After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 382 Taking office
The day before the general and his wife left Chang'an on Thursday, their successor, General Tu Rong, arrived.

Tu Rong arrived in Chang'an lightly armed with only four soldiers and a few luggage, which surprised everyone.

The Zhou family expected that he would take office soon, but his arrival so quickly surprised everyone. Calculating the time, it is estimated that he set off from the capital two days after the emperor issued the transfer order, right? When the Zhenguo government received the news in Chang'an, he was probably already halfway there.

He arrived too quickly. The Zhou and Tang families' operation to hunt down the Sun family's minions in Chang'an City had just ended, and some aftermath work had not yet been completed. Therefore, as soon as he entered the city, he noticed a difference in the atmosphere in the city.

However, he didn't ask much, and didn't even find a place to put his luggage, so he immediately reported to the Shaanxi Dusi Yamen.

After the general heard about it on Thursday, he immediately rushed to Dusi Yamen and handed over to him.

General Thursday thought that he had to arrive in the capital before the deadline stipulated by the emperor's decree, and that he might miss the handover with General Tu Rong. He could only leave behind his confidants and soldiers to let them explain all the official matters. Everyone told Tu Rong that they would go to the capital to meet him later. But now that General Tu Rong has arrived early, he can do the handover work himself.

General Tu Rong was very frank with Tu Rong on Thursday. He explained all the work and accounts clearly. He took him around the yamen and introduced him to everyone. Afterwards, he went out on horseback and led General Tu to the Shaanxi Dusi. Several guard posts stationed on the border of Chang'an went there. After finishing, it was already evening, and on Thursday General took Tu Rong to see the commander of Shaanxi Dusi who was recovering from illness, and asked him to meet his superiors.

It can be said that it is extremely efficient to complete so much work in one day. The most rare thing is that General Thursday seemed to be taking Tu Rong on a quick tour without going into any detail. In fact, he had said everything that needed to be said and delivered everything that needed to be delivered. Even the deficit in the accounts that was not easy to explain, and the Du Boqin case currently being handled by Shaanxi Dusi, were not concealed.

General Thursday really doesn't care about the shortfall in his accounts. He has a clear conscience, and so does the Zhou family. These deficits were not caused by the Zhou family filling their own pockets, but because some border city guards could not get the food and supplies that the court should allocate. In order to prevent the local soldiers from starving to death, Shaanxi Dusi squeezed out a sum of money and food from his own account. Materials helped the other party.

This involves the responsibility of the court, the Sun family, and the emperor. The illegal operations of the Zhou family were just making up for the negligence and omissions caused by the emperor and the court. Even if their actions are somewhat unruly, they do so out of public interest. If Tu Rong takes action because of this, he will only arouse public anger as soon as he joins the Northwest Frontier Army, become unpopular, and his life in Chang'an will become more and more difficult in the future.

When General Thursday dealt with these matters, he left detailed and clear accounts from beginning to end, and he was not afraid of anyone from the imperial court scrutinizing. Even if Tu Rong used this matter as an excuse to attack him, he would not be able to accuse him of a serious crime such as corruption. At most, he would be punished with a small amount of punishment. General Zhou Zhou is about to take up a post in Beijing. He is the only one among Zhen Guo Gong who has directly served as an official in the army. If the emperor had not deliberately fallen out with the Zhou family, he would never have severely punished General Zhou for such a minor crime, and the matter would have ended in nothing.

The Zhenguo Government has made preparations in advance, and Tu Rong also clearly understood this. The emperor sent him to Chang'an, not to seek bad luck for the Zhou family, so he calmly took over the account books handed over by General Thursday, and completed the handover in the presence of all his colleagues and subordinates.

As for Du Boqin's case, he had already roughly understood it before he came. After he arrived, he found that the Zhou family had not concealed any important facts about the case. As soon as the witnesses and physical evidence were complete, he was not in a hurry to see Du Boqin and only focused on At handover.

