Chapter 262 The Governor of Datong Town is here

On the seventh day of the ninth month of the 27th year of Wanli.

The joy of harvest in various places in Shanxi Town slowly dissipated, and in Wuzhaibao, the livestock farms and orchards in various places soon ushered in another wave of harvest, and factories in various places became busier.

In this lively and busy scene, civil servants and generals from all over the world who came to Wuzhai Fort to pay homage to the new governor also came to the fort one after another.

As early as after Huang Laifu returned to Wuzhai Fort, he recruited civil servants from the two towns, including the magistrate, the military preparation, the governor and the military, the guerrillas, the generals, the deputy generals, and the generals, the generals and the generals, the Wuzhai Fort discussed government affairs.

After September, these civil servants and generals came to Wuzhai Fort one after another.

Among these officials from all over the country who came to Wuzhai Fort, the civil officials of Shanxi Town were: Yang Fanglue, the governor of Shanxi Town, Liu Tangsheng, the soldiers of Ningwu, Yang Shenghong, the soldiers of Jining, Guo Guocai, the soldiers of Yanping, Huang Zongliang, and Zhang Wenbao, the manager of the grain management of Shanxi Town, the officials of the Ministry of Revenue of the Ministry of Revenue.

There are also Tongzhi, Tongzong and others from various important prefectures in the town.

These are civil officials in Shanxi Town. Others who come to the town include Liu Quanli, the governor of Ningwu Pass, Zhu Zhaoqiang, the governor of Hequ County, Xu Zhen, the governor of Limin Fort, Chen Jianxiong, the governor of Bitou Pass, Tian Dafu, the governor of Shenchi Fort, Sun Ruijun, the governor of Beiloukou, and Li Maoxiong, the governor of Daizhou.

This is Shanxi Town, and there are also civil servants and generals from Datong Town.

Datong Town is a big town in Jiubian. There are 64 castles, 89 enemy platforms and 788 pier platforms. At the beginning of Wanli, there were more than 135,000 fixed-quota horses, infantry and officials, and more than 51,000 fixed-quota horses, mules and donkeys. It is an important place for the defense of the Mongols in Jiubian.

Like Shanxi Town, Datong Town also has a governor, four soldiers, one ward, one ward, one ward, one ward, one deputy general, nine guerrillas, five guerrillas, and dozens of castle guards.

After receiving Huang Laifu's official document and order, all the soldiers and officers in Datong Town who were qualified to come to Jin Town also joined Datong Town and set off on a boat from Sanggan River under the leadership of Governor Wei Yunzhen.

After arriving at Zhenningwu Pass in Shanxi, I passed the cement road in the second place and entered the Wuzhai Fort on the seventh day of the ninth lunar month.

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At noon, on the cement road from Ningwu Pass to Wuzhai Fort, a group of chariots and horses with huge flag-and-chariots were moving. There were many followers and soldiers accompanying the guards around. Judging from their flag-titled outfits, it was the civil servants and generals who came from Datong Town this time.

Among the people in this group, civil servants were sitting on the bridge, military generals rode horses, and each guerrilla general was respectfully accompanied by their respective military officers, waiting for the orders of civil servants in the carriage at any time.

Unlike Shanxi Town, Datong Town is of course a strict boundary between civil and military officials. Under the suppression of civil officials, the military generals had long thought that it was natural for civil and nobles to be inferior to military officials and did not dare to surpass them at all.

At this time, the roads everywhere in the Ming Dynasty were very difficult to walk, mostly with bumpy dirt and sandy roads, which were no more than the flat national highways and expressways in later generations. They traveled thousands of miles apart, and everyone was exhausted and exhausted.

However, as soon as they stepped on the cement road from Ningwu Pass to Wuzhai Fort, everyone was excited and awesome voice kept coming from the various chariots and horses.

Everyone is used to the bumpy and difficult-to-travel dirt roads in Datong Town. How have you ever seen such a flat and tidy cement road?

The road surface is hard and flat, with good greening on both sides, and there is no dust or pit on it, which is very easy to walk on. As soon as the carriage and horses stepped onto this kind of road, the feeling of being stable and not bumpy at all made everyone feel extremely comfortable.

Of course, this feeling is not just for them. When looking at the pedestrians on the road next to them, they all have this expression. The easy road surface brings convenience of circulation and the prosperity of business. Everyone can clearly feel that the carriages and horses walking on the cement road are much more prosperous than the crowds in other places.

