Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

"Ah, it's a good thing that the emperor's uniform has also taken up the post of Shanxi Xingdu and directly governs the Datong military households. Those military households will naturally listen to you." Guan Zhifu was pleasantly surprised, but he felt a little disdainful in his heart, secretly said: Xie Tianran is also the seed of reading, he was born in Juren, but his speech is so vulgar, how can there be any elegance?

It seemed that this man had been in the barracks for a long time, and it was inevitable that he would be contaminated with foul air.

However, only such a character can stand up to those killers in the army.

The so-called Shanxi Metropolitan Command Division, Shanxi Xingdu Division, Datong Town, Shanxi Chief Secretary, etc., involve the complex military and political system of the Ming Dynasty, especially in the front line of national defense in Shanxi.

Generally speaking, a province has three sets of teams: military, administrative, and judicial.

The Chief Commissioner is in charge of civil affairs, the Metropolitan Command Division is in charge of military affairs, and the Criminal Procuratorate Division is in charge of judiciary. They are called the Three Divisions.

The military department of the Capital Command Division does not directly lead troops, but governs the military households below. When there is a war, it is responsible for organizing military households to fight on the front line.

The real permanent border defense force is called the frontier army, which is not under the jurisdiction of the capital command department, but belongs to the central government.For example, the frontier army in Shanxi was under the control of Datong Town and was led by the general officer of Datong.In fact, the entire frontier army of the Ming Dynasty belonged to the nine army towns, called Jiubian.Among them, Xuanfu Town is the largest, Datong Town is second, and Yansui Town is next...

As for Shanxi Xingdusi, it is just an errand organization. It sounds like a big name, but in fact it only governs the military households in Datong.

Xie Tianran took good care of himself and quit his job, and came to Datong to serve as the capital with no real power. No matter how you look at it, he finds it unusual.

While Guan Jizong breathed a sigh of relief, he became puzzled.

Probably aware of his similar expression, Xie Ziran said: "Your Majesty, you and I are considered to be from the mentor's school. If there is something, I might as well tell you clearly. If I stay in Taiyuan to do that peace mission, I will be like that for the rest of my life." , What kind of future can there be. This Datong, seeing a big battle is about to start, it is the time for us to make contributions, how can we miss it."

"Making achievements and careers?"

"Yes." Xie Ziran nodded, and said, "Your Majesty, you must have heard about the situation in the Yingzhou area. The Tatars came with a whole family, and they grazed everywhere, and sent a small army to plunder. Judging by this posture, there is no intention of returning to the north before Lixia."

"Yes, the Tatars have regarded Yingzhou as their winter pasture."

Xie Ranran: "The first two Tatar invasions in Shaanxi were not on a large scale. After grabbing a handful, they returned to the north. Even if the imperial court wanted to use troops, they could only eat their dust from behind. But this time it was good. It was a complete annihilation Little prince, cut off the great opportunity for my Ming Dynasty to invade the north. Will I let it go with the heroism of Emperor Zhengde?"

"Hey, there is going to be a war, and I don't know how many people will suffer." Guan Zhifu sighed heavily.

Xie Ranran suddenly became dissatisfied: the teacher didn't know what he was thinking, but he promoted such a timid old man to the position of magistrate of Datong. Could this person be useful at a critical time?

He held back his breath, and said in a deep voice: "Now answer the second question from Fu Jun earlier."

"What second question."

"Didn't you ask why you don't need to write to your mentor?" Xie naturally held back the impatience in his heart: "You don't need to ask yourself for help. My mentor said in a letter that he will get up soon and is going to go out again to find the position of the Minister of the Ministry of War. At that time, if Datong needs food and grass, it will just allocate part of the military funds, and it will not be a matter of his words."

"Ah, Ziqiao is going to recover!" Guan Jizong exclaimed.

Su Mu has been in the position of the ambassador of the Ministry of War for a year, and if he continues to be in the position, he will almost forget that there is such a number one person in the officialdom.

Unexpectedly, he will come out of the mountain again now, and he will also seek the position of the Minister of the Ministry of War.

Xie Ranran: "Your Majesty, you and I are all brought together by our mentor. This time in Datong, we have to do a good job and work together to resettle so many victims. You and I have done a good job. The possibility of our mentor recovering The bigger it is. If it is messed up, I'm afraid it will be a big event for my teacher."

"That's right, that's the truth." Guan Jizong responded repeatedly.

After all, Guan Jizong was getting old and seemed to be very dizzy again, Xie Ranran became more and more worried.

He leaned forward and said to Guan Jizong in a low voice: "Your Majesty, we can be regarded as our own people. You always say that you are only in your early fifties. In fact, we all know that you are seventy-one, right? No matter what Denial, the white hair on the head and the wrinkles on the face must not deceive anyone."

Guan Jizong was ashamed and annoyed again, and said angrily: "Old man..." He wanted to refute, but felt powerless for a while, so he said dully, "I'm only seventy, when will I be seventy one?"

Xie Ranran: "It doesn't matter how old you are, Mr. Guanfu. As long as you and I maintain the military and government of this mansion well before the imperial army comes to Datong, it will be considered as a great favor to our mentor. Come on, as long as your mentor has a firm foothold in the court, you will always be 50 years old and no one will dare to talk nonsense."

