The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chapter 173 The Haunted Chief Lawsuit ([-]-character chapter)
Hongzhi seven years, spring.

Chang Feng is watching Zhuang Zhuang playing with Xiao Hu in the front yard.

Zhang Cai, a doctor in the official department, walked in worriedly.Zhang Cai and Chang Feng have a very good personal relationship, so they don't need a formal report to enter the mansion.

Chang Feng laughed and said, "Brother Zhang. I just got a copy of "Poyao Fu" written by Lu Mengzheng, the number one scholar in the Song Dynasty. Let's appreciate and analyze the strange essays together?"

Zhang Cai seemed to have something on her mind, her brows were furrowed tightly: "Brother Chang, I am here today to beg you."

Chang Feng asked: "Oh? What's the matter? Let's go, let's talk in the living room."

Zhang Cai and Chang Feng entered the living room.A strange thing was told.

Zhang Cai had a fellow named Zhou Wen in the same year.The two have been playmates since they were young. They were selected as scholars in the same year, promoted as candidates in the same year, and promoted as Jinshi in the same year.

It's not an exaggeration to say that it's good enough to wear a pair of pants.

However, Zhou Wen's official luck is far inferior to that of Zhang Cai.In the palace examination, he only won the top three, 2 and [-].Ranked bottom five on the gold list.

Those who rank low on the gold list will naturally not be able to enter the Imperial Academy and the Sixth Ministry.

Zhou Wen was appointed as "Chief of the Yinjiang Barbarian Chief Justice Division under the Sinan Xuanwei Division of Guizhou".

The official name is quite long, and the word "chief officer" sounds bluffing, but it is actually a county-level hall.

In addition to the administrative divisions of provinces, prefectures, and prefectures and counties in the Ming Dynasty, there were also propaganda and consolation departments in areas where foreigners lived together.

There are more than a dozen barbarian chief lawsuits under the Xuanwei Division, which are equivalent to counties.There is one chief officer, who is responsible for the sixth rank, and one deputy chief, who is responsible for the seventh rank.

The chief governs several chieftains and barbarian officials.

The chief judge of the Yinjiang Barbarians, where Zhou Wen worked, was privately called the "ghost yamen" by local officials in Guizhou.

Since the year of Chenghua, four officials have died here one after another.

A term of office is three years.For three years, the officers were safe and sound.

As long as the three-year term is over, the government office will be haunted by ghosts, and the chief will definitely die in the office.

Zhou Wen's predecessor was surnamed Huang.To save lives.Chief Huang even dug a big ditch around the government office, and usually hung a suspension bridge to prohibit outsiders from entering and leaving.

It is basically the state of "my watchtower is as solid as gold".

However, the day before leaving office, the "ghost" still appeared and killed Chief Huang.

Zhou Wen was named on the gold list at the beginning.When it came to the official department, there was a real shortage of candidates.

Originally, he thought to himself: I am two hundred and one of the top three, and I will burn the incense if I can successfully confer a seventh-rank county magistrate.

Unexpectedly, Wai Lang, a member of the Wenxuan Department, asked him to go to Yinjiang to be the barbarian chief of Cong Liupin.

Zhou Wen was overjoyed to be awarded the sixth rank.Happily, Pidianpidian went to Guizhou to take up the post.

After he took office, he found out that he had entered a "ghost yamen".When the "guillotine officer."He was tricked by the officials.

By the early summer of this year, Zhou Wen's term will be full.He was afraid that he would follow in the footsteps of his four predecessors and die strangely.He wrote notes many times to explain the situation to the court.

However, his status is low, and the excerpt needs to be forwarded by the comfort envoy above.

Sinan's consolation envoy was an old pedant, and said, "You don't talk, it's strange. What does your copy look like?"

The booklet was withheld when it arrived at the consolation envoy.

Zhou Wen was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.In desperation, he thought of Zhang Cai, who was far away in the capital and had a prosperous official career in the same year.I wrote a distress letter to Zhang Cai.

