to pray for rain, and I hope you will also come to witness it!" This official is here on the orders of the emperor, in addition to going out of the fortress to deter Di Yi, he also has the responsibility of pacifying the army and the people and educating the people. ”

Zhang Zhou ignored Ma Zhongxi.

When dealing with the onlookers, Zhang Zhou seemed very experienced, not stage frightened at all, but as if he had gone deep into the grassroots, he actually walked over and got along with the ordinary people at close range.

The people have never seen such a pro-people official, they originally came out to watch the excitement, what to ask for people, witnesses, and what to punish by providence, it is all Ma Zhongxi's personal rhetoric, or Ma Zhongxi wants to incite the people to put pressure on Zhang Zhou.

But how do a group of ordinary people who haven't even read a book understand that?

On the contrary, it is Zhang Zhou's proximity to the people, as well as Zhang Zhou's reputation for chattering gods and gods, which makes them feel more cordial.

"Master Zhang, can you pray for rain to bring the rain down?"

There are already people among the people who are asking loudly.

Zhang Zhoudao: "This folk, you asked too well, I can only say as much as possible!" If God really refuses to rain because there are corrupt officials in the area, there is nothing I can do. It's man-made! ”

"Then it must rain, otherwise this year's food will be confiscated and ......"

"Yes, yes!"

The people are responding to the peace.

In their opinion, it is still a trivial matter to catch corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and it is more important than anything else to make their land abundant.

Ma Zhongxi looked at Zhang Zhou's anti-guest, and actually took a step ahead of him to incite the people, and he felt even more angry, and muttered in his mouth: "The eyes of the rat are inch!" ”

This is hating the people for being deceived by Zhang Zhou's rhetoric.

You people, this official is making decisions for you, and you want to investigate and deal with corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and you are actually deceived by this person in order to make it rain? Besides, he said it rained when it rained? Who does he think he is?

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Originally, the competition between the old and new officials at the city gate had to compete to achieve a result.

But because Ma Zhongxi mentioned the will of heaven and Zhang Zhou mentioned praying for rain, the matter came to an end temporarily, and because Ma Yi followed Zhang Zhou into the city, it is equivalent to saying that Ma Yi did not escape, Ma Zhongxi also felt that Zhang Zhou refused to hand over people, so he could report Zhang Zhou to the court for harboring criminals, and there was no need to fight Zhang Zhou to the death.

People are bigger than him, if people just don't come, what else can they do?

You can't send someone to rob it, can you?

Ma Yi himself is the chief military officer, and his status in the city is not low, if he really wants to be rude, he may not know who will suffer, and it is not impossible to make an army mutiny.

The army and civilians entered the city.

Zhang Zhou also got out of life, and when he entered the city, he didn't ride a horse, didn't sit in a sedan chair, didn't take a carriage, changed to walking, and shook hands with the onlookers along the way.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am the new Xuanda commander-in-chief, and all the surrounding affairs are in my charge, if you have any grievances, you can find me, and I will redress your grievances. The day after tomorrow, I will set up an altar at the gate of the city to pray for rain, and you will all come to witness it! ”

Zhang Zhou seemed to be afraid that the people along the way would not be able to hear clearly, so he kept repeating it.

He also took out a simple "megaphone" made of paper tubes and said loudly to the people along the way.

Not only did he say it himself, but he also let the personal servants he brought, Jinyi Wei Qianhu, Sun Shangqi and others go to say it together, and they just played a set of publicity.

Only then did Ma Zhongxi know who was the expert in inciting the emotions of the people.

I also saw what it means to fully dispatch the power of public opinion.

"Ma Zhongcheng, look at the rain the day after tomorrow...... Can it be lowered? ”

When the subordinate officials around Ma Zhongxi saw this scene, they even began to doubt their lives.

The newcomer Zhang Zhou is so famous, he said that he would pray for rain the day after tomorrow, if he is not sure, can he be so sure to talk to the people of the city? But if the rain was really prayed for by Zhang Zhou, wouldn't that mean that Providence was on Zhang Zhou's side?

Ma Zhongxi didn't plan to go in with him at the city gate, and when he heard this, he glared at the subordinate official.

The subordinate officer hung his head and did not dare to squeak again.

There was a military general next to him who said: "But I don't know how this Zhang Zhitai is compared to the previous Liu Shilang, I heard that the use of soldiers is like a god." ”

Ma Zhongxi knew for the first time that Zhang Zhou's status in the hearts of the soldiers of the Ming Border Army was very lofty.

The "big man" who came from Xuanfu before was Liu Daxia, who came to Xuanfu to govern the military salary two years ago in the tenth year of Hongzhi, and Liu Daxia left a good official reputation in Xuanfu at that time, but Liu Daxia did not come to Xuanfu to fight after all, and now the imperial court has sent a Xuanda general system, and the army seems to want to follow Zhang Zhouda.

The expectation in the eyes of the soldiers made Ma Zhongxi have a headache when he looked at it.

After all, since Yu Zijun in the twenty-first year of Chenghua, the imperial court has not set up the Xuanda general system for more than ten years, let alone prepared to send troops to suppress the Xuanda general system.

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"Mr. Zhang, you are so powerful, that Ma Zhongcheng is aggressive, I thought that today would not end well, and I couldn't even enter the city."

After Zhang Zhou entered the city, he first stayed in the post house.

Zhang Lun followed behind Zhang Zhou, like a fart, and admired Zhang Zhou very much.

There is no governor's palace in the city, and Zhang Zhou will live in the governor's yamen when he turns around, and now Zhang Zhou and Ma Zhongxi are very unhappy, but it does not affect Zhang Zhou to send someone to let Ma Zhongxi Teng the courtyard.

