"Well, we'll be arriving in Zunhua soon. After all, Zunhua is still one of the few wealthy places in the north. Let the rich and landlords raise money to raise as much food as they can. Now let's provide local relief. Otherwise, there would be so many victims.
All will flow into our territory, after all, this is our territory that is the richest." Yang Fan said.
"By the way, Master, I forgot to tell you. Before we returned, I received a letter from Mei Xiang. It said that Wei Fugui came to see Master and said he had something important to discuss." Xiao Niangpi quickly walked to the inner room and took out the luggage from
I dug out the letter.
Yang Fan opened the letter and looked at it. The content was about some relatively big things at home, asking for advice from Xiao Niangpi. It looked like it was dictated by Aunt Mei and written by Mei Xiang.
Mei Xiang is a bit silly by nature. In fact, Aunt Mei handles all the big and small matters in the family. At the same time, Aunt Mei teaches her step by step and lets her help handle it.
The situation at home is very clear now. The master doesn’t care about the affairs at home at all, and is busy with outside matters all day long. The wife is actually the master’s secretary, and she is also very busy. No one knows what the second wife is busy with, but
Everyone in the family knows that her side is very important.
The most heavily guarded places in the house were the master's study and the second wife's study. Huang Daya's female soldiers stood guard with loaded guns and ammunition. They carried flintlock rifles with bayonets on their backs, and short muskets at their waists.
Aunt Mei is basically in charge of the affairs of the inner house. Although the wife ostensibly entrusts the management to the third wife, the third wife's ability cannot support it at all now. She relies entirely on the help of the housekeeper, Aunt Mei.
Daily affairs at home are generally decided upon by Zhao Fu, the housekeeper of the outer courtyard, and Aunt Mei after discussion.
Yang Fan usually doesn't interfere in Xiao Niangpi's affairs, which Xiao Niangpi is very satisfied with. She thinks this is because the master has helped her establish her authority in the family. He will only occasionally ask about important matters.
At the end of the letter, Mei Xiang said that it was the little fat man, Wei Fugui, who came to the house and asked if Brother Yang was back. He looked worried and seemed to have something wrong. When asked, he refused to tell.
Yang Fan put down the letter and suddenly felt that he had been very busy in the past six months. He hadn't seen the little fat man for a long time. He didn't know if he and his father Wei Bancheng were good. When he first came here, they were the first father and son he knew.
a friend.
After Yang Fan came back from the imperial capital and dealt with Duke Wei, he went directly to his own territory. He rarely returned to Zunhua City. The Zunhua Guard didn't like to see Yang Fan.
The commander-in-chief is about to retire, and he just wants his son to be hereditary according to the rules.
The other Qianhu who held real power were worried that Yang Fan would take away their military households and territories. They all united to isolate Yang Fan. In the end, His Majesty set up a separate Qianhu guard station for Yang Fan, and they were relieved.
Yang Fan himself was unwilling to come to Zunhua. He was a nominal second-in-command in the Zunhua Guard and did not participate in the internal affairs of the Zunhua Guard. The Hexi Guard Qianhu Office was directly under the Beizhili Dusi, and was not affiliated with the Zunhua Guard.
relation.
And Zunhua is a very special place.
In the imperial capital, Shuntian Prefecture was established to manage the capital and surrounding areas. According to the old system, Shuntian Prefecture had one Fu Yin and one Fu Cheng, which governed 24 prefectures and counties including Daxing, Wanping, Changping, Liangxiang, and Zunhua.
The Shuntian Prefecture has a special status. Since the Shuntian Prefecture is the highest local administrative organ in the capital, the Prefecture's position is particularly prominent and its rank is the third rank, which is two to three levels higher than the general prefect.
It is also managed by ministers at the level of ministers and ministers. The first three-level yamen use bronze seals, but the Shuntian mansion uses silver seals. They are the governors and governors of the same feudal officials.
Due to the very important military status of the Great Wall, troops were stationed along the Zunhua Great Wall during the Ming Dynasty. There were more than 20 passes in Zunhua, such as Malanyu, Hongshankou, Madiyu, Qiukeyu, etc.
Due to the increasingly important strategic position of Zunhua, during the Ming Dynasty, Zunhua County was listed as the first line in the depth of military deployment, and local officials such as the governor of Shuntian Prefecture also placed their yamen in Zunhua.
