Chen Jun, the commander of Dayong Guard, rescued Dayong County Magistrate Li Yulong, who had a layer of sweat on his forehead.

When Li Yulong faced Zhang Hui's questioning, he was speechless and began to think about whether he should be executed on the spot or escorted back to the capital.

Chen Jun, the commander of the Dayong Guard, who was short in stature but quite strong with a dark complexion, was already wearing armor and a sword on his waist, and entered the Dayong County Yamen with two soldiers.

Chen Jun's skin color is very dark, not only his cheeks, but also his exposed neck and palms.

This commander in charge of thousands of soldiers and horses had some weird movements when walking with his legs, as if he had some hidden disease or old injury on his legs.

But Chen Jun's eyes were piercing and his face was expressionless, making him feel calm and intimidating.

Leaving the two soldiers outside the hall, Chen Jun walked into the main hall alone, first stood in front of the hall and looked around.

At the top is Dayong County Magistrate Li Yulong, who is almost unable to sit still. On the right is a group of county government officials who are accompanying him and look equally nervous and ugly.

On the left is Zhang Hui, who is wearing the flying fish suit, and several deputy Qianhu, who are calming him down.

"The general will see you. Since I left the city yesterday and went out to inspect the Dayong Palace, I am late to welcome you. Please forgive me for my sins."

Chen Jun stood in front of the hall and explained in a loud voice, neither humble nor overbearing.

He is the commander of the First Guard of the third rank of the Zhengyi Guards. Zhang Hui is only a Qianhu officer of the fifth rank of the Jinyi Guard. Even if he is also serving as the Fusi of Beizhen, he cannot compare with him in terms of official status.

But because Zhang Hui was born in Jinyiwei and had received the emperor's order to leave the capital, Chen Jun gave Zhang Hui a bit of respect.

Zhang Hui stood up with a smile on his face and raised his hand towards Chen Jun.

"General, you have worked hard. When I came here this time, I heard that the general was a veteran of the army in the early days of the country. If he had not been injured in the founding battle of the country in the past and missed several subsequent major battles, he would have been knighted long ago."

Before coming to Dayong County, Zhang Hui obtained detailed records from civil and military officials in Yuezhou Prefecture.

I knew that Chen Jun, who had just moved around in a weird posture, had suffered an injury on the battlefield before the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Because the military situation was urgent at that time, the time for radical treatment was delayed, and he has suffered from a hidden disease since then.

Then the Governor's Office transferred him back from the front line, and he has been wandering around Huguang Road since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

So Zhang Hui said, if Chen Jun had not been injured and could have participated in the great battles at the founding of the People's Republic of China, he might have been knighted in the early days of the People's Republic of China.

Chen Jun was calm, waved his hand and said: "It's just luck. Now that the general is injured, he can still gain the trust of His Majesty and the court and take charge of the Dayong Guard. The general is already frightened."

Zhang Hui nodded, Chen Jun's words were true.

It seems that because the original injury involved his private parts, Chen Jun has not been able to give birth to an heir for so many years. Therefore, he adopted many military children who were orphaned in the early days of the country as adopted sons.

If others had done this, officials in the DPRK would have long accused the other party of being treasonous.

But even the emperor knew what happened to Chen Jun. Naturally, no one could comment on the matter of adopting the orphans of military households.

It is absolutely impossible to say that Chen Jun was loyal to the Ming Dynasty and only worked for the court.

Zhang Hui said directly: "I am going south with the order to find out the cause of the Southwest Chieftain Rebellion for the imperial court and your majesty. Previously, Mr. Li County has already explained a lot, but the imperial court still has to continue to investigate the case.

Be more detailed.

I believe that most of the officers and soldiers under the general are natives of the southwest, and there are even many natives who have joined the army. So I would like to discuss with the general whether I can use the brothers under the general's command."

As he spoke, Zhang Hui glanced at Li Yulong lightly.

He believes that what the other person says to him will not be false.

But what is the situation in the southwest, you have to see it for yourself for the court and His Majesty before you can really feel at ease.

This is all due to his experience in prison.

No matter how much others say, it's not as good as digging into it yourself and seeing the truth with your own eyes.

Chen Jun had a smile on his face and laughed heartily a few times.

And his eyes had already scanned the faces of everyone in the county government office, and he had a rough idea of ​​what had happened here before he came.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the imperial court has considered that local military and political affairs cannot be concentrated on one person, so the three local bureaus have emerged.

And local health centers have always been outside the jurisdiction of local governments.

Above the Dayong Guard is the Si Yamen, the commander of Huguang Daodu, and above that are the former Army Governor's Mansion and the Grand Governor's Mansion in Yingtian City.

Chen Jun glanced at Li Yulong, the magistrate of Dayong County who looked nervous, and said with a smile to Zhang Hui: "It's just a matter of borrowing some people. They are all working for the imperial court, not to mention that the superior has received the emperor's order this time.

, the superior officer may take away the brothers in the camp to do some work."

Zhang Hui stood up, nodded towards Chen Jun, then turned to look at Magistrate Dayong: "I have been harassing the county magistrate here for a long time, but I still have important matters to discuss with General Chen in the camp."

He did not come to the southwest to investigate political and ecological issues in government counties. What kind of official Li Yulong was was not part of Zhang Hui's mission this time.

