Starting from April 28, Zhu Jinghong was very peaceful on the road, and in addition to chatting with Ning Huanxiang every day, he explored the mysteries of life with Keqing.

But Wang Pei'an always didn't want him to get his wish, either holding books to teach him, or reasoning with him on on-site teaching.

How do I teach live? Naturally, when he was stationed in the wilderness, he took him to see the hardships of the people's work and let him experience the difficulties of people's livelihood.

For example, at this time, he was led by Wang Pei'an and walked on the high slope of the loess.

Although he is a modern person, although he knows that the common people are not doing well, when Zhu Jinghong witnessed it with his own eyes, he still felt a little shocked.

When he was in Jinling that day, he went deep into the township to observe the people's feelings, and at that time he felt that the common people were having a hard time, but compared with Shaanxi and Gansu, Jinling was already good.

"The difficulties of people's livelihood are already unspeakably miserable!" Zhu Jinghong couldn't help but sigh.

Wang Pei'an was also very touched at this moment, on the one hand, the northwest was indeed too bitter, and on the other hand, it was Zhu Jinghong's reaction.

All along, he felt that he knew this master well enough and thought that Zhu Jinghong was a kinder royal gentleman.

But after getting along for a long time recently, Wang Pei'an found that he needed to get to know him again.

Although there is resistance to observing the people's feelings, when this person really comes to the people, he will indeed understand the people's feelings in detail.

What is particularly commendable is that Zhu Jinghong will ask about the details of people's lives, such as how many acres of land are harvested at home, and how to pay taxes every year......

The dignity of the prince is so condescending...... The contrast is so strong that I really surprised Wang Pei'an.

So much so that he couldn't help but wonder, can the crown prince do it? Can Ruiwang do it?

These two intend to fight for power, but how can they really care about the people...... This is the judgment given by Wang Pei'an.

"Your Royal Highness, the so-called rejuvenation of the people is hard, and now the imperial court is mobilizing troops, and the people are having a hard time, and it is ...... to pay taxes and levy labor!"

Now that the imperial court's finances are still healthy, there is not much change in taxes, but there will inevitably be an increase in the number of military conscriptions.

In the past two months alone, the imperial court has requisitioned nearly 600,000 people from Sichuan, Shanxi, Gansu and Shuofang to transport military rations.

According to the ancient saying, if the 100,000 combat troops on the front line plus these people, the imperial court can also claim to be 700,000 troops to quell the rebellion.

It is worth mentioning that among the 100,000 troops of the imperial court, only more than 60,000 are directly under the imperial court, and the rest are all servant armies of the Tusi of various ministries.

Here, Wang Pei'an continued to talk about the truth, but Zhu Jinghong's eyes turned to the official road, where a large group of people were hurrying.

"Who are those people?"

Beside Zhu Jinghong, a hundred households replied: "Lord Wang, there are sergeants accompanying the escort, I think it is to transport ordnance to the front line!" ”

Gao Hong is the 100 households of the standard-bearer guard, and he and Zhang Zhongxiang, another 100 households, are responsible for leading the guards who protect Zhu Jinghong.

Gao Hong and Zhang Zhongxiang's subordinates were also personally selected by Zhu Jinghong, and each of them was a good player who could fight and fight.

Picking and choosing among the standard-bearers like this, plus the fact that he had opened the mansion twice, is really unique.

"I don't look like ......"

Compared with ordinary people, Zhu Jinghong's eyesight is much better, and he found that it was not objects but people who were escorted, which was too strange.

"Check it out!" Zhu Jinghong said in a deep voice.

So everyone jumped on their horses and rushed in the direction of the pipeline, including Wang Pei'an.

Wang Pei'an originally had average riding skills, but during this time, in order to facilitate the journey, he also practiced as a scholar.

When everyone approached, they saw that in addition to escorting supplies, the sergeants also had a large number of young men in the ranks.

was told by his subordinates that a team was approaching, and the leader of the team did not dare to ignore it, while ordering his subordinates to be on guard, and then he brought someone to negotiate.

"Who are you?"

Listening to the shouting voice on the other side, Gao Hong looked at Zhu Jinghong and asked, "Lord Wang...... But go and say hello! ”

"You go and ask about the situation, and you will say that we are from the Governor's Office!"

