The two had a heart-to-heart talk. Zhou Huaian's eyes moved and he changed the subject without leaving any trace: "Speaking of Brother Lin's great reputation as a minister, I often hear about it even in Jiangnan. I will also go to Kyoto in a short time, and I want to take the opportunity to visit.
Feng Shilang, if he hadn't taught you this young knight, I would have died in the northwest four years ago!"
Li Chishui sighed: "Zhou Xiong's chivalrous heart and saving the blood of the martyrs are the actions of a great hero. What Li has heard and seen in his life, only my elder brother can stand shoulder to shoulder with you."
Zhou Huaian sighed secretly in his heart after hearing this, but his face didn't show it at all.
He also participated in the defense of the capital in his early years. Under Yu Qian Yu Shaobao and Yang Yuxuan Yang Master, he was able to achieve great success. However, he did not expect that the situation would change and he would become a bandit. A weak young man would become a man of the Ming Dynasty.
In just four years, he actually became the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Justice. He was already on par with Yang Yuxuan back then, and was only one step away from reaching the position of Yu Shaobao.
But don’t forget, this man is only twenty years old!
But no one in the government or the opposition disagreed!
Because his achievements can be said to be rare in fifty years.
Even Zhou Huai'an may feel dissatisfied, but he still admits that Feng Zhou's meritorious service is enough to serve as the left minister of the Ministry of Punishment.
Thinking of this, he asked: "You and I are going to Beijing, why don't we go all the way together?"
Li Chishui shook his head and said: "I'm afraid not. According to my elder brother's letter, I want to go to Henan, then go to Shanxi, pass through Datong and then go east to Beijing. Along the way, I will observe the lives of the people and the governance of officials. It can be regarded as representative.
Let him go on tour!"
Zhou Huaian couldn't help but nodded secretly after hearing this.
Even if Feng Zhou is cultivated with such care and attention by his own people, it is no wonder that he can become an important minister at such a young age.
After the two said goodbye, Li Chishui put on his clothes and went on horseback, heading north into Henan Province.
When he entered Luoyang City, he couldn't help but be shocked.
Clean and tidy streets, neat and unique three-story wooden buildings on both sides, and bright-looking people coming and going...
The city of Luoyang was extraordinary. It gave Li Chishui a very strange feeling. It was as if the whole world had changed. It was completely different from the scene he had passed before. It was as if he had entered another world, not the one they were in.
The familiar Ming Dynasty.
Compared with the prosperous big cities in the south, Luoyang seems a bit too clean and regular!
Yes, that’s the rule!
The pedestrians and business travelers coming and going, as well as the vendors and shops on the street, as well as restaurants and tea shops, looked no different from other cities and towns, but they gave him the impression of being very orderly.
People's words and deeds seemed to be bound by invisible rules, and even the air seemed to be filled with a solemn atmosphere.
This made Li Chishui, who was free and uninhibited and loved freedom, quite unaccustomed to it, and felt as if he had entered a strange world.
Of course, he knew in his heart who was responsible for the city in front of him!
Of course it belongs to his eldest brother Feng Zhou!
This is his real achievement!
As the heart of the Central Plains, Henan has very advantageous geographical conditions. Unfortunately, it cannot develop for some unknown reason. Compared with Jiangnan and Gyeonggi, it is far behind. It is not much different from ordinary provinces. It is just as ordinary and unremarkable.
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Even because of the frequent flooding of the Yellow River, Henan will become a disaster area every few years, with floods, droughts, locusts and other disasters coming one after another, damaging and draining the vitality of the land of Henan.
It was not until Feng Zhou went on patrol four years ago that all this changed.
Feng Zhou went out on patrol for Daitian, and everywhere he passed was filled with people. He killed countless masters of the White Lotus Sect. The infinite power he displayed made the generals admire him.
