Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 210
"You feel incredible too, right?"

Jia Rui said with a smile at first, but suddenly his face turned livid, "The Supreme Emperor also felt incredible, so he sent his officer to Gansu to find out the truth."

Zhou Heng immediately stood up from the class, clasped his fists and raised his hands, "Sir, Gansu has a bumper harvest this year. The governor of Gansu lied about the drought and had evil intentions. Please give the order immediately, and the general will lead people into the city to capture this dog official."

Jia Rui waved his hand and asked Zhou Heng to stand back.

"Now is not the time to use swords or guns."

Jia Rui was silent for a moment, and then asked: "I heard that sectarian strife in Gansu is very serious, is that true?"

"The adults say it's a sectarian dispute, but it's actually a battle between Han Chinese and Muslims," ​​Zhou Heng said.

Jia Rui frowned. Gansu has always been the focus of ethnic conflicts, and Jia Rui also regarded Gansu as his own territory. He did not want chaos on his territory.

On the Han side, Jia Rui will soon send his own officials to appease and suppress them. They should be able to temporarily suppress the Han people, but on the other side, Jia Rui has nothing to do.

Jia Rui lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said: "Zhou Heng, you will lead the cavalry in the future and patrol the gathering places of the Hui people in Gansu, put some pressure on them, and make these people more honest."

"Let them see some blood if necessary." Jia Rui then added.

"I will understand at the end."

The reason why Jia Rui is so bold is because in the last rebellion, the die-hard elements have been almost eliminated, and now they are all honest people.

"Today I will rest in the camp overnight, and tomorrow I will bring three thousand armored soldiers into the city. The generals can retreat."

With Jia Rui's words, the generals below exited the tent one by one.

After that, Jia Rui declined the wedding banquet prepared by Zhou Heng for Jia Rui and went back to rest with Third Sister You.

Early the next morning, Jia Rui came outside fully dressed, and saw Zhou Heng standing majestically outside Jia Rui's tent, wearing a helmet, a robe, a belt, and a skirt.

"Oh, you got up early?"

Jia Rui teased Zhou Heng.

Jia Rui's young man Wangcai came over and explained: "Uncle, General Zhou was guarding outside the tent last night and has been standing all night."

Jia Rui was a little moved after hearing this. He took a deep look at Zhou Heng, nodded gently, and said nothing.

But just this action moved Zhou Heng to tears.

Sometimes an action from the coach can enter the hearts of the soldiers even more than inspiring words.

"Have you had breakfast yet?"

"Come back to the commander, no,"

"Then come and have some with me!"

Zhou Heng nodded excitedly, followed Jia Rui closely, and had a simple breakfast.

After breakfast, Jia Rui immediately ordered his troops.

This time Zhou Heng prepared a thousand cavalry and two thousand infantry for Jia Rui.

These are the elite of the military.

Jia Rui is quite satisfied with this army. From this, he can see that Zhou Heng has not been idle or slacking off in the past few years, and has trained himself an elite soldier.

"Let's go."

After finishing speaking, Jia Rui got on his horse and walked out of the camp.

Sanjie You did not sit in the sedan this time, but rode her mare, following closely behind Jia Rui.Behind them are three thousand elites.

This man and horse left the camp and headed all the way to Lanzhou City.

With so many people and horses, there was no way Lanzhou City wouldn’t know about such a big movement.

Before their group of troops arrived outside Lanzhou City, more than a dozen fast horses flew from the opposite side.

The leader, a young general, came to the front of the army and immediately shouted: "Who is leading the army?"

After hearing this, Zhou Heng immediately rode out, "It's me."

When the young general saw it was Zhou Heng, he quickly got off his horse, trotted to Zhou Heng, and knelt down on the ground.

"The child knocks on his father."

"In the army, there are only superiors and subordinates, not fathers and sons."

"Yes, Captain Zhou Lang came to see the Jiedu Envoy."

"Why are you here no longer defending the city?"

"Returning to Jiedu Envoy, I heard reports from people below that three thousand elites were sent from the camp to Lanzhou City, so I came to check it out in person."

"The imperial commander-in-chief, Mr. Jia Ruijia, has arrived. I will escort Mr. Jia into the city."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Lang understood why his father had made such a big move. It turned out that his family's benefactor had arrived.

Zhou Lang said quickly: "Please ask Jiedushi to introduce you to the final general."

Zhou Heng was very pleased to see his son. He had long wanted to lead his son to Jia Rui.
This opportunity has finally come. As long as his son stays with Jia Rui, he will be very successful in the future. When he reaches his age in the future, he will definitely be more promising than himself. If things go wrong, can he still get a title?
"Okay, I'll introduce you right now."

After saying this, Zhou Heng also got off his horse and led Zhou Lang towards the middle of the team.

After a while, the father and son came to Jia Rui's horse.

The father and son knelt on the ground, and Zhou Heng introduced his son to Jia Rui.When Jia Rui heard that the young man in front of him was Zhou Heng's son, he also took a look. Then he got off his horse and personally helped Zhou Heng and Zhou Lang's father and son up.

While helping Zhou Lang, Jia Rui wanted to test his strength, so he used his arms to push the little guy into a fight.