After Zhang Cai finished speaking, Chang Feng took a sip of tea and said, "Brother Zhang, I never believed that there are ghosts and gods in this world. There are gods and they are disguised by humans, and ghosts are also disguised by humans."

"In Jin Yiwei's case files, I have seen no less than ten cases of 'ghosts' killing people. Without exception, the truth is that people kill people."

Zhang Cai agrees: "Brother Chang has a good opinion. I also think that the so-called ghost killing is actually human killing."

Chang Feng analyzed: "As far as I know, the Sinan Xuanwei Division is located in the southeast of Guizhou. Miao people, Tujia people, Yi people, and Dong people live together."

"From the time of the first emperor, the imperial court wanted to implement the reform of the land and return it to the bloc in southeast Guizhou."

Chang Feng's "reform the land and return it to the local people" is to abolish the chieftain system in areas where foreigners live in concentrated communities.Instead, officials appointed by the imperial court ruled.Implement the same state and county system as the Central Plains.

Chang Feng paused, and then said: "But the local chieftains are not willing to give up their power, and refuse to accept Wang Hua, so it is difficult to carry out the reform."

"Thinking about it, it must be that the local chieftain in Yinjiang was fighting for power with the chief appointed by the court. That's why he took the risk and committed murder in the name of a ghost."

Zhang Caidao: "Brother Chang, you are Jinyi Wei Zuoqin now. Can you send some capable robes to Yinjiang to protect Zhou Wen?"

"Oh, I didn't do it out of selfishness. It's the Jinyiwei who should take care of the appalling incident of murdering four congregation officials in Yinjiang in a row."

Chang Feng nodded slightly: "Okay! I will report this matter to the emperor tomorrow. Please order a thorough investigation from the emperor."

Zhang Cai cupped his hands: "Then thank you, Brother Chang. You just got a copy of Lu Mengzheng's "Poyao Fu". Shall we appreciate it?"

"Po Yao Fu" is a Fu written by Lu Mengzheng, a famous official in Song Dynasty, after he won the number one scholar in the imperial examination.However, it was lost in the Yuan Dynasty for a while.

The two entered the study room, opened the manuscript and admired it.

I saw every word on the manuscript.

"There are unpredictable things in the sky, and people have misfortunes and blessings.

A centipede with hundreds of legs cannot fly as fast as a snake; a rooster with two wings cannot fly as fast as a crow.

Horses can travel thousands of miles, and they cannot go without a rider; people have the ambition to reach the sky, and they cannot travel without luck.

Gai Wen: In life, riches and honors cannot be promiscuous, and poverty and humbleness cannot be moved.

The article is world-famous, Confucius is in trouble with Chen Bang; martial arts is superior, Taigong fished in Weishui.

Yan Yuan's life is short, so he is not a vicious person; Robber Zhi is old, how can he be a good person.

The human way is that I am precious, and it is not my ability. This is time, luck, and fate.

Sigh!In life, riches and honors cannot be fully used, and poverty and lowliness cannot be deceived. Let the cycle of heaven and earth go round and round! "

After Chang Feng recited this Fu aloud, he felt a lot of emotion in his heart: man, it is indeed time, luck, and destiny.

If it wasn't for that autumn night nine years ago, when I was involved in the extremely dangerous dispute over the disposal and protection of the reserve, how could I have climbed the big tree of the emperor?
If there is no narrow escape in that autumn night.At most, I am now an unknown ordinary hundred householder in Jinyiwei.

Maybe he is still holding a shovel at this moment, looking for money in the big cesspit of the criminal official's house.

the next day.The main hall of Qianqing Palace.

Chang Feng told Emperor Hongzhi about the strange news about Yinjiang's "ghost yamen".

After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi pondered: "You are right. Four consecutive officials were killed. It must be the work of those barbarian chieftains!"

"I have decided to send you to Guizhou to find out the truth about the 'ghost yamen', to correct people's hearts and calm false rumors."

Emperor Hongzhi's decision was far beyond Chang Feng's expectations: Zhu Ji didn't care about things, and the two uncles of the country knew each other by name.My left-hander is actually the big shopkeeper of Jinyiwei.

