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Chapter 1033 Who Knows Who Will Replace Governor Zhang?

The 15th year of Ming Chongzhen, February [-]th.

The weather was clear and cloudless, the scorching sun was shining on the earth, and the cold wind in early spring was blowing on people, and it was not as cold as in the past.

Before noon, many officers and generals had already gathered outside the South Gate of Xuanfu Township, their bright red robes and bright armor complement each other in the sunlight.

The one in the middle is wearing a big red robe, with a white collar reaching to the bottom, one inch to the ground, with sleeves that are as long as the hand and back to the elbow. He wears a beam crown on his head, and cloud shoes on his feet.

This person is Zhang Fuzhen, Minister of the Ministry of War, Governor of Xuanda, Zhang Fuzhen, and beside him is Jiang Yuxu, Governor of the Xuanfu Jiang Yuxu, the leader of the right capital with the title of Yushi, the governor of the Xuanfu, with a four-rank Yunyan Buzi embroidered on his chest.

Surrounding the two of them are Xuan Dadu, Liang Tongju, Zhu Mintai and other civil officials. Naturally, all of them regard Governor Zhang Fuzhen as the most respected, and they surround him according to their ranks like stars holding the moon.

The generals are respected by the deputy commanders Lin Dengyou and Guo Yingxian. However, it seems that there are more people around Lin Dengyou, and there are not many people around the newly promoted deputy commander Guo Yingxian.

There is only Liu Guangwu, a veteran general, and the rest are the generals of the Yongyi Army system, He Zhenxiong, Chen Zheng, Wei Zhice, Jin Yong, etc., as well as guerrilla Guo An, Yu Jin, Tian Mingyu, Tang Xiancheng, and Xia Shuncheng and Qin Dazhong. The governor of the camp town.

In fact, Liu Shizun, the eldest son of General Liu Guangwu, is now the deputy general of the Xuanwu Battalion of the Yongyi Army, while his youngest son Liu Shijie had been studying in Kaiping Wei School before, and now he is also transferred to Chicheng Engineering School to continue studying classics, history and codes.

In addition, Liu Guangwu's wife accepted Zhang Cheng's concubine Liu's sisters as adopted daughters in Dushibao, and the two generations of the Liu family have innumerable relationships with Zhang Cheng. The strong support of the department is also greatly excluded in the official field in the town.

The officials and generals in Xuanfu Town had complicated feelings towards Zhang Cheng. Many of them watched Zhang Cheng rise from a small general to what he is today, and they were full of jealousy.

They didn't think about why Zhang Cheng was successful, they just stared at Zhang Cheng's strong soldiers and the gold and silver in the treasury, wishing to push Zhang Cheng to the ground and tear them up, so that the good partners swallowed up the gold and silver in his treasury.

However, their small thoughts seemed so weak in front of the powerful force of the brave army, they could only hide it in their hearts and curse in private.

Sure enough, the guerrilla general Wen Hui whispered to Li Jianming next to him with a vicious look on his face: "That little bastard Zhang Cheng is so presumptuous now that he wants me to wait out of the city to meet him, and he has been waiting so hard for so long."

Li Jianming also sneered and said: "Hmph, one level of official can crush a person to death, not to mention that he is still a super-grade Earl, and the governors and officials are all waiting out of the city. What can we do?"

Wen Hui's expression became even more gloomy when he heard the words, and Li Jianming who was on the side still didn't forget to sarcastically: "Brother Wen, I'm afraid it will be hard to avenge your murder."

"Kudden...Kudden..."

After hearing this, Wen Hui's face became more ferocious, and his mouth was full of black teeth.

Governor Zhang Fuzhen was talking softly with Governor Jiang Yuxu. He seemed to have noticed the strangeness here, but he just turned his head and took a look, not paying much attention to it.

Suddenly, a stream of smoke and dust rolled towards this side in the distance, followed by the sound of horseshoes stamping on the ground in a hurry, and several cavalry soldiers appeared in the billowing smoke and dust.

They rushed to the deputy commander in chief Guo Yingxian, got off their horses and hurriedly said: "Vice commander Guo, the carriage of the general is less than five miles away."

After Guo Yingxian heard the news, he immediately went to Governor Zhang Fuzhen and reported to him the news that Yongningbo's carriage was about to arrive.

Zhang Fuzhen just smiled when he heard the letter, and walked out under the umbrella with the governor Jiang Yuxu. He stood outside the South Gate of the town and looked towards the distance of the official road.

Soon, the imperial flags of the Yongyi Army and Weiyuan Battalion could be seen from a distance, gradually revealed in the billowing smoke and dust, and under the flags, a well-arranged cavalry marched slowly.

The cavalrymen of the Yongyi Army Standard Battalion, Baihu Battalion, and Teng Snake Battalion, who had been standing in line outside Nanguan, also stood up straight with serious faces. Will step on the horse.

