The day before the general's wife left Chang'an on Thursday, their successor, General Tu Rong, arrived.

Tu Rong only took four personal soldiers and a little luggage, and rushed to Chang'an with light clothes, which surprised everyone.

The Zhou family expected that he would take office soon, but he came so quickly that it was still unexpected by everyone. Calculating the time, it is estimated that within two days of the emperor's order, he set off from the capital, right? When the Zhenguo Mansion received the news in Chang'an, he was probably already halfway there.

He came too quickly, the Zhou and Tang families had just finished searching for the Sun family's minions in Chang'an City, and there were still some aftermath work that had not been completed, so as soon as he entered the city, he noticed that the atmosphere in the city was different.

However, he didn't inquire much, and he didn't even find a place to place his luggage, so he went to the Yamen of Shaanxi as soon as possible to report.

After the general received the news on Thursday, he immediately rushed to the Yamen of the capital and handed over to him.

On Thursday, the general thought that he would arrive in the capital before the deadline stipulated by the emperor's decree, and that he would probably miss the handover with General Tu Rong, so he could only leave his confidants and personal soldiers, and let them inform Tu Rong of all the things they had to explain in their official affairs, and then go to the capital to meet him. But now that General Tu Rong arrived ahead of schedule, he can do the handover work himself.

On Thursday, the general was very frank with Tu Rong, all the work and accounts were clearly explained, and he took him around the yamen, introduced it to everyone, and then went out on horseback and led General Tu to several guards stationed on the border of Chang'an under the command of the Shaanxi Dusi. It was already evening after the incident, and on Thursday the general took Tu Rong to meet the commander of the Shaanxi Dusi who was recuperating and asked him to meet his boss.

Accomplishing so much work in one day is extremely efficient. The most rare thing is that General Thursday seems to take Tu Rong to watch the flowers and flowers, and he is not in-depth everywhere, but in fact, he has already said everything that should be said and everything that should be delivered. Even the deficit in the accounts that is not easy to explain, and the case of Du Boqin, which is currently being handled by the Shaanxi Metropolitan Division, have not been concealed.

On Thursday, the general really didn't care about the deficit in the accounts. He has a clear conscience, and the Zhou family also has a clear conscience. These shortfalls were not caused by the Zhou family's private pockets, but because the border city guards could not get the grain and grass materials that the imperial court should have allocated, in order to prevent the local soldiers from starving to death, the Shaanxi Metropolitan Division squeezed out a sum of money, grain and materials from his own account to help the other party.

There is the responsibility of the imperial court, the responsibility of the Sun family, and the responsibility of the emperor. The Zhou family's illegal operation is only to make up for the negligence and omissions caused by the emperor and the imperial court. Even if the practices are a little unruly, they do so out of public interest. If Tu Rong is embarrassed because of this, it will only make him angry and unpopular as soon as he enters the Northwest Frontier Army, and his life in Chang'an will become more and more difficult in the future.

And when the general dealt with these matters on Thursday, he left detailed and clear accounts from beginning to end, and he was not afraid of the imperial court coming to scrutinize them. Even if Tu Rong used this as an excuse to attack him, he would not be able to frame him for a serious crime such as corruption, at most he would be punished with a small punishment and a big admonition. And General Thursday is about to enter Beijing to take up his post, and he is the only one among the sons of Zhenguo Gong who is an official in the Shangzhi Army. If the emperor hadn't deliberately turned against the Zhou family, he would never have severely punished General Thursday for this small crime, and in the end, the matter would have come to an end.

The Zhenguo Mansion had already made preparations in advance, and Tu Rong had clearly figured this out. The emperor sent him to Chang'an, not to find the bad luck of the Zhou family, so he calmly took over the account books handed over by General Thursday, and completed the handover under the witness of all his colleagues and subordinates.

As for Du Boqin's case, he had already had a general understanding of it before he came, and after he took office, he found that the Zhou family had not concealed any important facts of the case, and as soon as the human and physical evidence were complete, he was not in a hurry to see Du Boqin, but only concentrated on the handover.

