Qian Yunshu, the governor of the state, did not return to Jiazhou City until the end of August. The next day, Zhu Zhi came to the state government office again to visit Qian Yunshu.
Zhu Zhi had rushed to the state government office to report, and was accompanied by only two family generals. Four family members, including Zhu Tong and Lu Jing, were waiting in the alley outside the state government office, looking quite depressed.
This time, only Su Qiucheng and Lu Jing accompanied Zhu Zhi into the Zhou Yamen. Outside the Zhou Yamen, Zhu Tong was wearing a brocade shirt and sitting on a soft brocade saddle, holding a bridle in his hand, looking at Zhou Yamen leisurely.
There are two old elm trees with dense leaves at the Yamen Gate. From time to time, they use horse whips to whip the two trees with dry bark.
An old official walked out of the gate, bowed and said with a smile:
"Zhu Sihu went in to talk to Lord Zhou. The meeting won't be over for a while. Second Young Master, you'd better come in and sit down for a while!"
"The discussion between my eldest brother and the king of Zhou is a major court matter, and I, a commoner, cannot join in the fun. However, if I can only sit on the bench in the Yamen of Zhou, I might as well wait here. Jiazhou City is much cooler than Jianye, and the scenery is also
Okay, it won't make people idle." Zhu Tong said with a laugh.
"Second Young Master, you are joking." The old official said with a sneer. He glanced at the hundreds of armored soldiers behind Zhu Tong who were waiting for him. They were all brave and strong. For a while, he couldn't figure out what kind of drama the Zhu brothers were singing this time.
People nearby have noticed the situation here for a long time, and more and more people are looking here from the nearby streets and alleys, not knowing what great event has happened in Jiazhou.
Although Jiazhou is a border state, it is adjacent to the Eastern Barbarians and the Qingqiang tribes are relatively docile. There have been no disasters for decades, and the military equipment is quite sparse.
In Jiazhou City, apart from a battalion of four to five hundred guards, the number of Xiang soldiers was larger, but most of them were old, weak, sick, and disabled, and they usually served as various laborers.
And the official officers in the state government usually neglected to practice. They were only thinking about dealing with the tasks and getting some oil and water wherever they could. They were loose and loose, and they didn't look like the generals of Vietnam.
Suddenly, there were more than a hundred armored soldiers who looked like wolves and tigers "surrounding" in front of the state government office early in the morning. Why doesn't it arouse people's imagination?
"Could it be that someone from the state government committed some major crime, and the imperial court sent someone to arrest him and bring him back to Beijing for trial?"
"I don't know who the young general is. He is extremely handsome. He received this important mission at a young age, and his future is bound to be great..."
No one from the surrounding areas dared to come forward to inquire about it; they just talked about it in the streets and alleys.
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In the flower hall of the post office of the state government, Zhizhou Qian Yunshu was sitting behind the long desk. He looked at his friend Zhou Yun who hurriedly walked in with a gloomy face and asked: "Didn't it mean that Zhu Zhi brought several family members to Jiazhou to take up his post?
Why do so many soldiers appear again?"
"In the past ten days, I have been out of the city with Mr. Zhou Jun to inspect the city. Mr. Cai, the general judge, is in charge of the government office. I heard before that Zhu Zhi came to the government office for a visit. There were only one or two people accompanying him. No one paid attention to how many people there were in the Zhu family.
The men and horses followed into the city,"
Zhou Yun frowned slightly and said,
"However, when the Zhu family was in Bianliang, it was the home of the Prime Minister. Zhu Hang successively served as Privy Councilor, Yin of Jianye Prefecture, Minister of Honglu Temple, and Princess Ronngle. He was also one of the only surviving clans.
It is normal for two hundred servant boys to take up the post. However, for a minister who has been exposed to foreign affairs and still doesn't know how to restrain himself, I don't think the Zhu family's glory and wealth will last long."
"I don't care how long the Zhu family's glory and wealth can last, but what does Zhu Zhi mean by being so pretentious? Does he think that I was not in Jiazhou before and deliberately avoided him, so he wants to show off to me this time?" Qian Yunshu asked angrily. road.
Zhou Yun advised: "Why do the king of the state and the arrogant people care about this?"
