Zhenguan Chang'an Xiaofangzheng

Chapter 123

Fan Zheng took two inspectors and two servants, and Li Yifu also brought the same personnel, under the escort of a team of Yiwei, they went west out of Wugong County and entered the border of Qizhou.

Pass through Mei County and pass through Guocheng.

The original Guo County was abolished into Qishan County in the eighth year of Zhenguan.

Then, pass Chencang County, which is later Baoji, and leave Qizhou.

Very well, Yong County, the seat of Qizhou, is in the north, and it is not on the way, so it will prevent Fan Zheng and Xiao Yu from seeing each other.

Enter Qinzhou along the edge of Longzhou, pass through Weizhou and Lanzhou, pass through Pipa Mountain, and arrive at Guzang County, the government of Liangzhou.

The entire Liangzhou, compared to Longyou Road, is quite prosperous. It governs the three counties of Guzang, Changsong, and Fanhe, with 230 households and a population of [-], with an average of over [-] people per county.

In some counties these days, there are only a few hundred households with a population of one or two thousand.

The head of Liangzhou's governor's mansion, Shi, led two supervisory censors forward, but asked the recorder to lead the supervisory history and servants to rest in the dormitory.

Turning around the public hall and the second hall, passing through the courtyard, and passing under the pagoda tree, Fan Zheng and Li Yifu stepped into the third hall one after another.

After entering the third hall, Fan Zheng and Li Yifu gasped.

There is a coffin in the hall, an incense table in front of the coffin, and a piece of god on the table.

God Lord, commonly known as tablets, was originally a name used by princes and princes, but it has gradually become secular.

The god master wrote "Liu Wu Zhiling, Prime Minister of Fanhe County, Liangzhou, Tang Dynasty" written in red lacquer and gold characters vertically, and wrote "Li Xiyu enshrined" in small characters on the left.

Those with fame and official titles are usually written in red lacquer and gold; for ordinary people, they are written in ink on a pink background.

In front of the coffin, Li Xiyu, the governor of Liangzhou in plain clothes, stood quietly. Behind him were two embarrassing-looking wardens holding shackles, unable to advance or retreat.

Li Xiyu is an official, with a strict personality and a deterrent to officials.

No subordinate would like such a Shangguan, no matter how upright he is.

"Someone and Liu Wu got into a dispute over the government affairs of Panhe County. In a fit of anger, they ordered him to ask about the matter, but he missed the question and killed Liu Wu."

"A certain person knew that he could not escape the guilt, so he reported it to the imperial court, and put everything aside for the time being, waiting to be questioned."

Fan Zheng and Li Yifu looked at each other, they didn't expect such a big hole.

From the governor of the third rank!

Is this something that their mere supervisory censor has the ability to do?
What's more, both Fan Zheng and Li Yifu knew well that according to the law, Li Xiyu had to be executed, but Wei Chou sent them out, was it just to send Li Xiyu to the sill car and enter Chang'an East City for interrogation?
Although it hadn't reached the level of flattery that a few nonsense words from Shangguan and subordinates recited all of them, Fan Zheng and the others had to consider what Wei Lai meant.

Did Wei Ji mean just him, or the meaning of the three provinces, or the meaning of the emperor?
Li Xiyu himself was indeed guilty, but he also had an elder brother Li Xizhi, who served as the governor of Guizhou and stabilized the situation in Lingnan for 15 years!
This is a question that the Son of Heaven and Zaifu need to consider.

Li Xizhi guarded Guizhou, worked hard and made great achievements, and needed to appease people's hearts.

Therefore, Li Xiyu can be guilty, but it must not be a capital crime!
……

Leaving the Dudu's Mansion temporarily, because Fan Zheng and Li Yi's Mansion had no idea what to do with it.

In the post house, there was roast mutton and buckwheat black dough, and Li Yifu sighed from time to time.

so difficult!

Even Li Xiyu himself has pleaded guilty, so how can he reduce his guilt?

"Wei Ji, you don't pay attention!"

Resentfully took a sip of the sweet and sour wine in a small altar through the reed tube, Li Yifu didn't even call the superior, and just called him by name.

Because of Wei Chou, they were caught in a dilemma.