The handover was completed in one day, and the efficiency was super high, but on Thursday, in order for Tu Rong to get started as soon as possible, the general decided to leave his henchmen and documents to help him temporarily, and then go to Beijing to meet him a month later. With this clerk in place, the officials in the Dusi Yamen will also help, and he believes that Tu Rong will soon be able to adapt to his new job.

At the end, he reminded Tu Rong again: "Although Haixi Yahai is a subordinate official under the command of the Shaanxi Metropolitan Division, he is actually working for Tao Shilang of the household department, and he is specifically responsible for trying to grow new grain. After the beginning of spring, he had a lot of things to do, and he probably went on business trips a lot, and the trivial tasks in the yamen did not have to be handed over to him if they were not necessary. If General Tu is not at ease, he can arrange someone to assist him, but it is best not to meddle in specific affairs, lest Tao Shilang ask later, and it will be difficult to explain. ”

Tu Rong comprehended: "When I left Beijing, Tao Shilang had already greeted me specially, don't worry." ”

At this point, the general on Thursday has finished explaining all the things that should be explained, and he will leave with confidence. He will leave for Beijing tomorrow, and he will have to rush home tonight to rest as soon as possible.

Tu Rong specially sent people all the way out of the yamen before turning back. He lives in the yamen tonight, and in the future, he will have to wait until after tomorrow to find his residence in Chang'an!

The next morning, just after dawn, Tu Rong got up. Together with the officials of the Dusi Yamen, he went to the East City Gate to see off General Thursday and his wife, and by the way, he also met with several Zhou family members who had never met, as well as the generals of the Northwest Frontier Army in Chang'an.

After sending General Thursday and his entourage away, he talked to General Saturday who was present, and went to the Zhenguo Mansion to visit the Zhenguo Gong.

He talked with Zhen Guogong for about half an hour, and when he left the mansion, his expression was calm, and the expression of General Saturday who saw him off was also normal. Therefore, even if outsiders don't know what they talked about, they can clearly guess that the Zhenguo Mansion is not disgusted with this emperor's henchman from the capital.

On the same day, Tu Rong officially began his work in the Yamen of Shaanxi Dusi. He met with his subordinates one by one, inquired about the progress of their work, and asked them to come again to read the documents carefully. Everyone was very kind to him, and they were quite cooperative with his orders, and the clerk left by the general on Thursday took the initiative to provide him with a lot of help.

Tu Rong can feel it even if he is dull. Because the Zhou family was very polite to him, everyone was polite to him, and they didn't mean to do it. It seems that getting along with the Zhou family is really the biggest reliance on him to gain a firm foothold in Chang'an City.

If he arrives in Chang'an, he will target the Zhou family everywhere, and it will never be possible for everything to go smoothly at this time, and everyone will help each other.

However, the emperor sent him to Chang'an, although he hoped that he could get along well with the Zhou family, but he never thought of making him respectful and obedient to the Zhou family. He has his own mission, and he also needs to let the Zhou family see his ability and act with scruples.

Now that the Zhou family is in charge of the northwest, the Shaanxi Metropolitan Division and the Shaanxi Xingdu Division are under the control of the Zhenguo Mansion, even if the Zhou family behaves in accordance with the rules, as long as it is out of public intentions, they never take it to heart, and if they want to violate the law, they will violate the law, and the border army will also connive at it. In the long run, it's easy to go wrong. Who can guarantee that the Zhou family will always be in this position? Who can guarantee that the people in charge of the Zhou family will always be loyal to the court and will not have different intentions? If one day the commander of the Northwest Frontier Army is replaced, but this bad habit of violating military laws and regulations remains, who will suffer?

With this thought, Tu Rong was quiet in the Dusi Yamen for three days, and he was familiar with his work. On the morning of the fourth day, he suddenly ordered someone to fetch the relevant documents of Du Boqin's case, read them carefully, and then went to the prison to interrogate the prisoner.

(End of chapter)

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