However, Jia Rui clearly felt his hand sinking next. Although Jia Rui didn't take the opponent seriously, he still used the Dragon Elephant Prajna Kung Fu, and his strength was several times that of others.

But even so, it only caused Zhou Lang to stumble, but did not knock him over.

Jia Rui really noticed Zhou Lang this time. This young man was very powerful.

Zhou Lang himself was also surprised.

It turned out that when Jia Rui helped him just now, he felt a huge force coming from Jia Rui's body, and he instinctively moved downwards to resist.

Although he was caught off guard just now, he was still very strong, but he was vulnerable to Jia Rui's strength.

Zhou Lang was even more impressed this time.

I had always heard from my father that their benefactor, Jia Rui, was brave enough to conquer three armies, and he took the general's head out of ten thousand armies, just like picking something out of a bag.

He was still a little skeptical at the time.

But when I saw him today, I realized that I was nothing more than a frog in the well.

Jia Rui also fell in love with this young man now. He patted him on the shoulder, turned to Zhou Heng and said, "This guy is good. I'm going to follow you. After this matter is over, come back to the capital with me."

Both Zhou Heng and Zhou Lang were overjoyed and said, "I will obey your orders."

Then Jia Rui ordered Zhou Lang: "Send your people back to report the situation, so as not to cause chaos in Lanzhou City."

Zhou Lang quickly ordered the soldiers he had followed to go back and report, while he closely guarded Jia Rui, followed behind his father, and merged into the army. The troops continued to advance towards Lanzhou City.

Due to the notification from the soldiers, there was no chaos in Lanzhou City. Instead, more than a dozen officials stood at the door, seemingly waiting for Jia Rui.

As soon as Jia Rui arrived, the leader, an elderly official with a gray beard, immediately led him up.

"Who is Mr. Jia? Qian Cheng, the governor of Gansu, is here to greet you."

Jia Rui heard his words in the team, lightly kicked the horse's belly with both feet, and walked out of the team.

"It turns out to be Mr. Qian! I came in a hurry and didn't inform you in advance. Please forgive me, Mr. Qian."

Jia Rui's words were very polite, but he did not dismount, which made Qian Cheng a little unhappy.

It is true that your official position in Jia Rui is higher than mine, and you are also favored by the Supreme Emperor, but my money is not given in vain. I am also the governor of a province. What do you mean?You didn't take me seriously!

Just when Qian Cheng was full of complaints, Jia Rui took out the gold medal from his arms and showed it to Qian Cheng.

Qian Cheng was shocked when he saw the gold medal, and he quickly knelt down and said, "I, Qian Cheng, the governor of Gansu, would like to express my condolences to the Holy Spirit."

"Saint Angong."

Then Jia Rui put the gold medal in his arms, jumped off the horse and went over to help Qian Cheng up.

"Master Qian, I just had a sacred mandate, so I didn't salute. Please don't blame me, Master Qian."

"Don't dare, don't dare."

Cold sweat was already streaming down Qian Cheng's face.

When he got the news just now that Jia Rui was coming, although he was panicked, he didn't pay too much attention.

After all, they and Jia Rui were in the same faction in the court.

Jia Rui's arrival was just in time. Instead, they could confirm the news about the severe drought in Gansu. In the end, the most important thing was to share Jia Rui's fortune.

But when Jia Rui showed his gold medal, he knew something was wrong.

How can an ordinary imperial envoy need a gold medal like my presence?
It can be seen from this gold medal that the Supreme Emperor attached great importance to this matter.

It seems that this time the incident is not easy to fool.

Then Qian Cheng led the way, and everyone entered Lanzhou City and came to the imperial envoy's cabin prepared by Qian Cheng for Jia Rui.

This place is a mansion owned by a Shanxi merchant, but the owner of this mansion only lives here for one month a year, and it is usually empty.

Therefore, Qian Chengcai was able to quickly clear out the people inside and serve as the imperial envoy for Jia Rui.

Jia Rui entered the main hall of the mansion and sat in the middle. Qian Cheng and Lanzhou officials stood on both sides, waiting for Jia Rui to lecture.

"Everyone, this time you reported that the drought in Lanzhou is serious. The Emperor is very concerned about the suffering of the people, so he sent his officer to inspect it."

"My ministers, thank you very much for your kindness. Your Majesty has a kind heart and brings prosperity to the people."

Jia Rui waved his hand to stop these people's flattery.

"The Emperor has prepared food for relief. As soon as I find out, the food will immediately enter Gansu from several directions. The people of Gansu must not be allowed to starve."

After saying this, Jia Rui looked at Qian Cheng, the governor of Gansu, "Sir Qian, can you tell me how the drought in Gansu is going?"

Qian Cheng was now sweating profusely and trembling all over.

If he had received the news in advance, he would have had a way to hide it from Jia Rui. But now that Jia Rui had come all the way incognito, I am afraid that Jia Rui has already grasped the situation in Gansu. How can he reply now?

Jia Rui looked at Qian Cheng without saying a word, smiled coldly, and then asked: "Who is the chief envoy of Gansu?"

A relatively calm middle-aged official stood up and said, "I am the Chief Envoy of Gansu Province, Wang Ze. I have met your Excellency."

(End of this chapter)