Ning Huanxiang has established the Northwest Governor's Office, and it is only fitting to report his name.

Gao Hong immediately rode forward, first reported his identity and then showed the investigation, so that the escort sergeant explained the situation.

After asking about the situation, Gao Hong immediately came back with a horse, followed by the Qianhu.

"Lord Wang, this is Xu Qianhu, they are responsible for escorting the grain and grass, and on the way, the people are making trouble, so they are taken down!" Gao Hong said.

Originally, Xu Youqing thought that he was just a subordinate of the Governor's Office, so he thought about coming over to meet him, but he didn't expect that there would be a prince in front of him.

Xu Youqing had heard that this time Zhu Jinghong would go to the northwest to supervise the battle, and he was on the road with Ning Huanxiang, so it was easy for him to guess the identity of the person in front of him.

Without half a minute of delay, Xu Youqing immediately knelt down to pay homage: "Xu Youqing, the minister of Gansu Metropolitan Division, Qinzhou Wei Qianhu, knock to see the prince!" ”

"Hmm...... Get up! ”

Zhu Jinghong responded, and then asked, "The people are making trouble?" What's going on? ”

Wang Pei'an also stared at Xu Youqing, and he also wanted to know the inside story.

"Those people were called to deliver military rations, but halfway they said that the money had not been paid, and the family was about to be unable to open the pot, so they were reluctant to leave halfway, so they made a fuss about asking for ......."

Conscription is tax-exempt, and if the signs are performed again after the completion of the service, the imperial court has to give money and grain subsidies, after all, the long time for transporting military rations will greatly affect the family's farming and other agricultural affairs.

According to Xu Youqing, Zhu Jinghong knew that the arrested group of people had been conscripted for service for the fourth time since February last year.

In other words, from February last year to May this year, they worked for the imperial court for free for 10 months in these thirteen months.

It is very likely that there is a long-term lack of strong labor in the family, and it is very likely that the life will not be able to go on, so it is normal for these people to make trouble.

After Xu Youqing finished speaking, Wang Pei'an opened his mouth and asked, "They really didn't receive money and food?" ”

"This ...... I really don't know the inside story, and the lowly duty just escorts the military rations to Wuwei safely! Xu Youqing replied.

In fact, he knew that these people did not receive subsidies from the imperial court, but they didn't want to get involved in these things, so he said that he didn't know.

Compared with other thousand households, he is already a kind person, but the troublemakers are in custody, and he does not directly kill people.

"Your Highness, the minister is going to ask about the situation!" Wang Pei'an took the initiative to speak.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Jinghong said, "Go ahead!" ”

With Wang Pei'an here, many things will not be easy, so Zhu Jinghong is thinking about how to kick this aside along the way.

The incident encountered today gave Zhu Jinghong an idea.

So he looked at Xu Youqing and asked, "You tell me the truth...... How many of these people are in arrears? ”

"This ......"

Seeing Xu Youqing spitting and spitting, Gao Hong immediately reminded: "The prince asked Ling, you just tell the truth, do you think you can hide this kind of thing?" ”

The matter of arrears of wages is indeed very common, and the people are the best group of people, and the officials are naturally more willing to scrape the benefits from them.

"According to what the ministers have heard...... There are indeed arrears of wages, and there have been a few times of arrears! Xu Youqing replied very hard, he really did not want to be involved in these corruption cases.

"Hmm!"

Fortunately, Zhu Jinghong answered, and he didn't mean to ask, otherwise Xu Youqing would really want to cry.

"It seems that this is a big case, enough to hold him back!" Zhu Jinghong looked in the direction of Wang Pei'an.

I saw that at this time, Wang Pei'an was questioning, chatting very energetically with the arrested gang, and even laughed in the end.

"I will get your money back for you, but you also have to promise to transport the grain and grass of the imperial court!" Wang Pei'an's face was solemn when he spoke.

Maybe he really has his own heroic righteousness, anyway, after some persuasion by him, the people present believed him.

"Master, as long as you can call the shots for the little ones, how dare the little ones mistake the big things of the court!"