"Yes, yes, yes." Guan Jizong heard Xie Ranran say this, and naturally knew that this was Su Mu's promise.As long as Su Mu gets the position of Minister of the Ministry of War, he will be a member of the third rank and can join the cabinet.With such a strong old man to take care of him, as long as he doesn't die, this official can go on forever.

Thinking of this, Guan Zhifu's energy was greatly lifted, he only felt that his whole body was hot, and there was no trace of the coldness that he was shivering incessantly before.

After the two of them finished talking about important matters, they began to discuss the local government affairs, and how to resettle the refugees.

After discussing for a long time, Xie Ranran suddenly discovered that although Guan Jizong looked old and dying on the surface, his mind was extremely clear and he was very clear about local affairs.Even every natural village with more than one hundred households in Datong can be called out by name immediately, it is simply a living map.

Obviously, this old man has traveled all over Datong Mansion in the past year or so.

It is rare to be so diligent in royal affairs.

It is undeniable that Guan Jizong is an official fan, and sometimes it is quite contemptuous.But as long as you can do things practically, official fans are acceptable at all, and it is even a kind of motivation for him.

Unknowingly, Xie Tianran admired Guan Jizong, feeling in his heart: The mentor really knows people and is good at responsibility, but I am not as good as him!

After finishing talking, Xie was a little hungry when he came out of the magistrate's yamen, so he went to the restaurant to eat something casually, and prepared to go back to the capital's yamen.Today is his first day in office, so he has to meet with his subordinates.

When he walked through the city wall of Datong, he saw a mountain of cow dung piled up at the base of the city wall, and saw a group of beggars going in and out of the holes dug out of the dung mountain, and suddenly thought of his daughter in Beijing.

Thinking of the hardships Nannan had suffered in Shanxi before, tears came down.

I haven't seen my daughter for more than a year. Although there are letters between the two every month, how can I comfort his thoughts.

In the midst of feeling sad, a soldier came running over: "But thank you for your thanks, sir?"

Xie Ziran: "A certain person is Xie Ziran, who are you?"

"Returning to the master, the villain is the disciple of Shanxi Xingdusi. There is a big incident in the capital, and everyone is very anxious. When they heard that the lord came to Datong, they sent the younger one to look for you. Please go back and sit in town."

"what's up?"

Seeing the anxious look on the soldier's face, Xie Ziran was also startled, and thought, "Could it be that something happened in the military household, the country is in troubled times, and it's not suitable to be quiet, so don't let anything happen."

Today, the outside of Datong City is full of disaster victims, and there is no guarantee that there will be conflicts with the military households stationed there.

If this is the case, it will be a bit troublesome if military households are to accept refugees in the future.

Hearing Xie Ziran's question, the soldier said: "Master, there is a murder case, there is a murder case."

"Don't worry, what case happened, how did you find me?"

"If the elder is a normal homicide case, just send it to the magistrate's yamen. However, today's matter involves the senior military officers of our capital, and the elder must first settle it."

What he said made sense, the strict household registration system implemented in the Ming Dynasty.In particular, the military household system has its own independent jurisdiction system.When military households broke the law, they were first judged by the commander of the capital, which is somewhat similar to the military courts of later generations.

"What's the matter with the senior officers of Xingdu Division?" Xie Ranran said, "Talk while walking, lead the way."

"Yes, sir."

The soldier responded, and while leading the way, said: "Wang Qianhu was killed."

"What Wang Qianhu?"

"It's Wang Lian Wang Qianhu."

"Wang Lian, is it Wang Qianhu from the Qianhu Office of Baidengshan Gudian, who was killed?" Xie Ranran felt the seriousness of the problem.

The so-called Baideng Mountain is the Baideng Mountain where Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, was besieged by the Huns more than 1000 years ago.

The terrain of this place is not dangerous, just a circle of low and rolling hills.But because it is the north gate of Datong, it is very important.

There, the Shanxi Xingdu Division set up a thousand households office.Although there are not many military households in it, they can be considered to have combat effectiveness in the corrupted Datong military households.

Moreover, the military households there are relatively aggressive, and they cannot be controlled by ordinary people.

If Wang Lian was killed, and another Qianhu was sent there, I'm afraid it would not be easy to integrate his subordinates in the short term. ,

Seeing that the imperial court will send troops to Shanxi to suppress the Tatars in a few months, and the Shanxi Xingdusi will also be dispatched at that time, so it is best not to cause any trouble.

Soldier: "To kill is to kill, but not to die."

"Not dead, um, it's good not dead, how is the injury?"

"I was stabbed in the stomach. It's not deep. It will recover after about two months. However, it is a bit difficult to do things."

"Hmph, the mighty military officer of a thousand households was injured, and I underestimated me, the capital of Shanxi Province. This matter must be pursued to the end, and the murderer must not escape the military law!" Xie Ranran was annoyed. His subordinates were hacked, isn't this here to hurt Xie?

"I'm afraid, this criminal..."

"What are you afraid of? Could it be that the murderer is the town army of Datong Town, or even an officer?" Xie Tianran has a fearless temperament. He even dared to kill Qiu Yue back then.

The soldiers were very embarrassed, and said in a low voice: "It was his wife Wang Gongshi who stabbed Wang Qianhu, what's her name, Mei Niang."