All kinds of whispers came from all over the convoy and reached the ears of Wei Yunzhen, the governor of Datong Town. At this time, he was squinting his eyes, as if he was sleeping very much, sitting in a carriage to rest. When he heard the vague discussion, he couldn't help but turn his eyes outside the carriage.

Lin Daoji, a soldier from Datong Town who was sitting beside him, also looked outside. After looking for a while, he sneered: "This Shanxi Town is such a big deal. Is it probably expensive to build such a cement road?"

Wei Yunzhen said lightly: "The news is not true. Shanxi Town just built a hundred-mile road from Ningwu Pass to Kelan Prefecture, so does it cost as much as 30,000 taels of silver?"

Lin Daoji took a breath, and there was an unconcealed jealousy in his tone: "The road to a hundred miles is more than 30,000 taels of silver. I heard that the new governor Huang Laifu intends to continue building cement roads in Shanxi Town. Where did he get so much money?"

Wei Yunzhen said lightly: "Then Huang Laifu Xiang is known as the God of Wealth. During the Battle of the Eastern Expedition, what kind of bonds were issued? The amount of silver raised was as high as 4 million taels, and a mere tens of thousands of taels of silver was not a problem for him, right?"

Lin Daoji snorted and said, "I heard that Huang Laifu was just a thousand households ten years ago. He started out with military farms and became famous in Wuzhaibao. However, he thought that he could have what he is today because he was only willing to do, humiliate the business people with power, and draw heavy taxes! It's a pity that the emperor favored such good goods and became obsessed with people."

Huang Laifu set up a toll bureau on the ground from Ningwu Pass to Wuzhai Fort, and passing vehicles were required to pay taxes. These civil servants and generals who came from Datong Town entered the cement road front of Ningwu Pass. Each car and horse was charged varying tolls and road maintenance fees, which made many people dissatisfied.

Especially Lin Daoji was even more dissatisfied!

Thinking of the series of things Huang Laifu did before, he took heavy taxes from merchants and encouraged Emperor Wanli to open mining taxes, Lin Daoji even spoke ill of evil words.

Wei Yunzhen sighed: "That's not the case. Huang Laifu still has some ability. Even I admire his military output in Wuzhai Fort. Unfortunately, he made contributions to farming and made several military achievements. He was originally a major general of the country. Unfortunately, he did not follow the right path and violated the laws of his ancestors and induced all people in the world to mine and compete for profit. This is a wrong way!"

Wei Yunzhen was originally a Jinshi. In the 21st year of Wanli, he governed Datong Town as the right assistant censor. Speaking of which, he was considered an honest official and cherishing the people's strength. During his years in Datong Town, he cut off the fees, emphasized war preparations, reduced military service, and recruited the people and resumed his career. He was considered a capable official.

However, he was born in a large landlord family in Henan and pursued the farming and studying and governing the country through small peasant economy. Although no one in the family did mining and commercial affairs, people like him, who were born in traditional literati, were incompatible with the ideas of Huang Laifu's large farms, big businesses, and big mining affairs. He believed that Huang Laifu's actions were tempting and confusing people's hearts and would seriously lead to a decline in the world.

When Emperor Wanli decided to open a mining tax, Wei Yunzhen immediately submitted a memorial to discuss the harm of tax supervision, and later several times suppressed the tax supervision of Datong Town Zhang Zhong, Sun Chao and others. At that time, his father was over 90 years old, and Wei Yunzhen submitted memorials twenty times to ask him to go home to serve his father.

However, at that time, the cabinet court agreed that Wei Yunzhen was a capable local official and that the local tax authorities could not control him, so he remained as the governor of Datong Town, and was the vanguard of local opposition to Emperor Wanli's mining tax.

As the military preparation for Datong Town to patrol Jibei Road, Lin Daoji manages the twenty-three castles and villages on the Northeast West Second Road in Northeast China. However, he has always been stationed in Datong Town. He is considered Wei Yunzhen's confidant, and is very likely to be the next governor of Datong Town after Wei Yunzhen's departure.

At this time, he sighed: "Indeed, now all places are competing to start mining first, people are in trouble, and the country is in critical condition! It's just that villains are successful, what can we do if we are a disciple!"

In a blink of an eye, he whispered again: "Duke Wei, we can only slowly deal with the matter of mining and taxation in the court. However, Huang Laifu is currently in charge of the position of governor of the two towns as a military man. Even if he is a great talent in Wei, he must be deeply controlled by his military commanders. Martial arts disaster to the country is a major event in front of us. I wonder what kind of way can Duke Wei deal with it?"

