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Chapter 686 Zhu Que Yazhang (4)

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    The east is white, and the outline of Wu'an County gradually appears.  It is said that this city was built by Bai Qi, Lord Wu'an during the Qin Dynasty. It was surrounded by three miles and two hundred and seventy paces. The original city wall was only one foot and eight feet high. Fortunately, he met the former magistrate Liang Min of Haozhi County and built the city with bricks in the fifth year of Zhengde.  , three feet high and two feet five wide, strong and defensible.  ?????????????????????????????????¡­  On the city wall, Liu Cong, the magistrate of Wu'an County, squeezed his dry and sore eyes, shook his head, as if to make himself more awake, spit on the ground, raised his leg and kicked the tired face next to him, and his eyelids were almost stuck together.  The policeman kicked him, cursed his mother in a hoarse voice, and urged, "Wake up quickly, it's dawn, be careful of the son of a bitch climbing over the wall." The policeman suddenly woke up, and was too busy to summon the others.  People, as they shouted, the officers, soldiers, and volunteers on the city wall who had just taken turns sleeping for a while in the middle of the night cheered up, reminded each other, and alerted themselves to the city.  Although the bandits looted the Guzhen Inspection Department, they did not obtain many weapons, let alone any household items that could be used to attack the city. They themselves had no experience in siege, so they could only adopt the most primitive method of mounding earth, relying on  For the city wall, a mound of earth was built as a footing, and then people climbed on top of each other.  This is inefficient, but it can¡¯t handle the large number of people.  ??Especially when it is a matter of life and death - if you don't enter the city, you will freeze to death and starve to death. There are always brave people who can step on others and jump to the top of the city.  And the people who defended the city were also inexperienced. Not to mention rolling wood or oil. In years of severe drought, the wells were only shallow and did not even have boiling water.  The only thing better than the refugees is weapons. There are always long swords, spears and a few arrows available.  For the people in the city, it was also a matter of life and death - all the officers and soldiers of the Guzhen Inspection Department were beheaded, Xixiang and Nanxiang were plundered, and all the young people were driven to attack the city. There were also rumors that the refugees were eating people because they were short of food.  of!  If we really let the refugees invade the city, how can there be a good outcome if every one of the people in the city is counted?  Every attack and defense in the tunnel was fought fiercely, and the battle became extremely fierce.  Within two days, there was no food in the city, and the hungry refugees really started to eat people!  It¡¯s just the bodies of those who died in battle, starved to death, or froze, but even the wounded were killed with a knife and dismantled to feed themselves, which frightened the people in the city.  Even if the soldiers and civilians guarding the city have heard the rumors about the refugees eating people, nothing would be as terrifying as seeing it with their own eyes!  Everyone almost collapsed, and they defended the city desperately, fearing that they would become the victims of the refugees.  Fortunately, at the critical moment, the magistrate, county magistrate, chief registrar and other officials all went up to the city wall and stood firm with the soldiers and civilians. Even when they were injured by the murderers, they did not retreat, which greatly boosted morale.  The county government also announced that as soon as the news of the bloodbath in Guzhen that day was sent to the county government, the county magistrate sent several cavalry to the surrounding prefectures, counties and prefectures to seek help - long before the siege, so reinforcements would arrive in the next few days.  With such united efforts, we were able to defend Wu'an County.  But in fact, several chief officials have little confidence in the reinforcements "Even if Lin County has a long way to go, it's time to crawl here." County Prime Minister Wang Cong had a gloomy face, and he and Liu Dianshi found a place with leeward direction.  place whispers.  There is a thousand-household residence in Lin County of Zhangde Prefecture, with a total of more than 2,300 soldiers. It is about 70 to 80 miles away from Wu'an County.  This time has not yet arrived, and it is obvious that there is no way to save the troops.  "Cizhou is even more hopeless. The guy named Du can slip away very fast. Let's see how long he can stay stable in Cizhou." Liu Dianshi gritted his teeth and said, "These sons of bitches can be eaten by themselves, and they can't eat Wu'an."  , He must be going to Cizhou." The person named Du is referring to Du Min, the censor of the Henan Province.  