Seeing that it was about to be April, the wild grass on the grassland had grown very luxuriantly, and the undulating grassland, sometimes a river, a distance of several zhang wide, flowed loudly, and a silver jade belt meandered out on the green grassland.
The hills near and far are overgrown with trees, the sky is blue, and the white clouds are very low because of the clear air, as if they can be reached by climbing the low mountains.
Roe deer, wild free, wild pheasant and other wild animals were disturbed by the march of the team, and suddenly jumped up from the grass, and the soldiers of the long-distance march were suddenly invigorated, and some people took advantage of the fact that the generals were no longer in front of them, and flew up an arrow to shoot it, once they hit the wild object, they quickly ran over to pick it up, and the partners covered him, with a look of excitement, which means that when the next meal is over, the meat can be opened.
In the Chinese army, a long wheel with a wide axle and big wheels, pulled by four jujube horses, is moving briskly, with a high pole inserted on the wheel, and a letter flag hanging on it, with a line of big characters on the book "Governor Liaodong Military Affairs", and on the other side of the wheel is a second letter flag, which reads "Auxiliary Guo Gongyang".
The handlebars are muscular and burly, with a large visor hat on his head, and a long whip with snakeskins, but he does not urge the horses, but only gallops forward with them, which is enough to keep up with the speed of the whole team.
In the spacious and gorgeous carriage, Xia Xun sat on the soft mattress cushion and rolled up half of the car curtain, so that the sunlight just poured into the car without being too dazzling.
There were several dossiers on the table, Xia Xun was opening a volume, reading it carefully, reading it for a while, thinking about it, and when he realized something, he picked up the pen from the pen holder and wrote down a few words or made a mark next to it.
He is making up for his knowledge about Liaodong, and he has limited knowledge of Liaodong in the early Ming Dynasty.
He knew that with the elite he brought, it would be easy to solve the problem in front of him, and he could complete the mission given to him by the emperor very decently, and then return to Jinling in style.
As for how Liaodong will develop in the future, it will not be found in a few hundred years of change, but since he is here, he wants to do something in earnest.
If he is here to be the governor of Liaodong, and he wants to be an official here for ten or twenty years, there is nothing wrong with doing so, even if he is not for a thousand years, he has to plan for his political achievements, but with his current status, it is impossible to stay in Liaodong for too long, the emperor sent him this time, in fact, the original intention is only to solve the immediate problem, Xia Xun not only focuses on the present, but also thinks about the long-term, it is indeed a bit self-inflicted.
However, he feels that everything in the world always has both advantages and disadvantages, and this Liaodong incident is not an opportunity, and now the Ming Dynasty has not been open for a long time, and the time for running Liaodong is not long, if he comes here, he can correct some mistakes and create some methods, with his prestige and status in the court, the successor will not dare to shake his policy easily, then there is not much difference from him himself in Liaodong.
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty to the present, after more than 30 years of development, Liaodong has been like a new sprout of new green, through some actions that are different from the original history, as if it is a completely different process of fertilization, watering, pruning, so that the business for decades will form a completely different development, Liaodong will no longer be the history of Liaodong, if this model is successful, the Ming gravediggers will not appear in Liaodong again.
All things are immortal, and the Ming Dynasty can not escape the inevitable process of "birth, old age, sickness and death", the most ideal result is to complete the process of alternating and transforming the old and the new from within the nation, as long as its future is not buried in the hands of a group of barbarians, which will lead to a comprehensive regression of Chinese civilization, and lag far behind in the race with the whole world.
The car suddenly jolted heavily, the brush rolled down from the pen holder, and a few ink stains were stained on the table, Xia Xun picked up the brush and put it back again, clamped it tightly, and then closed the file, and pulled up the car curtain completely, and the carriage suddenly became bright.
The probe looked out, the cart was full of swords and arrows on the left and right, and the sturdy guards were all riding on tall and majestic horses, and further on, there was a foothill, the slope was a sparse forest, and under the hillside was a stream, and the pebbles on the ground began to increase, so the car began to bump violently.
Xia Xun sighed lightly: "It's almost time to Liaoyang, this way down, I haven't seen a few villages at all, and there are few pedestrians, it's really desolate."
Liaoyang City, outside the city on both sides of the official road opened up a piece of land, this is the officers and soldiers' tuntian, the area is not very large, because of the climate outside the customs of this era, not suitable for the vigorous development of farming, the soldiers opened up a part of the farmland, mainly to grow vegetables, grain is also planted, but the harvest can not meet the basic living needs of the garrison at all, their grain is mainly dependent on the transport from the customs.
In order to facilitate the entry and exit of soldiers, horses and grain carts, there is still a considerable distance between the two fields and the main official road, and at this moment this open space has been full of soldiers with bright armor and full of spirit, and the guards start from ten miles outside the city and continue to the city to command the yamen, five steps and one post, ten steps and one sentry, and the guard is heavily guarded.