Qian Yunshu went out to inspect the city
(This chapter is not finished yet, please turn the page.) It was planned. I didn’t predict in advance when Zhu Zhi would come to take office. But after Zhu Zhi arrived in Jiazhou and rushed to the prefecture government office to report, the prefecture office office also promptly sent someone to look for Qian Yunshu. The letter has been submitted.
Although Qian Yunshu is the governor of a state and is also in charge of Lizhou's affairs, it stands to reason that Zhu Zhi will also be his subordinate after he takes office. However, Zhu Zhi is also a seventh-grade official after all, and the entire Jiazhou city can't find two. After receiving the slap, Qian Yunshu should return to Jiazhou City as soon as possible to meet with Zhu Zhi and discuss Zhu Zhi's departure to Lizhou for his appointment.
The problem lies in handling the affairs of Lizhou.
Lizhou has a vast territory, where the Eastern Barbarians and Qingqiang tribes have lived for generations. There are about thirty or forty leaders of these tribes who are appointed by the court as hereditary governors and governors to manage their respective clan areas. The court has not directly dispatched them for hundreds of years. an official.
However, Jiazhou is responsible for matters involving tribute, purchase, and other matters. At the same time, if there is any restlessness among these tribes, Jiazhou also has the power to monitor them and even send troops to suppress them.
Therefore, Ji's power is not small, and the interests involved are even greater.
In terms of buying and selling alone, there are more than 100,000 or 200,000 people from the Eastern Barbarians and Qingqiang tribes scattered among the mountains at the southern foot of Qionglai Mountain. They trade hundreds of thousands of coins and goods with Jiazhou every year.
Various tax discussions, whether the tax is looser or tighter, there are tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of dollars of live work every year.
Although Qian Yunshu was forgotten in Jiazhou after the fall of Bianliang, his life was extremely comfortable, and he himself did not even think about it.
Now Zhu Zhi is sent to Lizhou to join the army. Although he is still controlled by Jiazhou, as the first official directly sent to Lizhou by the imperial court, Zhu Zhi became the first official in many regulatory matters. principal.
Qian Yunshu delayed returning to Jiazhou City because he also wanted to make Zhu Zhi sit on the bench for ten more days and a half, so that he could think clearly about the appropriateness of his duties in Lizhou.
Now that he has returned to Jiazhou, he formally summoned Zhu Zhi to the state government office to discuss his appointment. However, Zhu Zhi stopped at the gate of the state government office with hundreds of armed and hard-line soldiers. What did Qian Yunshu think?
Zhou Yun is a descendant of the Zhou family in Jiazhou. He failed in many tests and was later hired as a guest by Qian Yunshu. He was considered a prominent figure in Jiazhou. At this time, he deeply felt that the two brothers Zhu Zhi and Zhu Tong were not good-intentioned. Like simply being released to the outside world and exiled.
However, they were far away in Jiazhou, more than three thousand miles away from Jianye, and they couldn't figure out what was going on in the court. At this time, Zhou Yun could only advise Qian Yunshu to be calm and patient for the time being, and not to talk to the Zhu brothers. What conflict arises?
Although it is now rumored that the Zhu family is not very popular with His Majesty, the bigger problem is that few people in the court pay attention to Jiazhou, and few people know who Qian Yunshu is.
If Qian Yunshu is really going to have any conflict with the Zhu brothers, who is more likely to suffer a loss if the dispute escalates to the middle of the court?
"If they cause trouble in Lizhou, will I tolerate them?" Qian Yunshu has become accustomed to being domineering and arrogant in recent years, in addition to being a little bit hypocritical towards the general judge Cai Yi. For a while, he can't help but get angry.
asked.
"The Zhu brothers really want to cause trouble in Lizhou. There are unreasonable barbarians who will fight with them," Zhou Yun said with a smile. "When the Zhu brothers cause trouble and fail to clean up the situation, the king of the state is still afraid of going to the Jockey Club."
Late?"
"..." Qian Yunshu understood Zhou Yun's plan, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said, "Follow me for a while and find out who this Zhu Zhi is!"
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Jiazhou Prefectural Government Office cannot be said to be magnificent. They are all dusty brick and wood buildings, covering an extremely large area. They include offices for various officials, trial courts, Ma Bujun prisons, warehouses, and military garrison camps.
There are all of them, accounting for almost more than a quarter of the entire Jiazhou City.
Qian Yunshu didn't show up for a long time, so Zhu Zhi and Su Qiucheng sat in a side courtyard of Zhou Yamen and waited patiently.
