Liangzhou Prefecture, originally the Liangzhou Prefecture County of the Han Dynasty, was destroyed by the Han Dynasty and was also the capital of the Liang Kingdom. It has been over four hundred years and is called "Northwest, the city in the clouds"

In the 39th year of Xuanwu in the Great Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Xuan sent General Ying Yangwei, and Xue Qiemo, the Marquis of Yangling, to be the chief marching officer of the northwest, to expedition to Liang Kingdom. He defeated the main force of Liang Kingdom outside Liangzhou City and captured Liang's second master alive.

In the 40th year of Xuanwu, Emperor Xuan issued an order to establish the governor of Liangzhou and the governor of Liangzhou, completely incorporated the Liang Kingdom into the Great Zhou Dynasty, and under the jurisdiction of Longyou, Tianhe, Wuchi, Tianhuo, Shenyou and other twenty-one counties, and governed Liangzhou Prefecture.

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Four days later, Ma Jin and his group slept in the open air, traveling for more than a thousand miles a day and finally arrived at Liangzhou City, known as the "No. 1 city in the northwest of the Great Zhou Dynasty".

On an official road several miles away from the city, Ma Jin and others sat in the shade, watching the caravans of people coming and going on the official road.

"Liangzhou is worthy of being the first city in the northwest. You can tell that it is prosperous when you look at the pedestrians on this official road." Ma Jin sighed with a smile.

"Who is in charge of Liangzhou?" Ma Jin suddenly asked.

"Your Majesty is Xiao Guotao. In the tenth year of Zhaowu, he was transferred from the Yangzhou governor to the governor of Liangzhou." Wang Chengen hurriedly walked to Ma Jin and said.

"So, Xiao Guotao has been in Liangzhou for seven or eight years?" Ma Jin frowned slightly. This is not a good phenomenon.

"Where is the hometown?"

"Liangzhou, people from Longyan County!" Ma Jin's brows became deeper for a moment. What did the officials of the Ministry of Personnel do for food? Did they treat the court's avoidance system as a decoration?

You should know that in order to prevent local officials from becoming overwhelmed and breed nepotism, Emperor Xuanwu established a system of avoidance for office workers and divided them into three items: place of residence, relatives, and position.

Emperor Xuan stipulated in the law that no official shall be an official in this province.

It is also stipulated that officials above the fifth rank and above shall not be in the same flood place or in the same yamen office.

Relatives of officials of the second rank or above shall not serve as censors or supervisors. After all, in ancient times, it was advocated that "filial piety is the first of all virtues". The supervisors and the supervisors will inevitably impeach the court's policies due to their responsibilities. If the younger generation impeaches the seniors, it will not only be incompatible with the etiquette system, but also will inevitably lead to situations where they dare not speak or advise.

Under such a strict system, there was a "exception" who had served as the governor in his native place for seven or eight years. Isn't it too ridiculous?

Ma Jin can now imagine how many mixed networks of relationships and circles of interest are around Xiao Guotao, especially places where trade is extremely prosperous, such as Liangzhou, which contain? Xiao Guotao may have developed into a "land python".

Thinking of this, Ma Jin's sense of urgency became stronger and stronger. The reform of the administration had reached an imminent point. He did not believe that there was only one "Xiao Guotao" in the whole world.

"I remember that the governor of Liangzhou is Xue Jingye, Duke of Liang?" Ma Jin suddenly asked.

"Yes, Your Majesty, in the fourth year of Shenwu, Your Majesty, you personally ordered him to be the governor of Liangzhou!" Wang Chengen replied hurriedly.

Ma Jin nodded when he heard this. Xue Jingye was no one else. He was the descendant of Xue Qimo, the Marquis of Yangling who destroyed Liang Kingdom. Xue Qimo was named Duke of Liang for his merits and the governor of Liangzhou.