To go to Guizhou to investigate the case, it is more than enough to send a hundred households there.Why did you send me there?
Emperor Hongzhi seemed to see through Chang Feng's doubts.

He explained: "Chang Feng, I asked you to go to Guizhou not only to investigate the case. More importantly, I asked you to carry out the reform of the land and return it to the local people."

"For this trip, I will give you five thousand soldiers from the Beijing camp. If those barbarian chieftains' murderous crimes are exposed, they will jump over the wall. You can wipe them out on the spot."

"I don't believe it. It's just like the civil officials said, it can't be carried out!"

Chang Feng suddenly realized: So I was sent to carry out the reform of land reform!This may be an exam question given to me by the emperor, to test whether I have the ability to be independent.

Chang Feng's idea is right.Emperor Hongzhi was indeed testing him.

Although Changfeng participated in water control last year.But he was always Lu Xi who went as Liu Daxia's deputy.

If Chang Feng can act as the official envoy of the imperial envoy this time, and thoroughly carry out reforms in Guizhou, he will prove that he can be alone.Then Emperor Hongzhi will entrust him with a greater task.

Emperor Hongzhi was an ideal emperor.The previous emperors could not completely reform the land and return it to the people. He hoped that he could do it in this dynasty.

Chang Feng kowtowed: "The minister accepts the decree!"

Emperor Hongzhi said: "You can choose your own deputy envoy. In addition, Liu Yan, the consolation envoy of Sinan, has been in office for six years and has done nothing. He is really a mediocre person."

After saying this, he turned his head to look at Xiao Jing who was standing by the side: "Yang Yiqing, deputy envoy of the Shanxi Procuratorate, went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to hand over several serious cases a few days ago. He hasn't left Beijing yet, right?"

Xiao Jing replied: "Go back to the emperor. He hasn't left Beijing yet."

Emperor Hongzhi said: "Let the Ministry of Officials put a sign on him and promote him to Sinan Propaganda Envoy."

Sinan's consolation envoy is from the third rank, and Yang Yiqing is equal to being promoted to one rank.

Moreover, Yang Yiqing was only the deputy of the procurator in Shanxi.Serving as a consolation envoy became a "small frontier" for the party in charge.It is only one step away from becoming the governor of the "Great Frontier".

Chang Feng said: "Your Majesty is wise! Although Yang Yiqing is a strange man, he is capable and courageous in his work. He is indeed the best candidate for Sinan's comfort envoy."

Emperor Hongzhi laughed and said, "Only his strange face can calm down those monsters in Qianjiang!"

Chang Feng returned to Jinyiwei, and found Qianhu, the Fusi of Nanzhen, the old birthday star Sun Guishou.

Sun Guishou is 84 years old.But he is still hale and hearty and full of energy.

Sun Guishou has always been responsible for collecting information on the chieftains in Guizhou.

Chang Feng said: "Old birthday star, how about you go to Guizhou with me this time? Oh, this is not an order, but a discussion."

"After all, you are old. If you don't want to travel through mountains and rivers, I won't force you."

Sun Guishou smiled and said, "Do you know the secret of my longevity?"

Chang Feng said: "Please enlighten me."

Sun Guishou talked eloquently: "The secret is nothing more than one—make yourself useful!"

"People are very strange. If they become old and useless people, they will eat and wait to die. In a year or two, I'm afraid they will return to the west."

"As long as I'm useful and able to do things, I don't feel old."

What Sun Guishou said can be summed up in one sentence: people need to be "needed".

Chang Feng said with a smile: "So, Old Shou Xing is willing to serve as the deputy imperial envoy. Although I have a higher official position than you, my experience is far less than one-tenth, one-hundredth of yours."

"Let's go to Guizhou. We are called superiors and subordinates. I still need to ask you for advice."

Sun Guishou said humbly, "Chang Qian is too modest."

Chang Feng looked at Wang Miaoxin again: "Commissioner Wang Zhen, I want to discuss something with you."

This time, Chang Feng intends to use his official business to do a private matter - to help more than 100 Tujia members of Mrs. Ninth to completely solve the staffing problem of Jinyiwei.

Wang Miao said in her heart: "It's fine to tell Master Chang what to do. Why don't we discuss it."

Chang Feng said: "There are many Tujia people in Qiandongnan. I need a group of capable people who are proficient in Tujia dialect."

"You know, your sister-in-law has more than 100 Tujia people in the capital."

"They belong to the Tujia family in western Hunan and have lived in the capital for a long time. They have never had anything to do with the Tujia family in Guizhou."

"But they can speak native language. These years they have mixed in Bingmasi and Shuntian Mansion to act as the eyes and ears of Jinyiwei, and they are also competent. They are loyal to Jinyiwei."

"The name of doing things is right. Let them follow me to Qiandongnan to investigate cases and carry out reforms. Always give them a name."

How smart is Wang Miaoxin, a "little national player"?Immediately understood Chang Feng's intention.

At the beginning, Chang Feng gave Wang Miaoxin the position of Governor of Nanzhen.He had to give Chang Feng face.

Wang Miaoxin took the initiative to interrupt Chang Feng: "In the past few years, the Ministry of Officials has been doing a lot of weeding out. Our Nanzhen Fusi should also do a lot of weeding out."

"Some of the sons of Jing Nanxun's noble family occupy posts in the guard and take their salary for nothing. It's time to clean up."

"It is estimated that more than 100 posts can be cleared by Nanzhen Fusi. It is logical to grant these posts to capable eyes and ears."

Chang Feng nodded in satisfaction.Wang Miao expressed his opinion, and those Tujia men changed from being the eyes and ears with no posts to serious captains and warriors with posts.

Chang Feng secretly said in his heart: He deserves to be a player of a small country.Just get things done.

Fatty Xu said: "Master Chang, I am your follower. These years, I have always been where you go. This trip is no exception."

"Hey, I haven't tried the foreign women in Qianjiang yet."

Chang Feng coughed in embarrassment: "We are going to do business for the imperial court. It doesn't matter if you check customs and customs in your spare time."

Sun Guishou is an old and dishonest man. The 84-year-old man actually started talking to Fatty Xu about women: "In the fifth year of Xuande, I went to Qiandongnan once on a business trip."

"The foreign women there are different from the Han women, and they are bold and unrestrained. I had a dewy relationship with a Dong woman."

"In retrospect, it's really wonderful on the bed!"

Fatty Xu counted with his fingers: "Xuande five years, how many years ago was that?"

Sun Guishou stroked his white beard: "64 years ago."

Fatty Xu chuckled loudly: "Old birthday man, don't mention the bravery of the past! What's more, you have already passed a year in the 'year'!"

In the evening, Chang Feng returned to the mansion and told his family that he was going to Qiandongnan on business.

Liu Xiaoyan was a little bit reluctant: "Last year you left Beijing for water control for more than eight months. This spring is just beginning to go to Guizhou again."

"I know the emperor wants to train you. But Guizhou is too far away."

Chang Feng said: "I don't want to part with you either. However, the emperor's order is hard to disobey. Take care of yourself in Beijing."

Turning around, Chang Feng said to Madam Nine again: "By the way, I have some good news for you. Starting today, your hundred Tujia people are no longer the eyes and ears of Jin Yiwei."

Madam Nine frowned: "This is not good news. I don't want to see them lose their jobs and return to their old jobs."

Chang Feng said with a smile: "You are always impatient and don't listen to others. Wang Miaoxin has already agreed to give them a hundred posts in the Nanzhen Fusi."

"From now on, they will be serious school captains and wrestlers in Jinyiwei!"

"In the Chenghua period when Wantong was in power, one hundred posts were worth 8 taels of silver!"

After hearing this, Madam Nine was stunned on the spot.Then he clapped his hands: "Hey! Good! Now brothers finally have an iron rice bowl that cannot be broken or broken, no, a golden rice bowl!"