"We also know that if we let those barbarians in, it will be a big disaster, and if it weren't for the fact that our family couldn't get by, we wouldn't make trouble......"

"Master Wanwang is in charge!"

Looking at the people in front of him, Wang Pei'an asked them to get up and told them to talk to Qianhu about it.

After speaking, Wang Pei'an turned back and explained the situation to Zhu Jinghong.

"Your Highness, the minister thinks ...... If these people are the first offenders and have not caused trouble, they can be forgiven for the time being! ”

"In this way, they can not only make meritorious contributions, but also not delay the transfer of military rations!"

"Hmm!"

Zhu Jinghong responded, but he was a little disappointed in his heart, he was very worried that Wang Pei'an would let this matter be settled.

I only heard Wang Pei'an continue: "At the same time, the minister thinks that this matter should be reported to the Governor's Office, so that Governor Ning can strictly investigate this case!" ”

Hearing this, Zhu Jinghong was relieved, but he pretended to say: "Wang Changshi...... There are a lot of involved in this case, but I'm afraid it's not easy to investigate! ”

Wang Pei'an replied solemnly: "Your Highness, even if it is difficult...... It's not as hard as the people! ”

Zhu Jinghong continued: "You can investigate the case freely according to the prosecutor, there is a history of supervising the army, and there are brocade guards...... You're afraid it's not appropriate! ”

The reason why Zhu Jinghong said this was completely to clear his responsibility, and he guessed that there was likely to be eyeliner in the imperial court in the guards he had personally selected.

This is unavoidable, even if these people are clean when he picks, it is easy to be found and co-opted later, everything is a matter of interest.

"Before the minister left, His Majesty summoned Yu Chen, and told the minister to investigate the people's situation, and the minister investigated the case by order!"

Zhu Jinghong didn't expect that things would take such a turn.

If Wang Pei'an is ordered to investigate the case, then others are really blameless.

But in fact, the point of Zhu Xianming's remarks was to ask Wang Pei'an to investigate whether Qinghai and Anxi Xingdu had mishandled the rebellion in the northwest.

Obviously, the dismissal of Wu Changhui last year still gave the emperor a sense of exhaustion, so he thought about letting Wang Pei'an continue to dig deeper.

At this time, Zhu Jinghong was overjoyed in his heart, but he still said calmly: "So...... Sir, go check it out! ”

"Yes!"

After speaking, Zhu Jinghong looked at Xu Youqing and said in a deep voice: "According to Wang Changshi's meaning, let the people go!" ”

"Lord Wang, but if these people make trouble again? delayed the arrival of military rations, but the minister can't afford this crime! Xu Youqing hemmed again.

It's not a question of whether he is accommodating or not, but as long as there is such a possibility, he will have to be responsible, but he simply cannot afford the consequences.

"They have promised me that they will not make any more trouble, and they will help you deliver food!" Wang Pei'an explained.

Originally, he sneered at Wang Pei'an, but when he learned that he had the identity of a minister, Xu Youqing could only respectfully: "My lord...... People are separated from each other, and no one can guarantee that they will not regret it! ”

Just as Wang Pei'an was about to debate with him, Zhu Jinghong took the initiative to speak: "Okay...... I will guarantee this, and if they make any more trouble and the army is out of supply, I will explain the situation to the Governor's Office on your behalf! ”

At this time, Gao Hong said on the side: "You must also know the prestige of the prince, so you can rest assured!" ”

Compared with the hundred guards selected in the palace, Zhu Jinghong's new two are obviously more proficient.

"Yes......" Xu Youqing was helpless, so he had to order the people to be released.

When the people were released, everyone turned in the direction of Wang Pei'an, kowtowed to him to thank him, and shouted Lord Qingtian.

Wang Pei'an turned back again, and made a guarantee to a group of people, and asked them to deliver the military rations on time.

If it is the same, it will be difficult for the officials next to him to achieve Wang Pei'an's effect.

It is extremely difficult to convince the people.

After the arrangements were made here, Zhu Jinghong asked Xu Youqing to continue his journey, while he took his men back to the governor's office.

It is not accurate to call it the Governor's Office, and now the official office in charge of Ning Huanxiang is called the Governor's Northwest Counterinsurgency Administration.

