Traveling through the emperor, overthrowing the empress dowager at the beginning

After leaving Chang'an City.

On top of the carriage.

Ye Chen stared at the Guanzhong map hanging in front of him with sharp eyes.

Beside him, Su Mengjiao sat upright.

"Emperor, there are four major counties in Guanzhong, and hundreds of county towns and villages."

Su Mengjiao pointed lightly at the map with her delicate hand, her voice crisp yet with a hint of majesty.

"These four major counties are Wuwei, Anding, Tianshui, and Longxi County, with a registered population of over two million."

Ye Chen nodded slightly, and Su Mengjiao said, "Emperor, the families that are currently showing goodwill to you only control Tianshui, Wuwei, and Anding. The suburbs of Longxi County are remote, and they have not sent anyone to Chang'an to attend the meeting, nor have they sent anyone to show goodwill."

Su Mengjiao paused and said, "Your Majesty, Longxi County is close to the northwest border. Last time, Fengzhao County under its jurisdiction was attacked by Tatar soldiers and suffered heavy losses."

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen's brows furrowed slightly, and a trace of solemnity flashed in his eyes: "Humph, then I must go and take a look."

His eyes grew sharp.

At this moment, the carriage suddenly stopped.

Cheng'en bent forward and came to the side of the carriage.

"Your Majesty, General Liu Chengyu has already arranged defenses outside Longxi County. He has sent a letter stating that his army of over 10,000 is ready for deployment at any time."

"Ah."

Ye Chen nodded slightly. He naturally would not put himself in danger.

Ye Chen lifted the curtains again and scanned the surroundings with his deep eyes, and saw large tracts of land full of crops beside the official road.

Many people worked hard in the fields, but they were dressed in rags and had almost no clothes to wear. Even with donkeys, cows and other livestock around, most of the farmers still worked hard with their bare chests.

Ye Chen frowned slightly.

"Shen Qiu, go find a farmer."

Ye Chen immediately said to Shen Qiu beside him.

Shen Qiu understood what he meant and immediately went to find a farmer.

The farmer was skinny and only wore a pair of patched trousers. He was brought to Ye Chen tremblingly, and then he knelt down with a plop, not daring to look up.

Ye Chen looked dignified, but tried to speak gently: "Why are you so ragged? You have livestock to help you, so why are you still working so hard?"

The farmer replied in a trembling voice, "Sir, we are all tenants, working for the master. Most of the harvest has been handed over to him, and we are lucky to have enough food to eat."

Hearing this, a trace of anger flashed in Ye Chen's eyes, but he quickly suppressed it and ordered Shen Qiu to reward the farmer with some money. After asking a few more questions and confirming that all the land he saw belonged to wealthy families, he let the farmer go.

The fields must be farmed!

After getting rid of the threat from these Tatars, it will be time for him to take action against the powerful families in Guanzhong.

Ye Chen made up his mind.

A few days later, Ye Chen and his party arrived at the territory of Longxi County.

He sent someone to inform Han Wu, the prefect of Longxi County, and simply said that he was an imperial envoy and asked him to come out to greet him.

Ye Chen thought Han Wu would come to greet him immediately, but after waiting for a long time, he received a letter.

"The governor said the Tatars are about to invade, but he's busy defending the city and can't come for the time being?"

"And you want me to stay outside the county city?"

Ye Chen's face suddenly turned gloomy.

Even if he didn't reveal his true identity, how could a mere prefect dare to ignore the imperial envoy sent by the government?

"Han Wu is so brave!"

Ye Chen roared angrily, and the imperial aura on his body suddenly burst out. The air around him seemed to become solemn. Everyone around him felt his anger, and most of them didn't dare to breathe.

Su Mengjiao looked at Ye Chen with deep meaning.

Ye Chen then waved his hand.

"Send an order. Have Liu Chengyu send two thousand soldiers to completely surround Longxi County and cut off all access to the city!"

At Ye Chen's command, cavalrymen quickly rushed out of the convoy and headed west.

On that day, the entire Longxi County was surrounded.

This action caused panic in the entire Longxi County.

In the Longxi County prefect's mansion, when Han Wu learned that the imperial envoy sent by the government had arrived, he did not take it too seriously.

After all, as a county governor for many years, he felt that there was nothing to be afraid of a mere imperial envoy. Moreover, the Tatar army was now outside the Great Wall, and he had a closer connection with Yang Dechang, so he naturally didn't care about the people in the government.

He even wanted to take advantage of the Tatar army's attack to reorganize the city's defenses and give the imperial envoy a warning.

He also thought that this imperial envoy was just an ordinary official and would be waiting outside the city.

However, he never expected that Ye Chen would directly send troops to surround the city.

For a moment, the people in the city were in panic, the soldiers were nervous and at a loss, and the people also looked terrified.

Han Wu began to panic, as he had not expected that the imperial envoy had such great power.

Even the garrisons can be mobilized.

This was completely beyond his expectations.

But he was unwilling to be controlled like this, and originally wanted to keep it stable for a while, but the soldiers in the city and his subordinates refused to let him.

They all receive public rations and are not his private soldiers. Why should he offend these soldiers for his personal reasons?

As a result, Han Wu was forced to leave the city after only a few hours.

When he arrived at the military camp outside the city with fifty of his confidants in a threatening manner, all his confidants were detained.

Then, he was brought in front of Ye Chen.

When Han Wu was brought before Ye Chen, he felt uneasy. However, after taking a deep breath, he bowed and said, "I am the governor of Longxi County. I wonder if you are an imperial envoy?"

Ye Chen sat in the tent, staring at Han Wu, raising his eyebrows slightly.