As soon as the news of the rebellion reached the county government that day, Du Min immediately said that he could go to Cizhou and even Fucheng to mobilize troops, and then quickly left the city with his servants.  Even though everyone in the county government knew that this guy was going to run away, no one dared to stop him when faced with someone like the censor.  Wang Xian Cheng also nodded, his voice a little lower, and said: "Old Liu, think of a way to lure them to Cizhou?" Liu Dianshi was stunned. It was one thing for the refugees to go to Cizhou on their own. They were trying to cause trouble.  Toyin is another story.  I heard Wang Xian Cheng say: "Don't say that this group of mobs can't get down to Cizhou. Even if they get down, they will go to Fucheng and won't turn around and eat a little Wu'an. How dare thousands of households in Lin County not come to rescue Wu'an?"  Not saving Cizhou or Fucheng? " Liu Dianshi was hesitating when he suddenly heard someone shouting that breakfast had been delivered. He felt relieved and hurriedly confessed to Wang Xiancheng, saying that he should fill it in quickly while the city did not respond.  A full stomach is important.  Wangxian Cheng had no choice but to stop, get up to get the food, and then say hello to the county magistrate¡¯s wife who took the lead in delivering the food.  Although Wu'an County is small, there is a lot of intrigue in the officialdom. The county magistrate, county prime minister, and chief minister?Not very harmonious.  The current magistrate was born as a scholar, but he was older than the former magistrate Pu'er, who was born as a Jinshi. He looked arrogant and arrogant, which made the county magistrate, who was just a supervisor, very unhappy.  "However, at this critical moment, the county magistrate was very responsible. He immediately went to the top of the city to encourage the soldiers and civilians defending the city. He continued to hold on and did not go down to the city even after being chopped by the murderer.  And the county magistrate¡¯s wife, who looked thin and frail and could collapse at the slightest hint of wind, was even more surprising. She, who had always been quiet, actually took the initiative to take on tasks and persuaded wealthy households to donate food and help from house to house.  When all the men in the city were guarding the city walls and there was a shortage of labor, a women's army was organized, including officials and women from wealthy families, to coordinate the mobilization of food and other materials, and to prepare dry food and distribute it to the four cities.  He had no airs about his duties and had to go to the four city walls twice a day to personally distribute dry food, thank all the soldiers and civilians defending the city, and boost morale.  When delivering meals every day, a simple document describing the situation in the city and the balance of grain and rice must be sent to the hands of the magistrate, county magistrate, chief bookkeeper, and historian, so that they can have an idea of ??what is going on and make the next step easier.  Wangxian Cheng was quite dissatisfied with the magistrate's solitary bravery, but he really admired the magistrate's wife. After meeting with the chief registrar and Dianshi, they all said privately that the magistrate's wife was as talented and knowledgeable as any man, and could really be called a heroine.  At this moment, Wangxian Cheng said a few polite words as usual when he saw the magistrate's wife, and asked about the magistrate's injury. While they were talking, suddenly there was a harsh gong sound from the tower over there.  Everyone was shocked, thinking that the refugees were attacking the city again, so they hurriedly stuffed their mouths with dry food and started fucking.  Unexpectedly, the shouts coming from the middle of the watchtower over there were that smoke and dust were billowing from the north, and a large group of people were coming.  Lin County is to the south of Wu'an, and Cizhou is to the east of Wu'an. Someone suddenly came from the north. I'm afraid they are enemies rather than friends!  ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????¡­  Before Liu Dianshi could choke on the pancake, he hurriedly spit it out, pulled his neck and shouted: "Don't mess up! Return to your position, defend the city! The people over there are still far away, don't let these beasts under your nose take advantage of the chaos."  !¡± The county magistrate Wang couldn¡¯t care less about the county magistrate¡¯s wife. He hurriedly said that you should go down to the city to take shelter, and then he was busy arranging his manpower.  The county magistrate¡¯s wife was even more anxious, but it was the magistrate who led someone to guard the north gate.  If bandits come from the north, the north gate will be in danger.  It¡¯s just that the army of women delivering food gradually gathered around her. They were all confused and had no master. It was the time when she was needed to be the backbone.  