"Tom! Tom! Tom!..."

As the cavalry of the brave army in front got closer and closer, the Tengshe battalion artillery vehicles lined up outside Nanguan fired twelve horns according to the order.

The commander-in-chief of the cavalry of each battalion also shouted loudly at the same time: "Everyone get on the horse, line up with guns, and accept the review of the general!"

The soldiers of the Weiyuan Battalion in the distance stopped three hundred steps away from meeting the crowd, and stepped aside one after another on both sides of the official road. The entire army of thousands of horses stopped on the official road like a big dragon.

During the whole process, apart from the officers shouting orders, there was no noise. It can be seen that the military orders are strict, and no one dares to whisper to each other. It is indeed not comparable to the gang of soldiers in the town.

As the middle of the official road was moved away, two long carriages and carriages slowly appeared in front of everyone. They were all wrapped in thick felt cloth, and there were two ventilators on the left and right sides. small window.

Zhang Chengfang, a Chinese military officer, led twenty golden armored knights and escorted the first carriage to the crowd. He was the first to get off the horse and lifted the felt curtain in front of the carriage. Accompanied by scribe Liu Chengzu, Wang Yuanjing took the lead out of the felt curtain.

Then he seemed to say a few more words to the car, and saw the figure of Zhang Cheng, the chief soldier of Xuanfu Town and Yongningbo, appearing in front of everyone. He poked his head out of the car and looked at Zhang Fuzhen first. After taking a look, he seemed to be very satisfied and nodded and walked down the wooden stairs.

After Zhang Cheng got out of the car, he didn't go forward immediately, but waited for Bian Yongqing, the eunuch who supervised the army, and after a while, Bian Yongqing got out of the car behind under the service of four eunuchs, and walked To Zhang Cheng's side.

"Uncle, all the governors and governors are waiting outside Nanguan, so we can't make them stay for long."

Zhang Cheng replied with a smile: "Master Bian is here, let alone wait a little longer, even wait for another hour, so what?"

Bian Yongqing raised the corner of his mouth, and said with a smile: "The governors are all important ministers of the frontier, so it's better not to be too negligent."

Zhang Cheng also smiled and walked towards the south gate of Zhencheng, Bian Yongqing followed closely behind, Zhang Chengfang led twenty golden armored warriors, guarding them on foot.

There was still some distance away, and Governor Zhang Fuzhen greeted him loudly: "Oh, Zhongchen, you can be regarded as coming to the town, and the governor has waited so hard for you."

Zhang Cheng showed a very surprised expression on his face, he rushed forward to hold Zhang Fuzhen's hand tightly, and said to him: "I, Zhang Cheng, what virtue and ability do I have to force the governor to come to town from Yanghe?"

Zhang Fuzhen first greeted Bian Yongqing, the supervisor of the army, before replying to him: "I don't know about Zhongchen. This Governor Xuanda's term of office has expired, and I have received a document from the imperial court asking me to return to the capital as soon as possible, and I have another appointment."

Zhang Cheng couldn't help being dumbfounded when he heard the words, because he was going to Zhencheng to take over the post of chief soldier recently, most of his thoughts were spent on arranging the North Road and East Road, and he ignored the matter of Xuanda Governor's replacement.

At that moment, he blurted out and asked: "I don't know which master will take over the position of Governor Zhang."

Zhang Fuzhen didn't answer his question, but said in a nonchalant manner: "Zhongchen, you are tired from afar, go to the city to resettle quickly."

Seeing him like this, Zhang Cheng knew that there was something hard to say or something else, so he didn't ask any more questions at the moment, and he and the Fuchen Jiang Yuxu who was at the side also met the ceremony and entered the city together.

Here, Jiang Yuxu was about to introduce the town officials to him, when he saw Guo Yingxian, the deputy commander of Xuanzhen Town, and the generals Liu Guangwu, He Zhenxiong, Wei Zhice, Chen Zheng and others hurried forward.

They were all dressed in armor, although it was inconvenient to salute, but they all knelt on one knee and said: "The last general Guo Yingxian pays homage to the general, and welcomes the general into the town."

"The last general Liu Guangwu pays his respects to the great general, welcome..."

"The last general Wei Zhice pays his respects..."

Zhang Cheng smiled and waved to them and said, "Brothers, please get up, everyone."

After all the generals got up, the governor Jiang Yuxu introduced to Zhang Cheng: "Uncle Yongning, this is Master Zhu, the food supervisor sent by the Ministry of Household Affairs in Xuanfu."

After Zhang Cheng and Zhu Mintai met, Jiang Yuxu introduced a few more people for him, and everyone followed the cavalry brigade into the city.

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When Xuanfu Town was first built, it was used as a military center, but after the middle of Ming Dynasty, it quickly evolved into a commercial center in the northwest of the capital.

