At this time, Luzhou was much calmer than before. The riots who had grabbed the property had already returned to the camp in a hurry. Under Zheng Luxiang's intimidation and persuasion, many of them also returned. The situation of setting fire to the fire and robbing the house was gradually eased.

Yang Zaifu turned over and dismounted from Zheng Luxiang fifty steps away. A man who looked like a central army quickly met him and whispered to him what had just happened.

Yang Zaifu was very surprised. The military chaos was stopped by a servant? How could this be possible? Looking at Liu Zhi behind Zheng Luxiang, his eyes were full of sneer, and suddenly shouted: "Okay, you dare to take the prefect hostage, come and kill him for my command!"

"yes!"

Hearing the commander's order, the soldiers rushed up with swords and guns.

"I see who dares to move!"

Zheng Luxiang was originally sitting on a chair. When he saw the riots coming, he immediately became anxious. He turned over and jumped onto the chair and shouted: "I am here. Those who dare to act without action will be treated as rebellion!"

The soldiers dared not move.

Liu Zhi stood beside Zheng Luxiang, holding the short blade in his right hand, staring at the surrounding soldiers with his wolf-like eyes. He would make anyone look good if he dared to come forward!

"Yang Zaifu!"

Zheng Luxiang glared at Yang Zaifu, his voice trembling with anger: "Do you really want to rebel?"

Yang Zaifu pretended to be "trepidated", waved his hand to signal the soldiers to retreat, and took two steps forward and clasped his fists and said, "What are you saying? This thief is holding you, breaking the law of the Ming Dynasty, how can you ignore the humble duties?"

"Do you still know the laws of the Ming Dynasty? If you condonate the soldiers to rob the people, aren't you afraid that the governor will punish you?" Zheng Luxiang was angry.

Yang Zaifu sighed and said helplessly: "The soldiers have no military pay, so they can't control their humble duties."

"Take troops back to the camp immediately!" Zheng Luxiang roared and ordered.

Yang Zaifu did not obey the order, but looked at Liu Zhi behind Zheng Luxiang and sneered: "Sir, this thief killed five soldiers in our army and held them in your hands. If he was angry with the public, he would not accept it. He might mutiny again. For the people's plan in Luzhou, it would be better for him to hand him over to me."

"He is not a thief, he is the servant of my official!" Zheng Luxiang said angrily: "If it weren't for him today, I wonder how many people your riots would harm?"

"The rioters violate the law, and this commander will deal with it. It will not take him a thief to interfere with him! One is one, two is two. The thief must be dealt with, otherwise he will not be able to explain to his brothers!" Yang Zaifu refused to give in.

Zheng Luxiang knew what Yang Zaifu wanted, so he suppressed his anger and slowed down his tone: "Commander Yang, you should immediately lead troops back to the camp. I will find a way to help you solve the military pay owed!" Even though he knew that Yang Zaifu was the mastermind, Zheng Luxiang had no choice but to endure the anger. In this case, he could only let Yang Zaifu lead troops back to the camp first, so as not to mutiny in the streets.

"What about him?" Yang Zaifu stared at Liu Zhi.

Zheng Luxiang gritted his teeth: "Ask today, the governor asked me about what happened today, and I will deal with the commander."

Yang Zaifu smiled. This was his purpose. He knew that Zheng Luxiang was a nerd who would do his best, so he no longer had any difficulties. He bowed deeply to Zheng Luxiang: "Mr. Xie is considerate. I will lead troops back to the camp now!"

Turn around and waved his hand: "Go!"

He swaggered and returned to the camp with the rioters who had committed blood debts.

Zheng Luxiang stood there, covering his chest and coughed violently.

God knows how painful he is. He wants to kill all the soldiers in trouble. Yang Zaifu, the commander behind the scenes, even more so, he wants to send five horses to the provincial capital to dismember him. But if not, he must compromise. Otherwise, not only the soldiers could not be stopped, but the small servant around him could not be saved. Originally, he wanted to check the accounts of the Luzhou Ward Office to see how serious the problem of the Luzhou Ward Office was to eat empty wages. Now he can only give up temporarily.

The overall situation is the priority, stability is the first, there is nothing we can do.

"Master, don't worry..." Liu Zhi supported Zheng Luxiang and said coldly: "I have a way to kill him."

"Who to kill?"

Zheng Luxiang, who was coughing, was almost choked.

Liu Zhi raised his chin and pointed in the direction where Yang Zaifu had just left.

"Rareless! Rareless!"

Zheng Luxiang was stunned at first, then furious. He pushed Liu Zhi's hand away and jumped up irritably: "What nonsense are you talking about? The imperial court's official is not you... Don't think that you can do whatever you want after you made a contribution just now. Everything has laws and regulations!"

Liu Zhi curled his lips. What he didn't believe in the most was the law, whether in the past or in this life.

"This is no longer something!" Zheng Luxiang lowered his voice: "Otherwise, I will not be able to protect you." He coughed violently twice and limped back to the government office.

Liu Zhi supported him.

As soon as I turned this street, I saw Miss Zheng, with her maid Xiaoqing and several servants running over here. I saw Liu Zhi holding Zheng Luxiang from afar. Both of them were safe. Miss Zheng's feet softened and held the stone pier on the street. She cried with a wow. The maid Xiaoqing danced excitedly: "It's okay, it's okay, the master is okay!"

...

Capital.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was a "t"-shaped front yard surrounded by red walls and closed, which was the palace square in the imperial city. A three-censored cave door was built on the three ends of the "t"-shaped square. The east is the left gate of Chang'an and the west is the right gate of Chang'an. There is also a gate at the south end of the square. Between Tiananmen Gate and Daqing Gate, there is a central imperial road paved with stone slabs for the emperor to enter and exit. On both sides of the imperial road are Qianbu corridors, and outside the Qianbu corridor are vermilion palace walls that are more than 6 meters high. The official offices of the central court of the Ming Dynasty are all concentrated on both sides of the wall. To the east are the Ministry of Rites, Ministry of Personnel, Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of Works, Ministry of Clan Mansion, Imperial Heavenly Supervisory, and to the west are the Five Army Governor's Office, Ministry of War, Ministry of Justice, Censorate, and Dali Temple.

As usual, as soon as the court scattered in the morning, officials from each department left the Forbidden City and returned to their respective yamen offices. The cabinet office was in Wenyuan Pavilion in the Forbidden City, so the four cabinet ministers did not need to leave the Forbidden City.

The difference is that there is one protagonist among the crowds surrounded by all officials today, that is, Zheng Sanjun, the new Minister of Personnel, who is almost seventy years old but is still appointed. Zheng Sanjun is blushing and has a glorious spirit. This morning, he submitted a memorial to Chongzhen, recommending talents such as Chen Shiqi. The emperor was all right. Next, he was preparing to elect the lower-level officials who are honest and dedicated to the public and have outstanding talents. At his age, he knew more and more about the importance of young people. Without those young lower-level officials of the seventh and eighth ranks, no matter how many old ministers in the court, they could not bear the burden of the world.

But what excited Zheng Sanjun was not because of this, but because among the six ministries now, except for the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Works and the vacant Ministry of Revenue, the other three ministries are all from Donglin. Although Lin Yuji, the Minister of Rites, did not join Donglin, he has always been close to Donglin, so he can be regarded as a Donglin native. The vacant Ministry of Revenue is also very likely to be taken down by Donglin. In this way, the "Zhongzhengying Dynasty" of the past is almost reappearing.
Chapter completed!