After Huang Laifu Governored the military service, food and salary of the two towns in Datong, Shanxi, the military generals in the two towns seemed to have turned over and were not as respectful to the civil servants above them as before, which made many civil servants feel very uncomfortable.

Especially in the future, Huang Laifu will take charge of the money and food affairs in the town. Their chances of getting on and taking action are greatly reduced, which makes them unable to bear it. Of course, on the surface, they cannot say this reason, and can only shout that martial arts and man-made disasters to the country.

In addition to shouting in public opinion, they also kept colluding privately to deal with the situation in the future.

Lin Daoji was the vanguard of the civil servants in Datong Town against Huang Laifu. He not only contacted many civil servants in Datong Town, but also contacted some civil servants in Shanxi Town, intending to share the same hatred and deal with the situation together.

However, Wei Yunzhen, the governor of Datong Town, is now unclear, so now taking advantage of this opportunity to find out about Wei Yunzhen's tone.

Wei Yunzhen naturally understood Lin Daoji's thoughts, but he did not agree with this issue.

He gently stroked his head and said: "Working for the country is not distinguished from civil and military affairs! Huang Laifu is trusted by the emperor and appointed him as the governor of the affairs of the two towns. Naturally, his loyalty and filial piety is unquestionable. As long as he can make the military and civilians rich in the two towns, I will be subject to his restraint. What else?"

"It's a pity that Huang Laifu, as a country's important general, cannot take the right path. After seeing him, I will definitely advise him."

Not to mention the butterfly effect brought about by Huang Laifu mining and other matters, it is the wind of Wuzhaibao's farm. Now it has spread to the Datong Zhencheng area, and many big landlords have dispersed tenants and started farming on a large scale.

Most of the tenants who lost their land became refugees and gathered in the town area, with only a small number going out of the frontier, which increased social instability, which made Wei Yunzhen very worried.

In the final analysis, this was all brought by Huang Laifu, so Wei Yunzhen decided to talk about these things to Huang Laifu.

As for the military man being above his own, Wei Yunzhen was different from other civil servants, and he felt that it was nothing. As long as Huang Laifu was really capable and could benefit the country and the people, he didn't mind.

After hearing Wei Yunzhen say this, Lin Daoji was disappointed and secretly scolded the old man Wei for being angry.

He was timid on the surface, but he made up his mind. No matter what, he would definitely contact all officials in the future and disobey Huang Laifu. He did not believe that Huang Laifu, a rough warrior, would have the support of their civil servants, and the affairs of the two towns would be smoothly carried out in the future.

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The two whispered in the carriage. At this time, not far from the governor's carriage, the general of Datong Town, Ma Jin, was riding his horse. Next to him was his nephew Ma Chengxun.

Ma Jin was Ma Gui's elder brother. At this time, the Ma family, like the Li family, were both military generals of the Ming Dynasty at that time, and all the well-known generals were found. People at that time called the Ma family and the Li family "Dong Li Xima". Later generations also praised them: "If there are generals, you will be worthy of being worthy of being a general."

Ma Jin was promoted to the general of Datong Town due to his merits and qualifications a few years ago. Because his younger brother Ma Gui and Huang Laifu were in good terms, they fought side by side on both occasions. It can be said that they were friendships tempered in the war.

Therefore, as soon as the news that Huang Laifu Governor Huang Laifu became his immediate superior in military affairs, food and salary in the two towns of Datong, Shanxi came, Ma Jin wrote a letter to Ma Gui to hear his opinion.

At this time, Ma Gui was still the general of Yansui Town as the head of the governor and the general of the governor. However, he was busy with retirement. It was always beneficial for him to reply and let Ma Jin unite closely beside Huang Laifu.

According to his relationship with Huang Laifu, Ma Gui believes that Huang Laifu is still nostalgic and treats his subordinates and friends quite well. However, he is still quite arrogant, and those who are sad with him rarely have good results.

It is best for your brother to follow Huang Laifu, otherwise it may be very bitter. If there is one day in the future, because Huang Laifu is his brother's immediate boss and he will be punished by a higher level, so he can't say anything.

Besides, Huang Laifu governed the two towns as a military man. Isn’t this also good news for the generals in the town?

Not to mention the possible change in the status of military generals in the future, even with Huang Laifu's generous manner, the distribution of food, salary and equipment from military generals in each fort will be more relaxed. Over the years, the food and salary of military officials in various places has been deducted by civil servants, but it is a common cause. Ma Gui suffered a lot in this regard.