The handover was completed in one day, which was extremely efficient. However, in order for Tu Rong to get started as soon as possible, General Thursday decided to temporarily leave his confidant to help Tu Rong and join him in Beijing a month later. With this clerk here, the officials in Dusi Yamen will also provide help. He believes that Tu Rong will be able to adapt to his new job soon. Finally, he reminded Tu Rong: "Although the governor of Haixi Yahai is an official under the command of Shaanxi Dusi, he is actually working for Minister Tao of the Ministry of Household Affairs and is responsible for testing new grains. He has many things to do after the spring. He has to be busy with work, and may often travel abroad. If the trivial matters in the yamen are not necessary, there is no need to leave them to him. If General Tu is worried, you can arrange for someone to assist him, but it is best not to interfere with specific affairs, so as not to worry about it later. When Minister Tao asked, it was difficult to explain."

Tu Rongxin understood: "When I left the capital, Minister Tao had already greeted me specially, don't worry."

At this point, General Thursday had finished explaining all the things that needed to be explained, so he left with peace of mind. He will leave for Beijing tomorrow, and has to rush home tonight to rest as soon as possible.

Tu Rong specially sent the people out of the Yamen together, and then turned around. He will stay in the Yamen tonight. From now on, he will have to wait until tomorrow to find his residence in Chang'an!

The next morning, just after dawn, Tu Rong got up. Together with officials from the Dusi Yamen, he went to the East City Gate to see off General Zhou and his wife. Along the way, he also met several Zhou family members whom he had never met before, as well as the generals of the Northwest Frontier Army in Chang'an.

After General Zhou and his entourage were sent away, he struck up a conversation with General Saturday, who was present, and went to the Duke Zhen's Mansion to visit Duke Zhen.

He talked with Duke Zhenguo for about half an hour. When he left the mansion, he looked calm. The expression of General Saturday who saw him off was also normal. Therefore, even if outsiders don't know what they talked about specifically, they can clearly guess that the Zhenguo Palace is no longer disgusted with this emperor's confidant from the capital.

On the same day, Tu Rong officially started working in Shaanxi Dusi Yamen. He met with his subordinates one by one, asked about their work progress, and asked for documents to review in detail. Everyone was very kind to him and quite cooperative with his orders. The clerk left by General Thursday even took the initiative to provide him with a lot of help.

No matter how stupid Tu Rong is, he can still feel it. Since the Zhou family was very polite to him, everyone was polite to him and had no intention of confronting him. It seems that living in harmony with the Zhou family is his biggest reliance on gaining a foothold in Chang'an City.

If he targets the Zhou family everywhere as soon as he arrives in Chang'an, it will never be possible for everything to go smoothly and everyone to help.

However, the emperor sent him to Chang'an, although he hoped that he could get along well with the Zhou family, but he did not expect him to be respectful and obedient to the Zhou family. He has his own mission, and he needs to let the Zhou family see his capabilities and act with caution.

Now that the Zhou family is in charge of the northwest, Shaanxi Dusi and Shaanxi Xingdusi are both under the control of the Zhenguo government. Even if the Zhou family behaves contrary to the rules, as long as it is out of public interest, they will never take it seriously. If you want to break the law, you will break the law. The entire border army was still conniving at this. In the long run, things can easily go wrong. Who can guarantee that the Zhou family will always be in this position? Who can guarantee that the person in charge of the Zhou family will always be loyal to the court and will not have any disloyal intentions? If one day the commander-in-chief of the Northwest Frontier Army changes, but this bad habit of violating military laws and regulations remains, who will be the victim?
With this idea in mind, Tu Rong stayed quiet in Dusi Yamen for three days, getting familiar with his job. On the morning of the fourth day, he suddenly ordered someone to fetch the documents related to Du Boqin's case, checked them carefully, and then went to the prison to interrogate the prisoner.

(End of this chapter)