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  Chapter 2104 Guizi Scroll Xiaolu shows her sharpness and scheming

  Thinking so, but Pan Ruzhen didn't show his face, just slightly bowed his hands to express his gratitude, and didn't say any more.

  Following Wang Wenyan into the inner courtyard, this should be a merchant's house in Wubao County. It is not luxurious, but it is also considered grand.

  The sun cast a few shadows through the eaves. Pan Ruzhen saw a young man standing in front of the porch with his hands behind his back at a glance. Although he was not wearing an official robe, the aura in his eyebrows was enough to show his identity.

   "Pan Ruzhen, the magistrate of Yan'an Prefecture, has met the governor." Respectfully, Pan Ruzhen's tone was respectful.

  Feng Ziying is also looking at each other.

  With Wang Wenyan's introduction, Feng Ziying's mentality also changed, and her view of Pan Ruzhen no longer had such strange emotions.

Judging by the attitude of the other party, there is a bit of a literati taste. To be able to sit here in Yan'an Mansion for four years, although the north and the south are in chaos, at least the counties around Fushi City can still be stable, which is considered a skill. up.

"You're welcome, Mr. Pan, you and I should be colleagues, and we need to help each other and overcome difficulties together in the future, so there is no need to be so rigid." Feng Ziying smiled heartily, "I guess you have been muttering in your heart now, saying that I am a governor. If you don't follow the rules, shouldn't you cross the river at Laoniuwan? It's better to go to Yulin Town to find some ways to bring the Yulin army all the way over and sweep the rebellious army? Why did you sneak across the river from Qikou and make the rebellious army The siege almost caused a riot? If something happened, wouldn’t you, the magistrate, be more guilty, and I would also harm you in disguise?”

  Seeing Feng Ziying's self-mockery, Pan Ruzhen couldn't help laughing, and his impression of Feng Ziying changed slightly. At least this person is not difficult, and he is not as arrogant as he was worried about before.

   It seems that what the staff surnamed Wang said is true. The governor seems to be more willing to contact the officials below in a friendly manner. Of course, he also has plans, which Pan Ruzhen knows in his heart.

  What is the picture?

As the magistrate of Yan'an, Pan Ruzhen certainly knew that in Xi'an, the left chief envoy Lu Chuan and the procuratorial envoy Sun Yijie had a great fight, so that the right chief envoy could only report illness and resign from office. factor, but there must be a reason for this as well.

Although the theory of being the magistrate of Yan'an should also be inclined among these two, the bad situation in Yan'an makes Lu Chuan and Sun Yijie not willing to accept themselves. Accepting means that they must give support, whether it is material or responsibility. , and this is precisely the most troublesome.

  So I was basically in a somewhat ambiguous state. Both Lu Chuan and Sun Yijie treated me lukewarm, neither repelling nor formally accepting myself.

   Now that the governor landed abruptly in Yan'an Mansion, and almost single-handedly, he opened up the situation, which is a bit subtle.

If Feng Ziying hadn't been able to take down the chaos in Wubao, and had to turn to himself, or rely on the Yulin Army, the situation would be different, but now, at least Suide, Mizhi, Jiazhou and Wubao Officials have to be convinced.

  Pan Ruzhen believes that at this time, Lu Chuan, Sun Yijie and even the commander-in-chief who doesn’t have a strong sense of presence should all be on their way to Wubao, and the official situation in Shaanxi should usher in a new era.

  Then what should I do?

  Seeing that Pan Ruzhen's face changed slightly, but he didn't answer, Feng Ziying didn't care.

  Since they all took the initiative to come to Wubao City from Fushi City, it is enough to explain a lot.

From the news that Wang Wenyan has inquired in Xi'an city in the past few months, the magistrate of Yan'an should not have too deep entanglements with Lu Chuan and Sun Yijie, and it may have a lot to do with the current poor situation of Yan'an mansion. It is a good thing.

  The situation in Yan'an Mansion is very bad. If another governor is replaced, he may be dismissed as an example. But as Wang Wenyan said, Pan Ruzhen cannot be blamed for the bad situation in Yan'an Mansion.

The harsh geographical environment, the drought for three consecutive years, the barren soil, and the anti-mouse attack on the border lands have led to this situation, and there is another important factor, that is, the strength of the local tyrants, especially in the southern few regions. The prefectures and counties also made Pan Ruzhen, who only came to serve as the magistrate, suffer a lot.

The geographical location of Yan'an Mansion is too important. Whether it is Shanxi in the east, or the Mongols outside the three sides and four towns, it is very important. Therefore, if you are the governor of Shaanxi, you can't avoid Yan'an, so since you can't avoid it , it might as well take the initiative, at least up to now I have made a good step, Pan Ruzhen's arrival proved this point.

"No matter what Master Pan thinks in his heart, I don't think so. It is said that a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. I am also an imperial envoy after all. I have a family of three in the Feng family and I don't even have any children. How could I put myself in danger? , or even seek death?" Feng Ziying said indifferently, "Of course, to bear the royal order, some things have to be done, and some risks have to be taken, but at least I still have some confidence in my heart, and I won't play tricks on a county citizen..."