"Jifu Tongzhi" records: "The governor of Shuntian and other prefectures also organized and ordered Jizhou and other places to prepare a member of the border.
In the second year of Chenghua (1466), the imperial censor Zan was appointed to manage military affairs, and patrolled the two prefectures of Shuntian and Yongping. He also sought to oversee the five prefectures of Hejian, Zhengding, and Baoding.
In the seventh year (1471), he was also in charge of eight mansions.
In the eighth year (1472), Ji assisted the vast territory and established two governors from Juyong Pass. To the east were governors Shuntian and Yongping, stationed in Zunhua.
Because Shuntian Prefecture is so large, the Shuntian Prefecture Yin of the Ming Dynasty was stationed in the capital and was in charge of Wanping and Daxing counties within the walls of the imperial capital, which are today's Dongcheng District and Xicheng District.
Outside the city, the 24 counties under the jurisdiction of Shuntian Prefecture were specially set up to be managed by a provincial official named Shuntian Governor. At the same time, Yongping Prefecture was also placed under the management of this Shuntian Governor. In the second year of Chongzhen (1629), another
In Yongping, a governor and admiral were appointed to supervise the affairs of Shanhaiguan and Hainan. The former one was appointed to have jurisdiction over Shuntian.
Governor Shuntian is a serious second-grade civil servant. He has the same status as the governor of a province. He manages two prefectures.
Next year, the second year of Chongzhen, Yongping Prefecture was separated from the jurisdiction of Shuntian Governor and merged with Shanhaiguan to establish Shanhaiguan Governor's jurisdiction. Governor Shuntian was still in charge of the 24 counties under the jurisdiction of Shuntian Prefecture.
The governor's office is located in Zunhua City.
Although Zunhua is only one of the four counties under Jizhou, it is not a big place, but there are many large government offices stationed here.
The Shuntian Governor's Mansion is a provincial-level government office. Santunying, thirty miles east of Zunhua, is the residence of the Governor of Jiliao. The Governor of Jiliao is a second-grade civil servant and a feudal official. In addition, the Zunhua Guard Yamen and the Zunhua Guard Commander
Make it the third grade.
The smallest yamen in the city is the Zunhua County yamen. The county magistrate is the seventh-rank official.
Zunhua Shuntian Governor's Office, also known as Fuyuan and the Metropolitan Procuratorate's Office. It is very large in scale.
Although Yang Fan has never been there, he also knows that it is the largest government office in Zunhua. The governor of Zunhua is from Donglin, and Yang Fan is not on the right track with them. He is unwilling to go there.
The Yamen was located in the alley of East Street in Zunhua City, which is now the courtyard of Zunhua Grain Bureau. Although it has been repaired many times, as the number of affairs increased and the number of officials gradually increased, the size still did not meet the needs.
Because Zunhua City "opened the city and built festivals, it became an important town".
In the sixth year of Zhengde (1511), Governor Li Gong moved to the garrison on the west side of the county and repaired it.
In the 42nd year of Jiajing (1563), the governor Wen Jingkui rebuilt it.
It became a hall with five couplets in the middle; a pavilion behind the hall and a back hall. In the hall style, there are wing rooms, with east and west prefaces, and three couplets each for official writing; and at the back is the inner hall.
In front of it is a platform, a corridor, a square, and a ritual gate; to the east of the gate is the Tushen Temple, Fenpai Pavilion, and Yin Hotel; to the west of the gate is Shepu, and the pavilion is the Stele Pavilion; to the west is Yanxi Hall; to the south is the gate
, there are official halls on the left and right outside the door, as shown in the figure.
After Yuandudu came to power, the governor of Zunhua, like the governor of Jiliao, was also controlled by him. Next year he will propose to establish the governor of Shanhaiguan and separate Yongping Prefecture. The purpose is to use his own people to strengthen local control.
control.
The current scale of Shuntianfuyuan is basically formed after this addition and reconstruction.
In fact, when it comes down to it, Yang Fan's official position is really nothing in Zunhua City.
Therefore, Yang Fan rarely comes to Zunhua to ask for trouble when he has nothing to do. Here are all Shangguan officials.
Except for the old Xinghe Iron Factory in Zunhua City, all his properties were moved to the new city.
Yang Fan didn't know what the little fat man wanted to do with him.
