Emperor Ming Dynasty

However, he said that the imperial envoy to Guizhou was named Zhang Keyou, a native of Tongcheng, Anqing Prefecture, Anhui (Zhang Ying, Zhang Tingyu's family), a Jinshi in the first year of Shaowu, and a judge of Dali Temple (Zheng Qipin) was outstanding and upright.

It happened that the emperor liked to appoint young people who were energetic, able to do things, and most importantly in good health, so he was promoted to be an imperial envoy and sent to Guizhou to investigate corruption cases and riots among local people.

Of course, in addition to his own temperament, it is also related to his family background.

Zhang Keyou's father, Zhang Bingwen, was the governor of Shandong Province, and he vowed to defend the city to the death, serve the country with his life and death, and his family was destroyed. His loyalty was highly respected among scholars.

As his youngest son, he will definitely have a shadow in his body.

And Zhang Keyou works in Dali Temple, he is good at investigating cases, and he is upright.

In this way, with excellent opportunities, abilities, and background, he naturally stood out and seized the opportunity.

Zhang Keyou was 26 years old, and he was in high spirits. He had served in Dali Temple for more than two years, and he was very clear about official articles, especially the twists and turns between cases.

Therefore, before he came to Guizhou, he planned to build plank roads in the open, and secretly planned Chen Cang's ideas.

After entering Guizhou, he asked his personal servants to bring the guard of honor, and stopped for repairs in Xiuwen County in the north of Guizhou Prefecture, while he traveled lightly, and the strong servants followed a dozen people, sneaking to the provincial capital.

I saw that the entire Guiyang (provincial) city was peaceful, and it seemed that it was not affected by the rioters, and it was still as peaceful as before.

It seems to be the reason why He Tengjiao conquered Yunnan in the past few years. It is not surprising that there are Jiangnan accents everywhere in Guiyang city.

As a native of Tongcheng, Zhang Keyou is no stranger to Nanjing dialect, even in this other province, he feels very cordial.

"Old man, how do you sell this crisp cake?" Zhang Keyou asked carefully with a Nanjing accent, concealing his official language.

"Ten coins a catty!" The middle-aged man turned around excitedly, looked at him and said, "Are you from Ying Tianfu?"

"I'm from Taiping Mansion." Zhang Keyou said with a smile.

"No wonder there is some uncertainty." He said happily: "They are all from Nanzhili, and they are also from the same hometown!"

This is the best way to connect with each other, and it is also the most intimate relationship between people.

At this time, unlike later generations, the clan and the land are bound to personal attachments, and the reputation of the village can even affect the promotion of officials and the marriage of family relatives and friends.

After some communication and chatting about local conditions and customs, especially in Anhui and Jiangsu provinces, it made him feel aggrieved:
"Well, Nanzhili, why is it divided into three parts?"

"I want to eat a Dangshan pear, so I have to go across provinces?"

Zhang Keyou was rather casual: "It doesn't matter if you get assigned, the township examinations are all in Yingtianfu, but there are more places, that's fine."

Later, Zhang Keyou asked about things in Guizhou: "I heard that there was a snow disaster recently? The local soldiers made trouble? Why do I feel that Guizhou is fine?"

"A group of local people, who cares?" The man said disdainfully: "I heard that it is money and food from Yunnan. When I arrive in Guiyang City, I will definitely be greedy!"

"Without money, the natives are not allowed to make chaos, otherwise how will they survive..."

After some inquiries, it turned out that the snow disaster occurred near Kaizhou, which was previously the land of the Shui'an family. Due to the chaos in the year of Tianqi, the land was changed to Kaizhou.

Although there are exile officials from the imperial court who took office, after all, it has only been about ten years since the land reform and return to exile. There are many native people and the way of life has not changed.

Disaster relief refers to the newly returned Kaizhou, Pingyue Prefecture and other places caused by the She'an Rebellion.

During this war, the She family even captured Chongqing and established Liang Kingdom by themselves, which resulted in the death of Xu Keqiu, the governor of Sichuan, Wang Sanshan, the governor of Guizhou, and countless other generals and officials.

During the siege, due to lack of food, 400,000 people in Guiyang were killed or injured, so that human flesh was sold openly, and one tael of silver was worth four catties of human flesh.

The chieftain rebellion, which lasted nine years, caused Sichuan and Guizhou to be corrupted, and the Southwest was completely depleted of troops.

From this, it is not difficult to understand the hatred of the Han people in Guizhou for the chieftain.

"I also heard that all the officials in Guiyang are full of food, and the restaurants are full every day. This has not happened for many years..."

Hearing his words, Zhang Keyou was shocked: "It turns out that all women and children know about this, so they are not hiding it?"

The so-called public opinion cannot reach the court under certain circumstances, and the best way is to report it through an official.

In Guizhou, almost all those who are qualified to appear on the table were silent and participated in it, which forced some rules-abiding people to follow.

The gentry, who were supposed to play a role, hated the turmoil ten years ago, coupled with the arrogance of the parents and officials, they will definitely not let it go.

"Hatred, poverty, and greed lead to this feast of carve-up."

Disaster relief supplies worth 100,000 yuan were shared openly by Guizhou.

Although Zhang Keyou felt the same way, he had a deeper understanding of the court rules.

Today because the natives can divide the money, tomorrow they can divide it for other things, deceive the superior and conceal it, and even rebel.

What a terrible thing this is.

What Beijing is most afraid of is a hole in the local air.

Later, he visited Kaizhou and witnessed the tragic situation of the native people.

The dilapidated villages are full of corpses and gullies. The mountain people in the whole village and village freeze to death in the mountains, or the mountains are blocked by heavy snow, and the gangsters starve to death.

Those regular fans are the most pitiful. They work on the plains, and they have a chance to survive in front of their eyes, but they can't see it.

Both the imperial court and the yamen pretended to be deaf and dumb, which forced them to become bandits and wreak havoc in the village.

The result of this was that the Han people were impacted, and the whole village and village began to be hostile.

The confrontation between Han and Man was very serious.

If there is another extravagant chaos, Guizhou will really be abolished.

At this time, Zhang Keyou's tricks were seen through by everyone in Guizhou.

After all, it's someone else's territory, how can they hide it for a long time?

The governor of Guizhou, the chief envoy, etc. were silent. They thought of the consequences and its importance.

Conceal or confess, or win over?
Just when they were hesitating, the magistrates below became enthusiastic.

In their view, the contradictions in Guizhou Province are sharp, and the imperial envoy has gone to the place of the native people. Isn't this a good opportunity to send them to their door?

As long as the imperial envoy is killed, blamed on the local people, and then let the army wipe it out, not only can the evidence be wiped out, but the disaster relief matter can also be skipped.

More importantly, they will definitely be valued by the governor and other high-ranking officials for alleviating the worries of Guizhou. The future is bright!

So on the return trip, Zhang Keyou was taken care of, and was attacked by a group of rioters, which led to chaos in the officialdom of Guizhou.

"What a disaster, what a disaster!" Guizhou Governor Luo Mengxiong heard the bad news, and dropped his favorite Shemo on the spot. His face was pale, and he slumped on a chair, unable to get up.