The carriage traveled westward, passed the west gate of Huazhou City for several miles, turned west into the state road, and drove to Xi'an.

The main official road to Xi'an is still good, much better than the potholed dirt road that came out of Tongguan before.

The road is paved with sand and gravel, the Banzai mud on it is quite smooth, and the two sides are also planted with trees, and there are octagonal pavilions to rest every five miles.

The horse-drawn carriage drove smoothly all the way, and there were many fields next to the official road, planted with all kinds of crops, and irrigation wells and windmills could be seen everywhere.

Zhu Cihong, who was originally irritable to the point of itching his hands, was in a much better mood when he saw this.

He was not idle along the way, constantly talking with the driver and inquiring about the people's livelihood.

The coachman told him that now that the people's lives are better, the number of people farming has begun to decrease, and in recent years, there have been many livestock farms and mines in Xi'an, as well as handicraft factories, which have led many young people to find ways to work outside for a short time.

Zhu Cihong nodded slightly, this is a good thing, it shows that the domestic market is expanding and gradually entering a period of commercial revolution.

This is the purpose of the Tianwu New Deal, the development of urban handicrafts is not restricted, with a more free environment, and it is inevitable to come to this point.

Next, with the increase of market demand, when the manual production of the factory cannot meet the market demand, the urgent demand for the production of large factories will increase, and finally the revolution of machine production will inevitably break out, that is, the industrial revolution.

Although this road is slow, Daming is finally on the right track and begins to lead the world step by step!

Two days later, Zhu Ci and his entourage arrived in Xi'an, where they chose a local noodle restaurant in the city and ordered a few servings of noodles.

Xi'an, known as Chang'an in ancient times, has thirteen dynasties built the capital here, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang to "the world's mountains and rivers, only Qin medium number for the danger solid", presided over by the governor Pu Ying, on the basis of the old city of the Tang Imperial City to expand Xi'an City.

Garrisoned in Xi'an was the Dingwu Army, which was headed by Lu Xiangkun, the Governor of the Western Army. (In last year's major change of defense, Zhou Yuji, the commander of the original military army, was transferred to the northern capital of the Protectorate)

Zhu Cihong didn't go to the Yongwang Mansion in Xijing, didn't go to the Governor's Mansion of the Western Army, and didn't go to the Governor's Yamen, so he ate Zangzi noodles in this noodle restaurant.

The city of Xi'an is extremely prosperous, no less than some big cities in the south of the Yangtze River, and the streets are full of merchants wearing the costumes of various ethnic groups in the Western Regions, and even some merchants from Central Asian countries.

Zhu Cihong inquired while eating: "Why are there so many merchants from the Western Regions in the city?" ”

Someone replied with a smile: "The former merchant landlord of Shaanxi was almost wiped out by Sun Chuanting, the former governor of Shaanxi, so that he was weak......

Zhu Cihong was speechless, Old Man Sun was still quite ruthless, it had been several years, and the local businessman had not recovered.

However, the merchants of the Western Regions are also the people of the Ming Dynasty, and they are all the same, as long as they do business honestly and stimulate the economy.

When it came to Sun Chuanting, the surrounding diners praised one after another, saying that Sun Futai had hard means, and in the few years he was in power in Shaanxi, everyone dared to be scared, and he had done a lot of good things, and he was the master of the people.

Zhu Cihong intentionally or unintentionally mentioned the current governor Zhang Tongchang and wanted to know about his official style.

I only heard an old man say: "Although Zhang Futai also asks for the people's life, compared to Sun Futai, he still lacks the means to ......"

When Zhu Cihong was about to learn more about it, the old man kept silent and deliberately changed the topic.

Zhu Cihong stuffed a few silver yuan to the old man without a trace, wanting to know more about it, only to hear the old man look around and whisper: "Lord Futai seems to be a little afraid of eunuchs......

Then no matter how Zhu Cihong inquired, the old man just didn't say anything, and ran away in a hurry with the silver yuan.

On the street, the traffic was busy, people were crowded, people were crowded, and suddenly a rapid neighing of horses came, sometimes accompanied by shouts: "Dodge, all for the gentlemen to dodge!" ”

This voice is a little feminine and sharp, it is not like the voice made by the masters, Zhu Cihong looked up, but found that two eunuchs were riding horses and rampage.