Zhang Zhoubai, the kid, glanced at it and said: "The general system is not compatible with the governor, and you will have to govern things under one roof in the future, what good thing should you do?" Settled in? ”

"I didn't ...... They said that there was no place for me to live in the General Military Office. ”

Zhang Lun was very aggrieved.

He was brought in to learn from Zhang Zhou, and he didn't have a military position on his body, so naturally the General Military Mansion couldn't make arrangements.

Zhang Zhou said: "Then go downstairs and find a room to live in, and run errands for me before and after the saddle in the future, it won't be too difficult for you, right?" ”

"No, it won't." Zhang Lun scratched his head, "Grandfather just asked me to do this." ”

"It's good to know. The platform for praying for rain will be handed over to you to build, bring a few people, and by the way, you can also tell them that you are the son of a British prince. ”

"That'...... Then you don't have to. ”

Zhang Lun thought to himself.

You have a big face, you are not afraid of losing it, but I have a small face or a little more leisurely.

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Ma Zhongxi was not angry.

After going back, he was not polite, when he wrote a note on the impeachment of Zhang Zhou, and passed it to Jingshi on a fast horse, there was a kind of momentum to fight Zhang Zhou to the end.

From Xuanfu to Beijing, the fast horse will be delivered in less than a day and a night.

The next morning, Zhu Youzhu was already on the desk of the Qianqing Palace.

"Huh."

After watching Ma Zhongxi's performance, Zhu Youzhu was not angry at all, but smiled happily.

"Has the cabinet seen it?" Zhu Youzhu asked.

"I have never been closed to the cabinet." Dai Yi replied.

This kind of border report is generally notified to the emperor first, and the emperor personally handles it, and often does not need the cabinet to draw up opinions, if the cabinet really needs to draw up, the emperor will let people send it to the cabinet.

Zhu Youzhu smiled and said, "I actually want to know the reaction of those courtiers when they see this thing, Bingkuan's actions are really unexpected." ”

Dai Yi hesitated a little and said: "It doesn't seem appropriate for Mr. Zhang to take in Ma Yi, and it is easy to be honest. ”

"What's that?" Zhu Youzhu said, "Ma Yi's crime can only be convicted by the three law divisions, and it is the responsibility of the inspector to inspect the imperial history to ask about matters in the northwest, when will it be the governor's turn to convict the general?" Isn't it the introduction of discord between generals and commanders for the border land? ”

"Yes."

Only then did Dai Yi know that although the emperor had previously given Ma Zhongxi the authority to investigate the case, he did not support Ma Zhongxi's practice of investigating and prosecuting the former chief military officer.

One is the head of civil officials, and the other is the head of military generals.

If you are a civilian official investigating and prosecuting military generals, who knows if there is a communiqué or personal vendetta arising from the struggle for power, or the suspicion of abolishing the public for personal gain?

Zhu Youzhu said with a serious face: "Is Bingkuan returning to the horse guard?" He's just maintaining justice in the Northwest Army! If the generals in the army can be investigated and dealt with by the governor at any time, then wouldn't everyone in the northwest be in danger? Even if Ma Yi really has any crimes, as long as it does not involve stability in the army, he can still be forgiven. ”

Dai Yi and the other eunuchs smiled bitterly in his heart after listening.

Is this the emperor's desire to protect the interests of the generals of the Northwest Army?

If Zhang Zhou hadn't taken Ma Yi in, it is estimated that the emperor would not have sat idly by and watched the corruption of the Northwest generals, it is better to say...... As long as it is what Bing Kuan needs, it is what I can accept.

"This rain should be able to fall, right?" Zhu Youzhu suddenly asked a question that Dai Yi and the others couldn't answer.

Dai Yi asked, "Your Majesty, if you ask for prayer for rain, Mr. Zhang has already said that he is not so capable." ”

"He said no, no, no? Maybe he didn't want to take credit? When Zhu Youzhu asked, he naturally thought of the past when the monarchs and ministers went to worship the heavens and pray for rain together and pretended to be in front of people.

That time, Zhu Youzhu himself earned enough face.

Xiao Jing said with a sure face: "Mr. Zhang said that he wanted to pray for rain, it shouldn't be a lie, maybe Mr. Zhang knew that it would rain in Xuanfu that day?" After all, Mr. Zhang also said that he can only be sure if something is going to happen recently, and he has to be on the spot. ”

"Not really." Zhu Youzhu continued to smile, "Jian Changwei is so far away, if there is going to be a ground movement, isn't it directly said by him?" Speaking of which, when he left this time, he didn't let him give him a few more hexagrams, which is a pity. ”

Xiao Jing wanted to say something, but Dai Yi glared at him and blocked Xiao Jing's mouth.

Dai Yi said to himself: "Then Your Majesty, do you want to give an order to go over and let Mr. Zhang calculate?" ”

"No need, if there is a big event, I believe Bingkuan will definitely inform Yu Zhen in advance, if he doesn't say it, then it means that there is no, or it doesn't matter, then you don't have to let him gain insight into heaven every time."

Zhu Youzhu seemed to understand Zhang Zhou very well.

I probably want to "thin the water and flow for a long time".

If it's okay to let Zhang Zhou spy on the heavenly machine, Zhang Zhou was punished by heaven and burped early, then when he became the emperor, he wanted to find someone to ask about the heavenly machine, but there was no way.

Keep Zhang Zhou, and ask again in the event of a major event.

Not bothering Zhang Zhou, the emperor will feel that he is very benevolent and righteous, and will not trouble Bingkuan for everything.

(End of chapter)