When Li Yulong saw that Zhang Hui did not pursue the previous problem, but wanted to go to the camp with Chen Jun, he immediately felt at ease.

He stood up quickly, with a smile on his face, and said diligently: "Shang Guan Huang's official duties are important, and I don't dare to delay them. It's just for the county government..."

Zhang Hui waved his hand and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, your Majesty, but your Majesty and the court are still waiting for news. After I investigate for a while, if I have time, I will definitely come to trouble your county."

After that, Zhang Hui made a gesture towards Chen Jun to leave together.

Li Yulong quickly followed behind the two of them, saying nice things from time to time.

…

"Actually, Li Zhixian is a good person. Although I don't know whether he has committed corruption or fraud, he still handles the matters that have been handed down by the imperial court without compromise."

After leaving the Dayong County Government Office and heading to the Dayongwei Military Camp, the commander Chen Jun rode on horseback and Zhang Hui, who was walking beside him, explained in a low voice.

Zhang Hui smiled: "I had checked his past before coming here. If he really wasn't a good official, I would have captured him just now."

Chen Jun smiled silently. He looked at the people on the street who started to avoid him from a distance because of the appearance of the Jin Yiwei. He then said softly: "Although the general does not dare to comment on the new policy of the imperial court, the chaos that has occurred in the southwest this time, said

After all, the imperial court did not treat everyone equally.

If the New Deal was implemented at the beginning and was also implemented in Tusi Prefecture and County, even if there was resistance and Tusi Prefecture and County officials resisted the imperial court, we could just send troops to kill them.

In the early years, when the Ming Dynasty was founded, we had many fights with the chieftains. On the contrary, we felt that we could not let the chieftains' prefectures and counties get into chaos because of the New Deal, which has led to what we are now."

Zhang Hui glanced at Chen Jun lightly.

He believed that Chen Jun did not express his dissatisfaction with the imperial court's decision-making on the implementation of the New Deal. Chen Jun was completely acting from the perspective of a military general.

Zhang Hui suddenly chuckled and asked: "I have one more thing that I still don't understand. Why are the natives so dissatisfied and causing trouble this time that they only go after the native officials, and even fight to clean up the traitors for the imperial court?"

Flag? This matter would probably be impossible if there were no outsiders to make suggestions."

It is impossible for the native people to spontaneously feel that only the native officials are exploiting them.

The natives would only believe that the reason why the imperial court did not implement the New Deal equally among the chieftains in the counties was to squeeze them together with the native officials.

Zhang Hui was even sure that when the chaos first broke out, the native officials must have explained to the natives that all this was a decree of the imperial court.

Chen Jun was stunned for a moment, then smiled silently, but did not speak.

to here.

On the contrary, Zhang Hui really understood the cause and effect of the matter.

Do you want to report all these things truthfully after returning to Beijing?

Zhang Hui thought about it and felt that in this matter, the natives must be able to distinguish right from wrong, and they burst out all their anger after the native officials continued to squeeze them in the past.

"I will stay in the southwest for a few days, go to Tusifu County in person, and then return to Beijing immediately.

But the Jinyiwei will leave manpower here, and the brothers under General Chen will need to cooperate. Once the imperial court decides on any military strategy, the DPRK and China will be able to deal with it calmly and know the situation in the southwest in advance."

When Chen Jun saw Zhang Hui's next arrangement, he replied: "The Dayong Guards will be stationed in three thousand-household posts on the pretext of supervising the construction of Dayong's first-line barracks. The general thought that the guards in many places in the southwest have been

All the camps are also a bit old, and I think many places will be preparing to repair the camps in the near future."

After saying that, Chen Jun looked at Zhang Hui deeply.

Zhang Hui nodded, everything was clear to him.

…

Ying Tiancheng has become a bit chillier.

In early winter, everything is about to fall into a deep sleep, and even the people in the capital have begun to reduce their farm work.

In addition to the fields, there are occasionally some government officials leading the way to summon the people to dredge ditches and clean ponds, so it is rare to see farm work nearby.

On the contrary, the workshops accumulated in Yingtian City over the years began to be in full swing the year before.

Workshop owners need to produce a batch of goods before the end of the year to replenish the material supply in the capital. People who have no farm work go to the workshops from home to try to earn more money for their families.

The whole family can wear new clothes and eat hot meals and meat in the New Year.

Among them, Yingtian Mansion's work of hiring corvees was the most popular among the people, and everyone was proud to be hired by Yingtian Mansion.

It’s really because the wages paid by the government are on average 10% higher than those in private workshops, and they also provide three meals a day!

Under the influence of the government, the workshop could only guarantee one lunch.

And the three meals a day in Yingtianfu can save a lot of expenses for the families of the employed people.

It's just that the manpower needed by the government is small after all, and more people still enter private workshops.

It's just that no matter how much you earn or how little you earn, nowadays big guys always have more ways to make money to support their families.

This is another aspect of fun.

Under the watchful eyes of several people who were hired to clean the Longwan Pier, Zhang Hui led several Jin Yiwei officers and soldiers, got off the river boat, set foot on the Longwan Pier, which had been completely used by the government, and rode on the horses that were always carried on the pier.
To be continued...