Wang Yuan's hometown is Heishanling, and at the foot of the mountain is Zhazuosi.
The former Zhazuosi has been renamed Zhazuo County and is now part of Guiyang Prefecture.
Guiyang Prefecture, formerly known as Chengfan Prefecture, is located dozens of miles south of Guiyang.
In the eighth year of Zhengde, the governor Wei Ying and the chief envoy He Chen requested to change the land and move the seat of Chengfan Mansion north to Guizhou City. The emperor agreed and the Ministry of Rites suggested changing the name because "Chengfan" had the meaning of "regulating the barbarians".
"It means that it is not suitable for use after the conversion.
As a local, Wang Yuan suggested changing the name to "Guiyang Mansion", which was immediately approved by the emperor.
As one of the counties under Guiyang Prefecture, the magistrate of Zhazuo County is a Han, but a native official position was set up. The native official was originally supposed to be held by ethnic minorities, but Wang Yuan’s father, Wang Quan, was unanimously recommended as the native official of Zhazuo County.
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Just after the Lantern Festival, Chen Yong, the chief envoy of Guizhou Province, personally went to the western mountainous area of Zazuo County to inspect and formulate a canal construction plan.
Lin Maoda, the left counselor of Guizhou, Hu Ren, the prefect of Guiyang, and Liao Zhi, the magistrate of Zhazuo County, accompanied the chief envoy there. Wang Quan, the local official of Zhazuo County, also came to help.
Seeing Wang Quan and his people coming, the chief envoy Chen Yong raised his hands in greeting and said: "Mr. Guan, I'm sorry for bothering you to make a trip."
Wang Quan originally had no characters, but when his son won the first prize in the exam, he asked someone to pick one up and used the characters throughout. The allusion comes from "Xunzi Encouraging Learning".
Wang Quan said with a smile: "I am a rough man, I don't know anything else. I must help build the reservoir to benefit the villagers. This is the leader of Fang Village in Heishanling. He organized the mountain people to build the canals and helped
Emperor Xuanwei of the Song Dynasty (Gongzi of the Song Dynasty) had built water canals and was very good at the technology of making Sanhe soil."
"Master Fangzhai, please help me!" Chen Yong cupped his hands and said.
Fang Ayuan said quickly: "I don't dare."
Chen Yong led all the officials and people to personally measure in the mountains and initially planned the route of the water canal. Then he returned to Zhazuo County to rest. There was no city wall in the county, only the chieftain's village. Anyway, the chieftain of Zhazuo had been killed by the rebels and was now directly requisitioned.
Come to be the county government official.
The Wang family also moved from Heishanling to Zazuo County, where they lived not far from the county government office.
The chief envoy Chen Yong did not go to the county government office for dinner, but instead came to visit Wang Yuan's house. When he saw Wang Yuan's mother and sister, he greeted them warmly, and it was obvious that they had already become familiar with them.
Wang Quan took the initiative to pour wine for Chen Yong and asked: "Brother Xiran, when will the canal be repaired?"
Chen Yong said: "This canal project is quite large, and a lot of people will be recruited. It will definitely not start after spring. Farming is important, and we will wait until the slack season."
Wang Quan said with emotion: "Xiran is such a good official, thinking about the people in everything."
Chen Yong smiled and said: "It all depends on Duke Guan's help, otherwise I would not dare to recruit civilians easily in Guizhou."
Chen Yong, courtesy name Xiran, was born in Yuyao and a fellow villager of Wang Yangming.
The largest granary in the north, Tongzhou Granary, was built by Chen Yong. At that time, he was just the head of the Ministry of Industry.
Due to his meritorious service, he was transferred to head of the Ministry of Punishment. Chen Yong also participated in the preliminary revision of the "Regulations on Punishment". This book is still one of the basis for the Ministry of Punishment to decide cases.
Since then, he has made outstanding achievements in various places.
Liu Jin's hometown was also copied by Chen Yong.
When he was serving as an inspector in Guangdong, Chen Yong offended the governor of Guangdong and his cabinet minister Liang Chu at the same time. Because he abolished the governor's excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and burned the tax rolls in public; Liang Chu's son killed three hundred people, and the Central Court of Justice went to investigate.
, originally wanted to suppress the case, but Chen Yong forced it to go up. The cabinet could only let the three judicial divisions hold a joint trial in the capital.
Later, when he was governor of Yunyang, there was a severe famine in the area. Chen Yong forced the prefect to use all the money and grain in the treasury for disaster relief. This was not enough, so he misappropriated the incense tax money from Wudang Mountain and personally went to the scene to intervene during the disaster relief to prevent any disaster. Disaster relief officials lined their pockets.