Chang Feng stretched out his hand: "Shall I slap you twice so that you won't be fascinated by the phlegm?"

Nine Furen said: "Fuck you! This time I will accompany you to Guizhou."

"I am a Tujia people. I dare not speak of the Miao people, Dong people, and Yi people in Guizhou, but I can help when dealing with Tujia people."

Don't look at the fact that Mrs. Ninth called Chang Feng "elder brother" in the past, but she is actually one year older than Chang Feng.This year just entered the threshold of thirty tigers.

Chang Feng was out of Beijing for eight months last year, and she often felt lonely and unbearable in the dead of night.I often go to the kitchen in the middle of the night to look for eggplants and courgettes to fill my hunger.

This time I left Beijing to go to Guizhou and Jiangxi on business, and at least it took me a year.

She doesn't want to be a widow for a year.

Chang Feng was a little hesitant: "It's common for Beijing officials to bring their wives and concubines with them when they go on business trips, but..."

Chang Feng turned his head to look at Liu Xiaoyan, afraid that she would be jealous.

Liu Xiaoyan said: "I have to stay at home to take care of Zhuangzhuang and Tangtang, I can't go. Let Jiumei go with you. It will also save you from messing around in Guizhou."

After Zheng Fang spoke, Chang Feng stepped down: "Okay, let Xiao Jiu go with me. But I took her because she was good at interacting with Tujia people and could speak Tujia dialect fluently. "

Liu Xiaoyan gave Chang Feng a blank look, and there was something in her words: "I know, Ninth Sister is very eloquent. You like to be around a woman who is eloquent."

Chang Feng has now confirmed the deputy envoy and most of the entourage.

Sun Guishou was his deputy.Fatty Xu, Shi Wenyi, and Mrs. Nine accompanied them.In addition, there are [-] elite robes and [-] Tujia men.

The next day, he went to the capital camp and dispatched [-] soldiers from the capital camp to Ye Guangye, the governor of the capital camp.

Emperor Hongzhi had already spoken.If the chieftains in Guizhou and Xinjiang jump over the wall in a hurry, they can use force to implement the reform of the land and return it to the people.

Chang Feng and Ye Guang are old acquaintances.In the last years of Chenghua, they had protected the reserves side by side, and they were all ministers of the dragon.

When the two met, the general was not as polite and friendly as the civil servant.

Ye Guang got straight to the point: "I have already selected five thousand soldiers from the Beijing battalion. Most of them have fought in battle and seen blood."

Chang Feng asked: "Dudu Ye, who is the general who leads the troops?"

Ye Guang pointed to himself, and said half-jokingly, "I'll accompany you personally! I set fires in Liaodong, so I want to set fires in Qianjiang for fun."

Chang Feng said: "You are now one of the five military governors of the imperial court. I'm afraid you can't leave Beijing easily?"

Ye Guang smiled and said: "There is a clear order for me to lead the troops. The emperor attaches great importance to the affairs of Qianjiang. Those who come to Wen, let you, the treasurer of Jinyiwei, come. Those who come to Wu, let me go."

Chang Feng hurriedly said: "Dudu Ye's words will kill me. The chief treasurer of our Jinyiwei is Commander Zhu."

Ye Guang waved his hand: "Zhu Ji squatted in the mansion all day and pretended to be dead. Who doesn't know that Jin Yiwei is now in charge of you?"

"If the errands in Qianjiang are done well this time, the emperor will directly dismiss Zhu Ji, and it is unknown if you will be promoted to be a commander."

The two came to the school grounds to inspect the soldiers of the Beijing camp.Sure enough, all of them are men of steel and iron, with a murderous look on them.

Ye Guang said with a smile: "My brothers are not like Guizhou donkeys. They only have a loud voice but no real ability. They are serious Jingying tigers."

Chang Feng praised: "Ye Dudu's army is strict and organized, and all the brothers are elite soldiers. You let the brothers prepare. We will leave Beijing in two days."

Two days later, Chang Feng said goodbye to his family.Embarked on a journey to Qianjiang.

(End of this chapter)