Chapter 23                                                             �

Yang Jisheng walked on the streets of Datong and saw that the whole street was deserted. It took a long time since I saw anyone. If it weren't for the sun hanging high, I would have suspected that it was a ghost town.

After completing the grand cleaning, Zhou Mengchen issued a series of orders about land, sweeping away the idle people in Datong. A lot of refugees from all over the country were recruiting. Of course, in some remote places, there are naturally some incidents of going up the mountain to become king.

However, most of the people have returned to the land under the temptation of Zhou Mengchen.

Now farming is busy. The streets of Datong are not like dead cities.

Yang Jisheng went directly to the Governor's Office. Only then did he realize that only Xu Wei was here.

Xu Wei stayed in the governor's office, and if there was an emergency, there was a person who made the decision. Moreover, Xu Wei was not very familiar with farm work in the north. He also planted land in the poorest places in the south, but he planted rice, but what were planted in Datong? It was millet, wheat, and sorghum. Xu Wei was not very clear about these things.

Yang Jisheng and Xu Wei also met.

When Xu Wei saw that the censor was Yang Jisheng. Xu Wei then relaxed his mind.

As soon as Yang Jisheng saw Xu Wei, he asked, "Where is Brother Zhou?"

Xu Wei said: "Sir, inspecting the spring farming outside the city, I will send someone to invite him back."

Yang Jisheng said: "No need. I think he won't spend the night outside the city. Public is public and private is private. Please hand over all the files of the rebellion case of King Raoyang to me, and I will seal it now."

When Xu Wei heard this, his heart skipped a beat and said to himself: "That's natural."

Yang Jisheng was indeed busy with official duties. He took all the files about the case. He found a duty room and started working. During this period, he also visited the Dai Wang. Before dark, Zhou Mengchen dragged his tired body back to the city. Yang Jisheng was also busy for a day.

After Zhou Mengchen heard that Yang Jisheng had arrived, he immediately went to visit him, but was turned away. Yang Jisheng said, "I'll talk about it tomorrow if you have something to do."

The next morning, Yang Jisheng and Zhou Mengchen sat down.

Yang Jisheng immediately asked: "The various crimes that Guo Du, deputy general of Datong, committed are enough to be punished by the extreme punishment, but now there are no external troubles and no military information. Why don't you ask for an order?"

Zhou Mengchen was stunned and said, "I have a flag of the king's order, and also a order to act cheaply."

Yang Jisheng said: "It is not used to act cheaply at this time. Only by being in a hurry can one act cheaply. I still say the same thing, but now there are no external troubles and no military information. Why can adults use the king's flag to act cheaply?"

Zhou Mengchen was so speechless that Yang Jisheng asked.

Seeing this, Xu Wei immediately said: "Mr. Yang, Guo Zhe and others occupy the local area and are deeply rooted. If you don't make any decisions immediately, things may change. Once they collude with the Tartars, the Datong will be shaken and the Nine Territory will be turbulent. Because of this, my great talents are urgently in power."

Yang Jisheng ignored Xu Wei and said, "Mr. Zhou, is this your answer?"

Zhou Mengchen just didn't adapt much. Yang Jisheng's sudden change has now adapted and returned to a calm and comfortable state. He said, "Yes."

But Zhou Mengchen didn't know why Yang Jisheng did this. Zhou Mengchen also had a suspicion in Beijing. Almost before Yang Jisheng arrived in Datong, Zhou Mengchen made the changes in the court. He was also sure that he had passed this level.

What is Yang Jisheng for?

Yang Jisheng continued to ask: "May I ask, why did the three most important Tartars in the Raoyang King case suddenly die?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "I don't know that this was captured by Li Ru, the son of Fengcheng Hou. It is normal for them to resist stubbornly and cannot stop it even if they fight each other in a short-term battle."

Yang Jisheng continued to ask: "That means that King Raoyang rebelled, only King Raoyang's own testimony?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "Of course not, there is also a series of evidence of the Litong Tartars of King Raoyang, and even the emergence of the King of Dai-------"

The two of them were so verbal and talked for a whole morning.