Zhu Zhi and Su Qiucheng originally did not want to be so public, nor did they even want to touch the interests of Qian Yunshu, Cai Yi and other officials in Lizhou. They thought that after a while, they would order Jingxiang's deployment in Jiazhou to use Fengyue Tower.
name surfaced.
However, Qian Yunshu refused to return to Jiazhou City for more than ten days, and officials such as Tongpan Cai Yi did not show up. They said that Zhu Zhi's appointment could only be decided after Qian Yunshu returned and he was unwilling to talk to them.
After having too deep contact, Zhu Zhi and Su Qiucheng thought that no matter how docile they were, they could not make Qian Yunshu, Cai Yi and others put down their guard, so they simply took advantage of this meeting to reveal their minions.
Although some clues reaching Beijing would arouse alarm, they could only hope to gain enough time to complete the deployment in Qionglai Mountain.
At this moment, they heard the sound of footsteps outside the courtyard. Zhu Zhi and Su Qiucheng walked to the corridor and saw several government officials walking into the courtyard. One was wearing a red official robe and the other was wearing a Confucian shirt.
It turns out that the two of them were Qian Yunshu and his guest Zhou Yun, who were both members of the Imperial Academy and knew Jiazhou.
"Lizhou Sihu Zhu Zhi has met the state king!"
Zhu Zhi saluted.
Qian Yunshu looked Zhu Zhi up and down, but was not busy returning the gift. Instead, he looked around and asked his subordinates: "Where is Mr. Cai?"
"We have sent someone to ask for Cai Tongpan. He will be here in a moment," someone reported.
Qian Yunshu then bowed his hand to Zhu Zhigong as a return gesture and said: "A case has arisen in Longyou County, which is quite difficult. I don't want to stay there for several days and ask Zhu Langjun to wait in the city for a long time."
"I went to Lizhou to serve as a household secretary and join the army. I was sent by the imperial court. No matter how urgent it is, I can't wait for ten days and a half..." Zhu Zhi said lightly.
At this moment, a short, black, middle-aged official came over. He was Cai Yi, the general magistrate of Jiazhou.
Zhu Zhi visited Cai Yi twice before, but Cai Yi was a slippery man.
Cai Yi was far away from the temple and could not see through the mysteries of the court. However, he was always vague about Zhu Zhi's appointment in Lizhou and did not express any position. He only said that everything would be discussed after Qian Yunshu's return.
After everyone came to the hall and sat down, Zhu Zhi glanced at Zhou Yun and others, raised his hands to Qian Yunshu, and Cai Yi and said: "Zhu Zhi went to Lizhou this time. There are some things that should not be disclosed to others. He can only tell the state."
Sir, Cai Tongjian will give you an interview and ask the rest of you to leave for the time being!"
Qian Yunshu's expression darkened slightly, and after thinking for a while, he signaled to Zhou Yun and others to leave temporarily.
"Since the founding of the Dai Viet dynasty, officials have been demoted countless times, but Lizhou is a land of barbarians. Since it was attached to Dai Viet, the court has not sent an official to Lizhou even if he was demoted. Zhu Zhi is here to take office this time.
Li Zhou, Zhou Jun, Cai Tongpan must have a lot of doubts in his mind these days, right?"
Qian Yunshu delayed returning to Jiazhou City for more than ten days. Zhu Zhi and Su Qiucheng realized that Qian Yunshu and Cai Yi, the Jiazhou officials, would not give up their guard against him, but Qian Yunshu and Cai Yi could use their methods against him.
Naturally, it is very limited. The most effective way is to use them to take root in Jiazhou for a long time and secretly instigate the Qingqiang and other tribes to cause trouble.
He and Su Qiucheng decided to use their tactics to induce Qian Yunshu. Cai Yi mistakenly believed that the court's fundamental purpose of releasing him to Lizhou was to compile Lizhou into an economic state and bring it under the official jurisdiction of the court.
, he went to Lizhou to serve as a household secretary and join the army, which was just the first step.
On this point, Qian Yunshu, Cai Yi and others have no way to verify the authenticity.
After all, Zhu Hang, Hu Kai and others in the court had always wanted to institutionalize Jizhou to expand the court's rule in the southwest; Zhu Zhi was demoted to Lizhou this time, and Wei Chujun, others and even Emperor Shaolong were also demoted to Lizhou.