The inside and outside of the city gate were also cleaned, cow dung and horse dung were absolutely invisible, and even the few people who had gone out of the city and entered the city were also driven to other city gates.
Anyway, this city is not very big, and it is not a big deal to go around a few miles with mud legs, and today the generals of the city are trembling, can you still let the people come to mix blindly Standing on both sides of the road waiting to greet the Lord Guogong, they are all well-trained elite soldiers, they stand there, only to see the flag flying, but the two phalanxes are like stakes like not moving, they have been standing like this for nearly an hour, it can be seen that the military law is strict.
The cavalry that greeted the lord of the kingdom had already gone a hundred miles away, and as soon as the prince was received, there would continue to be cavalry returning to report that the prince had arrived, and the army waiting on both sides of the road was the first cavalry to return to the city to report the news.
This kind of pomp that is almost like a loess mat road, a clean water splash street, and a hundred miles away, is almost the same as picking up the emperor, in fact, the generals of Liaoyang City are sincerely afraid today, and they are to pick up Xia Xun with the general awe of the emperor.
Xia Xun is the highest-ranking official who has appeared in Liaoyang City since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and if he doesn't put on such a posture, Liaoyang officials really don't know how to greet him.
Moreover, the governor's authority is extremely heavy, except for a few high-ranking military attachés who command the yamen, the governor can kill and kill other generals and act cheaply, and now this governor is the title of the duke, so even a few officials of the command department are not a problem, how can these emperors who support their own troops and dominate one side not be sincere and fearful.
Except for a limited number of generals who were at the forefront of the Tatar border, they did not come to greet them in person and only sent their deputies to represent them, all the other commanders of the guards had arrived, and were now drinking tea and waiting in the city gate building.
More than 20 generals, the city gate building is crowded, these generals usually rarely see each other, now there is an opportunity, like-minded people get together, talking, very lively.
There are two people inside, there is no smile on their faces, one of them is the commander Shen Yong who is sitting at the top, Shen Yong is in his forties, with fair skin, a straight nose, three locks of slight hair under the chin, and a military uniform is very majestic, but his face is cloudy and uncertain, and he seems to be full of concerns.
The generals also noticed his expression, and wanted to step forward to ask a few words, but since his closest subordinate, Wei Chunbing, the commander of the Shenyang Zhongwei, touched his nose, no one dared to step forward, and the officials who were closer to him deliberately lowered their voices when talking to others, so as not to upset the adults.
Another military general, who did not say a word, was wearing a half-new official uniform, with a long scar on his cheek, which looked more fierce.
This man, also in his forties, with a beard, thick eyebrows and leopard eyes, and his hands on his knees, sat there upright, as if he were vomiting, and he was the commander of the 30,000 guards, Pei Ishtemor.
Shen Yong secretly worried that the Tatar raiding of 30,000 guards had been suppressed by him, he had been in Liaodong for many years, and he had many confidants, so he was confident that he could still suppress this matter, but after Yang Xu, the Duke of the Auxiliary State, suddenly came to the will of the governor of Liaodong Military, Shen Yong felt that something was wrong.
Although the will of the imperial court said that since the internal transfer of King Ning, the northern border defense has set up liuguan, and the change is relatively large, the emperor sent ministers to inspect the border defense this time, in order to understand the situation along the border, but as soon as the accident of 30,000 Wei happened, the imperial court sent a prince with unprecedented attention, which is also too coincidental.
"I heard that when the governor of the country was in the military affairs of the five provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, he killed a capital division while talking and laughing, and I am afraid that the one who comes is not good, and the good one does not come."
Shen Yong thought about it, becoming more and more worried, he glanced at Temur, and after thinking about receiving the Duke of Guo, he immediately sent Temur back, this guy was just suppressed by himself, and he had always dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, and now the court sent a minister, if he was asked to make a few words of slander in front of the Duke of Guo, the result would probably be very bad.
Just thinking about it, a small colonel hurriedly broke into the city building, hugged his fists and said: "Lord Baodusi, Grandpa Fuguo has arrived ten miles away from Liaoyang City."
There was a sudden silence in the city tower, Shen Yonghuo stood up, glanced around the generals on the left and right, and said in a deep voice: "Generals, follow me out of the city and welcome the prince."
The horn sounded, the officers of the guards rushed out of the city, the two sides were scattered, each stood still according to the rank, the infantry and the cavalry phalanx were in good spirits, the swords and guns were shining, and the spirit was violent, and at a glance, I saw that the banner hunted and trembled, and the queue of the soldiers was solemn and solemn, and it was as immobile as a mountain.
Far away, the soldiers and horses led by Xia Xun came in a mighty way, with bright armor, neat saddles, and a big banner hunting, which was like a forest To be continued: