On September 15, the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Yang Feng led an army of 26,000 from Nanjing, and the army traveled all the way south, except for passing through Zhejiang and Anhui when he found that the life of the people was quite reluctant, but when he arrived in Fujian, he found that the life of the people here was very difficult, especially the terrain of Fujian with many mountains and few lands, and it was very difficult for the people to beg for a living.

Although the potatoes, corn and other high-yield crops brought by Yang Feng from modern society have begun to gradually spread in the Ming Dynasty for more than a year, potatoes are still mainly spread in the north, and the spread of potatoes is still a little slow for the south where rice is the main food, but what makes Yang Feng feel relieved is that he has seen farmers start to grow corn in barren places along the way, which is unexpected good news.

The army passed through Anhui and Zhejiang provinces all the way, and finally from Pucheng to Nanping, and finally arrived at the destination Xiamen on the eighth day of October, when Yang Feng arrived in Xiamen, at this time Xiamen Governor Xia Dayan led the political envoy Ding Youwen, the envoy Tu Hongliang and hundreds of Fujian officials of all sizes out of the city to greet each other.

It stands to reason that Xia Dayan, as the governor of a province, is not an exaggeration to call him a feudal official, and it is a little inappropriate to greet a military general who commands the army with such a grand etiquette, but now Yang Feng is not only the chief soldier of Nanjing, the governor of Jingying Rongzheng and Jiang Ningbo, and now he is also the governor of the southern capital.

The position of the Metropolitan Governor is not simple, everyone looks at the people who served as the Metropolitan Governor in the Ming Dynasty to know how awesome this official position is.

The first governor of the Ming Dynasty was Zhu Wenzheng (Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew) of the Privy Council, and then the people who served as the governor were Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Hu Tingrui, and later Comrade Zhu felt that the power of the governor was too great, and in the thirteenth year of Hongwu, this position was revoked, and the governor's office was changed to the governor's office of the five armies, and the power of the governor was divided into five, and since then there has been no post of the governor.

Now Zhu Youxiao has picked up this position again and given it to Yang Feng, although this position is only temporary, and it cannot be as awesome as the governor who controlled the country's soldiers and horses during the founding of the country, but it also shows Zhu Youxiao's trust and attention to Yang Feng.

Moreover, after more than half a year of war in Fujian, it was the time when production withered and people were panicking, Xia Dayan also knew that the black gauze hat on his head had already crumbled, and the reason why the imperial court did not immediately remove himself was because he did not find a suitable candidate for the time being, and when he had a suitable candidate, he was afraid that the governor would be disgraced.

Maybe someone wants to say, anyway, since you have to get out, why do you want to shoot Yang Feng's ass, the person who said this is wrong. There are many kinds of eggs, the worst is not only to get out of the governor's position, but also the court to send a cavalry to escort him from Fujian to the capital to be tried by the three divisions and convicted.

And the better result is that the court can let himself go home to retire with dignity for the sake of his own meritorious service, so it is also a fuck off, but the result is very different, which is why Xia Dayan greeted Yang Feng in person.

When Yang Feng led the army to the front of the welcoming team, Xia Dayan walked up quickly and said: "Xia Dayan, the governor of Fujian, greets Jiang Ningbo, the uncle has worked hard all the way from afar!" ”

Seeing a civil official about fifty years old, wearing a scarlet robe and a six-liang crown, a rhino belt around his waist, and a lifelike brocade chicken embroidered on the patch on his chest, Yang Feng also quickly dismounted and returned the salute, and said with a smile: "Lord Xia has so many courtesies, this makes Ben Bo really panic." ”

Xia Dayan shook his head and said: "Uncle is too modest, now I don't know the battle of Liaodong, Uncle is a thief and a thief Jiannu fierce general Gurtai, and even more so that the thief chief Nurha was seriously injured, and finally had to die with hatred, such a great achievement is worthy of the word great merit, and it is also worthy of this official and Fujian civil and military officials to go out of the city to greet each other!" ”

Yo...... This Xia Dayan is really good at talking.

Yang Feng couldn't help but be stunned in his heart, to be honest, Yang Feng now has a very bad reputation in the civil official system of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention those Donglin Party who regard him as an enemy, even the civil officials of the non-Donglin Party have a very good impression of him, and those civil officials on weekdays see him either expressionless or pretend not to see, like Xia Dayan, a civil official Yang Feng who gives him face like this is the first time to see him.