But when Xue Jingye's father Xue Erde was in his generation, he was still old and he became the deputy commander of Yanping County, Ganzhou. When it was Xue Jingye's turn, he even lost his deputy commander.

Seeing that Xue Jingye could not make it in the northwest, he ran to Shendu to join the army with his heart. It has to be said that Xue Jingye is not an ordinary person. Not only is he skilled in martial arts, but he is also very skilled in the bow and horse, and soon showed his talents in the army.

In the ninth year of Zhaowu, more than 10,000 cavalrymen were tied to Yongzhou. Xue Jingye, who was the deputy commander of Shuomen County, Yongzhou at that time, led 3,000 county soldiers to fight head-on and defeated him. Emperor Zhao was very happy to hear that and issued an order to promote him to the commander of the commander of the Wild Mountain County of Lingzhou.

During the eleventh year of Zhaowu, a rebellion broke out in the Longxiang Kingdom in the south of the territory. Xue Jingye was ordered to assist the royal family of the Longxiang Kingdom to quell the rebellion. He was transferred back to Shendu and served as the chief general of Yingyangwei by Emperor Zhao.

In the fourth year of Shenwu, the former governor of Liangzhou resigned due to illness. Ma Jin could not find someone he could trust for a while, so he issued an order to promote Xue Jingye to the governor of Liangzhou. It has been more than a year since then.

"Let's go, let's go into the city!" Ma Jin thought of this and stood up and said.

It was almost noon at this time, and it was the hottest time of the day. Ma Jin was also considerate of his ministers, so after entering the city, he found a restaurant and had a good meal.

Although it was the hottest time, the streets of Liangzhou City were still extremely lively, which was a bit more lively than the Jincheng Quota Plaza I visited before, and there was a little more fireworks.

At this time, Ma Jin was leaning on the railing on the second floor with great interest, looking at the bustling crowds below, not just a mouthful of fragrant tea, but very comfortable.

"Have you notified Liangzhou Town and Fu Shi?" Ma Jin asked Wang Chengen, who was serving the side.

"When you go back to your Majesty, the old slave has notified the Liangzhou governor Shi Wanjie to submit the secret files from Liangzhou!"

Ma Jin nodded, suddenly felt a throbbing in his heart, and he couldn't help but fall backwards.

"Swoosh--"

A sound of breaking through the air came in an instant, and rubbed Ma Jin's right arm and pierced hard into the red paint pillars of the restaurant. Ma Jin's face changed slightly, and a murderous intent suddenly appeared in his eyes.

"There are assassins--"

Wang Chengen's shrill shouts immediately resounded throughout the restaurant. In the blink of an eye, Zhao Yun and others who were sitting nearby rushed over, protected Ma Jin heavily in the middle, and slowly retreated to the building.

"This place is dangerous, please let Your Majesty move. I will kill the thief!" Zhao Yun said in a gloomy voice. Someone dared to assassinate him. He really didn't know how to kill him.

Ma Jin had no intention of leaving, and looked indifferently at the hundreds of men in black who suddenly rushed out of the street. The men in black were waving their butcher knives and rushed out of the panicked crowd and rushed towards the hotel where he was.

"Wang Cheng'en, Xu Chang'an protects the enemy, and the rest of the people captured and killed the rebels!" Ma Jin gave a cold command:

"Leave one or two survivors, I want to see who dares to assassinate me if he dares to take the blame for the world."

After Ma Jin's order, Li Mu, Zhao Yun and others rushed downstairs to collide with the man in black. Although these people were very organized in their marching, they did not look like killers, but rather like a single army.

But it was just a group of ordinary people, which was the opponent of Zhao Yun and others. In the face of absolute strength, all formations were jokes. Zhao Yun rushed into the formation of the men in black alone. The spear was like flying left and right. In an instant, he killed the men in black and turned over. Every time he danced, several men in black would fall to the ground. Li Mu, Niu Gao and others did not show any weakness and killed the men in black one after another. In just a moment, they almost killed the men in black.