As for the ignorance of conscience, hehe, the official is selfless.

Don't use the standards of later generations to demand Fan Zheng, this is the Tang Dynasty, and the interests of the court are above all else.

This world has never been black and white, but a variety of colors intertwined, white with red, red with black, black with autumn, green with green, blue with purple, and purple with purple.

Fan Zheng took a sip of his wine and said leisurely, "You don't think it's strange. According to common sense, the court should send the next governor to take over?"

Li Yifu was unhappy: "My eyesight is good, don't test me. Yiwei who guards us is from Zuo Xiaowei, and the team is called Guo Daizhao. The strong man behind him is General Guo Xiaoke of Zuo Xiaowei."

The reason why Li Yifu recognized Guo Xiaoke at a glance was not because he was familiar with him, but because the saddle and stirrup decorated with gold rims just poked his eyes like that.

In the entire Tang Dynasty, Guo Xiaoke was the only one who could decorate utensils like this.

Guo Xiaoke's ability is unquestionable, but he is extravagant by nature, and most of the utensils are decorated with gold, which is also unique.

Anyone who could think of it with their feet knew that Guo Xiaoke was here to replace Li Xiyu, but he just obeyed the order and gave Fan Zheng and the others a buffer time.

Fan Zheng waved his hand: "It's not okay to just sit in the sad city like that. After the meal, you and I will change into ordinary people's attire and walk around the market."

In a market place where news is collected and distributed, maybe something useful can be obtained.

Although Guzang is considered a wealthy place in Longyou, the city is really not that big. In addition to local merchants, Sogdians, people from the Western Regions, and Persians appeared in the market from time to time, buying water, buckwheat, salt, fodder, horses, etc. And the figure of the camel appears from time to time.

The prosperity of Liangzhou not only depends on local agriculture and animal husbandry, but also depends on the convenience of the throat of the Silk Road.

Why did you choose the Liangzhou route instead of Shanzhou further south? In addition to the geographical conditions, it is also the aftermath of the looting by Tuyuhun. Therefore, Shanzhou, which is slightly smaller, has only 870 households and a population of only 580. [-] II.

After four years of Zhenguan, Liangzhou was relatively safe against the Turks in the north.

It wasn't until the ninth year of Zhenguan that Li Jing led his troops to sweep Tuyuhun, Busabo Khan Murong Fuyun hanged himself and died. Tuyuhun's strength plummeted, and Shanzhou was considered stable.

Looking at the grains of sandy rice in the sack that were not much bigger than the nose of a needle, Fan Zheng put his back on his back and squatted down: "Is this sandy rice?"

The stall owner is a young man who is very talkative: "This is Shami, and the needle-shaped weeds chewed by camels over there are also Shami, or Sapon. This kind of seed is taken from Sapon."

Sand Peng is a kind of sand-growing vegetation. There are many sand dunes on the leeward side. Camels especially like to eat it. Cattle and horses are not as good as it. Sheep only eat young leaves. The seeds of sand rice are edible for humans and animals.

"Are you a native of Guzang?"

Fan Zheng asked Lu Yisheng to buy a stone of sand rice, and the stall owner became more enthusiastic.

The transaction of more than two hundred wen is not big, at least it is medium.

"Liangzhou was originally occupied by Li Gui. The largest water source in the territory is Zhuyeze, with Guzang as the center, Dongchangsong and Xifanhe. Since the governor took office, he has been very protective of the people."

The stall owner looked around and lowered his voice: "That's right, the governor is not very kind to the officials. I heard from my second aunt's cousin's nephew that the governor wrote hundreds of words of instruction, and he wanted all the officials in Liangzhou to Everyone writes [-] words..."

Fan Zheng added: "Experience."

This strategy was disgustingly used by people in later generations.

The stall owner smiled: "Yes, that's it. You said that those officials and scribes must have no problem writing this thing, but you're just asking questions, being straightforward, and don't know a lot of big characters. How do you write it?"

"Did you see the man in the sheepskin who bought the mutton? Le Du Ada, the governor's mansion, couldn't find anyone to write this stuff for him with copper coins, so he was reprimanded by the governor."

　Thank you Jiayi for the rewards in the past, I wish you a happy life and a prosperous career!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)