Yang Jisheng's eyes were very vicious, and he picked out one problem after another in Zhou Mengchen's file, which made Zhou Mengchen have no choice. After all, the case was done in a hurry. There were only a dozen people preparing for it. I really had to think about it carefully, and the flaws were everywhere.

However, thanks to the officers of the garrison for their unscrupulous crimes, he gave Zhou Mengchen enough to convict each of them of death, which is not the kind of fabricated one.

After a whole day, Zhou Mengchen and Yang Jisheng drank countless cups of tea before he passed all the questions of all the files, big and small.

Only then did Yang Jisheng change his official uniform and have dinner with Zhou Mengchen.

Only then did Yang Jisheng explain it clearly to Zhou Mengchen and said, "Public is public, private is private, this is what I mean, and it is what Mr. Xu wants to do. If there is something wrong with your case, I will also call it back today."

Zhou Mengchen understood what he meant to Yang Jisheng after all. After all, Yang Jisheng himself was a fair and strict person, even if he was a good friend of Zhou Mengchen, he would not be favored. Zhou Mengchen's case also had procedural problems, almost all of them were the truth. In modern times, procedural justice was very talked about, but in ancient times, this thing could not be said or not, but it was not taken so seriously, otherwise there would be no conviction.

But Xu Jie is an old fox, and the black and white are not so clear about him.

Zhou Mengchen said: "What does Mr. Xu mean?"

Yang Jisheng said: "Jijiu asked me to tell you. This time, you will be killed in other positions except the governor of Datong. This is what he means."

Zhou Mengchen was stunned and said, "Is this an explanation to the court?"

Yang Jisheng said: "That's right, Jijiu said. Do everything in a solid way, and people's eyes should be kept in the long run. There are indeed many things you do wrong today. It's not a good idea to kill first and then report. Today you are safe and sound. How can you not lay the root of disaster for the future? If Your Majesty does not mean to protect you, Jijiu will naturally not do this. But now, if you pass the test with Your Majesty, the rest of the matter is irrelevant. You always have to pay some price. In the future, someone really wants to overturn the case, but he can't find it."

After hearing this, Zhou Mengchen said sincerely: "It's better that Master Ge can see far."

Zhou Mengchen did not flatter.

The punishment Xu Jie gave to Zhou Mengchen was extremely serious.

It seems that Zhou Mengchen is useless as a deputy chief envoy, but it represents qualifications. According to the rules set by the court, the first level of promotion of governors is like this. First, he is the assistant chief censor, then the deputy chief censor, then the minister of the Ministry of War, then the left chief censor, and then the minister of the Ministry of War. Only then can he reach the top.

In other words, if you have to be in the position of governor, you have to be in the position of governor, or the minister of a certain department of the central government.

Many people have never ended up in the position of governor. They died in the position of governor in a certain place.

This is also because many local officials say that the governor is the end of their career, so there is such a long relocation chain.

Zhou Mengchen was originally the deputy commander of the capital. He saved six years of hard work. Now he was beaten down and started from scratch.

But Zhou Mengchen understood who he was. He was not a qualified person from beginning to end. As long as the power of the governor of Datong was still there, it didn't matter what the rest was.

Xu Jie's actions could be regarded as a way to resolve Zhou Mengchen's chaos.

Yang Jisheng said: "That's natural, and what you do is really a bit reckless. If it weren't for the help of the King of Dai, and the 500,000 hectares of land, it would be difficult for you to pass this level today. You must not be like this in the future."

Zhou Mengchen said, "I hope so too."

Indeed, Zhou Mengchen's work seemed to be cutting vegetables and melons, but in fact he was very happy to kill people. I don't know how many butts he had to wipe. This was Xu Jie who helped him make things smooth, so that the public opinion on Shilin would not blame him much. But in other aspects, the letter from the Marquis of Fengcheng had arrived. Zhou Mengchen had an explanation.

What explanation?

Zhou Mengchen understood too much. It was a profit, either a money or a political interest. Otherwise, he and the Beijing nobles would probably be in opposition in the future.

Although Zhou Mengchen was not afraid of them, he was unwilling to make a fuss about the relationship so much that he had to talk about some of the things in detail. When he thought of the price he had to pay, Zhou Mengchen felt a little distressed. If possible, he would never want to do such an extraordinary thing again next time.
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