After defeating several Henan officials one after another, Zhu Qizhen finally defied public opinion and appointed Feng Zhou, who was less than twenty years old, as the Chief Secretary of Henan, completely shocking the world.
Feng Zhou was really tough to the extreme, and used extremely terrifying and coercive means to govern Henan. First, he easily solved the nascent civil unrest, and then embarked on a jaw-dropping large-scale development and construction in the devastated land of Henan.
The bustling construction scene and the terrifying sight of howling and screaming make people feel excited but frightened every time they recall it.
Crazy, the whole of Henan was crazy during that period!
In three years, Henan has undergone earth-shaking changes. In terms of the infrastructure and public facilities built by Fengzhou alone, it has completely surpassed Jiangnan and Gyeonggi.
The biggest change that Fengzhou brought to the land of Henan is probably the rules and order that have been integrated into the bones of the people in Luoyang City.
I think back then, for the sake of order and rules in the land of Henan, although Feng Zhou did not kill people so ruthlessly that the blood flowed into the river, he still made a commotion that shook the world. There were almost no people in the entire land of Henan who had not received harsh lessons and punishments.
punish.
Of course, the so-called people die and the government rests.
After Feng Zhou entered Beijing, except for Luoyang City, which he had the longest time to transform, other towns quickly returned to their previous appearance, which is very sad.
Even the Luoyang City in front of us will soon return to the appearance of a northern city based on the successor's "de-Fengzhouization".
While Li Chishui was wandering around Luoyang City, Feng Zhou was riding into the palace gate to meet with a group of important ministers to attend the small court meeting.
The Umrah will be as lively as ever.
Xu Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen showed his temperament as a wise king, and many ministers were somewhat divided.
Some just want to hug the Emperor's thigh and support whatever His Majesty says.
On the other hand, because of the older ones, they always rely on their elders and only let their subordinates impeach the emperor. In fact, it is a disguised way of increasing their sense of existence...
But there are more people who have no family and no sect, and they flatter the emperor.
Either they use quiet methods to moisturize things, or they talk loudly, in short, they try their best to praise the emperor.
After all, not everyone is a hard-nosed person.
So Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen recruited many talents!
Feng Zhou did not participate much in the "regular activities" of praising Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen, but no one dared to underestimate his opinions.
As long as it didn't involve the major policies of the Ministry of Punishment, or someone wanted to do something secretly, he regarded himself as a transparent person and had no mood to participate in those meaningless debates.
Perhaps because he saw that Feng Zhou was too leisurely, or perhaps because he wanted to find a place to vent his unhappiness, Zhu Jianshen suddenly changed the topic and talked about Feng Zhou: "What do you all think of the proposal made by Minister Feng the day before yesterday?"
As soon as these words came out, the Qinzheng Palace fell into silence. No matter whether it was Zhu Jianshen or not, he couldn't stop the gangsters immediately, but there were still many masters trying to make a fortune in various ways.
All the generals in the court were unwilling to easily provoke this high-ranking boss...
What suggestions did Feng Zhou make?
It's very simple. Isn't he currently the left minister of the Ministry of Justice? All his actions are to maximize the influence and power of the Ministry of Justice.
The Ministry of Justice was the supreme law in later generations, and was an integration of powerful departments such as the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Justice. However, its current status is that of the six ministries, it is a marginal department that is stronger than the Ministry of Industry, which is not commensurate with the power it holds.
The key reason is that the Ministry of Punishment only played a guiding role at this time and did not actually control the real law enforcement and trial powers of the Ming Dynasty. These powers were all divided up by local officials and the Dali Temple, and it had nothing to do with the Ministry of Punishment at all.
Moreover, the officials before the Ministry of Justice did not pay much attention to it. Due to reasons such as manpower and fear of trouble, this situation has continued until now. In later generations, the absolutely powerful department has become a marginal role even inferior to the Qingxian Yamen Rituals Department.
As a big boss in the imperial court, Feng Zhou certainly couldn't bear it!