Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Baoding, Zhili governor's yamen.

"There are really enough difficulties facing the imperial court."

Lu Xiangsheng sat on the official hat chair with a dignified expression, looked at the official letter in his hand, and murmured: "The situation in Shanshan and Shanxi is not optimistic. At present, Baoding and Zhending, the resettlement of the disaster victims, are still in progress. continue.

This monthly consumption of food and money is not a small sum.

The governor of Baoding has accumulated so many shortfalls before, if it is submitted to the court again, then His Majesty will have even more difficulties. "

Speaking of this, Lu Xiangsheng frowned slightly, showing a little tiredness. When he first arrived in Baoding Mansion and established the Zhili Governor's Yamen, he encountered such things, which made him very tired.

deficit.

This is a very common thing in the current Ming Dynasty officialdom.

Either it was left by the previous office, or it was left by the superior, and the new officials will have to bear these deficits when they perform their duties.

Whether to make the deficit continue to grow or shrink depends entirely on the conduct of the new officials.

But in this corrupt officialdom, how many of them can really hold on to the conduct of moral restraint?
"Big brother!"

Lu Xiangjin frowned, walked quickly into the main hall, saw his eldest brother, and said, "This former governor of Baoding, Ding Kuichu, looks really ugly."

"But eat empty salary and drink soldiers' blood?" Before Lu Xiangjin finished speaking, Lu Xiangsheng raised his head and asked, "Even the money in the treasury is missing a part?"

"Brother, you know everything?!"

Lu Xiangjin said in astonishment: "Yeah, this bastard is really shameless, knowing it well..."

"Forget it, don't mention these."

Lu Xiangsheng waved his hands and said: "The important thing right now is to stabilize the order in Baoding Mansion and find out what happened to Lian as soon as possible, which is the top priority of this trip."

Regarding what Ding Kuichu did, Lu Xiangsheng didn't want to be distracted too much. Everything happened and became a fait accompli, even if the lawsuit was sent to the court, so what?
Perhaps with the support of the emperor, he could win the case, but if he wants to secure his position as governor of Zhili, it will become more difficult.

After all, the hot debate between the government and the opposition has not stopped until now about the dismissal of the governors of Xuanfu and Baoding, and the establishment of the governor of Zhili alone.

The Son of Heaven sits in the capital and helps himself sort out the matter of defending the capital. If he can't take advantage of the Bailian matter and do it better, then the follow-up matters will be even more difficult.

At that time, Lu Xiangsheng had just arrived in Baoding Mansion not long ago, and he didn't know about the drought in Daming Mansion and other places. If he knew about it, his pressure would only be greater.

"Governor, Li Ruolian, Commander of Jin Yiwei, please see me."

Just when Lu Xiangsheng was thinking about how to find out the possible remnants of Bailian under the rule of Beizhili, a soldier came to the main hall, clasped his fists and saluted.

"please come in."

When Lu Xiangsheng heard the words, he immediately stretched out his hand and said.

Just thinking about Bailian's remnants, Jin Yiwei came here in a blink of an eye. It seems that this trouble may really exist under the rule of Beizhili.

Thinking of the Bailian rebellion that broke out in Shandong during the Tianqi period, the disturbance caused by the leader of the bandit, Xu Hongru, caused the country to be severely damaged.

Although the rebellion was finally put down, it had a great impact on all the governments under Shandong, including water transportation.

If the Bailian rebellion dared to appear in the Chongzhen Dynasty, Lu Xiangsheng didn't even dare to think about it under the current delicate situation.

Although most of the victims who fled from Shanxi and Shanxi to Beizhili have been resettled, they have no permanent property and are in an unstable situation. If Bailian instigates them, the consequences will be disastrous.

"Xihou, return to the Tianxiong army station immediately."

Lu Xiangsheng frowned and said: "Ben Fu's order is passed on, and each department performs its own duties. Anyone is not allowed to leave the camp without reason. If anyone violates this order, military law will be followed."

"Here!"

Lu Xiangjin immediately responded with clasped fists.

Come to Baoding Mansion, apart from the Tianxiong Army, Lu Xiangsheng doesn't even have any subordinate officials. The Zhili governor's yamen can be said to be an empty shell.

If he wants to do his job well, Lu Xiangsheng must try to open up the situation in Baoding, but the local officials need to identify which ones can be used and which ones can't after contacting them.

"Commander Jin Yiwei, I have met Governor Lu!"

While Lu Xiangsheng was contemplating, Li Ruosian, dressed in commoner clothes, walked into the main hall of the governor's yamen with a stern expression, and saluted him with fists in his arms.

"There is no need to be polite about Li Qian."

Lu Xiangsheng smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and said, "I don't know why Li Qian came to Baoding, and asked to see Benfu by name, why?"

"Governor Lu, do you know that the drought in Daming Mansion, Guangping Mansion and other places is relatively serious?" Li Ruolian cut to the chase and said, "According to my Jin Yiwei's investigation, the Bailian thieves took advantage of the disaster to stir up public opinion and confuse the people, and these Bailian thieves, It’s just about teaching the outside.”

"Daming Mansion, Guangping Mansion and other places are experiencing drought?"

When Lu Xiangsheng heard about this, he frowned and said, "As for Li Qian, tell Ben Fu in detail what you know, and even tell Ben Fu if there are traces of the Bailian thief in Shandong."

As for the drought in Daming Mansion, Guangping Mansion and other places, Lu Xiangsheng did not know in advance.

After all, he just went to Baoding Mansion, and his buttocks are not hot yet, and the officials in these places have heard that the imperial court wants to depose the governor of Baoding and set up a special governor of Zhili. , but directly submitted to the court.

This really corresponds to the old saying, good things don't go out, but evil things travel a thousand miles.

"According to Jin Yiwei's investigation, this group of white lotus thieves is active between Guide and Kaifeng."

Li Ruolian looked serious, and explained in detail: "The name of his teaching is Jinchan, which is regarded as a branch of Bailian, and he mostly wins over the trackers near the river.

Not only in Zhili, but also in Shandong, especially in Yanzhou Prefecture, some places near the water transport, there are many such thieves.

Even this gang of white lotus thieves were punished by the heavens with the flood in Shandong, bewitching many foolish people..."

Listening to the situation introduced by Li Ruolian, Lu Xiangsheng's expression became more serious. Not only did the disaster occur in Zhili, but also in Shandong.

If this is the case, then this Bailian remnant incident must be taken seriously. Once the local disaster situation cannot be calmed down in a short period of time, it will inevitably incite the victims.

'An eventful autumn, it can be said to be an eventful autumn. '

Lu Xiangsheng sighed secretly: "The anti-rebellion incident in Shanshan has not yet been resolved, but in Zhili, Henan, and Shandong, the remnants of Bailian have been discovered again."

If this matter cannot be handled properly, once the above-mentioned areas dare to form a large-scale rebellion, the harm to the country will be too great, and it will even affect the stability of the country. '