Since it is an administrative office, it is similar to the current governor, and it is still a temporary assignment, and it is set up for the sake of the matter and is dismissed after the completion of the matter.

Today's Governor's Office is temporarily stationed in Wuwei Mansion, where Ning Huanxiang wants to meet with officials and generals in Gansu, Shaanxi, and Sichuan.

These people, who are mainly responsible for the logistics of the front-line army, are the fundamental guarantee for the victory of this great war.

As the governor of the northwest, Ning Huanxiang had a wider range of sources, which made him more aware of the problems in logistics, and the so-called arrears of the people's wages were not a big deal.

After Zhu Jinghong and his entourage returned to Wuwei City, he himself returned to the temporary station, while Wang Pei'an went to the governor's office.

To investigate the case and get back money and food for the people, he must communicate with the Governor's Office, and it is best to get Ning Huanxiang's support.

said that Zhu Jinghong entered the house, but Keqing came out when he heard the news, and at the same time Zhang asked the maid to pat him dust.

The northwest wind and sand are strong, and it is inevitable that you will get dust when you go out, especially Zhu Jinghong is also running around on horseback.

After a simple cleanup, Ke Qing ordered someone to serve out the meal, and the six dishes and one soup were full of color and aroma, which was not much worse than in the palace.

"Lord Wang, please take a seat!" Keqing pulled Zhu Jinghong to sit down.

Recently, enjoying the treatment of "exclusive" Zhu Jinghong, Keqing feels comfortable from the inside out, and the whole person is becoming more and more radiant.

"Lord Wang, you eat this ......"

"You can eat some seasonal vegetables that have just been delivered......"

Along the way, Keqing did everything meticulously, and also let Zhu Jinghong get to know him again.

During the meal, Zhu Jinghong didn't talk too much, but thought about what was going on.

When he finished eating, he went to the backyard to rest.

Before following Ning Huanxiang out of the Yumen Pass, he would maintain his "Anfen" image, so as not to drive him away from Ning Huanxiang.

"How many days has it been since the last time I sent a letter?"

When Keqing heard this, he replied after a little thought: "Last time...... The letter sent on the twenty-third is twenty-nine today, and six days have passed! ”

"Then it's time to write a letter to report safety!" Zhu Jinghong said with a smile.

Every six or seven days, he would send a letter to the capital, on the one hand, to report the safety of Baochai and the emperor, and at the same time to introduce some of his experiences in the northwest.

"The concubine comes to grind!" Keqing said immediately.

After Zhu Jinghong sat down, he first picked up a pen and wrote to Baochai, and greeted Yang Jingting and a few people inside.

After writing more than a dozen pages and putting them in an envelope, Zhu Jinghong wrote a letter to the emperor and the queen, mainly to ask for peace and greetings.

After his operation, half an hour passed.

While sealing the letter, Ke Qing said: "Lord Wang, the concubine has something, I want to ask you for mercy!" ”

"What?" Zhu Jinghong asked.

"My father is in Wuwei, and the concubine thinks about it...... Want to meet them! Keqing made a request.

After Qin Ye's father and son were assigned to the northwest, Zhu Jinghong also learned about the follow-up, but he forgot about it later.

At this moment, when he heard Keqing mention it, he remembered this matter.

"I remember that they were in Ganzhou, how did they get to Wuwei again?" Zhu Jinghong was extremely puzzled.

"It was Wu Wei who was transferred a few months ago, and it seems that he was arranged to be a small official in the county government!"

Talents like Qin Ye who were born on the right path, even if they were assigned to a bitter cold place like the northwest, they could easily get the courtesy of local officials.

So at the beginning, Qin Ye and his son were assigned to the ancient city of Ganzhou, and they stayed in the local county government as scribes.

But as the news spread that Keqing was carried into the palace, Qin Ye's father and son were transferred to the Ganzhou Mansion, and their living conditions were much better.

And this situation was learned by the Gansu Political Secretary at that time, so when Zhu Jinghong set off for the northwest, Qin Ye and his son were transferred for the second time.

Transferred from Ganzhou to Wuwei Mansion, the latter in slightly better conditions.

(End of chapter)