Normally, in this case, a traffic accident will occur, and sure enough, the fat eunuch in front couldn't hold back and knocked an old man to a staggered few steps and fell to the ground.

However, the fat eunuch didn't even look at the old man who was hit, but shouted: "If you dare to be a gentleman's horse, get out of here!" ”

This time, there was a lot of anger, and the surrounding crowd was noisy.

Some scholars stood up and accused: "The land of Xijing, peaceful and prosperous, Lang Lang Qiankun, you and others rode on a rampant, and injured people but are still arrogant, how can this be reasonable!" ”

The fat eunuch shouted with a gloomy face: "Blind your dog's eyes, our family is the emperor, get out of the way!" ”

It was only then that the reader could see the clothes worn by the man on horseback and learn the identity of the other party.

A middle-aged man who was nearly 50 years old and dressed as an outsider came over, hurriedly stepped forward, helped up the old man who was knocked down by a horse, pinched the middle, and rubbed his chest, and finally saved the old man.

The middle-aged man yelled at the fat eunuch: "Get off the horse!" ”

"Oh, where did the village man come from, don't you have long eyes?"

As he spoke, the fat eunuch turned over and dismounted, looking down at the middle-aged man with his head held high.

The middle-aged man asked the two family members beside him to help the injured old man aside, looked at the fat eunuch with an arrogant attitude, and said lightly: "You are a eunuch?" ”

"Exactly!"

The fat eunuch snorted lightly and said, "Our family is the one who guards the eunuch Ma Gonggong!" ”

Hearing this, the onlookers talked a lot, and even the scholar who had just spoken out changed his face slightly.

Xijing town guard eunuch Ma Jixiang, that is from the palace, in Shaanxi has great power, even His Royal Highness King Yong respects him for three points!

The middle-aged man frowned and said, "The eunuch doesn't follow the king's law?" ”

The fat eunuch shook the horsewhip in his hand and smiled: "Who are you, this wild man, it's all up to us?" ”

After Zhu Cihong finished settling the account, he had already joined the crowd of onlookers, he stared at the middle-aged man for a long time, only to find out that this person was Zhang Tongchang, the governor of Shaanxi!

Zhang Tongchang is the great-grandson of Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Juzheng was liquidated by the Wanli Emperor after his death, and he was not rehabilitated by the imperial court until the second year of the Apocalypse.

In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, when Emperor Chongzhen issued an edict to restore Zhang Jingxiu, the eldest son of Zhang Juzheng, to his official position, he awarded Zhang Tongchang as a scholar in the middle school.

In the second year of Tianwu, Zhu Cihong appointed him as the governor of Sichuan, and the five years of Tianwu went west to destroy the Yarkand Khanate, and Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi, was knighted for his merits and transferred to the Western Protectorate, and Zhang Tongchang was transferred to Shaanxi to take over Sun Chuanting's class.

In the past two years, Zhang Tongchang has written nine times to resign and return to his hometown, but Zhu Cihong has refused.

Now it seems that this old guy is quite tough, where is the state of "sick and incapacitated" mentioned in the transcript?

There are also these two dog eunuchs, who dare to be the party to the trouble under the identity of the emperor and disgrace the royal family!

Facing the aggressive fat eunuch, Zhang Tongchang did not show the identity of the governor, but smiled and said to the fat eunuch: "If you want to take care of it, it is also Wang Fa who will manage you!" ”

"Wang Fa?" The fat eunuch laughed and said, "So, you, the wild man, are you going to take our family to see the official?" ”

Zhang Tongchang nodded and said, "Exactly!" ”

The fat eunuch was stunned for a moment, not only was he not angry, but he smiled: "Okay, good!" Well said, since you want to take our family to see the official, then our family will go to the yamen with you to have a look! ”

Immediately afterwards, the atmosphere became harmonious, and I saw Zhang Tongchang personally leading the horse for the fat eunuch, and took the two eunuchs to the yamen in a serious manner.

The fat eunuch sat on his horse, looked at him with his nostrils, and his face was full of smiles, and he felt more and more interesting.

He wanted to see which official didn't know what was good or bad, and dared to impose royal law on the emperor!