Chen Hongfan's words touched Pang Tianshou's heart. Although under Chongzhen's orders and the set reward and punishment system, the eunuchs in the palace now know that only by completing the affairs assigned by the emperor can they gain the emperor's trust.

Therefore, when Pang Tianshou arrived in Shaanxi, he actively participated in the rectification of the border army. However, this does not mean that he will run to carry the black pot so without hesitation.

Seeing that Pang Tianshou became a little hesitant, Chen Hongfan continued: "What's more, we have communicated with the Ordos Ministry so far, and the talks between the two sides have been very successful, and the basic content of the cooperation has been roughly determined.

Moreover, the lower officials heard that the envoy sent by the imperial court to the Ordos Department would arrive soon. My father-in-law is now running back to Xi'an, and he may have to take responsibility, not to mention, isn't this the work of peace talks that is about to be handed over? ”

Pang Tianshou frowned, and said very embarrassed: "However, the miscellaneous family can't ignore the news sent by Xi'an, right?" If something really happens, how should Your Majesty explain it? ”

Chen Hongfan immediately suggested: "Father-in-law might as well use the excuse that the news from this is too simple to mobilize the army, and then send someone back to inquire about the situation carefully, I wonder what my father-in-law thinks?" ”

Pang Tianshou hesitated, lowered his voice and said, "What if there is really a mutiny in Xi'an City between this back and forth?" ”

Chen Hongfan immediately said: "My father-in-law is now thousands of miles away, even if there is really a mutiny in Xi'an, this responsibility can't all fall on my father-in-law, right?" Besides, it would be more appropriate for the father-in-law to issue an order to the subordinates who stayed in Xi'an to act cheaply. ”

Pang Tianshou only pondered for a moment, and then made up his mind and said: "General Chen sent a small team of people who are familiar with the road to the miscellaneous family to escort this messenger back to Xi'an as soon as possible, and also inquire about the news in Xi'an City by the way, so that the miscellaneous family can understand what happened in Xi'an City as soon as possible." ”

After Chen Hongfan walked out of the courtyard where Pang Tianshou lived, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although Yulinwei had been trading with the Mongol tribes opposite, this trade was not legal, so the scale was not large.

Now that the emperor has officially opened the trade route with the Ordos Ministry, the interests of a small group of people who had controlled the smuggling activities have suffered.

However, after the liberalization of trade, a large number of officials from the central to the local government joined in, and the majority of the local people benefited, so that the people who wanted to monopolize the border trade of Yulinwei knew that they were unable to resist these forces, so they gave up the idea of continuing to monopolize the border trade.

As for how to divide up the tax benefits brought about by border trade, several opposing groups quickly formed at the local level. The military system represented by the Yulin Weibian General, the civilian system represented by the Governor of Yansui, and Pang Tianshou and other forces representing the palace.

The border generals believed that the army had made the most efforts to ensure safe trade between the merchants and the Mongol tribes, and that half of the tax revenue should be invested in the construction of Yansui Town.

The civil service system in Yansui believes that most of the materials needed by Yansui Town on weekdays are collected from the local people, so there is no need to distribute additional tax benefits.

In addition, the northern Shaanxi region, centered on Yan'an Prefecture, is now experiencing a severe drought, so the tax benefits obtained from border trade should be handed over to the local government to help the victims.

Pang Tianshou and other personnel sent by the palace did not have a strong will to seize the border trade tax that had not yet grown up. What they value more is whether the Four Seas Commercial Bank can take this opportunity to go deep into the Ordos tribe.

After all, the income they get from the border trade of the Four Seas Commercial Banks is more stable than the border trade tax collected by local officials.

However, if you want to let the Four Seas Commercial Bank open a trade route on the grassland as soon as possible, then the border army who is familiar with the border situation must be well encircled.

Therefore, on the issue of competing with the governor of Yansui for the border city, Pang Tianshou has always stood on the side of the border general of Yansui Town.

This also made the border army of Yansui Town, which was originally at a disadvantage in the competition for interests, rarely safeguard its own interests in front of civilian officials.

At the juncture when the imperial envoys were about to arrive and reach peace talks with the Ordos Ministry, Chen Hongfan naturally tried every means to keep Pang Tianshou behind.

After he returned to his official office, he asked his family to call Shi Fan, the general of his cronies. When Shi Fan arrived, Chen Hongfan opened his mouth and ordered: "I have something to tell you to do, pick a team of people to come out, escort the messenger of Pang Gonggong to Xi'an, and find out what is happening in Xi'an by the way." ”

Hearing that he was doing things for Father-in-law Pang, Shi Fan suddenly thought about it, and volunteered to say: "The lowly is from Chang'an County, and he is also familiar with Xi'an City, so it is better to let the lowly take someone to take a trip..."

"No, none of our people can go. Things in Xi'an seem to be quite tricky, there is no credit for doing it well, and if you don't do it well, you will have to bear the black pot if you don't say it well. You can pick some other people out and find a low-level military attache who has been to Xi'an to lead the team.

Of course, the candidates must look at the past, and don't pick a group of old, weak, sick and disabled people to come out, otherwise we won't be able to explain to our father-in-law. ”

Seeing that his Shangguan was not optimistic about this business trip, Shi Fan suddenly dispelled the idea of showing his face in front of Pang Gonggong.