Zhu Houzhao burned down the Qianqing Palace. When the palace was rebuilt, Chen Yong happened to be in charge of purchasing wood. In order to save money and reduce the burden on the people, he personally inspected Huguang, Sichuan and Guizhou provinces, determined transportation routes, and calculated labor hours and wages. The sooner the better. He tried his best not to disturb the people and did everything properly. Zhu Houzhao was very happy and rewarded him with three sets of unicorn suits in one go.
Unfortunately, Chen Yong offended too many people and was thrown to Guizhou to serve as chief envoy.
When serving as an official in Guizhou, in order to win over the local people, he must visit the Wang family.
At first, Chen Yong was reluctant, thinking that he was clinging to the powerful. But after being persuaded, Chen Yong reluctantly left, and Chen Yong immediately became friends with Wang Quan.
Because Chen Yong discovered that although Wang Yuan was very popular in the officialdom, the Wang family did not carry out any large-scale construction, and the house was almost the same as that of ordinary wealthy households in Guizhou. Wang Yuan's parents were also honest people, and they tried their best to ease the ethnic conflicts and let the residents of Zazuo County return to their native land. Flow work is progressing steadily.
"Da da da da!"
A fast horse came and the officer said in Mandarin: "An imperial edict has arrived!"
The servant immediately asked the official to come in and went to the house to report. Soon Chen Yong and the Wang family came out to greet him.
The official raised his hand and said, "I have issued an imperial edict. Please prepare it, Mr. Wang."
"You're tired," Wang Quan greeted quickly, "Young students have been working hard all the way, haven't you eaten yet? Come in and have a few drinks to warm yourself up."
The official was very happy. Although it was just a meal, he was sitting at the same table as Wang Yuan's father. He could use it as a source of bragging when he returned to the capital.
Wang Quan introduced: "This is Chen Yiyonggong, the envoy of Zuobu, Guizhou."
The officer had just sat down and before he could hold his chopsticks firmly, he immediately stood up and bowed: "Meet Chen Fantai!"
"That's polite," Chen Yong cupped his hands in reply and asked, "May I ask the officer, what great achievements has Shilang Wang made?"
The official quickly said: "I don't dare to accept it. The Minister Wang accompanied His Majesty on a personal expedition. Not only did he save the army, but he also killed the young Mongolian prince. Now he has been promoted to the Left Minister of the Ministry of Etiquette. His Majesty also personally granted a marriage. The Minister Wang will take the daughter of the Eastern Song Dynasty in Shuishui as his wife." Ping's Wife. A colleague of mine has gone to the North Office of the Song Dynasty to declare the imperial edict. Mr. Wang should prepare for the marriage in advance. It is estimated that Mr. Wang will return to Guizhou in a few days. By the way, this is a letter from Mr. Wang's family. Please also invite Mr. Wang. Take it."
"Thank you." Wang Quan was very happy. Although he didn't know who the little Mongolian prince was, he only knew that his son had made great achievements again.
But Chen Yong was inexplicably shocked. The little Mongolian prince was so famous that he had been a border trouble for the Ming Dynasty since the Hongzhi Dynasty, and now he was beheaded by Wang Yuan!
Moreover, Zuo Shilang, who is in his early twenties, is also the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites.
Hiss, so terrifying!
Chen Yong cupped his hands and said, "Congratulations, Mr. Guan!"
Wang Quan laughed loudly: "My son is sensible and he doesn't have to worry about me and his mother since he was a child."
The official said again: "Master Wang, please send someone to report the news to the Qianhu Office in Dizhai, so that Mr. Ling can prepare to receive the imperial edict."
"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away." Wang Quan happily went out.
Wang Meng and his wife are not in Zhazuo County, but in the Dizhai Qianhu Office further north, where they hold the position of Chief Qianhu.
When the imperial decree comes, you cannot accept it immediately. You need to fast and bathe for three days, place an incense table outside the ancestral hall, and receive the imperial decree respectfully.
Chen Yong continued to drink with the officials, kept asking for information, and made up his mind to embrace Wang Yuan.
Although Chen Yong does not cling to powerful people, he still hopes to rise in his official career. He has offended Liang Chu to death because of three hundred murders. He was thrown from Huguang to Guizhou to serve as an official. It was Liang Chuqian's fault. He had to find someone else.
You need someone to support you, otherwise you will have to waste years in Guizhou, and Wang Yuan is a very suitable target.
From the official mouth, Chen Yong had already learned that Wang Yuan was not only promoted to the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, but also took charge of the Zhanshi Mansion. After the new emperor ascended the throne, it was 100% certain that he would join the cabinet and become the chief minister.
Chen Yong had no other ambitions. Before becoming an official, he would be satisfied if he could be the censor of Youdu.