During the Yongle period, there was a proverb in the officialdom, 'If you don't cultivate in your previous life, you will be an official Qilu'. Shandong has suffered a lot since the Jin and Yuan dynasties, and at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the heroes competed for hegemony, and Shandong was the main battlefield, which was even more miserable. Under the leadership of the political envoy Tie Xuan, the soldiers and civilians of Shandong fought bravely, so that Zhu Di suffered a lot, and he was forced to a dead end several times.

Later, Zhu Di had no choice but to lead his troops to bypass Shandong and go straight to Jinling, in fact, he gave up the back road and fought for his life, as long as the provinces along the way tried their best to block it, or Nanjing did not have so many traitors and could thwart the Yan army, Zhu Di was basically defeated. However, whether it is said that the destiny of heaven is returned, or whether it is Jianwen Taicai, Zhu Di's seemingly hopeless gamble took a chance and took the capital Jinling!

As soon as the capital fell, Emperor Jianwen disappeared in the palace fire, and Zhu Di sat on the dragon chair like this and became the emperor of the Ming Dynasty! The soldiers and civilians of Shandong, who were loyal to the imperial court and bravely resisted the enemy, suddenly became a pathetic rebellion! After Zhu Di seized the throne, he personally led the army back to the north to re-attack Jinan, killing all the places he passed, leaving no grass behind. The army besieged Jinan, Tie Xuan refused to surrender, but in the end, because he was outnumbered, the city fell and was captured, and Jinan was also slaughtered......

Tie Xuan was escorted to Jingshi, and when he saw Zhu Di, he scolded endlessly, and stood up without kneeling! The angry Zhu Di asked him to cut off his ears and nose, cook them and stuff them into his mouth, and asked him how it tasted. Tie Xuan said sharply, what is not delicious about the meat of loyal ministers and filial sons? In the end, he was executed by Ling Chi, and the men of the whole family were enslaved, and his wife and daughter were sent to teach the workshop as prostitutes, and they were abused and died......

After venting his anger in his chest, Zhu Di's hatred for Shandong has not diminished, and the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes are far better than those of other provinces, dredging canals and building Beijing, all of which fall on the strong men in Shandong, hundreds of thousands of strong men go out every year, and it would be good to be able to come back half of them...... Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that the hatred of the Shandong fathers for the Ming Dynasty and the emperor far exceeds that of any province!

In such a harsh environment, it is conceivable how sad it should be to be an official. The annual tax and grain will certainly not be collected in full, bandits are rampant in the territory, and civil unrest is frequent, and the annual performance appraisal must be lost to Sun Shan, not to mention promotion, even if you can survive peacefully and move to other places, you have to burn high incense, as for the dismissal of officials, it is really commonplace, and it is not uncommon to die in crime. It is because the officials regard going to Shandong as an official as a daunting path, and those who have a little way have avoided it, and the rest are those who have no backing, who have been convicted and degraded, or who have offended Shangguan and have been rectified, in short, they are a group of poor worms who have no hope.

These Shandong officials were already in danger, and after the fire in the three major halls, the imperial court designated the culprit as the Shandong White Lotus Sect, and the Shandong officials were even more panicked. Shandong's three military and political officials, Chu Yan, the political envoy, Liu Ben, the envoy of the Imperial Inspectorate, and Ma Zhong, the commander of the capital, met all day long to discuss the countermeasures...... Investigating and prosecuting the case of the White Lotus Sect is the responsibility of the procurator; However, the White Lotus taught the Tibetan soldiers to the people, and the political envoys were also duty-bound; If you want to deal with the White Lotus Sect all over the province, you can't do without an army, so you can't do without the commanders.

Fortunately, the yamen of the three divisions are all in Jinan Mansion, and it is convenient for the three adults to meet, and they have discussed and discussed, but before they have discussed a charter, another thunderbolt on a sunny day clicked and smashed on the top of the heads of the three adults - the emperor actually sent Wang Xian as a messenger to Shandong to investigate the white lotus and arrest the Buddha mother! This can scare the three adults enough, who is Wang Xian? That is the number one murderer in the world who went to heaven and earth, killed gods and destroyed Buddhas! Over the years, there have been too many legends about Wang Xian, true and false, some not, the officials and people of the Ming Dynasty can say two paragraphs, all in all, in short, this is an extremely difficult guy to deal with!

How difficult is it to deal with? Anyone who went against him, whether it was King Han, Ji Gang or the nest in Shanxi, all ended in mismatches...... Now that Wang Xian is the governor of Jinyi Wei, and there are countless Austrian aids from the DPRK and China, it is not something that they can compete with!

"We can't afford to offend such a Lord Qincha......" After gasping for a long time, the political envoy said the thoughts of the three of them.

Liu Ben and Ma Zhong nodded vigorously when they heard this, didn't they? For so many years, none of the people who fought with him had a good end, and Ji Gang, who went out of Shandong, was wiped out by his house! The invincible King of Han was also stripped of his military power, and he nested in Shandong!

"Fantai, you are the chief, you set the tone." Although the three divisions are separated and do not belong to each other, there is no doubt that the political envoy in charge of civil affairs has the greatest power, and Liu Ben and Ma Zhong have said this.

"Be sure to show the greatest enthusiasm, provide the best conditions, pay the highest respect, and make them feel at home and satisfied!" Chu Yan pondered for a moment and gave his opinion.