The county magistrate¡¯s wife tried her best to calm herself down, and ordered a few people who had always been in charge to lead everyone to collect the remaining dry food and put it in a place for the soldiers to pick up when they came back, and then quickly retreated from one side of the city wall one by one.  The women's army hurriedly followed her instructions. As soon as they got down to the city, they suddenly heard a burst of cheers from the city. They all stopped on the spot and looked up at the city wall.  The county magistrate's wife suddenly felt hope in her heart, but she didn't dare to say it out easily. She just ordered the big-footed maid next to her: "You have fast feet, hurry up and ask what's going on?" At this time, the city wall over there was clear.  A cry of "reinforcements have arrived" came from Chu!  After a brief daze, all the women were overjoyed and cheered and laughed.  Some people turned around and ran towards the city wall, wanting to see it with their own eyes, and some suddenly burst into tears, venting the fear that had been suppressed in their hearts these days.  The county magistrate¡¯s wife also cried with joy. She quickly wiped away her tears and greeted the leading female relatives, saying that she was going to Beicheng and asked them to take care of this place.  Those few people all knew that reinforcements were coming and the county magistrate was needed to greet them, so they hurriedly responded.  The county magistrate¡¯s wife got on the ox cart that brought dry food and hurried away.  Halfway through the journey, they met a small official who was also guarding the north gate. The man shouted from a distance: "Your Excellency, when he heard that the reinforcements were coming, he fainted with joy and developed a high fever. He has been sent back to the government office.  Ruren, go and see. "What joy there is!"  However, the magistrate has been going into battle with injuries these days, relying on his breath to hold on. Now that he knows that the reinforcements have arrived, he is getting sick as soon as he lets out his breath.  The county magistrate¡¯s wife was anxious and distressed, and hurried to the government office. She did not forget to tell the clerk to quickly inform the county magistrate Wang that the magistrate was unconscious and could only ask the county magistrate to meet the reinforcements.  But when the young official arrived at the city, Wang Xiancheng and Liu Dianshi were watching the battle with great interest.  The reinforcements coming from the north were all cavalry. They were really fast and ruthless, like a steel knife cutting into tofu. They broke through the refugee camp in an instant and went straight to the bandits behind the formation who had driven the refugees to resist.  After the gangsters were in a brief panic, several of them suddenly faced them with swords drawn, and the rest began to fight.Running desperately in multiple directions.  However, the cavalry was not willing to let them escape. After hearing several sharp whistles from the vanguard, dozens of fast horses immediately dispersed, each staring at the road, chasing closely. Many people bent their bows and arrows on the horses and started shooting at the bandits.  .  And those who stayed behind did not let the cavalry stop for a moment, but their lives were wasted in one or two rounds.  After the army of refugees over there was rushed away, due to lack of organization, they were immediately in chaos. They seemed to be waving their weapons and running towards the cavalry as if they were crazy. Naturally, they were killed easily, and more of them fled in panic.  The cavalry came in a steady stream and began to race to form a large encirclement. They shouted and waved their whips, and rounded up the refugees like driving cattle and sheep. Thousands of refugees were gathered together in this way. ?????????????????????????????????? Most of them are ordinary people who have been trapped here and are used to being obedient people. When facing the powerful imperial army without any coercion or instigation, they have no intention of resisting and can only tremble.  When dozens of cavalrymen loudly shouted to put down their weapons, the refugees were stunned for a moment, then they dropped their long sticks, shovels, bamboo forks and other household items and squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands.  The extremely ferocious wolves in the eyes of the soldiers and civilians guarding the city in Wu'an County turned into obedient lambs. Everyone who had never seen such a scene was dumbfounded.  Liu Dianshi smacked his lips, and after a long while he said, "What kind of god is this? This, this, is this what the frontier army is like?!" In his heart, only the frontier army who fights the Tatars on nine sides has such ability.  He put up a pergola with his hands and looked far into the distance. He saw a large flag from the army over there fluttering in the wind, with the word "¸ß" embroidered on it. He couldn't help but murmur the surnames of the generals who were guarding nearby.  However, Wang Xiancheng had a flash of inspiration in his mind and remembered the official document from earlier. He came from the north and his surname was Gao!  