There are many shops and workshops in Baoanwei City. At this time, Baoanwei had a very wide jurisdiction. In later generations, Xinbaoan Town, Dongbali, Xibali, Shacheng, Mulberry Garden and other places that belonged to Huailai County were all castle towns belonging to Baoanwei.
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According to historical records of the Ming Dynasty, during the Hongzhi period, there were 150 official households, 819 military households, and 113 rural households in Baoanwei. All military households were under Baoanwei management.
There are three commanders and commanders in the guard who have official duties or actual teaching, and four commanders and officials. There are also Confucian professors and instructors in the guard city, as well as large and small guard officials, etc.
A considerable part of this large population lives within the Acropolis. In terms of population alone, it is obviously much larger than Baoan Prefecture City. The wide demand has led to the prosperity of commerce in the city.
Soon, the group of people arrived in front of the gate of the Security Guard Command Department in the Xun corner of the city. Here, a tall square watch was erected with the two characters "Zhenbei" written on it.
The garrison office of the Security Guard City is located inside the Security Guard Command Department. This is basically the case in all the guard posts in the Ming Dynasty. After the self-defense post and the battalion system were combined into one.
The commander of each acropolis basically serves as the garrison officer of the local castle. The commander of each guard is also divided into two parts. When it comes to local defense, defense matters go to the garrison office, and when it comes to garrisoning at the garrison,
Then he transferred to the command hall.
In front of "Zhenbeifang", Shanxi Town Counselor Jiang Mingwu was waiting here, as were Xuanzang guerrillas Li Jianming and Wen Hui. Beside them were third-rank military attachés who were nearly fifty years old.
Before Zhang Cheng could get close, Jiang Mingwu ran over in a few steps and said loudly: "Brother Zhang, hurry up, the governor is impatiently waiting."
He pulled Zhang Cheng and started to rush inside very enthusiastically. Zhang Cheng stopped and said with a smile: "Brother Jiang, don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry. Could you please introduce me to these guys?"
At this time, security guard commander Wang Xiaocheng quickly stepped forward and introduced the security guards to Zhang Cheng.
It turned out that the third-grade military attache in his fifties was the security commander Wen Zhong, and behind him were a group of security officials, big and small.
This Wen Zhong looks to be around fifty, with a long beard and a long beard. He has an elegant and handsome appearance. He is dressed in the uniform of a military attache from the third rank. He is quite elegant, but his manner and face are a bit stiff, giving people a smiley face.
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He said to Zhang Cheng in a nonchalant manner: "Young people are not simple. General Zhang is so brave and brave. We really admire him."
Zhang Cheng was actually a little disdainful of Wen Zhong, but he said with some respect on his face: "Mr. Wen's excessive praise is just rumors and cannot be trusted. Zhang Cheng still needs to learn from all the adults."
Wang Xiaocheng even enthusiastically helped Zhang Cheng introduce the security officers and generals behind Wen Zhong, most of whom were the commanders of the security guards, Qianhu and other figures.
When they met Zhang Cheng, they all had smiles on their faces. Although Zhang Cheng did not have a superior-subordinate relationship with them, at least on the surface, they were still very affectionate towards Zhang Cheng, and their expressions were full of admiration.
After the greetings, Wen Zhong welcomed Wang Pu, Zhang Cheng and others into the Security Guard Command Department. He directly led everyone to the West Flower Hall. Zhang Cheng saw an old man with a somewhat skinny face standing under the eaves of the hall.
He looked to be nearly sixty years old, and was dressed in the uniform of a third-grade guard commander. He had a kind expression, and he stood there with great authority. He was looking at Zhang Cheng and others who came in with extremely gentle eyes.
Wang Pu walked forward with his head held high, Zhang Cheng and other generals followed behind him. The security commander Wang Xiaocheng stepped forward quickly and rushed to introduce: "General Zhang, this is our commander Li.
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Zhang Cheng followed the reputation and found that the kind-faced old man in front of him was Mr. Li, the commander of the security guards.
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In the West Flower Hall of the Acropolis.
Chen Xinjia, the governor of Xuanda, sat at the top of the table like a star holding the moon. Zhang Cheng was pulled by him to sit next to him, and on the other side was Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of Xuanzang.
Datong Commander-in-Chief Wang Pu was next to Zhang Cheng, Shanxi Town Commander-in-Chief Hu Dawei sat next to Yang Guozhu, followed by the security guard commander Li Yiming and others who sat down to accompany him.
During the banquet, all the generals and security officers came to toast one after another. Fortunately, Zhang Cheng had a huge capacity for drinking and was able to resist.
After toasting for a while, Chen Xinjia took Zhang Cheng's hand and said: "General Zhang, if you want to return to Xuanzang this time, if you need anything, just tell General Yang. If there is any difficulty, you can report to Yanghe. I will be the governor."
You solve it."
Zhang Cheng hurriedly picked up the wine bowl and said respectfully: "Zhang Cheng is deeply grateful for the great love of the governor, so I can only replace it with this wine."
Yang Guozhu, who was standing next to him, picked up the wine bowl and followed Chen Xinjia's words and said: "Zhang Guerrilla's new camp has just been built, and it needs a lot of tools. Although I, Xuanzhen, are short of money, we should give full support to it, so that we can live up to the wishes of the governor."
As the cups came and went, everyone in the hall toasted to Zhang Cheng, especially the Xuanzhen guerrillas Li Jianming and Wen Hui, who were extremely jealous.
But seeing that in the hall, all the officials and generals at the three tables were taking turns toasting with Chen Xinjia and Zhang Cheng as the center, he followed them. After paying tribute to the governor Chen Xinjia, he focused on Zhang Cheng.
Their original intention was to make Zhang Cheng drunk and cause trouble, but they underestimated Zhang Cheng's drinking capacity. That night, Zhang Cheng not only convinced everyone, but even drank to the end with Guo Yingxian.
Even the most generous Guo Yingxian was unconscious. Zhang Cheng knew that he could not hold on for long. After toasting Chen Xinjia with his last bowl of wine, he called Chen Zhong to help him leave.
In fact, Zhang Cheng was not drunk. During the banquet, he accepted everyone's toasts and returned the toasts to everyone at the banquet. Then Guo Yingxian dragged him to a drinking party. If this continued, he would definitely get drunk, so he took the opportunity to pretend to be drunk.
He called Chen Zhong to help him leave the table.
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On the second day, Zhang Cheng, accompanied by Chen Xinjia and other generals, left Baoan Guard City and separated only after passing Jiming Post.
Although Zhang Cheng was behind Yang Guozhu and headed for the Xuan Mansion, Hu Dawei and Wang Pu accompanied Governor Chen Xinjia and continued on their way, heading in the direction of Shengchuan River.
Finally, Wang Pu returned to Datong, Hu Dawei returned to Taiyuan, and Governor Chen Xinjia went to Yanghe.
In the twelfth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, on the first day of April, Xuanfu town was established.
Zhang Cheng's mother Zhang Yang and aunt Zhang Han had already led the younger members of the clan to kneel ten miles away from the east gate of Xuan Mansion to greet him.
Seeing the army returning from a distance, they heard cries. Although they had known the news for a long time, Zhang Yan's body was returning home, and there was another emotion. Who could step forward to stop him.
Zhang Cheng saw this from a distance and galloped forward on his horse. He dismounted twenty paces away and ran all the way to kneel in front of his mother and aunt, also kowtowing with tears on his face.
He kept saying, "Mom, aunt, Cheng'er is unfilial and failed to protect his uncle. Please punish me."