However, Yang Feng, who felt strange in his heart, understood the reason after thinking about it, Xia Dayan had a premonition that his ending might not be too good, and he and the tens of thousands of troops behind him were probably his last straw, and it was strange to have a bad attitude towards the person who could pull him.

Although he figured out the reason, Yang Feng did not look down on Xia Dayan because of this. After all, this is human nature, a person will be like this when facing a life-saving straw, although Xia Dayan is the governor of a province, he is not exempt from vulgarity.

"Lord Xia, don't say that, Ben Bo and his brothers have just arrived, and they are not familiar with the place here, everything depends on the help of Lord Xia and all the adults, otherwise the extermination of bandits can only be a moon in the well, Yang has thanked you in advance." After speaking, Yang Feng bowed to Xia Dayan and the officials behind him.

Seeing Yang Feng saluting his group, Xia Dayan and the officials behind him did not dare to accept this salute with peace of mind, but avoided it sideways, and then hurriedly returned the salute, saying one after another.

"Don't dare!"

"Uncle is so polite!"

Originally, when Xia Dayan showed favor to Yang Feng at the beginning, although the political envoy Ding Youwen and the envoy Tu Hongliang who were standing behind him were still smiling, they were actually a little disdainful in their hearts. However, when they saw that Yang Feng was not only not as arrogant as rumored, but greeted Xia Dayan with a smile on his face, their feelings were better.

"Come on, come on...... Uncle, please move, and the lower official will introduce you to other colleagues in this province. This is the political envoy Ding Youwen, this is the envoy Tu Hongliang, this is the governor of the province, Lu Guangbiao, and this is the ......"

When Xia Dayan introduced the officials behind Yang Feng, Yang Feng also greeted everyone with a smile, but when Lu Guangbiao was introduced, his expression was slightly stunned.

In the Ming Dynasty, the governor and the governor were collectively called the governor, and their full names were respectively "the governor of a certain place and other places to supervise military affairs and pay and governor affairs" and "the governor of a certain place and other places to supervise military affairs and manage food and salary", the former is the governor, the latter is the governor.

The governor and the governor were originally temporary, one of them was in charge of the army and the other was in charge of the people, and both of them had to return to the dynasty after dealing with local affairs, but in the late Ming Dynasty, due to the complexity of local affairs and frequent wars, these two positions became permanent from temporary.

In the event of a war in Fujian, the first responsible person is naturally the governor Xia Dayan, who is the highest governor, and the second responsible person is the governor in charge of the military, Lu Guangbiao, and now according to the observation of Yang Feng, he found that this Lu Guangbiao is tall and looks quite calm.

Seeing that Yang Feng was looking at him, Lu Guangbiao just bowed down and gave a salute but didn't say anything more.

Xia Dayan saw all this in his eyes, and he didn't say anything, just smiled and invited Yang Feng into the city. Yang Feng was not good at asking about the current war on this occasion, so he was very kind and entered the city with Xia Dayan and others.

Seeing that Yang Feng led the mighty army into the city with Xia Dayan and other officials, in the ranks of officials, an official wearing a six-grade green official uniform looked at the direction Yang Feng and the others left and sneered: "What an arrogant and domineering martial artist, the official still didn't believe it when his colleagues in the court wrote a letter to inform him, but now it seems that he is not only arrogant and domineering, but there is simply no one in his eyes, no wonder the gentry in Jiangnan are now rumoring that if they don't get rid of this, the ministers will be in danger." ”

"Shh......h Brother Shilin, be careful! When a colleague next to him heard this, he quickly grabbed his sleeve and lowered his voice and whispered: "Now there are his people everywhere here, if your words are heard by that person, it will be troublesome." ”

"Will the official be afraid of him?" The official said with a proud face: "This official is an inspector sent by the imperial court to inspect a place in Fujian, and he has always been only responsible to the Son of Heaven, even if he is Jiang Ningbo, he has no right to dispose of this official." On the contrary, when he sees the official, he should be careful, don't let the official catch the wrong place, otherwise the official will still impeach him! ”

"Brother Shilin is mighty!" Several officials next to him gave a thumbs up after hearing this, "Our generation of scholars has a heroic and righteous spirit in their hearts, how can he occupy such a high position as a martial artist, we should supervise this fang together, and if we make mistakes, we will impeach him together." ”

"Right...... We and other scholars have a bold and righteous mind, so naturally we don't have to be afraid of those demons and monsters! ”

Someone next to him immediately chimed in, and the momentum was quite sufficient for a while. It's just that there are many people sneering on the side, he is still young, how can Yang Feng be easy to deal with, and now Xia Dayan is even more demanding from Yang Feng, you stunned young man is here to slander Yang Feng. Look, it's good for you.