He suddenly became excited and said loudly: "Could it be that General Gao Wenhu has arrived?! General Gao is escorting Governor Shen!" Liu Dianshi was stunned for a moment, and then he was also ecstatic. He turned to the little official who was delivering the message and shouted: "Go quickly  , Go quickly, ask Wang Jiaoyu to come! Tell him that Governor Shen is coming! He must lead the donkey, don¡¯t tire him out!¡±  He was still very nervous when he took over from the magistrate to greet the big shot. He subconsciously tugged on his clothes, but when Liu Dianshi shouted, he couldn't help laughing.  Then he shook his head to stop and said: "How could the governor be in danger! General Gao must have sent a team to rescue Wu'an. Master Shen should have taken the post road, passing through Handan to Cizhou. Don't make Lao Wang Bai happy.  Field" * "The student is from Qidong, Jinan Prefecture, Shandong. Although he came to Wu'an in the first year of Zhengde, the students have learned about the benevolent policies implemented by the Lord in Shandong, and the people in his hometown are grateful for the kindness of the Lord!  It is really a great blessing for the people to have adults here!" Wang Yuan's face was full of enthusiasm when he spoke, and his eyes were shining, as if a devout believer had seen the true god.  "My students have told the magistrates and county magistrates about many of your good governance in Shandong, and you all admire them very much. Trying to implement it in Wu'an has really benefited the people a lot! Now that your Excellency has arrived in Henan, the people of Henan have also been blessed.  ! " After the people of Wu'an County welcomed Shen Rui into the city, because there were still many rioters outside the city who needed to be resettled, and the exhausted people who had been holding out for several days in the city also needed to be appeased, Shen Rui let everyone go about their official duties.  Wang Xiancheng arranged for Wang Yuan to accompany Shen Rui to learn about various situations in Wu'an County.  Wang Jiaoyu has always admired Shen Rui very highly. He always talks about how Shandong is doing, and he also tries his best to recommend Shandong's practices to the county magistrate and county magistrate.  Both the former and current magistrates have adopted it, and it has indeed improved the situation in Wu'an County.  The County Chief Registrar hopes that Wang Jiaoyu can win Shen Rui's favor. After all, there is civil unrest under his rule. Theoretically, everyone in Wu'an County will be held accountable, but if the governor can say a word, they will be safe.  .  Shen Rui never expected that there would be one of his loyal fans in Wu'an County, Henan, and couldn't help but smile.  ¡°I am happy from the bottom of my heart that his policies have been so recognized by the people. I am also very interested in what Shandong policies Wu¡¯an County has implemented and the results they have achieved.  The original intention of operating in Henan this time was to promote Shandong¡¯s experience. However, the situation in the two places is different. Henan has suffered from severe droughts for many years, and its vitality has been severely damaged. I think it is necessary to build some test sites and spend more than a year to see the results before convincing Henan.  Now, if Wu'an County has already established an example, wouldn't it be better?  I don¡¯t know how much time I will save!  But now is not the time to discuss this in detail, he still has several important things to do.  That day, when news of the revolt was received, the staff analyzed that Wu'an was probably already broken, and the rebellious people came from Wu'an's Xixiang and were in the southwest of Wu'an.I'm afraid She County will be in trouble.  The bandits have trapped the common people. Calculated, the number of the rebels is likely to exceed 10,000 or more. Although Gao Wenhu has great experience in suppressing bandits and his men are also elite soldiers, it is difficult to say that there is no risk based on the number of people.  All the staff advised Shen Rui that even if he did not stay in Shahe temporarily, he should go to Handan first to Anyang, Zhangde Prefecture, and Gao Wenhu would mobilize troops to see what happened. ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Even if there are political opponents who will use this to criticize, it can be explained that the trip to the capital is a scheduled trip, and a large amount of relief food and grass must be escorted, and the troops have also been sent to rescue. It can be said that there is no fault at all, and the emperor will not be blamed for this.  But Shen Rui believed that if the rebels broke through the city, even if Gao Wenhu recaptured the county seat, it would be difficult to appease him for a while, and he would only fear that there would be even greater chaos.  