As soon as the angel left, in the lobby of the Governor's Palace, the officials present congratulated a middle-aged man with a long black beard.

"Brother Hengjiu, congratulations!"

"At the age of thirty-seven, he became the governor of the party, Brother Hengjiu, he is really young and promising!"

"Heng Jiu is a capable person, the court appreciates it, and the governor recommends it, this position of governor naturally can't run away!"

"The last general will see Lord Zhongcheng!"

“……”

Civilian, military and military generals all congratulated one after another. The whole lobby was full of joy, at least on the surface, everyone was happy.

The scarlet-robed official on the throne, with all white hair, was none other than Yang He, the governor of the three sides. He looked at these people in the hall with a smile, and after a long while, he said aloud: "Okay, everyone disperse, this official still has something to say to Heng Jiu." ”

The governor of the three sides controlled the governors of Hexi, Hedong, and Yansui, as well as the nine general troops of Gan, Liang, Su, Xi, Ningxia, Yansui, Shendaoling, Xing'an, and Guyuan. He holds military and political power and is the first person in Shaanxi officialdom.

When he spoke, except for Heng Jiu, that is, Hong Chengchou, everyone else saluted Yang He and said goodbye and left.

After Hong Chengchou and other colleagues left, without waiting for Yang He to speak, he folded his hands, bowed deeply, and said very earnestly: "The grace of the governor's recommendation, the subordinate official is unforgettable!" ”

Yang He accepted it calmly, and then said with a smile: "Hengjiu, this official knows your ability, and you can guard northern Shaanxi for this official, so that the official can rest assured!" ”

Speaking of this, he sighed with emotion: "Northern Shaanxi has been the most severely affected, with the most civil uprisings, and it is necessary to guard against the entry of grassland tribes, and the situation is grim. But I believe that with your talents, you will be able to handle these things! ”

"The lower officials will do their best!" Hong Chengchou listened and immediately responded seriously.

Yang He nodded in disbelief again, and said with a somewhat serious face: "Thanks to the emperor's sage, I know that those thieves are all forced to be thieves because the victims have no food, and I support this official to appease the main thing." After you arrive in northern Shaanxi, all the captured victims will concentrate on building water conservancy infrastructure. ”

This time, Hong Chengchou pondered for a moment, and then gave a different opinion: "My lord, the intention of the imperial court is to buy grain from the provinces of Henan. These places are good from southern Shaanxi, but northern Shaanxi is a little far, the road is far away and steep, I am afraid that the food to northern Shaanxi is not enough to consume on the road. The lower officials think that it can be bought from the local squires? ”

Yang He was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then understood that what Hong Chengchou said about buying from the local squires was to buy it at a forced parity at the price set by the imperial court. But northern Shaanxi was seriously affected, and those squires had long hoarded Qiju, and the price was much higher than that of southern Shaanxi and other provinces.

Thinking of this, Yang He shook his head and said: "The local squires are the cornerstone of the Ming Dynasty, and if they are dissatisfied, it is likely to lead to attacks from their colleagues in the DPRK and China. You and I are officials outside, and the most taboo is to be slandered by courtiers on the emperor. And if the squire is forced to rebel, the trend of the people's change will be greater, and it will be more difficult for the court to explain, and this matter will ...... Forget it, wait for the food of the court! ”

In other words, Yang He disagreed, which made Hong Chengchou very disappointed. He didn't have to wait, he knew that the grain purchased by the imperial court would definitely not reach northern Shaanxi, and northern Shaanxi was the place with the most thieves, so if he wanted to appease them, how could it be possible without food?

Or seeing the embarrassment in Hong Chengchou's heart, Yang He immediately smiled and said: "The imperial court decree said that the border army's salary will arrive soon, this is the biggest good news, at least let those soldiers have no reason to make trouble, and they can stabilize them, which will be easy to do." ”

As soon as he heard this, Hong Chengchou couldn't help but admire the emperor who was far away in Beijing, and under the crisis of Jianlu's invasion of Gyeonggi, he turned the crisis into an opportunity, secretly arranged, grasped the evidence of the guilt, and silently slashed at those rich Jin merchants, uprooting the power of the Jin merchants in the court and in the local area.

The imperial court has so much money, and finally has to pay the border army. That's a good thing! But I don't know how to spend the rest of the remaining money, will it be thought of by people to be corrupt?

"Hyung-koo, hyung-koo?"

Hong Chengchou came back to his senses, and when he saw Yang He looking at him a little dissatisfied, he knew that he was distracted, and hurriedly bowed and said: "The lower officials are thinking about the meaning of the imperial court, whether to give the border army a salary of the true color or silver, or both, I don't know if the adult has any exact news?" ”

Hearing this, Yang He's brows furrowed and said, "The official doesn't know, it seems that the imperial court let the angel come over first to deliver the decree for this matter." After the news arrives, at least stabilize the situation in Qindi first! ”

Speaking of this, he solemnly said to Hong Chengchou: "Hengjiu, you will rush to northern Shaanxi tomorrow, before the Qinwang soldiers need to be appeased, and the selection of new troops by the imperial court must also be supervised, these are urgent matters." ”

"The subordinate obeys!" Hong Chengchou immediately agreed, and then said goodbye to Yang He.

In northern Shaanxi, he didn't think he had to worry about the selection of the new army by the imperial court, after all, for those general soldiers, there was the temptation of knighthood and the threat of demotion. Just northern Shaanxi grain? Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, still unintelligible!

The idea that the imperial court wants to organize and train a new army is correct. However, if there is no strict supervision, the money for the formation and training of the new army is likely to be lost, and the so-called new army will be just a joke after all. Such an example, in the Chongzhen Dynasty alone, has already been once. I wonder what will happen this time?

Hong Chengchou thought about the will of the imperial court, and without waiting for the next day, he led his guards to northern Shaanxi to take office.

When it was nearly evening, Huang Taiji, who was far away in Shenyang, Liaodong, was taking advantage of the severe cold and not having to worry about anything, when he was sharing dinner with his favorite concubine Hai Lanzhu, when the guards suddenly broke in, looking a little panicked, and said to him: "Great Khan, Baylor is back!" ”

"Oh, it's coming back pretty quickly, how much grain did you bet on?" When Huang Taiji heard this, he was overjoyed, turned his head to look at the guards and asked.

He knew that this Baylor must be his son Hauge. However, after he finished asking, he saw that the face of the guard was wrong, and he couldn't help but feel a bad feeling in his heart.

"There's no food, Baylor said, there's an emergency." After the guard lowered his head and replied, he added, "It seems that more than ten people have returned." ”

"What?" When Huang Taiji heard this, he couldn't sit still and stood up suddenly. However, he didn't forget to smile at Hai Lanzhu and said, "Ben Khan will go and see it first, and then come back to accompany Concubine Ai." ”

It wasn't long before he saw Hauge. Just glanced at it, and his heart "groaned" and sank, and the secret path was not good. At this time, as long as it is a person, you can see how embarrassed Hauge is, and something big must have happened!

"What's going on?" Huang Taiji's voice was very cold, and he didn't sit down, so he walked up to Hauge and stood still and asked.