Not to mention the episode here, the army came to the city and stationed down, and Yang Feng took Song Ye and five hundred family members to the governor's yamen with Xia Dayan and others. Xia Dayan and the others had already arranged the banquet, and Yang Feng entered the banquet as soon as he came.

Yang Feng didn't have any excuses, after all, this is a kind of officialdom rule, although Yang Feng is not very interested in this kind of thing, but he will not be stupid enough to compete with others in such a trivial matter.

The wine is the best Fenjiu, and the dishes are Fujian dishes carefully cooked by the master chef of the restaurant. What Buddha jumped over the wall, Quanzhou meat dumplings, fried oysters, Fujian flat meat and other dishes were served in a steady stream, and Yang Feng, who was just hungry for half a day, was not polite, and let go of his cheeks to eat.

Yang Feng's appearance made some officials secretly amused, and many people even laughed lowly, and Zeng Peixin, the inspector who openly despised Yang Feng just now, said to his colleagues around him: "Looking at the posture of this fang eating, we know that this person is vulgar, and we are ashamed to be with him." ”

Yang Feng naturally didn't know that he was being ridiculed by many people for his appearance of eating, but even if he knew, he didn't care, after all, the lion would not pay attention to the provocation of the mouse. After eating two dozen bowls of rice in a row, Yang Feng wiped his mouth with a napkin, raised his wine glass and took the initiative to salute Xia Dayan, Ding Youwen, Tu Hongliang, Lu Guangbiao and others, and then said to Xia Dayan.

"Lord Xia, the matter of the bandits in Fujian shook the government and the opposition, the emperor and the cabinet elders are very concerned about this matter, and what Lord Xia said in the letter is too brief, I don't know if Lord Xia can inform Ben Bo of the current situation."

"Of course you can, in fact, even if the uncle doesn't ask the officials, he will report it truthfully."

Xia Dayan put down his chopsticks, picked up a napkin and wiped his mouth, sighed lightly, and then said: "In fact, this matter has shown signs since March this year, since the beginning of this year, there has been no rain in Fujian Province for several months, which can be described as a red field everywhere, and the people can only eat grass and roots and even Guanyin soil to survive without food and clothing, and the government has no money and food for disaster relief."

At this time, the bandits led by Zheng Zhilong suddenly appeared, at first they often gave porridge and medicine to the people, and the people were naturally grateful to them, and then Zheng Zhilong took the opportunity to trick some people into immigrating to Xiaoliuqiu (Taiwan) opposite, saying that the land there was fertile, and as long as the past could be a hundred acres of land, many people were bewitched and their families migrated to Xiaoliuqiu.

Zheng Zhilong's move had violated the ban of the imperial court, and the government naturally couldn't let it go after knowing it, so he first sent someone to warn Zheng Zhilong, but this person relied on the soldiers and horses in his hands and did not take the warning of the government seriously, and even killed the official sent by the government. The government naturally could not ignore it, and soon sent troops to encircle and suppress it, but the subsequent result was beyond everyone's expectations, the army of the imperial court was completely defeated, and the official had to send 600 li to the imperial court to ask for help. ”

"Hmm...... That's right. ”

Yang Feng nodded noncommittally, Xia Dayan said very simply, but Yang Feng heard a lot of things from it, and he turned to Lu Guangbiao on the right and said, "Lord Lu, as the governor of Fujian, you are in charge of the war in Fujian, what do you think about the defeat in the war?" ”

Lu Guangbiao's face was bitter, "Uncle asked well, the war in Fujian is rotten, and it is naturally difficult to escape the blame of the subordinate official as the governor of Fujian." But the lower officials thought that this war was a crime of non-war. ”

Yang Feng said quietly: "Oh...... Could it be that Lord Lu still has hidden feelings and bitterness? ”

Zeng Peixin, who was sitting not far away, even sneered, and said to his colleagues around him: "As the governor of a province in charge of the military, he is not responsible for prevarication. ”

"Brother Shi Lin is right, tomorrow we will fold the bullet and impeach a few of them, with such a person here, the bandits in Fujian will never want to be quelled!" Many people next to him also echoed in low voices.