Moreover, the purpose of his trip was to pacify Henan, and he would be afraid to move forward if something happened. He was no different from Du Min, the censor of the patrol who escaped before the battle. He escaped impeachment and left such an impression on the officials and people of Henan, and he would be like that in the future.  How to implement it in Henan and who will listen?  Later, I learned from Du Min about a major case involving Zhao Fan. The staff finally no longer objected, and everyone followed the army to Wu'an City.  Unexpectedly, the officials and people of Wu'an County were able to defend the city, and the chaos outside the city was far less than expected. Shen Rui breathed a sigh of relief.  Gao Wenhu's large army was stationed outside the city, continuing to hunt down the bandits, and further guarding and subdividing the captured rebels. Li Erlang, who had been the magistrate of Beizhili for two terms, took Master Yu, who was proficient in general affairs, to help Wu'an take charge of the bookkeeping.  Xiao Lian, Dian Shi and Liu Cong are busy.  Here Shen Rui refused to live in a rich family's house, so the group was placed in the police station in the west of the city. Speaking of which, this police station was built in the eleventh year of Yongle and was in disrepair. Fortunately, a while ago, in order to welcome Du Min, the patrol censor, a special police station was built.  I cleaned it up a lot and it's pretty clean.  At this time, Du Min checked in again, but he was imprisoned in a wing room. There were guards at the door at all times. Du Min looked out the window and couldn't help but lamented his bad luck. If he had known that Wu An could hold on, how could he escape!  Defending the city is also a great achievement!  With this great contribution and that case, maybe he will be lucky!  How come hehas been memorizing words for so many years!  When he was the supervisory censor, Du Min, in order to gain a reputation, wrote a letter saying that many of his relatives were from humble backgrounds and did not know etiquette, and suggested that Xia Ru, who had just become the head of the country, be given a tutor.  This move won the favor of the cabinet bosses, but annoyed the little emperor, who was given the title of patrol censor and kicked to Henan, which was also affected by the disaster at the time. ??????????????????? Although the imperial censor has a low position, he is a powerful person. In the local area, he is a powerful presence. However, it is said that Du Min¡¯s release was Liu Jin¡¯s handiwork to vent his anger on the emperor. In this case, no one in the local area wants to see Du Min.  Especially when Liu Jin became Liu Qiansui later, the local people wanted to step on Du Min's feet.  Therefore, Du Min's performance evaluation has never been easy over the years, not to mention that there is no chance of promotion, even if he wants to be transferred to another place, he is not allowed.  When he received the official document from the court a few months ago and learned that Liu Jin had fallen, Du Min was so happy that he wished he could look up to the sky and laugh three hundred times.  He came to Zhangde Mansion in the name of inspection just to get closer to the capital so that he could respond promptly to any news. Unexpectedly, with his keen sense of smell as a censor for many years, he discovered a major case involving Zhao Fan.  From the rebellion of King Anhua to the promulgation of the clan regulations, thinking about the attitude of the court and the emperor towards the clan, Du Min felt that his day was finally coming. He did not dare to stay in Cizhou where there were many vassal mansions, so he came to Wu'an  Prepare to quietly dig for further evidence.  However, he was so unlucky that just a few days after arriving, he encountered a rebellion by rogue people who killed officials and rebelled. He had to protect his good head and decisively abandoned the city and ran away.  He didn¡¯t dare to stay elsewhere in Zhangde Mansion because he was afraid that he would be accused of abandoning the city as a censor. After all, in Zhangde Mansion, it would be easy to find out when he left the city.  " But it's different when he goes north. After he disguises himself and secretly rushes to Beijing, who knows when he came out of Wu'an?  As long as this major case involving the clan is brought before the imperial court, who cares when he came out of Wu'an?  !  "It's a pity that his bad luck is far from over. Because he disguised himself as a commoner and did not dare to take the post road, he was kidnapped and kidnapped.  He threw out his identity as an official and threatened that if he was hurt, the government would come to suppress the bandits. Unexpectedly, the bandits actually delivered him to the person who suppressed the bandits - Governor Shen Rui.  If the censor breaks the law, the crime will be increased to third level.  In the end, he could only use the case that would make him famous and have a bright career as a bargaining chip to deal with Shen Rui.  Just like that, he was brought back to Wu'an by Shen Rui. Looking at Wu'an, which had never been breached, and the reinforcements that were quickly clearing the siege like chopping melons and vegetables, Du Min felt regretful.  