"Well said!" Ma Zhong is a martial artist, and he speaks more directly, and he is overjoyed when he hears this: "They all say that they don't stretch out their hands and don't hit the smiling person, let's all kneel down and lick him...... Upper, he can't still put two feet on our heads, right? ”

Chu Yan Liu Ben listened to what he said vulgarly, and frowned secretly, but after thinking about it carefully, wouldn't it be just like that? So Liu Ben asked directly: "Then what to do?" ”

"When will Uncle arrive?" Chu Yan asked.

"It is reported that the date of departure from Beijing is February 2, and the capital is 800 miles away from Jinan Mansion," Ma Zhong pinched his fingers and calculated: "If you ride a horse, it should be half a month away." After a pause, he said: "But maybe, it is said that this master once rushed from Nanjing to Beijing in three days." ”

"That's to save the driver," Liu Ben said: "You don't have to rush so much to take office in Shandong, right?" ”

"If you're not afraid of 10,000, you're afraid of what happens," Chu Yan thought about it and said, "Let's hurry up and arrange this stall in the provincial capital, and go to Texas in seven days to meet the Qincha driver!" "Dezhou is subordinate to Jinan Prefecture and is the provincial border between Shandong and Hebei...... Oh yes, today's Hebei has been changed to Beizhili.

Liu Ben and Ma Zhong had no objection to going to the provincial border to greet Lord Qincha.

"We're all going to have to get busy these days!" Chu Yan thought about it for a while, and specifically instructed: "From Jinan City to the provincial border of Dezhou, the path that Qincha passes through must be paved with loess, and no garbage is allowed to be seen." Also, it is the season of the spring famine, and the official road is full of people calling flowers who fled the spring famine, so that all the prefectures and counties will be mobilized to lock up all these people, and you must not stain the eyes of Lord Qincha! ”

"Done." Liu Ben nodded and took the errand.

"Outside the provincial capital, Lord Qincha is just passing by after all, so let people clean up their faces and make superficial articles. The most important thing is Jinan City, our Jinan is a good place, 'lotus flowers on all sides and willows on three sides, a city with mountains and half a city lake', we must take advantage of this advantage, so that the Lord Qincha can live well, eat well, play well, and everything is fine. ”

"It's fun to eat, it's so simple, although Shandong is poor, it's no problem to provide a Qin cha to eat and drink! Taishan's sister-in-law is famous all over the world, let's pick some of the most beautiful servants and keep him happy. Ma Zhong said: "It's just that this Qin Errand is the most important, where should it be located?" As he said this, he glanced at Chu Yan. There is a public case here, although Jinan Mansion is known as a city of mountains and half a city lake, but the real essence is Daming Lake, Baotu Spring, Pearl Spring line, Yuan Dynasty, these beautiful scenery are all owned by Zhang Rong, the Duke of Jinan at that time. Wait until the national dynasty, the original Jinan palace became the official office of Shandong Province, and later Hongwu nine years, the province was withdrawn and changed to the political secretary, and three divisions were separated, and the judicial power and military power that were originally attributed to the governor of the province were assigned to the envoy and the commander of the envoy. Since these two divisions are at the same level as the political secretary, they naturally have to move out of the original provincial office. At this point, the political envoy has monopolized the beautiful scenery of half of the city!

Every time Ma Zhong came to the Yamen, the political envoy with the beautiful scenery here, he would be angry for a while, and when he went back to see his small official office, he was even more angry, inexplicable. In line with the principle that he can't live and can't make the other party happy, he deliberately said: "I am ready to vacate my yamen and give it to Lord Qincha." ”

"It's better to free mine," In this matter, Liu Ben and Ma Zhong were on the same position, and immediately understood: "Anyway, I used to have a garden there, and the Black Tiger Spring is also famous, and Lord Qincha should like it." ”

Listening to the two of you and me, Chu Yan felt a greasy feeling in his heart. Since it comes to Teng Yamen, it is natural to give the best Teng to Qin Cha, otherwise when the time comes, Qin Cha will take a look at the palace and see that the political envoy Yamen is far superior to his own line, and these two sluts will add oil and vinegar again, and I don't know how to blame. Thinking of this, although his flesh hurt for a while, he still gritted his teeth and said: "It's better to free mine, since you entertain Qincha, of course you have to use the best." ”

"This is very true!" Ma Zhong was overjoyed and said, "I'll look for Aunt Taishan." ”

"Give me the chef's meal." Liu Ben also smiled.

"Okay." Chu Yan trembled in distress, and nodded with a smile......

In the next few days, the three adults worked together to clean up the cityscape of Jinan City, painted all the houses facing the street, and pulled all the beggars and displaced people who were unsightly out of Jinan City, and even asked officials to pretend to be ordinary people and patrol the streets so that emergencies could be dealt with in time. The three of them did their best to inquire about Wang Xian's relevant information, from his likes and dislikes, and even the entourage around him, as long as they could get information, they would study it all to be foolproof.

Chu Yan also vacated the yamen of the political envoy, and even removed all the plaques and replaced them with a newly made 'Qin Cha Xingyuan' plaque. All the gardens in the yamen have been cleaned up, and even the residences of the people around Wang Xian have all been replaced with new furnishings. As for Wang Xian's residence, it is carefully designed, every furnishing is not the best, only the most expensive, anyway, the political envoy is in charge of the treasury, and the flowers are open!

On the eighth day of the second month of February, the three adults took their subordinate officials and went north to Dezhou, and came to the junction of Shandong and Zhili, looking forward to the great drive of Lord Qincha!