Father can be an enemy to the country

After attending the Tea and Horse Fair, Zhu Zhen returned to the palace to continue resting.

His vacation was not over yet, and the two princesses refused to let him go out to work. I'm afraid that he will run away again and not be able to come back for a year and a half.

Therefore, if civil and military officials in Yunnan wanted to report to him, they could only visit him in the palace.

The three people who came to visit him that day were his most popular disciples - Ma Junze, Hu Yan and Huang Guan. The first two came to the provincial capital to report on their work. Huang Guan was studying in Kunming, so they made an appointment to come together to pay homage to the prince.

Zhu Zhen was naturally very happy when he saw them. After inviting the three people to sit down, he asked with a smile: "Hey, why didn't Tiexuan come together? You are all here, is it appropriate for him, a landlord, not to come?"

"I asked him to come with me. But the prince also knows that Dingshi is a very serious person." Ma Junze hurriedly explained for Tie Xuan: "But when the student went to his yamen to call him, he met a drummer who complained. He asked the student to take the first step and accuse the prince for him. "

"It's understandable." Zhu Zhen smiled nonchalantly and said, "Don't people all say, 'If you did evil in your previous life, the county magistrate attached himself to Guo; if you have done evil, you attached himself to the provincial capital of Guo'? He is not a good person to be the county magistrate of a provincial capital."

"Dingshi has been in dire straits these past few years." Everyone laughed and said, "Especially for such an upright person. He has to welcome and drop off all day long and has to serve so many mothers-in-law. It's really difficult for him."

Hu Yan said with a smile: "Students still remember that when he first took office, he wrote to me that he was 'staggering, struggling with hundreds of millions of donations, tired of running for his life, and even exhausted mentally and physically.'"

"But even so, Brother Dingshi still ranked first in the province's state and county assessment, which shows how powerful he is." Huang Guan praised.

"As Ruosi said, Dingshi is a man of extraordinary ability and uprightness, but the problem is that he is too upright. He can't get rid of the sand in his eyes. When he sees injustice, he feels like it's stuck in his throat and he won't spit it out. It's not bad to be an official like this, but to be in charge It is easy for one party to make the situation tense, so he chose such an aggrieved place." Zhu Zhen glanced at Hu Yan and said:

"Actually, I put him as the magistrate of Kunming just to temper his temperament. Originally, I was worried that he was too young. Would it be possible to encourage others and destroy him instead? As a result, after working here for several years, he has grown up. Very quickly, he was able to hide his words and let go of some principles for the sake of the overall situation. He was able to cope with so many ancestors up and down with ease. What's even more commendable is that he also did a lot of practical things and could be promoted to a higher level. The high position has taken on important responsibilities.”

The three of them were naturally very envious, but not jealous. This is what Tie Hyun deserves. In order not to delay his work, he didn't even go back to take the exam. His professionalism made them ashamed.

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"No need to envy him, you are all very outstanding and have greatly improved my face!" Zhu Zhen said as if he could see the thoughts of the three of them:

"My king is not lying. When Yunnan was decided, no officials were willing to come. Those who were sent to Yunnan were either those who made mistakes and were demoted, or those who had no backing and were squeezed out. Just like this, we can't get many people to come. , My father had no choice but to use many retired elderly people.”

"How deep was the shortage of officials at that time? There was only one magistrate in the county, and only one magistrate in the prefecture. There were not even a single subordinate officer. They were just a bunch of bare commanders." Zhu Zhen looked at his students emotionally and said:

"It was you, the more than a thousand college students, who voluntarily gave up your future in the capital and followed me to Yunnan, so that you could set up the yamen and allow the government to officially operate! Everything is difficult at the beginning, and things in Yunnan are especially difficult at the beginning. If it weren’t for you guys, Yunnan would never be in the situation it is today!”

"The situation at that time was indeed too difficult. The chieftains were fierce, the mountain people were unruly, the military households were arrogant, and the immigrants only wanted to escape." Ma Junze sighed after hearing this: "When I first took office, I was almost stupid. There is such a kind of The feeling of a domestic pig suddenly falling into a wild boar forest.”

"Haha, Jun Ze described it very vividly. Your Anning Prefecture is indeed not peaceful at all." Zhu Zhen couldn't help laughing and said: "Fortunately, you also successfully grew fangs and defeated those grinning people. Guy, you have successfully dominated the mountains and forests.”

"Hahaha!" Everyone laughed again.

"Well, it was all caused by Jingyan. When the students first took office, there were armed fights almost every day in Heijing Town. People who died were thrown into the ditch and pulled down. Sometimes dozens or twenty people died, and no one took them seriously. Things are simply lawless." Recalling the past few years, Ma Junze said with a sigh.

"The students originally thought that peace was the most important thing, and they would sit down and talk with each family so that everyone could get rich together. Isn't it better than fighting and killing all day long? Who knew that these grandsons didn't take the students seriously at all? They said it in front of me. Okay, I will continue to fight and kill after I go back. I have forced the students to have no choice but to form a vigilante group. I will fight and kill anyone who dares to do it. After a few years of rectification, they have gradually become more peaceful."

"It's really not like what Brother Jun Ze can do." Huang Guan and Hu Yan exclaimed, "You have always convinced people with reason before."

"Alas, some people don't understand good words, so they have to convince others." Ma Junze said with a wry smile.

"Based on the innate conditions of Anning Prefecture, if you can rank among the top in the assessment, it already shows that you are very capable." Zhu Zhen said, praising him and said: "When I sent you to Anning Prefecture, you also had to hone your skills. Ichiban means, being an official is not just a person, you can’t just be kind, you must also have thunderous methods.”

Then he said to Ma Junze in a deep voice: "I am going to put an extra burden on you. Do you have the courage to go to a more dangerous jungle?"

"Where?" Ma Junze asked nervously.

"Go to be the prefect of Dongchuan." Zhu Zhen said.

"Wow! Congratulations, senior brother!" Hu Yan and Huang Guan congratulated Ma Junze: "Finally, you will become the second one among our classmates to wear a red robe!"

"Haha, but that's Dongchuan..." Ma Junze couldn't laugh. It was the most chaotic place in Yunnan and even the entire Ming Dynasty. Apart from anything else, the previous prefect of Dongchuan was still lying in the military hospital.

He was shot by an arrow when he led his troops into the mountains to hunt down the Tuman. The good news is that he was wearing armor and the injury was not serious at the time. The bad news is that the arrow was poisoned and he had to amputate in the end.

The previous prefect of Dongchuan was even more unlucky. He was attacked while inspecting the copper mine. He fell into the mountain stream with his horse and his body was not found.

So when he heard that he was going to Dongchuan, Ma Zhizhou, who thought he had evolved into a wild boar, couldn't help but be afraid.

He wiped his sweat and forced a smile, saying, "What the Anningzhou gang robbed was the salt well. That thing can't be moved, so we have to be careful so that we can meet again in the future. The Dongchuan gang of barbarians directly robbed the copper factory, leaving no room for maneuver!"

"Just tell me if you want to go. If you don't want to go, I'll find you another place." Zhu Zhen smiled and asked, "Don't feel psychologically pressured."

"Go, I'll go wherever the prince asks me to go!" Ma Junze had a high EQ, knowing that once he said he wouldn't do it, his evaluation in the prince's heart would plummet, and he wouldn't get any good things in the future.

So there was no other answer.