But there was no use regretting it, he began to rack his brains.He really wanted to play a game with Shen Rui and tear off a piece of flesh from this case.  But she didn¡¯t know that Shen Rui would not pay attention to him for a while.  "Zhao Fan's case is unusual, and Shen Rui has to be cautious, collect evidence, and verify it.  Shen Rui is now led by Wang Jiaoyu and is about to visit the injured magistrate, Shen Xiu.  The place of birth and name match, but Shen Rui is not sure whether the county magistrate is the Shen Xiu he recognizes.  The last time I heard about Shen Xiu was during the lawsuit between the Shen family and the He family, when his brother Shen Yan informed Shen Rui about the Qiao family's actions.  At that time, Shen Xiu was still studying in Nanjing. He and Shen Jin passed the examination in the same year, ranking 89th. Because he felt unsure, Chun Wei did not end up.  With Shen Zhou returning to the capital and falling out with the Qiao family, the Qiao family lost their reputation and sadly left the capital, and there was no news about Shen Rui, Shen Yan or Shen Xiu's brothers.  In the first year, there was no Enke, and in the third and sixth years, there was no name of their brothers on the list.  For Shen Xiu, Shen Rui's mood is extremely complicated.  Regardless of the grievances between the second wife of the Shen family and the previous generation, Shen Jue died young because of Shen Xiu.  "For so many years, every time I think of Brother Jue, it hurts my heart. Shen Rui can't express his anger, and there is always a knot in his heart.  "But back then, the second wife Qiao went crazy and wanted to strangle Shen Rui. After all, it was Shen Xiu who saved Shen Rui from disaster and almost lost her life, and Shen Yan had always deliberately made peace with Shen Rui.  Shen Rui is not the kind of person who holds grudges but not gratitude. He doesn't say that his grudges are settled, but he just wants to be a normal stranger and doesn't want to have anything to do with him anymore.  "Now the county magistrate was heroically wounded while defending the city. As a superior officer, the governor should visit and express his condolences."  Wang Jiaoyu praised the magistrate a lot along the way, mainly because the magistrate adopted many of his suggestions to imitate Shandong.  He was full of praise for the county magistrate¡¯s wife and told Shen Rui all the deeds in the city defense battle.  Shen Rui was thinking about Shen Yan who married the daughter of the Qiao family. It seemed that Shen Xiu had married a good wife.  In the back house of the county government, a little boy in the courtyard ran very fast dragging a fire stick, his clear and cheerful laughter filling the courtyard.  A rough servant girl was beating a basin of clothes by the well, and from time to time she raised her head and shouted in the dialect, "Run slowly, don't drop it."  The boy didn¡¯t listen and just had fun.  The winter sun is warm on the body, and seeing this scene full of human fireworks makes people smile unconsciously.  Shen Rui couldn't help but smile, and in his heart he missed Tian'er and his son whom he had not met yet.  Wang Jiaoyu sighed in an almost inaudible voice, "Thank you for holding on." Thinking of the refugees outside the city, and then looking at the children in front of him, he was so scared that he broke into a cold sweat.  "This is the young master from the magistrate's family. He is three years old. He is very clever. Look how fast he runs! It's just that the noble man is slow to speak and can't speak fluently." Wang Jiaoyu introduced and called the servant girl to come in and pass the news.  .  After a while, a woman in plain clothes walked out quickly. When the boy saw her, he immediately dropped the fire stick, ran over, hugged the woman's thigh, and called her mother vaguely.  The woman smiled helplessly and poked the boy on the forehead. She turned to Shen Rui and Wang Jiaoyu and smiled and said, "I'm sorry, my lord, please forgive me."  Shen Rui couldn't help but look at Mrs. Shuangli a little more, and felt that she was kind-hearted.  While he was talking, the woman had straightened her clothes and bowed solemnly, saying: "Dong Shuang has met your lord." Wang Jiaoyu was stunned when he heard this. Although there was a life-and-death moment ahead of him to defend the city, there was no need to talk about the bullshit between men and women at this moment.  Da Fang, but Ruren directly stated his maiden name like this, isn't it a bit too bold Dong Shuang?  Dong Shuang!  Shen Rui couldn't help but was stunned when he heard the woman say again: "I would like to thank you for your help in the past. I had to do this because of my difficulties. Please forgive me." It was her.  Shen Rui laughed dumbly. He didn't expect to see her again after so many years. She didn't expect that Shen Xiu would marry her.  He waved his hand. He had already guessed that Dong Shuang was disguised as a man. Zhu Yingtai was not popular in the Ming Dynasty. He knew that her family had a widowed mother and a sick brother, so she had her own reasons to deceive everyone. No wonder.  