However, it occurred to him that there was a disobedient thorn in his hand, and he was just in time to let him go on this errand.

"There is a man named Huang Hu under the humble position, who was originally born to catch fast, has been to the provincial capital several times, and has a lot of strength, why don't you let him lead the team to travel?"

"You can make up your own mind about this matter, you will leave tomorrow, and you must pick and choose the people this afternoon..."

Less than 2 miles away from the west of Yulin City, there is a small earthen enclosure, which is the traffic artery leading to the west wall, and a small flag is stationed here to guard and pass on the news of the west wall.

There is a small river near the south side of the earthen wall, and there is a grove of trees on the riverside, and there is a small courtyard near the earthen wall on the south side.

In the courtyard, a tall and sturdy man with a yellow face was taking off his shirt and chopping wood. The afternoon sun was particularly scorching, and the bronzed skin on the man's back was a little red. But he still didn't notice that he was chopping the wood in front of him.

His chopping action is very smooth, and only one knife is used after each piece of firewood is arranged, and the separated firewood is basically symmetrical.

On his left side was soon piled up with firewood on the small half wall, and as he was sweating and waving a firewood knife, a young man suddenly ran into the courtyard in a panic.

"Brother Zhang, Lord Shi is coming to patrol the sentry, and he will look for you as soon as he gets off the horse, it is estimated that there is nothing good, do you want to go out to avoid it first?"

The young man's words made Zhang Xianzhong's movements pause, but he quickly split the last piece of wood without hesitation. Then he dropped the hatchet, pulled off the cotton cloth tied around his neck, and wiped the sweat off his face.

"On the donkey day, Lao Tzu was sent here, and the surname Shi didn't let go. Provoke Lao Tzu..."Zhang Xianzhong suddenly fell silent, but the fierce light in his eyes made the young man on the side suddenly lower his head.

Zhang Xianzhong suddenly looked at the young man beside him, then softened his face, smiled and said: "Gua Wazi, what are you nervous about, how big can this be, the surname Shi can really eat Lao Tzu." You wait here, Lao Tzu goes to get dressed, and let's go and see what this Lord Shi wants to do. ”

After Shi Fan saw Zhang Xianzhong's arrival, it was rare that he did not speak and act as badly as before, but simply conveyed to him the order to go to Xi'an tomorrow.

Although Zhang Xianzhong was quite skeptical of Shi Fan's intentions, he couldn't help but accept this order.

At the end of June, Yang He, the new governor of Shaanxi, finally arrived in Xi'an, and at the banquet where Xing Buyun and other Xi'an officials and gentry took over for him, they excitedly reported to him that Jin Yiwei abused his power to arrest the family of Qian Wenjun, and asked Yang He to order Jin Yiwei to hand over people.

Early the next morning, Lin Yuanrong took the initiative to visit Yang He. The two talked to each other for nearly an hour, and no one knew what they were talking about.

However, Yang He soon summoned Xing Buyun, referred Wu Rong and others to the prison under the governor's name, and asked Lin Yuanrong to send Qian Wenjun's family to the governor's yamen.

After the two groups of prisoners were sent to the governor's yamen, Yang He publicly announced that the top priority now was to fight the drought in Shaanxi, and that the murder case of Wu Rong and other soldiers and the case of Qian Wenjun being a cultist of the Maitreya Sect would be retried after the autumn.

Yang He's strategy of delaying the army was very effective, and the soldiers in the Xi'an military camp who had just reissued the money and food were almost vented in their hearts now, so they all agreed with Yang He's handling method.

Gao Yingxiang and Ma Shouying, the leaders of the soldiers, although they may not really accept Yang He's proposition, but after the spirit of most of the soldiers has been relaxed, they also acquiesce to this reality.

As he himself said, Yang He soon devoted himself to the disaster relief work in Shaanxi.

On the one hand, he sent a letter to the counties under his rule, asking each of them to check the amount of grain in stock, the situation of the disaster this year, and then to count the number of people affected by the disaster in the local area.

The degree of disaster is divided into four levels, the first is that more than 90% of the county's fields are out of harvest, and they cannot save themselves, and most of the county's residents have to flee the famine;

The second level is that more than 70% of the fields are seriously underharvested, and the people in the county can meet the domestic water supply, and most of the land cannot be replanted to save themselves, and about half of the residents in the county have to flee the famine;

Level 3 means that more than half of the land is not harvested, and a small part of the land can be replanted, but because of the drought, the water level of the river is too low to be used, and about half of the people have to flee the famine;

In the fourth level, less than 30% of the land is not harvested, and part of the land can be replanted, so there is basically no need to go out to escape the famine.

In order to speed up the statistics of the disaster-stricken counties, Yang He ordered the suspension of this year's children's life test, and all children, students, and supervisors in each county in Shaanxi Province should conduct a social survey of the disaster situation in their own counties.

Those with detailed data and true content are preferred, and those who are not students will be qualified as students. Where the content is untrue and they do not know what is being said, their identities such as those of prisoners or students are to be removed.