"But have you ever thought about it, my lord? If there is a mistake in the way you use chaos to control chaos, it will be a catastrophe. If the people in Datuhu Village and Poluo Temple Village refuse to obey, or if Wang Chengwu's chaos If the army defected halfway, the result would be unimaginable." Pan Ruzhen couldn't help it.

"That's right, Mr. Pan, what you said makes sense, but you come and teach me, as the governor of Shaanxi, how should I break the situation?" Feng Ziying asked back: "It's really as I said just now, cross the river from Laoniuwan, go to Use the Feng family connections to ask for reinforcements to go south steadily, but do you know that the Yulin Army can't send tens of thousands of troops to quell the chaos for Shaanxi. Their responsibility is to prevent the Mongols from invading! At most three to five thousand people will be given I, the son of the Feng family and the right servant of the Ministry of War, will lose face, and by the time He Shixian mobilizes troops to go south, Wubao, Qingjian, and even Suide may have already fallen."

"Or I'll just go all the way south to Pujin to cross the river, enter Xi'an City safely, and be a Taiping governor? I will be a peace governor in Xi'an city, but how long do you think I can be a governor? Is the court letting me Come to be such a governor? Then who can do it? Lu Chuan can do it, and Sun Yijie can do it too, why should I come?"

   These words were a little shallow, but Pan Ruzhen felt a little ups and downs in his heart. Is the governor wanting to confide in himself? Just because he was the first fourth-rank official to take the initiative?

  Or the magistrate of Suide and Mizhi County haven’t come yet?

   It shouldn't be.

  Pan Ruzhen calmed down, thought for a while before saying: "Then according to what my lord thinks, Yan'an Mansion is the situation where my lord came to Shaanxi to turn the tide?"

   "Whether it can be the key to breaking the situation depends on whether the officials work hard and whether the soldiers obey their orders." Feng Ziying looked at Pan Ruzhen, "Master Pan, can I trust you?"

  Pan Ruzhen's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately stood up and bowed his head: "But according to the orders of the adults, how dare the subordinates disobey their orders?!"

  Feng Ziying waved her hand, not very satisfied, but also expected.

This person can be regarded as a veteran in the officialdom. He has worked as a county magistrate and as a censor in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He has never experienced anything. The son is Lu Chuan or Sun Yijie's dark son.

"Sit down, you don't need to be so polite. What I need is someone who can know how to do things, not a submissive official." Feng Ziying glanced at the other party meaningfully, "For the situation in Yan'an Mansion in the past few years, I have some knowledge before I come here. I understand, not very satisfied, but…”

"Not very satisfied", Pan Ruzhen's heart jumped slightly, but he knew that this might be a good beginning, but this one gave him a good beginning, which means that the whip to whip the fast cow will fall on himself, so that's not enough. It's better to be really dissatisfied.

  How could Pan Ruzhen not know the reason why the rafters died first? If Feng Ziying set him up as a model, he would immediately become the target of the entire Shaanxi officialdom, and Lu Chuan and Sun Yijie's suspicion of him would immediately double.

  Even with the protection of this person, how many methods can he have to help himself when he is new here?

  Lu Chuan and Sun Yijie are not without support in the court, otherwise, it would be impossible for the situation to be so dangerous, and they can still sit still.

   Pan Ruzhen's mood fluctuated for a while, but how could he ignore the kindness released by others?

  Lu Chuan and Sun Yijie have treated themselves lukewarm and helpless in the past two years. Now that they have received such support suddenly, but they are still looking forward and backward and afraid of wolf and tiger, then they deserve to be worthless for the rest of their lives.

   Wanting to understand this point, Pan Ruzhen's heart suddenly became clear, and his tone changed: "My lord, I'm an official..."

"Your Majesty Pan, don't be so anxious. Just listen to what I have to say..." Feng Ziying said in a more relaxed tone, "Yan'an Mansion has a special geographical location and is in an embarrassing situation. In addition, the people are poor and the land is barren. , but I want to stabilize Yulin, go down to Xi'an, and end Jin in the east. You haven't done well, but it can't be considered bad, especially in the current situation of three consecutive years of drought, and the surrounding counties and prefectures of Fushi can still control it In, rare,..."

  Pan Ruzhen's heart was slightly hot, and his evaluation was fair, he was satisfied.

"If you want to say whether you have had any problems with your work in the past few years, yes..." Feng Ziying seemed to understand a little more in his eyes, "The Luochuan public case, the Kunzhou murder case, you failed to persist, this is a mistake; The establishment of the company, the cowardice of power, and abandonment halfway, this is the second mistake; the security and bandit suppression, anticlimactic, this is the third mistake,..."

Pan Ruzhen was astonished and delighted that the governor knew so much about his regrets in the past few years, which showed that the governor not only knew the situation of Yan'an Mansion well, but more importantly, he should have understood the situation of the whole country early on. The province also has a hand, and the connections should be good. This is what Pan Ruzhen is happiest. If not, how can he deal with Lu Chuan and Sun Yijie?

  (end of this chapter)