Yin said: "When I learned the name of the county magistrate earlier, I thought I might have met someone with the same name. Now it seems that they are indeed old friends." Seeing Wang Jiaoyu's stunned look, Shen Rui explained with a smile  He said, "When I was young, I was a classmate of Magistrate Shen." Wang Jiaoyu suddenly realized that he nodded quickly, but in his mind, he was just praising the magistrate, so he had to tell Prime Minister Wang when he turned around - he was a classmate of the governor.  Ah, it looks like the governorThe county magistrate and his wife were all acquainted with each other, so it was strange that Dao Ruren signed up for the registration number when they came up.  There was some disagreement between the county magistrate and the county magistrate before. It seems that in the future, the magistrate will have to be enshrined as a giant Buddha.  Dong Shuang called the maid to take the boy away, and asked Shen Rui and Wang Jiaoyu to serve tea in the inner hall.  Wang Jiaoyu would not stay here without a look and hinder the governor from reminiscing with his old friends, so he found an excuse to go to the county school and say goodbye, saying that he would come back later to listen to the governor's orders.  Shen Rui entered the inner hall, and Shen Xiu had already woken up. He was leaning on the bedside, his injured left arm was wrapped tightly, and his face was sickly pale.  Shen Xiu looked at Shen Rui with complicated eyes. He tried to force out a smile, but failed in the end. He could only say weakly: "I really can't get up, sir." Shen Rui sat in the armchair opposite and waved his hand, "  You defended the city bravely and were injured, so why bother talking about false etiquette?" He then asked Shen Xiu about his injury step by step.  After a few polite words, the room fell into an awkward silence.  It was Dong Shuang who came in with tea to break the deadlock, and gently put the tea cup in Shen Rui's hand, "It's not very good tea, please forgive me." He put a cup of warm water on the small table in front of Shen Xiu, and said softly: "Doctor Tang said that for now  It¡¯s not easy to drink tea.¡± After saying this, he nodded to the two of them and retreated.  Shen Xiu's eyes followed Dong Shuang's figure until the door closed and his footsteps gradually moved away. Then he slowly turned back, smiled to himself, and suddenly started talking about old things, which seemed to be a bit of an explanation.  "At the beginning, it was not intentional to deceive, but her brother was in bed. There was only one widow in the family, and there was no way out if she didn't study. She had no choice but to study for her brother. She worked hard to endorse and copy the books, and went back to talk to her brother.  , and she doesn¡¯t ask for anything else. She just hopes that her brother can be a scholar, accept a few students in the future, and be able to support the family" But in Jiangnan, where the literary style was at its peak, it was not so easy to get a scholar.  The eldest brother of the Dong family has recovered his health and is able to enter the examination room, but he has never passed the exam.  Dong Shuang was arranged to get married by his mother early, in exchange for a large betrothal gift.  There were no children after more than three years of marriage, and her husband's family had been very dissatisfied. After her husband died unexpectedly, her husband's family even scolded Dong Shuangke's husband and drove her back to her natal family.  The neighbors are gossiping, the sister-in-law from her mother's side is not in a good mood, and Dong's mother is still thinking of planning her daughter's remarriage.  Dong Shuang felt that he had no other way out and wanted to become a monk. He met Shen Xiu in the nunnery, who was doing a ritual for his mother.  ??Mrs. Bai originally wanted to wait for her son to become a high school scholar before marrying a well-known lady, so she never let go of Shen Xiu's marriage despite the matchmaker stepping in. However, she died of illness before the day her daughter-in-law entered the house.  If she were still here, she would never let Dong Shuang in.  But she was gone. Shen Yan was an open-minded and kind-hearted man. After a deep talk with Shen Xiu, he agreed to his marriage.  Shen Xiu fulfilled her wish and married Dong Shuang. Dong Shuang also escaped from the sea of ??suffering. The couple was extremely harmonious.  It¡¯s just that he was successful in love but failed in the examination. In the first year of Zhengde, there was no Enke. Shen Xiu missed the spring for three years because of his filial piety. In the sixth year of Zhengde, Shen Xiu was full of confidence and ended up losing his reputation.  This failure was a big blow to Shen Xiu's self-confidence. Dong Shuang was pregnant again, and Shen Xiu didn't want to waste money and time on the next spring.  