In the town, there are row upon row of houses in the middle of the town, and people gather together. In Dashifang in the southeast of the city, there are even more shops. There are silk shops, cloth shops, grocery shops, etc. from Jiangnan, Shanxi, Shandong, and the capital, extending for four or five miles. long.

Xuanfu Town "does not set up prefectures and counties, but only sends generals and soldiers to guard it."

Therefore, the vast majority of the population in the town is registered military households. According to records during the Jiajing period, there were more than 12 military households in Xuanfu town, more than 4 official households, and only 2 civilian households. , is really a veritable "military city"!
The streets in the city are also the main road of Shizi Street extending to all sides with the bell tower as the center, but the streets and alleys in the city are also criss-crossing. There are many streets and alleys named after the city trade, such as Mishi Street, Caishi Street, Yandian Street, Youdian Street, etc.

As well as various markets such as Luoma City, Zhazi City, and Leather Goods Market, they also contributed a lot to the commercial prosperity of Xuanfu Town.

However, now in the reign of Chongzhen, the commercial center with a dense population of smokers has gradually declined. Not only has the population decreased, but also the government offices have collapsed, and many houses in the city have also collapsed, turning into gardens and vegetable fields. .

Today's prosperous commerce and trade in towns and cities are mainly supported by the officials and generals in the yamen, as well as their family members.

There are not many other things in Xuanfu Town, except that there are many government offices and military offices. Together with the area of ​​the Guwang Mansion, the government offices already account for more than half of the town.

This is also a major problem since the establishment of Xuanfu Township. The officials and generals have occupied a large amount of land, leaving very little public building space for the soldiers and civilians at the bottom.

Of course, today's towns and cities are in decline, but their foundations are still there. For example, those old general families have taken root in Xuanfu for more than a hundred years, each of which has accumulated some wealth, and there are even gentry, scholars, and merchants among them.

And those who live together in the towns and cities are the governor, Liang Dao doctor, Li Xing Tongzhi and other officials. Although their salaries are not very high, they also have the filial piety of the local hereditary military generals. Private pockets, loss of public welfare and private matters.

In the back streets and alleys in the northwest and southwest corners of the town, there is no gap. The military households and civilians in the town can justifiably scold other roads in the town, and even the North Road is now very prosperous, but in their In my eyes, it's still - small places, bumpkins.

This is really a common problem, just like the common people living in the capital regard other places in the country, regardless of rich or poor, as small places and poor villages.

The pride at the root of the imperial city is overflowing!

During the Hongwu period, the No. 19 son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was granted the title of the first Valley King, and was ordered to lead Shanggu County and "Xuanfu Town, one of the nine towns on the Great Wall".

While building the Guwang Mansion, he also engaged in border defense construction. He expanded the Xuande Mansion City in the Yuan Dynasty into a strange city wall with a circumference of 24 miles, and set up "one pass and seven gates" along the city.

This pass refers to the South Pass in front of everyone's eyes. Its pass city covers an area of ​​one square mile, and the seven gates mean that there are three gates in the south of the city, namely Changping Gate, Xuande Gate, and Cheng'an Gate; It is Guangling Gate and Gaoyuan Gate; the east of the city is Ding'an Gate; the west of the city is Daxin Gate.

Among them, Guanglingmen, Ding'anmen, and Daxinmen have Wengcheng and Yuecheng, and there are towers on the city gates. In addition to Changpingmen in the south, there is another Guancheng built besides Wengcheng and Yuecheng.

Xuanfu Township "its city is four feet and five feet thick and three feet and five feet high. Outside the four gates, each is surrounded by urns and suspension bridges." Outside the town, there is also a moat dug around it.

In addition, there is a turret at each corner of the four cities, and a high platform is built about 22 meters away from it. There are hanging buildings on the platform. There are [-] moats built within several miles outside the town. As many as there are soldiers guarding day and night, echoing the effect of guarding the city sergeant.

The cavalry of the brave army marched forward in formation, and the soldiers and civilians in the city lined the road to welcome them, and when they saw them coming, they all avoided the side streets on both sides, and some even ducked into various shops.

After entering Guancheng, Yuecheng, and before entering Urn City, he saw the Changping Gate Tower named Genglou. Looking at the magnificent gate tower in front of him, Yongning Bo's heart was also ups and downs.

When he first arrived in this fantasy world, he was in Xuanfu town. It can be said that this is his first hometown, even equivalent to his birthplace.

When King Qin returned in 11 years, he guarded the coffin of his uncle Zhang Yan as a guerrilla general. He also entered the town from Changping Gate.

However, today, it is another scene. This time, he returned to Xuanfu town again in the identity similar to the master. Time has passed, the past has become the past, and the new journey is about to start anew!
(End of this chapter)