"Bang bang bang..."

Ma Jin's face suddenly changed. It was the sound of the crossbow arrows being fired. He was about to remind Zhao Yun and others loudly, but Zhao Yun and the others reacted faster and directly found a cover to hide. In fact, in the flash, hundreds of crossbow arrows shot towards the restaurant.

Only then did Ma Jin realize that there were hundreds of people holding short crossbows outside the restaurant.

For a moment, his face became more and more gloomy, and he stared at the short crossbow in the hands of the man in black. It was the standard weapon of the Great Zhou army - the Shenji Crossbow.

"Damn it—"

Ma Jin said coldly, and the murderous intent in his eyes became stronger and stronger.

At this moment, a sound of horse hooves shaking from the ground was heard, and thousands of cavalry wearing heavy armor rushed into the black-clad crossbow team with long spears. The sudden appearance of the cavalry caught the black-clad people off guard, but they were killed in one charge.

Only a few men in black who were breathing in lingering on the street, gathering together with long swords in their hands.

Just as Zhao Yun wanted to wave his hand and let the troops forward, a team of inner guards in flying fish suits rushed out of the alley.

"Kill the duck--"

"Catch the assassin--"

The appearance of the inner guard made Zhao Yun stunned. In just a moment, the leader of the inner guard pointed the crossbow in his hand at the man in black.

"Stop, keep a living!" A sharp voice came from the restaurant.

However, the inner guard pressed the trigger without any intention of stopping, and dozens of sharp arrows came out in an instant, pushing the remaining man in black through his chest.

Zhao Yun only reacted at this time, looking at the person who came with anger, but before he could speak, he heard Wang Chengen shouting behind him:

"Random, who are you? Haven't you heard what we are?"

Wang Chengen was shocked and angry at this time. His Majesty personally told him to keep a living. Now, it was all a bunch of dead bodies. How could he explain to His Majesty?

At this moment, a sound of horse hooves sounded again. A large number of soldiers from Liangzhou Guards arrived in the end, blocking the entire street and surrounding them all. A middle-aged man in armor hurried over with several generals and knelt outside the restaurant:

"My Me Xue Jingye, I have come to save you late, so that Your Majesty is in danger. I deserve to die. I also ask Your Majesty to be punished by you!"

Ma Jin slowly walked out of the restaurant and looked at Xue Jingye and other Liangzhou generals kneeling on the ground. He was not angry. After all, these Liangzhou guards were all new troops trained by Xie Xuan himself. There were many soldiers summoned by Ma Jin as grassroots generals, and they still trusted Ma Jin.

"Xue Jingye!"

"The last one will be here!"

"Immediately block the city of Liangzhou, thoroughly investigate the governor's yamen, and the camps under the jurisdiction of the yamen, as well as the troops under the command of the Duwei Mansion of the counties near Liangzhou... Strictly check the soldiers, military lists and weapons in the camps. Once there is any falsehood, all the officials involved will be captured. If you dare to resist, you do not need to ask for an order and kill them on the spot!"

"The last general will receive the order!" Xue Jingye suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that His Majesty still trusted him, otherwise he would not have given such an important task to him.

"Who are you?" Ma Jin did not pay attention to Xue Jingye anymore, but looked at the people of the Inner Guard who had suddenly rushed out.

"I, Liangzhou governor Shi Wanjie, please see Your Majesty!" The people from the Inner Guard's Mansion knelt on the ground in a flash, and the inner guard in the leader replied.

Looking at Shi Wanjie who was extremely calm in front of him, a trace of coldness flashed across Ma Jin.

"Why do you have to take action without authorization and kill those assassins?"

Shi Wanjie's body trembled slightly, but his face was confused, and he looked at Ma Jin and said:

"Your Majesty, I am protecting you. What if those assassins suddenly take action and hurt Your Majesty's dragon body?"
Chapter completed!