At that time, due to a coincidence, Shen Yan was hired by the Qiao family to be a county magistrate in Guangdong in the first year. He gave up the imperial examination and took office. He was able to display his talents in the local area and did a good job.  This also greatly touched Shen Xiu, and he finally asked his mentor to find an official position.  ¡° Henan has been experiencing major and minor disasters in recent years. People with certain backgrounds don¡¯t like to go there. Wu¡¯an County is a county with many mountains and little farmland, so most people don¡¯t like it.  Liang Minzheng, the former magistrate of the county, was a Jinshi in the third year of Zhengde. After three years of service, his performance was good and he was easily promoted. Shen Xiu spent a small amount of money to seek the position of magistrate of Wu'an County.  Shen Xiu has heard all kinds of rumors about Shen Rui over the years. When he arrived in Wu'an, there was even a king who asked him to sing praises to Shen Rui.  Shen Xiu's feelings towards Shen Rui are also very complicated, and Shen Jue is also a hurdle that he can't get over.  He would solemnly pay homage to Shen Jue every year during the Qingming Festival, Chinese New Year Festival, and the anniversary of Shen Jue's death.  Although Shen Xiu was almost strangled to death by his second wife that year, he saved Shen Rui's life, and it was a life for a life.  But, after all, he is not dead When he first arrived, he was told a lot about Shen Rui's abilities. He was not convinced, and he was ambitious to do something big.  But reality soon woke him up.  In the end, I have to admit that Shen Rui is far inferior to him.  Some of the policies recommended to him by Wang Jiaoyu are indeed good governance that benefits the people. ShenHe is not jealous of the virtuous and capable, but adopts his will. He is full of enthusiasm and wants to govern Wu'an well.  "Liang Minzheng has tried to implement Zhuzi Shecang in several villages before, but some of the results are good, and some are not. Wu'an still has too few fields. Neizi has tried the method of raising mountain silkworms in the mountains, but this time  Severe drought" Shen Xiu talked about his own family affairs in a few words, and then quickly talked about Wu'an political affairs.  When he said this, he immediately became energetic, picked up a cup of tea, moistened his mouth, and started talking again.  " Doctor Tang, who sits in the medicine shop in the county, once said that there are quite a lot of medicinal materials in the mountains such as Atractylodes rhizome, Plantago seed, and Cyperus rotundus I don't know much about it, but they are always good things" "I originally thought of establishing a Jishan Hall.  It's just that I didn't have enough prestige before to talk to those wealthy families, and the famine is still going on for an unknown period of time, who is willing to give up money and food to go out, but after joining forces to defend the city this time, I think there will be some improvement now that you are here in Henan.  Be more confident" Shen Rui listened quietly and nodded occasionally.  After a while, Fang said, "When I was in Beijing, I wrote to Shandong to recruit some big families who are good at planting to come to Henan. Including the Lei family who raises wild silkworms. Counting the days, it is almost here." Shen Xiu couldn't help but be overjoyed and praised him repeatedly.  Shen Rui waved his hand and said: "There is no hurry. After winter, many things cannot be done. We have to wait until spring next year. We should also go into the mountains to see what can be planted." He paused and stared.  Looking at Shen Xiu, he said: "The main reason I came here is to ask about the case that Du Min came to Wu'an County to investigate" Seeing the slight change in color on Shen Xiu's face, Shen Rui already knew it and whispered: "  The matter about Zhu Youming, the auxiliary general of the Prince of Linzhang in the Zhao Mansion, setting up private sales offices at Cizhou, Gaoshi, and Liuli waterway docks" Shen Xiu subconsciously looked out the window, then shook his head and smiled bitterly, saying: "With your bodyguard here,  What else am I afraid of? It¡¯s only because you asked me that I can¡¯t believe it, little Du Min.¡± He stared at Shen Rui, remembering that he heard that brother Shen Rui and Shen Xuan initiated the policy reform of the vassal state.  Things, I sighed in my heart, not only the strategy, but also the courage, I am far inferior to it.  He took a deep breath and lowered his voice very low, "More than just setting up a private inquiry, that person has a good reputation. I also suspect that there is a stronghold set up by him on Cishan to recruit a group of desperadoes Cishan Mine  There have been several cases in the past, which are quite strange." Shen Rui's eyes flashed, "What do you mean, this civil unrest?" Shen Xiu gritted his teeth and said, "It's hard to say.  You know, the Taihang Mountains have never been peaceful. But now there is a reason to catch the bandits. You have soldiers. Can you go to Cishan to hunt down the bandits? "
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