Ma Jin still attaches great importance to his younger brother Ma Gui's opinion. Although Huang Laifu is in the high position of governor in his thirties, he is nearly 60 years old and is a general. He is jealous or envious of Huang Laifu.

However, Huang Laifu served as the governor, which was always good news for the military officers of the two towns. Ma Jin also decided to follow Huang Laifu closely. Of course, he also had his own reserve and demands. He could follow Huang Laifu himself, at least he had to ensure that his food and salary would be paid in full every year in the future, right?

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Everyone was thinking, and the carriages and horses were moving forward all the way, and the scenery along the way surprised everyone, especially the prosperous factories and mines and workshops in the Shenchi Fort area, and the dense workers and merchants made everyone shocked. I really didn't expect that this place was just a poor military fort in northwest Shanxi.

Of course, what everyone sees is the busy industry here, and they collectively ignore local industrial pollution. In fact, even if there are people who notice this phenomenon, this kind of industrial pollution will happen hundreds of years later.

Wei Yunzhen also pondered. He admitted that the factory and mine affairs had made the local area richer and solved the food problems of some people. However, he insisted that factory and mine business affairs were the source of chaos, making people seek profit and moral chaos.

Especially for such large-scale factories and mines, since they are all young and middle-aged, they are more likely to be incited by some people with ulterior motives to cause trouble, causing local people's chaos, and in the end they will only make a difference.

At present, his vision is limited and he cannot see the local environmental pollution problem, otherwise he would add this crime.

The closer you are to Wuzhai Fort, the richer you see on the roadside, the more new brick and tile houses are built, and the pedestrians on the road are becoming more and more rosy. Even the people among the group who are biased against Huang Laifu, they have to admit that Huang Laifu's ability to manage the place.

When the carriage and horses entered a cement intersection, a majestic stone archway appeared beside the road with a few big words written on it: "Wuzhaibao welcomes you!"

From here, you will enter the Wuzhai Fort territory.

The few words on the stone archway also made Wei Yunzhen and others think about it for a long time.

Next to the archway, a team of hundreds of cavalrymen of Wuzhai Fort stood proudly in the middle of the intersection, with dozens of flags flying and the sound of frightening. On each flag, there was a wheat ear and a horse-pushing acquisition machine, which was the symbol of the Huang Laifu Patrol Army Camp.

Huang Laifu started his career as a farmer. In order to commemorate, he turned his housekeeper's flag into a wheat ear and a purchase machine. This unique flag has also become a well-known topic of discussion.

At this time, all of these knights were armored and helmets, wearing scarlet cloaks, carrying tunnel muskets, sabers or rifles on their backs, and riding on powerful war horses covered with armor leaves. In addition, the sharpness they gained from the battles in the south and north was hundreds of cavalry, but that momentum made everyone who saw them sway.

Although the servants in the train had already come to report and were greeted by the soldiers from Wuzhai Fort in front of them, Wei Yunzhen and Ma Jin were still secretly shocked. This kind of military power was something that the soldiers in Datong Town had never seen before.

Ma Jin rode his horse to Wei Yunzhen's car and said respectfully: "Mr. Wei, the soldiers and horses from Wuzhai Fort have been greeted in front of you, should you get off the car and see you?"

Wei Yunzhen said: "That's natural, we must not mess with etiquette."

He got off the carriage with Lin Daoji who was reluctant. At this time, the civil servants and generals of the convoy also came to the two of them. Under the leadership of Wei Yunzhen, they gathered in front of the carriage, waiting for the greeting generals of the Five Village Fort to greet him.

At this time, the person who came to greet Wei Yunzhen was standing in front of the horse's head. When he saw everyone coming, he strode to everyone. Looking at Wei Yunzhen's official uniform and power, he knew that he was the governor of Datong Town. He immediately bowed to Wei Yunzhen and said, "Governor General Yang Xiaolu is the guerrilla officer, and he is ordered to welcome the governor Wei here. Master Wei is exhausted, and thank you all the way!"

Seeing that Yang Xiaolu just casually hugged her fists and did not bow, she didn't even bow her head, Wei Yunzhen's eyes flashed, but she still smiled and said, "Governor General summoned me, this is still official business, so why not have any hard work? It's hard for Yang Guzha to greet him!"

Lin Daoji, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but say, "Yang Juez, when you meet Shangguan, why don't you give your full courtesy?"

Yang Xiaolu didn't even look at him, and looked up at the Heavenly Dao with her head raised: "Please forgive me for keeping her armor on her body, and I can't give her full courtesy!"

Wei Yunzhen said lightly: "Forget it!"
To be continued...